questions-and-help

[remote lintel]

the symbol is a blue stone thing on your map

[whole wasp]

@halcyon knoll look like fairie joi

[gloomy ice]

@halcyon knoll Faire Kohakama. Purchasable through the cash shop

[flat summit]

@remote lintel

It shows this msg

[remote lintel]

did you do the quest to unlock it?

[flat summit]

Oh shit

[remote lintel]

in thanalan

[flat summit]

Nope

Fuck these quests mang

Lol

@remote lintel

Do I gotta be disciple of hand level 17?

If I just wnana use npc

[twilit arch]

no

you only need to do Forging the Spirit to use npc melders

Waking the Spirit is if you want to meld yourself

[remote lintel]

^

[flat summit]

Hey guys what does materia transmute do?

[slate arrow]

turns 5 materia into one random materia

[twilit arch]

you take 5 materia, and transform them into a different one

[flat summit]

Oh

Is the stat better tho?

[slate arrow]

no

[flat summit]

Dang

This the gayest shit i seen in the game

[twilit arch]

you can take the more undesireable materia, like battledance, and roll it potentially into a better one

like direct hit or crafting/gathering materia to sell

[slate arrow]

total stats usually remains the same but everyone and their mom wants crit materia nowdays

[keen fable]

and dad*

[dense meadow]

anyone knows where the damn pot is to blow up? I been running around this camp for 4 minutes

[keen fable]

dads matter too

[remote lintel]

if I change my grand company squad member things class will they be the same level?

[twilit arch]

Sabotendrick: X 17.5, Y 22.4
Sabotendred: X 15.9, Y 9.9
Sabotendale: X 17.6, Y 24.0 @dense meadow

one of those

[dense meadow]

thats...no where near the marker on the map

se pls

[rotund dome]

is the Field Commander's coat still possible to get?

[silver vessel]

I can't invite friends on trial? 😦

[whole wasp]

no. but non-trials can invite you

bots ruin everything

[gloomy ice]

It is, yes, but the mode it comes from is not very populated atm. It'll be added back into the daily rotation in the next major patch. @rotund dome

[dense meadow]

@rotund dome yes, you must win 100 pvp matches on the map seal rock

[rotund dome]

oh nice

but also not nice

[dense meadow]

but that pvp map isn't in the rotation

[mossy current]

Should be back in 5.3

[silver vessel]

Also I know that it's a monthly subscription but is there any way of doing like a game hours sub?

[keen fable]

a what

[whole wasp]

no

but the china version is per hours

[silver vessel]

ahh

[whole wasp]

because of their laws i think

[keen fable]

how many hours do you get on the china version

[whole wasp]

its pretty chill. they go into the internet cafe and pay their subs for hoever long they stay in there

its per hour

[keen fable]

thats gotta get expensive

[whole wasp]

i think the korean version is too but im not sure

[marble drift]

but there are also stories of people LIVING in internet cafe booths

[whole wasp]

back to the question. international edition is per 30 days

[mossy current]

!faq subprice

[zinc orbit]

Subscription Prices

[mossy current]

^^

[cold crescent]

ay

anybody able to help with the quest "blast from the past"

[finite bough]

is there a majority australia data center?

[keen fable]

ye, the bush fire dc server

sorry bad joke

[marble drift]

Elemental

[finite bough]

Riparooni to Australooni

[marble drift]

is the unoffical australian data center

[twilit arch]

most aussies are either on tonberry or kujata

[marble drift]

^

with some on the occasional US server

[twilit arch]

there are some who play on NA though, depends on your ping since some people do get better ping to NA than JP

[silver vessel]

Im Staya on Tonberry 😛

[finite bough]

I saw that, but it was from a few years ago so i just wanted to check if it was still viable information.

[keen fable]

why are some characters voiced in some cutscenes but not others

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[keen fable]

like yushina is in a lot of cutscenes but only a few are voiced

[remote lintel]

because other characters aren't important

[keen fable]

no i mean, like specific characters

[finite bough]

You have inner ear damage.

IC

[twilit arch]

for ARR, voice cutscenes are pretty much saved for major cutscenes

[keen fable]

a character may have been voiced in this cutscene, but that same character may not be voiced in another

i see

[remote lintel]

because not all cutscenes are voiced

[keen fable]

does that change in heavensward?

[remote lintel]

no

[twilit arch]

ARR was made in a huge time constraint so they saved voiced dialogue for the major cutscenes, one they got more funding though

there are more voice cutscenes in the patches and expansions

[gloomy ice]

There are more voiced cutscenes, but again, not all.

[finite bough]

ARR was in response to the poor reception of 1.0 wasn't it?

[twilit arch]

ye

[flat summit]

Hey guys

Where can i exchange company seals for goodies / promotions?

Im maelstorm

[keen fable]

at your grand company i presume

[remote lintel]

at the hq

yes

in limsa it's at the aftcastle

[flat summit]

Ty

Ok

[tropic summit]

Am I right in thinking that if I want the fastest way of gathering HQ items, it's this?

1. Blow GP on Leaf Turn/Unearth (+chance for HQ items)
2. Pop Cordial
3. If Cordial on cd, then wait for GP to regen

[gloomy ice]

You'll get more abilities and traits at higher levels that certainly help but at earlier levels, yeah, that's basically it.

[whole wasp]

you can also hunt for nodes with bonuses to HQ chance

[keen fable]

when does the plant icon by my name disappear?

[tropic summit]

Yeah I saw but damn those are high level lmao

Thanks for confirming my findings though

[whole wasp]

168 hours AND completing the "Far Edge of Fate"

[silver vessel]

When you buy the game does the subscription start right away or after you hit lvl 35?

[whole wasp]

right away

the plant icon for new adventurers is also called a sprout fyi @keen fable

[keen fable]

is far edge of fate a quest at the end of the story

[twilit arch]

its the last stormblood main scenario quest

[keen fable]

but you have to have 168 hours as well, not just completed that, right

[twilit arch]

correct

you have to complete both requirements

[gloomy ice]

Oh, and, yeah it isn't Far Edge of Fate anymore. It's Requiem for Heroes. The last SB quest.

