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the "midcore" content is the extreme trials
So you can kind of say the difficulty scale is 24mans/normal mode > EX trials > Savage > Ultimate
savage difficulty varies a lot
though not always true since like the first two fights of the savage raids are generally easy ish
A LOT
yea ive noticed
so sometimes the ex trials are harder than those two
watchinng MTQCapture guides
some fights are like "lol fire bad" others are "ok heres an hour of speed-talking mechanics"
at least they're all scripted and happen in the same order every time, so after enough raiding you can practically do them blindfolded
with small exceptions like different mechanics on different people or a fight having 2 possible phase "orders"
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
and u will be going to different locations stacking with different people at different timing etc. etc.
guys i cant enter any residential area even tho i have unlocked every aethershard and i even HAD housing before. x.x help? xD
how is tuning? in terms of dps checks/healchecks
um whats ur world
phoenix
im not sure if that matters or not
did you do the quest "Home is where the heart is"?
i have done them ages ago i think? xD
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
they said they had housing before
just because you had house before doesn't mean you did the quest
and heal checks aren't really a thing, healing is way different than in wow
i mean i had housing and fc housing before and was inside just yesterday
the only housing district that requires you to have done that quest is Shirogane
wait how so?
you can literally walk into any of the ARR housing districts without having done the quest
@green grail cool, thanks for all the info. im rly looking forward to this now. just hit 72 😄
because all it does it unlock it for the city's aethernet
is housing district open to world visit?
where would i find that quest just to check if i have done it?
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
ok i will try and check. its just weird cause i could visit them even without house yesterday
Yes, you can visit peoples' houses on other worlds @gloomy seal
oh those quests
wait i googled that quest and it says its a field craft leve quest in crystarium
wat
uh
yes, there's a leve quest called home is where the heart is, but that's obviously not it
The quests i'm talking about are called Home is Where the Heart is (Mist/Goblet/Lavender beds)
the quest has district name in the title
yeah
found them
iam just stupid
lets see if i have done them
wtf its not done but iam 100% sure i did them when i started back at the end of SB
or am i just dumb
iam so fucking confused rn
just to note, you have to do each one to unlock it for that city
yeah
iam surei n my midn that i did all cause i have visited all of the districts before
even before ih ad an fc or house
but maybe iam just getting old
like i said, you don't need to have completed them to enter the housing district or buy a house there
you can walk into it from their entrances in the zones where the quests are
mmmh that might be how ive done it
But if you want to use the aethernet from the major city, you have to have completed the quest
thx for the help then xD
no problem
imagine having multiple lvl 80s and never done the housing quests xD
wait i remember margeria for the lavenderbed quest but she never had one

i hit 80 and i was missing the mists housing
anyone know a decent way to make gil as a battle-class?
do your daily roulettes
thats... like what 20k?
crafting and selling stuff maybe?
maps, goetia crafting materials, wondrous tails if you get lucky
as a battle class
what are maps?
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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
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
or hope this drops https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Nidhogg's_Scale from nidhogg EX and sell it
but the previous two can still be decent money makers since people aren't doing those and they have their own specific items
both methods are relatively RNG tho
well, maps not so much
depends on the drop luck rly
The best gil, from maps, is yes but just doing the maps itself will net you gil
how do i reliably get maps though?
marketboard
oh
either buy them or i think by ....gathering?
you can only have 1 opened map and 1 unopened map on you at a time
so its best to stockpile up with a friend(s) to run multiple within a day
by mailing a bunch to you or your friend
Retainers too
is this link still correct for reshade stuff https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/3dyflq/reshade_setup_for_ffxiv/
Here's the setup: * Download reshade * Then Install it. (Click the install button from the...
