questions-and-help

[velvet reef]

Where can I get the white painted moogle mask?

[open coral]

That was one of the seasonal pieces from last year’s Moonfire Faire, so you’ll have to wait for it to be added to the mogstation

[velvet reef]

Ah

How long do you think?

[open coral]

Seasonal event items are usually added to the mogstation around a year later, so it will be later this year

[little swift]

probably will appear during the next moonfire faire

[velvet reef]

Ah

Sweet

Thanks

[prime pendant]

Hey guys

Anyone got a decent FC that accepts new people?

Bouta make an NA server char but i wanna pick the server based on a decent fc with some helpful folk!

[remote lintel]

my fc on behemoth is helpful to new players and friendly

[open coral]

Depends on the kind of community you’re looking for

Both my Excalibur and Zalera FCs are helpful and friendly, but the former is smaller and less active, and the latter is full of... unique personalities

[zinc orbit]

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[remote lintel]

mine is close knit and pretty active

[hollow pebble]

hey all, UI question.... im having a blast setting my UI up the way i want but one things bugging me so hard. The character names on the screen are HUGE. please tell me you can change the font size

[open coral]

You can resize the whole interface down in System Configuration > Display Settings

However that would resize everything, so exercise caution

[hollow pebble]

yeah., ive done that but it doesnt do anything to the text for character names

a google doesnt do me much good either

[slate arrow]

I think that's directly tied to your game resolution

[hollow pebble]

you can turn them off lol but then how will i quest!

[open coral]

The only other setting I can find is under Character Configuration > Display Name Settings > General > Display Name Size

But the only options (at least on PS4) are Standard, Large, and Maximum

[hollow pebble]

same here on PC

and i already have it on standard

[burnt bluff]

worth it to wait for a server with bonus xp for new players?

[remote lintel]

if you plan on leveling a bunch of classes yes

[burnt bluff]

i'm just starting as a new player. no idea.

[open coral]

If you don’t want to get regularly hung up on the msq, yes

[remote lintel]

just do it if you can

[open coral]

Without it you’ll hit walls pretty frequently

[burnt bluff]

ok, i'll keep refreshing

[hollow pebble]

just seems like surely im not the only person in this 2020 era to have requested it

[lime sphinx]

yo, if i need to do a dungeon, like in a quest, and i queue up for the roulette, am i guaranteed that dungeon ?

[remote lintel]

nope

[lime sphinx]

ok guess i got really lucky then

[hollow pebble]

its the overall UI settings

but that confuses me because my screen is definitely fhd

but it the names are huge and unadjustable

[fringe inlet]

Can diadem give you a penalty

99% sure no

but the risk

[hollow pebble]

so to have the names a nice size it wants me to be just at normal HD?

which feels like im missing out on some extra jazz?

[twilit arch]

there's no penalty for leaving diadem

[remote lintel]

@hollow pebble full HD makes the UI way too big for me

just use standard

I don't think there's much of a difference

[hollow pebble]

maybe it means my computer/screen can just handle everything smaller in HD

Im sure theres a clever tech person that will tell me im doing the right thing and i should be downsizing to be able to downsize the UI or something

[slate arrow]

are you saying this is too large?

[remote lintel]

ew light theme

[hollow pebble]

hahaha

no thats what i am happy (ish) with

[slate arrow]

Mine's 100% fullHD as well

[hollow pebble]

mine is bigger than that.....

[slate arrow]

oh that's full HD

whoops

[hardy lichen]

a friend of mine is trying to create a character in the same world i did but he cant, how long does this takes to refresh?

[slate arrow]

random

almost all servers are temp. disabled for new players since there's a lot of people online atm due to COVID

[hollow pebble]

oh that's full HD
@slate arrow not Full HD, thats just standard

[slate arrow]

i know

[remote lintel]

@hardy lichen it's because your world is too crowded right now

tell them to try later

[prime pendant]

You might have to make a char on a diff server same dc

Me and my friend have been trying for 2/3 days now to get into our prefered server

[river portal]

I'm trying to craft wolfram ingots but I don't see it in my crafting log?

[slate arrow]

do you have the expert books from a realm reborn

you need the expert books which require specific crafts

[hollow pebble]

@slate arrow you got another screen grab for me to let you know that was my problem?

[nova umbra]

for the ARR relic weapons, how do you know which dungeons will give bonus light per run?

[slate arrow]

this is what fullHD looks like to me @hollow pebble

so you'll just have to go to HD and scale up your UI independently

[hollow pebble]

or down as the case is

thats cool. thanks for helping me see the solution

really appreciated 🙂

[remote lintel]

can u invite people from other worlds to your FC

[slate arrow]

no

[remote lintel]

[signal garnet]

So ive finished the msq for stormblood but I havent unlocked the dungeon to get the lunar kamuy. Is it in the most game msq, or some other mission?

[remote lintel]

i see a bunch of ppl advertising their FCs from other worlds

[slate arrow]

it's due to how PF works

[leaden ginkgo]

So ive finished the msq for stormblood but I havent unlocked the dungeon to get the lunar kamuy. Is it in the most game msq, or some other mission?
@signal garnet Lunar Kamuy is a random drop from Tsukuyomi Extreme

[crystal bluff]

^

[leaden ginkgo]

You'll unlock it later on

[slate arrow]

tied to MSQ

[remote lintel]

pf?

[slate arrow]

oh if they're advertising in other worlds they're just being dumb

[signal garnet]

So its after the "stormblood" quest where you beat the big bad right?

[remote lintel]

yes

post stormblood

[hollow pebble]

@slate arrow cheers 🙂

[slate arrow]

it's the patch MSQ

[remote lintel]

also you need a raid group for it

[signal garnet]

aw man

how far into it?

yeah I know

ill just go to pf

[plucky gale]

hey guys if i'm a new player, do i not have to worry about too may things besides completing the msq until however long?

[blissful matrix]

you pilot your ship

[plucky gale]

pretty sure i just finished ARR yesterday

sorry i'm not realy sure what that means

[blissful matrix]

MSQ goes all the way to lvl 80

its the main thing to do, and following it allows you to do other things, but you don't have to hurry

[plucky gale]

okay thanks, so msq until 80, got it

[crystal bluff]

and do your daily duty roulettes

[plucky gale]

i only have the guild hests and leveling, are there more i have to unlock?

[crystal bluff]

yes

[plucky gale]

im assuming i just do blue quests until i find them all?

