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zinc orbitBOT
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wispy parcel
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and all jobs are easy to learn

jade lava
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thanks for all the help! i should probably play the game now, i've probably spent more time asking questions than playing at this point

median locust
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use #kupo-bot-spam If you're using commands

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pls

heavy talon
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Sorry! Just joined

median locust
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all good

thorny nest
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If you divorce, you only lose the ring right? I married a friend for stuff but now i want to marry this other friend-

karmic niche
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Lol

wispy parcel
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You dont lose anything but the ring

dusk drum
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you lose half your level

median locust
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lol

wispy parcel
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and your morals

dusk drum
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your ex receives the other half towardsa nother character

karmic niche
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You money too

thorny nest
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wait what

dusk drum
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your house

thorny nest
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I-

median locust
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half your real life bank account goes to them

heavy talon
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I'm just trying to figure out the purchasing process going from free trial to a paid account... I don't need to buy the base game/heavensward right? I can just buy Stormblood and Shadowbringers?

median locust
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no but it's just the ring lol

dusk drum
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you gotta pay half of their subscription

thorny nest
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no gil transfer right?

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ahhh-

twilit arch
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you still need the base game @heavy talon

wispy parcel
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No you gotta buy the whole game

twilit arch
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trial does not give you ownership of it

median locust
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If you're free trial and want to go past 60, you want to buy the Complete Edition

ashen sage
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Is there a website for controller wxhb layouts? I'm trying to find DoH/DoL ones that match this guide's for DoW/DoM
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q_i5_X01hecbCOZOIN_71zceuSjWSuaN-OJdU6ZPV6s/edit#

wispy parcel
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Complete edition gives ya everything

heavy talon
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Ahhhh gotcha.

gusty storm
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what classes are the least beginner friendly

warped nest
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Black Mage

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We have a faq just to teach how to do rotation while leveling up

gusty storm
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capital d colon

wispy parcel
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Black Mage has the highest skill cealing due to your DPS being cut in half if you move

median locust
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Most beginner friendly classes you can start as are Archer or Lancer

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Arcanist isn't bad either

wispy parcel
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Most people I know start with lancer, which becomes Dragoon

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EZ job

warped nest
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Summoner at lvl 50+ has 3 things to juggle, DWT, Ruin/pet management, dot stuff

median locust
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But the easiest DPS overall are Red Mage and Dancer, but you need to own the game and the expansions, as well as reach 50 and 60 respectively, on another class

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to unlock them

frigid cedar
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does doing dungeons while unsynced advance the progress for achievements like "to the dungeons"?

median locust
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It should yeah

frigid cedar
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thanks!

leaden ginkgo
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can small house transfer to medium or large house?

median locust
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Yes

leaden ginkgo
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thanks bb

dusk drum
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Hm I Guess no way to toggle on/off Other player names

glossy flare
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character settings -> display name settings

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in fact there are a lot of options for this kind of thing

dusk drum
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i want to turn it off/on without having go to settings

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like in WoW

glossy flare
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well holding down x will do that

dusk drum
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I rebound that key though hehe

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my guildmate said it's target filters

slate arrow
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You can set up a macro or use a chat command

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Was added in 5.2-ish

opal bolt
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Hi! I used to play this game a few years back and I used to play on PC. I want to get back into it but in PS4. Can I use my old account and do I need to spend any money to start?

dusk drum
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whats the command?

slate arrow
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/showplayernames is the command I think

glossy flare
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it's "target filters" under the system section where you rebind keys

slate arrow
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@opal bolt you will need to buy the PC starter edition + expansions

glossy flare
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just use whatever

slate arrow
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I mean PS4

dusk drum
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/showplayernames is the command I think
@slate arrow doesno't work

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@glossy flare I've rebound that one but it doesn't work

slate arrow
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User macros > show text commands

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It's definitely /show(something) so just scroll down until you hit the S section

solar surge
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My friend is on free trial and is wondering, if he buys the game, will his progress carry over from the free trial?

glossy flare
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yes

karmic light
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how do i clear sastasha if no one is playing? can it be solo-ed?

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queued for 1 hour 😦

tender merlin
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they released a 9gb patch last night?

dusk drum
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@slate arrow not found 😭

tender merlin
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or is my launcher bugging

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all of a sudden i have to download a 9gb patch D:

slate arrow
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@dusk drum /nameplatedisp (catagory) (setting)

hasty reef
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is there a best lv 50 dungeon to do for exp? Just hit 50 with an alt class

dusk drum
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ooo

obsidian patio
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Best to do aurum vale instead of the level 50 dungeons, as the experience from level 50 dungeons got tacked on when heavensward was added

slate arrow
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@hasty reef aurum vale

obsidian patio
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Same for gubal normal at level 60 and Castrum abania at 70

hasty reef
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good to know ty

dusk drum
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@slate arrow thanks!

mental garnet
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so i use challenge #4 in lord of verminion for quick challenge log completion

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is there a better minion to use than wolf pup?

rugged flicker
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Okay, ever since I moved on from Enma to Ananta, I have yet to get a single medal in eight FATEs. I gotta be doing something wrong.

faint flare
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Rng baby

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Legendary medals are average 30% drop rate

thorny nest
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So im a bard now, but it won't let me play music?

rugged flicker
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I never went two or three FATE's without getting a medal for enma.

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Eight FATE straight?

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That can't just be bad luck.

twilit arch
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it is just bad luck

thorny nest
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Why is my performance tab locked when i go to traits and performance and stuff, im a level 31 bard

twilit arch
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you need to do the unlock quest for perfomance

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its in gridania, near the amphitheater

little swift
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@karmic light if youre on Japan server open up your duty finder settings and make sure you have the japanese language enabled as well for possible party members

rugged flicker
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Nine FATEs.

little swift
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Or the game will only attempt to match you with English only players as well

jagged crow
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do you need soil every time you plant a new seed

twilit arch
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yes

regal heath
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So im on the light grind step for my anima weapon

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Any advice?

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jagged crow
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Why is getting grade 3 thalanan topsoil so hard then? it takes so long to just get 1 soil

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Seems like a waste of time

twilit arch
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you can use poetics to buy unidentifiable ore to trade for grade 3 thanalan topsoil

jagged crow
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Where can I trade?

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I know where to get the ore

twilit arch
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idyllshire

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bertana is the npc you exchange the ore for topsoil

jagged crow
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Okay

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ty

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so much

rugged flicker
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Ten FATEs.

twilit arch
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Gato, its rng. Yo-kai has always been a grindfest

leaden ginkgo
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Can someone please explain greed and need

cinder patio
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Is there a list anywhere of the average damage by class? Seen some for DPS only, but like I want to compare the healing classes or the tank classes?

twilit arch
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you can only roll on items that you can personally use as your current class/job. can greed on all items. Need takes priority over greed

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can sort of think of greed as like 1-100, and need as 101-200

leaden ginkgo
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Ohh okay, thanks. So greed is basically rng for whoever gets the item ?

twilit arch
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whoever has the higher roll gets the item, yes

chrome needle
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So I need help. My friend is on free trial and someone gave her a code for the game. She plays on ps4 but the code is 20-digits long. We don't know how to redeem it

jagged crow
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can someone tell me if this is a solid wall or if its actually a door

twilit arch
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its a door, it open/closes when something is near

jagged crow
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neat

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ty

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That's what I was looking for

granite swan
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@chrome needle Sounds like a steam code for ffxiv

leaden ginkgo
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@chrome needle did you try reedeming it on the square Enix store ?

chrome needle
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I don't see anything on SE store.
Well there's a spot on mog for a 20 digit code. Which makes me think they were given a time card

rugged flicker
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So turns out Ananta can only be obtained in 3.0 areas, peopel in here kept telling me Peaks and Fringes.

