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Then the fenrir would be faster
but for ARR zones you should be imagining things now
ahhh okay
Is there anyway to make your load out like pvp
i see what you mean
loadout as in hud or hotbars?
@wintry chasm ily ty

I got a message that said my return to form is complete
Welcome back to eorzea
What does that mean?
Sounds like the general message that returning players get after 45 days of inactivity.
can you screenshot the message?
Is there a site to check the locations and rewards for each treasure map? The shell leather that drops from Zonureskin Treasure Map is not in the list of rewards of one of the sites
What i used
Cant you change the language ?
for the ceremony of eternal bonding is there a specific time they happen?
or is it just whenever that day
You choose the time it happens
ok ty
what zones is considered restricted and you cant recieve tells?
mainly just duty instances
Does anyone know when i'll be able to use the aethernet to fast travel?
You can always do that
i'm level 8
it's only within cities and settlements though
I'm in gridania
Outside of cities, you use Teleport to get to an aetheryte, but you can only do it if you've walked to that aetheryte and attuned to it
I am attuned to multiple crystals
Walk up to an aethernet shard and interact with it then.
Is it because I am in the demo of the game?
No, trial accounts can do it too
I clicked on teleport on the bottom right menu button but i get "that command is unavailable at this time"
You just cant teleport to crystals you have not attuned to before.
That teleport is for between cities and the bug crystals on the overworld map.
Once you've attuned to a second aetheryte, you'll unlock Teleport
the closest one is in Central Shroud, out the main entrance of Gridania
But even without Teleport, you can warp around inside of Gridania from shard to shard
I can't warp
from shard to shard within gridania
What do I do to warp to a shard
You can only travel between those shards by interacting with them
Teleport ability is locked
you got it
Hello! Anyone knows how is it called the music during the Spectral Currents while ocean fishing?
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how do you get the fuga haori?
mogstation
this game is so freaking good looking
You need to replace your obsolete/removed skills with their current versions
how do i remove the grey empty boxes from hotbars?
Check the option to hide unused hotbars
ah ty
Character config > Hotbar settings > hide unused slots
tysm
Anyone got a link to the shiva wings quiz?
The what?
has anyone ever try to build general dragias into a dark knight?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctPoqZ6_lEEg_gkXhvJIEqLdU_XEc7s7eKy83QnCTVc8PjTQ/viewform @hoary storm
Quiz yourself on how well you recognize the patterns for Mirror Mirror III.
Please note that we are only using the left (west) mirror to orient ourselves. The images will NOT show the East mirror.
Taken from the guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZoKDVd6Tasss1JZ0d9...
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As someone who has only done normal content what would be the best way to find a noob friendly group for extreme content?
Join learning parties
I generally just dive into learning/prog parties after watching a guide.
Learning pugs are generally a good place to get a feel for it
Is watching a guide required? I've tried watching guides before but there's no way I can memorize everything without actually doing it
The balance discord has text guides if you learn better from those
I'm more of a learn by doing kind of person, everything else is just kind of vague
Watch a video, get the major points down and dive in
Deaths are expected in learning parties, so as long as you improve even a small bit, you're good
You can always just watch the first bit or few of a fight, progress past it, and then watch more of the video
hey guys - where do I post an unsync'd rab through orbonne raid?
in terms of this discord? Probably #retired-na-datacenters
Hey all! I could use some help getting the game installed. I have a 2019 mac book pro running 10.15.4 catalina. I downloaded the 64 bit client and I'm getting this error when I try to launch it for the first time
Anyone seen this? Any recs of things to try? I see posts on reddit of people saying they have it running on the same setup as mine, so I know it's possible..
I don't have a Mac, but isn't there Mac launcher?
Yes. I have the Mac launcher.
Ah I saw "wine" and thought of the windows thing for mac
The "Mac client" is really just a wine wrapper for the Windows client. It's pretty jank.
versions of?
The launcher if it exists
nope. just downloaded the client from here: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/mac/download/
ty ❤️
Hello! Anyone knows how is it called the music during the Spectral Currents while ocean fishing?
I recognize the track, but I can't remember the name and I'm 99% sure it doesn't have an orchestrion roll to it
Battle theme 1.x
https://youtu.be/uvUdycDqidw from the hildi fate
If you'd like the hear the original arrangement of the track check out the link here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfQNwOgTVM8&feature=youtu.be
Video showing the zombie fate as part of the Hildebrand quest line with all but the BGM muted. The track is entitled Battle Theme...
Oh yeah! I forgot about the hildy fate
You can find the music thingy in the Golden Saucer
in that case it's from the gold saucer
Yea
I was going to say it's an arrangement of the ff2 theme but I didn't realize it had an official track
@halcyon knoll
It's an arrangement
I think?
I recognized it right away back when I did hall of novice
Ah yea it is
but is it possible to get it as a roll?
I don't know much about music in game, I just liked it haha
You buy it from the gold saucer for 20k MGP
You could I suppose with some alterations
How
Since GNB has far more skills normally
If you're asking if PVE can have the PVP buttons to where multiple skills are on a single slot, then no.
PvP is more for pick up and play I feel than normal PvE
Oof
which ff14 tank plays most like wow prot warrior?
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Which generation of prot warrior?
Like... Legion / BfA?
