#questions-and-help

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wintry chasm
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just use the gear your job quests and main story give you

crystal bluff
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you should be getting gear from quests

faint flare
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And gear from dungeons

wintry chasm
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If you're super desperate which I'd be surprised you are then yeah you can rerun the highest dungeon you have for better gear

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Your level 45 quest will Hi

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and 50

leaden ginkgo
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Btw it says in the creator that humans are the smartest of all races but does having a better brain really matter in the virtual world of final fantasy 14?

wintry chasm
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Race stats don't matter

leaden ginkgo
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Oh dang really

crystal bluff
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yes
race/birthdate/diety/whatever is purely cosmetic

leaden ginkgo
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Damn so we being lied to

sinful breach
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lmao how are you going to rp with your birthday lol

leaden ginkgo
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Humans are just as smart as half animals?

wintry chasm
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by....having a birthday Xiilo

leaden ginkgo
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I assume the game wish us happy birthday on our birthday

wintry chasm
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No

leaden ginkgo
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Yeah thats what I did

crystal bluff
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my character uses my real birthday WarShrug

leaden ginkgo
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is there a good way to farm for gil?

wintry chasm
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That's an insanely broad question

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roulettes give a fair amount each day, generally crafting or selling stuff, doing treasure maps, farming EX trial fights for rare drops, rare drops from other content like deep dungeons

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spend currency you get in game on items that sell for a decent amount

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

leaden ginkgo
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oh ok! thanks

zinc orbitBOT
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lethal cape
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What do I buy with Tomestone of Poetics in order to make money and from where? Apparently I have better gear than what the NPCs are selling

slate arrow
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!faq poetics

zinc orbitBOT
lethal cape
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Ty

hard loom
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Is there a way to increase the amount of quests (that are in progress) showing on a map? It seems I have a limit of 5 😦

faint flare
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Nope

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The tracker places it on the map

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And tracker only tracks 5

hard loom
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Dang, that sucks being a completionist. Some zones have like 10 side quests at once, its overwhelming

mild ermine
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So I got my first Tomestones of Allegory, and Phantasmagoria. But Aymark isn't allowing me to purchase from him? What do I need to do?

faint flare
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Have you finished Shadowbringers

mild ermine
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I'm on the trial called Dying Gasp.

faint flare
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Then do that first

mild ermine
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I'm still on the Shadow Bringers quest line.

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Oki.

faint flare
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You need to finish Shadowbringers

mild ermine
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My Gear Score is currently 415. Do you recommend any higher at the moment?

crystal bluff
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are you having trouble in your current quests/dungeons?

warped nest
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Can you queue inside the Dying Gasp?

mild ermine
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I can queue.

warped nest
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Then you should be fine

wintry chasm
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Did you get your ilvl 430 job gear Karma?

mild ermine
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And I'm noticing a pretty big increase in damage taken.

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And I did not!

wintry chasm
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Gdi

mild ermine
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Where do I go about doing that

wintry chasm
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You know that guy you gave the crystal too earlier?

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Go back to him

warped nest
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South of the fish people village in Tempest

wheat lark
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I have a question about a paladin skill called Spirits Within. it says "Potency increases up to 370 as own HP nears maximum" I don't quite understand what that means.

wintry chasm
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The game tells you that you can buy the job gear from him when you give him the crystal but I assume your skipped past that explanation Karma

obsidian patio
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It gets weaker the Lower hp you are

warped nest
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If you use it at close to max HP, it has maximum potency of 370

wheat lark
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okay, thanks

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so I should use it when I have full health

warped nest
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You basically use it whenever

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It is ready

obsidian patio
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Use it whenever it’s ready, don’t worry too much about the scaling potency

wheat lark
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ohhh ok

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how often should I be autoattacking?

mild ermine
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@wintry chasm I must not have been paying attention truthfully. I've been playing all day, so my mind is mush lol.

warped nest
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Auto attacking is auto

mild ermine
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But thank you for the info.

warped nest
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You don't have control

wheat lark
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ya but I mean how often should I let my character do it?

wintry chasm
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ponder you can't really stop them

wheat lark
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Usually I spam my combo spell

warped nest
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All the time?

wheat lark
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well you cant auto attack while youre using spells?

obsidian patio
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What job are you?

wheat lark
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I am a paladin, gladiator

warped nest
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What level are you in that job?

wheat lark
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how can I check?

warped nest
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Look at your exp bar

wheat lark
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Oh I am a level 38

raw solstice
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you'll get auto attacks off regardless of whatever

warped nest
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Unless you are too far away

wheat lark
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ohhhh

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okay, that is nice to know

obsidian patio
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As long as you’re targeting something you’ll be auto-attacking it

wheat lark
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I was thinking if I attacking with other buttons that I was never autoattacking

warped nest
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You don't have control and you don't need to control auto attack

raw solstice
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other than staying in range (which you'll always do anyways, especially as tank) you just keep using skills/abilities and your auto attacks will be taken care of

wheat lark
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okay niice thanks

warped nest
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You don't need to leave a gap for auto attack to go off

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Auto attack is on its own channel, so to speak

wheat lark
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Okay, so one more stupid question

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How often should I use sheltron?

warped nest
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We will balance it with brilliant answer

wheat lark
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it blocks incoming attacks

warped nest
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Whenever you need it

wheat lark
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haha sucha great response

warped nest
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!action Sheltron

zinc orbitBOT
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**Sheltron** : lvl 35 PLD (50 Oath Gauge) (5.0 second cooldown)

Block incoming attacks.
Duration: 6 s
Oath Gauge Cost: 50

wheat lark
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for me it is 4 seconds atm

warped nest
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You will get a trait later on

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These are based on level 80 tooltips

wheat lark
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yep

hard elk
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anyone know when the sales end on sqaure enix website

wheat lark
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I haven't used it yet..

warped nest
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Handling adds: use it often

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Handling boss: use it on big attacks. Specifically, attacks with cast bar and hit only the tank.

wheat lark
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ohhhhhh

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thank you

forest laurel
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how do people exactly set up their apartments to be completely white for gposing? I'm trying to use white screens, but the floor in the middle has a big gap that idk how to patch

obsidian patio
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Combed Wool Rugs are a dyeable carpet that I see some people use for that.

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!iglam Combed Wool Rug

zinc orbitBOT
forest laurel
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interesting

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is it a craftable item?

obsidian patio
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Yep.

forest laurel
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oh christ the rug is going for 300k

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ppl wild

polar hound
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you can preview it btw @forest laurel to see how many you may need and how they fit.

forest laurel
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ahhhh right I forgot about that

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thx

polar hound
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np!

tame magnet
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for whatever reason my wired controllers aren't working right when I play final fantasy XIV that is to say sometimes when I press the left stick forward for example the character either won't move or when I let go of the stick after moving keep moving or sometimes it will walk in circles.

