The stat doesn't work that way
#questions-and-help
warped nest
faint flare
Each job only has 1 main stat thar affecrs them
warped nest
Only skill speed or spell speed affect your skill number in a visible way
sonic forge
I don't think this was a modded appearance
warped nest
You cannot meld say... More Mind and you will see that your healing spell has 320 potency instead of the original 300
Everything is done under the hood
gloomy mortar
Is there a way to see what loot you got from a dungeon, other than scrolling up all the way? Often I’ll get loot and not know it, because it goes straight to body, head, arms etc, and not to inventory, so I have to search for it
warped nest
You can set it to go to inventory
faint flare
Turn om the option to have gear ti go into inventory
gloomy mortar
Is there a ‘list new items’ command?
warped nest
No
gloomy mortar
Do you a get temporary extra Exp boost from exiting/entering game via sleeping at Inn? I haven’t seen any bonus icon. Post which said this happens is ~5years old
lime geode
As part of the tutorial it said you get a boost when you have the moon sign next to the exp bar, but I didn't understand the detail of it. Seemed to mean the longer you stayed in an area with a moon, the more exp bonus, which is why you should log out in those areas.
faint flare
Rested.xp
warped nest
The inn has bonus only because it is inside sanctuary
forest laurel
if you stay in a sanctuary (moon icon), you'll slowly gain rested xp
the inn is part of a sanctuary, yeah
warped nest
!faq restedexp
zinc orbitBOT
gloomy mortar
So I can bank 1.5 levels of experience, come online, kill one enemy, then boom, I gain a level?
vagrant copper
I think it's +50% XP while the bonus remains?
forest laurel
yeah
warped nest
You have 1.5 bar worth of bonus exp to claim
open coral
Rested xp is a flat % buff to the xp gained when you kill an enemy. So if the baseline xp from killing a mob is 100, you’ll get 150 for that mob
warped nest
By doing your usual exp gaining acitivities
latent prism
how do you do the move in version of gaze mirrors?
leaden ginkgo
Not really a game question but, how do you lot come up with names for your characters?
hybrid owl
is old raids worth unlocking or can i just unlock the alliance and be done
soft hazel
So I messaged on here a few days ago... now I’m nearing lvl 50 for white mage... but I was told that astrologian is a better job for healing... should I start leveling that now? And if so... what should my ability sets look like? I’m very new and there are so many abilities that I’m finding it to be a bit overwhelming... dms are appreciated so as not to clutter chat... thank you in advance
faint flare
Everything is balanced
White mage is better at raw healing
But astro gives cards and damage buffs
warped seal
!faq meta
zinc orbitBOT
faint flare
^
leaden ginkgo
All jobs are fine, job efficiency is entirely dependant on player skill , "best healing" doesn't really matter since endgame healing is about minimising the amount of actual healing you do so you can dps
faint flare
^
soft hazel
But for endgame content... which is my goal... utility for the win right? I’m from eso and utility beats out raw healing as far as end game content hands down
Everyone wants utility
jade quartz
Jobs are balanced in this game.
faint flare
People want those who can press their damn buttons
jade quartz
You’re not going to be unable to join groups
forest laurel
just be gud
faint flare
No one cares what job you are
leaden ginkgo
in ff14 dps is the best utility imo
jade quartz
No matter what your job is.
faint flare
Especially if you're a healer
leaden ginkgo
As long as you play it well
jade quartz
“Broken” or “underpowered” in this game is at most like a 10% or 12% difference at the highest level of extreme optimisation
tranquil valve
Meta is borderline non-existant
lime geode
Man this frontline thing is confusing
jade quartz
And we get slight balance changes in patches every three months to keep things evened out.
soft hazel
So as far as gear then... where do I by lvl 50 gear? I know you get lvl 70 and 80 gear with tombs or whatever but I’m about to hit 50
leaden ginkgo
You purchase it with poetics from Mor Dhona
jade quartz
Your job quests give you free left side item level 90 gear at level 50
soft hazel
Okay awesome... last question I swear... so about this mentor chat that is in game... how would I go about getting an invite to that?
jade quartz
Then you can upgrade to i120 gear purchased from Auriana in Revenant’s Toll, Mor Dhona for Allagan Tomestones of Poetics.
/shout in a major city for an invite to Novice Network
Your mileage there may vary though
On some servers it’s just circlejerk chat or bad advice
soft hazel
That’s what I’m afraid of so I joined here for a back up! Thanks all for the info
leaden ginkgo
lmao yeah Novice Network is just a bunch of angry people with superiority complexes handing out misinformation
forest laurel
good thing I never joined it then 
tranquil valve
That's not always the case. It depends on the server.
faint flare
The crown is just name glamour 
tranquil valve
The Novice Network on Gilgamesh is full of weirdos who fill it with off topic crap, but if you ask a question in there you're always going to get someone to try and help you.
leaden ginkgo
I can confirm that Cactuar NN is the same but with more misinformation
forest laurel
I'd try to see what twintania's nn is like but I pay an entry sub 
gloomy mortar
If you defriend someone, and they don’t, can they still see you online?
timid musk
have they changed how the final boss in great gubal library? every time i try to do the mechanics of the glowing dots it does dark until i run out of it and then lights up again. playing as healer. i played it a few years ago as tank and didnt have that problem. is it a mechanic that healers cant change the lights or??
faint flare
You need a certain number of people in the circle
tranquil valve
The required number of people need to stand on the mark before it de-activates. If you move prematurely, it doesn't count.
faint flare
Thats how it's always worked
tranquil valve
Ye Olden Days of 2018
timid musk
i could just literally not remember it
gloomy mortar
If you finish crafting an item that has, for example, 35% HQ, does that mean it has a 35% chance of being HQ when you finish?