[crystal bluff]

no

well, some of them do

[remote lintel]

you unlock them from the story

[blissful matrix]

the blue quests unlock things yea if thats what you want to do

[keen fable]

does anyone have updated hunter logs?

the reddit post i was given has errors everywhere

[plucky gale]

im kind of just using this guide to make sure i don't miss anything, is this okay? https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Guide:Progression_and_Level_Locked_Content?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=7581715cb04b265d369ca5371141f1ee7116b17a-1587950845-0-AQHaKV7BgG4NOzdojlC89U3PTS0nd7unPXRWtTNaOoRcj-6XsR4R8aPWAB_hbOIgMMXupSRpBfI-I86SW5Y_tvGMjXa_fZSWAuATwWi1adlAAyNWHChLgo24mXgpyiIq-rNBX389L84CLd3GC1I8XWmHrNlUl7U6OF1xSmFdokeiHP6gTAPpd6cAFC4nbS8BcJN8Z9AIDwxOp7O_Y9_XFd_3PnlVctn9w0frKOx08hhpUPxf6box2rhnh7tD3NrMAjesdc9trJUMQ9Onx2I0m7hHUnmbyD2JUKnhffBC8K-moKj7dvbyKrM1OZZgifEKuMTk_e5cVmsi0qbyCiBJPh4

oh yikes thats an ugly link sorry

[remote lintel]

you don't really need a guide to play the game

just do things at your pace

[blissful matrix]

it is a really story driven game, you can enjoy it like other final fantasy games

[plucky gale]

thanks for the help guys really appreciate it 🙂

[blissful matrix]

MSQ actually unlocks most of the queues besides raids for you

Things MSQ doesnt unlock for roulette queues: Alliance Raids, Normal Raids, Pvp

and you can worry about lvl 80 and expert queues once you get 80

[plucky gale]

i just saw things about like tomes(?) relics(?) or whatever on the subreddit wiki and had no idea what any of that was

[blissful matrix]

but yea cherry pick things from that guide you might want sometimes like Haircuts, Chocobo combat companion

[keen fable]

how long do preferred servers stay closed

[faint flare]

When not many people are on

[keen fable]

for character creation**

[faint flare]

Aka in the early morning

[keen fable]

alright

this is depressing im getting burnt out from an extreme lack of progress

ive spent 9 hours on the game and gotten 1 class to 11 and one to 15

[blissful matrix]

I think most people take awhile to start

[subtle marten]

how are raids in this game?

like the big raids?

are they good? gamplay and story wise?

[remote lintel]

yes

[blissful matrix]

yes

raids have a place for casual and hardcore players with differing difficulties

all include stories

[remote lintel]

@keen fable this is a game where you take your time

if you want speed leveling i don't think it's right for you

[subtle marten]

on another note, literally everyone is telling me how much of a slog 20-44 ARR chapters are

[keen fable]

i dont care about speed leveling i care about having progress

[subtle marten]

is this true, because im feeling it

[keen fable]

and it feels like ive not made any

[remote lintel]

are you doing the msq?

[white bronze]

Hey I'm doin the return of the bull mission but for some reason the boss is stuck on 1 hp

[subtle marten]

yes

[white bronze]

Is this a glitch?

[subtle marten]

im like 10 levels ahead of the main story right now

so im just speedrunning it as much as i can to catch up to my intended level quests

[keen fable]

on the first class, yes, but on the second one, i cant, for obvious reasons, and its taking a bonkers amount of time to level up

[blissful matrix]

I didnt get emotionally involved in the story until HW 🤷

[subtle marten]

ah alright

[remote lintel]

@keen fable well yeah because you don't have any dungeons below lvl 15

[subtle marten]

everyone is telling me the worldbuilding in ARR is phenomenal

[remote lintel]

and your other class is low lvl

@subtle marten the endings of the ARR stories are really really good

it's a slow burn

[subtle marten]

how slow

i can deal with drip feed and slow burn

i did like the ifrit mission tho

[remote lintel]

it's not mind numbingly slow

what lvl are u

[subtle marten]

im level 31, but im on the level 21 quests

i just got dragoon

[remote lintel]

so u barely even scratched the surface of the story

just play it

[naive seal]

I just did my first dungeon and as a lancer it didn't let me roll need on a Disciple of War item. Can anybody let me know why that is

[remote lintel]

was the weapon specifically lancer?

[naive seal]

It was a Disciple of War head armor

[zinc orbit]

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[naive seal]

This, namely

[subtle marten]

so when exactly does the ARR story pick up for people?

like what level range

[blissful matrix]

imo 40+

when the msq quests are lvl 40, you might be higher level by that point

[subtle marten]

so above the free trial

well i was planning to buy the game anyway lol

[keen fable]

are there mounts?

[obsidian patio]

@white bronze looking at the fight in a video, I don’t see any particular reason why the boss would be stuck at 1hp, so i suggest sending in a bug report through the support desk in System

[fossil prawn]

I own a private house. If I buy a house for my FC that doesn't currently have a house, am I able to skip the housing timer, or does it only count for relocating an?

[white bronze]

Damn

[subtle marten]

@keen fable yes, you get your first one at lvl 20 msq

chocobo

[white bronze]

Yea Imma let the timer run out

[obsidian patio]

Only relocation skips the timer

[white bronze]

I mean the instance would end and I'd jus have to start over smh

[keen fable]

is rogue fun to level?

[obsidian patio]

It feels a bit sluggish before level 45 but pretty fun overall

[keen fable]

hm

im trying to find a class that doesnt feel sluggish throughout the way if that makes sense

to enjoy the long road to 50 first thing

[remote lintel]

they all do

[keen fable]

rip

[obsidian patio]

I’d say monk then with their greased lightning speeding them up

[remote lintel]

getting to 50 isn't that long

[warped nest]

The game is a long tutorial

Can't give you all the tools in one go

[keen fable]

i enjoy this game's combat and abilities

bit less serious than wow and is cool looking

i just am having trouble gettin started

[remote lintel]

what are you having trouble with

[river portal]

I am at my wit's end on how to craft wolfram ingots, they're level 50. I bought the scripts recipe books for blacksmithe III and IV, the recipe wasn't in either

[keen fable]

just feels like it takes forever

i know its a lot to do with me but eh

[remote lintel]

do the story

[faint flare]

Theres a master receipe book 1 and 2 in mor dhona @river portal

[plucky gale]

oh quick question, is there a point to alts in this game

[twilit arch]

for the average person, not really

main reason why people make alts is: roleplaying, hardcore raiding, and hardcore crafting

[mossy current]

Hardcore?

