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Literally this channel
@simple shore oh lol
199% how?
welli didn't know that the website didn't link me to a free trial client
any tips from someone who has never played this kind of game?
i had to look up a client to download myself
You repair it at 99% condition, which bumps it to 199%
also finishing signup says "technical error" everytime
as self-repairing adds 100% condition.
website's buggy
Any downsides to repairing own gear?
nope
Where do you get the dark matter
oh cool complete edition is 50% off rn
vendors or your grand company
How do you get Waterproof Cloth? Retainer ventures? Which ones
For Waterproof Cloth, that comes from Gazelleskin maps
Treasure hunt maps?
yes
For Waterproof Cotton Cloth, that comes from desynthing these fish.
the first one is used for the raincoat glamour set, second one for the coeurl beach bikini stuff
Are there others besides those ?
do note that for the first one's treasure map, you'll need a group of players for it, as treasure dungeons will always sync you down to their level.
That's the only way to get those two cloths
are all FF14 game time codes the same and will work on your account no matter what region?
cuz they sell FF14 here physically but they keep saying it's EU version.
does that mean the gametime code only works if ur account is on EU?
when u registered?
they need to be from the same region your account is based from
so EU timecodes only work for EU accounts
Local store bought codes always work roght ?
geez
Never use steam for ff14
why is this game complicated to register and play lol
so is this version NA exclusive on the website?
Back in my day (early SB) it wasn't
or is it just the game time code on their website that's NA?
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I mean
it says here the gametime code they sell is NA only
but what about their complete/starter editions?
are they NA only?
@limpid lantern for the most part, yes.
unless your store is shady and sells other region codes for some unknown reason
:/
If you don’t renew the subscription, are other people able to tell? For example your FC or friends list
!faq gameregions
No
What is the "best" way of renewing gametime ?
There is no way to tell the difference between someone who doesn't have sub and someone who hasn't logged in
I just renew through Mogstation
Yeah, it just does it automatically, i dont have to think about it at all, which to me is the "best"
sounds to me like suspicious transaction if u can't tell the difference
and ye sorry i dont mean to jab at SE, but this process of just wanting to register and buy the game is just complicated for me rn

There’s no way to look up when the last time someone logged in?
unless you're in their free company, then no.
Yeah
FCs show how long its been since someone has logged in, and thats pretty much it
How do you tell if in the same FC?
you look at the members list
Anyone or just the FC owner?
Anyone
😮
The FC member list is available to everyone
Can anyone tell how many hours played?
type /playtime
I don't believe others can see how much time you have on the game, no
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I was at Yanxia near the river and there was someone (like an npc) but I couldn't interact with. she had like cute cat ears and was saying things like "people.. what are people?".
I joined a dungeon and when I came she was not there anymore :(
who was her
Can you craft Gyshal Greens for your Chocobo?
No
she's an npc part of the foxy lady fate chain @tidal yarrow
so I just unlocked grand companies - should I be doing anything with them right now?
You should unlock your mount sidequest just about now
So do that
Other than that you can rank up and unlock different features from the grand company and get emotes and stuff from there. Otherwise I wouldn't call anything there an immediate need
Just check in time to time and rank up
How does the Adventure Squad Recruitment Scroll work? Use it, complete a challenge log and you’re guaranteed to get a recruit?
Oh and PvP is unlocked by ranking up in there
pvp doesn't require a specific rank
you can unlocked it shortly after joining
and no, the recruitment scroll simply increases the chance of getting a recruit when you complete a challenge log
Oh I thought it was a low rank requirement
So how do you know if the scroll worked or not? For example, I have 4 scrolls. When do I determine that the first scroll didn’t work and to use the next scroll?
#kupo-bot-spam
Oh sorry
@gloomy mortar the scroll will be consumed when you find a recruit, so there's no way for the first one to "not work"
Can i put target selection to enemies only if im in combat ?
@tidal yarrow
That is Mikuzume, like Kael said, she is part of the Foxy Lady fate chain. (To be more precise, she is the Foxy Lady herself.)
Thanks! Yep, I got the mount
@limpid lantern
Yes, you can edit the targeting settings in the character configuration.
There are 2 standard options, weapon drawn and weapon not drawn.
Would it be unsdviseable to put it on enemies only when weapons drawn ?
I mean obviously as a healer you need the yargeting but as a tank or dps
Depends on what you're playing
What is a good crafter to level with my GSM?
I want to lvl them one by one
Well, then that's a pretty bad way to do it, so i have no advice.
Any reason why I should do them all same time?
they share gear
Crafters all require materials crafted by each other. and they all share gear.
Can you modify how your arms move when you run? I’ve notice that some people’s swing side to side and others up and down
so you don't have to juggle all the items
Good point
depends on race/gender i think
@limpid lantern
If you play with controller, you can use D-pad up and down to select party members, regardless of setting.
did we do something wrong? We did great gubal library hard synced with 4 blue mages and we didn't get Magic Hammer from the apanda boss
we saw him cast it and then killed him
@nova umbra
Maybe you already have it?
You need to be standing too, when the boss is defeated.
@rich bay ok so autoselection on enemies only for console would not be detrimental at all ?
I don't have it, and we were all alive
none of us got it :x
do you have to get hit by it?
Since in combat when i try to quick switch to specific yargets its very annoying to select npc allies
no you don't have to be hit by it
@limpid lantern
Yes, i also use the same setting.
