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if im looking at making a good profit, what are the important crafters to level up first?
my first craft so far has been arm and that feels like it was a mistake for making gil
Server-dependent.
Also there's not many gil options at the low levels.
But something that should be semi-consistent profit regardless of crafter is making HQ Leve items to sell.
Flax stuff sells well for Weaver leveling
ahh okay, im still having difficulty "reading the market" as the list of stuff seems massive esp when i look at selling history for each
tbh I didn't know a selling history tab existed
I generally look at stuff with a low supply and see how often it sells.
only things ive noticed sell very quickly are crystals and dark matter clusters and they seem to do alright
but at least on my server, raw mats sell for a bit more than what they craft into, but they dont seem to sell too often either
Hello, I recently started playing FFXIV as an Arcanist. I am currently focusing on just Msq's and the blue quest's with '+' icon. Thing is I am kinda overlevelled for the MsQ. (My level being 14 and the quests being 8-9).
My question is : Am I loosing exp in the long term? Should I consider leveling an alternate job too in the future to maintain the levels? Or it doesn't really matter that much?
nope
doesn't matter
only level something else if you're interested
not like exp is a finite resource
its good to be overleveled anyways imo
Is there a faster way to get the Eureka Anemos katana besides farming Protean Crystals?
I see, thank you ^ ^
afaik no just play the game until you got enough crystals :/
Looks like I got some grinding to do.
Can i buy the expansion shadowbringer on the us store (-40% right now) and play with it on my account (EU) ?
Hey, I've played the game since beta and took a break after DarkKnight came out. I just came back yesterday and bought ShadowBringers digitally which included the other DLCs. I bought it but when I went to login (PS4) It told me something about linking it???? I didnt get any code or whatever....I'm confused
@devout salmon join in Fate parties in anemos
Drops a huge amount after an hour or so
@fresh estuary Okie dokie.
@quartz mesa That won't work, a US version can't be registered to an EU account
you pinged the wrong person silly
The last step needs you to fight the fate with "pazuzu" or buy the feathers for it with more crystals
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how important is communication in raiding? normal raids that is, not savage or anything like that
Definitely not required, but it helps if things are getting tough
An Alex raid made me use 4 for "g" for Gorilla
normal raid tier doesn't require voice comms but it helps for teaching it. the majority of mechanics either have visual tells (or a cast bar) or a learning phase where a simple version will be performed first, then the complex version later on
and in the case a group is attempting a savage raid I assume it is required then?
There it's highly recommend for a learning group
I won't say anything is required since I can't control others
for savage yes you will want voice comms. NA/EU doesn't use placement macros like japanese players usually do so explaining in game usually takes a long time and can be easily misinterpeted
But for weekly clear, it's fine to place a few makers down for position and that's it
how common is it in savage groups for example to kick a mute player?
I don't see being mute as an issue as long as you can follow what others are saying.
usually not done because being mute means less background noise for whoever does callouts
And you can always type in-game.
how often do red mages use Riposte?
!action riposte
...
That's part of your melee combo
I see, thanks everyone 
If you only have Riposte, use it whenever you're above 30/30 mana
Once you get Zwerchhau, it's 55/55
oh because it's instant
does using it use up the dual cast as well?
It removes it if you had the dual cast status
ah okay so make sure to use something else before using riposte, got it
You almost never want to put anything between your short cast spell and the dualcasted spell.
It's important too, since later balancing out your imbalances with black/white is important
sorry, bit overwhelmed since I just unlocked red mage and it threw like 20 skills at once lol
Work with it slowly and try it on a dummy
Wynne isn't there a tag for RDM 50 stuffs
!faq 50rdm
using an ogcd shouldn't yeet dual cast but it's likely to clip the gcd
Wynne: master of the FAQ

I am a master of storing very random information
and not remembering what I had for breakfast.
Big mood, wynne
Morning, quick question guys hope someone can explain it to me.
Hey, I've played the game since beta and took a break after DarkKnight came out. I just came back yesterday and bought ShadowBringers digitally which included the other DLCs. I bought it but when I went to login (PS4) It told me something about linking it???? I didnt get any code or whatever....sorry for asking again, I just need a solution.
I started 2 days ago with summoner now 22 i wanna play a mechanist if i buy the charboost for the lvl 70 mechanist do i get lvl 70 mechanist or what do i get?
You'll get level 70 machinist.
I believe you get a few items to help and it completes all the quests for that class. An accessory too.
You get a book you can "use" to get some level 70 gear with an average ilevel of 390 and boost machinist to level 70
500k gil too?
Yeah 500k
It comes in the form of an item you have to sell
do i need to have mechanist unlocked?
Nope
Nope
But you do need the expansion registered
@weak cradle PS4 digital? And are you using the same PSN account as the one you started with?
Yeah
Is it possible to change Home World in the same Data Center ?
For money yes
Or going from a congested server to a preferred one
@weak cradle Think you can take a picture of the screen that mentions linking? Wanting to make sure what I'm looking at is relevant.
And there's no button to go past it?
Nope
I tried, check mogstation but nothing, I did see that it didnt have the circle for purchased tho
Did you buy sub time?
Yeah, I've got sub time
What are the differences between normal Home world, and the one that has "Legacy" on it?
