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median locust
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Try tier 2 crit

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or tier 1 spell speed/skill speed

mossy tartan
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Skill/spell speed worked! Thank you very much

median locust
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No prob!

mossy tartan
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I started the soulglazing part of the novus weapon, what do I do now?

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No way to know which duties to do?

warped pawn
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does anyone know if theres a list of glamour rewards from big fishing, ive been trying to google to find stuff but nothing seemingly

median locust
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You get light from pretty much any duty lv50 and down iirc

mossy tartan
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how do I know when it finishes soulglazing?

warped pawn
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itll tell you

agile laurel
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@median locust abania? even if I'm 70 trying to get to 71?

warped pawn
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the only requirement is that you have the weapon equipped when you finish whatever duty you're doing

median locust
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The most efficient options are unsyncing Tam-Tara Deepcroft solo over and over, or unsyncing Ifrit Normal (the lv20 one) over and over

mossy tartan
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okay, thank you!

median locust
mossy tartan
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👍

median locust
agile laurel
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well... that's 16 jobs over 70 and every single one I've not known that

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o wonderful

median locust
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@agile laurel Yes, the lv69 dungeon will give more exp than any lv70 dungeon

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Same at lv50 and 60. Aurum Vale gives more exp than lv50 dungeons, and Gubal Library normal gives more exp than all lv60 dungeons

agile laurel
mossy tartan
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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?

west swallow
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I just recently start Isgard restoration, so I must craft my highest available level item to get Kupo stamp right?

median locust
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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

marble drift
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yes

median locust
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And you need to get 2000 light so it depends what you choose to do

marble drift
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Highest you can craft for stamps

median locust
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Tam-Tara Deepcroft gives 48 light for example, 96 under bonus

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mossy tartan
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thank you, I understand it better now

glossy sapphire
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dc error is fun

velvet gorge
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are crafting job quests worth the exp?

median locust
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Very much so, yes

velvet gorge
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until what level?

median locust
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Plus the lv65 crafter quest gives you a skill you can't get any other way

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lv70

velvet gorge
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oh I see

marble drift
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and thats the point where you don't get any more

velvet gorge
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well...I kinda did full Firmament without quests

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70 is my lowest crafter rn

marble drift
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well quests also give you actions

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so...

median locust
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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.

velvet gorge
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glad to know it still gives some worthwhile exp even beyond 70

marble drift
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Manipulation iirc

median locust
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Manipulation II yeah

marble drift
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excellent for the lazy crafter like me

velvet gorge
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thanks for the response ^^

marble drift
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who just does deliveries

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Im sure it has other uses

velvet gorge
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gonna get my lazy ass over the quests soon

median locust
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I recommend doing all the quests of a certain level at once cause they usually share mats

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so it saves inventory space

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As in, do all the lv30 ones, then all the lv35 ones, etc

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And I threw all the required items in teamcraft to get an easy list of what to gather

agile laurel
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i never did crafter quests, then i came to mass-crafting at 80 and hit the wall called 'lack of Manipulation II'

marble drift
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Did you download everything from the trial page?

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or did you download the full launcher. I believe they are seperate

median locust
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If you got the free trial on steam, are you still launching it through steam

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not sure if that applies to trials but it might

fallen meadow
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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?

marble drift
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Jpark the diadem is for the materials needed to contribute to the Ishgard Restoration project

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its the only way to get the things.

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the Skysteel Manufactory is a place in ishgard. They make stuff. the Skysteel tools you can get come from there

fallen meadow
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Is the Diadem like a source of mats that are exclusive?

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Ohh so for the skysteel manufactory I can upgrade my gear?

marble drift
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specifically mainhands

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for the crafter and gatherer classes

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and Diadem materials are exclusive yes

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its all self-contained

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Diadem for the things needed only for Ishgard resto turn ins

fallen meadow
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Ah I see, would it be wise to upgrade my botanist main hand then?

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And for diadem u just gather stuff and get scrips off of it?

marble drift
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No. you gather things to craft

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well you get a few scrips I believe

fallen meadow
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Oh I see

marble drift
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the big boy scrip amounts come from crafting tho

fallen meadow
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oh ive never done crafting

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I just started so idk whats going on

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I only have botanist maxed so yea

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Are there any botanist mats that sell from the diadem? I just don't know what to look out for

marble drift
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I personally wouldn't know

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I'd check your servers marketboard

fallen meadow
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okay, thank you for the help!

molten spruce
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what does DoM and DoW mean?

median locust
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Disciple of Magic, Disciple of War

wintry chasm
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Disciples of war and magic

molten spruce
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ahhhh

wintry chasm
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Aka stabby bois and magic bois

marble drift
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3 fast 5 me

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heh

molten spruce
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and what is materia?

marble drift
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gems

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stat boosters for certain gear

median locust
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Something you can put in your gear to get more of a substat

marble drift
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uneeded until 80. dw about it

wintry chasm
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^

molten spruce
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ok

wintry chasm
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Nice for crafting and gathering while leveling those though admittedly

molten spruce
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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

gritty oracle
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Eh, I'd make a case for melding crafter/gatherer gear if you don't want to replace it every few levels.

marble drift
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the gil amount is mimimal later

median locust
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The fee to fast travel really isn't a lot

marble drift
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you definately want to get all the aetherytes for later

wintry chasm
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You can just retrieve it afterwards anyway @gritty oracle

gritty oracle
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Plus if you get a RAF code, Akimbo, you get aetheryte tickets which can be used for one free teleport each

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Yeah I know

molten spruce
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ok antoher thing, on what level should i start focussing on gear?

marble drift
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80

wintry chasm
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Well

marble drift
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if gear comes your way. cool. put it on

wintry chasm
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Always get better gear while leveling

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But yeah

molten spruce
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so from 1-79 just pick up whatever i get from msq?

