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Fixing The Pastebin Dilemma

by Sonicrida Sonicrida icon

The Pastebin Dilemma

Pastebin has been popular this tier and you’ve probably seen it if you’ve been doing any party finder prog. A lot of people find it awkward because you’ll often see listings like this where the group mentions “pastebin” without actually posting the link.

An image of party finder listings showing "pastebin" in the description

This causes a lot of confusion where players have to ask “what pastebin?” which can sometimes lead to them being kicked or ignored because it’s assumed that the person doesn’t know the strat at all.

It can lead to some hilarious situations:

https://x.com/RinKarigani/status/1819893083326107962

Rin Karigani talking about being kicked from a party because they asked for a pastebin link

Between this and the issues coming from pastebins changing more often than we’d like, it’s overall a really awkward solution to the issue of sharing strats in text form. People shouldn’t have to guess or ask what strats you’re doing! Pastebin just isn’t descriptive enough and I wanted to fix that.

The Savage Guide Hub

Introducing The Studium’s Savage Guide hub! I’ve created a page for each savage fight here on The Studium that you can use and share. I’ve added all of the common pastebin strategies when relevant (I haven’t seen a pastebin for M1S), as well as links to the various video guides and other resources or strats being shared. The goal is to not only highlight what’s popular in PF but also surface alternative strategies that might be worth checking out for groups looking to experiment!

You can get to these pages using the menu at the top, on the homepage, or by using one of the links below! Feel free to share them and use them in party finder. I’ve made it so you just add the fight acronym at the end so it’s easy to remember.

https://thestudium.gg/m1s

https://thestudium.gg/m2s

https://thestudium.gg/m3s

https://thestudium.gg/m4s

An image of the savage guide hub on The Studium

Feel free to use these links in your party finder descriptions regardless of what strat you’re using! I’ve also tried to include tips where I can for the fights that I’ve personally cleared. Hopefully this lightens up the struggle of learning savage encounters for both party finder and statics.

If you have any suggestions about the information being shared or new strats to show off, let me know in the discord!

If you enjoyed reading this and want to chat about it, consider joining the Studium Discord! I'd really like to grow a helpful and thriving community of people that love any and all parts of FFXIV - Sonicrida