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Skill/spell speed worked! Thank you very much
No prob!
I started the soulglazing part of the novus weapon, what do I do now?
No way to know which duties to do?
does anyone know if theres a list of glamour rewards from big fishing, ive been trying to google to find stuff but nothing seemingly
You get light from pretty much any duty lv50 and down iirc
how do I know when it finishes soulglazing?
itll tell you
@median locust abania? even if I'm 70 trying to get to 71?
the only requirement is that you have the weapon equipped when you finish whatever duty you're doing
The most efficient options are unsyncing Tam-Tara Deepcroft solo over and over, or unsyncing Ifrit Normal (the lv20 one) over and over
okay, thank you!
This guide here has some good info
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Nexus_Zodiac_Weapons/Quest
👍
This is how you know how close you are
well... that's 16 jobs over 70 and every single one I've not known that
o wonderful
@agile laurel Yes, the lv69 dungeon will give more exp than any lv70 dungeon
Same at lv50 and 60. Aurum Vale gives more exp than lv50 dungeons, and Gubal Library normal gives more exp than all lv60 dungeons

Okay, from what I understand : if it finishes soulglazing it’ll glow white when it’s in my back? also, how many dungeons / trials would it need to finish?
I just recently start Isgard restoration, so I must craft my highest available level item to get Kupo stamp right?
I don't remember 100% but you can use the key item for it, then it'll tell you something like "The Relic's energy has a distinct activity" and that's how you know how close you are to finishing
yes
And you need to get 2000 light so it depends what you choose to do
Highest you can craft for stamps
Tam-Tara Deepcroft gives 48 light for example, 96 under bonus
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thank you, I understand it better now
dc error is fun
are crafting job quests worth the exp?
Very much so, yes
until what level?
oh I see
and thats the point where you don't get any more
I did the same thing, I only did my crafter quests at lv71-72. Doing all of them brought all my crafters to 74. It does take time but you definitely need the skill I mentionned anyway.
glad to know it still gives some worthwhile exp even beyond 70
Manipulation iirc
Manipulation II yeah
excellent for the lazy crafter like me
thanks for the response ^^
gonna get my lazy ass over the quests soon
I recommend doing all the quests of a certain level at once cause they usually share mats
so it saves inventory space
As in, do all the lv30 ones, then all the lv35 ones, etc
And I threw all the required items in teamcraft to get an easy list of what to gather
i never did crafter quests, then i came to mass-crafting at 80 and hit the wall called 'lack of Manipulation II'
Did you download everything from the trial page?
or did you download the full launcher. I believe they are seperate
If you got the free trial on steam, are you still launching it through steam
not sure if that applies to trials but it might
Hello! I'm a new gatherer and I just maxed botanist and I was just wondering what the Diadem is and if it's something worth doing? Also, what is Skysteel Manufactory?
Jpark the diadem is for the materials needed to contribute to the Ishgard Restoration project
its the only way to get the things.
the Skysteel Manufactory is a place in ishgard. They make stuff. the Skysteel tools you can get come from there
Is the Diadem like a source of mats that are exclusive?
Ohh so for the skysteel manufactory I can upgrade my gear?
specifically mainhands
for the crafter and gatherer classes
and Diadem materials are exclusive yes
its all self-contained
Diadem for the things needed only for Ishgard resto turn ins
Ah I see, would it be wise to upgrade my botanist main hand then?
And for diadem u just gather stuff and get scrips off of it?
Oh I see
the big boy scrip amounts come from crafting tho
oh ive never done crafting
I just started so idk whats going on
I only have botanist maxed so yea
Are there any botanist mats that sell from the diadem? I just don't know what to look out for
okay, thank you for the help!
what does DoM and DoW mean?
Disciple of Magic, Disciple of War
Disciples of war and magic
ahhhh
Aka stabby bois and magic bois
and what is materia?
Something you can put in your gear to get more of a substat
uneeded until 80. dw about it
^
ok
Nice for crafting and gathering while leveling those though admittedly
is there any easier way to use the map? the map kinda confusing and aetherytes i dont really think have a use since i still have to pay to fast travel
Eh, I'd make a case for melding crafter/gatherer gear if you don't want to replace it every few levels.
the gil amount is mimimal later
The fee to fast travel really isn't a lot
you definately want to get all the aetherytes for later
You can just retrieve it afterwards anyway @gritty oracle
Plus if you get a RAF code, Akimbo, you get aetheryte tickets which can be used for one free teleport each
Yeah I know
ok antoher thing, on what level should i start focussing on gear?
80
Well
if gear comes your way. cool. put it on
so from 1-79 just pick up whatever i get from msq?
maybe if a dungeon locks you out because of ilvl
Endgame is when you really go onto the nitpicky stats and stuff
get enough to meet requirements
I'd say get the poetic gear at 50 (you don't need to worry about it until 50) and then just replace it as needed. Generally spam the heck out of the "equip recommended gear" button
^
Having access to aetheryte fast travel is a convenience, especially when quests start jumping around between vastly disparate zones. The most you'll ever pay for a teleport is 999 gil, and that's not until you get into Stormblood content.
999 is half my gil lol
yeah so you're broke
Play more than 3 seconds of the game and you'll get more
By the time you get to Stormblood, 999 will be an insignificant fraction of your gil. You'll have literal millions.
you'll have more gil by the time you have to pay 999 for teleports
The game pays for your fast travel and more
How the heck do I find this?!