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So it's not RNG, i was tdoing it wrong.

granite swan
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A Note for Steam Users
Steam users can find their 20-digit Shadowbringers registration code

Part from searching ffxiv 20 digit code

leaden ginkgo
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Windows codes are 20 digits

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Segmented into 5 groups of 4

gleaming garnet
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I wanted to unlock Wind up Succ. Is the hunt reward turn in system not available until after the ARR story?

chrome needle
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Ok, I'll have my friend ask the stranger when they log back on. Thank you all

rugged flicker
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Guessing this means I can farm in Azys Lla?

jagged crow
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Is there a guide to gardening someone can link me to?

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I don't really understand it

twilit arch
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you need to be 2nd LT in your grand company to unlock the Hunt @gleaming garnet

split rapids
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Question, if I started a free trial before it was expanded, do I get the extra content?

raw solstice
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@rugged flicker yeah azys lla is fine. It shows in the medallium where you can farm, but in this case it's any HW zone:

regal heath
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So yeah any advice on my Anima Weapon Light grind?

rugged flicker
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Several people in here kept telling me all 4.0+ weapons were Fringes and Peaks only.

regal heath
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Cus right now its looking like 40 Brayflox runs

twilit arch
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gnb/dnc are stormblood zones

obsidian patio
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If you can get a group going then A9S (Eyes of the Creator Savage) goes by very fast

twilit arch
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rdm/sam are heavensward

obsidian patio
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I think it’s 21 runs of that which are 2-3 minutes each

regal heath
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That would require unlocking A9S though right?

obsidian patio
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Yep

regal heath
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Meaning Id have to run through all the previous ones

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Which would probably take awhile <_<

obsidian patio
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Not the previous savages, if you’re thinking that

twilit arch
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@split rapids pretty sure you do

obsidian patio
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Just have to beat Alexander normal and then unlock the savage raids from the minstrel in Mor Dhona

split rapids
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Roger that, thanks

regal heath
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and how many raids is that?

obsidian patio
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12

regal heath
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Im doing the weapon on a 78 Pala so I cant solosunyc

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and I have to use the 60 wep aswell

obsidian patio
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Can definitely still solo unsync Brayflox

regal heath
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Yeah Ive been doing Unsync Brayflox

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About 4-5 minutes per run if I get the boss skip

twilit arch
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You wouldn't want to do a9s solo anyway

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plenty of people are willing to hop into a group for it

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and can kill it in like 1min or something

regal heath
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Im just wondering if the time commitment to get that going is worth me doing it

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vs 3 hours of Brayflox spam

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Or if there was a different method, I heard something about getting a "boost" from some content

twilit arch
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iirc a9s spam takes like maybe an hour or so?

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its very much quicker than brayflox

regal heath
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Yeah but thats if I unlock a9s and then can get a group to do a9s

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Which probably wont happen considering Im on EU and my play hours are usually 1-6am =p

twilit arch
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if you're going to be doing more animas, i'd recommend atleast unlocking it eventually

regal heath
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Yeah Id just like to get this one smashed out asap

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But yeah whats this bonus I heard about?

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Read it doubles the amount of Light, but everything I found out was outdated

twilit arch
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every 2 hours, the light bonus window changes

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certain instances have their light raised to the next light tier

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So if an instance gives gentle light, if its bonus for the window it will give bright instead

regal heath
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and is there anywhere I can find that out or is it just random?

twilit arch
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no way to know which instances are in bonus until you run them

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since the light trackers these days aren't kept up to date

regal heath
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Hm could I run A1S solo savage as a 78 and would that be faster?

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Or would I have to unlock all of Alex to unlock any Savage?

twilit arch
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you would just need to do the first alex raid series (gordias) to unlock a1s

regal heath
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Whelp looks like Brayflox it is then

twilit arch
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just going to note, that while brayflox is the general recommend

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if there's another 50 dungeon you find yourself able to do faster, can do that instead

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cos if you can't do the final boss skip on brayflox consistently, may be worth looking at something else

regal heath
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Well I doubt any other dungeon is going to get close to 5 minutes right?

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I cant think of any off the top of my head

twilit arch
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ak is usually pretty quick tho i don't bother paying attention to the end-time when i run that for WT

regal heath
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Ill give it a try

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Got nothing to lose at this point

opaque pewter
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I think I asked earlier but I fell asleep.

simple shore
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I dont think so.

twilit arch
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pretty sure they weren't given as rewards

opaque pewter
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hmm..I see. they are ultra fancy.

simple shore
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If they were they'd have to have all been between 4.3 and 5.2, which i doubt.

regal heath
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Nah AK is MUCH slower than Brayflox

opaque pewter
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I will buy them. They're too fancy to not own.

granite swan
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Hm saw a forum post about people wanting fat characters ... after seeing some in ShB ... i gotta say that would be a clipping nightmare O.O

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tender merlin
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hello is there a way i can further zoom out? and where can i see my total character recommendation i recieve after i dungeon?

raven sage
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Your commendations are in the reputation tab of the character menu

tacit quest
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Where's the best place to ask for help on a quest or two?

leaden ginkgo
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How do I bring back the overlay on PS4?

raven sage
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L1 and middle pad

leaden ginkgo
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Thanks

idle sentinel
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When I look at puppet bunker in my duty finder it says rewards already recived 2/3

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What rewards is it referring to

twilit arch
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at the end of your first successful clear for the week, you get 2x cracked stellaclusters and 1x puppet's coin

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the 3rd item is winning a piece of gear

idle sentinel
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Ah ok. Ty

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I know I didnt el on anything on my first playthrough

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So couldnt figure out what the 2/3 was

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Tyty

granite swan
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ShB is officially the evilest xpac so far ... it made me get out a calculator :p

molten temple
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Is there is quick way to get to the walking sands or do you just have to walk from Horizon?

scarlet sandal
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They should have added teleport tickets

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I recall reading about it

twilit arch
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msq gives you teleport tickets

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but once you're out of those, have to tp to horizon and run/fly to it, or use the ferry in limsa near the arcanist guild

molten temple
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How is there not an atherite here

vale bluff
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i think that's actually a plot point

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but idr

twilit arch
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lore reasons, plus once you finish 2.0 you get flying

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so its really not that much of a bother

zenith bison
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For command missions is it better to full clear or just rush dungeons everytime?

slate arrow
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most of the EXP comes from the bosses

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I'd say just rush it

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but this only applies to ARR dungeons

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since HW dungeons lean towards being more linear

zenith bison
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yeah i'll try that, Thank you

granite swan
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MSQ ends up giving you more then enough Vesper Bay tickets, unless you use them for non story stuff

potent lava
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is there anything to sort of "invest" gil in for a FT player that's hit the cap, and might potentially buy the full game

granite swan
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leveling crafting class would be a good investment for later id think

leaden ginkgo
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Wuts the difference between the astro cards? Dont all of them do the same, increase dmg?

faint flare
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They give different seals at 50

leaden ginkgo
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Ahh kk

faint flare
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And the buff it gives depends on which role it is given to

small atlas
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can Garuda's Honor be upgraded to the Honor of the Vortex?

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or is that different

faint flare
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There's 3 melee cards and 3 ranged cards

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The original Arr primal weapons dont upgrade, the glowing version is crafted

small atlas
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gotcha

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spark sail
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So just got carried through Syrcus Tower, and after reading the wiki like 3 times, I am no closer to understanding any of the mechanics lol. Steep learning curve for noobs, I can only imagine how much my parties are going to hate me when I hit 80 and they are like "Wtf tank!?"

faint flare
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The crystal tower raids are pretty face rolly and the game gets better at telegraphing and standardising aoe markers

spark sail
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that is good to know

hot crane
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would my retainer be reset if I transfer to another dc?

faint flare
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No

hot crane
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ty

rugged flicker
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Why the fuck does it give you the option to decide how many cards you can buy with moogle tomestones when it won't let you buy more than one?

