if you don't want to do msq, you might want to rethink your game choice
#questions-and-help
agile laurel
simple shore
MSQ is required and almost everything is locked behind it.
slate arrow
You haven't finished ARR
agile laurel
if you haven't completed praetorium at least, no you haven't
slate arrow
if you did, we'd see another roulette on that page
simple shore
Yeah, no MSQ roulette means they havent
jolly sorrel
Yup
Well, in that case, this game is probably just too slow-paced for you and you might want to reconsider.
kind eagle
What about buying gil
simple shore
No trials or 50/60/70 either, which tells us stuff as well
kind eagle
with irl money
jolly sorrel
Highly illegal
kind eagle
i got trial
jolly sorrel
Impossible, then
kind eagle
simple shore
There's nothing you should need to be buying for that amount at this stage in the game
agile laurel
not done leviathan yet then, even
rich bay
@kind eagle
DON'T! You get perma-banned if you get caught with RMT.
And no, you are not on trial, you are level 50, free trial has a max of level 35.
barren flax
as a ninja am i supposed to open with Ten Chi Jin?
agile laurel
no
jolly sorrel
How are they level 50 without having done-- ahaha this is awkward
slate arrow
You poor soul
kind eagle
I spam dungeon!
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rich bay
And yes Yuki, why do you need 2.000.000 gil?
zinc orbitBOT
kind eagle
i need to buy dye
jolly sorrel
MSQ would've given you super much exp. points, much much much more than dungeons
azure kettle
How do I level squadrons? I just got the mechanic unlocked and looked it up but a lot of guides seem outdated
simple shore
@barren flax over in #resources refer to the NIN guide.
barren flax
ty
median locust
If you really want dye that bad, they sell dye on the Mogstation
agile laurel
@barren flax trick atk window generally goes fang >dwad > hyosho ranryu/kassatsu raiton > assassinate > raiton > TCJ ten-chi-jin > meisui
simple shore
I cant imagine buying dye for gear you're going to throw out that quickly
slate arrow
You do realize that spamming dungeons probably took longer than just doing the MSQ right
simple shore
Priorities seem to be severely out of line
slate arrow
Please do the MSQ.
median locust
and you'll have to do MSQ anyway
jolly sorrel
Well, I mean, if we're gonna play this game that way
slate arrow
This is not a request.
warped nest
The NPC vendors have decent selections of Dye
rich bay
@kind eagle
What kind of Dye?
jolly sorrel
I suggest you level a gathering job and start gathering lots of ores, they sell pretty well
agile laurel
only dye selling for that sum is firmament or jet black/pure white
warped nest
What you are doing is the Pokémon equivalent of grinding lvl 5 Pokémon before doing the first gym.
You are free to do so
jolly sorrel
If they are the type of person to endlessly spam dungeons for exp, they can probably handle spamming mining nodes too
median locust
MSQ gives gil as well as exp and unlocks 99% of the game
simple shore
And really, if you dont do the MSQ, you'll never unlock the content that the majority of people are actually participating in.
warped nest
But it is highly inefficient
hazy flint
And really, if you dont do the MSQ, you'll never unlock the content that the majority of people are actually participating in.
@simple shore Basically this
slate arrow
Like, you can't even use the levels in dungeons since level sync exists
agile laurel
just buy storm blue, that's cheap as hell
agile laurel
and soot black suffices, be honest
median locust
If you don't want to do the story, then this isn't the game for you. It's a Final Fantasy game before it's an MMO so the story is the game.
faint flare
If you dont do story. You cant unlock the content that makes you money
rich bay
The Pure White and Jet Black is also bought on Mogstation in their non-tradeable variants.
warped nest
What Dreamy said.
rich bay
You can buy a story skip, but i don't know if that is smart.
hazy flint
so what am I missing out here...
agile laurel
it isn't
warped nest
Pay SE if you had to get fancy dye. Don't pay 3rd party for gils so you can buy dyes and get your account suspended.
agile laurel
or do. your funeral
simple shore
I mean, guy can do whatever he wants, but I can only suspect that doing this is going to result in a thinner wallet and quitting the game shortly thereafter.
hazy flint
whats he trying to do?
agile laurel
buy jet black dyes
slate arrow
@hazy flint this absolute madlad got up to level 50 with only doing the MSQ up to level 35 or so
faint flare
Get money without story
jolly sorrel
He wants to earn 2M to buy dyes but hasn't beaten leviathan yet.
rich bay
Yup, not smart at all. But i do know people that just skip story from the start, because they are intrested in the end-game stuff.
kind eagle
endgame is cool!
jolly sorrel
So just buy your dyes from the MogStation
faint flare
Then do the story
Otherwise you cant do endgame
At all
In any way, shape or form
hazy flint
well thats some dumb shit excuse my language
slate arrow
You want raids? Gotta do the MSQ
rich bay
@kind eagle
If you really want rare dye now go to the cash store and buy it there for real cash.
slate arrow
You want gear progression? MSQ locked
everything is bloody behind the MSQ
please do it
hazy flint
the only mmo where everything is locked by story......
rich bay
Yup, Final Fantasy 14 is still a main line FF game so that means story first, fight second.
@hazy flint 
hazy flint
ive always treated it as a single player entry with social elements haha (dont get me wrong have my own FC etc)
jolly sorrel
I mean, if they're not willing to listen to reason and are plenty rich to spam $ on dyes- worst case they make SE happy.
hazy flint
it's just an oddly specific route to take to make money....you could do anything...nah just dyes
kind eagle
ye
rich bay
WoW does have expansion stories that are seperate (you get a free level skip too for any class when you buy expac), but the WoW story became worse and worse because of that. The story became moot, i think because lack of inspiration.
kind eagle
i gonna do msq
vivid wolf
Why does Sam get so much hate?
slate arrow
!faq meta
zinc orbitBOT
faint flare
Because people are bad
rich bay
There are only 2 ways to get the General Purpose Pure White and Jet Black dye.