When weapon is drawn, i can only select Enemies and objects.
I use D-pad up and down for selecting party members and L1 left-right for alliance members. (In alliance raid.)
just have to see the spell cast
is it 100%, or is it lower?
Kool ty !
you're absolutely certain that you were doing it sync'd?
mhm
Depends if you do it synced or not. 100% learn rate when synced.
@rich bay do you have any other/more tips or tricks for a fellow console player in terms of settings :)?
that's why I'm confused, it was synced, 4 man blue mage party :c
double check duty finder settings
we're doing it again
otherwise just have to run it again, but dungeon spells are 100% learn rate when you're sync'd
Do I need to get a full set of lv50 dom gear to level blu from 51 to 60 or is there a 1k needles method to solo leveling
You can use Assist target too, that targets the target of the current target, useful for quickly selecting the MT and when you use it again, you go back to the enemy. (The MT should target the central enemy ofc.)
I also have macro'ed sprint and set it as macro #98.
/merror off
/ac sprint
/micon sprint
In the controller configuration, i have set L3 to macro #98 and R3 to Assist Target.
@limpid lantern
@tardy patio if you have the spell Missles, kill mobs equal to your level
If not then kill like one or two levels higher
@rich bay so l3 press becomes sprint if i do that !? Thank you !!!
I don't have that trial unlocked
But yes you really want to keep your gear up to date for BLU as they scale a lot of damage from the intelligence stat.
I am so used to l3 being sprint xD
I'll grab new gear then. I'm using level 1 starter gear. Does the blu trainer give lv50 AF gear
Yes.
Is there a list of all the emotes you can buy in game for Gil/seals?
Awesome saves my poetics then
You’ll still need a belt and accessories
@limpid lantern
Yes, L3 would activate macro 98 in that case, so it executes the sprint action if it is not on cooldown.
BLU has no weapon damage so they really only get from the intelligence stat
Do Achievement Awards give anything useful or just glamour items? Should I be trying to do achievements regularly?
@tardy patio
There is also special L60 blue mage gear you can buy for Allied seals.
@tidal yarrow
That is Mikuzume, like Kael said, she is part of the Foxy Lady fate chain. (To be more precise, she is the Foxy Lady herself.)
tysm, I found her so interesting. what's that fate chain thing?
There are some achievements that give mounts and minions
Its a fate chain to spawn the Super fate, called Foxy lady
@gloomy mortar
Yes, they do. Check Jonathas in Gridania, he should be north of the theatre.
Which doesn't appear on the map
And rewards fragments for a fox minion, fox ear glamour and housing item
@tidal yarrow
There are 2 fates you need to complete first, Freedom Flies and More to Offer, from NPC's Kinko and Ginko.
After that the trigger fate spawns, Outfoxed, that one has a 2 hour cooldown.
If you are lucky, Foxy Lady spawns at one of the 5 fixed points, because it is a world boss fate, it doesn't show up on the big map.
The WB fate has a 36 hour cooldown and spawns at random.
(5 to 45 minutes after outfoxed)
that sounds complicated
I do it sometimes it is a fun chain to do.
@gloomy mortar 
He also has the equipment/mount/minion rewards you get from achievements.
Like Vinyl Tails said: A Fox Kit minion, the Tanamo headband glamour and a Fox Kit furniture.
oh I missed the msg
The world boss fates all have a cooldown.
Can you put achievement reward items into the Armoire?
Yes
Could someone who understands Triple Triad explains to me how his moogle won over my bottom right card?
Do you think with the next patch more Achievement things will be able to buy? Debating whether to buy now or wait. Have only limited coins
I simply can't beat this npc because his moogle always do bullshit wins over my cards
Is it "reverse"?
There's some modifiers in the upper left corner.
That's the reason, though. I have no idea what each means.
I've read then
about 40 times
Swap just swaps a card of me and the npc right at the beginning
Descension makes a card rank decrease in proportion to the number of cards of the same type already played
and plus
@grave thicket
The plus rule was in effect.
Both sides were 12, so it matched and that means Plus triggers and turns both cards.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/contentsguide/goldsaucer/tripletriad/ Confusing stuff. At least the plus rule.
A+2 = 12 - 9+3 = 12.
it has descension
it applied right when he was played
But I guess the rules are specifically made to f#ck us over and make this grindy bad game mechanic even more sufferable.
Descension is applied AFTER plus took effect.
Moogles cheat. Flick it's pom.
Descension and Ascension takes effect after plus and same are triggered. So first the game checks if Plus/Same has effect and then it applies +1/-1
It's Plus to me.
2+A(10)=12
3+9=12
Well, it shouldn't apply after
that just makes it's pointless after all
and that happened
5 times.
It does. The FF8 version does exactly the same when Elemental is in effect.
And Decension is -1 to everything so Plus still applies regardless
1+A=11
2+9=11
2+6=8
0+8=8
THREE CARDS
A+2-1 = 11 - 9+3-1 = 11 too, so it doesn't matter much anyway.
@grave thicket
That is Combo, when plus or same takes effect, the game checks if there are cards weaker then the flipped cards and those are flipped too.
@median locust
Card values never go below 1, but the moogle was placed to trigger the plus rule looks like.
oh look, the game swapped her moogle with my card now, and I won
They pretty much scriped this npc to do bullshit wins via moogle + plus
even added descension to assist it
You can use it to your advantage too.
