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2nd or 3rd step, not hard to get
brionac awoken is the name
Just wanna check if im understanding it correctly :)
@limpid lantern yep
ty
Ty ^^
How come my hotbar 8 still had ninja skills on it when i switch to lancer ?
It might be a shared hotbar?
Right, that'd be it then
how to disable the "????" replacing curse words?
I think it's... character config -> hotbar settings -> sharing
You can disable sharing on whatever hotbar you want
@tidal yarrow It's a profanity filter
Yes found it ! Turned it off :)
You can change it in character settings iirc
Currently using the double tap r2 or l2 to get 8 more slots and put long cooldown stuff on there
Is there a way btw where i can put hotbar 8 on the left side of the screen vertical as ps4 ?
Its usually good to have at least one shared bar
And idk console, but thats what i do on PC
could i dm someone? im having trouble with the square enix website
Just ask here
@tidal yarrow
Is there a way btw where i can put hotbar 8 on the left side of the screen vertical as ps4 ?
@limpid lantern there should be a way to make the hotbar always visible and IIRC move it but as far as making it vertical the only way I can think of doing that is just get a regular PC hotbar visible and put the skills on that
Of course you couldn't really use that hotbar but you'd still see the cooldowns and whatnot on it
Yes thats exactly what i want tbh
For those 90 second and 120 second cooldown skills that i have on the double tap bar wich i normally cant see
am I tripping or did the quest after level 50 get really slow? They just throw me countless rings and necklaces and bad exp
You've finished the ARR story
Now you're doing filler quests added in patches before the Heavensward expansion
🤦♂️ well how many or how long until I get into heavensward
I'm currently in scout in distress
Which isn't nearly as long as 2.0 and frankly the story is better tbh.
You're fucking joking
Holy shit up glad I was right
It's so weird to go from slaying the ultma weapon to playing hide and seek
That sounds like patch 2.2
Well what % or quest number am I at?
Bruhhhhhhhhhhh
Alright i have 8 bar as a pc bar on the left side now
BREG
Oh that's better
You're currently almost done with patch 2.2
NO IT ISNT
But this vertical 8 bar isnt the same as my regular 8 bar. How do i out stuff on the vertical one ?
Can't believe I have to waste my day offgrinding this smh
You'd need to drag, if you have a mouse you can plug in it'd make it a lot easier @limpid lantern
It's only a shitty experience if you don't like the story or don't play the game for the story
the ones between ARR and HW are particularly long, others in the future won't be as tedious
question about the Ronkan gear from 5.0 (the one you bought with Goetia) Can you still get it?
Oh yeah let met get a mouse then because dragging the bar over was a lot of small drags, that wont work with skills xD
It's only a shitty experience if you don't like the story or don't play the game for the story
That and there isn't a sense of progression through leveling
That should be it then, thanks a lot again calisaie :D
The story is ok by majority of it feels like being forced to watch an entire season of filler
question about the Ronkan gear from 5.0 (the one you bought with Goetia) Can you still get it?
Through ShB hunt currency yes
The story is ok by majority of it feels like being forced to watch an entire season of filler
@white ether ARR patch quests is far from filler
It's frankly more important than the base game
Man I just wanted to play gnb
Are there any good and up to date tutorials for tanking for noobs?
What do you want to know? @viscid gull
I wouldn't sweat it so much as to look for a guide
I don't mean story wise more like filler quest
Tanking is very overwhelming the first time you do it. Having a guide helped me a ton
Well, I'm interested in tanking, but I don't really know a lot about how you're supposed to position and everything and I don't want to actually throw if I'm in a dungeon or something.
Just DM me btw, and I'll answer your questions
I learned tanking from wow lol
!faq tankguide
Or use that
the first link helped me tons
It's easy to tank lol
Oh we have one of those?
Just lure all of the mobs to you
It looks simple at a glance. It's a lot more complicated than you think
And keep aggro up let dps and healers do the work
I can't figure out when to use shirk
Use that in 8-man trials and raids when you need to tankswap, but even then provoke works fairly well for that
I can't figure out when to use shirk
@white ether
I've heard about shirk being used in tank swaps or something.
It's kind of useless unless you're gonna swap main tanking with the off tank
Tankswapping is more of a hard content mechanic
Oh ok
Not something you usually see in normal difficulty content
Are cleaves the attacks that get telegraphed by an orange cone?
Not always
They can also just be untelegraphed conal attacks
So you always as a rule want them to not face your party
Uhhh
Well what do I do with all the dungeons I have? It seems odd to have them all be level 50
Those are all the dungeons released in patches
Do them if you want
You definitely want to do the 24-man raid though
Should I attempt them at all?
Yes
How far am I from the raid
What level?
Breh
Crystal Tower series of raids unlocks via "Legacy of Allag". Its right in front of Rising Stones.
24-man quest is given by the Outlandish Man in Mor Dhona
No, you should do the raid to have it done before you reach ShB, but you should be focusing on doing MSQ otherwise
"level up" is not a priority
because MSQ is whats gonna gate you
not level
Unless you're absolutely dying for a job I guess
I can appreciate wanting to RP and get a job early ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I mean I'm not dying for it but gnb was the goal
Where is palace of the undead?
Wait
Quest unlock is in Gridania adventurer guild
"The House That Death Built", unlock in New Gridania near the Inn.