The PotD F101+ accursed hoard and retainer quick venture.
wintry chasm
Honestly? memes
simple shore
Because most SAM's are trash. Just a fact.
slate arrow
If it gets any hate, it's due to new players
simple shore
SAM should have the highest personal DPS of any job. So when you see one that is doing less than the tank....its inexcusable and painful to watch
slate arrow
because everything is easy to fuck up the first time you play a job
vivid wolf
So i should steer away from SAM for now?
wintry chasm
No El
faint flare
Samurai is fine
wintry chasm
Pick it if you want
faint flare
Just play well
simple shore
Yeah - the players are the problem, not the job
faint flare
Press your buttons
vivid wolf
I guess now is the best time to learn it anyway
slate arrow
Just take the time to learn how the job plays and understand the abilities you get as you level
rich bay
Everyone needs to start somewhere.
But the jobs that start on a higher level then 30 are mostly frowned about.
Anyway, it is not the job, but the player yes.
simple shore
Take the time to read guides and play properly, and you wont get any hate.
vivid wolf
Still a sprout
wintry chasm
Or just play half well, still better than some people
hazy flint
use it....look at some guides...practice on a dummy and yeah learn...most of all DODGE AOES
slate arrow
There was a time when I hated GNBs because they were new tanks who didn't understand how to tank
median locust
SAM is the most played DPS in the game therefore it will have more bad people than other jobs, math
rich bay
I train with overworld mobs mostly.
faint flare
If you press your buttons, you're better than most samurais already
simple shore
SAMs are notorious (probably a weeb thing, tbh...) for having players who just press random buttons. Needless to say, this ends poorly.
median locust
People also go "haha weeb job" but SAM has very good DPS
Be a good SAM and no one will make fun of you lol
vivid wolf
They call SAM weeb but play ninja
rich bay
B-ranks are good fighting dummy's in my eyes. Some have AOE you need to dodge.
vivid wolf
5head move
median locust
At least Ninja has most of its skills in English, SAM has 99% skills in japanese
slate arrow
NIN also requires you to learn it from level 1 so you have to be purposefully bad to be bad with NIN
vivid wolf
Glorious Nippon steel
rich bay
El Baguettino, just say this:
"If you think Samurai is bad, i know now why you don't play it."
I have seen bad healers too, but most of the time i get the response that they know they are not playing very well.
Some folks just like to have fun.
vivid wolf
I think im just gonna do msq as sam to get used to it
median locust
I play BLM for the same reason some people play SAM. Most people have low expectations of BLM and SAM so a good one stands out more.
vivid wolf
No idea why but for some reason the highest dps classes take the most heat
faint flare
Because its easy to be bad at them
vivid wolf
Guess big hits attract incompetent people
simple shore
BLM/SAM are particularly flagrant in this regard because they bring nothing to the group - so they are reliant entirely on their own performance.
rich bay
It is also because SAM starts on L50
median locust
It's easy to suck at them so people associate BLM/SAM with someone who's always on the floor
jolly sorrel
Probably something to do with skill floors and ceilings
simple shore
Like, a mediocre NIN still puts up Vuln debuff. A mediocre DRG still casts Dragon Sight and Battle Litany. etc.
their rDPS goes up just by pressing those.
A bad BLM/SAM dont get to inherit anyone elses performance into their numbers.
slate arrow
BLM is hard to play well if you don't know how the fight goes
because you spend more time moving than attacking
rich bay
But finally what counts is to get the duty done.
Also #general-discussion guys.
slate arrow
fair
wintry chasm
not much to say
if you have idle camera on when you AFK for more than X minutes idle camera will start focusing on random things around you
tidal yarrow
oh! I didn't know it was a thing
agile laurel
sam is also memed on not cause it's easy to die, but because it's easy to suck
sam is tricky to learn then easy to play, so a lot of people just go guh-huh and press buttons
tidal yarrow
how should I use yaten and gyoten?
slate arrow
!action yaten
slate arrow
Just gap maker and closer respectively
Make sure you don't yaten yourself into death
and the gyoten when you're at range and not about to immediately die
warped nest
They are not bonus damage btw
faint flare
Use the closer if it gets you back to the boss faster than running
simple shore
Yes, you should never use those unless you're going to get better uptime as a result
jade quartz
If you’re going to lose a GCD if you don’t use them, you can do the backstep + enpi combo
Yaten-Enpi
But that’s only if you’re definitely losing a gcd
simple shore
Keep in mind that Enpi will cause you to lose your current combo chain however. So it may be preferable to not use it if you were on your third hit.
jade quartz
There’s also tech with using yaten-enpi as a single-GCD offset for rotation alignment stuff depending on your SkS tier
Gyoten only use if you’ll lose a gcd during sprint back otherwise
simple shore
That - or if not using it would cause you to take an AoE
jade quartz
Uhhh
median locust
Being more aware of your surroundings can fix that but I guess so
jade quartz
There’s not really a scenario where that should happen
median locust
It's not that much faster than just walking away
simple shore
should being the operative word, of course. If you're keeping yourself aware of your surroundings it shouldnt matter, but there are times where a gap closer has saved me in....less than ideal conditions.