Side note: if you level up your squadron (requires Second Lieutenant rank with your Grand Company), you'll be able to send them on missions which can bring back Priority Aetheryte Passes, which will halve all teleport costs for an hour.
There are a few websites around
with all the map locations
that one is a MASSIVE dick move.
Question about the subscription what is the difference between entry sub and standard sub other than the character numbers? Like can you buy the entry sub only once or something?
nah entry if you don't do alts
standard if you want the ability to make alts on the same server
note: bar a few niche cases, alts are useless
That's basically the only difference, character limit
Ah i see thanks bros
Its useless for a casual like me
Around here I'd say, you can tell cause of the darker parts on the ground
you can also see a bit of the black line on the top right
ty I'll go there.
So yesterday i was checking out the marketplace, how do i know if the item im seeing is crafted by someone or just a drop? Other MMOs usually just have the name if the guy that crafted it
XIV has the same system.
On the MB listings, when you hover the item, it should have a signature at the very bottom of the tooltip
If I buy Three Phials of Fantasia, do they each come separately so I can distribute them to alts or do all three go to one character?
If it doesn't, it's not crafted, or it was obtained in some other way (NPC vendor, drop from somewhere, etc)
All three to one character
Welp, time to buy separately
All three go to a single character if you're purchasing them as the bundle. If you purchase them individually, however, you can specify which they go to.
Gotcha, thank you Astra and Fissie!
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Also if anyone has any Ishgardian restoration tips or crafting leveling tips, I'm open to them.
When you do the anima weapons, do you need to finish the whole thing first, or can you get the glamour replica versions after every step? Because I just picked up the first stage and I don't know where to get the replica versions
Currently loving using them to level my DOH/DOL all of which are in the 50 - 60 range
You can get the replicas after every step, you buy them from the restoration node in Azys Lla
Which unlocks after the hypercondunctive step
The first time around
After that you can get replicas of each step once its done
so Thordan’s Reing Ballad, what do I need to know about it??
Do it via party finder unsynced, not through duty finder
You get all the loot anyway so there's no reason to do it at level
and it's too hard to kill in a few pulls
Minsitral ballads = extremes
really?
Yes
Its a long fight as well just like the normal version
Just different name cause Story related
Unsyncing it makes it easier
The original fight was story related*
well I wanna try it, so what do I need to know about it? or do I really need to spoil the whole fight watching an vid?
no synced
Don't do it synced.
cuz uncunced is ball park
Unless you can find a party of like-minded people to do it together with you
If you want to sync it thafs fine but be prepared to wipe a bunch while learbjng it
there are fights at 80 to test your skill
@marble drift ? what do you mean?
Theres no point syncing an old extreme trial
except for the challenge
and there are challenges at 80
do those instead
I’m lvl 60
lol
And prepare for a few things if you'll actually queue for it
- People don't queue for extremes. The only people that do are sprouts who don't know any better and mentors that run Mentor Roulette.
- Prepare to get people who don't know what they are getting into, who don't know what they are doing and/or mentors who won't even want to try.
- Even if you get past the first two, prepare to wipe a ton.
It'll be frustrating to try to do it this way, that's why everyone will tell you to unsync.
It's nowhere near the difficulty of the normal one
well, at least ai know we will wip :3
And completely different
oh
your choice if you choose to ignore advice lol
There's a entirely different phase after his ultimate
that not an advice that an way to play the game
Its fine for himto want to try it
And the knights work differently
don’t wanna play it like that, wait untill 80
There's a small group of people who do stuff synced but those are few and far between
Guys don't sing unsync as the only way to do older content
when you get to 80 and want to sync it the option is still there
thats way I ask to know what to prepear myself
People are allowed to try it synced if they wish. They just have to know not everyone else is interested
Yeah it's more about getting them to know that's not how 95% of people do extremes
so the challenge will be available later. For now, getting to 80 its a better use of your time
you can meet up with likeminded folks to tackle old content
that’s like months away
No its not
I don’t always play much on pc
right so instead of sitting for 7 hours in a queue to do nothing. Focus on progression
hi, im new to ffxiv can anyone explain to me how FC work
ugh
Again this isn't something like them being an adamant curebot they're welcome to make an attempt right now about it
really?
if you can't play much. You will not clear Thordan on Extreme
fucking 7 hours?
Yrs
0.0
yes because even if you get a queue
Cause again, no one quea for extremes
it will be a) new players like yourself or b) mentors
and trust me. mentors are gonna bail
and take the 30 minute penalty
Because its challenging content
that give me ab heart attak
Even then the chances you find a party finder party for it will take about that long too
I exxagerated
ugh
but seriously its OLD content.
They're right though its old content and you wsnt to try it on level
Again, people dont like doing old challenging content synced
Some do but those are few and far between
People would rather be lazy and get the loot effortlessly.
which give tangible rewards
Not much appeal, but not that it isnt there
and its not even the BEST challenge. there are other challenges. Harder ones than an extreme trial thats...what? 5 years old at this point?