marble drift
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maybe if a dungeon locks you out because of ilvl

wintry chasm
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Endgame is when you really go onto the nitpicky stats and stuff

marble drift
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get enough to meet requirements

gritty oracle
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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

marble drift
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^

open coral
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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.

molten spruce
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999 is half my gil lol

marble drift
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yeah so you're broke

wintry chasm
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Play more than 3 seconds of the game and you'll get more

marble drift
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aetherytes arnt expensive

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you wont be broke later

open coral
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By the time you get to Stormblood, 999 will be an insignificant fraction of your gil. You'll have literal millions.

median locust
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you'll have more gil by the time you have to pay 999 for teleports

wintry chasm
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The game pays for your fast travel and more

thick bolt
open coral
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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.

marble drift
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There are a few websites around

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with all the map locations

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that one is a MASSIVE dick move.

minor mulch
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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?

marble drift
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nah entry if you don't do alts

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standard if you want the ability to make alts on the same server

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note: bar a few niche cases, alts are useless

wintry chasm
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That's basically the only difference, character limit

minor mulch
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Ah i see thanks bros

wintry chasm
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Entry is only 30 days at a time though I guess

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But that's not important remotely

minor mulch
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Its useless for a casual like me

median locust
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Around here I'd say, you can tell cause of the darker parts on the ground

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you can also see a bit of the black line on the top right

thick bolt
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ty I'll go there.

daring turret
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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

open coral
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XIV has the same system.

median locust
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On the MB listings, when you hover the item, it should have a signature at the very bottom of the tooltip

high kernel
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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?

median locust
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If it doesn't, it's not crafted, or it was obtained in some other way (NPC vendor, drop from somewhere, etc)

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All three to one character

high kernel
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Welp, time to buy separately

open coral
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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.

high kernel
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Gotcha, thank you Astra and Fissie!

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tepid ether
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Also if anyone has any Ishgardian restoration tips or crafting leveling tips, I'm open to them.

frozen karma
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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

tepid ether
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Currently loving using them to level my DOH/DOL all of which are in the 50 - 60 range

median locust
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You can get the replicas after every step, you buy them from the restoration node in Azys Lla

faint flare
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Which unlocks after the hypercondunctive step

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The first time around

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After that you can get replicas of each step once its done

cobalt pagoda
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so Thordan’s Reing Ballad, what do I need to know about it??

median locust
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Do it via party finder unsynced, not through duty finder

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You get all the loot anyway so there's no reason to do it at level

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and it's too hard to kill in a few pulls

faint flare
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Minsitral ballads = extremes

cobalt pagoda
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really?

median locust
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Yes

faint flare
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They're the same as extreme modes

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So

little swift
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Its a long fight as well just like the normal version

faint flare
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Just different name cause Story related

little swift
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Unsyncing it makes it easier

faint flare
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The original fight was story related*

cobalt pagoda
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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?

little swift
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Nope

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If you put up an unsync party finder

cobalt pagoda
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no synced

median locust
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Don't do it synced.

cobalt pagoda
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cuz uncunced is ball park

median locust
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Unless you can find a party of like-minded people to do it together with you

little swift
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If you want to sync it thafs fine but be prepared to wipe a bunch while learbjng it

marble drift
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there are fights at 80 to test your skill

little swift
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Not many people remember the fight

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And want to repeat it

cobalt pagoda
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@marble drift ? what do you mean?

marble drift
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Theres no point syncing an old extreme trial

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except for the challenge

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and there are challenges at 80

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do those instead

cobalt pagoda
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I’m lvl 60

marble drift
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right go level. do your msq

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come back later

cobalt pagoda
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lol

median locust
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And prepare for a few things if you'll actually queue for it

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Even if you get past the first two, prepare to wipe a ton.
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It'll be frustrating to try to do it this way, that's why everyone will tell you to unsync.

cobalt pagoda
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well, I’m on the don’t know anything side any way

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did the normal one ofc

median locust
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It's nowhere near the difficulty of the normal one

cobalt pagoda
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well, at least ai know we will wip :3

faint flare
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And completely different

cobalt pagoda
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oh

median locust
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your choice if you choose to ignore advice lol

faint flare
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There's a entirely different phase after his ultimate

cobalt pagoda
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that not an advice that an way to play the game

little swift
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Its fine for himto want to try it

faint flare
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And the knights work differently

cobalt pagoda
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don’t wanna play it like that, wait untill 80

faint flare
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There's a small group of people who do stuff synced but those are few and far between

little swift
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Guys don't sing unsync as the only way to do older content

marble drift
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when you get to 80 and want to sync it the option is still there

cobalt pagoda
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thats way I ask to know what to prepear myself

little swift
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People are allowed to try it synced if they wish. They just have to know not everyone else is interested

marble drift
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because it'll sync you TO 60

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and you won't overtake the content

median locust
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Yeah it's more about getting them to know that's not how 95% of people do extremes

marble drift
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so the challenge will be available later. For now, getting to 80 its a better use of your time

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you can meet up with likeminded folks to tackle old content

cobalt pagoda
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that’s like months away

marble drift
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No its not

cobalt pagoda
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I don’t always play much on pc

marble drift
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right so instead of sitting for 7 hours in a queue to do nothing. Focus on progression

ashen agate
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hi, im new to ffxiv can anyone explain to me how FC work

cobalt pagoda
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ugh

little swift
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Again this isn't something like them being an adamant curebot they're welcome to make an attempt right now about it

cobalt pagoda
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really?

marble drift
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if you can't play much. You will not clear Thordan on Extreme

cobalt pagoda
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fucking 7 hours?

faint flare
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Yrs

cobalt pagoda
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0.0

marble drift
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yes because even if you get a queue

faint flare
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Cause again, no one quea for extremes

marble drift
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it will be a) new players like yourself or b) mentors

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and trust me. mentors are gonna bail

cobalt pagoda
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aaa

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good

marble drift
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and take the 30 minute penalty

little swift
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Party finder is the way to go for it

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Either way

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Sync or unsync

cobalt pagoda
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ooo

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ok

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good

little swift
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Because its challenging content

cobalt pagoda
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that give me ab heart attak

marble drift
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Even then the chances you find a party finder party for it will take about that long too

cobalt pagoda
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well, that’s stupid

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7 hours

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don’t you think?

marble drift
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I exxagerated

cobalt pagoda
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ugh

marble drift
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but seriously its OLD content.

little swift
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They're right though its old content and you wsnt to try it on level

faint flare
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Again, people dont like doing old challenging content synced

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Some do but those are few and far between

marble drift
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why bother?