To this point I have tried it with an older Xbox 360 controller a new Xbox one controller and the brand new PS3 off brand controller. I had had the first one for a number of years so I had figured that age might have gotten to it. The second controller was brand-new right out of the box but had the same problems but because every time I plugged it in I got an error message I figured it might just be an interaction problem. Just recently I bought a new PS3 controller from Walmart off brand of course and it is doing the same thing so I am left to assume that it is something that is wrong in the game some sitting that I missed or something like that but I have no idea what I could use any advice that you could give me....

rich bay
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@tender estuary this

tender estuary
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try uninstalling the device driver and replugging the controller in for windows to grab the driver back

autumn seal
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little black mage question about transpose
so i use it to switch from fire to ice to heal but
is it good to do (I = ice, T = transpose, F = fire)
I > I > T > F > F > F > ... > T > I etc
so use transpose every time i want to switch or just I > I > F > F > F > ... T > I etc

raw solstice
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you use it to swap between UI and AF until you get Fire 3/Blizzard 3, where you use those to swap stances and don't use transpose. Here's a leveling guide for what to do during various level ranges, for both single target and AoE:

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!faq blmleveling

zinc orbitBOT
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THM/BLM leveling rotations
autumn seal
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so i dont need to than use transpose every time to switch

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if i have ICE and throw F3 it will just activate

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but wont the 1st hit be than weaker?

rich bay
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@tame magnet Hank answered your question above.

remote lintel
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how does the Eden's verse stuff work

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I can only get 1 thing per week?

velvet reef
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@zealous cave

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marry me

raw solstice
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if you use Fire 3 it'll grant you max stacks of AF, even from UI

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if you use Blizzard 3 it'll grant you max stacks of UI, even from AF

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it's the most effective way to swap between the stances, and particularly once you have the third stack of AF/UI, the F3 and B3 casts are twice as fast in the opposing element, i.e. using B3 in AF3, the cast time will be very short

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@velvet reef wrong channel?

autumn seal
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thank you

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i think i understand 🙂

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im 37 getting to 40 soon

raw solstice
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@remote lintel one drop per floor per week, for normal mode. You can run the fights as many times as you want in order to get a drop

lethal cape
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!faq whmleveling

zinc orbitBOT
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Error!

No tag named whmleveling exists, Kupo!

raw solstice
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only BLM has the leveling command. Please use random bot commands over in #kupo-bot-spam , as well

lethal cape
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Wasn't random

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Saw the blm thingy so I thought other classes have it lol

raw solstice
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this channel is for asking/answering questions

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the reason I used the BLM one was for that purpose

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outside of that, bot commands are better in the bot spam channel

lethal cape
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I wanted to ask a question about whm rotation but then I saw the blm leveling thing so I answered myself

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🤷‍♂️

faint flare
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You literally just spam glare and put dot

raw solstice
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what are you uncertain about for WHM rotation? It's basically keep DoT up and spam filler, at any level. It's only BLM, where the rotation changes quite a bit here and there, that the leveling command was especially warranted

lethal cape
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Oh I see

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If I fight 5 enemies

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Is it better to dot all of them and then holy spam

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Or just holy spam without dot

raw solstice
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just holy spam

lethal cape
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Then around how many enemies do I want to dot before spamming fillers?

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2 enemies? 3?

obsidian patio
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I think 4 targets is when pure holy spam is better

lethal cape
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Oh okie

obsidian patio
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3 is when you holy spam and keep up the dot if they live long enough

lethal cape
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So if it's 4 or more I do holy spam without dots
If it's 3 targets I dot -> holy spam
If it's 2 targets or less I dot -> single target skill spam

obsidian patio
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Yep

lethal cape
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So it's better to single target skill if it's 2 enemies and not use Holy?

obsidian patio
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Purely damage-wise, yes

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But the stun is useful when they’re not immune to it yet

honest ibex
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Is the only way to get wolf marks through daily pvp duty?

lethal cape
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Is it ok for me to use Holy during dungeons tho? I've heard something about the fact that the stun resistance enemies get is bad

tame magnet
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Thanks

raw solstice
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and even at higher mob counts, it can be nice to tag various mobs mid-pull with your dot along the way until the tank gets settled down with everything

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nah stun resistance is whatever

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holy spam away

wheat lark
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Where can I see all the crafting related skills?

raw solstice
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better to just kill things off sooner, it's pretty rare that stunning a mob will really make much of a difference (and when it does, frequently silence is also an option which will always work)

obsidian patio
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Character > Actions and traits

raw solstice
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and just having the initial stuns from the holy uses will help a lot with free mitigation anyways

leaden ginkgo
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So in the free trial, does it by default include content only from a realm reborn or does purchasing the complete edition and then subscribing allow you to explore what the other expansions have?

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I am definitely considering getting just want to make sure of a few things

wintry chasm
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most of the expansion stuff are locked by main story

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so no you can't just get the complete edition and suddenly get access to everything

wheat lark
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No no I mean crafting and gathering skills, not character skills

leaden ginkgo
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yes I know that but would it allow it to be pursued

wintry chasm
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Yeah?

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You'd have everything

leaden ginkgo
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so in the free trial you cant do shadowbringers

obsidian patio
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That’s where the crafter and gatherer skills are if you’re on one of those classes

wintry chasm
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Right because you can only go up to level 35

wheat lark
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oh thanks

wintry chasm
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The only thing Shadowbringers related you could do prior to level 70 which is when it's story starts is the Shadowbringers job unlocks at level 60 and be the Shadowrbringers races

wheat lark
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Is there a skill that would considered rather unique to this game?

wintry chasm
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But you need the expansion to do those things

warped nest
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Ehhhh, probably not

leaden ginkgo
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Yeah thought so. Thank you for clearing it up.

warped nest
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All jobs in XIV are variations of classic FF classes/jobs

zealous cave
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@velvet reefnu

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I don't marry people xd

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One if my friend deleted me

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Because I didn't wanna marry them

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And left our fc

wheat lark
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my rl bf doesnt wanna marry me in the game >.<

wintry chasm
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🤔 these aren't questions you two

warped nest
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Btw, regarding Shadowbringers, while the completion of lvl 50 Crystal Tower alliance raid series in ARR is not compulsory for Shadowbringers, it is highly recommended

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Full completion of this quest line will add additional story details to Shadowbringers

slate arrow
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also, the Crystal Tower will be required for the 5.3 MSQ so

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you might as well take care of it now

warped nest
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Plus more choices in Alliance roulette

opal lichen
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Defensive Cooldowns for tanks are additive or multiplicative?

slate arrow
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additive

opal lichen
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I forgot

oak ice
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Multiplicative, I'm pretty sure, you get lesser effect by stacking them

raw solstice
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multiplicative

opal lichen
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so ok, technically their value decreases with each one you combo with.

robust magnet
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Quick question, is FFXIV cross save? I have someone who doesn't know if they want to play on PS4 or PC yet.

leaden ginkgo
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Can I ng+ to heavensward and once I'm done with that ng+ to shb?

opal lichen
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This is confusing. I will

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check

raw solstice
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stacking defensive buffs has less efficiency

oak ice
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Your safest bet is to listen to Rika lol

raw solstice
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aka 20% + 10% mit doesn't give you 30% mit

high grail
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@robust magnet yes it is, but you need to buy both pc and ps4 version

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since ffxiv is Crossplatform

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doesn't matter if you play on pc or ps4

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you play with everyone

robust magnet
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Okay thanks I'll let them know.

leaden ginkgo
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Can someone answer my question pls

robust magnet
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I hadn't touched NG+, but that sounds like it is how it'd work.

leaden ginkgo
high grail
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essentially once you finish your current ng+ save

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or delete your ng+ save

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you can start with any other one

wheat lark
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I am level 38 and still wearing level 20 gear 😦

high grail
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so yes you can go do ng+ HW

opal lichen
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Ahh yeah ok I got you

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Thankyou

leaden ginkgo
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Yeah I'm planning on doing hw and then watching the sb cutscenes and then jumping to shb

hallow grove
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i have a question, youre able to passively level other classes right?

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even if they are unequipped, will they get exp?

raw solstice
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there's no passive leveling

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there is no character level or anything, only class level

gloomy ice
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There is one exception, being SMN/SCH.

