questions-and-help

[granite swan]

try killing the other things and work towards it? :p

[calm phoenix]

I need to "participdate in the FATE 'Fallen Corpses Writche in Style" in Southern Thanalan for a quest but I am at the red circle but there is no fate here by that name. No NPC offering to do a fate nothing, no fate icon or NPC with fate icon! I surveyed the whole red circle with Bennu and double checked on land and nothing. Does anybody know what the problem could be?

[lone spruce]

Even then, this thing is pretty difficult on its own

[faint flare]

You need to wait for it to spawn

The fate isn't always there

[lone spruce]

Plus there's a fate in that area so lord knows I'm gonna get sucked into it and then have a bunch of those toadstool things rush me

[granite swan]

Whats the name of the quest Theri?

[lone spruce]

Doing the Dirty Work

[calm phoenix]

That is stupid. Why require a specific fate in an unlocking quest if it is not there very often?

[faint flare]

Because its ARR

Its old and ancient

[lone spruce]

I've died like 5 times now and I'm soooooo tired of having to jog all the way back each time

[granite swan]

Did you use the potion on it?

[lone spruce]

Plus half the things in this area are aggressive so I have to start sprinting whenever they lock on

Sometimes I'm able to

It has a long cast time so often times the enemy will notice me and attack me, interrupting mid-cast

[calm phoenix]

If it was not here, why even put in a red circle? I fell as I will never get this quest done and because of the + icon, it is important

[faint flare]

Because thats the spawn

[raven sage]

It's side content Moltres

You can do it whenever you want

[faint flare]

Its for the funny hildibrand

[granite swan]

@lone spruce Try looking in other areas around there? there should be some other areas with those guys

[lone spruce]

There are similar tree things but they have a different name

idk I'm like right on the nose for this quest so maybe I should come back when I'm a bit stronger

But I hate putting side quests on the backburner...

[calm phoenix]

You can do it whenever you want
@raven sage That maybe be never and I need to finish that quest. I would have to happen to be in the area while going to do another quest while the fate is going on. Unlikely

[raven sage]

Ok don't ping me over that please

[granite swan]

If not on free trial, could ask in shout for help, if on free trial, not sure 😦

[raven sage]

Which world are you on Theri?

[lone spruce]

Who, me? I am on free trial

[dim ridge]

the fate spawns fairly often

[lone spruce]

Aether, Midgardsormr

[raven sage]

Mmk I'll come help

[lone spruce]

Really? 🥺 Thank youuuu

[remote lintel]

@calm phoenix the hildibrand quests just unlock things like emotes and trials that nobody does

its not super important

[lone spruce]

I'm standing right by Marcette at Sorrel Haven

Central Shrou

Shroud

[earnest summit]

Hey there! Where would I obtain the acolytes robe for this weeks fashion report?

[wispy parcel]

yea the hildibran quests take a while to finish

[earnest summit]

can't seem to find any on market board, and there not craft

[calm phoenix]

Not that one "Rise and fall of gentlemen"

[dim ridge]

rise and fall of gentlemen IS hildebrand quests

[granite swan]

Thats part of Hildibrand questline

[wispy parcel]

cause you need a group of people for the trials later on that no one queues for anymore

[distant charm]

how am i supposed to beat the relic reborn job quest @ lvl 50 on free trial w/o access to marketboard? need a materia enhanced scepter

[remote lintel]

spiritbonding

[faint flare]

Use NPCs to meld

[remote lintel]

also i wouldnt do relic weapons at lvl 50

[dim ridge]

you'd have to get the materia via spiritbonding and use an npc to meld, craft the scepter etc

[lone spruce]

Acolyte's robe? I have that on rn actually, but idr how I got it...

[distant charm]

i dont have any crafters lvld can i do that?

