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warped nest
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Or you can redo it with a fresh account, up to you

raw quest
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would anyone perchance know of where i could find someone to marry my lalafel so i can get the items from it ?

deft anvil
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Does Priority Seal Allowance (the +15% GC seals item from lv50 squad missions) increase the seals I gain from turning in for supply and provisioning? What constitutes a "duty" here isn't clear.

slate arrow
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The seal bonus applies to anything that grants you duty status

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So for example, Leveling Roulette, Grand Company Leves, and FATES (until stormblood)

obsidian patio
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@raw quest There's a subreddit for it but it's fairly dead. You could always try the official forums

deft anvil
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cool, thanks

sharp tapir
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is this a free company buff

obsidian patio
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yep

sharp tapir
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oh neat

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just randomly appeared on screen

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thanks

indigo orbit
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They do turn off after a while so someone in your FC needs to re-enable them periodically

sharp tapir
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got it

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thanks

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sharp tapir
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so I see he used more buffs

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can he only put 2 max

obsidian patio
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yep

sharp tapir
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so the other ones he used

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was for naught

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hehe

gloomy ice
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No, those three are being stored for later.

sharp tapir
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oh shit, I didn't read

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I see

slate arrow
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you can have up to 20 actions stockpiled

sharp tapir
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it said obtained

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got it

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thanks

light drift
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Can someone recommend a Dragoon Leveling guide or a Rotation guide? Im not quite sure how to use my attacks effectively

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Or, when I should use which skill

slate arrow
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!faq drgguide

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gloomy ice
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Oh that works too lol

slate arrow
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Remove all the skills you don't have and that's your rotation

light drift
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Thank you!

sharp tapir
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do mount speeds differ mount from mount

fresh lodge
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Nope

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Though Cloud's bike does start off with the MSQ speed boost

gloomy ice
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The SDS Fenrir mount has a natural Speed Boost 1 but every other mount gets that eventually as you progress through story anyway so it doesn't make too much of a difference.

sharp tapir
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ok I see

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and Cloud's Bike has an MSQ buff?

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that's interesting

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so if you're doin an MSQ it goes faster?

obsidian patio
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not exactly.

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it naturally has the speed buff the story would give.

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you don't need to actively do the story to have the buff active

gloomy ice
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But when you do get the speed boost from each story zone all of the other mounts become as fast as the bike. Also the bike is a Mogstation item. A little pricey too.

sharp tapir
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hmm

wintry chasm
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**little pricey **is putting it mildly but yes

sharp tapir
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confused on this MSQ buff

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so

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if I'm correct

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MSQ gives a speed buff in general for mounts?

wintry chasm
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Right

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But in portions

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So for example you'll do MSQ and unlock some zone speed increases around level 22. You'll do more MSQ and get the speed increases for other zones

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And by the time you finish 2.0 you'll have all the speed increase on all the ARR zones

gloomy ice
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HW and SB zones work the same way. You unlock speed boosts as you progress the story. ShB zones are different but no need to worry about that quite yet.

wintry chasm
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You still get the MSQ mount speed increases in ShB. It's just the second speed increase isn't hunts though?

jade quartz
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There are three mount speeds. The base speed is where you start, and it's very slow. The "one star" speed upgrade is earned in each zone after completing the portion of the MSQ that's associated with that zone.

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No MSQ mount speed boost in ShB Cal, 1-star is from bicolor gemstones

timber fossil
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I know that Rowena's star bonus resets every 12 hours, but do the turn-in item list change?

wintry chasm
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Oh right

jade quartz
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which just requires you to do six FATEs in each zone effectively.

timber fossil
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i saw someone mentioned espresso being one of the easy one for yellow scrip farming, but it isn't on my list.

jade quartz
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And then the 2-star, max mount speed is unlocked through hunt currency in all zones except Shadowbringers zones, where two-star speed is not possible at this time.

sharp tapir
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wtf

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lololol

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why is this speed buff so complex ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

jade quartz
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Not too complex

sharp tapir
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so where exactly does it show

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yeah I know, just dumb

obsidian patio
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Travel > Mount speed

sharp tapir
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thanks for answerin anyways

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travel only 15 mins sad

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I just use porters

obsidian patio
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god bless those NPCs getting some use

sharp tapir
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loool

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where does it show my "speed" persay

obsidian patio
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Travel > Mount speed, like I said.

little needle
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What sort of effort do the anima weapons involve?

obsidian patio
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mainly just grinding your daily roulettes for the boatloads of poetics you'll need for various steps

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and a light grind step which amounts to either solo-spamming level 50 dungeons or running the 9th savage instance of alexander with other players

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also 80k GC seals or gil to buy those items

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Anima is the easiest of the three relics. Zodiac requires a lot more non-tomestone grinding and a hefty amount of gil depending on how self-sufficient you want to be

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obsidian patio
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And Eureka is quite literally its own content area

little needle
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Thanks

sharp tapir
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ohh

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I thought you were saying travelling over mounts

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yeah I ain't got any mounts yet

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ok, once I get the mount, I'll try to understand all those speed things

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thanks again

ebon kindle
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How do I join a mate's party who's mid-instance, their tank just left?

alpine shadow
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you have to be lucky

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and hope that you are able to join that instance

obsidian patio
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You'd have to enable the "in-progress" option for the duty finder, queue for their dungeon, and be lucky you get into theirs

alpine shadow
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and that too `

ebon kindle
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EY I got lucky and it worked

fierce garnet
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Is there a way to play with a friend on another data center ?

alpine shadow
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No

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The only option would be to transfer to an another datacenter

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which costs money, unless you are in a congested server transferring to a preferred one

slow plover
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Hey, was wondering, I'm doiny my relic weapon and I need to get 75 alexandrites, what's the optimal way to get them?

obsidian patio
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Buy the treasure maps from Auriana in Mor Dhona, each map has 5 Alexandrite

slow plover
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Alrighty, thanks

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pearl sail
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Hi, I'm trying to find ways to join in on hunts (just got to my first lvl 53)

Is there a good way to find a group/linkshell to do hunts with?

obsidian patio
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shouting in the populated main cities like Limsa and Eulmore (shadowbringers city) is your best bet, along with where ever you see the hunt train in action

pearl sail
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Okay! Is there generally a better day to do this?

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Also what to hunt trains look like? :P

obsidian patio
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Not particularly, though the respawn windows for hunts reset for most maintenances.

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generally a giant horde of people and "LFG" (Looking for group) spam in shout chat

pearl sail
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Cool, thank you!

little crane
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Which beast tribe quests should I do to get xp while waiting for duty finder? level 63

obsidian patio
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Ananta and the Kojin

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Kojin only requires story quests and can be unlocked from the Vexed Villager at x6.8 y13.3 of the ruby sea after the quest "Tide Goes in, Imperials Go Out"

potent umbra
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is there a need for different characters if you can level every job on one?

jade quartz
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Nope

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The gameplay reasons to play more than one character are so niche as to not matter to almost anyone.

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The main reasons to play more than one character are to play with friends on multiple different datacentres

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or to have more RP characters.

lean minnow
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Is machinist strong/meta ? I never played this game and I don't know which class to pick.