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You can't even buy one if you have the card in your collection, god forbid you trade it in for tokens <.<

opaque pewter
twilit arch
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no

obsidian patio
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You could probably do floating glitches to make it look like it does on the angler canvases

opaque pewter
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Damn, looks so lame without fancy frameage

halcyon willow
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So, forgive me for asking this if this is a bad topic, or something. But is there any way to recruit people? My friends and family are uh, not the type to be into this kind of game

analog gate
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is it for a FC/guild, a party, or just the recruitment code?

spice river
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are there new cities in later expansions?

halcyon willow
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The recruitment code. Like I just want to get golden chocoabo feathers

analog gate
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each expansion has new zones, and yes new cities

halcyon willow
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Alright! Is there any other method perhaps?

primal relic
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Are game setting save locally or on server?

halcyon oyster
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Does Crystal Data Center have an active raid scene?

dapper oyster
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is there any way to see or any sites where i can see armors with dyes?

twilit arch
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well for one, that set isn't dyeable

primal relic
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Nvm I don’t think settings are saved online servers GG

twilit arch
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also not aware of any set that shows off armour and how its dyed

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you have to back up your files via the backup setting at the character select screen @primal relic

primal relic
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Wha? I’ll check that out later then. Thnxs

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On a different PS4

last cape
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where are the parasols located?

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in the menus

twilit arch
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fashion accessories in the actions and traits menu

last cape
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which specific part of that menu

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general?

twilit arch
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general iirc

last cape
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don't see it

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I just used a parasol

fresh lodge
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It was moved to the character menu tab

oak smelt
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This is a long shot but maybe someone is a glamour expert here.

So im in ishgard now and i like to rp in my head a little bit at least. So i want some cold weather glamour for my char.
The ones ive identified so far are:
whisperfine woolen coat
Urban coat
the sweater
the long thick coat that the NPCs wear in the cold
the santa coat
and the poncho.

Is there anything else i can get? im 56 atm.

last cape
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once you get to post heavensward you get a nice coat

slate crow
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Why does Ixal require more ranks than the other beast tribes to get the combined story? 😑

last cape
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ARR is filled with weird archaic decisions like that

plush hound
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I think all of them were originally like the Ixal. Then the combat ones changed to start at rank 3, then they shifted them to start back at rank 1 but only go to rank 4.

twilit arch
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no

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ixali is the odd man out and started at rank 1

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well actually no you're right ARR tribes do start at neutral

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but they cap out at trusted

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ixali is weird in that it caps out at 7

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A lot of ARR's stuff is...weird and they were experimenting with how they wanted to do things

slate crow
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Trusted goes to Respected, then Honored, Then Sworn (Max), which means I’m not doing it.

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halcyon oyster
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Is there a way to copy my HUD layout and keybinds from one character to another?

twilit arch
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C:\Users\yourusernamehere\Documents\My Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn and then find the appropriate FFXIV_CHA## of the ui you want to copy, copy the dat files and then paste them into the FFXIV_CHAR folder of the alt character

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though this only works for pc, ps4 you're sol

halcyon oyster
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How do I know which number is for who?

plush hound
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@slate crow Only the Ixal goes to Sworn. The combat tribes cap at Trusted until you do the Allied Tribe questline, then all tribes go to Bloodsworn (rank 8)

twilit arch
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either look at the creation date or log into the character that's your main and mess with it to change the modified date

halcyon oyster
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Ah, I figured it out. The main has a bunch of logs.

slate crow
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@slate crow Only the Ixal goes to Sworn. The combat tribes cap at Trusted until you do the Allied Tribe questline, then all tribes go to Bloodsworn (rank 8)
@plush hound

Which seems lame to me. Why just thar one? 🤦‍♀️

halcyon oyster
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Are there any .dat files I shouldn't copy?

twilit arch
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Can copy them all to be safe, but the main ones to copy are hotbar and addon

plush hound
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Probably to incorporate as many facets as possible. Some quests require combat and some require gathering jobs

twilit arch
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like i said, ARR was just a weird experimental time for them

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HW is when things became a lot smoother and consistent

slate crow
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And I don’t feel like starting new classes just for one particular Ixal quest

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Which means ranking up would take longer

twilit arch
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if you're talking about the gathering ones, you only need the appropriate gatherer at lv1

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but either way, its something to slowly work on unless there's something you absolutely need at the higher ranks

slate crow
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Just wanting to see the Allied quests. If they’re even worth it.

static yacht
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@halcyon oyster since no one answered this, crystal has the smallest raiding scene out of primal, aether and crystal

halcyon oyster
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Is it like, anemic, or just smaller?

twilit arch
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the allied tribe quests are cute little wrap up quests. while i enjoy them, they're not something would force myself to grind beast tribes for unless you really want the glamour/emotes they give

static yacht
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Uhhhh... probably anemic tbh

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I remember someone saying that on one of the tuesdays, there were like very few savage parties up

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when tuesday is typically peak party finder day for savage raiding

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since that's reset day

halcyon oyster
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Oof.

gusty storm
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black mage is fun but also so immensely ordinary and basic

delicate stone
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where do I turn in raw triphane and beech branches? rhalgr's reach and idylshire don't seem to take em

halcyon oyster
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Any world in a data center can raid with people from the same data center, right?

remote lintel
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yes

thorny plinth
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Is there a reason why the Weapon Coffers don't work when you change your class? (Atleast for me.) I was a bard and the coffers worked fine for me and then I swapped out to Samurai and they don't work anymore, stating the coffer contains gear unequippable

true forge
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are you not supposed to be able to fly when i first enter heavensward expansion?

glad comet
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weapon coffers might be

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level locked

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@thorny plinth

honest anvil
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if i have 50 poetics that i have to spend before reset, what’s the best thing to get?

remote lintel
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@true forge no

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you need to collect currents

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and progress the msq

thorny plinth
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Alright, thank you

remote lintel
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@honest anvil poetics aren't reset

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wym

honest anvil
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no? i see a timer on the currency page?

remote lintel
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that's the weekly reset for when you can get more of the allegory ones

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you see it's capped at 450 a week

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so when it resets you can get another 450

honest anvil
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ahh, ok

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Tks

delicate stone
true forge
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on the XP bar what does the blue bar mean, like i have 90% exp so what does the blue mean

delicate stone
#

the gear from poetics is also quite good while leveling

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I think you're referring to rested exp @true forge

true forge
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what does that do?

remote lintel
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blue bar means your rested exp goes into the next lvl

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!faq restedexp

zinc orbitBOT
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Rested Experience FAQ

'Why does my EXP bar have some blue or faded yellow in it?'

That's Rested Experience, which is an extra source of bonus experience shared between all of your classes. You gradually earn this while inside a sanctuary (town or area with a major aetheryte), regardless of whether you're online or not. Sanctuaries are also indicated with a crescent moon icon near your experience bar.

'How much of a boost is it?'