Such as when some idiot decides to run the bombs through the middle of the group in copied factory, hah
cedar blade
Anyone know how to zoom out on the PS4? I don’t know what happened, but I can hardly see what’s around me because the camera is too close to my character.
median locust
Had to look it up but: Hold L1 and Right-Analog Up/Down to Zoom In/Out
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molten spruce
what are wondrous tails?
molten spruce
how do i unlock alexander?
rich bay
@fossil basin
There is no better way, floor 31+ yield better rewards, but they require fixed party.
faint flare
Alexander starts in Idyllshire with "disarmed"
agile laurel
What's the actual name of an astrologian weapon? I suppose it'd be an astrolabe?
faint flare
Which totem gear
molten spruce
alexander
agile laurel
probably means HW alex
faint flare
Alexander gives tokens to trade in for gear
agile laurel
wait no they mean TEA
faint flare
Savage drops gear straight up
molten spruce
in the merchant it says totem gear(alexander)
agile laurel
straight up, forget about that
molten spruce
how do i obtain hw relics?
agile laurel
i believe the quest starts in Idyllshire
tidal yarrow
the bigger the friendlist the longest it takes to load it?
molten spruce
damn that looks sickkkk
agile laurel
while this is what it's based on
(the HW relic)
tea version is just more gold and floaty-time-cog-bull
but while alex ultimate is i suppose a thing that can be done, it's the hardest fight available in the game currently, one of the most demanding levels of content for quite a few MMOs in general, and if you set out with an aspiration for that alone you're likely to be disappointed
faint flare
It takes over hundreds of hours to clear
jade quartz
About 100 hours
faint flare
Thousands depending on how consistent and quick your group is at learning and progressing
faint flare
Not if you're my group 
jade quartz
agile laurel
basically it's absolutely not a 'yo let's do TEA'
jade quartz
Nah TEA will become your job for a bit
faint flare
Though to be fair we did have to replace like 4 people and take a break for Savage for like 2 months
slate arrow
Where's that are you prepared to suffer screenshot when you need it
median locust
250 hours for my group, about 6 or 7 replacements and I only started Eden's Verse in June 
Don't underestimate TEA, calling it a job is pretty much what it feels like after a while lol
median locust
The moment we cleared, half the static left the Discord never to be seen again
vivid wolf
Do roulettes reset even if i don't log out?
faint flare
Yes
median locust
They do at 11am EST every day no matter what
faint flare
Reset happens automatically
faint flare
No interaction needes
vivid wolf
And what about if im in the dungeon while it resets
median locust
It checks for the bonus when you clear the dungeon
If you clear after reset, it takes the bonus from the new day
not the previous
vivid wolf
Shouldve done my dailies sooner
forest laurel
vagrant copper
Is the X also yes?
open coral
All answers are yes. Even closing the dialogue box is yes.
leaden ginkgo
Is it possible to 1 hit Final coil of bahamut turn 4?
forest laurel
lol no
median locust
You can solo it with most jobs but not one hit it
open coral
We're probably... 2? level caps from being able to 1-hit level 50 raid bosses.
open coral
Isn't the add phase hardcoded?
tulip plover
So if im lvl 60 going into hw what do i do about gear just keep getting msq gear?
faint flare
Just keep getting msq gear...Unless you want to spend gil
molten spruce
im talking to materia melders but they wont meld for me
faint flare
Dont really need higher gear until the content asks you for it
tulip plover
Well i plan on using my gil to power my gathering crafting classes
supple pollen
hey guys, new player here, thinking of buying, can i still enjoy the player housing element of this game with company housing?
[8:28 PM]
or would i want a personal house for that? i know its very hard to get
agile laurel
essentially, a FC room is a small house with no basement
jade quartz
@supple pollen getting a house is a bit of a task and takes a bit of luck, but it is doable
agile laurel
a small house is 2 FC rooms in size one on top of the other
jade quartz
Getting an apartment is very doable
supple pollen
but its near impossible for new player to get house right
junior yacht
an FC room is the same as an apartment
supple pollen
oh new player can get apartment?
jade quartz
Uh
agile laurel
the only thing a house plot can do that a FC room or apartment cannot is garden
jade quartz
Not near impossible
supple pollen
how long will i have to be playing to be able to afford apartment
jade quartz
Just quite tough
agile laurel
apartments are 300k right?
molten spruce
how do i put materia on my gear?
vagrant copper
500k for an apartment
jade quartz
500K
median locust
500k Appartments, 300k FC rooms
supple pollen
500k is fortune for new player?
agile laurel
visit a materia melder, or unlock melding at the northern thanalan place if you haven't
not really tbqh
jade quartz
You should have that much by the time you reach level cap easily
jade quartz
Well
agile laurel
the interior, at any rate
supple pollen
ohh so unlike homes, apartments always available?
agile laurel
mhm
jade quartz
They are limited per server but
median locust
There's more appartments than people who want one
jade quartz
Like nowhere is full
agile laurel
we-eell yes
median locust
But there's a LOT less houses than people who want one lol
supple pollen
why so lamia
agile laurel
they ARE limited but nowhere doesn't have them
because people want houses for clout gardening
generally
molten spruce
im at the materia master but he wont give me the option to put it in my gear
supple pollen
hmm i see, well as new player im sure id need to be playing atleast couple years to get house right
agile laurel
plus most people see apartments as a second option
jade quartz
Just a bit of a long term one
median locust
Lamia is my server not my name, but because you can put less stuff in an appartment. There's also tons of them
jade quartz
Ehh
supple pollen
i see
leaden ginkgo
Did desynthesis changed?
