questions-and-help

[simple shore]

Technically 55 crafts are listed as "Craftsmanship Reccomended: 539", but you should be able to finish those at 460 no problem.

Thinking its a rotation/skill usage issue.

[undone pasture]

that seems kind of unlikely to me? idk

I mean that's probably the most likely thing

but trying to remember the rotations I used I don't think they were that dumb

[simple shore]

What were you using.

[undone pasture]

even if I wasn't properly optimizing them in Teamcraft yetr

[obsidian patio]

You can take a look at the first link in the main pin for #doh-dol-lounge for a bunch of leveling rotations

[undone pasture]

I've said before but this is all in the past

If I knew what I was doing I wouldnt've had a problem since I would've just leveled to 61 before attempting any of the heavensward quests

and that would've saved me so much time

[open heart]

Guys, I tried infusing materia into a few itens I have and they're saying +0, anyone would know why's that?

[simple shore]

You need to look at the window when trying to meld. One sec.

[twilit arch]

!faq melding

[zinc orbit]

Materia & Melding FAQ

How do I unlock melding?

Complete Forging the Spirit (materia extract/npc melding) and Waking the Spirit (player melding) in Central Thanalan.

How can I get my gear melded?

To meld visible Materia slots a NPC melder in any major city will do (marked with a Blue Materia icon on the map). To overmeld gear you'll need to request another player to meld your gear or to do it yourself.

Why can't I meld this Materia to my stuff?

Every Tier of Materia has a minimum item level requirement that gear must meet to allow melding of that Tier. Tier 6 Materia requires an item level of 290 while Tiers 7 and 8 require an item level of 420.

Why is my meld giving +0 stats?

Every item has a maximum amount of stats that can be given through melding and the natural stats found on the gear. This can be seen at the bottom of the Materia Melding menu, as seen in the picture below.

The secondary stat with a higher number is already at the cap and cannot be further melded.

[twilit arch]

if you notice in the picture, it shows a row of stats

you need to pay attention to those, and make sure you're not melding stats that are already capped

[simple shore]

Ah you're faster than my snipping tool

lol

[open heart]

This is what I see, but I tried higher level materia and nothing seems to work, check

Oh, so thats happening because my crit is capped in the item?

[twilit arch]

Yes

[open heart]

oh gotcha then

[simple shore]

If you look on the bottom, where it says available materia enhancements, thats the current/cap on that item

So crit is already capped on that.

[leaden ginkgo]

@open heart you can still meld the materia

it just won't get the best out of it

[open heart]

so I can put some more piety and the rest of the stats that are 0/74

[simple shore]

No it wont get anything out of it because its literally capped.

Melding a stat that is at cap will give 0, as indicated.

[twilit arch]

Yes, you want to meld something that's not crit, since crit is what is capped on your gear

[leaden ginkgo]

I didn't see it was capped

just saw the red numbers, which means it goes over the cap

[open heart]

Good thing they let you retrieve the materia used previously, pretty kind of them

[simple shore]

Didnt used to be that way

Thats a fairly recent change

[open heart]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the info its my first time trying to use the materia system at all

[crimson willow]

so hows willing to show me how to get to a location xD

kinda stuck on story :<

[simple shore]

You'd need to be more specific.

[crimson willow]

uhm

i need to get to western la nosca

currently in limsa lominsa

[simple shore]

And you've never been there before?

[crimson willow]

na

just got this game today

kinad new

kinda~

[agile laurel]

Aleport, there's a boat from near the fishers guild

[simple shore]

Go to middle la noscea

and head north

[azure kettle]

Is low blow important for tanks or is it kinda just there

[agile laurel]

that also works

[crimson willow]

i see a ferrys dock

[agile laurel]

low blow's the stun, right?

[crimson willow]

next to rogues guild

[azure kettle]

Yea

[crimson willow]

oh i see fishers guild

[agile laurel]

That's the one

[simple shore]

Low Blow is extremely important in dungeons.

[agile laurel]

Go there and boat captain should have a choice of like, Aleport or Costa del Sol I think

regardless, you want aleport

pick up the aetheryte there asap so you can teleport back if you need to

the hall of the novice is also quite near aleport, so if you feel you need tutorials on group content, go there

[crimson willow]

aaahhh

i found it

[simple shore]

If you're going that way to get there, you should head east after you get there and pick up the aetheryte at Swiftperch as well.

[crimson willow]

thank you friends

appriciate the help haha

[jade quartz]

Low blow is important.

[lofty pulsar]

how do you pass on hands of hell thethers from EV furor?

[dusk zenith]

i just started eureka, what is BiS for gear for fastest leveling?

[agile laurel]

only melee dps and tanks have the ability to stun mobs, and melee dps probably have better things to do with their lives

[warped nest]

I don't think Eureka doesn't have BiS starting gear

The stat are based on your elemental level afaict

[agile laurel]

yeah

[simple shore]

Yeah, Eureka is basically "show up wearing a weapon"

[dusk zenith]

ohhh okay

[vocal shell]

Are the glassy wings magicked prisms only available after a wedding?

[agile laurel]

there is a minimum kinda ilvl to not get clapped, but honestly if you're in shadowbringers it's irrelevant

[rich flume]

Hey guys, i'm doing the quests to unlock alliance raids in Heavensward and I don't know how to get to this place, can someone help me please?

[simple shore]

The place you cant get to is unlocked via MSQ

so go progress your MSQ

[rich flume]

I'm in shadowbringers

[simple shore]

Err

[twilit arch]

they've already done that part

[simple shore]

sorry

i thought that was cloudtop

my bad

[obsidian wren]

Have you unlocked flight?

[twilit arch]

teleport to the ok'zundu

[rich flume]

I haven't

[simple shore]

Revise - go unlock fight

[twilit arch]

then you need to unlock flying

[agile laurel]

there are some places that do just need you to unlock flying

irritating but that is how it be

[twilit arch]

you cannot do the shadows of mhach alliance raid series without flying

[obsidian wren]

You got an aether compass on your key items that leads you to the currents you need to activate

[rich flume]

Alright, is it hard/long to unlock flight?

[agile laurel]

not hard

moderately long

somewhat irritating

[obsidian wren]

And theres a handfull of

[agile laurel]

depends on your patience

[rich flume]

not gonna lie, i'm a bit lazy. I think i'll just finish shadowbringers first. I wanted to unlock the alliance raids real quick before but doesn't matter

[agile laurel]

special nod to alexander midas and literally one scholar job quest for also needing flying

[twilit arch]

easiest to unlock flying while you're progressing msq

since most of the aether currents are along the way

[jade quartz]

Yeah very strongly recommend unlocking flying concurrently with doing MSQ in a zone

Very easy that way

If you go back and do it later then it becomes a chore

[agile laurel]

and if you don't, you'll be doomed to 'o fuck i cannot reach x, if only i unlocked flying'

[warped nest]

I'm more impressed that you got through the HW msq without ever thinking about getting flying

Sea of Cloud is horrible on foot

[agile laurel]

so did i

[rich flume]

I just rushed through the story

[simple shore]

I mean, in fairness

[agile laurel]

in my defence as a wow player i'm used to it, but

[rich flume]

of coruse reading it, but didn't bother doing any side things

[simple shore]

You go like two feet away from Zundu for the MSQ

[agile laurel]

same

[simple shore]

so flying isnt really required for Sea of Clouds to not suck

[jade quartz]

You walk through the whole area for MSQ

All the way along that top part

[agile laurel]

nah erax I was the same, but I went back and got flying cause I was sick of getting basically default danced on by the general terrain every time I needed to go anywhere which coincidentally needed flying

and there's a few of those

believe you me

You can get the pick-up aether currents in like 15 minutes, it's the aether currents which take a smidge longer if you don't just bomb all the cutscenes/dialogues

[simple shore]

Eh, usually the quest aethers are "go kill 3 things".

