{"id":11652,"date":"2018-04-30T19:35:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T02:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/final-fantasy-xiv-a-blog-about-sigmascape-savage\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:17:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:17:30","slug":"final-fantasy-xiv-a-blog-about-sigmascape-savage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/final-fantasy-xiv-a-blog-about-sigmascape-savage\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy XIV: Sigmascape Savage Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What I\u2019m going to write about will be my actual thoughts on the tier because I think everyone should have cleared by now since we\u2019re going on Week 12-13 and too many drops have happened.\u00a0 For me, I don\u2019t have the luxury of those drops because I was convinced to come back and raid.\u00a0 It was exciting to hear that Kefka was going to be in a raid tier but I just wish it wasn\u2019t this one.\u00a0 I was on a hiatus since my FC beat NEO and I didn\u2019t really care about raiding next tier since I thought I could literally come back and just strong arm a clear.\u00a0 That\u2019s actually what ended up happening.<\/p>\n<p>My final ilvl for this tier was 357 with crafted right side (best-in-slot) and some crafted left side with raid gear drops.\u00a0 Weapon was the mendacity one (I was forced to buy it) and we cleared as soon as I bought the weapon.\u00a0 When people said I would catch up fast, they were on the money.\u00a0 The only thing challenging about this tier was me having to overcome a huge gear deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Sigmascape Savage:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning:\u00a0 Wording will be extreme and largely unedited.\u00a0 This is mostly targeted towards &#8220;midcore&#8221; groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your group probably should\u2019ve beaten this by week 7.\u00a0 I consider myself an average player at best but I didn\u2019t feel like this tier was hard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>O5S<\/strong> \u2013 The only thing hard is dodging the ghost hitboxes and positioning for knockbacks but otherwise this fight is easy.\u00a0 I don\u2019t have real notes other than it\u2019s an extremely scripted fight so even with the rng, you\u2019ll know exactly what\u2019s happening.\u00a0 It is harder than O1S and O2S from last tier but it\u2019s only harder because of dumb hitboxes.\u00a0 They missed a huge opportunity to do something cool cinematically.\u00a0 I also think they could\u2019ve upped the check from 24K raid DPS to 26k to put a little more responsibility on healer\/tank DPS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/256049562?t=30m22s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/256049562?t=30m22s<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sigmascape V1.0 Savage\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MWR3WpGRRWw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>O6S<\/strong> \u2013 Easiest fight mechanically of the tier and in Stormblood raiding so far.\u00a0 This fight is a good heal\/tank check because of how much outgoing damage there is.\u00a0 For tanks, the OT can plan their cooldowns around Last Kiss and be able to mitigate the amount of damage they take and you can have your Paladin or Dark Knight cheese the tornado with their immunity.\u00a0 Healers have a bigger task with how much heals have to be planned because of outgoing AoE damage and then keeping the tanks up since both of them get damaged simultaneously.\u00a0 Healers are also responsible for a lot of mechanics on top of their healing.\u00a0 This floor might only be hard because it gets done so quickly people forget what happens every week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/256049562?t=49m57s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/256049562?t=49m57s<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sigmascape V2.0 Savage WHM PoV\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8b0f7VxaT50?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>O7S<\/strong> \u2013 This fight ultimately determines how good a group is with their raid\u2019s DPS and how good everyone is mechanically.\u00a0 I know of every mechanic in the fight but I don\u2019t know the timeline because too many people memorized it so I never really had to learn it.\u00a0 There is a flow chart of each time line but I think this is what people were talking about with \u201cSimon Says\u201d when I was still learning this fight.\u00a0 Mechanically, this fight isn\u2019t hard when you know what\u2019s happening but the difficulty lies in how much time passes and people forgetting what was copied and which part of the timeline they are in.\u00a0 Most times, groups will hit enrage and wonder what happened but it\u2019s mostly because of rotation error or too many deaths.\u00a0 If a group is stuck on this fight for a long time, they should probably have a talk about what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<p>This is that fight in the tier that makes you want to practice with cheap potions just to see where everyone can potion optimally.\u00a0 Also you can see the poor netcoding on the Virus and Rot mechanics and it will make you question why you even play this game.\u00a0 If your group took six weeks to beat this fight, wow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FFXIV: O7S static clear\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i2BchpdrwXg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>For the first three floors, strategies don\u2019t differ between statics and pugs and this is intended so people can pug their clears.\u00a0 There really isn\u2019t a \u201cmy static does it differently\u201d but rather the approach is a little different especially for the vertical\/horizontal method for Virus in O7S and dropping the green bombs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>O8S Kefka aka Faustka<\/strong> \u2013 Easier than Exdeath was last tier.\u00a0 The only real RNG is the real\/fake and then the second Graven where you have to remember where to stand otherwise everything else is easily solved.\u00a0 I think pugs use the Box Strat for third graven but both strats are fine.\u00a0 There is a lot of damage but I think this is where tank shields become overpowered.\u00a0 The DPS check is much more forgiving in this fight than it was for Exdeath.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FFXIV: Static First O8S Kefka Clear\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y5DcVOV6e8c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>God Kefka<\/strong> \u2013 Fight isn\u2019t mechanically hard but there\u2019s just a lot of memes with Trine and tank having to turn the boss for Wing and Room Laser mechanics.\u00a0 Pugs will use the cross-method and others will use the \u201csame side as your tether\u201d (I don\u2019t know what it\u2019s called) but there\u2019s actually a better strategy than both of those because it works for all Forsakens.