agile laurel
unlock materia melding here
molten spruce
i did
vocal shell
My friend who was playing for a month got a house, so it’s not really an unrealistic goal
molten spruce
im here
supple pollen
how he get house so quick?
agile laurel
well if you've unlocked materia melding, you should be able to meld materia a
molten spruce
he only says, transmute, remove
vocal shell
Camped the plot and got lucky
jade quartz
There’s the gil price—3mil—3.75 mil for a small house, 15–20 for medium, 40–50 for large
agile laurel
In some servers' cases, getting the gil for a house is the easy part
jade quartz
Small house isn’t too big an ask price-wise
The barrier is actually getting an empty plot
median locust
You can desynth anything at any level now, desynth level only affects your chance to get rarer materials @leaden ginkgo
molten spruce
how does one even get 50 mil
jade quartz
More difficult than usual at the moment
agile laurel
When a house is relinquished and made available for whatever reason, a stealth timer goes on the plot - you can't see it, and it can be anywhere between an hour to 3 days. In that time, the plot is shown as available but not able to purchase
So, what you tend to get is people camping out
supple pollen
well tbh i think this game is too daunting as a new player
agile laurel
spamming the purchase option
supple pollen
can anyone suggest another mmo
jade quartz
Usually there is a timer of 45 days before someone’s house gets demolished and the land relinquished if they haven’t used it
leaden ginkgo
What’s the maximum desynth level?can it be reach by all or not?
median locust
like 480 I think?
faint flare
You can max desynth on all
jade quartz
As many people can’t afford subs
median locust
and yes you can have max on everything
leaden ginkgo
Sweet,thank you
jade quartz
I’d describe this mmo as very casual player friendly
hazy flint
is there a sort of website that contains a general idea of what is inside treasure maps?
jade quartz
Probably on the less daunting end
leaden ginkgo
I’d describe this mmo as very casual player friendly
@jade quartz too casual
vivid wolf
Ffxiv is probably the most babysitting mmo tbf
molten spruce
is it possible to buy/sell materia in MB?
jade quartz
I mean it’s a good thing
vivid wolf
There is no way you can mess up
leaden ginkgo
It had a challenge long ago
jade quartz
Folks got jobs
faint flare
Yes xul
jade quartz
Ain’t got time
leaden ginkgo
Folks got jobs
@jade quartz true
jade quartz
No it didn’t Lilith
leaden ginkgo
Ain’t got time
@jade quartz we so have a short span of life so why take more time of our short lives lol
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hazy flint
I think they've just taken the hard grind out and it's now just a small grind. Crafting/Gathering/Levelling in general surprises me with how much quicker it is
hazy flint
from what level?
leaden ginkgo
70
hazy flint
err thats fair if you know what you're doing
hazy flint
My friends are new to it all and are like man it's quick and im like....it weren't haha
leaden ginkgo
It’s fun and addicting at times lol,I mean I returned from a break and I haven’t gotten to shadowbringers,still in stormblood lol
hazy flint
I mean I was 100% behind the idea of allowing things to be a bit quicker to allow people to break through the trudge of ARR etc
leaden ginkgo
My friends are new to it all and are like man it's quick and im like....it weren't haha
@hazy flint it wasn’t at all lol
hazy flint
Well my friends thought about crafting and I was like don't they said why...I was like it's a rabbit hole
you'll sink and sink
XD
leaden ginkgo
I can attest to that lol
hazy flint
you'll start with 1 then you want another to benefit that one...then you want to gather...then you can do other stuff and AHHHHH
leaden ginkgo
It’s an endless cycle
tulip plover
Ok so is nabriales like an introduction to boss mechanics?
open coral
What do you mean?
tulip plover
Well like the whole meteor and gathering orbs is the first time ive seen like you have to coordinate or you die
open coral
There are... fights that require that kind of coordination long before you reach Nabriales...
median locust
Yeah definitely
tulip plover
Oh ok idk i prob just saw this and was confused at first i thought you has to dodge the meteors but they told us we had to stand up under them
First time i actually had to pay attention to party chat
Idk i may be tripping
open coral
The tanks are supposed to soak the meteors for Nabriales while everyone else murders the void tear
tulip plover
Ah ok i noticed it when we all started over and i saw them type tanks stand under meteors
I was like wtf why? Isnt that like death? But i did it anyways
open coral
It is death... if you're a dps or a healer.
little swift
the tanks stand under them
faint flare
The voif also extenda buff and debuff duration ad well
vagrant copper
I've tanked one of those as a healer. It was preferable to the entire raid taking damage lol
faint flare
So the general idea is to pop cooldowns or invulns
median locust
That's a reoccuring mecanic in fights. Sometimes you'll have meteors falling that need someone to stand under them, or else it explodes and everyone takes damage
tulip plover
Ok so just holmgang before you walk up under it?
little swift
holmgang before you get sucked into the portal
faint flare
Holmgang before you're.pulled in
open coral
I'm trying to remember if there are tank pillar or meteor mechanics before that point. If you've done Crystal Tower than there are. Otherwise maybe not?
vagrant copper
I think CT and Nab is the first
faint flare
Going into the portal extends all buffs and debuffs by like 10x
tulip plover
I didnt see any meteor mechanics till now unless its an optional dungeon i havent unlocked
faint flare
Or some large amount
tulip plover
Ohhhhh i didnt know that
faint flare
Theres a yellow pop up that says something like
median locust
That's the one fight that does that in the entire game, lol
open coral
@tulip plover At least three bosses in the Crystal Tower (24 man) raid have similar meteor/soak mechanics.