It's a really fun fight, I'll say that much. Just don't think it's worth queueing directly for it.
when was Thordan EX current? early HW?
hmm, if the fight it that hard should I watch ab vid about it?? at least to not be the dead weight healer
Should always watch a video or two before attempting Extreme/Savage fights
Always watch videos for extremes, savage, minsitral ballad or binding coils content or ultimates
Since those are hard
And you need to know what to do for the most part
Unless you want to add even more time on your wait time to get people who are fine with you doing it blind
don't join someone else's PF
make your own that specifically says "blind"
so people don't get the wrong impression
oh ok
if you join a "phase 1 prog party etc." people usually expect you to have seen the video
well, this will be my first time using PF
Like near the end of the fight, a knight will throw a spear at a healer, and the tank has to intercept it. If anyone dies to that spear, everyone takes 99999999 damage and you wipe. Would you have known that without watching a guide? probably not lol
ok, I will look for a vid
hey hear about MTQcapture, this youtube channel is for raids/dungeon guids, is it good?
To be fair that's how learning parties learn about it. They get smacked by it and figure out how To not die next time
Yeah she makes good guides
Mizzteq is fine
I had done the Limitless blue ex and it wasn’t that hard
yeah to be fair, that one is probably the easiest extreme out there, lol
I didn’t expect Thordian Ballad to jump the difficulty that much
Difficulty varies per fight
There's a wide range of difficulty for extreme fights, but overall they'll definitely take a handful of pulls to clear at best
Thordan is one of the hardest of heavensward
While bismark is the easiest of heavensward
oh ok, hope ain’t that hard for Healers, tho I can go any other role
this will be my test to see if I’m cut out for harder dungeons/raids
Won't be as hard as other higher level extremes since you get synced to iLv270 when the fight requires something like 190
But it's definitely a challenge regardless
you still have to do mechanics
well, still new to the game :3 but I had been avoiding doing anything other that normal dungeons and the normal trails
You should definitely unlock the normal raid series for heavensward then
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will I need to whatch vids for normal raids too?? but it might not spoil the fight much 
No
oh good
Normal mode raids are akin to normal trials
I like learning like that
Normal raids are kinda like normal trials. They're designed so you can clear in 1-2 pulls
Just slightly tiny bit harder
After you beat some of Alexander you'll unlock Savage versions of the fights, which are just as hard as extreme trials, and sometimes even harder
Same thing applies to them, if you want stuff from them you should unsync. Unlike Thordan, the queue will just never pop
If it pops go buy a lottery ticket lol
In short, difficulty is Generally goes like
Dungeons > Normal mode trials and raids > alliance raids (by a small margain) > Extremes (minsitral ballads) > savage >>>>>>>>>> ultimate
oh I know the difficulty rankings :3 that’s way I had avoid them
think the normal raids are typically much more difficult than the normal mode trials
but now I feel like I wanna try to see if I’m cut for them
Anything under extremes are easily done blind
Anything extreme and up is HEAVILY adviced to watch guided
Also Binding Coils of Bahamut = savage difficulty. They were just a thing before they introduced the normal difficulty level so they're missing the tag
ugh, this is the thing that I fear, the 10 min vid has soo much info that to remember them will mean watching the vid multiple times, making it almost an homework 
you can remember the moves when they come up
I have more success when I watch the first phase, then do the first phase, then watch the second phase, get to the second phase, etc
hm, I will still try it after I whatch it 1 more time
Finding a group is still your biggest challenge
ah
just remember that some of the old content
when done synced had a different era
like the old alliance raids from ARR originally required 2 tanks iirc
You put those codes into Mogstation
So you can actually play and not be on the trial
Well need to codes to actually get in and play otherwise it will say you have no licenses registered
You dont pick
you need both
You need both
one is the base game and the other is dlc
Shadowbringers key doesn't work unless the yoy register the starter edition first
i think i get it.
I was under the impression they had ears behind the horns
but not rolling one I had to google
aaaand I can't see no ears
so...
not a clue
they don't have ears
Charging a novus relic depends on the level of the trial/dungeon you did?
😩
The strength of it, I mean
If that's the Light grind step than Yes for the most part
hey all, im new. can someone please explain how to unsync a dungeon in ff14 or what that even means? thanks
Mostly depends on how long the content takes to complete, you can check how much something gives on this page
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Nexus_Zodiac_Weapons/Quest
@lean crescent There should be a cog icon at the top left of the duty finder, then check "Undersized Party" and click Confirm
to unsync a dungeon go into your duty finder and look for the cogwheel in the top (I wanna say right?) corner
to unsynic means to ignore the maximum level and item level for a dungeon and go in as you are
this means however you go in with just the people in your party (or alone)
and you get no xp
is it too problematic to tank in the beginning? i am getting tired of my summoner and I'd like a change
XDDD
tanking isn't problematic
Do you recommend starting anew or just changing jobs?
^
fair
any way you'd recommend I do the levelling since I cannot do the MSQ parts I've completed
I'm just past obtaining the third crystal
yeah you get whats known as an "armory" bonus for leveling a class lower than your highest
if you're still in ARR content you only have 2 options
Marauder (Warrior) and Gladiator (Paladin)
I think I like Gladiator better
well what did you want in a class?
and don't say "the best one" cause thats not a thing. don't think like that in ffxiv
I mean, they look cool and they can apparently still dish out damage as they tank so that seems nice, but tbh I wouldn't know what to tell you XD
paladin is physical/magical damage, warrior is angry boi
I mean... the tank that plays most like a DPS would probably be Gunbreaker but you don't get them for a while.
with big axe
caster tank when
I mean Requiescat is literally your Dreadwyrm Trance
PLD's magic phase doesn't count
anything can be a tank if you have 3 other healers
I mean, I think what's tiring me about summoner is that it's good dmg and all but it just looks boring XDDD hiding behind the pet and all
I mean
it doesn't look boring at higher lvl
yeah
Pets can't take aggro or tank for you
they literally summon bahamut
and phoenix
Since Bahamut (and Phoenix?) attack whenever you cast a damaging spell
how does a pet that bathes your enemy in light and does so much damage when done right that its liable to 1 shot anything in the overworld that aint a boss
Is this damage the pinnacle of Caster-DPS? Or what do we have to expect from the Black Mage?
