#questions-and-help

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dense pier
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per server

twilit arch
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!faq subprice

zinc orbitBOT
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Subscription Prices
indigo orbit
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I always forget the entry sub is a thing

little swift
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entry price only allows for 1 character per world up to 8

leaden ginkgo
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Wtf

little swift
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if you want more than 1 char on the same world

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you'd need the standard sub price

simple shore
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Either way, there's still almost no real reason to have alts, despite what was said above.

indigo orbit
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I’m on legacy sub pricing so I’ve never paid it

dense pier
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You're wtf-ing at that and not the fact that you have to sub to get more retainers?

😂

leaden ginkgo
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I have standard sub, never knew the entry was a thing

little swift
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standard is what the base game gives you

indigo orbit
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or game time cards

little swift
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^

leaden ginkgo
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I just puechase game time when it runs out

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Last time I bought 180 days

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Which seems to have the same price as entry

indigo orbit
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Yeah the bigger chunks save money in the long run

little swift
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the bigger chunks work out to about the same

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as entry every month

leaden ginkgo
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So if next time I want to add one month only, it would be better if I just buy Entry, right?

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But I guess they don't stack with each other

indigo orbit
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If you don’t have more than one character on a server

leaden ginkgo
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But I think they would ask me to wait until my Standard sub runs out

indigo orbit
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I think what happens if you drop to entry is whichever character is at the top of the server list is the one you can use

leaden ginkgo
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Ok so if I sub in chunks, might as well put some characters on the same FC, hire some retainers and trade away

dense pier
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Don't forget the ventures part

leaden ginkgo
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Crazy effort though, considering my main character just hit Lv.44

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There's no reasons to do that at this point

indigo orbit
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I think you could just use the company chest if you were using an FC

leaden ginkgo
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How long do you think it would take to get my char to Lv.70? (Including the story)

indigo orbit
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Although I’m not sure of the logistics of inviting your own characters to your FC

leaden ginkgo
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I feel like I'm missing out on the latest content

little swift
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you do have to consider that oyu'd have to level the characters to the same point

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lv17 for retainers

leaden ginkgo
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I don't wanna get there just to find a lot of players stopped playing and find it harder to get a group

jagged crow
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Is it possible to get a summoning bell or something in my apartment?

little swift
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yes @jagged crow

jagged crow
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What's it called

little swift
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summoning bells are craftable

jagged crow
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Is that the only way

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or can I buy it off mb

little swift
jagged crow
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I haven't unlocked that in crafting yet

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Wait yes I have!

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omg

simple shore
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Just about anything craftable is buyable

trail prairie
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did i miss any opening sequence to the first ||eden|| raid or does the whole raid really just start with a sudden fight?

indigo orbit
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You mean like no trash pulls?

trail prairie
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i guess, or at least, i dunno, something that explains how you got from the outside to the inside, and what room you find yourself in

indigo orbit
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That’s how most XIV raid wings are

trail prairie
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i don't remember alexander or omega being this... random

dry ocean
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Do I only get raid 1 book every week?

gloomy ice
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For E5-8S, yeah, one book per floor per week.

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hidden turret
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is there a pros and cons list anywhere for the 4 tanks? I love tanking, and have tanked the last 2 expansions, but coming back a few up dates later, this is a lot different and not sure which one I want to play and focus on

dry ocean
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No raid gear til next tier I guess

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Are they going to release new tier on 5.3?

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Last tier

indigo orbit
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5.3 is the next wing of NieR

twilit arch
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the last tier of combat gear is 5.4

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5.3 is catch up, so the nier gear will be same ilvl as unaugmented crystarium ilv490

lilac belfry
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I'm not an expert nor a tank, but here's what I know.

  • Gunbreaker likes the damage, much damage. Possibly lowest self mitigation
  • Paladin has a lot of utility for the party and has a heal for itself. I haven't heard anything bad about paladins in a long time.
  • Warrior seems like it has a lot of damage too, and decent self mit and self heals. I have no idea how their group utility is though
  • Dark Knight seems really solid and their self mit is pretty strong, possibly strongest? Their damage seems okay too, but definitely not gunbreaker tier.
indigo orbit
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All the tanks have to mitigate enough for current content

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Which they do

lilac belfry
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I'm looking to level 1 class of each role so I can play any role. I currently have 2 level 80 healers and level 80 summoner, any recommendations on the other 3 roles?

I have gunbreaker/dark knight sitting 70+, my highest melee is 55 ninja, but samurai isn't far behind at 52. And my highest ranged physical is dancer at 60 (if that even counts).

dry ocean
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Eden ilvl is 505 iirc

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??

gloomy ice
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The weapon is, yes.

twilit arch
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eden savage gear is 500 for the armour and 505 for the weapon

gloomy ice
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The rest is 500, yeah.

simple shore
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That said, there's a reason why WAR is the lowest played currently.

dry ocean
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So 5.3 are Qol for arr and new AR quest

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Aight. There’s still time to farm eden gear

lilac belfry
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as a healer who has spammed dungeons the last two weeks or so, I'd definitely say dark knight feels like it was the easiest to heal if that's your goal. But I've also seen bad dark knights. I don't feel like I had an easy time healing gunbreakers at all, same with warriors. I encountered very few paladins (I could probably count on one hand how many I saw this weekend)

simple shore
dry ocean
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War is best for pulling huge packs

simple shore
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That number in the last column? Its a good judge of whats currently popular

lilac belfry
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maybe all the paladins are 80 lul

dry ocean
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While Drk has almost no physical damage mitigation

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Iirc

simple shore
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Huh?

little swift
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drk has tbn

simple shore
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DRK has fine mitigation. It just has extra mitigation for magic also.

little swift
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and shadow wall

lilac belfry
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I'm looking to level 1 class of each role so I can play any role. I currently have 2 level 80 healers and level 80 summoner, any recommendations on the other 3 roles?

I have gunbreaker/dark knight sitting 70+, my highest melee is 55 ninja, but samurai isn't far behind at 52. And my highest ranged physical is dancer at 60 (if that even counts).
D:

indigo orbit
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DRK has plenty

dry ocean
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Ahh yeah

simple shore
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TBN is probably the most powerful mitigation ability in the game

indigo orbit
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TBN is like

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Push button receive tanking

simple shore
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Its silly

hidden turret
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I was a Drk Main in Heavensward, then Stormblood I was a Paladin main. I've always wanted to play War as well but never seriosuly got into it

dry ocean
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Haven’t played Drk so I only know what I know

lilac belfry
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I really enjoyed dark knight til level 70 in stormblood, I really didn't like dark arts

simple shore
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Dark Arts is gone

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So

lilac belfry
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oh I know

simple shore
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if that was your reasoning, then time to give it another look

lilac belfry
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it still felt off I tried it again recently

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not sure what's missing

dry ocean
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They did say drk has the best magic mitigation

simple shore
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Yeah. It has the best magic mitigation. The best "general" mitigation too, if you ask me. It just has the worst invuln.

lilac belfry
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I always wanted to level a paladin, but can never bring myself to do it. I like sword & board

dry ocean
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Oh yeah Tbn turn some tb to zero damage

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Might try drk

hidden turret
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yea, I've been on the fence between going back to Drk, keeping with Paladin, or picking up War

dry ocean
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What are drk raid buffs?

lilac belfry
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think its same as gunbreaker

simple shore
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Magic mitigation

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Dark Missionary

dry ocean
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Heart of lght

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So same 10%?

simple shore
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10% magic mitigation to the group

dry ocean
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And pldn wings?

simple shore
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PLD wings is 15% and all damage

dry ocean
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How does % translate to damage calculation

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Add?