It's like a quick level up but you only keep a %
You keep a small % of what you actually got
No
You just get X xp based on floor/what level you are outside of Palace of the Dead
Oh! Thank you
No %
Which one is better,Cordial or Hi cordial?
Hi cordial
Really?why?
One more thing how should I worry about armor?
300 GP vs. 400 GP
@tidal yarrow
thanks
But yeah it's great for leveling 1-60 if you spam floors 51-60 Zesh
@white ether get the ironworks gear in Mor Dhona and don't need to worry a bit whatsoever
For the foreseeable future anyway
When should I worry about armor?
You shouldnt really ever have to "worry" about it.
Is it because hi cordial has a faster gp regen?
If you're doing MSQ and keeping to things, the game will furnish you with most of what you need. Dungeon drops will take care of the rest.
Ok gotcha
One last thing, I'm doing the quest a relic reborn and its telling me to deliver material Enhanced barbarians bardiche but I don't have that item with me
Worth mentioning back on raids there is a ARR 8-man raid which has a good story tied to it but it's a bit different than the 8-man raids in the expansions. It has no normal mode and it's just really hard by default so most people just unsync those fights and do them at level 80 easily. If you care about story I'd suggesting unlocking those and doing those unsynced or try to find crazy people to do them synced if you prefer
Ok
@white ether buy that weapon high quality or craft it and put materia in it. You don't really need to do the relic though. It gets outdated easily and is yeah, only for glams now
It's just not worth the effort unless you like the look
Thanks for the help y'all
Not to mention that relic questlines tend to be....extremely time consuming
Even unsyncing the requirements at 80
Is there anything important I should be doing after ARR
Literally MSQ until you get to Heavensward.
Kk gotcha
MSQ to HW is technically ARR though
/s
But yeah really your priorities is just MSQ and raids tbh
Any fellow summoner can give me a advice which pet should I use, I am lvl 46. Upgraded version of summon 1 or summon 3?
Like, the answer to almost any question you have until you finish the MSQ at 80, is "Go do MSQ. Go do your job quests."
Yes
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Garuda for AoE
Ifrit for single target @valid pecan
how to repair my gear?
Titan pretty much only gets pulled out if your healer is a total derp or you're solo and need the extra survival.
Easiest way is just to go to a repairman in a settlement or city or really just about anywhere
They have a hammer icon
Either talk to a Mender (hammer icon on the map) or if you're a crafter of sufficient level you can repair it yourself.
Likely the second option of that wont happen for a long while if you're asking
ya wont happen cuz i just srated xP
another question there a quest call too close from home it says report to the central shroud
and there green circle but nothing there
what should i do?
Green circle? Sounds like a leve. You should be disregarding leves at your current state of progress
Yeah its a leve
What do I do with fish from ocean fishing, just sell em normally?
However to complete it, you need to initiate the leve by going to your quest journal
^ and going to the leve at the bottom of the list
Basically how leves work is you go to the green circle, then open up your journal to start it
But combat leves aren't worth it
I'd just focus on the main story if I were you
@half kraken currently don’t have a use outside of angler canvases. I’d just desynth them or vendor
is there a button for auto walk?
R
do you auto attack as a caster during rotation?
ok thx
About tanks and such, I read that mitigation is often used to counteract tank busters. How do I recognise when a mob is about to throw out a tank buster?
You have to know the boss, there's no particular indication that a specific ability is a TB other than its name. That said, most bosses that have a TB in dungeons will use it as their first casted ability, but not always.
Comes with experience knowing what to react to
The ability names are usually common sense "this is probably a TB"
At the risk of getting mobbed, before I get into ff14 can anyone tell me if there's free companies that aren't filled with this "anime/weeb" stuff? I'm not judging just I'm old and don't get it and just want to kill shit and not stand in fire
*I'm well aware its final fantasy
Yeah, you just have to filter through.
There certainly are but you’d have to look specifically for those like minded people.
so long as they exist that'll do thanks
TL:DR if the name sounds like a duck, its probably a duck
the picture usually says it all - just all the pictures seem to be saying more than i want to hear so far
You’ll be spending a bit of time on it since this is a final fantasy game, but i’m sure there’s one out there
is there an option for auto dismount?
so i can walk up to a mob press a charge or something and i dismount
The button you have bound to sheath/unsheath your weapon will also dismount you
I usually use that
does control help with quick synth?
getting lots of error when trying to purchase via mog could i get some help? consistent Error
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it also gives me that error when my card rejects the purchase because it thinks it's fraud
generally speaking what is needed more, tanks or healers?
Healers I guess if you want to be specific but tanks and healers both enjoy fairly instant queue times
how do you open "sprout" chat?
Means you're a new adventurer
its so people (hopefully) help you
@wintry chasm what is the quest the outlandish man gives you?
There's no quest marker on how m
Legacy of allag
On him
i see.. and beside the main quest, is there any missable mounts/costumes from ongoing events, if any?
@simple pine You have to get invited first to the Novice Network, I would ask in any main city for a mentor to invite you to it
If you did do it next quest should be at Saint Coinach's Find to the South East @white ether
I found it thanks
the itenerant moogle exchange seems like a time limited event, should i devote some time to it?