[little swift]

^

[keen fable]

alright cool

then i wont be yelled at for watching cutscenes

[little swift]

no one can tell you no anyways

[twilit arch]

oh didn't even realize @whole wasp got it wrong /slap

[little swift]

if you like watching them you can watch them

[whole wasp]

i have been shamed

[tropic summit]

you can also hunt for nodes with bonuses to HQ chance
@whole wasp Do you just mean the nodes where a message pops up "The location affects your HQ gathering rate!"

[keen fable]

can you remove the sprout another way, before completing those requirements?

[whole wasp]

yup@tropic summit

[tropic summit]

aiiiit

[little swift]

/nastatus off @keen fable

[flat summit]

Wtf Im not even maelstorm

[little swift]

not that i recommend it

[flat summit]

Where is twin adder located?

[little swift]

Gridania

[wintry chasm]

Gridania

[whole wasp]

Gridania

[flat summit]

Ty

[silver vessel]

Is anyone able to make a party for my friends on Tonberry?

[keen fable]

is there a reason not to?

other than players not knowing you're new

[remote lintel]

you lose access to the novice chat thing

[marble drift]

Are they on trial @silver vessel ?

[silver vessel]

yea

[marble drift]

Sure. Im available. What are their names. Make sure you get the spelling right

[latent prism]

should I do memoria misera or ruby weapon as soon as I get 470?

[whole wasp]

you can try. also get the relic weapon at least

[twilit arch]

memoria misera for weapon

well, the questline atleast

[tropic summit]

As a sprout, I also DON'T want to lose it lmao
I wish I could keep it forever cause people are a lot more lenient to sprouts who mess up mechanics

[little swift]

memoria ex gives coffers/tokens for 480 set as well

[keen fable]

i'm assuming most people reach 80 long before 168 hours?

[twilit arch]

yep

most people usually lose sprout once they hit the required MSQ

er

misread that, lmao. i dont think many people hit 80 before they get the hour requirement

especially if they are taking their time with the game

[whole wasp]

it really depends. i have seen sprouts in copied factory lvl 80 raid as well as lvl 80 eden normal raids for example

[little swift]

that can be influenced by usage of story/jobskips

[mossy current]

I've seen a few try some EXs, but they're probably boosted

[twilit arch]

tbh most of the 80 sprouts are either gonna be road to 70 people who blitzed or msq/job skippers

[wintry chasm]

^ tends to be the case

[keen fable]

level 80 takes that long

big oof

[twilit arch]

eh

its not so much that 80 takes that long, its namely the msq thats going to get you the hour requirement

[flat summit]

Hey guys

Where can I find my role’s quest in crystallium

[twilit arch]

like if you're paying attention to the story and whatnot, its pretty likely you'll hit the 168hrs before you finish stormblood

[flat summit]

Aquarium guy needs me to tell him a tale

And I need to do one of those quests in order to be able to do it

Im a tank btw

[remote lintel]

you need to do the quest in the crystarium

[finite bough]

Once upon a time, i almost put my password in here.

[little swift]

do your role quests

[flat summit]

My squareenix my paypal my everything

[finite bough]

It's not working for minecraft.

fake password.

[flat summit]

Which one is the role quests?

[remote lintel]

go to the crystarium, teleport to the markets, talk to the guy with the greatsword leaning against the wall

granson

[keen fable]

i see. i mean i guess that makes sense, i'm only on the level 17 msq's (level 21 actual) and i'm 10 hours in, i've been watching the story

[little swift]

do the tank ones

closest teleport is the pendants

and then turn around and up the stairs

they are

[flat summit]

Thanks guys

God bless yall

[cunning palm]

for DoH 60-70 level, is it better to stick with ishgard restoration or submitting collectables?

[timid pivot]

How hard is samurai to learn?

[marble drift]

one of the easier ones

[timid pivot]

'Cause it looks PRETTY.

[marble drift]

its very flashy

[timid pivot]

I also got red mage and wowie zowie is that fun flying around with.

[remote lintel]

it is

[marble drift]

It has a stigma however. As one of the 2 dps that only brings damage to a raid enviroment

alot of people look to you to perform well to make up for that

[timid pivot]

Hence why I was about to ask for a primer.

[marble drift]

every other dps brings utility or something for the other 7 members of thier party

[remote lintel]

besides black mage

[whole wasp]

it had a bad rep in stormblood

[marble drift]

right sorry

[keen fable]

doesn't bard have some of the lowest dps atm but bring some of the highest utility

[whole wasp]

becuase it was the shiny new class

so lots of newbies played it poorly

[leaden ginkgo]

noob question again; where do I repair gear at in game?

[whole wasp]

and it became a meme

DW about it

[remote lintel]

bard doesn't have low dps

[marble drift]

Mender NPCS

[whole wasp]

there are meder NPCS in each of the 3 starting cities

[marble drift]

or look for the hammer icon on your map/minimap

[leaden ginkgo]

Thank you as always

[marble drift]

I'd still say its a stereotype.

In 5.0 Black Mages were stupid broken. The meme was "Just buff the Black Mage lol"

[remote zinc]

Hey guys! My launcher is having a connection error? Any idea how to fix it?

[marble drift]

Samurai has the stigma but less of the appreciation

[keen fable]

are glamour prisms expensive

[marble drift]

nope

cheap as chips

[remote lintel]

don't buy them

[whole wasp]

no, its very readily avaliable

[remote lintel]

just make them

[twilit arch]

not really, especially when you're able to trade in old dungeon gear for gc seals

not worth crafting either

[whole wasp]

[keen fable]

i was curious cause i just got my first one as a quest reward

[whole wasp]

use GC seals for them

[marble drift]

but muh ventures

[whole wasp]

the crafting materials to make them is more expensive than the prism itself

[timid pivot]

Well, Samurai looks cool.

[remote lintel]

[timid pivot]

So I'm wanna practice him.

[marble drift]

Samurai is nice to play. very fluid

not very punishing for missed positionals

[timid pivot]

At least for a little bit, get a feel for him, decide if it's a class I'll enjoy.

[marble drift]

and BIIIG crits

[remote zinc]

So... Being on my WiFi, I cannot access the game, going to my phone's hotspot, I can access it again. Any reason for that?