elfin wagon
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is there a way 2 check my dps if im on ps4

hidden turret
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whats the War raid version, shake it off?

simple shore
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Ask someone who isnt on PS4 to check for you? That's about it afaik

tropic summit
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There a good page to see all sidequests that have special rewards like emotes and mounts?
I can't believe I've been missing Lali-ho all this time just cause it wasn't a blue quest

tacit karma
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I’m on pc and is new, I have some questions
I have one group of friends in one data center and another on a different one is it possible to play with every one for free?

simple shore
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No

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Datacenters are completely isolated from each other

stray dawn
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datacenter = regional

tacit karma
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Ok, can I have two different character in two different data centers?

simple shore
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Yes, but that would be....an enormous amount of work

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You'll likely burn yourself out completely if you do that.

tacit karma
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Well I have some ppl who bought me the game but I don’t play with that much, and other ppl I play with all day and want to play. So I just wanted to know if it was possible to play with both at certain times, thank you

unique oasis
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im not really sure how good blue mage is. with like great ilvl gear for 60 (say, do some unsynced alex savage to collect up books and use it on caster gear for BLU, or whatnot), so that you got like pretty great stuff for the fight, are the alex savage raids harder or easier with a team of BLUs, once they start knowing how to play it correctly on BLU?

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I'm not sure if its like BLU has sick stuff that makes it easier or if they're missing stuff so it gets harder or how that works out

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and i mean harder or easier than like, synced normal classes

simple shore
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I'd assume easier synced than with non-BLU synced? BLU are pretty OP.

unique oasis
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that's pretty cool

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i sorta missed out on coils and most of alex savage cause i started during HW

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so maybe finding a blu static to take on the blu title challenges

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would be a cool way to get a chance to do those synced, but in kinda an unusual way too

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i only ever cleared A9S

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er... maybe A10S?

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or maybe i only progged A10S but didnt clear

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not sure, but definitely A9S

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its been a long time

tacit karma
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Sorry another question, if I already have a character on a data center then make a new one on the other, will my original character be deleted or replaced?

marble drift
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no

tacit karma
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Ok thank you

dire quest
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can someone help me

final meteor
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hello guys i have question , server omega he had double exp now is double xp change to another server or what? and if change what time is it ( sry for bad eng )

obsidian patio
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Preferred servers only change with patch updates

dire quest
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im trying to reinstall the game on my new pc but every time i try i get an "unable to download patch files" error and its driving me crazy

obsidian patio
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So omega should still be preferred

final meteor
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the next patch when

obsidian patio
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@dire quest see if you need to update internet explorer, as the launcher uses that to download the patches

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August 11th

final meteor
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tysm

dire quest
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but i dont have internet explorer

obsidian patio
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You still need it updated

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So you’ll have to download it :/

dire quest
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damnj

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oh wait i do have it

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dire quest
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ok what exactly do i have to do

obsidian patio
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Just scroll down a bit to the 2nd GM post

grim adder
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What do you do with ocean fishing fish?

obsidian patio
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Either desynth for a chance to get bait back or sell them to a npc vendor

dire quest
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link wont open for some reason

grim adder
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oo ok

dire quest
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wait nvm

leaden ginkgo
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Hey everyone o/ I have a question about my game service account. I tried logging in earlier today but couldn't as I got an error message that said my account wasn't registered.

So I looked on the mog station to find that my account has been suspended. Before anyone asks, no I have not participated in RMT or anything that would get me suspended.

After looking at recent login info on SE's website though, I found 2 log ins from a different IP address in a different country.

Is it possible that my account was hacked and suspended? I contacted SE support about 12 hours ago but have yet to hear anything and I still can't log in. I'm not sure what else to do at this point.

jade quartz
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Yes. Nothing you can do but wait for support reply, really.

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They're slow to respond atm due to covid

leaden ginkgo
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Ah ok, yeah I kinda figured :( any idea what the turn around time roughly is for this to be fixed or does it just vary?

jade quartz
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I couldn't tell ya really

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few days hopefully

leaden ginkgo
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Alrighty. Thanks for the info! :)

nova beacon
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whats the diffrence between dying gear and using glamour

shrewd owl
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dyeing gear gives it a different colour

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glamour is changing the appearance entirely

nova beacon
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oh

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do i have to buy outfits or theyy are free?

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for glamour

shrewd owl
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any piece of gear yyou get can be used for glamour

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theres also some items that are purely for glamour

nova beacon
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i got 12 prism from quest

unique oasis
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?ping

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,ping

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how can i get the ip address for crystal to ping it

simple shore
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Hmm

unique oasis
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i know there's a bot comand

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that has the datacenter ips

jade quartz
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!faq datacenterip

zinc orbitBOT
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Datacenter IP Addresses

List of IP Addresses for each Datacenter

Aether: 204.2.229.9
Primal: 204.2.229.10
Crystal: 204.2.229.11
Chaos: 195.82.50.9
Light: 195.82.50.10
Mana: 124.150.157.156
Gaia: 124.150.157.157
Elemental: 124.150.157.158

how do I ping the IP?

Windows: Open Command Prompt and type ping *insert IP Address here*
Mac: Open Terminal and type ping *insert IP Address here*

dire quest
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yeah i tried doing what what in that thread but it didn't work

frozen karma
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is there a way to automatically equip a soulstone? Went into lvl50 dungeons a few times as a marauder instead of warrior

remote lintel
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gearsets

junior tundra
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do people still do the old alliance raids that arent crystal tower

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need to do the ivalice raids for the resistance weapon and have a more than 30 minute queue

remote lintel
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yes

simple shore
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Try queueing as other roles?

jade quartz
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@frozen karma you should change jobs by gearsets

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always

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not by manually equipping weapon

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Set each job to its own gear set, update gearset with the 🔄 button whenever you change a piece of gear

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gearsets can be dragged onto hotbars

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instantaneous job switching with one click.

hazy flint
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Can all my 80 crafters get away with wearing the main set of crafting and materia infused gear I own. I only just remembered you can have multiple crafters on the same gear because they don’t exclusively use it it’s whoever I am at the time. Only thing I can think of is having a variety of looks XD

little swift
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Yes you can use the disciple of hand gear instead of class specifc gear to share it among all your crafters

hazy flint
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Cool I just thought if I have my main set which has all materia infused in I can just use that for them all because they don’t require like anything specific

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Just slowly get more tops to look a little unique haha

uneven galleon
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Do people take samurais for raiding? I want to dip my toes into endgame raiding but I'm not sure what to level up. I have RDM, BLM at 70, SMN at 74, SAM at 73, and MCH at 70. I want to be a useful job

oak ice
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All jobs can clear all all content

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So if someone denies entry to any job you're dodging a bullet

warped nest
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Personal Mastery is more important over the jobs ranking

little swift
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The most useful job is the one you're most comfortable in

uneven galleon
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So I can choose basically whatever, that sounds great. I guess for starters an easier job is better so I can focus more on the mechanics and less on the jobs rotation and ssuch

crimson wind
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Do Pagos and Pyros give more tomes/NM than Anemos?

celest bison
obsidian patio
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dress looks modded, not sure about the boots

jade quartz
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boots look modded too

celest bison
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Also yeah its modded

jade quartz
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and the top and the ears

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all modded.

celest bison
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Hair too :3

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Face

jade quartz
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face paint 👀

celest bison
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Everything else

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👀

jade quartz
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pose

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literally all modded

whole lagoon
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if i kill her will something happen

jade quartz
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she will die

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:(

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You will get nothing

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she's a B rank hunt mark

whole lagoon
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i mean bloody mary i thought she was ghost and shit

jade quartz
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only gives reward if you have a hunt bill directing you to kill her.

