P8S is still very frustrating to run

[Mr_Vain_]

After over 10 hours of practise now, I've got the fight memorized, and done multiple positions and roles. Obviously this is unsynced for the mount. But after about 5 tries of phase 2, it gets incredibly frustrating, especially when everyone knows the mechanics and we just mess up to simple mistakes. I'm really struggling mentally at the moment which doesn't help this. I'm not sure what to do now, it's taking too long (and too many tries) to get this mount. Is there really no other way to get it?

[TomsYoungerBro]

After over 10 hours of practise now, I've got the fight memorized, and done multiple positions and roles. Obviously this is unsynced for the mount. But after about 5 tries of phase 2, it gets incredibly frustrating, especially when everyone knows the mechanics and we just mess up to simple mistakes. I'm really struggling mentally at the moment which doesn't help this. I'm not sure what to do now, it's taking too long (and too many tries) to get this mount. Is there really no other way to get it?

Welcome to the PF experience. If you want it so bad you could try to form a static to weed out players or try to get a c41 in PF (may take a long time to fill, but worth a shot). Otherwise, you just have to deal with it.

[Mr_Vain_]

Static could be the best option I guess. Not sure where to find any here on Light?

[TomsYoungerBro]

Static could be the best option I guess. Not sure where to find any here on Light?

There is the ffxiv recruitment discord which is your best bet. Can look for statics or try to form your own.

[tsuchii]

Wait some more ilevel til you can skip High Concept entirely

[Mr_Vain_]

Wait some more ilevel til you can skip High Concept entirely

Would it be that much of a difference? Can't say I Notice much between Heliometry and Mathematics

[tsuchii]

Would it be that much of a difference? Can't say I Notice much between Heliometry and Mathematics

I meant update til we get higher level gear.

Just keep trying and keep progging. Natural alignment is just a choreography with a few variations. It just takes a bit of practice til you eventually memorize all the possible solutions.

[Mr_Vain_]

Guys, I'm starting to feel the weight of being a burden again. One player just avoided a group I was in because I don't know natural alignment. Taking another player with them supposedly. I'm trying my hardest to learn this with all the mental health issues I have. Now I have to contend with toxicity?

[Jeeqbit]

There isn't another way to get it and there won't be for a long time. In about 5-7 years I could see it being a moogle event reward, but those are temporary.

The fight may be easier to get through in the future when we all have better gear. The way Phase 2 mechanics work, you have to do them even if it's unsynced, so the only way it would become easier is if you can kill it before the mechanic appears.

Guys, I'm starting to feel the weight of being a burden again. One player just avoided a group I was in because I don't know natural alignment. Taking another player with them supposedly. I'm trying my hardest to learn this with all the mental health issues I have. Now I have to contend with toxicity?

Some players avoid other players even when they don't have any issues. We've probably all experienced it when we've joined raid parties enough times.

It's hard to cope with it, I know. Not everyone is nice or patient. I'm not going to pretend that everyone will be patient in a social setting.

The best you can do is to try to avoid such people and blacklist them. It's demoralizing when it happens, so when someone treats you that way, I would suggest doing something that makes you happy and keeps you busy, until you feel better about it. Venting to a friend can help as well if it continues to bother you.

[Mr_Vain_]

There isn't another way to get it and there won't be for a long time. In about 5-7 years I could see it being a moogle event reward, but those are temporary.

The fight may be easier to get through in the future when we all have better gear. The way Phase 2 mechanics work, you have to do them even if it's unsynced, so the only way it would become easier is if you can kill it before the mechanic appears.

Some players avoid other players even when they don't have any issues. We've probably all experienced it when we've joined raid parties enough times.

It's hard to cope with it, I know. Not everyone is nice or patient. I'm not going to pretend that everyone will be patient in a social setting.

The best you can do is to try to avoid such people and blacklist them. It's demoralizing when it happens, so when someone treats you that way, I would suggest doing something that makes you happy and keeps you busy, until you feel better about it. Venting to a friend can help as well if it continues to bother you.

I'm not sure. The more I look into this, the more I realize it's just stinky game design with the intent to divide players and draw out playtime. I'm getting tired of this already, when I first started practising that raid, players would call out the problem makers (Not the mistakes), always came across as toxic.