Guess i'm never farming those 4 cards anw.
A pro-tip, always play defensive with closed cards Gazerockf!
mm
Then Plus applies before descension, makes sense
Should i play dungeons when leveling second class?
Yeah, I usually don't go only for big number flips, I try to win territory slowly, and then do flips
but srsly
i've never had so much trouble
with a npc
specially because her cards weren't even that good
That NPC uses the plus rule very well.
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yeah, I did got btfo
can I do dungeons with people who are within light but not on my server
if I visit there server
@valid pecan you dont have to even visit their server
@tidal yarrow When the ground goes black/white, dont stand in one for too long. 4 stacks = you die.
So swap between them
4 stacks of what?
Hello im in the 46-49 gap now, esarlier i was recommended duty finder and PotD would unlocking and doing beast tribes also be a good choice ?
oki thx
You'll see. Its a debuff you get as you stand in it
I see
@limpid lantern What do you mean by the "46-49" gap?
@limpid lantern there are also a couple of optional dungeons unlocked in the Central Highlands to use as well
The gap in MSQ levels where i need to be 49 for the next quest
Go queue Dzemael Darkhold until 47 and then queue Aurum Vale until 50.
But the last one was 46
However, the fact that you're having a problem makes no sense
Ive never heard of someone getting stuck there
Well, clarification - havent heard of someone getting stuck there for several years
its pretty common place to get stuck if you're on a standard server
especially if you're just focusing on msq/job quests
In the old days that was a thing, because in the old days MSQ gave garbage exp
I mean if you don't have the preferred server buff that's a...yeah what Kael said
Yes i am, the +exp one was full when i was making a character
And when i found out i could make a new one at a different time i was already lvl 37
make sure you unlock Dzemael Darkhold and Aurum Vale, the level 44 and 47 dungeons
do your daily leveling roulette
I think i have aurum vale but not dzemeal
If you have Aurum Vale...what level are you?
Fort of Fear is the quest that unlocks the Darkhold
I am lvl 46
actually nvm, go back to your grand company to do that
Err, no
for some reason, you can actually pick up and unlock aurum vale before you can run it
but you have dzemael
That makes no sense, the quest is listed as requiring 47 to pick up on every site
so just run that until you are 47
Ugh i hate when the wiki is wrong
oh yeah you do
Then yes go queue Dzemael if you've already done your levelling roulette
I mean the wiki's technically aren't wrong
as soon as you're 47 spam Aurum Vale
so yeah just dive into that dungeon until 47, then do Aurum Vale until 49
its just that quest for whatever reason is weird
Gonna take a while to queue, should indo random side quests while i wait on the queue ?
I mean
This is pretty categorically wrong
Side quests or Coerthas FATEs while in queue
if you want to. you can also do FATEs and even combat levequests (this is the only time where combat levequests might actually be useful)
I can also insta queue and level with my gf but that would let me do lvl 30 dungeons only
Bu that would be inefficient i geuss ?
Yes, it would
but the real-life benefits of playing with your gf might outweigh the inefficiency 😉
hi, is there a way to assign saved macros as well as load gear sets into the /hotbar command? Trying to write few macros that load different hotbar items in one hotbar and it would be nice if there's a way to do that. Read the help text and it doesn't seem to suggest anything. Have something like this so far:
Not really following exactly what your objective is
oh like
What do you want to happen when you click the button
show saved gearsets as a first
kinda like how you drag a gearset into a hotbar
but make it dynamic like in the gif
Gearsets can be dragged onto hotbars, or you can make macros for them in this format :
/micon "Black Mage" classjob
/gearset change 9
The way to do that is to have a macro to copy a hotbar from a dead class, like Gladiator or Conjurer, then copy that hotbar onto the hotbar you see
where "9" is the gearset number
I dont really get what you mean by dynamic though
Or is that GIF not you
that gif was mine
Me neither
Explain what you mean by dynamic
Can't you put gearsets or macros directly on those hotbars? Do they just not copy for some reason?
how I pull it off is like this
Refer to Fissie's earlier suggestion
use a macro like this
Like put the icons you want on a Gladiator hotbar
then have a macro copy it onto your current bar like
/hotbar copy Gladiator 1 Current 6
Current = your current class, dunno if there's a command for a non-shared bar
I'll try that out, thanks!
yeah I was kinda confused on what does the [class 1] mean lmao
I originally thought it's something like
Every class and every job has its own set of hotbars.
copy [hotbar #] [#] [hotbar #] [#]
First class is the one you want to copy from, second class is the one you want to copy the hotbar to
But combat classes are dead the moment you get the job, so you can abuse that
What duty should i be in queue for when leveling a second class??
Highest level dungeon you can queue for that isn't lv50/60/70, as long as you have good queue times
whats the etiquette for fates? is it alright to aoe mobs currently agrod to someone?
Thanks
No etiquette really, just go ham
sure, there's no way of like "stealing" mobs from people
Why no lvl 50 60 70 tho?
because 50/60/70 dungeons don't give good exp
okay thanks
Old level cap dungeons give less exp than the previous levelling dungeon
its just tacked on so you get something when you run those dungeons
Highest levelling dungeon you can queue for
which is Gubal Library
and not the hard mode
no, but it doesn't get used up until you confirm the changes
so you'll always have the option to edit appearance until then
iirc it puts a "can be edited" tag on your character and you don't lose it before you decide to edit it
Like you can login and all
Can I redo the alliance raids quests? I skipped the cutscenes and now I want to do it again
The potion will only be consumed if you right click, Re-edit character appearance then confirm the changes
@opal bough Yes, check out New Game +
@opal bough If you're just interested in the cutscenes, you can also check the "Unending Journey" on the desk in any inn.