faint flare
Yes
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dreamy atlas
Hi there, I have questions about the level 40 Summoner rotation. Theres a lot of abilities here and I'm not sure which to use when
faint flare
Keep dots up, energy drain on cooldown, use fester, use egi assaults so they dont overcap and use them for moving and weaving. Spam ruin otherwise
dreamy atlas
Should I ever use Energy Siphon, Bane, Swiftcast, or Outburst
twilit arch
energy siphon, bane and outburst are for aoe
faint flare
Swiftcast is used for a extra moving/weaving skill on the move
To swifr out ruins
Or to swift raise someone
Siphon, bane and outburst are used when there's 3+ targets
Along with Summon 1 to ger garuda for her aoes
Swapping back to summon 3 when there's less than 3 mobs
Dont be lazy and sit on 1 summon all the time
dreamy atlas
Okay cool thanks! It's a bit complicated but I just need to get the groove of it
mental garnet
sigh
i wonder why some dps feel the need to run ahead of the tank and pull mobs on their own
hybrid owl
so does the quest sky pirate require flying?
faint flare
The lv60 24mans? Believe so
forest laurel
@mental garnet most likely because the tank doesnt pull more themselves. helps make the dungeon go by faster
like if a tank is singlepulling, I'm pulling more for them because fuck singlepulling
all my homies hate singlepulling
mental garnet
so i wonder why they kept doing it when it became obvious that the tank/healer couldn't keep up with the amount
like
some fucking people can't understand a situation in front of them
wipes twice in the first room of aurum vale
continues to pull half the room at once
like
?????
forest laurel
ok theres the problem
mental garnet
yes
leaden ginkgo
aurum vale is bad for that
forest laurel
tell the dps to cut that shit out
mental garnet
after using ethers, my cds
spamming cure 1 since it's more mana efficient
unless i HAD to use cure ii
forest laurel
EWWWWWW
sick zenith
Maybe it was an accident?
thorny spruce
I'm out of Leve Allowances
mental garnet
three times? doubtful
forest laurel
please dont use cure 1
thorny spruce
can i buy more or is that refreshable
forest laurel
and spam holy for the love of god
mental garnet
we managed to get through about a third of the room each wipe
i'm a level 48 whm
i am wearing GC gear
faint flare
Leves refresh 3 every like 12hours
mental garnet
oh
thorny spruce
only 3???
mental garnet
must be in a class quest i haven't done yet
faint flare
Yes it is
mental garnet
that's on me
sick zenith
Aurums first room is easy to accidentally pull shit if you dont know better
mental garnet
but fuck those dps
faint flare
It also gives you good gear
mental garnet
i'm just ranting cuz i'm mad
faint flare
As well
forest laurel
ALWAYS do your job quests
mental garnet
yeah, i know, i enjoy them too
thorny spruce
Where can I level? I'm level 38
mental garnet
i just keep getting sidetracked
faint flare
Dungeons
leaden ginkgo
The 45 class quest gives you a whole set of gear
thorny spruce
Story or Guildhest?
leaden ginkgo
that's like BiS
sick zenith
Msq
forest laurel
story.
faint flare
Always story first
thorny spruce
I'm done with story
mental garnet
aight, gonna do it now
forest laurel
then dungeons
faint flare
Then que for dungeons
thorny spruce
okay
faint flare
!faq altlvlguide
zinc orbitBOT
forest laurel
no one gives a shit about guildhests
faint flare
Refer to this
thorny spruce
okay ill use that link
mental garnet
i'm a bit sad that i didn't preorder ShB even tho i wasn't playing at the time
forest laurel
just remember zephyr, holy stunning goes holy, regen on tank, holy, holy
after that you keep spamming holy for dmg and heal when needed
mental garnet
the aetheryte earrings would be so nice
past aurora
hello what is the best thing for mgp farming?
mental garnet
gotcha, i'll remember that rotation
past aurora
want to farm the 2 mil mount
forest laurel
challenge logs I guess?
mental garnet
@past aurora challenge log, fashion report, gates
when i was farming mgp i set an in game alarm for every 20 minutes
set my home point to the gold saucer
worked really well
forest laurel
ye fashion report is like 60k mgp every week?
mental garnet
ye
spare plinth
since i'm on free trial, is it a good idea to finish the msq up to the limit and then try all classes and jobs?
past aurora
u can have an in game alarm?
mental garnet
yeah type /alarm
past aurora
woah
mental garnet
brings up the interface
faint flare
If you want Cai
vagrant copper
!faq mgpguide
past aurora
the more u know
zinc orbitBOT
mental garnet
or you can just put in the parameters yourself
faint flare
To make the most of it
mental garnet
it's tough to level on just base content i feel
spare plinth
cool
mental garnet
so idk how far they'd get
past aurora
also i remember a while ago seeing a youtuber saying a good way to farm mgp is to talk to an npc who has some sort of card where u fill in lines to get rewards
where can i find her
faint flare
Mini cactpot
mental garnet
look up solvers online
faint flare
At the reception
mental garnet
it's fairly straightforward but i always use it anyways just to min max
past aurora
not the cactpot
past aurora
i think u have to do duty roulletes to fill the lines
twilit arch
I think they mean Khloe
faint flare
Wonderous tales
twilit arch
but i wouldn't really call her good at farming for mgp
leaden ginkgo
When would the best time be to try and make a character on a NA world that is intermittently accepting new characters?
