questions-and-help

[potent tapir]

So Ester and Twine are in 7

[warped nest]

@keen fable, teleport to Limsa, then use the artherythe net inside Limsa to get to the arcanist guild, then take a boat to Vesper bay

[wintry chasm]

IIRC yeah Baka

What Chronos said doesn't apply if you have bad loading times fyi

[warped nest]

make sure you have touched the small aetheryte in front of the arcanist guild (west of limsa) to unlock it in the aetheryte net

[keen fable]

oki

[warped nest]

yeah, what Calisae said

[keen fable]

for how often you come here, youd think they wouldve put an aetheryte crystal

[warped nest]

it is a secret HQ

[keen fable]

a secret hq that the entire population knows about

[warped nest]

yup

[wintry chasm]

No

Anyway I'd still do Horizon since you can get the chocobo porter and afk

[warped nest]

unless you get sick of the chocobo music

[wintry chasm]

Never!

[keen fable]

i turned off the chocobo music

[warped nest]

tata talatalata~~

[whole wasp]

@surreal yarrow best crafter gear is the facet set if you overmeld them. White scrip gear is the welfare set if you dont want to overmeld.

[wintry chasm]

Also the relic tools

[surreal yarrow]

i see. i am poor, so it white scrip best way to go?

[little swift]

Accessories is just dwarven mythril (hq)at this time

[wintry chasm]

It's the easiest

[whole wasp]

yes. you can also try lookinag the dwarven mithril set which was the best set two patches ago

it should be dirt cheap now

[surreal yarrow]

i am like.. "surely 10% will be fine i dont need to mend" poor

[whole wasp]

a modestly melded dwarnen mithril should let you craft your own facet set if you want to

if not, just white scrip then

[little swift]

Melds help a tonne on getting enough cp

[surreal yarrow]

well, guess im gonna go sell my body for gil then

thanks all

[keen fable]

the moqote will help with that

[surreal yarrow]

good thing i am miqote

[keen fable]

just sit on a few boys laps

done

40mil ez

[little swift]

[surreal yarrow]

will sell body for small loan of 1 million gil

[keen fable]

no

thats too cheap

40 mil or bust

both figuratively and literally

[surreal yarrow]

will sell body for small loan of 40 million gil*\

169k for an awl lol kms

[obsidian wren]

not in this channel please

[little swift]

#recruitment-crystal

[obsidian wren]

preferably not at all

[surreal yarrow]

:^)

alright in that case, whats the best way to be making gil rn

[whole wasp]

it lets you summon your chocobro to help you fight as a companion iirc

[keen fable]

ye i found it

XD

[leaden ginkgo]

how to unlock mount speed 2

[whole wasp]

consume riding maps

riding maps can obtained for allied seals (hunt currency) from the hunt vendor in your GC HQ

wait, you mean the first star or the second star?

the first star is just from

[leaden ginkgo]

second star

anyway ty

[hard elk]

why i cant still fly

[leaden ginkgo]

how do I get achievement coins

[surreal yarrow]

@hard elk need to do the quests marked with

[hard elk]

damn okay

[surreal yarrow]

to get that top row of crystals

[hard elk]

okay thank you!

[surreal yarrow]

they'll give the aether currents.

np

[hard elk]

i was so excited lol

[surreal yarrow]

so excited then just got mount speed lol

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[humble birch]

what's a fast way to get poetics?

currently lvl 54 sam

[warped nest]

@hard elk some of those aether current are locked behind too, actually, most if not all of them are

[hard elk]

ahh i see

[muted sun]

@humble birch I like to do Main Scenario Roulette, and other daily roulettes - but this will depend on if you want to spend time doing them. Main Scenario Roulette takes ~40-50 minutes (I don't know the exact time) but does give a nice reward and can be fun

[warped nest]

@humble birch alliance roulette, msq roullete, lvl 50/60/70 roulette

[muted sun]

Essentially, as you do duties you just earn a lot of them

[warped nest]

i think one of the lvl 50 dungeon is pretty good

but i don't remember which one

[wild hedge]

How do I raise my ilv? I need to be higher to continue MSQ

[humble birch]

so do what i've been doing for a while?

sounds pretty good

[muted sun]

Gear has an ilvl, so the higher the ilvl the better stats it will have, basically just get higher level gear

Replacing pieces with a lower ilvl will boost your overall ilvl as it takes an average

[devout salmon]

What's the best materia for 480 ilvl Samurai gear? Do we focus on skill speed at all or is it mainly Crit/DH?

[warped nest]

for skill speed and spell speed, it is always you need them to hit a specific tier

[obsidian patio]

@wild hedge if you’re trying to do Castrum Meridianum, do your level 50 job quests if you haven’t

[wild hedge]

I bought the highest gear already but its still low :<

[warped nest]

what is your current level?

[wild hedge]

like BRD?

BRD lv 50

[warped nest]

which dungeon?

is it the dungeon Wynne said?

[wild hedge]

Ya

[obsidian patio]

Do your BRD job quests

That gives a set of gear, and also job actions

[warped nest]

please never neglect your job quests

[summer haven]

For Relic Reborn quest, should I slot in any materia or will I get back socketed in the new item what I gave him

[wild hedge]

okie dokie ^^

[muted sun]

also this is where you can find the ilvl of the item

[little swift]

For the relic reborn quest it requires specific materua be slotted into the weapon

[summer haven]

Oh. I misread, then.

[atomic mango]

what do nisis in a4n do again

i literally

cannot remember

after getting it

[stark delta]

Stupid question. I’m leveling my second combat class but I don’t have any good gear How do I get gear for them?

[obsidian patio]

Damage over time that spreads to people that touch the debuff Ed person, if one person gets both debuffs they instantly die.

[atomic mango]

oh

i see

thanks

[obsidian patio]

Buy it from vendors, craft it yourself, or rely on dungeon gear

Note that vendor-bought gear stops being good past 50

[atomic mango]

past 60

then again i guess you cant enter the vault in ironworks now

[potent tapir]

Does that include Aug?

[slate arrow]

You can but it's not recommended

[obsidian patio]

The Vault wants a minimum of i115

[slate arrow]

HW stat scaling is harsh

[wintry chasm]

But that minimum is really low

And you really really really should use better gear

[slate arrow]

It's only Heavensward where it's really recommended

[wintry chasm]

Ehhh

[slate arrow]

The difference between Aug. Ironworks and the job gear was like

24% on reddit iirc?

so stuff hurts a lot in comparison to HW- Stormblood and Stormblood - ShB

[wintry chasm]

Stormblood and Shadowbringers

[nocturne wasp]

What is this if I may ask?

[dusky nest]

looks like the description of a fate

[nocturne wasp]

Yeah the pink octagon shape in the bottom left

[dusky nest]

fates are like random events you can do that give you some rewards

[nocturne wasp]

hexagon I mean

Oh nice, but I must be at least a specific level/

[leaden ginkgo]

how do I unlock crystal tower

[dusky nest]

mostly exp, little bit of gil, some grand company seals, but there are also some that reward special stuff

Oh nice, but I must be at least a specific level/
yes, you need to be within the level range of the fate. if you are above, you can be synced down via a button that pops up when you enter its area

[real charm]

Hi so is time card the only way to get more game time?

[dusky nest]

Hi so is time card the only way to get more game time?
No there is also the regular sub which you can buy on the mogstation.