[timid pivot]

Got a primer I could practice with on a training dummy or something?

I assume the bot has one, how would I go about getting it?

[little swift]

!faq samguide

[zinc orbit]

Bushido: Boxer's 5.X SAM Guide

Info

http://bit.ly/SAM-Guide

[remote lintel]

@remote zinc firewall?

[remote zinc]

Why would it change all of a sudden?

[keen fable]

cause firewalls suck

[remote lintel]

I dunno

[remote zinc]

And nope, it's not blocking it apparently

[remote lintel]

does ur wifi suck?

[keen fable]

firewalls dumb anyways

[marble drift]

Did you log on to your hotspot originally?

[remote zinc]

Nope, was on my internet

[keen fable]

well its either your firewall or your isp

[lethal schooner]

Can we convert an existing matched party POTD to existing party?

[keen fable]

what's a retainer?

it doesnt seem very useful

[twilit arch]

!faq retainer

[zinc orbit]

Retainer Guide

Info

What is a retainer?
A retainer is a private NPC that will act as a personal bank for the player, holding up to 175 different items, that can be summoned to any of the Summoning Bells around the world. Retainers also act as your means to sell on the Market Board.

How to unlock a retainer
First, you must complete the quest The Scions of the Seventh Dawn then go to speak to any of the Retainer Vocates located in the market district of any of the major cities.

What are Retainer Ventures?
Ventures are the means to send out your retainers on missions to bring back items for you and can be unlocked by completing the quest 'An Ill-conceived Venture' (Ul’Dahn), (Gridania), (Limsa Lominsa)

[keen fable]

oh ok

[remote lintel]

that's 5 miles long on mobile

[twilit arch]

@lethal schooner you mean existing matched to a fixed party?

[remote lintel]

also retainers help make big bucks

massive bucks

[lethal schooner]

No the other way around

Sorry typos

[keen fable]

the big bucks

[remote lintel]

yes

[twilit arch]

well, no to either way

You need to reset or use the second save file

[jovial stratus]

How long will it take me to beat the main story?

[keen fable]

200 hours

[remote lintel]

depends on how fast and long you play

[jovial stratus]

Im kinda new to the game should that be my first priority?

[remote lintel]

no

take your time

[keen fable]

no

[leaden ginkgo]

so I'm at level 30 and I just unlocked the Borderlands PVP stuff but when I look in the duty finder it says "Requirements not met: Any job of the Disciples of War or Magic excluding limited jobs"

[keen fable]

enjoy the game

[remote lintel]

do it at your own pace

there's no rush to complete the story

[leaden ginkgo]

but I'm totally level 30

[twilit arch]

have you unlocked your job?

[leaden ginkgo]

so like...what the heck

[twilit arch]

because you can't queue into pvp as a class (i.e gladiator, marauder, etc)

[leaden ginkgo]

I'm playing my class isn't that enough or do I need to do more MSQ stuff to "unlock my job"

[twilit arch]

you have to be Paladin, Warrior, etc

[keen fable]

zex, i tried rushing it for a few days, its not fun that way. enjoy the story, watch it, have fun with it

[leaden ginkgo]

ooooh you mean the secondary jobs?

[keen fable]

no

class upgrades into jobs

[leaden ginkgo]

yeah the secondary ones

[keen fable]

no

primary ones

[remote lintel]

it's not secondary

[leaden ginkgo]

conjurer's secondary class is White Mage

[keen fable]

no

[jovial stratus]

so like what else can i do rn?

[twilit arch]

no

[remote lintel]

it's not secondary

again

[keen fable]

the job is white mage, the class is conjurer

[twilit arch]

Conjurer's job is white mage

[keen fable]

conjurer is significantly worse than white mage

[remote lintel]

^

[mystic trout]

^^

[leaden ginkgo]

but it comes after the first job so it's second...

[keen fable]

-_-

[remote lintel]

no

[twilit arch]

no...

[mystic trout]

Nope

[remote lintel]

it's an upgrade

like a pokemon

[twilit arch]

conjurer is a class, not a job

[keen fable]

its literally an upgrade

[remote lintel]

you don't say a pokemon evolution is secondary

[twilit arch]

Either way, you have to be a white mage to do pvp

[remote lintel]

lol

[twilit arch]

you cannot be a conjurer

[jovial stratus]

what else can i do rn other than the story?

[keen fable]

regardless, you need to unlock the job first

side quests for now zex

[leaden ginkgo]

rolls eyes

[twilit arch]

so if you haven't gotten your soulstone yet, you need to do that first

[keen fable]

other things unlock a bit later

[leaden ginkgo]

semantics people

[remote lintel]

just unlock it

[keen fable]

its very important

either way ^

[remote lintel]

do your class quests

they should be under the msq bar

[keen fable]

y'shtola best waifu

[jovial stratus]

@keen fable oh ok what about like raids and stuff, also i wanna find out how to unlock some dlc stuff?

[remote lintel]

what lvl are you

[keen fable]

raids don't start till 50 i think?

not entirely sure

[remote lintel]

yes

[keen fable]

dlc stuff you have to buy though

[jovial stratus]

Im level 24 GLA

[remote lintel]

then you don't have raids yet

[jovial stratus]

I have all the dlc

[twilit arch]

pretty much the answer for most things is : do the main scenario quest

[keen fable]

just follow the msq stuff

[remote lintel]

^

[twilit arch]

because pretty much every thing is locked behind it, in some form or fashion

[keen fable]

you'll get there eventually

you have to complete it

so might as well enjoy it

then focus on everything later

[remote lintel]

you can't access dlc stuff until you get to the dlc so don't worry about that

[keen fable]

this is an extremely story driven game

[marble drift]

yeah DLC in an MMO is not the same as DLC in other games

[jovial stratus]

Oh ok then just focus on the story and do some side quest here and there to enjoy the game?

[remote lintel]

yes

[keen fable]

yup

[marble drift]

ye

[keen fable]

once you finish the msq, then start worrying about everything else

[remote lintel]

not necessarily

[keen fable]

if you try to do what i did this week and focus on that you'll burn out quick

[remote lintel]

you can do side stuff if you want

[keen fable]

ye

just enjoy it

no rush

you got like a year before the next expac so

plenty of time :3

[remote lintel]

sadly

[keen fable]

sh

behemoth mains

smh

[marble drift]

yeah but not a year before the next patch of content

so...yeah

[leaden ginkgo]

[keen fable]

yes but he has a year to do everything including that patch of content 😉

[twilit arch]

it doesn't take that long to catch up, plus the content isn't going anywhere

[leaden ginkgo]

^ Took me 2 months.