Stay tuned for another Power test and my final assessment.
Next week, there will be some Livestreams again, so make sure to follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/desperius_ffxiv...
^ what a lvl 80 summoner looks like
Is Alphascape V4 Savage still difficult unsynced?
nah. you can power through some stuff
so in case I do end up changing jobs, how do I approach levelling? any quests that help with that?
but...some you cant
!faq altlvlguide
You can leave side quests for alternate jobs
I'm not giving rotations
As a showcase its fine
ty
I'm showing a summoner
ugh you guys weren’t jokeing when you said I will have an harder time finding an party in PF for Thordan reign Ballad
yeah as much fun as it is, people want the rewards without the challenge
so synced parties are pretty rare
what’s with the locked duty thingy?
Means you don't have access to the duty they're recruiting for
....for Thordan EX?
yeah
What the fuck
the balad
Hopefully you get nice mentors and/or sprouts that are willing to learn
Hope no one leaves when they realise mentor roulette put them into it
Yo I need help. My friend wants to buy the DLC on steam because its half off rn, but he doesn't have a steam account so I was thinking of buying the game on steam for him. My plan was letting him get the key, he gives the key to my other friend who doesnt have the game yet, and he can buy the DLC off of t he steam website. Would this work?
Does he have the steam version or does he have to use the steam key to buy the dlc off of steam?
Steam keys won't work on non-Steam accounts if that's what you wanted to do
I wanted to give the steam key to my other friend
But i was wondering if you could buy dlc from steam at all from steam if he got the steam version even if i gave the key to my other friend, like how does the steam version link does it just link to the key
not sure I 100% understand, why would you need to give the key to someone else?
I wanted to get another friend a game so i though i could just use that key for friend num 2 and let friend num 1 get the dlc from the steam store
sorry if im being confusing
You want to give a steam version of Shadowbringers to someone who already has the game outside of steam, is that what you're trying to do?
What are faded copies for?
Steam keys don't work with non-steam versions of the game.
Faded copies are crafting materials to make the repaired versions @lavish vortex
sigh ok
Alchemist repairs them
Steam is its own platform basically
Thanks! Are they worth keeping? Or should I sell to make for inventory room?
and you can't have both Steam and non-Steam PC versions registered to the same account
it's one or the other
Not particularly. Unless you already have alchemist levelled
Can easily get them again
Thanks!! I’ll sell them then!
UGHH almostp
that vid did do wabder to know about the mecanics
T^T
oh well
XD
the xp from normal raid roulette isn't very good, right?
It’s ok? But yeah there are much better options.
It's very small yeah. But it takes less than 10min and it's a nice change of pace so I run it.
Who has leveled a class to 1-80 in a day?
yeah i've been running it with my 80 class for slow allegory tomes
but i was wondering if the xp was worth not getting the allegory tomes
but it probably isn't
Probably possible with a jump or a job that starts at 60 but otherwise, nah
i dont think 1-80 in one day is possible
Someone's done 1-80 in five days and made a guide about it
Someone said in 15 hours
!faq altlvlguide
1-70* but still applies
Yeah I don't think it's possible either
If someone says they can do it in 15 hours, they should make a Youtube video about it 🤷♂️
Record it and post on speedrun dot com 
Is palace of the dead a good place to level? I was recommended to by some party members
For DPS yeah
Not tanks?
Tanks have quick ques
Tanks are probably better off just spamming highest level dungeon
PotD is decent xp and there isn't a role restriction (1 tank, 1 healer, 2 DPS) so PotD is especially nice for DPS to do since dungeon queues are long for them.
I just wanna get my dark knight to 80 it's been 5 days and only grew 6 levels
Yes granted I've been leveling carpentry and mining
Oh well maybe that does it
As a tank, spamming the highest level dungeon (excluding those at 50, 60, and 70) is more or less always the quickest option. After doing your daily roulettes of course.
I've heard beast tribes also give you alrightish xp if done at level
Wait, if I bought ARR from the Squenix store I can't get the expansions from Steam?
Right. They’re counted as separate platforms and are thus incompatible
squenix and steam don't mix. At all. You chooseone, you stick with it.
Mmmm great
And they can't coexist on the same account (PC and PS4 can)
Its steam or standalone, never both
of course you can still buy tuff like glam or emotes on mogstation. I think?
I got ARR on their store but would really rather pay 20 for the expansions hahah :/
They might eventually match the price over the next few days, I've seen it before
I'll wait and hope lol
Highly likely
Standalone had sales recently
So dont hold your breath for another one for standalone anytime soon
I mean ARR will take you a while to beat, especially the post-expansion. You can stick with just the base game, if you don't mind not being able to roll au'ra, viera or hrotgar. (Or get any of the expansion jobs once you hit 50.)
and wait to see if squenix price matches
oh
Ah it is
Whats the number that appears on an item when you cast your lot? Example 67
Goes from 1-99. Highest wins.
The number shows your results
Oh, so the higher the better chance you have of getting it, correcto?
How is pvp? Anyone tried it?