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and how do I become one, which class should I pick when I create my character?

worldly ermine
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as far as i know u can unlock machinist once you're level 50 + bought the heavensward expansion

dim ridge
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all jobs are viable

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machinist is in the same category as bard, if you go with that you can share gear

obsidian patio
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You need to have completed the base story and have started heavensward to be able to unlock machinist

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also what miz said, but any class can unlock machinist.

lean minnow
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I see. Thanks a lot.

jade quartz
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obligatory

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!faq meta

zinc orbitBOT
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Meta Jobs FAQ
jade quartz
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No job is gonna be locked out of parties, and the balance details we quibble over are like 5% differences in optimal capability at most.

little crane
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@obsidian patio How did you decide to choose Ananta and Kojin as the best tribes for xp?

obsidian patio
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Because they’re the only combat tribes that will actually give you good experience for 60-70

potent umbra
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you cant use the same character on multiple datacentres?

soft jay
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Quick qn on glamour..... Can I glamour warrior great axe into a sword instead?

twilit arch
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you can only glamour items you can wear on that class/job, so unless you can find a warrior axe that looks like sword (Which I don't think there is any) then no

soft jay
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OK got it tks

warped nest
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you cant use the same character on multiple datacentres?
@potent umbra nope

potent umbra
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where do i find squirrels?

green grail
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open the quest in the journal and there will be a "show on map" button

slow plover
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Grade 1 materia are so expensive... how am I meant to get 75 for my relic weapon without getting broke?

twilit arch
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spiritbond for it yourself

slow plover
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And what's the best way to do it?

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Like buying lvl 5 gear, and killing low level mobs?

twilit arch
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pretty much

sinful breach
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have you checked other servers for the prices?

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also i think ixali vendors sell grade 1 materia, might not be the one you need but you can transmute them

slow plover
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Alright, thanks for the info

sharp ledge
twilit arch
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@noble heron think you posted that in the wrong channel

noble heron
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whoops, sorry

sinful breach
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@sharp ledge try asking from #art if they know better?

sharp ledge
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will try, thanks

frosty badger
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hello

junior elk
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Hi lhoa

frosty badger
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are there any good uses for fire 2 and blizzard 2?

junior elk
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AoE

frosty badger
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i rarely use them

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i mean when you already have better spells

twilit arch
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f2 has some use at lower levels

whole wasp
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Blizzard 2 is replaced as soon as you get freeze

frosty badger
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aha

whole wasp
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Fire 2 sometimes for low level but once you get flare. Not really worth it anymore.

raw solstice
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you still use Fire 2 when you get Flare

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you only stop using Fire 2 at level 68+

frosty badger
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soo i should keep them?

raw solstice
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at max level, not a huge reason to keep them around. While leveling, might as well keep them

junior elk
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Put them on a less used bar

frosty badger
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ok thanks

whole wasp
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Yea. And roulettes sync you down too

junior elk
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I put all my aoe spell on my second crosshotbar

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Black mage just got too many spell

rare sable
frosty badger
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wait lemme share my current hotbar

rare sable
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Actually blm is one of the least button-riddled class?

junior elk
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I just suck at designing bars tho blobcatgooglyshrug

rare sable
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/pat

slate arrow
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BLM has the most useless buttons

junior elk
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I just levelled BLM, tryed it in some duty, cryed about dodging stuff and got back to red mage

leaden ginkgo
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I just put my fire phase on my left and then ice on my left

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Wait i have that backwards

rare sable
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My blm rotation is my hotbar

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Played 12345556555

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rare sable
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= w=)b

leaden ginkgo
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Wait no my fire is on my right, my left and right brain are both dumb

frosty badger
leaden ginkgo
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I have my sprint macroed to my l3 button

frosty badger
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oh

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how

leaden ginkgo
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I dont have it in front of me but it should be in button mapping

junior elk
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My sprint is on R3

frosty badger
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yes i want it on r3 too

leaden ginkgo
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Map macro #98 to l3 and do /ac sprint

junior elk
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You macro it on the 99 or 98 spot

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Then you map on the controller settings screen yeah

leaden ginkgo
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Ye

junior elk
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/ac Sprint

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For the macro

leaden ginkgo
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Then you would only need sprint on the hotbar to see if its up

frosty badger
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so then i can remove it from the hotbar to save space?

leaden ginkgo
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Yup

pallid gust
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What's the Kugane theme called

frosty badger
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ah but i wanted to know when sprint is up

pallid gust
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Actually the boss version of it

junior elk
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I put in on the right side the icon

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This a really old screenshot but I haven't changed my hud much

frosty badger
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wow that some fancy customizations

junior elk
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When I click on the dice my job bar collapse

frosty badger
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what are the use case of umbral soul?

junior elk
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To keep umbral ice stack

raw solstice
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it's a downtime tool

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a better transpose, essentially

junior elk
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Between pack

rare sable
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What you spam when ur running

raw solstice
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that lets you build up to and maintain UI3 with 3 umbral hearts

frosty badger
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oh

raw solstice
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just have to be in UI to use it so you still need transpose around, in case you end a pull in AF

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it really really really shouldn't be a thing to use in a panic

rare sable
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cry in grey-mage

frosty badger
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just like how we use scathe while moving?

raw solstice
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no

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never use umbral soul when you can actively hit anything

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it's a GCD spell that does zero damage, anything else that does damage is better than that

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it's purely a tool for downtime, when you can't hit anything

rare sable
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Mmmm so if at very low timer that cast wont reach

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Just let it go and do b3?

frosty badger
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optimally i should use 3 umbral souls at a time?

raw solstice
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yeah you'd use umbral soul to get back up to UI3 + 3 umbral hearts. Then just use it as needed after that point until you can hit something again

frosty badger
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what about sharpcast is it as useful later on?

raw solstice
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@rare sable if you somehow end up with low UI timer, F3 is only a base 1.75s cast time in UI3 that refreshes AF mid-cast, so that will be better than an umbral soul. Do that and do whatever you can with the AF cycle following that, then go back to normal. Though really running out of time in UI isn't really a thing that should ever happen, that's a lot of lost time

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yeah it sure is

jade quartz
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Sharpcast is a key skill in your rotation

raw solstice
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you'll be wanting to use it roughly on cd at the next available weaving window, on whatever comes next between thunder or fire rotationally

rare sable
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Thing that really shouldnt happen, happens a lot to me.... thank you for the tips though T^T sad hug

raw solstice
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if you think about it, you really have four entire GCD there in UI between the B3 to enter and the F3 to exit, where you can fit in casts

little crane
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when are leves worth doing for xp?

rare sable
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GWgoaThinken any?

twilit arch
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for combat jobs? never

slate arrow
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none

dim ridge
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for crafters/gatherers

twilit arch
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for dol/doh, pretty much always

little crane
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so what does one do from levels 1 to 20

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hunting log?

twilit arch
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hunting log/fates/palace of the dead

frosty badger
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is surecast even a thing?

little crane
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perfect

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thanks

slate arrow
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yes in raid

rare sable
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(Squadron if you have it unlocked)

frosty badger
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special case?

raw solstice
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surecast is mostly about the "additional effect" where it prevents you from being affected by most knockback effects

rare sable
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"Bullshit! I hit surecast!" - me dying via knockback

raw solstice
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it's a bit of a situational thing but it's super useful where you have a fight with a knockback

rare sable
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E2 hands of eribol(?) For example (or shinryu ex)

raw solstice
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or a mechanic where it pulls you in, surecast works for too

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works on some raid fights here and there, works even in some random dungeons where you have that sort of effect

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if you ever encounter a knockback and go, well it sure would be nice to be able to stay casting here instead of getting knocked back, well that's what surecast is for

frosty badger
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ok thanks for all the insights 🙂

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is foul the upgraded version of flare?

slate arrow
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no

frosty badger
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oh so flare is like the upgraded version of fire 2?

slate arrow
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no

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flare is flare

leaden ginkgo
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Flare is its own spell but at 68 it sees more aoe common uses

frosty badger
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why 68?

