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obsidian patio
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not really much options if you don't still need ironworks gear

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the minions and orchestrion rolls from Mor Dhona might sell nice, but make sure to double-check their prices before buying them.

light lintel
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The live letter is at 1 pm Amsterdam time right?

dapper shadow
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!ll

zinc orbitBOT
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Tick, Tock, Kupo!
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light lintel
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Cool! Ty

gloomy mortar
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Buy ironworks gear for other classes you plan on playing.

stiff osprey
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so i'm level 50, and i've played through and beaten the ultimate weapon fight

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and now i'm just doing what feels like

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garbage

leaden ginkgo
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cuz it is

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gets better once you reach heavensward

stiff osprey
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it feels like they made this game in the past, people finished the content, and they just produced filler content for the players of yesteryear

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who needed something to do

gloomy mortar
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I made the mistake using spare poetics to buying Umbral ether and Superior Enchanted Ink, and I won’t be able to use them until basically the end of the game when your doing relic weapons

stiff osprey
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and now i'm suffering for it

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all of that is to say, i'm considering a skip potion

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should i just skip arr at this point

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am i so deep that i should just grind it out

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should i skip deeper

shrewd owl
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second half is so much better

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tho i dont rly remember much of it

simple shore
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Its really inadvisable to skip on your first time

dapper shadow
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Like ppl do half of 2.x and skipp not knowing their reward was like the latter half

stiff osprey
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so again, i've completed the ultimate weapon quest

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so if it's like

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2.3+ is gonna be good

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okay sure

simple shore
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2.3-2.5 are good

stiff osprey
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but if all of the rest of arr is like what i'm dealing with rn

gloomy mortar
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It’s ok

candid raptor
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Pretty much

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2.3 onwards get pretty decent story

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Still mostly fetch quests inb3tween

simple shore
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tbh i just cant imagine paying IRL money to skip what amounts to like, a few hours of play.

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and the amount of things you will miss are large

stiff osprey
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there's no way it's "a few hours"

unreal aspen
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i think it's a matter of willpower tbh, it took me a month to get through the first half of post arr content

candid raptor
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It is

dapper shadow
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Btw theres a study that ppl are willing to give themselves electric shocks than to be bored

tidal yarrow
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to unlock kaeshi I have to finish shadowbringers?

unreal aspen
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bc it felt like such a slog i just couldn't do it

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and then i quit for a year lmao and just skipped it

stiff osprey
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there's six full patches of content

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from where i'm at

gloomy mortar
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Is Wootz gear just for glam? The items have terrible stats and cost a lot to make and sell for almost nothing

unreal aspen
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like i totally get why people say don't skip it, bc the latter half is good

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but if you know yourself well enough to know that you're not going to enjoy 90% of it and that is enough to make the good 10% not worth it i don't think it's wrong if that makes any sense?

candid raptor
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It's about 6 hours at most, less if you skip the inbetween quest dialogue

stiff osprey
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at the moment, it's thoroughly unenjoyable

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i just wanted people to let me know if i should just hang in there

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or if arr past this point is all bad

simple shore
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It is a really bad idea to skip your first time.

unreal aspen
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i would rec speeding through the filler quests

lime geode
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Hang in there! I just did it a couple weeks ago, it sucks but the rewards is worth it.

simple shore
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and 2.3+ is good. hell 2.2 is acceptable, and sets up significant portions of story for later

obsidian patio
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@tidal yarrow shouldn't need to, Shadowbringer actions are not locked through quests

oak ice
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The problem with ARR is the pacing. It has lots of important stuff hidden in seemingly menial tasks. From 2.3 onwards, however, it starts setting up the Heavensward plot, and actually becomes pretty good

simple shore
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TL;DR 2.1 is basically shit. Most everyone asking the question is in 2.1

unreal aspen
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but tl;dr i think it's better to play through it for most people, but personally i played through all of it and regret it immensely bc it burnt me out on the game really hard and tbh i just didn't care about the story at that point. i'm probably an exception there, but if you feel that way then I think it's fine to skip

stiff osprey
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i'm pretty sure roughly a third of all the msq from arr could be deleted

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and i wouldn't miss it

unreal aspen
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they are cleaning it up

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for 5.3

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so it'll be a lot better in the future

stiff osprey
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good

dapper shadow
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Its 10% fetch quest reduction

stiff osprey
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it's really a slog by modern design principles

unreal aspen
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ye i believe they're taking out some filler quests? and making others less tedious

stiff osprey
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i'm enjoying all of the actual dungeon/raid content, however

simple shore
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I honestly dont understand the complaints. 2.1, which is the really bad part of it, is like 2-3 hours of play tops.

stiff osprey
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it's really the only thing keeping me invested atm

unreal aspen
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i think it just depends on the type of players

stiff osprey
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i should note that arr's storyline was largely unengaging for me

unreal aspen
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i don't think people should be made to feel bad for not enjoying certain parts of the game bc thats just how subjective opinions work

gloomy mortar
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I wouldn’t mind the long slog if I wasn’t paying money every month

stiff osprey
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but i've heard heavensward is quite good

unreal aspen
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im a lorehound now and i love the story but i honestly had/have zero interest in arr

leaden ginkgo
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its worth going through post-arr

unreal aspen
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but my friends loved it, so it really just depends

simple shore
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Post-ARR, for all its faults, sets up a significant portion of what happens later.

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Going into HW, SB, and ShB

unreal aspen
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^ i would say if you do end up skipping it, make sure to like read a recap on everything bc

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there's a lot that happens in the last half of the post arr content that is very very plot relevant

stiff osprey
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i'd just watch those cutscenes on youtube or read a synopsis though, if the content itself was terrible

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yeah

gloomy mortar
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Watch the Edda story

simple shore
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Edda story isnt MSQ

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So that can be done any time

gloomy mortar
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It should be

stiff osprey
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i'll try to stick it out for now

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but if it doesn't pick up after 2.1, i'll riot

gloomy mortar
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If you skip arr, you’ll skip Edda because she’s in a low level dungeons

simple shore
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just to be clear, the thing he's talking about is a side-story at best. Its not relevant to anything later other than POTD, which is also optional content.

stiff osprey
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that's all good

gloomy mortar
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Edda is the best part of ARR

unreal aspen
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lmao my friend did not pay attention to any of the msq plot until shadowbringers

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but he's an expert on the entire edda story

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so take that how you will LOL

stiff osprey
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your friend sounds like me

simple shore
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implying that 2.5/2.55 isnt the best part of ARR

gloomy mortar
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Edda is the best 😎

stiff osprey
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anyways, thanks for the opinions

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if a riot breaks out in the next 24 hours, you'll know what happened

tidal yarrow
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@tidal yarrow shouldn't need to, Shadowbringer actions are not locked through quests
so, now that I've done my lvl70 job quest. if I reach 80 I will have all abilities?

faint flare
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Yes

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70+ skills aren't quest locked

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Lv70 is the last quest locked skill

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For now anyway

tidal yarrow
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awesome

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gloomy mortar
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Does upping Strength help Red Mage because it has the melee attacks?

agile nebula
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no

gloomy mortar
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Why not

fresh lodge
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Because the melee attack damage is scaled off int

agile nebula
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^

fresh lodge
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Since it deals magic damage

gloomy mortar
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What about DH&CH

faint flare
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Yes

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Those are good on anyone

gloomy mortar
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DET?

faint flare
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Yes

gloomy mortar
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Piety?

