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little walrus
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F

twilit arch
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the "midcore" content is the extreme trials

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So you can kind of say the difficulty scale is 24mans/normal mode > EX trials > Savage > Ultimate

gloomy seal
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savage difficulty varies a lot

twilit arch
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though not always true since like the first two fights of the savage raids are generally easy ish

gloomy seal
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A LOT

little walrus
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yea ive noticed

twilit arch
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so sometimes the ex trials are harder than those two

little walrus
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watchinng MTQCapture guides

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some fights are like "lol fire bad" others are "ok heres an hour of speed-talking mechanics"

green grail
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at least they're all scripted and happen in the same order every time, so after enough raiding you can practically do them blindfolded

gloomy seal
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not always

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there are some random mechanics

green grail
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with small exceptions like different mechanics on different people or a fight having 2 possible phase "orders"

gloomy seal
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its small but also significant enough that u might not be able to practice like "what do i do as a dps if i get debuff x instead of y" as easily

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and u will be going to different locations stacking with different people at different timing etc. etc.

naive crater
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guys i cant enter any residential area even tho i have unlocked every aethershard and i even HAD housing before. x.x help? xD

little walrus
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how is tuning? in terms of dps checks/healchecks

gloomy seal
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u cant get to residential from the associated main city?

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like limsa plaza to mist?

naive crater
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yes via the crystal

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doesnt even show up

gloomy seal
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um whats ur world

naive crater
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phoenix

gloomy seal
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im not sure if that matters or not

twilit arch
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did you do the quest "Home is where the heart is"?

naive crater
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i have done them ages ago i think? xD

green grail
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all jobs are balanced and can clear all content, we've had world firsts with jobs considered "not optimal" at the time, and really prog-unfriendly jobs like black mage @little walrus

gloomy seal
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they said they had housing before

twilit arch
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just because you had house before doesn't mean you did the quest

green grail
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and heal checks aren't really a thing, healing is way different than in wow

naive crater
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i mean i had housing and fc housing before and was inside just yesterday

twilit arch
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the only housing district that requires you to have done that quest is Shirogane

naive crater
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wait how so?

twilit arch
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you can literally walk into any of the ARR housing districts without having done the quest

little walrus
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@green grail cool, thanks for all the info. im rly looking forward to this now. just hit 72 😄

twilit arch
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because all it does it unlock it for the city's aethernet

gloomy seal
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is housing district open to world visit?

naive crater
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where would i find that quest just to check if i have done it?

twilit arch
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Mist is in lower la noscea at red rooster stead, lavender beds is in central shroud at bentbranch, and goblet is in western thanalan at scorpion crossing

naive crater
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ok i will try and check. its just weird cause i could visit them even without house yesterday

open coral
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Yes, you can visit peoples' houses on other worlds @gloomy seal

gloomy seal
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oh those quests

naive crater
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wait i googled that quest and it says its a field craft leve quest in crystarium

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wat

gloomy seal
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uh

twilit arch
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yes, there's a leve quest called home is where the heart is, but that's obviously not it

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The quests i'm talking about are called Home is Where the Heart is (Mist/Goblet/Lavender beds)

naive crater
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oh its called where is my heart at

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or sth

gloomy seal
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the quest has district name in the title

naive crater
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yeah

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found them

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iam just stupid

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lets see if i have done them

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wtf its not done but iam 100% sure i did them when i started back at the end of SB

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or am i just dumb

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iam so fucking confused rn

twilit arch
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just to note, you have to do each one to unlock it for that city

naive crater
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yeah

wintry chasm
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^ maybe you did just one

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and not all of them

naive crater
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iam surei n my midn that i did all cause i have visited all of the districts before

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even before ih ad an fc or house

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but maybe iam just getting old

twilit arch
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like i said, you don't need to have completed them to enter the housing district or buy a house there

naive crater
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huh?

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the npcs wont let me in tho

twilit arch
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you can walk into it from their entrances in the zones where the quests are

naive crater
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mmmh that might be how ive done it

twilit arch
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But if you want to use the aethernet from the major city, you have to have completed the quest

naive crater
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thx for the help then xD

twilit arch
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no problem

naive crater
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imagine having multiple lvl 80s and never done the housing quests xD

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wait i remember margeria for the lavenderbed quest but she never had one

slow crypt
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i hit 80 and i was missing the mists housing

little walrus
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anyone know a decent way to make gil as a battle-class?

junior yacht
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do your daily roulettes

little walrus
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thats... like what 20k?

junior yacht
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something like that yead

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especially over time it's nothing to sneeze at

naive crater
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crafting and selling stuff maybe?

twilit arch
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maps, goetia crafting materials, wondrous tails if you get lucky

junior yacht
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as a battle class

naive crater
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ah

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xD

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maps yeah

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would be ur best bet

little walrus
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what are maps?

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twilit arch
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treasure maps are items that are gathered by gatherers or you can get some of them as rewards from the wondrous tails

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namely the ones you want to do are either dragonskin, gazelleskin or zonureskin maps. Dragon are 60, gazelle 70, and zonure are 80. Most people these days are doing zonure, since that's where the hot new glam items are

naive crater
twilit arch
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but the previous two can still be decent money makers since people aren't doing those and they have their own specific items

naive crater
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both methods are relatively RNG tho

twilit arch
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well, maps not so much

naive crater
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depends on the drop luck rly

twilit arch
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The best gil, from maps, is yes but just doing the maps itself will net you gil

little walrus
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how do i reliably get maps though?

junior yacht
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marketboard

little walrus
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oh

naive crater
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either buy them or i think by ....gathering?

twilit arch
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you can only have 1 opened map and 1 unopened map on you at a time

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so its best to stockpile up with a friend(s) to run multiple within a day

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by mailing a bunch to you or your friend

naive crater
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u can also put one in ur saddlebag

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so 2 unopened

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iirc

raven sage
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Retainers too

hasty rampart
spice vapor
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so i leveled archer to 30 just to try the bard song thingy and theres all these warning copyright etc, does it mean for example if i try and play the pokemon theme music i can get banned

twilit arch
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Technically, yes but its pretty unlikely that SE will do so. That warning is largely there for SE to cover their butts when people decide to post youtube videos of them doing perform

slate arrow
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It's just them saying "we take no responsibility if you play copyrighted songs"

junior yacht
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if you record yourself playing copyrighted music and attempt to make money off of it you might get in trouble

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but if you're just messing around no one will care

leaden ginkgo
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@zinc orbit

spice vapor
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alright i wasnt planning to do moe than stand around

twilit arch
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@hasty rampart should still be correct, nothing about reshade has changed afaik

hasty rampart
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oo

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thanks

spice vapor
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is there some song to help elarn and play beside the three provided

clear bronze
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Unable to send /tell. Recipient is in a restricted area.