[twilit arch]

you're usually able to find people for most things

[jovial stratus]

Are mounts hard to get?

[keen fable]

you should get one soon

[remote lintel]

you get one at 20

[keen fable]

if not have it already

or the ability to get it

[jovial stratus]

So i get my first through main story?

[keen fable]

!faq mounts

[zinc orbit]

Mounts FAQ

Info

'When can I get my first mount?'

The quest that allows you to use mounts, 'My Little Chocobo' is unlocked by completing the level 20 main story quest 'The Company You Keep'. The quest is located at the Grand Company base you chose and you'll need to buy the Chocobo Issuance from your Grand Company Quartermaster. You can get the 200 needed Grand Company seals by doing the main story quest that comes after 'The Company You Keep'.

'Are there any differences between mounts?'

Besides looks, all mounts are the same speed along with being able to fly in the expansion zones. Some mounts allow multiple people to ride at once.

'Can I make my mount faster?'

Zones have one or two ranks of mount speed that increase the ground speed of mounts. The first rank comes from completing specific quests in the main scenario quests, with the second rank coming from Riding Maps which are bought with either Allied Seals, Centurio Seals, or Bicolor Gemstones. Mount Speed Boosts do not increase the flying speed of mounts.

[remote lintel]

technically it's a side quest

but pretty much

[rough jolt]

Where can i create my triple triad decks?

[remote lintel]

character > gold saucer

i think

somethign liek that

gioejrsoigh

[rough jolt]

Thanks

Will check

Yes thanks

[keen fable]

its actually kinda sad that you overlevel the msq around 20

i'm 22 and i still cant get my mount :c

[remote lintel]

not really

[keen fable]

im 5 levels over msq

i just want my chocobo 😦

[twilit arch]

better to be overleveled than playing catch up

[remote lintel]

enjoy your overlevel while you can

[twilit arch]

but understandable that it can be a bit painful when you've not got your chocobo yet

[keen fable]

is there a way to get to camp drybone without taking 10 years to walk there

chocobo porter doesnt have that route

[remote lintel]

rent it

[twilit arch]

make sure to attune to aetherytes when you visit a new town/camp

[keen fable]

i do, i just havent explored ul'dah at all

i started arcanist

so i have all the limsa and surrounding aetherytes

but

[remote lintel]

rent

[keen fable]

80 gil is a lot man

[remote lintel]

smh

[keen fable]

i only have 12k

[remote lintel]

then suffer

[keen fable]

rude

[ebon kindle]

How rare is The Forlorn & Forlorn Maidens? Like is there any kinda rough %ish chance?

[remote lintel]

you get more gil from quests

more than 80

[keen fable]

yea i know i rented one

[remote lintel]

gj

[keen fable]

holy goodness these chocobos are faster than walking

[twilit arch]

Not sure if there are any percentages out there, but the maidens are uncommon i'd say

The Forlorn is quite rare

when i was leveling a job thru fates for the shb shared fate levels, i only saw it like 2 times

but saw the maidens a fair number of times

[ebon kindle]

Saw the third one ever and another person purposefully trolled by completing the fate without touching it so I'm just wondering the %

Need some way to redirect my pure rage so, curiosity is my try 🙃

[twilit arch]

i know that feeling v_v

but yeah i dont think people cared enough to bother trying to figure out a % on their spawn rates

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[keen fable]

how do you properly compare a cowl to a body armour and headpiece

without taking screenshots

[marble drift]

math

[keen fable]

there's no built in function

😦

[marble drift]

cowls stop being a thing after 50 so you dont need a function

[keen fable]

oh ok

[wintry chasm]

you just add the stats of the normal body and head gear and then compare that to the cowl

[remote lintel]

^

[silver vessel]

The Dressed to Call

whats the best way to get the lvl 5 gear?

[remote lintel]

do the story

[little swift]

he can't

[silver vessel]

but that is the main story?

[little swift]

thats msq

[remote lintel]

oh

[little swift]

this is the only time i'd say you can walk around town and see what sidequests give you gear

[remote lintel]

I see

[keen fable]

the only piece of gear you're missing is the headpiece, and that can be gotten from your class quest

[little swift]

since you have next to no money

classquests work as well

[keen fable]

@little swift u changed ur name

[little swift]

indeed

[keen fable]

feelsbadman

[little swift]

we're meming drinks in the #general-discussion chat

[silver vessel]

Where is the class quest?

[little swift]

you're class quests are from your class mentor npc

[keen fable]

what class are you

[little swift]

depends what class you are

[remote lintel]

under your msq bar

[silver vessel]

Arcanist

[little swift]

arcanist guild

is where those are

should do those whenever you can do them

[silver vessel]

ahh ok

[little swift]

they unlock spells and stuff

[keen fable]

left side of the limsa lominsa

lower docks

x:4.3 y: 12.2

you're going to be going there often, so i recommend grabbing the aetheryte crystal

[little swift]

the aetheryte is "arcanist's guild"

you'll know you have all the aetherytes of a city when you can teleport to the airship landing or outside via one of the gates

[keen fable]

you can tp outside?

[little swift]

there are tps to the city exits

like the gate of nald and gate of thal in Ul'Dah

[keen fable]

thats useful

[little swift]

so make sure you get all the aethernet shards!

[keen fable]

i'll have to do that

didnt know that was a thing

[silver vessel]

hmm ok

Got the Whats in the Box quest

[cunning palm]

how do i get fieldcraft demimateria ii as goldsmith? do i need a certain skill rating? i keep getting the same material after i desynthesis

[little swift]

its rng from desynth

or you can buy it from the MB

[cunning palm]

can i get it by desynthesising whatever item? or have to be certain items

[little swift]

yeah

just random things until you get it

[cunning palm]

what does the skill rating do then?

[marble drift]

better items from gear that meets your skill level

like HQ items.