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
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
It's just them saying "we take no responsibility if you play copyrighted songs"
if you record yourself playing copyrighted music and attempt to make money off of it you might get in trouble
but if you're just messing around no one will care
@zinc orbit
alright i wasnt planning to do moe than stand around
@hasty rampart should still be correct, nothing about reshade has changed afaik
is there some song to help elarn and play beside the three provided
Unable to send /tell. Recipient is in a restricted area.
wat the heck
is this like a cut scene thing?
yeah
usually means they're in an instance
im in pf and someone asked about the group but i cant reply to them now lol
there are certain locations/activities where the devs don't want players being bothered
If they're on a different world it's finicky
wonderous tails
is for that kirin?
no it's when you do activities for the book that you get from Khloe
Kirin is just getting all the horses from the trials
that the npc u do the weekly crafting turn ins for in idyllshire right
Yeah
Khloe gives you the book every week you do for rewards
Zhloe you just make things for which gives you scrips
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
Zhloe is the best person in FF
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?
yes
thank you!
and if u want to play ninja get a class/job that starts in limsa, its the fastest way to unlock it
so Pugilist ios the best way to start right? to go to rogue then ninja?
no
pugilist starts in ul'dah, and you get to travel to other cities around 15
you would want to start on a class that begins in Limsa Lominsa
so either Marauder or Arcanist
if you start in limsa you can unlock limsa jobs after doing your lvl 10 class quest
oh ok gotcha. didn't realize the starting area determined that much
it's not a huge difference
but if you really want to optimize it it's something to keep in mind
do healers get the 300 poetics, or can I get it as a dps?
the 300 poetics are part of the daily bonus
bonus stuff is below the text
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the healer bonus is the bottom portion
oh ty
everyone gets the first line
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 ?
@rose rose centurio seal is a currencies that you can exchange with rewards. Most people are after the riding maps (it makes your mount speed faster on that specific map). Check out this list of complete rewards. https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Category:Purchased_with_Centurio_Seal
there's sometimes a horde of people doing it to get a bunch of seals quickly.
@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.
thanks !
hey ! im new to ffxiv and i bought shadowbringers
from steam) and i got 0 idea on how to activate it
tried on website but didnt work
@nocturne prism try this support article from square enix. https://support.na.square-enix.com/faqarticle.php?id=5382&la=1&kid=77421
it says stormblood, but it's very likely the same for shadowbringers
i found out just now some one dmd me thanks
and if i bought from steam
im supposed to get 60days of gametime right
or just 30
i don't remember you can get 60 days anywhere. it's 30 days for everyone i believe.
Only game time cards and actually buying sub time
awesome thanks alot
I think you also get a 15 day bonus when you reach lv 30 on a preferred world
For your first time
i see, rather play a world with friends tho
Could still make a alt later on, just power lvl it and get the bonus
Quick question, does it matter what weapon/gear I give my retainers before sending them off on ventures?
or can they have a lv1 weapon and be perfectly fine?
Dont think it matters as long as you meet ilvl requirement to send off
also, their item level determines the loot pool
The higher it is, the better chances they have of bringing something back rare, or in the terms of resources gathering, more items
however unless it's a gathering retainer you don't have to care about quality
They exclusively only look at item level
Anyone that knows if the items i get by upgrading to the digital collectors editions is sent to me through the deliviery moogles?
yes
is there a chance that it takes longer then other items? bought some other stuff right after and got those almost right away
sometimes
account bound items tend to take a bit longer
okay
Is there any way to give someone else poetics or poetics gear?
no
nope
closest thing is to buy the crafted materials to craft the person the gear
Oof
it's super easy to ear poetics tho
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the game throws poetics at you for completing most roulettes
a few days of just doing Alliance Roulette is enough to get a full right side of Poetics gear
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
so long as you've unlocked the dungeon, you can get it in its appropriate roulette
Is the Retainer max level still 70? or 80 like the player with ShB
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?
@novel parcel they can reach 80 now
@gritty oracle ilvl inflation. They were made with you basically using level 45-baseline 50 gear in mind
Though it was still pretty easy to do giant pulls in early ARR
Can’t remember if they ever got nerfed in difficulty
i joined a fellowship but, how does it work
They’re basically messageboards
You access them through the fellowship menu in social
i tought it was like a chat? or thats linkshell?
Correct, Fellowships don’t have a chat. Linkshells do
fellowships are a forum, linkshells are an irc server/channel 😛
do you guys think i'd get burnt out starting a character i level alone and one that i'd level alongside my gf?
possibly
one thing you could do is instead of another character, just level another job alongside her
ff14 lets 1 character be every available job/class, so you arent restricted to just one per character
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right, but we'd like to do the main story quest together, can I level efficiently without doing that?
fates, random mob genocides, dungeons (once unlocked)
at the low levels, side quests and outright genocidal hunting are still effective options
hmm
okay
i'm still pretty new, highest i've gotten to is level 38 a couple years ago
it's going to vary a lot depending on your server as well
how can i get
server? like crystal?
dancer class?
you're going to want to level miner up as well
@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.