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wat the heck

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is this like a cut scene thing?

junior yacht
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yeah

twilit arch
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usually means they're in an instance

clear bronze
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im in pf and someone asked about the group but i cant reply to them now lol

junior yacht
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there are certain locations/activities where the devs don't want players being bothered

raven sage
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If they're on a different world it's finicky

clear bronze
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yeah they are

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what does wt mean

raven sage
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wonderous tails

clear bronze
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is for that kirin?

raven sage
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no it's when you do activities for the book that you get from Khloe

clear bronze
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ooh

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i dont think ive gotten a book from her

raven sage
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Kirin is just getting all the horses from the trials

clear bronze
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that the npc u do the weekly crafting turn ins for in idyllshire right

raven sage
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No that's her sister Zhloe

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Khloe is the little girl outside Rowena's shop

wintry chasm
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Yeah

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Khloe gives you the book every week you do for rewards

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Zhloe you just make things for which gives you scrips

rose rose
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Quick question, what do I do with centurio seals?
Someone did a yell thing and I just saw a giant mob of people and after everyone killed the enemy I got some

hoary storm
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Zhloe is the best person in FF

grave ore
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Hello! I am new and trying to create my first character right now. Curious though can all Races be all Jobs? Like a Hrothgar be a Ninja?

raven sage
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yes

timber fossil
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yes

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race is purely cosmetics

grave ore
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thank you!

hot eagle
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and if u want to play ninja get a class/job that starts in limsa, its the fastest way to unlock it

grave ore
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so Pugilist ios the best way to start right? to go to rogue then ninja?

junior yacht
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no

green grail
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pugilist starts in ul'dah, and you get to travel to other cities around 15

junior yacht
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you would want to start on a class that begins in Limsa Lominsa

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so either Marauder or Arcanist

green grail
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if you start in limsa you can unlock limsa jobs after doing your lvl 10 class quest

grave ore
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oh ok gotcha. didn't realize the starting area determined that much

junior yacht
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it's not a huge difference

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but if you really want to optimize it it's something to keep in mind

winged shuttle
raven sage
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the 300 poetics are part of the daily bonus

junior yacht
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bonus stuff is below the text

zinc orbitBOT
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raven sage
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the healer bonus is the bottom portion

winged shuttle
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oh ty

junior yacht
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everyone gets the first line

rich flume
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Hey everyone, i'd like to try tanking in this game and i'm a new player, still doing patch 2.1 quests, so I thought that i'd maybe try Dark Knight once i unlock Ishgard. Is it a good class to start tanking ?

timber fossil
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@rich flume a lot of people recommend paladin to start with. but to be honest, basic of tanking are all the same. it's not that much of a difference in terms of tanking. rotation wise is different, but tanking rotation isn't difficult in general. i would say just go with what appeals to you.

rich flume
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thanks !

nocturne prism
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hey ! im new to ffxiv and i bought shadowbringers

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from steam) and i got 0 idea on how to activate it

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tried on website but didnt work

timber fossil
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it says stormblood, but it's very likely the same for shadowbringers

nocturne prism
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i found out just now some one dmd me thanks

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and if i bought from steam

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im supposed to get 60days of gametime right

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or just 30

slate arrow
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only 30

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No purchase comes with game time

timber fossil
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i don't remember you can get 60 days anywhere. it's 30 days for everyone i believe.

slate arrow
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Only game time cards and actually buying sub time

nocturne prism
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awesome thanks alot

hoary storm
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I think you also get a 15 day bonus when you reach lv 30 on a preferred world

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For your first time

nocturne prism
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i see, rather play a world with friends tho

hoary storm
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Could still make a alt later on, just power lvl it and get the bonus

nocturne prism
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oh awesome

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thought it's only for certein period of time

novel parcel
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Quick question, does it matter what weapon/gear I give my retainers before sending them off on ventures?

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or can they have a lv1 weapon and be perfectly fine?

hoary storm
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Dont think it matters as long as you meet ilvl requirement to send off

slate arrow
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also, their item level determines the loot pool

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The higher it is, the better chances they have of bringing something back rare, or in the terms of resources gathering, more items

novel parcel
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So I'm gonne need to buy good gear for em then I guess oof

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ty xD

slate arrow
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however unless it's a gathering retainer you don't have to care about quality

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They exclusively only look at item level

onyx kiln
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Anyone that knows if the items i get by upgrading to the digital collectors editions is sent to me through the deliviery moogles?

twilit arch
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yes

onyx kiln
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is there a chance that it takes longer then other items? bought some other stuff right after and got those almost right away

slate arrow
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sometimes

twilit arch
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account bound items tend to take a bit longer

onyx kiln
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okay

gritty oracle
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Is there any way to give someone else poetics or poetics gear?

slate arrow
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no

twilit arch
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nope

slate arrow
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closest thing is to buy the crafted materials to craft the person the gear

gritty oracle
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Oof

slate arrow
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it's super easy to ear poetics tho

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junior yacht
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the game throws poetics at you for completing most roulettes

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a few days of just doing Alliance Roulette is enough to get a full right side of Poetics gear

spice vapor
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the dungeons i have never made wont show up in my duty roulette correct? i found out now about the arboreum? i see it has not a green check

twilit arch
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so long as you've unlocked the dungeon, you can get it in its appropriate roulette

novel parcel
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Is the Retainer max level still 70? or 80 like the player with ShB

gritty oracle
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Was Prae and Meri supposed to be a joke in terms of difficulty when it was released, or were they nerfed at some point, or did ilvl just inflate or something?

obsidian patio
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@novel parcel they can reach 80 now

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@gritty oracle ilvl inflation. They were made with you basically using level 45-baseline 50 gear in mind

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Though it was still pretty easy to do giant pulls in early ARR

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Can’t remember if they ever got nerfed in difficulty

spice vapor
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i joined a fellowship but, how does it work

obsidian patio
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They’re basically messageboards

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You access them through the fellowship menu in social

spice vapor
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i tought it was like a chat? or thats linkshell?

obsidian patio
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Correct, Fellowships don’t have a chat. Linkshells do

quartz shale
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fellowships are a forum, linkshells are an irc server/channel 😛

wind surge
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do you guys think i'd get burnt out starting a character i level alone and one that i'd level alongside my gf?

quartz shale
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possibly

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one thing you could do is instead of another character, just level another job alongside her

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ff14 lets 1 character be every available job/class, so you arent restricted to just one per character

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wind surge
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right, but we'd like to do the main story quest together, can I level efficiently without doing that?

quartz shale
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fates, random mob genocides, dungeons (once unlocked)

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at the low levels, side quests and outright genocidal hunting are still effective options

wind surge
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hmm

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okay

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i'm still pretty new, highest i've gotten to is level 38 a couple years ago

dark geyser
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which crafter is good to make $$ with?

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currently a botanist

onyx kiln
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heard carpenter is the one

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haven't confirmed that though

quartz shale
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it's going to vary a lot depending on your server as well

lone hawk
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how can i get

dark geyser
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server? like crystal?

lone hawk
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dancer class?

quartz shale
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you're going to want to level miner up as well

rich bay
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@dark geyser , depends.

Most of the time ALC and CUL, because raiders need food and that sells fast, but for a low price.

If you really want to earn cash, level ALL crafters and gatherers.

quartz shale
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CUL is dead for money on raid food i've found

dark geyser
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icic

rich bay
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Yup, low price, but sells fast.