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Other than that, yeah.

raw solstice
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that is not an exception

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since you gain class experience (arcanist)

oak ice
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Only "passive" leveling I can think of, by stretching the definition, would be SMN/SCH

raw solstice
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it levels both jobs, but you're still leveling the same class

gloomy ice
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Mm true. They're both ACN based so

hallow grove
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so other than the SMN/SCH classes, you will have to equip to the specific class to get any exp for it

tame magnet
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@tender estuary two things the os is windows 10 and which driver am I look for. I should also note that I don't have this problem with any other game but final fantasy XIV

raw solstice
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yeah, SMN/SCH are the only two jobs that share the same job level, since they share the same base class. All other classes/jobs are separate level/exp

hallow grove
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i probably misread the tutorial then, i thought any other classes in the same job will get exp but guess not

oak ice
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The only jobs sharing base class is SMN and SCH

gloomy ice
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Jobs are extensions of base classes so that text is correct in a sense. But class doesn't mean role type. In this definition, class is defined by the weapon/tool in your main hand.

hallow grove
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jobs = tank/healer/melee/etc?

raw solstice
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no, job = black mage, white mage, bard, paladin

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class = thaumaturge, conjurer, archer, gladiator

hallow grove
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so then class will evolve to a job

raw solstice
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yup, at 30 you get your soul stone from your class quest and equipping it you can start to run stuff as your job instead of the base class

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for all classes but arcanist, you only go from one class -> one job

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for arcanist you can be either scholar or summoner, depending on what soulstone you have equipped

hallow grove
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and when you have scholar equipped, summoner will also gain the same exp because it shares the same base class

raw solstice
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yup

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it'll even say in chat log, "you gain xxx arcanist experience points"

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since as scholar or summoner, you're still an "arcanist", you just have your job soulstone equipped

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so they inherently share levels from this

hallow grove
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gotcha thanks! it makes much more sense now

safe compass
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if I declined a mission reward because I need to check to see which gear I need better, I'l;l be able to grab the reward still right?

mild ermine
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What materia should I be focusing on with DRK?

shrewd relic
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Is there a way to have a message displaying how long each duty takes?

obsidian patio
gloomy ice
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Declining a quest reward will decline completing the quest although it is still ready to be completed. Just need to go back to the quest turn in and you'll be able to bring up the quest complete screen with rewards again.

obsidian patio
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You mean when you complete a duty? That only shows for undersized duties, and I don’t remember if there’s an option to toggle it for normal duties

frail obsidian
shrewd relic
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Yeah, when you complete a duty 😦

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aww

obsidian patio
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They kinda added it with the duty timer not being hidden when you beat the duty

mild ermine
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@obsidian patio Thank you

obsidian patio
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So you can look at that right when the last boss dies

safe compass
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Is equiping cowls for a BLM worth the trade off of not having a hat on?

obsidian patio
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@frail obsidian looks like a mishmash of various furniture, along with photoshop for the background image

gloomy ice
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Cowls and heavy armor that take up multiple slots will have extra stats to make up for the loss of that slot.

frail obsidian
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ohhh i see

obsidian patio
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I think it’s a weird mix of the Riviera and Oasis Wardrobes?

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Which obviously aren’t windows

zinc orbitBOT
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safe compass
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any recommendations on a first job for a player?

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not sure which i should go for

iron oracle
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where to get gear for btn lvl52?

proud willow
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I'd say the only thing to consider is whether you want to play a healer, tank, or DPS

obsidian patio
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All are good, but in terms of simplicity I like to recommend Marauder for tanks, Conjurer for healer, and Thaumaturge and Lancer for DPS

proud willow
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within each role, there isn't really any job that's super good or super bad for beginners

obsidian patio
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@iron oracle Ishgard market area

safe compass
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I'm already a BLM DPS, can I not have a side job?

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like a leatherworker?

proud willow
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You sure can

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you can do everything on one character

safe compass
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so i just have to go to the job NPC to get started?

obsidian patio
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Yes

safe compass
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Alchemist is sounding good so I'll give that a try

queen cove
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Just wondering cause I started playing again, has leveling crafters changed with the new Ishgard restoration?

lethal schooner
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Is the "road to 70" buff useful in the long run, or should just choose the most crowded home world on a data server based on ffxiv census?

obsidian patio
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It makes going through the story a lot easier since you basically only need to do that for experience

twilit arch
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also i would take ffxiv census with a huge grain of salt

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especially for their 'active player' numbers

obsidian patio
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@queen cove they’re a good alternative to leves and collectables, but not outright better

queen cove
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Ah

twilit arch
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being on a bigger server is not necessarily better anyway. the main things a bigger server would offer is more potential free companies to choose from and that's about it. world visit means you can hop to another server do some shopping if you can't find what you need on your home world or can't find it for cheap

queen cove
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Cause Im considering a levekit and just get a bomb of exp but if its more efficient to do the restoration I might do it

proud sequoia
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Is there such thing as a great sword dps or only a dark knight tank

queen cove
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Also, is diadem the best way to level gatherers? I went in there like for 30 minutes and went from 16 to 22

twilit arch
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dark knight is the only greatsword user and its a tank, so sadly no there is no greatsword dps

proud sequoia
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Damn

crystal bluff
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maybe we'll get one next expansion
a boy can dream

proud sequoia
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I love great swords lol but don’t want the responsibility of being a tank lmao

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I don’t think I would have as much fun as a tank either doesn’t it get boring ?

obsidian patio
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From what I’ve heard Diadem drops off a bit in the later levels but is a nice alternative if you’re also leveling up your crafters

twilit arch
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the only sword dps is samurai (though ninja gets a lot of daggers that basically are swords ._.)

queen cove
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Personally I was afraid to tank and thought it was too hard at first

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but now I really enjoy it

hard elk
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can i play my pc account to my ps4?

oak ice
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No

queen cove
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I do think different classes have different levels of enjoyment though

hard elk
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oof

twilit arch
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You'd have to buy the game again ps4 and connect it to your mogstation account

hard elk
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but i can meet someone through ps4?

proud sequoia
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Also do I eventually get a free gender change or something lol I made a female and I’m male and it just feels weird plus I don’t think some of the jobs IN MY OPINION will look as good female

hard elk
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oh okay cool

queen cove
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yeah its crossplay

crystal bluff
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yes @proud sequoia

oak ice
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The game is crossplay yes

hard elk
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okay awesome

safe compass
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@proud sequoia I wouldn't worry too much about it. I'm a guy and I like playing female characters

hard elk
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ill buy the game again then omegalul

safe compass
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where is the alchemist guild? I know it's in Ul'dah somewhere but i can't find it

oak ice
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When you complete 2.0 (a couple quests after hitting 50), you will get a free Fantasia to remake your entire character if you want

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It's on the top floor

safe compass
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I see it on the map, i just need to find the right hallway

oak ice
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Do you know where the Paladin trainer NPC is?

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Jenlyns

safe compass
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I do not, i didn't know there was a upstairs until now

proud sequoia
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I don’t think thamaturge / black knight will be for me lol I love dps but it’s getting boring sitting in one spot

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Granted I’m only lvl 24 and I do like no damage lmao

oak ice
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I'm completely blanking on what the teleporter closest to the Sultana is called fuckthisshit

safe compass
#

I'm here atm

low ledge
#

Is there any way for me to test out how a class plays out with all their abilities unlocked?

gloomy ice
#

Directly across from you

oak ice
#

You're on the right floor

native kraken
#

PoTD I guess @low ledge

oak ice
#

Opposite side from there

safe compass
#

The giant doors, durr

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🙂

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thanks

#

so i know you guys said that my level would reset upon changing weapons, I didn't realize it was strip me down to me undies

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lol

vagrant copper
#

Rofl, yeah, it'll do that depending on what you're wearing.