CUL is dead for money on raid food i've found
icic
right, but sells fast doesnt mean it's worth the low price
do you maybe know answer to the question or not really :O?
appreciate the advice, ill start looking into learning the crafters and gathers when i can
they seem like a TON to take in
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
@lone hawk , you can unlock dancer when you get a batle job to 60 and own shadowbringers. The quest is in Limsa (
Shall We Dance?)
mainly time, and a lot of money, depending on how much less time you want to spend
oh, thanks @rich bay i was getting afraid that noone knows the answer :D... so 5 more levels :O!
@quartz shale and what about my venture npcs? any certain ones i should make for afk gains? i cant remember what theyre called lol
though I'm not sure, is dancer class strong, because it looks cool but is it strong?
you'll want at least 1 retainer as a battle class for certain
yeah i have 1 battle class atm and one just doing nothing
!faq meta
especially if you're doing leatherworker, because to hell with mass farming for skins 😐
oh okay... though bard doesn't look cool :D... thanks, it helps :)!
to be strong
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 ?
yes, just need to have a lv60 combat job
they said only lvl 60
you need to own Shadowbringers iirc
there's no main scenario quest tied to it
yeah, I have all expansions
Is it a good class ?
@dark geyser , i have 3 gathering and 2 battle retainers. (I have more then 2, i "bought" extra retainers)
they said it's good but mainly buff class
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
That's why I was thinking of trying tank or heals
Only the HW jobs are behind MSQ.
with tank you have faster queue
Healer has the fastest one nowadays.
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?
@onyx kiln Im not sure how it works here but in other mmorpg you can always write a ticket to the support
No, you get it later when there is room, there is an option to send a request for items in the mailbox.
@rich bay okay! ic ic
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
got them now. thanks
Apparently people said that it's possible
the main scenario quests are design to be doable by all roles
but hard
plus at lv 30, once you have your chocobo you can do a side quest to summon it to help you out
so you're not that much slower than a dps job
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.
@rich flume 
oh okay
thanks !
They're a decent dps/healer
I'll probably try dark knight once I unlock Ishgard
Better than nothing for sure
And they can hold aggro too as tank, but not that good.
dps/healer skill trees are better yes.
what... chocobo can be healer/// how does chocobo heal :D?
by being very cute
by casting choco healing spells on you
Like Choco Cure (Cure 2) and Choco Regen. (Regen), the chocobo heal tree use spells inspired by the WHM/CNJ.
okay it sounds... hilarious 😄
You can get bardings from it too at rank 10, 16 and 20.
btw my inventory is CHINCHED but idk what to sell and what to keep lol
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.
Things that have "Shop Selling Price: X" on the tooltip can be safely vendored
and just use them as storage?
chocobo saddlebag, retainer storage, sell mb, throw away
Yes, retainers can hold 175 items.
some things that sell for like 10gil on mb might as well throw away
10 gil is 10 gil. Better then 0 gil
if it's 10gil on the MKTB then just use your retainer to just sell them.
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.
its not worth the hassle of putting it on mb especially when mb space is limited
you don't sell it on the mb
you vendor it
since throw away implies you're not even vendoring it to a npc
i mean vendoring for 50 gil doesnt seem worth the trouble
it adds up
If you're already at your retainer, then may as well have them vendor it
but if you wanna just chuck it that's up to you
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
@gritty oracle sorry I have no idea, and people here doesn't really care about story nor lore, sorry we couldn't help 😦
whatever works for you
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
I haven't been getting HQ for non-starred ones.
so if u cant craft hq then buy for sure and if u cant buy hq see if u can craft
but if it has a star, I get it
k will do
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
crafting the full tree is a PITA
Which crafters are you not able to level through Ishgard?