Thanks guys
You can save created character profiles to reuse @finite swift
Note: Nier raid won't be in New Game+ till it's over at the very least
is there any notification for when you're at a sightseeing location?
I think it’s “you have arrived at a vista”
^
thanks
some sightseeing logs have different actions iirc
Otherwise, in the expansions, there will be a big blue orb at the sightseeing spots
It's just ARR sightseeing spots that are invisible
They also usually require a certain time of day and/or weather
Recommend this tool to keep track of which are up and which aren't
https://tylian.net/sslog/
so when im going for legendary fish/sightseeing log and i see "days" in terms of how far away it is
is that in-game days or real time?
Real time
The ARR Sightseeing log really is something
The expansion ones are much easier
95% don't have required times and are /lookout
its namely the weather requirements
that make ARR sightseeing log be tedious for the most part
like is that just an arbitrary timer they put in? or is it just an unfortunately rare combo of weather/time
Sometimes you need rain in a desert-y area which is just rare
The latter
its the combo of weather/time
i would have thought that you wouldnt even be able to predict that far ahead
unless its been following the same regular pattern so long that people have nailed it down
you can, the weather is pretty static
Weather forcasts are known way in advance by multiple websites, I always did wonder how they could get that information lol
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its basically taking the information from the skywatchers in game
also helps that weather is sync'd across servers
Currently playing ninja
I got told ninja LB by my tank
But before i could ask what it was they were gone after the boss was dead
What would he mean by that
Limit Break, it's an all-class ability that everyone can use
But its resources are shared between all party members
If you've seen a yellow bar with 1, 2 or 3 bars, that's it
Usually defaults to top left
Ah yeah, ive on purpose not used that yet because shared resource
As a NIN, you are a melee
melee dps have priority
Dont wanna use it at the wrong time
Therefore on single enemy you get priority
Usually melee dps are asked to use it on the final boss of a dungeon
Although ranged dps are occasionally asked to do so at strategic points
Alright, any patricular moment or just whenever on the boss ?
Melee dps should use LB on the boss always, range should only use LB on trash or multiple healthy mobs of high priority, healers should only use LB3 to avoid a party wipe
Melee LB: Strong single target damage
Caster LB: AoE damage, it's a circle
Ranged LB: AoE damage, it's a line
Healer LB: Useless heal, but at level 3 it resses all party members in range.
Tank LB: Strong mitigation, not really used outside of extremely rare cases
When available
Use it when it’s full if there’s only one baddie
If it's going to charge to 2/3 bars, let it and then do it
if it's not going to finish charging, just use it whenever it's reached whichever bar it's gonna
The maximum level is 2 with a 4-man party, 3 with an 8-man party
there's a moronic rumour going round new players that 'oh ypu've got to use it on bosses' and 'it does more the lower health the boss is' which are both just that, moronic
It's a flat amount of damage
Alright ^^
iirc melee LB is like 9000 potency or something
lb3, yes
and regarding it being a flat amount of damage, buffs do nothing
so don't bother
When in doubt, just use it when the boss is around 10% hp. That will more or less kill it.
Pfff thats a huge amount
At least near enough that it makes no difference.
I mean
With some specific exceptions, the only reason to not use melee LB3 on availability in 8man content is if there's a possibility the healers need it to offset a full wipe
dont fall into the dumb trap
of "wait until the boss is nearly dead"
if it looks like you'll get LB2, you can wait but
if the boss will get below 6% before you can get LB2 just LB1
^
There is nothing more stupid than LB2'ing a boss at 1% HP because you had to have the "anime finish"
With DPS that aren't phoning in, you won't see limit break charge to 3 until Stormblood
everything from ARR and HW dies too fast
An LB that overkills is an LB that's wasted
Can get it pretty often in Ifrit Hard
alexander 12 is an exception
A12 is always an exception
yeah because you need Tank LB3 to clear the fight so... you gotta
Yeah, Chrysalis (ARR trial) requires specific targeting of the LB
There is a specific target to LB
Its the very first time it happens for new playrs
So its often done wrong
usually results in at least one person being clowned on
Its clearable without lb3
Yeah it is its just a pain in the ass
Chrysalis has always been clearable
When LB3 could just remove it
Yeah it's doable, but are DF sleepers gonna do it painlessly?
You could theoretically tank lb3 it
LB3 = it doesnt matter if your tanks are clueless and dont soak meteors
because its already over
And people will have infinite time to fuck it up
Whatever, this is irrelevant though
Either way, as a melee, the LB is yours to control 99% of the time
Dont waste it
If a ranged LB's before you - usually a sign you waited too long
if a healer/tank LB's = they're being passive aggressive and you really waited too long
SAFETY DOORS
I'm 100% willing to do things that will be to my own detriment to punish stupidity
Like if i have a stack marker and there's that one guy who refuses to run to the stack? Aetherial Manipulation time.
WE GO TOGETHER
dumb question, can Deep Shadow gear be dyed?