[rich flume]

Alright, I think i'll just finish all of the MSQ and catch up to content first, then I'll go back and do flying for zones

[simple shore]

They made them intentionally not crappy

[agile laurel]

Yeah, I finished MSQ and then got ShB, HW and SB flying sorta in that order due to priorities

[gritty oracle]

Is it possible to obtain weathered gear more than once?

[jade quartz]

Yes

[agile laurel]

yes and no, you can reobtain it if you trash it

but the items themselves are unique so you can't have two on hand

[jade quartz]

Simply return to Grenoldt and reclaim it for free

[gritty oracle]

can I reobtain it if I put it on my retainer?

[warped nest]

Should be able to

[gritty oracle]

Coolio

that's actually very convenient

[patent cave]

where do you get collosus totems from for alexander gear in idyllshire?

[agile laurel]

epic of alexander

shadowbringers ultimate raid

[leaden ginkgo]

to upgrade ironworks, I still need the carbon thing and go to drake, right?

[gritty oracle]

yes

[simple shore]

TL;DR if you have to ask, you probably arent ready.

[gritty oracle]

7 twins and 4 coat

[agile laurel]

also the single hardest fight in the game currently by a mile

[simple shore]

on the alex gear

lol

[gritty oracle]

for a complete set

[agile laurel]

TL;DR if you have to ask, you probably arent ready.
1000% this

[patent cave]

oh i assumed it was 60 content LOL

oops

[agile laurel]

nope

[simple shore]

Oh no no no

[agile laurel]

it's just in idyllshire cause it's alexander

it is an odd place, but

[patent cave]

rip

those weapons are so pretty and match all of my outfits perfectly

nothing puggable i assume

[simple shore]

God no

[agile laurel]

hell no

it's 100s of hours of progress in a constant group

[simple shore]

TEA pug sounds like something that would violate the geneva conventions.

[agile laurel]

If you're not too hung up on the colours, look at the anima weapons for heavensward @patent cave

because the TEA weapons are recolour/reglows of the anima weapons

[patent cave]

ah okay ty will do

[agile laurel]

make sure you're looking at the actual 'anima weapons'

[patent cave]

is there a vendor i can preview them on i assume not

[agile laurel]

not 'completed'

uh no you'd just have to google those

hang on

https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Anima_Weapons#:~:text=Anima Weapons are the level,the Anima Weapon quest chain First collection on this page

[patent cave]

ye just found that link ty

[civic forum]

anyone know good ways to level crafting?

[patent cave]

these are the ones that take tomestones to upgrade if i remember?

[agile laurel]

the hyperconductive versions are just them, but with a glow

yes, shit ton of poetics

well, generally

[patent cave]

good thing i get poetics falling out of my every crevice 24/7

[agile laurel]

sometimes it's other stuff

Lmao, take it while you get it

[mild ermine]

So what's the point of even having one handed conjurer arms in this game? I never see anyone use them late game, so I assume they either don't exist, or they're bad.

[wintry chasm]

Once you can do Ishgard restoration you'll want to do that, your GC turn ins and custom deliveries when you unlock that @civic forum
If you don't have Ishgard restoration and really want to do crafting replace Ishgard restoration with leves

[mild ermine]

Is it just a relic of 1.0 ?

[agile laurel]

don't exist

[twilit arch]

yes, just a relic of 1.0

[wintry chasm]

Relic of 1.0 basically

After 50 they stop being a thing

And it's all two handed

[mild ermine]

Was the original intention to have a mix of weapons per class or something? Or was this unique to just WHM?

[agile laurel]

which is kinda a shame cause one handed dual wield GNB would be kinda lit (hi Livia)

thaum has it too

[twilit arch]

no, thm/blm has 1h+shield

[wintry chasm]

Probably just "class flexibility"

[twilit arch]

but again its something that doesn't exist past 50

[mild ermine]

Doesn't FFXI have weapon variety amongst classes ?

[wintry chasm]

Yes

[civic forum]

@wintry chasm Gotcha, thanks! I havent even touched the ishgard stuff, so I should look at that. Figured leves do good too.

[mild ermine]

I don't know how far that variety extends, but it isnt crazy is it?

Like Red Mage with a greatsword or something lol ..

[wintry chasm]

Leves are pretty good as well they are just bit more of a pain since there is an allowance limit and the materials are more of a pain but that's it Danny

[simple shore]

Ishgard Restoration is the best way to level everything. Except for 71-80 Armorer. Fuck that, do leves/collectables.

[wintry chasm]

That's too far but it goes go up to max level IIRC in XI @mild ermine

[civic forum]

ishgard till what level? 70?

[simple shore]

80

[wintry chasm]

80

[civic forum]

wow really?

[wintry chasm]

20-80

[civic forum]

awesome

[simple shore]

Except for Armorer, as i said. Armorer is a shitball to do in ishgard from 71-80

[wintry chasm]

Just don't forget the other things like custom deliveries

[gritty oracle]

why is it

[civic forum]

Lol gotcha

[simple shore]

Because its "not skybuilder" mat is Tiger Leather

[civic forum]

ishgard not too hard on my wallet?

[wintry chasm]

Nah

Especially if you just gather the diadem materials

[simple shore]

and Tiger Leather can fuck right the hell off

[wintry chasm]

Which I would recommend

[gritty oracle]

so what, I set my retainer on it and farm it all day

[civic forum]

Okay coo coo, and my gatherers are 80, two anyway so thats always nice

[simple shore]

and a new player (or new character...) that doesnt have levelled retainers?

Tiger Skin is really shit to try and farm

Bad drop rate, and not alot of spawns in any of the zones

which is why Tiger Skins go for 5000 each even on my server which is the "cheap MB" of the datacenter

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[civic forum]

Thanks all, ya'll are cute

[simple shore]

hah, yeah, there's some free advice for anyone on Primal. You want to get shit cheap, visit Famfrit. Our MB is pretty much a 24/7 firesale.

[civic forum]

I just switched to Aether smh lmao

and i was on primal

[trail ravine]

Is running new game+ (HW/SB/ShB) a good way to level alt jobs as well? Or should I just stick to fates/duty ques/HotD?

[forest laurel]

NG+ has no rewards at all

[twilit arch]

ng+ doesnt give anything, its just for replaying thru story

[trail ravine]

Gotcha thx

[errant bison]

What's the best way of levelling fishing 70+? Diadem is really slow now

[tropic summit]

My DoH classes are at lv65, and all their quests are waaaay back in lv20 so what I'm doing is crafting the quest items in a big batch

Am I right in understanding that lv63 and 65 quests work like Beast Tribe crafting where you get supplied infinitely with the materials?

