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@open coral Yeah I currently have it set the way you describe--there are tweaks I would love to make though re: job and full health bars also showing over heads.
Any bards mains willing to teach me a bit about bard ?
Idk if the is the right channel but I'm having technical difficulties with the Kupo Bot
I know what my character name is and I'm spacing it correctly
Ty
You have a point , thanks @whole wasp
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Hi, i'm new to the game and i'm looking for people to do the old content (like garuda and ifrit) in extreme mode synced, where should i go to find them ?
party finder but it's unlikely you'll get anyone
@faint flare does this apply to crosshotbars, like set8? because after i turned off sharing for all of the hotbars, now when I select a different job, set 8 isnt being saved but instead being wiped whenever i change jobs
that's why i'm here, i don't find anybody with it
Yes, make sure you turn off the crosshotbar settings explicitly
Not just normal hotbars
I have so many questions on regards to character apparel but I’ll ask one for now: I see many users who’s characters have very eccentric attires. Is there a shop within the game or the MOG station for that specifically?
Some outfits are Mogstation but theres plenty more nice outfits in gane
most items are obtainable in game
Gotten via crafting...just normal gear drops etx
!faq glamour
'What is Glamour and how do I unlock it?'
Glamour is the process of changing an equipment's look into a different item with the use of Glamour Prisms. You can unlock the ability to glamour by doing the level 15 quests 'If I Had a Glamour' in Vesper Bay, West Thanalan. Although not required, you can unlock the ability to dye gear with the nearby quest 'Color Your World'. You can get the Orange Juice needed by talking to the nearby Merchant & Mender. Items used for glamouring are not lost upon use.
'How do I glamour? Where do I get more Prisms?'
Glamouring is done by right-clicking (Square or X on controllers) on the equipment you want to glamour and choosing the option 'Cast Glamour'. After clicking this you choose the item you want the appearance on the right half of the menu that opened up. You can get more Glamour Prisms by either crafting them after completing the quest 'Absolutely Glamourous', buying them from your Grand Company Quartermaster, or buying them from the marketboard.
Thank you so much! ☺️
hey guys, if i do the verify integrity of game files option through steam, is it gonna make me reinstall the game or cause any issues?
the last time i had to verify integrity i had to redownload and reinstall.
the option is greyed out on steam for some reason
I don't have the Steam version, so I'm not positive on this, but I think it does it's patching/updating with the FF14 launcher. So they might have disabled that function in Steam because it would reset the game to whatever default state is in Steam's servers.
Is leveling DoL much faster than it was in stormblood? My guide says it takes a lot of time, but i just made 3 levels in like 5 minutes
In ShB? It can be pretty quick with facet quests, leves, quitari quests, and Ishgard restoration.
yes, they increased xp gains with shb
Around 5.1-ish, I believe, leve exp output was nearly tripled.
For crafters and gatherers at least
Hey guys! I've been having a lot of fun grinding up my tank classes and just wondering what the current milieu/meta is at the endgame. I have WAR in the mid-50s, PLD 60, and DRK at 61; I find WAR the most fun but had originally hoped to get my PLD up to max level first as it was my original starting job.
I find PLD quite slow, which is particularly what turns me off from finishing that first. Does PLD become more "interesting" at later levels or is the "fun factor" -- which I realize is very subjective - tilted towards WAR and DRK for most folks?
i find all the tank jobs offer something slightly different
gnb might be the most interesting from a dps perspective tho
since it has quite an involved rotation
@little swift Yeah, I've seen that regarding GNB as well -- I think my hesitancy/lack of interest in getting into GNB is that NIN is my main, so I already have a DPS class I would use more for that kind of play.
gnb is still a tank
you have to do a tanks job
im biased towards WAR though since its my main job
simple but satisfying rotation
Yeah, I've also noticed that I enjoy WAR the most. Something about it feels good in my hands to play, which I don't really get from PLD.
DRK feels good but I don't like their aesthetic, ha ha.
pld does get way better as it moves through the levels
you alternate between a physical dps phase and magical dps phase
quite fun and flashy
Boring
Guys, are FC server exclusive? or can i join as long as im in the same DB as the company?
Server exclusive
fc is server exclusive
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Guys what's the difference between paladin and warrior for dps
!faq meta
its literally skill difference after that
What about utility between the two
Depends
pld has a bit more raid utility sorta in use of passage of arms and stuff
and cover
but war has lifesteal
and can share that
they offer different things
Yea, war has great dungeon utility
See I'm leveling a warrior. It's level 55 atm and someone told me they're trash and I should have gone paladin :(
!action Passage of arms
Increases block rate to 100% and creates a designated area in a cone behind you in which party members will only suffer 85% of all damage inflicted.
Duration: 18s
Effect ends upon using another action or moving (including facing a different direction).
Cancels auto-attack upon execution.
I do like my warrior but it's a little squishy
@little swift warrior is good
All tanks arent worse than eachother
What is a levequest?
So it’s good on healers
For combat jobs, they're like a FATE
Thanks all for the feedback! I will keep on the grind in this case for both and get a sense of which I prefer more.
Oh yeah
Healers do damage
gatherer/crafters make good use of levequests to power level
Good at the beginning but fall out quickly
You’ve also only have so many allowances for Levequests.
You earn 3 per 12 hours, up to 100.
Levequests are amazing ways to level crafting/gathering
If you use all of those, you can’t do Levequests until they regen.
Are there Levequests beyond 50?
Yes
yes but combat leves aren't a thing past lvl 60
I just got my PC built and ready to play the game. Any help is wanted. Iam a crafter/range.