If you're just looking for a tank that sort of holds the "Sword and board" class spirit, Paladin all the way
@junior wind like, iteration does not really matter whether its stance dancing or the nu-prot. Just a fat cd (shieldwall), mobility (charge/leap) and not really a big fan of casting.
All of the tank jobs have those things, honestly
It's kind of about which flavour you prefer. They all do play a tad differently in terms of rotation, but I mean
Paladin has like 1 casted skill and that's a heal
Tanks are super balanced to each other in mitigation/damage
Even then, paladin later gets a trait that makes their spells instant cast when they use one of their buffs
so you only get cast times before that trait or when you use spells outside of that buff
Tanks are super balanced until you want to solo HW primals 
what kind of mobility are we talking about?
Each of the tanks have a charge
anything beyond that?
Nope, most fights aren't hectic enough to really need more than that, to be honest.
alright
Each of them plays differently but they all have a baseline toolkit like defensive cooldowns and a gap closer
You can use this website to see each job's toolkit https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/battle/
I personally find Gunbreaker to be pretty cool, but Dark Knight has a bigass sword so it's a bit of a toss-up there
I switch between Warrior and Dark Knight depending on how much management I feel like doing with my kit at the time.
my ffxiv friends played dark knight and gunbreaker and said they're kind of reserved offtanks
i generally like maintank
Which would you prefer for dungeons, Wynne?
maintank/offtank as it currently stands pretty much just refers to what tank initially pulls the fight
due to ideal way to start your opener
It's a definite toss-up. I think Warrior if I play with friends and DRK with randoms.
Trust issues with DF?
Since I can let myself go real low with WAR and then heal it all back with Nascent+Chaotic Cyclone
True
While DRK is very comfy
Main tank switches around constantly, and often ends up depending on who's currently holding the boss
I'm leveling WAR atm, so I was curious
I think Gunbreaker/Dark Knight don't like pulling the boss first while Paladin/Warrior do
idk, what do the rotations for war/pld feel like in like a short overview
I'd have to double check openers over at the balance.
does somebody know what armor set is this???
for gunbreaker it's just ranged attack > no mercy > fill cartidges > unga
Looks like some sort of Alexander armor
Warrior juggles two combos to keep up a damage buff and spends their gauge on big damage hits, and every 90 seconds they get to use that big damage attack at no cost for 10 seconds while it always does a direct critical hit
!action inner release
Inner Release is satisfying
Fell Cleave's animation is 👌
Paladin has a DoT combo and a damage combo and use their gauge to spend on defensive cooldowns. Their rotation is basically split into half, one being their "Flight or Fight" rotation with that buff being a physical damage boost, and a "Requiescat" rotation which is a magic damage buff where you use your magic damage attacks
Always start with Storm's Eye, refresh when it goes under 7 seconds, don't use Fell Cleave (
) if it will make you unable to use Upheaval on cooldown
Always land 1 Upheaval and 1 dash during IR
so I have to do these
yes
Look for the quest "A Recurring Problem"
Ifrit Bleeds is the next one to do
thank you
And then "In for a Garuda Awakening" then "In a Titan Spot"
ty 🙂
The puns keep me alive
"Quake Me Up Before You O'Ghomoro"
you're just gonna have to accept the puns
they make up a dismayingly large percentage of names for quests and FATEs
"One Fish, Two Fish, Bread Fish, Stew Fish"
or do I have to search for the other 2 after beating ahrd ifrit
Wait there is a use for Upheaval? Interesting
!action fell cleave
450/20 > 590/50
you should be pressing that button pretty much every time it lights up
And always make sure one of those uses is in Inner Release
basically make sure whenever you fell cleave you have 20 leftover gauge or so if Upheaval is about to be ready for use outside of IR.
Yeah I haven't done any extreme/savage content yet so I haven't really looked into min/maxing WAR
I just downloaded the free trial and I was wondering how much of the game I ‘experience’ with that. Would it be fair to make a judgement from the first 35 levels of gameplay, or would I need the full version to really get into it?
how do i get levequest allowance?
so basically you wait forever then
@paper socket I have been on free trial and am on lvl 23, I would say you can make a choice by now, though obviously I don't know endgame and most of the content
I don't even have a chokobo yet
i would say the trial is a good taste of the game, but really doesn't sell you on how classes play later since when they hit 50/60/70/80 they can change drastically
but you do get a feel of it being MSQ based
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I was under the impression that MMOs are very social games but I haven't experienced that with this, is that actually the case or am I doing something wrong?
Depends on how social you want to be
Join an FC or static, do content and play together
It's one of the easiest ways to get connections with other people other than Linkshells with friends
The two I've been a part of have been pretty inactive
I guess? The biggest one was about 60 people
I'd say just keep going at your own pace. XIV treats itself as a singleplayer experience until endgame
Basically the game has gotten stale for me and I'm trying to find things to do
Beat story?
Yeah
Interested in crafting?
Well only up to the end of 5.1
I have almost everything up to 80 but I don't think it's really my thing
Crafting wise
Beast tribes and custom deliveries?
Mostly done with the tribes and deliveries, I'm just missing the guy in the pig hat
By that point I'd say to do what you want or try something new.
