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Nope. Not anymore
They just look different
well, they differ in color <_<
Pick selene she cute
use selene and be an edgy boyee

Selene? That's the orange/pink one right?
they used to have different abilities, but tbh Eos was just better in most situations, so they homogenized the fairies for the sake of balance
yeah shes like purple and yellow :o
not having access to whispering dawn on Selene felt baaaad
True. I miss fey caress alot tho.
So, from what I understand about SCH is: Stick Fairy to Tank, heal everyone else
the fairy does her thing automatically
Fairy autoheals. Just let her be
Watch the tank closely.
Dps usually dont take multiple hard hits unless they big dumb.
her aoe does pop surrounding her , so ideally later in the game you wanna put her between the tank and the dps
the same thing applies with scholar as with any other healer: monitor not just the tank's current health, but the rate at which the tank is losing health
tanks can be taking constant damage and still be safe for 5-6 GCDs while you have whispering dawn rolling
that's a lot of time to dps
I main MNK, so healing is kind of new to me.
It aint hard. Theres no rotation to speak of so you can dedicate alot of time to sitiation awaressness.
I'm learning that. I like White Mage and Scholar a lot. Astro...is way too...gimiky

I love the Astro weapons though...Which is sad. I might just grind some low level dungeons to get a feel for it
Their LB3 is so pretty too.
So, curiosity for a glamour, and trying my luck:
Are there any pants, that hide boots?
Example:
The Republican Signifier's Culottes pants, a PvP set of Caster pants, can hide boots under its loose pants
but are there any other at all
Do you play male or female?
Female? . o.
female cause armor look better on them
Yuna's dress from the mog station hides a lot of the top parts of the boots
I use it to hide the legs of the werewolf set
Ah
I just bought the complete edition. I was wondering if I could change my character race or would I have to buy the Fantasia potion?
be a bunny
@astral sonnet lmao
@whole wasp okay so I’ll just wait it out I’m almost level 40 what level is end game for the base game. Also can I upgrade to the collector edition and is it worth it?
whether collector's edition is worth it is up to you
since the items are largely cosmetic
Well yea I do like some of the mounts and weapons
Also I’m on Crystal> Maloboro is any one wants to welcome a new player. I would love to make some friends on here
Yeah you should be able to upgrade through Mogstation, not sure what the price or extras are though to say if it's worth it
Another question would I be able to pick up my progress on PC if I was playing on console and bought the game on there?
yes
you would need to buy the pc version of the game, but as long as you're using the same account everything else is freely accessible regardless of platform
Dam I thought since I already bought it on PS4 I could just play on my PC. My motherboard fried on me so I can only play on my PS4
Can u enable bubble chat like this in chat log?
I would also like to know I hate having to keep an eye on the chat box especially in battle
no
😢
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So if I have understood correctly then there's side classes (blacksmith, fishing etc etc) is it worth leveling those classes up?
depends on what you mean by "worth"
Hence will they benefit me in the future
they're mostly just there for fun/making money
but honestly most of the money you spend will be fueling your crafters and gatherers in the first place
so if you don't craft and gather you don't need nearly as much money to begin with
I see
Eh you can level crafters and make money from it while leveling
Crafting and gathering isn't nearly as hard as people make it out to be and especially now with the XP increases
As for what one makes most money you have to level them all
They all use materials from one another so you need to be able to make all the materials yourself or else have to buy them for an overpriced amount
Also what sells better just depends on your server market, time, and just what items are hot
Aka "do your own research"
Aye ty
What time is the weekly phanta reset? (kupo bot command if it exists please too : D )
!weekly
ty ty
@astral sonnet, depends on which server you are. That should be nice to know.
why is it that i was assured by 100% of the ffxiv community that i talked to, that i could keep up in level with the msq by playing multiple classes, not worrying about side quests, and never even mentioning level roulettes, and then managed to hit a wall at level 40 when i completely ignored all of that advice? i never deviated from gladiator/paladin, did just about every side quest i laid eyes on, and did a couple levelling roulettes.
famfrit ?
^
it also says primal
i mean, the answer to your question is "because the ffxiv community is composed of fallible humans who do not have complete knowledge of this gigantic video game"
u have to spam dungeons to level
not side quest
side quest give a piss poor amount of exp
roulette then highest level dungeon is the most efficient way/ or potd 51-60 spam
i would of gueesed that willl be it when it comes to lvling
potd
?
what is that
Yeah if you had the preferred server bonus you wouldn't hit level gates even without doing anything for xp. I assume whoever told you that assumed you were going to go to a preferred server or they have only played the game WITH the preferred server bonus
palace of the dead
!faq potd
Effective Levelling Method
The commonly accepted method for levelling in POTD is to start at floor 51 and clear to 60, then reset the save and start back at floor 51, though if you don’t have floor 51 unlocked, 1-10 is an acceptable alternative.
For HoH the principle is the same, instead you’ll be running floors 21-30 instead.
o.o ive heard you get good exp but idk where to find irt
quarrymill i think
umm idk where it is cause im new to the game compleatly
that link tells you where to go
oh lol
xD
Palace of the Dead is the most efficient method for leveling DPS to around level 61 but it's also very boring after a while. You also want to do your roulette every day (or in your case just the leveling roulette since that is all you have at that level)
i would like to hit 50 kinda fast
So if you get bored of Palace of the Dead I'd just....do highest level dungeon or something
i would suggest doing msq until u hit a wall then do potd/dungeons
im lvl 14 xD
the issue with leveling fast is that all content is gated by msq
Oh ngl I thought you were that person who got level gated at level 40
Oh dear
Yeah can you not do main story?
