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obsidian patio
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Well, in 1.0 you had to comb through retainers looking at the items they had for sale.

eternal sable
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I saw a message saying my retainer is no longer selling in the uldah market

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Yeah it's fuzzy for me bc I played 1.0 and ARR during that first year

obsidian patio
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That just means they don't have their items listed while you're messing with their stuff

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And market choice doesn't matter much besides the small tax difference that sometimes pops up, but really only matters if you're making very good use out of them for selling stuff

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@livid oriole #1 tip is to stay within your region for datacenters, so Aether/Primal/Crystal for NA, Chaos/Light for EU, and Mana/Gaia/Elemental for JP

whole wasp
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the tax difference is gone btw

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all markets are the same now

livid oriole
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do worlds matter?

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or just datacenters

obsidian patio
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mostly for housing/marketboard prices/free companies(player guilds)

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As the Duty Finder pulls queues from the entire datacenter

livid oriole
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ah ok

trail current
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What's the place with the WHM class quest giver?

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I can't remember and from normal searching I can't find it

obsidian patio
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generally it's right by Camp Tranquil in the south shroud

trail current
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The level 52 one?

obsidian patio
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North Shroud. 👀

trail current
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Thanks babe

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Are those quests locked behind HW?

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I can't find it

fresh lodge
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Yeah

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You have to have reached Ishgard first

gaunt brook
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Weeklys reset on tuesday correct?

raw solstice
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yep

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!weekly

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

2 Days, 1 Hours, 27 Minutes, 50 Seconds

gaunt brook
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ok thanks, nearing allegory max for this week so i wanna make sure i spam dungeons before tuesday

frosty wind
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Hey guys, I recently unlocked the black chocobo and aether current so I can fly in certain areas. But what about the quest “I believe I can fly”? Aren’t them like the same thing?

clever cave
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i think that quest lets your yellow chocobo fly

frosty wind
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Or the quest make me fly without the need to find all aether currents?

obsidian patio
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yeah that quest allows the grand company chocobo to fly, you still need the aether currents

frosty wind
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Gotcha. Thanks for the help

untold orbit
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could someone explain to me how the exp bonus works? My bf and I are the exact same level, yet im getting a 100% exp boost and he's only getting 50%. He mentioned an armory bonus, but I didn't think that applied since we're level 76.

midnight slate
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If you have a job higher than your current one you get a 100%exp boost

obsidian patio
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Sounds like Rested EXP

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Armoury cuts to +50% at level 70

untold orbit
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we both have a class higher than our current one, and we're always in the same area. It just seems in the dungeons our exp is completely different

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just kinda weird, doesn't make much sense to me

obsidian patio
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!faq restedexp

zinc orbitBOT
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Rested Experience FAQ
Info

'Why does my EXP bar have some blue in it?'

That's Rested experience, which is an extra source of bonus experience shared between all of your classes. You gradually earn this while inside a sanctuary (town or area with a major aetheryte), regardless of whether you're online or not. Sanctuaries are also indicated with a crescent moon icon near your experience bar.

'How much of a boost is it?'

The most amount of rested experience you can have at once is one and a half levels of experience. That means that lower level jobs use up the rested experience faster than higher level jobs do.

untold orbit
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its not rested

midnight slate
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Do you have on exp boost items?

untold orbit
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no

obsidian patio
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none work past level 70.

midnight slate
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Hmmm

untold orbit
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I might just be dumb lol, is the rested where I have a bar thats a little farther out than my current exp?

obsidian patio
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yep

untold orbit
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OHH

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Ok that makes sense, thought it was something totally different

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Thank you lmao

austere gull
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which channel should I go in to request PF help for something

obsidian patio
heavy jasper
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hey guys, i'm currently playing on the free trial but i'm getting close to the level cap. i have a heavensward code from twitch prime, but i don't have base game. i was wondering if it's more cost efficient to just get the complete edition of shadowbringers, or get the starter edition, play through heavensward & then get the standard edition of shadowbringers. thanks!

worthy zealot
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The complete edition will be the most cost effective.

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And just much easier lol

heavy jasper
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wanted to find an option to use as much of the subscription period as possible

worthy zealot
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Well bang for your buck, 14 is gonna last you a lot longer haha

azure sentinel
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I just finished downloading and patching my game. I chose a server, and it kicked me out of the game saying something about lobby error. I tried reloggin and I get this:

buoyant monolith
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what button do i press to take a ingame screenshot?

clever cave
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print screen

buoyant monolith
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really?

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should have seen that coming XD

leaden ginkgo
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that's true for your whole computer lol

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oh I see

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I forgot for a sec ffxiv stores it's own screenshots

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what would be the best jobs for people with 100ish ping? or is no job affected by ping that much?

obsidian patio
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only Machinist suffers a bit with semi-high ping, every other job is perfectly fine at 100 ping.

leaden ginkgo
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oh ok, thanks doge_love

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humble birch
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Can you not purchase mounts on marketboard?

slate arrow
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only specific ones, usually crafted

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The chair and the bed are the two standout ones

obsidian patio
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There's also the Zu from airship ventures, Night Pegasus from Palace of the Dead, and the Dodo from Heaven-on-High

wintry chasm
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Etc

obsidian patio
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uhhhh... also the Gorilla/Ufiti, Albino Karakul, and Dhalmel from Ishgard Restoration

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That's all the tradeable ones I can name

wintry chasm
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And the Eureka stuff minus Ozma

obsidian patio
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oh yeah those, the Eurekan Petrel and Eldthurs

wintry chasm
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And the t-rex

jade quartz
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The Tyrannosaur is also untradeable.

wintry chasm
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🤔

wheat hazel
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Is it worth it to play through realm reborn story or can I just skip through as many cutscenes and talking I can lol

proud willow
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the Realm Reborn story forms an important basis for everything that comes after, though some parts of it consist of filler that could be skipped

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basically, if you're in a hurry, skim stuff that doesn't seem important, but don't skip cutscenes outright

wheat hazel
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Ok that’s fair makes sense ty! What level should all of its main story quests take me to

little swift
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The game is msq from 1 to 80

wheat hazel
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And 1 other question if I want to level up other classes at the same time how do I go about doing it? Thanks in advance

proud willow
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ARR is 1-50, then post-ARR is all level 50, and then HW goes from 50-60

little swift
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With mild dungeon and roulette supplementation you should hit 80

proud willow
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and so on until level 80

little swift
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!faq altlvlguide

zinc orbitBOT
little swift
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Some side things you can do to lvl ither jobs

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Potd roulettes highest dungeon spam etc

wheat hazel
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Awesome! So happy I found ppl to help lmao

warped nest
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Potd/hoh is only good if roulette / dungeon have significantly worse queue time

little swift
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☝️

warped nest
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If it is like 5-10 mins difference, take the dungeons/roulette

wheat hazel
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Are these queues throughout all servers?

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Like connected?

little swift
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Instanced content queues you across the data center

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So you get matched with people within your server cluster

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Not just your own server

wheat hazel
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Ohhhh okay that’s not bad at all can you also friend and play with people on diff server?

tough wolf
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Is it good/bad/the same to set retainers as DoH/DoL (I have levelled them up to 80)

little swift
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Yes you can friend/play with people on the same data center

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You can only join guilds on your own server though

wheat hazel
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So you can quest and level together aswell?