[crystal bluff]

is there a way to disable your minion climbing onto your shoulder

[blissful matrix]

idk try

/slap it

[keen fable]

thats mean

[warped nest]

@mossy current in savage raid, there is a weekly limit to how many item you can loot, if you want to gear up multiple roles with their BiS (best in slot gear) fast, it is just not possible with a single character. That's why one would make different characters

[mossy current]

Ahhh

[prime pendant]

Hello lovely people

So erm

Me and my friend are duo leveling

And he has gone to bed

So i wanna still play, but i dont wanna be like outpacing him if that makes sense

[blissful matrix]

start a new job

[prime pendant]

What are some productive things i could/should be doing that dont give Xp/make me outpace him

Yeah i wanted to ask about that

[warped nest]

Crafting and gathering

[prime pendant]

So you can only have one job at a time, that includes econ jobs like mining right

[warped nest]

You can also level another combat job

[prime pendant]

Can you have a combat job and econ job at the same time

[warped nest]

You can do it ALL

[prime pendant]

Or is it simply just one job at a time

[blissful matrix]

you can have all jobs on one character

[warped nest]

ALL

[prime pendant]

Yeah but i mean can i use multiple jobs

[blissful matrix]

when you swap weapons the abilities and actionbars get swapped out

[prime pendant]

Can i be a pugilist and a miner at the same time

[twilit arch]

no

[prime pendant]

kk gotcha

[warped nest]

You cannot kill stuff as pugilist, then use mining action as pugilist

[twilit arch]

you're whatever class/job you've got the weapon/main hand equipped

[prime pendant]

Yeah thats what i meant, understoof

So if i get mining

I can be out and about

and put my pickaxe on

and im now a miner

[twilit arch]

Yep

[warped nest]

Yes

[prime pendant]

cool as fuck

Well what would you guys recommend as your personal fun job?

All ive done right now is play as Pugilist until lvl 25, which is wherei am now

[remote lintel]

not the crafters or gatherers

[prime pendant]

I just finished the first mount quest

[blissful matrix]

my favorite is Bard

[warped nest]

Tanking is fun imo

[blissful matrix]

which you would start as archer, in gridania

[warped nest]

Tanking has simpler rotation, but you need to play dungeon slightly different compared to dps

[prime pendant]

Do all the additional jobs unlock at 50 by the way

[warped nest]

No

[prime pendant]

Or did i remember seeing some unlock at 35

[warped nest]

Nope

[remote lintel]

some unlock at 50 some at 60

[warped nest]

Ninja, specifically Rogue, unlocks when you have a lvl 10 dow/m

[prime pendant]

dow/m o.O?

Oh

Disciple or war

Yeah gotcha

[remote lintel]

or magic

[warped nest]

HW jobs is reaching Ishgard
SB jobs is having lvl 50 dow/m
ShB jobs is lvl 60 dow/m

[prime pendant]

Well i guess erm

So my friend is playing thurmaturge

I am pugilist/Fist man

[remote lintel]

i too call them fist people

[blissful matrix]

ah yes fist man

[prime pendant]

Would you suggest any other fun combat jobs that would compliment him better?

[blissful matrix]

but you must not forget, the kicks

[keen fable]

does bard have aoe?

[blissful matrix]

yes

[prime pendant]

Ideally not a resident sleeper healer

[warped nest]

Yes, Dark

[remote lintel]

@keen fable all classes have aoe

[warped nest]

Would you suggest any other fun combat jobs that would compliment him better?
@prime pendant job doesn't have that much synergy

[remote lintel]

be a white mage so you can heal him when he inevitably gets hit

[blissful matrix]

in complimenting him you been give him buffs?

Bard/Dancer

[warped nest]

However, if you want to, you can get tank or healer to get faster dungeon queue

[prime pendant]

Well, just work together i guess, hes a mage so i should probably be melee

So i can "tank"

[warped nest]

Again, doesn't have that much synergy

[white bronze]

Is there any class exclusive glamor or armor.. I don't look very ninja with the scavean set lol

[remote lintel]

black mages rely a lot on healers

[prime pendant]

But i dont really understand how aggro works yet

How do i make sure i keep aggro

Over him

[remote lintel]

@white bronze yes, the relic gear

[keen fable]

i was told it was a pretty good idea to choose a dps as a first character to level because you need to do msq anyways so dungeon queues being long isnt as bad?

[warped nest]

@white bronze yes, they are called relic gears

Not really no

[prime pendant]

Dark

[white bronze]

How I get those

[prime pendant]

Some of the MSQ requires a dungeon to progress

[warped nest]

Doesn't matter what role you pick as your first

[prime pendant]

I had to wait 45 minutes to do a quest

Becaue of duty finder queue

[wintry chasm]

the level 50 and 70 one you can buy back from the calamity salvager in cities if you've done the level 50 and 70 job quests

[remote lintel]

@white bronze from your class quests at lvls 50, 60, 70

[warped nest]

Just pick what you think is cool

Don't over think efficiency

[wintry chasm]

The level 60 one you have to buy with centurio seals in Ishgard

[prime pendant]

Well um

[wintry chasm]

I assume you job/story skipped @white bronze

[prime pendant]

Im enjoying Fist man so far

But his base combo is super predictable/non situational

Anyone got a more adaptable combo/one that requires more than 10 iq

[blissful matrix]

you are level 20, dw it gets really complicated

later

[remote lintel]

yeah black mage is hella complicated so good luck to ur friend

[tropic tulip]

any squadron experts around? i'm a little confused by what's going on with my chemistries. What i'm seeing when selecting a mission is not what I have assigned on the member, and changes based on which mission is selected?

[wintry chasm]

Black Mage isn't that complicated

[blissful matrix]

MNK and Summoner are hardest dps at 80

[warped nest]

Black Mage is confusing

[prime pendant]

tbf we both come from a comp classic wow guild

[warped nest]

More than it is complicated

[prime pendant]

So we got exp in hard rotations

[wintry chasm]

Black Mage is confusing simply because it changes rotation a lot as it levels

[prime pendant]

(because we werent mages)

[wintry chasm]

but the rotation itself isn't hard

[keen fable]

isn't smn only bad until you learn the first combo? then it's not awful? just lern the opener and you're fine?

[wintry chasm]

SMN doesn't have combos

[keen fable]

er, rotation

[blissful matrix]

@prime pendant if you like the challeng stay MNK trust me

[prime pendant]

My only qualm

Is that the armour from what ive seen for mnk

[wintry chasm]

Also that's personal opinion Dark

[prime pendant]

looks kinda wank

[remote lintel]

then glamour it

[wintry chasm]

the job gear Wag?

[prime pendant]

Yeah but you can only glamour stuff you can wear

Right

[wintry chasm]

or just gear that Monk can wear in general?

[warped nest]

!myglamour mnk

[zinc orbit]

Monk Glamour for Mikoto Kamijou

[prime pendant]

Disgusting

[wintry chasm]

(that's bad)

[remote lintel]

how u do that

[wintry chasm]

#kupo-bot-spam and I'll show you Cerberus

[blissful matrix]

I like ym Monk glamour

[warped nest]

!myglamour nin

[prime pendant]

Better but

[zinc orbit]

Ninja Glamour for Mikoto Kamijou

[warped nest]

If you like Chinese wuxia...

