Is playing on the PS4 user-friendly compared to Windows?
#questions-and-help
placid compass
limber sun
@placid compass I play on PS4 too š it's not necessary right away I'd super recommend picking up a cheap USB keyboard if you can.
candid raptor
@placid compass it is
simple shore
@fluid escarp PVP exists. That's exactly all i can say for PVP.
mossy tartan
Arenāt console players at a disadvantage in terms of turn rate though?
leaden ginkgo
there are no roulettes for my level i think, whenever i try to join one in party finder it says i need a higher item level, is there other ways to join roulettes? @simple shore @mossy tartan
placid compass
@limber sun I was planning on it, but I'm moving soon because I'm starting college and I dunno if I'm bringing the PS4 yet haha
simple shore
@leaden ginkgo you should at minimum have Levelling Roulette available
fluid escarp
So pvp is shit?
mossy tartan
there are no roulettes for my level i think, whenever i try to join one in party finder it says i need a higher item level, is there other ways to join roulettes? @simple shore @mossy tartan
@leaden ginkgo press U, navigate to āDuty roulette: levelingā you should have it there
candid raptor
Pvp is kinda there
fluid escarp
Iāve never managed to get into the pvp feature as the wait time is bs
limber sun
Hm. I've never played on a computer or keyboard/mouse style, but I will advise that most people assume everyone plays keyboard/mouse and on a PC, so there will be little ways that other players behave that you'll need to compensate for as someone not playing desktop/keyboard/mouse
simple shore
Yeah. That's because the vast majority of people dont care about it, and thus dont queue it.
leaden ginkgo
ah ok thanks guys
limber sun
such as providing links in a chat that they expect you to click to check out a strategy or something
obsidian wren
feast is pretty fun where you go 4v4 but the wait times can be quite long
mossy tartan
Frontline is pretty fun, 24 vs 24 vs 24, strategical and action-filled battle (PVP)
obsidian wren
frontline is 24v24v24 and it can be messy if people don't coordinate
limber sun
or saying "press the such-and-such key" instead of "do _"
placid compass
@limber sun is communication with other players possible on the controller? Like can I talk to other players
limber sun
@placid compass technically yes but through the PS4 on-screen keyboard, which is awful
before I got my keyboard, I set up some macros for basic communication
fluid escarp
Nah typing on PS4 is easy
placid compass
It is awful lol, but it's something
limber sun
yes, no, hello and goodbye, etc
mossy tartan
Do PS4 players have macros? At least for simple communication
simple shore
tbh i have no idea how controller users do certain things. like i cant even begin to imagine healing harder content on a controller, it just seems nightmarish.
limber sun
and one macro for explaining "Hi, I'm playing without a keyboard and can't type quickly" lol
placid compass
I really should buy a gaming laptop, but I'm a broke 18 y/o sooo
limber sun
so if something is SUPER important, they can wait 2 minutes for you to type it in
fast kernel
Only reason i want do frontline is for the glam
limber sun
but if you find you enjoy playing the game after playing the trial, I'd pick up a keyboard to make your life easier.
obsidian wren
usb keyboard is comfy if you wanna actually do proper talking with people
plain flower
@placid compass You could try the benchmark and see if your current laptop can handle the game
obsidian wren
you could get away with macros for basic stuff
but that also takes up hotbar space
placid compass
@plain flower is the benchmark on FFXIV's website? I really don't think my laptop could handle it lol
twilit arch
yes, there is
placid compass
Though I have my old laptop which is better at running things I think
fluid escarp
Why do u need a keyboard when u have the super easy functions for communication on PS4
twilit arch
limber sun
@fluid escarp because they are not fast to get to
obsidian wren
what options does ps4 offer?
placid compass
Aight, downloading the benchmark now
limber sun
@obsidian wren I can play it while working from home lol
fluid escarp
U just got to get good and type fast
limber sun
and while my computer is busy processing things
placid compass
oh wow it takes awhile for the benchmark to download huh
Gonna download it on my other computer too
obsidian wren
it's 2gb so not too too bad
my xiv folder is 51gb at the moment
so the game itself is probably 40-45ish?
sturdy mason
I can't find this mob around this area. Is it under water? Can't fight under water though...
raven sage
They should be along the edge of the water but on land
opal bough
Can somebody help me with aetherpool gear/weapon lvl? is it particular to each job? does it reset every time you start a new save?
raven sage
@sturdy mason
sturdy mason
that map is amazing, where do you get that?
raven sage
it's from ffxivhunt I guess
undone pasture
aetherpool is not class bassed and it persists between saves
void fossil
Anyone know what act skin this is?
zinc orbitBOT
placid compass
My DirectX score for the benchmark was 101 I think?
Is that good enough
oh wait it's not over
slate arrow
I was about to go "no????" Yeah lol wait for the end screen to give you a rating
placid compass
i thought it'd just be the one cutscene lol
plain flower
It goes through 4-5(?) of them
placid compass
@plain flower its pretty long so far lol
crystal shoal
im lvl 79 rn near beating 5.0
placid compass
My final score on my smaller laptop is 1125 - Low
Obviously "Low" isn't gonna be great but is it competent enough to run the game well?
fresh lodge
ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ
Play the free trial and find out
Its going to be rough, but you might be able to put up with it
placid compass
True
plain flower
Haven't seen a score that low tbh
placid compass
It's not a laptop made for gaming at all lmao
Gonna see the score I get from my other laptop
fresh lodge
The Benchmark score is only a general indicator, can't really tell how it'll play just from the number
rough lance
how long/hard is eureka and anima relic weapons
gritty oracle
what happens if you discard your relic? gotta do the quest chain from the beginning again?