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That was my biggest concern tbh

little swift
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Its most common for people to do one dow/dom and one doh retainer@tough wolf

tough wolf
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I've unlocked a few more, if that makes a difference

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but i've not added a DoH/L yet so that's helpful to know 🙂

little swift
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Quests may have overworld objectives you can complete with others but for some instances bits youre on your own with npcs

warped nest
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DoL retainer is helpful in getting materials

little swift
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You cant make crafter retainers sadly

warped nest
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You can't make DoH retainer btw

random kindle
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is there anywhere i can find a summary of each part of the main story?

obsidian patio
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has it up to the middle or end of heavensward patch story

random kindle
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alright thank you

leaden ginkgo
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how many more MSQ quests are there after Whorleater

obsidian patio
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until the end of ARR? about 56 quests or so

leaden ginkgo
obsidian patio
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In total? around 482 to beat all current story

zinc orbitBOT
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tropic summit
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I've got a macro to sort armoury and some of it looks like this
/isort condition armoury category

my question: can you sort chocobo saddlebag via macro?

obsidian patio
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not that I know of, since it's a separate inventory

tropic summit
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RIP

proud willow
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DPS

whole wasp
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poke bosses with the jam spreader

obsidian patio
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they provide a lot of raid damage with trick attack

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!action trick attack

zinc orbitBOT
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**Trick Attack** : lvl 18 ROG NIN (60.0 second cooldown)

Delivers an attack with a potency of 350.
500 when executed from a target's rear.
Additional Effect: Increases target's damage taken by 5%
Duration: 15s
Can only be executed while under the effect of Hidden.

tranquil blade
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If anyone knows anything about importing models into FF14 with mods, could you ping/DM me, i tried asking people on TexTools and they didnt help too much

quasi canopy
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whats a good way to find an FC? I'm on JP data center but mostly looking for ENG FC

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I understand Lodestone has na English forums but JP are JP only

olive lintel
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Neoishgardian pcs in MB are legit i480?

leaden ginkgo
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As opposed to fake i480?

whole wasp
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yes. make sure you get hqlight

proud willow
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well, if they're NQ that would be fake i480

leaden ginkgo
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Dunno how anyone copes with the shame of listing a NQ 480 with their name on it

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Desynth that shit

left cedar
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I have a question about Bard. I just got my second song, and I want to know, are both songs active or do they overwrite each other?

slate arrow
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they overwrite each other

left cedar
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I feel like I read that they stack but I'm not sure

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Oh

slate arrow
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only one song can be active at a time

left cedar
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Gotcha

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That's good to know, thanks!

olive lintel
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Why are other neoishgardian gear cost millions while others are like 100k only?

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Thanks btw for the answers

warped nest
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If it is just a waist or accessories

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Obviously it will cost less to make over a chest or weapon

slate arrow
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Depends on the server

warped nest
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And that yeah

olive lintel
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Coz in the gearing guide i saw, they start with ilvl430 so i assume its outdated? Is it advisable to just buy those pcs and start ilvl 480 to skip some of the grind?

slate arrow
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you get 430 for free from completing the role quests

warped nest
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Just grind Phantasma and gear with Phantasma, then work your way up

whole wasp
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you can skip to 480 by buying. thats fine too.

olive lintel
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Thanks alot for the answers 🙂

heavy jasper
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is the regalia mount purchase unlocked only during the event? or can i complete the event quest & take my time farming MGP for it? i only need base game for it since the quest is lv50 right

obsidian patio
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You can only buy the regalia during the event

heavy jasper
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oh jeez

faint flare
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It was only during event

heavy jasper
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rip

faint flare
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And the event is loooong gone

heavy jasper
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oh i thought there was a rerun

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...well i guess that stings a little less

faint flare
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Not yet

heavy jasper
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tyty

wintry chasm
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Well....there might not be a rerun

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we don't really know in what way the FFXV event will come back if it does or if the items would even go on mogstation

obsidian patio
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A rerun is just assumed since all temporary collab events never had only one run so far.

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but when it may come back is anyone's guess

humble birch
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good way to level up after heavensward?

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other than roulettes

clever cave
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heaven on high / dungeon spam

proud willow
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Can you be a little more specific? what are you trying to level up, and is it your main?

humble birch
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erm

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it's my highest level job right now

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so yes

clever cave
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.. main story quest

humble birch
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it gives 16k

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im lvl 63

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completed heavensward

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on the in between bit of stormblood

lament wagon
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you'll start sb soon enough

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don't need to worry

zinc orbitBOT
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agile laurel
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What's the max for housing purchase timers again?

obsidian patio
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Unknown

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Longest I’ve seen it take is nearly 2 days

agile laurel
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oh

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suppose my productivity and sleep is going to combust

gritty oracle
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How do I go about seeing if there's an available house in the Mist? Do I just check every ward through the aetheryte every couple hours or...?

agile laurel
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yep

empty parrot
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Is aymeric's hair from his set unisex or I'm just seeing people modding it

agile laurel
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I'm having some issues setting up controller - I've connected it, switched to gamepad mode, but it just won't input anything

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belay that, it suddenly worked for no good reason

real thicket
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@nova wraith I think I can in a few hours

patent holly
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Hello! How would you guy recommend leveling a new character as soon as possible? Is it just just doing MSQ and class quests?

faint flare
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You can put the code in r/FFXIVRAF and people will grab it eventually

cobalt pagoda
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so I got from POTD bag an armor that is for males, is there a way to change the armor so females can wear it?

vagrant copper
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Biming, you're going to have to do all those anyways to get to any of the interesting content so, pretty much, yes.

patent holly
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Can I skip the sidequests?

agile laurel
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yeah

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and no, raven

cobalt pagoda
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oh ok

patent holly
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Nice! Any other tips where to get some quick EXP? Besides fates?

vagrant copper
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FATEs, POTD, hunting log, challenge log, POTD

agile laurel
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roulettes

patent holly
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Gotcha.

agile laurel
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how many goats do I need to sacrifice to remove housing timer? /s

cobalt pagoda
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777

agile laurel
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darn

cobalt pagoda
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for good luck

agile laurel
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can someone lend me some goats, i can't leave the placard to go get them

cobalt pagoda
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play goat simulator, and hope for the best

wintry chasm
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No

zinc orbitBOT
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proud willow
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you need an item called Antique Helm, it drops in Sastasha (Hard), Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard), and Snowcloak

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one of the vendors in the main building in Mor Dhona will let you trade that for your helmet

thin abyss
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so I am trying to get my mount but it tells me that I need serpent seals. I can't do hunting as I am not authorized, so how do I go about getting it?

silver vessel
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If I get FFXIV Complete Edition do I got a free Story Skip?

proud willow
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the MSQ that you're on should give 300 serpent seals upon completion

thin abyss
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I am doing the twin addire

proud willow
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You have to buy that separately; there's no job boost or story skip included with any version of the game

silver vessel
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ahh ok

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thanks

proud willow
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yw

thin abyss
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I hate how they make you run around to get the chocobo

real thicket
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I have a question that any can answer

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So I recently made a reddit post that I sparked controversy

quasi canopy
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on my xp bar what is the semi-transparent xp?

real thicket
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This is something I’m serious about and I’m genuinely confused why it’s getting the negative attention

quasi canopy
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@real thicket there's no Caucasians or Japanese, etc. either. There's no specific races that exist on Earth so why would they add one specific one?

river portal
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I just made a huge fuck-up because I don't know how to read, it reset all my UI and setting back to default. and I'm slowly rebuildingmy hotbar layout however pressing any letter key is engaging the chat window rather than inputting stuff like movement

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chat is not selected

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I do not know what to do

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disabling direct chat did it thank god

thin abyss
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it still didn't work It is still telling to exchange serpent seals for it 😒