faint flare
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No

obsidian patio
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useless for red mage

fresh lodge
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Useless

faint flare
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Thats healer only

agile nebula
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Meld Priority: Crit > DH ≥ Det

obsidian patio
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Red Mage never runs out of mana if you use Lucid Dreaming as it becomes available

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assuming you're not chain raising people

gloomy mortar
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So for food, best is increase DH&CH or Spell Speed?

faint flare
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Crit + dh or det food

gloomy mortar
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Red Mage can raise people?

faint flare
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Best food currently is a crit + det food

obsidian patio
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The main food assuming you don't need specific GCD tiers is Stuffed Highland Cabbage

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yes

faint flare
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!action Verraise

agile nebula
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i think your BiS food is currently stuffed highland cabbage

zinc orbitBOT
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**Verraise** : lvl 64 RDM (2400 MP) (2.5 second cooldown)(10.0 second base cast time)

Resurrects target to a weakened state.

faint flare
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At 64

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It works with dualcast

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Btw

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Its why people call Red mage "Res mage"

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Cause they can literally chain res

gloomy mortar
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Ah

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Not there yet

candid raptor
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Dont worry about stats then

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They only matter at endgame

agile nebula
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true, just focus on highgest ilvl till max ^^

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it is good to be asking these questions though ^__^

gloomy mortar
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What food is desynth-able?

faint flare
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None

simple shore
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raw fish

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basically

faint flare
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Culinary levels via fish desynth

gloomy mortar
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So my culinary desynth skill is basically zero. Should I buy cheap fish to desynth?

faint flare
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Basically

gloomy mortar
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But I am a level 80 Culinary. Will it still work?

mossy cloud
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I leveled up CUL desynth via Diadem fishing

faint flare
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Yes

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Its a separate thing

obsidian patio
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your level in the crafter does not matter at all for desynth

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as long as you're at least 30, since that's the minimum needed to desynth for that class.

lucid sedge
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Could a mod give me Aether ? It's not an option in the role selection

obsidian patio
lucid sedge
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tyty

gloomy mortar
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Is there a way to tell if crafting an item gives you one or three items? For example 3 meals or potions. I recently bought mats to make 3 inks, then realized each craft gave me 3 each

obsidian patio
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The item's tooltip in the log when you select it will have a number on it

gloomy mortar
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Should I hang on to my Gordion/Alexander/Medan gear (springs, plates, coils,bolts) or toss? Do you get more mats in the Alexander Extremes?

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Or are they different

obsidian patio
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different items entirely

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and the savage gear is dyeable, so if you're looking for glamour the normal mode stuff is worthless

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(except accessories since you can't dye those)

gloomy mortar
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Is the savage gear visually identical to the regular Alexander gear?

wheat plaza
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yeah but you can dye it

gloomy mortar
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So toss?

wheat plaza
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yup

obsidian patio
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yep

gloomy mortar
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😮

swift sand
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is there usually a translated letter from the producer?

agile laurel
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emphasis on 'you can dye it'

swift sand
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like live?

agile laurel
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similar case for most savage gear

obsidian patio
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The mod team has translators for live translation

swift sand
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the mod team for this discord?

obsidian patio
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yes

frank wigeon
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what happens if someone refuses to come out of BA? will no one be able to enter? 😄

outer crest
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Which channel are we going to be looking at for live translations

candid raptor
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I think BA resets if 30 mins pass and no boss is engaged

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Or something of the like

obsidian patio
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There's also a timer inside of BA

frank wigeon
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thank you

gloomy mortar
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When retainers go on 18-hr missions, do they only bring back items that you don’t have in gathering log?

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3 missions in a row I got 6 sprigs of Peppermint 🤷‍♀️

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200 Gil each

wheat plaza
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what level is your retainer ?

gloomy mortar
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80

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Mission XXV

wheat plaza
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damn

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that doesn't seems worth it tho sophHands

gloomy mortar
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2200 gathering stat

candid raptor
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If you want retainers to make money for you, quick ventures are better (as long as you know what sells)

gloomy mortar
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80-Miner brought back 6 raw Petalite. 200 Gil

outer crest
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how long are live letters usually?

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this is my first one

candid raptor
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They vary

obsidian patio
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2-3 hours is the general length, but this one might be longer

outer crest
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oh that's quite long : o i guess they show a lot of stuff?

obsidian patio
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yep

candid raptor
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Most stuff in fact

simple shore
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I cant be fucked with trying to watch live letter and translation and do my morning work meetings, so summary after it is.

obsidian patio
swift sand
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2-3 hours? jesus christ

are they going to line by line the code for the new patch or

nova umbra
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this is okay to do right? There's no reason to have the original?

obsidian patio
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Correct.

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In fact, turning it in is pretty good since it means you don't need to carry around the original to get replicas from drake

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(unless SE fixed that and I forgot when)

nova umbra
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nah, my retainer had to hold it the entire time

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and jeez, they give you like 4 warnings making sure I wanted to turn it in lol

gloomy mortar
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Zohie turn ins supposed to be this easy? Make Souvenirs for scripts?

stray peak
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that is the only real thing to use the actual relic for

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can always get a replica

simple shore
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Custom deliveries are the easiest of all turn-in crafts

gloomy mortar
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When do the Rowena turn ins get changed? The same items seem to be available every day. Only a few changes

forest sage
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that's why they have a weekly cap, but yeah they're the easiest way to fill up scrips

obsidian patio
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!daily

zinc orbitBOT
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Tick, Tock, Kupo!
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forest sage
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rowena changes at a different time

simple shore
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daily isnt accurate

obsidian patio
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oh yeah

forest sage
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the time is in the timer window iirc

simple shore
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For US, Rowena switches at 4PM EST

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idk if other DC's are different

green grail
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also the lower level you are the less options you'll have for it to change to

forest sage
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but there's only a few items per category, like 2-3 generally, only a few more at max level

gloomy mortar
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I made the same item 3 days in a row

forest sage
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some only have one item too iirc

gloomy mortar
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Refined Natron

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Where is Thancred in Stormblood?

faint flare
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Off doing things

fresh lodge
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Off doing his own thing for the most part

faint flare
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He pops in now and then, mainly in post patch quests

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He tells you what he's been up to

gloomy mortar
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Estinien?

faint flare
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Same thing

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He's around

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He's being broody and all

gloomy mortar
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What are Kan-E and Merylb doing in Stormblood? Shouldn’t they be helping?

wintry chasm
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They are

jade quartz
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Mostly offscreen

wintry chasm
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But ||Raubahn is the general of coolness soooo||

jade quartz
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They appear nearer the end

faint flare
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Blah blah politics

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In short

agile laurel
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||kan-e helps so hard she accidentally reinvents cross class actions||

gloomy mortar
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Ray-o?

wintry chasm
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Not really a leader

agile laurel
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raya's kinda just been inhabiting a rock in camp tranquil

wintry chasm
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also her job is more protecting the forest

agile laurel
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and really i think anyone who hasn't played white mage could be forgiven for forgetting the other seedseers

gloomy mortar
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Why didn’t Ray-O go to Doma? They don’t have a healer!

wintry chasm
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Padjal have pretty strict rules regarding not leaving the forest

left cedar
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Do you guys know if there are going to be any story spoilers for post-game Shadowbringers in the Live Letter?

gloomy mortar
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What is the rule

proud willow
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Please be careful of asking story questions in here, there is a channel for it

wintry chasm
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There isn't Hiten

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This is the place

agile laurel
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on that, is kan-e actually a padjal? I can't recall if she is and just uses a basic hyur model for conveniences' sake

wintry chasm
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That is if you don't want to be spoiled