Some attempt old EXs for mounts
Or new ones for a current challenge
I was thinking that but I've had bad experience with pubs in other games
That makes sense
I'm trying to find an excuse to keep my subscription
Same sometimes
But then something "new" creeps up
Like leveling a job, doing more old stuff I misread
Yeah I have a ton of jobs to level but it gets grindy
Yeah
But just do your best and what you feel like doing. Maybe work on an old relic series or get a house
size isn't always indicative of active friendly FC
honestly one of the ways to make friends is to go around randomly emoting at people or complimenting glamour you think looks neato
or join random 4fun party finders
I run from people when they pat me
you gotta make an effort to try meeting people
its not like they'll always automatically approach you
People are scared to pat me lol
I joined my first and only FC because I emoted them during their Mandeville mambo
So that's not just all hardcore statics?
not necessarily
I have looked in there before and I was like 
looking for people to play with is one form of recruitment
you can also try r/ffxivrecruitment
and if all else fails no one's forcing you to keep paying your sub
take a break from here
play some other games
even Yoshi P encourages it
I was gonna stop my sub yesterday, but I remembered that 5.25 is eventually
what level 60 gear should i get for a culinarian? the level 60 levequest says recommended 1000 craftmanship but i have 507 with like chest and legs ironworks gear
Levequest in Kugane or Ishgard? I forget if Kugane starts at 60 or 62
between expacs there's a fat stat jump
if you're doing kugane leves like azalea says you're better off snagging some vendor gear as a stopgap
Should be some neat level 60 gear vendor in Kugane Dori Markets
But if you can too, I recommend to take a look at the namazu beast tribe as well
Where do i look for fc? Im playing in tonberry
okay 🙂 it just seems so far off like 1000 craftmanship vs my 500 something lol
@cloud bay main places to ask are in the main city marketplaces or endgame hubs.
People seems to like to advertise their FCs in those areas
O.o okay thanks
Just got level 30 and got my BLM STONE. Should i buy a level 30 gear set?
So stick with 2 handed?
Remember to get 2 handers. 1handed doesn't exist past lvl 50.
Where and what set should i get for a 30?
Just buy whatever catches your fancy at the market area of the 3 starting cities.
Make sure it gives int and just go for the highest level required.
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HI guys quick question, if I transfer a char from a "normal" server to a bonus xp server, am I still getting the bonus or is it just for chars originally created on the server?
only for new characters
ah ok thx
how often should you change your gears when you are leveling up your gathering classes?
for pre-50 I generally kept my tools as updated as possible and usually skipped every other set of left-side gear.
wouldnt it be super expensive ?
Nah, pre-50 stuff is pretty cheap and you should be able recoup the cost with leves or whatever item you're grinding on for experience.
past 50 though, gear starts to be a lot more expensive and you either choose between spending more gil to keep good success rates or saving gil and dealing with lower success rate
every 10-ish or so for non-tools
fair , thanks
Hello! how Can I change my sub to not recurring one?
You'll have to cancel your subscription (Do NOT cancel your service account) and set it back up as a non-recurring sub.
I think you can also change your payment method to Crysta and then use that to pay for sub
And what if I already payed for the sub? I can't change it now?
If I cancel the sub I loose the entire sub period and money right?
Try "Credit Card/Crysta Payment" and then select Crysta
Well it doesn't fix the issue because I already bought the sub. It would require me to buy it again. So there's no way to change it now?
From what I'm looking up, yeah. :\
when you cancel your sub it doesn't immediately end it from what i recall
it just lets you finish it
but if you're worried, you could wait until its almost up to cancel
anyone calculated the exp gained difference between Prae and Castrum MSQ?
thanks!
Exp/time wise, prae is better so....
Prae is superior in low-effort leveling in every way
Can't gift crysta
so when seller said "selling crysta" they mean something else hmm
Thanks wynne
I saw seller selling sub via crysta, not sure how that works??
I don't know much about the square enix account stuff, but I definitely would be wary of anything involving crysta since that's essentially RMT or pretty much is RMT
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I just got to Idyllshire and I'm shopping for gear. Should I exchange for a Shire weapon or is there something else I should pick up?
Shire Weapon
Cool, thanks
is there a bank somewhere in the cities, and if yes how can i find those
and another question, is there a grp chat for dungeons?
What is a retainer?
A retainer is a private NPC that will act as a personal bank for the player, holding up to 175 different items, that can be summoned to any of the Summoning Bells around the world. Retainers also act as your means to sell on the Market Board.
How to unlock a retainer
First, you must complete the quest The Scions of the Seventh Dawn then go to speak to any of the Retainer Vocates located in the market district of any of the major cities.
What are Retainer Ventures?
Ventures are the means to send out your retainers on missions to bring back items for you and can be unlocked by completing the quest 'An Ill-conceived Venture' (Ul’Dahn), (Gridania), (Limsa Lominsa)
and the general chat channel for duties is /party, or /p
For retainers, you can get two for free before needing to pay cash to have more. but in my experience 2 is enough unless you hoard lots of glamour/transmog items, crafting materials, or housing furniture.
whats the difference between Tradecraft Leves and Large-Scale Tradecraft Leves?
i see the Large-Scale ones will consume 10 of my allowances
Large scale leves are less efficient leve-wise compared to doing 10 small leves of the same version, so they're really only good if you keep constantly capping your leves and aren't actively leveling up your crafters.
Though they do have a very good edge-case for doing them, which is near the end of level 59.
Because once you hit level 60 the leves in Ishgard will suddenly have their experience reward plummet to a low enough amount that they're not doing anymore.
So doing a Large-Scale leve at 59 reaps the full benefit.
i see! thanks for the great details
tbh they still give pretty good exp for 70-75 levels since you can easily get 2 levels for turning in hq
What time does the daily roulette reset?
