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I got the trial of ffxiv, and i just talked to a friend and he told me im on the wrong server. Im only about 2 hours in and level 6, can i just delete my character and start over, or can i transfer server somehow
You can pay for a server transfer. I strongly recommend you start over as 2 hours/level 6 is nothing.
If you're on the same data centre at least, you can still visit each others' worlds
but won't be able to be in a Free Company (guild) together.
Create a new character.
how
do i restart game and theres options somewhere?
keep in mind this is my first time ever playing this game, so i hope im not asking for too much
From the main menu, select "Data Centres" and pick the correct data centre that your friend is on.
Then on the character select screen, pick "create new character".
You can delete your old character from the character select screen of its own data centre by right-clicking on it and selecting "delete character".
alright, thanks a lot
How do i setup macros to use weapon skills and abilities?
/action “skill name here”
Though there’s not many combat skills you should put in a macro
We extremely hyper-strongly ultra-recommend you do not, except for niche cases.
I just want to add continuation to Gnashing fangand etc (for Gunbreaker) macro so i can modify my hotbar
Would that be an exception since its off gcd or no
Don't
Not at all
Macros have a minimum programmable wait time of one second.
They also cannot be queued, which results in GCDs lost.
It's just a really bad idea all around.
Ive unlocked this um quest for the way of the samurai I assume that unlocks and changes it but when I did this for paladin it changed me from gladiator to paladin, does it do the same here because I have monk and ninja at 70 as well
I c makes sense
Samurai does not continue from any base class.
Thx for telling me
None of your current classes will become Samurai. Samurai will unlock as its own distinct job.
ah perfect then I see
also now that ive unlocked paladin as well does it mean I have a chance for other jobs as well which convert from base to another or it just happens once?
Gladiator can only convert to the Paladin. Other classes will be able to convert into a job of their own.
You can play all jobs on one class.
Nothing locks you out of anything.
Classes that start at level 1 will advance to jobs at level 30. These jobs are simply continuations of the base classes with upgraded names and lore.
Expansion classes start as jobs right off the bat, and at a higher starting level.
No limitations.
oh that makes sense why I unlock paladin at 30 and samurai at 50
okay perfect guide as well thanks guys 🙂
Are there restrictions to naming a retainer? It keeps saying the band is not available
I believe you can't have it the same as someone elses retainer on your server
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Retainer names are like seller IDs on the marketboard. Therefore they're unique per world.
Hello. I'm considering to level up my whm to 80. I have problems with dividing attention between healing and dpsing(im currently 55). Do you think it's a good idea to go through each dungeon from low level to my current level to learn, or i should rather go my highest level dungeon and tell tank to go slow?
Telling tanks to go slow in 51+ dungeons will likely go poorly
I dunno about that, many folks will be considerate.
and low level healing isn't the most accurate representation
as you're using alot of ogcds to heal
However, I don't really feel that going slow will be a good method for learning.
My honest recommendation would just be to continue throwing yourself in there.
Generally. What I do is on the start of the pull. target the boss and put your Glare/Stone on 1
and just slam that 1 key while keeping an eye on your feet (for aoes)
and party health bars
yeah. but i thinkg my problem is mainly with trashes on dungeons when tank pulls a lot
holy is really powerful there
do you recommend to focus on healing then if i'm noob, and try to slowly add dps skills into rotation?
its fine to heal and dps when you can when you're learning
and slowing transition to the opposite later
where you dps mostly and heal as you need
i just love healers overall, and even after getting drk and monk to 80 i still didn't pluck up the courage 😄
generally you can get a holy off and it slams that big stun on everything, giving you enough time for a 2nd and possibly 3rd holy
after that. the mobs are stun immune
and you can dance between ogcd healing
and holy casts
so only 3 holy stuns then?
about that roughly. mileage may vary
holy stuns for about 7ish seconds
Only 3 stuns in general
but the damage is still useful
After 3 stuns regardless of quality the mob will be immune
okay. thank you very much.
A hot tip, try not to put a regen buff on a tank pre-trash pull. Regens give instant hate to the healer. Apply regen after the pull (unless it's a 1 mob boss)
oh, ok
one way people like to do pulls is swiftcast holy > regen > holy > holy
I do that! works a charm
perfect
it gives you time before you need to watch the tanks hp super closely
and lets you get out a small bit of healing
after thats done you holy/heal as you need
okay. im going to try this asap 😄 I'll let you know how badly i failed after i finish 😄
best tip is don't panic! healing gets so much easier with a little experience
healing really seems more daunting than it actually is
to people who have never healed before
when you get more tools it just becomes comfier
The only other thing is, dont fall into the trap of "wait to see damage, then heal" if the tank is pulling everything.
i was gooing well before i heard that you need to dps on savage raids :/
that put me down
Dps in dungeons too
also you're not totally responsible for a tanks damage. infact you're only responsible for the after effects. If they don't drop cooldowns on massive pulls its 100% thier fault.
sure, but i mainly aim for raiding tbh
you need to dps in general
not alot you can do
sure.
so if some asshole decides to pin the blame on you for something he should've done. Ignore all that garbage
i'll try.
the idea about dps-ing as a healer is
you have a lot of downtime when you don't need to heal
so why would you not do damage
raids/fights are scripted
ik
you'll always know what damage comes when so just fire those stones/glares :^)
i mean that scared me before i got to savage raiding.
After finishing e5-6s i see that damage is predictable
Its a reality that as a healer, you need to learn to damage, because otherwise you're just AFK'ing.
I would say that healing in a raid enviroment is even easier most of the time
Yeah, probably true. Extremely predictable damage unless someone is standing somewhere they shouldnt be
you get to plan everything down including raid cooldowns and co-healing and you know whos taking what
plus raid tanks take like fuck all damage
Shiva hits like a brick shit house and my groups MT gets like 3-4 ogcds for the first minute of the fight almost
Is it possible to do Aquapolis unsynced or is it always forced to be done synced?