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I have 300 serpent seals

wintry chasm
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Have you...gone to the quartermaster and buy the insurance then?

thin abyss
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what insurance?

wintry chasm
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To get the chocobo

vagrant copper
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issuance

wintry chasm
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issuance

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c-close enough

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.>

thin abyss
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I don't see it anywhere

wintry chasm
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The far right tab in the quartermaster IIRC

thin abyss
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either I am blind or its not here lmao

wintry chasm
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screenshot

thin abyss
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found it, it is in the second last one for me

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thanks

whole wasp
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ah crap thats an old SS

thin abyss
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These guys need to have an icon on top of them that states they can sell stuff. I have been banging my head for the last hour over this shit lmao. I googled everywhere.

wintry chasm
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Yes but you shouldn't bother

soft pivot
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Hi All! So i just finished the Stormblood expansion (4.0) but not 4.1-4.56. Was wondering should i just keep pushing through the MSQ with the same class or?

wintry chasm
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that warrior thing is easy to get back and also just not useful

marble drift
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Are you finding you don't like the class you currently have or something @soft pivot ?

soft pivot
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WHM is pretty good

wintry chasm
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@thin abyss To be fair the game does tell you to go to the quartermaster in the quest dialogue

marble drift
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Then...stay white mage? I mean unless you wanna change you don't have to

gritty oracle
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the MSQ is designed to be completeable on any job

marble drift
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Sure it might take a tad longer to kill a quest target but its only like 10 seconds maybe

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oh no! 10 seconds.

gritty oracle
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and you don't have to like, stop to let your hp regenerate after pulls

marble drift
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absolutely not. you actually can take more risks on a healing class

thin abyss
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Who reads the quest dialog. It is way tooo long. Also if I am right in that same shop while taking the quest, why do I have to right click on the quarter master that is next to him. Even if that is the case, it is more convenient to have like a coin symbol or something on the NPCs that are able to sell you stuff

marble drift
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knowing you can get yourself back to full in a blink

thin abyss
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anyways thanks everyone

wintry chasm
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That's the wrong person

marble drift
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yeah wrong smug.

wintry chasm
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Also that's on you not the game

marble drift
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too many smugs right now

thin abyss
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oh ok lul

wintry chasm
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Just watch out though because the dialogue will explain things to you which the objectives might not

marble drift
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also: those markers do exist Waly

thin abyss
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It is tooo much dialog in the game. I get bored by it

marble drift
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on your minimap.

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a little bag icon on your minimap denotes a vendor

thin abyss
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in the minimap but not in the on top of the npc in the game

terse jewel
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Is it normal for the game to take a second or two to go into a dialogue box whenever you right click an NPC?

marble drift
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generally they have the word "merchant" undernear somewhere over their heads

soft pivot
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Do i need to get all the Aether quests completed before i go in to shadowbringers?

jade quartz
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@terse jewel there may be a delay if the NPC is scripted to perform an emote, like standing up/turning around, before talking to you.

marble drift
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aethercurrents? not to my knowledge no

jade quartz
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otherwise if there's a notable delay then you may be experiencing connection issues.

marble drift
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it only lets you fly in that zone.

ripe meteor
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was trying to catch up on my alts relics but i need to do the old 24 man first?

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rabanastre or w/e

wintry chasm
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No but you should Phizzy

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Might as well

marble drift
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You need complete all 3 of the Stormblood Alliance quests

soft pivot
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was wondering if i save them for my second class for the EXP

ripe meteor
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son of a bitch

wintry chasm
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you need to do Return to Ivalice for the 80 relic yes

marble drift
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which finishes with a quest after Orbonne Monastery

ripe meteor
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guess i'll do that later

wintry chasm
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It's not a lot of xp

soft pivot
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okay cool

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thanks for the helps!

wintry chasm
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just saves time whenever you go back there

marble drift
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yeah the aethercurrent quests draw is the ability to fly in the zone

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which massively speeds up travel

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flight is quite a bit faster than ground movement

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mainly because you don't have to go around. just over

soft pivot
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i feel so close to shadowbridgers haha but so far away!

dire saffron
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shadowbridger DittoPoggers

whole wasp
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the flying cruise speed is also way faster than ground travel.

terse jewel
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Okay so my game seems to not want to go over 12 FPS in DirectX11. I switched to DirectX9 and it worked decently but the NPCs wouldn't load in for a bit and I had to hang around the area before they would load in. Changing resolutions, using Razer Game Booster, nothing worked.

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I'm nervous because I spent $60 on this game plus got a 180 day subscription (which is almost $80) and it would suck if I can't play the game properly.

marble drift
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How old is your rig?

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does it run other games at a reasonable fps?

terse jewel
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Runs Dust: An Elysian Tail just fine.

marble drift
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mmm

wintry chasm
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I don't think Dust is very intensive?

terse jewel
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And FFXIV is on the lowest settings FYI

jade quartz
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That's a very non-demanding game.

marble drift
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I've played Dust. its not graphically intense

wintry chasm
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!faq benchmark

zinc orbitBOT
terse jewel
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Want me to send my specs?

wintry chasm
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I kinda want to see your score here or something

marble drift
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just take that link and compare

jade quartz
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Specs would be good

terse jewel
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Alright I'll download this and use it first

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Jesus Christ 2 GB

marble drift
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_>

terse jewel
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For a benchmark

marble drift
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FF is 60

terse jewel
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I'm saying for a benchmark that seems kinda ridiculous

limber hamlet
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Hey so I havent played since before the first expac, but my fiance really wants me to get on board with her team? She told me to grab a dps, as they have tanks/healers.

Torn between summoner, dancer or samurai. Whats good for relearning the game?

marble drift
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Samurai.

wintry chasm
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Whatever ¯_(ツ)_/¯

marble drift
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its SUPER easy

wintry chasm
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Summoner has a lot of buttons to press at the beginning

marble drift
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melee tho. your call. I'd just play whatever kinda class you're most comfortable with

wintry chasm
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Dancer and Samurai are pretty easy

limber hamlet
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and for sam, i need a lvl 50 anything, first?

terse jewel
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I'm getting a gaming PC as soon as I can, I know that.

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Cause holy hell this PC sucks.

echo valve
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When using trial version, you can't invite people, but can you be invited in a party for instance?

whole wasp
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yup. SAM needs a 50 anything. DNC needs a 60 anyyhing

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yes, you can be invited to a party

marble drift
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Yeah theres a large chance that your PC isnt up to scratch to run FF

terse jewel
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I'm already looking into good cheap gaming laptops

marble drift
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but run the benchmark and get back to us with your score

limber hamlet
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lvl 50 hard to grab, or nah?

marble drift
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yeah a semi-decent gaming laptop should blitz this game

terse jewel
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I will, Silver.

marble drift
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maybe not on high but med-low easy

terse jewel
#

I did enter a raffle on Xbox Game Pass for an Alienware Gaming Laptop so we'll see what happens there.