@lethal schooner sorry for the late reply, but I got my payment complete email 12 hours after i paid so
idk if thats normal or its just that i paid with international currency other than US
so yeah u might have to wait
What’s the tell for whether you need to go to the front or back half during the engels fight in copied factory
where you get the smol primals from
the summoner egi's?
those are job quest related
you have to be far enough into msq as well
iirc
Hi guys. I'm a newcomer. How important is crafting my gear? I'm a tank, but I always feel like I'm too sqwishy despite putting on the strongest armor I can find
When is the first dungeon unlocked? 😄
@signal holly
lvl15
quest is "It's probably pirates"
@stark bone game will toss gear at you
make sure both of you do hall of the novice for a sweet set of gear
also make sure you're using tank designated gear
disciple of war gear has less defense on it
I'm doing the 62 botany class quest "seeds know no borders", which requires me to get chysahl greens from coerthas west. I cannot for the life of me find any, am i doing something wrong?
@snow dock chysahl greens come from an unspoiled node
Sweet thanks @little swift 😄
no the minions
8am or 8pm eorzea time is when they spawn
@little swift I'm wearing all tank gear already :/
are you using your defensive coolddowns?
things like rampart
or vengeance
or sentinel
Arms Length is good to use as well
i need the Smol Garuda minion
so far for paladin I unlocked shelton and that eclipse combo attack
afaik those are crafted minions
I'm at level 44
as my name on this server suggests lol
the only minion i care about and use it all the time is my daddy aymeric lol
are you doing your job quests
You should have sentinel as well as rampart
and equiping your role actions
Check role actions
how do I gain access to more duties, I'm lv 31 atm
MSQ
play the game more
wait no 21
yeahmsq
msq?

Main Story Quests
main scenario quest
@zinc dagger you unlocked them through the story quests
and
later
should i save my leve allowances for certain jobs/level brackets that are harder to level than others?
Where do I dye armor
@smoky edge further searching tells me those minions are crafted lvl60 master crafts
!faq glamour
'What is Glamour and how do I unlock it?'
Glamour is the process of changing an equipment's look into a different item with the use of Glamour Prisms. You can unlock the ability to glamour by doing the level 15 quests 'If I Had a Glamour' in Vesper Bay, West Thanalan. Although not required, you can unlock the ability to dye gear with the nearby quest 'Color Your World'. You can get the Orange Juice needed by talking to the nearby Merchant & Mender. Items used for glamouring are not lost upon use.
'How do I glamour? Where do I get more Prisms?'
Glamouring is done by right-clicking (Square or X on controllers) on the equipment you want to glamour and choosing the option 'Cast Glamour'. After clicking this you choose the item you want the appearance on the right half of the menu that opened up. You can get more Glamour Prisms by either crafting them after completing the quest 'Absolutely Glamourous', buying them from your Grand Company Quartermaster, or buying them from the marketboard.
!faq dye
what
its faq glamour
tf is it saying lol
If i reset my retainer class does it also reset the level
oh
its in the first paragraph
xd
How many times can I reset my retainer class?
that suggested faq goes to how you go about dying your artifact gear
& what are the prerequisites to reset it?
Back to the waking sands lmao
oh fuck that then LOL
also, how do I get dark matter cuz most of my stuff is broken
you can buy it from npcs
f
i don't have enough gil
I see
buy from marketboard 
Check MBs on other servers in your datacenter if it's too expensive on your server
it probably is though since its not a common craft
fastest way to lvl gathering professions past 70?
qitarl beast tribe and leve quests
and crystarium deliveries
and custom deliveries
and daily rowena deliveries
tyvm!
should i save my leve allowances for certain jobs/level brackets that are harder to level than others?
Not really, though I’d maybe focus them a bit more on the gathering classes if you don’t like doing collectables
& always try to turn in HQ leves for crafting/gathering 😄
what do you mean with HQ leves?
If you're crafting and you turn in a HQ item, you get 2x the exp
I'm doing gathering rn
But if you have A Road to 70 Buff i think it doubles that again
Also applies to GC expert deliveries
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So. I'm a new player to the game. Just started my free trial 2 days ago. Love the questing so far! (better than WoW). I have a question about crafting. I've read a lot that end game crafting, the crafts are all dependent on eachother, and so almost not worth it if you only want to do 1-3 crafts. Is this still true?
lots of crafts later involve materials made by other crafting classes
its a lot less taxing on your wallet to make everything yourself
And so tough to turn a profit buying those other materials off of the market?
only culinarian and sometimes alchemist don't really need stuff from other crafters
it can be but you cna use world visit to your advantage
to get cheaper materials
but its nice to know that you can just gather everything by hand and make it yourself
Ah. Got it. Culinary is not dependend on others? How about gathering ones? You need fishing for Culinary? And can you make money just doing gathering? (Thanks for answering all these questions)
you can make money doing anything in this game (almost)
fishing is sort of used in culinarian
like select recipes
you can sell off important materials from gatehring yes
culinarian is its own thing compared to other crafters since you won't need things like wooden planks or metal nuggets to make a sandwich 
Haha. Yea. Awesome. I'm leveling a Bard. Was thinking about going into leatherworking and maybe carpentry, but dont want to if I cant make a profit unless I level all of them. IDK if I wanna do that. Maybe I'll just become a chef 😛
it's easier to make a profit while gathering as you can just sell a bunch of low level ores
they go for like 200-300-400 gil a piece
its a little tougher to make a profit early though since most people can get stuff pretty easily by themselves
but nami's tip is a pretty good one
selling ingots and stuff you buy from vendors for a higher prices 
if you're on trial though, you can't use marketboard so don't think too much about it
So I just picked up Dancer at 60 (played Warrior until then) and the skills aren't making much sense.
what part doesn't make sense?