static yacht
that is hella RNG lol
past aurora
i think i dont have it unlocked yet
forest laurel
wondrous tails is shit for mgp
twilit arch
Because one it doesn't always offer mgp
faint flare
Its lv60
forest laurel
good luck getting 2 or 3 lines lmao
twilit arch
and two you have to get lucky with lines
mental garnet
it's a side thing you can do for extra mgp, but yeah it's nowhere near good if mgp is your main goal
static yacht
@leaden ginkgo 8 PM PST-5 AM PST
past aurora
i see, ty all
mental garnet
funny enough, there's an online solver for WT too
static yacht
if you want to be safe
mental garnet
i use it to always get 30%+ 2 line chance
static yacht
11 PM PST - 5 AM PST
mental garnet
it tells you if you should reroll at 7 seals
twilit arch
"solver"
mental garnet
depending on how many second chance points you have
vagrant copper
It's more like "probability calculator"
twilit arch
it just tells you your % chance
mental garnet
the probability of getting a greater % chance for 2 lines
leaden ginkgo
Oh so like mid-morning for me @static yacht ty, should be doable
mental garnet
so it's actually useful for making your decision on when to fill in the last 2 seals
twilit arch
you're still subjected to rng actually favouring you
mental garnet
otherwise you don't know the exact % chance, and whether or not you're deciding when to fill in the rest optimally
twilit arch
you don't really need the calculator to tell if/when you have a potential 2/3 line set up
mental garnet
but you can use it to tell you whether or not you're favored to have a higher chance after x amount of rerolls
dependent on how many second chance points you have
i mean sure, you can just keep rerolling until you have an optimal setup
twilit arch
Where your stickers end up after a reroll is random
mental garnet
right...but multiple rerolls raise your chances of landing a good reroll
like, if you keep rerolling, eventually you'll get a better board than you currently have unless you already have the best possible 7 seal board
the calculator simply calculates whether you're likely to get that better board based on x number of second chance points
if you're more likely than not, it tells you to reroll, and the opposite
stable hinge
How am I supposed to protect the dwarf in the mission we play as branden?
It keeps lunging at her and one shotting her no matter what I do
twilit arch
which quest
stable hinge
Shb tank role quest
twilit arch
yes but which one
stable hinge
the one where we play as branden
vital lichen
In Shadowbringers expansion, Branden is temporarily playable during the tank role quest "The Hardened Heart".
stable hinge
^
mental garnet
i deadass searched "we play as branden" on the wiki
stable hinge
Lmao
vital lichen
I just googled Branden FF14, clicked wiki and scrolled down :V
twilit arch
I mean i assume you're on the quest right now and could just have said the name of it 🤷♀️
digital lotus
Hi. I just started FFXIV, and been doing things fine and I decided to be a miner because I want to get ore and ingots and stuff. But I'm a lvl 1 miner right now, and I'm trying to find places to mine
twilit arch
that said iirc you most likely need to use the silence for that part
digital lotus
How do I fine places to mine
mental garnet
places right outside city gates are where you start
faint flare
So you go to those location and use the location skill to find the node
mental garnet
at level one, you don't have lay of the land yet
but you can still see the nodes on the minimap if you have prospect toggled on
digital lotus
I went there now. I'm in Western Thanalan, and at Hamerlea trying to get copper
i don't see anything
mental garnet
!item copper ore
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mental garnet
try that position
vagrant copper
Do you have Prospect turned on?
mental garnet
yeah it's manual until a certain level
then it automatically turns on when you switch to MIN
mental garnet
also someone said i get a good set of gear at 45, but it seems like it's actually 50 for job quests
stable hinge
ty
mental garnet
ohhhhh they're quest items
i was looking in the rewards section of the wiki entry
which just had xp
thanks!
mental garnet
👍
solemn delta
I'm pretty decent on my PLD but one ability has me a bit miffed. Passage of arms.
I can't really think of any situation where it would be incredibly useful
faint flare
Raid wides
Stacks
You just need to channel it briefly to get the buff on people
Then you can end it once the cast ends
To keep downtime minimum
solemn delta
Ah from the tooltip it seemed like I couldn't do anything
solemn delta
After the cast goes off yeah
faint flare
The buff lasta for a few seconds as well so you can probably end it slightly earlier as well
solemn delta
And depending on encounter only the OT should be using it? Since you obviously want boss facing away from melee
solemn delta
When there casting yeah
faint flare
Go quickly drop it > move back as they do the cast animation
Extra mitigation to help the healer
solemn delta
Yeah. Just been getting all the fundamentals down think I'm gonna main PLD next gear tier
Most of it is very simple
faint flare
People loved spamming it on stormblood launch
solemn delta
And intervention is stupidly good for tank buster if your Co tank is taking it never even noticed the bonus
Cause there gonna have one of the buffs up
Does DRK get bonus for their version of sentinel?
faint flare
No
solemn delta
Wondered
faint flare
But TBN is pretty damn good
solemn delta
TBN?
solemn delta
I'm only like 56 DRK so dunno if I even have it
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lime geode
So I just did the thousand maws of toto-rak for the first time - the team beat the guy before the video scenes ended. Didn't realise that was a thing.
little swift
That's one of only bosses with a long cutscene
gloomy mortar
Is there a way to tell who gave you a commendation?
solemn delta
I don't plan on playing DRK just not feeling it compared to PLD and GNB
faint flare
No
solemn delta
Nope
Just seems like an awkward tank with the mp consumption and lack of abilities but I'm sure it gets better later?
Can't judge a class at 56.
solemn delta
Yeah true
faint flare
Since that givrs mana as well
gloomy mortar
Is there a point to potions of strength, dexterity etc? A cool down of 5mins is basically the whole boss battle, and the buff only last 15secs
faint flare
Yes
solemn delta
Yes lol
gloomy mortar
Elixirs too
gloomy mortar
But isn’t it limited by the sync?
solemn delta
Don't use pots unless your doing higher content or practicing rotations imo
If your practice use the cheap ass level 1 ones
Say your practicing on a dummy, buy the 13 stat pots so your used to weaving it in
Plus even in higher content you won't use them until your getting close to the end of the fight.