Legacy just notes a world that existed as a remnant of 1.0
Legacy is stuff for 1.0 players, so dw about it
legacy ones were 1.0 servers but that's only a formality. there is no difference currently
Any distinction that there used to be no matter exists
Can I check somewhere on mogstation to see where my accounts linked to just in case?
so i already bough the complete edition pack.. the code i need to put on my main account on add new service account? and just download the game from the page'
or how ?
or just install the game?
I see.. There is also a home world that has EXP bonus for new players on it but still can't accept new player.
Is there an estimate when that home world will accept new player again?
Feels like the EXP bonus kinda important (even though don't know how much % is it)
Standard, Preferred, and New Servers will dynamically open and close themselves from newly created characters depending on how many players are online. To ensure you're able to make a new character on your server try waiting or doing so at a less active time of day.
Congested Servers will not unlock for new players or transfers until Square Enix removes the Congested Status.
Wait
You bought the complete edition when you already have an account?
With ARR and HW?
The EXP bonus is +100% for all classes until level 70, but in the grand scheme of things it's not that vital unless you see yourself having an interest in leveling up crafters
Can you get to the The Islee of Bows and the Isle of Sisters pre 80?
or leveling up a bunch of jobs.
I can figure out how to get there ๐ญ
Those just require Flying in Rak'Tika, so you need level 75 or so.
But, my compass is telling me to go to the isles to get the green orbs required for flying in Rak'tika
then i go to the FFXIV mog station
and add the code there? O.o
but where i downlaod the game
@timber urchin you bought the game and it gave you a code?
@weak cradle Not from what I can immediately tell on both the mogstation and square enix account site. :\
!faq mogstation
Is there a way to msg ppl from other servers on ps4? When I'm on PF and ppl send me a tell to ask questions and they are from different world servers, I can't seem to reply to them. I'm using controller and have no USB keyboard
@pastel crow http://heavenswhere.com/
Interactive maps for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, Stormblood and Heavensward. Hunt monsters / Vistas / Mining / Botany / Fishing / Aether currents / Treasure maps
/tell Eanae Hikari@Gilgamesh
Aside from ofc adding them
TY Wynne!
Whereโs the pugilist guild :3
Ul'dah, near the main Aetheryte.
right across from the main uldah aetheryte
Thank you ^_^
@timber urchin https://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/playersdownload/eu/
It's fine, I sent a ticket out. They should give me some instructions when they do, I appreciate your guys help. I really do. Thank you.
by getting a proc from verthunder and veraero
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Base versions or two
II is aoe
Base versions
Ah ic thanks
hi all, what's a good way to level a new Dancer from level 60?
i've been doing duty finder roulettes and challenge log
How to level alt:
- Roulette: leveling, MSQ, and alliance are the best in exp. Raid and trial are not bad. Ignore everything else.
- highest level dungeon (but not 50,60,70)
- POTD (up to lvl 60) or HoH (60 and up) if the first two choice has significantly worse queue time
Challenge log exp I think caps at lvl 50/60 so it is less and less useful as you climb higher
remember that roulettes are a once a day thing, you don't do them again after the first time of that day.
so leveling roulettes after the first one are a waste of time in terms of experience
(unless you get lucky enough to get the dungeon that's highest for your level or close to that)
ah bummer, i'll keep all that in mind then
thanks for the tips
my MSQ is up to SHB so i don't have any left for my dancer for now
!faq altlvlguide
From 70-80. It is just choice 1 and choice 2: Roulette and dungeons
Ohh, from 60-80, you should do your beast tribes from Stormblood and Shadowbringers to get some easy exp while you are waiting for dungeon queue
Daily hunt from Kugane and Crystalium if you have spare time
oh okay, i didn't know about Hunts
I'm interested in playing final fantasy 14 and trying to choose a server to play on, but I heard that most populated servers have all the houses sold out so I'm currently wondering which server has a decent amount of players without having all of the houses be sold out?
Even if it has houses
Chances are it will be sold out before you can get it
Housing is a long running scarcity in game
so basically all of the servers have sold out houses
A plot cost like 7-8 digits
then I guess I should just join a highly populated one
I see
Road to 70 is a buff that double your exp gain, which is great to level up multiple jobs.
It only expires when the server is no longer preferred AND your character is older than 90 days
which server has the highest amount of US players
There are 3 NA data center
They're all relatively equal, more or less.
Aether, Primal, and Crystal
Date Center is collection of World
Match making for dungeons is done among the World inside a Data Center btw
Hello! I was wondering how me and my friend could play the game for the level 25 period?
!faq gotrial
Trial let you go up to lvl 35
I'm thinking I should join zalera
decent amount of players
preferred world
I kind of wanna go goblin
but the name of the world is just
lame...
hey everyone ๐ quick question, I need a lot of Grand Company Seals to be able to turn in items;
What is the best way to gather these? I can only turn in dungeon items once I am at the SG Second Class it seems
already did my hunting log, and stuck at 2000/5000 for my next rank
Grand Company combat levequests or FATE grinding would be the only options at that rank.