!reset
0 Days, 6 Hours, 18 Minutes, 0 Seconds
0 Days, 11 Hours, 18 Minutes, 0 Seconds
4 Days, 23 Hours, 18 Minutes, 0 Seconds
0 Days, 23 Hours, 18 Minutes, 0 Seconds
2 Days, 17 Hours, 18 Minutes, 0 Seconds
2 Days, 10 Hours, 18 Minutes, 0 Seconds
2 Days, 3 Hours, 18 Minutes, 0 Seconds
thanks
these looks like event items
and you can't get the headpiece on mogstation yet while the chest is currently on mogstation
ok thanks
for mining quest 'A miner success' it says req 8am/8pm, what time zone is it?
You can see Eorzean time by clicking the clock UI, or editing it in the Hud Layout to show both Local Time and Eorzean time at once.
oh found it , thanks
Did anyone else just have their payment fail? I pay through Steam on subscription service.
I hate this game so much and I haven't even played it yet. Why is this error code i2501 so retarded?
Are you trying to register the game or buy something from the mogstation?
Are you trying to register the game or buy something from the mogstation?
@obsidian patio I bought the game on Square's website because I'm deployed right now and I want to have a good game to play. Bought the game, payment went through, got my receipt/invoice AND activation code. But when I go and try to make a Square Enix ID I just get that error
I've tried different computers , different web browsers, my phone disconnected from the WiFi, no VPN, with VPN, Literally tried 10 emails I have , and same error code every single time
are you using a vpn
because i2501 is basically something triggering their system to say "something's wrong"
and its a stupidly broad error that can be hard to fix
I'm in Korea right no if that makes any sense
Since you're deployed the game might be having an issue with the difference between your current location and the region you're buying the game for.
esp since KR has its own servers, so that might be affecting it
You might be region locked.
So if you want to play on global servers, you might need a good paid VPN for it.
Since you're deployed the game might be having an issue with the difference between your current location and the region you're buying the game for.
@obsidian patio Thats so dumb though, my payment went through and everything, all I wanted to do was play this game because I've been sleeping and it's on sale right now complete edition so I jumped on the bus and now I'm fucked 😤🙃
So if you want to play on global servers, you might need a good paid VPN for it.
@slate arrow Tried with my friends NordVPN still no dice
have you tried a different web browser
@twilit arch yeah used Chrome and Internet Explore with no extensions/ad ons on
internet explorer or edge
if edge: chrome and edge are effectively the same web browser since they're both chomium based
I recommend trying firefox if both have issues
I recommend trying firefox if both have issues
@slate arrow Still not lick on Firefox..
Luck*
damn.
there's no global chat in this game
ohh
There is a shout but no global chat
i see cool
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adventurer in need roulettes, roulettes in general, MSQ
You can sell materia if you find yourself with an excess of materia tokens
the challenge log is also a nice source of weekly gil.
So my friend registered through mogstation for the free trial but he eventually wants to buy the game through the steam store, will he be able to carry over his progress from the free trial?
yes, you can go from SE trial to steam full game, progress will carry over
That’s a relief to hear
is it one allowance is used per levequest ?
yes
If you just want stats, it's !item, if you want to see how it looks it's !iglam
!item doesnt work
Wait, are you trying to see your currently equipped stuff?
im very confused, what mining skills i should be using when im appraising collectables?
all these skills look very alike to me
How much GP do you have currently?
592
You Ideally want 600 GP at minimum to be able to do the good rotations. As for what rotations you use it depends on the collectability of the item and the number of gathering attempts the node has.
As for the differences between the Appraisals, Methodical is a 1x with no procs, Impulsive is a 0.9x that can proc Discerning Eye, and Instinctual is a 0.8-1.5x RNG amount.
This is what I use for my general collectable gathering.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/317515779253862401/655345760505823252/image0.jpg
when you are doing appraisals there is no HQ or NQ difference right?
Correct.
im confused because there are some irrelevant skills that are available
The ones that boost gathering chance?
yh like next chance
You're still subject to the gathering chance when getting collectables.
Which really sucks when you miss a collectable due to being at 95% gather rate 
is it possible to tell the collectability when you are appraising ?
It's the number you see in the bar from your skills, plus a random bit more
Does the msq give tomestone of poetics eventually? Just arrived at mor dhana after unlocking beast tribe quests.
Not directly.
You earn Poetics from all level 50/60/70 content, so the level 50 content that the story makes you complete do give poetics.
Is the amount of poetics per week capped?
Nope, you can get as much as you want
though you can only hold a total of 2000 at a time
So i turn extra into tokens?
There are tokens that can be bought with them, but they can only be used on specific stuff
so not really
back to the graph above, you have >450 <450 <390, is it referring to AFTER the 2nd instinctual appraisal ?
yes, since Instinctual gives an RNG amount
In the context of gathering, I'm assuming you're talking about the spots on the gathering menu where the items are.
so that Earth Shard would be slot 5
aw yes thats probably it, what is the hotkey for it? i looked at logs and i cant find the exact table
I'm not aware of a hotkey for targeting specific slots :o
If anything I'd try taking a look in Keybinds.
Oh the picture I just posted?