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on that, is kan-e actually a padjal? I can't recall if she is and just uses a basic hyur model for conveniences' sake
She is but also the leader of the state so probably gets some exceptions

agile laurel
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yeah, forgot cause model and she does leave a l o t

wintry chasm
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What is the rule
Pretty much that you don't

agile laurel
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kan-e is basic midlander model, right? can't remember if she uses the twins' model or whether the regular padjal have that

gloomy mortar
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They should have recruited Edda.

wintry chasm
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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They should have recruited Edda.
Alright now I feel like these aren't questions worth having at this point because they don't have any importance. I will add ||Edda is dead/fucking crazy||

agile laurel
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yeah in terms of transferable skills she ain't up there

gloomy mortar
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They recruited every class except Healer

agile laurel
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Could argue if you've done the white mage questline they kinda do. that being you.

gloomy mortar
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Hildenbrand is dead and reanimated, so. Why not her?

candid raptor
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Not questions material anymore

wintry chasm
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That isn't what happened to him....kinda

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Also ^ seriously

gloomy mortar
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Plot hole questions

wintry chasm
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It's not

leaden ginkgo
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Lmao he thumbed up his own shitty argument

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Nice one admiral

sick hornet
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New player here, are there spoilers of the main quest storyline on the new patch 5.3 video?

sly zinc
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Yes.

wintry chasm
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If you mean the trailer yes

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I would call it spoilery

sick hornet
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Okay thank you, I was watchi ng

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and then I see the masked dude

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and i was like nopeeee, still not there

wintry chasm
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Of course it'd have the new main story so if you aren't caught up...

faint flare
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Definitely dont watch if you haven't finished everything story wise

wintry chasm
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Hell even if you are caught up it's kinda "...what?"

sick hornet
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I didn't know what it was tbh, I started playing like 3 days ago.

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Since it said patch 5.3, I thought it was gonna be changes or bug fixes

faint flare
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Live letters show us stuff coming next patch

sick hornet
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And not a trailer to a new story maybe :/

faint flare
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Including story stuff

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We get continuation of the story every patch

sick hornet
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That's actually pretty cool

faint flare
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Its not a "new" story

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This patch wraps up Shadowbringers story

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In essence

sick hornet
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Most games just do patches and don't include nothing new in terms of story progression

faint flare
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Well this is a heavily story driven game

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So

sick hornet
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I'm glad it is like that, been enjoying it a lot

leaden ginkgo
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Wait, does that mean 5.4 and 5.5 are essentially just gonna set up the next expac

twilit arch
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yes

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that's usually how it goes

faint flare
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Thats how it gows

signal pond
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if you dont have an estate, are you able to garden somehow to get o'ghomoro berries?

twilit arch
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.4 and .5 are leads up to next expac

faint flare
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Stormblood and heavensward. 4/.5 set up the next expansion respectively

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And maybe slightly more

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Especially when looking at heavensward post stuff

twilit arch
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yes, you can use flower pots to grow things. just can't crossbreed @signal pond

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You can have 2, iirc, flower pots in an apartment

faint flare
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Yes 2 pots

signal pond
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sick, ty!

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signal pond
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gawd its gonna take forever to get to that storyline quest. time to stake the markets for ages x.x

naive crater
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anyone know why the follow on the liveletter channel doesnt wokr? :( doesnt post anything on my server

dim ridge
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it has a limit on how often it can post/push updates, thus it only pushes the one initial update. this is a discord limitation, not something on the translators.

naive crater
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oh so all the previous messages will be postet at once at some point?

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*posted

dim ridge
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no

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just the one.

naive crater
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._.

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it doesnt post anything tho

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thats the weird part

dim ridge
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it pushes the one update

obsidian patio
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Liveletters are a lot of messages

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it would take weeks to post the whole thing as it is

naive crater
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whats the point of the feature then xD and ik its not hte translators

dim ridge
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it just sends 'translation is happening'

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to tell you it's happening!

naive crater
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i see

delicate copper
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Question , So why is blu still a limited job? seems A very fun class

forest sage
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because it was designed like that and it won't change unless they decide to go an entirely different direction

faint flare
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And iy does some VERY broken stuff

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Just you know

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Casually clear dungeons in 5mins

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As you do

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Doom the boss and move on

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Kill raid bosses from 30% with final stings

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Do more damage than Lb

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As you do

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And diamondback exists so lul mechanics

delicate copper
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Damn!

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Ok granted the damn thing is OP lol

simple shore
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BLU can never be allowed to be even close to the level cap, or it would have to be gutted so hard that it wouldnt be BLU anymore.

leaden ginkgo
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Hey so can i obtain tomestone of allegory by spamming dungeons at level 80 etc, or how do/can i get them?

sly zinc
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lv80 roulettes, lv80 raids and dungeons

leaden ginkgo
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Is it only once daily or?

simple shore
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The DF will show you what rewards you get.

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Roulettes are once daily, but individual dungeons are not

sly zinc
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Roulettes are once per day, the rewards are visible in the Duty Finder. Dungeon rewards are unlimited (besides the global 450 allegory / week cap)

delicate copper
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I think they still limited to 450 per week

simple shore
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That said, there's really no reason to grind for them unless you're not able to play for most of the week

leaden ginkgo
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So what kind of dungeons should i grind to get allegory ?

simple shore
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Roulettes easily cap you in a few days

forest sage
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expert roulette for weekly cap

simple shore
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Doing Expert + Level 80 roulette will give you 125 every day.

sly zinc
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If you absolutely need to grind them, I would probably do Grand Cosmos - 50 tomestones per a 15-minute run. But as you can only get 450 per week, that's going to limit you more than anything else - grinding only gets you today something you could get this week anyway with only daily roulettes.

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(tl;dr just do the daily roulettes)

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or hunt trains

faint flare
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Expert roulette once a day for 5 days cap allegory

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If you wanna do the minimum effort

forest sage
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technically minimum effort should be hopping on a hunt train

simple shore
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4 days if you do Expert + Level 80, which can be beneficial just to sell phanta mats

forest sage
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can generally cap in an hour or so

leaden ginkgo
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Where/how do i sell phanta mats?

sly zinc
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Market board

simple shore
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phanta = tomestones of phantasmagoria. so buy crafting materials from the tomestone vendor and toss them on MB (or use them if you are able)

leaden ginkgo
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Hhmm, what is generaly the most proiftable mat to buy and sell?

sly zinc
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Materials needed for ilv480 gear.

obsidian patio
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the stuff at the top worth 20 phanta

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just check your marketboard to see which ones sell the most

leaden ginkgo
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So not the mowens token?

obsidian patio
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only if you want the deepshadow weapons

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assuming you mean this item

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!item Mowen's Token (Phantasmagoria)

zinc orbitBOT
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**Mowen's Token (Phantasmagoria)** **:** Miscellany : ilvl 460

A note of promise received from Mowen for the delivery of Allagan tomestones of phantasmagoria.

obsidian patio
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You can't "stockpile" phanta with these, they're only for the i460 weapons

leaden ginkgo
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Alright so if you have nothing else to spend on etc?

nova umbra
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if I do this while on a combat class, does the combat class get the exp?

obsidian patio
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No.

nova umbra
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then which class gets it? :0

obsidian patio
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Not sure. namazuthink

agile laurel
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there's no need to grind

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oop

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chat scrolled, sorry

forest sage
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if you do it on combat class, you don't get any xp

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switch to a crafter class first

hard elk
#

is 5.3 live?