4k a pop adds up when your wiping to furys fourteen on ramuh lol
gloomy mortar
I use healing potions on dungeons
solemn delta
Literally no need
gloomy mortar
Bad healers
faint flare
Hp pots dont really change much
gloomy mortar
Edda bad
faint flare
Unless you're in palace then sustain pots are nice
solemn delta
Yeah it's the dps ones that can make or break a savage fight
gloomy mortar
What are sustain potions
faint flare
They give you a strong regen effect. Only usable in palace
And heaven on higj
They're brought with the Potshards
solemn delta
Vinyl knows way more than me but even then I didn't bother with that tbh
gloomy mortar
Still on Dragonsong no pot shards yet
faint flare
You get the potshards inside palace of the dead
solemn delta
I would say pots are absolutely not needed to 80 and even expert etc
zinc orbitBOT
gloomy mortar
Did Palace or Dead with 4 DPS. How do you tank as dps
jade quartz
you just kill the thing
faint flare
By killing stuff faster
vagrant copper
You kill them faster
solemn delta
You don't take much damage
faint flare
With high aetherpool there's barely any damage
solemn delta
I run off on my own to kill stuff
jade quartz
there's no trick
solemn delta
Only be careful if you hsve no self heal when not in combat
Then don't take on entire rooms solo
gloomy mortar
Had a lot of extra +10 Tenacity materia. Going to throw away because sell for nothing. Instead, obermelded 3each to all Dragoon gear for Palace of Dead to tank. Other party were 2 Machinist and Bard. Seemed to work well. Or does tenacity work that way
pale cairn
Hello, got to lvl 80 and I would like to know what is weekly capped besides tomestone
twilit arch
tenacity does nothing for non tanks
currently weekly locked content is eden verse, both normal mode and savage
solemn delta
You don't use your gear in potd
It's a seperate leveling and gearing system
1-99 weapon power and armor power
jade quartz
Your equipment has zero effect in PotD, yeah. You can go in naked.
solemn delta
Umm or HoH
jade quartz
Only your aetherpool level matters.
solemn delta
Why level 1s go in
pale cairn
Will unlock those then thanks
gloomy mortar
What about in Fates and dungeons
jade quartz
In FATEs and dungeons, of course, your equipment is effective.
gloomy mortar
Went up from 330 tenacity to 620
solemn delta
Dungeons are the best way to grind for healers and tanks
jade quartz
But tenacity still has zero effect for non-tanks.
gloomy mortar
By iverneld
jade quartz
Those are wasted stats.
solemn delta
Well, cause potd and HoH are mind numbing
faint flare
Even then tenacity barely changes how much damage you receive
faint flare
Fully stacked at 80 its like 8% mitigation
Which is quite literally nothing
And changes nothing
solemn delta
But swapping stats around will almost have zero affect
I recall a post on balance for SAM. DH > DET.
But if you have 2000 DET and 0 DH and then swap them you have roughly a 50 dps increase
gloomy mortar
Where does gear Defense rate in preferred stat for DPS: direct, critical, determination, skill speed, vitality, Defense
solemn delta
I'm not sure i understand your wording on that mate
Defense is set in stone
Can't be changed unless you upgrade ilvl
gloomy mortar
For example Maelstom Conpany gear. Equip 2, get +12 DH. However, you can get higher Defense gear but no stats
solemn delta
Vitality is the same it's linked directly to ilvl (and piece of gear)
hoary storm
I think they mean materia slots, come gear doesnt have it while lvling
You should always prioritize item lvl
solemn delta
Like grey vendor gear will have lower stats that green gear even with lower ilvl green
I'm mainly referring to ilvl 480?
+*
gloomy mortar
Higher Defense, but no +12 DH bonus, or no materia slots. Which is better
jade quartz
Higher main stat.
solemn delta
Main stat trumps all
jade quartz
i.e. Strength, Dex, Intelligence, Mind
depending on your job.
Tanks and melee (apart from ninja): Strength
Physical ranged and ninja: Dexterity
Caster DPS: Intelligence
Healers: Mind
solemn delta
I don't recall exact number but 1 Main stat is worth over 50 sub stat
gloomy mortar
“Recommended Gear” button keeps suggesting lower Defense gear but higher stats.
solemn delta
Maybe even higher
jade quartz
Show us the gear in question?
faint flare
Defence itself isnt super big, recommend gear priotirise whatever has higher main stat
solemn delta
Was a while ago I was chatting with the Balance guys
gloomy mortar
Infantry Shirt
solemn delta
Post some screens too tired to Google the item never even heard of it lol
jade quartz
Infantry shirt is Brayflox DoW shirt
faint flare
Brayflox gear
jade quartz
What's the second item @gloomy mortar ? so we can tell you which to pick
Infantry Shirt and _?
What's the other option?
solemn delta
Well I've just followed the usual - leveling gear with vendor crap until 50 then poetics until 80 so I don't even know what that is
warped nest
If it is DPS specific gear, then it is probably better for your DPS job over a DoW gear
deft quiver
where do i get lvl 60 gear? I still have ironworks on rn bc im on lvl 53 hw quests, but just got lvl 60
jade quartz
👀 uh infantry shirt is totally part of "the usual"
solemn delta
Ishgard
jade quartz
Brayflox drops are great 
warped nest
Idyllshire, lvl 59 region, that's where you can get your lvl 60 Poetic gears
jade quartz
nice glams
solemn delta
Oh my bad
solemn delta
Yeah Idyl, get 255 stuff.
jade quartz
Poetics are used for 50, 60 and 70 gear.
They're even used in the level 80 relic weapon quest.
warped nest
For now, just grab from dungeons and MSQ and you will be fine
solemn delta
Try and get a 270 weapon at least though
Though you will get green gear going to 70 so it's not needed
warped nest
Going back to gear recommendation: different in defense between gears is not a big deal for DoW especially when you are playing DPS
zinc flower
quick question: when farming titania/hades ex, do you need or greed the class weapon when it drops?
solemn delta
Nope Weapon Damage - main stat - sub stats
zinc flower
okay ty
solemn delta
But you don't want to care much about sub stats until 80
hoary storm
In a nutshell below 50 just use whatever gear quests and dungeon give you, 50/60/70 get the poetics gear and change as you get higher lvl gear in dungeons, to make things easier you can just use the "Recommend Gear" button
solemn delta
In fact you don't really hsve a choice unless you want to waste your money on MB gear
hoary storm
You dont need to worry too much about optimizing anything at lowers lvls
gloomy mortar
@jade quartz Aetherial Heavy Plate Armor (can’t equip gear to head), but stats better than Infantry Shirt plus head gear
leaden ginkgo
hey guys
jade quartz
Infantry shirt, while equippable by tanks, is more intended for physical dps classes.
gloomy mortar
Paladin
jade quartz
The defense difference there is actually significant.