[wispy parcel]

honestly you should be level capped before attemppting the old relic weapons

[distant charm]

im lvl 51

[wispy parcel]

they are a hell of a grind

[earnest summit]

OH NO

[wispy parcel]

emphasis on Hell

[distant charm]

but its too unlock job quest abilites

[earnest summit]

IS IT THE FIRST SHIT YOU GET WHEN YOU UNLOCK IT

[remote lintel]

no

[earnest summit]

NOOOO

[faint flare]

Its not required

For job quests

[remote lintel]

relic weapons arent tied to job abilities

[faint flare]

Relics are never required

[remote lintel]

they are endgame content

[distant charm]

the lvl 50 job quest is relic reborn?

[granite swan]

@earnest summit google says its from 3 diff dungeons

[faint flare]

No

Thata completely separate

Relics are entirely Seperate

[earnest summit]

can I have link please sir?

[remote lintel]

your job quests are under your msq bar

[granite swan]

@earnest summit https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/d414d58a1cd/

[lone spruce]

Thank youuuuuu ❤️

[distant charm]

there is no quest under msq bar, in journal blm icon quest is a relic reborn

[earnest summit]

ty

[faint flare]

Because you've done the lv50 job quest

[remote lintel]

then you've done all your ARR job quests

you need to get to HW

[cerulean grove]

Says i recieved a player commendation, what does that mean?

[faint flare]

Relics always have the job symbols to show what jobs you've done it on

[remote lintel]

@cerulean grove someone told you good job

[distant charm]

do i have to wait to finish patch quest and get to heavensword first to unlock then?

[faint flare]

Yes

[remote lintel]

yes

[cerulean grove]

oh, cool

[wispy parcel]

Yes

You need to do the patch MSQ first

it sets up HW's plot

[distant charm]

ok ty im on patch 2.4, was confused why i couldnt unlock abiliteis

[dawn cradle]

As I understood it the black/red mages are the two magic dps classes in the game

[faint flare]

You need to be in the respective expansion tondo job quests

[dawn cradle]

how do they differ?

[remote lintel]

and summoner

[dim ridge]

after the 2.55 msq content you'll get to heavensward, which will get you access to your new job quests

[faint flare]

There's 3 magic dps

Summoner

[remote lintel]

they play different

black mage uses fire and ice magic

[distant charm]

ty all:)

[remote lintel]

red mage also uses white magic

and black magic

[faint flare]

Black mage is a turret with big booms. Red mage is a mix of caster and melee

[dim ridge]

basically the maps for the level 51+ job skills are ones you get access to after getting into heavensward, they're literally gated off lol

[thorny panther]

hey everyone! Which level do I need to unlock Free Companies? Or is it fullgame only?

[remote lintel]

you cant join if youre on free trial

[wispy parcel]

full game only

[remote lintel]

you can join from lvl 1

[thorny panther]

okey thank you!

[wispy parcel]

anything social is full game only, so FC's, Marketboard, even Shout chat

[thorny panther]

yeah I knew about the chat but I wasn't sure about FC's ^^

[elder sinew]

Confused about the gear in Eureka game mode, should I wear my ilvl 400+ gear for level 80, or buy the gear for Eureka at lvl 70?

[manic flare]

are people playing with controllers when they are doing pvp?

how does everyone move around so fast

[remote lintel]

sprint

[faint flare]

You can get kirin osode/verminion cloak for bonuses in eureka

[manic flare]

i cant sprint in pvp

[faint flare]

Otherwise normal gear is fine

You use Bolt

A pvp action

[manic flare]

where

[faint flare]

Pvp profile

Usually is set by default

[elder sinew]

Does the game mode take stats from normal gear or only the eureka gear, like PotD has their own gear?

[faint flare]

Its like a normal instance

But some gear has Eureka effect on iy

[elder sinew]

Ah, so dont bother upgrading the antiquated weps and such

[faint flare]

For bonus stats

If you want the elemental armour, you need the pagos weapon

[granite swan]

Eureka will also synch gear above 300, down to 300

[elder sinew]

Hmm k, the market items are expensive indeed, like 200k each cryptic seals

[granite swan]

Theres no way to "Lock" items per say is there?

[faint flare]

No

[granite swan]

k

[elder sinew]

So how does this board work for Eureka. Ex. I put a point in Lightning, It's strong against Water. Fine, what does spinning it the board do though.