Woah, this guy, he doesnt wash rice. How unclean.
Any reason to level gla if i swap to pala?
They have the same level
You have to level GLD to become PLD
Paladin is Gladiator but better
So yes
You gain exp as gla regardless
does this mean I Just have to complete it?
No reason to play Gladiator anymore
because you don't stop being the class
that said, there's no reason to take off your soulstone once you have it
Save your gear set with the soulstone
Dont be that guy who shows up in Brayflox as a GLD
Lul
i encountered that guy 5 times levelling my alt jobs i swear
You lul, but it happens. More commonly than you'd expect.
But i'm a GLADIATOR NOT A FILTHY PALADIN
Gear sets prevent you from doing dumb things, provided you set them up properly.
Never manually equip gear, and you dont have the problem
Brayflox: ok maybe they're new and forgot
Cutter's Cry: why
Stone Vigil: now you're just trolling
Gear sets prevent you from going into content without your soulstone. They do not, however, prevent you from not turning on your tank stance.
you mean every gunbreaker in the 61 dungeon
there is I believe is exactly one instance where you need to unequip a job stone after you acquire it
Hmmm today I will play gunbreaker in the level 61 dungeon as a new tank
Yes, exactly one. And its a dumb one too.
The unicorn mount is conjurer only quest
this is getting more #general-discussion
why does that exist i dont know
And the class you didn't get between Scholar and Summoner, you need to be arcanist to pick em up
It's info, but only tangentially related to your original question, so Kael is technically correct. 😄
This is what happens when i have a 30m estimated wait time queue and nothing to do.
😋
what is an ascian?
Best way to get viii materia?
Because that's.....kind of really really emphasized
The big bads guys
hunt trains @opal bough
mm..
Combat = Hunts + Pixie Dailies + Run Expert + (some other stuff). Crafting/Gathering = Scrips
you can also buy them from pixie beast tribe, or have a chance at getting them as drops from the lvl 80 dungeons, but hunts are by far the best way to get them
since A ranks are a good chance to drop clusters, S ranks are assured
the actual question of "okay but what exactly ARE they" won't be answered until much later Yuuko
50% chance I think, so you get 6 T8 materia per train or so, plus a ton of sacks of nuts which you can also use to get T8 materia
Thanks
2.5 ARR quests explains alot about them.
That's sort of like....if you skip that quest, you're gonna be totally clueless about the main baddies
2.4 also
oh good lord
Lore questions like that are part of the reason why we always recommend that first time players watch all the cutscenes.
There's a lot of information in there.
oh well I bet since they were sooo many :x
I cant even imagine how confusing ShB has to be for you
now I'm on the last stormblood quests, I watched all of this expansion cause they were actually so nice
I feel like this is a job for Rommie...
This is a job for the inn room, tbh
You're really going to need the backstory provided through ARR and HW in order to understand wtf is happening in ShB.
does this mean I Just have to complete it?
@nova umbra depending on the rank of the challenge you may have extra objectives like complete in certain amount of time. But c rank is usually just complete it
^
So I would recommend, as Balmerick just alluded to, going to the inn and using the Unending Journey to watch through the ARR and HW cutscenes.
That will at least give you some idea of what exactly you missed.
is there a WHM or even BLM staff that looks like yuna's?
uh, won't promise anything.. it's so hard for me to stay and watch for hours. but I get how much would it be useful
sorry asked in wrong channel
is it possible that for my msq I must have unlocked flying?
No.
Post-expansion MSQ, maybe?
I dont think so
I'm on post exp of stormblood
Where are you trying to get to
You unlock flying by a combination of
and overworld aether currents that you have to attune to, but you don't require flying to do any part of the MSQ.
Also just go unlock flying its really important
It helps save SO MUCH TIME
I'll still look around a bit there must be a way
Where. Are you trying to reach.
What zone are you in?
And where are you trying to get to?
Hien on top of something. actually give me a sec I might find the way myself
Yes
they're supposed to be not?
Shadowbringers too
And ShB ones too

They've never stopped being a thing
At least this isn't WoW
Theyre not even mildly inconveniencing
But Aether currents are fuuuun... flashback of that one Lochs current
Someone skip cutscene? Heaten
We dont shame for that here thanks
Unlocking flying in WoW is such a pain
Aether currents aren't hard, they just make me wanna commit die
I could be doing anything else
Literally anything else
Trust me, it could be much worse
Than finding magic wind pockets
They could have locked it behind beast tribe rep AND made us wait two patches.
They could've locked it behind endgame achievements too :^)
^ this guy gets it 😄
#rants or #general-discussion would be a more appropriate place for this
the sale on mog station lasts till aug 11 or 27?
27
o good, got that mixed up with the other
Patch is on the 11th
most of the aether currents have been changed so that you come across them naturally while doing MSQ
Is there like a generic tank tactics master guide for dungeons?
Mogstation sale is from 7/28 through 8/27
or while doing aether current quests
I'm so lazy about Aether Currents that I don't even pick em up when I'm next to them, lmao. I'll just do it when I unlocked all the Aether Current quests
okioki got it, thanks
!faq tankguide
Thx !
I scored 5k points in ocean fishing. Where do I pick up my minion?
jonathas in gridania
also healing done
Healing done at low HP especially
Interrupting a target's action also fills it up a little
Melee LB: Strong single target damage
Caster LB: AoE damage, it's a circle
Ranged LB: AoE damage, it's a line
Healer LB: Useless heal, but at level 3 it resses all party members in range.