jade quartz
Yeah, wear the aetherial plate
twilit arch
its available from the mogstation
gloomy mortar
It keeps recommending Infantry shirt and head gear. So back to original question, was wondering if slightly better Strength stat is better than much better Defense stat
solemn delta
Ignore it
jade quartz
In this case, the defense is significant
solemn delta
As a tank you want the stuff that is allocated to the tanks
Unless it's a significant upgrade
leaden ginkgo
@twilit arch thx man i will look
solemn delta
Like you have a really low piece and a DoW drops that's much better than your tank piece
leaden matrix
so Im trying to level all my alt jobs from 70 to 71... what's the fastest way to do that now? esp since you can only get roulette bonus once per day
faint flare
Spam castrum abania
slate arrow
The level 69 dungeon
faint flare
Do your pixie beast tribe as well
leaden matrix
yeah, those are only once a day too =\
was hoping there was something better than the 69 haha
solemn delta
Why 70-71?
solemn delta
Right I see.
leaden matrix
for 71-80
solemn delta
Tbh im just doing roulettes to get omni 80 for the main jobs
gloomy mortar
Level 74 Machinist gets 6million exp for duty roulette. Regular: 300k
Need 24 mil for next level
solemn delta
70-80 takes just over a week doing roulettes and dailies
leaden matrix
you only got 6 mil for the 50/60/70, leveling, main scenario, and trial roulettes?
faint flare
50/60/70 aren't really worth doing
warped nest
Leveling, MSQ, and alliance give the best exp
Trial and raid are OK for exp if you need a tad more to level up, plus they are fast
solemn delta
50/60/70 is only worth doing 76/77+ imo
leaden matrix
yeah, at 70 trial bonus was like 1 mil, 3 mil for leveling
solemn delta
Trial too
leaden matrix
but again, those roulette bonuses are only once a day, which sucks lol
warped nest
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
leaden matrix
I miss deep dungeons
warped nest
Doing a lvl 77 dungeon with a lvl 78 job directly should give you around 1/4th of a bar
Before any bonus
solemn delta
Can't dungeon grind
leaden matrix
yeah, I think just doing the highest level dungeon you can is the fastest way to level once dutys are done
but those 30 minute dps queues...
I also don't get why old gold sellers seem to use the party finder
solemn delta
Still in 70 gear at 79 lol
leaden matrix
lol how
stable hinge
When will I be able to access the lv80 DRK quest?
I finished the last tank role quest but theres no quest on sidurgu
warped nest
Did you finish the tank role quest in ShB?
stable hinge
yeah
warped nest
Have you finish ShB story?
stable hinge
not yet
warped nest
Yup
oblique bane
do people do the lvl 80 fate chain for the frog outfit anymore?
cause i dont know how many people id need for it but i kinda wanna do it
warped nest
They do
unique oasis
is it possible to macro a change in one of the volume sliders
like can i basically make a mute/unmute bgm toggle
vagrant copper
/bgm is a thing
gloomy mortar
I have a new adventurer recruit in adventurer squadron. I postponed their application because I already have 8 adventurers. Is that postponement preventing me from getting new recruits?
gloomy mortar
Do I have to make a decision on that new recruit before I see the other recruits?
twilit arch
no
obsidian patio
Kinda, yes.
jade quartz
Yes
obsidian patio
You have to accept/reject that recruit to see the next one
obsidian patio
Which can make weird situations where you can get the same person multiple times
twilit arch
oh right, i was thinking solely of getting a new recruit
vagrant copper
Does HOH have any kind of plot attached to it?
twilit arch
yes, there is story to HoH
gloomy mortar
Is the Manderville missions worth it? It keeps on going forever
deft quiver
i just did my lvl 60 black mage quest, and got the lvl 200 clothes, but my weapon is still the iroworks at 120. Where can i get lvl 200 weapon?
twilit arch
if you've gotten to idyllshire, you can get the shire weapon with poetics
solemn delta
@leaden matrix I'm basically what you would refer to as "efficient Leveling"
gloomy mortar
Buy on Market Board
vagrant copper
Foundation will have a weapons vendor with 50-60 stuff. Or hit up the MB
twilit arch
then just make use of whatever the msq gives you, or buy from the marketboard
solemn delta
I don't ever plan on playing SCH or SMN
deft quiver
alright
gloomy mortar
What’s tomorrow?
deft quiver
Also, is there a place other than leves to get venture coins?
vagrant copper
Beast Tribe quests
solemn delta
Reset, roulettes
twilit arch
the easiest way of getting venture tokens is from grand company seals
solemn delta
I'm 79 SCH
deft quiver
can i buy them with seals?
gloomy mortar
When do you have to use up irregular tomes by?
gloomy mortar
When is that
vagrant copper
Like... 4-6 months?
solemn delta
I've almost bought everything already lol
obsidian patio
Note that when 5.3 hits the tomestone event will end in the sense of being able to earn more
gloomy mortar
When is 5.3?
obsidian patio
Also unknown
solemn delta
1 - 1.5 months away at a guess
vagrant copper
They're announcing the date beginning of July so sometime after that
obsidian patio
But the next producer’s letter will have the release date
solemn delta
But back to the question, you don't need 70+ gear to get 80 on an alt, put plainly
gloomy mortar
Beast tribe quests worth it? I got the Sagahin to Trusted, no real story. Same beast quest mission over and over to get that. Now I can do even more to get Allied. I’m passing. Good?
warped nest
They have mounts and lil convenience if you are crafting
warped nest
beast tribes in HW and onward give decent daily exp for barely any effort
crimson wind
so if I have a level 30 friend in Pagos and we prep, I dunno, Louhi or Cassie, will he able to complete his logs off of that?
solemn delta
Yeah takes 5 minutes for 6m exp for me 70+
gloomy mortar
If you switch Grand Companies, do you lose your Adventurer Squadron?
zinc orbitBOT
vagrant copper
Your squad comes with you
twilit arch
no
your squadron basically "Freezes" when you switch, once you hit 2nd LT in your gc
then you can access them again
solemn delta
How can I get a 80 min queue on 51 dungeon then instant on 53....
vagrant copper
Coil isn't going to pop. Pretty much no one queues for that synced. Most people get it done these days unsynced with PF
solemn delta
Solo it
pale cairn
any point doing eden normal if I have 480 gear?