[leaden ginkgo]

I've completed all crystal tower quests but it's still locked

[real charm]

I see, so there will be no price different right?

I haven't bought the game so currently don't have access to mogstation to check for more info

[dusky nest]

well, gametime cards only come as 60 days versions, so that will be more expensive than a regular 30day sub

I've completed all crystal tower quests but it's still locked
@leaden ginkgo what do you mean exactly by locked? what does it tell you when you want to do it?

[real charm]

I see, thanks

[leaden ginkgo]

it's not in my duty finder

[real charm]

I can't find anywhere that sells JP's time card online so I was worried that I wouldn't be about to buy any if I were to move out

[obsidian patio]

Are you looking in the Raid section of the duty finder? Crystal Tower isn’t with the normal dungeons

[leaden ginkgo]

it's locked

last quest I did for him was to give him things to polish the crystals

[humble birch]

okay so

I spent the entire ARR without Voice acting apparently

how do I change it?

[obsidian patio]

System config/settings

[humble birch]

my computer or in game?

[stuck oracle]

in game

[humble birch]

audio?

[slate arrow]

@humble birch a lot of ARR has no voice acting, unless you disabled voices in System Config

in which case there are no voices

[humble birch]

Apparently the ARR last scene has voice acting

but I haven't heard any voice acting whatsoever

all my sound settings are at 100%

[slate arrow]

sounds about right

[humble birch]

never heard voice acting even once tho

[slate arrow]

I definitely remember not hearing voices until I hit patch content

(I did skip a lot of cutscenes in 2.0 though so ymmv)

[little swift]

The msq roulette dungeons had va

[slate arrow]

oh right the praetorium

[obsidian patio]

@leaden ginkgo What was the name of the last quest you did for the crystal tower series?

[humble birch]

okay what the hell

My headset has Voice acting

But my speakers don't???

[rotund schooner]

heck

[nocturne wasp]

So a random thing appeared on my game saying 'FAILURe - No birds allowed', it might've been a request but I don't understand why it happened.

[slate arrow]

FFXIV audio be like that

[humble birch]

time to screw around with speaker settings

[slate arrow]

@nocturne wasp no such error exists so it might just be someone trying to mess with you

[nocturne wasp]

Weird

[humble birch]

welp

Setting my speaker settings to stereo fixed it

[slate arrow]

yeah that sounds about right

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[humble birch]

i have to say

voice acting now is weird to me

after spending hours without it

[nocturne wasp]

Oh wait, I think the failure thing was about a Fate. maybe.

[humble birch]

is there a way to rewatch custcenes?

[slate arrow]

the Unending Journey in your inn room

@nocturne wasp ah, then FATE FAILED would have appeared then

[nocturne wasp]

I might've not read the Fate part haha

[humble birch]

can you change the voice acting to another language?

[slate arrow]

yes

[humble birch]

sweet

[leaden ginkgo]

I don't remember

@leaden ginkgo What was the name of the last quest you did for the crystal tower series?
@obsidian patio I don't remember

[slate arrow]

check your completed quest log under complete

[obsidian patio]

It's in the subsection "Chronicles of a New Era - The Crystal Tower"

[leaden ginkgo]

sanding it down

it's called

[obsidian patio]

Check for the quest "A Performance for the Ages" from Rammbroes at x30, y12 in Mor Dhona

[leaden ginkgo]

yea I have that

im almost lvl 53 just from ARR dungeons

but the dungeons don't give any good ilvl items

so I can't do most new ARR dungeon quests

[obsidian patio]

That's the next quest for the crystal tower

As for item level, make sure to do your level 50 job quest if you haven't already. If so, then spend any tomestones of poetics you may have at Auriana in Mor Dhona for i120 gear.

[leaden ginkgo]

shouldn't I save that for lvl 70+

[obsidian patio]

No, you'll get plenty before then.

[warped nest]

Poetics is used from 50-70

You will get em by the truck load

[leaden ginkgo]

[obsidian patio]

50/60/70, Alliance Raid, and Main Scenario Roulettes give like 800 total a day, assuming no first time bonus

And you could get lucky with 50/60/70 and get a dungeon that gives 100 or 150 poetics instead of like 20/30

[gaunt brook]

Which NPC in the Twin Adder would you talk to to change grand company? I hit lieutenant a while ago and finally got the twin adder minion but i cant figure out how to change companies

[obsidian patio]

you talk to the Personnel Officer of the GC you want to switch to.

[gaunt brook]

ohhh alright, thank you

[solid wadi]

Is there any way to influence how much materials drop from enemies? Currently leveling my Crafters/Gatherers and was wondering if my stats effected anything when it comes to farming enemy materials, how many I get, and if they're HQ or not? Or is it just entirely random?

[obsidian patio]

Only the Ninja skill Mug effects mob drops, and even then I wouldn't bother with using it

[stuck oracle]

ok so, is the weekly loot limit per duty or does it carry over to all of them?

[obsidian patio]

per duty

[stuck oracle]

thank god i would boil myself alive if it was all of them

[valid nova]

Hello, how do I unlock gunbreaker, just simply level to 60 then do the quest?

[potent tapir]

Yep

And have ShB

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[gaunt brook]

How much Gil should i have saved up if i want to buy a property?

[leaden ginkgo]

what's the wait time on the crystal tower for dps?

3 hours?

[potent tapir]

"adc?"

[leaden ginkgo]

[potent tapir]

Oh

Uh, I'm not sure, I spent 15 minutes waiting for Syrcus so probably around there?

[fresh lodge]

If you want a small, 4 million should be enough for the plot and house permit

[potent tapir]

Just depends on if your DC is active

[leaden ginkgo]

wtf I only waited 1 min

[potent tapir]

Nice, nice

[gaunt brook]

hmm 4 mil i can manage that if i start actually using the market board

[wintry chasm]

DPS get faster queue times since it's 3 tanks 6 healers 15 DPS but that's still pretty quick @leaden ginkgo

[gritty oracle]

Okay so how do map dungeons work? Say, I get the map, defeat the enemies, all that, and a dungeon spawns. Will I have time to ask around in the FC to team up, or do I have to go in immediately?

[obsidian patio]

You have to go in with the party that opened up the map

so you need to have the party ready before doing maps

[river portal]

Is there a list of all eureka gear? not the relic gear but stuff like cassie earings and elemental armor

all I'm finding is weapon guides and relic sets and elemental armor I mostly want to know if there's other stuff like cassie earings

[bronze sorrel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/642648978596298753/701357354943381616/unknown.png

[obsidian patio]

Scorpion Harness from the FATE "Short Serket 2" in Anemos
Strider Boots from the FATE "Simurghasbord" in Anemos
Speed Belt from the FATE "Morte Arthro" in Pagos
Optical Hat from the FATE "The Wobbler in Darkness" in Pagos when you possess the Hakutaku Eye Cluster
Cassie Earring from the FATE "Cassie and the Copycats" in Pagos
Vermilion Cloak (Caster/Healer versions) exchanged from Damascene cloth earned from BA
Kirin's Osode (Aiming/Fending/Maiming/Scouting/Striking versions) exchanged from Cryptic Seals earned from BA

[river portal]

thank you!