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there are challenges at 80

median locust
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People would rather be lazy and get the loot effortlessly.

marble drift
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which give tangible rewards

little swift
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Not much appeal, but not that it isnt there

marble drift
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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?

median locust
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It's a really fun fight, I'll say that much. Just don't think it's worth queueing directly for it.

marble drift
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when was Thordan EX current? early HW?

cobalt pagoda
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hmm, if the fight it that hard should I watch ab vid about it?? at least to not be the dead weight healer

faint flare
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Yes

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Definitely

median locust
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Should always watch a video or two before attempting Extreme/Savage fights

faint flare
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Always watch videos for extremes, savage, minsitral ballad or binding coils content or ultimates

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Since those are hard

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And you need to know what to do for the most part

static yacht
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watch the video unless you want to do it blind

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but if you are doing it blind

faint flare
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Unless you want to add even more time on your wait time to get people who are fine with you doing it blind

static yacht
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don't join someone else's PF

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make your own that specifically says "blind"

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so people don't get the wrong impression

cobalt pagoda
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oh ok

static yacht
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if you join a "phase 1 prog party etc." people usually expect you to have seen the video

cobalt pagoda
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well, this will be my first time using PF

median locust
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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

cobalt pagoda
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ok, I will look for a vid

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hey hear about MTQcapture, this youtube channel is for raids/dungeon guids, is it good?

little swift
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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

median locust
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Yeah she makes good guides

little swift
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Mizzteq is fine

cobalt pagoda
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I had done the Limitless blue ex and it wasn’t that hard

median locust
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yeah to be fair, that one is probably the easiest extreme out there, lol

cobalt pagoda
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I didn’t expect Thordian Ballad to jump the difficulty that much

faint flare
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Difficulty varies per fight

median locust
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There's a wide range of difficulty for extreme fights, but overall they'll definitely take a handful of pulls to clear at best

faint flare
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Thordan is one of the hardest of heavensward

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While bismark is the easiest of heavensward

cobalt pagoda
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oh ok, hope ain’t that hard for Healers, tho I can go any other role

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this will be my test to see if I’m cut out for harder dungeons/raids

median locust
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Won't be as hard as other higher level extremes since you get synced to iLv270 when the fight requires something like 190

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But it's definitely a challenge regardless

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you still have to do mechanics

cobalt pagoda
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well, still new to the game :3 but I had been avoiding doing anything other that normal dungeons and the normal trails

little swift
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You should definitely unlock the normal raid series for heavensward then

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faint flare
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Aka Alexander raids

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Starting in Idyllshire with Disarmed

cobalt pagoda
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will I need to whatch vids for normal raids too?? but it might not spoil the fight much 2think

faint flare
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No

cobalt pagoda
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oh good

faint flare
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Normal mode raids are akin to normal trials

cobalt pagoda
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I like learning like that

median locust
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Normal raids are kinda like normal trials. They're designed so you can clear in 1-2 pulls

faint flare
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Just slightly tiny bit harder

median locust
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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

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Same thing applies to them, if you want stuff from them you should unsync. Unlike Thordan, the queue will just never pop

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If it pops go buy a lottery ticket lol

faint flare
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In short, difficulty is Generally goes like

Dungeons > Normal mode trials and raids > alliance raids (by a small margain) > Extremes (minsitral ballads) > savage >>>>>>>>>> ultimate

cobalt pagoda
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oh I know the difficulty rankings :3 that’s way I had avoid them

static yacht
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think the normal raids are typically much more difficult than the normal mode trials

cobalt pagoda
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but now I feel like I wanna try to see if I’m cut for them

faint flare
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Anything under extremes are easily done blind

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Anything extreme and up is HEAVILY adviced to watch guided

median locust
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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

cobalt pagoda
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Ok, :3

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lol

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heard of them

faint flare
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And savage coils is basically a remix that removed Cheese strats

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For the most part

cobalt pagoda
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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 angrymiqote

remote lintel
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you can remember the moves when they come up

median locust
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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

cobalt pagoda
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hm, I will still try it after I whatch it 1 more time

little swift
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Finding a group is still your biggest challenge

static yacht
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if you're level 80

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you can probably steam roll a lot of older content

little swift
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They want to do it synced

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Lets let them try it

static yacht
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ah

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just remember that some of the old content

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when done synced had a different era

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like the old alliance raids from ARR originally required 2 tanks iirc

faint flare
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You put those codes into Mogstation

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So you can actually play and not be on the trial

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Well need to codes to actually get in and play otherwise it will say you have no licenses registered

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You dont pick

remote lintel
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you need both

faint flare
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You need both

remote lintel
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one is the base game and the other is dlc

faint flare
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Shadowbringers key doesn't work unless the yoy register the starter edition first

leaden ginkgo
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i think i get it.

remote lintel
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how do au ras use linkshells

marble drift
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I was under the impression they had ears behind the horns

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but not rolling one I had to google

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aaaand I can't see no ears

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so...