celest bison
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BRUH i forgot about that mob

jade quartz
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She's a large green penguin.

obsidian patio
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nah, just a fish-vomiting bird.

jade quartz
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She will vomit fish at you if engaged.

obsidian patio
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it feels sad to die from fish

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n-not that i would know

whole lagoon
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mossy tartan
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In extreme ||titania||, I don’t understand the big vines part (not the ones that expand) do they move, or are they still? And do they kill instantly when you touch either of them?

obsidian patio
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The ones during the 3 big adds?

mossy tartan
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Yep

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I’m watching a video about it, didn’t do yet

obsidian patio
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they smack the direction they're facing. Not sure how much damage they do though

mossy tartan
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Is the smack’s range infinite in said direction?

obsidian patio
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yep

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the way they're set up is that they'll smack opposite squares of the arena

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So one set will smack the NW section, and the other will smack the SE section

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or it could be NE and SW

mossy tartan
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Ah, like that

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I see. Thank you

tidal yarrow
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what's the point of selling super overpriced stuff? like rebel coat at 4milion

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while there are many others at 900k

leaden ginkgo
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is there a way to get past tomestones?

obsidian patio
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nope

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@tidal yarrow probably forgot to update price listing, if i had to assume

leaden ginkgo
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do the items from past events return?

obsidian patio
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The only Exclusive items you're missing from the past tomestone events are the items that cost 100 tomes

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and no, none of them have currently returned

leaden ginkgo
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as a new player, what's the best way to get the best from the current event?

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I like the red panda minion, it's a shame I missed it

obsidian patio
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praetorium and castrum are probably your best bet.

little swift
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I would say rival wings or aurum vale aren't awful alternatives

leaden ginkgo
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I was spamming Dzemael Darkhold (I'm lvl 45 atm)

obsidian patio
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red panda can be bought from the marketboard, though price can vary

leaden ginkgo
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so should I just focus on getting to lvl50 and run those dungeons instead of spamming Dzemael Darkhold for tomes?

slate crow
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Is tanking the same basic principle for each class/job in that role? Keep enmity icon on and attack enemies to keep them interested in you?

obsidian patio
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yep

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@leaden ginkgo depends on queue times for the most part

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Also for Castrum Meridianum and Praetorium they have unskippable cutscenes so those dungeons always take a certain amount of time

leaden ginkgo
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I see, thanks again

obsidian patio
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Castrum usually takes around 25 minutes or so while Praetorium goes around 40.

leaden ginkgo
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Darkhold is faster but rewards 3 tomes only

slate crow
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I noticed that while PLD has the yellow shield thing, DRK has Grits, so I’m guessing the others have ones.

leaden ginkgo
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yea each tank has their own tank stance

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gunbreaker has royal guard, warrior has defiance

storm rampart
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Is it worth it going for materia before level 50 or should I just hold off until then?

leaden ginkgo
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you can just meld the materia you extract from your items

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you should get tier 2 materia from them

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you get a message and animation when your gear reaches 100% spiritbond

obsidian patio
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I wouldn't really bother, you'll replace your gear frequently and unless you keep remembering to retrieve the materia from your old stuff you'll need to keep getting new materia

storm rampart
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Last question, are the apartments okay? I'm getting tired of this inn and I think making the 500k is doable.

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Wait, nvm

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level locked

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Until give it maybe a week

crimson wind
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What's Reprise's use?

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It has good potency, but I'm thinking it's a waste of Mana

slate arrow
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Extended movement

crimson wind
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mmk

slate arrow
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basically, if your ~3 seconds every 2 GCDs isn't enough it's less of a DPS loss than not casting

grim adder
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How long should I stick with the bloodhempen crafting gear?

rough lance
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is fully set of augmented shire good enough for blue mage for now? i don need bis >.<

obsidian patio
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yes

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@grim adder i'd say until 65 for the kudzu set?

rough lance
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ok thanks

grim adder
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I'm at 1k gil let's hope i can afford it by 65 😩

ocean pilot
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anyone here left handed in endgame? im wondering how to set my keybinds to universally be working for every class so i dont have to get used to another setup every time i switch

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atm im trying to sort out the hotbars for gunbreaker and it just breaks my fingers tbh, im out of ideas

mossy tartan
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Does ||Tsukuyomi’s|| last phase theme and ||Suzaku’s|| theme both share a specific theme that is in some sort rearranged? At the start of the male singer’s section of ||suzaku’s|| and at the start of the female singer’s section of ||tsukuyomi’s||, both of them share almost the same melody at that part

dense pier
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Hey

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I am looking through 60-70 job quests for crafters

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It says I have to make something using a resource that I can't gather

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Do the 60-70 crafter quests not require you to use actual mats for their quests?

obsidian patio
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Correct, the NPCs give you materials to make the item

dense pier
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YES

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I finished getting all my crafters to 71+ through GC

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Time to start dumping mats

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grim adder
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@dense pier oo Can you turn in things multiple times for your grand company or did you just do it everyday?

dense pier
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@grim adder
If you turn in high-quality, you get DOUBLE the reward.

If the item has a yellow star, it also means double reward meaning you get quadruple(?) reward.

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Basically, turn in a HQ item every day

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and you get a level every day

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Sometimes 2 levels

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If you get lucky with a star

grim adder
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O I’ve just been turning in NQ things

dense pier
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sometimes you can get 3-4 levels

grim adder
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Woops

dense pier
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It's not bad, but turning in HQ definitely has a much bigger impact

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I've been gaining 1-2 levels a day in all my crafts

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slowly bringing them to 71+

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I could have probably leveled them faster spamming collectibles but I didn't wanna do that

grim adder
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At least that makes sitting at a timed node for 30 minutes trying to get lettuce better for me

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Ty for the info!!

dense pier
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Np friend

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Also you can turn in high-quality gatherables too

vivid wolf
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So i got 5 Silver feathers for some reason, what should i do with them?

green grail
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they're only used for leveling gear at calamity salvagers, so you can use them instead of poetics to get some gear at lvl 50/60/70

vivid wolf
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Is the lvl 50 weapon worth it?

slate arrow
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the ironworks one? Yes

vivid wolf
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Whats the purple gear? Zodiac or something i think it was called

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Can i start farming that at lvl 50 too?

jade quartz
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You could say it's the theme of Doma.

obsidian patio
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yes, but relic weapons that aren't for the current expansion are basically only for glamour/looks

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since you can get weapons equivalent to the final stage of each Relic weapon series for a handful of poetics.

vivid wolf
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Do i get poetics just by doing duties?

obsidian patio
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level 50/60/70 content, yes

vivid wolf
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Currently only getting tomestones of law

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Oh that explains

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Probably not far enough into the msq

green grail
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the law you're getting is a moogle event currency, not the tomestones for actual gear and stuff

obsidian patio
#

the non-law tomestones are found in the currency menu

grim adder
#

Can i finish up my culinarian from 60 - 80 just by doing GC and the diadem?

dense pier
#

Yes

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Diadem is made for leveling

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crafters and gatherers

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If you're quick, and willing to spend gil on gear upgrades or prepare them before hand

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you can level a crafter from 20-60 in Firmament in around like, 45 - 60 minutes

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maybe less, cause I was distracted and being casual about it

grim adder
#

It’s probably going to be more casual since i only have 7k gil 🙈

stray dawn
#

if you add materia to a gear, can you get the materia back?

dense pier
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Yes

stray dawn
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how do I do it?

gloomy ice
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Right click the gear piece that has the materia you want and then click Retrieve Materia.

stray dawn
#

roger salute

gloomy ice
#

Grades 6 and below have a 100% success rate. Grades 7 and 8 can fail. If it fails it breaks.

vocal shell
#

Do you always get a seed back when harvesting plants?

gloomy ice
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Not always. It’s pretty lucky if you do actually.

vocal shell
#

alright, thanks!

gritty oracle
#

How common is retrieving materia failing? Should I start stockpiling materia and clusters now? (Have ~20 Stella and ~30-40 plani)

gloomy mortar
#

Is there a max limit on tradecraft Leves? All of them now only offer 3000 Exp. I just unlocked level 60, and all those are also only 3000 Exp

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tidal yarrow
#

is it possible that to progress with my heavensward msq I must need to fly?