The only item there you can't get again is that 100 time reward accessory
This is limited though
I think there is 2 hours till it goes away
an accessory huh, guess im not gonna do this
Only one item from it is exclusive so it's fine if you skip it, and it's just a neckerchief with a shiba inu face on it
should i join a guild? or am i just dead weight until i finish the main quest?
oh i see, ro make friends then, cool.
People make "statics" for raids which is literally just the official unofficial term for a group of players coming together to do raids
I see.. okay I'll find some accessible ones that log in same times as me
guess i have a long way to go before i get a new mount or one that can fly
All mounts can fly once you have flying unlocked
even bears that clearly shouldn't be able to lol
ahh even my chocobo then
will there be other mounts other than the chocobo that dont require irl money
Most mounts don't require money
Yeah plenty from just doing the main quests
Well, other than buying the game lol
The vast majority of mounts do not require IRL
First mount you can get is from getting Conjurer to level 30
after that from lv50 onwards, the main story gives you one every once in a while
There are lots of story mounts, a bunch you can get from the gold saucer, extreme trial mounts, savage mounts, tank mounts etcetc
There's definitely a good handful of store mounts but most are mounts you grind for or buy
Beast tribes also have mounts
lol maybe the people im with right now just started as well
I'm only lvl 45
Ninja
it seems i dont get any bonus though
Complete edition =/ collector's edition
i do have a white mage because DPS queue times are horrible sometimes
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Is there a way to replay job quest instances? i wanna redo the level 70 samurai quest since its fun
Don't think it's possible for job quests yet, they'll have to add it to New Game +
yeah I'd love to replay the Dark Knight ones sometime, lol. Most likely in a future patch.
Hey im new to lancer and i'm level 11. How do lancers normally deal with multi targets?
For now you just focus whichever ones a major issue, you dont get a proper AOE until 40
40? Bruh
You can't until you get your first AoE skill at level 40 yeah
yeah tis kinda shitty, but you do get some of the best Trial Experiences
so just stick it out for now if you can, if you find you really dont like it try switching classes up
!action doom spike
This eventually turns into a 3-part AoE combo
Plus some other off GCD abilities you get are AoE
So it has a good handful of AoE tools, it just doesn't get them early on lol
just coming to the game after 4 years, im 44 bard right now and find the class rather boring. is it going to get interesting later? or would i be better served going red mage or samurai once 50?
i also want toplay pure dps, not support and stuff, not my playstyle
Samurai is the major Pure DPS Character
literally no support skills whatsoever, so just hit 50 on bard then try out samurai and red mage since you dont lose anything by picking them up
Bard doesnt really "actively" support though, so not sure if this is a "you're bored because of the rotation" or "you're bored because of the theme"
All jobs are kinda boring before lv50-60, so it's more about, do you like the direction Bard seems to be going?
if you dont like them all you lose is a free spot in the soul crystal section
aka procs based gameplay while rotating songs and keeping up dots
I'm on aether server with the exp boost atm
Like, the vast majority of Bard's "support" is keeping the songs going (which you just passively press once every 20-30 seconds) and they benefit you more than anyone else
All jobs will feel boring before 50
oh dont worry then, if you want to level a second class you can do it really fast
i guess i dont want to play a class with songs... tbh
so just play around a bit, all you lose is some time
lol time
Red Mage is easier to play but could be more fun/interesting. Samurai is a tad more advanced but it's really fun
enjoy
Character name is Kototsuki Maibito..most anime name ever
oh ic ic, yea i should try red mage first
samurais easy to learn, hard to get really good at
Machinist is super big damage
What's up with ninja?
With good gear tho
samurai is really difficult eh?
Samurai is easy imo
Huh?
its easy but
i dont think its even hard to get good at tbh
oh no , i dont want difficult, im not that advanced
but thats me
if you want super high dps
what's this about ninja disappearing? lol
i personally dont because i have to click on it
ill go red mage then
when do we need to focus on skill builds/ equipment sets?
i'm glad all classes get a stun
hmm
samurai , even the name sounds hard
Ranged physical do not get a stun
@crude marten For substats: You don't have to care before level 80. For gear: Always get the highest item level piece you can, for your class
Leg Sweep is universal for all melee DPS
Is ninja worth playinf
Every job is "worth playing"
It is if you want to
"worth" is up to you
🗿
@median locust alright, thanks mate
No job is bad enough to not be worth playing
You ever play a job and say "Yeah this is strange to play. Imma do another one"
Is it good is what I'm saying
Im mean good is subjective
theyre all good honestly
all jobs are good
some classes might get like
2% more dps coz theyre buffed or smth
but in the end theyre all viable as long as you manage to get your combos down
and the ones tha thave lower personal dps buff their allies usually
Being good at your job is more important than which job you pick. So you should pick a job you like so you're more motivated to be good at it
Wouldn't say that but it's on the harder end, I think?
Kinda
This is outdated
Lmao
okay making sure lol
!faq 50rdm
derp
Where can I get the rotation for war and gnb
Is ARR getting updated quest wise
There's no guide for these jobs while levelling, but if you mean max level, Balance Discord has guides for every job
there's probably faqs with said guides too though
@strong saddle Yes, around 13% of ARR quests are getting removed next patch to make it easier to go through
August 11th
It's cause it's less straight forward to pick up really
Oh
The RDM one was made because it's like, you go pick it up at level 50 and you're kinda thrown into it. Other jobs you get at lower level and/or are otherwise more directly straightforward
At what level should I care about different classes/jobs?