0
you can level them all
that just means ur not using the right skills or ur gear is low
its only gatherers currently that don't have ishgard turn ins
u dont need hq mats to craft hq
@sturdy mason
What are your crafter stats?
Oh, for some reason I thought cul was one of them, but thanks!
if its crap then just buy the hq items
Maybe i can figure something out for you that maybe can work.
And what do you want to craft? @sturdy mason?
yeah buy hq gc/leve turn ins OR do ishgard
ishgard is so much easier 20-60 than anything else
Not with those stats. Too low for collectable rating they accept.
i mean
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.
just buy the nq vendor gear
and go
getting min collectible rating isnt that gard
dont
use hq mats
vendor gear from the race gear vendor? Or general gear vendor in Limsa markets?
u need to use the stacking buff
General vendors.
general vendors
tradecraft tools and armor
and jewelry
what was the stacking buff called?
what is the collectable rating? Where do you see that?
@sturdy mason , you need the buffs to get a shot at high quality, they are not a waste of CP in general.
And not sure what the stacking buff is u are talking about. Food buff? FC buff?
When you do collectables or crafts that can only be collectables.
@sturdy mason crafter buffs. Like Waste not.
From here?
i dunno check which vendor has gear that gives control and cp or whatever
it should say
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?
collectibles are crafted specifically for exchange of rewards (usually scrips). they are different from the items you normally crafted that can be used.
tradecraft
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
@novel parcel people have been doing it and they seemed fine.
but
ah fair enough
u can just skip cutscene in game
you need enough people to beat the boss.
main scenario cutscenes are unskippable
or you'll still stuck at the bosses.
unless u mean msq roulette
^
yeah just dc nobody gives a shit
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.
i dont even think thats against any rules and we break the rules all the time with act
fair enough
is here in the final fantasy some nice solo super strong and hard mega fights?
people seemed very surprised to find gaius dead after the long ass cutscene
so just wanted to make sure
are*
@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.
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
@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.
Yes, Scripts are indeed the tomestones for crafters/gatherers.
think of collectible as an separate thing from your normal crafted items. their existence is purely to get exchanged for rewards like scrips.
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.
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
You get different tier rewards for the collectible rating you acheived for that collectible.
@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.)
@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.)
Skybuilder Scripts are for the Ishgard stuff.
highest one I have is lvl 55 fisher
Level 56 can unlock it for sure.
@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.
You only need 1 on the right level to unlock it.
Gathered collectible is slighly different where you have a different set of skills to Mine/Harvest collectible.
I don't see an NPC in Limsa that sells DoH accessories
Sorcha (independent Jeweler)
ilvl 27 better for my lvl 35 WVR?
dreamy is there a source for people getting banned in msq roulette for skipping cutscenes?
Just buy the highest you can equip.
Yeah I did
Yes, i there is.
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.
thats not a source
thats a random forum post
with a contradicting random forum post right above it
Maybe ask the GM's themselves?
The post above it doesn't count, that is a earlier post then the one that says it..
wow
who woulda known that the truthfulness of random forum posts
are determined by time posted
I also asked the GM's and they confirmed it to me too.
okay thats fair
So the Inner Quiet skill increases control, which increases what?
did anyone get banned over it tho?
control determines quality increase
so inner quiet makes each subsequent quality increase get a bigger and bigger bonus
up to 11 stacks
when has someone been banned over it?
can y'all take that to #general-discussion
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okay
I am done anyway.
why someone would get banned for skipping it, its not like you skip it for whole party? or is it?
It's an exploit you're not supposed to abuse
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
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?
Brand of the elements has a sister ability which has a similar icon
That booses brand of the elements efficiency by an absurd amount with the less amount of progression on a synth
Should I be using that first before basic synthesis?
check how many synths u need to finish
then determine if u need durability or cp more
brand basiclly means u get more progress for lower durability cost but higher cp cost
is there a quick way to see that? Or do you mean check it through a crafting simulator?
click the arrow
so what u can do is instead of basic synth x4 u can brand x1 (36cp) and basic synth x1
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
oh actually it says 42 at 100%, basic is 120% or something right? So it would be more than 42?
IS there anything similar to like wowhead for Final Fantasy?