[keen fable]

can you travel between chocobo keeps

or is it just between the main city and each keep

[little swift]

you can do in between chocobokeeps provided you have spoken to that npc to clear the ❗ above their head

[keen fable]

i wonder why its not letting me then

[little swift]

some of them are not connected that way

[keen fable]

been to like 7 and none of them are connected

😦

all within 2 connecting areas

they all connect to ul'dah but thats it

[little swift]

https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Chocobokeep
well here are all the chocobo porters in the game

[timid pivot]

This is gonna sound weird, but after deciding to stick to the first class I made (summoner) I'm realizing how much I do not know about optimization for this class.

Would anyone care to help me out later today with learning the class?

[little swift]

for now at your level summon your summon1 and make sure you dot things before you cast ruin

i'm not too helpful with later optimization of the class but thats what you can do for now

[random kindle]

is dancer at lvl 50 or 60?

[keen fable]

60

[random kindle]

thank you

[marble drift]

yeah you don't need to optimize until you at least cap out.

when you DO.

!faq balance

[zinc orbit]

The Balance

Info

Discord

[little swift]

or

!faq smnguide

[zinc orbit]

5.10 SMN: Endgame Beginner's Guide

Info

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LFafEbitZlqem27qI4dPM0bVf3VHcPMsgJJXHHtnLQE/edit?usp=sharing

[marble drift]

Both good

[little swift]

since not much has changed since then

[marble drift]

I believe balance straight up links that guide too

[keen fable]

what level is he?

[marble drift]

Not a clue. I assume not 80

[little swift]

but balance can answer a lot more of those questions you might be wondering about

based on what i remember from conversation earlier

[keen fable]

because if he's below like 30 the dots are useless unless its to fester

[little swift]

like lvl5

[keen fable]

oh yeah dots are useless rn then

they're a waste of time until things start living long enough

[little swift]

dots are not useless you can dot during pulls

[timid pivot]

I'm currently level 50.

[keen fable]

oh then dots are good yes

[little swift]

sorry wrong person

[timid pivot]

Oh.

Mah b

[little swift]

dots are fine to use they're never "useless"

unless the boss goes invulnerable

[devout salmon]

I'm pretty sure I have more MSQ to do but it says "to be continued". Does that mean I did all of the MSQ so far?

[keen fable]

early on, they have to last their full length to do more damage than ruin

[little swift]

in which case they do 0 damage

[keen fable]

and most mobs dont

[little swift]

yes but oyu have to be stationary to cast ruin1

[keen fable]

once you get to around 18, then they become useful

[random kindle]

what makes blue mage so different from the other classes?

[keen fable]

sure but you dont need to move anyways

[little swift]

blu mage is side content

you can bio things while they are being pulled

makes it easier on your tank

[keen fable]

yeah, thats at dungeons

thats fine

[marble drift]

Real basics tho @timid pivot Keep your dots running on stuff that lives long enough, remember to use your aetherflow and Always Be Casting

[keen fable]

im talking about before then

at level 5

[little swift]

you can lead with them prepull either way

[keen fable]

well before 18 and outside of dungeons, it stops you for the same length of time ruin's cast time is, and will almost always do less damage

[random kindle]

at level 5
@keen fable lower levels you dont really use dots unless its a strong mob

[little swift]

thats their point

[keen fable]

so even in a scenario that you pull more than one mob, its almost never worth it unless you cant kill them all before 30s are up

[little swift]

its fair

[keen fable]

because its the last tick that makes them do more damage

last 2 in the case of the dot that takes 2s to cast

[patent citrus]

if i finished all main quest

[little swift]

i'm saying you can bio a mob before you ruin them not miasma cast

[patent citrus]

what my level will be?

no exp potion

[keen fable]

oh i know, but either one just isnt worth it, but its not a huge deal either way

[little swift]

i'm not certain i understand the question dank

[keen fable]

if you finished all msq? 80?

[patent citrus]

whatttt

ok

[keen fable]

msqs are locked behind level

so if you fall behind you have to get to the level of the msq to continue

so you're guaranteed to hit max

[patent citrus]

ok

[keen fable]

i think

[little swift]

you can hit 80 well before that too

[keen fable]

^

[patent citrus]

im planning to stop leveling marauder after i got my own mount 😄

[marble drift]

yeah but the minimum to finish the msq is 80.

[patent citrus]

and start leveling lv 1 pugilist or something

ok

[random kindle]

with road to 70 buff im lvl 42 still doing lvl 32 msq and have been only grinding that for the most part

[little swift]

you can do whatever you would like dank

level whatever class you want

[keen fable]

yea the road to 70 buff is nuts

[marble drift]

thats fine Jim.

[patent citrus]

im so glad i dont have to create a new character -_-

[marble drift]

You can either take up a 2nd class to absorb some xp.

or just be overleveled

[random kindle]

ya im just saying.. levelling is not a problem

[keen fable]

just means you'll be getting through msq easier because you'll overlevel mobs

[marble drift]

dungeons will sync you down

yeah the Road to 70 buff is crazy

[patent citrus]

take up 2nd class to absorb exp???

[keen fable]

on non-preferred servers, ONLY doing msq, you'll fall behind every now and then

[random kindle]

ya im waiting to unlock dancer

[patent citrus]

how's that work?

[little swift]

MSQ is the bulk of your EXP gains

for the first class

but you can also use roulettes to level them

[patent citrus]

roulette = dungeon?

[little swift]

if you have the road to 70 buff as well

[keen fable]

roulette is part of the dungeon system

[little swift]

you get twice the amount of exp so you can easily level multiple jobs

[keen fable]

it gives you a random dungeon

[little swift]

while keeping up with the msq

[keen fable]

for higher rewards

[marble drift]

It gives you a random thing based on what you queued

[little swift]

you unlock more roulettes as you play more

[marble drift]

You won't have it yet but there is Trials and Normal Raids as a roulette

[patent citrus]

i get it, to help dps getting into queue? 👌

[little swift]

at early levels you'll only have guildhest and leveling roulette

[keen fable]

yea thats one part of it

just to give an incentive to do dungeons you wouldn't normally do

[random kindle]

to help everyone get queues

[marble drift]

I still don't have guildhests heh

[little swift]

roulettes help new players experience old content without having to do them alone

[devout salmon]

Anyone know the name of the red bandana necklace?