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or am I just not finding the way

dense pier
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You're gonna need to fly

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but I think that might be in the last zone only

mossy tartan
#

@jade quartz sorry for the late reply + tag, but thank you for confirming - I was wondering because I heard that leitmotif somewhere but couldn’t exactly pinpoint it

tidal yarrow
#

@dense pier I am at sea of clouds

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don't think I'm that far in the story..

dense pier
#

Yuuko, I think there is one zone that

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If you don't get the aetheryte and teleport out of the area

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you're kinda screwed

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and require someone to fly you over

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but idk

tidal yarrow
#

I'm asking a friend to fly me

azure kettle
#

Does anyone know why the mog station won't let me pay my sub with crysta

tidal yarrow
#

thank you

azure kettle
#

It just says no changes to your subscription or payment methof

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tidal yarrow
#

how's called the chat "hotbar"

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wanna drag it on the corner but can't find it

jade quartz
#

?

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If you want to move the chat window, just click and drag the "general" tab

strong sphinx
#

under high duty party finder, people often have something like "2 chests, 1 chest, chest dont matter" what do these terms mean?

jade quartz
#

Due to the restrictions on savage loot

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If all players have not yet cleared the fight during that week's lockout, then the fight will reward two treasure coffers at the end.

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If 1-4 players have already cleared the fight once that week, then only one coffer will appear.

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If 5+ players have already cleared that week, no coffers will appear.

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So 2 chests = don't join if you've already cleared this week, we want maximum loot.

strong sphinx
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so if they write "2 chests" it means if I cleared the fight that weak, i should not join?

jade quartz
#

correct

strong sphinx
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ahhh okay!

jade quartz
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btw

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if you skip ahead to do a higher floor

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then it counts as having cleared the previous floors for that week.

strong sphinx
#

WAIT OMG

jade quartz
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So if you did E8S first

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then it counts you as having cleared 5 6 and 7

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and you can't get loot.

strong sphinx
#

thats insane woah i didnt know that

jade quartz
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Enforces doing them in order each week.

strong sphinx
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thats such a qol to know thing right now, thanks because i was about to join e7s w/o clearing e6s and e5s

faint flare
#

You lose the loot rights the exact moment you load in

jade quartz
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Mhm

faint flare
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There's a GIANT red warning in the duty pop window

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That tells you this

strong sphinx
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ok thank god i didnt do that yet

faint flare
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Even if you never touch the boss, you'll lose loot if you skip

frozen karma
#

what does it do to link a gear set to a glamour plate?

faint flare
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It means it will always try to apply that plate

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When you use that gear set

jade quartz
#

means when you change to that gear set it will apply that plate

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so if you update a piece of gear in the gear set, the glamour plate will automatically apply over the new piece too

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also allows you to do different glamours for different jobs that wear the same gear

faint flare
#

Still follows the glamour plate rule of only applying in towns

elfin wagon
#

whts the difference between eos nd selene

sick zenith
#

Ones goth and ones e girl

slate arrow
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@nova beacon that's normal yes

nova beacon
#

ik

frozen karma
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Is there any point in using gear sets before I hit lvl80?

faint flare
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To swap jobs easily

jade quartz
#

Absolutely

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vivid wolf
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How do i get the other item needed for ironworks? (Not the poetics, the other item)

median locust
#

The upgrade items? Same vendor, different option. Also costs Poetics.

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It's either Tomestones of Poetics (Special Arms) or (Other), can't remember which

vivid wolf
#

Oh so basically i only need tomestones?

median locust
#

Yep

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there's other ways to get those items but Poetics are 10x easier than anything else lol

vivid wolf
#

I think it was rowena something

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That's the item im looking for

median locust
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Do you mean to augment ironworks or to get an ironworks weapon?

vivid wolf
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Just to get some ironworks gear, so far i only got the weapon via chocobo feathers

median locust
#

Oh I get it now. There's a vendor in Mor Dhona that sells all of it with Poetics. It doesn't require anything else. She's over here:

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There's a counter with 3 vendors, she's in the middle

slate arrow
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To get the weapon, you need 10 Poetics tokens and one specific tomestone

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I think it's the encrypted tomestone but I can't keep all of the straight in my mind

vivid wolf
#

Yeah i think it was asking for an encrypted tomestone too

slate arrow
#

anyways yeah everything else is available for tomestones

median locust
#

10 Rowena's Token (Poetics), 1 Encrypted Tomestone
Unless you're PLD then only 7 tokens and you just buy the shield with poetics

slate arrow
#

In the later expansion zones the augment vendor is also nearby but to augment ironworks to 130 you need to go to gerolt's assistant in North Shroud, Hrystmill

junior tundra
#

why do samurai get meditation at 60 if they cant take advantage of it till lvl 80 to use shoha

dire quest
#

is there a way to change the install location for the game? i'm trying to have it install on my :D drive but it automatically installs in the :C drive

vivid wolf
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Via steam?

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Or SE

median locust
#

Meditation still gives you kenki the longer you hold it. You're supposed to use it during downtime when the boss is untargettable and you have nothing better to do

slate arrow
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@junior tundra I mean, you can use it during downtime for free kenki

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it's just

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yeah

dire quest
#

steam

vivid wolf
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You need to create a new steam library folder on your D drive

slate arrow
#

@dire quest install the launcher to the drive you want your game to install to and it should take care of everything else

dire quest
#

i did

slate arrow
#

Steam now allows you to direct the install anywhere natively

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but the FFXIV launcher itself is just a skinned up pretty launcher from like 2008 or so

dire quest
#

it installed the launcher in the D drive but the actual game installs in the C drive

slate arrow
#

Too bad Hank isn't online right now, I know I installed mine on my second drive but I can't recall how I did it for the life of me

kind eagle
#

Do company quest

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give lot of gil

median locust
#

Which company quests? Like levequests?

#

If so, no

kind eagle
#

flame company

median locust
#

Like actual quests? Item turn ins? Levequests?

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I'm not sure, what you mean, sorry

kind eagle
#

grand quest

median locust
#

I know you mean something related to your grand company but that doesn't narrow it down :v

#

Nothing related to your GC really gives any good gil as far as I know though

kind eagle
#

o

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then where do i farm gil

vivid wolf
#

Msq gives quite a bit

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And dungeons

median locust
#

Gathering things that are in demand on the MB
Zonureskin maps when you're max level

#

and yeah MSQ gives a good bit when you do it

vocal shell
#

Kingcakes, Adamantite Francescas and Dispelling arrows go for quite a bit

kind eagle
#

im just lv 45 bard

vocal shell
#

using gc seals

kind eagle
#

and lv36 msq

vivid wolf
#

Don't really need a lot of Gil at that lvl

kind eagle
#

i need 2m

forest laurel
#

no you don't lol

vocal shell
#

what for ?

vivid wolf
#

Wait what

#

Why?

kind eagle
#

upgrades

forest laurel
#

msq gives them

vocal shell
#

upgrades of ?