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Chances are I won't win but hey

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Crazier things have happened right?

marble drift
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best of luck friend!

limber hamlet
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good luck

marble drift
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btw @limber hamlet 50 is not hard to get to at all

limber hamlet
#

cool

marble drift
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if you're on a preferred server

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you could seriously do it in a single night

limber hamlet
#

a preferred server?

marble drift
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if you're not and you care about cutscenes. maybe 2-3 days (not 24 hour sessions of course)

terse jewel
#

I think what gets me is that an old laptop I had back in I wanna say 2017 ran the game just fine on low settings (wasn't the best but hey, I don't care about graphics usually) but it was way older than this PC I'm using right now.

marble drift
#

some servers are meant to accomodate new players and thus have a massive xp boost to incentivise newcomers

terse jewel
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Yet this PC struggles to reach 15 FPS (usually stays at 12) on extra low settings

vagrant copper
#

Anyone looking between dancer, samurai, etc is not a new player/character Silverhand

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They'd be starting at 50

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Or 60 ThinkBeard

marble drift
#

you say that but I've seen multiple people who just got the game

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asking "is GNB good"

terse jewel
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I literally just got the game xD

marble drift
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when there highest character is like level 10

terse jewel
#

I'm starting with Thaumaturge

limber hamlet
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i havent played since before the first xpac lol

marble drift
#

oh old ARR player are you?

limber hamlet
#

yea

marble drift
#

well if you capped out in ARR you can jump straight into samurai

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dancer you'll need 10 more levels

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and summoner you can get regardless as its a base game class

limber hamlet
#

how is summoner? Sounded cool when I read up on it

marble drift
#

of course summoner starts as "arcanist"

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Focus on Damage over Time spells

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high burst windows. very strong in the right hands in endgame content

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also REALLY cool!

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you summon a fuckin dragon

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who just toasts anyone who looks at you funny

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(on a cooldown)

limber hamlet
#

oh, steam players can interact with non steam pc players, right?

marble drift
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yes

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everyone shares a server. ps4, steam, non-steam

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you will need to just be sure you're purchasing the right stuff when you buy xpacs or anything

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alot of people sometimes buy the non-steam version for thier steam account and are sad about that

scenic scarab
#

cactbot

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wtf is this

fervent pawn
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is it pretty lucky to get the Xanthos and Nightmare mounts at the same time in 3 attempts?

stuck oracle
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definitely

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nightmare is a 2% drop

marble drift
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@scenic scarab do you mean cactpot?

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with a P?

scenic scarab
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oh yeah sorry

marble drift
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its a lottery

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hosted by the Gold Saucer whose mascot is a Cactuar

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hence: Cactpot

scenic scarab
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Oh shit I wna win lotto

left moth
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cactbot is an act plugin that has its own plugins to "help" you do things (fishing, locating hunts, and most famously, raid content). cactpot is a pick 4 style minigame

marble drift
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Jackpot = Cactpot

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you only win MGP. and it costs MGP to enter

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but you can get mounts with a ton of MGP which are cool

fervent pawn
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@stuck oracle Thanks, I was wondering what the drop % was 🙂

marble drift
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a bunch of different ones too

scenic scarab
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Oh sweet

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Gotta go check it out then

vagrant copper
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You can also get the Cloude Strife card for 1M mgp. lol

stuck oracle
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jumbo cactpot has a 1mil+ MGP 1st prize

terse jewel
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Alright I'm extracting the benchmark

marble drift
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which can get you a sick Fenrir mount (of which I am a fan)

stuck oracle
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mini cactpot also exists and is pretty much a guaranteed profit every time you play it, the highest amount you can get being 10k

marble drift
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and you can play it 3 times a day

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so MAYBE 3,000 mgp.

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if you're just the luckiest son of a gun to every cross the Gold Saucer's floor

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also. 30,000 mgp

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forgot a 0

stuck oracle
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i've gotten 20k in a day out of mini cactpot once and never again

marble drift
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I got 10k and a 720 before. but thats about it for a single days takings.

stuck oracle
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also GATEs are a fun way to earn MGP too especially if you're good at parkour

mossy parrot
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I get 20k+ every now and then, though not with any frequency

stuck oracle
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i spend all my time between queues in the gold saucer tbh

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i want big puppy mount

mossy parrot
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big puppy is good times, got it a couple weeks ago finally

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stuck oracle
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also, what are those treasure map things i keep seeing being mentioned in PF? how do you get them/how do they work?

marble drift
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To unlock Treasure Hunt, players need to complete the level 36 quest: Treasures and Tribulations. Players can start the quest by talking to H'loonh in Eastern La Noscea(x21,y21).

mossy parrot
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You can get them either by buying them or with a gathering job

agile laurel
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Will housing timers tick off on an hour/half hour or literally any feasible second

mossy parrot
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you'll find them randomly in some nodes

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then you use them, you'll get a map part you'll need to figure out what it belongs to, go there, dig up the treasure with an action you unlock, fight some monster, get treasure (or spawn a portal to a dungeon where you can get additional stuff, hence the party finder stuff)

stuck oracle
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ohh, i see, i'm quite sure i've done that quest since early on i did every sidequest i ever saw

terse jewel
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JESUS. So with high desktop settings the loading time was 322 seconds, and the score was..this

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I'm gonna put it on the lowest settings possible now and see what we get

thin abyss
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do I need gysahl greens to summon my mount?

marble drift
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Only to have it fight with you

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regular travel no

thin abyss
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I am not able to summon it then

regal musk
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JESUS. So with high desktop settings the loading time was 322 seconds, and the score was..this
@terse jewel where's that score from?

marble drift
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and only able to have your chocobo fight with you. Not other mounts

slate arrow
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did you do the sidequest which allows you to have your chocobo fight with you

thin abyss
woven bolt
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Hi I`m new to FFXIV. I want my final job to be a Samurai in character creation what class must I select?

slate arrow
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!faq sbjobs

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Stormblood Expansion Jobs: Red Mage (Caster DPS) and Samurai (Melee DPS). These jobs start at level 50 and require ownership of the Stormblood Expansion and a disciple of war or magic job at level 50.

Job Unlock Locations:
Red Mage - Distraught Lass at Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (14,12), quest name is "Taking the Red".
Samurai - Ul'dahn Citizen at Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (9,9), quest name is "The Way of the Samurai".

stuck oracle
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well gyshal is greyed out since you have 0

terse jewel
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Silver what do you think about that score

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Also Yacoob it's from the FFXIV Benchmark

marble drift
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abysmal

terse jewel
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My sentiments exactly

woven bolt
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Thank you

marble drift
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my pc isnt very good at it scored over 10k

vagrant copper
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A load time of several minutes sounds like a serious HDD problem

marble drift
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try it agian on laptop-low

thin abyss
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yeah but why am I not able to mount it?

terse jewel
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Silver I customized everything to be as low as possible

marble drift
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and if you still score that badly. You will need an upgrade to properly play ff

terse jewel
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I'm gonna see what that does

slate arrow
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character > mount guide > chocobo

thin abyss
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the issue is Mount Guide is greyed out 😒

slate arrow
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then you don't have a mount

faint flare
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Did you use the whistle

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You were given

stuck oracle
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have you done the quest to get a mount?

thin abyss
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what whistle

slate arrow
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Did you redeem your chocobo voucher you bought from your grand company

faint flare
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You are given a whistle

stuck oracle
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check your inventory, there will be a whistle

faint flare
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To register the mount to mount guide

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Every single mount has a whistle

marble drift
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or key or whatever

regal musk
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Oh, that's Windows only. Okay.

marble drift
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an item to "acquire it"

faint flare
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Or some item you need to use to register it

terse jewel
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this is what it says I'm running on

slate arrow
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oh that explains a lot

vagrant copper
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oof

slate arrow
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integrated graphics is absolutely terrible

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and this game eats up CPU like there's no tomorrow

thin abyss
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so do I need to keep the chocobo whistle in my inventory?

faint flare
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No

slate arrow
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use the chocobo whistle

faint flare
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Use it

thin abyss
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ok thanks

slate arrow
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and then it'll be added to your mount guide

thin abyss
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I did and it is working

wispy shard
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Oh, there's no way the game is running on that, Fullmoon

stuck oracle
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do you only have integrated graphics? i have a 750 ti which is arguably garbage but i still run fine on that