Map portals are always synced
Hey guys. is there a considered 'fastest' way to grind out the tank achievements for the mounts? I've got my GNB to 100 out 200 and any hints would be appreciated
Garuda ex spam for the first one and its a bit of a toss up but a good group can meme it through by farming Rathalos ex
That sounds like a good idea cos I never did get the mount for Rath EX. Thank you
What's the general consensus on leveling from 30-50 quickly? E.G. for newly unlocked classes like DRK or AST?
Pretty much do all roulettes daily, then whatever the highest level dungeon is you can do
When does movie roulette stop being at least half a level up every day you do it?
specifically for DRK and AST you have the benefit of a speedy dungeon queue
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Anyone can answer me the question in german?
Wie bekommt man Freibriefe eines höheren Levels?
or in english
I dont know how is "Freibriefe" in english
google translate says you're asking about...certificates? o_O
I am asking about the quests which u can take in every city
How to disable mount music?
Kommt drauf an welche genau du brauchst. normalerweise habe verschiedene maps auch verschiedenstufige freibriefe
Ich brauche ab level 35 oder 40
thats an option in audio settings bluebird
Ok
stupid question but in the phrase "auri male" auri is adjectival right?
ye
ty
kampf? @dapper echo
Got it
ja
Südwald (Camp Seelenruhe), Östliches La Noscea (Sonnenküste)
an den orten
super, danke dir!
alternativ:
Zentrales Hochland von Coerthas (Observatorium) für 35-40
oder Nördliches Thanalan (Camp Blauer Dunst) für 40-45
checke es aus!
how fortuitous that we had someone that spoke the language on hand. very lucky

Did they change the map system in the expansions?
in what regard?
Where the map uncovers when I travel to the area
No thats been default for a while iirc
it changing to show the entire zone at once was with stormblood launch IIRC
dungeons/trials/raids still only uncover the parts you travel to
The servers out or something?
Weird
Looks fine on SE's end.
though it could be a faulty node on the way to the datacenter
Yeah I just got back online. Dunno what happened
So where do I drop off items needed for fc projects?
Interact with the hologram thingy to feed the items in there
if you mean unlocking recipes, you interact with the board near the FC chest to exchange the items
The board? I just see what's needed using the timers
Are there class minions?
nope
closest thing would be the Minion of Light from Jonathas in Old Gridania, which can randomly be FF1's Warrior, White Mage, or Black Mage
Well, there's also Estinien as a minion if you want to count that for dragoon.
Im new to ff14, but before I even get into the game, why am I downloading this game at .75mb/s
firewall perhaps?
Nope
are command mission still better xp than normal dungeon?
They bypass the queue.
they're pretty comparable from what I remember
just remember the inherent seal cost of doing them if you're not loaded on those
https://gyazo.com/f7e1ba29787bd4fa8f785ac192e953e7 how do I even hit that amount of hp?
what kind of balancing do I need to do 
That's magical ability not HP
oo its now twice is fast
But you needa level your squadron up more.
https://gyazo.com/ca3f8a825e83982ac38a9c9dd0998f20 this is my full roaster.
is it normal that some of their stats are so low? or I messed up something?
Have you ever trained them?
you mean the 1 hour team train?
If you want to get all 3 maxed for the highest leveled missions you basically need optimized trainings and good stat chemistries
I generally just settle with 2/3 and get all the currency-giving chemistries like Gil/MGP/Scrips/Seals
saaame
I tried to train them, but whenever I trained a stat , another one lose points
then you're maxed
Then you're at stat max.
you move those points around to best fit the squadron you want to send out, or just have a balanced mix of points
Once you have everyone at max level it will be easy to get 2/3 stat requirements met every time.
The level at which you unlock the tier of missions is a bit misleading.
Very difficult to meet the requirements at-level.
how long is the daily frontline queue supposed to take
is GNB actually squishier than other tanks?
frontline queue should be quick depending on your server's peak times
its 7pm in japan
it's still not possible to hit Captain and higher rank on you gc right?
Captain is the max. higher no
why cant i use skills in frontlines
because frontlines uses pvp skills
and you're probably trying to use the pve stuff
go into the pvp profile, the pvp skills are in there
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is it even worth to rush to grind the new ilvl gear since most gets synced anyways?
Ohh so theres alot of content thats like above 480 ilvl?
yeah
ah okay thanks~
wildly varying
skip everything. couple days.
actually care about a good story. I'd say at least 5 days
5 x 24 hours or just 5 days of casual playing? Because I want to know the sotry
casual stuff
as long as you don't afk at the marketboard for a bunch and are productive with your time
but if you wanna know the story, why does it matter how long it is?
I'm having troubles on locking the right enemy during fights with multiple enemies.. (controller)
it seems that after an hit, I lose the lock to my opponent and everytime I have to lock in again the right one and that's kinda annoying
is there a guide for pvp rotations
@tidal yarrow You're probably not confirming the lock with X or A or whatever the button is. You're just soft locking the target.
There's some option somewhere to turn that behavior off and make all locks hard locks
Reached Heavensward recently, is there value in doing the Bahamut Coil and Crystal Tower raids? I see that there are MSQ changes but would it be more time efficient to solo/undersync it at max level?
For land and housing, if our subscription ran out and we decided to not subs for a month or so, will the land and housing stays?