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not a clue

remote lintel
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they don't have ears

tulip plover
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They use the voices of the dragonborn

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You should know this

mossy tartan
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Charging a novus relic depends on the level of the trial/dungeon you did?

tulip plover
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😩

mossy tartan
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The strength of it, I mean

faint flare
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If that's the Light grind step than Yes for the most part

lean crescent
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hey all, im new. can someone please explain how to unsync a dungeon in ff14 or what that even means? thanks

median locust
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@lean crescent There should be a cog icon at the top left of the duty finder, then check "Undersized Party" and click Confirm

marble drift
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to unsync a dungeon go into your duty finder and look for the cogwheel in the top (I wanna say right?) corner

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to unsynic means to ignore the maximum level and item level for a dungeon and go in as you are

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this means however you go in with just the people in your party (or alone)

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and you get no xp

leaden ginkgo
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is it too problematic to tank in the beginning? i am getting tired of my summoner and I'd like a change

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XDDD

marble drift
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nah

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tanking is just another job

remote lintel
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tanking isn't problematic

leaden ginkgo
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Do you recommend starting anew or just changing jobs?

marble drift
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no point to roll an alt

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just pick up a tanking class

remote lintel
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^

leaden ginkgo
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fair

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any way you'd recommend I do the levelling since I cannot do the MSQ parts I've completed

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I'm just past obtaining the third crystal

marble drift
#

yeah you get whats known as an "armory" bonus for leveling a class lower than your highest

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if you're still in ARR content you only have 2 options

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Marauder (Warrior) and Gladiator (Paladin)

leaden ginkgo
#

I think I like Gladiator better

marble drift
#

well what did you want in a class?

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and don't say "the best one" cause thats not a thing. don't think like that in ffxiv

leaden ginkgo
#

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

remote lintel
#

paladin is physical/magical damage, warrior is angry boi

indigo orbit
#

I mean... the tank that plays most like a DPS would probably be Gunbreaker but you don't get them for a while.

remote lintel
#

with big axe

marble drift
#

and only plays like a melee dps

#

it doesn't play like a summoner

median locust
#

caster tank when

marble drift
#

I mean Requiescat is literally your Dreadwyrm Trance

indigo orbit
#

PLD's magic phase doesn't count

remote lintel
#

anything can be a tank if you have 3 other healers

leaden ginkgo
#

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

marble drift
#

I mean

remote lintel
#

it doesn't look boring at higher lvl

marble drift
#

yeah

median locust
#

Pets can't take aggro or tank for you

remote lintel
#

they literally summon bahamut

indigo orbit
#

You push a lot of buttons later on

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as SMN

remote lintel
#

and phoenix

indigo orbit
#

Since Bahamut (and Phoenix?) attack whenever you cast a damaging spell

marble drift
#

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

remote lintel
#

^ what a lvl 80 summoner looks like

shrewd nimbus
#

Is Alphascape V4 Savage still difficult unsynced?

marble drift
#

nah. you can power through some stuff

leaden ginkgo
#

so in case I do end up changing jobs, how do I approach levelling? any quests that help with that?

marble drift
#

but...some you cant

little swift
#

I wouldn't take desperius's video as solid info

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For rotations

remote lintel
#

!faq altlvlguide

zinc orbitBOT
indigo orbit
#

You can leave side quests for alternate jobs

remote lintel
#

I'm not giving rotations

little swift
#

As a showcase its fine

leaden ginkgo
#

ty

remote lintel
#

I'm showing a summoner

cobalt pagoda
#

ugh you guys weren’t jokeing when you said I will have an harder time finding an party in PF for Thordan reign Ballad

median locust
#

yeah as much fun as it is, people want the rewards without the challenge

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so synced parties are pretty rare

cobalt pagoda
#

what’s with the locked duty thingy?

median locust
#

Means you don't have access to the duty they're recruiting for

cobalt pagoda
#

aaa

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0.0 fuuik

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I’m in on the dity finder

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that was instant for healer

wintry chasm
#

....for Thordan EX?

cobalt pagoda
#

yeah

wintry chasm
#

What the fuck

cobalt pagoda
#

the balad

wintry chasm
#

Well um

#

That's very unusual

#

Make the most of it?

median locust
#

Hopefully you get nice mentors and/or sprouts that are willing to learn

wintry chasm
#

Hope no one leaves when they realise mentor roulette put them into it

rain vault
#

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?

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Does he have the steam version or does he have to use the steam key to buy the dlc off of steam?

median locust
#

Steam keys won't work on non-Steam accounts if that's what you wanted to do

rain vault
#

I wanted to give the steam key to my other friend

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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

median locust
#

not sure I 100% understand, why would you need to give the key to someone else?

rain vault
#

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

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sorry if im being confusing

cobalt pagoda
#

we are wipeing like hell

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XD

median locust
#

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?

lavish vortex
#

What are faded copies for?

rain vault
#

Yes but no

#

Well basically yeah

#

Here let me try to re explain it better lol

median locust
#

Steam keys don't work with non-steam versions of the game.

faint flare
#

Faded copies are crafting materials to make the repaired versions @lavish vortex

rain vault
#

sigh ok

faint flare
#

Alchemist repairs them

median locust
#

Steam is its own platform basically

lavish vortex
#

Thanks! Are they worth keeping? Or should I sell to make for inventory room?

median locust
#

and you can't have both Steam and non-Steam PC versions registered to the same account

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it's one or the other

rain vault
#

yikes

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ok

faint flare
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Not particularly. Unless you already have alchemist levelled

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Can easily get them again

lavish vortex
#

Thanks!! I’ll sell them then!

cobalt pagoda
#

UGHH almostp

#

that vid did do wabder to know about the mecanics

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T^T

#

oh well

#

XD

mental garnet
#

the xp from normal raid roulette isn't very good, right?

gloomy ice
#

It’s ok? But yeah there are much better options.

median locust
#

It's very small yeah. But it takes less than 10min and it's a nice change of pace so I run it.

broken garden
#

Who has leveled a class to 1-80 in a day?

mental garnet
#

yeah i've been running it with my 80 class for slow allegory tomes

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but i was wondering if the xp was worth not getting the allegory tomes