Reading the tooltips it looks like I have a 'base' skill that can proc a buff and allow an advanced version for like 5 skills.
yeah so 2 of your skills are single target
2 are aoe
those can proc 1 skill respectively
so thats 4 possible procs
and those skills can proc and give you feathers
which can be used to use the ogcd fan dance1/2
which can proc and give you fan dance 3
So even Fan Dance has the same concept of a super version. Cool
if im farming for a specific map, i should exhaust all the nodes to force them to respawn right?
also use standard step on cd
They're timed
it deals massive aoe damage
From the videos I've watched about how to play it looks like I should be using Step every 30sec when it's off CD to buff myself and dance partner?
Ah, so there is really only like 6 to 9 buttons to hit in the job, they just mostly have an advanced version that does more.
henlo gamers, can I ask a question ?
yes
sick
It's the complicated tooltips that caught me off guard, Warrior is super simple by comparison.
okay so i'm trying to unlock the level 60-70 scrip gear, but not finding any help anywhere.
Thanks
does anyone know where it can be unlocked?
See if you have a quest called “Reach Long and Prosper” in Rhalgr’s Reach
bless you
Trying to buy syhadowbringer, has been at "Thank you for visiting our site. Your order is now being processed." for 20 minutes now =\
Check your email, it only took my purchase like 3 mins.
in my mail it says the purchase is authorised, so im afraid to cancel
If that doesn't show, are there any prerequisite quests that unlocks "Reach Long and Prosper" that you know of?
The story takes you there. Can’t get there beforehand.
You get there at level 58 in the story
can someone help
I wanna move my install folder
as I have no space in C drive
but it wants to installl in C drive
Extracting materia resets the item’s spirit bond level from 100% to 1% and gives you a random materia based on the level and type of gear it is
The green circles are melding slots to insert materia into
May be best to ask in #technology-discussion @placid geyser
i just got to 50 and spent my last on miners gear so now i’m sitting at 60 thousand gil ... how do i put stuff on the market board ?
aaaaa is there no way to move the install directory ;-;
@orchid python
have you tried moving the installer
where is the installer though
soooo essentially the installer is on the D drive
on the steam games folder
or just move the game folder
but it still tries to install it on C:
oh its steam
yeah
i just got to 50 and spent my last on miners gear so now i’m sitting at 60 thousand gil ... how do i put stuff on the market board ?
@leaden ginkgo you can sell stuff on the market with your retainers each one can sell 20 stacks/items at the same time
this might work: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/393212
Hi everybody.
I just installed a brand new 1TB SSD, and want to move FF to it, to help loading times.
First off, anyone here do that? Big difference?
I have a STEAM install, and I now that uninstall/reinstall to the new drive would do it, but.. I really don't want to h...
just unlocked recommendations list. In general, when questing to level up and experience the game, is it a good idea to do the side quests? Or the game can be fully experienced doing the msq's and job guild quests?
i have never used retainers
Hello guys! Do you know where is the best place to find earrings, necklaces, bracelets and ring with a high item level? Like 400 and further?
I need a overall of 435 item level to participate in the nier automata raid
where are they ?
retainer vocate, prob in the market section of the main cities
@scarlet compass phanta tomestone
ups wrong link
@pure anvil I've been doing the Blue quests and the MSQ and I'm outleveling the content.
@twilit arch what do you mean by those?
The uncapped tomestones you get for running lvl 80 content
Um, hi all, I'm new to the game and i'd like to ask something.
Can I craft multiple items in one go? Like now I'm doing Bronze Rivets, I can only make 1, then press Synthesize again, and that's for another one. Any way to do this faster?
you can buy gear with it in eulmore
If you do the MSQ and daily Duitys that give bonus xp you will vastly outlevel the MSQ
quick synthesis
@karmic jolt thanks. I'm just noticing lots of side quests in the city here (started in Gridania). I was wondering if I should be doing them. If not necessary to experience the story, or something special, I'll probably skip! Thanks.
Um, hi all, I'm new to the game and i'd like to ask something.
Can I craft multiple items in one go? Like now I'm doing Bronze Rivets, I can only make 1, then press Synthesize again, and that's for another one. Any way to do this faster?
@deft scaffold iirc at lvl15 or so you unlock quick synthesis but it's only usefull for like ingots and others in normal quality
The story is almost all in the MSQ, save the side quests for your second Job.
Cool cool. Thanks for the tip. I appreciate that.
Just don't skip the Blue quests, lots of systems are gated behind them.
@deft scaffold iirc at lvl15 or so you unlock quick synthesis but it's only usefull for like ingots and others in normal quality
@hot eagle Thank you. I'm guessing it's 15, in every crafting level? Blacksmith, Armorcraft, leatehr working?
I'm at 60 just doing MSQ l, blue quests, and daily duitys. Right now my Main Story Quest is at like level 53.
Hi guys, how do I get the level 70 job armor on a boosted character?
If this pace keeps up I'll be 80 on main Job before I even get to Shadlwbringers
I havent seen any blue ones. I'm at level 11... On a trial. But, planning on upgrading for sure
I think you start seeing blue quests with the little plus sign after level 20isb
You can buy it from the calamity salvager in any of the three starting cities @feral drift
beautiful, thank you very much @twilit arch !
These are some good tips you've given me. Thanks again @karmic jolt
No problem
once im past lvl 50 (currently lvl 70) do Allagan Tomestone of Poetics do anything for me?
Yes
If I have been doing msq + side quests on my main class is it going to be considerably harder to level when I do a different class?
poetics are used for non current expansion coontent, so lvl 50/60/70 gear is bought with it
oh, so is there other locations other than the one place in Revenant's Toll to buy the gear with?
You need to finish the msq of the respective expansion to unlock them.
ahh okay.
well for rhaglr's you do
you can unlock idyllshire's poetics vendor shortly after arriving in idyllshire
@trim cargo There is a ring that gives bonus xp and having a Job at a higher level than your current one gives bonus xp. You can do the tower of the dead to get great xp at any level as well as that Jobs hunt log. There are a LOT of ways to get good xp bumps as you go on your second or fifth Job
I’m already lvl 60
will more dyes and level 1 craft-able glamours be added to the game soon. i feel like the amount of dyes is lacking
'What is Glamour and how do I unlock it?'