@dense kraken Coil, not so much apart from lore. Crystal Tower is worth doing
You can't really do crystal tower unsynced as it's an alliance raid series
Its heavily suggested that you finish the crystal tower line.
well you can
so much so that its becoming part of the mandatory MSQ soonish (so sayeth the devs)
Thanks, will try out PF then
but there's no much reason to unsync CT when its pretty actively gotten from alliance roulette
@lethal schooner normally, if you don't enter the house for 45 days, the house would be demolished and the plot put back up for sale. However, currently, the auto demolish timer has been disabled due to the pandemic. That said, finding a plot thats currently open and available for sale is going to be pretty hard because the auto demolish is turned off
Ohh i see.. thanks for the info
In addition, because of the non-demolition, there is a lot of competition for any plot that comes up for sale during this time. The plot is able to be purchased by a new party only when a random timer expires after the plot is 'available for sale'. This means any interested parties will gather at the plot and button mash the 'purchase' button for anywhere from 30 minutes to 11+ hours just to have a chance at buying.
(on popular servers)
Is there a move that teammates can use to fling you around?
we're you supposed to be stacked? people in FF don't like to use words
just actions
misclick or pulled you to your death?
I have a question regarding collectables, I have the same item that they ask but it seems like they dont accept the item for some reason?
collectables have a minimum collectability required to be able to turn in
what does that mean?
so if the items isn't at the min. collectability, its useless
there is a column in the turn in window that says "collectability", that is the minimum collectability that is being asked for
oh yeah it says 240
oh so I need to check in the item in which it doesnt say anything
meaning to say that those need to match or the item has to have a higher value for them to accept it right?
yes, the item needs to have 240 collectability or higher
and that can only be done through crafting?
or gathering.
gatherers have their own set of collectables
and a completely seperate set of skills just for collectables
oh alright, does the box next to it mean something? Or just refering to that its a collectable?
I didnt die just randomly pulling me out of nowhere
do thing in mog station go on sale like a level boost?
yes
is it rare?
did one happen this year?
well fantasias are on sale right now
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i need some level boost 😦
i need some level boost 😦
@hybrid owl Why? 🙂
idk something about dungeon spamming for the 3rd time just doesnt do it for me
I see 🙂
Yeah.... Even if you level boost, you are still stuck with dungeon grind to go from 71 to 80
true but at least you get to play a better kit to start
Oh, well then it makes sense
but still the prices for level boost are way cheaper compare to wow lmao
For a second I thought there were no MSQs in the 70-80 range
Are the floor/position markers for raids like eden part of a macro?
What is the macro for mouseover?
/ac "Action" <mo>
Is palace of the dead still good to powerlvl alts?
If your dungeon ques are long yes
tyx
@leaden ginkgo no you can set them manually once and then save them to save slots for markers (think you get like 3 or 4 save slots, around there)
then you justgotta click whatever one you want to show up
So I guess dungeons are still the #1 method for grinding 70 to 80?
yep
On average, how long do FATEs last?
I'm trying to get this FATE for The Lode Warrior but it hasn't spawned
I went to do a dungeon, was super fast, still not spawned
Yes, Samurai has Ironworks stuff
!faq poetics
You will reach a location called Idyllshire in Dravanian Hinterland at level 59-60 ish in your MSQ
You can get your lvl 60 i260 Shire gears there
any idea how long fantasia sale last?
its til june 20th @hybrid owl
ah thanks
What is OTM mean in PF?
I can't find a guide explaining it but I'm deducing it's a LR strat and means Orbs Through Middle
do I show offline If I go afk on the friendlist?
No, you show as AFK
oh okay
Say, I want to do extreme trials. Does that work the same as savage raids aka you gotta go through learning parties and wipe millions of times while learning each phase?
yes
fortunately the DPS requirements are miles lower
usually only around the first floor of the current tier or so at most
Oh, thanks!
Can someone give me an idea of where the tanks currently sit in terms of overall effectiveness, and dps?
They're the most balanced role at the moment and all tanks are pretty much within a few % of DPS
Here's how they compare on the first fight of this Savage tier:
So they're all good
How about ease of use?
Which tank is arguably the least stressful to play and manage while maintaining effectiveness?
Imo, easiest to hardest in rotation: GNB > WAR > PLD > DRK
GNB offensive skills (aside from 1) all fit nicely in a 30/60s schedule
I figured DRK would be sitting there, darn. I really want to main DRK, but I'm not going to lie I'm really bad at resource management.
It is last by comparison
And go easy on me here but I'm play casual content 90 percent of the time currently, I want to make the step up though so I'm deciding my main tank now.
yeah you have like 3 resources to maintain
I still don't think it is miles harder than other tanks
It's a bit much to not overcap sometimes
DRK main thing is just the MP
Yeah all the guides I've read on DRK have emphasized on not overcapping, but I still do it.
Darkside shouldn't be an issue once you practice
I'm mainly talking about TBN and the free flood of shadow as the third resource
I've mostly been using TBN during big pulls, and pairing it with tank buster defensives.
Do I have yellow sword? Then use one additional Edge
imo TBN should give a free flood on hit instead of having to go popped completely

anyways yeah all you can do is practice with DRK
except could you imagine how many Flood's you could get off during mass mini-adds
I've never really focused too hard on things like my dps output or optimizing my rotations until now. So I'm unfamiliar with a lot of the terminology, I can't even do my opener properly yet.
but then you probably have the best tank in terms of utility
So admittedly I feel a bit overwhelmed with DRK in comparison to GNB.
i mean that would be fun tbh
But I still love DRK, for aesthetic, greatsword, and TBN.
its all practice
But how do I know I'm doing it right is the question?
GNB is so much more straight forward tbh.
And feels more clean.
I mean are all your ogcd's expended
and all your cooldowns gone?
then hit your main spam. bloodspiller when you have 50
Yes.
So should I just blow all my offensive ogcds within the Darkside window?