Tank LB: Strong mitigation, not really used outside of extremely rare cases
so every melee lb has the same damage with it
yes
Yes
Yes. LB3's have unique animations per job though
yes
Also the size of the AoE if caster/ranged
oki thx
Healer LB3 resses all party members in range, but level 1 and 2 is only a heal
oh ya I knew that
what is mitigation tho?
ahh
for a few seconds
damn
ye it sounds pretty situational
Like Alexander: Soul of the Creator
You NEED to tank LB3 to survive its big attack
or you instantly die
cool
some other fights do that but that's the only "normal mode" fight with that mechanic
you wouldn't have wings for soul of the creator
Ah oki
unless you're doing it unsync which then it doesn't matter
in unsync 80 a deployed critlo or whm wings is sufficient
but at level you need tank lb3
Then you wipe
and you probably didnt get that far because if you got 8 brand new people who didnt look it up ahead of time then you're probably fucked
for normal mode...not really
its pretty easy to realize "Hey we need tank lb for this"
I mean, you certainly wipe the first time
yes, you would
but you wouldn't "be fucked" if you were with a full group of newbies necessarily
makes sense
and im saying that if you have 8 brand new people you probably lost half the party to the "directional shots" leading up to it since thats a mechanic that's never appeared before
Its very rare to have groups other than week 1 where everyone is new though
I’m a bit low on materias, and I’m getting a crystarium gear piece each week. More often than not I’m capped on determination / critical hit. Should I go spell speed or direct hit rate? I play both WHM and AST equally
personally i would go dh because i think more damage is better
but it's entirely up to you at that point
Damage is the best form of mitigation.
Thought so, after looking at spellspeed’s numbers it seemed to require a lot of points to be effective
For at least a reduction of 0.01s
Question.. what do you guys think about hitting level 50 from pvp (frontlines - started at level 30) and just buying the ARR msq skip from the optional items store? Would it hurt me at all.. the msq seems verryyy boring lore wise so far.
Also my msq is back in the early 30s, :/
yeah that'd be dumb. the late ARR msq provides literally the entirety of the context for heavensward
plus you'll need to go back and do crystal tower anyway so you'd not be free of it
personally wouldn't recommend it, since ARR sets a fair bit of things up
Plus you'd also lose out on the free fantasia
is it true that crystal tower will get slapped on the msq itself (like the msq will send you there)?
uh
CT is supposedly becoming required
but if you're really not having fun playing thru ARR then may as well buy the skip
Okay. Just figured I'd ask before pullin the trigger on it. Guess I'll tough it out.
ah
CT will not literally be an MSQ
it'll be similar, most likely, to how in post ARR
you can't pick up one of the msq until you've completed Titan HM
"rumors" are bullshit.
We have facts from the LL and official SE posts. Anything other than those is people just making shit up.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/88522a856a2c5dd58d84325b8b7a304e8584f88a
Confirmation here that you'll need them. Don't think they'll be converted to MSQ though. Kind of like what happened with the ARR Primals' Hard mode
Its still extremely advisable that you do CT before reaching 5.3 quests. Before reaching ShB at all.
Is CT hard or something?
Oh hmm. Sounds fun for a pally
yeah at this point the CT raids are facerolls
and they tend to pop up for alliance raid roulettes so queue times are generally not bad for them
Thanks for the info. New player here so still learning everything 🤔 so far loving frontlines. Could literally just frontlines to level 80
(But I'm a PvP nut, don't mind me)
if you find it fun great. just be warned that PvP is very much a low development priority
I'm aware. I did a trial back in 2015 or 2016 and found wolves den extremely boring. There seems to have been a lot of revamps since then though. Besides, I have a pvp partner so it makes it way more fun together ^-^
Is there a guide explaining how attributes and potency and such determine damage and hp and all of that?
it's a lot of complex math formulas outlined here http://allaganstudies.akhmorning.com/guide/damage/
Damage Dealt In the previous section, we covered numerous functions. From here on, we will incorporate those functions into equations. This first section relates to damage dealt. To make this equation easier to read, four of the ⌊ brackets have been removed. Flooring still occ...
but if you're not looking to make large rotation theorycrafting datasheets all you really need to know is that weapon damage is king, then mainstat, and your job's secondary stat priority after that
FFXIV obfuscates its combat calculations (we never really know what our exact critical hit chance is)
with enough data sampled by math wizards like the allagan studies people it can be figured out though
sure
"savage" means hardest difficulty of trials?
of raids/raid tiers
like alexander, omega, eden
harder trials are called "extreme", but they're easier than savage raids
to differentiate to the "normal" version of the raid, which is essentially story mode
I thought they were trials cause when I look up for savage stuff in YouTube I always see 8ppl killing a boss
8man raids are the norm for challenging endgame content
so savage raids and extreme trials are both 8-person single-boss encounters
24man raids are only one/casual difficulty
ahh I see thx
there are also additional even harder versions of certain bosses called Ultimate difficulty, but those are only for the truly hardcore
How many jobs did you try before you found “the one”?
1
7
They're boss gauntlets that are 16+ minutes long with extremely unforgiving mechanics
also uhhh
All of them except tanks
like 6 or 7
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What level did you guys usually get them to?
max
Before trying something else.