Oh ok nvm then
If you want one, go do it
You don't have to care at any point, you could only level one job to 80 and be perfectly fine
it's not required to level multiple
it's just so easy that most people level a few lol
Is dps Que bad for raids and dungeons?
alright coolio, is there like a guide out somewhere on where all the different jobs/classes/guilds are?
Depends what you mean by bad but it'll be like 10-20min on average
depending on the raid and time of day
Oof
I might pick up summoner again. Are pets used in certain situations
Its bad for everything but 24 mans and trials. Mostly because trials is like 5 minutes at all hours of the day, and 24 mans are skewed towards DPS in the total number of members
My time is like 2-7 minutes
levelme's are so good
15-20 minutes for dungeons is pretty normal for DPS
Ifrit = 1 target
Garuda = 2+ targets
Titan = If you're solo and absolutely need the survivability
because there's no reason to
you just hit queue in duty finder and bam, you got a group
All quest content that isnt inside of a dungeon/raid is intended to be solo
Isn't dps Que high cuz there's a lot of them compared to tank and healer?
That, and because of the group compositions.
Oh ok
For dragoon I heard that if you do a high jump? At a bad time you can get fucked
High Jump not as much. Jump, yes.
You get animation locked and unable to move. High Jump is much faster once you get it though.
!action high jump
ah\
High Jump does more damage and is a lot faster
The animation like is like....less than half the length
so its much harder to use it "wrong"
what is used in conjuntion with life surge
hi guys im playing on free trial with friends, where should i find people to help add us into a party?
yep
Always use Life Surge on Full Thrust
or the highest potency attack you have if you don't have it yet
okay thanks cali
And give them your friend's names so they can player search them
Is there a way to get rid of the whistling to summon your chocobo ?
No
We have 2 dogs and they get jumpy/bark everytime i summon it
Is the whistle there on other summons ?
Just to check you don't mean the mount music do you?
I assume he means the literal whistle when the cast bar finishes
No as in when i summon the character whistles
Yeah I just wanted to check
Not all mounts have it, but alot of them do
Because there shouldn't be a way to remove just that whistle without removing other sound effects
Well shit
or turning them all the way to 0
How much am I supposed to be pulling / tanking as a tank? Seems like I can only pull 2 groups of 3 (so 6 total) before healer gets overwhelmed but I see YouTube videos of people running around pulling everything
It depends on the dungeon.
However the number of enemies isnt the factor
What level are you
59
general variation on the enemies, the dungeon, your/healer's gear level, your/healer's competency
Dark knight
Okay, so you're out of the ARR dungeons. So you can pretty much wall to wall at that point. That said, you need to rotate your cooldowns properly.
Past lv50 you can pretty much pull wall to wall
Whats wall to wall mean
For Dark Knight, that means Shadow Wall, Rampart, Arm's Length, and Reprisal
everything
Hmm that seems impossible lmao
For your part, you need to be making sure to use the CD's smart.
Its not
That means pop them BEFORE you need them
I dont think I can do the aery and wall to wall
Dont wait to hit 20% and then be like "guess i'll use a cooldown"
I can wall to wall Aery no problem.
Aery is super easy
on any tank job
aery's easy to wall to wall yeah
TL;DR Sprint -> Run through the pack and hit with your AoE as you're going -> get to the last pack before you're gonna stop
Start rotating CD's
the interior bit is a bit touchy but
as soon as things get to you
The vault has more mobs in its pulls but thats still easy
Strength of your CD's on DRK is Shadow Wall > Rampart > Arm's Length > Reprisal
However Rampart and Arm's Length are nearly equal
Can a healer of equal level handle that? I barely survive pulling 6 monsters at once
Yes
Yes
Monkeys are capable of pressinf buttons
^
Yes, but sometimes they press Cure 1
I mean aint not wasting MP important (or at least having some for the next pull)
White Mage doesn't have mana problems at all so Cure 2 costing more isn't an issue
if you're spending so much MP that you're in trouble in dungeons you're either doing something dreadfully wrong or the tank is not using CD's at all
Healers want to be GCD efficient, as MP isn't much of an issue
Plus you heal more which means you spend less time healing, meaning you get to DPS more, meaning mobs die faster
@simple shore is that specifically for later ?
Regarding?
We are at lvl 35ish and my gf ran out of mana at the boss of the last dungeon
Why is arm lengths good for wall to wall? I'm not online atm but if I remember it just applies a slow and prevents knockbacks
The slow is SUPER good
Its a 20% slow
Meaning 20% less autoattacks are hitting you
So its basically almost as good as a 20% damage mitigation
And any casts they do are slower as well
Rule #1 of healing, throw out DPS spells
Rule #2 of healing, everyone doesn't have to be at 100% health at all times
Yes
rule 2 flows quite nicely into rule 1
If you heal when someone is at 98% health, you're wasting mana
The only HP that matters is the last one.
If they're alive, people are fine
If someone isnt going to die, then you shouldnt be wasting your mana on them
As long as people don't die, you're fine
if people are on 50% health, and not going to take any more damage, why bother?