#

Not many people walk around in level 1 clothing

elfin osprey
#

what's the diff between shared and cross hotbar?

twilit arch
#

cross hotbar = controller hotbar

safe compass
#

just kinda wish i could at least change the color of my underwear

twilit arch
#

shared hotbar is a hotbar you want to stay the same between jobs

rigid pivot
#

Does crafting produce anything worthwhile for the combat classes, or is it mainly a thing you do for its own sake? Most long running MMO's don't keep crafting relevant, and that's assuming it was useful to start with.

warped nest
#

Crafting is relevant

proud sequoia
#

so question for someone who likes dps. even though dark knight is a tank and i like greatswords will i have fun tanking as a dark knight ? and can i solo dps some random mobs and shit

warped nest
#

But optional

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Every job can solo mobs in the open map

proud sequoia
#

so even though im usually addicted to dps in other mmos u think i wont get bored of dark knight tanking lol

warped nest
#

DPS and tanks would need a chocobo with some healing skills if they want to take on bulkier enemies

#

The deal with tanking is

proud sequoia
#

i seem to get bored of tanking in other mmos

warped nest
#

The damage rotation is simpler compared to Dps rotation

obsidian patio
#

If you want a tank with a semi-complex rotation I’d recommend Paladin or Gunbreaker

#

Dark Knight is very simple in the base rotation

proud sequoia
#

i just think dark knight looks kinda fun lol

obsidian patio
#

Most of their complexity is in their oGCDs

warped nest
#

Then it is good enough reason to try drk

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DRK need to juggle MP and Gauge

proud sequoia
#

im only lvl 24 so im getting a bit ahead lol but i figured id think about it

warped nest
#

A bit is a understatement

proud sequoia
#

lol

warped nest
#

Just play for fun for the time being

#

Who knows, maybe 2 months down the line, you will find yourself enjoying playing healers

proud sequoia
#

is there anybody who wants to play with me on this server lol

warped nest
#

Nobody knows for sure where they'd end up

proud sequoia
#

adamantios i think is how u spell it lol

lethal mural
#

so cure I has a potency of 450 and a chance of no cost cure II, cure II 1,000 mp and potency of 700 and cure III is 1500 mp and only potency of 550 for me at lvl 70 whm

warped nest
#

People don't come here looking to recruiting or for recruitment

lethal mural
#

what's the point of cure III

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if cure II is cheaper and heals more

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same cast time

warped nest
#

If you need a guild, you are better off looking in reddit

obsidian patio
#

Cure 3 is an AoE

twilit arch
#

cure 3 is a big AoE heal

lethal mural
#

Oh I see

warped nest
#

Cure III is an AOE where you can control the original point

safe compass
#

so I just have to essentially keep crafting stuff to level a alchemist?

twilit arch
#

so if people took a huge chunk of dmg and are close to each other, its pretty good to use

warped nest
#

Most AOE has you as the center

lethal mural
#

what about medica II compared to cure III

warped nest
#

You can designate a center with your Cure III

lethal mural
#

gotcha

twilit arch
#

medica 2 is if you need AoE healing but you don't need people immediately topped up

lethal mural
#

instead of self

warped nest
#

You can self with Cure III as well

twilit arch
#

since you can let the regen from medica 2 top them up

obsidian patio
#

@safe compass for the early levels, yeah.

warped nest
#

But you aren't limited to self

lethal mural
#

right

obsidian patio
#

After level 15 you can do leves which are basically turn-in quests for big lumps of experience

lethal mural
#

anyone whm?

#

I'm trying to learn whm and it's rotations

#

I've just been cure I, cure II triger and using regen

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then stone + aero

#

that's about it

#

and lucid to mitigate mana loss

obsidian patio
#

Don’t worry about Freecure proc

#

It’s not worth purposely going for.

warped nest
#

Medica: need to use this multiple times to heal spread group
Medica II: heal spread group, but I am not in hurry
Cure III: need to heal stack group, in hurry

obsidian patio
#

WHM has the best mana efficiency out of all the healers even if that trait didn’t exist.

warped nest
#

You can waste Freecure

lethal mural
#

trying to learn which skills to use which ones not to etc

warped nest
#

But it is nice if it is there when you need it

lethal mural
#

free cure?

#

the cure II

warped nest
#

Basically, you need to learn what to use when

lethal mural
#

when it procs

#

also someone said dont even bother with afflatus/lily system

obsidian patio
#

That’s completely wrong

warped nest
#

Ask them to shove it

lethal mural
#

LOL

warped nest
#

Afflatus is no MP heal

lethal mural
#

gotcha

obsidian patio
#

The Afflatus heals are free instant cast Cure 2 and Medica 1

faint flare
#

If.it was still stormblood they would be right

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But its not

warped nest
#

!action Cure II

zinc orbitBOT
#
**Cure II** : lvl 30 CNJ WHM (1000 MP) (2.5 second cooldown)

Restores target's HP.
Cure Potency: 700

warped nest
#

!action Afflatus Rapture

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Oh, wrong spell

obsidian patio
#

Solace

lethal mural
#

I'm only level 70 haha

warped nest
#

!action Afflatus Solace

zinc orbitBOT
#
**Afflatus Solace** : lvl 52 WHM (1 None) (2.5 second cooldown)

Restores target's HP.
Cure Potency: 700 Additional Effect: Nourishes the Blood Lily Healing Gauge Cost: 1 Lily

lethal mural
#

right

#

so use afflatus just in fights to conserve mana cause its free

#

?

vagrant copper
#

I think I've literally never user Cure 3. I should probably put that in a better place on my hotbars and figure out when to use it. ThinkBeard

warped nest
#

Healing stack marker

lethal mural
#

my hotbar is a mess lol

warped nest
#

Is probably the most common use case

obsidian patio
#

It sees more use in high-end content where the aoe damage is much beefier

lethal mural
warped nest
#

Going back to Afflatus

obsidian patio
#

You’ll want a third bar, can’t fit everything on 2.

warped nest
#

The bottom line is don't let it get to 3 stack of unused Afflatus

obsidian patio
#

Character config > Hotbar settings > tick the boxes near the list of hot bars

lethal mural
#

right

craggy dragon
#

anyone have a decent estimate of how much it costs to powerlevel a crafter from 1-80? i know its server dependent, but looking for some kind of range

hardy stirrup
#

!action Arm's Length

zinc orbitBOT
#
**Arm's Length** : lvl 32 GLA PGL MRD LNC ARC PLD MNK WAR DRG BRD ROG NIN MCH DRK SAM GNB DNC (120.0 second cooldown)

Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects.
Duration: 6s
Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck
Duration: 15s

warped nest
#

@hardy stirrup use #kupo-bot-spam

#

Unless you were answering or asking questions

hardy stirrup
#

So this thing, what can it affect?

faint flare
#

All trash mobs

obsidian patio
#

The slow or knock back?

hardy stirrup
#

Since it does not specify

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Both

faint flare
#

And majority of knockbacks

hardy stirrup
#

The knockback never seem to work

obsidian patio
#

Slow works on most trash enemies

warped nest
#

You don't use it on reaction

obsidian patio
#

And the knock back works on a majority of push/pulls

#

Also ^

warped nest
#

When you are already being pushed or pulled you can't use this to cancel it

obsidian patio
#

You need to use it before they happen

warped nest
#

Doesn't work that way

hardy stirrup
#

Like how do you identify when a boss is charging a knockback attack you can deny?

warped nest
#

Experience

slate arrow
#

you just know

hardy stirrup
#

Never said it work that way, don't just assume

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Since I have tried doing it with the Cyclops

obsidian patio
#

You can’t without trying. :/

slate arrow
#

you don't pop anything on reaction in this game unless it's a cast bar reaction

hardy stirrup
#

The one without the uuuh unmarked AoEs

warped nest
#

Most bosses don't do it

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Yeah, Aurum Vale yeah?

blissful matrix
#

can i store anything in the chocobo saddlebag?

warped nest
#

Coincounter doesn't have any pull or push attacks

hardy stirrup
#

Aurum Vale, Snowpass, and Fractal

warped nest
#

Yes, Tech

queen cove
#

Question about WARs, I understand the endgame rotations and openers but Im struggling to understand when to use Fell cleaves. Should I be doing it whenever I get >70 bar?

obsidian patio
#

Pretty much

warped nest
#

I cannot remember which ARR contents has push or pull attacks

hardy stirrup
#

Just gonna ignore the knockback part of it and use AL just for slow

warped nest
#

Yeah, it is very useful for tanks when they pull mobs

faint flare
#

The kd part is very good

blissful matrix
#

How do I change grand companies?

warped nest
#

!faq grandcompany

zinc orbitBOT
#
Grand Company FAQ
Info

'Which Grand Company should I choose?'