FATE grind is probably the most time efficient.
aah! the leve quests ๐ thanks
and Fate's, completely forgot about those
brb, headdesking for a while ๐
I can swear that you get seals from completing Roulette as well
yea, but dps queue ๐
Hest roulette
Check your weekly challenge log too
Okay so just leveling and maybe frontline. 
I think some of them rewards GC seals
Frontline gives just pvp rank and wolf marks
thanks ๐ will check that out
been ages since I played, so I feel insanely dumb now ๐
Leveling roulette adventurer in need gives seals
Have fun
question about getting the class relevant armor piece at the end of a leveling dungeon. Do I get it if I do it unsynced?
I think so
You do, yeah. Was using that to cheese gearing up my lower level healers with my 80 SCH
There you go
thanks!
I forgot my ID and password, what can I do?
Does summoner get lucid dreaming
yes, all casters and healers get it from their role actions.
Thank you
I am doing my challenge log for Eureka, what are considered "Ashkin"?
Undead. Skeletons, zombies, and such.
The monsters that only spawn at night.
Ahh okay so that's what that symbol is..
is it worth going for the accursed hoard in potd rather than climbing fast?
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@devout salmon they also only spawn at night, so you can use the eorzean time to check as well.
It's debatable. The hoard drops can be good even at lower floors but the really lucrative stuff comes from 100+. If you're shooting for exp runs, then they can be safely skipped, imo.
It's not letting me login because my account isn't registered?
Even though I just made an account.
whats the message you are getting
"You could not log in because the service account in question is not registered."
SE Store account is NOT SE service account
check and see if you can log into the mogstation. if no, then its not an ffxiv service account
I am logged in into the mog station.
Hey what level do i need to be for ishgard restoration
In terms of participating you only need a level 20 crafter or level 10 gatherer, but you need to have completed the heavensward base story and half of the heavensward patch story to unlock it.
@lethal seal Can you take a screenshot of the "Your Account" section of the mogstation? Account Status and Service Account Status specifically if those are there.
Do I post it here?
yes
add a new service account
It's asking for a registration code
Where can you spend poetics to get better gear ?
@lethal seal Hmm, did you make sure to download the trial launcher and not the full game launcher? try using this link https://freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com/na/
is there any downside to using snagging on fisher?
It can waste your daily map allowance if you get a map that you don't want
and if you need fish that don't need snagging in holes where snagging gets extra fish, it can reduce your catch rate of the ones you want.
ah makes sense
Um I just finished the Irifit trial but my question is when can I buy a mount? All this walking is tedious
!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.
Thanks Smug
literally the next two or three quests left
I need to do all ARR Hildi to unlock Scholasticate..?
Yes.
Thanks...will slog on.
I now a lot of ppl rate it but it's not my cup of tea
Do they release a new crafted set with each main content patch? for instance will 5.3 high a new higher item level crafted set?
based on stormblood, 5.3 will add the last set of crafted DoH/DoL gear.
and 5.4 will add the last set of crafted battle gear.
Crafted battle gear is typically added with each even patch as they're the ones that increase the ilvl roof
@obsidian patio Thanks for the info!
can i switch server with my chara?
like japan to euro
Yes, by paying for a Home World transfer on the mogstation.
Just be aware that switching to a region outside your own can have some pretty high ping issues
along with time zones making playing with others an issue
yes okay thank you!
What unspoiled nodes are mostly farmed? I understand that it depends on the server, but in general what are the ones that are farmed the most. like gold or darksteel ones
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I don't bother with them anymore, but these are the ones I used to do for airships and submarine materials, among other things:
Darksteel Ore
Gold Ore
Native Gold
Platinum Ore
Virgin Basilisk Eggs
Gold Sand
Spruce Logs
Bamboo Stick
Prickly Pineapple Seed
Dzemael Tomato Seed
Rosemary
Old World Fig Seeds
@mental surge
Is there a guide to obtaining your relic weapon once you hit 80?
im choosing omega cuz i have friends there
probably to many ppl online atm so can't transfer or make a new one on it atm try at a later time or when less ppl are online
okay thank you!
It's about 10am st on it on a sunday with a lot ppl at home
damn okay also its exp bonus
yeah omega is preferred atm so all new characters get the exp buff
but only new ones, don't get it when you transfer to it
@pastel crow If you mean the shadowbringers relic, it's pretty simple. Just do the sidequest for it in Kugane at the markets (Hail to the Queen) and follow that for your first weapon which is free, follow up weapons for the first step are 1000 poetics each
Note that you need to have complete the Return to Ivalice 24-man storyline from Stormblood to start the relic, which also starts in Kugane.
yes iwas about to create one just to try if my connection is okay on eur server
turns out to be excellent
Any good samurai pvp setups ?
I recommend asking in #archived-player-vs-player and taking a look at the PVP discord https://discord.gg/sUy86UC
TY again Wynne!
Do you happen to know the name of the quest for the Return to Ivalice stuff?
Starting quest is Dramatis Personae
TY!!!!
just reached level 80 on several crafters and I'm almost 80 on all of them, what gear should I get
how does the rested xp work? I know that it will acumulat until an point, but how many hours does it need to reach maxim bonus??
should I craft them dwarven/swallowskin gear?