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oh

leaden ginkgo
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Because then if you keep at least 1 umbral heart it doesnt yeet ALL of your mana

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So you can do it one more time

frosty badger
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max is 2 flares at a time?

leaden ginkgo
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3 if you convert for more mana

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But thats every once in a while

frosty badger
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convert for mana?

raw solstice
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manafont

slate arrow
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!action manafont

raw solstice
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convert was its old name

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**Manafont** : lvl 30 BLM (180.0 second cooldown)

Restores 30% of maximum MP.

frosty badger
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oh that

leaden ginkgo
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Oh didnt know the name went with the changes

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But yeah

raw solstice
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can technically also get a 4th Flare off after that using any sort of MP pot that gives you at least 800MP as well. But yeah, Flare is for AoE, it's worthwhile even single target from level 50-59 at the end of AF cycles when you can use swiftcast to make it instant and manafont to get more MP back after without having to transpose, but that's a bit of a minor thing

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and Foul just makes use of a resource, polyglot, which you get from having enochian up every 30s at level 70+

leaden ginkgo
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So from what I remember with the enhanced umbral heart trait at 4 targets you do fire 4 twice, flare, fire 4, flare

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But that could be old news

raw solstice
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you wouldn't use F4 there

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you never would have

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even previously

leaden ginkgo
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Not even with 3 targets? Since flare has a decent dropoff

raw solstice
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nope, note even at 3 targets. You'd only really consider F4's for AoE rotation pre-68

slate arrow
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nah it's better to just maximise flares instead of trying to force out more damage

raw solstice
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and only at lower mob counts

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at 68+ it's just Flares for your AF cycles, even at 3 targets

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unless you have one real big healthy mob amidst smaller mobs or something

junior elk
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Surecast is great on the first boss in Dun Scaith

leaden ginkgo
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Well guess thats what happens when they dont have an in game ACT since i play on ps4

heavy oracle
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Can someone tell me how much cheaper houses get if you wait for the timer?

leaden ginkgo
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Off the top of my head like a little under 2 m

junior elk
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Click on Land Price

heavy oracle
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but that doesnt tell me how much cheaper it gets ^^

junior elk
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It's does minimal price

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That maximum devaluation

twilit arch
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minimum pricing is the cheapest it can get

junior elk
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It will rarely goes there on NA servers

heavy oracle
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yeah my question is how much cheaper does it get every time the timer goes to 0 ^^

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meaning how far is each devaluation

twilit arch
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well it reaches max devaluation in 30 days, im sure someone smarter in math than me can figure out how much it goes down by that

heavy oracle
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ah okay ty

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one more question: What about plants that are growing if you relocate?

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Do they get destroyed?

twilit arch
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not sure but I think they're lost if you put the garden in store room?

junior elk
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It will store the garden / plant

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You can get them out no trouble

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Pretty useful if you leave for a weekend and forgot you got plants growing, you can store them and just leave for your vacation

heavy oracle
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alright cool ty

jade quartz
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Well I learned something about gardening today namazupog

near path
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Are Grand company rewards purely cosmetic?

slate arrow
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no

jade quartz
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If you mean the differences between different Grand Company choices, then for the most part yes

slate arrow
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well yes but there's a slight no

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If you get to captain rank you can buy a i130 weapon for seals instead of poetics if you're lazy like me sometimes

jade quartz
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Grand Companies offer many things that are useful and not cosmetic, but these things do not differ between the three GCs.

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jade quartz
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The only real impact your GC choice will have is on some cosmetic gear, and which city you have to visit in order to trade for GC rewards.

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Ul’dah’s GC headquarters are the closest to a teleport location so they have a leg up in terms of convenience there.

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They’re followed by Gridania and then Limsa.

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Limsa (Maelstrom) is quite popular for its cosmetics and general aesthetic though

slate arrow
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Limsa is in a completely different zone but there's a city teleport right next to it so

junior elk
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I love the GC teleport tickets

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When you are high rank you can buy those

minor prairie
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ok guys I have a quick question

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do I need to say, play as a rogue in order to level up that, or can I play other classes to level it up?

slate arrow
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you need to play rogue to level up rogue

little swift
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nope level it up by playing it

slate arrow
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the only exception is pvp

little swift
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and its respective job ninja

slate arrow
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Where you get EXP for the job you queued as

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(but you can switch anytime after joining the instance as long as said job is a job)

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(so level 30 minimum)

little swift
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only applies to frontlines and rival wings

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feast is the exception

minor prairie
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aight thanks

little swift
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but its good advice if you're more comfortable with a certain job

leaden ginkgo
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Is there a way to get items from past events?

cedar pumice
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what does gcd and proc mean?

whole wasp
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Gcd short for global cooldown

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Its the 2.5second recast found on most weaponskills and some spells.

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Proc is a term to mean a randomly generated event occured

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Like you have a 50/50 chance to get an extra item.

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If you got it. It procced

cedar pumice
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ah thx

novel bluff
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If I wanted to re get lvl 70 artifact gear, where would I go to?

slate arrow
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@leaden ginkgo Mogstation

whole wasp
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Likely calamnity salvager

slate arrow
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@novel bluff calamity salvager

whole wasp
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One in each of the 3 cities.

novel bluff
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@slate arrow thank you

whole wasp
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Proc is short for programmed random occurence. Just remembeted the name.

cedar pumice
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if someone says use your gcds, they're referring to any ability that has a gcd?

slate arrow
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they mean to keep the GCD rolling

cedar pumice
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o

slate arrow
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cause if you're not doing anything you're not doing DPS

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or well

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significantly less DPS

little swift
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!faq abc

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Always Be Casting
little swift
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thats the thing to remember when they say use your gcds

stray saffron
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easiest way to fulfill ABC is to basically start tapping your next GCD as soon as the previous one goes off

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like constantly be mashing the next button in your rotation

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so that it always gets queued ASAP

little swift
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unless you're weaving

slate arrow
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the GCD input window goes up to half a second

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so you can press it pretty early sometimes

little swift
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last half second is usually ok

stray saffron
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that admittedly is my WoW muscle memory talking, a lil bit

leaden ginkgo
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I don't know if it's on controller only or if it's on keyboard too but you can change input queueing

empty stirrup
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Currently in Castrum and someone has told us they're not gonna play. Planning on kicking after 15 has passed, but wanted to know if we can leave with no penalty after that?

whole wasp
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There shouldn't be any automated penalty system for kicking other players.

As long as you dont say anything incriminating in chat, they cant report you to any success either.

dry glade
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Is there any way to make the popup window stop covering up the list where my mouse is?

leaden ginkgo
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which class would be considered the most ping/lag friendly?

raw solstice
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@dry glade holding alt will hide that popup window

dry glade
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Thank you Rika, that helps.

empty stirrup
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Well, they said they weren't gonna play and I told them we'll kick if they don't play. After that I plan on leaving since I assume I won't get a penalty. Is that how it works or will I still get the leaver penalty?

raw solstice
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@leaden ginkgo most jobs are pretty fine even on a bit higher ping, what sort of ping do you have? Just to get a bit of an idea

leaden ginkgo
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About 130

stray saffron
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@empty stirrup if the party is not full when you leave, you incur no penalty.

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however IMO don't be a narc about MSQ dungeons. you do not need eight people awake at the keyboard to clear this ancient content

empty stirrup
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I know, but Castrum and Prae xp is too different to not roll the dice on imo

stray saffron
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understandable

raw solstice
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that's not really too bad for ping, you'd probably be pretty fine with most jobs. But I see you're getting a lot of answers over in the balance too haha

wintry chasm
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^

leaden ginkgo
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I always ask here too just in case, more brainsore solutions you know

raw solstice
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fair enough haha

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MCH is probably the only job that personally comes to mind that gets a it more unfortunate at higher ping, but at 130 you should still be fine if you really want to, and play well enough

leaden ginkgo
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hey^^ where do i get a lvl 50 weapon ?