The only differences between the three Grand Companies are the looks of the equipment and where they're located. The story doesn't change in regards to the Grand Company you chose beside the quest that comes after "The Company You Keep". Here are two links leading to sample sets from each of the Grand Companies

Lieutenant
Elite

'How do I get Grand Company Seals?'

You can get more seals mainly by completing your Grand Company Hunting Log (Go to the Hunting Log and click on the GC icon), completing FATEs, and turning in crafted/gathered items to the Personnel Officer if you have crafting or gathering classes unlocked. Once you are Sergeant 2nd Class you can turn in Pink/Green/Blue-rarity gear in for more seals.

obsidian patio
#

Talk to the personnel officer of the company you want to join after reaching second lieutenant

warped nest
#

Oh, no info on changing them

blissful matrix
#

ok thanks

hardy stirrup
#

!action Living Shadow

zinc orbitBOT
#
**Living Shadow** : lvl 80 DRK (50 Blood Gauge) (120.0 second cooldown)

Conjure a simulacrum of your darkside to fight alongside you.
Simulacrum Attack Potency: 300
Duration: 24s
Blood Gauge Cost: 50

hardy stirrup
#

Now this, thing. This is just a DoT but fancier right?

warped nest
#

Yeah

lethal mural
#

!action benediction

zinc orbitBOT
#
**Benediction** : lvl 50 WHM (180.0 second cooldown)

Restores all of a target's HP.

hardy stirrup
#

Basically when opening a battle, you gather dark blood to 50 and use it, after that spam bloodspliller/quietus till it finishes cool down

lethal mural
#

That's just a oh shit oh fuck heal right

twilit arch
#

not quite

faint flare
#

@queen cove basically never cap your beast gauge, use fell cleave to dump gauge but basically never really go to 100 (or stay at 100). Ofc spam 5 fell cleaves during inner release

warped nest
#

Generally yes

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At high level

faint flare
#

Benediction is a very stronf off global

warped nest
#

This pairs well with tank invuln

hardy stirrup
#

!action Dark Missionary

zinc orbitBOT
#
**Dark Missionary** : lvl 76 DRK (90.0 second cooldown)

Reduces magic damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%.
Duration: 15s

lethal mural
#

off global?

faint flare
#

Yes

#

Its an off global heal

lethal mural
#

elaborate..........

twilit arch
#

if you're hitting it when someone's dropping super low, generally you're using it too late

obsidian patio
#

I treat it more as a really big cure 2 unless I need to save it for WAR/DRK using their tank immunities.

lethal mural
faint flare
#

Not on the gcd

warped nest
#

Weaponskill and spells are on global cooldown

hardy stirrup
#

Ok this, is this just an inferior version of another ability?

warped nest
#

Ability are Off global cooldown

faint flare
#

Aka you can use it inbetween other spells

obsidian patio
#

No, since it works on the entire party

warped nest
#

Global cooldown is basically your turn

hardy stirrup
#

I mean

lethal mural
#

hmm

#

example

obsidian patio
#

It’s meant for group mitigation and not personal mitigation

lethal mural
#

pls

#

am stupid

hardy stirrup
#

Is there another tank with basically Dark Missionary but for all damage

warped nest
#

So every 2.5s you get a turn to use weapon skill or spell

lethal mural
twilit arch
#

Cure is a gcd skill

faint flare
#

Solace > off global > other gcd

queen cove
#

okay gotcha

twilit arch
#

when you cast it, there's delay before you can use another skill

faint flare
#

And you wont clip the gcd

warped nest
#

But off global ability means you don't need to respect the global cooldown timer

lethal mural
#

oh man

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this is confusing

#

that's a lot

warped nest
#

!faq gcd

lethal mural
#

so

twilit arch
#

when you cast benediction, you do not incur the global cooldown, so there's no delay in being able to cast another skill

zinc orbitBOT
#
Information

Did you mean:

macrogcd
samppgcd
gcdrecitation

lethal mural
#

there's

faint flare
#

But if you do Glare > off global, you'll clip

lethal mural
#

gcd non gcd

queen cove
#

But outside of it really I should be doing the combos to add gauge/refresh timer, and then burn fell cleave when I hit 70 bar

hard elk
#

will i still able to redeem my code if i buy the game on square enix?
tho my country isnt listed

sinful pewter
#

anyone else have trouble fitting all the tank mitigation spells onto their hotbar, compared to a non tank class

faint flare
#

Dont need to spefically be 70 gauge

#

As long as you're not capping it

#

Use fell cleave to manipulate your gcd to refresh eye as late as possible

obsidian patio
#

Warrior has a %HP AoE shield that’s better based on how many cooldowns you burn for it.
Paladin has a 10% hp AoE shield.
And Gunbreaker has basically the same skill as DRK

faint flare
#

And dump cleaves during raid buffs

queen cove
#

Ah

hardy stirrup
#

Huh

warped nest
#

Every 2.5s you get a chance to use a Weaponskill or a spell, then you are back on a 2.5s wait, this 2.5s wait is referred as Global cooldown. Ability are skills that is not on global cooldown, so they can be used while you are waiting in between your weaponskills/spells.

obsidian patio
#

The ranged DPS have universal AoE damage mitigation

hardy stirrup
#

Oh

obsidian patio
#

!action shield samba

zinc orbitBOT
#
**Shield Samba** : lvl 56 DNC (120.0 second cooldown)

Reduces damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%.
Duration: 15s
Effect cannot be stacked with bard's Troubadour or machinist's Tactician.

lethal mural
#

oh okay I see

#

so cure is a gcd, aero is non gcd?

#

since you can use it right after

vagrant copper
#

@sinful pewter You can have up to 10 hotbars. Chances are you're going to need at least 3 for most of your commonly used abilities. You might also need to change your keybinds to more easily access more abilities with the keyboard (if you're a keyboard user).

leaden ginkgo
#

Aero is a GCD

hardy stirrup
#

Kinda annoyed about the fact that DRK only gets AoE combo lvl 72

obsidian patio
#

No, Aero is just a GCD without a cast time.

warped nest
#

Spells is a bit complicated, because they have cast time

faint flare
#

No, they're both gcds

leaden ginkgo
#

But your recast timer ticks down while you cast cure

warped nest
#

So you cast a spell, the spell cast and global cooldown start running together

raw solstice
#

a handy way to differentiate as well, is anything classified as a "spell" is GCD, anything classified as "ability" is oGCD

warped nest
#

If a spell has the same cast as your GCD, then you can keep casting endlessly without noticing a pause

#

If a spell is insta, then you will notice the global cooldown waiting to get ready

raw solstice
#

(and also weaponskills fall into the "GCD" category, for physical jobs)

warped nest
#

If a spell has long cast time (like ressurect) then you will see that your usual GCD skills are ready, but you are still casting the spell

#

To see whats on global cooldown, just use a Weaponskill or a spell

#

And see what other skills goes on cooldown at the same time

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raw solstice
#

if you're at that point I'd mainly just look at tooltips to see spell vs ability, but sure

iron oracle
#

So the quest asked me to gather cyclop onion HQ but the HQ is 0% am I doing something wrong

obsidian patio
#

Get better gear

#

Your perception is too low

warped nest
#

Lvl 54

#

Umm

#

Are there DoL gear vendor in Ishgard?

obsidian patio
#

Yep

warped nest
#

There you go

obsidian patio
#

If you’re by yourself, no.

faint flare
#

The other tank vokes one to take away

warped nest
#

In a full party, Pretty sure that means let Suprauda do whatev

#

1 tank on Garuda, 1 tank on Chirada

obsidian patio
#

Main tank grabs Suparna while Offtank gets Chirada

#

And then off-tank grabs suparna once Chirada dies

fringe inlet
#

Castrum abania or holminster for exp farming?