I think it takes about 4 days or so for the rested experience to cap out
the i430 stuff is your starting set, yeah.
oh almost 100 hours
Once you make a full HQ set of that you can meld it a bit to then try making the Facet stuff.
or if you're willing to spend the gil, simply buy the Facet set and be fine until 5.3 adds the final set of crafted crafter/gatherer gear.
is the only point of fishing to get fish for cooking?
A few fish are used in ALC/GSM, along with some being able to be put in housing aquariums to show off.
There's also canvases to show off the "print" of a fish
Some of the rarer fish from the base game can also be desynthed into glamour gear.
how does the rested exp actualy work? is it like 3-4 bars of exp or is an number of exp that is acumulated ?
does anybody have a link with the bis melding for the 430 gathering set?
it's 1.5 levels worth of experience.
so the exact amount of bonus experience depends on the level of the job using it up
eh
Is there a website where I can learn which materia to be using on my job?
!faq balance
I thout it was much more
I mean, it's literally free experience for not playing or being AFK
or maybe I didnโt look it better
Technically, on a level 79 job it's 53 million exp
cuz I remember leveling 2-3 times and the bar was still blue or whatever the color is
Its 1.5 levels worth of BONUS xp
The standard exp you get doesn't remove from your rested exp, only the bonus
You still get the regular amount of xp on top
aaaa
I though that bomus exp will stop after leveling 1 level and an half
ok I got it
@manic sentinel Take a look at these discords for Crafting related info. Teamcraft is a crafting-focused discord while The Balance has a few chat channels dedicated to it.
https://discord.gg/r6qxt6P
http://discord.gg/thebalanceffxiv
Note that "BiS" for crafters very much depends on what you're wanting to make, as starred crafts have minimum stat requirements and you generally don't need to meld past those except for maxing out CP for the most part.
They're the main theorycrafting/job guide/optimization discord
Just hit 80 on my first class, still doing ShB MSQ. What's my best route to decent gear? I'm yet to find a poetics vendor.
Poetics aren't used at level 80. The tomestones you use at 80 are Phantasmagoria and Allegory, earned from level 80 content.
bit outdated due to 5.25 but still very much accurate
As for where to unlock level 80 content, there's this https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Guide:Shadowbringers_Progression_and_Level_Locked_Content
Do the anima weapons still require all of that rare crafted stuff?
Yes, but you can buy them with GC seals now.
Even the FSH stuff?
Fish item?
The guide I saw said it requires pterodactyl which I can't get because FSH
Oh. You buy the complete items with GC seals, not the materials
Though you do need Second Lieutenant.
I have the top one (Captain I think) so I'm good there
The Kingcake/Dispelling Arrow/Titanium Alloy Mirror/Adamantite Francesca
Hey, i am having trouble understanding "how" to queue for PoTD 100-200 I did 1-50 with a static party 50-100 in queue
They're tradeable so you can also buy those off the marketboard if you're out of seals
I don't want to lose that progress, how to i queue to get to 200?
Your only options for starting a save are 1 or 51
You need to have done a Fixed party to progress past 100
not 101
you also need to have not had a failure at all
So if you start at Floor 51, but wipe during floors 71-80, you would need to start over again to go past 100.
and if you wipe past 100, the save file cannot be used and you'll have to reset.
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Word of warning, but if you intend to do 51-200 in a single sitting then give yourself a lot of free time. It can easily take multiple hours depending on how often you take breaks or how thorough you are in searching for hidden hoards past 100.
My 51-200 group run took about 8 or 9 hours with small breaks every 3 floor sets or so, but this was during HW so things are probably a good amount faster.
Hey whats the quest called for ishgard rebuild
oh, so in essence i would need to do 50-200 with the same group?
You have to do it with the same group, that's how fixed parties work.
ah shit, so i need to do 50-100 with a group that would then be happy to do 100-2009
@coarse tapir "Towards the Firmament" near the Aetheryte.
Hm... thanks for letting me know ๐
Ah appreciated
Note that Fixed party is when you don't queue with random players, it's when you have your group assembled outside.
Matched party is when you queue with random players, and cannot go past 100 at all.
Hey guys, does the country/region I select when making a SE account affect the server I get put into?
Region affects what licenses/gametime/maybe promo codes work for you.
Not at all
But in terms of actually playing the game, it doesn't matter.
I see, thanks ๐ but what did u mean by gametime?
According to SE I live in Los Angeles, Iceland
timecards
U mean like how some countries have game hour limits?
I mean subscription.
Though China/South Korea versions of the game do pay by the minute or something along those lines, due to their clients being completely separate from NA/EU/JP
Hello, what is the best way for Novus(ARR relic) light farm nowdays?
solo grind Tam-Tara Deepcroft normal or Ifrit Normal, depending on loading time.
oops
Hey, im lv 78 and cant proceed with the msq and im wondering if fates are the most efficient way to level (when i have completed my roulettes and challenge log) or is there something more efficient
what materias are recommended to meld on healer?
I'm pretty sure that running the highest level dungeon avaialble to you is the most efficient way to level after rouletees.
for anima weapon density farm , is it only available in heavensward contents ?