!faq balance
join the discord
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?
by 1 step I mean, one more cast of basic synth for example, to get to 100% progress
generally, no, but it depends on what abilities you have at your level
as a starting point, yes, that is a good systemt
if you're doing it by hand it's a good way to make sure you can actually finish the synthesis
later on, when rotations get more complicated and you start relying on macros, you'll generally leave most of the Progress until the end
u use macros at the end?
i just do it manually so i can adjust to quality
is stuff like precise touch macroable?
a proper macro completely automates the crafting process
Can you craft multiple items at once? Or do you have to do it one at a time?
sort of
if you craft items individually you can use your abilities (and macros) as normal
It's one at a time
if you want to craft several items you have to use Quick-Synth, which does not allow use of abilities
but is much faster and automatic
While you can do quick synthesis to mass produce items in larger quantities
The most you can make at once are consumables which usually come in sets of 3
how complicated is crafting
Ah okay
is it not just click to make
no you have to fill up a bar using your synthesis skills
it is more complicated than that
later on the goal is to make high quality
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?
since normal quality has less stats in comparison
and botting isnt bannable in this game
FFXIV lets you make your own macros in-game
on a limited scale
no they arent
no as long as you have synthed it once and are over the minimum craftsmanship you can quick synth
macros aren't bots
bots are smart
macros just recite commands
macros aren't conditional and have to be started and stopped manually
also like
that's a lot of extra effort for what would be a marginal increase in effciency
since the interaction between the internal and external macros would be clunky as heck
when you get to that point it's just not worth it because there's no gil sink besides housing
It's not like WoW where there's a real money incentive due to the auction house
so im supposed to macro to craft
no
using macros that can be made in-game are helpful for crafting
but are not expected or required
it's helpful but due to the quality system macros can screw you over sometimes
like good and excellent into poor procs
yep there's RNG in crafting :^)
You can use Tricks of Trade to prevent landing your Byregot on a Poor.
Yup, after good there is never excellent.
poor only happens if you had an excellent prior though
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.
if u put tricks of trade where u would otherwise put say... great strides
like tricks of trade -> great strides -> byregot
does that protect it?
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
or did I not understand the sentence right
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.
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
Technically Trick is not bypass, it is pressed, but it didn't work, so nothing happen, and then the macro do the next step
ohh it was just worded a bit weird hence the confusion
why is thsi importatn for byregots?
Yup, when tricks has a normal/poor it just doesn't trigger.
Ofc, after normal there is never poor.
beacuse poor condition lowers the amount of quality your action is going to do and Byregot is your big quality nuke
byregots increases your quality significantly when it's stacked with inner quiet, so you don't want to proc it on poor
If you do it on a poor you're fucked
I wonder, is it possible to get a normal on Tricks and Excellent on Great strides.
Take note that Good and Excellent can only happens after Normal
ahhhh
If it is normal, Tot don't work
til
And the normal is used on Great Stride
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
anyone who knows if my HUD work messed that up?
Condition only change if a Step is performed. Using Tricks on Normal do nothing, so no Step
Btw, if Tricks of Trade eat a Good, then Great Stride will always be normal. Then Byregot can be normal/good/excellent
@onyx kiln check your key bindings? also if you open up the gpose menu you can pause the frame as well
iirc it was r or the middle mouse button
Does anyone know when will they release house in ishgard?
When you hit lv70 on any class does the buff go away for them all?
kk thank
@junior yacht Is there a database of crafting macros? A copy & paste solution per job would be great
It expires if and when a server is no longer preferred and your character is older than 90 days.
what section in keybindings do i find Gpose shortcuts?
Well knowing exact macros seems useful because other, smarter, people have figured it out already
Probably just follow Ashe10
Oh
Balance has crafting channel, they might have a few macros too
does condition increase efficiency?
Best way to get crafters to lvl 15?
Cool, thanks!
@sturdy mason https://ffxivteamcraft.com/
the problem is that you can't always rely on pre-made macros, because they need to meet certain stat thresholds
Yup. So you can also try the simulator.
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
Yup, teamcraft fits the bill for that.
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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
In situations like this where I feel like I'm not gonna get a HQ item, is it best to just quit?
no because if you fail you still have a chance to get the materials back
@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
@slate arrow What do you mean if I fail? Like if I were to use my last 10 durability on quality instead of progress?