The most amount of rested experience you can have at once is one and a half levels of experience. That means that lower level jobs use up the rested experience faster than higher level jobs do.

delicate stone
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You get the bonus when you earn regular exp

true forge
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ohh so thats why i was able to level when offline lol i was wondering how i got that extra level

remote lintel
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no it doesnt add exp

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it increases your exp gain from certain activities

delicate stone
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Basically, when you earn regular exp from killing things, you also convert some of your rested exp to regular exp

leaden ginkgo
#

Do you get more stuff to buy with achievement coins the more you progress ?

delicate stone
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It's also consumed by crafting / gathering

halcyon oyster
#

Do y'all make extra characters, or just have one main?

true forge
#

oh okay make sense ty

remote lintel
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1 alt

halcyon oyster
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Yea, I kinda wanted to make an alt, and then I did it and I remembered how much I've actually accomplished already, even w/o being in current content.

remote lintel
#

not having the stuff I accumulated sucks but it's w/e

cinder maple
#

are ast's cards all the same now?

halcyon oyster
#

Well, I meant more unlocking everything and doing the MSQ and having other jobs leveled.

remote lintel
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oh I bought level and story skip for it

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and it was on a preferred world

delicate stone
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3 of them are melee cards, 3 are ranged

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but yes, all of them just give % dmg

halcyon oyster
#

Was thinking of starting a new character on another data center, since apparently Crystal has no one doing endgame stuff there?

cinder maple
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oh they changed it?

halcyon oyster
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Yea. I kinda preferred old Ast.

delicate stone
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an easy way to tell if it's ranged or melee is look at the color of the border of the card; im color blind so idk which color is which...

remote lintel
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crystal has a lower raiding population

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purple is ranged

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blue is melee

cinder maple
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yeah i guess it's easier now? but the old one was definitely more fun tryna remember all the colors

delicate stone
#

sleeve draw also only gives you one card now :<

remote lintel
#

it's not too bad

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the waiting for draw cooldown sucks

delicate stone
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yeah, tbh it's a good change cuz old sd was hell for controllers

cinder maple
#

what's with the game gradually making it "easier"

delicate stone
#

but i do wish we got to sd more often

remote lintel
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they made it so that rng didn't dick us over as much as old ast

cinder maple
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but that's what made ast fun no? hahaha

delicate stone
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mhm, it used to be like 86% chance of the 3 seal div opener, now it's 99% i think

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yeah, i felt the business of ast was fun, but i can see it being unfairly hard for controller players to have to pull that opener off

remote lintel
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the old opener?

delicate stone
#

the 5 card opener

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5 cards w/ 2 rerolls

remote lintel
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nah

delicate stone
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i never played on controller, so i can't say personally; maybe ppl just wanted to see the silver lining the day the patch hit xD

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honest anvil
#

What’s the gameplay of crafting like? Are there a lot of fetch quests? What’s the grind like?

remote lintel
#

crafting is like combat in that you use skills on your hotbar

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the class quests arent bad

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you can level all crafters from 20-80 in several hours with the firmament

delicate stone
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Gathering quests are all fetch quests, but they're not that bad and if you want to spend gil you can buy most of the class quest turnins

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'fetch' in the sense that you have to gather and deliver lol

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Crafter class quests also have you craft certain items and turning them in

shell walrus
#

im in ul'dah doing seasonal quest, and suddenly there's fireworks in sky

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what event is that?

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so nice

remote lintel
#

moonfire faire i believe

twilit arch
#

no

remote lintel
#

wait no

twilit arch
#

rising

remote lintel
#

thats just the rising

shell walrus
#

what's that?

twilit arch
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anniversary event

remote lintel
#

the ff14 anniversary event

delicate stone
#

Crafting is pretty fun, you have a rotation like cerberus said, but you can make a crafting macro to automate your rotation

remote lintel
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i hate crafting haha

halcyon oyster
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What's the firmament?

delicate stone
#

Gathering doesn't have as much of a rotation, but it's relaxing

honest anvil
#

Is there a more in-demand crafting job? or just, easier to start with?

delicate stone
#

Firmament is Ishgard restoration

remote lintel
#

you level all of them at once llauqs

delicate stone
#

self-contained source of leveling for gatherers and crafters

polar hound
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^ most people will level all crafters at once, they compliment each others crafts and you can share gearsets as you go

remote lintel
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leveling one at a time is more expensive

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since each crafters uses resources from the others

delicate stone
#

you gather items that are only used for firmament crafting, and firmament crafted items are turned in for firmament currency

halcyon oyster
#

Oh neat. Do you have to be in Shadowbringers content to unlock the restoration?

remote lintel
#

no

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patch 3.3

delicate stone
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yeah all the crafters are interconnected and share the same gear (aside from main and off hand)

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restoration is HW content, but it has turnins that scale up so you could do your entire leveling there if you wanted

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er, i should say different tiers of turnins

polar hound
#

you need to be 20+ for firmament is all

remote lintel
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15+ for gatherers

polar hound
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and have it unlocked of course

shell walrus
#

that music that plays in the rising, what is it?

remote lintel
#

answers - reprise

delicate stone
#

Also, don't forget to do hq gc turnins, those give a ton of exp

shell walrus
#

it reminds me of this old alt rock band, forgot name

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very good

honest anvil
#

can someone link me to the most up to date guide to crafting? pls

polar hound
remote lintel
#

get the doh/dol role

twilit arch
#

10 for gatherers

polar hound
#

oh wow

remote lintel
#

oh

delicate stone
#

there are more fun ways than firmament only tho

remote lintel
#

i recommend doing beast tribes when you can as you level your crafters

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the ones you want anyway

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then you can get mounts and stuff while leveling

shell walrus
#

thank you all

delicate stone
#

site loads a bit slow tho :/

halcyon oyster
#

Is Egi short for something?

delicate stone
#

I wouldn't worry about crafting and gathering until you finish the msq though cuz it can cost a lot of gil... the msq gives you a good chunk of change that you can reinvest into doh/dol

remote lintel
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@halcyon oyster egi means "essence of something"

delicate stone
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and crafting can be very expensive if you dont gather your mats

twilit arch
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egi is an allag word that translates to pure/essence

remote lintel
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so ifrit-egi means essence of ifrit basically

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i always thought it was pronounced edgy

lilac flume
#

whats a good thing to donate to enclave now that the demicrystal price was nerfed?

halcyon oyster
#

So what's this anniversary event? I don't remember seeing it on the launcher.

remote lintel
#

it's 2 quests

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about a guy doing an art show

sage remnant
#

any1 have any better suggestions for better hotbar setup? i feel like im missing out on not having q and e in hotbar

halcyon oyster
#

How long does the Road to 70 buff last?

remote lintel
#

90 days unless your world is still preferred after 90 days

woeful nacelle
#

Do they add new tiers of materia just at the beginning of expansions or will they add another tier in a coming patch?

brave ravine
#

is there anyway to make it so a button/icon/sound-play when a proc on an ability occurs during combat? Constantly looking at the ability bar during boss fights is diverting too much attention

twilit arch
#

at the beginning of expacs @woeful nacelle

remote lintel
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put a copy of the skills on an extra hotbar and make it huge

woeful nacelle
#

Speaking of making things more visible is there a way to make personal dots more apparent to keep track of?

analog gate
#

you can split the enemy HP bar, take the buff/debuff bar and enlarge it

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basically change your HUD layouts

deft quiver
#

what is road to 70 buff?

remote lintel
#

your dots should be green and the first ones listed

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doubles exp @deft quiver

sage remnant
#

its double exp for new accounts

twilit arch
#

for new characters on a preferred world

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its not specifically for new accounts

sage remnant
#

oh yeah that was the distinction

warped nest
#

Even if you have sub for 3-4 years

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If you make a new character right now on a preferred world, you still get it

arctic mesa
#

anyone know where I could trade a PC complete edition key for a steam shadowbringers key? Sites or people they might know.