[jade quartz]

Yes

[tropic summit]

niiiiiice thank you

It even seems like it goes that way right up til 80, doesn't it?

[vagrant copper]

Haven't tried diadem yet but ocean fishing always seemed the go-to for levelling fishing

[agile laurel]

Diadem's minimal level 10 right? for gatherers?

[tropic summit]

I've heard levequests are the big hitters for FSH

[jade quartz]

70–80 quests require materials

Well

They’re kinda different

You have to turn in 6 items to unlock the next quest

It’s a turn-in thing

[twilit arch]

yes, min lvl for gatherers is 10 @agile laurel

[agile laurel]

thought so. ta.

[jade quartz]

But basically, yeah you need to supply materials yourself for them, unlike 60–70

[tropic summit]

Ah

[simple shore]

Worth doing them while you're still levelling though, because you get a shitton of exp for 3 of your crafter classes

[tropic summit]

so it's like Collectibles to unlock the main DoH quest that works like Beast Tribes?

Is that what you're saying?

and aight, noted cause I was gonna take a break from the DoH quests at 65 until I hit 80

good info, thanks

[jade quartz]

Not collectibles just HQ turnins

[crimson willow]

where do you repair your gear?

[simple shore]

In most any town, look for a hammer icon on the map. That NPC can repair for you (usually called a Mender of some sort)

[jade quartz]

You do the first quest at 70, and unlock a turnin screen requiring six turnins. This needs to be completed before you unlock the 73 quest

Which in turn grants the next set of turnins

[crimson willow]

ok thank you!

[tidal yarrow]

is there a way to go back to the original glam of something?

[simple shore]

Yes. Use a glamour dispeller.

[tidal yarrow]

oh thank god I glammed my songbird set

[simple shore]

If you would have stored it into your glamour dresser, it would have reverted to its original appearance.

[tidal yarrow]

I'm still learning how to use the dresser at its best

it's a bit tricky

[tropic summit]

I see, I see. So much crafting to do

[boreal aurora]

can you change your char name with phantasia?

[simple shore]

No

[jade quartz]

Name change is a separate cost

On Mog Station > additional services

[boreal aurora]

kk

[simple shore]

Note that anyone who has your name saved (i.e. friends list, blacklist) will have it automatically updated afterwards.

[agile laurel]

FSH quests just mentioned that if I cast in the same place a ton, then stuff stops coming. Is this basically just saying 'hey this is an anti botting measure' and I just have to walk around a bit between sessions?

[jade quartz]

Correct

Takes a long time to happen though

If it happens you just have to move position to a short distance away

And continue casting

[vagrant copper]

It's pretty obvious when it happens too. It's not something you have to worry about accidentally running into.

[agile laurel]

right. gotcha

[tropic summit]

I always found that anti-bot measure funny though
All the bots I've ever seen in-game are neither: 1) fishing or 2) standing still

They're all teleporting from mob to mob or quest NPC to quest NPC

[vagrant copper]

I'd imagine bots are more advanced today than they were however many years ago and the mechanic is a bit outdated. It also discourages low effort botting that might tempt genuine players.

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[tropic summit]

That is true but let's say someone does bot FSH. What are the gains?
Isn't FSH quite widely considered one of the most useless parts of the game anyways?

[vagrant copper]

.... I'd imagine gil is still gil even if it's slow gil gain...? 🤷‍♂️

[tropic summit]

Only real thing I've managed to use FSH for is levelling CUL desynth which.. I'm not sure even has a use lmao

Does it?

[rich bay]

Fisher does have some useful things, like glamour from big fish desynth or crafter food that almost always use fish.

You also need fisher for certain aethersands.

[vagrant copper]

I started leveling fisher just because I heard it has some minions attached to it

[agile laurel]

i'm just doing it for a laugh ngl

[tropic summit]

Ah, I've seen aethersands go for some good gil alright

didn't know about minions, I'm only doing FSH so I can feel free to remove DoL gear from my armoury

[agile laurel]

since i'm a moron who likes to click buttons, how do I get to the fish guide?

it's obviously not the same as the gathering log

[vagrant copper]

It's not bound by default. You'd have to click the log menu and access it from there

Or... was it ctrl-Y?

[agile laurel]

it is indeed that

so nothing like the gathering log to give me an idea of where to go?

[vagrant copper]

I forgot the fishing log and fish guide were different things and got confused

[twilit arch]

nop

nothing in-game

fishing is a lot more..trial and error if you're not willing to use external sources

[agile laurel]

ew. diadem it is then lul

[vagrant copper]

The fishing log does help tell you that you have undiscovered stuff in certain places but doesn't really give hints as to what it is.

Like, I can tell I have 2 undiscovered fishing holes in Old Gridania. What's in them? No clue.

[crimson willow]

so is that guy in the title screen a job? when you launch up sadowbringers?

[kind eagle]

What level is the lion version of shiva

[agile laurel]

...lion version?

[twilit arch]

by title screen, you mean the expansion logo?

[kind eagle]

shiva merge with something

[agile laurel]

oh you mean this?

[twilit arch]

sounds like eden 8 fight

specifically e8s

[kind eagle]

yeh

[agile laurel]

yeah e8s

[twilit arch]

not a lion lmao

[agile laurel]

level 80

[twilit arch]

that's a dragon

[kind eagle]

i just completed 2.4 shiva

[crimson willow]

uhm yeha kael

[kind eagle]

am i close

[agile laurel]

hell no

[vagrant copper]

no

[crimson willow]

the one with the water split

and a guy with a sword whos black

[twilit arch]

yeah that's dark knight

[crimson willow]

ok sweet

thats my new class

haha

did he come with shadow bringers?

or this current expansion

[faint flare]

No

[twilit arch]

nope

[crimson willow]

oh no?

weird

[twilit arch]

its heavensward job

[kind eagle]

how far am i

from it

[crimson willow]

how is he? i just saw big sword and said im in

[twilit arch]

you are pretty freaking far from lvl 80 yuki

[faint flare]

Its a tank

[kind eagle]

i spam dungeon till 80 then

[twilit arch]

you still have to go thru the msq

before you can do that content

[crimson willow]

are there a lot of boss only drop mountS?

[kind eagle]

and btw

trial doesnt drop items right

[twilit arch]

almost every extreme trial has a mount drop

[mossy tartan]

Where can I find “the prima vista tiring room” to accept the quest “wok on by”?

[crimson willow]

they are rare right kael?

i like mounts haha

[faint flare]

Decently rare

[twilit arch]

they're low ish drop rate

[crimson willow]

niceeee

[twilit arch]

the older extremes are decent drop rate nowadays

@mossy tartan talk to one of the npcs at the landing platform in kugane

[faint flare]

Old extremes are decently easy to do unsynced at 80, especially with a few people

[twilit arch]

it'll take you to the prima vista

[mossy tartan]

The same NPC that shows me the space shuttle for the Prima Vista?

[twilit arch]

yes

[mossy tartan]

Okay, thank you

[twilit arch]

@kind eagle most of the trials you do during the msq do not drop anything, yes

the ones that are unlocked via side quests (the original 3 primal hard modes and the extreme trials) do drop stuff

[kind eagle]

idk how to unlock those

[mossy tartan]

Where can I find bacon bread for the quest “Makin’ Bacon (Bread)”?