The version on newegg is compatible if I bought ARR on squenix right lol
Pvp exists
Sorry just confirming
@faint flare hahaha got it, thanks!
Yes marley
It's bad?
afaik only Steam sells the Steam version so you're good
It exists
Nice
Ok then..
There isnt much incentive to do pvp much
So the community for it isn't that big
Outside of die hards
I enjoy it occasionally now and then, mainly rival wings
There isnt really a big focus on pvp
Most people don't find it that fun or only touch it every once in a while for fun. It's nowhere as important as it is in other MMOs. It definitely has some nice rewards like outfits and mounts but yeah.
There's a diehard PvP community so you'll find people if you wanna do it. Just gotta queue at the right time of day.
The mounts and outfits aren't worth it?
I'll have to see
Now don’t let that discourage you from playing it. Those that like it are all in on it.
Like there's this thing you get if you win 100 times on a certain map
I seen like one person use that
Its on the rarer side
Since it's a 24v24v24 map, yeah. On average it'll take you a good 300 matches to get.
Lmaoo
There's also the occasional mount for making it into top 100 in your datacenter for a certain ranked season
but of course that's pretty hard to do
actually its easier than most people think
considering that the pvp community isn't that big
so long as you play consistently enough at the start of a season (since thats when most people play) you have a pretty good chance of getting top 100
Can you get the special level 1 weapons from market board? If so it's not worth it
I'd rather just buy them from the market board
There are a few modes for it, yeah. The normal ranked mode is 8v8. There’s Frontlines which is 24v24v24. And then Rival Wings, 24v24. Which is an unusual half moba with creeps, towers, and junk.
Which level 1 weapons?
Like tenguto
Ok if the land of Ishgard is closed to all... how did Kan-Senna get to the new moogle area?
Samurai weapon
Untradeable so no
Hello! I was looking to start crafting and I was wondering if there was any crafter in specific I should start off with? Also I am looking to farm scrips quickly from ishgard. Any ideas?
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@fallen meadow leather and cotton make the crafting gear, blacksmithing makes the weapons for crafting, and goldsmithing makes the accessories. i'd prioritize them in that order and maybe level them up together. also you should only go to lv 20 and then go do ishgard restoration if you can.
also be aware of the shops in uldah and ishgard, you can buy the gear for about as cheap as you can make it for most levels
It's generally recommended to level all of them at once. This is because most crafts need something crafted by another crafter first, so they feed into each other. If you don't, you will have to buy said mats on the marketboard which might get expensive.
The two exceptions are Culinarian and Alchemist (except for crafting books). So if you're only going to level one or two, these should be it.
levelling them "together" just means aim for 21 on all of them before taking any of them above 21, then 40, etc
By levelling them together I mean getting all of them to lv10, then all of them to level 20, etc
so i should do the first 4 you mentioned together?
o ok. I guess it couldn't hurt
but you may only want some of them levelled and not spend time on the others
up to you
completely
but i'm buying gear from vendors because it's not worth buying the matts and making hq gear
ishgard levels so fast
it's not worth imo
so u said i can just get some gear from uldah npcs?
yes, the armorers and fieldcraft merchants and jewelry merchants
It's cheaper to level all of them at once really. On top of not having to buy your materials, you also won't have to carry like 8 different gearsets cause your crafters are not at the same level
oh i see
now i have a question for the field, is blue mage max lv still 60?
Yes
Yes
thanks!
If I don't want to buy levekits/items and spend that gil
what's Yanxia?
Is the fastest way to get my DoH and DoL classes from 60 - 80 through Ishgardian Restoration?
Stormblood area
Stormblood zone
Yes Goth, or if it isn't the fastest, it's still really fast, and it's the cheapest way
well will you look at that, for an 8 man party that was made on the Duty finder we actualy go pretty far
@median locust Appreciate it!
we only run out of time
non quite no matter how many times we wipe and we did discus the mechanics
and that vid that I had watch did well in sharing what I know
LOVE IT
XD
@median locust When leveling through that method, what's the cheapest way to refresh my gear? Craft it? Or are their any decent NPC vendors I can pick some free/cheap gear off of?
I used NPC vendors and cheap NPC vendor food, it was usually enough
Lv60-70 should be in Kugane, 71-80 in the Crystarium
So you can recruit a max of up to 6 friends right? Cause theres the first reward of 5 feathers and then another 5 feathers up to 5 more times?
iirc you can recruit as many as you want, there's just no extra rewards after that many friends
and it was my first ballad (exteam)
once I get my retainers to 80 with field explorations, do I get more money with quick ventures or targeted exploration?
Other than the silver feathers
Okay ty!
quick ventures are super rng so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I thought I won’t remember the mechanic cuz I was the vid only 1 time
but I did remember them
XD
even got to share what I know with the party
tho we run out if time
That's nice Raven but I must admit that this is a question channel
Higher level retainers have a wider pool of stuff they can bring back but ultimately quick ventures are a complete gamble
Has its own unique rules
I never bothered to unlock Eureka :S
Well you need to finish eureka entirely
And HIGHLY preferably join your data centre discord
Cause if you die, then you're probably dead for good as raises are limited
okay is it within here? my server discord?
The eurekan Explorer discord should have links to them
Some might already be linked in #resources
okay cool thanks
@indigo orbit So with max level Combat Class retainer, which would you say are the best gambles as far as using ventures?
What materia do i need as a 80 healer?