Eureka - like two days of NM trains if you are a casual
Anima - loooooong weeks
placid compass
Don't even have 40 GB free on this computer. No Windows FFXIV for me
I'll just wait for the PS4 download to finish
acoustic lichen
Sorry me again on skips
For story skips will the stormblood skip take me straight to shadow bringers?
halcyon glen
yes
However, it will not help you level
The first quest of Shadowbringers is level 70, and as such you will need to get to level 70 by some other means if you want to start with the shb story
Additionally, you forfeit the rewards of main story quests up until the first quest of Shadowbringers
Importantly EXP, money, and a free Fantasia
onyx kiln
the ALT button that usually hides any textboxes isn't doing that anymore and my cursor dissappear after i type in anything in a number window. anyone who knows why this is?
fallen vigil
halcyon glen
401 usually means either refresh the page or wait for something to be fixed on their end
@acoustic lichen
Oh and check your connection
zinc orbitBOT
slate arrow
which one
for Anima: with crafter yellow scrips, ideally
yellow scrips
!faq anima
zinc orbitBOT
gray sinew
i feel dumb trying to figure it out, but are there any benefits transferring from a normal word to a preferred one?
theres things on congested>preferred and new>preferred but cant figure out from normal to pref
faint flare
Not really
gritty oracle
Can a gathering node have more than one hidden items at once?
slate arrow
ARR node: maybe? I don't think so?
Heavensward and onward: definitely no
kindred kraken
sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm trying to see if there's any free companies out there that I might be interested to join so I have 2 related questions
A: Are FCs still Server specific or have they moved that the datacenter now?
B: If still server specific is there a good way to filter what's in the recruitment channel or reddit to find things on my specific server because browsing manually doesn't seem to be going my way
wintry chasm
I'm not sure about reddit controls but yeah you can just word search for your server name?
kindred kraken
just contains?
faint flare
Contains in the channel
wintry chasm
I think that's the best bet
faint flare
Has Server name, in Recruitment
kindred kraken
thanks that seems to have worked at least better than scrolling :p
just coming back to the game after a long break
halcyon glen
Thatās a spoiler question š
limber swan
so to lore spoilers
got it
I cant go there
im not 18 š
which weird
why do i have to be 18 to see lore spoilers
bronze sorrel
its just marked so people dont spoil themselves if they click by accident
agile laurel
the warning stops people clicking accidentally
limber swan
halcyon glen
The NSFW tag is on that channel to avoid people accidentally clicking on it when they donāt want to
limber swan
: P
bronze sorrel
lmfao
halcyon glen
Yiiikes
limber swan
k
but if thats the case
you dont know how mad i am
considering Yotsuyu was one of my favorite characters from stormblood
halcyon glen
Spoiler tags. Use them.
faint flare
^
wintry chasm
Well I mean
||as far as we know someone is AT LEAST using his body. personally it's highly doubtful it's Asahi||
wintry chasm
||well yeah but even then I'm not even sure it's an ascian, could just be an ancient who somehow... exists|| but I'm hesitant to keep going before this becomes a lore discussion
leaden ginkgo
I just started playing Culinarian and I noticed there's a section titled "Other Master Recipies" under the master recipie book section, are there more books to get to open those?
agile laurel
yes, some are from mor dhona some are from yellow scrip
wintry chasm
IIRC that is the demimateria books you can get from Talon in Mor Dhona but I can check since I'm logging in soon
leaden ginkgo
teleporting over there now to check
opal bough
What's WT on pf
noble crystal
wt = wondrous tails
lvl 60+ activity that is in idyllshire, you pick up a book from khloe and do various instances to collect stickers for rewards
leaden ginkgo
@wintry chasm okay so I'm looking at him and I see the demimateria books but I see none listed for culinarian
wintry chasm
Pretty sure they just don't get one
leaden ginkgo
so I can just ignore that "Other Master Recipes" heading then?
wintry chasm
Yeah
Ignore it
the "other" section is just glamour prism crafting and the demimateria stuff
both of which cul shouldn't have any of since cul just makes food
leaden ginkgo
gotcha, thanks
limpid lynx
what does "weaving" mean in terms of battlecraft classes?
faint flare
!faq weaving
zinc orbitBOT
limpid lynx
Have been reading some scholar guides to get a better understanding of the class and the term comes up a lot
fast kernel
you use an oGCD in the middle of a GCD
limpid lynx
ohh, handy!
fast kernel
effectively
faint flare
It means you use a ability inbetween gcds, typically instant casts for casters
limpid lynx
I see
so, astrologians always get to weave something in with their main damage source, but white mages and scholars either have to weave with their DoT or choose to lose a bit of damage to weave
faint flare
Weaving is q core mechanic of any job
limpid lynx
Well, that's terrifying, but I got a ways to go before such optimization becomes relevant at least!
faint flare
Weaving is kinda a basic mechanic and core to everything
faint flare
Especially healers
fast kernel
and its not that difficult tbh
limpid lynx
yeah, it doesn't seem hard, per se
just something to get used to
like, currently I usually end up clipping just by virtue of needing to think about what oGCD I want to use and what button I assigned it
(and targetting the right player)
fast kernel
I dont know how it is for healers but for tanks, DRK and GNB have lots of oGCDs
WAR barely has any
limpid lynx
hopefully it'll come more naturally with practice
faint flare
For scholar you typically weave with ruin 2 or Art of wat
limpid lynx
ye
faint flare
To use fairy abilities and aetherflow stuff
fast kernel
PLD i haven't played enough to know
limpid lynx
I tend to forget to hit ruin 2
might need to tweak its hotbar position to make that easier, idk
noble crystal
ast has it easy when it comes to weaving out of the healers
since their main dps spell, malefic, is short enough that you don't clip
woeful nacelle
Is 60-70 still HoH for optimal leveling?