forest sage
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august 11th

hard elk
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❤️ ❤️

leaden ginkgo
#

Dont you get armory exp at 70+

simple shore
#

Sure. If you have something higher level.

twilit arch
#

armoury bonus applies so long as you're on a job that is lower level than your current highest

candid raptor
#

Depends on the raid

leaden ginkgo
#

It's just when i play my level 71 machinist i dont get 100% exp, and i have a 80 dark knight

jolly sorrel
#

As a DRK, is there any way to tell for what attacks I can use Dark Mind?

simple shore
#

Bonus from 70 onwards is 50%

twilit arch
#

thats because 70-80 is 50%

zinc orbitBOT
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twilit arch
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1-69 is 100%

simple shore
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@jolly sorrel not really other than common sense

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Does it look like magic? its probably magic

jolly sorrel
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Works for me

candid raptor
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Any time then, I'd maybe wait for reset to get a queue through roulette

simple shore
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For actual endgame stuff you can look up of course

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That said its kind of rare for Dark Mind to be actually useful

#

Most tankbusters are physical

jolly sorrel
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Weird, it feels like DM would be important

simple shore
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Think of it this way - the majority of the damage you cant avoid as a tank is either gonna be autoattacks, or (again, mostly physical) tankbusters.

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Most magic damage can be avoided, and most if it that cant be, you're going to take next to nothing from anyway because its scaled to hit the whole party at once.

jolly sorrel
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So I can leave the buff mainly unused?

candid raptor
#

2 hours seems definitely off for a queue but is is a dead period where many people aren't playing at all so

simple shore
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It has uses, its just niche.

twilit arch
#

hmm that sounds pretty off for crystal tower raid tbh

simple shore
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Some bosses do alot of magic.

twilit arch
#

what duty finder language settings do you have enabled?

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because CT is like one of the most common pops

jolly sorrel
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What makes DRK not lag behind on mitigation from PLD or WAR?

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Since it has so few CDs then

candid raptor
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TBN

twilit arch
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the cogwheel at the top of the duty finder window

simple shore
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Top right highlighted letter

twilit arch
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YES

simple shore
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Oh god yes

twilit arch
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just to be safe, may as well enable all of them

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but yeah, definitely have E enabled

simple shore
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lowkey disable french because memes

twilit arch
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because with only F enabled, its searching only for people with F

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Yes you can

forest sage
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PF is whatever language but the DF you need to select the languages you want to queue in since it's automated

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PF you can just read the name of the party and if it's german well, you know you should speak german

twilit arch
#

the duty finder language settings is just telling the game which kind of players you'd like to play with. Given that the majority of language in both EU/NA is english

simple shore
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The duty finder language setting is essentially "match me with only people who speak this language". If you set it to only French, you will only get people who also set it to French. Which is not many people.

jolly sorrel
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And aside from the question of how to mitigate as DRK- what should I be using during Blood Weapon? Are there oGCDs that also drain MP?

twilit arch
#

enabling the E language on duty finder expands the pool of people you're going to draw from

simple shore
#

@jolly sorrel Edge of Darkness (later Edge of Shadow) is your single target mana dump. Flood of Darkness (later Flood of Shadow) is your multi target mana dump.

sly zinc
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well, barring savages you can just use atl Auto-Translate atr for almost everything, so language barrier shouldn't be that big of a problem

jolly sorrel
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No uh, I meant the opposite

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During Blood Weapon, is there stuff I should be using to get even more MP back?

sly zinc
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and if you have the mechanics down for re-clears, probably even savages

simple shore
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No

jolly sorrel
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Okay, so any GCD I use will drain MP and I don't really have to worry about which

forest sage
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during blood weapon you just keep using the normal stuff, you just dump more mp so you don't cap

jolly sorrel
#

and no oGCDs add to that

simple shore
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No GCD's add to it

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*oGCD's

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but be careful about double weaving during Blood Weapon. Unless you have alot of skill speed, double weaving during Blood Weapon can lead to you missing a GCD

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Its also extremely important exactly when you trigger Blood Weapon

jolly sorrel
#

Oh?

simple shore
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It needs to be in the second weave window between GCD's

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Not the first

forest sage
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you need to get... what is it, 6GCDs in? And if you mess up you only get 5 so you get a lot less mp

jolly sorrel
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That nets an extra hit?

simple shore
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i.e. GCD -> oGCD -> Blood Weapon -> GCD

forest sage
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might be more I haven't played ina while

simple shore
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If you do it on the first weave window you're guaranteed to miss out on a hit

forest sage
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you can also just activate blood weapon late in your GCD

simple shore
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unless you have ludicrous skill speed

forest sage
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just have to be mindful of it

jolly sorrel
#

Huh, neat. Good to know, thanks.

sterile gull
#

hi guys, ninja or samourai ? I read more forum dating from 2018 and they say "samourai isnt good in teamwork". Is still true in 2020 please? 🙂 (sry for my nooby english)

simple shore
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Whichever one you enjoy more

forest sage
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SAM's good now, still has 0 team buffs, but actually does enough personnal damage

agile laurel
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yeah samurai is perfectly viable

simple shore
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The only job thats like, an outlier currently is Summoner

agile laurel
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it doesn't have any utility, but its utility is its raw damage output

sterile gull
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sam enjoy more but i want be useful in team

agile laurel
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sam isn't 'not useful'

simple shore
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"Useful" is subjective

sly zinc
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Samurai's like "What's utility? MINE IS DAMAGE ⚔️ " but it's okay

simple shore
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Ninja is bringing a Vuln Up but less personal damage

forest sage
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SAM usefulness is doing a lot more damage than everyone else, so even accounting for team buffs, you do more damage

simple shore
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But its not bringing like raidwide mitigation or anything

agile laurel
#

Like, legitimately not joking Sam's purpose in a group is high damage output

#

Same as black mage

forest sage
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if you want to like, give people heals and mitigation and stuff, you'd have to look at DNC and BRD mostly, with MNK very slightly(mantra)

agile laurel
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and nin's utility is basically just trick attack, which admittedly is a l o t

forest sage
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yeah but it's just damage

sly zinc
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If you want to look at it this way: as Samurai, your sole and only purpose is to do a ton of damage - as Ninja, you really, really, really don't want to mistime Trick Attack (in a static - in a pug nobody cares)

forest sage
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I guess SMN has aoe heals too and rez, RDM has rez also so that's something

half kraken
#

Uh so my alt job is level 19 I wanna get her to 20 for command missions

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Is there any level 19 fate

agile laurel
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rdm has the best rez in the game by far

leaden ginkgo
#

Other than food/FC/armory exp, is there any other way to get bonus exp that isnt too hard to achieve?

agile laurel
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smn uses swiftcast in its rotation so bit awkward for it to rez

simple shore
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Post 70? No not really.

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Log out for a week, there, you have your bonus

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lol

sterile gull
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wow thanks for so much answers !!! I take time for read 😄

simple shore
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That said, go do your pixie quests because they give a fuckton of exp every day

sterile gull
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(actually i play sum lv 30-40 but i pref cac class with sword :p)

sly zinc
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@half kraken around Aleport

sterile gull
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If you want to look at it this way: as Samurai, your sole and only purpose is to do a ton of damage - as Ninja, you really, really, really don't want to mistime Trick Attack (in a static - in a pug nobody cares)
@sly zinc what is the trick attack please?

agile laurel
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!action trick attack

zinc orbitBOT
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**Trick Attack** : lvl 18 ROG NIN (60.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Delivers an attack with a potency of 350.
500 when executed from a target's rear.
Additional Effect: Increases target's damage taken by 5%
Duration: 15s
Can only be executed while under the effect of Hidden.

simple shore
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You would need to reference a guide, but specifically you need to time your Trick Attack at a very specific time

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Like, down to the specific GCD if you want to be optimal for the group

sly zinc
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essentially if you're optimizing damage as a static group, everybody will be timing their burst to your Trick Attack (simplifying a bit, of course)

sterile gull
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ok. So the mob take 5% more damage ?