Replica gear and minions are probably the most valuable things they can find
But the chances of them are super super low
Retainers aren't a terribly reliable source of income
I think they can also find general purpose dyes
which are worth a little bit
At least they're easy to sell
Edens gate Is the only way of getting Armor of Early Antiquity? I’ve done like 12 fights already and got none so I was wondering if there is another way
Yes @lavish vortex not many people roll on it these days so you should get a few here and there
!faq edenloot
Running the 3rd and 4th fight drop 2 chests
Oh, thanks a lot! I’ll only queue for those then... is it bad etiquete to ask for it before the fight?
Doesn't hurt to ask
I’ll try, you usually do it before the fight or after?
🤙
So my friend wants to go from free trial at mogstation to full game at steam (na account at mogstation), can he use the same account on steam? Or how does it work
what are the bars underneath the EXP?
desynth level
ohhh
yes, he can use the same account @daring turret
apart from some scenes in msq - is there any other content which is voice acted? (except raid bosses/trials etc.)
no all the voice acting is in fights or cutscenes afaik
Thx kael!
ok thx
I have a small issue, my game card expired yesterday and I added 1 more month. I login today and I get "this service account does not have a valid Final Fantasy XIV license for this platform or your subscription has expired"?
I can see at the transaction that it has been made
So are the ascians like the organization 13 of this game?
how do i know in party finder that i apply for eden 5?
on raid tab i only see this
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Can anyone tell me who or where I get my lvl 60 iLvl gear please... I have all of ironworks but I’m about to hit lvl 60
Any good guides for DRG positionals that break it down to basics for someone who isn’t very good at video games (i.e., me) and/or how stressed should I be about them if I’m only mostly doing MSQ stuff?
Idyllshire to buy lv60 poetics gear
Ty ty
Red ring is the ring around the boss/mob
Ignore the yellow skill (doesn't exist anymore)
Means you have to hit the skill while standing in that position
Thank you. So none of the other skills not on this chart are directional so I don’t have to worry about them?
only Chaos thrust, Fang and claw and Wheeling thrust are positionals for drg
That's why I like DRG. Not many positionals and its GCD is slow enough that you have time to position yourself for them
@white sinew doing /tell Name@world should work. If you're replying use Alt R
Game is funky at points with tells
thanks everyone
just making sure, the relic tools for crafting is only for mainhand right?
You can only send tells to people in other worlds if they're on your friends list
Add them to your friends list
Should work yeah
But cross world is friend-only
Only exception is that you can /tell Party Finder leaders from any world
how hard is the blm rotation?
is there a rotation guide for each expansion
!faq blmleveling
huh cool
i'm assuming the main gist of blm rotation is doing the swiftcast, enochian, ley line triple cast before spamming fire
Only black mage has one cause it changes dramatically as you go
people say blm is hard
@junior nest specifically if you're working on MSQ stuff, considering most stuff is going to hit you you probably won't get many positionals
BLM rotation is easy. Keeping it up while doing mechanics is what's hard.
besides true northing it
Is there an area in the game that’s filled with sunflowers? A sunflower field?
um, no
might i suggest it's this?
that is, if you're trying to remember it
if you're just asking if there is one i think that's probably the best you'll get
mechanics as in keeping an eye on the dot and thundercloud?
Fight specific mechanics
As in, not standing in explosions
Standing where you need to be
etc
to use the expression, blm is a turret
it can't put up with constant movement
so, try not to
Black mages want to stand still as much as possible while fights try to make you move
So you need to figure out how to combat that and minimise movement
While doing your rotation
the only non-proc non-triplecast instant cast spell black mage has besides Xenoglossy (which you're only gonna get by not sucking your rotation) is Scathe, and literally nobody uses Scathe ever
because Scathe is Very Bad™️
iirc scathe gets outdated as you level, probably due to triplecast and later xenoglossy
You use it before the boss becomes undamageable if you can't do anything else which is... very rarely lol
even low level it's horrible
i'm assuming you can cast triplecast than run out of the bosses carpet while in fire phase
nobody uses scathe really
the best thing to do with scathe long-term, is not put it on your bars
If you even have triplecast up at that point, yes
Primarily you use procs from firestarter and Thundercloud to move along with xenoglossy
Also a LOT of slidecasting
ice til full mana/full umbral hearts/thunder is refreshed, fire IV til no mana, despair, repeat
yeah you'll wanna get damn good at sliding
!faq slidecasting
• Slidecasting is the ability to
move at the end of the cast as the game registers your cast to be complete.
• Mistiming it too early will cause an interruption and moving late will cause your next queued hardcast to get interrupted. (ping relevant)
• Here is a visual (courtesy of Cecilia Atwood) of the estimated time the game snaps the cast to be complete:
nothing feels worse than attempting to slide, thinking you succeeded, and 'oh where did my enochian go'
or as larry calls it "eno chan"
eh then again he hasn't made an update on the basically blm video
and as a result practically every haha funny blm player in DF but let's not get into that
Black mage hasn't changed much since stormblood
Shadowbringers only really added Despair to the rotation which is just tacked onto the end of fire
Mostly quality of life stuff but that stuff is AMAZING lol
And xenoglossy for free movement
Along with aspect mastery to cast the opposite spell without MP cost
apparently you can use thunder in either fire or ice phase
Yes
you have more leniency to in ice
You have a small amount of wiggle room for non fire spells
also it says in the guide that there's the thundercloud proc and you only use it if it's about to run out or the dot needs to reset
They made it so your timer is 15s long rather than 12s long so you don't struggle to get all your Fire IV in anymore
and i think sharpcast can trigger thundercloud
yep
If you cast thunder during it yes
you can also use it for movement but it's better if you use something else
i found a cool leveling guide for black mage on youtube
like Xeno/Fire 3
The one i posted with kupo bot basically covers the general GCD rotation
sounds like a cool rundown
especially on aoe you're gonna probably get sharp thunder every time you need to use it
The current best updated BLM guide is this one
http://akhmorning.com/jobs/blm/guide/intro/
By: (Zodiark) Tsutsumi Tsumi Twitch (Cerberus) Furst Blumier Twitch With original contributions from Laqi Thish, Caro Kann, Rika Vanih & maintenance by Nemekh. General Information & About The Guide Welcome to the Black Mage guide for Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringe...