That's the best way to level up
if ur too low level for msq check ur class quest and if ur too low level for that uhh... hunting log?
Hunting log isn't bad
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oh the server im in is famfrit
Currently doing MSQ on first char and am lvl 54 while on 2.4 quests.
Should I do roulettes on this char (DPS)? Or should I do them on an alt?
Basically wondering about whether or not rest of MSQ will be sufficient alone to lvl me up to 80. If so, roulettes seem wasted on this char.
as we noted a bit ago, you will hit MSQ walls without road to 70
and even if you have road to 70, you will hit MSQ walls on the way to 80
so it's never a bad idea to do roulettes
Alright, thanks. Apologies for the repeated question.
Hi guys, just bought the complete edition and just wondering can I wait until I reach 35 trial then use the key?
yes
cake
Noice, ty 😄
anyone got a good linkshell i could join? idk if thats even a thing
in general, if you have just "a linkshell," it'll be the kind of thing friends use to stay in touch
most publicly facing linkshells are for something
you have linkshells for hunts, for rare fates, for mount farming
for roleplayers
got a link for fates and rp?
linkshells are server-specific, you'll have to find someone on your server that has a linkshell you're interested in
oof
Is it just me or is the Nier raid less obvious with its tells than usual
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Hey all, I was super excited to purchase complete edition today 50% off but the sale seems to have ended early. Am I missing something?
Copied Factory has a lot of shorter reaction time mechanics than most XIV content, yes
Probably because it was designed by the NieR team
Ah okay
Felt way more unforgiving and had a lot more physical tells than I'm used to
It’s a very NieR experience
If you’ve ever played a NieR game, it feels a lot like that
The fights are basically modified versions of their Automata counterparts
Can I mail to a different data centre?
No
Datacenters are completely isolated from each other
You can't send mail to other servers either.
Most fastpaced/fun melee dps
Well in terms of speed that would probably be Monk
Though ninja and samurai are also fast
I’m currently enjoying ninja with their recent changes, but fun is as always subjective
monk is definitely the busiest DPS at the moment
i think it has the most positional as well? or is it dragoon?
If I lower the CPU priority of the FFXIV process (via task manager), will that reduce processor strain at the expense of FPS? I don't want FPS, I want my computer not to crash after 15 minutes of running the game.
Monk has the most positionals at 6, DRG/NIN have 3 and SAM at 2
you have a bigger issue if it crashes after 15 minutes. and lowering cpu priority won't change that.
check your computer cooling
actually
it's a laptop tbh, not much to change about it
what is the error that crashes it? any error code?
I’m lvl 59 but why won’t it let me use paladin skills below my level?
my laptop shuts down, that's the error code
Looks like you’ve missed your job quests @shrewd relic
and if you have an air duster, blow the vents to get the dust out.
@shrewd relic Some abilities and skills/spells might be gated behind class quests, or are "enhanced" versions of basic spells that automatically replace their "unenhanced" version on your hotbar.
level 52-60 skills and the level 70 one come from job quests
The paladin job quests are in chamber of rule in uldah right? :0
They start there
I went there and didn’t see any quests
The HW ones move around HW zones
Check your last completed one in the completed section of your journal
When does HW start?
ok so below your MSQ tracker, you should see a quest name in a smaller font. That's your current job quest. Clicking on that should bring up the map of the zone where the job quest is.
Based on where you are, a bit more than 100 quests away
@gritty oracle pm me if you want me to help you troubleshoot your laptop.
Thanks!
Seems like you’re not in Heavensward yet
So the 50+ job quests are not yet available.
Ahh okay that makes sense ty 🙂
Hi everyone, new player here, I bought the game today and was wondering what of the 3 recomended servers on chaos is best for a player from spain
So, the main story of the game (not dlc) ends at lvl 50, correct?
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@leaden ginkgo The ARR story ends at 50. Expansions aren’t dlc though
the expansions are all part of the same story
I don’t understand why people insist on referring to expansions as dlc. Dlc is something completely different
@meager dagger Unless you have a specific Free Company ("guild") in mind to join, or care about the hunt (kill rare monsters as party) or marketboard (player market) scene, it doesn't matter. You can party up with anyone on Chaos, and do content with them. That being said, if you want to rp much, I recommend Omega, which has a fluorishing RP community.