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for warrior (if that matters)

slate arrow
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Mor dhona

junior yacht
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best place would be to buy the Ironworks weapon in Mor Dhona

leaden ginkgo
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ty ^^

slate arrow
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!faq poetics

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slate arrow
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If you don't have poetics yet, you need to keep doing the MSQ

gloomy ice
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@pallid gust Apologies for the very late answer but the two songs that play in Kugane are called "Crimson Sunrise" for the day theme, "Crimson Sunset" for the night theme, and the track that plays for bosses is "Triumph".

latent sluice
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An odd question, but.... I feel the recruitment channel is for statics, fcs and such. I just want to find even more friends to play with. Are there any welcoming communities that I can go look in that y'all might recommend?

green grail
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limsa /say

latent sluice
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That sounds like a horrible idea with wildly differing results, usually being ignored or just trolled XD

green grail
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I see people chatting everyday peepoShrugger

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just join in

latent sluice
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my experience says people don't like random people joining in their conversations

green grail
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that's how you make friends usually

latent sluice
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You know, let's just stick with my question

slate arrow
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being honest all you can do is join streamer discords and/or stalking Twitter

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It's awkward finding communities due to the reliance on the duty finder system in ffxiv

latent sluice
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yeah, which is why I was looking for something on the web. Guess I should have clarified that

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stuff like forums or such. Reddit I haven't had much luck with

golden agate
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How does machinist hold up compared to bard? I’m currently a Bard in my low 70s and I really enjoy it, just curious if it’s worth dabbling in MCH too. It certainly looks hard to play.

junior yacht
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like, damage-wise? or what

slate arrow
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BRD is Reactive

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MCH is static

golden agate
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I guess yeah, I suppose I don’t really know what I’m asking

slate arrow
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In terms of "rotation"

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Also

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!faq meta

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golden agate
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I like shooting stuff, I want to try other ways of shooting stuff, should I try MCH?

slate arrow
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Go for it

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New MCH remains relatively the same all the way to 80

junior yacht
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you do you, boo

slate arrow
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you just get more cooldowns to track

junior yacht
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class balance is in a good place rn, the main thing is findnig jobs you enjoy

golden agate
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Is MCH a lot harder than BRD? Im an old man

slate arrow
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nah

golden agate
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I’ve been pretty intimated by it, reading about heat and batteries and stuff

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I guess BRD was complicated at first too though.

slate arrow
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It's just a fancy way of saying "you can use hypercharge every 10 GCDs"

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and battery is literally just one button to spend it

golden agate
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I actually love my BRD so much, what a great job.

slate arrow
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I should know, I've played both MCH and BRD in raid

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I use MCH when I'm lazy

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I use BRD when I actually want to be serious and/or if there's already another MCH

golden agate
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I should get it to 80 before I switch. Y’all helped me realize what I wanted anyway.

slate arrow
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lmao

plain gust
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Question! In terms of Leveling speed, what's the fastest method from 50 to 80? I finally leveled a character to max and I'm looking to branch out, but I no longer have the beginner EXP buff, any tips?

slate arrow
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Roulettes (once per day) > dungeons > deep dungeons

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Squadrons and FCs can grant you up to a 15% exp buff

gloomy ice
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Also if your server is still on Preferred status, any new classes/jobs you pick up will still have that buff.

slate arrow
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Food is a 3% buff

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^

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It sticks for every job under 70

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It doesn't go away until the server both looses preferred status and it's been 90 days

gloomy ice
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Whichever comes last

pallid gust
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@gloomy ice thank you very much!

golden agate
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What should you do while waiting for dungeon queues?

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FATEs only?

gloomy ice
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Beast Tribe dailies are another suggestion

slate arrow
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sidequests, FATEs,

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alternatively, doing some light gathering and crafting

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tired tapir
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I'm returning to the game with a friend but i'm on EU Chaos Cerberus and my friend is on EU Light Odin.. i've tried looking at the options so we can play together but afaik the only thing we can do is a paid transfer?

slate arrow
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yes

serene elbow
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queue took too long so i read mangas

tired tapir
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Okay. How would I go about finding out if Cerberus or Odin was the better choice for us if we're into PVE?

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and in terms of not-a-dead-realm

slate arrow
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matchmaking happens datacenter wide

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there's no such thing as a dead server really

junior elk
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So the better questions is which one of you feel like paying the transfer fee (or does one of you got a house)

tired tapir
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We don't have a house iirc nope.. um. Do you know if Light or Chaos would be better for pve? Is that even a thing in this game? I've made this mistake a lot before with WoW for example

junior elk
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Both are good

upbeat storm
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it really only matters for rp

slate arrow
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PvP is literally just a for fun mode

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especially since there's no rewards this season of PvP anyways

junior elk
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Checking December cencus both got around the same number of active ppl

leaden ginkgo
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I've seen some people play nothing but PvP, though. So, I wouldn't say it is only for fun.

junior elk
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Both worlds are also standard

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Everything you need to know before transferring

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I would go to the one that got the best free company really

uncut girder
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what is a w2w pull?

crude relic
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Is the Warrior the DPS of the tanking classes essentially? I wanna play a tank that feels more like a DPS and less like a tank in terms of the playstyle but I'm not entirely sure if I should stick with GNB or go WAR cuz GNB feels a bit weird compared to PLD and DRK in terms of it's rotation x.x

leaden ginkgo
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is Ixion hunts still a thing or did i miss that train

crude relic
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A w2w pull is a Wall to Wall pull, pretty much means pull everything you can before the boss 😛 I think some people still hunt Ixion from time to time.

slate arrow
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all the tanks are the DPS of the tanking classes

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GNB has a more DPS inspired rotation but fundamentally all of the jobs are similar in that they have a burst every minute on average

crude relic
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Well I mean who has the highest DPS for the role? I love DRK but I'm a bit bored of the playstyle x.x

slate arrow
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they're all about the same

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All the DPS difference comes from the fights and uptime

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namely PLD has advantage due to having a ranged phase

junior elk
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Ixion poped on Excalibur yesterday

dry glade
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DRK is supposed to have the least boring playstyle of the tank classes according to reviews. All I can say is PLD is more varied than GUN, although I love the GUN's close ability.

fallow tundra
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by any chance did they make buying houses easier within the last 4 months?

quartz shale
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nope

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good friggin luck buying one without getting lucky \o/

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basically just go around to open plots and see if you can buy it

fallow tundra
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its my dream to own a decent size house. i saved all the gil to realize, its imposssible to buy lol

slate arrow
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there's a lot more free plots after the expansion though

quartz shale
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dont pin your hopes on trying to get "THIS PLOT" though

slate arrow
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oh good luck getting any medium or large plots

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it's impossible

quartz shale
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it wasnt after the district expansion

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if i had the gil i would have been able to easily buy a large house

dry glade
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19-21 are for FCs only. I was beat out of 7 houses. the 8th was ready to buy when I arrived.

quartz shale
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19-21 arent fc only

dry glade
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so if you keep trying you'll get something I think, unless balmung

fallow tundra
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i just want a house in this game ;_;

quartz shale
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they're FC or Existing Owner only

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ie buy a small plot elsewhere, relocate to where you want to be

dry glade
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It says private purchasing suspended.

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split agate
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They changed the rules to prevent one person owning multiple houses, but didn't enforce it on existing plots right?

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That's kind of silly

dry glade
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I'd be happy with two garden plots for smalls

slate arrow
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private purchasing means new plot

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transfers aren't technically a new plot

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language is wack

quartz shale
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^

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if private purchase was wholly restricted, why is shiro 19-21 like 70% private ownership on goblin?

dry glade
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I don't play on goblin.