[obsidian patio]

Scorpion harness is just glamour, strider boots boost sprint duration in towns like Limsa, and the speed belt/optical hat/cassie earrings have haste buffs (basically a lot of SkS/SpS)

[glossy sapphire]

@leaden ginkgo hey thanks I was awake until like 2:30 AM and I got in Typhon

[quasi canopy]

Just started gathering...do you regen GP faster in santuaries or anything? anyway to regen it faster?

[slate arrow]

no

well you can use cordials to instantly regenerate a small sum of GP

[obsidian patio]

You do get traits that increase the passive regen of it. the first one from the level 70 class quest and the second one from reaching level 80.

Which ends it at +7 per tick and +6 when you gather something

[quasi canopy]

interesting, thanks

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[mortal root]

setting up a light farm party, do we need 1 healer 1 tank for a9s unsynced

[marble drift]

if you have a full party. probably not

he dies too fast to require anything but pure dps

I farmed it with 8 players 4 tanks 3 healers and he still didnt get anything off

[mortal root]

omg lol

should i set minimum ilvl to 430 just so ppl need their relic gear at least

[obsidian patio]

At minimum I'd just say maybe a single tank so the boss isn't spinning

[marble drift]

dont even bother. just make it minimum 80

you could do in in gear for 2 expacs ago

[obsidian patio]

yeah so like i390

for normal scaevan

[mortal root]

[gritty oracle]

Thanks Wynne! How many people is appropriate for a level 60 map dungeon?

[marble drift]

5-6. it syncs you down iirc

could get away with less.

[gritty oracle]

Also, I got satisfaction level 2 with Zhloe and the turn in option for the near Eastern antique disappeared. Can I bring it back or should I just toss them?

[mortal root]

it says avg ilvl 230 for a9s

toss them

[gritty oracle]

Aww

[marble drift]

yeah it changes every satisfaction tier

and when satisfaction is maxxed it gets randomized out of the availble options every week

[gritty oracle]

Oh cool. Also also, I was told custom deliveries give amazing XP, but I only get like half a mil per delivery. Am I doing something wrong?

[marble drift]

what level is your crafter?

[gritty oracle]

59

For contrast, the craft itself gives me like 300k (I make the components by hand too)

[marble drift]

they give more xp if you can hit the quality milestones

[gritty oracle]

Every single of them is at the topmost collectability bracket

[marble drift]

well then maybe they've toned down some of the xp.

it IS free basically.

the components are always handed to you and the crafts arn't difficult

[gritty oracle]

Fair enough

[tough wolf]

How do I get Ishgardian Resto CLN recipes?

[obsidian patio]

Talking to Potkin after all the introduction stuff should give you the crafting recipes

[tough wolf]

Thanks Wynne.

[stable herald]

I'm really struggling with MNK's mechanics. The positionals are really messing me up, so I've just basically stuck to the back, based off help from here. but is there an easier way to see if Leaden fist is up aside from resizing all the buffs?

form shift is basically like BLM's method of keeping at least a fire I or ice I up, right?

[obsidian patio]

yep

[stable herald]

Do you use Form Shift when you start the fight?

[obsidian patio]

Yeah, you start in coeurl so you can immediately get a GL stack

[stable herald]

i've been practising like 5-10 min on dummys to learn a bit but i always get tripped up, unfortunately

How do I get a GL stack immediately?

i AM level 52, if that affects things

[stuck oracle]

MNK main, i personally start on raptor and use twin snakes and THEN use demolish so i get the extra 10% damage on that

[obsidian patio]

Starting in Coeurl lets you immediate use Snap/Demolish for the first stack

[stuck oracle]

you use form shift till you can use the form you want to

[gritty oracle]

So I had 12 custom delivery allowances, used up 6, and now I'm told I can't make more deliveries. What can I do with my remaining 6 allowances?

[marble drift]

If you could see me right now you'd clearly hear the fuckin' dial tone my brain is producing right about now. Monk ties my head in knots @_@

[obsidian patio]

You use another Custom Delivery NPC

[gritty oracle]

Ah

[marble drift]

I'll stick to Samurai. its super easy. get stickers. use stickers

[leaden ginkgo]

Are relics from previous expansion became somehow their BiS at that time?

[gritty oracle]

How can I unlock the SB one?

[leaden ginkgo]

Even just a single patch

[obsidian patio]

yeah they became BiS at the end of their expansion

[marble drift]

Right at the end of a tier relics are generally BiS

[obsidian patio]

One requires stormblood patch story, another requires a sidequest chain in the Ruby Sea, and another requires a sidequest in the Azim Steppe

[leaden ginkgo]

Ohh, Now i see the essence

[stuck oracle]

what's BiS stand for?

[obsidian patio]

Best in Slot

[marble drift]

Best in Slot

[leaden ginkgo]

my friend keeps telling me Relics are trash

[stuck oracle]

ahh i see

[leaden ginkgo]

but i love the idea

[marble drift]

Has your friend cleared e8s?

[stuck oracle]

the prev expac ones are trash stat wise. but they still look cool glamour wise

[marble drift]

well the stats on the Heavensward anima weaponry was modular.

[slate arrow]

Especially since once we get 5.35 hopefully we'll be able to customize the stats

[devout salmon]

So I have to be lvl 80 in something of the hand to meld materia into my lvl 80 gear? u_u;

[slate arrow]

yes

[marble drift]

you put whatever stat you wanted on it during the creation process

[devout salmon]

/dead

[slate arrow]

oh it could be worse

[marble drift]

Eurekan weaponry was semi-random but it could lead to some insane bullshit

[slate arrow]

pre 5.1 leveling was hell

[marble drift]

like a weapon only having 1 sub stat.

[obsidian patio]

Well, it couldn't be 1, but you could get low rolls in general

[marble drift]

or well...mostly 1 sub stat

yeah

like CRIT

and then like...2 skill speed

[obsidian patio]

I think lowest was like 83? lemme take a quick peek at the eureka discord

[marble drift]

or something

Im going off seeing other peoples weaponry. I was never crazy enough to farm those blasted things

[stuck oracle]

i'm gonna farm them once i'm done with shb msq

[leaden ginkgo]

My friend never cleared any end game

he just wastes his money buying mog mounts and post it on his facebook account

[leaden ginkgo]

I myself never done any savages, but atleast eden normals are done and Memoria Ex

[marble drift]

Go ahead and call him trash for me will you? Thanks

[obsidian patio]

Pyros Weapon possible stat rolls

[marble drift]

Currently Relic weaponry in Shadowbringers are the 3rd best available to mostly everyone right now

With it beating out most base tome weapons on substats and materia slots

[obsidian patio]

they don't beat crystarium for most jobs

[marble drift]

Upgraded Crystarium no

[obsidian patio]

I mean base crystarium

[slate arrow]

well i think the healer weapons do match base crystarium if melded a particular way

[obsidian patio]

Healer ones beat crystarium if you meld DHit

I think Dancer weapon is better too?

[marble drift]

in my static our bard got his super early cause we threw him the tome from e6 and its real good

[leaden ginkgo]

So does it mean, when 5.25 hits

[marble drift]

but the rest of us really need to wait for more e7 reclears

[leaden ginkgo]

it's possible that it will become the 2nd best?

[slate arrow]

we're in 5.25

[leaden ginkgo]

o imeant 5.3 rather

the next patch with next tier

[slate arrow]

and as far as I know, no, unless the stats are both crit and dhit on all of them

[marble drift]

no because it may not upgrade in 5.3

[leaden ginkgo]

Ooooh, just like a glow?