you know how free trial players have a separate launcher for ffxiv. what happens if they buy the ffxiv game?
You download the actual game
does it get rid of the free trial launcher?
what's the best class in arr for casual noobs like myself?
whm, bard, war?
drg?
Like easiest to play? No class really is hard for ARR
they mean stuff you can get in arr probs
I'd say the casters are pretty counterintuitive
Tanks have super easy rotations, but are, you know, tanks
BRD is pretty easy for ARR content, I think, and you get AOE early which makes dungeons faster
Bard, Dragoon, White Mage, Paladin are all really straight forward
DNC requires level 60 but it's completely braindead
Is there some way more efficient than just spamming leves for leveling crafters from 71-80?
whats the best gear in the game currently?
Ty
Aka i500
not surprised farming allegory is such a grind
Ishgard Restoration is waaaaay more efficient than leves, all the way from 20 to 80
yeah it sucks
you upgrade the 490 ilvl stuff by using drops from the middle 2 current savage raid tiers
It takes a bit longer overall but it's way cheaper
Ive been grinding dailies since I hit lv80 and all I can afford is a damn cystarium ring
yeah, it's basically a "if you're behind it sucks" scenario
since its a weekly lock out
Luckily 450 a week isn't too hard
any way to farm allegories apart from dailies and tails?
hunt trains
Hunt trains are super fast
in addition
I need to start doing them
in 5.35 you'll be able to use the sack of nuts from hunt trains
to get the allegory upgrade items
so you can technically still get ilvl 500 (aside from the weapon)
but it won't be BiS
whats BiS?
best in slot
Ty
10 allegory per A-rank, 12 marks per train which is 120 Allegory for 20 minutes of work. You can also server hop to take part in other servers' trains.
Awesome
think so yeah
😩
then each S rank killed has a 10% chance of spawning a SS rank
Those are rarer though, but a few of them spawn a day
which gives ... 50?
in a given DC
how do you spawn them?
Well first off they have an invisible respawn timer that's multiple days long
Ty
each one has its own spawn condition
so with the token from memoria misera you can buy the relic armor right?
Raktika - Kill 100 of each of the ronkan mobs at the pyramid
Tempest - Feed three leeches to a clionid and then let it eat you. Usually takes like 2-3 tries if its timer is up
Il Mheg - Walk/fly over spawn point with Scarlet Peacock minion
Kholusia - Chance to spawn when you gather Dwarven Cotton bolls
Lakeland - Throw away a Rail Tenderloin
Ahm Araeng - Use Self-Destruct (BLU ability) over the spawn point
yeah, 3 totems for boots/gloves/hat and 5 totems for chest/legs
will that armor be upgrade when the next patch hits like the weapons were?
probably not since it's optional drops from a fairly high difficulty trial for most casual players
ah damn
Is there like a job specific gear seller? Just got to 50 mnk and was wondering were i could start getting gear lol
spend poetics on ironworks gear in mor dhona
You get a set of job gear by doing your class quests
But the best lv50 gear is Ironworks yeah
How long does the ironworks armor last?
Till around the lv55 dungeon
Lv53 story/dungeon, 55 if upgraded
If you're at 57 and still have Ironworks, you need to upgrade your gear bad
at the 57 dungeon*
So i kinda just farmed up 4 lvls and i just finished getting tge full set
Cuz roulletes
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I honestly disagree
i wore it up to 59 while levelling several jobs and it wasn't a big deal
maybe only if you're a tank player will it actually cause you to suffer
if you're a tank you 100% will not be able to wall to wall
You should ideally not be wearing ironworks past 55
i mean
you're gonna be wearing it for like 2-3 days of roulettes at max where you'll be synced most of the time anyway
just because it was a "big deal" for you, you're still hurting yourself quite a bit as the stat increase for hw/sb is quite a jump
and then you'll hit 60 and it doesn't matter
yeah if you're exclusively doing your top level dungeons because you can't wait for tomorrow's roulettes, there will be needs to hit
Either way, this is really not something that is worth arguing about and is imo better to tell people to upgrade at those level points
otherwise, if you have a bit of patience, it barely matters
because its safer and better to your parties in general to have better gear
I mean if you're exclusively leveling through MQS roulette then that's different than
spamming dungeons
you don't have to deride my point by being reductive about the roulettes
there's more than just MSQ available between 50-60
Si the only way to get the ironworks is by spending poetics?