solemn delta
Yes
Sub stats, alts
I changed a lot of my SAM gear to get high crit and correct sks
No neo gear now at all
And 7 golden swords
gloomy mortar
Any way to turn down the sound of your Mount walking? The loud thumping of the Magitek armor is giving me a headache
solemn delta
If you don't think your gonna do E8S your gonna want the allegory weapon
But if you manege 7 you can get 500 weap
lime geode
Is there a faster way to vesper bay other than teleport to Horizon and chokobo? seems like I'm heading there all the time.
slate arrow
limsa > arcanist guild > vesper bay
twilit arch
you can take the ferry near the arcanist's guild in limsa, but unless your loading times are super good
its not any faster than teleporting to horizon and running/taking a porter
lime geode
my loads are fast, I'll give it a shot
lime geode
thanks
solemn delta
Lol you can buy level 2 for 30 tomestones
vagrant copper
They're probably not a spot yet where they can even get event tomestones
solemn delta
I payed to skip up to ShB so I have no idea how to get level 1
lime geode
Ah - I just started a few days ago. Lvl 39
vagrant copper
Basically, don't worry about riding speeds for now
solemn delta
Your close.
lime geode
I'd say the ferry is faster.
hot crane
what is the best crafter gear right now? it seems everyone is using facet but it doesn't provide that much stat points as those gears from script exchange?
twilit arch
Facet is BiS because it can be overmelded
and fully overmelded Facet gives more stats than scrip gear
but given that we're going to be getting 5.3 relatively soon ish, its hard to recommend overmelding facet since 5.3 will most likely bring the final BiS set
solemn delta
New gear coming next patch though right?
Yeah
I've only just messed around with bard but our songs only give the initial 1%/crit etc buff to party right? Like army's doesn't affect anyone else
Stupid question probably that would be too OP
warped nest
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solemn delta
Yeah I'm rotation between mages ballad and peaon atm
But tbh I'm like just so brain dead playing bard lol
twilit arch
pretty much every party buff only affects your own party
warped nest
That's the playstyle
You get a new song later, so your song rotation is new song, Mage, army.
solemn delta
Aye what I mean is the crazy recast thing you get for peaon is your you only
warped nest
Yeah
twilit arch
repertoire effects are only for you
solemn delta
Yeah
twilit arch
if they were going to affect the party, it would say so
solemn delta
I've left brd until last cause I can't stand it lol
It's only slightly better than FFXIs one you get a little dps
Anyway ranting, my bad
Dunno if it's just my DC but has anyone noticed a huge spike in people leveling DRK?
oblique bane
so ive been told eureka is the best way to make gil atm? that true?
warped nest
Ehhhhhh
leaden ginkgo
Does BLM get res
warped nest
Nope
leaden ginkgo
Oh that’s so tragic
solemn delta
I had an FC member claiming he made 30m in a week in eureka
leaden ginkgo
Tho I hear it puts out a lot of DPS
solemn delta
No idea if it's true or not
solemn delta
Think it's very rng based
jade quartz
also Cassie Earrings if you're really really lucky
jade quartz
It's fun though
warped nest
That it is. I don't think it is the best way to make gil
solemn delta
Your not gonna get 30m every week lol
warped nest
It is worth a shot I guess
Getting there in Eureka is faster than getting DoH/L to where they can make good Gil.
zinc orbitBOT
mental garnet
are there other "passive" daily xp sources for dol/doh similar to GC turn-in?
that's where i've gotten the bulk of my levels - other than that, i've been doing ixali and moogle daily quests for some decent doh xp gains too
just wanted to ask to see if i'm missing other daily things
junior tundra
whats the difference between an alliance raid and normal raid
twilit arch
alliance raid is 24 man
mental garnet
24-man vs 8-man
twilit arch
normal raid 8 man
alliance raids are also longer, have 3 bosses
normal raid is separated into different floors, so you're only fighting 1 boss per floor generally
solemn delta
Such a good unique thing they did with that.
Is Sohm Al one of the the first real dungeon tests or are my groups just bad
AV can be rough
remote lintel
sohm al easy
mental garnet
ye just gotta know where to tank the two dragons
solemn delta
Yeah I find it easy cause I've leveled 18 jobs through it lol. I understand there's newer players and the speed of Tiomans ground AoE is faster than anything they have seen yet
But i don't think it can one shot you unless you majorly overlap
grim adder
I hated Bardams Mettle ;-;
solemn delta
I'm not sure if you can pre determine where his fast ground AoE's go?
I just move in time but
gloomy ice
Tbf the stat jump from Shisui to Bardam's is bananas.
noble ember
What does that mean for PoTD "Party KO count for this save data is more than zero, later floors will not be accessible. Proceed?
gloomy ice
You're not allowed to progress past floor 100 on a given save file if the party wipes even once.
solemn delta
Filler
remote lintel
??
gloomy ice
Hagakure is used during the filler combo for just a little extra kenki
remote lintel
wouldn't it better to just iaijutsu
gloomy ice
You need at least one filler combo to keep all of your timers lined up
remote lintel
uhh my sam gear isn't complete because I accidentally deleted gear cause I thought I would never play it again
gloomy ice
Hagakure's main use is to use that filler combo to burn what would be an extra sen seal that would knock all of your timers out of whack.
remote lintel
oh ok
solemn delta
It basically gives you a little kenki and lines up your rotation
So your next Higibana hits right on 1 second and your Tsubame hits right when it tests
Resets sorry
remote lintel
is the "lining up rotation" thing for raid buffs?
solemn delta
Yes and no
mossy tartan
If I’m in an area that’s encased in ice (if I move I slip) what happens if I click “S” to move backwards? will I still slip backwards normally? Or do I have to manually move my character to the opposing position to slip there? ||eden shiva biting frost + driving frost tactic||
solemn delta
Yes cause everyone has 60/120 etc
And no because you need to use Tsubame as soon as its ready and refresh Higibana every 60s
trail bramble
what can you do with binded gears?