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Only useful when you need quick cash.

quartz shale
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right, but sells fast doesnt mean it's worth the low price

lone hawk
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do you maybe know answer to the question or not really :O?

dark geyser
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appreciate the advice, ill start looking into learning the crafters and gathers when i can

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they seem like a TON to take in

quartz shale
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the big thing to consider is that even with your own gatherers leveled, it's going to require a large investment in general for crafting

rich bay
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@lone hawk , you can unlock dancer when you get a batle job to 60 and own shadowbringers. The quest is in Limsa ( bluequest Shall We Dance?)

quartz shale
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mainly time, and a lot of money, depending on how much less time you want to spend

lone hawk
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oh, thanks @rich bay i was getting afraid that noone knows the answer :D... so 5 more levels :O!

dark geyser
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@quartz shale and what about my venture npcs? any certain ones i should make for afk gains? i cant remember what theyre called lol

lone hawk
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though I'm not sure, is dancer class strong, because it looks cool but is it strong?

dark geyser
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@lone hawk its like a bard

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decent dmg, and buffs for party

quartz shale
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you'll want at least 1 retainer as a battle class for certain

dark geyser
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yeah i have 1 battle class atm and one just doing nothing

wintry chasm
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!faq meta

zinc orbitBOT
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Meta Jobs FAQ
quartz shale
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especially if you're doing leatherworker, because to hell with mass farming for skins 😐

lone hawk
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oh okay... though bard doesn't look cool :D... thanks, it helps :)!

wintry chasm
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gitgud to be strong

rich flume
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Hey, to unlock the dancer class, you only need to be 60 right ? Or do you need to be further into the story to unlock it ?

twilit arch
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yes, just need to have a lv60 combat job

lone hawk
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they said only lvl 60

quartz shale
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you need to own Shadowbringers iirc

twilit arch
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there's no main scenario quest tied to it

lone hawk
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yeah, I have all expansions

rich flume
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Is it a good class ?

rich bay
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@dark geyser , i have 3 gathering and 2 battle retainers. (I have more then 2, i "bought" extra retainers)

lone hawk
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they said it's good but mainly buff class

quartz shale
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only requirements is a DoW/M class at 60+

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beyond owning the expac

rich flume
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The thing is I want to find groups when I get max level and finish the story to do raids and all, so don't really want to bring a class noone wants

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That's why I was thinking of trying tank or heals

rich bay
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Only the HW jobs are behind MSQ.

lone hawk
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with tank you have faster queue

rich bay
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Healer has the fastest one nowadays.

onyx kiln
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so i got some of the stuff that i would get by upgrading to the digital collectors edition but my mailbox was full and i have only seen some of the items i would get. Did i lose the others by not emptying my mailbox beforehand or will they come later on as soon as there is space?

lone hawk
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@onyx kiln Im not sure how it works here but in other mmorpg you can always write a ticket to the support

rich bay
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No, you get it later when there is room, there is an option to send a request for items in the mailbox.

dark geyser
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@rich bay okay! ic ic

rich flume
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Can you play story quests with a heal or tank character ? Or will you lack dps and spend a lot of time doing it ? That's the main prob I have with playing heal in any mmo

onyx kiln
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got them now. thanks

lone hawk
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Apparently people said that it's possible

twilit arch
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the main scenario quests are design to be doable by all roles

lone hawk
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but hard

twilit arch
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plus at lv 30, once you have your chocobo you can do a side quest to summon it to help you out

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so you're not that much slower than a dps job

lone hawk
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:O?

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i thought i can only ride the chocobo?

rich bay
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For some solo duties healers are the easiest roles, for others tanks or DPS are the more easy, but all classes/jobs can do MSQ stuff. So it doesn't matter indeed.

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@rich flume this

lone hawk
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oh okay

rich flume
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thanks !

lone hawk
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will do that i have only done the quests with riiding 😄

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is chocobo strong partner?

twilit arch
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They're a decent dps/healer

rich flume
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I'll probably try dark knight once I unlock Ishgard

slow crypt
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Better than nothing for sure

rich bay
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And they can hold aggro too as tank, but not that good.

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dps/healer skill trees are better yes.

lone hawk
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what... chocobo can be healer/// how does chocobo heal :D?

rich flume
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by being very cute

twilit arch
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by casting choco healing spells on you

rich bay
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Like Choco Cure (Cure 2) and Choco Regen. (Regen), the chocobo heal tree use spells inspired by the WHM/CNJ.

lone hawk
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okay it sounds... hilarious 😄

rich bay
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You can get bardings from it too at rank 10, 16 and 20.

dark geyser
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btw my inventory is CHINCHED but idk what to sell and what to keep lol

rich bay
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Crafting materials can be sold to NPC's or on the MB. I also sell it when i don't need it. Or hire extra retainers.

twilit arch
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Things that have "Shop Selling Price: X" on the tooltip can be safely vendored

dark geyser
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and just use them as storage?

gloomy seal
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chocobo saddlebag, retainer storage, sell mb, throw away

rich bay
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Yes, retainers can hold 175 items.

gloomy seal
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some things that sell for like 10gil on mb might as well throw away

rich bay
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10 gil is 10 gil. Better then 0 gil

strong citrus
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if it's 10gil on the MKTB then just use your retainer to just sell them.

gritty oracle
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More of a lore than gameplay question, but what do Garleans say when surprised or angry? Since they don't have religion, stuff like "seven hells!" or "by the Twelve!" or "Thal's balls!" goes out of the window.

gloomy seal
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its not worth the hassle of putting it on mb especially when mb space is limited

twilit arch
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you don't sell it on the mb

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you vendor it

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since throw away implies you're not even vendoring it to a npc

gloomy seal
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i mean vendoring for 50 gil doesnt seem worth the trouble

strong citrus
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it adds up

twilit arch
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If you're already at your retainer, then may as well have them vendor it

strong citrus
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but if you wanna just chuck it that's up to you

sturdy mason
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for the GC daily turn ins, do you guys buy the items on MB? Or craft them? What I've been doing is seeing how cheap they are on MB first. If they are too expensive or not available I will craft

lone hawk
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@gritty oracle sorry I have no idea, and people here doesn't really care about story nor lore, sorry we couldn't help 😦

gloomy seal
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whatever works for you

twilit arch
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depends on whether i feel lazy or not. if its cheap, i'll probably buy it off the mb, otherwise if its a quick and easy craft, then craft

gloomy seal
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just keep in mind

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hq is more exp

sturdy mason
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I haven't been getting HQ for non-starred ones.

gloomy seal
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so if u cant craft hq then buy for sure and if u cant buy hq see if u can craft

sturdy mason
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but if it has a star, I get it

twilit arch
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still worthwhile to turn in HQ even for non-starred

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its double exp and seals

gloomy seal
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star is priority but more exp is more exp

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so if u can afford it/craft it

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get hq

sturdy mason
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k will do

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problem I have with crafting HQ (and this is a learning experience for me) is that my base mats are NQ so I don't get a very high chance of HQ (most i get is 15% usually). So I need to somehow buy the HQ mats beforehand. I haven't quite gotten used to finding an effective and economic balance between buying & crafting

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crafting the full tree is a PITA

keen rivet
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Which crafters are you not able to level through Ishgard?

rich bay
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0

twilit arch
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you can level them all

gloomy seal
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that just means ur not using the right skills or ur gear is low

twilit arch
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its only gatherers currently that don't have ishgard turn ins

gloomy seal
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u dont need hq mats to craft hq

rich bay
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@sturdy mason

What are your crafter stats?

keen rivet
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Oh, for some reason I thought cul was one of them, but thanks!

sturdy mason
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probably crap

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let me get you an example

gloomy seal
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if its crap then just buy the hq items

sturdy mason
rich bay
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Maybe i can figure something out for you that maybe can work.
And what do you want to craft? @sturdy mason?

gloomy seal
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yeah buy hq gc/leve turn ins OR do ishgard

rich bay
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You do need better gear on the right side.