Yes
yep
yeah that's correct
there's alternative ways of getting the iron works upgrade items
Ironworks, Shire, and Scaevan gear are all purchasable only by poetics.
but for the piece of gear itself 100% poetics only
poetics are basically the stand-in tomestone for old 'endgame' gear, i.e. gear that belonged at one point to more valuable tomestones in it's time
so like you can get a set at 60 which comes from HW's tomestone gear, originally on a different tomestone, and again at 70 from stormblood's
With each new expansion, they convert the previous expansion's endgame gear to poetics purchase, and halve the costs.
Are crafting and gathering classes useful/recommended in the beginning?
whats the best way to level from 50-60 as a dps?
Aaah got it
dungeons
Thanks a lot guys!
generally, i recommend waiting until max level before doing gathering/crafting but its up to you if you want to do it sooner rather than later.
Palace of the Dead 51-60 if you don't have a healer/tank friend to queue with you. Highest level dungeon you can queue for if you do.
@signal garnet dungeons, roulettes, potd
ill go palace then since no friends lol and im playing red mage
its generally easier to level them once you're max level since you'll most things unlocked, as well as a decent gil starting point. not to mention that its also recommend to level them all in tandem since crafters rely on gatherers and each other for materials
Ah fair enough
Cause I started a gladiator and thought probably they’d offer better equipment
the gear you get from the main scenario quests will cover you just fine
can you do anything special with low level materia? or is it just to sell it of?
Arr relic needs it
1-4 are needed for the zodiac weapon
okay, but there is no way to maybe like combine 2 smaller ones for a bigger or somerthing?
Transmute at mutamix
not hunting relics now so there would be no other need otherwise
Its a small chance to upgrade tiers
got it
if you get lucky, might get crafting/gathering materia also those tend to sell pretty decently on the mb
does this work for demi materia as well?
No Jona
no, can't transmute demimateria
dancer doesn't seem a job that deals a lot of damage to me. am I wrong?
The WoL that appears in promotional materials is the default Hyur Midlander so yeah likely height 50.
Its lower personal dps wise but offers a ton of raid buffs
while dancer doesn't have high personal dps, they make up for it with their party buffs
Depends on what you mean and what level
To make up for it
!action standard finish
Delivers an attack to all nearby enemies. Potency varies with number of successful steps, dealing full potency for the first enemy, and 75% less for all remaining enemies.
0 steps: 500
1 step: 750
2 steps: 1,000 Step Bonus: Grants Standard Finish and Esprit to self and party member designated as your Dance Partner Damage bonus of Standard Finish varies with number of successful steps.
1 step: 2%
2 steps: 5%
Duration: 60s
Triggers the cooldown of weaponskills, step actions, and finish actions upon execution. Cannot be executed during the cooldown of weaponskills, step actions, or finish actions.
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
At level 60 and below it's common to see Dancer on top
If you're talking level 80 yeah it's below most of the other DPS jobs
But it's constant 5% DPS buff is powerful in the hands of a good DPS
I'm level 58 grinding since first day to play dancer^^' how do I chose the best dps to buff?
If you're leveling: you just partner the other DPS unless they're really shit
if you're in dungeons, just go with the other dps. in 8 mans, safe bets are usually blm, smn, sam, and mnk iirc
Unfortunately there's no way to know without parsing
I see
lol I'm stupid cause i thought on 4s parties I would have to decide. I'm so used being tank and not dps
Basically, you want to partner with the dps in your party who will most likely be performing the most actions, since every action your dance partner uses has a chance to generate 10 Esprit.
Which is what makes classes like NIN, MNK, and SAM such good options.
Dancer? I enjoy playing it.
Some people don't.
But I like the aesthetic of it, and it's pretty simple to learn the basics.
i also enjoy dancer
sounds good
though when you don't get any procs for a while it is big sad
If I have a question about end game savage raid strats, what channel is the best for that? #endgame-lounge ?
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general question about them is fine here, though #endgame-lounge if you need more in-depth answers
my personal opinion on dnc that a few of my friends share
is it's braindead til about 74 and not much better from then on
rotation-wise
If I'm using guild leves to farm for an anima weapon, do I need to be on that step or can the chests spawn at any time?
What is the easiest job to heal with?
I'll try here first, I'm thinking it should be simple, but you can kick me over there if you'd like.
I'm in a debate with my static right now (we're really close to hitting enrage in our E8S prog) about changing Light Rampant strategy. We're using the Ilya strat right now. They want to switch to Ayatori to "optimize for dps uptime". A few folks in my static also don't want to switch strats, mostly because 1) that mechanic/phase is a PITA and we clear it just fine with Ilya right now, and 2) Some players are from EU playing on US servers, so they have higher latency, and are concerned that will negatively impact their ability to learn or use the new strats.
So I guess the question is: Is changing even really that important? Is it possible to clean up / optimize for a clear without having to change LR strats? Or is the new strat actually easier all around (maybe more latency friendly) so it's worth changing it up?
no, stick with the strat you are doing, 100%
the dps check was only especially tight week one, with pretty suboptimal strats. With much more gear, particularly with regards to weapons, and even various little things for extra uptime, you should already be quite a bit ahead of the dps check, and changing to a different LR strat won't really make that much of a difference. If you're struggling with enrage, it is 100% not the right choice to change a strat like that to try to get a little more from that. More, just to look at personal uptime/optimization and not dying, if that's a thing
changing LR strat means basically reprogging that point in the fight, when you could instead have a run where people just played better and you clear instead. It's a lot of wasted time and effort that's wholly unnecessary, especially at this point in the tier
if you can do ilya fine, you should do ilya
how do i use limit break?