[stiff cargo]

hi

i was wondering if anybody could show me what an elezen looks like in galant armor

[faint flare]

You craft it or buy it from market @mossy tartan

[mossy tartan]

okay, thank you

[wintry chasm]

@stiff cargo This good?

[stiff cargo]

@wintry chasm than k you

[gritty oracle]

Is claiming weathered gear over and over and turning it in for GC seals abusable for infinite gc seals?

[vagrant copper]

What does "claiming" mean in this case?

[gritty oracle]

getting it from the guy

[kind eagle]

How to unlock the naval hard

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[vagrant copper]

Probably talk to Urianger in the Waking Sands...? Or go around to the GCs looking for

[gritty oracle]

blue quest from urianger in the waking sands

[kind eagle]

theres 2

which shld i do

[vagrant copper]

You'll probably have to do both tbh

At some point at least

unless one's the Odin one...? 🤷‍♂️

[gritty oracle]

all of them

[vagrant copper]

Garuda would be most likely to be leading to Titan

[kind eagle]

Oh

i dont need to clear the quest

[idle ledge]

@gritty oracle Assuming you're talking about the 80 gear, can that even be turned in? I recall having to discard mine once I upgraded, but that was back in 5.0/5.1, so it may have changed (though I expect it wouldn't be, for exactly the reason you described).

[kind eagle]

just take and unlock

then abandon

[vagrant copper]

If you want to do that for the two EX ones, sure...?

[gritty oracle]

idk actually

[rich bay]

@gritty oracle

You can turn in all dungeon gear, green crafted battle gear, and non-80 blue gear for GC seals atm.

The 24-man copied factory gear can be turned in in 5.3 most likely.

[gritty oracle]

huh

[subtle sail]

so I just got a decent enough ilvl to try some extreme trials on my tank, but there don't seem to be enough people in Duty Finder and Party Finder stuff requires a clear already.
Any idea how to find a party for some tries, besides starting my own Party Finder?

[leaden ginkgo]

Where can I spend Allegan Poetics?

[lavish vortex]

What floors of potd are the best to farm for Aetherpool points? I’m trying to get the weapons

[summer stirrup]

So I literally started yesterday, any advice? Besides the common google results lol

[finite socket]

@summer stirrup I started around 2 weeks ago and just about to hit max level and having done main quest, i guess main quest is the goal and reaching end game so you can play with the veterans. Up until then enjoy the story and get a feel for the combat and later on find out which class to dedicate to first

[summer stirrup]

Appreciate it @finite socket, I'm pretty excited for a new FF story

Haven't played one since 13

[agile laurel]

!faq newplayertips

[zinc orbit]

Terms & Tips Guide for New Players

reddit post
image

[agile laurel]

@summer stirrup

[summer stirrup]

Yesssss love a good guide, thanks!

[agile laurel]

big emphasis on the 'read your damn tooltips' section

[summer stirrup]

Yeah they've been super helpful so far

There's so much to learn, but I kinda love it haha

[vocal shell]

Whats the fastest way to farm for crystal sand

[open coral]

The game itself is pretty good at teaching you new things as they come up too. The biggest things you can do "wrong" would be 1.) not doing your class quests when they're available, 2.) not equipping your job stone after level 30, and 3.) doing all the sidequests and ignoring the msq.

[summer stirrup]

Gotcha, thank you @open coral

[lavish vortex]

What floors of potd are the best to farm for Aetherpool points? I’m trying to get the weapons

[open coral]

Probably 51-60? The chests for Aetherpool are basically random, so you can't really "farm" them.

[lavish vortex]

I see, thanks!

[subtle sail]

alright, just cleared dancing plague, but I saw someone using a Macro to put down markers for the encounter, anyone know where I can find macros like that?

[vagrant copper]

The only way I see that working is if the duty has things you can target by name...? Like, you can use the /waymark command to a decent amount of stuff but I don't know if a macro would really help with it

Unless they had a waymark preset for the fight

[summer stirrup]

@past frigate I'm literally lvl 13 so yeah, turbo noob

But what are some worthwhile DoL/DoH?

[vagrant copper]

Miner or Botanist are the only ones I can really recommend to someone who literally just started. Any kind of crafter tends to just be a gil sink when you get into it and you don't really have the resources to get around that yet

[summer stirrup]

Makes sense, so farm mat stacks, sell at auction?

And is it like WoW where you can rock your class and gather/crafter at the same time?

[vagrant copper]

Something like that. It'll be a little while before you can access the marketboard (selling to players).

[vagrant copper]

Gatherer and crafters are classes of their own right so you switch back and forth like all the others. Though you can pretty easily switch just by changing your weapon / tool

[kind eagle]

Here is the spot

u get stuck

[summer stirrup]

Oh! Nice, thank you

[kind eagle]

jump and mount wont move from that spot

[vagrant copper]

Might want to file a bug report in the Support Desk for that

[rich bay]

@gritty oracle

You asked about GC seals right?
The fastest way is crafting high leveled green gear.

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[wind nexus]

hello im back w/ more questions xD

[visual sandal]

@open coral is it worth going back through to do SQ's?

[wind nexus]

i just hit 80 on MCH/AST and idk what materia to put in my gear/where to slot it

[frozen karma]

on a dark knight, should I do blood weapon or delirium first?

[acoustic island]

does release still use bait?

[faint flare]

Check the balance discord for materia guides

!faq Balance

[zinc orbit]

The Balance

Discord

[wind nexus]

@faint flare thank u!

[faint flare]

@frozen karma typically blood weapon so you get the blood for Living Shadow quickly

Then hit delirium when raid buffs are up

[vagrant copper]

@acoustic island Yes, release will still use bait like normal

[gritty oracle]

but release is useless unless you're having inventory issues

[wintry compass]

i just started... im on we must rebuild quest but im not of lvl but how am i suppose to lvl for the main quests

[faint flare]

Do your daily roulettes if you haven't then spam highest level dungeon

[wintry compass]

im lvl one...

lol im really lost

[faint flare]

Do your hunting log

If you're starting a new job

!faq altlvlguide

[zinc orbit]

Leveling Guide for Alt jobs 🍻

Level 1 to 70 in five days (Stormblood)

[faint flare]

For levelling other jobs

[halcyon glen]

@wintry compass If you're on your first job, level 1-4 was the only point in the game where I did sidequests that don't unlock stuff. it's the highest and frankly only real level jump in the msq

so do a couple sidequests, kill a couple mobs

[nova umbra]

is samurai really that much better than the other dps classes? Whenever I see the dps charts, the samurai is like waaaaay above the others

[halcyon glen]

well, it would have been if not for me doing a silly and picking up a second job while facerushing HW story so I fell behind again in HW

[faint flare]

Samurai is a high personal dos job but Offers nothing to the raid in terms of buff

[halcyon glen]

If your entire goal is big red numbers from your skills SAM is the best.

[faint flare]

So it needs to be high up to offset the damage raid buffs brings

Without high damage, samurai basically becomes useless (same for black mage

Which is why its memed on, cause not alot of people can do the high damage

[wintry compass]

ty ddrox

ig run around the city look for side quests ?