Glamour is the process of changing an equipment's look into a different item with the use of Glamour Prisms. You can unlock the ability to glamour by doing the level 15 quests 'If I Had a Glamour' in Vesper Bay, West Thanalan. Although not required, you can unlock the ability to dye gear with the nearby quest 'Color Your World'. You can get the Orange Juice needed by talking to the nearby Merchant & Mender. Items used for glamouring are not lost upon use.
'How do I glamour? Where do I get more Prisms?'
Glamouring is done by right-clicking (Square or X on controllers) on the equipment you want to glamour and choosing the option 'Cast Glamour'. After clicking this you choose the item you want the appearance on the right half of the menu that opened up. You can get more Glamour Prisms by either crafting them after completing the quest 'Absolutely Glamourous', buying them from your Grand Company Quartermaster, or buying them from the marketboard.
I have an glamour but I need lvl 51 armor
since I’m 60 I guess I will buy the crafted version
:/
are you in heavensward yet?
heah at the beginning
no need to buy gear if you aren't at that level range
game will give oyu gear through msq
what do end game players do with millions of gil besides vanity items like minions
Apart from studying a guide beforehand, is there anything I can do to minimize the likelihood of embarrassing myself in raids? I really want to dip into that side of content but I'm anxious about being a liability.
reading a guide like you say and watching a YT video eases my anxiety about first-time encounters. Just gotta jump in and say you're new after that. It will go fine 🙂
guides aren't even that necessary for normal encounters
Thanks for the encouragement! I'm aiming for Ivalice so I can get going on the new relic weapon quests, from what I saw in a guide the bosses look pretty wild. I'll just queue up and see how it goes👍
the last one of ivalice can be sorta tough but you definitely won't be the only person dying so have fun!
those raids were great
Important thing is to try to learn when you die so you don't keep dying to the same mechanic.
Although it's not always your fault when you do. Sometimes another player drops a bomb on your head instead of running away from others, etc.
do i need more than one retainer ?
So, I’m trying to do Leves on my miner and botanist, but only levels 5-10 are available. Does anyone know how to unlock the higher level ones to match where I am with my character? Do I need to do all of the level 5 and 10 to unlock the higher level ones?
you need to go to the levemete with higher lvl leves
@leaden ginkgo Not necessarily, but you get 2 for free, so might as well for the extra inventory space and ventures. Also lets you sell more items on the MB
i.e lv30 leves are in eastern la noscea
2 retainers are enough even for omi crafter/gatherer
Ohhh okay.
You just need to learn how to not hoard junk xp
Out of curiousity, at what level are you able to get a chocobo?
!faq mounts
'When can I get my first mount?'
The quest that allows you to use mounts, 'My Little Chocobo' is unlocked by completing the level 20 main story quest 'The Company You Keep'. The quest is located at the Grand Company base you chose and you'll need to buy the Chocobo Issuance from your Grand Company Quartermaster. You can get the 200 needed Grand Company seals by doing the main story quest that comes after 'The Company You Keep'.
'Are there any differences between mounts?'
Besides looks, all mounts are the same speed along with being able to fly in the expansion zones. Some mounts allow multiple people to ride at once.
'Can I make my mount faster?'
Zones have one or two ranks of mount speed that increase the ground speed of mounts. The first rank comes from completing specific quests in the main scenario quests, with the second rank coming from Riding Maps which are bought with either Allied Seals, Centurio Seals, or Bicolor Gemstones. Mount Speed Boosts do not increase the flying speed of mounts.
ty
Hey guys, how's Ifrit Ex, compared to Garuda and Titan's ex?
Am I am to chat and join a free company while in the trial mode?
You can't join a free company as a trial member
you can chat, but you can't yell or be the first player to send a Tell
You can join parties but can’t make them also
@grave thicket ifrit ex is the first one isnt it? it's easier
What do I do with these 300 allagan poetics
!faq poetics
Thanks
can’t i make money in the casino place
What’s the recommended use for allegory and phantasmagoria tomes?
It keeps giving me the same crash error... wmvcore.dll is missing and yada yada. :/
I installed the latest media package and anything
sorry may i ask?
did anyone on ps4 can login right now ? my login screen doesnt show the username and password page
I just did
is it worth doing all "!+" quests?
yes
They unlock something so yes
gosh why my page cant login to server
There’s no way to trade phantasmagoria / allegory for poetics is there
looks like there's been ddos attacks against login servers and stuff lately
@rough anchor no

just had to update my ps4, maybe there's a pending update for you too
just update the lastest vesion of system software
are you looking for more poetics, or more phant/all?
it just cant connect to the server on the login screen
Heya @midnight slate !
Cool!
Which class did you pick
please use #general-discussion
Is there a spot where I can practice my rotation with CD reset?
If you're at least level 60 and have access to Idyllshire, you can use the Stone, Sea, Sky to test your rotation.
There are also target dummies that a lot of people have outside of their personal homes.
After doing both "Inscurtable Tastes" and "Go West, Craftsman" the quest "Reach Long and Prosper" still doesn't show. Trying to unlock level 61+ DoH and DoL scrip gear but nothing's working. Any ideas?
If you're in an FC, there might be one at your FC's house, otherwise... you can look around neighborhoods for somewhere that has one...
Thanks @open coral ! Does Stone Sea Sky allows you to reset cooldowns?
I think it resets them when you instance in.
Just keep in mind that Stone Sea Sky is a time-attack. You will only have a limited amount of time with the dummy for each attempt, but you can do it as many times as you want for free.
Where do I spend wolf marks?