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NPC vendors should have that.

gloomy seal
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ishgard is so much easier 20-60 than anything else

rich bay
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Not with those stats. Too low for collectable rating they accept.

gloomy seal
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i mean

sturdy mason
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It's not anything specific, I was just making a general statement of difficulty. I assume the problem is not really rotation but that I am not using enough HQ mats to get a higher base quality? Again I'm learning. I use ffxivteamcraft for specific recipes, but generally I don't like the buffs. I feel like they waste CP and it would be better to use that CP to regen durability.

gloomy seal
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just buy the nq vendor gear

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and go

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getting min collectible rating isnt that gard

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dont

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use hq mats

sturdy mason
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vendor gear from the race gear vendor? Or general gear vendor in Limsa markets?

gloomy seal
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u need to use the stacking buff

rich bay
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General vendors.

gloomy seal
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general vendors

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tradecraft tools and armor

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and jewelry

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what was the stacking buff called?

sturdy mason
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what is the collectable rating? Where do you see that?

rich bay
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@sturdy mason , you need the buffs to get a shot at high quality, they are not a waste of CP in general.

sturdy mason
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And not sure what the stacking buff is u are talking about. Food buff? FC buff?

gloomy seal
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collectable rating is just the quality/10 when u finish crafting

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skill

rich bay
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When you do collectables or crafts that can only be collectables.

gloomy seal
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inner quiet

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use inner quiet

rich bay
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@sturdy mason crafter buffs. Like Waste not.

sturdy mason
gloomy seal
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i dunno check which vendor has gear that gives control and cp or whatever

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it should say

novel parcel
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So I need to confirm something, I have good internet and a SSD. Which means disconnecting and joining back into the game is faster than cutscenes on main scenario. If me and my friends are doing main scenario are we allowed to skip cutscenes in this way? or is that against the rules?

timber fossil
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collectibles are crafted specifically for exchange of rewards (usually scrips). they are different from the items you normally crafted that can be used.

gloomy seal
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tradecraft

sturdy mason
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I feel like I"m in a deep rabbit hole. I don't know what scrips are either. In fact I don't even think I have them unlocked

gloomy seal
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ur allowed to dc lul

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theres no rules about skipping cinematics

timber fossil
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@novel parcel people have been doing it and they seemed fine.

gloomy seal
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but

novel parcel
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ah fair enough

gloomy seal
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u can just skip cutscene in game

timber fossil
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you need enough people to beat the boss.

novel parcel
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main scenario cutscenes are unskippable

timber fossil
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or you'll still stuck at the bosses.

gloomy seal
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unless u mean msq roulette

novel parcel
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^

gloomy seal
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yeah just dc nobody gives a shit

timber fossil
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the boss is easy, but if you only have a tank and like 1 dps or something, you'd take too long to kill the boss and people from the cutscene will finish the cutscene before you finish the boss lol.

gloomy seal
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i dont even think thats against any rules and we break the rules all the time with act

novel parcel
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fair enough

lone hawk
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is here in the final fantasy some nice solo super strong and hard mega fights?

novel parcel
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people seemed very surprised to find gaius dead after the long ass cutscene

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so just wanted to make sure

lone hawk
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are*

rich bay
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@gloomy seal , they actually did say it is against the rules if skipping cutscenes in MSQ roulette is done on purpose. They will suspend players for it.

sturdy mason
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So going back to collectible rating: That only got brought up for ishgard restoration right? And from what I read, collectible rating is only for collectable type items. What are examples of collectables? Are they strictly turn in key items? Or things like housing decorations? And I assume things like armor aren't relevant to collectible rating

timber fossil
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@sturdy mason scrips are kinda like tomestones i guess? it's just a currency you get from various methods. you need them for many different things.

rich bay
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Yes, Scripts are indeed the tomestones for crafters/gatherers.

timber fossil
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think of collectible as an separate thing from your normal crafted items. their existence is purely to get exchanged for rewards like scrips.

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collectible rating is just the "Quality" of the item when you craft them. Instead of getting a percent chance of HQ, whatever quality you finished your collectible item is your collectible rating.

sturdy mason
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I'm guessing the active help for that appears once you unlock scripts. I need to check Gamer Escape on what quest I'm missing

timber fossil
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You get different tier rewards for the collectible rating you acheived for that collectible.

rich bay
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@novel parcel , see message above, it is against the rules when you skip MSQ roulette cutscenes on purpose. (And they can proof it quite easely then someone reports it. Because a real DC doesn't take 1 minute twice in a row.)

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@sturdy mason Scripts are unlocked once you get a crafter/gatherer on level 56. (Or 50, i don't really know if they changed that.)

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Skybuilder Scripts are for the Ishgard stuff.

sturdy mason
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highest one I have is lvl 55 fisher

rich bay
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Level 56 can unlock it for sure.

timber fossil
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@sturdy mason there isn't much of a difference between normal crafted items and collectibles. Collectible are simply an item for exchange of scrips. Again, the difference is that now your Quality is your Collectible Rating instead of a chance to get HQ item.

rich bay
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You only need 1 on the right level to unlock it.

timber fossil
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Gathered collectible is slighly different where you have a different set of skills to Mine/Harvest collectible.

sturdy mason
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I don't see an NPC in Limsa that sells DoH accessories

timber fossil
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Sorcha (independent Jeweler)

sturdy mason
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Go figure it was right in my face

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thanks

timber fossil
sturdy mason
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ilvl 27 better for my lvl 35 WVR?

gloomy seal
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dreamy is there a source for people getting banned in msq roulette for skipping cutscenes?

rich bay
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Just buy the highest you can equip.

sturdy mason
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Yeah I did

rich bay
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Yes, i there is.

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But you can understand it too without proof @gloomy seal , because it is an exploit and using that is against the rules on it's own.

gloomy seal
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thats not a source

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thats a random forum post

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with a contradicting random forum post right above it

rich bay
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Maybe ask the GM's themselves?

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The post above it doesn't count, that is a earlier post then the one that says it..

gloomy seal
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wow

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who woulda known that the truthfulness of random forum posts

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are determined by time posted

rich bay
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I also asked the GM's and they confirmed it to me too.

gloomy seal
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okay thats fair

sturdy mason
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So the Inner Quiet skill increases control, which increases what?

gloomy seal
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did anyone get banned over it tho?

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control determines quality increase

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so inner quiet makes each subsequent quality increase get a bigger and bigger bonus

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up to 11 stacks

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when has someone been banned over it?

twilit arch
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gloomy seal
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okay

rich bay
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I am done anyway.

lone hawk
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why someone would get banned for skipping it, its not like you skip it for whole party? or is it?

slate arrow
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It's an exploit you're not supposed to abuse

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the forced cutscenes were a result of new players who wanted to watch the cutscenes but because everyone skipped them they were literally watching 20 minutes of cutscenes while everyone else just ran ahead into cutscene after cutscene

sturdy mason
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Brand of the Elements and Basic Synthesis seem to do the same thing, except one is free and has a higher efficiency. What's the real difference?

slate arrow
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Brand of the elements has a sister ability which has a similar icon

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That booses brand of the elements efficiency by an absurd amount with the less amount of progression on a synth

sturdy mason
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Should I be using that first before basic synthesis?

gloomy seal
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check how many synths u need to finish

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then determine if u need durability or cp more

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brand basiclly means u get more progress for lower durability cost but higher cp cost

sturdy mason
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is there a quick way to see that? Or do you mean check it through a crafting simulator?

gloomy seal
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click the arrow

sturdy mason
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oh i see

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for this one it says progress increases by 42, and the total is 138

gloomy seal
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so what u can do is instead of basic synth x4 u can brand x1 (36cp) and basic synth x1

slate arrow
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Brand of the elements doesn't say the efficiency but when used with recitation of the elements it's efficiency starts at 500% or so I don't remember

gloomy seal
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300% at 0 progress

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basic synth eventually goes to 120%

sturdy mason
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oh actually it says 42 at 100%, basic is 120% or something right? So it would be more than 42?

sterile jolt
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IS there anything similar to like wowhead for Final Fantasy?

gloomy seal
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yeah if u have the trait

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basic synth mastery which u get at level 31

slate arrow
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!faq balance

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slate arrow
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join the discord

sturdy mason
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what I've been doing is getting progress up to where I have only 1 step left, then I focus on getting quality as high as possible, and only do the last progress when I have 10 or less durability left. Is this a good process?