Hello. I just resubbed to the game. I see when I run dungeons I have a bunch of gear I dont need. In the past I just traded these items in against company seals and bought the glamor thing to sell on auction house. Are there better ways to make money of off gear I dont need? Thanks in advance
yes
That's whenever you go to gather something
@scenic patio most dungeon gear isn't tradeable, so your main option for making money off of them is basically what you've been doing. Though SE does occasionally make the newest dungeon's gear be desynthesizable into materials that crafters want for endgame recipes.
Thanks mate
how easy is the eden normal stuff to do? would I need to look up the fight online to have a chance?
I'm hesitant bc it's the latest content and I don't wanna fuck up lol
Eden Normal can easily be done blind.
all edens 1-8?
Yep.
so it's just the savages that I'd need to look up online then
There's very little group responsibility for mechanics, AKA doing something that wipes the entire group.
And no enrage so...
Well, mostly no enrage. E8 has one, and E1/E7/E8 have DPS checks with their add phases
Actually yes e7 adds are often tight with pub

Lettseee.... e5 if you have marker, stay far away from the group and the other marked player
450 ilvl should be fine then for doing e1-4n
more than fine, since that's the ilvl of the gear it gives.
The min ilvl for 1-4 is like 425 or something
E7 if you have black, get hit by white and vice versa
gonna have to do that then maybe today once I'm done with one part of my work
The rest can be done with common sense
yeah just read up, 1-4n is 425, 5-8n is 455
also about the rewards for eden, can you only get them once per week per raid?
for verse, yes you can only get 1 token per floor a week
for gate, its completely unlocked
No reason to farm 1-4 though...
well small reason to
glamour 
also what can I do with the manufactured coin I got from copied factory?
I can't find any info on it
exchange for Deepshadow Augument or save it for the Crystarium Augument next major patch
Stockpile for now
hmm
yeah I might save it for the crystarium set I'm eventually gonna get
for WHM since that's my main
Theres no token limit rn (I belive), so you can do copied whenever you want
not anymore
Not anymore
jinx
so, just the coin, or everything from the raid?
none of the previous tier's content is weekly locked
Everything

Glam farm time
the only thing that's weekly from copied factory is the clusters
Clust- oh materia
I need to start worrying about materia sooner or later lmao
which means leveling up DoH/DoL 
not sure what it meant 
Ress?
are you on astrologian?
ascend is AST's rez iirc
Oh right
yeah
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Any tips on leveling Alts??? @me thank you
!faq altlvlguide
@lost snow
Awesome! Thanks
I'm a new player and want to play the dark knight as it sounds cool. Which class/character creation choices should I take to get access to the dark knight job?
Whatever
To become a dark knight you need to reach Ishgard in the heavenward expansion and be level 50 in any combat job
start as a tank so you don't have to learn how to be a tank once you do have access to dark knight
Oh okay thanks
not a requirement yeah but it'll be nice to have the skills needed
that's either marauder or gladiator
Mdr is closer to drk (playstyle wise)
you can also start as healer/dps to experience tanks from a 3rd person view
Spam your skills on burst window
and then become the tank you always wanted
if 3rd person view then i suggest healer, since you'll be focus mainly on healing tanks
Does it matter which data centre I choose?
I want to be able to LFG dungeons/raids etc easily without worrying about being on a dead server
rumor has it that for savage raiding, aether good, crystal not so good
Though other than savage, you shouldnt have problem getting groups in any server
Duty Finder is OP
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Thanks, and is it just me or does the launcher download speed keep decreasing? Normally I get 10MBps but for long periods in between it drops down to 2MBps
i asked in wrong chat
Heyy uhh, how many wolf mounts are there? The dog mount thing that drops in stormblood EX trials?
do the fate level syncs give proportional experience to your current level
7 @sick mantle
what do you mean
They are all just in Stormblood right?
yeah, each expansion's extreme trials have different mounts
horses in ARR, birds in HW, dragons in ShB
is it just me or is dark knight kind of bad at pulling mobs
how so. all 4 tanks have a ranged attack and AoE attacks
yeah have you tried using Unmend
yh but i have to hit them one by one when theres more minions spawning during a fight
every other tank has to do that too
Hey! New to the game. I’m torn on whether I want to go dragoon or black mage. Which is more fun? I can rank or DPS, it doesn’t matter
Define fun
i actually just started playing last year and drg was def my fav with its fast attack and easy to manage attack combinations
Right. I suppose fun for me would be... Dynamic, the least stale. Possibly fast paced
I like blm better.... but I like and leveled all casters so, personal preference matters
blm if u dont mind long casting times for strong attacks
Fun can be defined a lot of different ways and I’m curious as to which people find fun an why
Both blm are drg have static rotation though
Yeah most MMOs are like that
Though drg have more options in rotation
Big numbers are also fun.
Blm rotation is the most braindead of them all.... because blm difficulty comes from finding a safe spot/pre positioning in hectic fight
whichever works if u wanna attack from afar or close to the enemy
If you want fast.... nin?
I take back fast paced. I moreso meant gameplay overall rather than sheer attack speed
Blm have highest max damage ..... but also high(est ish) skill ceiling
Monk is very mobile since they have the most positionals
So high skill ceiling matters
Its rare to see someone liking mnk though...
a tank class perhaps?
Summoner is cool too. they got the sorta longest rotation
Smn is Big Brain
since their "rotation" is 2 minutes ling
You have to know the dance ( fight) or you BLM will be very inconvenienced.