@gritty oracle Thank you!!, Im more interested in fainding the server where are most of the spanish speaking players, I will go with luisoux for the moment and try my luck finding a spanish speaking FC there.
with boss fights with the eye where you have to turn away from it i usually physically press s to move backwards so i dont look at them, ive seen some streamers physically turn their screen camera away, does that work too?
if you turn with rclick it works
one mouse button turns the camera, one turns the camera + character
ppl with standard movement on will turn their camera, ppl with legacy can just press S
Although it wasn’t asked, but for pretty much all gazes outside of the base game, you can turn away at the last second and should still dodge
Some gazes in the base game, mainly Angra Mainyu in World of Darkness and Melusine in T8 need you to wait for the game to actually tell you that you dodged the attack before facing the boss again
Anyone have advice for avoiding ground aoes when you're tanking like 10 mobs at once?
i want to keep them steady for DPS but it's a cartoon dust cloud of anime FX up in this bitch
You can change party member visual effects to limited in character config
i swivel my camera straight up over my character's head and try to focus only on the point right between my character's feet
since that's where your hitbox is for dodging purposes
Moving around during AoE is fine
yeah, you'll have to do some dodging for sure
DPS don’t have positionals on their AoEs.
just try and be economical about it, try to dodge as little as possible
Ideally you can like
Dodge into the pack
Rather than running away and having them follow you
New red mage player and new player to ff14 and I bought a level skip to 70 and story skip to heavensward. Anywhere to get help of how to setup the hotbars correctly for the abilities? I feel completely lost and regretting buying it now
for me, i put similar function skills nearby to help me remember them.
like AOE rotation skills together, single target rotation together
and find a dummy to practice a bit
adjust according to how you like it as you practice
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I guess I should have learned that stuff before doing this :/
Is gunblade a good beginner tank?
I have a lv43 PLD but kinda wanna not continue with that
@verbal reef it certainly is very overwhelming with all the skills coming up. if you really want though, you can go through the dungeons from low to high. like start with lv16 dungeon and gradually increase the levels. so you get a sudo experience of "leveling up".
when you're in a low level dungeon, your levels get sync'd down and your skill availability will be at that level as well.
@vernal surge gunblade is certainly not hard at all. by all means, try it.
60
Would that be a problem for someone like me that hasn't really tanked outside of a couple dungeons
you need to have a job at least lv60 already btw.
If you know the basics of tanking feel free
I think dungeon wise I'm fine
But the offtank main tank and picking up batteries thing makes me scared
that's just mechanics, you just need to play more to understand them. GNB isn't harder then any other tanks in this regard.
people are usually nice enough. just say in the chat that you're new and ask if you need to know anything as soon as you get into the instance.
the difference between tanks are just their rotations and damage mitigation. basics of tanking like pulling aggro, tank swapping, etc are all the same.
Alright thanks I'll give it a try
1 of our tanks dced during normal raids and we are searching for another one, our fc tank is queing (with join in progress party option on) and he cant join?
Does that gold place (forgot its name) give you cosmetics with MGP?
@viscid acorn gold saucer. yeah, a bunch of glamour items and mounts, etc.
@clever river make sure he actually has that raid unlocked? other than that, i don't know..
he has it
oh well we just left
btw if he doesnt have that raid unlocked he cant queue for it no? xD
i'd assume you're talking about normal raid roulette
maybe he doesn't have the specific raid you guys are in
no he was specifically queueing for alphascape 4.0
and we were in that raid
searching for a new tank
He couldnt get in
It doesn't always work properly
you guys went in alphascape 4.0 through roulette or that specific raid queue?
specific raid queue
Yeah true @timber fossil
well, probably just dumb system? lol
yup
@timber fossil ty
👍
what should be my first phantasm purchase? WHM
Can i change the appearance of my armor? like to something better?
!faq glamour
"What is Glamour and how do I unlock it?"
Glamour is the process of changing an equipment's look into a different item with the use of Glamour Prisms. You can unlock the ability to glamour by doing the level 15 quests "If I Had a Glamour" in Vesper Bay, West Thanalan. Although not required to unlock Glamour, you can unlock the ability to dye gear with the nearby quest "Color Your World". You can get the Orange Juice needed by talking to the nearby Merchant & Mender and choosing "Purchase Items".
"How do I glamour? Where do I get more Prisms?"
Glamouring is done by right clicking (Square or X on controllers) on the equipment you want to have a different look and choosing the option "Cast Glamour". After clicking this you choose the item you want the appearance on the right half of the menu that opened up. You can get more Glamour Prisms by either crafting them after completing the quest "Absolutely Glamourous", buying them from your Grand Company Quartermaster, or by buying them from the marketboard.
@queen merlin body piece.
ok ty
@queen merlin it's just general gearing priority. go with weapon first, body, pants, and the rest. phantas doesn't have weapon yet so body.
ok, so stat amount>ilvl
Is there a shop or merchant that sells outfits in FF14? or are most of the costumes from events?
ok
Whoa
@fervent bloom no, except the mogstation where you buy with real cash.
those are usually from the past event items
There’s a phantasmagoria weapon @queen merlin @timber fossil
You should be getting that first
100%
wait, what
isn't it just upgrading?
Tomestone weapons have a slightly different system
upgrading the eden savage ones
i don't think they sell one of the tokens yet?
A weapon is exchanged for ten Mowen’s tokens (phantasmagoria)
thats cheap?
And the blade token is guaranteed reward from Eden normal final floor.
It’s 1000 phantasmagoria and four runs of Eden’s Gate: Sepulture, in other words.
OH, that's what the blade tokens for. lmao i suck. thanks Lyon
This should be your first purchase.
The capped tomestone weapon has always worked like this since patch 3.2 about four years back
But when a raid tier is new you’re limited to one of the normal raid tokens per week
So you have to wait longer to have enough for your weapon.
how long does a full eden clear take? on normal
Not a problem for the current tier though as it’s been out long enough that the weekly loot restrictions have been lifted.