[little swift]

the one from void ark?

[devout salmon]

Idk maybe?

[marble drift]

!itemglam Redbill Scarf

[little swift]

redbill scarf

[zinc orbit]

**Redbill Scarf** **:** Necklace

Images of glamour items by Gamer Escape.

[devout salmon]

Yeah that. Thanks a ton. 🙂

[little swift]

or there's the namazu neckerchief

[devout salmon]

I'll check that one out as well.

[little swift]

!iglam namazu neckerchief

[zinc orbit]

**Namazu Neckerchief** **:** Necklace

Images of glamour items by Gamer Escape.

[little swift]

sadly that one is likely unobtainable for you for now

[devout salmon]

Oh yeah not that one. HAha.

[celest bison]

when SE wont recognize your active FFxiv account on Companion App ....

even thoi typed everything correct

[marble drift]

Redbill scarf is just for finishing the Heavensward Alliance raid set

[celest bison]

several times

[potent tapir]

That looks even creepier zoomed in

Are you online right now, Mom?

[celest bison]

help me pls, idkwhat to do anymore

ofc im on rn

[potent tapir]

Like, in game

[celest bison]

yes

why, child?

[potent tapir]

Log off

[celest bison]

wow

r00d

[potent tapir]

Then log into the app

[keen fable]

is sprint & chocobo same speed?

[little swift]

thats the actual answre

[celest bison]

wait

cant log in both app and in game at same time?

[potent tapir]

No

[celest bison]

OOF

[little swift]

it has trouble

[broken hearth]

I'm almost done clearing alexander normal raids. To unlock savage raids do you have to clear them in order? Or do they unlock all at once? I'm thinking of joining a blu group in the future, but from what I can tell you only need to clear the final raids in each (coil and alex savage)

[marble drift]

No. Mounts are faster

[celest bison]

nice to know, ty child

[little swift]

sprinting is slower

[potent tapir]

The companion app has...uh

Quirks

Like that message function in there?

Can't be accessed anywhere but said app

[little swift]

only works for other people with the app

[keen fable]

thats silly

[potent tapir]

Thought you could schedule stuff using it to coordinate in-game?

Hahahaha, no. Cause you can't be on the app at the same time.

[little swift]

I'm almost done clearing alexander normal raids. To unlock savage raids do you have to clear them in order? Or do they unlock all at once? I'm thinking of joining a blu group in the future, but from what I can tell you only need to clear the final raids in each (coil and alex savage)
@broken hearth you unlock the raids 4 at a time and don't need to clear them in order. unlocked from the wandering minstrel in mor dhona

[potent tapir]

My FC moved back to Discord after we realized how limiting it was.

[keen fable]

is materia crafting important while leveling

or can i come back to it later

[broken hearth]

ok, cool! That makes life better. Thanks for the reply

[potent tapir]

Not while leveling beyond the quests

[little swift]

materia is only used in a couple of class quests

[potent tapir]

Certain quests require a melded item

Those are the only ones that require materia

[little swift]

in general they unlock it so you can extract materia

during the normal msq gameplay

[keen fable]

oh so i should go back and unlock it

[potent tapir]

Yes

If only to save you time

[little swift]

don't worry about melds until 80

because BiS melds change every other patch

and are only useful for pushing the big boi dps in savage anyways

[potent tapir]

And don't worry about it while catching up either

[keen fable]

hek i can't remember where i was

[potent tapir]

You only need some to make it look like you're trying

[keen fable]

to unlock that

:v

[little swift]

central thanalan

iirc

[keen fable]

ah

yes

thank you

[little swift]

the bonfire

[marble drift]

yeah black brush station

[little swift]

x23 y13

[keen fable]

i want my chocobo so bad :/

[little swift]

do more msq

until you do

[keen fable]

i just hit level 20 msqs

😦

ITS SO CLOSE

yet so far

[little swift]

you've almost unlocked job quests

you're basically there

[potent tapir]

Oh, boyo

[keen fable]

i'm still 10 levels away

[potent tapir]

Level 20 to 30 is interesting

[ivory iris]

For faded copies of music do I have to be an alchemist to get these? Is there an npc I can pay to convert them (along with ink and a new sheet)?

[patent citrus]

same im killing ifrit right now 😄

should be close to mount msq

[potent tapir]

You need to be an ALC or ask an ALC

[patent citrus]

and then ill research how to join grand company and i'm set

[proud willow]

there's no NPC that can craft them for you

[little swift]

you're like 3 quests away dank

[potent tapir]

Grand Company is just a quest with NPC's who ask you to join

[little swift]

!faq grandcompany

[potent tapir]

And then you accept

[zinc orbit]

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

Maelstrom
Twin Adders
Immortal Flames

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.

[keen fable]

@potent tapir whats interesting about it

[potent tapir]

Bam, done

[random kindle]

youre on the right track i was lvl 29 when i got my mount

[potent tapir]

Well...it's...yeah

It's yeah

30 is more yeah than the rest

[patent citrus]

someone told me i'm suppose to get at lv 20ish lol

[keen fable]

well

[random kindle]

yep

[keen fable]

you're overleveled from the 3 dungeons you're forced to do

[random kindle]

i outlevelled msq too hard

[keen fable]

so that's probably why

jim's way overleveled because of the road to 70 buff

[little swift]

@patent citrus lvl is not connected to your job/class lvl

[potent tapir]

Grand Companies aren't a permanent choice either

You can always join another if you want to

[little swift]

15day wait period though

and you have to reach a certain rank on one first

[potent tapir]

Yeh

But say you learn that you're deathly allergic to red

And want to join someone else.