forest laurel
#

don't buy gear off the marketboard

kind eagle
#

i think market board is better

median locust
#

you don't need 2m for gear at lv45

forest laurel
#

it's not lmao

vocal shell
#

it usually is not

median locust
#

don't buy gear off the market board

vivid wolf
#

Do job quests

vocal shell
#

the gear msq gives you is more than enough

vivid wolf
#

Gives great gear at 45 and 50

median locust
#

if you still have some bad slots just go to any of the main cities and look through the NPC vendors

vocal shell
#

when you unlock mor dhona you can get lvl50 poetic gear, that should last till you get to the next upgrade of poetic gear

median locust
#

one of them will have lv45 gear

molten spruce
#

how do i fly?

kind eagle
#

i can buy lv80 weapon

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for the future

median locust
#

Gather all aether currents in an area @molten spruce

vivid wolf
#

I still run around in lvl 5 withered earrings

molten spruce
#

ahhhh

vocal shell
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lvl80 gear should not be your main focus atm

median locust
#

you don't need a lv80 weapon now

vocal shell
#

msq is not very gear heavy

solar hinge
#

Heyya guys! Quick question, can crysta still be used to buy subscriptions?

vocal shell
#

yes

solar hinge
#

Weird. I don't see the crysta in payment methods when renewing my subs

proud willow
#

If you have the game through Steam, you may need to log into Mogstation through the website instead of getting there through Steam

solar hinge
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I have it on my ps4

vocal shell
proud willow
#

Hmm, then I dunno

solar hinge
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@vocal shell i Do. But look at this

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Sorry, bad phone camera LMAO

vocal shell
#

Weird, i see it on my page.

solar hinge
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@vocal shell ikr? O.o and it wont let me buy crysta as well lol

vocal shell
#

Have you tried it on another device?

solar hinge
#

Yep. Both phone and laptop

vocal shell
#

weird.

molten anchor
#

so is it worth it to buy revised survival manuals over commercial survival manuals after level 70? i know the latter has halved effectiveness but its also 10 times cheaper so it seems to me its better to get 10 of those for 30m exp overall when i use all of them up over buying one of the former for 12m exp overall. but i also know next to nothing about gathering (or crafting) and i'm not sure if i'm missing something here.

solar hinge
#

Well, thanks anyway guys. Ima try and contact support on page. :)

vocal shell
#

gl ! \o/

kind eagle
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i want to reach lv 50

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before my msq reach lv40

median locust
#

why tho

vivid wolf
#

I regret that

median locust
#

There's little to no reason for being overlevelled on MSQ

vivid wolf
#

Currently lvl 51 but msq is still at 46

kind eagle
#

so i can use that

median locust
#

Most people do overlevel the MSQ but not on purpose lol

kind eagle
#

exp for sam

vivid wolf
#

Always need to levelsync

median locust
#

lv40 exp is nothing for a lv50 class

vivid wolf
#

True that

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Lvl 40 is like 500k xp

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Lvl 50 is like double

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Just do msq

warped nest
#

You still want to keep an eye out because later on you would be nearing lvl 80 but your MSQ is still on low 70s

vivid wolf
#

And for second classes, do potd

warped nest
#

Until you capped at lvl 80 and start wasting dungeon/msq exp, doesn't really matter how much you over level.

open coral
#

It's reasonable and pretty normal to be 5-10 levels ahead of the MSQ coming out of ARR (depending on a variety of factors). The gap tends to narrow the closer you get to the end of ShB though, even if you're that far ahead.

kind eagle
#

Friending a player can be scary?

warped nest
#

It is just a reminder that you don't know who is on the other side

#

They can be a creep

#

They can coerced you into gifting them stuff

#

Etc etc

kind eagle
#

Damn

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kind eagle
#

i didnt know about it

warped nest
#

It is not unlike meeting new people irl

#

I dunno why you'd think this is any different

median locust
#

It's more like, if you friend someone you can't take yourself off their friendslist, so they'll know where your character is at all times even if you don't want them to know

#

and in very rare cases, some people use it to stalk

#

but it's far from common

warped nest
#

It is a possibility, and they need to remind you of it

kind eagle
#

Do the developer plan to fix this

vivid wolf
#

It isn't broken

median locust
#

they haven't made a statement about it as far as I know but I don't know for sure

open coral
#

There's nothing to fix? It's just a caveat emptor

vivid wolf
#

No need to get fixed

median locust
#

yeah it's not a bug, just an oversight

#

I guess

kind eagle
#

What does FC means

#

friend code?

open coral
#

Free Company

median locust
#

Free Company, AKA guilds

open coral
#

Guilds

#

Well, player guilds. They're not called guilds because the places where you learn the various jobs are called guilds, and that would just be really confusing.

vivid wolf
#

Do other players hear a bard's performance?

median locust
#

Yes

vivid wolf
#

Nice, time to annoy ppl

kind eagle
#

ah lim losa

median locust
#

People often stand in public places playing music

kind eagle
median locust
#

there's also a setting to turn it off so you can't hear people who use it to annoy lol

opal bough
#

Best use of poetics?

kind eagle
#

Does making an alt account

#

give a clover like new player

median locust
#

yes

#

making a 2nd character also does

#

!faq poetics

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median locust
#

@opal bough

open coral
#

Making a new character at all gives you a sprout.

#

Even on a veteran account.

kind eagle
#

no wonder people tends to be cautious

#

thats actually good

#

like a way

#

to teach people

leaden ginkgo
#

Does mateus feel dead for anyone else

fresh lodge
#

Its the middle of the night

#

Well

#

Its early morning on a work day

leaden ginkgo
#

That's true but It feels like it's always like this

fresh lodge
#

Its one of the largest servers on Crystal

molten spruce
#

where do i see how many more aether currents i need to attune?

open coral
#

In the Travel menu

fresh lodge
#

Travel > Aether currents

opal bough
#

@median locust thanks

#

Should I do ARR or HV relic weapon? Or wait until I get to 80

fresh lodge
#

Wait until 80

#

The relics are only for glamour

opal bough
#

So can I choose one and only go for it?

molten spruce
#

dude ythose relics are the biggest grind

#

you can get all

karmic dirge
#

Hello! 🙂 I'm new and rolled a healer by accident but it's fine. What is the etiquette around player commendations? Do I always give it to the tank? I gave it to the guy who did all the role play stuff with the gun powder. Thanks! 🙂

fresh lodge
#

There is no etiquette

vivid wolf
#

You can always change class

fresh lodge
#

Just give it to whoever you feel like

molten spruce
#

just give it to who you think helped the most

#

i usually give it to good healers

karmic dirge
#

Ah great, I was afraid that he might be angry

open coral
#

You don't have to give your comm to anyone if you don't like. The system doesn't say who gave you a comm, just that you got one.

#

So yeah, just give yours to whoever you liked the best.

karmic dirge
#

Thanks you all helped me a lot! 🙂

vivid wolf
#

When do you unlock samurai?

molten spruce
#

lvl 50

vivid wolf
#

Hmm mustve missed it

noble ember
#

So for end game gearing, I have enough to buy two ilvl490 accessories or 1 big piece (chest/legs) which is more beneficial

#

Cheapest first for ilvl increase or big pieces for stats. All my gear is ilvl 480 + ilvl 485 weapon atm.

vocal shell
#

Samurai unlock is at ul’dah

#

@vivid wolf

faint flare
#

@noble ember stats first

vivid wolf
#

Oh alright

molten spruce
#

when you get first job to 50 you can pick samurai at ul dah

vivid wolf
#

Rarely visit uldah

#

Does it start at lvl1?

molten spruce
#

no

vocal shell
#

50

faint flare
#

50

molten spruce
#

lvl 50

vivid wolf
#

Might need to find some gear first then i guess

vocal shell
#

It gives you gear

molten spruce
#

^^^^

#

though u cant do a lot with it

vocal shell
#

mhm, it’s just basic gear

#

you can replace it with vendor or poetic gear

faint flare
#

They give you i115 left side

#

No accessories

open coral
#

If you do like, one day's-worth of roulettes for poetics, you can buy Ironworks accessories, then go back and get the rest of the stuff later. That's how I usually handle it if I haven't gone and bought the Ironworks stuff ahead of time with surplus poetics.

vivid wolf
#

How long does ironworks usually take?