raw solstice
#

old old guides from when it was relevant you might see a suggestion to have dps pick up one of the adds instead

fringe inlet
#

71+

obsidian patio
#

Holminster

warped nest
#

Hominster

faint flare
#

Holmeinster

fringe inlet
#

Guess reddit lied

raw solstice
#

but with more gear it doesn't really matter, you just don't want superna and chirada together

fringe inlet
faint flare
#

Highest level dungeon

warped nest
#

Unless your castrum queue is miles better, somehow

faint flare
#

Castrum is for GETTING to 71

warped nest
#

Like 15-20 mins better

obsidian patio
#

@white sinew nope

raw solstice
#

main tank has garuda and superna, generally. And other tank takes chirada

slate arrow
#

actually, castrum is better but only if you have the EXP earring from pre-ordering shadowbringers

raw solstice
#

but whatever happens as long as the two adds are separated, it's whatever

#

generally even if they're together you can burn them down fine but it's better to at least separate them

#

assuming you're doing it synced (not min ilvl)

warped nest
#

Tell the sub tank that trying the same strat over and over again won't change the result

faint flare
#

Voke and range attack it

raw solstice
#

that's fine too honestly

warped nest
#

As long as they can kill it fast yeah

faint flare
#

Tell thw tank to stop aoeing for a moment so you can voke and pull

raw solstice
#

that's the old strat haha

warped nest
#

Lol, we haven't done this synced in ages

obsidian patio
#

Yep

warped nest
#

So we all need to double check

raw solstice
#

nah, I mostly remember all the old stuff

#

the most tricky thing is really the handling of the spiny plume

obsidian patio
#

Do note the damage that attack does is based on how much of the rock pillars are remaining

warped nest
#

Is that the one that cast sleep?

obsidian patio
#

So make sure to never point Garuda or the mini-Garudas towards them

#

Satin is the sleep one

raw solstice
#

the spiny plume when killed leaves behind a bubble with big mitigation

#

that applies a stacking debuff on whoever has top aggro on it

#

so usually one tank will pick it up, and the other tank will voke it at 2 stacks

leaden ginkgo
#

how long would a raid take on average? assuming all players know their role and the mechanics of the fights

warped nest
#

Normal?

obsidian patio
#

Fight-dependent

warped nest
#

Savage?

leaden ginkgo
#

ya normal

warped nest
#

Knows mechanic?

#

Like 10?

leaden ginkgo
#

10?..10 minutes?

obsidian patio
#

Each part of the raid is their own instance

raw solstice
#

yes, but the definition of raid is a bit specific here

#

dungeons are not raids, they are dungeons

warped nest
#

That's alliance

raw solstice
#

well, it's still an alliance "raid" but that's a bit separate category than standard raids (especially since they don't have a higher difficulty)

#

those usually take on the order of 15-20m, sometimes a bit longer if it's an especially bad group. Will depend on the instance a bit

leaden ginkgo
#

thanks for the answers and sorry for the super vague question, still pretty new to everything

warped nest
#

For normal raid, 8 players, understood and have practiced mechanics: 10 minutes

raw solstice
#

what most people talk about when they refer to raids (like alexander, omega, eden fights), those are just single boss fights that usually take 10m or less

leaden ginkgo
#

what about ultimate content?

obsidian patio
#

15-18 minutes or so

warped nest
#

15 minutes clear time

#

Practice time...

#

Heh...

queen cove
#

Which piece would be the best here?

raw solstice
#

the left one

leaden ginkgo
#

I see, thanks Love

queen cove
#

I suppose I could meld but

#

gotcha

warped nest
#

@leaden ginkgo

#

If I may add more details

#

Raid/Trials or boss fight in general

#

Revolves around playing with multiple mechanics

#

And variation of them

#

Easy example:
First time: you need to stay close with your party to split damage
Then 5 minutes later, you do the split damage thing again, but this time, you also need to stand on specific spots to avoid damage from a different source

leaden ginkgo
#

is that what the glowing pillars are? ones marked with 1, 2, c, b etc
seen them quite a bit in the raid guides i've been seeing

warped nest
#

Those are markers for positioning and grouping to handle certain mechanics

raw solstice
#

waymarks

warped nest
#

Their placement are dependent on the fight

raw solstice
#

players can put them down to help indicate positioning for various mechanics and how they'd like to deal with them

warped nest
#

/\

raw solstice
#

easy to put one at a point and go "hey when boss does this, go stand on the A waymark"

#

or stuff like that

rough crane
#

they usually chat it on the chat log right?

#

like 2 DD Melee On B?

warped nest
#

If you are practicing, yes

#

Generally

leaden ginkgo
#

also do I have to clear every single instance in a raid? or could I just go into any one of them at any time?

rough crane
#

at 1st yes.. like you need to clear from E1N-E8N

warped nest
#

For normal, you need to go up floor by floor, iirc

raw solstice
#

to note, mostly people do not run ex trials through duty finder, but instead run them through party finder (so that you can go in at a higher level with even more gear and kill the boss super quick, ignoring all mechanics)

#

just wanted to mention, since it's not an especially clear thing to newer players in particular, and I kinda got the impression that you were just using DF for it

warped nest
#

You can still find people to form party and experience these fights on level

#

Just not as common to do

leaden ginkgo
#

wait does this also work for older raid content? or is your level always synced there?

warped nest
#

Depends on how you queue it

raw solstice
#

you can only run things unsynced with a premade party, but you can go back and unsync anything but ultimate fights

#

even allows you to go back and solo ex primals pretty easily on a lot of jobs, when you return to them at higher level

open coral
#

Normal Raids (the ones with only the bosses) can be unsynced for both Normal and Savage difficulties. Alliance raids (Crystal Tower, Void Ark, Ivalice) cannot be unsynced.

#

Just so that's clear.

raw solstice
#

you can

#

it's just a pain to set up

#

you also can't go back to solo them

#

and certain mechanics prevent you from doing it with too few people, in general, for some of them

vagrant copper
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Triple triad: Why can I only use 1 rare card when NPCs can use like 5 5-star cards? What am I missing?

warped nest
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Labyrinth of the Ancient (first of Crystal Tower) has ... 2 mechanics that needed a lot of people

raw solstice
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NPCs are notable cheaters

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don't have to play by the rules

vagrant copper
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I mean... I can't argue with that lol

hard elk
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damn is this normal i just bought the game today (bye free trial)
now im downloading a 20 gig file

warped nest
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trial doesn't have all the data

hard elk
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ohhhh

warped nest
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btw

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if and when you buy expansion, there are additional data to download as well

hard elk
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okay awesome

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i bought the complete edition

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cant wait

warped nest
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every items are loaded into the trial

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because chances are, high level players can show up in low level dungeon or starting cities

hard elk
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ohh i see

warped nest
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the additional download are getting you the map data and quest data plus other things

obsidian patio
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Expansion data is mainly cutscenes/zones/duties

warped nest
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tldr: whatever you can bring to starting cities or low level zone, no matter how unlikely it is, will be loaded in trial

vagrant copper
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Hmmm. So apparently the more TT cards you have, the more rare cards you can use......? I guess that almost makes sense. ThinkBeard

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No clue how the game expects you to figure that out

raw solstice
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I feel like it's mentioned somewhere early on when you unlock it/maybe in the active help stuff. But NPC can still use more than you're allowed to, even with that taken into consideration

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that said, you can still generally have a strategy to pretty consistently beat any NPC even with lower rarity cards

leaden ginkgo
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How do I get the high allagan gear O3O

vagrant copper
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I might just be running into the wrong NPCs. Or all the NPCs out of the gold saucer are significantly more powerful than inside the gold saucer

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There are some people who keep using cards I literally can not defeat

raw solstice
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high allagan gear comes from second coil of bahamut, also referred to as T6, T7, T8, and T9. There are also crafted variants which you can get on the marketboard (with the same name, but replica at the end--these can also be dyed)