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But I'll take your word for it.

quartz shale
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you dont need to

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look at the residential ward screen

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it's very painfully obvious that there are private owners in the new wards

dry glade
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Alright. Thank you.

junior elk
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Old people that got grand fathered in their land, some decided to move all their house in the same Ward and be trolls

split agate
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I really hate that, it's hard enough to get a plot on gilg

grim tangle
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Is there any reason I should strive towards getting a home? Or is just a luxury that I should get if I have the spare Gil?

junior elk
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Spare gil and if you are addicted to decorating, or gardening

quartz shale
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gardening can make money, but it's not the fastest way though

grim tangle
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is gardening just aesthetic or can you grow materials

junior elk
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Apartment or FC house room are good start

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Gardening got some exclusive mats

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Like the thav onion to level chocobo

cold scarab
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I know that Scholar and Summoner share exp from the base class Arcanist, are there any other classes that also level up

raw solstice
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nope, those jobs are the only two that share the same base class like that

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every other job is separate from each other and level independently

dry glade
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so are there any plantables inside the house that are small tree size? I thought Isaw them in someone's house but I can't recall where.

junior elk
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Flowers

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The cherries

dry glade
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Cherries? Thank you.

lucid orchid
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Question: what's the headgear situation for Au Ra? Will some helms show, some won't? or will horns either clip/magically get stuffed into hats?

fresh lodge
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Au Ra works like all the OG races

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All headwear will work, though like Miqo'te the ears can look weird

lucid orchid
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Okay cool. Was trying to plan ahead for a fantasia but google had absolutely nothing either way

quartz shale
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miqote headgear is.... usually best previewed before purchase

light drift
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Im playing on a double exp server, and up until now I got 360% + exp

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Suddenly Im only getting 100%, why is that?

gloomy ice
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Does your EXP bar have any blue left? Your EXP bonus is higher if you have blue in it.

junior elk
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Are you level 70 now ?

gloomy ice
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Although it could be that too, yeah. Once you pass level 70, the buff turns off for that job.

fresh lodge
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The exp bar is only blue if the bonus exp exceeds your current level

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It'll be dark orange if it doesn't

gloomy ice
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Oh right. I have too much rested 😅

light drift
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No, I dont think it ever was blue

junior elk
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Blue bar is called rested exp

light drift
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Yeah thats not it

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Im level 37

fresh lodge
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What were you doing when it dropped down to 100%?

junior elk
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Did you server lose the 90 day exp bonus ?

gloomy ice
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I think EXP from Palace caps at +100%

light drift
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No I still have that buff

fresh lodge
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Well exp from Palace is only affected by the Road to 70

junior elk
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There a time limit non those buff

light drift
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I noticed it when I was in my daily dungeon

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But not sure what exactly I did

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My Account is a week old i guess

junior elk
light drift
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Could It be because my Paladin was level 35 and my Dragoon is now my highest job?

gloomy ice
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It would be the other way around in that case

light drift
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Then were is my bonus exp gone 😄

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fresh lodge
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Was it a one of thing or is it permanently gone?

leaden ginkgo
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What are the buffs in the top right (default)?

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Right next to the map usually

light drift
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Just this Exp thing that was always there

junior elk
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Are you visiting another world ? That the only thing I can think then

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Cause I know I lose my FC bonus when I do

leaden ginkgo
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100% would imply (to me) the armory bonus, which is applied when leveling a job thats lower than your highest level. Although I havent had the buff in an age im guessing the road to 70 doesnt apply unless it is your highest level. Correct me if im wrong

quartz shale
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its any iirc

leaden ginkgo
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I know it goes away when one job gets to 70

raw solstice
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well, no

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it goes away on that job

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but if you swap to something at a low level again you get it back

gloomy ice
#

I don't recall if they removed monster chaining from dungeons or not. If they did that may be the reason.

leaden ginkgo
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They removed it in shb

obsidian patio
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Monster chaining in dungeons was removed to normalise the experience gain

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So a slower group would get just as much experience as a faster one

leaden ginkgo
#

Well my last guess is it was palace of the dead since that only utilises armory bonus

light drift
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Do I get more exp on a lower level job than on my highest one?

leaden ginkgo
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Yes

light drift
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Than maybe its because my dragoon is now my highest leveled job

novel bluff
#

Anyone remember the quest related either currents in heavensward? I can’t find the last current quest

raw solstice
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it should be marked with bluequest . Make sure you check foundation/pillars as well

gloomy ice
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There's usually at least one quest tied to the main story as well. And it's almost always the last one in the zone before you move on the the next.

novel bluff
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I’m looking for the one in drsvanian hinderlands

raw solstice
novel bluff
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Where Alexander is

raw solstice
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oh check idyllshire

twilit arch
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either check idyllshire or matoya's cave

little swift
raw solstice
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and matoya's cave yeah

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it's probably matoya's cave if I had to guess, since it doesn't show up at a glance

novel bluff
#

Forgot about her. XD thanks all

light drift
#

Another noob question, what is that roulette everybody talks about? Where can I find it in group search

slate arrow
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It's in your duty finder

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You can't access the first one, leveling roulette until you get two dungeons unlocked

junior yacht
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hotkey is U

frigid cedar
#

Yo fellow ffxiv players! do you know if theres a place to check all the previous benchmarks?
I can't currently access the game because my sub has expired, so I'm doing this silly thing of collecting the benchmark and messing with the character creator in all of them

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So far I've only got Stormblood and Shadowbringers

heavy oracle
#

does anyone know why the doorframe has a different colour than the rest of the wall? Its only visible if you reduce the lighting to 1of5...

slate arrow
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there's no reason to since the latest one has more or less all of the customizations of the previous benchmarks

frigid cedar
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Eh, I know. I just want to see the cutscenes of the benchmark with my character :3

rich bay
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@frigid cedar, you can use the character from the game, the benchmark will detect it. (The ones you have saved in the character creation ofc.)

frigid cedar
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I know... I mean to use my character for ALL the different cutscenes across all Benchmarks

twilit arch
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the first comment has links to 1.0 - stormblood's benchmarks

frigid cedar
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T...There was a benchmark for 1.0? O_O

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I didn't expect that at all.

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Thanks @twilit arch

twilit arch
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np

unborn rain
#

Which gathering profession would you say gives more gil in general? Miner or Botonist?

green grail
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depends on what's selling well at the moment

junior elk
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paissasquint do both

unborn rain
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Well I gotta choose one first lol

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unborn rain
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Something to do between queues

junior elk
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Start with miner then the early node are less a pain the find

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Unlike gridania, too many trees

unborn rain
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Ah lol

tawdry otter
#

i'm level 52 ninja: Is it still recommended to make potd with my level?

green grail
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if it's your alt job then yeah, till 60

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but make sure to do msq on your main job

grim tangle
#

Is QuickNock for archers worth using?