[marble drift]

it might upgrade on like 5.35

[slate arrow]

it's 5.35

was confirmed in the 5.2 liveletter i think?

[leaden ginkgo]

Oooh, so my friend is giving me so much misinformations then

new player be like D:

[marble drift]

Yeah do your own research for stuff like that

the balance has done all the math. trust them

[slate arrow]

!faq balance

[zinc orbit]

The Balance

Info

Discord

[marble drift]

right yes. that. go there. listen to them

[slate arrow]

for all of your endgame optimization needs

both non savage and savage raiding

[marble drift]

Cause honestly even if you're not savage raiding you can follow its advice

[leaden ginkgo]

if i don't confirm my squadrons chemistry

will it eventually change?

cause i don't like it

[slate arrow]

no

[leaden ginkgo]

or do i need a specific item to change it

[fresh lodge]

No

[slate arrow]

if you want to clear a chemistry you have to accept a new one

[fresh lodge]

It has a chance to change everything they finish a mission

[leaden ginkgo]

My plan to rule all the Au'ra is disrupted by this "When accompanying a Hyur" thingy

[fresh lodge]

But you don't have to accept the one it can change to

[patent citrus]

have lv 25 marauder but yesterday I learned that I can't sync it with the non-steam pc version

[leaden ginkgo]

Ok, I will accept this, then send them on a mission?

[patent citrus]

so I decided to start from lv 1, sounds good?

should be faster now since i knew how the game/transport works

downloading the client from official website now

[leaden ginkgo]

If you create your character to a preferred world then sounds good

[patent citrus]

instead of steam

[marble drift]

yeah if you're on a preferred server then it should take no time at all

Even if you're not it should still be fast

[patent citrus]

preferred world?

you mean like steam/pc/ps4?

i thought world is server, lol

[dry tree]

Yes it is

A preferred server are servers with stars next to them

[patent citrus]

ohhh the boost server

hmm

[dry tree]

These servers will give you an exp boost until you reach lvl 70

[patent citrus]

even with no people form my country playing in that server?

[leaden ginkgo]

where you planning to create though?

[patent citrus]

is that preferred choice?

[leaden ginkgo]

NA/EU or JP?

I'll help you pick

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/

here you can see all the list of worlds + their corresponding Data center

[patent citrus]

I'm from Australia and most of the Australian players are from Kujata/Tonberry. Some internet provider here has lower ping from US

[leaden ginkgo]

You can check what's preferred and what's not

[patent citrus]

but in my case, Japanese is 130 ping, US is 250

so I would choose Japanese server again

[leaden ginkgo]

I have an australian FC mate

though im in NA

[patent citrus]

what's FC? 🤔

[leaden ginkgo]

and you're right, the amount of disconnect he's having is insane

Free Company, It's like the guild system

[patent citrus]

alright

[marble drift]

Yeah some australians just magically have better connections over to NA than JP

not me tho

[leaden ginkgo]

*Cough *Tels Tr.

uhm, so I accepted my squadrons Chemistry, it will change eventually right?

[slate arrow]

it changes upon being accepted

[marble drift]

yes after missions it has a chance to offer up a new one.

which you can accept to replace the current

[leaden ginkgo]

Thanks, I'm relieved

[marble drift]

If you don't accept it doesnt change.

[patent citrus]

hmm i want to start with free trial first until lv 35, can i easily transtition later when i reached lv 35?

[leaden ginkgo]

What do you mean transition?

[slate arrow]

yes

[patent citrus]

i mean upgrading to the basic version

[leaden ginkgo]

Ah, no difference

[slate arrow]

just make sure you buy a key for the apropriate platform

[patent citrus]

ohhh same launcher?

[leaden ginkgo]

you're just locked to 35below content

[patent citrus]

ok ok

[slate arrow]

oh no different launcher

but same install location i think

[patent citrus]

🤔

[leaden ginkgo]

I'll let Revo answer, I messed things up

[slate arrow]

https://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/playersdownload/na/

[patent citrus]

so my lv 25 marauder that i creased from steam's free trial launcher is a lost hope right?

[slate arrow]

no, you can just buy the game on steam

[patent citrus]

if i don't want to unattached to steam wherever i want to purchase the game

yeah, i'm still confused. The reason I started on steam is because I have unused steam wallet accumulated from friend's gifts

I got like $100 unused there lol

[open coral]

If you don't want to have to buy the entire game again, including the base game, you'll need to purchase the full game on the same platform as you are playing the trial version.

[patent citrus]

but people don't recommend me from taking that route since i'll be trapped in steam and will be very hard for me to look for discount in the future

[slate arrow]

Steam has two things: ability to use steam wallet for subs and purchases, and local currency prices if you live outside of NA

[open coral]

So if it's the Steam version, you'll need to buy the Steam full game.

[slate arrow]

Honestly, Steam is more reliable for purchases compared to SE

[open coral]

If it's the PC version, then the PC full game.

[slate arrow]

because SE uses scalefast which is

sometimes pretty bad

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[open coral]

However, from an account standpoint, your platform doesn't make a difference. You will be able to log into your existing account on any platform you buy a license for.

[slate arrow]

Like yeah you're paying more but Steam is really consistent at least. There's ups and downs for both, and plus it's not like you're going to be waiting for a sale on FFXIV

[open coral]

And use the character(s) that you've been playing up to this point.

[slate arrow]

(unless you plan on quitting for a while)

[patent citrus]

ok i'm undecided again 🤣

[marble drift]

Its generally accepted not to use Steam

[open coral]

That's not true, Silverhand

[patent citrus]

i've looked up at the recent ffxiv shadowbringer physical collector edition

i can imagine the key won't work on steam

since i bought it outside steam

[open coral]

Correct.

That collector's edition will probably be the PC version.

[patent citrus]

that would be sucks if in the future they produce something like that and i'm excluded from it

although some cheap part of me would like to use that unused steam wallet -_-

[open coral]

It's really up to you.

[slate arrow]

You could always purchase the PS4 edition.

[open coral]

^

[slate arrow]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[patent citrus]

ehh i got no ps4 o_o

[marble drift]

oh there are plenty of steam games you could get. Go get Stardew Valley or something 😛

[patent citrus]

how's that a good idea to buy the ps4 edition?

[open coral]

I have the PS4 edition, but I've been considering also picking up the PC version the next time there's a sale... I just missed the most recent one.

[slate arrow]

if you want a physical collectors edition the PS4 copy will let you get it and then you can still resell the key or something

also, full crossplay between PC and PS4

you can even play between both platforms with the same account

[patent citrus]

ok seems i still don't understand the platform system

[open coral]

Basically, it's just a question of which system you're licensed to play the game on.

[patent citrus]

if I currently play on steam and created my character there and decided to download the PC version starting from now

[slate arrow]

you cannot back out of steam

[patent citrus]

can i still login with my character created on steam?

[open coral]

You'll be able to play the same character, yes.

[patent citrus]

wtffff

[slate arrow]

not quite

[open coral]

Character data is stored on the server, it's not locked to your platform.

[proud willow]

no no no, you can't switch from Steam to PC. it's only one or the other

[slate arrow]

you can't play using the regular PC client with Steam and Vice Versa

[open coral]

As long as you have an appropriate license, you will always be able to access the game.

[patent citrus]

yes, thats I was thinking, I thought the character database was a bit wonky

if it's unique to the platform

[open coral]

Character data is not platform locked.