noble crystal
61-70, but yeah assuming your dungeon queues are 15+mins
silk burrow
I was just wondering if this was unisex or just for men, because it's under unisex category https://store.finalfantasyxiv.com/ffxivstore/en-us/product/305 But it says This set of attire is designed for male characters.
raven sage
The hair is unisex
noble crystal
its for men, but the hairstyle that comes with it is unisex
raven sage
The rest is male only
final sandal
how many phases are there to doman reconstruction?
final sandal
and also how many weeks does it take to fully rebuild?
wintry chasm
It's 33 "phases"
lavish vortex
whats the best and fastest way to get Soulgazed points solo?
wintry chasm
I..think the whole thing is 250k gil so 250k/20k is the amount of weeks so something like 13 weeks?
noble crystal
there's only 5 phases
fast kernel
capacity also increases
final sandal
cutscenes?
wintry chasm
Like every time a cutscene plays
fast kernel
closer to like 11 weeks i think
final sandal
so 33 "events" from donating
wintry chasm
sure?
final sandal
and 5 total stages/phases
wintry chasm
Like for example the ten thousand stalls is 5 "milestones"
solar shore
Can you solo dungeon and turn off Party Size and Item Level and grind the Irregular tomb stones of law
wintry chasm
No
solar shore
or does it have to be run normally in order to obtain the
faint flare
No
solar shore
Ah I see
wintry chasm
Has to be synced properly
solar shore
Gotcha gotcha
faint flare
Squadrons do get you them though
fast kernel
else it'd be too easy
faint flare
So squadrons is the closest way to solo them
faint flare
Its blue mage
fast kernel
You also get wolfmarks
halcyon glen
If you can find a queue
fast kernel
pvp is a nice change of pace
halcyon glen
Yeah 3 BLU 1 tank AV is the best way
fast kernel
plus a lot of nice glam behind pvp
halcyon glen
glam that literally doesnāt let DNC use the aiming stuff
slate oak
are there like no aoe skills for a dragoon?
noble crystal
there are, dragoons is just a late bloomer in aoe department
lavish vortex
hi! whats the best and fastest way to get Soulgazed points solo?
halcyon glen
Not having played Dragoon I remember them getting AoE like really late
noble crystal
doom spike is your first aoe, and gotten at lvl 40
slate oak
oh
i just got it lol thank you
straight line ahead of me,meh...beggars cant be choosers i guess š
zinc orbitBOT
fast kernel
not as bad as WAR which is the only tank who has a cone aoe
Still don't get why its a cone
leaden ginkgo
doom spike sonic thrust and coerthean torment
halcyon glen
DNCās main AoE combo is a 5y radius around them
So you literally have to be stacked on top of your tank to actually hit the baddies with it
slate arrow
legacy stuff basically
leaden ginkgo
Is there a way to skip heavensward filler quests after the main story and go straight to stormblood?
faint flare
And much shorter than ARR
There's a far chunk of important stuff there
That sets up for Shadowbringers
leaden ginkgo
Alright but i can do it either way? its just it says it skips stormblood too
faint flare
There's one that skips to stormblood
halcyon glen
You want the Hevensward skip
But again, you actually donāt
Like, really donāt want to do that
The back end of HW is MASSIVELY important for wrapping up the HW story, and setting up not just one but the next TWO expansions
fast kernel
Yeah HW doesn't really finish till like 3.3 maybe
halcyon glen
3.4 is SHB setup
fast kernel
But yeah the post expac quests are never filler
halcyon glen
And 3.5 is SB setup
obsidian wren
nope
halcyon glen
Unfortunately no
obsidian wren
peloton also doesn't stack with sprint
you only get the sprint boost
sprint and peloton do increase the ninja/monk speed boosts further though
atomic jewel
What level do i get to do the deep dungeon
lavish vortex
hi! whats the best and fastest way to get Soulgazed points solo?
faint flare
The unlock for potd is 17 but you can go in as lv1
faint flare
But at the end of the day its just patience
limpid lynx
so, I just bought shadowbringers from the SE site (I'm not using steam for it). I was told that heavensward and stormblood are now packaged along with it
is that accurate?
faint flare
Yes
limpid lynx
awesome
faint flare
They always bundle old expansions into the new one
timber violet
uhhhh hey
i've not started the game yet but i've got some questions about it, i guess?
little swift
go for it!
timber violet
me and some friends (~5 of us) were looking into starting relatively soon
a friend of ours already started playing back in march and we thought it looked interesting
i looked up a little beforehand but i was mainly wondering if there was anything we would need to know beforehand
little swift
!faq newplayertips
zinc orbitBOT
timber violet
so that we'd be able to play together as much as possible
leaden ginkgo
That's a lot of text
timber violet
oh i haven't seen the bottom half of that graphic before
little swift
dungeons are all 4-man deals
since you have 5-6 people
you may benefit from splitting into 2 groups of 3
timber violet
yeah i gathered that parties are limtied to 4
little swift
until you guys encounter trials which are 8-man
faint flare
Bur you can do tye 8man stuff together
timber violet
so that's probably what we're gonna be deing
timber violet
yeah from what i gather there can only be 1 healer and 1 tank per party right
timber violet
so if we want to play together we'd need to try and get a distribution of 2 dps/2healer/2 tank?