[prime pendant]

I dont like anime/weeb style

I pref actual armour

[warped nest]

The dress is what I had on my monk

You are level 25 now

You don't have the luxury to be picky

[blissful matrix]

what kinda monk wears armor

[prime pendant]

My guy looks lit rn

[blissful matrix]

this isnt weeb

[leaden ginkgo]

are the cracked cluster rewards for SHB hunts random?

[prime pendant]

How do i do the myglamour thingy

Well not weeb but

[little swift]

!faq glamour

[prime pendant]

I pref armour that looks semi realistic in the sensse that it would protect

[zinc orbit]

Glamour FAQ

Info

'What is Glamour and how do I unlock it?'

Glamour is the process of changing an equipment's look into a different item with the use of Glamour Prisms. You can unlock the ability to glamour by doing the level 15 quests 'If I Had a Glamour' in Vesper Bay, West Thanalan. Although not required, you can unlock the ability to dye gear with the nearby quest 'Color Your World'. You can get the Orange Juice needed by talking to the nearby Merchant & Mender. Items used for glamouring are not lost upon use.

'How do I glamour? Where do I get more Prisms?'

Glamouring is done by right-clicking (Square or X on controllers) on the equipment you want to glamour and choosing the option 'Cast Glamour'. After clicking this you choose the item you want the appearance on the right half of the menu that opened up. You can get more Glamour Prisms by either crafting them after completing the quest 'Absolutely Glamourous', buying them from your Grand Company Quartermaster, or buying them from the marketboard.

[prime pendant]

Like lich king armour from Wow for example

Fucking awesome

[warped nest]

#glamour-discussion

Go to this channel

[twilit arch]

@leaden ginkgo you have a chance of getting them from A ranks but are assured them from S ranks

[blissful matrix]

but the lich king is a paladin

and then

a death knight

[warped nest]

They will be more helpful there with your search

[prime pendant]

So if im a monk

[leaden ginkgo]

ahh okay, thank you

[blissful matrix]

Monk is closer to a rogue from wow in armor

[prime pendant]

I have to forgoe the knight style armour

[blissful matrix]

yea

[wintry chasm]

uhhh

[prime pendant]

Rip

[wintry chasm]

Not necessarily

[prime pendant]

Change class time

[wintry chasm]

There are some pretty big armour gear monk can wear

[prime pendant]

I mean i still love cool as fuck looking leather style stuff

[warped nest]

Those are not very common though

[wintry chasm]

IIRC deepshadow has some mail and should pads, I guess some mogstation outfits count. some HW items like the titanium stuff would work

[twilit arch]

ff14 doesn't really follow armour rules like wow does, since it basically varies by style

[prime pendant]

if they arent common thats all the better

[warped nest]

Striking is usually leaner than Maim

[wintry chasm]

Right it's less common but that doesn't mean it isn't there Chronos

[twilit arch]

but a lot of the striking gear tends to lean towards leather armour

[prime pendant]

Less common is better imo

Nice to stick out/work for it

[warped nest]

Less common means less choice

So if you hated what's available

[prime pendant]

Yeah good point

[remote lintel]

like this?

not monk but

[prime pendant]

thats h o t

[remote lintel]

lol thanks

[prime pendant]

But yeah thats the kinda thing i go for

Gothic style armour i guess is the best word

[blissful matrix]

[wintry chasm]

That's the level 70 omnicron stuff isn't it?

[remote lintel]

yeah

[prime pendant]

Tbf

[remote lintel]

the top is

[prime pendant]

Does samurai have some cool armour

bc i might switch at 50

[warped nest]

Samurai and Monk shares

[blissful matrix]

they wear dresses

[remote lintel]

all classes have cool armor

[wintry chasm]

Generally has access to the same stuff as Monk

[prime pendant]

hmm

[blissful matrix]

https://xivstyle.com/

[wintry chasm]

The only thing they don't share is the actual job exclusive gear at 50/60/70/80

[jaunty crescent]

any good guide for eureka?

[warped nest]

There is a lot of combinations and choices

Which is why we semi-jokingly said that Glamour is the true endgame

[blissful matrix]

@prime pendant https://i1.wp.com/xivstyle.com/img/combat/jobspecific/mnk/melee//m_oth_f.png?ssl=1 this is the first Monk specific set youll get access to

[prime pendant]

Get it out of my sight

[obsidian patio]

@jaunty crescent This discord has tons of info and helpful stuff for Eureka. https://discord.gg/WBXw9pN

[wintry chasm]

can be dyed

[leaden ginkgo]

DRG has some pretty neat armor

but then you're playing drg

[prime pendant]

i already dyed looking at it

[wintry chasm]

how about um

!itemglam deepshadow scale mail of striking

[zinc orbit]

**Deepshadow Scale Mail of Striking** **:** Body

Images of glamour items by Gamer Escape.

[remote lintel]

why dont you go to the market board and search all monk armor up to lvl 80

[wintry chasm]

^ not a bad idea

[remote lintel]

then you can see most stuff

[prime pendant]

oh

[wintry chasm]

It won't be all the gear

[prime pendant]

Yeah thats a really good idea

[wintry chasm]

but it'd be a lot of it

[warped nest]

Like 1/3rd?

[wintry chasm]

A bit more

[warped nest]

Most gears are dungeons/raid drops

[blissful matrix]

https://i2.wp.com/xivstyle.com/img/combat/currency/ironworks//m_strik_f.png?ssl=1 monks have easy access to this at 50

[prime pendant]

Okay yeah that armour there looks great

Oh my god

ok

[wintry chasm]

I'd go as far as to say 3/5ths

[prime pendant]

Is all good, this stuff looks epic

[warped nest]

I can agree with thay

[prime pendant]

Honestly

I didnt realise the choice

[warped nest]

Around the ballpark of 1/2

[prime pendant]

i come from wow classic which has no glamour

so you have 2 choices at max level

[twilit arch]

https://www.ffxivcollection.com/ if you want to see all available sets (might be missing a few pictures but is mostly up to date)

[prime pendant]

i forget the amount of shit you can wear here

[remote lintel]

nah this game has glamour plates which let you apply whole outfits for free

[leaden ginkgo]

should I do beast tribes quests or just try to get to lvl 50 as fast as I can

[blissful matrix]

this is the deepshadow set he was talking about btw https://i1.wp.com/xivstyle.com/img/combat/currency/deepshadow//m_strik_f.png?ssl=1

[warped nest]

Everything you can wear can be used as glamour

[prime pendant]

That armour is gorgeous

Assuming

i can cover the bear arm with an undershirt

[leaden ginkgo]

!itemglam edenchoir gambison of striking

[zinc orbit]

**Edenchoir Gambison of Striking** **:** Body

Images of glamour items by Gamer Escape.

