How to Get Into Savage Raiding | FFXIV

With the new chaotic raid coming up, I thought it could possibly be time for some people to give savage raiding a try! I shouldve made this video sooner so you'd have more time to get practice, but if you've already done some ex trials and have been interested in trying savage, chaotic might be your moment.

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Chapters:
0:00 - 3:42 How I got into Savage
3:43 - 6:18 Chaotic raids may be a good start
6:19 - 7:19 Bozja for inexperienced players
7:19 - 9:24 Ex trials: Savage with training wheels!
9:25 - 9:32 Come prepared
9:33 - 9:53 Food & Tincs
9:54 - 10:06 The Balance (resource for gearing, melds, burst, etc)
10:06 - 10:59 Melding & overmelding
10:59 - 11:35 Where to get free materia
11:36 - 13:31 Shoot for 720 for chaotic raids (&how to get it)
13:31 - 15:50 Practice opener, burst, rotation
15:50 - 16:48 Don't be late (if with a static)
16:48 - 17:10 Healers, bring Ether!
17:10 - 17:38 Don't be afraid of PF
17:39 - 19:00 Veterans, be kind!
19:01 - 19:37 How did YOU get into raiding?

Vtuber credits:

[CaetsuChaijiCh]

Thank you very much for the shout-out! This is definitely a good starting point to get into savage!
Interestingly as almost a polar opposite to your way of getting into savage, I got into FFXIV as a way to step away from the more hardcore focus of raiding in WoW, which meant I had plenty of experience with the more general concepts of hard content, but little to no interest. I did savage raid for some time in Shadowbringers, even as raid leader, but the main reason I got into hard content again in Dawntrail was because some of my friends really wanted to go 😂

Of course, *having* experience with hard content means that your opinion or knowledge on the content will be more believable or trustworthy, but sometimes you will also just meet people that will move the goalpost, because they are just looking for a reason to disagree with you. "You did the newest extreme? Well its not savage." "You did the newest savage? Oh well by the point you did it you already had i730 from tomestones." "You did an ultimate? Well it was harder when I did it" And so on and so forth. What I mean is that I think a super important aspect for you is to make sure you are doing savage (and other hard content) mainly for your enjoyment, and not to satisfy those players. The rest can appreciate your opinion as it is, and if it is sound and reasonable, they can believe it without you backing it with a parse or something! 🤣

Also in regards to the pronunciation of my name, I think you got it pretty good! It is sort of meant to be japanese-sounding, so Ka-e-tsu for instance, but most just call me Cae, which sounds a bit like 'kay but where you lean into an E sound instead of a Y sound! 😁

[kakarottuzumaki]

3:00 Min.: The FF14 comuntiny is realy understanding if its comes to newer players. its a newcomer wellcoming comutiny and i love this about it.

While you get in outher games flamed to the death if you make 1 pixel miss step you can mess up here pretty bad as long you learn form it and try your best ^^

[Nilandia]

Thank you so much for this! I'm still in post-MSQ Endwalker so I haven't had a chance to try savage, and I can tell there's still a lot to work on to get ready. At least now I have an idea of what to work on!

[Harrowing]

I started savage raiding in the last tier of Eden. What got me going was learning The Extreme was the phase 2 music. (FF8 fanboy since childhood). Since then I’ve lived in and out of PF.


This tier I decided to start my own with a couple of friends and STRESSED that new players are absolutely welcome. The only requirements I made were that it was a blind prog group and the desire to play and learn. The gear will come. The skill will come. Blind progs are the most fun for us because it makes for some hilarious moments in figuring out why someone exploded and if it was due to a mechanic or a malicious tank (hello I am that tank), but it’s also super rewarding when we figure out our own way to do a difficult fight. The first step is always the largest, but it becomes easier with like minded players

[idno]

Good vid as always!
For the record I enjoyed your content even without the raiding. But glad the channel gave you the push you needed!

[razblue]

I got into savage raiding with this current tier. My main motivation was the glowing ultimate weapons and to get into that need the savage experience. Also being in med school I wanted a game I could fit into my routine to blow off steam neatly, and having a static with 1 day of prog a week has been amazing and beneficial for my productivity.

I looked for a casual static in ERC and I was very lucky to join a wonderful group with really nice vibes. Since we prog only 1 day a week we going slow but hey I’m finally at m4s and it’s been awesome so far.