faint flare
Remember different classes start in different cities so you wont be able to play with everyone at once but story converses at lv15 a nd meets up
forest laurel
that sounds good yeah
also that
little swift
you can play all the jobs on one character
so if you guys are finding you're not enjoying something
switch
timber violet
yeah, we're gonna try to just start in 2 cities each
mental garnet
how can i effectively use rested xp for combat jobs?
forest laurel
use it on a higher lvl job
mental garnet
like what activity will trigger the rested boost
faint flare
Gridina has a healer and 2 dps jobs
mental garnet
quest xp rewards don't, as far as i can tell
forest laurel
getting xp from mobs and stuff
timber violet
oh ok
forest laurel
so run dungeons
timber violet
it'll be our first foray into an mmo of any kind for 4/5 of us so
forest laurel
gridania has 1 healer and 2 dps
ul'dah has 1 tank and 2 dps
limsa lominsa has 1 tank and 2 dps as well, one of which can become a healer at lvl 30
timber violet
not entirely sure what we're getting into, i did hear that the first 15 levels might be slow to start which would limit potential multiplayer early on?
ah ok so each has 2 dps
little swift
uldah and limsa lominsa are teh 2 tank starter cities
frank ridge
To put it simply, this game, until the endgame, is basically single player RPG WITH occasion multiplayer in forms of instanced dungeons and trials.
little swift
limsa has the job that dual levels a healer/dps later
little swift
that said, it doesn't mean you can't do overworld quest objectives together
you just won't see each other in cutscenes or solo instances
timber violet
yeah, we gathered it's mainly singleplayer, just wondering how we'd be able to do as much multiplayer in between as possible
the one from our group that started in march played solo and has uhhh bard/summoner levelled i think, but from what i can tell she hasn't really looked into a lot of the game's multiplayer
so just to get this straight; we're able to play together in the overworld and some dungeons/trials
with the main story objectives being singleplayer
little swift
yup you got it
timber violet
aight cool
just to make sure, if we split into 2 parties are we able to join up together for 8-man stuff?
frank ridge
yes
frank ridge
You can create your own party then queue
little swift
just make a full party of all of you guys
you'll have the duty finder matchmake the rest of the remaining slots
timber violet
yeah?
wintry chasm
joke detour but isn't 3 full parties not a type of party? 
timber violet
wait what's the difference between them exactly
little swift
just how many people are in the instance with you
little swift
and slight alterations to party composition
faint flare
And how much LB you can hold
timber violet
hm ok
faint flare
Light parties get 1 bar of LB (2 in final boss), full get 2 (3 in final boss)
little swift
limit break is a shared resource btw
timber violet
seeing as we have someone who plays bard and summoner primarily rn, any suggestions on which jobs to begin with so that the 5 of us are split between 2 cities at the start?
or does that just not really matter that much
white bronze
For potd floor 101+ do u need to go no ko from floor 1 or 51?
little swift
if you're after the solo achievement , floor 1
white bronze
Naw me and some friends gnna grind for the night pegasus mount
little swift
51 onwards is fine then
molten spruce
is the market board world wide or city wide?
white bronze
Copy
leaden ginkgo
@timber violet doesn't matter really once you reach level 15? You get access to all three cities in msq, and you start merging in quests
frank ridge
It... doesn't really matter. The story converges before the first dungeon
leaden ginkgo
Level 15 doesn't take too long
frank ridge
Remember to do the tutorial for gear and EXP ring
little swift
marauder and gladiator are your 2 tanks available to you right now
leaden ginkgo
Msq, fates, hunting log should get you to 15 no time
little swift
and conjurer is the healer
molten spruce
Remember to do the tutorial for gear and EXP ring
@frank ridge woah what turorial? i never got that ring
i need itttt
little swift
hall of the novice
timber violet
aight
molten spruce
lol i thought that was useless
little swift
speak to a smith and unlock it. its available from the duty menu
leaden ginkgo
Hall of novice gears 
timber violet
thanks for the help everyone
zinc orbitBOT
molten spruce
hm more exp is it?
little swift
!item brand new ring
zinc orbitBOT
Powered by XIVAPI
frank ridge
^
molten spruce
ah lvl 30
leaden ginkgo
Ah this ring is legendary
frank ridge
Also nice stats from 31-40
molten spruce
is the market board world wide or city wide?
frank ridge
World wide
leaden ginkgo
Server/world
Speaking of market board is there any reason why Siren had the cheapest HQ materials for the brave step in zodiac weapons?
Everywhere else is 40-45k each while siren is like 19-20k
molten spruce
if an item has higer Ilvl but less stats overall should i still wear it?
molten spruce
hq titanium?
faint flare
Always get HQ gear off market
molten spruce
im 55
faint flare
Yes
molten spruce
ok
frank ridge
Or be lucky and use dungeon gear
faint flare
Poetics fall off at 55
elfin edge
I think the ilvls are comparable between HQ and unique gear; the NQ version of the gear lists the same ilvl but is definitely inferior
faint flare
Dungeons give a guaranteed gear piece so
leaden ginkgo
XD
little swift
theres a noticeable difference in stats between expansions
its a steep curve for heavensward and stormblood
less so for shadowbringers
but replace your gear regularly if you're leveling that way
frank ridge
Bardam with non-augmented Shire tank
elfin edge
I think I'm just going to try to level my main to 70 and then buy the lvl 70 gear that got imported into kugane lol (still only like lv62-ish in the MSQ)
little swift
get the marketboard versions
molten spruce
70k for titanium shoes........
little swift
NQ is a noticeably weaker version
molten spruce
ppl are crazyyy
little swift
ilvl may be listed at 385 or whatever, but its clearly like 10+ ilvls lower in stats
icy gazelle
Question remains unanswered by the FC, so I'll ask here.