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by 1 step I mean, one more cast of basic synth for example, to get to 100% progress

slate arrow
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generally, no, but it depends on what abilities you have at your level

junior yacht
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as a starting point, yes, that is a good systemt

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if you're doing it by hand it's a good way to make sure you can actually finish the synthesis

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later on, when rotations get more complicated and you start relying on macros, you'll generally leave most of the Progress until the end

gloomy seal
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u use macros at the end?

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i just do it manually so i can adjust to quality

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is stuff like precise touch macroable?

junior yacht
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a proper macro completely automates the crafting process

keen rivet
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Can you craft multiple items at once? Or do you have to do it one at a time?

junior yacht
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sort of

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if you craft items individually you can use your abilities (and macros) as normal

slate arrow
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It's one at a time

junior yacht
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if you want to craft several items you have to use Quick-Synth, which does not allow use of abilities

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but is much faster and automatic

slate arrow
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While you can do quick synthesis to mass produce items in larger quantities

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The most you can make at once are consumables which usually come in sets of 3

upbeat storm
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how complicated is crafting

keen rivet
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Ah okay

upbeat storm
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is it not just click to make

slate arrow
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no you have to fill up a bar using your synthesis skills

junior yacht
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it is more complicated than that

slate arrow
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later on the goal is to make high quality

keen rivet
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I was thinking of mass crafting some lumber, but I don't have quick syn currently, so I guess I have to manually do it one at a time for now, right?

slate arrow
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since normal quality has less stats in comparison

upbeat storm
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and botting isnt bannable in this game

junior yacht
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quick synthesis is unlocked after you've crafted that item once

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yes it is

upbeat storm
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but macros

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are just bots

junior yacht
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FFXIV lets you make your own macros in-game

upbeat storm
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on a limited scale

gloomy seal
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no they arent

slate arrow
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no as long as you have synthed it once and are over the minimum craftsmanship you can quick synth

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macros aren't bots

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bots are smart

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macros just recite commands

junior yacht
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macros aren't conditional and have to be started and stopped manually

upbeat storm
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so i can use auto clicker and mouse tracker

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to macro

slate arrow
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no

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That's external macros which are frowned upon

junior yacht
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also like

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that's a lot of extra effort for what would be a marginal increase in effciency

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since the interaction between the internal and external macros would be clunky as heck

slate arrow
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when you get to that point it's just not worth it because there's no gil sink besides housing

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It's not like WoW where there's a real money incentive due to the auction house

upbeat storm
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so im supposed to macro to craft

slate arrow
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no

junior yacht
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using macros that can be made in-game are helpful for crafting

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but are not expected or required

slate arrow
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it's helpful but due to the quality system macros can screw you over sometimes

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like good and excellent into poor procs

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yep there's RNG in crafting :^)

warped nest
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You can use Tricks of Trade to prevent landing your Byregot on a Poor.

rich bay
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Yup, after good there is never excellent.

sinful breach
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poor only happens if you had an excellent prior though

rich bay
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Yes, but the problem is that it is possible Excellent triggers on the step before Byregot. Tricks of the Trade prevents that if you use it 2 steps before Byregot.

gloomy seal
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if u put tricks of trade where u would otherwise put say... great strides

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like tricks of trade -> great strides -> byregot

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does that protect it?

sinful breach
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is it a hidden thing that you won't get a poor if you use tricks of the trade? it's not listed in the tool tips like that

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or did I not understand the sentence right

rich bay
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What tricks does is that it burns off a Good/Excellent, after good there is never excellent. So you can't get a poor on Byregot that way.

warped nest
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Yes

No Tot
Excellent - Great Stride
Poor - Byregot

With tot 
Excellent - Tricks
Poor - Great stride
Normal - Byregot

Normal - Bypass Trick, Great Stride
(normal, Excellent, Good) - Byregot
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Technically Trick is not bypass, it is pressed, but it didn't work, so nothing happen, and then the macro do the next step

sinful breach
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ohh it was just worded a bit weird hence the confusion

little swift
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why is thsi importatn for byregots?

rich bay
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Yup, when tricks has a normal/poor it just doesn't trigger.
Ofc, after normal there is never poor.

wintry chasm
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beacuse poor condition lowers the amount of quality your action is going to do and Byregot is your big quality nuke

sinful breach
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byregots increases your quality significantly when it's stacked with inner quiet, so you don't want to proc it on poor

wintry chasm
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If you do it on a poor you're fucked

rich bay
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I wonder, is it possible to get a normal on Tricks and Excellent on Great strides.

warped nest
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Take note that Good and Excellent can only happens after Normal

little swift
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ahhhh

warped nest
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If it is normal, Tot don't work

little swift
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til

warped nest
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And the normal is used on Great Stride

onyx kiln
#

So odd question but i worked a bit on my HUD and hotbars a bit, changed around what key is bound to what and such. And now when i use try to use Gpose can i no longer pause the current frame of animation my character is in with the 1 key

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anyone who knows if my HUD work messed that up?

warped nest
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Condition only change if a Step is performed. Using Tricks on Normal do nothing, so no Step

rich bay
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True.

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I forgot that.

warped nest
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Btw, if Tricks of Trade eat a Good, then Great Stride will always be normal. Then Byregot can be normal/good/excellent

rich bay
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Yup. I forgot that. Silly me. 😂

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I use that trick too.

sinful breach
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@onyx kiln check your key bindings? also if you open up the gpose menu you can pause the frame as well

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iirc it was r or the middle mouse button

leaden ginkgo
#

Does anyone know when will they release house in ishgard?

rose rose
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When you hit lv70 on any class does the buff go away for them all?

warped nest
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No

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Road to 70 doesn't expire when you have a class at lvl 70+

rose rose
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kk thank

sturdy mason
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@junior yacht Is there a database of crafting macros? A copy & paste solution per job would be great

warped nest
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It expires if and when a server is no longer preferred and your character is older than 90 days.

onyx kiln
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what section in keybindings do i find Gpose shortcuts?

warped nest
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Database, not exactly. Macro maker, quite a few.

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Crafting calculator, just as many

sturdy mason
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Well knowing exact macros seems useful because other, smarter, people have figured it out already

warped nest
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Probably just follow Ashe10

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Oh

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Balance has crafting channel, they might have a few macros too

sturdy mason
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does condition increase efficiency?

keen rivet
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Best way to get crafters to lvl 15?

sturdy mason
keen rivet
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Cool, thanks!

rich bay
junior yacht
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the problem is that you can't always rely on pre-made macros, because they need to meet certain stat thresholds

rich bay
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Yup. So you can also try the simulator.

junior yacht
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unless you're willing to perfectly recreate certain gear sets for relatively short leveling intervals, it's better to use macro-makers that can take your own stats into account

rich bay
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Yup, teamcraft fits the bill for that.

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next steppe
#

hey I'm sorry, someone gifted me a game time card, I guess, but I've no idea where I can add that to my account as my only options for sub renewal is steam or paysafecard, and I'd tried the 'enter item code' option too which gives me an invalid code message. is there some other option or page I'm missing? the instructions to redeem the code doesn't make much sense to me as I don't seem to have the options it's asking me to click

sturdy mason
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In situations like this where I feel like I'm not gonna get a HQ item, is it best to just quit?

slate arrow
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no because if you fail you still have a chance to get the materials back

raven sage
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@next steppe There's an option to add game time card under your service account settings as well as when you press manage service options

sturdy mason
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@slate arrow What do you mean if I fail? Like if I were to use my last 10 durability on quality instead of progress?