\u00a0 If you park the tanks east, you\u2019ll actually make life easier and the boss will be pre-positioned for room wide AoEs in the third and fourth forsaken.\u00a0 So you have heals \u2013 middle, ranged \u2013 dps west, and tanks \u2013 east while the melee just go on the same side their tether is on.\u00a0 This fight is extremely forgiving with raid DPS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/FairCuteHamsterTakeNRG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/FairCuteHamsterTakeNRG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Twitch Clip)<\/p>\n<p>One thing I will note is that my group has done Celestriad both middle and on the edge.\u00a0 I used to be heavily biased towards tanking it on the edge but I could see why middle could be good.\u00a0 The reason for middle Celestriad is for pre-positioning for future mechanics although it takes a lot of planning during Forsaken 2 because of the Celestriad that happens after which can result in a lot more movement.\u00a0 I think reading this back, I prefer it on the edge because of less movement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FFXIV: Static First God Kefka Clear\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7I58A3Xdcog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FFXIV:  Second Clear O8S\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5epieNc1Cy0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I don\u2019t know what to think of this tier mostly because I thought the only interesting fight was O7S where I had to pay attention.\u00a0 O6S made me feel like they were spoonfeeding mechanics while O5S and O7S makes me feel like I can see Square\u2019s poor netcoding at work.\u00a0 O8S is interesting in the sense that the arena changes but the fight isn\u2019t very difficult.\u00a0 I\u2019m a bit mixed on how I feel about the tier generally because I feel like there\u2019s a lot of poor fight design that doesn\u2019t reward groups for high DPS.\u00a0 I like the idea of having the most difficult mechanic being at the end rather than in the middle of the fight to give a better sense of progression.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Parting thoughts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the first time I\u2019ve had to switch groups mid-tier. No one I raided with this tier was a bad player (except for maybe two people), it was just a difference in philosophy and expectations that caused a couple of us to leave.\u00a0 Book runs don\u2019t count for this.<\/li>\n<li>I haven\u2019t given teaching the tier a thought although I\u2019d be very picky on who I take along. I\u2019m definitely not teaching 80 people again.<\/li>\n<li>I want Alexander Midas Savage difficulty to come back except with less rollercoaster.<\/li>\n<li>What the hell is midcore?<\/li>\n<li>Originally my God Kefka clear was supposed to happen week 3 of me coming back. Bellator Lucis and Milo Sasu approached me about it but nothing actually happened.<\/li>\n<li>Book runs didn\u2019t go away, it\u2019s just handled by a few different people now.<\/li>\n<li>Is this tier the \u201cjoke tier\u201d? Maybe? \u00a0I know a lot of people hate it because of the feeling of raiding being dumbed down.<\/li>\n<li>Kefka should\u2019ve been his own tier in another expansion.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cbUt I uSe coOLDowns foR eMerGecIeS only\u201d<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s a guy on Famfrit who roleplays as \u201cKing Thordan\u201d on Discord.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of Famfrit, there won&#8217;t be a new raid chart.<\/li>\n<li>More people need to understand \u201csituational football\u201d aka get more raid awareness.<\/li>\n<li>Exdeath is the hardest boss in Stormblood while O6S is the easiest fight.\u00a0 Not counting Ultimate.<\/li>\n<li>I didn\u2019t have expert roulette unlocked until three weeks ago.<\/li>\n<li>The raid mount is a reskin of the Yo-Kai watch one that looks like a giant sperm.<\/li>\n<li>Non-raiders are more toxic than raiders are (mostly on Famfrit). Same people dedicating 12 hours a day in Eureka could\u2019ve been progging Savage.<\/li>\n<li>Lamia is a bigger and livelier version of Famfrit.\u00a0 It\u2019s the \u201cFamfrit\u201d my brother remembers.<\/li>\n<li>I do (kind of) lead a second static. This is partly why I don\u2019t want to teach too many new people until after my main is done unless we change our days.<\/li>\n<li>The second static is an alt static in the sense that it&#8217;s mostly alts with one guy being new to prog.\u00a0 People are playing and learning new classes in it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m personally learning Warrior<\/li>\n<li>The FC \u201cEorzean Trade Company\u201d from Behemoth is what Reign is on Famfrit except with even more crafting.\u00a0 Prime is a real raiding FC.<\/li>\n<li>Every FC on every other server has websites and places to send applications. I have not seen anything like that on Famfrit.<\/li>\n<li>With Diamond weapon, I\u2019m ilvl 358. At least I\u2019m not grey for any fight anymore so that\u2019s good.<\/li>\n<li>Too many people deserve a \u201cmost improved player\u201d award. There\u2019s at least 10 people I would name right now who would deserve it.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a &#8220;Geno&#8217;s Whore Raid&#8221; and a &#8220;Geno&#8217;s Bootleg PF&#8221; discord.<\/li>\n<li>Dota is trash to watch until The International and they need better commentators.<\/li>\n<li>24 Hour Subway is a huge lifesaver<\/li>\n<li>Raiding at work was hilarious. People looked through the window to wave at me.<\/li>\n<li>My raid food consists of chicken chow fun, Taco Bell, fish tacos, and occasionally southwest chicken salad.<\/li>\n<li>I got a free Baja Blast Freeze the day after clearing O8S. This week it was a free pink lemonade.<\/li>\n<li>Playing warrior is hilarious although I need melds on left side and to work on my overcapping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks for reading!\u00a0 Also credit to Nomine Stormrage for the screenshot and for the videos (before I joined the static), Rolance Choi for his clip on positioning for Forsakens, and Alesha Phoenix for her footage of our alt group kills..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I\u2019m going to write about will be my actual thoughts on the tier because I think everyone should have cleared by now since we\u2019re going on Week 12-13 and too many drops have happened.\u00a0 For me, I don\u2019t have the luxury of those drops because I was convinced to come back and raid.\u00a0 It&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/final-fantasy-xiv-a-blog-about-sigmascape-savage\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Final Fantasy XIV: Sigmascape Savage Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":11653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16537,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11652\/revisions\/16537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}