Is there a way to get an emote animation to play on loop in a user macro? I'm trying to make an AFK button, and I want it to use /read, but since it's not an infinite I need a way to get it to loop. Is that possible?
molten spruce
there are no titanium shields on MB what should i buy?
pale cairn
what is the fastest way to level an alt job?
some say dungeons and some say palace of the dad
molten spruce
!faq altlvlguide
zinc orbitBOT
molten spruce
the guide i linked
frank ridge
Tanks and Healers dungeon. DPS PotD. Basically
little swift
Question remains unanswered by the FC, so I'll ask here.
Is there a way to get an emote animation to play on loop in a user macro? I'm trying to make an AFK button, and I want it to use /read, but since it's not an infinite I need a way to get it to loop. Is that possible?
@icy gazelle not without some sort of external program. but i'd rather you not abuse that in order to get your ideal afk emote
molten spruce
not even PotD becomes useless after like 35
frank ridge
Also depends on the speed you want and how much boredom you can tolerate.
little swift
thats not true at all xul
molten spruce
a dungeons give way more
little swift
dungeons do give way more, but if your queues are shit as a dps
you can clear more sets of floor 51-60 in that time
molten spruce
ah that is true
icy gazelle
@little swift Thank you. Are there any alternatives to /read that may work?
faint flare
All you can do is make a macro that repeats its 15 lines
little swift
/hum is another
faint flare
But it wont ever be infinite
pale cairn
thanks
faint flare
Unless its a persistent emote like dances or hum
little swift
/ritualprayer
also another persistent emote
but in general if the emote has a fixed animation time, its finite times 15 if you make a user macro
icy gazelle
I'll probably just use /groundsit for now, until I find a persistent emote I want to use in the macro. Thank you for the help!
ionic hazel
faint flare
Inside the building
faint flare
Only just started
leaden ginkgo
I just unlocked the sidequest Gods of Eld, does this help me anyhow as a new player?
I don't really know what to do after Heavensward trial
frank ridge
I don't really know what to do after Heavensward trial
@leaden ginkgo Continue the MSQ?
leaden ginkgo
Yeah, that's obvious. However, after the HW trial, I unlocked a lot of blue quests, that's why I'm asking if there's anything relevant I should bother with (like with Crystal Tower)
faint flare
Nothing super relevant like crystal tower
leaden ginkgo
Thanks @faint flare
faint flare
Alexander stuff is slightly relevant but not major like crystal tower
zinc orbitBOT
mental garnet
anyone know what point i need to get to in the msq to unlock the ShB relic weapon? end of 5.0?
mental garnet
mmk
pure flicker
youll need to the finish the Ivalice stormblood raids if you want access to the relic weapons as well
rugged flicker
I need to do an inventory search for an untradeable item. Any way of doing that?
little swift
/isearch <name of item or keyword that describes it>
e.g. /isearch ironworks will give me all the ironworks pieces in my inventory/retainers
and clicking the one i'm looking for and searching for it will pull up where it is
deft quiver
obsidian patio
Egi Assault 1 and 2 give stacks of a buff that transforms Ruin 2 into it
median barn
is ivalice the lost city 24 man?
median barn
damn
im out of country rn but when i tried queinign for it in mateus, queue never popped even tho i was tank
faint flare
They pop occasionally
little swift
tanks get less priority in alliance raids, since you need fewer of them in the overall party
dps get better results
faint flare
Bahamut autos
median barn
rhandastare or whatever @halcyon glen
halcyon glen
Rabanastre is Ivalice yes
median barn
im guessing that there are 3 of them like in hw?
faint flare
Yes
median barn
welp hope my queues pop when i get back lmao
mossy tartan
Is it ok to use emergency tactics + adloquium to heal during a big pull? Or should I just spam physick?
faint flare
Et adlo saved my ass plenty
little swift
and later you have recitation excog
humble epoch
Hey, i'm totally new to the game and i was wondering what i should choose and how it will impact the game. Do i choose Light or Chaos in the EDC?
faint flare
et, Recitation adlo is basically a guaranteed full heal
little swift
either or is fine merineth
mossy tartan
Already excited for what scholar can do late in the game, level 59 so far
little swift
oh boi enjoy dissipation for more energy drains
mossy tartan
Hey, i'm totally new to the game and i was wondering what i should choose and how it will impact the game. Do i choose Light or Chaos in the EDC?