Nope
your line your ogcds with outside damage increases
battle litany, divination, brotherhood
if i pop something like delirium before raid buff but then raids buffs come after the first blood spiller do still get bonus damage or i missed it for the whole thing?
delirium just "allows" bloodspiller
if you pop delirium, immediately hit bloodspiller
then raid buffs are applied
yeah i guess this one is a no brainer
@hoary storm The damage comes from Bloodspillers so it still affects them
Ah see, so going back to me playing mostly casual content .. I haven't touched a savage raid in a long time. And that was maybe twice, with someone showing me.
that individiual spiller is without buffs
dots dont get buffed after the fact right?
not to my knowledge
Nope, DoTs snapshot buffs when you put them up or refresh them
What do you mean snapshot?
If the buff wasn't there when it was refreshed, it won't get buffed after
It checks what buffs are up then applies it over the whole duration
So if say, Trick Attack was up when you refreshed it, then all 30 seconds of the DoT will have Trick Attack's 5% damage buff
Oh, I guess I kind of already figured a skill won't apply the buff after the fact. Unless there are skills in game that actually do that.
hello, not sure where to post this. My friend who quit the game for personal reasons decided to gift me an item code about some helm from collector's edition, but when I try to redeem it it tells me that it's in a wrong region.
So I would like to trade my code which seem to be from US for one that is from EU ^^
appreciate any help
are allied seals only from hunts?
You can get them form the BLU carnival too
can you get a lot from that? im trying to collect the flame elite set, it costs ridiculous amounts of seals
oh
nah, allied seals
flame seals I got crap tons of
ah
Well yeah the only way is to grind hunts or BLU
Could ask around for S and A ranks but most people solo them nowdays
how do you get access to S and A ranks
They spawn randomly
They just spawn in the world. A ranks have a timer of 4 to 6 hours and respawn automatically. S-ranks have specific spawn conditions and have timers of multiple days.
For the seals from carnival, you get a lot initially as you complete each stage the first time (50-100 depending on the stage, and one being 200). After that there are 3 weekly challenge stages that reward a total of 550 (iirc) per week.
In this discord is there a LFG channel. Or shall i just ask in here?
oh ok as long as you've hit the target, you get the seals at the end?
It's kinda like Fates, you need to hit it enough to get full credit
@gritty lily reinstall directx
right ok
Which is way easier in a sizeable party
@jagged bridge #recruitment-aether or #retired-na-datacenters
ah man, sounds like it'll take more than a month to complete the flame elite set
thx
maybe I'll just go for weathered daystar then
Guide for Masked Carnivale 16 says:
Act 1: Toad Oil, Bristle, Moon Flute, Swiftcast, run up to both Cyclops and Self-destruct
Act 2: Moon Flute, Off-guard, Shock Strike, Glass Dance, Eruption, Bristle, Final Sting
I am playing on Shiva, Light. Should I still select roles for both Chaos and Light to participate in hunt trains in both chaos and light?
how does that work? self-destruct disables final sting for 10min
asking this in case of the centurio hunt discord
grml >_>
@strong sphinx You can't world transfer from light to chaos, they're different Data Centers.
Or world visit*, not world transfer
oh okay gotcha
You can only world visit between worlds in a single DC
can somebody help me one sec, I'm so lost since 30 minutes..
What's the issue
go to the elevator
Go to the main aetheryte then select Airship landing, it should be there if you have every mini aetheryte attuned
Talk to the npc by thr elevator
If you go to Pearl Lane (near the Sapphire Exchange) there should be an NPC who will take you to the Airship Landing
Near the adventurers guild and the alchemists guild respectively
There is also an airship landing elevator NPC up on the Promenade
okay I'll try thanks so much
oh my god..
that was so easy
I didn't realize it was an elevator
there are airships in every city. you'll see them on that quest you're on
Gotta know about it, sometimes
It's a small quirk of ARR since the airship zones are actually technically massive due to 1.0 shenanigans
ul dah is very complicated, it was so hard at the beginning finding where to go
I started playing 2 days ago so I knew zero about everything..
Everyone starts somewhere.
Over time you'll either learn from other players, or discover tricks to navigating (among other things) on your own.
not to my knowledge
Nope
but there are look-a-like pieces
Adamantite are crafted, Ishgardian drop from Dusk Vigil
The crafted ones are dyeable
aymeric's attire is unique iirc
also garland tools makes a lot of guesses
thats not the ward knights attire
yes. aymeric's gear is unique but the boots are pretty similar to the dusk vigil/adamantite set
!itemglam Adamantite sabatons of fending
That's what makes it unique, yes
How does Aetherial Reduction work? I want to do it on some collectibles I gathered, but I can't.
Same. Accidentally finished synth on an item with 1 collectability and I want to get my mats back.
It only works on Ephemeral Node collectables as far as I know. You can find a list of those here:
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Ephemeral_Nodes
Aetherial Reduction is for gatherers, for crafters you're looking at Desynthesis, but I'm pretty sure you can only Desynth actual items, not collectables, unfortunately
assuming its a normal collectable and not like ishgard collectable, can just reduce quality and desynth
Guys can you help me choose a class to main I used to play rogue/hpal in wow
Can't help with finding something similar but there's a very well detailed rundown on all the classes here
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/g93bsm/beginners_job_overview_selection_guide_v20/
It only goes up to 11 currently. It's up to the devs if they want to make use of 12.
can i keep representing myself in the fashion report to get more points? (not gil)
@vocal star you can get the participation MGP reward once per week, and the 80+ points MGP reward once per week.
If you get the participation reward on your first showing, you can use your three remaining attempts to try to get the 80+ reward as well
@vocal star If you try at first and don't get 80 points, you can try I think 3 more times for 80 points. Once per week.
Oh like cumulative points for unlocking more stuff in the shop?
so i can abuse the fashion report with 80_?
is the one that counts for that week.
You can't just get judged four times in a row for four times the shop progress.
is there a dedicated Discord for BLU? Some1 just mentioned it in my grp but asking about it he doesnt answer
what are flowers for?