@toxic perch make a party finder to farm alexander- eyes of the creator savage, unsynced. it' the quickest method by far
and nets you some GC seals from the belts, earrings and wristbands too
yeah i didnt understand a word u just said
i dont know what taht is tho
nvm i get it
Hey, I'm in a bit of a pinch. I'm doing Heavensward and just died from some fate enemies up in cloudtop during the quest Devourer of Worlds
now I can't get back to my body and I have no idea how to get there
my body? my previous location*
forgot this isnt wow lol
@rough anchor do i need to equip the weapon ?
yeah
ahhh i found how i get back
people should pop into the party pretty quickly, i did my anima light farming literally yesterday
i have to go around the entirety of the sea of clouds
and areas i havent explored yet
to reach the quest lol
this asshole keeps joining in
@toxic perch if you're on the light datacenter, there's one such party up even right now
other ones may have one too, it's pretty common
@hard elk they may be tethered, if that's what you're asking.
otherwise just tag one and run away until the first one you tried to pull goes back, and then tag it again and pull it to the edge
I just joined the Discord. Where would I go to ask if there's a FC I can join? The one I'm currently in is pretty much dead.
#recruitment-light
Right! Thanks ^^
is there a way to make a <se> play only for yourself?
/echo i think
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@slate arrow thank you it worked!
so if you wanted to put a sound effect at the end of a crafting macro it'd be like this: /echo Craft finished <se.2>
and only you would see the message and hear the sound effect
@hard elk Also be aware that that icon by the enemy's name means that it's significantly stronger than a normal enemy. Anytime a quest sends you to kill something like that, they always give you a way to weaken it. Make sure you're using that Key Item.
okay thanks! someone did help me kill that monster tbh lol
they saw me suffering
T v T
What is a linkshell?
tl;dr group chat for up to 60(i think) people
you have a linkshell solely for the server
and a cross world link shell which works across the datacenter
It's basically an easy way for a group of people to chat together in game without needing to be a part of the same free company or (previously) PvP group
And that's different than a fellowship? There are a lot of ways to communicate, but I don't ever see anyone chatting other than RP
fellowship is closer to something like a messageboard
it's hard to communicate in real time with fellowships
As far as I know, linkshells are purely a non fc chat whereas fellowships are more meant to organize events and such
Ah.
By the way, just started the light farm step of the Zodiac Weapon and I've heard the best way to go around it is spamming unsynced dungeons. Which dungeons would be the best choice to farm it?
How do I join my areas linkshell?
oh you don't
I guessed at fellowships being just a FB group heh
you can have up to 9 link shells and 9 cross world link shells
generally you save them for groups you want to join since
they're quite limited in number
(I think it's 9)
Is there a way to see if I can or not interrupt an action with the tank skill? Like most of the time they don't work lol So I'm just wondering if is it better to avoid it and forgetting about that two skills.
you either already know or just assume based off the name
There are no way then
if the cast bar flashes, that means the enemy action is interruptable
@bold root tam-tara, aurum vale were the ones that I spammed, some might do the Alex savage raids but you need to find a decent amount of people for it
Just gonna make sure my edge bubble is always up when available
if it's something like "crippling blow" or "boneshatter" or anything to that effect it's most likely a tankbuster
Jongleurs X does not sound like a tb
sometimes the animation might tip you off but this game operates based off of knowledge
you have to know ahead what to expect
well now you know for the future, a lot of learning encounters is a lot of trial and error and getting used to things
yeah if it hits hard it's a tb, you can survive most of them unmitigated but it's not fun for the healers
Issue is I am seeing more and more salt from people
usually the first few casts are raid wides or tb in the higher end dungeon and trials
Even when I already said that idk the mechanics and boss, so I should just spam TBN as DRK then
Thanks @sinful breach
Since I just unlocked lvl 70 dungeons
Anytime the boss has a castbar is a good time to TBN.
^
i'd try to mitigate any cast bars you see to try to isolate what the tb is so you know for the future
At worst you mitigate a raidwide
I mean I barely use Flood and Edge without TBN now
as long as you don't cap your mp that is fine
Seeing those zeroes is very satisfying
Does TBN take less damage if other mitigations are on
You want to burn down your mana during burst phases
So TBN cannot be strengthened
Outside of that just make sure not to overcap
I always drop my MP to 3000 every encounter
Yup. TBN is broken first even over SCH shields.
im pretty sure TBN takes less damage when you have rampart/shadow wall/dark mind up but im not 100% sure 
I think thats true
By mitigations I meant stuff like rampart
Been thinking of using TBN with shadow wall and rampart to counter TBs
that's what i do
me neither and am a drk main, usually if I have to use 2 mitigations the chances are that am getting hit by a truck so I haven't paid attention to it
DRK is comfy with tankbusters with TBN and standard cooldowns
I mean I heard DRK's bread and butter for tanking is TBN
And it does feel great to use
it is yeah, idk how people managed in hw
Kinda wish Dark Mind and Missionary reduces more than what they do since it is magic specific. I heard GNB has a what is basically a better Missionary that is not limited to magic
Heart of Light is magic resistance
There is nearly never a situation where your other cooldowns aren't enough vs TBN
but most raidwides are magic damage so there's not really a scenario where it's not useful
TBN is nice since its basically "free"
dark mind is more niche but it's on a low enough cooldown
But its not like damage is designed for that in mind
Yeah Dark Mind is useless in most of my HW playthrough
Dark mind is far from useless
You can use it to reduce the damage taken by 99% of raid wides
Since most of them are magic damage
it's on a 60 second cooldown so you can pop it and not lose much if it doesn't mitigate anything
and yeah
Never said it truly is, there are just too few enemies in HW that can be mitigated by it, in SB it starts being good
I do know every boss in ShB has magic
So it should shine in there
On another note, when can I upgrade the centurio gears from SB?