solemn delta
No, not REALLY. like on E5S I skip my filler because of first spears
They take about 5-6 seconds
So I don't need my filler
remote lintel
yeah I don't plan on using sam for hardcore content
@trail bramble bound gear just means you can't trade it
trail bramble
yeah
solemn delta
But, no its not huge but its good to get into a habit of as the more you line up your rotation perfectly your muscle memory just becomes second nature
trail bramble
so what can you do with them if you don't need them anymore
like i brought a bunch of gears for the fashion report
should i keep it for next time?
or just npc it?
remote lintel
if they're trash gear just sell it
gloomy mortar
Chocoholic stuck on level 8 since ARR. how best to level him up?
trail bramble
gotcha
solemn delta
It's a LONG grind
Feed the bastard every hour
Do your weeklies
That's about it
Even then I'm past 55 on every job now doubt I'll ever get my choc to 10
gloomy ice
@mossy tartan For 8N, it's best to stay behind her as much as you can. When she gets to the double aoe during the ice floor, you can then act accordingly. If it's behind first, run forward, then immediately back to where you came as soon as you stop sliding. If it's front first, you can just hang out until she does the back cone.
solemn delta
Can't believe I'm giving @remote lintel a bit of advice he's been helping me for months 😂
gloomy mortar
How to feed it? I don’t have a stable
solemn delta
Least giving a little back lol
remote lintel
I just never liked samurai lmao
solemn delta
Get an FC with one
remote lintel
too confusing for me
solemn delta
It's pretty simple compared to other melee dps
remote lintel
apartments have stables
solemn delta
Monk fries my brain at 53
remote lintel
I memorized the ninja opener and most of smn opener but I couldn't for the life of me memorize sam opener
remote lintel
I don't see why not
remote lintel
yeah I tried using that
solemn delta
When I dinged I was like wtf
lime geode
yeesh that all looks complicated.
remote lintel
ikr
solemn delta
It's like every other class if I looked at NIN end game opener I would be clueless
lime geode
I mean right now I hit three buttons in a row and sometimes use a buff.
leaden ginkgo
weird wonder
solemn delta
Siv what class lol 😂
leaden ginkgo
Can i grab Beast Tribes quest, do em
Then 'hold em', and if i do level up, do i get the XP of the level i am, not the one i was?
lime geode
42
gloomy ice
It's not so bad. Best to break it down into chunks. Instead of listing every skill, you can simplify it by saying "red combo then blue combo then green combo" etc.
remote lintel
@leaden ginkgo you have to complete the beast tribe quests as the class you were
jade quartz
Image rotation diagrams kinda suck ngl
leaden ginkgo
Course, but do i get a bigger XP reward?
jade quartz
who remembers the icons for their basic GCDs 😩
lime geode
dragoon - but Im on the quest for my next skill
remote lintel
true
gloomy ice
Some are visual learners after all
solemn delta
You seen the names mate lol
leaden ginkgo
Like
Lvl 72 WHM
Do Beast Tribes, but not turn in
Do Roulettes to be level 73
Do iget level 73 XP?
deft quiver
is this thing an obtainable mount?
solemn delta
If it listed the names of the moves SAM would be bottom dps 😂
deft quiver
oh shit
gloomy ice
You get it in just a few more quests
solemn delta
I didn't even have Senei until I went onto the Balance lol
deft quiver
is it just for the quest, or do i get to keep it?
remote lintel
you keep it
twilit arch
you get it as an actual mount
deft quiver
lit
remote lintel
it doesn't automatically fly tho if that's what you were thinking
deft quiver
wdym
remote lintel
you still have to unlock flying with it
deft quiver
oh ye ik that
whole wasp
you need to unlock flying in the zone then you get to fly with it.
remote lintel
even though it's a flying ship
remote lintel
nah
deft quiver
i already have a few zones unlocked so far
solemn delta
I think the only thing I got a little frustrated with on SAM rotation was leveling I always Kasha first then gekko then Yuk.
But to optimise you have to Gekko first during cooldown to keep buff up
remote lintel
I just call them moon flower and ice
solemn delta
But if you have low level gear Cerberus (neo, etc) your gonna want to shoot for a 2.07s GCD
remote lintel
I'm only 74 on sam
gloomy ice
2.07 is including the SkS buff. Which really isn't that difficult even at 74
remote lintel
I c
solemn delta
I probably wouldn't worry about getting it though since materia etc
Until he gets neo gear at least
Sure he's got 490/500 acc too?
I'm so used to 2.07 I'm not changing to 2.14
mossy tartan
@mossy tartan For 8N, it's best to stay behind her as much as you can. When she gets to the double aoe during the ice floor, you can then act accordingly. If it's behind first, run forward, then immediately back to where you came as soon as you stop sliding. If it's front first, you can just hang out until she does the back cone.
@gloomy ice thank you, but I’m wondering about the actual mechanic of the ice field itself. If a player wants to move backwards, he right clicks and drags the screen behind then moves forward normally, right? what happens if I press “S” (the backwards walk button) during the ice field? Will I slip backwards?
gloomy ice
Yeah. All movement is turned into a slide
mossy tartan
perfect, thank you very much
solemn delta
That's one fight that is probably easier on a controller lol
I'll find it very different on savage.
gloomy ice
8S is particularly nasty btw. I've seen it dissolve no less than a dozen of my friends statics
solemn delta
E8S is a very long grind from what most statics I've known
gloomy ice
i505 weapons and such
solemn delta
Best weapon in game
gloomy ice
Also that mount tho
solemn delta
In hindsight you can get a 500 from 6
7*
Quick question to BRD players, what's optimal for your song rotation about to get the last one...
remote lintel
wym
solemn delta
Wanderers
twilit arch
wanderers > mages > army (though you cut army short)
solemn delta
Like, I would think mages - army's - wanderers?
remote lintel
armys paeon is your worst song
gloomy ice
Wanderers > Mage’s > Army’s for singles. Mage’s > Army’s > Wanderers for AoE.
remote lintel
so you do it last
gloomy ice
But, yeah, Army’s will get cut at around 10s remaining so the cooldowns stay lined up.