[patent citrus]

ookkkkk

[slate arrow]

see here

if i wanted to, I could buy a PS4 code, redeem it, and start playing on PS4

no hassles, no transfers.

[stuck oracle]

what prevents one from buying the collector's edition?

[open coral]

Nothing

[slate arrow]

money

[patent citrus]

the physical? depends on where you live I think

It's very hard to get one in Australia I heard

we are in the middle of nowhere

[open coral]

It might depend on whether they have them in stock or not.

[stuck oracle]

yeah it'd be impossible to get in my country

[slate arrow]

However you can buy the digital collectors edition anytime

[stuck oracle]

that gives you some glamours i think right?

[open coral]

Yep, and that will give you all the same in-game rewards, but not any physical items.

[patent citrus]

if only i got the leonhart instead of the revolver version of gunblade T.T

[stuck oracle]

gotcha

[marble drift]

Yeah I've heard that collector's editions are a pain in the ass to get a hold of in Australia. Can't super confirm that though having never looked into it

[open coral]

Practically speaking, it's probably easiest to get collector's editions by preorder when a new expansion comes out.

Since they're supplying to demand at that point.

[patent citrus]

i saw a brochure on my local game shop last year, but at that time i wasn't interested in trying ffxiv at all

[quasi canopy]

can i do the MSC with a friend? Right now we're both on trial so can't even join the same group, but i'm trying to see if that's one of the benfits of buying the full version. I know we'll be able to group but i'm not sure if that means anything

[patent citrus]

the day after, the physical ce was sold out

very high demand but low supply

and it's like $300 aud lol

[slate arrow]

It comes with a lot of nice things yeah

[open coral]

@quasi canopy You can quest together and run instances together, but a lot of points in the MSQ also have solo scenarios.

[slate arrow]

Trial Accounts cannot create parties

Trial accounts are also very restricted in terms of social features

[quasi canopy]

so do we get the same counters for the stuff that aren't solo?

[open coral]

They were asking if they were to buy the full version.

[slate arrow]

ah

[marble drift]

Mostly @quasi canopy

[open coral]

Yes. If you're in a party, killing quest mobs should register for both of you.

[marble drift]

Killing X things works

[patent citrus]

trial accounts also can't pm T.T

[open coral]

As long as you're on the same quest.

[marble drift]

but Collecting X things is seperate mostly

[patent citrus]

i got pm a lot of time, an invitation to join guild

but can't reply back lol

[open coral]

Yeah, Dank. As Industrial said, trial accounts have a ton of social restrictions on them.

[patent citrus]

to me it was fine, i really wanted to know the game better before purchasing the game

[open coral]

But because there's no other way to differentiate, people with full accounts can still invite them to things (including making parties with trial accounts).

[patent citrus]

and i can imagine it will take me weeks to get to lv 35

[open coral]

Weeks? Probably not.

Unless you're only playing for like, an hour a day or something.

[mystic yew]

i saw 4 scandalously clothed rhoegadin yesterday in raids

this better not awaken anything in me

[open coral]

Glamour is the true endgame @mystic yew

[patent citrus]

thats true, i started a week ago and i'm already lv 25 🤣

hoping i can reach lv 35 this weekend

[mystic yew]

wait no not roegadyn

what are the cats called

[marble drift]

Miqote

[open coral]

Hrothgar or Miqo'te

[marble drift]

ohright. yeah big or smol cat?

[open coral]

Hrothgar are the ones that look like lions.

[mystic yew]

hrothgars

[marble drift]

big cat

[open coral]

Miqo are the cat bois and girls.

[blissful matrix]

Rengar's species = Hrothgar

[leaden ginkgo]

real weird Marketboard question

Does the marketboard show all items, that can be sold, whenever there is or isn't a sale of it?

[slate arrow]

yes

[leaden ginkgo]

Thankyeh

semi related wonder :,D
Are there crafted gear items, that you cannot sell?

[slate arrow]

a few

namely the level 50 master book exchange items

and most collectible synthesis only items

[leaden ginkgo]

ah but

Any Crafted Gear?

like, wearable?

[open coral]

Yes

Wait

[keen kettle]

Yes, but not any that's unsellable

[open coral]

That you can't sell?

No

[leaden ginkgo]

yahyah, sorry for the weird phrasing

[keen kettle]

Anything that's bound to you becomes unsellable which is a fair enough restriction

[open coral]

I mean, NQ gear probably won't sell just because HQ crafted gear is vastly superior.

[leaden ginkgo]

It helps to know in the case of
"Looking for Crafted Glamours", and not having to go through the entirety of your crafters to find it

[open coral]

But nothing that is inherently unsellable.

[slate arrow]

basically every crafted gear should be tradable

[leaden ginkgo]

good, so convenient for me to find

thankyeh

ive seen people talking about summon Glams for ACN

How do you do that?

and where to get the glam?

or im just dreaming when i read that?

[slate arrow]

Summoner > Level 50 job quest > Arcanist Guild > /egiglamour (back into carbuncle)

[leaden ginkgo]

Oh it's a level 50 job quest

[slate arrow]

not part of the job quest

[leaden ginkgo]

I'm still at lvl 15, thanks nice to know

[slate arrow]

it's an optional unlock

[leaden ginkgo]

So a different blue quesT?

[slate arrow]

yes

your job trainer is in gridania

[leaden ginkgo]

how many glams does summon have though?

[slate arrow]

only 3

[leaden ginkgo]

is there much to unlock?

oh,

ok.

[fresh lodge]

Its just Carbuncle

[slate arrow]

back into carbuncles, namely

[open coral]

You only have to do the egiglam quest in order to unlock all 3 glamours.

It's not labor intensive.

[leaden ginkgo]

About Summon as well, there's no difference right?

[slate arrow]

yes

[open coral]

Once you have the command, these are the inputs you'll need.

/egiglamour "egi name" "glamour"
Egi name: Garuda-Egi Titan-Egi Ifrit-Egi

Glamour: Emerald Carbuncle Topaz Carbuncle Ruby Carbuncle

[light lintel]

Hi, I was wondering if someone knows what causes the grass/trees to flicker, kind off. Is that a setting i can disable/enable to make it more smooth?

[open coral]

So for example, if you wanted your Garuda egi to look like a Ruby Carbuncle, you'd do:

/egiglamour "Garuda-Egi" "Ruby Carbuncle"

[slate arrow]

@light lintel it's probably the low LOD or low detail shadow setting

one or the other, I don't remember as it's been a while

[light lintel]

its turned off already

and the shadow is set to maximum

[leaden ginkgo]

hi all anyone playing in odin server that can roll with me for a bit with VC just so i can get some help on how to effectively get the best out of this game. im enjoying it so far but feel im missing out on a lot

[open coral]

If you just play the MSQ () you'll get plenty out of it.

[leaden ginkgo]

Yeah, most of the new players part is just by doing MSQ

You can finish it alone too

[open coral]

A lot of this game is what you make of it, and figuring out what you want to do on your own without other people telling you what the "best" way to play is.

[leaden ginkgo]

I mean, not solo dungeo everything

[open coral]

Everyone has their own opinion on how to "make the most" of this game.

[leaden ginkgo]

^

fair...