[green grail]

it moves the points to other elements

[faint flare]

^

So spinning will make you strong against whatever element you point yo

[granite swan]

Think i heard you can right click a mob and select something to do it for you, but ive not tried

[faint flare]

Yes

Set to offensive or defensive

[elder sinew]

Oh so how many magicite can you get and is it better to stack 5 of them in one element ?

[faint flare]

5 from krile tasks, 2 optional

As a non tank. You typically put 5 offensive

[elder sinew]

Good info, thx

[bright badger]

I was checking the Akh Morning opener for SMN and was wondering why SMN would need to use Lucid Dreaming? I have never had a situation with SMN where I run out of MP

[faint flare]

To force a late weave

For Enkindle

For pet ai reasons

[bright badger]

Hmm, is there an in depth reason as to how that works?

[faint flare]

Because if you use Enkindle immediately after a egi assault, pet ai gets wack with Pet que flooding

[bright badger]

Ah, I see

[grim aurora]

So account question, I was trying to upgrade my wife's account from 5 years ago with the new expansions (she really wants the bunny race), and I bought and registered it to her account without knowing it actually makes a new account? I'm not sure how these multiple accounts on a login work.

[faint flare]

Thus enkindle, a assault or any other pet action has a high chance to be ghosted or come out delayed

[bright badger]

I've had devotion eaten up in the queue so I understand that

[quasi spire]

is it possible to exit a dungeon run with trusts?

[grim aurora]

did i screw up? Cause she bought the collectors edition when we first played.

[faint flare]

Yes

[quasi spire]

How?

[faint flare]

Open the duty window

Leavr

Same way as leaving others early

[quasi spire]

Where's the duty window?

[remote lintel]

@grim aurora what version of the game did she have and what did you buy

[faint flare]

Press u

Or whatever you have set for duty finder

[elder sinew]

Oh, was there something planned for Eureka in the future? Seems kinda dead

[grim aurora]

@remote lintel she had the first game collectors edition (before 2nd expansion) and I bought the complete edition

Did I just buy two of the same game and register it to one account?

[remote lintel]

on what platform

steam? windows?

[grim aurora]

windows

[remote lintel]

and did you buy the windows edition

[grim aurora]

yes

[leaden ginkgo]

Hello people I'm new here, I need a little bit of help, I'm in exodus and me and my friends are in free trial, we are trying to do party battles but we get in different parties and separated, can someone add us in a party together?

[remote lintel]

then it should have applied the expansions

what do you mean it "made a new account"

[grim aurora]

under "select service account" it says "FFXIV 1" and "FFXIV 2"

[raven sage]

It might be because you bought the complete edition?

If she already had the base game

[grim aurora]

That's what I was thinking and I made a mistake thinking I could use it as an expansion pack instead of a separate game

[remote lintel]

you only needed to buy shadowbringers

[grim aurora]

Yeah, I was trying to just save money and pay 60 up front instead of 40 + 40

[remote lintel]

but if she had the base game already then you just need shadowbringers

which is just 40$

[grim aurora]

well I just decided both cause I wanted her to have the option to samurai/red mage once she get there

[raven sage]

Both what?

[remote lintel]

shadowbringers includes all previous expansions

[raven sage]

Shadowbringers comes with stormblood

[grim aurora]

oh does it? well fudge

I screwed up

[remote lintel]

well

if she hasnt played the game in like 5 years then she could use the account with the complete edition and do it again

and start as a bunny

[grim aurora]

the only issue to that is the collectors edition is on the original account

My question after this is can I transfer that code into my own account and start again

[faint flare]

Not once its used

[remote lintel]

if you used it on her account already then no

[dreamy flume]

I need help with crafting rotations while leveling so I can HQ the leve turn ins. Are there any videos or spreadsheets? So far I got weaver to 30

[remote lintel]

#doh-dol-lounge

[bright badger]

I am also wondering if anyone thinks putting the SMN opener on a macro would be helpful