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even a lower-end graphics card nowadays should be able to run it at the bare minimum

leaden ginkgo
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hello quick question
someone left mid dungeon and didnt leave the party how long do i have to wait until they leave?

slate arrow
faint flare
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You havr to.kick them

leaden ginkgo
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how do i do that

slate arrow
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party list > right click > vote to remove from party

leaden ginkgo
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i dont have that option

vagrant copper
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That's party list from the social menu

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Not the HUD one

leaden ginkgo
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oh

jade quartz
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@terse jewel does your system have a dedicated graphics card? Ensure that it's being used to run the game

slate arrow
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considering it's a i3 8100 laptop chip

stuck oracle
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press O on your keyboard and right click them from there

slate arrow
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probably doesn't

leaden ginkgo
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ty ty

lament wagon
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how do you know it's a laptop chip

keen fable
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Is there a way to change the camera on controller to not follow back after i release the analog stick?

slate arrow
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I'm just guessing

vagrant copper
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No one is putting an i3 in a normal PC unless it's an HTPC or ... POS or something

lament wagon
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it doesn't look like a laptop chip

leaden ginkgo
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turning off grass saved me like 20 fps

slate arrow
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ah, i'm dumb

rough jolt
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Btw, after marriage, is there some title? or some way to see with whom you're married?

leaden ginkgo
#

the game looks better too

slate arrow
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it's a desktop yeah

lament wagon
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it should've had h after it

rough jolt
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For other people to see?

leaden ginkgo
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cause grass in this game looks fcking horrible

jade quartz
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@rough jolt no.

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You can put it in your search comment.

mossy parrot
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not a laptop chip, but still slow af, I wouldn't even use an i3 for an office pc

rough jolt
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Nah. I just think thought it would show

slate arrow
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yeah no i3's are just terrible cpus no matter the generation

cobalt pagoda
#

sooo I got the trait Freecure, I guess I shoudn’t forget that I have an Cure I ??

lament wagon
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you should forget

slate arrow
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don't fish for freecure

leaden ginkgo
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i5 is decent

lament wagon
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freecure is just a bait

cobalt pagoda
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aha

leaden ginkgo
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i7 is great

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i9's are overkill lol

mossy parrot
#

Ryzen is love though, my new pc has one, good times

slate arrow
stark delta
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As a new playery only lvl 30 is it worth ranking up my grand company rank yet?

slate arrow
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@terse jewel if you wish to play FFXIV, get either a GPU or save up to upgrade both your CPU and buy a GPU

marble drift
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I mean I wouldnt focus on it

stuck oracle
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if you have the seals required, then sure

marble drift
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but if you got the seals and did the log...sure

stark delta
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How do you rank up?

slate arrow
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talk to the GC admin. and buy yourself a promotion

stuck oracle
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you talk to the GC quartermaster

stark delta
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Oh i see. Thanks

stuck oracle
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you'll get the option to "apply for a promotion"

terse jewel
#

Well here's hoping I win that gaming laptop then

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Cause I know I ain't getting a gaming laptop/pc otherwise

leaden ginkgo
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get a second hand ps4?

thin abyss
#

is there anyway I could make the cutscenes last longer, because I am not able to completely read the dialogues

mystic veldt
#

I upgraded to a Ryzen 5 3600x yesterday and I hadn't realised how inadequate my old setup was till now. Nonetheless, my Laptop can kinda run the game well.

terse jewel
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I don't play playstation I play Xbox and PC

mystic veldt
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With integrated graphics

slate arrow
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press space to disable auto advance

marble drift
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right but you can use a keyboard and mouse on your ps4 without issue

thin abyss
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oh ok

leaden ginkgo
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yeah and its cheaper then a gaming pc

terse jewel
#

Silver I'm saying I don't have a PS4

marble drift
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right but you dont have a pc capable of running FF either

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this is the cheapest option

slate arrow
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unless you want to wait for FFXIV to come to xbox

leaden ginkgo
#

im just saying if you really wanna play ff14, a used ps4 is the cheapest option

terse jewel
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Silver I'm living off of my grandparents.

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I don't have a job due to everything going on.

marble drift
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🤷🏻 I was offering solutions. If none work. Oh well.

bright halo
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Hey ya'll, So my GF wanted me to play this game and to do that she boosted me to 70 as a white mage. I have been trying to find a healing rotation but haven't had much luck, any tips? Thank you.

terse jewel
marble drift
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healing doesnt have a rotation

slate arrow
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healing is just you DPS until you have to heal

stuck oracle
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for one: she shouldn't have boosted you because it leaves people confused about how their class works most of the time

marble drift
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your dps rotation is keep your dot up and spam your main spell. its Stone now but it'll be Glare soon

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and yes that.

bright halo
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I have played wow, so used to that game mainly. they have rotations, i guess

marble drift
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they dont have healing rotations

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like what the hell

leaden ginkgo
#

uh oh

stuck oracle
leaden ginkgo
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boosted players 👀

leaden ginkgo
#

ofcourse

mystic veldt
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yeh

bright halo
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Thanks, watching that.

mystic veldt
#

Plenty

marble drift
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yep

keen fable
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question, on controller, when healing, it doesn't stick to a party member

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so i have to cycle through the list every time

slate arrow
#

yep

jagged rune
#

Hey guys I am trying to free up my armory chest, is the best thing to do is "selling" the weapons and such? or is there a way to disenchant them for materials or something

lament wagon
#

with 700 bucks you can buy a decent cpu+gpu combo

jagged rune
#

(noob question sorry)

marble drift
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Yes kinda

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but you'll need the crafting classes level

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and only some weapons can be Desynth'd

terse jewel
#

I might just get this one whenever I can if I don't win the raffle.

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Which let's be honest

slate arrow
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you can turn in green or higher rarity gear for seals at your grand company, desynthesis for materials (level 30 crafters) or just vendor sell

terse jewel
#

I probably won't

leaden ginkgo
#

laptops are generally more expensive for the same kind of power

stuck oracle
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if you have a crafter levelled, check if the gear says "desynthesizable"

drifting burrow
#

hi! so how exactly can i get hq items as a botanist? ;w;

terse jewel
#

Soltie that's because mobility

stuck oracle
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if you don't, just sell

leaden ginkgo
#

you can get even cheaper if you buy the components yourself

slate arrow
#

hey guys stop

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yes desktops are ideal but sometimes people need laptops for reasons

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if it fulfills their needs and they can afford it

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👌

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end of convo

marble drift
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right. if you buy the one you linked it'll play FF just fine

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thats what you wanted to know

terse jewel
#

Alright. Here's hoping I won't have to spend though and win that gaming laptop cheers

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If I don't that's fine.

marble drift
#

you probably could get something a little less than that and it'd run fine too

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if money is tight

stuck oracle
#

agreed, ffxiv would run fine on my old college laptop and that has like... the bare minimum specs to run photoshop

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since i was a graphic design student

leaden ginkgo
#

i mean if money is tight you might want to focus on other things then trying to play ff14 just saying

slate arrow
#

soltie please stop

stuck oracle
#

^

mystic veldt
#

I ran the game on a 3rd gen i3 and a 550 Ti until yesterday and it ran fine. So you can probs get away with less than that

stuck oracle
#

yeah, ffxiv isn't that heavy of a game unless you're trying to play with super high graphics

slate arrow
#

FFXIV used to run on the PS3 and the requirements haven't gone significantly up either

keen fable
#

ye know, i work in IT, and there are plenty of reasons to choose a laptop over a desktop, and suggesting that people should just invest into a desktop is pretty mean imo

mystic veldt
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A Ryzen 5 laptop with vega graphics will be more than enough to run it and fast

terse jewel
#

Yeah I don't mind graphics. Hell if I can play on only low settings but get 40-60 FPS then I'm perfectly okay with that.