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but it probably isn't

median locust
#

Probably possible with a jump or a job that starts at 60 but otherwise, nah

warped pawn
#

i dont think 1-80 in one day is possible

median locust
#

Someone's done 1-80 in five days and made a guide about it

broken garden
#

Someone said in 15 hours

median locust
#

!faq altlvlguide

zinc orbitBOT
median locust
#

1-70* but still applies

broken garden
#

Yeah I don't think it's possible either

vagrant copper
#

If someone says they can do it in 15 hours, they should make a Youtube video about it 🤷‍♂️

median locust
#

Record it and post on speedrun dot com FASTjump

broken garden
#

Is palace of the dead a good place to level? I was recommended to by some party members

wintry chasm
#

For DPS yeah

faint flare
#

If your dungeon ques are long

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Yes

broken garden
#

Not tanks?

faint flare
#

Tanks have quick ques

wintry chasm
#

Tanks are probably better off just spamming highest level dungeon

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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.

broken garden
#

I just wanna get my dark knight to 80 it's been 5 days and only grew 6 levels

wintry chasm
#

....5 days?

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That seems like a lot for 6 levels

broken garden
#

Yes granted I've been leveling carpentry and mining

wintry chasm
#

Oh well maybe that does it

gloomy ice
#

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.

gritty oracle
#

I've heard beast tribes also give you alrightish xp if done at level

median locust
#

Yeah that's a good thing to do in queue

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Especially lv60+

warm veldt
#

Wait, if I bought ARR from the Squenix store I can't get the expansions from Steam?

median locust
#

Nope

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Different platforms

gloomy ice
#

Right. They’re counted as separate platforms and are thus incompatible

gritty oracle
#

squenix and steam don't mix. At all. You chooseone, you stick with it.

warm veldt
#

Mmmm great

median locust
#

And they can't coexist on the same account (PC and PS4 can)

faint flare
#

Its steam or standalone, never both

gritty oracle
#

of course you can still buy tuff like glam or emotes on mogstation. I think?

faint flare
#

Yes

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Just licensing stuff

#

Cause steam is dummy

warm veldt
#

I got ARR on their store but would really rather pay 20 for the expansions hahah :/

median locust
#

They might eventually match the price over the next few days, I've seen it before

faint flare
#

Well steam sale is on now

#

So

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Thats why they want it on steam now

warm veldt
#

I'll wait and hope lol

faint flare
#

Highly likely

#

Standalone had sales recently

#

So dont hold your breath for another one for standalone anytime soon

gritty oracle
#

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

faint flare
#

Check to see if Newegg still has the sale going on

#

Idk if that ended yet

warm veldt
#

Ah it is

lavish vortex
#

Whats the number that appears on an item when you cast your lot? Example 67

faint flare
#

Your roll

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Casting lot = rolling for the item

gloomy ice
#

Goes from 1-99. Highest wins.

faint flare
#

The number shows your results

lavish vortex
#

Oh, so the higher the better chance you have of getting it, correcto?

faint flare
#

So you can cry inside when you roll 1 on the extreme mount

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Yes

broken garden
#

How is pvp? Anyone tried it?

warm veldt
#

The version on newegg is compatible if I bought ARR on squenix right lol

faint flare
#

Pvp exists

warm veldt
#

Sorry just confirming

lavish vortex
#

@faint flare hahaha got it, thanks!

faint flare
#

Yes marley

broken garden
#

It's bad?

faint flare
#

Its there

#

Its ok

median locust
#

afaik only Steam sells the Steam version so you're good

faint flare
#

It exists

warm veldt
#

Nice

broken garden
#

Ok then..

faint flare
#

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

median locust
#

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.

broken garden
#

The mounts and outfits aren't worth it?

faint flare
#

If you like them

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Sure

broken garden
#

I'll have to see

gloomy ice
#

Now don’t let that discourage you from playing it. Those that like it are all in on it.

median locust
broken garden
#

I seen like one person use that

faint flare
#

Its on the rarer side

median locust
#

Since it's a 24v24v24 map, yeah. On average it'll take you a good 300 matches to get.

junior yacht
#

lmao that picture

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"mom says it's my turn on the Xbox"

broken garden
#

Lmaoo

median locust
#

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

twilit arch
#

actually its easier than most people think

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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

broken garden
#

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

gloomy ice
#

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.

median locust
#

Which level 1 weapons?

broken garden
#

Like tenguto

steel wedge
#

Ok if the land of Ishgard is closed to all... how did Kan-Senna get to the new moogle area?

broken garden
#

Samurai weapon

median locust
#

Untradeable so no

broken garden
#

Oh okay

#

Definitely worth then

fallen meadow
#

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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simple nymph
#

@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.

fallen meadow
#

oo how do u level up classes together?

#

thank you btw!

simple nymph
#

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

median locust
#

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.

simple nymph
#

levelling them "together" just means aim for 21 on all of them before taking any of them above 21, then 40, etc

median locust
#

By levelling them together I mean getting all of them to lv10, then all of them to level 20, etc

fallen meadow
#

so i should do the first 4 you mentioned together?

simple nymph
#

up to you

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i'm doing them all

fallen meadow
#

o ok. I guess it couldn't hurt

simple nymph
#

but you may only want some of them levelled and not spend time on the others

fallen meadow
#

and I can just buy them gear from npcs?