[halcyon glen]

The reason BLM/SAM are so high is because classes like RDM/DNC in exchange for doing a bit less damage themselves give the BLM/SAM a TON of extra damage, especially during those burst windows

Bingo. Which city are you in out of curiosity?

Okay you're in Ul'dah, the one I know absolutely nothing about starting in

[faint flare]

Just pick up yellow quests

[halcyon glen]

yep

[faint flare]

Or go do hunting logs if you have access to it

Gives a ton of.xp

And carries you to 15

[finite socket]

What is the best meal for DRK ?

[sleek spoke]

my gear inventory is starting to fill up whats the best thing to do with the old gear?

[faint flare]

Sausage and saurket if you need more speed, else Highland cabbage

[summer stirrup]

delicious

So what class is regarded as the best tank?

[halcyon glen]

If youve unlocked expert delivery in your GC that's some free sealz, else mb if eligible else throw it on a retainer for later use or vendor it @sleek spoke

[faint flare]

The one played well

[finite socket]

Highland cabbage is just an ingredient?

[faint flare]

Stuffed Highland cabbage

[sleek spoke]

If youve unlocked expert delivery in your GC that's some free sealz, else mb if eligible else throw it on a retainer for later use or vendor it @sleek spoke
@halcyon glen i dont have a gc yet and i dont know that mb is i also dont have a retainer and where can i vendor it, at a marketplace?

[halcyon glen]

what level are you?

[median inlet]

I am on the anima quest "Coming into its own"... don't I just need 1 of each of these to finish it?

[sleek spoke]

lvl 18

[faint flare]

Vendor gear to merchants

[sleek spoke]

npc merchants?

[faint flare]

Yes

[halcyon glen]

Ah, so you should be close to unlocking retainers at least. At 18 though yeah just sell things to merchants

[faint flare]

Pretty much everything can be gotten back

[sleek spoke]

would i not benefit more from deconstruction?

[faint flare]

You need crafters

To desynth

[halcyon glen]

that requires crafter levels

[sleek spoke]

oh O.o ok

[faint flare]

Lv30 in each respective crafter

[sleek spoke]

ill just sell everything, tho ive heard the starting racial gear can be sold for expensive?

i have the miqote gear

[faint flare]

You already equipped it

[sleek spoke]

ah right

[faint flare]

So you can't sell to others

[sleek spoke]

no point in selling it as its bound >.<

then why does it sell for well lool you pretty much have no option but to wear those at the start

[halcyon glen]

bound only prevents trading it or selling it on the mb (market board)

[faint flare]

Because people race change

And want the starting gear but are super lazy

Luke

Super

Super lazy

[halcyon glen]

and don't know you can buy it from a vendor in Limsa/Gridania/Ul'dah

[sleek spoke]

so like im planning to race change to lalafell later cos theyre cute, i could benefit from selling the lalafell gear then for example?

[faint flare]

You can vendor by all of them

Dont need to be that race

[sleek spoke]

ooooh lol

xD

[halcyon glen]

a vendor who also sells an adorable minion or two, might I add

I highly suggest talking to them, the bomb minion is adorable

[summer stirrup]

Which vendor?

[halcyon glen]

I dunno where Ul'dah's is, but Gridania's is a bit west of the aetherite plaza and Limsa's is right at the aetherite plaza.

[summer stirrup]

Which ofc is my starter city lol

[halcyon glen]

Limsa's is labelled as the "bugaire consortium" iirc

What level are you?

[summer stirrup]

13 I think

[halcyon glen]

okay so you get to leave Ul'dah in like 2 levels, give or take MSQ progression

[summer stirrup]

And it was buried, but what class is considered the best tank?

Thanks!

[halcyon glen]

Generally speaking no one class is better than any other

[agile laurel]

!faq meta

[zinc orbit]

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

[halcyon glen]

Right we have that

^

[summer stirrup]

Yessss thank the maker

Tend to lose interest in meta heavy games

[halcyon glen]

Personally in my experience I have 1 level in Gladiator and never bothered to unlock the other tanks

So I'd say gladiator is the best 😛

[summer stirrup]

Ha!

[open coral]

@open coral is it worth going back through to do SQ's?
@visual sandal Side quests aren't typically worth it from an xp standpoint if you're looking to level efficiently, but some of them do reward collectibles, emotes, or glamour that you might want. They're just something extra to do maybe with a second or third job down the line.

[halcyon glen]

actually wait i did unlock drk, so i guess that's my highest level tank at 30

[visual sandal]

Sounds good! Thanks for the pointer

[sacred glacier]

um i kinda got lost and don't know how to do this quest

[faint flare]

Go to the upper decks in limsa

Thats where the bar is

[open coral]

Go speak to the bartender at the inn (The Drowning Wench) in Limsa Lominsa

[left cedar]

I'm on a controller and the mount hotbar doesn't show up when I mount things

How can I fix that?

[halcyon glen]

good, mount hotbar is useless

[sacred glacier]

how do i get to limsa lominsa

[open coral]

Most mounts don't have additional actions, so a hotbar won't appear

[faint flare]

Teleport to it

[visual sandal]

Limsa Lominsa, I just started that area. It's very jarring...

[open coral]

@sacred glacier It's one of the main cities

[halcyon glen]

Did you attune to the Aetherite when the story took ya there @sacred glacier?

[left cedar]

I'm using the golden magitek armor. It should have an action, right?

[halcyon glen]

nope

or not afaik anyway

[faint flare]

Character config > hotbars > cross > Use Mount hotbar

[vagrant copper]

Golden magitek armor will only have actions if you did the sidequest to give magitek armor actions

[faint flare]

Mount hotbars are usually used for cannon actions

[left cedar]

What sidequest is that?

[faint flare]

And stuff

[open coral]

If a mount has extra actions and the hotbar doesn't appear upon mounting, try tapping R1 once.

[sacred glacier]

uh

[vagrant copper]

Some sidequest in Mor Dhona

[sacred glacier]

i didn't attune

[open coral]

If that doesn't pull up the mount hotbar, then there are no additional actions.

[halcyon glen]

Cool, so go to the Airship Landing

[faint flare]

Always attune to aetherytes

First thing you do

[left cedar]

Gotcha. Thanks so much!

[halcyon glen]

in whatever city you're in now (after you attune to its Aetherite)

[open coral]

@sacred glacier If you didn't attune to the aetheryte, you can take an airship from either Gridania or Ul'dah

[sacred glacier]

ok

[open coral]

But for future reference, it is always worthwhile to attune to any Aetheryte you see.

It will make traveling around the world much easier.

[summer stirrup]

I tried attuning to one of my quartz crystals

[light warren]

yeah i'm new myself and i'll go way out of my way to attune if i'm anywhere close to one i didnt get yet

[summer stirrup]

It didn't work :c

[light warren]

it'll make it way easier on you in the future

[sleek spoke]

i just finished my dps novice training! when i switch to a healer/tank class later on, do i get new novice training for that? it was super fun and informative :3

[halcyon glen]

there are

[open coral]

There are separate novice trainings for each role, yes

[sleek spoke]

lovely !