[remote lintel]

it takes some time to get

[prime pendant]

Or do i have to have the bear skin

[warped nest]

Some of the Alexander stuff is not bad too

[remote lintel]

you have bare skin

[leaden ginkgo]

this is a pretty neat striking set

[prime pendant]

i cri

[warped nest]

The nomad series from lvl 53 dungeon is nice too

[prime pendant]

yeah ill deffo stay pug then go sam at 50

[blissful matrix]

@prime pendant https://i1.wp.com/xivstyle.com/img/glamour/crafted/full1/coeurltalisman//m_oth_f.png?ssl=1 this is actually more up your alley

[prime pendant]

sold

[remote lintel]

thanks i hate it

[leaden ginkgo]

covered neck to toe

[prime pendant]

that

is

more

Like it

[wintry chasm]

but yeah I think we can chill on this glamour stuff now

Think we've made the point xD

[prime pendant]

yeah 100%

[keen fable]

final fantasy glamour 14?

[prime pendant]

time to powerlevel to 50

[leaden ginkgo]

buuut that armor is timegated so if you want it, it'd take i think.. 4 weeks? or 3?

at level 80

[prime pendant]

how many raids are in the game at this point btw

[remote lintel]

at your point?

0

[prime pendant]

na i meant total

[remote lintel]

oh wait

lol

[echo tapir]

never counted lol

[oak ice]

49 8 man raids, 13 24 man raids

[echo tapir]

nice

[prime pendant]

49?????????????

WHAT

[echo tapir]

wait are we saying that EX are raids

[oak ice]

No, wait, I lied, only 45

[remote lintel]

@prime pendant he means boss fights

[warped nest]

4 raid series

[wintry chasm]

Each expansion has like, one 8-man raid but it's split into 12 different fights

[blissful matrix]

say 8 man

[prime pendant]

How long do the 24 man raids normally last

[oak ice]

13 coils, 12 Alex, 12 Omega, 8 Eden

[blissful matrix]

for clarity

[prime pendant]

time wise

[leaden ginkgo]

30-40 minutes

[warped nest]

30 minutes

[echo tapir]

you in for a wild ride

[prime pendant]

Aww 😦

[wintry chasm]

Yeah 30 give or take

[remote lintel]

they're pretty easy

[leaden ginkgo]

they arent terribly challenging but a lot have fun mechanics

[prime pendant]

Any super long ones?

[remote lintel]

no

[echo tapir]

not really

[wintry chasm]

No

[leaden ginkgo]

or well, not that they arent challenging but death is of little consequence

[prime pendant]

damn

[warped nest]

If we count EX, then 7 ish per expansion

[echo tapir]

just learning it is the long part

that's why

it's not gonna be one-shot

[prime pendant]

See this game is phenominal so far

[remote lintel]

i mean they'll be long if half the raid doesnt know what theyre doing

[prime pendant]

But i am a little worried the late game will be a let down compared to wow classic

[echo tapir]

yea

oh

[slate arrow]

this game is designed around respecting the player's time

[blissful matrix]

wow classic was made in 2004

[warped nest]

XIV raids focuses more on mechanical dances

[remote lintel]

get a static and do endgame raids

[slate arrow]

they don't want you playing 8 hours a day 7 days a week

[wintry chasm]

I can't comment on this since I never played WoW

[echo tapir]

well okay to be fair, WoW raids were all about busting into a place and hitting trash mobs and shit though.

they dont really do that here

you just do story cutscenes and then you do the normal raid version and then you can do the savage raid version

[prime pendant]

Wow classic imo has the best late game raiding system of any mmo, its the one thing it did right

[slate arrow]

except for the coils but that was back in 2.0 like 7 years ago now

[echo tapir]

and all of it has more mechanics the harder you go

[blissful matrix]

would you like to see a video of late game raiding Wag?

[prime pendant]

Ah ok

[echo tapir]

yea people were kind of casual about coils so they complained i guess

[leaden ginkgo]

ya raids for a majority of xiv is effectively one big boss encounter per instance

[prime pendant]

Yeah for sure tech

Yeah like uh

[remote lintel]

are you gonna show him an EX eden

cause oh god

[warped nest]

If you don't mind spoiler, you can just watch a video on a recent XIV raid to see how it is done

[prime pendant]

for example the most recent raid in wow classic took us around 4 hours first attempt

And has 12 bosses

[wintry chasm]

Well that's for the 8-man raids anyway Casimir

[leaden ginkgo]

ya, for 8 man

[slate arrow]

oh show him Alexander Ultimate

[blissful matrix]

@prime pendant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Qk1bz6eOk 14 minute fight

[leaden ginkgo]

show him e6s lmao

[wintry chasm]

Oh God

[remote lintel]

yep

savage eden

i knew it

those melt my brain

[leaden ginkgo]

if you want a decent example of mechanical dancing and how one death can completely wipe a party, E6S is a recent example

[slate arrow]

raids are both DPS checks and very execution heavy

[warped nest]

Mechanical dances + DPS checks

Usually more emphasis on the mechanics

[slate arrow]

chances are if someone dies, especially during a mechanic check, it's back to the start of the fight

it's not uncommon to spend at least an hour on reclears each week as well

*per instance

[remote lintel]

you should have shown him the first savage eden gate

[prime pendant]

So erm i guess that leads onto

If i am late game and ive done almost everything

What is like the weekly time required to just keep up with everything

[slate arrow]

everything endgame or everything everything

[prime pendant]

Like general maintinence

Everything endgame like raid wise

[warped nest]

8-12 hours?

Maybe?