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I guess what I meant to ask was, should I avoid completing it

next steppe
#

unless I'm blind 😖

raven sage
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You checked under your service account status too?

slate arrow
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scroll down

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game time is at the bottom

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@sturdy mason if you fail the synth by not completing it there is a small chance your materials will be refunded with no loss

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(as in, not getting the progress bar 100%)

next steppe
slate arrow
raven sage
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What happens you select buying the game time card?

slate arrow
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pretty sure you should select paysafecard

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also make sure the region the game time card is for your region

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cause region locks get dumb

next steppe
#

to be honest I've no idea what my game region is, as I play in NA but am in AU

sinful breach
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I think that's because you've got the maximum amount of characters and the game time cars only covers the basic subscription

raven sage
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That wouldn't matter

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It just would remove access to those

slate arrow
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no game time cards are always standard

raven sage
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Also that

sinful breach
raven sage
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But paying for anything additional wouldn't stop you from adding game time

rose rose
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Whats the ultimate coil of bahamut thingccF?

slate arrow
#

your region might be EU which might not offer game time cards?

next steppe
#

gosh I'm so confused - is it because I have it on steam?

slate arrow
#

no

wintry chasm
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What's this?

raven sage
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They're trying to use a game time card

wintry chasm
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Oh I see

next steppe
#

oh, my region shouldn't definitely not be EU, as that's the furthermost away from me of all regions

wintry chasm
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I might know the problem

next steppe
#

how could I check?

wintry chasm
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What uhh

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Help me out here

next steppe
#

sure, what do you need?

wintry chasm
#

Do you use google chrome?

next steppe
#

yeah

wintry chasm
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It's a weird question I know

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Are you opening Mogstation from the Steam launcher?

sinful breach
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unrelated but eu does have game time cards ^^

next steppe
#

uh, nope, sadly

wintry chasm
#

Obviously

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Well umm

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Then just one more favour

next steppe
#

just opening from the address / url

wintry chasm
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Post the url link

next steppe
#

for what, the page I'm on?

wintry chasm
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For Mogstation yeah

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I know Mogstation has really weird steam issues where it might change the url to a version of mogstation that doesn't show game time card options

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for whatever stupid reason

next steppe
#

I'll leave off the accid part at the end, but
https://secure.square-enix.com/account/app/svc/ffxivshopacctop?

wintry chasm
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Mogstation

next steppe
#

or this is the default mogstation page https://secure.square-enix.com/account/app/svc/mogstation

wintry chasm
#

Hmmm

sinful breach
slate arrow
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this is the default mogstation link for me

wintry chasm
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Yeah

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I was going to suggest opening an incognito tab

next steppe
#

I did go to account settings and it does show that apparently my account is 'EU and other' which is weird, but

slate arrow
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called it

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austrialia doesn't offer game time cards probably

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so it just outright doesnt appear as an option

wintry chasm
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🤔 You just buy EU game time cards Industrial

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That shouldn't be an issue whatsoever?

next steppe
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wait

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but I have the option in incognito now

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what

wintry chasm
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Yep

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There we go

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It was the dumb Steam issue

sinful breach
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don't question it lol

wintry chasm
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with the stupid cookies

slate arrow
#

ohrip

wintry chasm
#

I really have no idea why it's like that

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I only found out earlier this month

upbeat storm
#

gotta datamine

next steppe
#

oh gosh, thank you guys so much - was a birthday gift and I felt awful I couldn't accept it heh 😖

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well, I tried!

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thanks everyone for all your help though, I appreciate it ❤️

wintry chasm
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Oh RIP

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Well...

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I'd give your friend it back

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I'm going to assume it's your friend's region and not yours

next steppe
#

yeah, it is, sadly. They're NA, which is where I play too, but I guess australia counts as 'EU and others', so that's disappointing

slate arrow
#

yeah basically if it's not NA or JP generally it defaults to EU

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(EU and other regions because EU itself isn't a very large playerbase population)

next steppe
#

heck, yeah, that sucks. ah well!

mellow knoll
#

Hello! I have a question. Just started playing. Doing the BLM thing. But was caster DPS in WoW so thinking of switching it up and going heals. Opinions on how the MSQ + Expansions are to play through for the first time as healer?

slate arrow
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it's

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boring, at worst

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you only have 3 attack spells

next steppe
#

as a personal opinion, I honestly wouldn't recommend it

wintry chasm
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Whaaa?

slate arrow
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(well, 3 main attack spells and 1-2 "attack" abilities/spells)

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if you want to heal, I recommend using SCH so you can do the MSQ as a SMN because instance battles get dull rather quickly healing

mellow knoll
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Yeah that’s what I was worried about

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GOOD TO KNOW

next steppe
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I think ranged or melee DPS would be the better examples to go through the dungeons and content and experience and learn them that way, then once you get a feel for the dungeons, just keep an eye out for what the healers and tanks do, then try those dungeons with those roles yourself

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(at least that's what I've done, and I feel pretty okay about it)

sinful breach
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I mean one good thing about healers is that you have a much, much faster queue

slate arrow
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nobody wants to play healers so it's an eternal healer shortage 90% of the time

mellow knoll
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Well if I wanted to switch it up I could do melee DPS.

sinful breach
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like 1 second to a couple of minutes, whereas dps queues are usually around 20mins

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same applies to tanks, fast queues into dungeons and decent dmg

next steppe
#

oh yeah, that's the one positive i can think of heh, but I was just talking about first time run throughs for experience

leaden ginkgo
#

o I wanna play a healer

mellow knoll
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Let me ask y’all this then: best melee DPS for a first time MSQ experience?

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As in most fun

slate arrow
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yes

leaden ginkgo
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healer seems like it'd be incredibly fulfilling as a role

sinful breach
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imo monkb

slate arrow
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honestly all of them are fun in their own right

next steppe
#

monk has all that weird positional stuff (sorry not sorry) - ROG / NIN is pretty easy to get used to and a feel for, SAM is a lot of fun once you get to that level too

slate arrow
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i'm biased towards SAM because it was my MSQ job for my first run to 80 but all of them are equally flashy and fun

sinful breach
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Sam is not in the base game tho

next steppe
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yeah, that's why I was saying once you get to that level, but I guess you were talking to IR

slate arrow
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Hm, personally then, I'd say pick up DRG

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Well, Lancer

next steppe
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oh yeah, forgot about lancer

slate arrow
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since it ties into the next expansion rather neatly

next steppe
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never actually tried it yet

slate arrow
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oh low level lancer is horrible

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😄

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(But every job is horrible at low level)

sinful breach
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drg is fun but you get aoes really late into the game lol

next steppe
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honestly, my favorite all time class right now is DNC, but that's way later in the game

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what is single target skills?

little swift
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things that only hit one target at a time

slate arrow
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single target are all abilities which only attack one target

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the animation doesn't matter

next steppe
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omg that was sarcasm haha

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DNC has a lot of AoEs!

slate arrow
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i'm exhausted, spare me.

next steppe
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heh no worries, just wasn't expecting two people to actually answer that :p

sinful breach
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but it's really up to you what class you want to play as, just try them out and see which ones you like the most? it's not like you're bound to the class that you start with

next steppe
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oh, a handy dandy tip - any class / job that isn't your highest job will level up slightly faster, if someone could clarify that for me

slate arrow
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!faq armouryexp

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Armoury EXP bonus FAQ
Info

'How do I get the bonus experience from the Armoury?'

As long as you're playing a Disciple of War or a Disciple of Magic class that's a lower level than your highest level class then you're able to benefit from the bonus experience. You do not need to have a class at level 80 for the bonus to be active.