[remote lintel]

no

never macro your skills

[faint flare]

Text macro

In echo

To remind you

Maybe

But skills together no

[bright badger]

I use macros for stuff like Salted Earth and Earthly Star and Asylum

So I can instacast it

[faint flare]

Ground target ones are fine

And part of the very few acceptable ones

[leaden ginkgo]

Hello I need a help

[bright badger]

I can kill the SoS Stone Sea and Sky dummy so I must be doing okay at least with my rotations and opener, although it isn't perfect

[remote lintel]

ask

[grizzled mural]

I have a lot of phanta tombs and 450 of all do I buy accessories or armor to boost my light level

[leaden ginkgo]

My freinds are on a free trial, when we try try to queue together for guildhest we get separated because we cannot make a party

[grizzled mural]

I was thinking of buying legs with all and the rest of phanta for jewelry

[leaden ginkgo]

So can someone help me please to get us in one party

[remote lintel]

ask in limsa

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[remote lintel]

@grizzled mural are you trying to get more ilvl?

[grizzled mural]

Yeah

[remote lintel]

do the nier raids and eden raids

puppets bunker drops 590 and eden verse drops 480 but isnt weekly locked

490

[grizzled mural]

Yeah but I need a light level of 435

[remote lintel]

get your artifact gear from grenoldt

[grizzled mural]

My current level is 425

Yeah I did

It only took me to 420, I bought a belt with the phanta tomes

Which gave me 5 more

[remote lintel]

get your relic weapon

[grizzled mural]

Yes

I am fitted out with all the weathered armor

[faint flare]

He means the resistance weapon

[remote lintel]

you could do hunt trains to get phanta and allegory

yes

[grizzled mural]

Huh?

[granite swan]

The ShB Relic Wep

[grizzled mural]

Where is the resistance weapon at?

[remote lintel]

theres a free 485 weapon

you need to do the ivalice quests in kugane

[grizzled mural]

Ivalice?

[faint flare]

You need to do the lv70 24mans then it appears in Kugane

[remote lintel]

the 24 man raids from stormblood

you need to do that questline

[grizzled mural]

I fucking missed that Whats the quest called

[agile laurel]

have you done all of the SB alliance raids questline?

[faint flare]

Something like Dramatis praetious

[agile laurel]

or do you want to start it?

[faint flare]

Or something

[remote lintel]

dramatis personae

[faint flare]

Its at kugane markets

[remote lintel]

after you do that questline it opens another called hail to the queen

THAT gives you the relic weapon

[agile laurel]

expect to spend an evening doing the SB alliance raids

[granite swan]

Speaking of ShB Relics, how difficult is it to get multiples of it?

[faint flare]

Easy

[remote lintel]

1k poetics

[crisp mural]

Black mage is easy to play but its considered hard later on because you have to know where to position correct

[granite swan]

ah

[faint flare]

Yes

[granite swan]

Those evil raids might take more then an evening >.> i think we spent 4-5 hours doing it and we only managed 2 last night, 3rd never popped lol

[dawn cradle]

Wait, everything in the game up to and including Heavensward is in the free trial?

[faint flare]

Yes

[remote lintel]

yes except social functions

[little swift]

thats correct europa

[dawn cradle]

with no sub?

[remote lintel]

yes

[dawn cradle]

That's a bit crazy

[little swift]

no social and no retianer/market board access

[calm phoenix]

I need to "report to Simmie" for the "The Dark Divinity" quest but Simmie is nonexistent! I am right on top of the quest marker but she is not anywhere around. There is a house nearby but I cannot go in it! Does anybody know what the problem could be?

[granite swan]

Still 300k gil cap

[little swift]

basically limited inventory and gil cap

you're clearly above or below the market if you're on it

[calm phoenix]

There is nothing above but the sky and there is nothing below in this town

[remote lintel]

there are platforms along the walls

shes on the second floor

[calm phoenix]

Looks like it requires a mount because there is no way up there

[faint flare]

There is

[remote lintel]

stairs

[faint flare]

There's some stairs nearby the aetheryte

[leaden ginkgo]

How do I ask in limsa?