80
Max. Because I'm a little ocd like that
must try everything a job has to offer before deciding whether I wanna main it or not
WHM -> NIN -> DRG -> DRK -> SCH -> SMN -> BLM
yeah 7 here
Been playing BLM for nearly 2 years so I can say this is the one
I just hit 30 scholar and I’m fighting against trying something new hahah.
I think I went SMN > BRD > DRG > NIN > BLM > WHM if I'm being 100% honest about it.
You're only scratching the surface at what scholar can do
But practically speaking I have a policy that I'll try everything at least once.
Most jobs don't feel complete until 50+
1 or 2. I main BLM but then switched to DRK for the magic greatsword. But then they just made it a Warrior clone and now I play Gunbreaker, the 3.+ DRK clone
The only job I haven't properly tried is Machinist, only because my ping isn't good enough to do Hypercharge correclty and it's feelsbadman 
I single weave and clip to hell and back
Oof
I can fit in 3 heatshots, 4 if I'm lucky, when you're supposed to get 5 from my understanding
You're not trying to doubleweave, right?
It's heat gauss heat rich heat gauss heat rich etc
Nope, because of the 1.5s GCD, I clip a lot
Its 5 heatblast forgo the ricochet gauss round weaving if you cant do it
Just try to fit the heatblasts in
How are the queues for ARR raids right now? Just realised I still need to do them on one of my alts 😩
is there japanese / original voice-lines and if there are is it possible to use them on eu server?
there aren't really "original" voice lines
all of the languages are written and prepared more or less at the same time
You can change the audio dialogue in the system config settings
with that being said, yes there is an option to change the audio language
@leaden ginkgo If you mean Crystal Tower, they're fine because they're in roulette.
^ what kael said
finishing up the first storyline and it finally starts to interest me :O. now if i only knew which class to play past 50
That's true, I imagine after 5.3 hits they're gonna be packed
it gets much better as you head toward Heavensward
@left moth thanks
thats nice to hear! i kinda like the empire theme with magitek etc but i hate this endless stream of fetch this or that quests, its way worse than in any mmo i ever played
Are there any restrictions on applying glamour to gears with level gap? For example a lvl 80 on 70 gear, or vice-versa, as long as it is equippable?
Omg can you only change screenshot formats on pc? If so that's BS
you can't glamour higher level items onto lower level ones
if you can equip it you can glam it
Has to be equal or lower level than the piece you're glamouring it to
so a level 70 item can't be made to look like a lvl 80 one
but you can make a lvl 80 item look like a lv 70
patch 5.3 is going to trim down some of the excess fetch quests
You can't use a lv80 glamour on a lv70 piece
The equip level of the piece must be greater than or equal to the equip level of the glamour.
Anyone know where storage is? Inventory and armor chest are getting too full
retainers
retainers are your bank
Perfect, TY
!faq retainer
What is a retainer?
A retainer is a private NPC that will act as a personal bank for the player, holding up to 175 different items, that can be summoned to any of the Summoning Bells around the world. Retainers also act as your means to sell on the Market Board.
How to unlock a retainer
First, you must complete the quest The Scions of the Seventh Dawn then go to speak to any of the Retainer Vocates located in the market district of any of the major cities.
What are Retainer Ventures?
Ventures are the means to send out your retainers on missions to bring back items for you and can be unlocked by completing the quest 'An Ill-conceived Venture' (Ul’Dahn), (Gridania), (Limsa Lominsa)
or chocobo saddlebag
Aight ty
Btw, if you have food and potion in your bag, just sell them for Gil
You can keep some food for the exp boost
you can hire up to two retainers for free and you can get a third if you subscribe to the official app. beyond that you have to pay extra dollars (or whatever your local currency is) per month
Can you have 2 different accounts on the same PS4?
FFXIV accounts? Sure. I don't see why not. Those are tied to an email address, not your console.
You would have to buy the game twice then
SE account hasn't been tied to PSN for awhile.
wtf I didn't get the 4 faced mission complete... Which one of these is not a face direction skill? Surpanakha, Glass Dance, Bad Breath, Faze? For blue mage
Hey I have a BLU question too :P
-_-
Been trying to wrap my head around this Blue Mage "10 Ways to Die" weekly thing. I've used tons of spells on the fight in question but I can't get it to complete. Is there a list of spells that will work or something? Thanks.
you're probably using more than 10 different spells lol
Oh you might be right 
but I take it all spells count towards it. Like it doesn't matter if it's two ice spells or two thunder spells?
hm... it says unique spell types, so maybe you're right there? Idk, I just removed everything except 10 spells lol
just to be sure
yeah I'll try that, now that I think about it I've definitelly beeen whacking all those buttons.
trying to get it

Thanks for the help :)
does anyone know if using mimicry before you go inside count towards the 10 ways to die?
I'm pretty sure it only counts things casted inside the carnivale challenge
what's that TP thing? never seen it and I'm 79sam
does sleep work as an interrupt? ik some classes have stuns, but what about sleeps?
ahh okay
sleep can work as an interrupt but majority of things (especially non-trash mobs) are immune to sleep, so it's not really used
Sleep/Repose are mostly for when you've pulled too much in the overworld and need to get a mob or two off you so you can kill their friends.