#

Did like 1 dungeon so far which gave 20

open coral
#

You can get:

500 poetics for first daily MSQ roulette
100 poetics for first daily Trial/Alliance raid roulette
80 poetics for first daily 50/60/70 roulette

#

Plus potentially 50 or 100 bonus poetics per instance if there's a new player, and (for the 50/60/70) an additional 120-ish per instance.

#

But at the very least you can easily earn about 800 poetics per day.

normal breach
#

For people who played both what is better warrior or dark knight

faint flare
#

Yes

#

Is the answer

junior yacht
#

what do you mean by "better"

fresh lodge
#

They're both good

junior yacht
#

like, more fun?

fresh lodge
#

Neither is better

normal breach
#

What do you enjoy more

open coral
#

It really depends on your personal playstyle preference.

junior yacht
#

i preferred warrior

fresh lodge
#

Thats largely personal preference

#

But imo I hate DRK

compact rose
#

New player here. Is it worth to change from DPS to Tank just for shorter queue time? I really enjoy playing DPS but the queue times are abyssmal

median locust
#

That's a valid reason to play tank. Try it out, see if you like it.

normal breach
#

I'm fairly new playing like a month and I started tank and my que times are so fast

open coral
#

That's kind of up to you. You can certainly tank (or heal) just for dungeons and dps for the rest of the time if you like, but you'll have to keep both jobs independently leveled and geared.

#

Typically queue times for dps are going to be in the 10-15 minute range, so it's not awful

compact rose
#

I just played one dungeon and it had a 30 minute queue time.

open coral
#

Yeah, right now at this particular time of day that's not surprising.

#

It's 10am on a weekday

#

And that's on the east coast

compact rose
#

Are there a lot of dungeons in the story quests? I kinda just want to stick with the story quests.

vagrant copper
#

Right before reset too so ultra double bad timng

open coral
#

Yes. There are dungeons very regularly throughout the story which are required to progress.

vital lichen
#

I wouldn't say a lot, but there's dungeons that can slow your progress here and there.

open coral
#

In ARR, dungeons and instances occur about every 3 levels, while from HW onwards you'll have a new dungeon every odd level.

molten anchor
#

not every one of those is required usually though, so if you do just the msq dungeons there will be larger gaps

open coral
#

... I was specifically referring to the ones required for the MSQ...

median locust
#

Up until lv50 every other dungeon is optional, but in expansions the levelling ones are almost all mandatory

compact rose
#

The queue times are better in the expansions?

open coral
#

Not really? They're about the same across the board thanks to level sync.

jolly sorrel
#

So I picked up Scholar, haven't played it for ages and some stuff changed. I'm at lv60, I've a crapton of abilities, and I'm a bit overwhelmed.

#

Could someone give me something of.. I don't know. flowchart or something?

#

Just need to get in the hang of things

compact rose
#

Ok. I think will stay as a DPS for now. Thanks for all the help

jolly sorrel
#

right now I just use bio, ruin, adlo and press random buttons. I'm sure I can do better

open coral
#

Have you gone through and read the tooltips for each of your abilities? If not, your best option might actually be to simply remove everything from your bars, then go through your spellbook one by one and replace them while reading what they do.

jolly sorrel
#

That's exactly the step I'm on and then I came here. I just re-placed everything on my hotbars and thats the part I got overwhelmed at. I've at least seven different heals for various situations, all of which make me go like "or I could use adlo"

open coral
#

I mean, Adlo is your primary tool as SCH. Everything else is basically backup for that.

azure kettle
#

How big of a movement increase is peloton vs sprint

open coral
#

It's the same, but with a shorter cd and affects the entire party.

median locust
#

It's very slightly slower than sprint

faint flare
#

10%

#

Peleton is 120%, sprint is 130%

molten anchor
#

doesn't having both active at the same time increase speed further too? i swear when i get a peloton and pop sprint it feels like i move slightly faster

fresh lodge
#

No

faint flare
#

Sprint overwrites everything

fresh lodge
#

They don't stack

median locust
#

you only get the effect of the fastest one

molten anchor
#

oh its just because sprint is slightly faster

open coral
#

You move faster because Sprint is a little faster

jolly sorrel
#

I've an aoe regen, an aoe magic mitigate, a single target shield, an aoe shield, a single target heal, a better singletarget heal, a better aoe heal, another aoe mitigate, a delayed heal, a buff that spreads a shield, a buff that turns shield into hp, and a buff that crits a shield, another aoe heal, another aoe heal that's also a shield----- I've many options 😦

faint flare
#

And you use all your off global heals first

#

Throw whispering dawn mostly on cooldown

#

Its free healing

median locust
#

A lot of those are off the GCD so you can use them in between Broils

jolly sorrel
#

Alright, that's good advice. I'll check which of these are oGCD

azure kettle
#

@faint flare ok ty

faint flare
#

Heal with Lustrates, heal aoe damage with indom

open coral
#

Healing with any job is mostly about learning when damage comes out, and what is most effective against it.

faint flare
#

Your fairy abilities and aetherflow are ogcds

fresh lodge
#

You basically want to use Aetherflow on cooldown

#

But never use it if you still have aetherflow

#

If its about to come off cooldown then just dump the rest using Energy Drain or something

jolly sorrel
#

Where do I prioritize Sacred Soil at?

#

Always keep up or only if I need extra regen?

#

err

#

mitigation. regen is whm

sleek pagoda
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when tanks pulls a bunch of mobs

fresh lodge
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Sacred Soil also does regen at 78? iirc

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Its one of the 70s anyways

open coral
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Yeah

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SS gets a regen at higher level too

faint flare
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The thing with sacred soil pre regen is that lustrate tends to heal more than it mitigates

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Unless there's a FUCCCCK ton of damage

jolly sorrel
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Okay, so pre regen I may as well ignore soil and just use lustrate

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unless I need -both-

fresh lodge
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!action Sacred Soil

zinc orbitBOT
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**Sacred Soil** : lvl 50 SCH (30.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Creates a designated area in which party members will only suffer 90% of all damage inflicted.
Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Regen
Cure Potency: 100 Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10 Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1

fresh lodge
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No

open coral
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You can drop SS if there's big damage going out on the party

faint flare
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After regen its amazing

fresh lodge
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Use Sacred Soil when a large amount of damage

open coral
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The mitigate isn't insignificant, even pre-regen

fresh lodge
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Such as during a big pull or a raid wide AoE is coming out

open coral
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Just after you get the regen effect it's even stronger.