faint flare
"distortion of time extends all enchancements and enfeeblements"
When you enter the portal
tulip plover
Ah ok honestly i was so confused about wtf was going on 😂
open coral
Healers will usually try to get party-wide hots out before everyone goes in
faint flare
And sprint
tulip plover
I was like where the fuck are we going?
leaden ginkgo
What are the stats I am looking for as DRK?
little swift
sks to comfort (5 deliriums in bloodspiller) > Crit > Dhit > Det
leaden ginkgo
What does sks mean?
molten anchor
skill speed
faint flare
Skill speed
leaden ginkgo
Ah
faint flare
Average around 2.38-2.4s gcd
little swift
sks somewhere between 2.42 - 2.38 GCD is good enough play with what you like
leaden ginkgo
Idk really about skill speed I am just looking to buy some gear with seals
faint flare
Dont worry about stats until cap
little swift
cap your job first
faint flare
Literally doesn't matter until cap
leaden ginkgo
Yeah but I am asking to know which accessories I get
faint flare
Get the highest ilvl piece of gear
little swift
and even then, unless you're doing really difficult content it doesn't matter
you want fending gear
steel wedge
What’s the deal with the error message I get when I try that new new game plus
little swift
whats the error message?
faint flare
The main stat increase wins out majority of the time
leaden ginkgo
How do I use bot to show an item?
steel wedge
open coral
A leve
little swift
do you have a levequest in your journal
molten spruce
what lvl is binding coil of bahamut?
open coral
50
steel wedge
I might but I never do them
little swift
its a rectangular icon
steel wedge
50
molten spruce
im 60 and havnt seen it, how do i unlock
open coral
Speak to the bartender in Mor Dohna
steel wedge
Why may I ask? How do they cause problems for NG+?
faint flare
Because its a duty
little swift
its a duty that requires you to be within a specific space to activate
tulip plover
So close to hw only 16 quests left >.>
leaden ginkgo
The seals gear is pepega
steel wedge
I can’t abandon Deadliest catch for some reason
little swift
shouldn't actively use GC seals gear for combat classes when there are better options available
that are arguably easier to obtain
rich bay
@molten spruce
It is this quest that unlocks the (First) Coil of Bahamut:
leaden ginkgo
@little swift Like what?
My DRK is still 43 so I dont really have the poetics option
leaden ginkgo
Aight I will ask around in NN if someone can craft me DRK gear
rich bay
It is possible to get poetics before L50, with S-rank and A-rank Elite marks.
leaden ginkgo
I will try to ask for lvl 45 gear since its around the corner
little swift
yes but he can't equip it
open coral
@leaden ginkgo You'll get 4 out of 5 left side pieces of "artifact" gear at level 45, and the 5th piece as well as a full set of 5 level 50 pieces on completion of the level 50 job quest.
little swift
dark knight doesn't have that
little swift
lv50 it just gives generic armor
leaden ginkgo
But its armor
molten spruce
should i do BCoB in order? turn 1 then turn 2 and so on?
forest laurel
yes they do
molten spruce
ok
forest laurel
well
molten spruce
and i reckon its obvious the boss is bahamut
forest laurel
it's more like progression deeper and deeper
there's 3 actual bosses across the entire raid
faint flare
The main cutscenes arw the last fight if each rier
forest laurel
yeah
faint flare
And turn 12
molten spruce
ohh its a 24 man?
forest laurel
8-man raids are normal raids
24-main raids are alliance raids
molten spruce
i did the crystal tower one and it was a walk in the park
forest laurel
yeah well this is different lmao
forest laurel
mainly glamour now
molten anchor
the 24 man raids are always way easier than the 8 man raids, and in particular arr 24 man is really easy even for alliance raids and arr 8 man is harder than the other normal raids
gritty oracle
What do the red pins on the map mean? They seem to really just be at random locations.
faint flare
Points of interest
molten spruce
where can i buy a suit for glamour with gil?
leaden ginkgo
Best man suit in Uldah
molten spruce
where is the vendor to that
vagrant copper
Should be more or less across from the Aetheryte I think...?
I run by it all the time
leaden ginkgo
hello, has the moogle tombstone event ended? i cant see the cat points in my duty finder xD
leaden ginkgo
how come i cant get points from doing duingeon thern ? :c
molten spruce
how does the glamour plate work?
faint flare
You're unsynced
forest laurel
yeah those don't count
forest laurel
if it don't have a moogle, it don't give tomestones.
faint flare
Which is listed in the site
zinc orbitBOT
faint flare
@molten spruce glamour plates as presets you make with items in the glamour dresser and armourie. You can freely swap to them in towns. You can also link plates to gear sets to always apply that glamour to that gear set
forest laurel
anyway, what's the best duty to do for the anima light farming?
solo or party, whichever helps
molten spruce
@faint flare so i just cast a crazy glamour onmy lvl 60 gear, with glamour plate i can keep applying the glamour on newer gear?
tulip plover
If you buy a retainer are they permanent?
faint flare
Yes
molten spruce
cause i look hot
frozen estuary
do i really have to join a guild to get my chocobo license?
faint flare
Yes booty
tulip plover
Ok
faint flare
They're basically your bank
You dont need to join a guild, you can buy it after joining a gtand company which is a story thing @frozen estuary
molten spruce
so i can keep this glamour forever?
faint flare
Yes
molten spruce
greeeeeaatt hahahahahah
faint flare
Just put it in the glamour dresser. Make a plate with it
And link it to gear sets
Provided you're in a town, the plate will applu whenever you swap to that gear set
For no cost
You need glamour prisms to put items in the dresser but applying plates are free
frozen estuary
You dont need to join a guild, you can buy it after joining a gtand company which is a story thing @frozen estuary
@faint flare i am where i need to buy the license, but the npc says i need to join a guild before i can buy anything from her?