#

If it is, when should I use it?

obsidian patio
#

In terms of pure potency I think you spam it at 2 or more targets after you put your damage over time debuffs on the enemies

winged shuttle
#

Hey guys, is there a way to increase outdoor furniture limits of 20?

obsidian patio
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Besides getting a bigger house, nope

tawdry otter
#

@green grail well with this same character yes. i have 4 level 80

fickle copper
#

hey guys a quick question on palace of the dead

viral wind
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Hello, would someone be so nice and create a party for me and my friend, we want to test the game for free trial before buying?

fickle copper
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so when I get my thaum to floor 51+ and reset for grinding, do I need to start from the beginning on another class? So if I were to create a LNC and start palace can I continue from floor 51+ or should I start from floor 1

tawdry otter
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@green grail but why only till 60? why not 70?

leaden ginkgo
#

can someone help me with poetics n tomestones? I DONT GET IT LOL where do i get them ? i see poetics in "the wanderers palace" and thats it (havent one yet) so um WHAT XD im so confused

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but the poetics item is in a envelope?

raven sage
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@tawdry otter potd is only helpful up to 60. 61+ would be Heaven on High

gloomy ice
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@fickle copper 51+ is a threshold. Since it was added later than the first set, it sort of counts as a separate dungeon. In other words you can now start from 51 on any future classes or jobs.

fickle copper
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ohhhhhh ok

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tysm, would you recommend it for lvl 1 LNC?

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to start leveling it up, I am on floor 40-50 rn and will probably have to go onto 51-60? I think, must I complete 51-60 for the unlock?

remote lintel
#

whats the gameplay difference between conjurer thaumaturge and arcanist

slow crypt
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dont you need to be lvl15 for potd, im not sure.

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im probably just confused

leaden ginkgo
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Can be any lvl

dry glade
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conjurer is healer, thau is burst dps, arcanist is dot dps

slow crypt
#

dont mind me then...

remote lintel
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ok ty

slow crypt
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vanishes

twilit arch
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potd is unlocked at lvl 17, but you can enter at any lvl once you've done that

leaden ginkgo
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Arcanist is also pet dps

lapis idol
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Hi im trying the game(trial account).im lvl 15 and through my play i find the main quests kinda frustrasting,it feels like i it has a lot of traveling and back and forth. Anyone else feels this way or just me ?

leaden ginkgo
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Eventually it will be White mage (potent heals and heal over time oriented) black mage (high damage low mobility) and Summoner/Scholar (they share a level with Arcanist so they level up at the same time {Summoner will be pet dps/dot management and Scholar is a shield healer/damage mitigated})

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leaden ginkgo
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@leaden ginkgo any dungeon/trial you do that is that expansions post game (50/60/70) will give you the "poetic tomestones" which is used to aquire that expansions arguably best gear (aside from raids)

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Basically if it is divisible by 10 and above 50 (except 80) it will give poetics unless youre Lvl 50+ doing some of the roulettes

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@lapis idol yeah FFXIV be like that but eventually you'll be getting into more and more dungeons, they actually start at 15 and eventually you will do trials that are glorified bossfights

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that helps a lot ^^ ty

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Yup o7

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And before you ask about story dsd, everyones gonna say itll pick up and be more interesting when you get to Heavensward and A Realm reborn is a total slog once you get through main game

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Get through that and I guarantee your experience will be better

lapis idol
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Yeah i have heard that a lot about my story. Im ok even with this early quests stories also

leaden ginkgo
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Its mostly the ARR postgame since its a bunch of walking back and forth and reporting the same stuff

lapis idol
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I did 1 or 2 dungeons its nice for lvling but does the quests keep being this way? Like travel far talk with a person and get back. Through 2 or even 3 loadings

leaden ginkgo
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In the expansions they tend to keep you in the same area until you hit postgame

viral wind
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Would someone be so nice and create a party for me and my friend, we want to test the game for free trial before buying?

lapis idol
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Oh ok got it. Also arr stands for realm reborn right?

leaden ginkgo
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Otherwise yeah youre walking back and forth and maybe every so often beating up some mobs

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yes

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HW is heavensward, SB is StormBlood and ShB is ShadowBringers

lapis idol
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Is ARR level specific e.g in lvl50 you get onto HW?

twilit arch
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not quite

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ARR is 1-50, but there's the lvl 50 msq between arr and hw (called post arr)

leaden ginkgo
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The main part will get you to lvl 50 and then for over 100 quests will stay Lvl 50 until you hit HW

twilit arch
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the same will happen with expansions, you have the base msq for that section which you will level thru and then you have the old max lvl msq to work thru before you hit the next expansion

leaden ginkgo
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This is the "post game" where they keep you at that expansions lvl cap storywise until you're in the next one

twilit arch
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though with the expansion post msq, they learned from ARR and made them much more concise

leaden ginkgo
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The expansions on the plus side are much less tedious and more interesting

fickle copper
#

anyone got an opinion on starting POTD 51-60 as a lvl 1 LNC

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or should I start from 1

lapis idol
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Cool well i guess i will reach the trial level cap and see what to do next

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Thx for the help

leaden ginkgo
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No one will really care if you have a jobstone or not

twilit arch
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no reason to start at floor 1, tbh

gloomy ice
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@fickle copper it’s possible but sort of not advised. Leves and fates are faster if you’re below level 15.

twilit arch
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youre just hurting yourself for no real reason

fickle copper
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ahh ok

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tyty

leaden ginkgo
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Theres a small reason to start at floor 1 and thats if your weapon/armor kinda not good

fickle copper
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and 1 more

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umm

twilit arch
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floor 51-60 are going to be better xp than floor 1

fickle copper
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so I unlock 51 starting after I clear 51-60?

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Im on 41-50 rn

leaden ginkgo
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But like 4 ok dps can theoreticically clear it jobstone or no and yes past 50 you can start parties at 51

twilit arch
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There will be a quest you have to do once you've cleared floor 60

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but after that you'll be able to start on 51

fickle copper
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ahhh ok

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tyty

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and so sorry

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1 more

leaden ginkgo
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What they said, I cant find the carot symbol on my phone lol

fickle copper
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how does one essentially grind out 51-60? I've seen that this is the spot for grinding

leaden ginkgo
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And no worries some of us help cuz its fun

twilit arch
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do a run, reset, and queue

gloomy ice
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Once you finish, talk to the wood wailer to reset your progress, then renter at 51.

leaden ginkgo
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Do the 9 floors matched party, clear your party, do 51-60 again

fickle copper
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ahhhh ok so reset the save file gotchu

leaden ginkgo
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You get 2 saves just clear one of them

fickle copper
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ah bet

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will do, ty all so much

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y'all the best

leaden ginkgo
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o7

fickle copper
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o7

gritty oracle
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Mogstation emotes are per character, correct?

twilit arch
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yes

languid kernel
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how do i make bard performance display more octaves

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without holding the modifier keys

slate arrow
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you have to manually bind them in the keybinds menu

languid kernel
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oh ok

cinder geyser
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why is this quest so simple but hard

obsidian patio
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Which quest?

cinder geyser
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factual folklore

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as a blackmage, its tough

twilit arch
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are you using the item given to you on the mudpuppy?

cinder geyser
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I see

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let me see

fading violet
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Why are the snow Elezen so rude to me?

obsidian patio
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If you mean Ishgardians, it’s because they’ve been fairly isolated over the last 1000 years

twilit arch
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because ishgard is full of a bunch of isolationist, religious zealots who don't have much trust in outsiders/nonbelievers

fading violet
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I see lol

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Ty

gritty oracle
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Theyre a really elitist bunch

fading violet
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Yea

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I’m new to the game and actually never got spoilers from the lore

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and I’m loving the storyline

strong falcon
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quick question. which healer is allowed to dps the more.. easily. i mean : You're in a dungeon quite normal with a tank that know what he does. which healer can for example just dish out dps and heal a few. i tghought about white mage, with their regen spell, or scholar with some shield and using the fairy (but i heard scholar is like a lot of effort for normal healing)

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what do you think?

obsidian patio
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Most of Scholar’s healing is in their off-global cooldowns, which mostly means using Ruin 2 instead of broil to use them

slate arrow
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all the healers do similar amounts of DPS

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WHM has the easiest since it's a simple choice between healing and damage 90% of the time