[open coral]

Some of them overlap, and you won't see them again, but there are a handful of them which are unique per role

[vagrant copper]

and, yes, you get the armor too 😛

[sleek spoke]

perfect lol

[halcyon glen]

Though a lot of it does boil down to "avoid red circles", i believe it teaches you about tank stance and how2heal

[light warren]

tank one is all about juggling aggro

[sleek spoke]

the first novice training lesson was literally just avoid aoe lol

[summer stirrup]

Tank stance 🧱

[halcyon glen]

that one is shared lol

[sleek spoke]

i have never played tank in any mmo so looking forward to it lol

[faint flare]

They're somewhat partly outdated

[open coral]

Healing one mostly focuses on how to heal single targets when there are multiple targets to heal.

[faint flare]

Since they haven't been changed to much but its the basics of basics

[halcyon glen]

well yeah, cnj doesn't get Medica by then 😦

[light warren]

i thought the tank one was fairly useful, since the tooltips dont really tell you which skills generate enmity best

but the tank tutorial does

[faint flare]

They all generatw the same now

With tank stance

[open coral]

!action Medica

[zinc orbit]

**Medica** : lvl 10 CNJ WHM (1000 MP) (2.5 second cooldown)(2.5 second base cast time)

Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members.
Cure Potency: 300

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[light warren]

ah, rip

[faint flare]

Well all have the same multiplier

[halcyon glen]

wait they do

huh

[faint flare]

Yes

[open coral]

Yeah

[halcyon glen]

oh i was reacting to lv10 medica

oop

ddrox is wrong as usual

[open coral]

lol

[faint flare]

Tank stance basically removed aggro combos

Now everything is a aggro combos

[halcyon glen]

please use your tank stance btw. signed: your healers

[light warren]

well look at me trying hard in dungeons for no reaosn ebcause of the tutorial lol

[open coral]

Tank stance makes tanking a lot less anxiety-inducing

[faint flare]

Aggro is basically a non issue these days if you just press tank stance

And you hit things

[light warren]

just spam total eclipse combo forever 🤷‍♂️

[faint flare]

Can literally afk after aoeing a few

[halcyon glen]

also please actually hit all the things at least once so I don't get aggro for healing you

[sleek spoke]

which vendor in the marketplace do i sell my stuff to again?

[halcyon glen]

Any

[open coral]

Any vendor

[sleek spoke]

hope it will be worth it $$$ lol

[open coral]

Eh... ish

Depends what you're vendoring

[light warren]

its not really, but you get tons of gil from completing story quests

[faint flare]

It says on the item at the bottom

[halcyon glen]

Every vendor across all of Eorzea, the Far East, and even other worlds have somehow agreed on the exact price they're willing to pay for each item

[faint flare]

"sale for X gil"

[light warren]

if you are lvl 18 you wont get much from vendoring stuff

[sleek spoke]

what items from my inventory should i sell and also should i buy food for buffs

[open coral]

The coin things

[faint flare]

Get eggs for the xp buff

[light warren]

tbh you should just spam the story quests as fats as possible when you are low level

[halcyon glen]

Screw buffs, buy food for the 3% exp buff

[light warren]

youll get free food

[open coral]

Eggs or raisins for food xp buff

[light warren]

and lots of gil

[halcyon glen]

I prefer rasins

[sleek spoke]

okay okay im hearing lots of different things lol

[open coral]

But yeah, you'll get a ton of food and gil from the msq

[faint flare]

Egg, raisans or orange juice

[open coral]

So you don't really need to worry about it that much

[sleek spoke]

havent gotten any food from the msq yet

[faint flare]

Just get cheap food

For the xp buff

[halcyon glen]

you don't get enough free food to last ya the entire game

[light warren]

if you are lvl 18 doing anything besides quests si gonna be a bit of a waste of time

[sleek spoke]

oh wait i have raisins

[halcyon glen]

so buy cheap food

WOO RAISINS

[sleek spoke]

digitalhaze i am doing the msq and blue + quests only

and the novice training which i just finished

[open coral]

MSQ and will give you plenty of stuff to get through.

Don't stress it too much

But also make sure that some of those are your job quests every 5 levels.

[light warren]

yeah, i'm just saying theres no reason to buy things or spend time on market etc when you are low level. i'm about to be 50 myself so i may not be experienced, just sharing what i learned lol

[halcyon glen]

half of me wishes the people asking about food were on my DC so I could run up to them and cook them food to level Culinarian

[open coral]

lol

Just make a ton of alts like I do 😄

[faint flare]

Getting cheap food like eggs or something helps out...can easily get alot and basically have a permanent 3% xp buff

Especially when levelling alts

[barren flax]

how does overheal work for ACT?

[faint flare]

Overheal is the healing that did nothing

[barren flax]

so let's say if someone has 60/70k and the heal would heal 20k

[faint flare]

Aka healing that is excess healing which went over people bp

[barren flax]

then the 10k is counted as overheal?

[faint flare]

If someone has 80k max

And had currently 60k

And you heal 30k hp

Then 10k hp is overhealed

[barren flax]

how does regen come into place for overheal?

[faint flare]

Since 10k of.your healing is "wasted"

Its the regen ticks that tick when people are full

Like if you regen someone when they're full health. The regen is just doing nothing and overhealing them

[barren flax]

and that counts towards that number %

[open coral]

Yes

[faint flare]

It all does

You want to try and get full value

[barren flax]

ok ty ^^

[faint flare]

Like no point healing people when they lose abit of health since you'll overheal alot

[open coral]

Most healers will run their whole party ~50% for non-savage content

[faint flare]

Avoiding overhealing helps converse resources

Like mana

[simple shore]

That honestly feels like the number one wrong way that people in this game play. The obsession with "everyone has to be at 100%"

[faint flare]

As you're getting full value of each heal

[barren flax]

what overheal % would be ideal?

[simple shore]

0

[faint flare]

At low as possible

[barren flax]

realistic figure?

[finite socket]

Does exp from routelette scale per level, or every 5/10 levels etc

[faint flare]

Probably 10-20%

[open coral]

Per level

[simple shore]

Per level

[barren flax]

ty ^^

[simple shore]

Generally anything above that means that you could have been spending more time doing DPS

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[latent prism]

Does anyone have a picture of the safe spots for e5s thunderstorm?

[faint flare]

@latent prism

[latent prism]

is it only the south side?

[sacred glacier]

how do i get armor like this

[faint flare]

As far as i know yes

[marble drift]

just level? thats basic leveling armor

[sacred glacier]

oh

all my armors missmatch

[latent prism]

I see, Ill try that the next time i parse

[marble drift]

oh. you mean colour don't you?

[sacred glacier]

no

[halcyon glen]

armour mismatching is normal for a while

[sacred glacier]

they have all stell armor

[marble drift]

stell? o_o

[sacred glacier]

steal

[latent prism]

they bought/crafted the set

[halcyon glen]

Yeah that all looks like low level vandor gear tho

[marble drift]

steel.