faint flare
You can remove items from the dresser later and not mess with the plate
faint flare
You haven't progressed far enough into the story @frozen estuary
Need an inn rooms
To make plates
boreal aurora
why i get excellent condition now on goldsmith but never did on other crafters
tulip plover
So are dravanians just dragons and wyrms
faint flare
Its rng chip
molten spruce
yes
boreal aurora
hmm
frozen estuary
You haven't progressed far enough into the story @frozen estuary
@faint flare ? i am already in a grand company if you mean that. and i have the quest to talk to mimigun or whatever his name is. but they wont give me the license
faint flare
You need to buy the license for 200 seals
From the quartermaster
Make sure you're talking to the right person
Not the guy who does guild stuff
frozen estuary
From the quartermaster
@faint flare thats it. i AM talking to the quartermaster, which is telling me i will have advantages if i join a fc. thats it. nothing else i can do with that npc
faint flare
Guilds are not required for anything, except rhe airship/submarine stuff
Talk to the guy next to him
Personal officer
Dont talk to the OIc quartermaster
OiC deal with guilds
frozen estuary
what do i talk about? i can only create a free company there
molten spruce
i dont get how this works, i cant find how to put my gear as a glamour plate
faint flare
DONT TALK TO THE OIC people
frozen estuary
OiC deal with guilds
@faint flare oof, nvm just got it. 😄 didnt see there are two quartermasters
forest laurel
you go to the dude on the right
frozen estuary
thanks
faint flare
@molten spruce back out one step to have the dresser open then you can put stuff in from your bags and armoury
Once stuff is in, press edit plates and select the slots
molten spruce
in the armoire?
faint flare
If it can go in there sure
molten spruce
says no items available
faint flare
Remember to use the dropdowns to select the righr inventory
Only specific items can go in the armourie
faint flare
The rest goes in the dresser if it can't go in armourie
grave thicket
Guys, I'm having a hecking blast playing as SAM. How does Sam compare to dragoon?
static yacht
you get 3 stickers and you use your weaboo move
grave thicket
Asking because I'm considering leveling it too
grave thicket
There's plenty of weaving on Sam too. Drg has more?
I kind of enjoy it I guess since I also like playing Drk
grave thicket
mm
faint flare
Dragoon is more static
bright salmon
DRG is a very static set of two 5-weaponskill combos you alternate between, SAM is three much shorter combos you fill out before consuming stickers that can be done in any order
faint flare
Both are perfectly good
static yacht
grave thicket
Which one is more fun?
faint flare
Subjective
bright salmon
subjective
static yacht
just choose the one that is cooler
grave thicket
Like, I love being able to dodge last millisecond from aoes using the skill that jumps back
Plus low CD gap closer skill
bright salmon
both DRG and SAM have backleap abilities
faint flare
Samurais one cost resourcrs while dragoon have longer cds
bright salmon
SAM has a gap closer, DRG does not as its part of your rotation
bright salmon
you should be using your jumps on cooldown
median locust
DRG does but it's more involved since it sends you backwards and you have to aim it
grave thicket
Aim?
median locust
It's not based on your target so you have to face your character opposite of where you wanna go
grave thicket
Eh, ok
bright salmon
you can turn away from a boss to use elusive to get to boss
remote lintel
you should use your backstep skill on sam if you have plenty of kenki
grave thicket
That puts me of a lot, I play on gamepad
boreal aurora
is there no way to get a notification when ur retainers come back from venture
remote lintel
only
median locust
backstep is a DPS loss unless it makes you get more uptime
bright salmon
there is a system notice when a retainer completes a venture
median locust
same for gap closer
grave thicket
Eh
I don't really care for dps loss and min maxing
I enjoy playing Sam, the combo feel very fluid
bright salmon
you have to have system messages enabled to see them I believe
remote lintel
if you don't have enough kenki as a sam it could potentially throw off your combo
when whatsitname comes off cd
the big boy kenki move
faint flare
Sensei
grave thicket
You can usually be fine kenki wise if you keep applying positionals correctly
remote lintel
sure
bright salmon
if you keep to your 60s flow you should always get the free +50 kenki just before the 2min cooldown is ready
remote lintel
if you don't care about dps that much
grave thicket
I care for dps. I just think that there's not much I need to learn about it, Sam wise at least
But like, knowing that drg requires aiming backwards
Really makes me want to play other class instead. As aiming backwards on gamepad would be a pain
Having to remap a key for that hotkey that gives you backward sight etc
Guess I will try pug instead, which would be nice too because gear sharing with Sam
open coral
Just zoom out enough and be aware of arena/platform edges.
lyric kraken
whats the fastest way to get GC seals. i need to get 80k asap
static yacht
turn ins
grave thicket
Poetics and exchange
lyric kraken
you can change poetics into GC?
grave thicket
Mhm, if you buy gear that costs poes
grave thicket
And then turn them it
lyric kraken
well besides that method whats the fastest dungeon to run for just gear turn-ins ?
static yacht
what level are you
lyric kraken
80
static yacht
do like a level 50ish dungeon unsynced
lyric kraken
yes but which one?
sharp rapids
Hello, I was checking when creating a character the list of servers that has the Star meaning they are preferred and offer the bonus XP. When dealing with Home Transfers in Mogstation should I assume that these same servers are the ones that could offer a free transfer?
median locust
Free transfers are only from Congested servers to New servers iirc
boreal aurora
can u disable sound of other crafters when they craft near you
wintry chasm
Congested to preferred
median locust
There are currently no Congested servers
sharp rapids
Oh. So probably no free transfers available.