I typically go for the highest rewarding most difficult spec
when should a noob buy the expansions? like once they've reached the core max lvl or? and also whats a membership for? 😛
Dragoon is a tank spec right
yea. lvl 50 is a good point
If you want to galaxy brain the rotation, smn. If you want the fight to be the challenge, blm
I guess
Nope. Red jobs are DPS. blue jobs are Tank. green jobs are Healer
specs dont exists like in WoW
so a dragoon is always DPS
I don’t really care about the rotation being overly complicated, but a tough fight sounds cool
there are set classes for dps, healer, tank
tank if u wanna be the leader
dps if u wanna be in the sidelines dishing damage
healer ofc heal but u r the god of the party
For the first go around DPS is probably the best way to learn I’d think
You know, if you dont mind fight spoiler, you can youtube, hmm, "eden savage clear [classname] pov"
So you will get an idea how those classes would eventually be played
Nice thanks!
One thing while watching, you gotta ask yourself "how they know where to stand" 
Cause good player, makes it look easy
Hi, what is the membership for?
what membership
So you need to buy that at lvl 35?
you can play indefinitely but cant level past 35 yes
once you buy, you cannot go back to free trial
you need to buy the base game and that includes 30 days of game time
but after that you need to pay 12$ a month or however many it is
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is it a rng when you still have gathering attempts left for mining but the mineral just fadeaway?
like the node disappears? or you hit and get nothing
But it should have a notice now about leaving the node then
if you're too late then the node just despawns
ughh? it was still within the time hours
How close to the end?
idk maybe i was too slow,ill try again lol
Good idea, hope you get it!
is it allowed for other people to help you level, im just asking not that i break some FFXIV rules
Why wouldn't it be?
Ephemeral nodes dissapear as soon as their time is up regardless of whether you've finished gathering, I've had it happen to me firsthand. I think timed nodes work the same as well, but I've never experienced it.
@oak ice im sure people/devs can always find some reason why not to
its fine. DW
A bit hard to push a social angle for a multiplayer game if people aren't allowed to help
Iirc if a battle mentor help you finish battle leve, you actually get bonus exp?
If you are a sprout and enter instanced content (dungeons, guildhests, etc.) you get bonus xp.
But levequests are solo
no, you get exp boost when you're partied with a mentor until lv20
no, its only to lv20
So I never had a phantasia from finishing the ARR questline because I did it pre them introducing that quest.. I just made an alt to test a character appearance and found one in the mail. Can I use that to change my main?
Transfer phantasia? I dont think its possible
no
mrm thats a bummer
Fantasias are untradeable
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@open coral you can "cheese" battle leve with high leveled character. Partied up, the sprout just stand on leve npc, pick kill-type leve, hit start, the high level one shotted spawned mob, leve finish in a few secs, sprout get exp, repeat (I've done this thrice)
is it worth restarting on a preffered server If im already level 21? is there a big difference in exp?
I mean double xp does make a pretty big difference imo
the choice is yours after all
if you're only 21 then absolutely yes
it's the higher levels that's slow, with the double xp it'll more than make up the time
Im brand new to the game, Is there a specific server I should start on?
start on a preferred server for a double xp boost under lvl 70 for all jobs
until your character is 90 days old or the server stops being preferred, whichever comes first
Sweet, thank you.
@glossy crown you'll be able to choose the server once you're done creating your character (look, class, name, everything)
a preferred server will have a star next to it
Can someone help me with the quest "The Ultimate Weapon" ive been in que for 45 min+ and no healer or tank seems to be queing
isn't it whichever happens last?
server stops being preferred/90 days
or am I dumb
nah, my road to 70 buff went away when Twintania stopped being preferred at one point
and my character was a month old
idk if the road to 70 buff was changed at some point in time because I've heard everyone say it lasts for a maximum of 90 days for your character
if im running drk as main but occasionally use other tanks that use the same gear how much does they get affected from drk materia on the gear? im not running any crazy raids
anyone have an idea which preffered server is better to star with? Lamia or Midgardsomr
@eclair if you're not running savage, it doesnt matter
any, there's cross-world play in this game.
you can play with ppl from other servers in the same data centre and you can visit them through aetherytes in main cities
Drk's sps to tier doesnt really do anything (other than taking space you can put crit on, but no savage, so you can afford it)
What's the materia I should be putting on a DRK at 80?
Only WAR wants different melds, the other tanks are essentially the same
Comfy Skill Speed (around 2.38-2.4 GCD)>crit>DH
Sounds good
checks oh, war wants det instead of dh after crit and sps (hmmm)
is there a class recommended stats sheet somewhere ? to see what melds to use
!faq balance
ah right that one
is there any real difference between an intro sub and a standard sub
outside of the 8 characters max 1 character per world thing?
you can only pay monthly on the entry sub
you can only buy one month at a time for the intro sub
im okay with that
hey all I'm new here
follow up if i already have multiple characters on a world how do i know which one i will keep when i entry sub?
the top most one
okay perfect case i dont wanna lose all my progress
What's the best ways to get new weapons that are up to par with your level?
I was wondering how do jump potions work? do i need to buy both level and MSQ?
yes
@left cedar dungeons most of the time.
sometimes market.
thanks very much Kaelwyrn 🙂
You don't need to buy both, but if you only buy a level boost you have to do all the MSQ, and if you only buy MSQ you still have to level
@forest laurel Oh, okay. It's just sometimes I fall behind on my weapon and armor, and it's hard to know where to look cuz the game is so huge lol
Thank you!
