 | After completing the latest savage raid tier recently, I found myself captivated and inspired by this staggering capstone raid mechanic in M12S, one which people have called "one of the most complicated in FFXIV raiding history". I couldn't stop thinking about it, even after clearing it, and so decided to try and make this mechanic into a work of art that could double as a raid guide. What resulted is this timeline, which lays out every transition and mechanic in chronological order, all proportional and accurate to within a second of each event. Each point of note is accompanied by a timestamp and sometimes a diagram illustrating the moment in some way. Shoutouts to F1reman for the high-res arena images used in part of the background, and HUGE shoutouts to my wife Kai ( https://sharkbyt.es ) for supporting me through this project (especially when I nearly died lol) and for providing the night sky photos used for the rest of the background. The strategy in these images are DN Uptime (which is how I learned the mechanic) and Caro Uptime (popular in EU), but i've also made versions for other strats that I will post below after this goes up. I made this as a piece of art first, and a raid guide second, so I don't recommend trying to use this image to learn Idyllic Dream from from the start. That said, I did try to make it so that someone who knows the mechanic could use it as a reference if they've wanted to. It won't be for everyone, but if it ends up helping you or your group, I would love to know about it! I put in a lot of work to make this poster, but I love FFXIV raiding, and I love graphic design, and I had a lot of fun making this. I would love to do more like it for other raid mechanics, job guides, or whatever else comes to mind. You can follow me at calliecat.bsky.social if you wanna reach out, or see what I get up to in the future! submitted by /u/calliecatte [link] [comments] |
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