Other people only do glams, some started from the beginning and haven't even tried savages

But MSQ is kinda a "Must" thing to do

so I think you can focus on that 😄

im runnig around rn just doing the MSQs...just thought might be missing something before i run them all

[open coral]

Nope

[leaden ginkgo]

thanks anyway 👍

[open coral]

And you can always go back and do other things later on.

[leaden ginkgo]

so theres no "time specific" quests as such

??

[open coral]

Nope.

[leaden ginkgo]

roger that

[open coral]

Aside from holiday or "special" events, which only last for a certain period of time.

[leaden ginkgo]

dont think im ready for them yet, only lvl14 😆

[open coral]

There aren't any of those on right now though

Holiday events only require level 15 to participate.

[leaden ginkgo]

so still not quite rdy 😛

[open coral]

They're usually mostly non-combat, and you can earn seasonal housing or cosmetic items from doing them.

[leaden ginkgo]

ah yeah, that was another thing. the community housing thingy-ma-bobs and guilds...is there much of a difference and whats the pros and cons?

i could quite work them out

[patent citrus]

is the squall gunblade from ce exclusive/account bound to the purchaser?

[leaden ginkgo]

couldnt*

[patent citrus]

or can they be sold in marketplace?

[light lintel]

I DM'd you too Warnzy, incase you have any future questions ingame, you can always PM me :)

[leaden ginkgo]

@light lintel you G

[open coral]

@leaden ginkgo So every player can purchase a house or apartment if they desire after meeting the in-game qualifications to do so (requires reaching a certain rank with your Grand Company, chosen around level 20 in the MSQ).

However even if you own a house or apartment, you can also join a Free Company (player guild) which can own a communal home for all FC members.

[leaden ginkgo]

@patent citrus I believe it's included on a collectors edition?

[open coral]

There are no particular pros or cons for owning a home or apartment room.

[leaden ginkgo]

wrong answer sorry. you can't sell it in market board

I believe there's no item that you can sell in game that you bought using money

[patent citrus]

ok got it @leaden ginkgo

[slate arrow]

There's a few, but they're early event items.

Like, 2013 event items

[leaden ginkgo]

aaaah ok, because i had the quest where it brought up a load of sdtuff about joing the community housing and it threw me a bit so i got scared and left 😆

The Goblet?

[light lintel]

ahha

Nice

That feeling of being lost :D

[open coral]

There are quests in every zone where housing exists to unlock the housing zones, but they don't actually require you to purchase a house or apartment.

[leaden ginkgo]

thats the one

im skint so couldnt buy anything 😄 learning and will prob tackle all this kinda stuff when im more more knowledgeable and heading towards endgame

hopefully before lockdown ends 😄

[dusty grail]

anyone willing to help a poor soul farm some Ex bosses? trying to get those birds, the bosses are not the problem but finding people kills me xD

[crimson wind]

Is it possible to put a combo into a single button on my hotbar?

[open coral]

Yes, but don't.

[crimson wind]

why

[open coral]

Because you would need to use a macro, and macros are prone to failing, and also are slower than actually pushing the buttons yourself.

[crimson wind]

I'm saying like the comboes in pvp

I want to do that in pve

[open coral]

The PvP versions are special system commands.

They cannot be emulated for PvE

[crimson wind]

that's dumb lmao

[open coral]

It is what it is.

[hazy jay]

could you level one of the crafting jobs to max without ever leveling up a combat job?

[stable herald]

er...i don't think so?

[open coral]

No. You have to level at least one combat job through the MSQ to be able to access higher level content with which to level the crafting jobs.

[hazy jay]

ahh ok

[open coral]

You could probably get to level 50 buying stuff on the market board... if you could earn enough gil to pay for it.

But after 50, you'd still need to have progressed through the MSQ.

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[upper tartan]

Hi guys, I am trying out the free trial and I hear that Tonberry is good for SEA players. But right now, Tonberry appears to be full and not accepting players. What other Worlds are good for a SEA player? Thanks!

[marble drift]

Any thing on the Elemental Data center works

[upper tartan]

Oh that's nice! Also, what does the (Legacy) beside some Worlds mean?

[blissful matrix]

are skytool augments coming out on 5.3?

[rough jolt]

whats the best way to recruit someone for adventure squadron

Cause im missing one, and i wanna progress in Maelstrom

[naive matrix]

any way to see fps in game?

[rough jolt]

ESC and then System Settings

Top right Corner is FPS

[naive matrix]

ah got it

thought it was a toggle

thanks

[rough jolt]

ah idk about that.

sry

[nimble rain]

does the hall of novice tank brand-new body armor and gauntlets have a dyable model reuse somewhere?

[wispy shard]

@open coral there was someone who leveled Culinarian to 80 with their highest combat job being 30. So it’s doable, but not exactly easy

[strange coral]

The Darklight and Warwolf sets appear to be the same model as the Brand New set, and they are dyable

[stable herald]

The heck is this Chakra?! feels like it came outta left field for MNK. When can I feasibly use it in combat?

[wispy shard]

@upper tartan Legacy means it’s a server that has been around since the 1.0 days. It suggests it will be densely populated.

[open coral]

@wispy shard Aren't the higher level skills locked behind MSQ progression?

[stable herald]

it seems to be a GCD skill?

[wispy shard]

Unknown, Aura. But I saw the story on Reddit just a couple of weeks ago. A lot of GC and Leves

[nimble rain]

is it still possible to get the warwolf fending set?

@strange coral looked at darklight set for tank and it's completely different

[stable herald]

Hmm.. do you use the Meditation skill as MNK in fights?

[faint flare]

Use it during downtime and prior to fights to build for Forbidden chakra

You'll get a trait that lets you generate it from crits later

[bitter plaza]

hi

[blissful matrix]

Welcome back Snade

[open coral]

No, maintenance will not change preferred worlds.

[regal musk]

Uh. I just realised I'm clueless about job/class icons. As a result, I had a dungeon where I had no idea who's who. :D

[open coral]

Last maintenance was... last week. Maintenance does not change preferred worlds. Those only change on patches.

[solemn delta]

Is there any levels where I can buy a really cheap set of crafted armor between 54-70? I currently can't do any of my class quests cause I'm so undergeared and can't do any dungeons

[stable herald]

Alright. Thanks friends.

Ugh. Still fumbling around with the MNK rotation

since it FEELS less like a rotation and more..

CLICK EVERYTHIN

[blissful matrix]

@leaden ginkgo I'd recommend going to the #recruitment channels and dm'ing the advertisements for info, the ones that catch your eye

[open coral]

@regal musk The easiest point of class/job icons is to go by color. Blue is tanks, green is healers, red is dps.

[regal musk]

it was a light party, and the list is sorted, so that was helpful

[blissful matrix]

head over to #612757637813239808 and select all the datacenters in your region

since you can transfer cross data-center

[regal musk]

but at some point it was "eh, who's that toon? looks like a lance. Stabby boy?"

[open coral]

Aside from color, you just sort of... learn as you go, I guess? I don't remember when or how I started recognizing icons to identify each class or job.

