#ffxiv

FFXIV's photo mode — freeze the action and frame the perfect shot.

Your ranked combat score, logged and graded against everyone else.

A circle on the ground someone has to stand in, or 'soak', to defuse it.

The window when the boss is actually hittable — make it count.

Mitigation — the defensive cooldowns that soften incoming damage.

A heavy hit aimed straight at the tank — mit it or get flattened.

Dead air in a fight — the boss is untargetable and you can't deal damage.

Get away from everyone — a mechanic that punishes you for standing together.

A new FFXIV player, marked by a little sprout icon.

An attack that smacks the entire party at the same time.

A god-tier trial boss in FFXIV, summoned straight out of the lore.

The 'everyone huddle up' marker — pile on it to split the damage.

Progging — learning a fight on those rough early pulls.

FFXIV's hardest raid tier — no Echo, no mercy.

A charged-up, party-wide super move you unleash at the perfect moment.

A mechanic that wipes the group if anyone's dead or out of place.

A player who's maxed every single crafting job — the full set.

Queue for a random instance and take whatever the game throws at you.

Your character's drip — cosmetic gear that overrides how your actual stuff looks.

A vulnerability debuff that makes you take more damage the more it stacks.