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which they can also be crafted too, if you have crafters leveled--they require drops from the above fights though, in order to craft them

blissful elk
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New player here. Just joined a friends party, is there a way to teleport to them?

raw solstice
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and yeah, the NPC inside of gold saucer are a bit easier difficulty

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you can't really teleport right to them, but if you've attuned to any big aetherytes you can teleport to those. If you've just started fresh, the only way to really be with each other right away is if you've started in the same starting city, otherwise you'll have to progress the main scenario quests a bit until they meet up at level 15 (doesn't take too long) where it takes you around to all of the starting cities

warped nest
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i don't think there is an option to teleport directly to your friend though

raw solstice
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there isn't, no

blissful elk
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if we are in the same city would they show up on map at least in theory?

warped nest
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yes they will

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blue dot

raw solstice
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should, yup

blissful elk
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okie thanks

raw solstice
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though there are different areas in the starting city, where if you're in separate areas you won't immediately see them

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for example, if one of you is in old gridania, and the other is in new gridania

warped nest
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their name will be in orange (default color i think) because they are your friend

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should be easy to spot in the crowd if any

solid fog
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Lodestone says yellow gathering scrip exchange vendor for level 70 is in ildyshire but the only option is level 50,where are the level 70 vendors?

open coral
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Triple triad: Why can I only use 1 rare card when NPCs can use like 5 5-star cards? What am I missing?
@vagrant copper As you obtain more Triple Triad cards and get related achievements, you also unlock the ability to use more high-star cards in your decks.

chilly briar
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Hey everyone I was wondering if I could get some opinions on optimizing having maxed retainers

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Is there a downfall to having let’s say I make 3 DoW and their all paladins?

warped nest
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why would you have 3 Paladin?

opaque anvil
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what is odin?

sage plaza
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can't get bot/min stuff. but unless you craft it's prob more money to have 3 dow

warped nest
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@solid fog have you finished HW and SB msq?

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@opaque anvil what is the context?

opaque anvil
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idk it spawned and 1 shot me lmao

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the horse riding thingy

junior yacht
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special event mob

warped nest
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oh FATE

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special FATE

chilly briar
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Just an example since I haven’t played any other class

junior yacht
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not meant to be fought alone

obsidian patio
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Basically a world boss

chilly briar
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And to start leveling them up

warped nest
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make a Party in PF

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then go to starting cities to advertise that Odin has spawn

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remember to include coordinates

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name your party something like Odin FATE in (x, y)

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x y is the coordinate

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@chilly briar if all 3 of your retainer is DoW/M

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it means that you will get DoW/M materials 3 times as fast

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but you don't get any DoH/L resources

barren holly
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Am I supposed to save a couple Ruin 4 so that I can weave Akh Morn properly?

chilly briar
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I get that but I’m wondering if it depends on what DoW makes a difference?

warped nest
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short answer, yes

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no

barren holly
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who are you talking to

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😔

chilly briar
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I’d have the 10 retainers and I’m wondering what would be best way to optimize them

warped nest
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no difference with what you pick DoW/M

raw solstice
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yes, saving R4 stacks for bahamut is a good plan

warped nest
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short answer, yes on stocking Ruin 4

barren holly
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if i'm against a ton of enemies, is it better to use outburst and hard clip akh morn?

solid fog
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@warped nest i went to Rhalgs reach and i found it

warped nest
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10 retainers: probably 4 DoW/M, 3 Miner, 3 Botanist

solid fog
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It has level 50-61-70 yellow scrip exchange

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Is there any other npc that has newer?

barren holly
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🤔 just how many enemies makes garuda more dps efficient

obsidian patio
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I think 2 or 3

warped nest
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3 is the general cutoff point

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!action Egi Assault

zinc orbitBOT
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**Egi Assault** : lvl 10 ACN SMN (30.0 second cooldown)

Orders your Egi to use Aerial Slash if Garuda-Egi is summoned, Crimson Cyclone if Ifrit-Egi is summoned, or Earthen Armor if Titan-Egi is summoned. Maximum Charges: 2
Can only be executed while in combat.

warped nest
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!action Crimson Cyclone

zinc orbitBOT
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**Crimson Cyclone** : lvl 10 SMN (0.0 second cooldown)

Deals fire damage with a potency of 250.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

obsidian patio
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@solid fog all of them but Eulmore’s should have the same items

warped nest
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!action Aerial Slash

zinc orbitBOT
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**Aerial Slash** : lvl 10 SMN (0.0 second cooldown)

Deals wind damage with a potency of 150 to target and all enemies nearby it.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

warped nest
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huh, 2 apparently

obsidian patio
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With Eulmore’s having the current tier of master craft recipes and maybe a couple other things

solid fog
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Ildyshire only has level 50

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but the site says it also has level 70 idk why

warped nest
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it should be there... ummm i wonder if there are any quest you need to do there to open up idyllshire

solid fog
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Theres isnt any other blue quest other than some red ones

barren holly
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2

vagrant copper
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Here's another softball: Is the timer under Allagan Tomestones in the currency window as dire as it sounds (as in my 41 tomestones are about to disappear)?

open coral
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Which tomestones?

raw solstice
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you will never lose tomes

vagrant copper
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Uh... Poetics?

open coral
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The only time you'll lose tomes are when they're "retired" during or at the end of an expansion.

raw solstice
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and even then, you get a healthy window to trade them in for other tomes

open coral
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And then, you have a period of time during which they can be exchanged for the newer tomes.

raw solstice
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poetics specifically are around to stay though

vagrant copper
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I guess the timer would be for the "this week" thing on the allegories?

raw solstice
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allegory tomes have a cap per week

warped nest
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the timer is your time before the weekly cap is refresh

raw solstice
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you can only get 450 each week

warped nest
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!weekly

zinc orbitBOT
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Tick, Tock, Kupo!
Time Until Weekly Reset:

1 Days, 5 Hours, 19 Minutes, 43 Seconds

warped nest
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was your timer around 29-30 hours?

vagrant copper
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Okay. That's miles away so I just won't worry about it for now

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Yeah, 29h 19m

open coral
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That's just for the weekly reset then.

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Nothing to worry about.

warped nest
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yeah, so you have 29 hours to fill this week's quota

open coral
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It doesn't mean anything will disappear.

warped nest
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after that we move to next week

vagrant copper
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👍

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This game has some weird mechanics lol

warped nest
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at least all these info are laid bare to you now

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previously, we don't have these info in game

open coral
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Weekly resets are always a thing in MMOs

obsidian patio
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Not sure if I’m misremembering, but you may lose out on weekly tomestones if you’re sitting at 2000 and try to get more.

warped nest
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btw, only Allegory has the capped

vagrant copper
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I haven't really played any MMOs other than EVE since EQ so... I'm a bit out of touch with modern MMOs

warped nest
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other Tomestones doesn't have any limitation

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aside from their max capacity of 2000

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Not sure if I’m misremembering, but you may lose out on weekly tomestones if you’re sitting at 2000 and try to get more.
@obsidian patio maybe you should try and let us know

raw solstice
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it's a very niche thing but I'm fairly certain I remember it not allowing you to overcap and lose tomes that way @obsidian patio

leaden ginkgo
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What materia should a rdm go for?

warped nest
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definitely not spell speed

leaden ginkgo
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If doing raids like ruby

raw solstice
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I remember my static DRG doing that by mistake and it being fine

open coral
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Crit > Hit > Det, isn't it?

raw solstice
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Crit > DH ≥ DET, roughly

open coral
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Just like any other dps?

warped nest
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Meld Priority: Crit > DH ≥ DET - for tiers

raw solstice
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it's not quite the same for every dps

warped nest
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most DPS usually want to hit a certain sks or sps tier

raw solstice
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and it's always going to be a bit "it depends" based on tiers, how much of each stat you have, etc

warped nest
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then we go from there

raw solstice
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but for a rough metric that meld priority is fine to go for. If you end up doing savage you can shoot for a specific BiS, but short of that it's not a big deal

velvet reef
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can anyone tell me what bow this is

warped nest
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UWU bow

open coral
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Isn't that one of the Deep Dungeon ones?