[solemn delta]

Guessing everything is gonna cost a few hundred thousand for a full armor and accessories set 55-70

[blissful matrix]

Anytime

[slate arrow]

@solemn delta if you were on aether I'd probably would help you out with the non-endgame gear free of charge tbh lmao

[open coral]

If you have a particular one you want to know what it is, we have emotes for all of the class and job icons in this channel. Just post one (or more) up, and we'll identify them for you @regal musk

[slate arrow]

Anyways yeah you'll have to play the marketboard to get crafted gear unfortunately

Alternatively, just save up your poetics and buy tomestone gear when you can

[solemn delta]

I've got full augmented scaevean just means Ill get bored shitless lol

[regal musk]

https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Dictionary_of_Icons is helpful :)

[solemn delta]

Potd onto HoH until 70 lol

[slate arrow]

oh no

[solemn delta]

Means I'll be 70 with 52 class quests lol ufff

[open coral]

You don't value your sanity at all, huh?

[stuck oracle]

i never did augment all my scaevan

on the note of tomestone gear approx how long does it take to get the full set of ilvl 500 gear?

[solemn delta]

Lol

[faint flare]

Depends how much of savage gear you're lucky to get/need for BiS

[open coral]

500 would be... Savage raid gear?

[faint flare]

And upgraded tome

[open coral]

Tomestone gear is 490 right now... which you can't upgrade yet.

[faint flare]

Yes you can

[solemn delta]

You need savage though right

[faint flare]

Do savage For the upgrades

[open coral]

Ah, yeah.

To get full un-augmented tomestone gear though would be... like, 6 or 8 weeks of capping?

I think?

[solemn delta]

Yeah don't think I'm going to 70 without a break from this

7 at least cause of weapon

[open coral]

Current season tomestone gear is more expensive than past expansion stuff.

[faint flare]

I got BiS in like 5-6 week with my group rotating through the upgrade mats for tome and gear

[solemn delta]

Wait 7-8 would only be body legs and weapon lol

[faint flare]

So take it as you will

🤷‍♂️

[open coral]

The chest and legs alone are 825 tomestones apiece.

Cap is 450

Per week

[solemn delta]

Exactly. So more like 3-4 months for full set...?

[open coral]

No. Because 2k will get you all accessories + belt with 125 left over.

Then just under two weeks each for chest and legs.

[solemn delta]

3 weeks for weapon ish

1000

[open coral]

And another... 3 weeks for head/gloves/feet

Give or take

[midnight slate]

What’s the first raid I can do
I’m 70 just finished stormblood

[faint flare]

Alot of them

[open coral]

@midnight slate You're eligible to unlock the Alliance raids Crystal Tower, Void Ark, and Return to Ivalice, as well as the Normal raids Alexander and Omega.

[faint flare]

Crystal tower, void ark, Alexander, ilavice, omega

[midnight slate]

How long are they and how many people

[faint flare]

Lv50, 60, 60, 70, 70 respectively

[open coral]

Coils of Bahamut too, but those don't really count because people only do that unsynced.

[faint flare]

Very short

[solemn delta]

Yeah man your talking 15 weeks+ for everything if you want weapon

[timid pivot]

Which profession makes grimoire's for summoner, and should I get started on levelling it now, while I'm at level 50?

[open coral]

Crystal Tower is 24-man, level 50

[midnight slate]

...

[faint flare]

Crystal tower, void ark and ilavixe are 24mans and takes 20-30mins average

And are easy

[slate arrow]

They're also in duty finder roulette

[faint flare]

^

[open coral]

@solemn delta No, you're talking a maximum of 10 weeks for everything including weapon.

[slate arrow]

@timid pivot alchemist, but you need materials from leatherworker often

[faint flare]

Omega and alexader are 8mins and are like 8-10mins average and are easu

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[open coral]

Qualification to Alexander and Omega being "easy": IF everyone knows the mechanics and performs them correctly. Especially for some of the later bosses.

[faint flare]

Peoppe just need more than 1 braincell

[open coral]

You'll still see wipes on like, O11 and A12.

Starboard or larboard?

[marble drift]

vietnam flashbacks

D:

I already hate Driving/Biting frost sometimes on my e8 prog

[open coral]

Driving/Biting is easy?

[marble drift]

yeah but im bad!

you forgot that hidden component to my predicament

ME!

[open coral]

lol

[feral thistle]

Are there any adons that are essential for higher end content? I’d like to start grabbing those and getting familiar with those now

[marble drift]

Negative

[open coral]

This game doesn't really utilize addons to any degree.

[blissful matrix]

addons are against TOS

[marble drift]

The only thing I would suggest

[faint flare]

Embittered/spiteful more annoying unless you're #RangedPrilavage

[marble drift]

as an "addon"

is discord

hey look

you're on it right now

weird!

[feral thistle]

Oh sweet

[marble drift]

communication defeats end game content.

[feral thistle]

No way! I would’ve never guessed.

[timid pivot]

So, is painflare useful to summoner?

[open coral]

Basically, the way the fights are structured, you don't really require addons anyways, even if they weren't against ToS.

[faint flare]

Its the aoe Aetherflow spender

So yes

[open coral]

Everything is scripted

[timid pivot]

Aetherflow seems too important to waste on a 170 potency AOE when I could fester dudes with my DOT on them.

Well, I say waste.

[open coral]

So all you have to do... is learn the dance.

[timid pivot]

But it doesn't feel worth it.

[faint flare]

170 to every mob

[timid pivot]

No damage falloff?

[faint flare]

On 3 mobs thats 510 potenxy

No

[timid pivot]

Hm.

[open coral]

Unless a spell says there's damage falloff, it doesn't exist.

[timid pivot]

Alright, so it's good for 3 or more enemies at the same time.

[open coral]

They're pretty explicit about it.

[faint flare]

!action Fester

[timid pivot]

I don't have a good feel for this kind of thing.

[zinc orbit]

**Fester** : lvl 18 ACN SMN (1 None) (5.0 second cooldown)

Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100.
Additional Effect: If target is suffering from a Bio or Miasma effect inflicted by you, Fester potency is increased to 200 for one effect, or 300 for both
Effect only applies when the original spells were cast by you.
Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1

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[faint flare]

Painflare is already better in 3 targets

[timid pivot]

Alright, so

Painflare for 3 and above, fester for 2 or less.

Thanks for the info!

[faint flare]

Well you can get away with 2 as 170x2 is 320 or something

[warped nest]

The cutoff point is almost always 3 enemies

[timid pivot]

I'd figure this out myself, but I'm not experienced with this kind of calculation.

[solemn delta]

I'm not accounting for overlapping on weeks so you can get say, your weapon in 2 and accessories in 4 with a 7th week to make up for the extra 100 for weapon and 200 for accessories. that's 7 weeks alone on weapon and accessories/belt.

2 on body, 2 on legs, that's 11.

1 Head, 1 Hands, 1 Feet.

Correct me if im missing something but with a cap of 450 that's more than 10 weeks. I'll go to eulmore just now and calculate it in fact. I'm bored of potd

[faint flare]

The calculation is literally just Potency multiplied by number of mobs hit

[marble drift]

that seems fitting. but remember. Tome gear is not the best if you're savage raiding

[solemn delta]

No of course not.

[marble drift]

and if you're not doing savage content then the gear is largely moot.

[solemn delta]

Your getting 500 gear dropped from savage

[marble drift]

you dont need gear if you're not doing anything with it.

[faint flare]

Especially with no ultimate this tier

[marble drift]

I mean sure its nice to have but...eh

[solemn delta]

I just mean nobody mentioned Savage raiding just tombstone gear and time to aquire it all.