If you can survive the next attack, they're fine
If my gf wasnt healing everyone at the titan fight to full we wouldve died from the jumpy attack
question for dun scaith final boss, is the doom(cleansable mark) due to not looking away from him or does he put it on randomly? died to that and im pretty sure i wa slooking away/dodging
Is that an exception to the rule then ?
You reduce the amount of overhealing, thus you save mana thus you can dps more, this shit dies faster thus you spend less mana
"To full" is the point though. You dont need to heal people to FULL all the time.
"But what if they suddenly take 80% of their health in damage?" Dungeons don't really do that. That amount of damage doesn't happens often lol
because more likely than not, they were overhealing in an effort to keep the bars full
Titans geocrush doesn't do much damage, it only does damage if you're in the middle
the pulsing stomps dont do that much either
Its a promixy attaxk
If people are dying from geocrush it's because they're standing too close
You go to the edge and take barely damage
It should only do like 20% hp at most
Only damage that titan does is if anyone gets hit by Weight of the land and the busters he does
And ultimate
And minor damage from geocrush
If they're getting hit with weight of the land thats on them
Things outside of extreme and savage fights barely deal damage, if they are then someone is fucking up
I regularly leave people dead who i judge incapable of survival, heh.
Sometimes your 3600 MP is more important than someone's life, lol
"Oh, you got hit by the entire stack of Weight's twice? Stay on the ground"
Fight knowledge helps a lot in knowing how much you'll actually have to heal but for most dungeon boss fights you can definitely afford to not leave people topped off 100% of the time
later on healing gets so easy that you dont hard cast heals hardly ever
As long as the tank is good, you'll be fine
in fact for anything ShB and onwards if im having to hardcast a heal on WHM i am annoyed
I've noticed healers will heal.me while i'm playing NIN if I get hit by an inconsequential attack that won't happen again for a while instead of just letting me heal through bloodbath
Question: When should I stop AOE-ing as a tank? I assume single target is more effective one the groups die down to 3 or less? (Not even tank only, DPS too)
Is being dps or healer harder to do? Currently only played tank classes thinking of getting into some non tank ones
Tank aoes are usually more effective at 2+
@distant ridge it depends on the tank, but generally you should be AoE'ing at 2+
So basically only single target if there's literally only a single target
Dps has more complex rotations you have to deal with while doing mechanics, healers are simple dps wise but you need to babysit your idiots party members
Okay im having trouble finding (Where the Hear is Lavender Beds)
Bentmarrow
@normal breach being a passable DPS is easier than being a passable Healer. Being a good DPS is significantly harder than being a good healer. imo
and that simply comes down to the number of buttons and timings involved
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@simple shore How does that make sense dmgwise tho? For example on GNB, both AOEs have a pot of 100/150, while the normal 123 combo + the Cartridge 123 combo have a much higher pot. So AOEing only 2 adds seems rather wasteful in dmg-potential to me. Unless i miss something? I don't have an issue holding aggro without constant AOEs.
It depends on the tank and the level though
Divide the total potency by the number of gcds
To find the potency per gcd
You also get a cartridge from aoe for fated circle
Depends on the job basically. I think all jobs want to AoE at either 2 or 3 targets now. Check your respective job's guide to make sure
@faint flare I don't know the exact numbers so I'll just make some up. AOE is 100 + 150 = 250/2 = 125 - Singletarget is 400 + 550 + 600 = 1550 / 3 = 516,33~. Is that how you meant it?
Yes
Yeah but you then have to multiply the AoE by the number of targets
^
I see, I'll look a little more into it then. It def makes more sense now tho.
Gnb aoe is 150+200/2
So 350/2
Is 175 x number of mobs
St is 200 + 300 +400
So 900/3
For 300 pot per gcd
So aoe is better at 2+
So using an example that i know - DRK's Unleash is 150, and Stalwart Soul is 160. 310 for both, divide by 2, 155. The 1-2-3 combo is (200+300+400) / 3 = 300. 155 * 2 = 310, meaning that at two targets, you still AoE
As 175x2 is 350
For Astrologian, it appears that all the cards are now the same? Am I missing something? I'm trying to Google but most things look to be a year old
Thanks a bunch for the help. Def something to consider for the higher dungeons.
Is there a guide to the new cards somewhere?
Balance, Spear, Arrow give damage buffs to melee DPS or tanks. Bole, Spire and Ewer give damage buff to ranged DPS or healers. Later on you get Divination which is a raidwide damage buff, for which you need to gather 3 different seals to get the strongest version of it. Each card gives a different seal so you'll have to redraw cards to make sure you get 1 of each seal
So there's really only two types of cards before you get to level 50
Bole/Ewer/Spire and Balance/Spear/Arrow are the same. The first group should be put on ranged DPS / healers, the second group should be put on melee DPS / tanks.
oh, well that's actually pretty simple
None of the tooltips say anything specific lol
They do in your ability panel
oooooh yeah I didn't look there. heh thank you!!
Lord of Crowns/Lady of Crowns is the card you get if you decide "I don't need the seal but I still wanna give the card to someone"
right, Lord is the melee card, Lady is the ranged card
I'm actually really glad that they grouped the cards the way they did
ast got simplified through the floor, really
its so intuitive for old ASTs
for various reasons
I love current AST to death, shame I hate healing
I'll still never get used to not going off when someone gives my smn a bole
yeah so amny options before I always had to have which card was which up on my other monitor lol
"was this a good card before? okay its a melee card now". "was this a shit card before? okay its a ranged card now"
basically
plus now it means you can't break monks and black mages
AST has a certain level of enjoyable passive-aggressive play on it too
If you're running ACT
lol
Melee DPS : "AST why are you giving all of the melee cards to the (Ranged DPS) wtf?"