Uh
Five or eight minutes
I am not sure what I mean tbh, never done a raid in FFXIV before
Completing all of it the first time will take you an evening.
edens gate resurrection is what I have
Raid tiers consist of four bosses which are each a separate instance.
they're not hard. even if you go in blind and you'll figure it out pretty quickly. even if not, you'll probably get carried and still go through the raid.
noted
You beat resurrection, then the story will bring you to Eden’s Gate: Descent.
ah
The fourth instance, Sepulture, is the one that rewards the weapon token.
cool
It’s a guaranteed drop straight into your inventory, you don’t have to roll on the treasure chest loot for it.
I have some farming to do then, only got 362 tomestones
there's a 450 weekly cap btw.
So once you complete the raids and story once, you just run Sepulture three more times
And you’ll have the required tokens
And then yeah just save up phantasmagoria.
cheers guys

As a white mage, when I have the boss targeted and I cast Cure 3, does the spell cast on myself and affect everyone within 5y of me?
Yes
Ok awesome
thanks for saving my ass for giving the wrong info lol @jade quartz
😄
saved you? I already reported you for trolling
Dw I’ve given mistaken info before
Also on E1S as a WHM, during the insane AOE DPS that happens (such as dimensional shift), what is the best AOE healing rotation? I've been doing a mixture of Medica 2 and Assize (normally use Cure 3 but not everyone stacks good most of the time)

I try to save my lilies for healing the tanks
medica 2 is pretty bad onhit heal so precast it if anything
unless you plenary it i guess
idk heal stuff
use Afflatus Rapture, no need to save lily just for the tank.
Coordinate with your cohealer and ask your tanks and dps to use their mitigation cds
that too
pop asylum as well
I save Asylum for his 3x Vice and Virtue rotation
asylum cooldown is 90s. plan around it.
you can still use it and save it for the right time
I know that most folks encourage burning CDs and lilies before using MP abilities, which is why I ask. I normally do Indulgence + Rapture/Medica 2
but sometimes Indulgence isn't off CD
that's usually good enough on your part. if it's still not enough, your cohealer suck and just pop another medica I, it's painful to use medica I at that point, but you gotta do it lol.
Hard to keep all my CDs in mind when the fight isn't second nature to me
There are over 24 abilities I use regularly, it's a lot lol
play more and you'll start feeling it.
I just don't like fcking up
It’s all about that practice and muscle memory
I boosted scholar, do I get summoner level 70 as well?
You’ll get it with time
Yeah @leaden ginkgo but you’ll still have to do the SMN job quests to unlock all your skills
And obtain gear yourself
That's fine
and you don't get the gears that come with it
I just wanted to make sure
I wanted to boost a job and I heard u get two basically for 70 if u get SCH or the other
Where do u get Summoner btw
how much does having ff14 on a ssd effect load times?
Do you become a summoner from arcanist?
ty
@jade quartz what's your general average load time?
i have an SSD and it's around 5 seconds for the most part.
i guess it kind of improves? lol
i've never taken more than 7 seconds or so.
i feel like SSD affects load time more on single player games
online games also depends on your internet speed as well
20 seconds is pretty significant lol, might check your internet speed lol i think even for HDD, it's way too long.
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Okay everyone, I got the complete edition on sale and I am stoked. I read the entire reddit post about servers but I am not sure if that is up to date anymore... Can anyone recommend a NA server for me? I will be playing White Mage so group content is important to me. I love healing dungeons in this game and WoW but I have never done a ton of raiding. More importantly than that, I want to find a friendly culture with a fun RP community.
@dusk zenith i also play on borderless mode. i don't think that matters.
@visual flame Crystal datacentre is the centre for RP. Within a datacentre you can visit between the different servers as much as you like.
doing raiding and dungeons can be cross server within the same data center btw
The only thing home world selection really matters for is your Free Company (player guild) and player-owned housing.
The two biggest RP servers on Crystal are Balmung and Mateus. Both are highly congested so they’re currently locked for new character creation
But you can visit them through the world visit system very easily.
Gotcha, awesome. Thank you so much!
How's the culture between Coeurl and Brynhildr?
hey i just installed a new SSDto my pc and reinstalled windows but https://freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com/se wont take me anywhere so i cant download the launcher
😦
@lofty comet what region are you in?
sweden
is skill speed good for tanks? or tenacity better?
ooh did my browser change the url to se? xD
not sure what the url does xD, it didn't work for me either.
but that is where you download launcher
@fervent bloom check The Balance for job specific optimization.
!balance
what is the command again
!thebalance
i can't do it lol
So I was wondering, what does the item level sync that some dungeons have actually do? Gear is always scaled down anyway isn't?
@silk summit if i'm not wrong, ilvl sync dungeons sync further down to what your level's max ilvl can have.
other dungeons that don't specify ilvl sync will have you sync'd to the highest possible ilvl for that dungeon level.
anyone please correct me if i'm wrong. this is just what i believe is right lol
sounds about right
An ilvl sync is usually on lvl 50, 60, 70, or 80 dungeons where the max ilvl is often WAY above the minimum. So for example, a lvl 50 dungeon that ilvl syncs to 90 is going to limit you more than one that syncs to ilvl 120
if you want to get super technical, ilvl sync lowers all amounts of stats above that ilvl's max mainstat/meld amount to it, so if you have a lvl 50 i90 sync but a lvl 60 i270 piece with crit/dh then it will be a lvl 50 piece with crit and dh maxed out for that ilvl, when an i90 crit/dh piece would have maxed crit and like, half that amount of dh
which is why for example stormblood ultimates don't require lvl 70 gear anymore, because for example for ucob with i345 sync, higher level pieces at i418 reach the stat cap with the lower stat, plus melds are disabled, so you end up with no melds but both stats on the item maxed out as high as the piece can get
most important stats for WHM?
weapon damage >= mind > piety to comfort > crit > det (= dh for damage, det affects heals)
for leveling ilvl > all
What is the difference between the "Individual" and the "Shared" options on the macro menu? I initially thought that you could have a per-job macro list on individual and that shared would be for all jobs but that isn't the case
Individual macros are saved client-side
How does one go about fast farming the warrior mounts?
