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So strictly speaking I don't know yet if we are struggling for damage output because that fight has more body checks (5+) than DPS checks. The times I've gotten to the end, the previous body check has been so scuffed people have 1 or 2 levels of exhaustion due to deaths which really puts a sinker on the damage output. Finding groups at (insert whatever random time I pick up party finder and decide my evening shall be raiding) was largely my challenge. This is also my first tier running raids on-content.
Week 1 I only put one day forwards, so it counts and doesn't at the same time for me. But I did get past baits
What I ran into mostly in 3-6 was picking the wrong time (Monday night on Crystal) to try to find groups. There was a notable vacuum of parties advertising at my prog point - it felt like (mild exaggeration) everyone was fresh, enrage, or a reclear.
So to make sure I still got practice in, I'd take an instance that was a fresh prog and help them - but we'd time out / disband right as we got to the mechanic I was on. As a result, I got really good at phase 1 with minimal "forward" progress.
Pulling stuff earlier in the week, even on Crystal there was a bit more variety if I looked closer to the beginning of reset, and last two weeks (week 7-8 if I counted right), I got clones > mouser 2 > and these past three days I saw raining cats and enrage.
So, other notes
EDIT: I counted horribly wrong I'll fix it later.
Completely get the concerns on a static. I tried to get a group together with some friends for Anabaseios, we were getting to the FIFA mechanic regularly but people stopped showing up regularly before we could clear it. I don't want to be that person in a static and my work schedule does make it challenging some weeks so I've just stayed out of Savage this time around.
It sounds like you're getting there though, and if you're seeing the enrage then you'll be pretty close to start joining a clear party at least! And once you've gotten to that point it's just repetition for reclears ๐ So don't get discouraged, you're definitely getting there! And thank you for sharing ๐๐ป
Ye that's the goal ๐พ
Then on to M2S ๐