[prime pendant]

Noice

[blissful matrix]

ever play a final fantasy game before? it has so much stuff to do

[warped nest]

Doing your weekly savage clear, then cap tomestone

[remote lintel]

@prime pendant you realize that a lot of WoW players switched to this game for a reason

[warped nest]

Assuming no DoH/L

[slate arrow]

later on you also get the ability to level up your relic weapon and also have the weekly alliance raid rewards

[prime pendant]

For sure but

The thing is

Wow schismd

Half went here, half went wow classic

[leaden ginkgo]

theres always legacy stuff to do too, you can try to collect previous relic weapons which will suck the poetic tomestones out of you

[prime pendant]

Wow classic is a lot more hardcore than normal wow

And is almost perfect, but the combat is

[slate arrow]

and then leveling up every job to level cap

[prime pendant]

fucking terrible

[slate arrow]

and then leveling every crafter to level cap

[remote lintel]

i think youll like this game

[leaden ginkgo]

or you can try to optimise your rotation during re-clears

[blissful matrix]

theres a funtion in this game called 'sync' that you wont need a Ffxiv classic to ever launch

[slate arrow]

and then running BLU mage for achivements (such as doing old raids synced)

[prime pendant]

Again, so far im absolutely loving it

But given the free time i have

i am worried about feeling done with it in like a month or two

[leaden ginkgo]

there are websites that will give you a breakdown of missed cooldowns, uptime etc etc

[slate arrow]

the biggest difference is that this game respects the player's time

[prime pendant]

Hoping im very wrong

[remote lintel]

but theres always content coming out?

not like right now but

[slate arrow]

also if you're trying to bum rush to 80 to endgame

[prime pendant]

Yeah but i dont want the game to respect my time

[remote lintel]

u know

[slate arrow]

don't

[prime pendant]

xd

[slate arrow]

the game will not respect your time if you try to bum rush the MSQ

[blissful matrix]

you arent gonna finish the game in a month or two

[leaden ginkgo]

do the relic weapons if you dont want ffxiv to respect your time

[slate arrow]

this is a Final Fantasy game first and MMO second

[remote lintel]

^

i mean if you really wanna grind shit out play black desert online

lmao

[warped nest]

FFXIV give you the option to play occasionally, but you are free to be on it 24/7

There is no pressure to keep up if you don't want to

[blissful matrix]

while people keep repeating that the game respects your time, you can also play this game with an impossible to reach efficiency

[prime pendant]

I deffo want too

[leaden ginkgo]

it is incredibly overwhelming to do so

[prime pendant]

Im very much hoping this is an 1000 hour + game for me

[remote lintel]

it will be

if that's what you want

[prime pendant]

Since i already spend like 12 hours a day on it rn

[warped nest]

/playtime

[slate arrow]

I just hit 80 on all my jobs and it took me close to 2.5k hours to do so, haha

[leaden ginkgo]

oh easily lmao ive put like 1500 hours into this game and 90% of that was casual

[warped nest]

Last I check my playtime with in game command, I think mine hits 150 days worth of in game time

And that's many months ago

[remote lintel]

i wouldn't worry about endgame at your level tho, just focus on enjoying the story at your own pace

that alone will take a good chunk of time

[warped nest]

It is a exclamation mark, Industrial

[leaden ginkgo]

ya endgame is miles away, if you're not 50 yet you still have all the pre 2.5 ARR msqs to do

[slate arrow]

i know im dumb

[blissful matrix]

this game takes so long that people own houses in the game

[remote lintel]

ikr

if all else fails pour your life into making obscene amounts of gil

[zinc orbit]

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[slate arrow]

This game is reliable content: the game

[blissful matrix]

it takes hundreds of hours to secure a large mansion alone

[prime pendant]

Excellent

i wont put the game down until i got everything for sure

[remote lintel]

honestly the story alone will take you hours upon hours

[prime pendant]

All armour i need, house, all raids fully done, so on

[remote lintel]

like legend of zelda amounts of time

[prime pendant]

well ye

[blissful matrix]

theres an achievement window

[prime pendant]

im on 23 hours and ive only just gotten my lvl 20 mount

[remote lintel]

when i first started the game i really wanted to 100% it with the quests and stuff but then the game opened up and i was like nope

i think i 100%ed every single quest up to like lvl 40 or something

[slate arrow]

there's an absurd amount of flavour and lore in the sidequests so

if you like lore this game has a lot of it as well

[remote lintel]

yeah that's why it was fun for me

[prime pendant]

yep, my friend wants to do every side quest

[remote lintel]

i wish him godspeed

[prime pendant]

i got to lvl 25 and now im only doing msq, he can try

[remote lintel]

there comes a point where your map is just littered with them

was fun tho

[leaden ginkgo]

the one thing about ffxiv that be kinda annoying is

all the extra stuff thats available to unlock

and you dont even know it

[blissful matrix]

yea they are hidden behind vague questnamesd

[leaden ginkgo]

like wondrous tails or just random tiny things

[slate arrow]

that's why we have

!faq contentunlock

[zinc orbit]

Content Location FAQ

Info

A Realm Reborn Content
Heavensward Content
Stormblood Content
Shadowbringers Content

[wintry chasm]

Well that's why always tell people to do

[leaden ginkgo]

ya

[remote lintel]

i should really unlock all that stuff

[wintry chasm]

You should

a lot of are actually really important

[prime pendant]

as a lvl 25

What unlockables are key

that i should have so far

[remote lintel]

like none lol

[blissful matrix]

I pity the fool who hasnt unlocked step dance

[prime pendant]

i THINK ive done all of them up to this point

[remote lintel]

it's more at like lvl 50 after you do the first half of the main story

[wintry chasm]

Pretty much all of them except the "so you want to be XXXX" and "leves of XXX"

[leaden ginkgo]

i think advanced materia melding is available at level 25

[slate arrow]

Look into Palace of the Dead, Challenge Log, and Retainers

[prime pendant]

first half

[wintry chasm]

That's for crafting specifically Casimir

[leaden ginkgo]

and that -can- be important very much later on

[prime pendant]

come again

[astral lake]

glamour is necessary for fashion fantasy

[leaden ginkgo]

ya

[remote lintel]

@prime pendant by first half i meant before the astral era quests

[slate arrow]

We have Story which comes as part of the patches

[remote lintel]

right now ur on umbral era

[prime pendant]

ahh ok

[remote lintel]

it goes umbral era quests then astral era

then dlcs

[slate arrow]

You have, on top of 2.0, 2.1 to 2.55

[wintry chasm]

but yeah glamour, dyes, palace of the dead, challenge log, there is a level 20 optional dungeon that's nice, hairdresser

a lot of really good blues to pick up at your level

[remote lintel]

hairdresser is msq

[wintry chasm]

It's not

[slate arrow]

no

[prime pendant]

what are blues

Blue items?