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SCH has access to a weaving tool (ruin 2) which allows them to still deal consistent DPS while weaving healing abilities

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AST has both and it suffers from "everything you can do I can do better"

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especially when in shield stance

dusky oxide
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Astrologian can be extremely busy at times, and the levelling experience felt a touch wobbly

slate arrow
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a lot of jobs make less sense as we go on due to reworks changing or removing elements that used to be core to the job

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like level 50 and the now nonexistent cross class abilities

leaden ginkgo
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for samurai

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which materia is best

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melds

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crit det or dh

strong falcon
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@slate arrow what do you mean about the astrologian? o,o he can do better in both shielding and healing? o,o

slate arrow
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no

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AST doesn't heal or shield as well as either

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it's only saving grace is the DPS buffs it can grant but

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more often than not they don't effect most dungeons

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so you just suffer with your lack of healing kit until later levels

strong falcon
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i see. i'm a bit scared about the scholar play style. if the healing is only on ogcd, it kinda need a precise CD management o,o

slate arrow
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SCH is preemptive instead of reactive

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you was to do stuff before people start dying

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otherwise, you burn mana spamming your suck-ass heal

strong falcon
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i see. so white mage might be a better option then

twilit arch
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tbh when it comes to dungeons, which healer is best for you is a matter of how comfortable you are on that healer

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in general, whm is probably going to be fairly easy to get into because you've got a lot of tools to work with

slate arrow
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WHM has the best AoE, best mana efficiency, and mana management tools

strong falcon
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as a beginner, it feels way more intuitive to bash healing when the tank begin to be lkow on life o,o

quartz shale
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eh, SCH is still technically reactive, just that reaction tends to be extremely preemptive of further damage

hot eagle
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best try all in potd or hoh out, in potd u can see how it is till lvl60 and in hoh u see how it plays till 70, and play what u like the most

twilit arch
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eh

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potd doesn't really give you that good of an idea of healers

hot eagle
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yeah but he can test a lil bit how the skills work

slate arrow
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more or less the kits don't change after you get to level 50

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you just get more healing buttons

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(and card buttons, in the case of AST)

quartz shale
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potd is either too easy, thus not testing his comfort with healing, or things hit so damned hard it's too stressful

strong falcon
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i've nothing unlocked in potd xD

twilit arch
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If you've never played a healer before, i would personally say just start with white mage

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its intended to be the easiest and most straight forward to play healer

quartz shale
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rather, conjurer 😛

twilit arch
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If you find yourself getting bored of it, then branch out to scholar or astrologian

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quartz shale
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scholar requires 30 levels of dpsing and AST is locked behind getting into Ishgard via msq

leaden ginkgo
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i like white mage becuase it does a lot of damage too

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also, what should i meld for SAM? dh, det, or crit

twilit arch
strong falcon
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Scholar seems to be more into instant cast, even for dps?

slate arrow
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for actual dps nooohohoho

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!action broil iii

zinc orbitBOT
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**Broil III** : lvl 72 SCH (400 MP) (2.5 second cooldown)

Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 280.

slate arrow
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!action ruin 2

zinc orbitBOT
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**Ruin II** : lvl 38 ACN SMN (400 MP) (2.5 second cooldown)

Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 160.

obsidian patio
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Scholar’s version is 200 potency

slate arrow
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that's a 40% dps loss if you use ruin 2 over casting broil 3

strong falcon
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i see

obsidian patio
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You only want to use Ruin 2 for weaving in your oGCDs or for movement

strong falcon
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and white mage has nothing for dps in instant cast?

obsidian patio
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You got Dia, your damage over time, and your Afflatus moves

hot eagle
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and assize instant aoe dmg while at the same time it heals + restores some mp

slate arrow
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WHM operates a lot like BLM in terms of casting: you have a few resources to move but not infinite before your DPS/HPS takes a large hit

idle salmon
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what class has the most "actions"(like DRK's TBN/Plunge)
not the most complex/rng rotations, like a class that's the most different from "repeat your rotation again and again"

slate arrow
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BRD

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no combos to speak of just procs and cooldowns

idle salmon
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heard its rng heavy though

slate arrow
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well all jobs are like that it's either RNG city or follow your rotation

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DNC is the closest to having a balance between combos and rng

idle salmon
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and it's not like the rng really changes the gameplay i think?
like you don't get a movement spell from procs or something that's not related to DPSing at all etc

slate arrow
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I mean there's no outmaneuvering of any kind due to how aggro works in pve

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PvP uses an entirely different kit

idle salmon
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hm

quartz shale
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DNC has single target and aoe 2-step combos primarily

idle salmon
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it's kinda been feeling like the difference between lvl1 and lvl80 combat is just finger speed lol

quartz shale
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everything else is sheer rng for the most part

slate arrow
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Oh I just remembered

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NIN gets it's movement ability cooldown reset upon using most ninjitsus

proven finch
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Hey guys, new potential player here
A few years back, when Stormblood was released I played a little bit (had a paladin lvl 53), but didn't really like the game.
The fact that i got flamed a lot because i was the tank and didn't know anything of the game or dungeons (and I don't really know anybody ingame to group up with)

Now I'm concidering my return, and going back to a full-on healer class which I've always played in a different MMO.
So I wanted to ask if White mage is a good class for a new player or will I get flamed a lot there as well for not knowing timings in dungeons?
or should I just get to know the game as a "brainless dps" and then later on roll a healing class?

Is a healing class something that is wanted in this game or are there an abundance of them?
I'd like to find a guild (I think they are free companies called in FFXIV) and I know from experience that playing a much sought after class makes it easier to find people to play with.

Also, do I have to have the shadowbringers expansion to start out and test the game?
Or can I buy it later on when I hit lvl 70 in stormblood/heavensward?

slate arrow
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Healers are always in need

idle salmon
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most people are nice but if u queue into the dipshits and dont know what you're doing for the first time you'll get flamed regardless of what role u are

slate arrow
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Almost all datacenters have a regular healer shortage due to the reword ShB brought

silent pike
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Not entirely related but as a tank I didn’t have egregious issues with parties being mad at me. The most it usually ever was was forgetting to turn on tank stance

idle salmon
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so, it dont matter

slate arrow
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Also, if people are being dipshits, open the report desk and slap their ass

silent pike
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I’m as far as early Stormblood and have played most content in ARR and HW that are in roulette queues

slate arrow
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SE takes a hard stance on harassment

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and if they don't like your playstyle well

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they can just leave

proven finch
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@slate arrow That's good to know, I really got overwhelmed last time being unlucky with grouping with toxic people in one week.
It really discourages new people from playing, especially if you don't know anyone else in game and have to rely on being in groups with randoms everytime.

idle salmon
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idk about healers but duty roulette always needs tanks for some reason

proven finch
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Then again this was 3 years ago or so that i played

silent pike
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As far as I know tanks are the least played discipline

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But I am a fairly new player and I have had a blast playing through the story as tank

idle salmon
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as far as i know tanks are just "less boring dps" so idk why they would be lol

silent pike
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Tanks have a stigma around them because of being a tank. IE some view it as a higher pressure job than healer/DPS

slate arrow
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Tanks got a boost in popularity due to shadowbringers giving everyone basically a level boosted tank

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But otherwise it's always healers and tanks in need

idle salmon
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tanks are like "im just as good as dps except i am fighting the boss instead of punching a pinata"

quartz shale
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eh, healer's the more stressful job

silent pike
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Tanks are also generally responsible for less mechanics in dungeons and trials and raids