[sacred glacier]

ok

english not first language

[latent prism]

the main story don't gives you full sets until heavensward

[gloomy ice]

Until level 15 tanks have very few options for actual tank gear. It becomes much more common once you hit the first dungeon and then becomes absolutely necessary afterwards

[latent prism]

or I guess 2.1-2.5

[halcyon glen]

Found it

[azure kettle]

How come further ruin worked on a level 80 striking dummy and not a level 63 enemy

[sacred glacier]

do i have to do these

[azure kettle]

It didn't proc at all on the lvl63 enemy

[faint flare]

The move needs to go out

And hit

[obsidian wren]

are optional, but they unlock things so they're often worth doing

[halcyon glen]

They're wearing the level 30 vendor tank gear, which can be purchased from the armorer in Limsa/Ul'dah/Grid @sacred glacier

[faint flare]

Unless its flaming crush

[sacred glacier]

oh ok

[faint flare]

You could be killing the mob too fast that the action gets ghosted

[azure kettle]

Damn, ig PS4 players get fucked on that proc

[faint flare]

No

Its pets in general

And how they work

[azure kettle]

Oh it's like that on PC too?

[faint flare]

Yes

Its just how pets function

[sacred glacier]

which floor is the armorer on

[marble drift]

pets are really awful in 14

[faint flare]

They have their own que system and go one at a time

[azure kettle]

But people like smn a lot ?

[faint flare]

Yes cause its good

[marble drift]

Bahamut man

big blue dragon go BLAAARGH

[halcyon glen]

In Ul'dah they're in the markets. which is the lower floor of the back portion thats name I forget @sacred glacier. However, you can't wear that set until 30.

[faint flare]

Trying to avoid ghosting is one big thing on smn. Especially on openers

And during.demis

[marble drift]

and yeah because despite pets being real wonky with queue times and delays

[faint flare]

Especially phoenix

[marble drift]

summoner does a crazy amount of damage

plus in raids its not a selfish dps

[faint flare]

Phoenix loves ghosting one auto if you dont time the summon correctly

[marble drift]

as it brings rezzes and devotion

and some minor healing.

[gloomy ice]

As for that picture you posted @sacred glacier I would totally recommend that one in particular. That unlocks the challenge log. Gives you exp bonuses for all kinds of stuff and it resets weekly.

[sacred glacier]

the quest?

[sullen pulsar]

I'm at the striking Tree hard, how close am I to finishing ARR?

[marble drift]

closer to the end than you are to the start

but you have a sizable chunk of content remaining

[sullen pulsar]

Wow this takes forever and is hard of boring with a lot of politics and every little action, I like stories but this is gettng a bit long

[simple shore]

ARR's story is....significantly worse than everything after it.

[light warren]

you can pay to skip it lol, you arent forced into it. but thats basically every mmo

[marble drift]

Yeah you can pay to skip it

[simple shore]

^ terrible advice

[marble drift]

and miss very important story moments

[simple shore]

Dont buy a story skip

[marble drift]

^

Seriously. its an MMO.

an MMO that is devoted to a story

[open coral]

Don't buy story skips for your first playthrough.

[marble drift]

its a playable book.

[open coral]

Level skips either

[stable hinge]

is someone purposefully making the dungeon difficult and trolling players against tos?

[marble drift]

don't skip chapters

[open coral]

Yes @stable hinge

[stable hinge]

Thanks

[marble drift]

what are they doing to troll?

[simple shore]

In theory Hikari, yes. In practice, its very difficult to prove that.

[stable hinge]

I have video proof dw

[sleek spoke]

why do people skip stories in mmos

[simple shore]

SE doesnt care about your video.

[sullen pulsar]

yea, I want the full experience the first time through so I'll tough it out ;-P

[open coral]

Because they're not used to MMOs having relevant story @sleek spoke

Most MMOs the story is secondary to the gameplay

FFXIV is the other way around though.

[sullen pulsar]

true

I hardly paid any attention to the story in NWN

[simple shore]

I mean, most people, statistically, will have come to FF14 from WoW. WoW's story is a total dumpster fire and can be largely ignored and caught up on later.

[marble drift]

^

[simple shore]

So they bring that previous experience with them.

[marble drift]

FFXIV is not WoW.

[open coral]

As someone who actively plays WoW in addition to FFXIV, I'm barely even aware that WoW has a story.

[marble drift]

its not WoW so hard

[gritty oracle]

I mean technically speaking you can also "do" the MSQ later by NG+

[open coral]

But I'm always aware of FFXIV's story. It's much more prominent.

[marble drift]

but not ARR! 😄

[sullen pulsar]

thanks for the info so back to the grind

[sleek spoke]

WoW storyline was so dull all i remember is sylvanas whatever her name is

[halcyon glen]

ARR NG+ next patch

wheeee

[gritty oracle]

if you really don't want to do 2.x Wiz, I recommend doing other stuff (alt jobs, crafters/gatherers, gold saucer, beast tribes etc) until aug 11, when 2.x gets much, much more streamlined

[marble drift]

combined with improved ARR MSQ

[open coral]

Sylvanas burned down Teldrassil so she could use Icecrown Citadel to break open the barrier between the world of the living and the world of the dead.

[marble drift]

so hopefully these questions die down

[open coral]

😄

[sleek spoke]

oh, right, makes sense cos i played undead

[open coral]

5.3's update to the MSQ will only remove about 13% of the quests from ARR.

[marble drift]

thats fine

[open coral]

So we'll still get plenty of questions.

[marble drift]

its about 13% too long

so perfect imo 😛

Im literally going to roll an alt to re-experiance it

[halcyon glen]

or just suck it up. If you want to power rush MSQ, story literally doesn't matter for another patch and a half after Raymoo

[gritty oracle]

I heard it will completely remove 13% of quests, and make the rest more streamlined

[sleek spoke]

do i hhave to acquire materia before sellng 100% spiritbound items?

[faint flare]

No

But its free materia

[halcyon glen]

no, but it's free gil materia so like you could

[sleek spoke]

how do i do that again? by right clicking the item?

[open coral]

I already did roll an alt so I can play through the MSQ and see what they removed/how much they improved the xp gains when 5.3 drops.

[faint flare]

Right click > extract

[marble drift]

if the gear is under level 80. the materia is basically vendor gil

[sleek spoke]

ok

[marble drift]

bar a few niche cases.

DoH/DoL materia less than Combat materia

[faint flare]

But you need to do the quest Waking/forging the spirit in Black brush station at mutamix to extract materia

[marble drift]

cause the lower grade materias are used for pentamelding

[sleek spoke]

theres no extract thing

oh

when do i get that quest? cos ill just sell my sh after that then

[halcyon glen]

I'll have you know I fully melded my Shire gear. With piety V. from the story.

[faint flare]

Its lv19 side quest

Go to black brush station

[sleek spoke]

where is that? im in limsa

[halcyon glen]

lv19 DoH/DoL, might I add

[faint flare]

And go north to mutamix campfire

Uldah

Not for extraction

[sleek spoke]

can i go to uldah

[faint flare]

Yes

[halcyon glen]

What msq are you on

[faint flare]

If you progressed enough

In story

[sleek spoke]

|feint and strike deliver baledons letter|

is where i am at msq

[halcyon glen]

Also spoiler alert the MSQ takes you there around level 19

so like

just go through the MSQ

[sleek spoke]

ok

[halcyon glen]

Yeah you're like one level away from being able to leave limsa

in msq

so get on that

[sleek spoke]

will do !

so whats materia again? >.<

[open coral]

Materia is like stat gems in WoW

[faint flare]

Gems that give gear more stats

[halcyon glen]

nothing you need really concern yourself with for, like, at least 40 levels. Closer to 60.