median locust
No, and even if there were, you can't create a character on a Congested server
boreal aurora
nvm
median locust
Why are you already planning to transfer before even creating your character though?
static yacht
@boreal aurora gubal / vault might be fastest
iirc, vigil and sohm al have long corridors and sohm al has annoying animation gates / keys you gotta pick up
boreal aurora
i found it
lyric kraken
wrong person, but thank you!
sharp rapids
No, its not that, I have a character already in Ultros / Primal, which is NA and was considering moving to EU Datacenter.
median locust
Ahh
open coral
They never do free transfers between datacenter regions.
vivid wolf
As if someone uses the csgo/TF2 grafitti button on my armor
crimson wind
How painful is Atma farming atm?
open coral
It's RNG, so as painful as the game makes it.
crimson wind
Did they change it like Animated step of the Anima series?
faint flare
As painful as fate grinding is
crimson wind
Because collecting crystals for Anima took me an hour and a half
lyric kraken
gem part is pretty easy , book part is annoying but still easy , light farming is not a pain any more.
sharp rapids
Thanks for taking some time to answer my question 🙂
lyric kraken
2-4 fates and you should have the correct gem
crimson wind
Mmk
median locust
25% chance and RNG can be mean
crimson wind
Still think it's absurd we need to collect twelve atmas
open coral
When I did them last, I had a few that I got within the first couple, and a few that I was farming FATEs for hours.
median locust
Used to be worse
lyric kraken
they raised those chances because i got 3 relics and they took maybe a hour each for that part
sometimes less because good rng
faint flare
No
remote lintel
no
open coral
Nope
faint flare
Thats default on the armour
lyric kraken
you can glam over it
remote lintel
and it's not maelstrom
faint flare
Cause its ironworks
open coral
That's the Ironworks logo
vivid wolf
They couldve made it more subtle smh
median locust
You can replace it with your free company's logo at your free company's GC counter
but can't hide it
Looked it up and apparently the atma drop chance used to be 2%. So the 25% we have now is pretty generous lol
zinc orbitBOT
nova beacon
when roulettes reset cuz i had reward claimed few hours ago and now it reset
faint flare
!daily
zinc orbitBOT
Tick, Tock, Kupo!
median locust
11am EST
faint flare
Aka likr 2hours 30mins ago
nova beacon
oh ok
latent prism
is there a way to sort by demand (wishlist) in mb?
unreal aspen
i know 5.3 is most likely going to release new doh/dol gear through master recipes
but will there likely be new scrip gear too?
i'm assuming no bc the current scrip gear is 480
but idk how its worked in the past
unreal aspen
ok ty!
faint flare
As a catch up/stepping stone
gentle knoll
how do I unlock the ability to buy emperor's new stuff? Do I need crafting lvl50?
I've done glamour quests
faint flare
Lv15 crafters
fresh lodge
You buy it in Mor Dhona
faint flare
Or vesper bay
gentle knoll
yes I know which NPC to buy it from. The options to buy it are not available to me.
I guess I need lvl 15 crafting
faint flare
Need to do the quest that allows you to get the receipe to make glamour prisms
fresh lodge
Needs to be a crafter that isn't Cul
gentle knoll
what's the fastest crafting profession to lvl? lol
faint flare
To 15 they're all the same
Fill out the crafting log
All the early mats can be brought from the suppliers
At the guilds
fresh lodge
You get bonus exp when you craft each thing for the first time
So just make your way through the log
gentle knoll
ok. ty for the help
faint flare
Bonus points if you turn in requested items to your grand company
That gives a ton of xp
fresh lodge
Especially if its starred and HQ
faint flare
Literally get like 5 levels in the early levels
From 1 item
Grand company turn ins are damn good
leaden ginkgo
chaos has a decent raiding scene right? the eu data center
fresh lodge
Yeah
zinc orbitBOT
obtuse pond
Guys, I'm trying to find a good resource for food, what's best by level and how to get it, but can't find anything. The wikis are all just lists
is there such a thing?
junior yacht
honestly unless you're raiding pretty much any food is fine
obtuse pond
just vendor food?
junior yacht
the main benefit you're getting being the XP bonus,
yeah, everything gives +3%
i'd recommend Orange Juice or Boiled Eggs, I think they're the cheapest
lean yarrow
If I buy a mount from the cash shop without completing the msq for mounts...what happens?
vagrant copper
You have the mount but you can't ride it
lean yarrow
damn they coulda made 20$ off me. oh well.
junior yacht
yeah you can still add it to your lost of mounts, you just can't use it
forest lark
When do you think new glam will come to the stores ? Its been a while now since Peacock attire was released, is there any pattern how its released or its randonly when they feel like releasing?
junior yacht
🤔 why not just do the quest and get the mount you wanted
lean yarrow
waiting on a friend to do MSQ, working on professions
gloomy ice
@forest lark We have zero indication of what’s coming when and they’re not exactly forthcoming about release schedules for glam items. Most of the formerly Chinese and Korean version exclusives have come over but not all and there’s no way to know if they ever will.
median locust
They usually add it to the game before they put it on Mogstation but you can't really find out without datamining (which isn't allowed here anymore afaik)
Cause it's 100% unobtainable
gloomy ice
Yoshi has commented before that the mogstation team is separate from his own and he can’t really tell them what to do.