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Generally

warped nest
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If anything, DPS is more demanding than Healer/Tanks at higher level

quartz shale
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a tank just needs to worry about the healer keeping them alive

silent pike
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The tank’s main concern is making sure healers don’t go insane

slate arrow
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a tank just needs to not die so the rest of the party doesn't die

warped nest
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Tank just need to handle boss positioning and use their defensive tools

quartz shale
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a healer needs to pray to whatever gods that will listen that the tank uses CDs and holds aggro while the DPS do their damned jobs >_>

warped nest
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They don't need to juggle aggro anymore

idle salmon
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yea tanks arent hard at all

silent pike
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But I also think going through MSQ as tank is pretty nice because I can queue for extra less popular content and not worry about mind numbingly insane queue times

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I imagine it’s the same for healer

idle salmon
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they just happen to be more fun unless you like mashing your keyboard a lot

proven finch
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And how are endgame dungeons/raids as tank?

quartz shale
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what's a queue time? nodpshealer

silent pike
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I haven’t reached endgame lol

proven finch
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@silent pike I think that was the main reason i started paladin back in the day... i read somewhere that you can get MSQ stuff done real fast as tank because of no waiting queus

slate arrow
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They're just like leveling dungeons

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It's raids where you actually have to look at your cooldowns

silent pike
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I usually take the time to unlock every dungeon/trial that appears in roulette

slate arrow
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Namely savage and ultimate

silent pike
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And I think that would be a lot harder on DPS

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Generally

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In fact I usually have some higher level people thank me because I make roulette pop stuff that apparently doesn’t show up often in queue lol

proven finch
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My paladin is a Au Ra (Xaela), if i were to make him a white mage now... does it matter that my level 1 attributes aren't the best for a "healer"? or do those few points in MND (6 compared to keeprs of the moon I believe) don't matter?

twilit arch
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it doesn't matter

slate arrow
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Starting stats are literally insignificant

twilit arch
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the amount of stats you get from gear eclipses your racial starting stats

slate arrow
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currently at level 80 we have like

long seal
slate arrow
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1.6k as a base value at 430 gear?

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@long sealyes

proven finch
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ok good to know!

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Then i know what I have to look forward to when i get home from work tomorrow 😄

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Thanks for the answers guys and goodnight ^.^

long seal
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ive been waiting 3 hrs for my delivery now hmm

slate arrow
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If it's an account wide item it might take a while

long seal
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its a charakter boost

slate arrow
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when did you buy it and have you logged out and in again

long seal
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yeah I relogged like 3 times

slate arrow
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Try requesting mail delivery

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The button with an arrow pointing to the letter at the top

strong falcon
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Quick question about healer again : after some research, the fairy of scholar cast embrace, 150 potency with a 3 sec recast. does she cast this every 3 second? isn't it mega strong? o,o

slate arrow
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no

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150 potency is like

obsidian patio
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Pet potency is weaker than it appears

slate arrow
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5% of a tank's HP

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that too

obsidian patio
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I think for fairies at least

slate arrow
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Actual potency comes out around closer to 100

obsidian patio
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Not sure about SMN pet potency

twilit arch
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a quick look at balance says its .8 for smn pets

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or something there abouts

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twilit arch
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but its not 1:1

quartz shale
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yea, pet potency scales off the same stat your skills/spells do, but at a different ratio. 80% of "actual" potency sounds about right from what i've seen

mint shale
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is the Answers orchestral roll hard to get? thinking whether it's worth getting from mogtome

sturdy canyon
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It requires multiple drops from the Binding Coil raids, or 1-3mil Gil on the MB, depending on your server

mint shale
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ok mogtome it is hahah

snow wyvern
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SCH pet potency is 0.7

south plank
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do preferred world bonuses still apply during world visit?

twilit arch
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Yes, if you have preferred status from your home world, it will continue to affect you if you visit a world that does not have preferred status

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but if you didn't make a character on a preferred world, you won't gain the benefits if you world visit to it

hushed girder
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what do I do once reputation is maxed?

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well Cap I mean

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Im still in rank 3

obsidian patio
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I think there’s one more quest to hit rank 4?

hushed girder
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I did the repeatable daily ones and couldn’t earn reputation

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But nothing about a quest appears

slate arrow
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did you do the rank up quest

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which is available from the leader when you hit max rep at the level

whole wasp
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Should look like that

silk summit
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Is how much progress you can make with the doman enclave capped by the weekly allowance or can you just throw money at them to make it progress? Also do you get anything out of helping them?

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Er by throw money I mean stuff of course.

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I've got a stack of like 90 coins

whole wasp
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Yes its capped per week. After 5 or 6 weeks i think its completed and you get some glam + material vendor

obsidian patio
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Besides the Gil every week, they eventually sell some housing items and a glamour chest piece

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Also a crafting material for a minion

silk summit
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Ah alright, will want to get it done eventually then.

obsidian patio
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!iglam Yanxian Merchant’s Haori

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obsidian patio
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Dyeable

rich bay
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@obsidian patio

Which minion? I did completed it, but i didn't knew you could craft a minion from the mats they are selling.

obsidian patio
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Wind-Up Sadu IIRC

rich bay
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I see, you need royal fern for it sadly.

quartz shale
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which is growable iirc

rare sable
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Crossbreed only

queen flame
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i have a pot of pure white dye. if i want to dye a piece of gear and move it to the dresser, do I need to dye it before i put it in the dresser?

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for it to retain that color

rare sable
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You can do either

wild sluice
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Newly returning to the game, haven't played since ShB came out, is there a preferred tank at end game? I have all of them at 60 except DRK at 70

rare sable
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Dying before placing works. Dying on a plate after placing also works.

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If you want multiple plate with that color, its better to dye first then place

queen flame
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ok, ill dye them before

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thank you!

rare sable
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@Azusai whatever you can play best

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!faq meta

zinc orbitBOT
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Meta Jobs FAQ
wild sluice
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Ok thanks

dry glade
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You can dye before or after the dresser. But dye before you open the plate or you'll just apply dye to that plate. I put the expensive dyes on the item and the cheap dyes on the plate.

long pier
#

where can i set up an lfg for als unsynced?

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a1s

obsidian patio
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Party finder

near path
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Report RMT--that's Real Money Transaction right?

whole wasp
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yup

near path
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is there a way to add a portrait of some kind to my target bar?

leaden ginkgo
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A portrait of who?

near path
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The target

leaden ginkgo
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🤔

slate arrow
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no

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not without ACT overlay shenanigsna anyways

near path
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OK, ty

granite wolf
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Has any new raid content dropped since the first eden tier? Just came back to the game after who knows how long

slate arrow
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nope

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actually, the alliance raid came out

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and ultimate came out as well

granite wolf
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Ultimate?

slate arrow
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the epic of alexander

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or TEA

granite wolf
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Wait what

slate arrow
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you don't know about ultimate?

leaden ginkgo
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really really extremely hard mode

granite wolf
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I havent played in a long time

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And I slept on sb

leaden ginkgo
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Ultimates were created in SB

granite wolf
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That explains that

leaden ginkgo
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They pegged Savage at Creator level (theoretically) and made Ultimate for the super high-end raiders

granite wolf
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How do I start the alliance raid?

leaden ginkgo
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There's a quest in Kholusia

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Word about Komra

granite wolf
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What ilvl does it drop?

leaden ginkgo
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460

granite wolf
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Think I'm around 450

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Oooo

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One piece per week?

leaden ginkgo
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yeah

granite wolf
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Nice

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I havent enjoyed alliance raids since crystal tower

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Hopefully this one is fun

topaz scroll
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Can anyone help? I get an error whenever i try to register ffxiv. coming from the free trial D:

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error code i2501

obsidian patio
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Do you have a VPN active? That’s a common cause of it

topaz scroll
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No but i'm from asia and bought a NA copy

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might be causing it