[faint flare]

Use Say chat

[remote lintel]

/say

[raven sage]

Nothing in arr requires flying because it didn't exist before

[leaden ginkgo]

Oh okay

[granite swan]

Anyone know the name of the red dragon mount with a hammer?

[raven sage]

That's Ehll Tou

[granite swan]

Ah thanks

[keen fable]

i'm really confused how to get up here

[remote lintel]

other way

[keen fable]

erm

[keen fable]

that leads to the dravanian forelands

oh wait

nevermind, found it, it was inside, just didnt see the path

[wispy escarp]

Any new players or old players that have started new characters in Leviatan server?

Pc... 😬

[granite swan]

Resistance Wep reqs lv 80 right?

[agile laurel]

yes

[granite swan]

Darn, cant cheese it for an ez leveling wep for 70-80 lol

[calm phoenix]

Why don't they let you dismount when a monster aggros you? Holding L3 only targets the monster and I cannot even do anything because I am on Bennu

[remote lintel]

use your mount again

[copper marsh]

Any tips for making money crafting? I got my first crafter (weaver) to 80 in a day but now I’m broke lol

[remote lintel]

you should level them all together

leveling one by one is expensive

[distant charm]

finished ARR working through patches to HS should i be doing all these hard dungeons and trial sidequest or rush msq and complete them alter? patch msq is tedious

[remote lintel]

at least do legacy of allag which is the 24 man raids

[distant charm]

ok ya largest so far is 8 man

[calm phoenix]

If you want to grind for mounts, then completing most everything would be ideal. I hear mounts drop on some hard and extreme bosses

[remote lintel]

extremes yes

[calm phoenix]

You have to do hard to get extreme, yes?

[distant charm]

ok should i be trying to reach HS first or do them now

theres a ton of fetch quest btwn arr end and hs

[granite swan]

Id say just focus on MSQ and leave the hard dungeons for later since you wont really need gear/xp from them

[remote lintel]

mounts dont drop from hard bosses

[distant charm]

ya msq is feeding me ilvl 110 gear rn and have ilvl 130 weapon from tomestones

[remote lintel]

but do legacy of allag

you dont have to unlock hard mode dungeons if you dont want to

[distant charm]

ive unlocked most just havent run them bcuz why? is there reason rn?

[soft sleet]

legacy of allag is compulsory to finish arr now anyway

[calm phoenix]

Where do I find a "materia-enhanced erudite's picatrix of casting"? I need to give it to Gerolt

[soft sleet]

you are made to do it before the final quest

[gloomy ice]

Most of the HM dungeons are purely optional but are decent sources for more poetics once you unlock the associated roulette.

[remote lintel]

@calm phoenix you put materia into the erudite picatrix of casting

[distant charm]

@calm phoenix marketboard unless crafting lvld i think

[remote lintel]

also i wouldn't do relic weapons at your level

i would do them at max level

[calm phoenix]

53. Why not?

[remote lintel]

because they're a huge HUGE grind

and doing them at level makes it infinitely harder

[gloomy ice]

The weapon is way more trouble than they're worth at your level. You'll far outstrip them before you're even half way done. All relics aside from the level 80 ones are mostly for glamour only at this point.

[distant charm]

ya i was confused earlier bcuz no new job quest btwn arr end and hs but journal shows blm icon next to it same as job quest

[remote lintel]

so you dont forget what class you were doing it on

[distant charm]

next to a relic reborn quest, someone explained to me earlier though

ya its just confusing as new player bcuz theres no new job quest but actions panel shows abilietes unlock at 52/54

you have to finish patch quest and get to HS first to unlock

[remote lintel]

heavensward is HW

[distant charm]

oops ya HW

[calm phoenix]

Where is this item level 130 Grimore you mentioned earlier? The token exchange lady in Revenant's Toll only sells gear, no books

[remote lintel]

the lady to the left

[calm phoenix]

Only gear there too 😦

No book there either

[remote lintel]

from aelina?