Wolves den
can i start as a archer and become samurai later??
yes
you can be all classes/jobs on one character
for samurai, you just need to get one combat job ot lvl 50 and own stormblood expansion
What is the purpose of dispatching retainers?
to other cities
And do the tax rates make that big of a difference?
AKA crystarium reduced tax rates vs. limsa normal tax rates
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is blizzard 2 better than blizzard? i dont see a difference other than MP cost?
In general consider SomeSpell and SomeSpell2 different spells, especially on black mage.
^
Jusy because it has a higher number, doesn't mean its bettwr
Read the tooltips carefully
If they are direct upgrades, you will get a trait that converts the spell into the next one (Like Malefice 1, 2, 3, 4 on AST for example)
How long does it take for an hour to pass in server time?
Where can I buy chocabo food? Like the kind that changes their colors?
Couple of minutes
3 minutes for an hour?
More like 5 ish
Iirc.its.8mins?
How do you garden....? XD
Buy a house
I .... dont feel like typing... sorry check website called ffxiv gardening and read their guide, its pretty lengthy
Or get your fc to buy a house xP
Is it possible to acquire nier 2b set somehow still or its kiss goodbye
Nier yes
Always will be able
Just run copied factory
Ohh nice, I imagine I have to be level 80
what a time to be alive
Yes
Oh shoot
Its this expansions 24man set
ohhhh
Hows the rng
All 24mans this expansion is nier
Not bad
3 sets drop every run
Since most people have it at this point
what a great time to come back to the game
Ohh thats so cool, but Im too low level rn cri cri
Its there to stay so take your time :3
are these guys bots? they all look the same and move really weirdly at the same time
Yes
guys can i switch from platform win into a steam ?
No
The PC platform is locked on once you got the full game
You can swap if you were going from trial to full game.
Does it matter if I buy the game off steam or the SE site (i see it's on sale on SE). Jw, happy grinding.
Preferably SE store
you're locked into Steam if you buy from steam
O really?
so if you're someone who's interested in sales, then buying from SE store will be a bit more flexible
that said though if you are a heavy user of steam wallet, steam lets you use that for your sub and optional items
Not heavy into steam, just recently started ha. I havent tried the game yet but I'm ready to support hehe
It was between this an BDO. I think I'll be happier with FF
well, then i'd agree with azalea, SE store is probably the better of the two options especially since SE store is still running their sale
i'd recommend going with PC non-steam version too, less potential issues that way
Thank you kindly :).
Hi guys, kinda off topic but I was wondering what are Shadowbringers and ARR main songs?
Heavensward = Dragonsong, Stormblood = Revolutions
!faq steam
- Steam launcher integration update
- Steam and windows expansions are not interchangeable, buy the expansions for your base platform
- Use SteamEdit to remove -issteam argument to play with your windows subscription via steam
- You do not need to uninstall ffxiv if you have either the steam or windows version when you want to swap.
indeed
Please tell me configuration and preferences isn't saved to your account instead of your computer?!
I've got XIV on my desktop and my laptop.
on your computer
Computer
that's a lot of numbers
your character and system settings are different when you upload it to cloud
I change the resolution on one to what it needs to be, then the next time I log in on the other, the resolution is set back to 1280x720 or whatever.
Like it's syncing the settings.
Which obviously I don't want it to do.
It doesn't auto sync afaict
no, there is no auto-sync
Also for example, on the laptop, I need the chat window font set to 30, whereas on the PC I need it about 20. And it seems to be syncing those settings.
Which is super annoying.
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Hi i'm a long time WoW player (feb 06) took a break recently and wanted to try out FF 14 but with no aussie servers I kinda dunno where to play. Is there an unofficial aussie server? I know there are asian servers which likely have lower ping but I don't wanna be on a server that exclusively uses a language that I can't understand
i thought Tonberry On elemental commonly using english there
ahh cool 🙂 ty
tonberry and kujata are the main two servers for aussies on JP servers
ping alot better than on american?
- Open CMD (Windows key + R, Type CMD and hit enter)
- Type: ping -n 20 [Datacenter ip address] without the brackets
- Press enter
PD: To check your Datacenter IP adress go to https://arrstatus.com/
cos there are some aussies who do play on NA servers instead cos of the language barrier on JP servers
!faq tank
!faq tankguide
please use #kupo-bot-spam
sorry :x
hmm went to that site and can't see the servers ip addresses xD
oh my bad haha low vision sucks 😦 grey on black FTL
😦
Somehow I seem to of bought the base game before and it appears I had a character on tonberry already probably years ago
hello I have sub for 90 days then my pc dies and switched to ps4
will sub days will remain
yes
ok thanks guys 
there's a free login campaign running right now if you're able to get access to your old account
can hop on and mess around
ARR is Answers
@twilit arch thanks
hmm sydney to japan datacenters is average of 216ms
unsure what american one aussies tend to be on
hmm sydney to primal datacenter is 161ms average so 50ms lower kinda
unsure if that'd make too much difference xD
You can still clear hardest content with 200ms ping if thats what you're worried about
cool 🙂
next thing to work out is if I buy the expansions or just play the base game I have :S
Well only you can answer that xD
All three NA data centers are physically located in California btw. Presumably in or near SEs NA office.
I would personally make use of the free login campaign
and let yourself get reacquainted with the game for a bit
use that to judge whether you want to buy expac or not
atm there are 3 races I can't play or even see what they are lol and idk if there are expansion only classes
Anu suggestion to farm allied seal?
There are three expansion races and seven expansion jobs/classes
hmm how do I find out what classes are expansion ones?
the 3 races being Au Ra, Viera, Hrothgar
the expansion jobs are: Astrologian, Machinist, Dark Knight, Gunbreaker, Dancer, Samurai and Red mage
tbh idk final fantasy 😛 so idk what those races are from names
Au Ra are dragon people with scales and stuff
Viera are female only tall bunnys
Hrothgar are male only fluffy lions
Au Ra are draconian/lizard like with horns and patches of scales. Viera are female only at present. Bunny women. Hrothgar are male only. Lion like people.