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Like, down to the specific GCD if you want to be optimal for the group
@simple shore GDC?

simple shore
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GCD = Global Cooldown. Its how openers tend to be measured. I suggest you go read the Ninja guide in #resources as a starting point for understanding this.

jolly sorrel
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When was this cooldown syncing thing added? I can't recall it being so important a few years back

agile laurel
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it's just raid buff alignment

sterile gull
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GCD = Global Cooldown. Its how openers tend to be measured. I suggest you go read the Ninja guide in #resources as a starting point for understanding this.
@simple shore nice thanks. I'll go read this 🙂

jade quartz
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This has always been important @jolly sorrel

simple shore
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aligning your CD's has been important ever since raidwide CD's have existed. But it mostly came into popularity / near-requirement in Heavensward

leaden ginkgo
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@simple shore Pixie quests is only for 70+ yh?

simple shore
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Yes

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But yeah, aligning CD's....that was pretty much make or break from A3S onwards. Fuck EVERYTHING about that fight.

jolly sorrel
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I must've just hung with the wrong crowds then.

agile laurel
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sounds it

twilit arch
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you only get gil back if you're transferring from a congested world to a preferred or to a new world

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normal world transfer, you have to demolish your house before you can transfer

jade quartz
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(There are currently no congested worlds)

narrow nimbus
#

I’m looking for a FC. what’s the best way to find one?

twilit arch
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afaik, you can't demolish with items in the estate storage

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if you can i think they just get destroyed so

simple shore
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Assuming you're not picky and you just want an FC for the buffs, literally just stand next to an aetheryte in a main city for awhile. If you want something beyond that, there's unfortunately not really any good tools for finding one, other than expressing your interest in locations where people tend to congregate.

nova umbra
dim ridge
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yeah :c

teal isle
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blue!

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to my eye, at least 😅

jade quartz
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Indigo

simple shore
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Kind of inbetween

jade quartz
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It’s in-between

nova umbra
simple shore
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Thats not at all close to the first thing you posted.

nova umbra
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god darn it, I hate being colorblind

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I usually have my friend to help me with this, but he's sleeping >_<

candid raptor
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Try fiddling with the in game colourblind filters? It's not much but might help

jade quartz
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That’s a blue/green

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I’d say it’s got a bit of teal in it

simple shore
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I'd say the bottom of the sleeve in the first picture is a somewhat lighter Abyssal Blue for reference, but the lighter section of the sleeve is closer to Lavender Purple, to use in-game colors as the example.

nova umbra
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ty, the naming helps a lot xD

simple shore
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The second picture you posted looks like Turquoise Blue dye to me, roughly, at the top half.

nova umbra
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I think I'll go with lavender purple, thanks a lot!

zenith plaza
#

Hello! What's the deal about the 5.3 MSQ apparently requiring the completion of Crystal tower raids? Does this mean one can't start the 5.3 story before running them?

forest sage
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yes

sly zinc
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I'm not sure if exact details have been released, but in some form or another: yes

wintry chasm
#

No it doesn't

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It says "in accordance with the ARR changes"

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aka it needs to be done in ARR

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Same with the mount unlock quest

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It doesn't seem to say it's needed for 5.3 patch story specifically

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just needs to be done in ARR for new players?

simple shore
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I think some people are making assumptions about it for 5.3 because trailer and not remembering that certain things are already addressed in dialogue.

forest sage
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they've said several times in past live letter you'd need it for 5.3, it's possible you won't need it for the 5.3 MSQ, but today's stream didn't absolutely confirm that either

wintry chasm
#

Sure Pyros but it really seems to be leaning to just "ARR for new people"

forest sage
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prepatch notes will confirm it for sure(assuming they don't confirm it on the website earlier)

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so you'll have a weekend to get it done before the patch

jolly sorrel
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I've been hearing various times that the "ARR story" will change, or something? Is that this?

forest sage
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or well if it's monday, you'll have a few hours

wintry chasm
#

Part of it Tael

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Well the patch is it

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CT and mount unlock being mandatory is part of it

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It's also just cutting out some of the badly paced bits

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to make the ARR story flow better

simple shore
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ARR story isnt fundamentally changing, just being streamlined and also some things being mandatory that werent.

zenith plaza
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Well it certainly looks weird to require an ARR raid to advance a 5.3 story, but I've seen ppl mentioning it several times on reddit so...😕

jolly sorrel
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Hmkay, I see.

wintry chasm
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To be honest you should be doing it before 5.0 anyway FYI Tomana

jolly sorrel
#

I'd mainly like to see the MSQ roulette quests change up D:

simple shore
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@zenith plaza are you complete through 5.2 but never done CT yet? That's the only way you'd think that was weird.

zenith plaza
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Yeah I rushed the Msq to 80 and ignored everything else lol

simple shore
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Well, that explains it. You should really go do CT.

wintry chasm
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^

simple shore
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Like even if it wasnt required

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You really ought to go do it

wintry chasm
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It's highly recommended to be done before 5.0 by Yoshi P and staff and players

zenith plaza
#

Yeah I will 😀

#

Thanks for all the answers!

simple shore
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You'll want to do the entire CT line, btw

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Not just the first one

shrewd cradle
#

Hello. I'm new to this, I've gotten free game time of 30 days back in 2015 and never used it. Now I wanted to play the free trial and it says I'm not eligible most likely because of that previous 30 day free, can I still somehow use that account for the free trial?

jade shadow
#

Guys, how far can Foestriker gear carry me as a lancer? I don't see any gear that's nearly as good looking in my immediate future sadcarby

faint flare
#

No cat

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You need a new account

#

You cant go back to trial

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Once you have the game

simple shore
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@jade shadow if you like it just convert it to glamour and replace with better gear.

shrewd cradle
#

that sucks

half kraken
#

Level 20 to 30 I can just do command missions and it's efficient enough for leveling isn't it? Since I need to do 10 to unlock the emotes anyway

leaden ginkgo
#

What is the command for mouse over macros again?

simple shore
#

/ac "Skill Name" <mo>

faint flare
#

<mo>

tidal yarrow
#

if someone on an other server is afk on my friendlist it still shows as online right?

jade shadow
#

@simple shore I'm very new to the game, could you elaborate for me please?

tidal yarrow
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it doesn't show as afk

jade quartz
#

!faq glamour

zinc orbitBOT
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Glamour FAQ

'What is Glamour and how do I unlock it?'

Glamour is the process of changing an equipment's look into a different item with the use of Glamour Prisms. You can unlock the ability to glamour by doing the level 15 quests 'If I Had a Glamour' in Vesper Bay, West Thanalan. Although not required, you can unlock the ability to dye gear with the nearby quest 'Color Your World'. You can get the Orange Juice needed by talking to the nearby Merchant & Mender. Items used for glamouring are not lost upon use.

'How do I glamour? Where do I get more Prisms?'