[calm phoenix]

Not there either. She wants some kind of crystals

[soft sleet]

https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Ironworks_Magitek_Weapons

aelina has it

[calm phoenix]

But NOT for Poetics. She wants something else that I do not have

[soft sleet]

you exchange for those with lady next to her

buy that stuff with poetics then spend at aelina

[calm phoenix]

All that I can do with the lady next to her is buy gear

[soft sleet]

auriana sells them according to that wiki

[remote lintel]

it is for poetics

[calm phoenix]

No it is NOT according to my game 😦

[calm phoenix]

Mine is different

[remote lintel]

screenshot it

[granite swan]

Aelina -> Ironworks Gear

[raven sage]

Are you opening the right menu for Aelina?

[remote lintel]

thats the wrong menu

you need ironworks gear

[calm phoenix]

Aren't ironworks DoW items? The name suggests it

[granite swan]

no its a tier of gear

[remote lintel]

ironworks are all classes

its just a name

[raven sage]

It's just the name of the sets

[granite swan]

Only if the thing says DoM or DoW does it matter

[remote lintel]

lvl 50 gear is ironworks, lvl 60 is shire, lvl 70 is scaevan

for poetics

[kindred vale]

Ironworks is the name of Cid's own group. Thus all items are Magitek seized from the Garlean Empire. Whether it be restored from damage, or a complete origjnal.

Bit of lore on the stuff is all

[jade lava]

When does the story pick up? I've just been doing like odd jobs until now without much meaning

[tawny bolt]

Hey bois do you have some links with tips and ticks to start with housing?

[remote lintel]

!faq housing

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[remote lintel]

@jade lava where are you in the story

[jade lava]

I've just done the second dungeon

[remote lintel]

so like

not even 10% of the way through

[opal shoal]

yeah you're super early

[jade lava]

Oh damn

[tawny bolt]

ty

[jade lava]

This game long

[remote lintel]

yes

you're not going to do 4 years worth of story in a short time

[jade lava]

Are all the expansions this big?

[remote lintel]

yes

[tawny bolt]

Ah sorry but it's wasn't what i wanted to ask, i already have a medium house i just wanted to know of there is some general link for all tips and tricks for housing

[remote lintel]

each expansion is about the length of a separate game

[soft sleet]

theyre a bit shorter than ARR

[granite swan]

and then theres the ton of quests BETWEEN xpacs :p

[soft sleet]

plus the expansions are a bit more involved than the ARR quests (in my experience so far)

[jade lava]

Fucking Christ this game is huge

[soft sleet]

its an mmo

[jade lava]

Yeah I don't have much experience with MMOs I knew they were big but I didn't expect so much of it to be story content

[remote lintel]

well its a final fantasy game first

so its going to be extremely story heavy

its an mmo second

[soft sleet]

yeah this has a way more involved story than a lot of mmos

[remote lintel]

you signed up for a final fantasy game so thats what youre going to get

[jade lava]

I'm enjoying it so far

[granite swan]

Yup, once you finally "Beat The Game" you can then "Play The Game"

[remote lintel]

then once you beat it you'll see why everyone loves it

[jade lava]

It's a bit slow but the gameplay is enjoyable enough that I don't mind so much

[remote lintel]

and then sob

[jade lava]

Is the endgame of this game any good?

[remote lintel]

yep

theres savage and ultimate raids

[soft sleet]

you asking in the FFXIV discord

[granite swan]

Do you enjoy Dress Up Barbie/Ken? :p

[little swift]

Amount of content is really dependent on you

[calm phoenix]

Can hard dungeons/boss fights occur on roulettes?

[remote lintel]

yes

[little swift]

Yes

[granite swan]

If you've unlocked them

[little swift]

No extremes or higher though

[remote lintel]

"hard" bosses stop being a thing early in heavensward

since it's basically the new normal

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[calm phoenix]

can dungeons that you have unlocked but yet to complete come up?

[remote lintel]

yes

[simple nymph]

can someone just confirm there is no way to get rid of the lock button next to hotbar 1?