twilit arch
you can talk about datamining, but we no longer have a dedicated channel
the peacock set was added to the game files back in 5.2
twilit arch
so even with datamining, its not like it tells us exactly when stuff is going to be added
it just tells us new stuff is coming soon TM
median locust
yeah pretty much
same for the ruby carbuncle stuff
was added in 5.2 but still took a while to be obtainable
gritty oracle
As a tank, am I supposed to participate in stack markers or just keep where I am and keep the boss there?
fresh lodge
Depends on the fight but usually yeah
median locust
Like in E2 stacking on delayed stack markers is meh because the boss will be facing you
fluid escarp
How many quests after ARR will I have to aprox complete to get to HW?
remote lintel
100
faint flare
100
fluid escarp
That’s long...
remote lintel
eh
fleet snow
what are jobs exactly? im a marauder atm but wanna be something cool
faint flare
Jobs are advancements of classes
Alternatively classes are baby versions of jobs
Maradurer is a baby warrior
fluid escarp
Can I get ur opinion on something
fleet snow
so i can only be a warrior after marauder?
faint flare
Maradurer goes into warrior
fluid escarp
So at the moment I’m a lv 55 SAM and I also like DRK ( haven’t unlocked him yet) should I grind SAM or DRK first to LV 80
faint flare
You can pick up other classes/jobs if you hit the requirements
faint flare
Which is mostly just do the level 10 clads quest to swap classes
fluid escarp
Well it’s that I equally like them
remote lintel
if you picked up drk you would need to level it to 50
faint flare
One you enjoy more
remote lintel
do the tank then for shorter qs
remote lintel
then do samurai
fluid escarp
As when I started SAM I was already 50
fleet snow
also are specific races good for certain jobs?
fluid escarp
Yeah maybe I should as it’s also easier to use I think
faint flare
Race doesn't matter
fluid escarp
Thank u everyone
faint flare
At all
fluid escarp
Would I reach lv 80 on samurai before the shadowbringers expansion?
fluid escarp
Approximately
faint flare
Depends how much roulettes and dungeons run you do
fresh lodge
Not if you're only doing the Main story
fluid escarp
I do the msq roulettes and levelling roulettes everyday
fresh lodge
Then probably
fluid escarp
Well...
deft quiver
what reputation level do i unlock the mount for kojin tribe?
fluid escarp
Awesome thanks
fluid escarp
Yeah I’ll try my best
remote lintel
u can do it
fluid escarp
But because u said the side story is great for DRK I’d doubt I’d get bored
Thanks 👍
normal breach
How often do new patches come out
normal breach
New expansions are like every 2 years then?
faint flare
Yes
faint flare
But with corona
gloomy ice
Until our current delay, the release schedule was unbroken
faint flare
Everything is out the windows
gloomy ice
Now we can only guess
boreal aurora
expert delievery lists all EQ that is not equipped right
faint flare
The devs aim to get back to usual development cycle but we dont know if they will
normal breach
Do people still subscribe once they are caught up with the game or do they stop and then continue again when patch comes
elfin edge
I think there's a checkbox to hide gear set items?
median locust
Shadowbringers came out June 28th last year, Stormblood came out June 16th 3 years ago, it's a pretty consistent 2 year cycle. Because of Covid it should be pushed to like August-September 2021 at the very least
faint flare
Depends what the person wants to do
fresh lodge
You can set it to display only gear that isn't assigned to a gear set
boreal aurora
oh does hide gear set means its equiped one
normal breach
I'm at heavensword considering speed running to get caught up before patch hits in 2 weeks but that's a lot of content for 2 weeks
For me to get through
fresh lodge
The patch is over a month away
faint flare
Take your time
twilit arch
shadowbringers isn't going anywhere
remote lintel
you can def do the expansions in a month
faint flare
Content goes nowhere
twilit arch
there's no need to speed run thru the 4 yrs of content
normal breach
Patch is July 22nd i thought
twilit arch
No
fresh lodge
No
twilit arch
that's the live letter
fresh lodge
Thats the live letter
faint flare
The LIVE LETTER
twilit arch
august 11 is the patch
faint flare
is 22nd
gloomy ice
That’s the next live letter. Think dev stream.
twilit arch
5.3 is a catch up patch anyway, so we're not getting a new tier
faint flare
Live letter is the devs showing us information
median locust
Live Letter will show off stuff that's in the patch and have a trailer for it
faint flare
And giving details
median locust
That's it
normal breach
OK I'll play slower Aug 11th should be doable just with the pace I play now
faint flare
Its there to tease and give information of stuff coming
jolly sorrel
Any rumours on ishgard housing?
faint flare
Not anymore than there is already
leaden ginkgo
5.3 the moogle event ends, right?
faint flare
Yes
gloomy ice
It’s assumed for next expansion but that’s all we have atm
faint flare
Ends August 11th
jolly sorrel
As in, 6.0 or before 6.0?
faint flare
6.0
jolly sorrel
Hmkay
gloomy ice
No idea if it’s actually coming with 6.0 however.
faint flare
Like we got shirogane abit after 6.0
gloomy ice
Best to temper expectations just in case
tardy tendon
what's the name of the treasure maps that open a dungeon?
fresh lodge
!faq treasuremaps
zinc orbitBOT
faint flare
^
tardy tendon
ok ty guys ❤️
zealous phoenix
Would anyone be able to help with repairing some Orchestration rolls I have?
leaden ginkgo
No way to repair mid duty?
fresh lodge
Only if you're an appropriately levelled crafter and have dark matter on hand
leaden ginkgo
rip our duty
zealous phoenix
!faq Faded Orchestration Rolls
zinc orbitBOT
fresh lodge
#kupo-bot-spam
fresh lodge
You need an Alchemist
little swift
also recommended to have the materials needed for the restoration