Shared macros are saved server-side
It doesn’t matter unless you play in multiple platforms or like
Switch PCs
That's.. kind of silly
Garuda Extreme/T4 for the unarmoured versions. I think Lakshmi EX or O1S for the other set of tank mounts
(Though in the latter case you should be able to transfer some configuration files over I think)
@obsidian patio what's T4?
Originally there were just the 100 macro slots which were shared Darky
The 4th instance of the binding coil of bahamut
Can you no longer put pet skills on your hot bar?
Then people wanted more slots to save macros in so they added the individual ones
I'm trying to put gust gouge and down burst on the hot bar and it isn't working
Ahh, gotcha
The attack skills are done with Egi Assault now
Didn’t want to add more shared slots because that’s server load
Oh so there's less micro managing?
Wouldn't it make way more sense to just have a per job macro option the same way you can choose to have shared or job specific hotbars?
There’s pretty much the same level of micromanaging, i.e. not much at all.
that's just a little redundant in my opinion since 90% of the time you wouldn't be hopping different PCs or platforms to play 1 game
@river portal server load is the reason as I said
Yeah
I want to argue on different characters but I know people just do do that, which is wild to me. I love this game but fuck re-doing story to geta new character up to speed
I digress I guess I'm jut mildly annoyed/inconvenienced
Since Garuda Extreme works for farming the tank mount, safe to assume that Ifrit Ex also works?
Cool, thanks!
Garuda is generally faster since Ifrit has to do his ultimate 2-3 times
Yeah, definitely, but managed to finish Ifrit in 10seconds, so there's that haha
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What is the whisper/tell syntax to message someone in a different world?
/tell First Last@Gilgamesh message doesn't work
Gilgamesh is on Crystal right?
thank god we're not
Your discord role
Oh
Ayyy
So can't message people across data centers I guess
Correct
Nope
You can't do anything with people across data centers
is there a way to blacklist some instances from the duty roulette? Like I don't want the ifrit fight
No
alright thanks
Would rather defeat the purpose
Also getting Ifrit in leveling roulette is nice
Means you’re done incredibly speedily.
but its not good for farming xp
It is
You’re getting the bonus.
To be clear, you should only run leveling roulette once a day
Not farm it
then how should i level alt jobs?
the bonus for ifrit specifically is smaller than other duties
so it is a bit of a letdown/feels like a "waste" of a daily
Highest level dungeon.
and patience
guess the only problem is if I queue the highest thing the wait times are really long
Palace of the Dead if you’re suffering from long queue times as a dps.
i have a big issue here, i'm EU but play on a NA server because they're supposed to have the biggest player base in the game, but because of the time schedule i found NA pretty empty for me when i'm on so i wanna transfer to an EU server. Anyone know which EU server is the most populated/active?
as i understand it both EU dc's are roughly equal
There are a couple of ways to level alt jobs. My personal strategy is to sit in a city for two weeks to make sure my rested xp is capped, then do daily roulettes only until 71. After that, I’ll do mostly pixie beast tribe quests (~1/4 level per day), hunts if I feel like it, and either specific queue or Trust level 75 and 79 dungeons when those are my highest level available
It’s not fast, but it gets a job leveled in about 3 weeks give or take a bit
is there any way of knowing for sure what the most populated is? i really dont wanna transfer to a dead server by mistake lol @junior yacht
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i made my char on famfrit, a 'preferred world' and there are tons of people
https://ffxivcensus.com/ I'm not sure if this will help bc idk how accurate the data is, but maybe this will help?
cant i like, change characters from one server to another according to my needs/preferences? or is it limited? @languid kernel
You can world visit servers within your datacenter at will
The only things that are really affected by server are free companies and selling things on the market board
Matchmaking draws from your entire datacenter
ohh..by datacenter you mean all of NA or EU servers?
yes
oh ok
i think its a data center for each region but correct me, but thats the general idea
No. There are three NA datacenters and two EU
And three JP
Oh, wait, they added an EU datacenter for ShB, so there’s three of those as well
Each datacenter has about eight servers in it
@jolly needle seriously, I can’t emphasise enough how much you like
Shouldn’t worry at all
yea dont overthink it, just pick a preferred sever and be done with it
ye i know, i just like lots of human being when i play MMo's xD
most of the servers will be "dead" until you reach limsa anyway
We’ve explained now how server populations are balanced and fluctuate
There are 3 EU?
thats what i experienced
So for example, Cactuar is on the NA Aether datacenter, but Excalibur is on the NA Primal datacenter. Characters on those two servers cannot interact with each other in any way
There’s no one server to pick or avoid.
I thought EU has Light and Chaos
There are 2 EU DCs.