I guess what I meant to ask was, should I avoid completing it
You checked under your service account status too?
scroll down
game time is at the bottom
@sturdy mason if you fail the synth by not completing it there is a small chance your materials will be refunded with no loss
(as in, not getting the progress bar 100%)
yeah, it's still not there for me either?
What happens you select buying the game time card?
pretty sure you should select paysafecard
also make sure the region the game time card is for your region
cause region locks get dumb
to be honest I've no idea what my game region is, as I play in NA but am in AU
I think that's because you've got the maximum amount of characters and the game time cars only covers the basic subscription
no game time cards are always standard
Also that
But paying for anything additional wouldn't stop you from adding game time
Whats the ultimate coil of bahamut thingccF?
your region might be EU which might not offer game time cards?
gosh I'm so confused - is it because I have it on steam?
no
What's this?
They're trying to use a game time card
Oh I see
oh, my region shouldn't definitely not be EU, as that's the furthermost away from me of all regions
I might know the problem
how could I check?
sure, what do you need?
Do you use google chrome?
yeah
unrelated but eu does have game time cards ^^
uh, nope, sadly
just opening from the address / url
Post the url link
for what, the page I'm on?
For Mogstation yeah
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
for whatever stupid reason
I'll leave off the accid part at the end, but
https://secure.square-enix.com/account/app/svc/ffxivshopacctop?
Mogstation
or this is the default mogstation page https://secure.square-enix.com/account/app/svc/mogstation
Hmmm
apparently with a quick google you should clear you cookies and go to mog station through this link http://sqex.to/msp
FINAL FANTASY XIV専用サービス管理ページ「モグステーション」です。
FINAL FANTASY XIV専用サービス管理ページ「モグステーション」です。
this is the default mogstation link for me
I did go to account settings and it does show that apparently my account is 'EU and other' which is weird, but
called it
austrialia doesn't offer game time cards probably
so it just outright doesnt appear as an option
🤔 You just buy EU game time cards Industrial
That shouldn't be an issue whatsoever?
don't question it lol
with the stupid cookies
ohrip
gotta datamine
oh gosh, thank you guys so much - was a birthday gift and I felt awful I couldn't accept it heh 😖
ffs
well, I tried!
thanks everyone for all your help though, I appreciate it ❤️
Oh RIP
Well...
I'd give your friend it back
I'm going to assume it's your friend's region and not yours
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
yeah basically if it's not NA or JP generally it defaults to EU
(EU and other regions because EU itself isn't a very large playerbase population)
heck, yeah, that sucks. ah well!
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?
as a personal opinion, I honestly wouldn't recommend it
Whaaa?
(well, 3 main attack spells and 1-2 "attack" abilities/spells)
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
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
(at least that's what I've done, and I feel pretty okay about it)
I mean one good thing about healers is that you have a much, much faster queue
nobody wants to play healers so it's an eternal healer shortage 90% of the time
Well if I wanted to switch it up I could do melee DPS.
like 1 second to a couple of minutes, whereas dps queues are usually around 20mins
same applies to tanks, fast queues into dungeons and decent dmg
oh yeah, that's the one positive i can think of heh, but I was just talking about first time run throughs for experience
o I wanna play a healer
Let me ask y’all this then: best melee DPS for a first time MSQ experience?
As in most fun
yes
healer seems like it'd be incredibly fulfilling as a role
imo monkb
honestly all of them are fun in their own right
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
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
Sam is not in the base game tho
yeah, that's why I was saying once you get to that level, but I guess you were talking to IR
oh yeah, forgot about lancer
since it ties into the next expansion rather neatly
never actually tried it yet
drg is fun but you get aoes really late into the game lol
honestly, my favorite all time class right now is DNC, but that's way later in the game
what is single target skills?
things that only hit one target at a time
single target are all abilities which only attack one target
the animation doesn't matter
i'm exhausted, spare me.
heh no worries, just wasn't expecting two people to actually answer that :p
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
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
!faq armouryexp
'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.
Dragoon does get some extra scenes post-ARR and HW.
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.
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?
