SPOILER WARNING: 6.0 MSQ bits shown, & 6.4 raids shown and mentioned.
NOT A GUIDE! Taking a critical look at the Endwalker expansion’s second Extreme Trial from the perspective of an FFXIV raider.
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Parhelion strat gifs were found in The Balance discord, made by user Hauffen, I believe.
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Video Chapters:
0:00 Spoiler warning & Intro
0:39 Mechanics – Traditional XIV raid
1:45 Mechanical concepts
2:26 Weapon & element stances
3:30 Melee uptime thoughts
4:21 Individual responsibilities
6:04 Adds phase & tank responsibility
7:36 Phase 3 & lightwaves
9:09 Timeline divergence
9:35 Parhelion & pf strats
10:32 Parhelic Circle & spreads
11:48 Difficulty level thoughts
13:05 Overgearing / Min. ilvl & farm footage disclaimer
15:01 Visual aesthetics
16:20 Audio aesthetics, voice acting, & MSQ
17:44 Summary & Outro
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Correction: I said at one point that this trial dropped ilvl 580 accessories – my mistake, the prior trial did that. This one dropped ilvl 580 weapons. I borrowed part of that paragraph from the prior trial's script, will do my best to avoid that kind of mistake again.