Is it possible to have the game make a noise or notify me somehow when Dia debuff drops off of my target, or at least when Benison is off CD?
Kinda but not really
??
Macros can be used to make an sound in /echo buuuuut
Oh can't I do a macro?
I only need it for Dia because I am horrible on uptime for that. I just need to know when to cast it again because I'm not constantly staring at the boss's debuff list
i recommend one of the ACT dot bars that somebody made
Dot bars?
Act is the only good way to go about it without risking macro unreliability
i used it for healer dots and samurai
I tried using ACT once but it is very complicated and I didn't care to mess with it
How do I recollect how to play a class after a long hiatus. Been playing dps for months but switched back to 76 Drk and im so confused even with the guide. Its like learning to walk again
Go smack a dummy
@leaden ginkgo youll just have to smash stuff willynilly and rethink hotbars
and read things about the class
Read your tooltips
Is there a set-it-up and go solution for ACT? Or some instructions?
drk is like not too bad tho cause it feels dpsy
k thanks
@echo tapir what should be my dps combo? I know WAR had fell cleave, is DRK on par with that?
theres an opener on the Balance
There's a reason people meme that drk is a edgy warrior
Oh ok its coming back to me now kinda. I put on WAR and it came back instantly but for some reason DRK had my brain all confused
Bloodspiller = fell cleave, quietus = decimate...Delirium = Inner release without the crits
Floods are just storms eye in one button
Soul eater is just storms path
Drk is just edgy warrior 
Cool thanks
yea it might help you to put the hotbars similar to warrior
some of them anyway
i did that for drk to gunbreaker lmao cause it was samey too
how long does it take to level a second class 50-70?
asking to see if its better to boost SAM or a class that needs to start from 1
took me a week but i played everyday?
also when you hit 60 you can do ananta quests and shit
and i just head into heaven on high at 61
also had fc buffs on and food buff for exp
prob takes somebody less time if they just sat there forever
Each one has beast tribe quest you can do, Vath and Vanu for 50-60, ananta for 60-70 and Fairies for 70-80
In general, do roulettes and dailies
If bored, Deep Dungeons are the way to go for DPS
dont forget your daily roulette too and just do the big msq fat exp one too even though we all hate it
Do Lupin have a beat tribe?
no
Sadly
I need more lupin 
Namazu are civilized af
It's a stupid question but I need to do it, I don't usually play with the keyboard and I'm having problems with typing the 6-0 because they are out of range for my left hand and it's not so comfortable using the mouse + 6-0 keys with my right hand. Do I have simply to get used to it or can i do something else? 😩
use other stuff
good kbm players do not bind 6 to 0
You can change hotbars keybinds in settings
Like q-t, a-g, z-v
Is their a way to set up glamour for different classes using the same armor?
make a glamour plate and link it to the gearset
yeah glamour plates
ohh link a glamour plate :D! thanks guys I love you all
I was worried I had to choose between blm and red mage
Any tips in how to and what to sell on the market place? Like should I sell <item> in a stack of X??
Imo the best things to sell in the market are on this list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zL5XrqwMej9RKTcGslVg3by5OnpKWxf_wStcZT97N-Q/edit#gid=607487925
Some items sell well in specific stack sizes because you need it for quests. Others sell well in bulk. Depends on the server economy, really.
my opinion though, I've just been catching and selling these
look at the history of items, see what is selling and at what stack sizes
markets are dynamic and change, you'll need to study them
In general, housing items sell slowly but have large prices. Raw materials sells faster but if it's not some rare mat, for a far lower price. Raidpots and food may or may not sell well.
Also you have to readjust your prices on a regular basis if your wares lay around for a day.
Leve kits price pluments when they drastically increase the exp reward.... though its still sellable I guess
If you have spare sanity, Shinryu weapons still sell
Grind for scale? Might as well do party map
I ran Nidhogg EX 200 times for s few scales

can i weave heat blast with glass round?
MCH?
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Check the balance for MCH resources if you want
The golden standard is hitting 5 Heat Blasts in Hypercharge and 1 extra GCD for Wildfire for a total of 6 in Wildfire while weaving a Gauss Round or Ricochet between every attack for raid buff gains. If you can hit the 5+1 GCDs while weaving only 2 times, you can avoid overcapping which is passable but not optimal. If you can't weave at all or if you miss GCDs in Hypercharge or Wildfire, then your performance will be suboptimal.
"If you can hit the 5+1 GCDs while weaving only 2 times, you can avoid overcapping which is passable but not optimal."
why this is not optmal?
@twilit arch
and can i do it with 1.5 gcd?
or I need lower
because ideally you should be able to weave a ricochet or gauss round after every heat blast
So you avoid overcapping the charges and raid buffs are generally out during most hypercharges so being able to weave is more optimal
honestly, you should just go find a dummy and see if you can weave properly with your ping or not
easiest way to know for sure if you can do it
What does mean to undercut an product? (this is from a ff14 market reddit post)
Means you put the price if your item lower than whats already on the markey
Its a often used term in markets
Okay, thanks
soo for me it i thought it was cleaping but i could still weave 5 heat blasyt
and weave
can i train with 100 heat gauge infinite?
to train combos
No
is it worth getting professional gear (ilevel 440) vs fieldfiend (ilevel 470) for a botanist?