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I think it's actually better than the WHM version

jolly sorrel
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Mixed signals, I heard just now that Lustrate heals more than Sacred Soil will mitigate, unless the damage is really really significant

open coral
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!action Asylum

zinc orbitBOT
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**Asylum** : lvl 52 WHM (90.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Envelops a designated area in a veil of succor, granting healing over time to self and any party members who enter.
Cure Potency: 100
Duration: 24s Additional Effect: Increases HP recovery via healing actions on party members in the designated area by 10%

faint flare
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Lustrate/indom

molten anchor
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lustrate is single target right? wheras sacred soil can hit many people. i dont play scholar but it seems like it would be useful for party wide damage

faint flare
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You indom

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For party damage

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Or whispering

open coral
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SS is a ground effect, so it only hits as many people as are willing to stand in it

faint flare
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Or both

open coral
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Indom is targeted

faint flare
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Indom is around you

fresh lodge
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You use Sacred Soil when you want to mitigate a large amount of party damage

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Indom won't save the party if they're dead

lean yarrow
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Is there a pros and cons list on the different ranged dps? From the looks of it, if I don't want a mage, I pretty much have to take ARC to BRD and then try the level 50 classes?

open coral
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You have to remember that part of the healing job is knowing when and how to combo your skills for the best effect. Indom or SS on their own might not seem particularly strong, but when you stack both effects, you can cover a lot more damage.

jolly sorrel
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Well, I'll use this info and decide on the spot then. The "oGCDs first, faeries+aetherflows" helped me a lot!
Deployment Tactics allows me to turn an Adlo into a stronger Succor, is that the idea of this buff?

faint flare
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It gives a stronger shield

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Than succor

fresh lodge
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It spreads the current Galvanize buff to people around the target

faint flare
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But you miss the healing of succor

open coral
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!faq meta

zinc orbitBOT
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Meta Jobs FAQ

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

Click here for the best jobs in the game though

open coral
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@lean yarrow

fresh lodge
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:/

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They weren't asking if they were good

lean yarrow
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thank you!

fresh lodge
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They were asking whats the difference between them

jolly sorrel
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So it's one of those "there's an ult coming, lets bring out the big shields while someone else tops the hp bar"?

open coral
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Yeah, I noticed that after a second look -.-;;

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Sometimes, yes @jolly sorrel

molten anchor
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yeah usually i see healer bubbles appearing just before the boss does a super heavily telegraphed raidwide

median locust
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Don't play ranged DPS but I can mention a few things about them @lean yarrow
MCH doesn't have RNG in its rotation but can be ping dependent. Doesn't give any DPS buffs.
BRD has some RNG and gives small buffs.
DNC has tons of RNG and gives big buffs. Needs to be in melee range for some skills but has a dash that helps with that.

jolly sorrel
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Alright. And the other one, Emergency Tactics- when is pure HP better than half HP + shield?
Best I can come up with is uh... that one doom mechanic in wanderers keep where you gotta top someone off, but

faint flare
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When you need healing but not shield, like when shields are already applied or "heal to full" mechanics

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Or help healing drks Living dead

jolly sorrel
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Oh, when shields are already up and you still need a massive heal for the bar /or else/. Yeah I can see that happen

steel anvil
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is there any reason to gear gathering retainers beyond the venture unlock gear requirement?

open coral
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Better retainer gear = better items returned from ventures

lean yarrow
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@median locust Oh damn DNC sounds fun, When you say tons of RNG, do you mean tons of passive buffs that could pop and change my rotation?

jolly sorrel
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Alright, two more questions and I'm completely covered. Physick, drop it from my hotbar? Or are there times when I would still want to spam it?

jade quartz
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Better items from exploration ventures, more items/hq chance from regular gathering ventures

steel anvil
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is there a cap to that? Or should my retainers be wearing materia melded facet gear?

jade quartz
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!faq retainerbp

zinc orbitBOT
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What are the current retainer breakpoints for max yield?

BTN/MIN: 2083 Gathering.
FSH: 1628 Gathering.
DoW/DoM: Item Level 428.

steel anvil
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ty

jade quartz
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Hit that

fresh lodge
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Basically the short of it is:
Dancer: The proc Job the the 3, has a heavy reliance on RNG for its attacks, has the lowest personal damage of the 3 but offers excellent party damage buffs. Very simply to play and a good job to play if you want something simple to get started.

Bard: A bit of a mix between good personal DPS and party damage support, has some RNG but not as much as Dancer, its rotation is based on rotating between its 3 songs and taking advantage of each songs unique effect. Probably the most complicated of the 3, but still fun to play.

Machinist: Basically no RNG and no party support, but has the highest personal damage of the 3. Has a very straightforward rotation but is very ping reliant, above 150 ping you're be at a decent disadvantage. Might look complicated at first but is very straightforward in the end. @lean yarrow

median locust
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@lean yarrow You have a 1-2 combo as your main attack. 1 and 2 have 50% chance to proc 2 other skills that have a 50% chance to give you a feather proc. Feather procs can either be used on single target or AoE, and that has a 50% chance to give you a SUPER feather proc which is big damage in an AoE. So RNG on top of RNG on top of RNG.

jolly sorrel
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And, next to the Physick question- pets got a big overhaul, did it change what Eos vs Selene does?

jade quartz
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Yes

molten anchor
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physick seems like it would only be useful in the exact situation where you have less than 1k mana and need to get a heal out immediately, which seems very unlikely to me. but i'm one of those people who doesn't leave anything off the bar

jade quartz
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It changed them to being identical

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They are now purely visual options

jolly sorrel
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Wow. Gee.

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Well, good to know.

open coral
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@lean yarrow DNC has a special resource called "Esprit" which has a chance of being generated when the DNC or their partner uses abilities. The generation of this resource is entirely RNG, but is used to execute Saber Dance, one of their more powerful skills.

Likewise there is an rng element to the generation of feathers for their Fan Dance I and Fan Dance 2, as well as whether Fan Dance III procs. Also there are four abilities (two ST, two AoE) which are also rng procs off of their lesser versions.

jolly sorrel
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Pet glamours here we go.

open coral
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The ability of DNC to do big damage is almost entirely rng dependent.

jolly sorrel
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As for physick, thanks. I'll drop it in the corner of my hotbar somewhere

jovial horizon
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i'm trying to return to FFXIV but it's giving me a lot of trouble

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I bought the complete edition on steam but when I try to log in it says "This service account does not have a valid FINAL FANTASY XIV license for this platform or your subscription has expired" and i also can't register the DLC on the mog station

median locust
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Yeah you can get bad procs the entire fight and do bad damage just cause the game felt like being meant to you today

jovial horizon
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it says that one of the DLC was actually registered already?

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and the other one was invalid?

median locust
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Have you used your account outside of Steam before?

jovial horizon
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yea

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at least back in like 2016 i think

median locust
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you can't use a PC account from outside of Steam, on Steam, at all.

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you'd need to create an entirerly new account to play on steam

jovial horizon
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was that changed?

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i initially bought the account on steam

median locust
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Was always like that afaik

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oh I asked outside of steam and you said yea

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if you already owned it on steam why did you buy complete edition

leaden ginkgo
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So

jovial horizon
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cause i only owned the standard edition

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but i owned it on steam

leaden ginkgo
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Zodiac Weapon, Fates for Atma
is it just... absolutely random?

open coral
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Yeah

jovial horizon
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complete edition was like a $15 upgrade for all DLC

leaden ginkgo
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okydokey

median locust
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But Complete Edition is Standard + Shadowbringers. So you only needed Shadowbringers

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I guess it only made you buy Shadowbringers then lol

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do you have a subscription running?

jovial horizon
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i do

median locust
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you can't login without one

lean yarrow
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Damn thats some really good info on ranged, thanks everyone.