Maybe I’ll just stick with BLM lol
ninja isn't as complex as you think it is
mudras are all muscle memory
and the changes to making it on gcd imo made the burst phases more clearly defined
MNK is just wack because it's the most active both movement and skill wise
and that's not even getting into the advanced tech
like using anatman for a free greased lightning stack by abusing server ticks
those "problems" are for the really end game players tbh
realistically the difficulty of every job depends highly on what you want to do with it
Cant wait to be a healer ninja yeet
so nothing to worry about until you start to do savage content ^^
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
huton
once you kinda remember the patterns, it's easy enough
yeah, trust me, I don't remember any of the skill names for any class, so :p
Abc for TA. Thats impt too. :p
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Hows the raiding community on Crystal?
If I wanted to like, end game raid, is it even possible?
it's possible
Where would I find groups/clans/etc?
what should I be spending my company seals on?
How do you add people in different worlds?
@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!
Thankuu
anytime!
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.
Probably not
if you fail a quick synthesis do you still lose the items?
yes
wonder why you don't for regular synthesis
You have like a 10% chance to retain the items upon failed synthesis.
where can i trade in my poetics for gear after reaching stormblood?
Rhalgr's Reach, east side.
bless thank
Uh, presuming you've finished base Stormblood that is
Level-cap Poetics vendors are always locked behind MSQ.
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
It's not just Alisaie make up
Garlond data isn't reliable for comparing custom models but it does register her as female and having a "bust size" value
🤔 I'm very sure it's at the very least based on male model
Even if it calls it otherwise
I remember this person who messed with models with 3rd party software wouldn't stop laughing about it to me
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.
Face, earring on opposite side, ponytail band colour, mirrored hair, different animations
List goes on
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
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Also I think that's about answered now
true
Hey uh I accidentally deleted longinus zeta
Am I able to get the weapon back without doing the quests?
Oh dear.
You can contact a GM and use your one-time item retrieval pass
that's for one time, ever.
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
But check with Drake just to be absolutely sure that's the case.
North Shroud -> Hyrstmill, next to Gerolt.
Also make sure you haven't just misplaced it somewhere
type /isearch Longinus
to check if it's anywhere
retainers, chocobo saddlebag
How do I contact a gm
System Menu -> Support Desk
Better question which category would this fall under
Whats the trick to beating Halicarnassus?
the last add she spawns, barely gives us 2 seconds to kill it
You’re doing too much damage to the boss
tunnel vision the adds.
You want to slow DPS after the second add spawns to not push her HP too much
Yeah the old ARR bosses are finicky like that
Turn 7 of Bahamut is very screwy if you kill the boss too fast
Even more so for the savage version
RIP
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
Halicarnassus? Can someone refresh my memory?
Haukke Manor Hard mode final boss, in this context
Savage and Extreme same difficult right? just different name?
@dark geyser if the Recommended list doesn’t show them, then you can use these links for finding where stuff is
!faq contentunlock
thank you @obsidian patio
Trials get extreme versions; 8-man raids get savage versions.
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.
Savage in general is harder than extreme
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.
ah okay i got it thanks
Normal > hard > extreme > savage > ultimate. And maybe later even harder then ultimate.
Extreme trials is positioning.
Savage Raids is mechanics.
Ultimate is both.
Mechanics is harder ofc.
But that is my opinion.
How important is the "Alliance" lists and also the "Enemies" list for the UI? For any any class in general?
The enemy list is important.
It shows cast bars on enemies which you are not currently targeting, which is important for some fight mechanics.
and just in dungeons sometimes.
It also shows enmity markers which are important as a tank.
I see. I'll keep it near my main focus area of the UI then.
Alliance list is not very important but you should still have it
it shows the other two parties you're playing with in 24-man content
Alliance useful for healer to see if you need to raise the other parties.
I see, is it something that needs to be very big or in focus often?
if you're a healer you may need to raise people in other alliances by clicking on them with that list
nah
can be tucked away in the corner
okay.
only shows up in 24-man stuff
I see.
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
the lock on Hotbar 1? I don't think so.
Also never used cross hotbar so I wouldn't know sorry.
Is there a way to remove player FC names?
@rose rose yes on hiding skill names on crosshotbar
I do not remember the setting, but I know it is available
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.
would it be this setting, for Sophie?
https://i.imgur.com/NFjhKKG.png
or the checkbox.