Glamouring is done by right-clicking (Square or X on controllers) on the equipment you want to glamour and choosing the option 'Cast Glamour'. After clicking this you choose the item you want the appearance on the right half of the menu that opened up. You can get more Glamour Prisms by either crafting them after completing the quest 'Absolutely Glamourous', buying them from your Grand Company Quartermaster, or buying them from the marketboard.

simple shore
#

^ that.

jade shadow
#

Thank you ElezenInLove

sharp plinth
#

is this the right channel to ask about technical stuff? my partner is having trouble installing the game

tidal yarrow
#

how far am I to the next dungeon/trial if I'm on stormblood at "path of no return"?

shrewd cradle
#

so I can't remove the base game from my account? even though now you get more with just the free trial and just having the old base game

#

can I delete my account at least than?

forest sage
#

the base game will go up to lvl 60

#

same as the trial, without the restrictions of the trial

#

but you have to pay for a sub to play

sly zinc
#

@tidal yarrow around a dozen quests until the next dungeon - you'll unlock something meanwhile, though

muted coyote
#

till which level does the free trail go for

forest sage
#

currently 35, next patch 60

shrewd cradle
#

60

muted coyote
#

jesus

tidal yarrow
#

@tidal yarrow around a dozen quests until the next dungeon - you'll unlock something meanwhile, though
wow that's so much. thank you!

shrewd cradle
#

if I cancel my account, can I remake the account with the same username / email? or are they unusable forever? I really want to keep my username and email

wild siren
#

Hi, this is the second time this is happening to me but FF wants to reinstall?

forest sage
#

you can close the service account(not this)

#

you can also not delete it and just add another service account

wild siren
#

Steam just gives me the install button and then I need to reinstall the launcehr and the launcher wants tod ownload the full game again even though I stopped blaying a few hours ago

forest sage
#

in case you ever want to go back

#

oh for trial though I think that doesn't work

shrewd cradle
#

yeah it doesn't, but if I cancel the SE account this way..

#

I wonder if I can just make a new one

forest sage
#

I don't know if you can reopen the same one though, should contact support and see what they say

shrewd cradle
#

alright. thanks

proven bay
#

You could just make a new account

#

You'd probably save more money in the long run than paying for a subscription with the already bought base game you have

shrewd cradle
#

probably would, but I really like having one username/email for most of the stuff

jade shadow
#

@shrewd cradle If you cancel that account, it doesn't actually erase it. Your characters, email and names are still in use

forest sage
#

depends on whether or not you plan on staying at 60 to farm, and if you can find the starter edition on sale, a month sub is less than the non sale price of the starter edition(and it never goes on sale on the Squeenix website or Steam)

opal plover
shrewd cradle
#

@shrewd cradle If you cancel that account, it doesn't actually erase it. Your characters, email and names are still in use
@jade shadow yeah, figures

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thanks anyway

twilit arch
#

discord limits how many messages can be posted, only the initial post to let people know the live letter is happening is pushed out @opal plover

opal plover
#

Ah I see

tidal yarrow
#

if I'm watching a cutscene and I'm on a queue at the same time. if the queue pops will I get the notify/sound of it?

scarlet arrow
#

yes

tidal yarrow
#

okay nice

scarlet arrow
#

and if you take the queue you'll have to start the cutscene over from the beginning

tidal yarrow
#

thanks

solemn delta
#

Any controller users here?

#

Seem to have encountered an issue where my camera has gone inverted when I haven't changed a thing.

#

Both ways

simple shore
#

Not a controller user, but i assume you need to look at these options :

solemn delta
#

Yeah managed to find it. Somehow it had ticked the game pad reverse axis thanks though

#

I did plug my controller into my old PC to play FFXIV but I don't think that would have an effect on my ps4 controls lol

twilit arch
#

hunts

#

A/S ranks give allegory

half kraken
#

Wondrous tails lines

simple shore
#

Tails doesnt give allegory pre-80 i thought?

half kraken
#

I think if you have one class at 80 you do?

agile laurel
#

no

#

only current endgame content gives allegory

#

eureka gives poetics

light lintel
#

That song atm. In the background of the live leyter

#

What's it called?

sly zinc
#

Everywhere and Nowhere

agile laurel
#

azim steppe nighttime

sly zinc
#

yeah, just changed to that one

light lintel
#

Yeah before that one. It plays in the core of Eden too

#

And also in the area of the pixies before it becomes all titania ish

agile laurel
#

Unrelated question - black mage aoe rotation is precisely freeze sharp T4 B4, F3 flare (foul) flare?

#

is there anything i'm missing in that?

#

i don't think i'm wrong but I'm losing in numbers to rdms going haha impact and it feels not right

lavish vortex
#

hi!, im trying to decide if i wanna get into E6S raiding with Dancer or BLM... when i do the dummy trial, i can complete it with dancer but not with BLM, does that mean im doing more dps as a dancer? or should i still be doing more dps as BLM?

simple shore
#

The "dummy trial" is job specific.

#

But its a very poor measurement

dim ridge
#

especially with dnc

twilit arch
#

!faq SSS

zinc orbitBOT
#
Why Stone, Sky, Sea is a bad metric to measure DPS
  1. SSS does not account for a job’s RDPS contribution via skills like Battle Voice
  2. SSS is a 3 minute burst window where you adjust your rotation to fit in that period and does not reflect a realistic raid scenario
  3. Different jobs will be in peaks and troughs of their burst windows
  4. Different jobs have different SSS dps requirements
  5. SSS is not accurately tuned for the jobs they are supposed to represent in most cases
  6. 3 minutes is short enough to be able to be affected by lucky DH Crit bursts
  7. Certain jobs gain dps by having additional party members like Dancer/Monk
tidal yarrow
twilit arch
#

no

simple shore
#

No

twilit arch
#

yugiri has a custom face/scales

#

and hairstyle

tidal yarrow
#

alright

#

cries

#

I liked her face

agile laurel
#

generally if you have that question, you can look the NPC up on garlandtools website

#

and if you can, it'll tell you what settings they have

#

in the creator

median locust
#

Major story NPCs will have unique faces

#

that you can't get

agile laurel
#

cough ardbert

simple shore
#

Derplander gonna derplander

median locust
#

||He's supposed to look like you tho...||

agile laurel
#

and like half the scions iirc

#

but beside that

#

yes

fast kernel
#

Yshotla you can pretty easily make

twilit arch
#

a fair number of major story npcs can be recreated

fast kernel
#

i think

twilit arch
#

yes, she can

#

pretty much the main thing that makes the scions "unique" is their tattoos

#

but their ARR appearances can be recreated

rich bay
agile laurel
#

i mean point aside I've bumped into Thuncred Watters about 5 times this week who's a thancred-identical unsurprisingly

#

so most of them are near-doable

fallen vigil
#

Hi which DLC should I get first?

agile laurel
#

beside some hairstyles which're on mog

fallen vigil
#

I just got level 50

simple shore
#

@fallen vigil the game doesnt work that way

fallen vigil
#

I'm planning on getting the DLC

agile laurel
#

You can only get shadowbringers now, which gives you all DLCs

twilit arch
#

you can't buy dlcs seperately

fallen vigil
#

oh

twilit arch
#

shadowbringers gives you the previous expansions

fallen vigil
#

ah

#

got it

simple shore
#

You also cant pick what order to do them in

fallen vigil
#

so I just buy shadowbringers?

simple shore
#

You will be going to Heavensward next

forest sage
#

yeah shadowbringers has everything

fallen vigil
#

cool

nova umbra
#

how much of a time commitment is the HW relic weapon compared to ARR relic weapon?

simple shore
#

how much do you hate yourself?