warped nest
#

Best recommendation I can give is to ask in r/ffxiv

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Do whatever is necessary to make sure the trade is honored

arctic mesa
#

@warped nest , Thanks, i'll give that a shot and put a post there

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yea i'm a little bit iffy about it but want to try and cut my losses

warped nest
#

Like checking and making sure the reddit user is active on r/ffxiv etc

arctic mesa
#

i'm not super active on there since I don't know much about it so i probably look super suspicious also xd

warped nest
#

Fair, but it is worth a shot.

arctic mesa
#

yea. Might as well post and hope for the best

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so confusing with the steam vs pc edition.. since steam is on pc

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lol

warped nest
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Good luck

arctic mesa
#

thanks!

halcyon oyster
#

So, in the lore, are there a bunch of these Souls that give Jobs? Or is the WoL the only one who has them?

heady bramble
#

hey guys, I'm new to FF and my inventory is finally starting to fill up. Should I be keeping my ingredients or just sellf them off? (sinew etc.)
Idk what I should be keeping

warped nest
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Potions, you can sell.
Food, you can use if you wanted the 3 percent exp buff, even if the food is buffing stats that doesn't benefit your current class, the small exp boost is good enough

remote lintel
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sell the crafting mats you dont need

warped nest
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Btw

granite swan
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@halcyon oyster blue mage and red mage atleast show them, blue mage even sells em to random npcs :p

warped nest
#

!faq retainer

zinc orbitBOT
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Retainer Guide

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)

heady bramble
#

Yeah I've been keeping the food and using them, but i have like 10 other meats idk what to do with

remote lintel
#

sell them

twilit arch
#

@halcyon oyster no, soul stones are like uhh...a rosetta stone or a youtube video. Most of them have like memories and information on that job on the stone

remote lintel
#

a flash drive directly into your brain

twilit arch
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you don't technically need to eh soul stone to be a job, for most of them. its just a quicker means of learning the tricks of the trade

warped nest
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Soul stone is the FF equivalent of a wuxia martial art scroll?

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@heady bramble read up about the retainer

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They are NPC you hire to keep items/gils for you

heady bramble
#

Ah I've been using them, but mainly to store my equips

warped nest
#

Cool cool

heady bramble
#

when should I start sending them out for ventures?

remote lintel
#

asap

heady bramble
#

O..

warped nest
#

Whenever, sending them out for venture doesn't stop you from accessing their storage

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Take note that they cannot out level you in the same class

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So if you have a Gladiator Retainer, they can only go as high as your Gladiator/Paladin

heady bramble
#

Does it matter what class they are?

bold flume
#

Does bard have solid support or is that kinda a nobody has that situation

remote lintel
#

not for combat

heady bramble
#

I only have GLD/ROG/FSH

remote lintel
#

1 combat and 1 gatherer

granite swan
#

@warped nest Does it say that in game? I thought it was weird my chibi never went past 1 lol

remote lintel
#

@bold flume it has raid buffs yes

warped nest
#

Combat retainer are all the same

halcyon oyster
#

Bard has good support. If you're looking for a more supporty job that isn't a healer, I'd say Dancer.

warped nest
#

Miner, Botanist, and Fisher retainer are different in what they can bring back

bold flume
#

About to unlock it and I see “1 % damage buff to teammates” and I’m kinda like really?

heady bramble
#

Is there one I should aim for firsT?

warped nest
#

@bold flume in a 8 player party

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You buff 7 other teammates

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So....

bold flume
#

Oh shit true

remote lintel
#

@heady bramble whichever

bold flume
#

I’ve only been doing 4 player stuff so far

brazen dawn
#

Does winning a greed roll in a weekly award limit count as your item for that week?

twilit arch
#

yes

warped nest
#

Yes

brazen dawn
#

crap

warped nest
#

Rolling need/greed has nothing to do with the loot limit

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Getting loot does

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Doesn't matter how it is acquired

brazen dawn
#

should have checked before I ran puppets bunker for the first time...

remote lintel
#

i mean reset is tomorrow so

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today technically

warped nest
#

Isn't weekly reset happening like in a few hours

remote lintel
#

yes

halcyon oyster
#

Is that a raid or dungeon or something?

remote lintel
#

24 man raid

warped nest
#

Alliance raid

remote lintel
#

for shadowbringers

brazen dawn
#

^

warped nest
#

Lvl 80

halcyon oyster
#

Ah, the Yokotaro one?

remote lintel
#

yes

heady bramble
#

If... my aim is minions, is there a specific venture I should choose?

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or do all the gatherer ventures reward the same?

twilit arch
#

it depends on the minion, tbh

warped nest
#

There are 3 types:

  • normal (?) venture: you commissions the retainer to go hunt specific resources like ores, or plants
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Then there is quick and 18 hour ventures, with RNG reward pulled from a pre-made list

twilit arch
#

thought technically you can pull minion from quick venture, the 18hr ventures are probably better idea if you're hunting for the retainer specific minion as its less of a pool to draw from

remote lintel
#

normal venture is hunting/botany/mining

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/fishing

warped nest
#

Take note that in normal venture, retainer cannot gathered items you haven't gathered yourself

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So if you want say... Silver ore, your Miner retainer can't be sent out to gather them until:

  • you gather it once
  • the Miner retainer need to reach a certain level to see the option
heady bramble
#

O..

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hmmm, i might as well start with combat first then

#

is there much point to the combat classes then?

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since there's so many options

remote lintel
#

it doesnt matter what job they are

heady bramble
#

I can just stick to one the whole playthrough

remote lintel
#

you can change your retainers job at lvl 50

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to a promoted one

warped nest
#

Take note that your retainer cannot out level you in the class/job

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Retainer doesn't follow the same class - job promotion restrictions either

heady bramble
#

Ahhh okay thanks guys

warped nest
#

Your Gladiator Retainer can just become any Job

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But there is a trade off

#

To "swap" job, you need to reset the retainer to a lvl 1 class, and level them up again

heady bramble
#

ah damn, so it loses all progress?

remote lintel
#

if you want to change its job again

heady bramble
#

hang on.. i don'thave any low level equips cos i sold them all. And my retiner is level 1.

warped nest
#

Doesn't really matter

heady bramble
#

Oh

warped nest
#

If you need more gear to meet item level requirements later on

remote lintel
#

they can do the low lvl ventures practically naked

warped nest
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Just buy from npc store

heady bramble
#

cool cool thanks so much

leaden ginkgo
#

I am having trouble with trying to open ff14. All I get is a black screen after logging in. I am also on mac

twilit arch
#

@tender estuary

tender estuary
#

did you download the 64 bit client

#

and what are your specs of your mac

leaden ginkgo
#

My specs are
MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020)
processor 1.1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5

#

memory 8 GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4
graphics Intel Iris Plus Graphics 1536 MB

#

do you need any other specs? Also how do I check if it's 64 bit or 32 bit

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misty acorn
#

Question: is there any way to get white scrips outside of custom deliveries?

#

there is conflicting information

twilit arch
#

from lvl 80 house of splendors turn ins

vocal shell
#

How many weeks does it take to max out a custom delivery client's satisfaction

split apex
#

can I get some help to get the PLD relic weapon

tender estuary
#

@leaden ginkgo that mac probably isnt fast enough to run the game

#

I've seen a lot of people say they couldnt run the game cause they didnt have a dedicated graphics processor, only the integrated intel one

leaden ginkgo
#

Gotcha. Thank you

tender estuary
#

you can try contacting SE officially and see what they recommend but yeah I dont think a MacBook Air can really run the game cause it probably isnt supported

leaden ginkgo
#

Great. I will look into later today

heady bramble
#

there's a lot of blue lvl 50 quests at Mohdona, should I be doing them all? (in the new waking sands area)

remote lintel
#

most of them unlock hard mode dungeons

rough horizon
#

Can I please have some help, I can't find a mentor

#

I'm on aether and really would appreciate if anyone can help invite to NN

smoky glade
#

use shout chat to ask for invite in a populated area like limsa

lucid grove
#

is it random who gets chain in e8s for LR?

umbral lance
#

Does materia melded into elemental eureka gear affect stats while in eureka at all?

regal heath
#

Is it possible to reattain Anima weapons once youve progressed to the next tier?