In amh ararng truing to get aethet currents. Beat main story already. Cant het the one near the dungeon is the far sout west how do i get in that area?
ah, so should i learn to use it in dg's or do people just not use it
Realistically
there's an npc in twine that lets you use the trolley
Found it. Sorry im dumb lol
you should still have scathe on your hotbars, especially at low level. While it gets increasingly less favorable to use as you get to higher levels, it can still occasionally be the right choice in a given situation
I'm sooooooooo confused.. why can't I ge the 4 faced mission for the blue carnivale??? I'm using Kalstrahl, Bad Breath, Aqua Breath, and Flamethrower. All of them say "to all enemies in a cone before you"
I even swapped out the primal cone attacks because they wouldn't work before
I can glamour my retainers by taking their gear off, equipping it myself, glamouring it, then putting it back on the retainer, correct?
Yes, if they can equip the glamours
if they can equip the base gear the glamours wouldn't be an issue
i mean, once you have Triplecast there's very little reason to ever use scathe
thanks!
Even using Scathe instead of just walking is a DPS loss most of the time
Right
Because Scathe costs mana which might lose you a fire IV
That spell will not occupy a valuable spot where a keybind could be
If the boss is leaving, you don't have time to cast any spells, and you don't have any other instant casts, then that's where Scathe is good
extremely niche case
lol
100 potency versus 0
A 100 potency attack is not gonna make any functional difference except for that
It's a no brainer lol
i would say it's more like a "the boss is at 1% and theres a lot of movement, AND triple is down, AND Xeno is down, AND Swift is down"
scathe is a disgrace
i mean, if it crits and it procs then it's...okay
Even then, isnt it still worse damage than a opposite aspect 3 spell
but you cant make it do that
which unless you're literally being forced to run non-stop, you can easily get off
It is a bit silly though
when you think about it
Thaumaturge has 12 buttons associated with it. 5 of them are literally useless at higher levels
Is the next patch the last main story update before the next expansion?
No
There will be 2 more patches, which will be the setup for the next expansion
Ah ok
Blizzard 1, Fire 2, Blizzard 2, Sleep... what's the fifth? @simple shore
Scathe is still worth a slot because of what I said, I think
I have overflowing Allagan tomestones of poetics, any useful things to spend them on?
!faq poetics
ty
i'm in the free trial right now, and if I am interested in getting everything, i should get the complete edition right?
and it seems like there's a 50% off right now?
Complete Edition is everything yes. Base game + all expansions
Starter edition is just the base game (will be expanded to also include the first expac on Aug 11) and Shadowbringers includes every other expac (besides the gase game)
an update, the 4 spells I used to complete the four-faced mission for the blue carnivale were: Bad Breath, Northerlies, Aqua Breath, and Flamethrower. Kaltstrahl and the primal attacks did not work for me.
why is necessary to use armor for disciple of the hand what does it do
armor is for the stat bonuses
it boosts your crafting stats
and its not really armor, it's just clothes and mayeb some protective gear
accessories increase CP, while armor + tool/offhand increase your craftsmanship, control (and sometimes CP)
How do you search for a active and good free company ?
if you don't upgrade your armor, eventually it'll become impossible to high quality an item, or even just craft the item itself
that's pretty vague lol
Thanks
can I buy the Complete Edition, but don't apply the code and continue to play my trial until I hit lv 60, then use the code?
Yes
on pc?
yes, on pc
Oh yeah, if you buy it digital on PS4, it applies automatically
If you play on ps4 it gets linked to your account automatically i think
Since its on sale now
yeah you can just hold onto it on pc
✋
is it better than a keyboard?
It's preference
well
actual gameplay feels more comfortable and stuff but for things like menus and the chat i'll use my mouse
People play up to a very high level on either keyboard or controller
besides typing in chat (keyboard will win everytime)
I'd argue that MKB is objectively superior for certain roles.
yeah lol
Namely healer
i do fine as a healer with controller
"Do fine" is not what i am saying
thanks
how do i add hotbar
this is good, i am just a lv27 free trial now and it's boring as hell, but looking at high level gameplay it seems fun, i really hope it gets a lot better
Okay? Still not the point im making
idk how it can be "objectively better" if both ways work well for what they do
its just preference
Whatever im not arguing this because you want to argue a different point

no class truly begins coming into its own until it upgrades to a job at level 30, and they all continue to evolve until you reach max level @turbid crystal
mnk pretty much has a full kit at like 50
Uh are skysteel tools any use when the ilvl 470 tools with white scrips are almost the same and much easier to get?
the upgraded skysteel or the base skysteel
@kind eagle system > HUD layout
Upgraded ilvl 475 skysteel is only barely better than ilvl 470 white scrip tools
Both healers and both tanks in my TEA group played on controller, so you can clear whatever you want on either control scheme
you can go into character config and hotbar settings too
But max upgraded ones don't seem worth the effort from how much it takes to do it for the bare minimal improvement
It's not going to be as good as a pentamelded crafted tool but it'll be pretty damn close until the final ishgard patch
character config > hotbar settings should have it
@kind eagle HUD layout > right click to toggle a hotbar
those are the default hotbar shapes
@kind eagle there are multiple different ways to do it, but you can follow what cerberus or Industrial revolations are saying
trying to level a new class, should i be doing potd 1-10 or 51-60?
!faq altlvlguide
ah thanks!
51-60 over and over is what's optimal, if you wanna level through PotD