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I just want to play with my friends for once :T

slate arrow
#

you should target at least 60 fps, going below 30 causes some weird physics to occur

stuck oracle
#

yeah, and fps lag can cause you to die to avoidable things

mystic veldt
#

I always fluctuate between 40-60 fps

leaden ginkgo
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like i said, buy a used ps4 for ff14

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cheapest option avaible

stuck oracle
#

soltie, stop, they want a laptop, let them have the laptop

slate arrow
#

if they get a PS4 they also need a TV or monitor

terse jewel
#

Soltie it's also the fact that I have giant monster hands.

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My big hands aren't fit for a PS4 controller.

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It's too small. I play Xbox for that very reason.

slate arrow
#

valid complaint as well

leaden ginkgo
#

you can use mouse and keyboard on the ps4 lol

agile laurel
#

Macro help - it seems numpad0 is only Confirm when num lock is on, but what if I need numpad4/6 to be move cursor and not switch target while num lock is on?

keen fable
#

maybe they want a laptop for laptop uses too

slate arrow
#

also consider: PS4 can only be used to PS4 uses

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with a laptop they can also do classwork and other junk

terse jewel
#

I wouldn't wanna buy a PS4 just for one game, Soltie.

agile laurel
#

Like, case in point - if I want Confirm numpad0, I must have target switch 4/6 - how can i not have that

terse jewel
#

I use Xbox and PC for multiple games/other things. If I bought a PS4 then one day I'll get bored of FF14 and never touch it again.

slate arrow
#

anyways if you want to argue about the merits of buying a laptop or PS4 for FFXIV I recommend moving to #technology-discussion or else we're going to drown out other questions

terse jewel
#

Collecting dust in a closet somewhere.

slate arrow
#

@agile laurel you can rebind it in the keybinds menu under system

terse jewel
#

Alright yeah I'll stop. Just wanted to clarify. Thanks for the help guys, I hope to eventually play the game right.

stuck oracle
#

np, good luck!

agile laurel
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Nope, I can't - it says Move Cursor/Target Cursor

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so it's still the same button

stuck oracle
#

could you screenshot what the keybind menu says?

vagrant copper
#

I haven't used macros much but why do the keybinds matter if you're talking about macro stuff?

slate arrow
#

they probably mean just keybinds

#

unless they're trying to do stuff with the macro menu

#

Anyways by default num4 and num6 act like left and right on the controller

#

the weird circle which hovers over entities is the "soft target" cursor

agile laurel
#

my point is, if numlock is OFF, num0 is not confirm

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but if numlock is ON, num4/num6 are not cursor move, they're target select

stuck oracle
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with numlock off, num0 acts like the INS key

mystic veldt
#

Numlock off 0 is Insert. not 0

slate arrow
#

insert is not a valid FFXIV input iirc

stuck oracle
#

2, 4, 6, 8 are equivalent to arrow keys with numlock off

mystic veldt
#

I just tested, it does detect Insert as an input

agile laurel
#

so having confirm and cursor move at once on numpad is impossible?

slate arrow
#

well there you go

mystic veldt
#

No, you just need to change the keybind

slate arrow
#

just put confirm as insert under secondary input

#

"key setting 2"

jagged rune
#

Why does my "recommended gear" auto equip these earrings (which are clearly inferior) as opposed the ironworks one?

slate arrow
#

Main Stat

jagged rune
#

What do you mean?

vagrant copper
#

What class?

slate arrow
#

What job are you playing?

jagged rune
#

Samurai

marble drift
#

you're a strength class

slate arrow
#

Samurai uses Strength as their main stat

marble drift
#

those are aiming earings

stuck oracle
#

then there you have it, striking gear is preferred for samurai

slate arrow
#

Main Stat > Sub Stats

marble drift
#

they are main stat dex

jagged rune
#

Ah I think I bought the wrong one then

#

ty ty

marble drift
#

your accessories as a samurai

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will have the Slaying

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suffix

slate arrow
#

With Samurai, you want Striking and Slaying gear

forest lark
#

Dos our character ||become villain|| in shb?

stuck oracle
#

samurai gear is usually the same as MNK gear so look for that generally

forest lark
#

I think I read somewhere, not sure so better to ask here

slate arrow
#

yes and no

#

i won't say anything else

marble drift
#

I'd reccomend just playing

forest lark
#

U can tell me on pm

jagged rune
#

With Samurai, you want Striking and Slaying
thanks a lot for this tip

forest lark
#

I dont mind spoilers

slate arrow
#

it's spooilers you should just play the game tbh

stuck oracle
#

you could just play through the story :P

marble drift
#

this channel is not for spoilers

forest lark
#

I never cared for spoilers tbh

wintry chasm
#

Technically

marble drift
#

seriously. just play

wintry chasm
#

but with spoiler tags regardless

forest lark
#

I know this channel is not for spoilers, thats why I suggested private chat

stuck oracle
#

if you're already at shb you might as well do the MSQ instead of seeking out spoilers

forest lark
#

Okbwell then I guess ill do that

jade quartz
#

The answer is ||no because that would make no sense.||

forest lark
#

Ok that much is enough thx

leaden ginkgo
#

So

#

Is Shared Fates basically:

#

"Do a f+ck ton of Gold Fates, to get rewards"?

slate arrow
#

shared fates is basically the rewards system of FATES. in Stormblood they granted company seals which you could use to buy some materials

#

but in shadowbringers they grant bicolor gemstones which let you buy all the mob drops in the game for shadowbringers

#

shared fate progression just unlocks some collectibles you can buy with bicolor gemstones

#

and eventually the bicolor gemstone vendors in eulmore and the crystarium

leaden ginkgo
#

what's the best thing to buy using phantasmorgia?

#

Just anything sellable in the market?

#

i mean, yeah it still depends on my world

#

But is it better than buying armors to convert them to seals?

slate arrow
#

entirely up to you, but seals is decent if you need seals, otherwise if you want gil I know a lot of people are in eternal need of dried hi-ethers

leaden ginkgo
#

Would you say its better to do the Shared Fates at cap, or it doesn't matter much cus scaling?

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slate arrow
#

doesn't matter too much

leaden ginkgo
#

i feel im gonna overlevel Shadowbringers a bit

#

but ah well :,D No biggie

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Though...mh. An idea for later

slim wyvern
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hello, is a high level able to help me with a hard trial for main quest in an undersized party?

slate arrow
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yes

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quest progression doesn't care if it's done properly or not as long as it's done

slim wyvern
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yeah

slate arrow
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unsynced or otherwise

slim wyvern
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just need the help 🙂

vagrant copper
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You'd probably have to say what server you're on and all that

slate arrow
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not subbed and I don't have a crystal character unfortunately

slim wyvern
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server doesnt matter

wintry chasm
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Your data center does

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and server would tell us what data center you are

slim wyvern
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ahh, well im on asura

slate arrow
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oh i confused undecided with crystal whoops

wintry chasm
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Yeah I give up working out the difference Industrial

slate arrow
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if all else fails you can just through up a party finder and use "unsync first time bonus"

wintry chasm
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What fight is this for anyway?

mild ermine
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Where do I turn the Tell sound off?