Which?
I am not sure if this is the place to ask for questions regarding my account and logging in?
there is a lady named Maisenta selling different variety of flowers and was wondering what it's their purpose
but my question is, anyone having or had issues with "ID or Password is incorrect"? I get that error when I try to log into the game. But I am able to log into Mog Station with the exact same details.
Leave the one time password empty
When I look online it doesn't say Maisenta sells flowers, she sells racial gear and some other stuff. Can you give me the name of one of these flowers, maybe?
@tidal yarrow you must mean Tanie the Florist. The cloves are a cooking ingredient, the carnations are used to craft a few housing items, and the Dimension Castle items and Gridanian bouquet are housing items on their own. The rest of what she sells are all soils and seeds for growing your own flowers in garden plots/flowerpots in player housing.
Leave the one time password empty
@polar hound The OTP is always empty as I never use it
You can't downgrade, DX11 just works even if you have DX12 installed
@gritty lily Windows 10 comes with dx11
Update your video drivers
If that doesn't work I highly recommend reinstalling Windows 10 fresh if you can. Upgrading from older versions of Windows tends to cause unusual issues.
Although that's getting away from game-specific issues, so #technology-discussion would be a better place to discuss it.
I got actually confused, was talking about this lady
oh yeah Tanie
u were right, thanks!
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how long does preferred server xp boost last ? Im just starting the game planning on going EU/Light/Zodiark, so I wonder for how long can I count on the 100% xp buff.
90 days starting when you first create your character
thank you
if the server remains preferred after those 90 days, you'll still have the buff until it ceases to be preferred
Thanks for the precision, I thought that was the case but couldn't find anything about it
do you have to do all the old 24 mans in order to do ivalice?
Nope, just have Stormblood completed
no
ok thank good
how do they chose which server gets the buff ? I thought it was the one with least population, but if the data on https://ffxivcensus.com/ is correct Zodiarks seems to be in top 3 most active servers right now, maybe cause of the buff ? and was dead before 😄
What should i be getting with yellow gathering scrips?
i would not recommend taking data from ffxivcensus
especially the active section, as their method of showing activity is very poor
Any tips on purchasing a house?
Wait for auto demo to come back on
You're odds of getting a house now are extremely low
Otherwise you can just camp the sign for hours
What's auto demo still new to the game.
preferred servers are chosen by SE on servers that are in need of a population boost. we don't know the exact details though
If someone hasn't entered their house for 45 days its automatically demolished and made open to buy after a random time frame
Ah I see thanks much appreciated
But they froze that because of the virus.
Is there a limit to how many friends you can recruit? I think the website says five
Nope
But it stops giving rewards for no. of friends recruited after 5.
Though even after that you'll still get rewards for the amount of time each of your recruits continues subbing for.
At certain thresholds.
Okay interesting, thanks
What does everyone think is the best tank in game if there is one ?
Does anyone know if it's possible to sub with an NA account even though you live in Europe and have a European bank account and debit card?
I had to make my NA account through a roundabout way to be able to play NA from EU, so idk if payment is going to be an issue
Btw you can play on NA servers with an EU account

Anyway, am I correct in assuming payment's fine then?
What region your account is doesn't limit your servers
I'm not sure if payment is restricted tbh
why does my character sit sideways on a horse mount?
Because they do
Because
well its only two
female midlander and female elezen
for the primal horse mounts
and unicorn
So no one knows if payment's restricted or not? Guess I'll have to figure it out myself. Thanks anyway 
is the speed of all the mounts the same?
Yes, the only exception is Cloud's Bike from Mogstation which has lv1 speed from the get-go without having to unlock it (that's usually unlocked by MSQ)
Yes, though Cloud's bike starts off with the first speed boost which is gotten through the MSQ
for me kirin feels a bit sslower than a chocobo
the size of the mount can make it feel slower
But its not, with exception as already mentioned
is there a point in doing relics ? since you can buy them now ?
You cant directly buy relics, you gotta do the quest line for them and get whatever stuff they need
They're shiny glamour if you want it
let’s say i want the ones from a later dlc
Each relic is seperate
do i still have to start from ARR quest ?
I can’t seem to get the challenge log unlocked. I can’t see the quest rising to the challenge or call of the sea
Any help?
what's your current main scenario quest
Where are you in main story?
Current MSQ is The Best Inventions. Level 39
However I have changed class to Rouge and am currently level 24 on it
then you've already done call of the sea. are you certain you didn't already also complete "rising to the challenge"?
yeah
check the completed section of your quest journal, make sure you haven't already done it
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So i feel dumb, but when you die on sch and get res, which heal would be stronger to get you to at least 80%? I'm too use to ast
lustrate
but thats going to eat one of your aetherflow stacks
so probably just better to adlo yourself
Ah.. i was hoping for something without a step. Im just struggling in e5s and my cohealer wasn't helping me heal up
Are you alone as a healer?
If yes -> Adlo or Lustrate
If not -> do exactly NOTHING for the next 10s, see if your co healer heals you up, and wait out the invincibility frames
No my last 2 cohealers in e5s practice res me and don't heal me up so I panic and figured I was doing wrong since I dont have fairy
Nay, your best choice of action when getting rezzed is to do nothing. I am dead serious. You get a window of invincibility that protects you. Doing nothing keeps you sheltered long enough that your co healer may heal you up.
If they don't, they might not be paying attention as much as they should.....
*doing nothing except moving
After a few wipes, I noticed that when i get res by either the whm or rdm, they throw a regen on me and go back to dps
well that's just rude
90% of the time the rdm res me and i get 0 healing.
There is indeed a 4s 0 damage timer after raising if you don't execute any action.
But many players don't know that and they get KO'ed fast again because they wanted to attack almost directly, i call that greedy DPS.