'How much is the bonus experience?'

You get +100% experience from levels 1 to 69, which then reduces to +50% for level 70 to 79. The difference in level between your current class and highest class does not change the amount of experience you get.

rich bay
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Dragoon does get some extra scenes post-ARR and HW.

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And for SB, healers (red mage is healer too in SB) and Monks.

In ShB, the same is for the Healer roles and Dark Knight.

But you can always watch them later in any inn.

mellow knoll
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Fo sho thanks all. Thinking NIN or MNK. But I heard MNK is in a weird state right now and NIN is mega complex. Real concerns or not?

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Maybe I’ll just stick with BLM lol

rich bay
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They made Ninja easier in 5.15

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Monk is not really hard i heard.

little swift
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ninja isn't as complex as you think it is

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mudras are all muscle memory

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and the changes to making it on gcd imo made the burst phases more clearly defined

slate arrow
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MNK is just wack because it's the most active both movement and skill wise

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and that's not even getting into the advanced tech

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like using anatman for a free greased lightning stack by abusing server ticks

sinful breach
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those "problems" are for the really end game players tbh

quartz island
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realistically the difficulty of every job depends highly on what you want to do with it

rose rose
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Cant wait to be a healer ninja yeet

sinful breach
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so nothing to worry about until you start to do savage content ^^

next steppe
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yeah, with NIN you just gotta remember your ABC mudras - AB for lightning, BA for the aoe, CBA for whatever that speed buff is, etc

little swift
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huton

next steppe
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once you kinda remember the patterns, it's easy enough

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yeah, trust me, I don't remember any of the skill names for any class, so :p

whole wasp
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Abc for TA. Thats impt too. :p

little swift
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yes suiton for trick attack

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hide doesn't work in combat

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true wren
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Hows the raiding community on Crystal?

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If I wanted to like, end game raid, is it even possible?

slate arrow
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it's possible

true wren
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Where would I find groups/clans/etc?

slate arrow
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commonly party finder

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you can also try in this here discord in #recruitment-crystal

sturdy mason
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what should I be spending my company seals on?

rose rose
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How do you add people in different worlds?

next steppe
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@rose rose if you've recently been in a dungeon or instance with them, they should show up under your contacts, but if not, and you know their name exactly, what you can do is type /tell [their character name]@[the world their from] random message and then you can right click on the name and go add!
eg; /tell Sophie Lastname@Faerie Hello!

rose rose
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Thankuu

next steppe
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anytime!

gritty oracle
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Random question. Do Alisaie and Alphinaud share the same (mirrored plus boobs and makeup on Alsiaie's part) model? Because I think Alisaie's ears are like two degrees curlier and she has a more rectangle-shaped jaw, but it could be just the angle I viewdd it in various cutscenes.

warped nest
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Probably not

silver lintel
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if you fail a quick synthesis do you still lose the items?

jade quartz
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yes

silver lintel
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wonder why you don't for regular synthesis

jade quartz
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You do.

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Whatcha talkin' 'bout?

fresh lodge
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You do for regular synth

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Its just a chance that you won't

jade quartz
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You have like a 10% chance to retain the items upon failed synthesis.

rose rose
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where can i trade in my poetics for gear after reaching stormblood?

jade quartz
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Rhalgr's Reach, east side.

rose rose
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bless thank

jade quartz
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Uh, presuming you've finished base Stormblood that is

rose rose
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nevermind

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thank you

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but itll be a while lmao

jade quartz
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Level-cap Poetics vendors are always locked behind MSQ.

rose rose
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sadness

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ijust started stormblood and im like 69

wintry chasm
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Why did no one @ me? @gritty oracle Alisaie's entire face is a bit different and minus hair and accessories and whatnot I believe past that they are...the same? They both use male models funnily enough

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It's not just Alisaie make up

jade quartz
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Garlond data isn't reliable for comparing custom models but it does register her as female and having a "bust size" value

wintry chasm
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🤔 I'm very sure it's at the very least based on male model

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Even if it calls it otherwise

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I remember this person who messed with models with 3rd party software wouldn't stop laughing about it to me

gritty oracle
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Thanks Cal! I'm not crazy then. I just assumed it would make sense for them to share the model, but I could've sworn there were sifferences.

wintry chasm
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Face, earring on opposite side, ponytail band colour, mirrored hair, different animations

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List goes on

gritty oracle
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also if you really want to explain the male model, you can dig up the fact that identical twins can't be of different sexes and say that Alisaie is trans, which is what I'm doing right now, but honestly dragons exist and magic exists and at that point you can just say diff sex identical twins are a thing

wintry chasm
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How about

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Shush

gritty oracle
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

wintry chasm
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Also I think that's about answered now

gritty oracle
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true

smoky onyx
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Hey uh I accidentally deleted longinus zeta

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Am I able to get the weapon back without doing the quests?

jade quartz
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Oh dear.

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You can contact a GM and use your one-time item retrieval pass

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that's for one time, ever.

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Since you hadn't turned it in for the Anima crystal step, I don't believe you'll be able to claim a replica from Drake

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But check with Drake just to be absolutely sure that's the case.

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North Shroud -> Hyrstmill, next to Gerolt.

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Also make sure you haven't just misplaced it somewhere

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type /isearch Longinus

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to check if it's anywhere

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retainers, chocobo saddlebag

smoky onyx
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How do I contact a gm

jade quartz
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System Menu -> Support Desk

smoky onyx
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Better question which category would this fall under

jade quartz
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There should be a specific option for one-time item reclaim

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try the search bar

sturdy mason
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Whats the trick to beating Halicarnassus?

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the last add she spawns, barely gives us 2 seconds to kill it

obsidian patio
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You’re doing too much damage to the boss

smoky onyx
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^

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Basically don't attack her when adds spawn

jade quartz
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tunnel vision the adds.

obsidian patio
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You want to slow DPS after the second add spawns to not push her HP too much

sturdy mason
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Thanks you saved us lol

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what a troll boss

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being punished for being overgeared

obsidian patio
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Yeah the old ARR bosses are finicky like that

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Turn 7 of Bahamut is very screwy if you kill the boss too fast

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Even more so for the savage version

sturdy mason
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RIP

dark geyser
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is there anywhere that would show me what are the optional quests to unlock all my roulettes and trials. or do i have to go back through every area looking for quests

rich bay
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Halicarnassus? Can someone refresh my memory?

obsidian patio
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Haukke Manor Hard mode final boss, in this context

small yacht
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Savage and Extreme same difficult right? just different name?

obsidian patio
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@dark geyser if the Recommended list doesn’t show them, then you can use these links for finding where stuff is

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!faq contentunlock

zinc orbitBOT
dark geyser
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thank you @obsidian patio

jade quartz
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Trials get extreme versions; 8-man raids get savage versions.

rich bay
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Ah, yes. You need to get the adds to low HP first. Reminds me of the Moogle King EX, he also go instant-enrage when a moogle goes down.

jade quartz
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Savage in general is harder than extreme

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Though the first two fights in a savage raid tier (which consists of four fights) may be easier or the same difficulty as extreme trials.

small yacht
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ah okay i got it thanks

rich bay
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Normal > hard > extreme > savage > ultimate. And maybe later even harder then ultimate.

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Extreme trials is positioning.
Savage Raids is mechanics.
Ultimate is both.
Mechanics is harder ofc.

But that is my opinion.

robust magnet
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How important is the "Alliance" lists and also the "Enemies" list for the UI? For any any class in general?

jade quartz
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The enemy list is important.