#

oh so probably weaver and leather?

simple nymph
#

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

fallen meadow
#

so u said i can just get some gear from uldah npcs?

simple nymph
#

yes, the armorers and fieldcraft merchants and jewelry merchants

median locust
#

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

simple nymph
#

sell all the gear you need

#

yes that too

fallen meadow
#

oh i see

simple nymph
#

now i have a question for the field, is blue mage max lv still 60?

median locust
#

Yes

faint flare
#

Yes

simple nymph
#

thanks!

tepid ether
#

If I don't want to buy levekits/items and spend that gil

tidal yarrow
#

what's Yanxia?

tepid ether
#

Is the fastest way to get my DoH and DoL classes from 60 - 80 through Ishgardian Restoration?

median locust
#

Stormblood area

faint flare
#

Stormblood zone

median locust
#

Yes Goth, or if it isn't the fastest, it's still really fast, and it's the cheapest way

cobalt pagoda
#

well will you look at that, for an 8 man party that was made on the Duty finder we actualy go pretty far

tepid ether
#

@median locust Appreciate it!

cobalt pagoda
#

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

tepid ether
#

@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?

median locust
#

I used NPC vendors and cheap NPC vendor food, it was usually enough

#

Lv60-70 should be in Kugane, 71-80 in the Crystarium

cobalt pagoda
#

@wintry chasm hi

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:3

wintry chasm
#

u-uh

#

hi

noble ember
#

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?

cobalt pagoda
#

@wintry chasm that Extream that I got in when duty finder ended quite well

#

XD

median locust
#

iirc you can recruit as many as you want, there's just no extra rewards after that many friends

cobalt pagoda
#

and it was my first ballad (exteam)

nova umbra
#

once I get my retainers to 80 with field explorations, do I get more money with quick ventures or targeted exploration?

median locust
#

Other than the silver feathers

noble ember
#

Okay ty!

wintry chasm
#

quick ventures are super rng so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

cobalt pagoda
#

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

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tho we run out if time

wintry chasm
#

That's nice Raven but I must admit that this is a question channel

cobalt pagoda
#

sorry

#

XD

indigo orbit
#

Higher level retainers have a wider pool of stuff they can bring back but ultimately quick ventures are a complete gamble

next wind
#

is there a 54 people raid? someone said

#

but I can't google it

faint flare
#

56

#

Baldesion arsenal

#

In eureka

next wind
#

oh I see

#

is it hard to get to it?

faint flare
#

Has its own unique rules

next wind
#

I never bothered to unlock Eureka :S

faint flare
#

Well you need to finish eureka entirely

next wind
#

but that sounds interesting

#

oh damn so it's a proper grind 😄

faint flare
#

And HIGHLY preferably join your data centre discord

#

Cause if you die, then you're probably dead for good as raises are limited

next wind
#

okay is it within here? my server discord?

faint flare
#

The eurekan Explorer discord should have links to them

next wind
#

okay cool thanks

tepid ether
#

@indigo orbit So with max level Combat Class retainer, which would you say are the best gambles as far as using ventures?

winged steppe
#

What materia do i need as a 80 healer?

indigo orbit
#

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

lavish vortex
#

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

nova umbra
#

for all the relic tools

faint flare
#

Yes @lavish vortex not many people roll on it these days so you should get a few here and there

#

!faq edenloot

zinc orbitBOT
#
Eden raids normal mode drop table
faint flare
#

Running the 3rd and 4th fight drop 2 chests

lavish vortex
#

Oh, thanks a lot! I’ll only queue for those then... is it bad etiquete to ask for it before the fight?

faint flare
#

Doesn't hurt to ask

lavish vortex
#

I’ll try, you usually do it before the fight or after?

faint flare
#

Before usually

#

What ive seen

lavish vortex
#

🤙

daring turret
#

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

nova umbra
marble drift
#

desynth level

nova umbra
#

ohhh

twilit arch
#

yes, he can use the same account @daring turret

next wind
#

apart from some scenes in msq - is there any other content which is voice acted? (except raid bosses/trials etc.)

marble drift
#

no all the voice acting is in fights or cutscenes afaik

daring turret
#

Thx kael!

next wind
#

ok thx

kindred nimbus
#

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

tulip plover
#

So are the ascians like the organization 13 of this game?

lilac mulch
#

how do i know in party finder that i apply for eden 5?

faint flare
#

Ascians are the big evil guys, yes

#

5 is Fulmination

tulip plover
#

Ok

#

Theyre god looks cool :P

lilac mulch
faint flare
#

Cause savage is the High end duty tab

#

The purple face

#

In party finder

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soft hazel
#

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

junior nest
#

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?

faint flare
#

Idyllshire to buy lv60 poetics gear

soft hazel
#

Ty ty

median locust
#

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

junior nest
#

Thank you. So none of the other skills not on this chart are directional so I don’t have to worry about them?

faint flare
#

only Chaos thrust, Fang and claw and Wheeling thrust are positionals for drg

median locust
#

That's why I like DRG. Not many positionals and its GCD is slow enough that you have time to position yourself for them

faint flare
#

@white sinew doing /tell Name@world should work. If you're replying use Alt R

#

Game is funky at points with tells

junior nest
#

thanks everyone

nova umbra
#

just making sure, the relic tools for crafting is only for mainhand right?

median locust
#

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

spare plinth
#

how hard is the blm rotation?

faint flare
#

Not really hard

#

The hard part is dealing with movement

spare plinth
#

is there a rotation guide for each expansion

faint flare
#

!faq blmleveling

zinc orbitBOT
#
THM/BLM leveling rotations
spare plinth
#

huh cool

#

i'm assuming the main gist of blm rotation is doing the swiftcast, enochian, ley line triple cast before spamming fire

faint flare
#

Only black mage has one cause it changes dramatically as you go

spare plinth
#

people say blm is hard

faint flare
#

You weave those skills approiately

#

But primarily

agile laurel
#

@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

median locust
#

BLM rotation is easy. Keeping it up while doing mechanics is what's hard.

agile laurel
#

besides true northing it

mossy tartan
#

Is there an area in the game that’s filled with sunflowers? A sunflower field?

agile laurel
#

um, no

#

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

spare plinth
#

mechanics as in keeping an eye on the dot and thundercloud?

median locust
#

Fight specific mechanics

#

As in, not standing in explosions

#

Standing where you need to be

#

etc

agile laurel
#

to use the expression, blm is a turret

#

it can't put up with constant movement

#

so, try not to

faint flare
#

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

agile laurel
#

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

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because Scathe is Very Bad™️

spare plinth
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iirc scathe gets outdated as you level, probably due to triplecast and later xenoglossy

median locust
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You use it before the boss becomes undamageable if you can't do anything else which is... very rarely lol