Its locked behind Eureka
Post SB MSQ?
Which is post SB MSQ
I just entered Lochs, please tell me SB is almost over
This feckin place is a pain to traverse
Last area
And then it's ~40 patch quests
the patch quests are really good to be fair
I hate almost everything about Stormblood, does it get to the quality of HW in ShB?
ShB is amazing yeah
^
ShB is poggers
It felt too short because its the best part of SB for me.
Are the villians not cartoon villians who are just evil for being evil?
Does it have it's own Eureka?
Oh god
it's going to be based on a later eureka area to be fair
I heard the devs made the 5.0 relics easier since Eureka was a simulated torture program?
which are much better than the first area
I have some stuff I want from Pyros but basically everyone told me that reaching it takes at least 60~ hours of no lifing it
Which is made worse since I have to go with pugs
yeah no eureka is definitely the second worst of the 3 relic grinds because you can't cheese it
zeta is by far the worst because of the absurd number of books
while anima is just a tomestone dump
Guess it is in fact a simulated torture program
can anyone tell me what the difference between warrior and marauder is?
warrior is marauder but upgraded
And has access to all the abilities
al..right
there is zero reason not to become a warrior, all jobs are strictly upgrades
nobody plays marauder seriously above 30 
Don't be those people who are playing marauders in Aurum Vale
At that point just disband
basically just a group of 8 people
usually so that they can get maximum loot from savage raid
statics are just groups of people who meet on certain days to do content, usually savage raids, together
it's more consistent yet more strict than just using party finder
gotcha
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I can buy items on a Market board.... how do you put items up to sell?
Ok so can I ask about glam suggestions here since well, it is a question and I need help
you can sell items through retainers
if you don't have a retainer, there's vocates in the main cities generally by the markets you can hire retainers from
I'll just see Eureka as a side activity I do when I am bored
Ok. I found a Vocate, but says I'm not reputable.
where are you in the story?
You gotta advance the MSQ
!faq retainer
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' (UlโDahn), (Gridania), (Limsa Lominsa)
So, can I ask about glam suggestions?
Are you asking for ideas of what looks good?
I am asking about a helmet that would fit this
Since I hate how the helmet looks
Ask in #general-discussion
So retainers are where I would store my stuff? Is that the only place until you would buy a house or get into a free company?
Yes though I wouldn't use FC bank as a personal bank
you also have the chocobo saddlebag once you get your chocobo
And there is no personal housing bank
retainers + chocobo saddlebag are more than enough for me and im a bit of a hoarder
you can also store gear in your glam dresser if you dont want to get rid of it
is there a target skill speed I should look for as a MCH? Level 80, IL476 if that helps
whatโs the best crafted armor at lvl60 for DRK?
Quite sure you don't use crafted armor for the stats
If you are talking about "optimal" armor set for DRK in lvl 60
The Shire stuff
if you have an armourer class just check what armour can be made at around lvl 60?
From Idyllshire
Iโm at the start of HW
yeah
Got Augmented Ironworks?
yeah
Just keep that, don't waste your gil
thatโs way ask cuz lvl 50 is to low
wonโt allow me to wear the glamour I wanna
Keep Ironworks until you start doing level 55 content
Stuff like this you like?
Then replace it with dungeon drops or HQ whites
Since that set is essentially "free"
As wolf marks are easy to get, and the fact that the lvl 60 PVP gear has lower prices
hm I will look at them
Fray's armor is lvl 60 too btw
still I wanna know an good set for lvl60 so I wonโt have to repeat dungeons to get parts of the gear
It is a crafted gear, expensive as hell tho
mmm
The Adamantite set
Depends on your server
I can have some one make the whole set while I pay for the mats
But you can pick up Shire gear with poetics once you reach Iydlshire
Which is the best level 60 gear avaliable
Yeah if you want good gear statwise just play till you reach Idyllshire
Augment Ironworks is good enough for most of HW
Or just get the lvl 60 PVP gear if you want
Its good for the first half
augmented ironworks is good until lvl 55
Hey so should i spam diadem until my miner is level 80
Levequests?
Yes
Ngl tho, the ShB crafted gear suck mostly, looks-wise
Ah right gotchu
so that Adamantie set has almost the same item level and the defense as the shire set?
No
0w0
Like said before, Crafted gears all suck stat-wise when compared to tomestone (Poetics, etc) gear
Shire is like the Ironworks for lvl 60
Youre better off spamming praetorium with a level 50 job for tomestones
but it should work for below lvl60 ? since Iโm at the start of the HW
This thing
ay ugly
Kinda is
Either that or get your level 60 class gear if youre close to 60
good that I have an glamour set already
There are crafted gear that are fine to use compared to tome gear
Lvl 80?
i255 crafted exists
Yeah but should I waste 500k for the set tho
oh so whatโs the name for that i255 ?