You can, technically

[marble drift]

Allergic to red? HERETIC

[keen fable]

i'm on lord of the inferno, anyone know how close that is to chocobo

my cutie chocobo

[potent tapir]

Close enough to be there

[little swift]

like 3 quests away dark

[patent citrus]

same with me 😄

[keen fable]

i can taste it

[patent citrus]

killing ifrit, that's lord of inferno

[potent tapir]

We need to change Dank's name to DankFox

[patent citrus]

but no drop, yikes

[keen fable]

no

[potent tapir]

And confuse Channy some more

[little swift]

[patent citrus]

that's repeat quest for you folks

telling 2 people the same thing

[little swift]

ifrit nm doesn't drop anything

[tough wolf]

Good morning. I'm levelling my BTN. I'm level 60 now. I've logged in early to harvest Chysahl Greens at Twinpools and they're not appearing...? Is there anything special I need to do?

[little swift]

its just a story trial

chysahl greens are a timed node

they appear at a specific time

[potent tapir]

You need to wait for them to spawn due to being a timed node.

[little swift]

EORZEA time

[potent tapir]

Is FFXIV Clock still up?

[little swift]

8am / 8pm eorzea time

[tough wolf]

OOHHHHH

[potent tapir]

If FFXIV Clock is still working, you can visit that website

They should have a sound alarm for when it spawns

[tough wolf]

Well, that's much better. I only logged off last night so I'm glad I found out early.

[little swift]

or you can set up your hud to show eorzea time

[patent citrus]

and my job quest is still wake of the destruction, loooll

[little swift]

and you can set alarms with /alarm

[patent citrus]

been skipping it since forever

[little swift]

in game

do those regularly @patent citrus they give useful skills

[potent tapir]

Doesn't that require knowing the spawn time?

[patent citrus]

yeah, just too lazy to go back to las nochez

[potent tapir]

No point in setting an alarm if you don't know when to set it

[patent citrus]

will go back after i finished all the necessary mount quest

[little swift]

hey i never said what you'd use the alarms for

[patent citrus]

limsa lominsa*

[little swift]

for example marauder gets tomahawk at level 15

[zinc orbit]

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[patent citrus]

do you get job quest level every 5 levels?

[little swift]

long ranged aggro pull ability

up until lvl50

then it changes a bit

to every couple of levels

up until lvl70

when they then do away with job quests and introduce role quests instead

but your job does have a at 80 as well that grants an achievement

[potent tapir]

HW is every two levels, so 50, 52, etc.

SB is, 60, 63? I'm not sure how it works for them

[little swift]

sb 60 63 65 68 70

[potent tapir]

Thanks

70 is the most important for SB since that's what unlocks your 70 ability

[stable elk]

Starter lvl 50 redmage rotation ?

[little swift]

!faq 50rdm

[zinc orbit]

'I just unlocked this' 5.0 guide

[patent citrus]

can't wait to get the 4 person car mount in game

[potent tapir]

Uh

[patent citrus]

🤣 coming from someone who hasn't finished mount quest yet

[keen fable]

so you can drive your 3 waifus with you

[potent tapir]

The FFXV car isn't available anymore

[wintry chasm]

There is another one Baka

[potent tapir]

Now you're stuck with the slipper

That's all, right?

Slipper and FFXV car?

[wintry chasm]

Right

[little swift]

regalia isn't available right now

[keen fable]

what's the dif between trials and dungeons

[potent tapir]

Slipper is pretty neat though

[wintry chasm]

trials are boss fights

[potent tapir]

Trials are just a boss, usually

[wintry chasm]

dungeons are dungeons

[keen fable]

oh ok

[potent tapir]

Dungeons have trash mobs and bosses

[keen fable]

i need ifrit

i want my chocobo then i wanna sleep

[potent tapir]

Alliance raids have trash mobs that are even more trash than dungeon mobs and bosses that kill people

[keen fable]

i'm assuming i cant solo it

[little swift]

nop

it queues with 4players

[potent tapir]

You're in Aether though, right?

I can help you

[keen fable]

yes

[little swift]

you're a ways off from unsyncing anyways

[keen fable]

o

im down

[little swift]

make a party finder

[potent tapir]

What role are you?

[keen fable]

dps

;c

8 levels from being a healer

[leaden ginkgo]

where is Reven's Toll or w/e it's callede

[potent tapir]

Should I do tank then?

[wintry chasm]

That's in Mor Dhona Eye

[keen fable]

yea i can heal you too

[little swift]

nah don't use physick it sux

[potent tapir]

Don't worry about healing me

[keen fable]

oh

oki

[potent tapir]

IG name?

[keen fable]

Dark Fox

[leaden ginkgo]

does Revenant's Toll still have high lvl items?

[potent tapir]

World?

[little swift]

later when you become summoner its even less useful

[keen fable]

cactual

[wintry chasm]

yep Eye

[keen fable]

@little swift scholar***

[potent tapir]

I'll player search and try inviting you

[wintry chasm]

that's where you get stuff like the ironworks gear

[little swift]

even then

its not useful

[leaden ginkgo]

is there a checklist before I proceed to the next expansion after ARR

[keen fable]

lol i watched a video on summoner stuff

[little swift]

!faq contentunlock

[keen fable]

first thing was

[zinc orbit]

Content Location FAQ

Info

A Realm Reborn Content
Heavensward Content
Stormblood Content
Shadowbringers Content

[keen fable]

"physick bad. do not EVER use"

[little swift]

it scales with the healer stat mind

[potent tapir]

Are you at the Ifrit fight already?

[little swift]

which doesn't exist in caster gear

[keen fable]

i am at the entrance yea

[wintry chasm]

and when you hit Scholar there is just better healing spells really

[potent tapir]

Mmk, let me hop to Cactaur

[leaden ginkgo]

is there anything important I should do before I proceed to the next expansion after ARR?

[potent tapir]

Your job quests

All to 50?

[little swift]

there are a bunch of that unlock your 50 dungeons

lets you open up 50/60/70 roulette

which is a decent source of poetics

[potent tapir]

That's not a bad idea either

[wintry chasm]

you want to do the 24-man raid

[little swift]

do CT

[wintry chasm]

It's A) important
B) good story
C) unlocks another roulette

[potent tapir]

Oh

You forgot the most important bit, Cal

[wintry chasm]

you want to do the Ifrit, Garud, Titan hard mode fights because they are main story requirements later

[potent tapir]

Soon to be MSQ required

[wintry chasm]

"soon"

months away

not important

[potent tapir]

It's a two month reprieve...but it's still better to keep it in mind

There's an Ajani Whitemane on Cactaur. There's someone dedicated to being a Magic nerd.