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OP nvm I found it

hasty spade
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Which has more damage, Dancer or Summoner?

stuck oracle
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SMN

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dancer is mostly utility

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but is still very useful

wintry chasm
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!faq met

zinc orbitBOT
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flmeta
meta

wintry chasm
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Fuck

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!faq meta

zinc orbitBOT
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Meta Jobs FAQ
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All jobs are good and viable in all content. The difference between meta and non-meta is minor, to the point that player skill is a significantly more important factor. Play what you enjoy/what interests you most, and you can make it work.

Click here for the best jobs in the game though

hasty spade
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Fair, fair
I'm just deciding which helps my team more, cause I know Summoner is one of the best but Dancer is super cool

faint flare
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Just pick what you want

hasty spade
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Can Dancer meet the level of Summoner with skill?

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OK, fair

stuck oracle
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dancer provides a lot of buffs to teammates

hasty spade
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Guess I'll go Dancer, switch to Summoner if needed

faint flare
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The buffs that dancer gives more or less (try) make up for the lower personal dps

hasty spade
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I'm currently at level 40.

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I just like making numbers happen, you know?

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Low or lower? Are they solo viable?

faint flare
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Everything is viable

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Everywhere

hasty spade
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Fair enough

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I wonder if my Dancer will out-DPS our BLM

faint flare
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If they're trash

stuck oracle
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unlikely tbh, BLM is known as "nuke mage" for a reason

faint flare
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Dancer is the lowest personal dps wise but again, their buffs make up for it for the most part

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Unless your BLM is mega Pepega small brain then you won't out dps them

hasty spade
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Lowest of the DPS classes, or lowest in general?

faint flare
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Of dps jobs

wintry chasm
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Probably lowest of DPS jobs

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but that doesn't take into account you buffing your party

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and the damage from that

stuck oracle
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dps classes, i'm sure you'd probably be doing more damage than the healers xD

wintry chasm
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which is a good section of dancer's damage

stuck oracle
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i get to see big numbers when i have a dancer in my party and that makes me happy

wintry chasm
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like if you buffed your black mage and your black mage is really good that's going to really beef up your numbers

hasty spade
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5bvyyv6dyk&ab_channel=DesperiusFFXIV
how do people do this kind of stuff like what

Thanks for helping me on this one @Lilly Yarborough.
I hope you like the collaboration and if that is the case, maybe he will also help me with the "Ultimate DNC" guide as well.

Enjoy the comedy, the tremnedous dance and some nasty BLM exploooshuns (16.8k DPS over 3 minutes)
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faint flare
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By pressing buttons

whole wasp
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press all the shiny buttons as close to each other as possible while the prettu buff is up

blissful matrix
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what is an uwu static

stuck oracle
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ye i got that question too, can someone explain what the acronyms UwU/TEA etc stand for?

blissful matrix
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Tea is the epic of alexander

stuck oracle
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ohhh

raw solstice
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Uwu is Ultima Weapon (Ultimate)

blissful matrix
flat hemlock
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Hello again all, I'd like to know if there's a way for me to save keybind 'layouts' like the HUD layouts? So I can toggle between different keybind setups.

slate arrow
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Are you talking about hotbars or actually keybinds

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hotbars are saved per job/class unless set to shared

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keybinds aren't as flexible

flat hemlock
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Actual keybinds. I'm leveling a Bard to play with the Performances and it'd be nice if I didn't have to rebind all my keys everytime I'm done

slate arrow
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Performance is under a seperate menu. Activating performance automatically pulls up a seperate screen with its own keybinds.

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There's no need to have to rebind everything for performance.

flat hemlock
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Oh! That's perfect then, thank you! I was under that impression as I come from GW2 where we do have to rebind everything

leaden ginkgo
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Nah, FFxivs systems for HUDs and such are among the best in my experience. You can even design macros that make buttons appear and disappear xD

slate arrow
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It's macro system is robust. The HUD is relatively simple, but super versatile with what you can and can't do with macros and commands.

leaden ginkgo
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The HUD may be simple in look, but imo the ability to customize it's layout is one of if not the best out of any mmo- you can move pretty much every element of the HUD in FF, which is huge

flat hemlock
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Nah, FFxivs systems for HUDs and such are among the best in my experience. You can even design macros that make buttons appear and disappear xD
Yep! One of the first things I learnt to do was get rid of all the noise and setup a cascading hotbar

raw solstice
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@green pagoda asking in the wrong server, perhaps? Sounds like something from another game, not this one

flat hemlock
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Playing 14 has made me wish GW2 has that amount of UI customisation

leaden ginkgo
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Hey guys

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I want to ask
The Dark Divinity war Body that you get from Odin fight in Urth Font..... Can you only get it by random drop from the fight??

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Isn't there a token to purchase it from somewhere??

proud willow
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You can only get that as a random drop from the fight

slate arrow
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ARR didn't have tokens for the majority of it's content

proud willow
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There is a different chest piece that takes up 4 slots and looks like the entire Odin set; that is purchased with tokens from the Odin Fate

faint flare
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Tokens weren't a thing until heavensward really

slate arrow
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Tokens were a system introduced in Heavensward

leaden ginkgo
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I see

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Aight then
Anyone knows a chest piece that looks like the Odin chest piece?? XD XD
need it for Glamour

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limber hamlet
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how hard are summoners, overall?
Was thinking of going arcan>summoner until 50/60, than trying samurai and dancer?

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hard to learn, I mean

faint flare
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One of o the more complex

slate arrow
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summoner's rotation doesn't change much but you get new bits which change how you play it

faint flare
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No real rotation, more works in cycles

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And priorities

limber hamlet
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cycles? Crud, maybe not a good path for a returning player?

slate arrow
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see this for an introduction

barren holly
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"cycles" sounds a lot harder than it is

slate arrow
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it used to be much more complex

barren holly
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it's really just more like a very long rotation

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lol

faint flare
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The game introduces it slowly bit by bit

limber hamlet
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i mean still, just how complex are we talking? At least up to 50, as ima likely try samurai or hold out till dancer

slate arrow
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oh not very

barren holly
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below 50?

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boring

proud willow
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@leaden ginkgo Deepgold Cuirass of Fending dyed black might work

faint flare
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Under 50 ita simple

slate arrow
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just keep up your DOTs, use your pet actions, and don't stand in stupid

barren holly
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it's after 70 that it starts getting crazy

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imo

limber hamlet
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well ill likely try samurai to 50-60, get dancer, than see what I like the most

barren holly
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don't forget to grab RDM at 50 and GNB at 60

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free levels 🤷‍♀️

limber hamlet
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what do you mean grab them?

barren holly
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._.

faint flare
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Free jobs

barren holly
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RDM is available at 50

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exact same situation as Samurai and Dancer

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except GNB is the 60 one

limber hamlet
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GNB and RDM are what?
I can assume rdm is red mage?

barren holly
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yes

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GNB is gunbreaker

faint flare
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Gunbreaker and red mage

slate arrow
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basically, just do all the bluequest unless it's something like unlocking a class or a job

wintry chasm
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or leves

slate arrow
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you can ignore those if you want to

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(unless you're playing a class and it's at level 30, in which case you really should pick up the job.)

limber hamlet
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so just be on the lookout for the blue icons whenever im out and about

slate arrow
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yep

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oh and remember to do your class quests

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starting from level 1, every 5 levels up to 50, every 2-3 levels afterwards

wintry chasm
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mmm

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once you hit level 50 you'll have a bunch of bluequest everywhere which are mostly optional dungeons

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some are nice to do but there are so many I wouldn't sweat doing all of those