EU only has light and chaos yes
I thought there was a third
There wasn't a EU for a while
You will have mostly the same experience no matter which one you pick
Maybe I was hallucinating
So just
Then they added one
Go ahead and roll
nope..NA has 3 and Japan has 4/5 i think
Then in ShB, they added another
Japan has 3.
nvm, yes, japan has 3
Mana
Is the third JP
But yeah. Pick a datacenter that matches your play availability.
Pick a preferred server on that datacenter and call it a day
ye, ive picked Cerberus on Chaos
btw, now that ive picked the server how do i transfer my character there? lol
ty 🙂
it's under "Additional Services" -> "Home World Transfer Service"
There you go
I’m the type that just makes a whole new character when I want to switch datacenters
make sure to really read through every word in there about the limitations on what can be brought over and what can't.
Because why not
i did it before
i mean, im just level 45 Pala but i dont wanna level up again lol
hmm.. i personally would level again if you're just lv45 lol
but it's up to you of course 😄
I have made new characters with multiple max level jobs on my existing character
i have like 1million gil..can i transfer that?
Once you know what you’re doing it goes pretty quick
yes
ye i took a while to lvl up xD
housing is gone, which i assume you don't have any.
nope, cant get a house..all of them are occupied
If he’s only 45 he doesn’t even have the rank to buy property
With your grand company
oh
You need to be Second Lieutenant
i still have the lowest rank i think lol
just make sure to read the "Confirm Your Eligibility" part
ok
i didnt even finished the storyline for ARR lol
i need to fill a form to transfer my guy? why?
wait
i need to pay ?
it's just the mogstation thing
Yes
yes
ok im starting a new character then lol
unless you're transferring from congested to preferred.
thought it was free
congested to preferred is free, otherwise it's $18
thats more than my monthly sub so i think i'll just grind another character tbh
yeah, that's why we were slightly surprised you wanted to transfer your lv45 paladin lol
lol all good. good luck in your new server.
ty
Can you not travel via Aetheryte from Limsa Lominsa to Mist?
Tried yesterday and it wasn't on the menu popup... Thought maybe I didn't unlock it.
With Teleport, yes
But not by the aetheryte plaza? :(
Nope, those only go to mini aetherytes within that city
Sighhh 😭
i thought you can
click on "Visit Residential Area" or something like that isn't it?
Yes you can
So weird that in Gridania you can hop over to the Lavender Beds but in Limsa Lominsa, you can't?
You can.
Howwww
You need to do the housing quest for each district
If I buy an outfit from mogstation, does it just go over gear
But you must have completed the “Where the Heart Is” quest for Mist
Or is it a glamour I have to put on like a one time use thing
Ahhhhhhhhh FML I might have not done that
Can use as much as you want
I think it begins in Red Rooster Stead, Lower La No.
@trim egret with glamour
So you can glamour it onto other pieces as much as you want?
And thats for all classes on that character yes?
Yep
Basically you yeet it into the glam dresser and then use it in as many templates as you want
i personally would put it in the glamour dresser, but it's their choice.
Thanks 🙂
I think Im going to buy the spooky ghost blanket lmao
I saw it in a cutscene and couldnt stop laughing
also @trim egret just to be clear, if you wouldn't be able to equip a piece of gear (wrong class, level restrictions etc) then you can't glamour it on your character either. For example, if you put a Bard hat and a Red Mage jacket into a template, then depending on your class, only the hat, only the jacket, or nothing would show
Oh wait this is the question channel
👀
yep
Well
Some outfit, like that ghost, is lvl 1 all class
the stuff you buy on mogstation are all "All Class"
AFAIK, The only glamour on the mogstation that isn’t level 1 is the Lightning/Snow FFXIII stuff
Which is like level 15-17
@stray saffron how do i "rush" to lvl 70?
Is it your first class?
MSQ
Main Story Quest 
Oh
You can't rush to 70 since everything is locked behind the MSQ
Hmm
I just wanna get to the endgame content tbh xD i mean, im really enjoying the story, but the quest system is absolutely boring
Everything is locked behind the story
It gets a lot better after arr
So you have to do it one way or the other
Guess so
Btw guys, ive noticed that the queues for pvp are above 30min..is it unpopular? 1st time that i see such huge queues for pvp on a mmo
If you do trial account and then transition, do you miss out on anything or is it 100% the same?
You won’t lose anything
Compared to the rest of the game? Yes @jolly needle
You can try queueing pvp right after reset
But other times, the queue is just too awful...
Its been awful since i got the game xD for dungeons or any other group activity that i have unlocked it takes 5/10min max, but pvp..damn, thats a different story
15-30 minutes queue is a normal life of a DPS btw.
5-10 looks like tank/healer queue
Oh and ive tried a level 40 guildhest and the queue is horrible there as well..wonder why
he has a lv45 PLD
Cause guidehest is... you do them for extra exp < lvl 30, then forget about it
Cause its not really worth at higher level
So yeah, dead queues
No one does the guildhest unless they need to unlock mentor roulette
So the pool is way smaller
I think thats a lesson for doing raids, so i wanted to try that guildhest mission tbh
it's not lol
they're like the extreme tiny version of a dungeon run lol
I'll just skip that stuff then xD
Dungeons so far are pretty ez...its like a walk in a park
But well, i'm still low level so i dunno about higher level content
i always suggest new player to take it slow. end game is indeed fun, but rushing there can make you burned out.