@humble epoch I think light is more populated? Tried logging in Odin yesterday, had 473 players in queue, while louisoix only at max gives me 23 players in queue
tidal yarrow
is there any blue "!" at kugane I def should check out?
humble epoch
Thanks, i choose light! @mossy tartan
mossy tartan
Is āCoeurlā pronounced as Ko-yurl, or Curl?
humble epoch
Is there a way to see how long ago someone was last online?
mossy tartan
I donāt know about that, Iām still oblivious to many features :<
slate arrow
@humble epoch FC character list has that functionality, as well as linkshells, I think?
humble epoch
Do i have to join the FC to see that?
tidal yarrow
there's one called "a dream for shirogane" but it doesn't really say what is its purpose
tidal yarrow
oh idc then
slate arrow
@humble epoch yes since it's only displayed in the FC menu
humble epoch
ah okay, then i'll apply and see later on ^^
zinc orbitBOT
humble epoch
How do i unlock Hrothgar and Viera?
little swift
you need to have the shadowbringers expansion owned and registered to your account
they're expansion races
same with au'ra
humble epoch
I've got aura unlocked, that means i own one of the expansions?
little swift
means you have heavensward
humble epoch
Aah i see, thanks, guess i'll play Aura for now.
Anything particular i would miss without expansions or can i just play as is for now?
slate arrow
@white sinew yes
@humble epoch besides jobs and races (for characters retainers) not really
humble epoch
What's level cap for heavensward?
little swift
60
humble epoch
Will pikcing a race impact the stats of my character or can i pick and choose as i please?
slate arrow
also do note any exp gained will be lost once you hit 60
@humble epoch it's about a 5 point difference when the current maximum is like 4600 or so
humble epoch
Perfect
slate arrow
Unless you're going for a 0.01% optimization playing well will have a larger impact overall
Since there's literally nothing character creation specific now
leaden ginkgo
does mount speed affect flight speed? or land travel only?
tidal yarrow
as soon as I hit 70 is it nice to go to a vendor and buy all 70 gear?
leaden ginkgo
afaik, the msq will give you HQ gear
wintry chasm
then wait to finish 4.0 to get the poetic gear called Scaevan XXXX
tidal yarrow
okay thx
wintry chasm
basically same thing as ARR
does mount speed affect flight speed? or land travel only?
land only @leaden ginkgo
molten basalt
my friend told me that red mage as a lot of utility but also that every magic class can res, what can a red mage do to help the party ?
wintry chasm
Black Mage can't res
Ideally Red Mage doesn't want to heal or res same as any DPS job since their job is DPSing
wintry chasm
I will add that unlike every other job in the game Red Mage as duelcast which means it can multi res really fast if need be
how good is the artifact weapon upon reaching 50?
You mean the relic you get from that sidequest chain?
spare plinth
yea
wintry chasm
It gets outclassed at about 55 by other weapons
Not worth it except glamour and I guess doing one
The 50 one especially is a lot of effort though
Back to you Vinaigre aside from being able to res really fast they also have a decent heal unlike any other DPS which is great for soloing content and they generally just have some buffs and stuff to give to the party
spare plinth
i heard there's a long quest to get a relic weapon
wintry chasm
To finish the relic weapon yes
molten basalt
ho, ok, which class is the most usefull between bard and red mage ?
wintry chasm
You kinda get the base version and keep upgrading it and at each step it looks different and generally when you finish it it looks "cool" and glows
Whichever one you are better at Vinaigre
The most important thing is you being good
spare plinth
so it's best at 50 to get the ironworks
wintry chasm
You can't pick a job, be bad, but the job is op to pull you through
Yes Miss
I haven't had the opportunity to check it yet, so I'll just ask here. Does RDM's Dualcast work on Verraise?
@white sinew Yes
you can machine gun res
Though you really don't want to because
- oh god my MP
- oh god my DPS
- if I need to do this we are probably already fucked
simple shore
Chain res'ing on RDM is mostly something you do in 24 mans when you get two dumb healers in your alliance
wintry chasm
Or just in an 8-man lel
simple shore
of course sometimes you just make the decision that nobody in your party is going to survive anyway, and just heal yourself through mechanics and leave them all dead
You know, those times when the entire group has 5-6 vuln stacks 30 seconds in.
lol
lavish breach
In eureka after you get your +2 what are you supposed to do? all gerolt tells me is that i need something rare lol
simple shore
Your options are either to craft it yourself, or buy it. That said, 70k seems pretty steep - what server are you looking on?
Well, you might check others in your DC to see if its cheaper there
nova umbra
if a summoner dies, how screwed is their rotation and recovery?
faint flare
Depends where they die
humble epoch
Where and how do i become a dark knight?
oak ice
Get to the first city in Heavensward, then there's an NPC to become one near the Tribunal
wintry chasm
Reach Heavensward story and then it starts in The Pillars
humble epoch
Ah okay, i just started out as an arcanist, so i'll get access to it after a while?
oak ice
It's the first expansion, so you need to do the whole basegame
wintry chasm
Aka you'll be 50 by that time
humble epoch
I have more or less no memeory of the game etc
wintry chasm
Plot?
humble epoch
Can't really remember that either
wintry chasm
Hmmm
humble epoch
Going straight back to my Dark knight and just YT the story line, would that be ok maybe?
wintry chasm
You can read a summary to where you are I guess
I'm sure a lot of it will come back to you when you read
humble epoch
Awesome
wintry chasm
It's a ARR summary written the resident lore nerd
I'm...not sure how far you are into HW BUT you can new game + Heavensward plot
Actually no you can't
You'd need to finish Heavensward first which you probably haven't done
Uhhh
zinc orbitBOT
wintry chasm
For Heavensward story...go to an innroom and just watch the old quest cutscenes and read the summaries on the quests in the journal.