#

I want to finish my Aettir Lux but I prefer the look of Aettir

twilit arch
#

yes, you can buy replicas of previous stages from the restoration node in azys lla

regal heath
#

Nice, ty

sharp spire
gloomy ice
#

Yes, that highlighted option should uncap frame rate. As for the second picture, the top determines how many PCs, NPCs, pets, companions, etc. can be displayed at once. The bottom is the limit for how many in game windows you can have open. Things like your friend list, quest journal, and so on.

sharp spire
#

oh

#

thanks!

#

is there a way to display fps and ping

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gloomy ice
#

FPS is shown in the System Config window but I don't think there's a way to display it anywhere else. Ping isn't shown in game.

sharp spire
#

thanks!

celest bison
#

@leaden ginkgo @tender estuary hm weird cuz my Macbook Air can run the game fine. its a bit slow so i had to modify graphic settings, but other than that the game runs fine for me

granite swan
#

But does yours have anywhere near as low specs as his did?

celest bison
#

uh

#

lemme check

#

hmm, im curious what OS version are u using? @leaden ginkgo

#

cuz depending on which OS version, it sometimes doesnt work with some games so idk

leaden ginkgo
#

Give me a second

celest bison
#

hm i really need to get a new laptop huh, my laptop is like 5 years old now lol

leaden ginkgo
celest bison
#

ofc... Catalina...

#

idk if the game can run on Catalina OS

#

but ive heard that some games cant run on Catalina OS

leaden ginkgo
#

Just my luck. I am assuming that their is know way to revert to an older system. Or do I just have to hope the next update supports Catalina

celest bison
#

so in case the game cant run on Catalina OS, there are few options: downgrade it to previous OS version that supports the game or run Bootcamp Assistant for Windows and get Windows version of FFXIV

leaden ginkgo
#

Is bootcamp basically wine? Or is that a different program?

regal heath
#

For the Best Friends Together Anima Weapon step for the Lux version

#

Im assuming I can solo all of the content unsync?

twilit arch
#

hm the last 3 might be a bit tedious to solo

#

but yeah the rest of it should be fine

celest bison
#

kinda, but Bootcamp Assistant is included on Mac so you can go to System preferences and you should see Bootcamp Assistant then click that to begin the process

regal heath
#

Can always group for those I guess

celest bison
#

oh apparently, i just looked up on their SE website and OS Catalina does support Mac

#

so idk whats the issue

regal heath
#

I aint giving up until I get Lux now, did 3 steps today god damnit, even grinded all the Light in Brayflox

#

._.

leaden ginkgo
#

Maybe I downloaded the wrong file on accident. Which would be just wonderful. Time to check

frank wigeon
#

hey if i just got to max level 80 crafter but have no gear will a ilvl 430 be enough tos tart getting yellow crafter scrips?

regal heath
#

You can get those before you hit 80 I believe

crimson wind
#

actually for Lux do you have to exit with the weapon or kill with the weapon

regal heath
#

If its anything like the Gatherers

frank wigeon
#

where do i get them?

regal heath
#

While equipped for the Lux

#

I do it in Idlyshire

#

I mean it says "While equipped overcome" which if its similar to the other completion steps, might only need it on exit

untold sand
#

any ways to regen gp somewhat?

regal heath
#

You can use Potions to do it

#

I say potions, they're called Cordials

celest bison
#

u can use GC seals to purchase Cordials to regen GP

regal heath
#

You can buy them from GC vendor and the fate vendors

celest bison
#

yh

#

that

regal heath
#

urm what are they called

twilit arch
#

cordials

celest bison
#

u just said Cordials lol

regal heath
#

No I mean the name of the currency for the Fate vendor

#

It's completely gone out of my head

celest bison
#

gemstone?

regal heath
#

Yeah something Gemstones

twilit arch
#

bicolour gemstone traders

regal heath
#

^

celest bison
#

close enough

granite swan
#

Can i solo all of this job type quest thingy i need in ShB?

twilit arch
#

the role quests?

#

yes, they're intended to take place of the job quests for shb

granite swan
#

Ah

regal heath
#

Its entirely soloable yes

untold sand
#

another question does teleporting to home cost gil?

regal heath
#

You mean with Return?

untold sand
#

ye

regal heath
#

No

warped nest
#

Return to your Home Aetheryte

untold sand
#

well then here ive wasted 500-600gil when i teleport to my grand company

warped nest
#

Is not the same as Teleport to a Home Aetheryte

#

Return is on a longer cooldown

regal heath
#

500-600gil isn't a big deal

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I wouldnt sweat it

gloomy mortar
#

What to spend excess Tomestones of Phantasgoria? Megalania skin for astethe tools?

regal heath
#

I zip around the map all the time and always seem to be making profit without putting any effort into making money

icy palm
#

What is veneration used for?

warped nest
#

@gloomy mortar good choice

plain sky
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is there no such thing as a hunting log for Astrologian...?

warped nest
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Nope

plain sky
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:/

warped nest
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Hunting log only exist for ARR classes

ivory pewter
#

hey i just unlocked true north for my drg i main tank what does true north do?

plain sky
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then how am I supposed to level up now that I just unlocked it

twilit arch
#

healers have quick queues

warped nest
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Give positional bonus

regal heath
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Duties are a good start for leveling

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That or take it into POTD

twilit arch
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so do your daily roulette once a day for the daily, and then spam highest lvl dungeon

plain sky
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man.... really?

regal heath
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I would say Dungeon spam is best bet though

plain sky
#

that sounds tediously boring

warped nest
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Hunting log never give enough exp to level anything to max

regal heath
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Welcome to alt job leveling for Final Fantasy?

warped nest
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I dunno how you get that idea

plain sky
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😐

regal heath
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It's kinda boring, then you get to 50 and everything gets okay

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You will do most alt jobs on the side as you play

ivory pewter
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i didnt understand the purpose behind true north why would i use it?

warped nest
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You can hit positional stuff, but doesn't need to stand in those positions

twilit arch
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it give you positional bonuses even if you aren't able to hit the proper positionals

warped nest
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It get useful later on

regal heath
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If you can't hit your positionals or fancy being lazy

twilit arch
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so if you're forced in front of the boss, you can pop true north

warped nest
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When the boss drop AOE left and right

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And cut you off from your positional

regal heath
#

Good True North usage is a good DPS gain

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Also for soloing stuff its just a flat damage boost

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Especially on a DRG

ivory pewter
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i main tank and do end game stuff so if im understanding true north right now it lets my use my close range abilitys far away from bosses right?

warped nest
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No

twilit arch
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no

ivory pewter
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and a damage buff?

twilit arch
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!action twin snakes

zinc orbitBOT
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**Twin Snakes** : lvl 18 PGL MNK (2.5 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Delivers an attack with a potency of 150.
170 when executed from a target's flank.
Can only be executed when in raptor form.
Additional Effect: Increases damage by 10%
Duration: 15s
Additional Effect: Changes form to coeurl
Duration: 15s

warped nest
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Do you understand Positional?

regal heath
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No, it lets you use abilities that have bonus effects from the flank or behind anywhere and still get the bonus

warped nest
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!faq Positional

zinc orbitBOT
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Visual Example of Positionals
twilit arch
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if you notice on this skill, it says "170 when executed from a target's flank."

gloomy ice
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No, some skills are dependent on hitting from the side or behind. True North lets you get the bonuses from hitting back or side without actually being in the right position.

twilit arch
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so if you use the skill while at the flank, it increases the potency of the skill

gloomy ice
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Range still applies but where you hit will not with True North

ivory pewter
#

oh that makes perfect sense now got it

twilit arch
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if you don't hit it from the flank, its 150

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true north would make it so it doesn't matter if you're flank or not, you still get flank bonus

warped nest
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Basically, under True North, you just get Positional bonus right away

regal heath
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The reason I said it was a damage boost on DRG for solo, is because 2 of your hardest hitting abilities get bonus damage from the flank, which generally isn't possible to hit when you're solo leveling ect

ivory pewter
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yep lets me get better backstab or side stab now

regal heath
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True North lets you get that positional bonus when soloing

gloomy ice
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Btw bosses that have closed target circles generally have positional bonuses always applied.

ivory pewter
#

gotcha

warm marten
#

Hello, thinking about coming back to the game (last thing I remember was fighting Bismarck, and amazingly enough, managed to avoid all story spoilers all these years).