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It shows cast bars on enemies which you are not currently targeting, which is important for some fight mechanics.

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and just in dungeons sometimes.

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It also shows enmity markers which are important as a tank.

robust magnet
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I see. I'll keep it near my main focus area of the UI then.

jade quartz
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Alliance list is not very important but you should still have it

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it shows the other two parties you're playing with in 24-man content

whole wasp
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Alliance useful for healer to see if you need to raise the other parties.

robust magnet
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I see, is it something that needs to be very big or in focus often?

jade quartz
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if you're a healer you may need to raise people in other alliances by clicking on them with that list

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nah

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can be tucked away in the corner

robust magnet
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okay.

jade quartz
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only shows up in 24-man stuff

robust magnet
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I see.

rose rose
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Changing up my hud and wanted to ask is there a way to remove the names of skills when using the cross hotbar and selecting them and if there is a way to remove the little lock icon for the normal hotbar

robust magnet
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the lock on Hotbar 1? I don't think so.
Also never used cross hotbar so I wouldn't know sorry.

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Is there a way to remove player FC names?

warped nest
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@rose rose yes on hiding skill names on crosshotbar

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I do not remember the setting, but I know it is available

jade quartz
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You can't remove the padlock thingy from hotbar 1 but you can just cheat by turning off hotbar 1 and using another hotbar in its place.

robust magnet
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or the checkbox.

warped nest
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Action Help is tooltip

robust magnet
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I also do a vertical alignment with hotbar 1 and place the lock off screen.

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Ah, then I'm thinking of something else.

rose rose
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bless
What about the number icons on the other hotbars besides one? I tried using the setting but it seemed to justturn off the numbers for 1

robust magnet
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numbers on the side? like 1-10?

rose rose
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on the top of the skills

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mellow knoll
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Okay so I’ve decided to go NIN. But you don’t have to be all stealthing around and shit right?

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I’m not going to be like solid snake, I’m gonna be smacking stuff right?

rose rose
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Id imagine for job quests you would occasionally sneak

oak ice
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Your only stealth cannot be used while you're already in combat, and it breaks when you enter combat

rose rose
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i remember doing one for rouge

warped nest
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Think Naruto Ninja

oak ice
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Correct, there are a couple class quests with sneaky beaky elements

warped nest
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Not Ninja Gaiden ninja

mellow knoll
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Ok good good

rose rose
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also bless i really can hide the names

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itll probably get confusing at first but hey anything for a prettier hud

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thanks yall

robust magnet
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Ninja Gaiden ninja would be fun.

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I'd also love a class like the "Adept Rogue" from .Hack GU.
I'm sad no classes feel that way.

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Jack of All Trades-esk

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mechanically the class can't exist since it uses multiple weapons. But I kinda stick to RDM as it kinda feels that way with it's melee and magic, DPS and Support feel.

mellow knoll
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When you’re NIN and in a party you aren’t sneaking around like a little sneaky boi though I assume

grave ore
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So i just hot level 10 as a Marauder and want to be a Ninja I need to switch to rogue now?

rose rose
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mhm

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head to the guild in limsa

grave ore
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ok cool thank you

warped nest
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Make sure you finish your lvl 10 Marauder quest first

grave ore
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oh ok

warped nest
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Only then you can switch to any class/jobs

rose rose
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oh right another question regarding hotbars, am i able to hide them instead of the cross bar when im not fighting?

upbeat storm
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mb is per server?

glad pewter
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Is there any way you're allowed to go on dungeons with an irregular party (like 3 dps and 1 healer)?

upbeat storm
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doesnt it say if you have a full group it allows for any comp?

rose rose
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you have to unsync your party

proud willow
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yes, Market Board shows sales on a single server

rose rose
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i forgot what exactly the option was called

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one moment

upbeat storm
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so server hopping is a option to make money

proud willow
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and you do not have to unsync to have an irregular comp if you completely fill all slots

rose rose
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wait really? so you still get rewards and such?

proud willow
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sure

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People do parties of all BLU without unsyncing, for example

rose rose
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I remember being able to make an undersized party
ill have to remember that >>

proud willow
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but if you just wanted to run a dungeon as 2 tanks and 2 healers or something, it will let you

warped nest
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oh right another question regarding hotbars, am i able to hide them instead of the cross bar when im not fighting?
@rose rose maybe? Even if the option doesn't exist, you can make macro to do it

rose rose
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i have no clue how macros work and have been avoiding learning to ngl

yes i know its gonna bite me in the butt for crafting classes later

marsh needle
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What happens to the saved data of a perma banned account?

untold ermine
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When it comes to gearing Combat Retainers, iLVL is literally all that matters right? The other stats don’t apply at all?

dark geyser
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anyone able to give me a hand with ACT issues in dms?

marsh needle
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its been awhile but the main stat associated with class matters

marble drift
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I assume a perma-banned account loses all data

marsh needle
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all level 70 account perma banned 😦

obsidian patio
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@untold ermine correct

rose rose
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how does one even get their account permabanned

marsh needle
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kid GMs that are emotionally invested in people who report others

upbeat storm
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sending dickpics to SE

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is visiting other worlds and playing the mb a viable way to make money in this game?

rose rose
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Is there any way to know if youve been reported actually/

warped nest
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If you have the patience to do it, maybe

rose rose
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I feel like ive gotten at least one by just sort of standing around mind dungeon texting someone-

obsidian patio
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You won’t know unless a GM contacts you or moves you to GM jail for questioning

warped nest
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I am also pretty sure that GM cannot directly ban you

rose rose
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gm jail?

red junco
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Is it normal for DPS to have less damage out than a dark knight

rose rose
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i would say no-

warped nest
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There's ought to be a separate review department to handle these cases

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And they can pull data from the servers without the intervention of a GM.

marsh needle
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GMs have way to much power.

red junco
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i did Hades again, and apparently 4 of the dps were doing less damage thna me and I was wondering if that's normal

rose rose
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well they are literally game masters

warped nest
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Unless you want to go super tinfoil hat and say that one of the GM is fucking a staff in the review department.

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And both of them decide to screw you, a lil nobody with perfect behavior

marsh needle
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but its a dictatorship and no trial

rose rose
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cant you send an appeal or something of the sort/

warped nest
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That's what you assume is happening.

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There is no way SE's gonna let some GM kick any players off the game.

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I am not saying anymore here.

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This is basically a discussion at this point.

marsh needle
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xD

warped nest
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A pointless discussion imo

upbeat storm
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does gathering bring in more mats later

marsh needle
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not really I don't bring up just anything without merit I plan on talking to Yoshi

marble drift
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o_o

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you're talking to the game dev

upbeat storm
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or am i going to have to gather 20-30 min just to get out of low lv crafting

marble drift
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about account issues

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the heck?

marsh needle
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if you get perma banned for telling a troll to get a life it kinda sticks with you

obsidian patio
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You can buy low level materials from a decent number of vendors.

rare sable
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@upbeat storm you get skills for yield up later

obsidian patio
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@marsh needle I’ve never heard of anyone getting perma’d as a first offence

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It generally only happens as a third or fourth offence unless you’re absolutely vulgar

rare sable
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At best, pick clean + bountiful is 6 items per sic/mine

marsh needle
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telling someone to get a life as an offense isn't an offense

marble drift
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Real-Money-Traders not withstanding

marsh needle
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offence*

warped nest
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Maybe next time, you just shut up and move on

marble drift
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that cannot possibly be the sole cause

marsh needle
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right

obsidian patio
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Either way, not the channel for this discussion

rare sable
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And some nodes can give bonus yield too

tropic knoll
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when does blm start getting 2 handed staves?