As a healer main can definitely recommend EX3, it really encapsulates leniency and the flow of a 1st/2nd fight in savage and EX1 specifically for healer checks (tho maybe less now cause of better ilevel)

[yasspills]

Happy to see you expanding upon this! :D Definitely taking notes, gonna start progging the harder stuff in the new year

[ladymurasaki]

I really appreciate your video. The timing is scary. Just started Storm Blood and have unlocked some savage raids. And I've been terrified to try them

[mindfighter]

Having done Bozja with the Dalriada and a bit of Endwalker Savage, you've helped me feel better about trying to join the new Chaotic raids!

[TylerGonzalez-ruiq]

Thank you for this video. I've been wanting to get into ex and savage and I learned a lot about what I should do to prepare to join in on the harder content.

[ianthecart]

Me being a baby sprout watching this just nodding along (I understand nothing)

[endstone]

I think also a really good thing to mention about PF that was kinda mentioned or I forgot is its all your time I know as myself a Hexa legend I spend my time hopping in a lot of PFs Ive seen it all it feels like at this point good and bad but the biggest thing is you arent obligated to stay in a party if you have to do something irl you have to which makes it best for people with non consistent schedules so if you only have like a hour of game time can hop into something for a hour and call it good where as statics are set times that people cant make.

[CoryG]

Every time I setup a PF I always make sure to make it noob friend with a Safety Dorito to help ^^ and if its a EX trial its a clear/farm Always for all members . How I got into it was easy I just wanted harder content to clear ^^

[nightcoreedits]

just did my first ever extreme Sphene's burden and it was actually a lot of fun. the hardest part was finding a party with good synergy lol.

[kitsuneko]

as someone who watches, it's Cae Tsu Chaiji, altho i have to admit it made me giggle, good vid overall :D

[a_simple_strudel]

Time to strap in and start doing current extremes 🎉

[FubukiShiromiya]

Really recommend Caetsu Chaiji’s content. I started playing a little over a year ago and with help from him and his discord community I worked up to clearing my first savage tier.

[kakarottuzumaki]

9:40 Min.: What Food Recoment you for Healers? Especialy the Reg Heals?

Also Determ and Krit? Or is what you have there more a Sage and Sch thing? Because i personaly be more the reg type of player.

I see droping hp, i react. So works healing for me.

I dont like the schield healer play style. To many dmg abiltys i have to remeber to abuse the schields and its feels like nothing and is instaly away.

Feels like i would run into a cirle without getting anywhere.

So i pefer my Ast and the White Mage tbh.

To the food 1 thing for newer players to help: You can self craft all the raid food you want if you be good in crafting. Plus you can sell it then and abuse the lazyness of outhers and get rich.

I personaly abuse this methode and raid the poketes of raider to get some juicy money ^^

If you craft for exaple only 100 crafts of the mate cookies you get for like 2 to 4 hours work time money in worth form many millions gil.

I dont have the prieces in my head but if we say every cookie goes for 2k Gil (And this is cheap for newer food) Are you by 600k Gil for work that i do you in like 2 hours or less.

Plus if the priece is far higher. We take a more realistic number: Newer food can go to 6 to 10 k some times we are by a gil amound for 2 hours of work form: 1, 8 million to 3 million if you are lucky.

So yes crafting with gathering is a freaking gil mine.

I saw some of the pots go away for 27k at my server (twintania) if you are fast and abuse it you got for 100 crafts pots so 300 pots so 2hours work like: 8, 1 k Gil.

Some of us are rich af form this patch.

I personaly dont focus my self much at money making and more at the newer stuff and even me got like 20 million gil with a effort that is like nothing to me.

If i would focus my self at it i would make 100 million gil form this patch release.

So dont waste this opinion guys :D

And craft your stuff self if you dont want be poor ^^

[TruckDrivinGamer]

Not really interested in Savage raiding, but I do like the Alliance Raids, they're chaotic in the best way!💜

[Cindertear]

It’s quite the journey starting to do savage and high end content. Back in Shadowbringers I didn’t think of getting into savage. I just wanted cool mounts. And saw that Extremes had them. So I started doing Titania Ex. Wasn’t so bad, not much harder than a normal raid. But then Seat of Sacrifice came out. And that was where I learned a lot. After that I wanted to beat every ShB ex to get the mecha dragon mount. And after that I went to O12S unsync. Back in ShB you couldn’t melt it yet. And had to do a couple of important mechanics. The Limit cut of Omega F and M and then in the second phase Hello World, or goodbye world if you were doing the sac strat. XD Unsync and all that was my first savage fight and it felt awesome to clear it. :3