Me : "You tell me"
With tanks they say don’t spin the boss. Does that apply for all times? For example if the boss does a charged aoe in a 45 degree cone, do you get out of the way or just stand there and take it?
Dont take avoidable damage
If the boss is casting a cone, dodging it won't move the boss
They'll just stay like that
Just go back in when the attack is done
@gloomy mortar The best way to deal with that - is dodge the AoE, and as soon as the AoE marker disappears, run back to where you were
The boss wont move at all
It's something to learn, really. Don't spin the boss if you can avoid it, it's fine if you have to dodge an AoE, but after the AoE goes off, go back where you were so the boss always faces the same way
Melee DPS have to hit the boss from behind or from the side sometimes, so spinning the boss makes their job harder and more annoying
How do you prevent your gil from being stolen through an exploit ?
What about an aoe swipe? For example the Copperbell boss swings their axe in a cone (no yellow cone). Once you see it start to bring its axe back, do you move out of the cone or just take it
Don't click on suspicious links and you should be fine, but can you elaborate? That's an interesting question lol
I figured
@gloomy mortar The game checks if you're standing in the AoE as the yellow marker is disappearing 99% of the time. Meaning as soon as the yellow cone is gone, you can go back in, even if the boss doesn't look like it's swung its weapon yet
Me and my FC mates were camping a housing plot, when suddenly one of our members lost all his money. or well realized he lost all his money after abit, He also recieved high quality sand, when checking the market history he apparently had bought some high quality sand for like 500k each, while being logged in and not moving.
Sounds like a tactic some people use against auto clickers in housing to me
But he was nowhere near a market board ?
They put down a retainer at a house next to the plot, then the auto clicker selects the retainer instead of the placard, and by spamming confirm they just buy everything on the retainer
Also auto clickers are against ToS, just so you know, lol
He was also on busy
Doesn't matter, you can still buy stuff on busy
He wasn't using a clicker afaik
Does that explain why some people sell low level things for 1 million Gil ?
Like we were all in voice
People sell low level stuff for millions of gil to either 1. Transfer gil between characters or 2. To get extra storage space, because you can use the 20 selling spots on a retainer to store stuff, and you put the price so high no one would buy it
And Tempy, that's really the only thing I can think about, there's no way it was a hack if he was still logged in
yeah, placing a retainer in front of an autoclicker is a common way to mess with housing bots if you've managed to buy the plot
are you absolutely sure you know the whole story from your friend?
I mean after that we just did some research and saw that it was a thing from like 6 years ago
Were it could happen aslong as you were logged in
If you're in the same FC, sure
Well he lost the money with us there so
maybe he was clicking without looking at his screen and accidentally did it, if it wasn't an autoclicker
but it definitely sounds like that's what happened
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Gil doesn't suddenly turn into sand. So either your friend is withholding information or you all mistook it for an unsold plot.
Realistically it sounds like an autoclicker to me
So either your friend is withholding information or you all mistook it for an unsold plot.
i fully agree with this
because no single key spam could result in what occurred.
there is no way in these times someone can, in no sight of a market board, magically buy sand without noticing
well he did :^)
Im trying to go to Lavender Beds but i cant take the ferry there. How do i get there?
without getting juked while using an autoclicker on a purchased plot
ESPECIALLY while logged in
@strong saddle have you unlocked it? the unlock quest is at Bentbranch Meadows
It literally can't be a hack if you're logged in
Macro spam?
so a mistake was made somewhere
Lemme double check
even if you were to spam Numpad 0, the default on the Yes/No for buying is No. so he was doing something against the rules, TL;DR get fucked
what the the flying saucer? when should i try it?
Gold Saucer
*Gold saucer. It's the minigame zone

Gold Saucer, whenever you want, it's basically a minigame casino with mount/minion/glamour rewards
^
How much can i play as f2p?
It has mahjong!
Which quest is it to unlock?
Even if you were kinda afk spamming, while watching a series on another screen or something, you'd notice the change of visuals before wasting your entire money on sand.
what are mounts? are they reskins for the chocobo? because they dont seem to have stats such as speed?
Unlimited time, can't level above 35, social restrictions @tawny chasm
I have it
Basically yes wilco, all mounts have the same speed
There's also zero rule against someone doing the retainer thing, since its just normal utilization of the MB
And they're not literally chocobo reskins
They are extending it right?@wintry chasm
case in point
Besides the cloud bike on mogstation which starts at level 1 speed, but you unlock that through the main story so it's not a huge difference
To add to Calisaie's amswer: in 5.3 you can play to L60 and the 3.56 MSQ with free trial.
In 5.3 but frankly we don't know if free to play accounts now will be automatically upgraded
if i buy a gold saucer mount before i get my chocobo can i use it?
^
Mounts are purely cosmetic
You have to do the My Little Chocobo quest to be allowed to ride, regardless of having mounts beforehand.
Yep, getting your Chocobo unlocks the mount system
Is there any links for like a gear guide?
