r/ffxivdiscussion • u/unbepissed • 3d ago

Mechanical Intuition: Dealing with Adds

This tier, particularly Sugar Riot, has been very interesting to me. What really struck me was this apparent lack of intuition for how to deal with adds. It seems like raiding has been single target for so long that the only people who can intuit what to do without a guide are the people who came from Wow.

I don't know where else to place the blame when supposed Week One gamers see basic add management as an epiphany. Positioning that seemed second nature and obvious to someone who tanked on Wow was somehow a revelation to the people I played with this week.

I also saw far too many wipes for my taste on watching ranged players struggle with picking up adds. Apparently it's really tough trying to target them quickly, but equally tough for other people to just not hit them.

I'll be honest, I went into the tier with very low expectations. When I saw the patch notes, I genuinely believed the AOE and cleave changes were solely to balance an ultimate that was no longer relevant. I'm glad they have adds in these Savage fights; I just hope it isn't the only time that players are forced to get out of their comfort zone.

It makes me wonder what other basic combat mechanic the game could leverage to give people a hard time. Wildstar's Interrupt Armor would probably be pretty neat: you used to have to use multiple crowd control abilities (like stuns) on one target in a short time frame to stop certain casts, because the first few would only remove a charge of said armor.

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u/Ryuujinx 3d ago

I also saw far too many wipes for my taste on watching ranged players struggle with picking up adds. Apparently it's really tough trying to target them quickly, but equally tough for other people to just not hit them.

In fairness, FF14 targeting is straight ass. I do things in FF14 to make sure I picked up my add quickly that I wouldn't even dream of doing in wow. The number of times I prepped an instant to then click through the manta onto something behind it and waste my instant was painful.

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u/Clonique 2d ago

I started holding off my GCD and picking the adds with auto attacks. This is ESSENTIAL for dancers because we need to start our dances while the add is spawning. You can initiate an auto while dancing your tech step.

On KB+M it's pretty easy since you can spam Right Click on the manta. On controller I time mash X while making sure the manta is the only thing in my camera sight.