I've heard about the over-simplification that Storm/Shadowbringers brought to the game. Is this over-simplification enough to where I can do the 24-man casual Raids:

  1. Without any UI?

  2. If UI is turned completely off, do I still see ground indicators?

  3. If no UI is still difficult even in 24-mans, what turning off all damage numbers should be ok at least, right?

  4. All the above + controller?

This assumes no 8-mans

sharp spire
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does leveling involve a lot of open world mob-killing? and does going long range classes have any advantage early in the game?

regal heath
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Range advantage is a thing, but not worth picking a class over

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It gets almost completely removed by midgame imo

gloomy mortar
#

How do you unlock vendor to Phantasgoria tomes? I’m in Eulmore and he says go away

analog gate
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How do you unlock vendor to Phantasgoria tomes? I’m in Eulmore and he says go away
@gloomy mortar finish shb

regal heath
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There is a fair bit of mob killing but the game is a Story MMO

sharp spire
#

is gladiator/paladin a good starting class

regal heath
#

They are a good start class yeah

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Tanky, okay damage and eventually you become unkillable with your self heals

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But I would reccomend checking out all the classes, most of them are new player friendly

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and some of them are only available after you've hit certain points in the story

bitter frost
#

is the trial now level 60?

regal heath
#

Yes

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Trial is until the end of Heavensward

bitter frost
#

sweet ty 🙂

leaden ginkgo
#

So currently

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What can you not recover, gear wise, if you delete it?

#

I imagine a mix of mogstation and event items?

sharp spire
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yes i'm mostly interested in dragoon, paladin and bard

nova umbra
#

I thought they made it so you don't have to go through this?

#

is it a setting?

regal heath
#

Anything thats super important you can get back from a vendor in the game

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Or not even super important, job gear, quest rewards, event items can all be reobtained

leaden ginkgo
#

Cash shop items too?

#

Or not?

regal heath
#

What cash shop item would you delete?

leaden ginkgo
#

None but

#

Its more a curiosity

#

Like, for example, Eastern Socialite

regal heath
#

I dont even know if you can delete cash shop stuff

leaden ginkgo
#

The cash shop exclusives

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Its good to know anyways

twilit arch
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cash shop items have to be rebought

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if you tosst hem

woeful knot
#

Can CC's effect bosses?

#

Stuns, Silences, Interrupts.. etc/

willow ore
#

Is there a point where the game introduces crafting/gathering to me or can I do that at a point where I have the resources to invest?

twilit arch
#

crafting and gathering is entirely optional

willow ore
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Cool, then I'll do it when I find time.

plain sky
#

is it possible to have a macro show the description of the ability I have macrod?

slate arrow
#

@woeful knot depends on the boss but for the most part past A Realm Reborn only Interrupts can effect the boss

#

@plain sky no

plain sky
#

😦

regal heath
#

They completely remove the ability to stun bosses in post-ARR do they not?

slate arrow
#

for the most part yes

regal heath
#

Maybe even before that

#

I wouldn't rely on stunning bosses

slate arrow
#

the first time stun immunity comes up is vs garuda

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And then it's just kinda permanent from then on since you could skip a few health checks

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I know ifrit's raidwide you can stun to skip

woeful knot
#

Coming from WoW you couldn't stun anything in a dungeon except trash, and silences or interrupts didn't effect any boss. Was curious, as a tank if that something I need to be concerned about

slate arrow
#

Just make sure you have interrupt and you should be good

leaden ginkgo
#

There is

regal heath
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There is substantially less interupting of bosses in vs WoW

leaden ginkgo
#

One boss you can stun in HW Dun Scaith, but its more than anything, a call back to its Dungeon Appearance

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Just dun assume you can stun

sharp spire
#

uh what is lodestone and what is mogstation

warped nest
#

Bosses has attacks that can be interrupted, but these are few and far between

sharp spire
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too many websites

slate arrow
#

!faq interrupt

gloomy ice
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Tanks and Ranged Physical DPS can interrupt specific casts though. You'll know which if their cast bar is pulsing.

zinc orbitBOT
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Interrupt
warped nest
#

Lodestone is news portal

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Mogstation is your XIV subscription account management

sharp spire
#

are both official sites by se?

slate arrow
#

yes

warped nest
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Yes

deft vortex
#

Can I return to the game without a subscription and play up to 60? I was subscribed before

twilit arch
#

no

#

you need to buy a sub to play if you've paid for the game

deft vortex
#

thats sad

analog gate
#

can two tanks queue together into a 24-man so they get in different alliances?

green grail
#

dont think so

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you might need to form an alliance before queueing

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but you need 3 people for that iirc

#

maybe through a private 24-man PF lol

analog gate
#

that actually sounds interesting

#

i'll try that later, ty

zinc orbitBOT
#
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upper pendant
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Hello so I'm lv 55 DRG and haven't started any other classes, is it ok for me to switch to gunbreaker and continue playing and the msq with it as my main class? Also is tanking hard ;-;?

green grail
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if you wanna play it then play it

thick yacht
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Tanking isnt hard

green grail
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start with hall of the novice for tanks, try some guildhests, lower level dungeons

ivory pewter
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yep play what you want

thick yacht
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Just needs to know fight mechanic

upper pendant
#

Ohh ok so then I can learn most of those in the hall?

green grail
#

well the basics, yeah

warped nest
#

Another more crude, but effective method to learn Gunbreaker, on top of the previous written advice

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Would be going to a striking dummy

upper pendant
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Cos I don't want to ruin any raids or dungeons in the future >.<

ivory pewter
#

yep some mechanics will be dungeon wise exclusives

warped nest
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And practice your skills while reading tooltips

thick yacht
#

I started playing ffxiv with paladin tho. Feels alot easier

sharp spire
#

are there other options to auto run other than holding down LMB and RMB

shrewd owl
#

R key is auto run

upper pendant
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The r key

regal heath
#

You can rebind it in Keybinds

upper pendant
#

Okie anyway thank you guys! ♥️

sharp spire
#

hmm i see. you still need to hold down rmb

limpid sorrel
#

How diffrent is a paladin compared to a gunbreaker? Planning on switching soon but but hesitant on re-learning a job

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Level 53

woeful knot
#

Coming from BDO, and WoW... FFXIV community appears to be alot more unique and sincere. Sorry for the off topic comment!

green grail
#

the tanking basics are generally the same with tank stance and an aoe combo but the single target rotation is widely different

gloomy ice
#

Up until the mid 60s they're practically identical imo. Some slight differences here and there but they don't become too pronounced until you get closer to your full kit.