[wintry chasm]

[slate arrow]

[prime pendant]

Ah ok

[remote lintel]

huh

i thought it was

[wintry chasm]

No

[prime pendant]

Ive got dyes, glamour, challenge

Whats palace of the dead though

[wintry chasm]

are sidequests that unlock things

[slate arrow]

Once you're at level 30 you can also unlock PvP for a nice daily roulette which gives quite a bit of EXP

[wintry chasm]

I'm not sure how to accurately describe it except a randomly generated dungeon made up of floors that you can get items in and it's really really good for DPS leveling

[remote lintel]

@prime pendant palace of the dead is a special dungeon that starts you at lvl 1 and you just go endlessly further in

[wintry chasm]

Not endlessly

[remote lintel]

there's like 200 floors

[wintry chasm]

but it does go on for a while

yeah

[remote lintel]

almost endlessly

[leaden ginkgo]

gear doesnt matter in potd as well

[prime pendant]

oh my god

[blissful matrix]

potd has 200 levels

[prime pendant]

that sounds fun as fuck

[leaden ginkgo]

its

it gets to you over time

[remote lintel]

it's alright

[prime pendant]

What are the rewards like in terms of XP and gear

[wintry chasm]

It....get boring after a while I'll be honest

[remote lintel]

i don't think you get gear rewards

[leaden ginkgo]

pretty good xp, dont expect to get any good gear

[remote lintel]

people just use it for exp

[leaden ginkgo]

you can get the special weapons by exchanging the potd specific stats you build up in it

but thats just for glamour

[blissful matrix]

its the go-to for a lot of people for leveling alt jobs 1-60

[wintry chasm]

Really good xp but the xp rewards stop scaling at level 60.
Items depends on what floors you're doing and some RNG. Some of it is worthless, some of it is neat looking gear, and if you're lucky and you're at the right floors stuff that sells for a lot

[prime pendant]

That's good to know

might give it a shot

after a shit and a cup of tea

[wintry chasm]

PotD is only really good for DPS since DPS have naturally long dungeon queue times

You don't tend to use PotD for tanks or healers

[leaden ginkgo]

the upside is you occasionally get sacks which can be turned in for randomized items of various nature

[remote lintel]

oh yeah there's no set group makeup

[prime pendant]

well thank you everyone for the lovely help

[remote lintel]

so you can have 4 dps

[prime pendant]

ill be back in 5/10

[leaden ginkgo]

and they can either be worth absolutely nothing or a pretty penny

[remote lintel]

np

[prime pendant]

undoubtedly with more questions

[remote lintel]

questions are good

makes me feel smart :')

[lime sphinx]

How do we share edit rights on a private room with someone?

[slate arrow]

you can't

[lime sphinx]

bruh someone told me we could

oh its only for houses

[prime pendant]

god i hate going downstairs

[blissful matrix]

[remote lintel]

thats not a question

[prime pendant]

;p

[leaden ginkgo]

is there a way to make the spell lights or warning area less bright?

[slate arrow]

you can tone down or disable casting effects

however AoE effects for the enemy cannot be modified

[blissful matrix]

you can hide your parties effects

which should help

[keen fable]

i'm confused

11 damage on a bard shot

at level 5

thats incredibly low

[blissful matrix]

what ability

[keen fable]

heavyshot

[blissful matrix]

hmm that doesnt sound right

are you certain it wasnt an auto attack

[lime sphinx]

tips on how to make money to save up for a house?

i guess gathering/crafting

but gathering seems kinda slow

[remote lintel]

retainers

[lime sphinx]

yea i have 2 rn

[slate arrow]

you're only level 5

[lime sphinx]

i was thinking about getting more

[slate arrow]

your damage goes up the more your gear, stats, and level go up.

[remote lintel]

have your retainers be lvl 70 fishers or something and get mats for you

then sell

[lime sphinx]

i have a retainer paladin and miner

[remote lintel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8RVnt-MG8

might be outdated actually

but theres a bunch on youtube

[hard elk]

what level red mage starts?

[slate arrow]

50

[hard elk]

can i still switch to summoner?

[slate arrow]

yes

[hard elk]

okay awesome

[keen fable]

@blissful matrix yes i am very certain

[hard elk]

oo wow!

okay thank you

[echo tapir]

the best FCs are the ones where you start as a newbie and theyre like dying to help you

[keen fable]

its taking me 5 years to kill a level 6 mob

[echo tapir]

ready to roll up as a squad and fuck shit up

[shrewd relic]

Can you change the color of your name in game?

Watching a youtube video and someones name is purple

[blissful matrix]

no

[proud willow]

yes

[remote lintel]

yes

[blissful matrix]

yea someone can add you tof riends and they see its orange

lmao

pretty sure hes asking if its customizable

[oak ice]

You can change your own color, I'm pretty sure

[proud willow]

click the circle next to 'Own'

[blissful matrix]

but its not like a glamour

[keen fable]

@blissful matrix this is on a crit

16

its hard to see but

[shrewd relic]

@proud willow ty

[keen fable]

my straight shot is only doing 13

[blissful matrix]

you are level 5

[keen fable]

yes, but on every other classthings are doing like 27+

[wintry chasm]

Hmmm

[shrewd relic]

Maybe its cause you're not doing the combo

[slate arrow]

do you have gear

[shrewd relic]

So youre getting lower potency

[wintry chasm]

Satanic

[shrewd relic]

And critting on that

[oak ice]

Archers don't have combos

[slate arrow]

BRD has no combo actions

[shrewd relic]

oh

sorry

[keen fable]

no, i don't have gear, but neither did any of the other classes either

[wintry chasm]

Also heavy shot isn't straight shot

[keen fable]

thats why im confused

[wintry chasm]

Also doesn't matter since level 5

[keen fable]

straight shot does a very slightly more amount of damage

[wintry chasm]

Is that chunk of the health bar gone equalling to 16?

[faint flare]

Its because bards damage comes from its dot alongside heavy shot

[wintry chasm]

Still

[keen fable]

yes, but thats on a level 1 mob

[proud willow]

Going to an alt real quick to check

[wintry chasm]

That's really low

Please do Hiten

Something about this smells

[oak ice]

If the weapon breaks, what would happen?

[blissful matrix]

do you have the ressurection debuff lmao

[obsidian patio]

Broken items have 0 stats

[oak ice]

He'd ve dealing piddly damage, no?

[obsidian patio]

It’s like nothing is equipped to that slot

[keen fable]

this is hard to see, but this is 13 damage straight shot

[wintry chasm]

Wynne does that include the weapon damage portion?

[keen fable]

weapon is fine

granted, its the first one

[faint flare]

You have like

[keen fable]

but still

[slate arrow]

you're thinking too much into it

[faint flare]

No gear ine

[twilit arch]

you're using a lvl 1 bow

[blissful matrix]

you are butt naked

[remote lintel]

lmao

[obsidian patio]

Yeah you have no gear on at all

[junior yacht]

you're level 5, naked, using the level 1 bow

your damage ain't gonna be good

[faint flare]

Grab basic vendor gear from merchants

[wintry chasm]

To be fair gear doesn't really help you out that much at this point

Most of it is just 1 point stats or no stats

[faint flare]

Its something

[keen fable]

i used level 1 gear up till 14 on my marauder not realizing that i got another

[proud willow]

I checked, naked level 1 damage on Heavy Shot is about 12

[faint flare]

1 point is better than none

[proud willow]

but it's more than a third of a level 1 enemy's health

so that is normal

[stable hinge]

apparently i got a penalty count?