[granite swan]

Dont think so, but you could just not use #1

[simple nymph]

yeah that's what i figured would be the case.. and reassign the num keys to that hotbar

[tidal osprey]

so i got blizzard 3 for blm is there any point in using blizzard 1?

[remote lintel]

to refresh ice

[green grail]

no, B1 becomes pretty useless

unless you somehow end up at almost zero mp and no UI stacks

[vivid thorn]

but then you did something wrong

[junior condor]

umm, hello I have a question I hope I come to right channel

[remote lintel]

just ask

[junior condor]

So is it better to play free trial to level 60 first then buy a game will I miss anything?

[remote lintel]

!faq freetrial

[zinc orbit]

Free Trial Limitations

Limitation details
Download

[remote lintel]

those are the limitations

basically you can't use social things

[green grail]

mostly social/qol, there's no difference in content

[junior condor]

thank you sir/ma'am!

umm ;w; Can I ask opinion about which race should I pick(with picture of character I create) I know it not affect in game much, but I care about look and animation which channel should I ask this? It has been 3 days that I create and delete because I can't choose, but It understandable if I can't ask

[obsidian patio]

If you like races with expressive emotes Lalafells have it pretty good

Roegadyns and I think most of the female races are also pretty expressive

You could always just make throwaway characters on other worlds to test out all the emotes

[junior condor]

Oh I struggle between male Au ra and Male Miqo'te but Lalafells is also interesting

I did that and still can't decide, I feel like Miqo'te have better animation but I like Aura face more

[upper pendant]

is the longinus spear hard to get? I'm lv 58

[obsidian patio]

More of an annoyingly long grind rather than hard

[keen fable]

why does gauss round interuppt weapon combos

[remote lintel]

au ra are hotter

[obsidian patio]

It doesn’t.

[upper pendant]

tru

[oak smelt]

@junior condor watch some videos of emotes, run cycles, animations etc for the races youre interested in on youtube.
and search ("race name" glamour/armour) in google images to see how theyl look in different armour and clothing.
it will help you make up your mind.

also if through playing youre unhappy with your character at level 50 after finishing the first storyline you get a free item that allows you to change your race once.

[upper pendant]

@obsidian patio How do I start the quests for it?

[obsidian patio]

!faq zodiac

[zinc orbit]

Guide to the Zodiac Relic

Zodiac Relic Guide

[upper pendant]

ooo thank you!

[obsidian patio]

If it’s your very first zodiac relic the starting quest should be in vesper bay

[upper pendant]

okie, it is

[obsidian patio]

“The Weaponsmith of Legend”

[ripe hound]

Before 5.0, I think skills like Moulinet that targets a cone in front of you do not require targeting a target in range to active.

Does anyone know how to make it like that?

Like allow me to use Moulinet without any targets in range?

[obsidian patio]

That’s not a thing. :/

[green grail]

they always required a target im pretty sure

[ripe hound]

No...? So skills like this always required a target...?

kk

[obsidian patio]

The only AoE skills that don’t need a target are ones centered around you.

[ripe hound]

My bad memory then

[obsidian patio]

Like Holy

[ripe hound]

Also, for "Target Closest Enemies"

Ignore Depth means from left to right

And Cone means from close to far away

Right?

[obsidian patio]

From what I hear others say about it, yes

[ripe hound]

I want to try Cone

[opal bough]

What is the best way to farm crystal sand for anima weapon? I have all my Crafters and gathered at lvl 80

[gloomy ice]

Use scrips to buy Blue tokens to exchange for sands.

[opal bough]

Gathering or crafting scrips?

[gloomy ice]

Scrips are like tomestones for crafters and gatherers. Each have their own kind. They're earned through collectables mostly. Collectables for crafters are easier to manage in that they no longer have a daily rotation. Meaning you can craft a huge pile of collectables

[little swift]

whichever you have an easier/more comfortable time getting

they're the same

in terms of scrip cost to exchange for blue scrips

[soft flicker]

are purples really rare in this game? i feel like i never see anyone with them

[gloomy ice]

Purple "rarity" is generally reserved for relic equipment.