I wouldn't use a summary in case you go too far into the plot and spoil
rough lance
eureka or anima from the start to end which is easier/faster?
wintry chasm
Anima faster if it's your first
Eureka would take a while for the first because you'd have to do the leveling and whatnot
But once that's done Eureka would be faster for every other weapon
rough lance
hmmmm
little swift
pretty sure max on the screen is 5
but you can filter out which you want to see
using the quest journal checkboxes
median barn
hey guys
do you know how often the complete edition sale for the games comes up?
friend wants to bu game
faint flare
Not tooo often, check newegg to see if their sale has finally ended
proud willow
there's no way to tell if you've been blocked, but if you were scammed and the deal was made in-game, you can report them
barren arrow
In Yanxia there's an Au ra NPC with fox ears walking around saying things using speech bubbles, what's that about?
wintry chasm
Umm I don't recall this NPC exactly but what about it?
Oh it's a fate thing apparently
faint flare
Foxy lady fate thing
wintry chasm
Mmm
I assumed it was about that but I forgot she appears when the fate chain to unlock foxy lady is up
zinc orbitBOT
signal garnet
Does anyone know is suzakus theme is on Spotify?
I found a wing and a prayer but couldnāt find her theme
signal garnet
I tried looking for it 
wintry chasm
Maybe not then?
signal garnet
Dang rip
That along with wayward daughter are my favorite themes
Wait they have byakkos theme
What the fuck
gray yacht
Is there anyone i can discuss O12S mechs with??
molten bay
Hey im new to ffxiv and was wondering if anyone plays on Primal(Leviathan)
warped nest
@gray yacht #endgame-lounge, while O12S is no longer current, I bet that some folks over there can help you with it
gray yacht
Ill try that. thanks
craggy scarab
what's better for a Red Mage; Critical Hit, Direct Hit Rate or Determination?
little swift
crit > dhit > det
craggy scarab
ah ok, thanks
lavish vortex
hi!, im capped in gemstones, what can i spend them on?
obsidian patio
!faq poetics
zinc orbitBOT
faint flare
Bicolour gemstones just buy the mats and sell them
lavish vortex
by mats you mean materia?
leaden ginkgo
materials
lavish vortex
oh, thanks, any particular recommendation?
craggy scarab
how to i add a materia?
warped nest
There are NPC melder on cities
craggy scarab
oh okay, thanks
faint flare
!faq interupt
obsidian patio
!faq interrupt
faint flare
obsidian patio
pat pat
worldly cape
I did use it when boss was casting and it said something along "interject has no effect on the target"
or something like that
obsidian patio
But yeah, itās for the enemies with skills that have a pulsing cast bar
tidal yarrow
teleporting at kugane is so expensive.. how so?
obsidian patio
If it doesnāt pulse then no effect
faint flare
Because teleport cost is based on distance
worldly cape
what the heck... a skill for such a niche thing
faint flare
And kugane is on the other side of the world
tidal yarrow
ah.. makes sense
worldly cape
I'm struggling with all the keybinds for paladin and I get 14 more skills before level 80
faint flare
Interupts go from niche to "This shit is mandatory" real fast
obsidian patio
Itās extremely fight-dependent
Some fights donāt make use of it, and some make it required to pass
obsidian patio
Most jobs need 3 hot bars
uncut girder
What is "braindead" means in PF?
vagrant copper
Depends on the context kind of. It could just be an insult that means don't be a bad player
uncut girder
warped nest
@worldly cape if it helps, I suggest putting a 4th bar for mouse clicking only
faint flare
Where if the north west portal is red, you swap tiles everytime, if it's blue you sit perfectly still. You go to a corner and stack colour aoes in their group
warped nest
You can put skills like your Iron Will, Limit Break, Sprint, etc there (heck, even AOE weaponskill can go here tbh)
faint flare
Dps in one tile, healer tanks in another
warped nest
Stuff you don't need to press with keyboard
uncut girder
Ok, ty
faint flare
If the north east portal is red, you swap tiles with eaxh group after every charge
If its blue, you stay there
And literally ignore the entir mechanics
Well after moving to the side to bait a aoe quick but you go back to the correct tile
Go to corner > take first charge > move to the side to drop aoe > swap tile or go back to where you were for charge 2 and 3
uncut girder
I look on the 2 north portals (right only/2. portal), red is swap and blue is stay.
But didnt know that calls "braindead", because I play only with my static. No name for the strat.
faint flare
People call the strat braindead because its LITERALLY braindead
worldly cape
always you @warped nest with the best tips š
faint flare
And it deletes the entire mechanic
uncut girder
Maybe its feature.
warped nest
@worldly cape that being said, 3 hotbar is the standard
For reference, on controller, most jobs can fit on 2 crosshotbar, which makes out to 32 slots of skills
Including role action
teal isle
for sure, you can fit most jobs on 2 with a few slots to spare in my experience
warped nest
Oh, for hotbar 4 designated for mouse clicking, I suggest making it a 4x3 or 3x4
worldly cape
you can change how a hotbar looks?
warped nest
Yes
worldly cape
š¤¦āāļø
please, tell me how
saw a few videos, couldn't find option and disregarded it a console thing
warped nest
Ummm... I don't remember the setting off the top of my head
shrewd owl
Doesnt right clicking the bar changes how its sorted
warped nest
Character configuration, Hotbar?