twilit arch
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no

open coral
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HoH, maybe?

twilit arch
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that is artemis ultimate

faint flare
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Aka ultima ultimate

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HoH is like orange

open coral
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Ah

faint flare
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Or something

twilit arch
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orange/red

warped nest
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Deep Dungeon has simpler shapes and shade

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and definitely no magic circles around it

velvet reef
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ah

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so the only way to get it is do that dungeon

faint flare
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Fight

lethal mural
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how do I get thornmarch extreme?

warped nest
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@vagrant copper welcome to Eorzea, and don't be shy about asking questions

lethal mural
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I did thornmarch hard

faint flare
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Its one of the hardest fights in the game

obsidian patio
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@lethal mural should be a sidequest in the waking sands

warped nest
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The Weapon Refrain (Ultimate) is one of the 3 Hardest fight in game, @velvet reef

raw solstice
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notably a raid, not a dungeon^

velvet reef
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damn lol

obsidian patio
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There are different glowy versions of it, which come from the ARR zodiac relic series

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!iglam Artemis Bow Zenith

zinc orbitBOT
pastel crow
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So, I got my relic weapon quest and it's telling me to go back to Gerolt on Gangos...but I don't know how to get there.

velvet reef
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gotchyua

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gotchya

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thanks

faint flare
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Doman enclave

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And take the airship

obsidian patio
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Interact with the Aetheryte at the Doman Enclave or talk to the boat/airship pilot near the docks

warped nest
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The 3 Ultimate fight in XIV

Lvl 70 The Unending Coil of Bahamut (Ultimate)
Lvl 70 The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate)
Lvl 80 The Epic of Alexander (Ultimate)

they are referred as UCOB (Unending COil of Bahamut), UWU (Ultima Weapon Ultimate), TEA (The Epic of Alexander)

pastel crow
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I don't know how to geet to the Doman Enclave either

steep herald
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Would I be called more of a shitter if I played BRD or DNC

faint flare
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Teleport to it

pastel crow
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I've looked all over my map

faint flare
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You did attunr

zealous cave
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bb

faint flare
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Didn't you

solid fog
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White gathering scrips are only from the Collectable appraiser ?

warped nest
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if you haven't attuine

pastel crow
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I have attuned

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I just don't know where it is

warped nest
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then travel to the west side of

open coral
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Use your teleport to the Doman Enclave then

faint flare
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Its in the kugane list

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Right at the bottom

pastel crow
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Guess I didn't attune to it

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Which is weird because I teleported to it to leave in the first place

warped nest
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White gathering scrips are only from the Collectable appraiser ?
@solid fog you get it from your weekly as well

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Custom Deliveries

solid fog
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Ah nice thanks

warped nest
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teleport to leave is not affected by local aetheryte attunement

pastel crow
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Guess I'm screwed then

faint flare
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Go to yanxia

lean flare
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The doman enclave entrance is on sout end of Yanxia iirc

obsidian patio
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Then go to Yanxia at x12, y32

warped nest
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go to the west side of Yanxia

faint flare
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And take the boat in thr bottom left

warped nest
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take a boat

pastel crow
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I'll look around for everything, thank you guys!

open coral
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Go to the coordinates Wynne said and talk to the NPC there.

leaden ginkgo
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what's the command for the lvl 50 rdm rotation

open coral
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They will take you across the river to the Doman Enclave

obsidian patio
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!faq 50rdm

zinc orbitBOT
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'I just unlocked this' 5.0 guide
leaden ginkgo
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thank u

warped nest
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advice for new high level jobs

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remove everything off your hotbar

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find a striking dummy

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add skills back to your hotbar one by one

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read tooltips and hit the dummy with the skills

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this simulate leveling up

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and it helps you find a good button setup for your hotbar

rich lodge
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Does shadowbringers bring darker themed armor to all classes, or just dark knight?

solid fog
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Doesnt shadowbringer have job quest for miners? I have completed the level 70 miner job quest called "A Miner Success" and cant find the rest

obsidian patio
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In terms of the job-specific sets, they keep their relative themes.

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shadowbringers didn’t add any crafter/gatherer-specific job quests

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They got the facet quests in the Crystarium

rich lodge
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Well heck

solid fog
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Yeah i just unlocked this facet delivery and i have no idea what im looking at

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bunch of animal traces?

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looks like horns

obsidian patio
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An item you gather

warped nest
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they are on mining/botanist nodes

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just sniff around (or use a guide)

zealous cave
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Where is muh nanna

leaden ginkgo
#

I have a lore question

obsidian patio
leaden ginkgo
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is a crossover raid spoilers?

obsidian patio
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It can be.

leaden ginkgo
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alright I'll move there

solid fog
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Is there a limit to how many collectibles ican bring to rowenas house of splendors ?

warped nest
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no

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as many as you can manage to make/find

solid fog
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Is there a skill that lets you collect x2 or x3 collectibles?

warped nest
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no

leaden ginkgo
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I just started a new class (arcanist) and my class quest is red since i have to lvl up to that lvl first to access it but my MSQ quest is like lvl 30 (from my previous class). Now I know i should be doing fates or hunting logs but do people in the party finder usually state hunting log partys or is this something i gotta do on my own? Solo is kinda boring

warped nest
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hunting party are hunting lvl 50, 60, 70, 80 targets

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hunting log is a list of enemies you can check off and it gives one-off bonus exp

leaden ginkgo
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oh

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that makes sense

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So I should stick to solo hunting log to lvl up to my class questÉ

warped nest
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FATE and hunting log should be enough to quickly level you up to level 15

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then you can do Roulettes in your duty for daily exp bonus

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check your Challenge Log too and see if you can get any Bonus exp quickly

keen spade
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question: there wouldn't exist by any chance a tracker of bonus for the novus light farm, right?

obsidian patio
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There used to be a reddit live thread but it’s been discontinued for a long time

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People don’t really bother with a tracker for it anymore since you basically just spam two different duties depending on your loading time.

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Tam-Tara Deepcroft normal and Ifrit Normal, with Ifrit being slightly better but more grindy/repetitive if you have fast loads with an SSD

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Undersized, of course.

vagrant copper
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Just to make sure, some abilities become straight up useless when you get new ones, right? Like there's absolutely no reason to use Aero 1 or Stone 1 when you have Aero 2 and Stone 2 (same cast time, same MP cost, higher potency)

keen spade
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hmm okay ty

obsidian patio
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Those abilities upgrade into the stronger versions with traits

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!trait stone mastery

zinc orbitBOT
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**Stone Mastery** : lvl 18 CNJ WHM

Upgrades Stone to Stone II.

obsidian patio
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If you try to place stone 1 on your bar past 18 it automatically becomes stone 2

vagrant copper
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Oh. huh

obsidian patio
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And if you get synced to something below 18 it reverts into stone 1

warped nest
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it is potency/animation upgrade 😄

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to put it simply

leaden ginkgo
#

chronos im stuck between archer or summoer(Arcanist for now)...i know ull eventually switch jobs but i wanna choose one to main....any recomemndation on which is more flashier/quick

warped nest
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Flashy and Quick? Ninja

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XD

obsidian patio
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Archer is probably a bit ‘faster’ with you spamming more buttons overall

warped nest
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Summoner is probably a tad more satisfying to play at lvl 50 compared to Bard, i guess

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you can feel more oomph from Summoner though

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with Deathflare

mossy current
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Deathflare is 60

warped nest
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crap

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then they all suck until you hit level 60-70

mossy current
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DWT is 58 iirc

warped nest
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50 is Enkindle

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right?

obsidian patio
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Yep

mossy current
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Should be