[faint flare]

Savage gear depends on your RNG luck to win coffers

[solemn delta]

Maybe my numbers are out but it seems more like 14-15 weeks

[faint flare]

Could get it all in like 2 weeks

If you're a greedy loot gremlin

[marble drift]

I mean thats fair. But its more why are we doin the calcs on "buying all the tomestone gear" when it doesn't really matter.

[solemn delta]

But don't you need 4 body tokens?

[faint flare]

It drops straight up

In coffer in 8

[solemn delta]

Oh nice

[faint flare]

So just win it

[open coral]

I mean, to be fair, I typically go for tomestone accessories + current Normal/Alliance body gear.

[faint flare]

Everything in savage is coffers

So just win the role

And you skip weeks of grinding

🤷‍♂️

[open coral]

Cuts down on required grind time.

[marble drift]

yeah every week you clear a fight in the tier you get a book 100%. generated for you and deposited straight into your inventory

then. depending on the amount of people who havent cleared this week. you get loot from the boss

to roll on

[solemn delta]

Isn't pugging savage absolutely not recommended though?

[faint flare]

Some groups use alts to funnel gear to other peoples mains so they get BiS in lile a few weeks

[marble drift]

the books buy everything the boss drops (except the mount from the final)

[faint flare]

Pugs are mostly reliable

Somewhat

[marble drift]

No. People pug all the time. Some people hate static raid teams

[faint flare]

Kinda

[marble drift]

its all preference

[faint flare]

Results may vary

insert light rampart memes

[mossy current]

You may be stuck on enrage for a month with pugs

[midnight slate]

Where do I get retaniners

[faint flare]

Once you get the first clear its mostly fine

[open coral]

Speak to the Retainer Vocate in any major city's market.

[marble drift]

but you also may be stuck on enrage with your static too. its all just down the other 7 people

[mossy current]

Retainer Vocates in major cities

[midnight slate]

Ok time to sell all my materia I’ve accumulated since ARR

[solemn delta]

Well I don't seem to be above BARDS right now on my SAM so I need to go back to the drawing board

On threat meter

[marble drift]

threat is not always indicitive of damage.

[obsidian wren]

threat as a measure is useless if people die

[marble drift]

or do dumb circle-shirk garbage

[open coral]

I can out-threat dps as a healer.

I am definitely not doing more damage, but I am out-threating them consistently.

[solemn delta]

Aye not a good machinist though lol

[obsidian wren]

every heal potency is also 1 threat iirc

[faint flare]

Self healing stuff may artificiallly inflate aggro

[open coral]

I mean, I hope I'm not doing more damage.

[obsidian wren]

throw in some aoe heals and you got a big aggro bomb

[solemn delta]

They are never not top dps on threat machinist

[faint flare]

Maintain that medica 2 uptime 🙃

[solemn delta]

Dunno if they are OP or just threat heavy

55 and bored of DDs already

Great lol

[marble drift]

oh you're a trooper. bored at 55?

I got bored at like...20

they're mind-numbing

[solemn delta]

I kinda dungeoned to 50

Logs to 15

Just waited on queues as dps

Was getting 4-5 levels a dungeon

But i need gear to keep doing that. Is there any way I can cap my poetics mega quick?

Yeah I'm ilvl 76 at level 55. Not good unless I plan to just DD to 70

[open coral]

How quick do you define "mega quick?

[marble drift]

MSQ should give you a set of i90 gear

[open coral]

Because spam running Castrum will get you 200 poetics per run at the cost of about 30 minutes of your time.

[solemn delta]

Was looking at dungeons, could solo 50s on my PLD?

[marble drift]

and a handful of poetics so you can like pick up a weapon

[coral venture]

can i spam floor 41-50 in palace of the dead?

[solemn delta]

Yes but you'll lose your sanity

Like I am

[open coral]

No, the save levels are 1 and 51.

[solemn delta]

Wait

No my bad

51-60

[whole wasp]

if you want to spam 41-50 you have to reset to floor 1 every 50 floors

[coral venture]

thanks

[solemn delta]

Anyone think off hand which 50 dungeon would be fastest solo on my PLD?

[open coral]

None of them.

[solemn delta]

Keeper of the lake, wanderers Palace, amdapor

[proud willow]

Do you even get Poetics in an undersized party? I didn't think so

[open coral]

Level cap dungeons give shit for xp

[solemn delta]

No I just want the poetics but I don't get it for undersized?

[open coral]

Only if someone is doing the instance for the first time @proud willow

[solemn delta]

Crap

Uff. Looks like I'm back to potd

[proud willow]

Buying gear is always an option too. Or even doing sidequests to get the gear reward

[leaden ginkgo]

I can't find my lvl 52 DRK quest

[faint flare]

Are you in heavensward

[patent citrus]

just got invited randomly into a guild, what's the pros and cons?

[leaden ginkgo]

yeah

[patent citrus]

is there any cos of joinin a guild?

cons*

[faint flare]

Then should be on your scenario tracker

Pros: you get buffs

Cons: none really

[open coral]

Should be in Foundation x13, y12 @leaden ginkgo

[leaden ginkgo]

only this comes up

[open coral]

Did you do the quests before it?

The level 50 one?

[leaden ginkgo]

yeah

[faint flare]

What does your scenario tracker say

Cause job quests you can do now appear there

[leaden ginkgo]

do you mean this?

[faint flare]

Yes

[open coral]

Yeah, so there's your problem

[faint flare]

The quest under it is your job quest

[open coral]

Wages of Mercy is the level 50 quest

[leaden ginkgo]

ohhh

[faint flare]

^

[open coral]

In Coerthas

[leaden ginkgo]

i see, thanks!

[open coral]

x12, y16

Coerthas Central Highlands

[faint flare]

Always check your scenario tracker

[leaden ginkgo]

yeah will do ^^

[humble birch]

where to buy potions as lvl 55

[solid fog]

why the hell arent the others getting the green marker

[faint flare]

Cause they're not levelling up

The green arrow shows they'll level up from the activity

[solid fog]

oh.. i thought that marker meant if they get the Physical boost or not

[faint flare]

Nah

[tough wolf]

When a Survival Manual says 150,000 points what does that mean? What are the points?

EXP?

[faint flare]

The stats from training aren't applied directly to the recruits, its your starting value if you dont put anyone on the mission

Yes

[tough wolf]

Oh. 300,000 really isn't much!

[faint flare]

Its free xp

[tough wolf]

True, true. 🙂

[trail bramble]

i'm new to the game what should I do after finishing ARR?

[nocturne wasp]

So reaching level 10 only allows you to RENT porters.
When do you get to own one yourself for faster travel?

[faint flare]

Do what you want, story stays priority. Also consider doing crystal tower as it.will be mandatory next patch

You get your own mount later

[nocturne wasp]

Via the story?

[marble drift]

yeh

[faint flare]

Kinda yes

[nocturne wasp]

Okie thanks~

[faint flare]

!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.

[hard tendon]

quick question here; If I buy shadowbringers cd key which is not a steam key, can I activate it in ff xiv steam edition?

[faint flare]

No

[strange coral]

@nimble rain Oh, yea. The darklight thing I was looking at was for DRG. Didn't notice at the time.

[humble birch]

oh my god

is the garuda fight so bad

once you get knocked off you can't get resd?

[midnight slate]

Ok I got the retainer how do I sell?

[faint flare]

You cant get knocked off in garuda?

[humble birch]

the hell did like 2 other people do then