[wintry chasm]

8-man raid is a good raid to do for story but it's a bit tricky to get people to run it with you and so I wouldn't worry too much if you can't do it now though you do want to do it at some point in the game

I can't think of anything else that's particularly important

[leaden ginkgo]

should I actually do lvl 50 dungeons or just move on to the next expansion

[wintry chasm]

I wouldn't do every single one since there are a lot

[little swift]

if you need the poetics why not

[wintry chasm]

but I'd do a number that pique your fancy

[little swift]

but there are like 10+

[wintry chasm]

also yes nice for poetics

[nova umbra]

at what levels should I upgrade my equipment from now on?

[golden crystal]

sooo dumb question, i thought id try using a controller, did not care for it wanna go back to keyboard and mouse but i cant figure outhow to change the hud back to the keyboard style

[wintry chasm]

When you need to @nova umbra

Lame answer I know

character config and then press the keyboard + mouse option in the top left should do @golden crystal

[agile laurel]

How is housing working at the minute? I'm hearing alternately that demolitions are stopped, that timers are stopped, altogether i have no idea how looking for plots has changed

[golden crystal]

@wintry chasm you the real mvp

[wintry chasm]

timers for auto demolition have stopped because of corona so houses won't automatically come vacant if someone hasn't been online for so long

so it's going to be a lot harder to find a house

you'd have to find someone who actually manually left

[agile laurel]

yikes. noted.

[fresh lodge]

The only way plots will be cleared now is if someone manually decides to leave

[agile laurel]

so the 'check on the hour' logic would be equally dead too

[fresh lodge]

If there are no clear plots at all, i wouldn't even bother checking

[wintry chasm]

^

I can't imagine a situation why someone would willingly give up their plot

[agile laurel]

that's unfortunate. suppose it'd be better to give up for now then

[wintry chasm]

I would unfortunately

Meara do you know if housing plots when the demolition timer comes back will reset in their demo time or if it'll just renew from where it left off?

If that makes sense

[fresh lodge]

Probably just keep on going from when they were paused

[agile laurel]

well I expect that'd be multiple months so

appreciated, however

i'll try to keep an eye on when it's lifted

[potent tapir]

I can, Cal

But it involves a lot of gil

[finite bough]

Houses are okay, but, don't you really just want to be a vagrant?

[keen fable]

a trial is a primal?

sheesh

if thats all a primal is

what're they even fearing in this story smh

[potent tapir]

Hahaha, Dark wasn't very impressed with Ifrit

[agile laurel]

suffering called, it says falalala

[keen fable]

yea ifrit wasnt very impressive

couldve done that blind tbh

[potent tapir]

Usually people forget to || kill the nail || and then the party wipes

[keen fable]

oh

[fresh lodge]

Its not meant to be hard

[keen fable]

LOL

[oblique aurora]

What situations do you use Rook Overdrive?

[potent tapir]

But, yeah, it's meant to be an easy fight

Well, actually, it was difficult during 2.0

[keen fable]

well

[potent tapir]

People could do so little damage that occasionally the full party couldn't kill the || nail || in time

Those were dark times

[keen fable]

thats ||2 crystals obtained|| pog

[potent tapir]

I'll be going back to my world though. So good luck, Dark!

[keen fable]

thank you for the help friend 😄

now time to hurry up and progress this so i can have my chocobo

[fresh lodge]

Also there is a story reason for why primals are difficult to normal people

[potent tapir]

Oh, I should probably throw you a friend request that way, if you need help in the future, it'll be easier to grab you

[keen fable]

i will be gone for like 3 1/2 months here in a few days ;c

[potent tapir]

I mean, they can't || see AoE markers, right, || Meara?

[keen fable]

lol

[fresh lodge]

Shitposting in MY question channel, shame on you

[keen fable]

i mean

is he wrong?

[potent tapir]

The lore reason is a serious matter

[keen fable]

very serious

[potent tapir]

You'll see some of the consequences in the cutscenes you...are probably watching already

[fresh lodge]

||A very popular and unsubstantiated fan theory is that the echo allows us to see aoe markers||

[keen fable]

what is the lore reason behind it?

[fresh lodge]

So Baka is Shitposting with a dumb fan theory

[keen fable]

i havent been lead to know why unless i missed something

[wintry chasm]

It gets explained a bit more during the fight/after the fight

[potent tapir]

*before and after

[fresh lodge]

Yeah just keep playing for now

[keen fable]

alright

[obsidian patio]

@oblique aurora generally if the target would go invulnerable/die before Rook’s duration finishes

[potent tapir]

It'll be explained as you run around a bit more with the NPC's

Thancred should explain to you the basics

I think you're with Thancred at that point

[wintry chasm]

Yes

[warped nest]

Ignoring AOE marker... How do we know the name of the spells being casted by the boss?

And who is timing them?

[potent tapir]

We're timing them, Lchronos

[warped nest]

Then why do we suck at dodging them?

[potent tapir]

Why does the Trust AI perform better at mechanics than the average player?

[warped nest]

Btw, we should probably put a lid on this, lol, this is after all a question channel

[wintry chasm]

yes I was just scrolling up to work out why you started talking about this

[keen fable]

oh

so i'm immune to the ||primal influence||

and thats why

[potent tapir]

Yeh

[keen fable]

i can also see ||aoe markers|| like baka suggested, so that helps

[fresh lodge]

Just to be clear, aoe markers and knowing spell names are for gameplay only, there is no lore reason behind it

[keen fable]

idk

the ||echo|| is a powerful thing

[stuck oracle]

i like to believe the bosses loudly yell out the spell names like anime villains

[fresh lodge]

Its just a gameplay thing,it has nothing to do with the ||echo||

[keen fable]

i know im just shitposting

ill stop lol

[potent tapir]

So, for the next few parts, all that matters is what color you like

[keen fable]

but what stops thancreed from being effected then, he doesnt have the ||echo||

[potent tapir]

Thancred || ran away ||

[keen fable]

oh

i see

[fresh lodge]

Yeah basically

[keen fable]

so ||had he been there||

he would've been boned

[potent tapir]

It's a very effective strategy but it isn't very effective at || killing the primal ||