I can ask some one to craft it for me, so I will get it cheeper
You can buy them off MB, but the NQ versions are in Stormblood area
High Steel is cheap as hell
Hey whats worth using your scrips on
NQ is not worth it since it's about as good as the artifact gear you get for free
hi I am level 60 and I dont know what to do with unneeded allagan tombstone of poetic
heard that I can swap it for level 60 gear but I haven't make it to that content yet.
yeah
Basically there is a lvl 60 version of the poetics gear (Ironworks from Mor Dhona) in a town called Idyllshire
ok
Same system
I haven't made it there yet
You access it at around lvl 58
It is blocked
You have to pass through at least 4 other zones
You gotta progress the story
You can only go there through the story
ok
ill see what I can spend on for now then
!trait thundercloud
Grants a 10% chance that after each damage over time tick inflicted by Thunder or Thunder III (3% for Thunder II or Thunder IV), the next Thunder, Thunder II, Thunder III, or Thunder IV will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP.
Duration: 18s
To unlock the jobs quest, do I have to finish the level 30 main quest too?
you need to finish "Sylph Management" to do your lvl 30 job quest
so if you're working on your MSQ there's no way to miss it
Seeing that Thundercloud proc is brought up
Iirc, you use it before Thunder dot is up or Thunder proc is going to expire, right?
At low levels you should just use it whenever
i mean generally yeah you want to save it for movement
but otherwise it's a DPS gain to kep the thunder DoT almost run out or thundercloud if thunder is still up and then use it since it's a waste if you run out of thundercloud without using it
Can I use a keyboard and controller? I only want the keyboard for the occasional typing in chat. Or is it tedious to switch between in the menus
Is there any particular reason to do duties unsynced?
Older content
If all you're after is the loot, then its easier to do it unsynced
For example I do un-synced Odin trial to farm gear
so loot still drops?
Assuming you're actually above the level of the dungeon
Yeah
ok
You can use keyboard on ps4, but not sure how to connect lol im dum
You just plug it into a usb port
(but USB is easier)
Lol it's okay. I just didnt know if it was a hassle to switch between.
Does it just auto recognize if I plug in
should yeah
PS4 has native keyboard support
(just most games chose not to recognize keyboard and mice)
I might try pkuging mouse and keyboard today
Itd bebeasier to play
Like ppl type to me and it takes ages for me to reply with controller
So i just dont type anything at all lol
honestly getting a keyboard just to type in any game does wonders
even PS4 messaging is easier with a keyboard
Thanks for your help
(I've never owned a PS4 but I do have an xbox one and switch)
@mossy current do you use mouse as well? Or only use keyboard for typing and use controller for other things
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the only issue you might have with a mouse on PS4 is because since it's a software mouse you might encounter some weird input latency
I can't use a mouse on my lap when playing
since the PS4 doesn't have raw mouse input like with windows
So just keyboard and controller
Oh ok! That makes sense
Will it take me more than 100k gil to change my Chocobo's color to black?
Counting the food
just use the free black chocobo they give you 
It ain't free
i mean technically youre right
I cannot turn Haurchefant's into a goddamn Behemoth chicken
not with that attitude
Yeah well modifying Haurchefant's sacred gift is blasphemy
I need to mutate the company one
And create the ultimate oversized chicken
Are hunt parties still common?
Centurio farming is not tedious, but kinda janky
Need dem seals
How do I get more blue mage totems?
If you mean the totem you use to learn some skills
Those are awarded with your BLU job quests
thank you
Check your BLU spell book
Wait... Nvm, I think they only tell you which totem teach you the skill
But not how to get em
Hey guys anyone know what level purchasable market board gear out scales augmented scaevan gear? Iโm a tank going through ShB and want to keep myself updated as the first dungeon hit hard AF.
HQ Level 76+ gear should be better
But if you have full augmented scaevan gear in holminster, and it hurt too much, something there is the issue
No right now Iโm running white oak 385 full set
NQ?
But Iโm level 74 so I was deciding when to upgrade and to scaevan or wait a couple days of roulettes and upgrade
No HQ
yeah no holminster just hits like a truck
If you're having issues consider doing the level 69 dungeon instead for an easier time
Our healer was complaining the whole dungeon about my gear
Your gear should be fine
aug scaeven is more than enought for holminister
But he was just being a knob xD
HQ white oak set is fine for holmeister, but honestly its just the dungeon itself
like industrial said, it hits like a truck in general
Me and my fc mate(dps) ended up duoing the last boss cuz healer died and wouldnโt accept the raise from our SMN
sounds like the healer might've been the issue?
Yea sounds a healer problem
Thank god for clemency haha
esp if they rather wipe
since some people can be a bit forgetful that the entry dungeons for expacs can be a bit rougher than doing endgame dungeons of previous expac
Ya I was surprised
First dungeon Iโve been with solid tankbusters in a whole
While*
Usually thatโs only in raids xD
Or trials
I dont know if this is a bug or I'm missing something but I got to Wolves Den and I can't join a Frontline or any of the PVP modes, even though I'm a level 35 conjurer?