I lean towards complexity and min/maxing even though I know they're not soooo heavily rewarded here. Might go for Bard/Dancer, but I still need to try my hand at healing actual content.

median locust
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Buying the DLC doesn't give you game time

jovial horizon
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i know

median locust
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then login to mogstation and make sure you do have one running cause the launcher seems to think you either don't own the game or don't have a sub

jovial horizon
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i do

molten anchor
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how recently did you resub? sometimes it takes me a couple of hours to be able to log in after resubbing, since i dont use auto renew i do that quite frequently

jovial horizon
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oh it was within the last hour

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i figured it would be quicker

fresh lodge
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Is the bubble next to the expansions filled in?

open coral
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@lean yarrow For complexity, BRD would definitely be a better option. Where DNC has a ton of rng with the potential to add complexity, BRD has about a million buttons to push all the time and about five different things to keep track of.

fresh lodge
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Also are you launching through Steam?

jovial horizon
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no it's not

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it won't let me register the DLC anyway

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and yea i'm launching through steam

fresh lodge
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Hmm

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You got the key from Steam right?

jovial horizon
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yea

fresh lodge
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Like Right click FFXIV > Show CD key?

jovial horizon
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it gave me a heavensward one and shadowbringer one

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if i try and register the heavensward one it says it was already regsitered

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and the shadowbringer one says is invalid

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and also the starter edition but that one's already registered

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on my account

fresh lodge
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Wuuuuuh

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You bought it on the Steam store right?

jovial horizon
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yea

fresh lodge
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You shouldn't have been given a HW key

open coral
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I'm wondering if the HW key is old, from when they bought the game previously?

faint flare
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Its probably from back when they played

median locust
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That's probably from when they first played, or when Heavensward was free at some point

jovial horizon
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hmmm

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come to think of it i might have played on heavensward?

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but it's also not attached to my account?

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so i'm very confused

open coral
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It's included

jovial horizon
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cause i played in 2016

median locust
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are you on the right account?

fresh lodge
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Take a screenshot of the whole mogstation page

jovial horizon
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def the right account

fresh lodge
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Yeah thats the problem

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Its not a Steam account

open coral
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That looks like you don't have the Steam version

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If it were, the "Account Type" field would say "Standard (Steam)"

median locust
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Then yeah there's the problem. You can't register a Steam key to a non-Steam PC account

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no matter what

jovial horizon
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that's very confusing

open coral
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It has to do with game licenses and Japanese anti-trust laws.

fresh lodge
jovial horizon
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cause I have the starter edition on steam and it's registered to an account already

open coral
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Are you sure it's registered to the account you're currently accessing on the Mogstation? And not a different one?

jade quartz
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Your starter Edition must be registered to a different service account.

jolly sorrel
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That sounds like its on the mark. You have two accounts, probably.

jade quartz
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Both types cannot be registered to the same account.

jovial horizon
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this is a nightmare

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it's impossible for me to check that

open coral
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I would say, if you only remember the one account login for Mogstation, just buy the PC version of ShB from the SE store and go from there.

jade quartz
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If you have registered your starter edition, it is to a different service account.

jolly sorrel
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I think Steam allows you to cancel a purchase within x days?

fresh lodge
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Not FFXIV

jovial horizon
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I can't rebuy the starter edition on steam

jolly sorrel
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GG

fresh lodge
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You don't have to rebuy the Starter edition on Steam

junior tundra
#

do i miss out if i dont support anogg/konogg

fresh lodge
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The complete collect comes with it

faint flare
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No doge

open coral
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No @junior tundra same rewards either way, just slightly different dialogues.

jovial horizon
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Yes but that key it came with is already registered

fresh lodge
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Thats impossible

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When did you buy it?

jovial horizon
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yesterday

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But I've had the starter edition since 2016

fresh lodge
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Unless someone used your game key on a different account, it can't already be used

median locust
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but you said you already had starter edition

jovial horizon
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yes

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I bought the complete edition yesterday

fresh lodge
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They have the Non-Steam starter edition

jovial horizon
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it didn't include the starter edition since i already had it

median locust
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They said they bought complete edition and it only cost them $15 which leads me to think it only gave them ShB

jovial horizon
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i looked in the purchase history* and yea it only gave me shadowbringers

fresh lodge
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Now you need to find the account you tied the Starter Edition to

jovial horizon
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i have no idea how to do that

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can i check registration key on the mogstation?

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even then i only have one account as far as i know

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unless a key was stolen through steam or something

jade quartz
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If you are sure you’ve never made a second account

jovial horizon
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pretty sure yea

jade quartz
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Then probably you never registered the key for your Steam starter edition

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So try creating a new Square-Enix FFXIV service account and registering your Steam CD key to it

jovial horizon
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says it's already registered

jade quartz
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What does

jolly sorrel
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Alternatively, consider it a loss and rebuy the proper ShB version?

jovial horizon
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idk at that point i'm gonna request a refund

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if i don't get it then i'm just gonna dip

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this is not worth the hassle

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or the money

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cause on some level i basically had money stolen from me afaik

jolly sorrel
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But yeah. Can't mix and match steam and retail, that's the takeaway

jade quartz
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You haven’t had money stolen from you 😔

static widget
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do you need the starter edition to play or can you just get shadowbringer standard edition

jovial horizon
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this is money lost to me that i won't be able to get back

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I can't buy the starter edition on steam

fresh lodge
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You need the starter edition

static widget
#

bruh

remote lintel
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??

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you can't just buy dlc without the base game

fresh lodge
jade quartz
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@static widget you can either buy entry edition and Shadowbringers separately, or buy complete edition which is both in one purchase

median locust
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It says on the Steam page that it's not compatible with FFXIV outside of Steam. It also says on the Steam page that it's not eligible for a refund because it gives you a key which they have no way of knowing if it's been used or not

static widget
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I bought the standard edition of shadow bringer on SE

remote lintel
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that's dlc

fresh lodge
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Steam doesn't give you an already used key

median locust
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Yeah you need Starter Edition to play. ShB is only the DLC

nova beacon
#

do i have to use glamour to make my armor look like ricard or kain's ?

static widget
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oh my god

fresh lodge
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The only reason a steam key from steam can be already used is if someone literally used it

jovial horizon
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i can't buy the starter edition though

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literally impossible

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Not on steam

fresh lodge
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Then find the account it was used on

median locust
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then play outside of steam

jade quartz
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Steam is an official distributor, its keys are not a risk

jovial horizon
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But my DLC is on steam

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which means money went down the drain

open coral
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You've got two options here.

jade quartz
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You have either used the key mistakenly yourself or just not done your research

median locust
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Sadly that's the gist of it

jade quartz
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This can’t reasonably be blamed on the company or retailer

open coral
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Either you eat the $15 loss and buy a PC copy of ShB from the SE store, or you figure out the login information for the account to which you registered your Steam Starter Edition.

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There aren't really any other options at this point.

jade quartz
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Where are you actually getting the information that your Steam key has already been registered?

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As far as I know that’s not tracked on the Steam library page

jovial horizon
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if I try and create a new account with the steam key then it says it's already registered

fresh lodge
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Just check your purchase history to find when you bought the starter edition

jolly sorrel
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That means that you must have an account where you registered that key on. Gotta find the login and password.

median locust
#

Do you have 2 service accounts under one account?

rare comet
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can you rejoin a party after a crash?

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was in dungeon and comp wiped

median locust
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If they haven't kicked you, yes

rare comet
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damn

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wait

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how o.o

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do you just auto rejoin

jovial horizon
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As far as I know

faint flare
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You stay in the party

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Even when you DC

jovial horizon
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it's not in my purchase history

median locust
#

you reappear where you last were

rare comet
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huh

faint flare
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You dont auto leave the party

rare comet
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i'm just gonna assume they completed dungeon then

jolly sorrel
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Even if the dungeon finishes, you just end up alone in the dungeon.

jovial horizon
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Even going back to 2013 it's not in my purchase history

faint flare
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You only leave the party if you're kicked

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Nah

rare comet
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since we were on lats boss

faint flare
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People tend to wait

rare comet
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wat

median locust
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If you rejoin and you're outside the dungeon, that means they finished the dungeon

faint flare
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Unless combat has started

remote lintel
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@rare comet when you log back in you will spawn in the dungeon

jolly sorrel
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Fair.

rare comet
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combat had started, yeah

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was on final boss