So no female hrothgar?
No
At present no
dancer? just makes me think of WoW night elves dancing naked on mailboxes for gold lol
I can't even fathom dancer combat class lol
Dancer is in the same role type as Archer/Bard. Ranged physical. They throw bladed rings.
rings? like xena?
They’re also very support oriented
similar, yeah
Get a look at the new job, Dancer, headed to Shadowbringers when the expansion releases on July 2.
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myself I love dragons 😄 Au Ra sound cool
For AST, Shields or Regen for dungeons?
diurnal is the more mana efficient sect, and in general is probably the easier of the two to use
nocturnal is fine if you like playing with shields
Bards I love assuming they are D&D bards that stand back casting spells and playing musical instruments 😛
Well, less spells and more arrows to the face
but they can play instruments just not in dungeons
arrows? 😦 that's not a bard ugh
One of their weapons is a literal harp that can shoot arrows lol
Bards use harps to buff party members
they do have songs to help support their group
And flutes
The quests for Bard explains why that is btw
Just as abilities, they use bows for actual combat
Hmm I can only choose from 5 war and 3 magic classes with no bard in there
archer
Archer become Bard
oh
all of the starting classes turn into their more advanced form once you hit level 30
are all the expansion classes upgrades to other classes like that or are some of those base classes?
expansion jobs do not have a base class
oh? are they like WoW death knights starting at high levels?
they start at lv30 (for heavensward jobs: astrologian/machinist/dark knight), 50 (for stormblood jobs: red mage/samurai) and 60 (shadowbringers jobs: dancer, gunbreaker)
You.just go unlock them after hitting level requirement
Classes is a leftover from the 1.0
ahh
If the devs could do it over, they would go all Jobs
hey guys, super basic noob question. Recently got my first mount and while I was riding around I noticed a notification that said "increased speed in x area" and so now Im a bit faster on the mount but only in some areas. whats up with that? do you "level up" mounts the more you ride them around in certain areas or what
oh so I have to level another character to 50 to unlock making a red mage character?
you get speed increases via MSQ progression
no, you can do everything on one character
oh dope. Thanks Braneric!
There is no race/gender lock for jobs
Btw, race doesn't matter for what job you play
there's one additional level of mount speed increases you can unlock by doing ARR hunts
Not worth it tbh
also, achievement points. I havent seen what they are used for except that you can trade them in for certain mounts?
how would that work with gear? does gear swap to the right type for the class you swap to? it'd be kinda stupid needing 50 different sets of gear on one character to match all the classes
you can use achievement points to purchase various items from jonathas in gridania
You save your gear to gearset
When you swap gearset, you swap job and gear
Your job are tied to the weapon you equip
but would you have enough inventory for that? xD
yes
I need to maxing out my mount speed on eorza :/ any suggest to farm allied seal beside the hunt?
You don't have infinite inventory space
Like rank A only give you 40 seal and S 100 seal
ah, excellent! Is there anything I should save my achievement points for?
So don't be surprised that you ran out of space cuz you horde armor like this is MH
No, you get more than enough points to buy everything just playing normally
Unless you're an absolute hoarder, inventory space really isn't that much of an issue
while all jobs have unique weapons, they also share other equipment
and you can save your gear for each job you have
yeah i'm just concerned that with WoW you can barely hold enough for 3 specs of gear let alone one for each class in here 🙂 my other concern would be leveling one class up to say 50 then swapping to other class and suddenly being 50 on it with no gear for a level 50 of the other class or if each class levels separately having run out of low level quests to level more than one?
Armors: Tanks, Healer, Mages, Samurai and Monk, Dragoon, Ninja, Ranged
Accessories: Tanks, Healers, Mages, Samurai/Monk/Dragoon, Ranged and Ninja
each class levels separately
You level up with roulette and dungeon
So can one can be a healer and swap to dps as needed?
For your alt jobs
roulette?
!myclasses @warped nest
roulettes are kind of like random duty queue in wow
@smoky helm as long as you arent in an instance of some kind
ahh
it puts you into an instance for that specific roulette
i.e leveling roulette puts you into a random leveling dungeon you've unlocked
It is a daily duty you can participate to get bonus exp, you get match made to help out other players
you get an exp bonus once a day for completing it
Equipment for alt is ez to get
!faq armory
High level players can be matched made and level synced to low level dungeon to help out new players, but the high level players will still get good bonus exp.
so any suggestion for class for a new player? Also is it bad to swap classes early on? Like should I be one class to max level before swapping?
pick whatever class looks interesting to you
generally the MSQ combined with your class/job-specific quests will be enough to level one job comfortably
I just want to dual weild some badassooking swords or axes.
I tend to have trouble playing complex classes 😛 so figured was good to ask
Its is somewhat recommended to focus on one class to get thru the main scenario quest, you can switch if you aren't feeling your current class
pretty much every class starts out pretty slow and easy
Classes are equally good but not equally easy to play
the game was made with the idea in mind that this is people's first mmo
What are you interested in?
any to avoid because they are hard later on?
hm
Dps? Tank? Heal?
i'd probably say smn since it gets pretty busy at end-game
I like to mainly dps if I can
Blm is very difficult positioning
snowman only ninjas and monks really "dual-wield", and even then it's only cosmetic. you only ever have a single weapon equipped
Personally I recommend tank for first time players
Ninja have high apm
Tank has simpler damage rotation
A easy to remember and B allows you to focus on dungeon mechanics
What else mmm (think think)
Dancer is dual wield too
oh right
are classes role locked? like is a tank always a tank or do they have specs like WoW so every class can be a dps?