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just the raids/trials and some optional dungeons here and there

limber hamlet
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well once i hit 50, ill likely try and grab samurai first

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and rdm/gbm

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seems like theres a lot to do though, if a tad overwhelming lol

leaden ginkgo
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@proud willow

Why thank you friend :D

wintry chasm
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remember gunbreaker is level 60 not 50

thick bolt
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what are the items for phantasmagoria that are used in making neo-ishgard stuff?

wintry chasm
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Ugh God I can't remember them all by name

thick bolt
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all? I thought it was like 2

wintry chasm
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Should be that some are for the old crafted gear and some are for the new oen

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It's more than two

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it's probably like, 6 of them

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just look em up is my advice

thick bolt
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ah okay, I'll just check the market board to see whatp eople want

wintry chasm
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It's not hard

slate arrow
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they're all on the top of when you go to buy phantasma > other

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they all cost some 10-50 tomestones each

limber hamlet
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i assume this is stuff I shouldnt worry about?

slate arrow
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this is level 80 talk yeah

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don't worry about it until you finish shadowbringers

limber hamlet
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you mean the main story?

mossy current
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Yeah

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It's quite a long one

limber hamlet
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so for now though, just get to 50 so I can mess with samurai?

mossy current
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If you want

limber hamlet
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and maybe RDM

thick bolt
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to be fair

raw zodiac
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My biggest gripe so far, is dungeons being required to progress the main story

thick bolt
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you can worry about it now, people buy them off of you it's a great way to make money

raw zodiac
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20-30 min queue

wintry chasm
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Shouldn't be that long even as DPS

hybrid jasper
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where do i go to look for hunt trains :oo

wintry chasm
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As a DPS it tends to be more 15-20

raw zodiac
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All yesterday I got between 20-30 min queue

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First 2 dungeons

mossy current
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I had a few 30 min queues in ShB dungeons

raw zodiac
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Also joined a fc, and the nice people helped me with the first one

limber hamlet
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yea dps always have longer ques, in any game.
Usually roll tank, but the friends im playing with have a tank and off tank already, and really want dps lol

slate arrow
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also it depends on the server

wintry chasm
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*data center

slate arrow
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aether and primal DPS queues are 10-15 minutes during regular hours

fresh lodge
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You can try asking in Eulmore or Limsa for a Hunt link shell invite @hybrid jasper

raw zodiac
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Yea Im on Primal (which seems disliked)

slate arrow
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ah that explains it

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it's also 7 am in california

fresh lodge
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Primal isn't disliked at all

wintry chasm
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Primal isn't disliked exactly

hybrid jasper
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ahh alright

wintry chasm
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It's just not...talked about a lot?

slate arrow
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queues are the worst during like

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4-10am PST

hybrid jasper
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i should go unlock every single hunt prereq i assume

fresh lodge
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Uhhh

hybrid jasper
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or do i ?

fresh lodge
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You'll still get the currency from A and S ranks

raw zodiac
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Would I even get any benefit swithing data centers?

fresh lodge
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But you should unlock it anyways

hybrid jasper
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iirc i had to go to the chick in kugane before

faint flare
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No not really

wintry chasm
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No Fried

slate arrow
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it's just bad hours for NA DCs in general that's all

fresh lodge
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I would unlock all the hunt stuff just so you can use their vendors

thin abyss
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So I have a simple question. Can I just level one character and play all the builds with that character? Or do I need to lvl up different characters?

faint flare
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You can be every job on one character

slate arrow
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each job has a specific playstyle so you can't really "build" a job out

leaden ginkgo
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What do you mean Build?

thin abyss
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so the starter class that you choose, is just a starter class. Like I could choose archer and then later on change to arcanist?

slate arrow
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yes, but arcanist will start from level 1

thin abyss
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like the sidequest of arcanist or the main story?

leaden ginkgo
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His base quest really

thin abyss
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like I won't need to do the whole story all over again

leaden ginkgo
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base level*

slate arrow
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the Main Story is not tied to your level

open coral
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MSQ has its own level

slate arrow
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you will have to do all the Arcanist sidequests though yes

thin abyss
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ok thanks @slate arrow

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That was what I was asking

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And we can't share mounts with alt characters?

faint flare
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Not unless its a account mount

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From Mogstation

open coral
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Some of the store mounts are account wide

faint flare
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Basically everything is character locked

thin abyss
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ok I have no idea what is Mogstation but I will look into it right now

slate arrow
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everything is based around characters unless stated otherwise

faint flare
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Its the place you pay for sub

open coral
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Mogstation is the cash shop

faint flare
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And optional items

slate arrow
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Mogstation is the account management system

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which also has a cash shop page

open coral
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All things irl money related are on the Mogstation

slate arrow
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Do note however you can't unlock mounts early

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even if you buy a mount on mogstation you won't be able to use it until you unlock mounts via the MSQ

thin abyss
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ohh ok

uncut hearth
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So I know how everyone feels about job level boosts, and I do agree in most situations. However I did buy one, to give the game a chance and see what the combat and content is like at endgame when the game is supposed to open up. It did work, I found combat and the game in general very dull at the beginning but having access to more skills and a couple that are off the GCD really livens it up. However I don’t know whether I should buy the ARR story skip. The base story is very uninteresting to me. If I did skip that story, does it open up in an expansion? How would I access it? Keep in mind that I’m an mmo veteran who has no issues learning a game, or my class quickly and isn’t afraid of the homework if it’s worth it. I’m just trying to see if it’s worth it. I almost quit in the early game, even after 30-40 levels.

slate arrow
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tl;dr this is a final fantasy game first and mmo second

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skipping ARR simply means you have to progress through the Heavensward MSQ

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and after Heavensward comes Stormblood

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etc etc etc

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I'm in the "don't skip camp" and do consider that ARR was made in 1.5 years

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while they were maintaining the flaming trainwreck of 1.0

humble birch
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after playing through ARR i get why people say don't skip

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however I would gladly buy a skip potion just for the titan questline

lament wagon
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arr is the basis of everything

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if you skip arr you won't understand much of the expansions

humble birch
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that was the worst experience so far for me

lament wagon
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as an example of how relevant old content still is, they're making the first level 24 main raid questline mandatory in the next patch

uncut hearth
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I’ll keep playing through the story. I guess if I don’t like it though this isn’t the game for me?

slate arrow
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Probably.

thin abyss
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For me the worst part was getting my mount. I had to jump through soooo many hoops to get it. Like you have to go back and forth through several different cities and talk with different NPCs to get it

slate arrow
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While there is stuff to do, this game the main content is the story.

fresh lodge
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Honestly you could skip ARR and watch a summery online and still get most of the story beats

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A lot of ARR is padding and needles busy work

stuck oracle
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or at least, the post-content

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main ARR is pretty important

jade quartz
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Uh

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Getting your mount does not require any busywork or travelling about.

fresh lodge
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Parts of post ARR are just as important, if not more than some parts of 2.0

open coral
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ARR is a lot of world and lore building

fresh lodge
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But if you're not enjoying the story, then skip it instead of getting burnt out

quasi spire
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i heard they're streamlining arr no?

jade quartz
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Yes, the next major patch will streamline ARR's MSQ.

fresh lodge
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Yes in 5.3

stuck oracle
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keep in mind the reason ARR feels like a slog compared to the other expacs is because it literally consists of taking you up 50 levels

open coral
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They will be, but not until 5.3 comes out

stuck oracle
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vs other expacs only being 10 levels

fresh lodge
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Which is still a few months out

uncut hearth
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Yeah it has too much busy work to FEEL like a MSQ line. Like they should reserve all of that for side quests