slate arrow
#

PLD and GNB are basically the same except GNB you want to remember to use burst strike to not overcap and gnashing fang combo on cooldown

woeful knot
#

I just hit 50 and trying to do the MSQ but my ilevel is to low? Any quick ways to raise it? Are there any class sets I could glamour as well, at this low of a level?

slate arrow
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Buy the Ironworks set from one of the poetics vendors

limpid sorrel
#

I see, thx guys!

slate arrow
#

Either in mor Dhona or near one of the big city aetherytes

woeful knot
#

Fresh, fresh new here. Only been playing a week. Ah more dhona poetics vendor

#

Currency, poetics?

slate arrow
#

Tomestones are endgame currency

#

Poetics are used for old expansion endgame items

gloomy mortar
#

What is Solarite and Thunder Rock used for? There’s no entry on the wiki. Just collectibles?

slate arrow
#

aetherial reduction

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mainly used to get aethersand required for level 80 master book crafts

granite swan
#

oooh i get noice lv 80 gear for doin the role stuff? I thought i got jipped since it never gave nothin lol

woeful knot
#

Where do I accumulate poetics?

slate arrow
#

level 50, 60, or 70 content

#

Also Roulettes, once you unlock them

open rivet
#

Is there a list of which SE Store item-codes are still valid (& available from the SE Store)?

woeful knot
#

Oh I see the 50 dungeons drops poetics, Just got to get the ilevel up to join in

slate arrow
#

You should be able to unlock The Wanderers Palace, which was a 2.0 dungeon

#

The item level requirement for that dungeon was 45, I think?

#

If you've been doing your Job Quests, you should have a set of item level 90 gear for your left side

woeful knot
#

Trying to do Castrum Meridianum, ilevel 42

slate arrow
#

Oh, gotcha

warped nest
#

What Industrial said about Job quest

slate arrow
#

Well, shortest and easiest way is to just buy some cheap stuff off the marketboard

#

That and doing your Job Quests

warped nest
#

Do Job Quest first

slate arrow
#

which grants ilevel 50 gear, and a coffer with item level 90 gear when you use the coffer

woeful knot
#

I had forgot about those, got so lost in the MSQ. Thanks!

warped nest
#

the i90 armors should be more than enough to push you to the average i42

slate arrow
#

Please don't skip your job quests

warped nest
#

Unless you wear no accessories (even then...)

woeful knot
#

Oh I guess I did do them... im on my level 50 Job quest

slate arrow
#

Okay, so just do the quest and turn it in

#

Then open the coffer and equip the ilvl 90 set

open rivet
#

Please don't skip your job quests
Don't look at my charsheet then Kappa
btw. about the hw soundtrack, it says on the SE Store page the niddhogg minion code is only for first-print.
I assume that means if I were to order now I don't get a code with it?

tawdry otter
#

jet black dye is only buyable via mogry kiosk or for to much money in auction house right?

slate arrow
#

it's a green rarity dye so only via retainers, FFXIV Online Store, Gold Feather RAF exchange, or the Marketboard, yes

woeful knot
#

Is there any skill that replaces total eclipse for PLD?

marble drift
#

No

granite swan
#

Once ive done the role quest, is that lv 80 gear for every job of that type?

slate arrow
#

yes

woeful knot
#

Circle of scorn is part of the AOE rotation then?

slate arrow
#

It's part of your general DPS rotation

#

You use it on cooldown regardless

warped nest
#

Ability are used in both AOE and Single Target rotation

#

Even if they are single target or AOE

#

The only exception are abilities that shared resources or cooldown as they are the aoe/st counterpart of each other

marble drift
#

!action Edge of Shadow

zinc orbitBOT
#
**Edge of Shadow** : lvl 74 DRK (3000 MP) (2.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 500.
Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10%
Duration: 30s
Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s.
Shares a recast timer with Flood of Shadow.

marble drift
#

!action Flood of Shadow

zinc orbitBOT
#
**Flood of Shadow** : lvl 74 DRK (3000 MP) (2.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 300 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10%
Duration: 30s
Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s.
Shares a recast timer with Edge of Shadow.

marble drift
#

like those 2

warped nest
#

Thanks Silverhand

woeful knot
#

Ah

warped nest
#

Otherwise, Ability are free damage you can squeeze in

#

There is no need to consider if they are AOE or single target, usually

woeful knot
#

Thoughts on samurai? As a first DPS?

warped nest
#

You will be fine...

slate arrow
#

Read your tooltips

warped nest
#

As long as you practice and read tooltips

slate arrow
#

SAM is almost 90% self explanatory

warped nest
#

Like any other jobs

marble drift
#

I would also say its pretty easy to play

warped nest
#

If you don't understand something

#

Ask here

#

Exactly what this channel is for

cerulean grove
#

Whats the exp food I should be using and where to get it?

warped nest
#

Any cheap food will work as exp food

marble drift
#

any food. it all has the 3% buff

warped nest
#

As all food will give a flat 3 percent

#

No need to buy expensive food

cerulean grove
#

ahh

#

ty

karmic niche
#

Sam give big damage and no teamplay utility

woeful knot
#

So for the selfish, in essence. Are any Jobs a higher priority for end game content? Or is it all mostly equal?

solid estuary
#

Is there a place in the discord for partying up?

marble drift
#

its all equal

#

partying up for what?

solid estuary
#

Dungeons/leveling

marble drift
#

I mean duty finder exists for dungeon matchmaking

sharp spire
#

should i be picking up and doing all the quest i come across

marble drift
#

and leveling is unfortunately a mostly solo experiance

karmic niche
#

Yeah, every class are equal dw

marble drift
#

you can safely skip sidequest

#

those markers @sharp spire

karmic niche
#

Unless you want some minions there are specific side quest to do that

marble drift
#

msq and bluequest should be done when seen

#

or the occasional dance

karmic niche
#

Or other emotes

sharp spire
#

i see

#

thanks

karmic niche
#

I mean you can do it with your other job but it just a waste of time

bold flume
#

What crafting class is the easiest/cheapest to power level. As in buying the items needed for leves

woeful knot
#

Oh I skipped a lot of + quest

marble drift
#

They're all mostly the same drum

#

its all server dependant mostly

bold flume
#

Then I’ll prob go weaver just because I like it lol

marble drift
#

you should level them all

#

but I guess if you just want 1 for weekly deliveries

#

and melding

bold flume
#

I need one at 50 for the Moogle stuff so atm I’m focusing one

marble drift
#

then I suppose thats fine

#

don't forget the dwarven beast tribe in shadowbringers

#

for your sweet mount

bold flume
#

But I’m gonna start focusing on crafting while I wait for my friends to catch up in levels

marble drift
#

You'll need to be 70 for that and get a ways through Shadowbringers MSQ

warped nest
#

Why not just level them properly right now?

#

Why spend Gil to power level wvr

marble drift
#

you should get them all to at least 15 for GC turn ins

sharp spire
#

how would i know if an area is a sanctuary?

#

is there an icon somewhere

bold flume
#

Main reason was lazy but I should probably get the materials myself yeah

marble drift
#

iirc its the moon symbol near your xp bar?

#

denotes sanctuary?

woeful knot
#

GC... that's something I should be paying attention too. Any suggestions for what I should be doing while grinding through my 80 MSQ quest?

marble drift
#

yeah.

#

doing the quests.

#

they flow into one another cleanly

#

there shouldn't be downtime really

woeful knot
#

Quest, clearly. But someone mentioned getting DoL to 15 for GC?

#

DoH/DoL

#

w

marble drift
#

right but you shouldn't put the brakes on your MSQ

#

to go level them

woeful knot
#

Ah

warped nest
#

Quest, clearly. But someone mentioned getting DoL to 15 for GC?
@woeful knot once your doh/l hit lvl 15

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Grand Company will have daily turn in request