Yes
role-locked
But that said, pretty much every role is expected to dps
No spec
healers included
FF14 doesn't have a lot of spike dmg like wow does
its very structed in how the dmg goes out
so there's a fair bit of down time
At the high level play, Everyone is expected to channel out damage consistently while handling the mechanical challenges
hmm how long are rotations? I find long rotations with alot of buttons very hard
depends on the job
then stay away from summoner lol
yeah but its a fairly long rotation
I cant play smn
compared to other jobs
It gives me headache
oh hell no i'm talking like on wow I uses the 3 to 5 button classes
Uh
Then you are better off playing WoW
....yeah we dont have those
Not a joke nor a insult
Even the least button class is at least...
rotations that are liek 50 abilities long I just can't
we don't have quite that simplistic rotations
10?
Ehhhhh
but there's plenty of easy rotation jobs
Lowest is Dancer, at 20?
Excluding role actions
BLM is easy, if you are sitting down and hitting a stone
But bosses don't stay still
And you don't stay still
most jobs will be able to fill out 2-3 hotbars with abilities used at least semi-regularly
Healer dont really have a static rotation...
blm has plenty of tools at higher lvls to deal with movement
if I was doing a long rotation liek that i'd mess it up alot and do very little dmg and standing in all the fire just trying to work it out lol
Mmmmmmm
Do all ShB leveling dungeons have furniture?
I'd say for simple/short rotations: bard, dancer, red mage
Maybe whm then?
or tanks/healers
melee rotations are mainly combo based where you do skills in a set order
The rotations are built on the basic principles of "lining up skills/buff" and "not letting skills sit there unused"
You don't memorize rotatiob
Jeebus, now I feel even more lost Lol.
Dnc can be difficult when ur not used to it... too busy eyeing proc to pay attention to placement
@mossy current no, fairly certain its just dohn mheg and qitari ravel
agree with chronos
are these all good for exp?
Not all
50/60/70 not so much
leveling, alliance, main scenario are the main 3
idk how you could use so many abilities without clicking them on bars all the time lol
Practice
Leveling, Alliance raid, MAIN scenario are best three.
Then Trial and Raid (you don't have raid yet)
you're also fed the abilities gradually
Practice practice practice, serious player spent hours just practicing their rotation, then hours more figuring out what works best for each boss
alright thanks
there aren't enough keybinds to handle that many though
Yes there is
and they'd be too hard to remember
Respectfully, you are just asking questions based on your assumptions
Seriously, go play trials first
I use 1-5, letter keys that are near WASD, and mouse buttons, along with shift versions of those, and sometimes ctrl versions. That's a ton of available buttons overall
Remembering them is hard at first, but gets easier with practice
Level 1 give a skill, then probably lvl 3 gives another. Usually
yeah ctrl and shift mods I can't use consistantly 😦 for a cooldown maybe but not normally
Are you only able to use 1 Thavnarian onion at a time? Or can you you multiple and it just raises the max level your chocobo can get?
One at a time
I dont use ctrl and shift... I rebind my f1-f11 keys and the keys around asdw
You increase the cap by 1, then you max the bar. Then you increase the cap again.
I have some manual dexterity issues so keys like z x c v and the like are very hard to use while using wads to move
can i still start from floor 100 if i create a fixed party? https://img.thaun.dev/w1zl8.png or do i must start from floor 50?
if i delete that one
You have to start from 51
If you’re going for the solo achievements you must start at 1
Combat Actions on controller are done by pressing R2/L2 and dpad or face button
There are additional settings but the basic is yeah trigger + dpad or face button
ok :/ i guess ill just remove that save then
I would suggest, uh, picking up rdm later then
I can though depending how game uses camera it's awkward and depending how the game handles attacking and facing. I find controller much easier in an action game where the camera is locked on to the enemy than a shooter for example
You don't want to lock on in XIV
XIV skills is auto aimed
You die if you lock on boss
Only 1 skill out of all 15 jobs is manual aiming
Salted Earth?
Flamethrower
Oh that's what you mean
then its two
well having to manually rotate camera independant of movement is one of the things I have issues with on controllers 😛 I tend to die while rotating camera manually in monster hunter for example since I couldn't see the enemy was gunna rush me
because of apex arrow
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If Salted Earth count, then Asylum and Scholar bubble too
Forgot name of Scholar bubble
You said manually aim, so I thought of the bubbles
And AST's earthly star
I was talking about skills that need you to rotate your character
You know, if you dont mind boss fight spoiler, go youtube "eden savage [class name] pov clear" to get an idea and see which you think is doable for you
I would say try rdm, whm, and war
doh I deleted my old character but can't use it's name for the new one -_-
there a way to increase the size of the speech bubbles/text in this opening cinematic and the like? low vision and all means squinting at it non stop
Can someone help me level up a character i'm level 43
And the main scenario quest is putting me half to sleep
@Demonesla uh, there should be an option somewhere but I forgot... is it ui or other config...
https://gyazo.com/362ad5dcd4f2f188953e406c206397c8 gud way to lvl up? kek
goldsmith just afk lul
Right click the speech bubble next time it’s onscreen then you’ll see the options under Scale Window @limber jasper
not really a good way to level up to be honest
making high quality turn-ins for leve quests/grand company turn ins
or ishgard restoration
better
@little swift ill try some leve's
hq gives you a good bonus
if not try making 1 of everything in your log
for the first timebonus
up until about lvl 20something its pretty good
nope right clicking just progresses to the next section of speech the same as left clicking does 😦
Quick synth is terrible experience per craft as you’re missing out on the bonus for raising quality
I'm not being dumb/wasting money by using the aether network to travel, right? I assume that's how we get around from city to city?
I'm trying to level a new tank class, whats the best way to level now? I've got the new ring, the friendship circlet, and food buff. I've heard doing dungeons over and over, and I'm trying to level up my squadron rn to use them
Pretty much, yes. It’s also fairly cheap to teleport until you get to the expansions
@limber jasper talk to a random npc out of cutscene and try that
Tanks want to spam dungeons, yes.