Give or take a second
solemn delta
I didn't even know you could sing more than one lol 😂
gloomy ice
They cycle
remote lintel
you can't?
gloomy ice
The goal is to keep them rotating.
solemn delta
Yeah
It's so bloody rng though I think your totally right I've put my dots on done army's and not got one stack...
twilit arch
you eventually are able to force stacks with EA
solemn delta
Ah right
Well my friend who's a dps scrub beat the shiva dummy second try so it has to be pretty simple lol
Took me a little practice to consistently beat the dummy on SAM
remote lintel
bard is basically just press what lights up but think about it a lil bit
whole wasp
the dummy, you mean SSS?
remote lintel
like dancer but with more brain cell
solemn delta
Yeah
I know it's not ideal
But no ACT
On ps
So it's best I got to get my rotations down before going into savage
zinc orbitBOT
solemn delta
Doubt it. But think they would ever put in a personal dps meter?
Probably would have by now
remote lintel
rotations on bard are pretty minimal
rain vault
Hey, so my friend tried downloading final fantasy 14 and her laptop battery died while getting it and now she can’t open it because it crashes every time it tries downloading
remote lintel
did she uninstall?
solemn delta
Sounds corrupted cause it crashed as cerb said full reinstall
leaden ginkgo
the only way to eden gear is through the chest or the books you get from the raids ?
remote lintel
for edenchoir gear yes
solemn delta
Not a techy but I would install from scratch before going to them
remote lintel
or the other Eden gate savage thing
solemn delta
480 drops from normal
5-8
But 500 gear, or upgrades you need E5-8S
I don't believe 5S gives upgrade
Think 6 onwards does
dense pier
Is there any way to have all my professions have the same hotbars AND favorites for efficiency calculations? or is the only way to do it 1by1
remote lintel
could do shared hotbars
dense pier
but that shares with my combat classes
remote lintel
I mean
jade quartz
@dense pier you mean crafting classes? create a macro like this
remote lintel
do your combat classes use all 8
dense pier
Cause I want stacks of hotbars cluttering my screen
jade quartz
/hotbar copy crp 2 current 2
/hotbar copy crp 3 current 3```expand to however many hotbars you need if you have more than that
dense pier
That's probably my best bet
jade quartz
then just set your bars on one
switch to each other and execute the macro.
note you can use "current" as the argument there
don't have to sub in the name of each different class
dense pier
That's neat that you can use current as an argument
Makes things a lot simplier
Anything for Efficiency Calculations favorites?
leaden ginkgo
Couldn't you
Do Beast Tribes
Wait until next day to cash in
And still get that day's Beast Tribes?
remote lintel
yes but you would have less allowances
if youre only doing 1 beast tribe i guess its not really a big deal
twilit arch
no you wouldn't
you would have the 3 dailies to regardless of whether you saved previous days or not
remote lintel
your allowances only reset if you finish all your quests dont they?
twilit arch
yes, you would have to turn in the previous day's
But it doesn't eat into the next day's allowances
so you'd be effectively doing 6 (assuming you stored 3 from the previous day) dailies
leaden ginkgo
thankyeh
remote lintel
huh
if you took 3 quests and didn't finish 1 and then it's the next day
wouldn't you have 9 allowances that day
twilit arch
You will always have 12 allowances to do a day
when you pick up a quest, you take one allowance away for that day
so if you don't it for that day and turn in the next day, you're not using up the next day's allowance
mossy tartan
How can I start getting centurio seals?
twilit arch
either by doing daily/weekly hunt bills from Ishgard and Kugane/Rhaglr's Reach, or finding A/S ranks in heavensward/stormblood zones
mossy tartan
Tried doing the one in heavensward, says I can’t accept any at the present time
twilit arch
the huntbills in the cities require you to have unlocked them via their appropriate quest chains. If you haven't unlocked hunts at all, it requires you to be 2nd LT in your grand company and to do the quest "Let the Hunt Begin!"
twilit arch
this will unlock the centurio hunt quests in ishgard
do those quests until you unlocked the quest "Elite and Dangerous" and then you can unlock sb's hunts in kugane
The 2nd to last quest for the HW hunts is in idyllshire
whole wasp
you either craft one or buy one from the market
median inlet
Gotcha'
median inlet
It's a main story quest
median inlet
Sweet, thanks!
desert ravine
anyone help? im suddenly stucked at 80~90fps. on any graphics settings, either maximum or the lowest. my normal fps was 150~160 before this happened.
quaint forge
I need to confirm this: I have played the Free Trial (From PC). If I wanted to purchase the full game from Steam. Will that work? I heard most people are trying to get Steam to Non-Steam, but it won’t work.
twilit arch
yes, going from non steam trial to steam works fine
its just going from steam trial to non steam full game does not work
quaint forge
Are you 100% sure? I looked it over and over again.
twilit arch
i am 100% certain
twilit arch
the only trial that locks you into a specific platform is the steam trial, which locks you into steam
quaint forge
So it’s like one time chance
All subs can be done through Mogstation, but what of Steam Wallet?
whole wasp
you can use steam wallet to pay for sub if you have steam version of the game.
twilit arch
if you buy the game on steam, you will be able to use your steam wallet to pay for a sub
quaint forge
The option payment from steam wallet will pop up, right?
As if I purchase the steam in full
Alrighty, I guess that settles then
I feel relieved now thanks 
I’m gonna need to do lots of stuff during trial first
Before buying full
remote lintel
you should know that buying the game on steam means you cannot buy future expansions on the SE website
and steam rarely goes on sale
zinc orbitBOT
quaint junco
Might be a dumb question, but is there a fishing bait specific to a city that I can buy? Im looking to do some fishing and Im wondering what my options are.
solemn delta
Either I've had a few too many ciders or does heavy shot and straight shot become entirely useless for a while?
Just got Empyeal Arrow
Nvm too many ciders it's an oGCD
little swift
ripebear that can't be true its empyreal is an ogcd
solemn delta
Yeah thought it was a GCD for a minute lol
quaint forge
So does that mean I should avoid steam?