First off, do your job quests
Secondly, do grand company quests
Rank up and you'll get a quest for frontlines eventually
So uh, is there a good and efficient way to farm centurio seals?
Other than well, hunt parties
HW and SB hunts
^
Ohhhh okay
You gotta be at least lvl 30
They're level 35
And have done the MSQ and Job quests
yeah i am 35
did u get a whm stone
Did you do your class quests xD?
no not yet I'm still doing the story quests
There ya go
I've done all the class quests
Quite sure HW and SB hunts are the only way to get Centurio but ok, I still don't know the best way to do them
Ok i see
Thatโs why
My bad sorry
Oh god the current weekly for SB hunt is in Lochs
Thatโs what this is here for
This is gonna be pain
I'm still only at lvl 20 something story quests but lvl 35 on my conjurer lol
Are battle beast tribes worth doing in ARR?
Jobs quests are as important as MSQ, so its important
I heard only SB and ShB give worthwhile exp for dailies
If you want
There are some cool mounts
And I've heard maxing them out gives a cool quest
!! Unicorn!! whoa
Rather than the job
Don't you need to do the class quests up to the point you unlock WHM first to get that other person to give you the Unicorn quest?
I'm sad only fem hyurs get to ride horses like that
That;s beautiful
Poor Dork Knight don't get easy free mounts
The battle panther is cool
fem elezen also ride like that
Meanwhile Au Ra
Au ra and miqo ride it normally
and tanks only get free mounts from their respective "tank you" achievements
Easy when you farm emination(ex)
How many Dark Horse type mount are there excluding the black unicorn?
I know of Sleipnir, Garo ones, and Grani
Nightmare
Nightmare is the black unicorn
It's a dark horse
he said excluding it
I said excluding that so... Yeah only those 3
night pegasus
the pvp horses technically since they're brown, but they've got barding on
juedi
Really tempted to buy ShB collector's for Grani
Hey what jobs uses mats that only miners get
Juedi?
From HoH?
you have to complete floor 100 of HoH 4 times to get juedi
@coarse tapir blacksmith, armorsmith, alchemist, goldsmith are the main ones that make use of miner mats
Why are the SB and ShB collector's stuff fewer than the ARR and HW ones I wonder...
Ah okay then thank you
Its probably from the fact that them shoving novelty items in wont cut it
Well, earlier collector's stuff includes a free Fantasia to add more bang for your buck
I mean come on a wol helmet and a cecil drk helmet arent great selling points
Acc that is true
can you unsync and stomp the return to ivalyse alliance raids to clear the pre-reqs for the relic weapon unlock quests or do you have to do it via duty finder only
Well you get a nice horse mount regardless
Then SB has Syldra mount, a RDM weapon, and the minion of FFV's MC
If you unsync, at least have a few people in each party or in one party
Cannot solo the Ivalice raids
You need atleast 3 people, more than likely more for ivalice
need atleast 1 person per party to do alliance raids unsync
Then again, Grani looks way better than any other other collector's mounts
Or rather, more iconic since Grani is in some of the cover of ShB
But has no relevance
#general-discussion at this point
Is there a list of FATEs worth doing for cool rewards?
You mean like Odin and Behemoth?
I guess
Do we even have more than 2 special FATEs? The kind that only spawns every few hours
Yeah i suppose
thought the bulk of them are either Eureka Notorious Monsters or event fates
Exclude the Eureka and Event ones
Is eureka even doable at this point
I am seeing some that gives good glamour and barding
there could be ones for minions or something so I wanted to make sure
yeah thats the chimera fate from northern thanalan
what all can I do to level my alt jobs without really being able to dungeon queue cus dps wait list is hell
palace of the dead (1-60)/heaven on high (61-70) is the general recommendation for dps
Guys, what am I doing wrong at Frontline PVP? Other BLMs get 600k dmg, while I barely hit 250.
lb?
I'm using it, but people can dodge it quite easy tbh
mm are you using proper rotations or attacking the squishier targets?
I usually attack whatever's closer, to not risk getting interrupted for out of range
I have no idea but is/was your KDA behind or at same level? Doesnt really matter if others are padding numbers on something they cant kill while you actually kill
Rotation wise, I should just spam the stronger fire and go blizz when I need to regen mana, right?
My KDA usually is decent
last frontline I had 6/2/25
I use the other skills that require polyglot when they're ready too
I mean what I remember from other mmos (am sprout sorry ๐ ) its that there are people who attack tanks/healers (or combo of them) and sure they do lot of numbers but they dont actually kill anyone
XIV PvP is about positioning and bursting
You probably need 3-4 people to kill a Tank x healer pair
pretty sure in pvp you should be aiming to group up on 1 target and kill it, not sure if the meta has changed but people couple of patches back liked to nuke down the healers
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A question about lofted itemsโif I change their position, would they go back to the floor, or would they stay afloat?
Hey where are bsmโs based
if you rotate they should stay afloat, but if you move them they snap back
my cousin says he doesnโt need thunder in his BLM rotation at 70 and up
is he wrong ?
i personally think he is extremely wrong
when i have massive pulls all i see is him casting flare or foul
at this point itโs so annoying
yes. he's wrong
its not a matter of opinion tbh, hes objectively hindering his damage output
anyone that knows what im missing?