Currently just going through the MSQ using the gear it gives me, but I'm sure over time it will just lack any sort of use
Other MMOs require you to train in riding or suchlike - the My Little Chocobo quest is practically the same thing
The story gives you enough gear
Only the company chocobo is important. (The first one you get)
That bird can fight with you.
MSQ should furnish you with sufficient gear until 80 more or less
You shouldnt have to be making big gear decisions prior to then
but what if I like want cool dungeon looking armor?
What level do dungeons become a thing?
19?
Level 15 @eager night
15 yeah, levelling roulette is 16
15!? I'm level 18 ;-; haven't seen anything related for a dungoen
MSQ unlocks dungeons
you're probably overleveled
The first dungeon comes at thr MSQ quest "its probably pirates"
I don't what roulette is either
check the level of your MSQ
The level 15 MSQ.
15 in the main story, not your actual level
it's probably lower
ahhhhhh
but if you are on a preferred server you probably way out level the dungeon before you unlock it, i was like level 20+ before i did the MSQ for the dungeons
TL:DR almost everything in the game is locked behind MSQ. Your character level is largely not going to be the limiting factor on your first time through the game.
Probably am over leveled..I did spend like 2 hours just killing stuff for fun
Is the free trial only 1 week?
you unlock three dungeons in a row at lvl 15 msq
the free trial is unlimited but you can only go to lvl 35
well thank you for the information
on august 11 it will be level 60 in free trial
Trial is unlimited
Do your stats get better if you level up but have te same gear and skills?
Thanks lul
They get slightly better
That's not answerable
Over 100
A lot
👍
If you need some kinda scale, i was at 250 hours when I finsihed HW (Story till lvl 60), and that was only 3.0
FF14 has a ridiculous amount of content in it, and the speed at which you consume it would determine the hours of content
The Free Trial used to be 2 weeks long, a long time ago, but it's been unlimited for a while now
I’m trying to complete a class quest that’s level synced to 62. I’m only 60 with full Aug.Shire gear. Should I level up to 62 or go as is?
Heyyyy, how do i get skybuilders' yew logs?
As long as you meet the quest level and have decent gear, you're good
@sick turtle Can't, that was an item from the first phase of Ishgard Restoration. Impossible to get it now.
You can't get Skybuilder's Yew logs anymore
I did the entire DRK class quest vom 60 - 70 in aug shire gear without issue
Is there an requirement to unlock these Materia or something that is causing these to be grayed out?
All ishgard restoration items are in the diadem now
you just don't have the currency
It uses a different item
I imagine even with heavy play, if you were to play the 5.3 trial to its fullest extent (every job including crafters/gatherers to 60, MSQ completed, unlock and complete all the optional dungeons/raids) you could easily be looking at a month or two of play.
@median locust holy sht thats rough 
@sick turtle you want to make the grade 2 items
@sick turtle Just make the phase 2 crafts, all the items are found in Diadem
@lucid stream if you look, its the same icon - but different name
DAMN im stupid
Thank you guys
Ohhh cluster and crystal okay thanks
Nah its not that stupid
It's fine, you don't see items disappear often lol
They should have given those unique icons
I looked at name to make sure they were not different but didnt get to the crystal/cluster
What is diadem
those clusters are pretty much just from beast tribes or kupo of fortune
so you won't pick up many
and Khloe
@gloomy mortar Diadem is the gatherer zone for Ishgardian Restoration
You access it by talking to an NPC in the firmament
Are beast tribe quests useful after you hit lvl70? Do you need beast quest currency later in the game ?
There are post-70 beast tribes as well
Pixies for combat classes, Qitari for gatherers, and in 5.3 Dwarves for Crafters.
They also give mounts and minions if you care about that
You dont "need" the currency of the older tribes later, but most of the pre-70 ones will sell you crafting mats for their currency (on top of the cosmetic stuff) which can be quite useful
or for gil in some cases
the post-70 tribes are money in the bank though, and you should do them every day
Not at pixies yet; only up to Vaeth, Zundu and the underwater turtles one
Moogles to
yeah Vath can be very handy to have available because of the particular crafting mats they sell
I’ve maxed out Ixali and Sagahin. Amalji sulphate kobold are just at friendly. Ignore those?
as soon as I get to lvl 30 on arcanist, I can try either scholar or summoner and both will level right? Or do I have to pick one and roll with that to unlock the other job later on?
You can unlock both and they level together
@lofty pulsar SCH and SMN are based on Arcanist level. So if you gain a level on one, you get it on both
@gloomy mortar
There are combined beast tribe quests if you max out all beast tribes of an expansion.
You will notice there is a common enemy for all beast tribes.
They are two different unlock quests though both in the arcanist guild
But I can switch to either of the jobs at any point in time right?
What is the useful crafting item the Vath sell?
Yes
Vath sell alot of the Heavensward era "Metal" type crafting materials. These are something of a pain in the ass to farm yourself.
New player here. Just bought the game today. Quick question. On what lvl I can obtain a mount?
Level 20 in the main story, ish
@rich bay is the quest with it for all that work?
you might be higher level when you do get there
so like Titanium Nugget, Hardsilver Nugget, Mythrite Nugget
gotcha, thanks
Those three are annoying to farm, so most people just buy them from the vath vendor if you need them for a craft rather than farming them
@simple shore ah ok, yeah prices on those fluctuate on th mb from cheap to ridiculous
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Titanium Nugget especially
because you have to deal with RNG if you want to farm it yourself
@gloomy mortar
You first need to max out all beast tribes of an expansion.