They even told dps who had some kind of heal to top themselves off..lol
For cross world linkshells .. can u create more than one? What’s the limit on number of players? And is it true there’s a 2 week no login-period where it disbands?
- Up to 8 cwls
- 64 players max in a cwls
- No, but if a cwls has only one member then it will be disbanded after 24hrs.
What i do normaly in E5S as WHM is raising and use one of the instant heal skills to heal that player, because a regen is not enough.
Because i know about that timer myself ofc.
If a player think a regen is enough in savage, they are not suitable for it (yet).
@silk yew
@jade quartz thanks
Nope, you do them once and you're done
@fossil basin one time only yes
When I look in my journal of completed quest for “rising to the challenge”, it says there’s no matching quests. But it won’t let me do the quest as it’s not shown on my map
@leaden ginkgo
Check if you can access the challenge log, if so you already completed it.
is it actually in your accepted quests buried somewhere in your journal but just not completed?
if i become a dark knight ( quest at lvl 30), do i start over as a lvl 1 dark knight?
Level 30
so all skills up to 30, ill have?
Yep
yes
but itll be its own class, i wont be able to use my marauder specific skills if im currently a dark knight, right?
correct
Right
it does have the same Role Actions though
so if i become a samurai at lvl 50, same concept?
yes
It'd start at 50 but yes
thank you so much!
Heavensward jobs start at level 30, Stormblood jobs start at 50, Shadowbringer jobs start at 60
is there any benefit to leveling different classes.. such as a samurai+ white mage
on one character
can we swap between them during raids/instances/dungeons or w.e
or just outside PVE
Not during no
Hi, I'm new! I should first play the story of the original game before getting expansions, I presume? Is there a guide for a complete newbie on what content to play through?
but itll make sense to lvl your main char through MSP, as the most of the exp will be there?
Hi, I'm new! I should first play the story of the original game before getting expansions, I presume? Is there a guide for a complete newbie on what content to play through?
@short belfry i just joined too! i just started playing the story as is
It's probably quicker to level up through other means but yes you should do MSQ first for leveling since everything is locked behind it in some fashion
Focus on gold and purple color quests right?
Outside of just being able to go into content as any role the only other nice thing I can think of for leveling more than one class is that sometimes the dialogue in quests can change with what job you're playing/have levelled.
thats what ive been doing, but also do the random side ones if the equip/gil is nice
Honestly if you do all the
except other class unlocks, leves, or optional dungeons (though I'd still recommend doing some) that's fine. Really I'd say the important ones are the class quests, the system unlock stuff, raids, trial series.
and end game is clearing all the raids/trials so you can farm the tougher ones later? or what
The issue with "do all the
" is that when you hit 50/60/70 you get A LOT of optional dungeons
Sure, end game is just doing the hard content ¯_(ツ)_/¯
and fashion
How do I get a Chocbo that can fight?
Once you unlocked your chocobo as a mount and you are level 30 there should be a side quest in Bentbranch meadows to unlock them to fight
It should be appearing under your MSQ tracker at that point
I’ve completed that - how do I get it to actually be beside me?
rob in your opinion, whats the best tank to use
for pure tanking, diverting dmg
paladin?
When you describe it like that yeah I guess Paladin. They do have a lot of just damage reduction buffs. Warrior has more just healing through damage, Dark Knight has a really meaty shield they can put on people that's really good actually
Paladin is probably the "safest" tank in terms of how much punishment they can take
i was just looking at gunbraeker too
I don't think PLD is really "safest"
It's definitely what I'd say is the most "this is what I expected from a tank"
But like, it's not more lenient
Outside of Hallowed Ground
Does anyone know if I can buy the game and keep playing my free trial
Like buy it but not load it
Where from?
Ps4
uhhhhhhhhhhh
Not digitally
Yeah...
It will automatically redeem itself when you log in
If you do it from the PS store it'll automatically apply the game
If you get like, a physical version that's fine since you have to manually add a code
Basically, so long as you aren't registering the game you can buy it and still use the free trial
Ok. Its on sale right now and I wanted to play with all the classes before committing to one
But I guess I'll just keep running PLD
I mean
You never have to commit to one
You’re always free to change any time.
Classes lower-level than your highest class gain exp at a 2x rate (1.5x after 70)
And leveling isn’t too sloggy anyhow.
Yeah i understand that I've got paladin to 35 and summoner/scholar to 31 and half way through rogue right now. Was just wanting to find the best fit for me before buying
Right now PLD is my favorite but I didn't want to miss something cause I got comfortable with one class
Classes lower-level than your highest class gain exp at a 2x rate (1.5x after 70)
@jade quartz this applies to all servers?
Yes
Yes
and is there a master storage between characters?
No
thank you
Making alts is not really supported or encouraged by the game mechanics
is there a weekly limit on Normal Eden Verse raids loot?
Because there’s no need for alts except to play with people in other datacentres.
Or like, RP alts
Yeah i just want to start over (warrior--> Pld) and wanted to transfer over some items
like my noob ring for 30% exp
Ohhhhhh was your first question about that too?
ye there's a weekly limit on edenverse gear
only 1 piece from each raid for the week
If you create a new character it will not receive 200% bonus from your higher-level first character.
that counts in both normal and Savage mode? @forest laurel
Separate characters do not affect or interact with each other.
Ohh you mean
No special benefits for your alt characters.
another class
Ahh okay
my "Master storage" between alts is the FC box , i made my own FC and the only members are friends and alts lol
normal and savage are separate afaik
i see thanks alot Seenoc
Normal and savage loot lockouts have no interaction with each other
@leaden ginkgo @ class lvl 10 you can switch to other classes
Well after you complete the lvl 10 class quest
wiki says can craft quaintrelle's ruffled skirt at weaver 70 but i cant find it :/ anyone know how to craft it?