#

That's my answer

twilit arch
#

how much are you willing to grind poetics

#

is the real question

jade shadow
#

Wait, if shadowbringers has everything, why is there both shadowbringers and a complete edition in the store?

forest sage
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it's shorter by a fair bit, especially if you have a crafter to get blue scrips(via yellow scrips)

twilit arch
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because most of anima is poetics

forest sage
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complete edition=starter edition+shadowbringers

nova umbra
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oh dang... I just spent my 2k on demicrystals...

twilit arch
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shadowbringers does not come with the starter edition

jade shadow
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Ohh

forest sage
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they asked what to buy at 50, so they already have starter

twilit arch
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so if you only buy shadowbringers, without already owning starter edition, you can't use it until you do

scarlet arrow
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complete edition is for people who dont have the game at all and want to buy everything in one go

nova umbra
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how many poetics do I need?

twilit arch
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like roughly 13k or so

forest sage
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amount kinda varies depending on RNG and what you choose to do for sands

nova umbra
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oh gods

scarlet arrow
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what else are you going to do while waiting for 5.3? 😛

lavish vortex
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@simple shore back to the topic of BLM vs DNC on dummy, so i shouldnt pay much attention to it?

simple shore
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If you want any sort of real measurement you need to parse in a real setting.

kind island
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what is an efficent way to level to level 50?

simple shore
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The dummy is very ineffective at telling you anything

lavish vortex
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thing is im on PS4, so i dont have any way of measurement tool

nova umbra
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potd and squadron command missions are great ways to level to 50

simple shore
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You could have someone on PC measure for you

nova umbra
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roulettes obviously too

lavish vortex
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@simple shore thanks!

scarlet arrow
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for parses there is a distinction made between personal DPS and raid DPS, which is a combination of your own personal DPS plus the damage done by your party members due to your buffs. DNC excels at raid DPS, which is impossible to see on a dummy

lavish vortex
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i see, i feel more comfortable as dancer to be honest, but i always feel like im not doing enough DPS before enrage

simple shore
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If you're doing content with enrages

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i.e. savage

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there's a fair chance someone has parsed you already

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You should go see if your character has entries on FFlogs

median bane
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When you unlock a new job, like red mage, do you only unlock that job? Do you get any starter gear for it?

lavish vortex
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You should go see if your character has entries on FFlogs
@simple shore how do i do this?

scarlet arrow
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RDM IIRC does give you some starting gear

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but for most jobs you get a weapon and that's it

twilit arch
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you get starting gear for rdm/sam/gnb/dnc

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drk/ast/mch give you a weapon, chest and soul stone

simple shore
forest sage
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the starting gear doesn't include accessories and I think belt though

simple shore
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if it shows up with your server indicated, then see if you have any parses up for fights you've completed

lavish vortex
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found it, thanks!

median bane
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Ok ty

dense pier
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Can someone in #archived-lore-spoilers tell me what the blue-quest Slither Along with the NPC ||Quinfort|| unlocks...? The first one gave me an aether current and this next one doesn't seem to give anything.

twilit arch
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its part of the qitari unlock

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qitari being the gathering beast tribe

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its a quest chain, so you have to finish it

dense pier
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Oh, alright

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You happen to know how many quests it is

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Having trouble looking up the chain

lavish vortex
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ok, my rDPS for Ramuh was 10,068 as dancer. is that good/bad/average?

sly zinc
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You can see your percentile next to your damage as well.

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the higher percentile, the better (roughly speaking, "this is how many % of the player population does less damage than you")

simple shore
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is that Ramuh Savage?

lavish vortex
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yes, rahmu savage

simple shore
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because i dont think that number is accurate otherwise

twilit arch
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4 @dense pier

simple shore
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10068 is very low

dense pier
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kk

lavish vortex
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10068 is very low
@simple shore got it!, thanks!

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whats an average or good number for DNC in that fight??

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sly zinc
simple shore
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19643 is the max parse ever. 50th percentile (i.e. "average" parse) is 15336. You can look at this information by hitting the menu on the top left of FFlogs, going to Eden's Verse and clicking "Statistics"

lavish vortex
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nice!, thanks!

tidal yarrow
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the churning mists is housing area?

simple shore
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No

static yacht
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Do note that all parse numbers at the high end

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Are more than likely done by people at ilvl 500 BiS

simple shore
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Also generally they will be grinding parses to get higher numbers via better RNG alignment

static yacht
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If you are just starting out, looking at the blue - purple parsed might be a better comparison for

simple shore
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Still, looking at the mid-tier percentiles is a good way to know if you're grievously wrong.

static yacht
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"Perfect play"

agile laurel
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Does the Alexandrian Coat of Casting have a dyeable version without the ass-wings?

wild bone
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if i transfer to a server tha tis prefered will i get the 100% exp boost?

agile laurel
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cause savage equivalent has the ass-wings

simple shore
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@wild bone you only get a bonus on transfer if you are on a world flagged as Congested. Currently no worlds are flagged as Congested.

faint flare
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Ita for newly created characters

wild bone
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how long wud it take if i were to play form 1-70 rushing the MSQ and skipping all cutscenes

simple shore
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That's completely up to you

wild bone
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i made the mistkae of creating my char in the shit cyrstal server where no one can raid

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and my goal with this game is to get ot end game raiding

simple shore
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Ah, yes, that is indeed a mistake

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How far have you gotten so far?

wild bone
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i played bard up to levle 72 finished SB

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doing post SB quests

agile laurel
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i mean there is raiding on crystal but you'd be more reliably better off on primal/aether

simple shore
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Statistically speaking, Crystal is simply inferior for raiding.

wild bone
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shud i just spend the 18 dollars and transfer to aether?

simple shore
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I would if it was me.

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Aether or Primal are both equal in terms of raiding

wild bone
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the fked part is i even asked people 24 7 if crystal was good

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and no one told me how shit it was for raiding

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i wud amade it in a diff server then

static yacht
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What is the rising?

faint flare
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The anniversary event

wild bone
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i think imma jus tbuy server ransfer to aether

faint flare
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Celebrates 2.0 and stuff

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For saving the game

wild bone
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which server shud i pick in aether i want the one that is the most populated

simple shore
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Gilgamesh

jade shadow
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Anyone running copperbell mines? sadcarby

wild bone
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are u sure its gilgamesh?

faint flare
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Yes

wild bone
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i want to make sure and not make mistake like last time

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where people said crystal was good server to make char

simple shore
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If your objective is 'the most populated server on Aether" then yes, i am absolutely certain it is Gilgamesh

faint flare
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As long as you're on Aether its fine

simple shore
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However server population matters very little

wild bone
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i just want alot of people shown in the world thats why

faint flare
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Gilgamesh was THE raiding server before cross world PF was a thing

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In aether

simple shore
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tbh i understand your pain

wild bone
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ok I will be switching to gilgamesh

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hopefully yall are right and its the most populated

simple shore
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I am 100% certain of it.

agile laurel
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i mean that's just a fact

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that it is

faint flare
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Gilgamesh was THE raiding server before cross world PF was a thing

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Sooooo

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Yeah

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Fair number of world first raiders there as well

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If i recall

simple shore
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I quit FF14 due to burnout back during Sigmascape (had god kefka on farm, but just got tired of the lack of stuff to do at the time). Came back a few months ago to find out my old Aether server (Coeurl) ended up on Crystal. Needless to say, i rerolled on Primal.

wild bone
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ok i just switched

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to gilgamesh

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costed me 18 dollars

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how long does it usually tkae

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cause it stilll shows iam in goblin

simple shore
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idk ive never done a transfer, someone else will have to answer that

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Ive heard its fairly fast though

wild bone
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oh

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it worked

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was liek 5 seconds

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now how much is a char customiztion change?