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even low level it's horrible

spare plinth
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i'm assuming you can cast triplecast than run out of the bosses carpet while in fire phase

agile laurel
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nobody uses scathe really

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the best thing to do with scathe long-term, is not put it on your bars

faint flare
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If you even have triplecast up at that point, yes

spare plinth
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same with sleep

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eh i'm curious about the blm rotation in the game

faint flare
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Primarily you use procs from firestarter and Thundercloud to move along with xenoglossy

median locust
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Also a LOT of slidecasting

agile laurel
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ice til full mana/full umbral hearts/thunder is refreshed, fire IV til no mana, despair, repeat

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yeah you'll wanna get damn good at sliding

median locust
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!faq slidecasting

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agile laurel
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nothing feels worse than attempting to slide, thinking you succeeded, and 'oh where did my enochian go'

spare plinth
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or as larry calls it "eno chan"

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eh then again he hasn't made an update on the basically blm video

agile laurel
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and as a result practically every haha funny blm player in DF but let's not get into that

faint flare
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Black mage hasn't changed much since stormblood

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Shadowbringers only really added Despair to the rotation which is just tacked onto the end of fire

median locust
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Mostly quality of life stuff but that stuff is AMAZING lol

faint flare
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And xenoglossy for free movement

agile laurel
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yeah. black mage literally just got qol and a couple new spells

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no major changes

faint flare
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Along with aspect mastery to cast the opposite spell without MP cost

spare plinth
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apparently you can use thunder in either fire or ice phase

faint flare
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Yes

agile laurel
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you have more leniency to in ice

faint flare
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You have a small amount of wiggle room for non fire spells

spare plinth
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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

median locust
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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

spare plinth
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and i think sharpcast can trigger thundercloud

agile laurel
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yep

faint flare
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If you cast thunder during it yes

median locust
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you can also use it for movement but it's better if you use something else

spare plinth
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i found a cool leveling guide for black mage on youtube

median locust
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like Xeno/Fire 3

faint flare
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The one i posted with kupo bot basically covers the general GCD rotation

spare plinth
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sounds like a cool rundown

agile laurel
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especially on aoe you're gonna probably get sharp thunder every time you need to use it

median locust
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The current best updated BLM guide is this one
http://akhmorning.com/jobs/blm/guide/intro/

spare plinth
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you know how free trial players have a separate launcher for ffxiv. what happens if they buy the ffxiv game?

faint flare
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You download the actual game

spare plinth
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does it get rid of the free trial launcher?

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what's the best class in arr for casual noobs like myself?

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whm, bard, war?

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drg?

median locust
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Like easiest to play? No class really is hard for ARR

agile laurel
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they mean stuff you can get in arr probs

undone pasture
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I'd say the casters are pretty counterintuitive

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Tanks have super easy rotations, but are, you know, tanks

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BRD is pretty easy for ARR content, I think, and you get AOE early which makes dungeons faster

median locust
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Bard, Dragoon, White Mage, Paladin are all really straight forward

undone pasture
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DNC requires level 60 but it's completely braindead

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Is there some way more efficient than just spamming leves for leveling crafters from 71-80?

stable hinge
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whats the best gear in the game currently?

faint flare
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Mix of eden savage gear and augmented allegory gear

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With eden savage weapon

stable hinge
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Ty

faint flare
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Aka i500

stable hinge
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not surprised farming allegory is such a grind

static yacht
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you're capped to 450 allegory tomes per week

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and it only gives you 490 ilvl stuff

median locust
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Ishgard Restoration is waaaaay more efficient than leves, all the way from 20 to 80

stable hinge
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yeah it sucks

static yacht
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you upgrade the 490 ilvl stuff by using drops from the middle 2 current savage raid tiers

median locust
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It takes a bit longer overall but it's way cheaper

stable hinge
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Ive been grinding dailies since I hit lv80 and all I can afford is a damn cystarium ring

static yacht
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yeah, it's basically a "if you're behind it sucks" scenario

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since its a weekly lock out

median locust
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Luckily 450 a week isn't too hard

stable hinge
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any way to farm allegories apart from dailies and tails?

static yacht
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hunt trains

median locust
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Hunt trains are super fast

static yacht
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in addition

stable hinge
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I need to start doing them

static yacht
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in 5.35 you'll be able to use the sack of nuts from hunt trains

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to get the allegory upgrade items

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so you can technically still get ilvl 500 (aside from the weapon)

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but it won't be BiS

stable hinge
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whats BiS?

static yacht
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best in slot

stable hinge
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Ty

median locust
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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.

stable hinge
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Awesome

static yacht
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and if you get lucky, an S rank can spawn

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which gives ... 30 allegory? I believe?

median locust
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think so yeah

stable hinge
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😩

static yacht
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then each S rank killed has a 10% chance of spawning a SS rank

median locust
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Those are rarer though, but a few of them spawn a day

static yacht
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which gives ... 50?

median locust
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in a given DC

stable hinge
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how do you spawn them?

median locust
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Well first off they have an invisible respawn timer that's multiple days long

stable hinge
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Ty

green grail
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each one has its own spawn condition

strong sphinx
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so with the token from memoria misera you can buy the relic armor right?

median locust
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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

green grail
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yeah, 3 totems for boots/gloves/hat and 5 totems for chest/legs

strong sphinx
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will that armor be upgrade when the next patch hits like the weapons were?

green grail
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probably not since it's optional drops from a fairly high difficulty trial for most casual players

strong sphinx
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ah damn

daring turret
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Is there like a job specific gear seller? Just got to 50 mnk and was wondering were i could start getting gear lol

unique oasis
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spend poetics on ironworks gear in mor dhona

median locust
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You get a set of job gear by doing your class quests

