Hello,
Been meaning to update this for a while on my current status in FFXIV.
I believe the last post I was mid DSR prog and was growing frustrated and tired of the fight.
We did eventually clear after 1500 pulls, which is probably the longest I've spent progging a fight aside from potentially on patch UCOB. It wasn't an easy prog and there were quite a lot of issues, but we stuck with it and eventually got the clear with one more the following week. I'm proud of these lads for seeing it through and I wish them all the best.
As this group was a DSR only one, I then had to decide what my plan of action was going forward. I was mentally exhausted at this point and was going to take a break as I initially planned after my previous group disbanded. But then an opportunity came up.
I saw that a friend of mine, Kipling, was looking for a melee for his group for 6.2 savage and future content. I've known Kipling for a while, mostly through Guildwork memes and had wanted to play with him for a while.
The main negative is that they are NA, and aside from not knowing what a biscuit is, they started raid at 2AM my time, however with previous experience with shift work and knowing how to adjust my sleep pattern, I knew I could make it work.
It was a good group, with the main issue being scheduling. They were trying to clear DSR themselves but kept getting faced with scheduling conflicts. DSR was put on hold for 6.2 savage and we cleared abyssos fairly quickly despite the tuning for P8s being ridiculous and there continuing to be scheduling issues.
Attempts were made to improve the scheduling and the group in general, but eventually the group decided to disband due to a general disinterest in the game. I personally didn't enjoy abyssos, not because of the group, but because I continued to raid despite the fact that I very clearly need a break and was putting in bare minimum effort.
I did trial for a new group, but it did not go well and I was not accepted. So I came to the conclusion that I seem to be cursed as fuck when it comes to raiding this expansion and that I need to take a break and pick things up again in 7.0. I wasn't enjoying raiding, and was somewhat forcing myself to do so because I wanted to clear content on patch.
It got to the point where I was playing like shit, where I knew I'm capable of better. Or I could just be getting old and losing my touch.
With my new found freedom. I have mostly been playing single player games, while grinding out some PvP achievements when I felt like it.
I got the 6.3 series pass reward pretty quickly within the first week or so.
I also finished off getting my field commander coat, which is 100 wins in Seal Rock. I have been wanting this for a while now, so I'm really happy that it's done and I never have to play Seal Rock again.
Since getting the coat, I have barely logged in since. I tried to get a medium house but have been unsuccessful. So:
Until 6.35, which is mainly deep dungeon and the real start of relic weapons, I am taking a break. I will not be raiding until at least 7.0, and I'm taking what I think it a much overdue break.
It's only been a few weeks, but I already feel so much better mentally. It's been nice not having any gaming commitments and being able to do and play what I want after work each day.
The new Destiny 2 expansion is in a couple of weeks, so I will likely be playing that a lot. but until next time, see you around.
Aud.