5 gcds under hypercharge and 6 during wildfire
professional is 470, fieldfiend is 440, and professional is better because 1. higher ilvl and 2. universal set, whereas fieldfiend is botanist only
have they put out any information on how the 5.25 relic quests are gonna work? is it gonna be like eureka again?
we don't know how exactly the first stage of the relic is going to work, beyond that there's going to be a trial attached to it
the eureka like area for the relic won't be until 5.35
when will that be, more or less?
okay 🙂
like, august?
5.35 is like in 3 months+
is there a way to get a better weapon than 390ilvl for tokens at 80 without having to gather eden tokens apart from market board stuff?
yeah just have someone drag you kicking and screaming through ruby
it's not so bad
Ruby is zzzzzzz
If my chara is max lvl 50, and the exp bar maxes out/resets, does that mean, I will gain those levels once I purchase dlc?
Just do heliosclaw and first ravenflight and the fight is dead
or it would be if pugs werent Pepega
no, any exp you would've gotten goes poof
Daaamnnnn
As a red mage do I chose casting coffer or aiming...
Casting
casting
which one is ruby ?
You're a caster
aiming is for physical ranged (bard/machinist/dancer)
Ruby is the big mech guy
minstrels ballad: hades elegy?
how do u unlock ex on that one?
i only have norm
You just talk to the guy near porta pratioria in the Lochs
And talk about ruby Weapon
Markes by a blue quest
he doesnt have a quest =/ do i have to complete something else like hades elegy?
ye
And completed the quest?
im still on the quest to do edens verse refulgence
That's completely different
Check the high end duty tab
If you dont have the quest for.it
You should have unlocked it
And it will be there
ah it is there why isnt it just in the regular duty tab
Because all current extremes go there
it's put in the high end tab so that players who aren't prepared don't accidentally wind up in it and get bodied
Hello everyone, I am new to FF and this is my first ever game. I played a single MMO RPG before and that was WoW for like a week. I want to know how I should go about finding my favorite class
@glacial oasis easy thing to do is just try them all, but there are a few questions to be asked
@glacial oasis in FF14 you can have all the jobs you want so you don't have to create new characters just to try out new classes
Few questions to be asked?
do you like to get in an enemy's face, do you like to hang back and hit enemies from afar, etc?
also that
one character can play every single class
Well I play league and in that I'm either the farthest away blowing them up or right there tanking
there is no penalty for this, switching classes is as simple as switching what weapon you have equipped
is using the recommended gear always the right choice
Oh wow
@gritty turret recommended gear is just whatever you have on you. how much do you have on you lol
i think the recommend gear button is mostly worried about item level
Gladiator/Paladin
Marauder/Warrior
Archer/Bard
Thaumaturge/Black Mage
Arcanist/Summoner
those are the classes that you're looking for when you're creating a character for the first time
i feel like someone named @glacial oasis may want to try paladin first lol
yeah lmao
Lmao
@gritty turret recommended gear is fine to use, though with tanks it can be a bit awkward at <50
oh didnt know if it calculated what gear gives the most dps or utility
since it prioritizes ilvl + main stat
Does being a certain race do anything besides edit starting stats?
And why are 3 locked?
bc I haven't unlocked them
3 are expansion races
Dark Knight
Gunbreaker
Machinist
Dancer
Red Mage
those are expansion jobs
oh
you meant races 
au ra requires heavensward expansion, hrothgar and viera require shadowbringers
when you buy shadowbringers you get all the previous expansions
and there's nothing major between the races. That said, Hrothgar and viera have unique heads so some head gear doesn't display on them
Unique heads and unique hairstyles.
also yeah the races are just there for looks first and foremost
the stat difference between them means nothing at all, unless you are THAT minmaxy.
Are there any like summoner classes? Where I can have minions? I see conjurer but that could mean conjur lightning
why did i get a weapon too with my other gear item from eden verse?
Arcanist which upgrades to Summoner
^
Upgrades?
Arcanist is the only class that upgrades to two different jobs
Scholar (healer)
and Summoner (DPS)
oh yeah, the base classes can upgrade into "jobs"
also, conjurer can borrow from nature to "conjure" earth, water, air and... I don't think fire is in the package.
this is more of a lore thing than anything else really
Conjurer just takes earth and air that's it
Fire seems to attach itself to Black Magic
the other jobs from expansions (e.g. base class) have no base class
if you want water and fire, Thaumaturge/Black Mage is your thing
no, conjurer has water
wait what
they used to have more of it but not anymore
thm has ice
My first class I picked was Thaumaturge cause the outfit it showed it what I like lmao
not water
in ff14, water and ice are separate elements
huh.
But now I'm looking at actual classes
you mean fluid aura?
yes
I just assumed by Fluid Aura
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that's useless 
It did damage back in ARR
PLEASE
not much
dodge attacks
if you are a DPS I fully expect you to dodge attacks 
black mages like to sit in the middle of an attack so they can get a spell out lol
What is black mage? Damage mage? Also when I played it I sat around casting time alot lmao
until you get leylines
which boosts your spell speed when you stand in them
It's normal to stand around before attacking? There isn't a ranged style magic that can cast fast?
there are instant cast spells
Red Mage is the most mobile mage
depends on how fast a speed you're looking for
what
not at later levels
I either wanna be unkillable, launch a nuke or, summon goons
Summoner is pretty mobile too
Smn is in fact much more mobile at 80