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But the best lv50 gear is Ironworks yeah

tulip plover
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How long does the ironworks armor last?

median locust
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Till around the lv55 dungeon

faint flare
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Lv53 story/dungeon, 55 if upgraded

median locust
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If you're at 57 and still have Ironworks, you need to upgrade your gear bad

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at the 57 dungeon*

tulip plover
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So i kinda just farmed up 4 lvls and i just finished getting tge full set

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Cuz roulletes

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unique oasis
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I honestly disagree

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i wore it up to 59 while levelling several jobs and it wasn't a big deal

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maybe only if you're a tank player will it actually cause you to suffer

static yacht
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if you're a tank you 100% will not be able to wall to wall

twilit arch
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You should ideally not be wearing ironworks past 55

static yacht
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and even as DPS

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it drastically reduces your DPS

unique oasis
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i mean

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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

twilit arch
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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

unique oasis
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and then you'll hit 60 and it doesn't matter

static yacht
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just hit need on every upgrade

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i think its like 5 dungeons for 55-57?

unique oasis
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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

static yacht
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that's minimum

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5 pieces of gear

twilit arch
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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

unique oasis
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otherwise, if you have a bit of patience, it barely matters

twilit arch
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because its safer and better to your parties in general to have better gear

static yacht
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I mean if you're exclusively leveling through MQS roulette then that's different than

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spamming dungeons

unique oasis
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you don't have to deride my point by being reductive about the roulettes

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there's more than just MSQ available between 50-60

daring turret
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Si the only way to get the ironworks is by spending poetics?

open coral
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Yes

static yacht
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yep

unique oasis
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yeah that's correct

static yacht
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there's alternative ways of getting the iron works upgrade items

open coral
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Ironworks, Shire, and Scaevan gear are all purchasable only by poetics.

static yacht
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but for the piece of gear itself 100% poetics only

unique oasis
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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

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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

open coral
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With each new expansion, they convert the previous expansion's endgame gear to poetics purchase, and halve the costs.

leaden ginkgo
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Are crafting and gathering classes useful/recommended in the beginning?

signal garnet
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whats the best way to level from 50-60 as a dps?

daring turret
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Aaah got it

agile laurel
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dungeons

daring turret
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Thanks a lot guys!

twilit arch
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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.

median locust
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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.

static yacht
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@signal garnet dungeons, roulettes, potd

median locust
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Also yes, roulette are the best exp

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do these first

signal garnet
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ill go palace then since no friends lol and im playing red mage

twilit arch
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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

static yacht
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make sure

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you do 51-60

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1-49 gives garbage exp

leaden ginkgo
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Ah fair enough

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Cause I started a gladiator and thought probably they’d offer better equipment

twilit arch
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the gear you get from the main scenario quests will cover you just fine

leaden ginkgo
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Sweet

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Thanks so much x

onyx kiln
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can you do anything special with low level materia? or is it just to sell it of?

faint flare
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Arr relic needs it

twilit arch
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1-4 are needed for the zodiac weapon

onyx kiln
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okay, but there is no way to maybe like combine 2 smaller ones for a bigger or somerthing?

faint flare
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Transmute at mutamix

onyx kiln
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not hunting relics now so there would be no other need otherwise

faint flare
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Its a small chance to upgrade tiers

onyx kiln
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got it

twilit arch
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if you get lucky, might get crafting/gathering materia also those tend to sell pretty decently on the mb

onyx kiln
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does this work for demi materia as well?

faint flare
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No Jona

twilit arch
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no, can't transmute demimateria

tidal yarrow
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dancer doesn't seem a job that deals a lot of damage to me. am I wrong?

gloomy ice
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The WoL that appears in promotional materials is the default Hyur Midlander so yeah likely height 50.

faint flare
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Its lower personal dps wise but offers a ton of raid buffs

twilit arch
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while dancer doesn't have high personal dps, they make up for it with their party buffs

slate arrow
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Depends on what you mean and what level

faint flare
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To make up for it

slate arrow
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!action standard finish

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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
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slate arrow
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At level 60 and below it's common to see Dancer on top

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If you're talking level 80 yeah it's below most of the other DPS jobs

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But it's constant 5% DPS buff is powerful in the hands of a good DPS

tidal yarrow
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I'm level 58 grinding since first day to play dancer^^' how do I chose the best dps to buff?

slate arrow
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If you're leveling: you just partner the other DPS unless they're really shit

twilit arch
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if you're in dungeons, just go with the other dps. in 8 mans, safe bets are usually blm, smn, sam, and mnk iirc

slate arrow
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Unfortunately there's no way to know without parsing

tidal yarrow
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I see

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lol I'm stupid cause i thought on 4s parties I would have to decide. I'm so used being tank and not dps

open coral
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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.

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Which is what makes classes like NIN, MNK, and SAM such good options.

tidal yarrow
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alright!

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last question

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is she fun to play? :D

open coral
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Dancer? I enjoy playing it.

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Some people don't.

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But I like the aesthetic of it, and it's pretty simple to learn the basics.

twilit arch
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i also enjoy dancer

tidal yarrow
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sounds good

twilit arch
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though when you don't get any procs for a while it is big sad

tidal yarrow
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yeah aesthetic main reason I wanted so much to play it

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we'll see, thanks.

sturdy mason
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If I have a question about end game savage raid strats, what channel is the best for that? #endgame-lounge ?

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twilit arch
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general question about them is fine here, though #endgame-lounge if you need more in-depth answers

agile laurel
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my personal opinion on dnc that a few of my friends share

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is it's braindead til about 74 and not much better from then on

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rotation-wise

frozen karma
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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?

old flame
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What is the easiest job to heal with?

sturdy mason
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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?

raw solstice
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no, stick with the strat you are doing, 100%

sturdy mason
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Any reason why, so I can share that with them?

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@old flame white mage

raw solstice
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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

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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

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if you can do ilya fine, you should do ilya

molten spruce
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how do i use limit break?