[junior yacht]

Straight Shot has a potency of 200, Heavy has a potency of 180

that's a 10% difference

[stable hinge]

i waited for a duty for 20 minutes and no one came so i started my class quest

[wintry chasm]

Right that was what felt weird. The HP bar they were showing wasn't showing losing over a third of the bar @proud willow

[junior yacht]

if you're doing less than 20 damage per button press, you probably won't even notice the difference

[blissful matrix]

this is like nasa landing a rc helicopter on a desk

cmon

[stable hinge]

any idea what this penalty count thing ive got is and how to remove it?

[junior yacht]

did your duty pop?

[remote lintel]

it goes away with time

[wintry chasm]

Clearly your duty was ready and you didn't accept it because maybe you were in a cutscene

[junior yacht]

it resets at the beginning of the day

[stable hinge]

there was no one here tho

[oak ice]

If you dodge 3 queue pops in a row or leave a dungeon in progress tou get a 30 minute penalty

[leaden ginkgo]

Can someone explain how level grinding with Palace of the Dead works? Am I supposed to grind a particular floor or complete all of them then start over?

[blissful matrix]

yea dont worry you need like 3 in a day and then you just have to wait longer later

[faint flare]

You spam floor 51-60

Once you get there

[proud willow]

Complete PotD up to level 50, and then repeat 51-60 for the best XP

[junior yacht]

you can't choose specific individual floors, you have to do them in batches of 10

completing a batch awards exp

51-60 is the best balance between time spent vs exp awarded

[leaden ginkgo]

Gotcha! Will I be able to select a particular batch once I reach that floor? At the moment, I just click on my role and it queues me. Doesn't ask which batch of floors I want to run.

[faint flare]

You can only start.from 1 and 51

[left moth]

I wouldnt say 50-60 is best xp it's just repeatable until you get to lv 60 or go insane whichever occurs first

[prime pendant]

yo

man

man just wants to go to fuckin limsa

[junior yacht]

it's best xp for time spent

[flat escarp]

Why can't i get this skill? I don't have a quest for it.

[prime pendant]

and i get jetsonned up to a gold saucer

tf is this place

[faint flare]

Get to heavensward

[wintry chasm]

^

[remote lintel]

@prime pendant its a casino

[faint flare]

Then you can do your job quests again

[prime pendant]

Oh my

[wintry chasm]

Once you reach heavensward story you can resume your job quests

[prime pendant]

no way

[remote lintel]

kind of

kind of casino

[prime pendant]

Well im never leaving

[faint flare]

Mini game area

[remote lintel]

kind of arcade

[wintry chasm]

It has proper mahjong thus casino

[faint flare]

With glamour, amounts minions, card games

Chocobo racing

[remote lintel]

i guess it does give u the gambler title

so that tells

[keen fable]

oh also i equipped gear, i'm still only doing 15 damage/heavy shot

its still not killing things in any length of time

[junior yacht]

dude

[blissful matrix]

might be trolling

[wintry chasm]

Apparently according to Hikari 15 damage is over a third of the health bar

[blissful matrix]

idk

[keen fable]

yeah for a level one

the problem is that it takes 2 minutes to kill a level 6 mob

[junior yacht]

most of your stat gain at this point is going to be from leveling

[wintry chasm]

and improving weapon

[junior yacht]

that and keeping your main weapon up to date

[river portal]

is there a reward for getting all the horse mounts for ARR? similar to how there are for HW and SB

[keen fable]

so bard is just extremely bad at level 5?

[faint flare]

Yes

[wintry chasm]

Yes

[river portal]

which mount

[junior yacht]

most jobs are

[faint flare]

The Kirin mount

[wintry chasm]

kirin

Yeah

[lime sphinx]

so if i have 3 retainers, 3 diff gathering is more efficient or just concentrate 3 in the most costly one ?

[remote lintel]

all classes are

[wintry chasm]

I'd definitely get one combat one Myst

[blissful matrix]

good thing you should only be level 5 for less than 10 minutes

[slate arrow]

you're also at level 5 with an extremely incomplete kit

[lime sphinx]

yea i have 1

[wintry chasm]

Getting stuff like skins is awful

[lime sphinx]

i have 4 retainer

so 1 combat and 3 for all diff gatherings ?

[wintry chasm]

Up to you

I'm a bit "ehhh" on fisher

[junior yacht]

fisher retainer is a waste of effort tbh

[lime sphinx]

yea i wasnt sure about fisher too

[junior yacht]

like if you're using 4 retainers might as well but ehhh

[lime sphinx]

is fishing only for cooking ?

[wintry chasm]

not always

[remote lintel]

my FC boss got a decent amount of money from FSH retainers

[twilit arch]

either do 1 btn, 1 min and 2 combat retainers, or do 1 combat + 2 btn/min +1 of the one you didn't do 2 of is my suggestion

[faint flare]

Cooking and some alchemy

[proud willow]

you can catch coral that's used for Goldsmithing

[wintry chasm]

Culinarian, some alc and goldsmith recipes

But yes mostly entirely cul

[lime sphinx]

i have no clue of what's worth alot from combat retainers

[faint flare]

Skins

[twilit arch]

skins, fleece

[lime sphinx]

bc i havent looked at the market alot

[wintry chasm]

turning skins to leather is great

[twilit arch]

the items that can buy with bicolour gems can also be gotten via combat retainers and usually sell decently, in my experience

[wintry chasm]

I don't think fleece is as good nowadays since they made the recipe give 2 fleece yarn per craft

but check the market

[twilit arch]

fleece is still good because there's no quick way of getting outside of mob drops generally

[lime sphinx]

so i guess i should get 2 combat and 1 min/bot

[leaden ginkgo]

Do I need to complete all 200 floors of PotD before moving onto Heaven on High?

[faint flare]

No

Only 50

[leaden ginkgo]

Cool beans! Thank you.

[slate arrow]

for combat

[faint flare]

The highest lvl gear you can

[slate arrow]

tl;dr highest main stat

[proud willow]

https://garlandtools.org/db/#equip/leveling

[wintry chasm]

I mean it's not that hard

or complicated

you'd have to try fairly hard to not have enough ilvl

[proud willow]

also true

unless you're not familiar enough with the game to know

[wintry chasm]

my point is main story gives you all the gear you really need

mix that in with dungeon drops and job quests

you can't really go wrong

[little swift]

just keep an eye out, if you're playing a tank make sure to equip gear that is GLA PLD MRD WAR DRK GNB instead of disciple of war

[proud willow]

^