As a newbie, at what level do I need to buy an expansion?
you need Master Weaver VI book to craft it @opaque anvil
@opaque anvil requires the recipe book Master Weaver VI, purchasable from scrip exchange in any major hub or city for 400 yellow crafters scrips
book can be purchased with yellow scrips
ahhh damn
You consume the book to permanently unlock a set of recipes in your log.
It’s VI actually
question about healing in alliance raids, do my aoe heals only affect my group? group A for example
Kael and I both typoed 
fingers typed too fast, brain didnt proof read quickly enough -_-
yes, Aoe healing is only for your party
generally, shouldn't need to heal the other alliances unless their healers are dead which you should be prioritizing raising the healers
What’s the dancer guide command
!faq dncguide
When do I worry about relic weapons?
can you earn/buy the hairstyle of hien?
The pre-lv80 ones are only for Glamour so only make them if you like how they look.
The lv80 ones are actually good weapons and super easy to get, so you should go for them as soon as you can.
And nope, can't get Hien's hairstyle.
damn
No, but their item level is really good for how easy they are to get
Is there a legit solo leveling guide for BLU somewhere? Having trouble finding a good pace...
Ok, so a good starting point
At the moment, the newest relics fall a little short from the absolute current best weapons, but they are much easier to get than the current best
Only requiring 1000x tomestones of poetics
And free for the first one!
^ That too
You need to complete the lv70 24-man raids (Return to Ivalice) and the Shadowbringers MSQ, then it's a short questline away
@wet crystal The BLU discords might have one, but the best way that I've found to solo level BLU is to simply go around collecting the non-instance-based spells with your chocobo companion to help do damage and keep you alive until you can earn the White Wind spell.
TimeWizud, you'll normally want to progress with on-level monsters, which you'll track and locate in ARR & HW expansions... but if you have a friend that can provide really big shields (like a level 80 scholar/astrologian) you can go around hitting high level mobs and let them kill the mobs for you, while you both are playing solo and not in a party. That is if you want to cheese levels.
If you're going the on-level route, there are guides on where to get specific spells, in which you'll need a certain amount to get new spells from an NPC
And yes, get your chocobo fighting with you 
are my settings just messed up or is hien's dress just super pixelated?
Hien’s outfit is just like that
There are some yikes textures in this game sometimes 😔
You may have also noticed ||Raubahn’s arm cape thing||
Hello, i am wondering: can i cast glamour multiple times? If I cast a glamour onto my gloves but want it on another pair of gloves, can I revert it later on?
You can!
You can cast any glamour as many times as you have the glamour prisms to do so
Only costs glamour prisms
Or for free if you put it on a glamour plate
As long as you have glamour prisms and glamour dispellers, you can do anything.
Or nothing if it’s in the dresser yeah
Is there a keybind to select the closest friendly NPC ? Last time I played the game wasn't this filled with bots... They are everywhere in beginner zones and they are blocking quest NPCs it takes me a while to target the quest givers 😦 How come they aren't doing something about this ?
thank you :3
@viral tangle default is numpad 0
tnx
Bots are banned in regular waves. They’re not usually a very common sight, especially not to the degree that they’d actually be able to block view of a quest NPC
That’s very unusual
Normally what you described is a big patch day problem
I started a lancer, in Gridania on the prefered server there are like 5-6 bots around every npc 😄
Where everyone rushes an npc on the first hour LOL
Are you sure they're bots and not... actual players?
^
Yea they have random characters names and move like teleporting lol
That’s very weird
They just did a big ban wave the other day.
Usually if you do see bots they’d all be stacked up on the same space and definitely wouldn’t obscure access to an NPC
Wouldn’t be crowding around
when I go back outside I will take a picture 🙂 I mean they don't bother me now when I know I can use the keyboard to select NPCs, and since there is no mob tagging in the game, they can't steal xp from you 🙂
Does using a Fantasia include a name change, or does that have to be purchased separately?
Separately!
that is a separate purchase
ty
These are just a few, if you stand there for a while sometimes even more show up 😄 Since they just teleport in and teleport out in a second 🙂
is there any problems on mogstation about purchasing?
a friend of mine can't purchase anything it gives him error
oh probably yeah, just wanted to make sure it's his fault and not server related or something
Is it possible to add more slots for materia in a gear piece?
Crafted gear can hold a total of 5 materis
slots no but you can overmeld materia past however many slots your gear has to a max of 5
How can I overmeld?
Crafters
Level up crafting or find someone else who has
My weaving is level 60. Is it enough?
Depends on the gear
depends on the item youre trying to meld
^
I asked for what error is giving him
Note only crafted gear can be overmelded. Tome and raid gear cant br overmelded
It’s a neo-ishgardian gear set, so I guess nope
if its lvl 80, you need lvl 80 crafter
You need lv80 crafters for lc80
Good point Vinyl
you also need to complete the advanced materia quest i think?
Crafters have to be equal level to the gesr
Yeah but that's a non issue really Mada
ye
didn’t finish that advanced materia, will check it out
anyways, thank you, time to level weaving again
have funs
You can have others overmeld for you by using Request meld
@wintry chasm ,
Hi everyone, when I press 'M' this comes up instead of my map. how can i revert it ?
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is memoria Misera weekly gated?
Had this problem last night. I kept hitting M until the map came up, then closed the signs window. That fixed it...