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i want to play as the veira race there hot af

simple shore
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No clue, go look on mogstation

green grail
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like 5-7$ iirc

twilit arch
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10$ for fantasia

wild bone
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so summoner is gonna get toned down right?

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my main class is bard

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i really hope they buff bard

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some how

simple shore
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BRD is "Bard: Potency increase for GCDs". Summoner is "Summoner: Tri-disaster nerf" from the Live Letter notes.

wild bone
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oh

simple shore
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So i assume that means (Heavy/Burst Shot)/Straight Shot/(maybe the DoT's) are getting buffed for BRD.

wild bone
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where do u see these changes?

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cna u link me it

wild bone
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summoenr is only tri dissaster nerf nothing else?

simple shore
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Thats what it says

wild bone
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ehh thats not even that big

simple shore
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Depends on the nature of the nerf

wild bone
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i was hoping it wud get nerfed more

static yacht
wild bone
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bard needs potency increase for both dots burst shot and refulgent arrow

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then it will be good

static yacht
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This is the potential loss in DPS from tri disaster nerf

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Not going to be world breaking

simple shore
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if its a potency decrease then yeah, its a joke of a nerf

wild bone
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its a potency decrease thats not even that big

twilit arch
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we wont know the exactly details until the patch notes are out

wild bone
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what the hell

simple shore
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if its a redesign of it to be "doesnt apply both DoT's" then that would be much more significant

wild bone
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why does summoenr always get to be op

twilit arch
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so theres no point in discussing it until then

wild bone
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when will patch notes be out

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?

simple shore
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We have only vague information so there's no way of knowing what it actually means

twilit arch
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prelims are released fridays before the patch, with full notes being released during maintenance

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so aug 7th for prelims, most likely

simple shore
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Gotta say I was amused by the line about Monk though

wild bone
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someone in the reddit actually posted "wtf, why another smn nerf"

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i wanna bash the guys head on

twilit arch
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either way though

wild bone
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why is bard so hated

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they have been low on dps since the beggening of the game

obtuse jacinth
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How do I get the follow to work in my discord? So far I haven’t gotten any news there on the live letter

twilit arch
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this is due to the fact that discord only allows so many messages to be published

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and the live letter translation exceeds that number by a large amount

obtuse jacinth
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Well poo~

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Thank you for a quick answer!

wild bone
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also gilgamesh seems very empty...

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comming form goblin the main town areas are soo empty

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wdf

faint flare
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People are in limsa and eulmore

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Also its a major content lull

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Which will be fixed in a few weeks

obtuse jacinth
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I remember when Ul dah was banging, but thy was also like 4 years ago

simple shore
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Yeah, keep in mind you came from the "RP Datacenter" to the "Definitely not RP datacenter, and definitely not RP server"

sudden wolf
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Bard has been the one of the best in this game since forever

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This expansion it isn’t

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But that’s because ranged got fucked this expac

simple shore
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The bard buffs should be significant. Even a minor potency increase if it hits both Burst and Refulgent will have a major effect.

faint flare
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Yes

daring tulip
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yeah

simple shore
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Retainers can wear any gear you can, basically

faint flare
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Because they're not in a grand company

simple shore
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That's an exception, but one of the only ones

faint flare
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So they can't

wild bone
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@simple shore did u trick me

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into commign to gilgamesh?

simple shore
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No

wild bone
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why did u put this "Definitely not RP datacenter, and definitely not RP server"

simple shore
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As in, Gilgamesh is the polar opposite of anything on Crystal

static yacht
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Gilg is definitely the raid server lol

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Gilg is 1k clears above the 2nd highest NA server

sick osprey
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is it possible to enter a dungeon queue as multiple classes so i have better chances to find a grp quickly ?

simple shore
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No

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Multiple classes wouldnt really help unless they were different roles, anyway

sick osprey
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thats the point

simple shore
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Well then just queue as healer if you have it available, because that's the ticket to fast queues.

sick osprey
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i do

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but sometimes i end up waiting on tank instead

ashen linden
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is there a non-cash shop scythe for glams?

sick osprey
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so it would be cool if i could tell the system im also fine with tanking

simple shore
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idk what to tell you, what you want doesnt exist, but healer on average is the fastest option

twilit arch
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The deepshadow blm staff is a scythe but thats pretty much it @ashen linden

leaden ginkgo
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say weird question, for old relics

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If you slotted materia on a Relic weapon

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Did it pass to the next one?

twilit arch
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no

simple shore
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No

twilit arch
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its the same as augmenting

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you're effectively getting a new weapon, thus the materia will be destroyed

simple shore
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Yes, even though "story-wise" its being upgraded and its the "same weapon", functionally the existing weapon is being destroyed and replaced by a new one.

leaden ginkgo
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okydokey

unborn light
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How long do their livestreams last for..?

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it's been 4 hours..it's not like a special 14 hour one..right ..?!

faint flare
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Its almost the end

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Announcements likw these usually mean the end

twilit arch
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Yeah you can stop watching now

faint flare
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Live letter previews are usually long

unborn light
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ok great, i'll catch up with translation on reddit..or is the stuff here better?

twilit arch
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they're just doing announcements

faint flare
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Here is the raw source

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With images

unborn light
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I want to read all of it but summarised is ok I can wait till tomorrow

faint flare
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Summary would probably be in reddit thread

unborn light
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o..images..ok i'll see both after i've finished work. Thank you @faint flare @twilit arch

faint flare
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Or a video a YouTuber makes

median locust
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Live Letters are usually like 2 hours long but they did say it would be longer than usual

unborn light
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Nah, I like to read. Hmph

faint flare
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Like Meoni or mr happy

unborn light
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ew no..not Meono no offence, Mr Happy is ok..

twilit arch
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they'll also make a forum post on the OF

unborn light
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(no offence!)

twilit arch
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that summarizes it

unborn light
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sure thing, thanks

faint flare
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Yeah

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They deva do live letter digest

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Which would be best for you

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And usually insert clips

fallen vigil
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where can I find the Colisuem pythos

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n

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I searched online there aren't any cordinates

twilit arch
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they're in the dungeon, Halatali

fallen vigil
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ohh

twilit arch
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which is a lvl 20 dungeon, unlocked via a bluequest

leaden ginkgo
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Hi everyone! I just joined the server and I apologize to immediately start asking questions and stuff but I couldn't find an answer anywhere else.

Anyway I'm looking to make an alt and I had a question regarding story skips. If I bought, say, the Stormblood story skip does that skip everything up to Stormblood or just Stormblood msq?

twilit arch
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it just skips msq

simple shore
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I think they meant "Does it also skip HW MSQ"?

leaden ginkgo
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Yes! Sorry

simple shore
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which i dont actually know

twilit arch
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yes it does

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it skips ARR, HW, and SB

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puts you at the starting msq for shb

leaden ginkgo
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Oh okay, neat! Thank you so much that's exactly what I needed to know 🙂

halcyon rune
#

I was wondering, when the Free Trial extention comes out and, if you have the Starter Edition and are out of sub, are you still locked out of the account? Bc that would be sad, the free trial being a better deal than purchasing the base game. You only get social options unlocked out of it.

faint flare
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The story is entirely linear so yeah

leaden ginkgo
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Yeah I've done it about.. 7 times now.

faint flare
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Yes, once you've brought the game you're permanently locked out of the trial

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On that account