Action Help is tooltip
I also do a vertical alignment with hotbar 1 and place the lock off screen.
Ah, then I'm thinking of something else.

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
numbers on the side? like 1-10?
on the top of the skills
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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?
I’m not going to be like solid snake, I’m gonna be smacking stuff right?
Id imagine for job quests you would occasionally sneak
Your only stealth cannot be used while you're already in combat, and it breaks when you enter combat
i remember doing one for rouge
Think Naruto Ninja
Correct, there are a couple class quests with sneaky beaky elements
Not Ninja Gaiden ninja
Ok good good
also bless i really can hide the names
itll probably get confusing at first but hey anything for a prettier hud
thanks yall
Ninja Gaiden ninja would be fun.
I'd also love a class like the "Adept Rogue" from .Hack GU.
I'm sad no classes feel that way.
Jack of All Trades-esk
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.
When you’re NIN and in a party you aren’t sneaking around like a little sneaky boi though I assume
So i just hot level 10 as a Marauder and want to be a Ninja I need to switch to rogue now?
ok cool thank you
Make sure you finish your lvl 10 Marauder quest first
oh ok
Only then you can switch to any class/jobs
oh right another question regarding hotbars, am i able to hide them instead of the cross bar when im not fighting?
mb is per server?
Is there any way you're allowed to go on dungeons with an irregular party (like 3 dps and 1 healer)?
doesnt it say if you have a full group it allows for any comp?
you have to unsync your party
yes, Market Board shows sales on a single server
so server hopping is a option to make money
and you do not have to unsync to have an irregular comp if you completely fill all slots
wait really? so you still get rewards and such?
I remember being able to make an undersized party
ill have to remember that >>
but if you just wanted to run a dungeon as 2 tanks and 2 healers or something, it will let you
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
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
What happens to the saved data of a perma banned account?
When it comes to gearing Combat Retainers, iLVL is literally all that matters right? The other stats don’t apply at all?
anyone able to give me a hand with ACT issues in dms?
its been awhile but the main stat associated with class matters
I assume a perma-banned account loses all data
all level 70 account perma banned 😦
@untold ermine correct
how does one even get their account permabanned
kid GMs that are emotionally invested in people who report others
sending dickpics to SE
is visiting other worlds and playing the mb a viable way to make money in this game?
Is there any way to know if youve been reported actually/
If you have the patience to do it, maybe
I feel like ive gotten at least one by just sort of standing around mind dungeon texting someone-
You won’t know unless a GM contacts you or moves you to GM jail for questioning
I am also pretty sure that GM cannot directly ban you
gm jail?
Is it normal for DPS to have less damage out than a dark knight
i would say no-
There's ought to be a separate review department to handle these cases
And they can pull data from the servers without the intervention of a GM.
GMs have way to much power.
i did Hades again, and apparently 4 of the dps were doing less damage thna me and I was wondering if that's normal
well they are literally game masters
Unless you want to go super tinfoil hat and say that one of the GM is fucking a staff in the review department.
And both of them decide to screw you, a lil nobody with perfect behavior
but its a dictatorship and no trial
cant you send an appeal or something of the sort/
That's what you assume is happening.
There is no way SE's gonna let some GM kick any players off the game.
I am not saying anymore here.
This is basically a discussion at this point.
xD
A pointless discussion imo
does gathering bring in more mats later
not really I don't bring up just anything without merit I plan on talking to Yoshi
or am i going to have to gather 20-30 min just to get out of low lv crafting
if you get perma banned for telling a troll to get a life it kinda sticks with you
You can buy low level materials from a decent number of vendors.
@upbeat storm you get skills for yield up later
@marsh needle I’ve never heard of anyone getting perma’d as a first offence
It generally only happens as a third or fourth offence unless you’re absolutely vulgar
At best, pick clean + bountiful is 6 items per sic/mine
telling someone to get a life as an offense isn't an offense
Real-Money-Traders not withstanding
offence*
Maybe next time, you just shut up and move on
that cannot possibly be the sole cause
right
Either way, not the channel for this discussion
And some nodes can give bonus yield too
when does blm start getting 2 handed staves?