I get what you're saying..
Got burned out of gw2 for rushing to many times to high level stuff lol
guildhest Kinda sorta kinda taught something
if you paid attention to the text
but it is just so useless overall
But i dont have much patience to wait and grind all the boring stuff tbh lol my babe actually leveld up like 20 levels of my Paladin cause i got bored with questing
plus you can just power through them
except for that one guildhest where you need to kill all adds at roughly the same time
which is a mechanic that never come out ever in the rest of the game
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@jolly needle i guess you do have the ultimate weapon of story skip lol
Well
There have been some kill-at-same-time double bosses I guess
Actually i dont skip the story cause im a ff fan since i was a little kid..but like, optional quests, which theres alot, yes i skip those
is entirely skippable
A1S, Mog EX
Im kinda enjoying the storyline tbh...in my opinion it had a slow start but bit by bit its getting my attention.
you'll have your stomach burst out laughing with the manderville quests. you can do them when you're lv50
Im at that part where i meet some guys that fought against Titan
it's a side quest
Hildibrand is 
Yeah do blue quests (and the MSQ obviously), but feel free to skip the other side quests. You'll burn out if you tried to do it all lol
I kinda skip those purple plus quest as well lol
You shouldn't
The only purple quest that i didnt skipped was the gladiator storyline
Some of them don't give you much, but some of them have really good rewards. You could probably just pick and choose which ones to do, but most of them are worthwhile
Don't skip 
Damb
It's easier to do them all so you don't misss one
^
You don't have to do the ones which unlock other classes if you don't want to play those classes of course
but it's always obvious which ones those are.
Or the leve
which are only useful to do if you want to level crafting and gathering
I kinda wanted to try every class tbh..
"So you want to be....."
those are the class unlock
lol
i believe unlocking a job also gives you an extra inventory space?
armor inventory
It gives you more gear set spaces
^Which is not the same thing
Yes
it doesn't really matter
You will always have enough gear set slots
- a bunch of extra.
Unlocking a new class or job adds a new slot
Btw, whats wrong with the housing really? I mean, still dont have enough rank, but saw alot of threads of players complaining about not being able to get housing ingame
but that doesn't really affect you in any way
because you didn't need an extra slot until you unlocked that class/job.
Housing is limited to a certain number of instanced neighbourhoods.
It's hard to find an opening
Because housing is limited per server so on a heavily populated server you're going to find like nothing available
but it is not impossible.
On almost all servers it's possible to get a house
just takes a lot of effort/time investment and some luck.
On Gilmanesh (or wtv its called) theres not a single house avaiable lol
Yeah
There are people who buy multiple lots using alts, which can dry up supply quickly. They added some more housing recently though and on lower pop servers no one is forced to buy an apt if they want a small plot
Gilgamesh is one of the few servers that is still significantly more populated than the rest
Plus if a plot were to be rescinded, there's an invisible timer so that no one can buy it immediately so you even have to camp for the plot if it DOES become available, which is it's own clusterfuck
You can always spring for an apartment
Apartments are basically one room houses and they're a dime a dozen, but on the most famous servers, like Balmung I've witnessed, it's not terribly easy to just go to a place with one and buy it, but any other server apartments are a dime a dozen
Guess that by the time i find a house ill be bloody rich xD
The downsides to apartments tho is there aren't any outward appearances you can change, it's limited to one room and you can't do cross-breeding with gardening
Honestly player housing is mostly just a gil-sink / cosmetic addition. Plots make more sense as FC goals than individual imo
Mmmh crafting facilties, buff stand, and garden for chocobo food
Should I be saving silver chocobo feathers for anything?
Not really
use em on ironworks or shire or scaevan gear
A mount would be better since they can't be obtained through other means if I'm correct
I must be thinking of the invite a friend reward and not the feathers that come with that, I've never used it so
Thats what I mean, really nothing to save up for right
Like I can buy level 70 pieces now, should I/
I?
I mean if there's any other reward that looks moderately appealing go for it, that gear can be bought with endgame currency and poetics are a dime a dozen
Is there other stuff you can buy that isnt gear?
some people buy unidentifiable ore to exchange to thanalan soil 3, either to use for their gardening or sell on marketboard for gil.
^ me
Also glowy weapon craft mats
Do I need to own ShB to play GNB and DNC?
Yes
100% sure?
yes
okay because I have both unlocked and equipped right now but the mogstation tells me I do not own Shb
Did you swap platforms or play during Early Access?
nope. Neither
it would appear so but everywhere I check it says otherwise
You shouldn't be able to
Coming from wow tanking, is there any fights where tank dps matters in terms of threat? Or is it all about just pushing as much dps as you can to avoid engage timers?
All that matters is pushing damage now
maintaining threat is not really a problem
Gotcha
Aggro is easy to manage in Tank Stance
turn off your stance after the swap
Only 52 right now btw
Theres no danger of building too much of a threat lead?
Just trying to figure out mechanica
provoke always gives the user top aggro + a bit on top
I thought I had bought it 😐 but for reasons I had to stop playing just a little after ShB release.