worldly cape
ooh
thank you so much
it's hard to get used to so many skills needed when I'm coming from a TBC WoW server
where my firemage needed to use 2-4 abilities in a boss fight
and I macroed 2 into 1 button
warped nest
Just to make sure that you are informed, don't macro combat skills in XIV
(there are a very very small set of exceptions)
tardy patio
will 5.3 bring new ishgard restoration skybuilders items and recipes
or is that every even subpatch
tardy patio
Special site says ishgard restoration updates but we wont know until the preliminary notes huh
faint flare
To prevent people stocking up
worldly cape
thanks for the help everyone and especially Lchronos š
tardy patio
Roger. I'll wait until then to go back to leveling then. If not just because materials will be giga-cheap again (im not sure if they arent right now but I assume they arent 2gil each still)
void fossil
How do you get back to the Eden area after leaving?
leaden ginkgo
amh araeng iirc
void fossil
ty
leaden ginkgo
29.1-31.7 according to the wiki
strange coral
South of journey's head inn, there's a marker for The Empty. You use the car thing there iirc
faint flare
South of The Inn at Journeys end
void fossil
ty o7
half kraken
When I play dnc against a single target, should I be casting standard step as soon as it's up or wait till the buff is about to expire?
warped nest
Asap
half kraken
Ok good that makes it simpler
warped nest
It is shit load of damage
tidal yarrow
samurai has just so many abilites at 80.. do "pro" players actually have them all binded in the hotbars?
or they only use some and there's a minority they ignore?
faint flare
Bind all
zinc orbitBOT
faint flare
Maybe remove merciful eyes if you're not soloing much post Seigan
warped nest
If it helps, you can move your AOE skills (3 weaponskill, 2 ability) to a less convenient spot
faint flare
Or put somewhere out the way
tidal yarrow
are 3 hotbars enough?
faint flare
Yes
tidal yarrow
for everything
faint flare
Its enough for all jobs
half kraken
2 hotbars are enough for all job+role actions I think
warped nest
2 are definitely not enough for some jobs
tidal yarrow
like I'm starting to have actually useful abilities on like shift7-8 and it's kinda uncomfy
half kraken
I use a third for misc stuff like mounts etc
leaden ginkgo
not sure about other melee jobs but for drg 3 is enough for everything + mount LB and sprint
half kraken
I can fit all my gnb skills in 2 hotbars (32 skills total) except for ONE skill
And that's royal guard
warped nest
Cross hotbar or KBM hotbar?
half kraken
Cross
warped nest
KBM hotbar is 10 slots right?
simple shore
12
patent cave
second coil of bahamut turn 4, is it not soloable?
patent cave
i feel like whatever i do at one one of the turns one of the golems just gets gigga mode
simple shore
Hard part is getting through the last phase
which you wont be able to do on tank, i can guarantee
simple shore
Final phase you gt oneshot by 2 iceballs no matter what you do
so you have to burst him down before you take 2 of them
patent cave
is it infinitely easier if i just have another person in the group
simple shore
Yes
simple shore
Literally an alive but AFK person trivializes the final phase
If they help, even easier
faint flare
The golems really need to be bursted down
simple shore
You cant let them get close together
faint flare
If they get to close they merge
simple shore
So you need to kill two of them immediately on spawn
patent cave
right okay
faint flare
and go big
patent cave
so another reason why having 2 makes it easier
patent cave
yeah ive been doing it unsynced
faint flare
But golems can only eat 2 meteors before getting too big
patent cave
they would just immediately go big mode when i tried to kill them
faint flare
Idk how people do it unsync, haven't look at them
patent cave
well, one would
faint flare
Cause they're too close
patent cave
will try tomorrow then with more people
simple shore
You basically need to be capable of killing golems in 1 GCD if you want to solo
faint flare
T9 is basically "Kill this shit immediately or you die"
simple shore
If you cant, you cant solo. and honestly if you cant do that there's NO WAY you can burst down Nael at the end
faint flare
Especially last phase nael
simple shore
The amount of burst it takes to solo Nael is nuts
half kraken
Would gnb be able to do it with the gnashing fang combo?
simple shore
Probably not
simple shore
i cant imagine any tank has sufficient burst to get through the final phase
at least without being like full savage geared
at which point you probably have a DPS job that would be better suited
simple shore
Yeah maybe.
half kraken
Maybe I can do it with dnc then, just cast technical or standard step and kill them all in one hit
simple shore
Its really not about the golems
half kraken
As long as it's prepped beforehand
faint flare
Golems is first hurdle
half kraken
Don't move during icy floor except to avoid mechanics
faint flare
If you move, you slide in the direction you try to move
Distance various on fight
From not much to THE WHOLE DAMN ARENA
half kraken
Ah didn't know it was fight dependent, it did seem inconsistent
leaden ginkgo
so if I see my character suddenly shakes, it means I can move again?
faint flare
You can move when you've stopped sliding
But if the ice is still there you'll slide again
leaden ginkgo
I have my S key unbind by the way
obsidian patio
It should also appear as a debuff on your buff bar
mental garnet
so, the nidhogg weapon is more reddish than the purple of the nidhogg bird, is there a weapon that glows with the same/similar color as the bird?
obsidian patio
In terms of primal weapons no, unless you want to count Ramuh weapons
leaden ginkgo
I use my right click to spin my character and strife left/right, and my S key unbind (not used)
would that hurt this mechanic?
mental garnet
hmm aight
obsidian patio
A few of the relics glow purple, but I canāt name any specific ones
mental garnet
gotcha thanks
simple shore
i cant imagine why you'd have S just unbound, but thats just me
leaden ginkgo
i cant imagine why you'd have S just unbound, but thats just me
@simple shore because moving backwards is slower than just turning my camera 180 degrees and move
simple shore
Exactly
faint flare
Legacy is superior you cant change my mind
leaden ginkgo
I didn't know such option existed