[sleek spoke]

ahh ok

[simple shore]

Materia can be completely ignored until 80

[open coral]

You don't really need to worry about materia slotting until max level

[sleek spoke]

im not very well with WoW comparisons btw cos i havent played that in yeaaars but eso comparisons would be cool xD but i get the point

[open coral]

lol

I've never played ESO, so I can't compare anything with that.

[sleek spoke]

fair hah

[open coral]

WoW, FFXIV, and TERA are basically it

[halcyon glen]

I mean I slotted some materia on my tomestone gear because 1. my masochistic fc was doing synced coils and 2. god msq gives you a ton of materia

[faint flare]

Tera

[sacred glacier]

i need gil

how me get more

[simple shore]

Arent you a new player? You probably dont actually need gil

[faint flare]

The story gives you enough to get by

[sacred glacier]

ok

lvl 30 job thing right

[open coral]

Yes, at level 30 you should have a quest from your class trainer to upgrade to the corresponding job.

[faint flare]

Provided you progressed far enough in the story

Past slyph management

[hallow bloom]

how do i get back to that apartment thing one of the early story quests sent me to that one time in gridania?

[faint flare]

Talk to the innkeeper at any bar

[open coral]

If you mean the inn room, then speak to the innkeepers. If you mean the housing zones, use the main aetheryte in Gridania to teleport to the housing district, or speak to the ferry master west of Bentbranch Meadows to travel there.

[wintry chasm]

(you mean innrooms though)

[feral ridge]

4 of my friends went into a dongeon, 2 dced because of power loss. Is there a way for the other 2 to kick the Dced so they can refill ranks cause they tried and it doesn't seem to work?

[simple shore]

Yes

[nova umbra]

what does this mean by signature attack?

[strange coral]

Like the egi assaults, each pet does a different attack when you use enkindle. They should appear in the spellbook

[feral ridge]

Cause vote dismiss didn't work.

[simple shore]

Is there loot still being rolled out?

[feral ridge]

Nope

[simple shore]

idk then, vote dismiss should work

[feral ridge]

It says it can,t because they're in a matched party

[simple shore]

Ohhhh right

Okay

sorry i missed that bit

no they're hosed.

[agile laurel]

@nova umbra Garuda uses Aerial Blast, ifrit uses hellfire, titan uses i-don't-even-know-cause-who-cares. Garuda's is a hard aoe, ifrit's is an aoe with a dot

[feral ridge]

Welp

[nova umbra]

lol poor titan

[feral ridge]

Thx either way XD

[faint flare]

Titan does a ground aoe

[agile laurel]

titan can go sit in the corner with selene

[faint flare]

[kind eagle]

Am i close now

[simple shore]

Yes

[nova umbra]

hey hey spoilers

[agile laurel]

might want to tag that as a spoiler

[kind eagle]

Ah

[simple shore]

You could also just, you know

[pure flicker]

[simple shore]

Keep going

you dont have to ask every few hours

lol

[kind eagle]

but last few times no one told me spoiler

well

im mentally tired so i wanna ask

[halcyon glen]

YEAH BUT THAT QUEST NAME

[nova umbra]

the quest name was a spoiler xD

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[halcyon glen]

You're around where the Plot starts mattering again

[kind eagle]

idk

[nova umbra]

plot started mattering before that quest though?

[white bronze]

When there's a restricted in parentheses next to a shop selling price.. What that mean?

[nova umbra]

didn't they start explaining about white auracyte and stuff before, or was that after?

[kind eagle]

Wheres the plot

i mean

whats the plot

[faint flare]

Means you dont have access to the shop that sells it yet mat

[simple shore]

@white bronze it means you need to do something to unlock that vendor being able to sell that item

Usually involves Beast Tribe reps

[nova umbra]

they start explaining how they were planning to combat ascians

around that part I think

[halcyon glen]

You're 17 quests away from HW fwiw

[white bronze]

Oh OK the item is goobue horn.. So anyone know what I gotta do?

[faint flare]

Do arr beast tribe

[simple shore]

Sylph beast tribe

[faint flare]

Its one of their mounts

[white bronze]

Copy

[nova umbra]

you need to max out the sylph beast tribe, or you can also just buy it with moogle tomestones

[white bronze]

I wanna sell em

[simple shore]

You cant

[faint flare]

You cant

[white bronze]

Ohh so the price is to buy em?

[faint flare]

Mounts arent tradable unless its one of the few crafted mounts

[halcyon glen]

indeed

[simple shore]

Yes, the price is to buy it

[white bronze]

Ohh

Copy

[wintry chasm]

@halcyon glen @kind eagle yeah just going to come in here and say the plot always matters no matter what patch you are on

They all have important things to tell you. If you're in ARR the patch quests moreso

[simple shore]

ShB will be VERY confusing if you just ignored all of ARR.

[wintry chasm]

the entire game will be confusing

[halcyon glen]

oh absolutely. imo it just drags a little in 2.1-2.3 iirc. source: did it recently.

[wintry chasm]

ARR sets up the first two expansions

[halcyon glen]

make that 2.1-2.2

[wintry chasm]

2.0 is the big drag and 2.1 isn't much better but 2.2 and 2.3 are fine :(((

But still

It slacking and it not mattering are two different things

[halcyon glen]

fair enough, i misspoke

[pure flicker]

2.3-2.5 is really when i satrted paying attention again to the plot and it felt like stuff mattered

[halcyon glen]

2.x is lore dumps mixed in with politics. the politics are... slow, the lore dumps are good.

[wintry chasm]

Yeah but I think that's enough of that. I could talk about this for hours but we'd be going off topic

[halcyon glen]

very, very fair

[finite socket]

So im reaching level 80 on my first job soon and finishing main quest, im gonna buy 480 gear. What should be my first focus after?

[wintry chasm]

Whatever you want

Next patch will have more relic and 24-man stuff for 80

If you want to prep for that

[simple shore]

At this point, its so late in the current patch cycle that there's no real priority. You wont get "finished" on that job before new stuff comes out.

and yeah, those would be the top priorities

[pure flicker]

unlock the nier raid!

[wintry chasm]

^ that's the 24-man one

[simple shore]

But dont like think you need to freak out over capping tomes or anything

[finite socket]

Okay so in theory the gear i will get now will be obsolete soon?

[simple shore]

Not "obsolete", just not the best.

[finite socket]

Thats obsolete for me ;D

[simple shore]

If you can get Neo-Ish for cheap it'll be more than sufficient to get you through the next patches content and start farming for the new stuff.

[pure flicker]

you'll only be able to get 1 piece of new gear per week in the new 24 man next patch anway fwiw

[gloomy ice]

Well we won't be getting a real item level increase until 5.4.

Which is months away

[wintry chasm]

Even right now your gear is obsolete it's just a good starting point

[gloomy ice]

480 will hold just fine

[wintry chasm]

But Eton is right too

[finite socket]

Yeah so i im gonna be spending 800k on gear for sure to get the best possible gear i can from market atlesat

[wintry chasm]

Will be a while for gear better than 500

[finite socket]

is 480 fine for the next patch?

[faint flare]

Yes

[simple shore]

800k? You need to shop around.

[wintry chasm]

Depends on what part of the patch