Rank 4 for ARR beast tribes except Ixal they need rank 7. (Allied is rank 8 for ARR beast tribes.)
For HW and SB beast tribes you need rank 8 for all 3.
(Allied is rank 9 for HW+ beast tribes)
After that a quest will show up that wraps all beast tribes stories up into 1 story. When you finish that questline, all beast tribes reputation (for that expac) will change to Allied.
How do i change to a crafting class
Same as any battle class
Pick up the quest for it, complete it then equip the appropriate weapon
or in this case, tool
Anyway to find how many shards u have
Third tab of your inventory
thx
So i have enough shards to make a crafting item yet i dont see the option to put them into it
Itd automatic
They're effectively the currency, not an item. Loot above the item list and you'll see the requirements.
kay the quality of the item increased to 156/312
Yup, HQ mats will boost the quality for the craft, making it easier to get a HQ result.
And the once i have it i can craft the item or?
Do they sell the trex mount from eureka on the market?
wait i see a progress bar up top
😦
Luckily it's in Anemos so it's not behind that much grind
It is a uncommon lockbox drop in Eureka Anemos, so just farm lockboxes and you get it.
By the time I was done with Anemos, I had 4 horns just sitting in my inventory
I haven’t gotten into eureka yet it looks like a pain:/
Is 5.35 connected to eureka?
No
Nah, but its going to be similar. Also probably nobody will be doing Eureka for quite some time after 5.35
Ahhh so I should go now then
Okay this crafting is getting confusing imma have to do it later
Also I got the base relic weapon the new one when it was first release where was it that I go again to get another for my ninja?
@strong saddle any particular issue that's baffling you?
is there an emote for the pose in a cutscene where your character turns a bit and crosses their arms? not the /lean emote
The progress. I don't know how to icreaes it
Use your synthesis skill
Synthesis actions
Read your gosh darn actions and what they do
You'll have two sets of abilities: Touch and Synthesis. Touch increases quality and Synthesis increases progress.
Depending on your level, you'll have an ability called Inner Quiet. If you're trying for an HQ craft, you'll want to use that as soon as you can. Either first or second ability depending on if you have any "first action" abilities you can use.
@forest laurel I know what you mean but I don't think there is
not that I know of at any rate
How do I teleport to doman enclave? I can never get it in the map
use the teleport menu
Teleport menu under Hingashi iirc, if it's not there, go there by foot and attune to the aetheryte
Lol I actually forgot that existed I always used the mapXD
oof.
Big noob here, so how do you login exactly , like, been in the data center for about 10 min now and idk what to do, I know, dumb question
Does SCH Physic get the Cure I treatment where you dump it at 30 for Adlo unless you're out of mana?
you want to alternate between phys and adlo
cuz adlo shield doesnt register immediately
Nvm
ahhh
this is assuming you are going to do... shudders gcd heals
I mean considering I'm still sub-50 and therefore have only one oGCD heal
well then alternate between them
at higher levels gcd heals become sparse enough adlo will be rarely used mid fight, and thus physick
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I'm just used to WHM where GCD heals are a real thing you need to use at 80
Which materia is best to meld into DRG armor
Trying to meld materia in my Neo-Ishgard gear
Critical Hit Rate > Direct Hit Rate > Determination > Skill Speed
Do I place materia for all 4?
Meld Crit
If you can't or wouldn't get all the stats you can out of the materia, meld Direct Hit
If you can't, meld Determination
If you can't, meld Skill Speed
Wdym by "Wouldn't get all the stats you can out of the matera"?
Gear has stat caps so you can't have more than X amount of a certain stat on them
You see those at the bottom of the melding window
Ah yes yes I understand
Well, how much would the cap be for ilvl 480 gear?
Depends?
Ah
If it's at 477/477 for example, you can't meld anymore of said stat
Well, is it a set amount or different for everyone?
Ahh
Ok
So right now my Neo-Ishgard Cap of Maiming has 270 Determination, so I cant meld determination
I thought those stats didnt include those ones
If it says 270/270 at the bottom, then yeah, you can't meld det
but if it says 270/320, then you can meld some
always look at the stat caps at the bottom of the melding window
Ok, 2nd question
I know overmelding is easier with VII
But how risky will it be with VIIIs?
you can only overmeld 1 8
Overmelding isn't really worth it
and tbh its not worth it
costs too many materias
If I fail, what do I lose?
unless you're at the start of the tier and trying to do savage at day 1
the materia
you lose the materia
The one I am melding or all of them?
the one you're melding
Thats still expensive
And it's 17% success rate on the first slot
What?
Yeye
Open slots are always 100%
but overmeld slots are always super low rate
17% for the first, 10% second, 7% third, I think?
Watafak
depends on the materia
Too much for my smol pockets
depends on your tier of materia but iirc that's why tier 7's
Yeah and it's only a few more stats
Not worth
first slot is between 17% and 90% (90% being grade 1)
last slot is between 7% and 28%
generally are going to break a fair bit of materia overmelding, which is why its expensive unless you have a lot of materia already stockpiled
and also why its not worth it outside of week 1 savage raiding, really
that's the way to go, lol