@muted blade Extremes are not weekly gated
oh cool
Yeah the big issue with that is that code is really generic and it could be a number of things? @tidal yarrow
@tidal yarrow i2501 is a very broad error that can be hard to find a fix for. Some common solutions are: turn off vpn if using one, try a different browser, try using mobile data
sometimes it can fix itself in a day or two, but if none of those work then probably have to contact support
Kael don't we have a generic "try these steps" faq post for this?
no, but probably could make one
If you know a good resource please
i mean there's no resource specifically for it, just a general thing i've picked up from several various posts about it
Hey all, just picked this game up and have been leveling with a friend who can't play much. If I were to keep leveling, can I level a 2nd job with them and still do the story quests or are those one time only?
sure you can grab a second class to keep at a lower level to make sure you're around your friend's level
but the main scenario quests are one and done though
Will that make it difficult to stay within the same level range as one another or not much?
for instances, it doesn't matter that much because you'll be level sync'd down
but for open world, it does matter because if there's too much of a level difference you won't get any exp when you kill mobs
Awesome, appreciate the answers! I may just start a 2nd character to keep the story available on the ones we are playing together. Unless that is a terrible idea lol
is getting the Crystarium weapons still a 7 week grind ?
did they made it better on 4.25?
crystarium weapons?
eh, i mean its up to you. making a second character solely to do story with them isn't the worst idea, but i personally would probably just use a second job instead of a second character
Allegory tomestone weapons
yes you still need 7 blades for the crystarium tomestone
500 weapons require 1000 tomestones and a raid dungeon drop
It still takes 7 weeks yes, unless you can get the tomestone from E6 Savage, then all you need is 1000 Allegory
ugh... 7 weeks... 5.3 is coming sooner x.x
OH
wait so Edens Verse : Furor has the tomestone?
yes
interesting
the tomestone itself is a drop from savage
any savage?
Only furor savage
no, its specifically e6
Its how raiders get allegory weapons week 3
honestly with a neo-ishgard set and a whole lot of practice you're set to get one
wait so.... if i roll for a tomestone in Eden savage , does it count as my loot for the week?
just clearing the floor for the week counts will lock you out of loot, for savage
On your weekly clear
so either you can win everything
or win nothing
but once you've cleared the fight, you will not be able to roll on any loot regardless if you go back in a second time
OH
And penalises chests for others
so you can win everything on that clear but just win the fight once with prize.
In addition, if you skip flooors, you're unable to go back to the skipped floors for loot
You get one chance to roll per week.
You must go in order if you want full loot
if i roll 90s on everything , i can get everything hypothetically?
Yes
Yep
assuming no one rolls higher, sure
wow
Hypothetically, sure
Be a greedy loot gremlin but yes
But if you roll 5 on everything, too bad, better luck next week
Though if you’re with a static then you may decide to divvy up loot among people to be fair and bring up ilvl party-wide/get People their BiS.
interesting
Do beast tribes reset the same time as everything else?
0 Days, 21 Hours, 20 Minutes, 1 Seconds
0 Days, 2 Hours, 20 Minutes, 1 Seconds
4 Days, 14 Hours, 20 Minutes, 1 Seconds
0 Days, 14 Hours, 20 Minutes, 1 Seconds
2 Days, 8 Hours, 20 Minutes, 1 Seconds
2 Days, 1 Hours, 20 Minutes, 1 Seconds
1 Days, 18 Hours, 20 Minutes, 1 Seconds
There we go
thanks!
I just got a sylph quest "The Magitek Menace" that requires me to do a fate. Can I force spawn it somehow or do I have to wait until it naturally spawns?
you can try clearing out other fates to help get it to spawn, since there can only be so many fates up at once
but there is no way to force a specific fate to spawn
ast question, for earthly star, do i have to manually detonate giant dominance
it will auto detonate after 20
no, you can let it pop on its own
Manual detonation is if you want it earlier.
Is there a way I can change my race or I have to buy this for real money ?
You get a free fantasia when you complete base 2.0
Which lets you change race
Further fantasias need to be brought with real money
@gritty oracle You can also World Visit another server and see if they have it up. Quest Fates usually don't take that long to pop, though.
Is purchasing MSQ progression worth it to skip 200+ quests?
No
Unless you really don’t care about the possibility of great story and value endgame only
What do you mean complete base 2.0 ? I'm at msq "A Hero In the Making Lv. 20"
In which case ask your wallet
does everyone get the mount for Alphascape V4 savage or is it loot for one person?
Loot for one
Loot roll
Recruitment channels down below
#recruitment-chaos
#603040858782040095 for clickable link :3
How do I send my Retainer on ventures
Have you completed the
An Ill Conceived Venture
Nope
You can send them on ventures after that using the summoning bell
What does ventures do
They bring back items
depending on what venture you send them on / depending on venture, RNG
How do I get the best items
Do they level or something?
go to Gridania, and then go south until you meet a blue dotted line, cross it
or if you have all the aetrhernet shards in the city, teleport to Blue Badger Gate
wrong ping sorry @brittle umbra
Does HW get better for questing. I’m trying to get through msq rn and I’m in the patches and it’s still kind of dragging. Story got a bit better but I feel like I’m just running to npcs to load up cut scenes all day
yes
Is there a way to skip cutscenes/chats with npc when aceepting quests ?
start/escape
How do I get the best items
Do they level or something?
@midnight slate sending your retainers out on ventures awards them with exp. they can level as high as the max level of the job you have assigned them. after that, the pool of items and ventures you can send them out on is based on their ilvl (for combat) and gathering stat (for gatherers)
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Whats the name of the 2b gear again?
how exactly sdo I visit a different world?
Go to an aetheryte in one of the 3 main cities
click on the main aetheryte in any of the 3 starting cities and select "visit another world"
No.2 Type B if you're talking about the glamour stuff @lime sphinx
oh yeah, thanks !
ohh gotcha"
where does the gear come from? no source on garland
Copied factory
I just got my rep with the sylphs to Recognized. When will I start earnin golfleaves?
goldleaves*
for everyone or do we have to roll ?
@gritty oracle you earn a goldleaf from every daily quest. Check your currency window -> tribal
Rolled
ah shit
farmable multiple times per week i would assume since old patch stuff