All I know is I unlocked the new classes, played a bit with the changes to other classes, then dropped the sub.
no idea about wow so I can't speak to that
It's how taunt works there
I'm liking tanking here just want to get to know the nuances. It's fun as hell
@frail spade double check mogstation? My BF came back to play the game recently after not playing a long while, to play a bit, and couldn't unlock DNC until he got shb
double checking everywhere. Even the game only shows me SB's main menu, and my jobs that were 70 are still locked at 70
for this table, you don't have any circles where it says shadowbringers on any platform? Just making sure
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hmm, peculiar
I even have my aetherite earrings
Ah that’s why
Your pre-order/early access license expired
You need to use the retail code that was given to you when you preordered
Ah I didn't know you had pre-ordered it
Yeah, you unlocked it during Early Access
there ya go, much better

hello i'm a returning player and wondering how to find a large, active social FC? willing to world transfer i just want to have some people to talk to while i catch up.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/9082509/ this is my character
Is there any way besides Squadron missions to get the Combat EXP scrolls?
The ones that mimic FC actions? Nope
Hello
Anyone know to do a house upgrade do we buy four walls or just one?
For the different house looks in the workshop.
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Are beast tribe quests a decent source if level 60-ish xp?
yea
Is summoner good dps? I’m level 60 and feel kinda underpowered
They should be, yez
They're one of the strongest dps atm
A Dancer uses MP for....what, exactly?
They don't
Btw can any official gm answer this preferably? I have an ex-friend that keeps harassing me and stalking me through the friendlist, but i cant get him to remove my name from his friend list. What can i do?
There are no official GMs on this server
Any recommendations then?
You have to contact the GMs in game
But is there a way to fix it without bringing GMs into the problem?
Egads, there's split data centres now? I've been gone forever. Which data centre has servers with bonuses, since I'm just starting up again?
What region?
NA
If you're being harassed then go straight to a GM @leaden ginkgo
Ok thanks Meara!
Primal and Crystal are the data centres with preferred worlds
Thanksss 😁
anyone know if you can get prievious pvp season gear somehow?
Like the ranked gear?
How can one aquire the Antiquated Brionac lancer weapon? Google says you can exchange tomestones with Hismenia in Idyllshire but she doesn’t have that weapon in her inventory?
For the Anima quest the part of Building Aetheric Density does that mean any of the dungeon under Duty tab from ARR and Heavensward?
@frank chasm Just one exterior wall item is required.
@leaden ginkgo buy it with centurio hunt seals in Ishgard bar by talking to the old man there
@hushed girder yes, any Heavensward duty or even FATEs work. However, the go-to method nowadays is to repeatedly spam A9S with an unsynced party.
which one is that?
what is the fastest way to level a second job?
I don't know much of the Terms
@wintry chasm also how can I aquire the weapon Nidhogg?
!faq altlvlguide
If you’re talking about the spear that ||Estinien uses and calls Nidhogg||, it’s unique to him
@jade quartz My life is over, I wanted that weapon so bad
@jade quartz I can't seem to find it
Which one?
Gae Bolg
I do stress somewhat
@hushed girder you must first have completed the Alexander normal-mode raid series through all twelve fights, then speak with the Wandering Minstrel in Revenant’s Toll to unlock savage.
so they are raids?
I can’t figure out where Ishgard bar is
Its near the forgotten knight aethernet
Its up the stairs and to the right of the main Aetherryte
^ sure
aka go to the Congregation of our Knights Most Heavenly and then go dead south from there 
do all the bicolor gemtraders sell the same inventory?
Nope.
Different per zone
I think I found it thxs!
The riding maps alone are different but they sell different mob mats too.
That’s why you want to rank all the zones up for all the unique items
oof, so I have to rank up each zone, they don't all rank up together? Thank you.
Plus getting all zones to rank 3 shared FATEs unlocks additional bicolour gemstone vendors in the Crystarium and Eulmore.
Yeah, 66 FATEs in each zone in total
where is my rank? I thought it was just based on stones posessed.
Travel -> Shared FATE
Can you do PoTd from 60-61?
Yes you can
thank you
many thanks
ahh, there's my ranks. Thanks again.
yes the ranked gear by the way
like i really want the hellbound helm
but only recently started playingf
Quick question when does the new adventurer icon go away from ones name?
/nastatus off
It goes away naturally after starting shadowbringers story and 168 hours of playtime, IIRC
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hello how do i materia enhance something? i have an ALC quest for this 🙂
Right click the item and choose “meld”. You’ll need any grade 1 materia
Can you not assign gunbreaker to retainer class?
You can
gotcha, thanks
does story skip unlock any optional dungeons?
It does not
Can you use keyboard and mouse on ps4?
I know you can use a keyboard so I assume you can use a mouse too
Hi! I played Shadowbringers on release, and my old main (Summoner) felt kinda awkward with the changes. There was a specific portion of the rotation where you had tor refresh your dots, just to overwrite them 10 or so seconds later. I know a lot of people voiced their complaints about this and I want to know if Squenix has addressed it yet?
Hey guys, im gonna start playing today, looking for friends 🙂
It is just one manual refresh
so it flows more like it did in Stormblood then?
because the weird janky refresh to be re-refreshed by tri shortly after killed the class for me
That part is gone for sure
The reason i ask, as i been doing them
During every rank up, you get leeway to do a +3
But for some reason, once you hit Sworn, you do not get the +3 dailies
And considering how there is still one more rank to get, it felt a bit odd
Thats just how its always worked
Odd the pause then. But alas, just a small nitpick