My alt is lvl 24
Still dungeons.
Just make sure to do your daily leveling roulette for the bonus experience from that.
Ok ty
Does it differ for dps?
Instead of dungeons They do palace of the dead or squadron dungeons since they usually have a faster queue
OK, where is PoTD? I've heard mention of it, but never seen it. And does it offer any cool loot?
!faq POTD
Effective Levelling Method
The commonly accepted method for levelling in POTD is to start at floor 51 and clear to 60, then reset the save and start back at floor 51, though if you don’t have floor 51 unlocked, 1-10 is an acceptable alternative.
For HoH the principle is the same, instead you’ll be running floors 21-30 instead.
Yeah it has a nice amount of loot
The sacks you can find inside from certain pomanders (special items inside) can be opened up
Usually has random glamour items, materia, fireworks, or a few special things like a hairstyle
Oh nice😊
cool yeah talking to random NPC I could double windows size 😄 much better
I'm sitting around 10 days played total time, so I'm still trying to find my perfect class😅
@rich lodge I havent even played yet and I am trying to narrow down my class. I'm looking at samurai, black mage, dragoon and summoner 😰
!whoclasses @warped nest
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I appreciate the honesty!
Stick to a job, then you found a player with kickass looking weapon in a dungeon, and now you are playing that job
Rinse and repeat
in WoW all the leveling gear looks like garbage and only level 60 raid gear starts to look nice and even then mostly isn't haha, how does this compare?
which class is the best dps
in WoW all the leveling gear looks like garbage and only level 60 raid gear starts to look nice and even then mostly isn't haha, how does this compare?
@limber jasper dungeon gear start to have better theme and direction from lvl 30 onwards, lvl 50 and up is 👌
You can complete Hall of Novice (new player tutorials) and get a functional set which happens to look nice
Lchronos, I need like a pros cons for samurai vs dragoon. I'm torn ha!
cool 😄 what level do dungeons start? I tend to have more fun in dungeons than questing in games haha
quest is called
its probably pirates
dragoon has a more static rotation that makes a lot of sense
I thought I was going to summoner lol. Sounded amazing to be able to heal and dps
but can have animation locks that can kill you if you're not careful
samurai hits really really really hard with big boi damage numbers
summoner/scholar is a 2for1 deal
Summoner can't heal
its scholar that heals
How can i buy this game if i dont know what job I'm going to play , ha!
In high level, Dragoon cycle between 2 5-step combo. You use Jumping skills to build toward to high energy phase where you get to shoot dragon energy
That's easy, play all of them
I wish
just pick 1 first and then play them all
In high level, Samurai natural combo yield you seals and kenki (sword ki). Seals can be used for powerful iaijutsu (draw attacks), while Kenki can be used for various offensive abilities
i lvoe the edit 
honestly snowman try the trial first
you're not forced to dump like 60bucks into this game before you try it
This is the mmo I want to experience.
So dedicated
you're still going to have to play the trial portion of the game
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Trial let you play everything up to level 35 with some restrictions on social interactions
its worth it tbh to trial first
Plus your trial save file can be bring over to full game
You don't lost anything from playing trial
Rog.
wow so auto looting is a thing here O_O
I mean, I'm coming from arpgs. So when I buy a game I want to support the devs you know?
Aside from chests yes
question - has anyone here boosted to shadowbringer and then had uh...issues unlocking older EX modes? if so could you whisper me? i feel bad interrupting the chat here but im a little lost.
No interruption :)
SE isn't a small indie company, no need to worry about trying it free for a bit
so you might want to not have to invest so heavily right away yknow
here is good too 🙂 i guess it's spoiler-y though given the nature of the question but
Just use spoiler tags
@mossy current how do i?
|| on both sides of the text
or /spoiler at the front of the message
||like this?||
ah!
||So, I boosted to Shadowbringer to catch my friends because even hours a day felt like I was still plodding through ARR MSQ. So now I'm here, I'm at least starting to get caught up, they're farming older EXs for glowy things. Unfortunately, since I'm on Shadowbringers, the guy that hands out those older EX mode primal quests is MIA. Am i just SOL or?||
i have regular and hard. would EX be somewhere different?
I'm on the quest a convention distraction all the dark matters don't do anything
ive already done a hard too, and nothing unlocked
no you just scroll further if you can
if you've done the hard there should be an npcs should be at the designated locations with 
You won't just gain access to old Extremes from the skip so they definitely need to find the npcs
It says about thancreds but I don't have any key items
the npc WILL be there if you need to do the quest
nobody's there, currently
so you have to go look for the key item ripebear
I've looked everywhere in the red circle lol time to check again
for certain quest to show up, you need to do the quest line
you cannot just google the quest to unlock
It can sometimes be sitting on the literal edge of the circle
i just unlocked machinist. whats the fastest way to lvl from 30?
potd
or highest level dungeon. but your daily roulettes for sure
floors 51-60
roulette, dungeon, the potd if roulette/dungeon has way worse queue time
Are shields just item to be put in an armor slot or are they physically used?
What about servers? I think this game operates on servers vice realms? I dont mind the sub at all. I'm just chilling.
so servers are in groupof megaservers called data centers
So I assume it is worth dishing some gil for it
It's been a long time since I've played an mmo sorry for the noob question ha.
you just pick one in your geographical area
nah its all good
all the NA data centers are in 1 place
so choose between them
Seen.
basically the same
Aether is best
just choose a server with a ⭐ next to it
no bias whatsoever
for the double exp on everything
I was aether before i switched
thats the biggest thing if you don't have server bias
just make your character in the middle of the night
Are there preferred NA servers :)?
yes there are a couple