Long term upgradeable gear

[opal bough]

Thanks

Where can I exchange

[soft flicker]

oh okay

so blue is realistically the best?

[obsidian patio]

The color of an item does not inherently make it better. 99% of the time it just tells you what type of content the item is from

[soft flicker]

oh okay

[obsidian patio]

White = Leveling crafted gear
Green = Dungeon gear or level cap crafted gear
Blue = Raid/Trial/Tomestone gear

[soft flicker]

gotcha 😄 thanks

[plain python]

is Stone Vigil hard an unpolular dungeon?

[faint flare]

Its optional

So

[remote lintel]

no it isnt

its part of the msq in pursuit of the past

oh hard mode

[gloomy ice]

@opal bough Collectables are first unlocked in Ishgard iirc. Then there are further unlocks in Idyllshire, Rhalgr's Reach, and Eulmore for each further level range. Doing that should unlock Collectable Appraisers and Scrip Exchanges in most major cities.

[remote lintel]

all hard mode dungeons are somewhat unpopular ime

[obsidian patio]

Stone Vigil hard is a pretty bleh dungeon IMO since you can’t speed up the second boss in any way

Not even undersized, IIRC

[tacit flame]

yo is there a way to get scrips from collectables that don't meet the min req?

[warped nest]

No

Just toss them

[tacit flame]

:I

[gloomy ice]

If it's below score, all you can do is throw it away or sell to vendor

[crisp mural]

Can i buy Ventures?

[warped nest]

Yes

[tacit flame]

lame.

[warped nest]

Grand Company

You should aim to get highest collectible rating

To maximize scrip reward

On the DoL end, it is somewhat RNG unfortunately, the game will add additional collectible rating based on your perception, so sometimes you will fly under the maximum rating.

[twilit arch]

dol's scrip is not really that rng

[warped nest]

My bad, could have worded it better

[latent sluice]

now that older catchup poetic gear is all clumped together, is it possible to buy the non-augmented version of things (The ring, specifically.)?

[raven sage]

no

You'll have to get a different 2nd ring

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[warped nest]

The common choices are:

• the other augmented ring from a different series (eikonic, Dai-Ryumyaku)
• HQ ring from MB
• ring from raid series

[latent sluice]

I suppose they'll have to do
It's not permanent, anyways, as I'll level up XD
Thanks =)

[mossy current]

What floor of coils is the fastest to unsync

*as a tank

[granite swan]

Are there any mounts they dont knock you off when you touch water?

[raven sage]

No because that's tied to whether you can dive or not

[granite swan]

k

[tidal yarrow]

if i get to conflag with a teammate dead so im not chained with anybody, am i dead?

[faint flare]

Nah you're comfy and not chained to anyone and can go anywhere iirc

[mossy current]

Yea

But that also means one less person for enumerations

[faint flare]

Just hope you dont get it

If you do then if you go behind the boss you're safe

[tidal yarrow]

enumerations is blue aoes?

[mossy current]

Yes

[faint flare]

Yes

[mossy current]

Air bumps

[tidal yarrow]

mm cause i wasn't chained with anyone but somehow i died and like half a second later everyone wiped

im not even sure what happened tbh

[faint flare]

Maybe tornado baiter.died

[tidal yarrow]

could be yeah

i find that mechanic very hard

[mossy current]

It's definitely a wall

[soft sleet]

so, I got a dupe triple triad card

what do I do with it?

[faint flare]

Sell at the gold saucer for mgp

At reception

[soft sleet]

cool, thanks

[faint flare]

There's a trader for it

[brittle cloud]

I bought a new pc and it of course closed me out because of it. Do I really need to buy a one time pass code?

[slate arrow]

no

you can use your phone

Or just reset your password

[brittle cloud]

Tried that. But it kicked me off

I’ll try again when I can but might have to call support huh?

[slate arrow]

maybe

I recommend setting up a OTP when you can

[dawn cradle]

A quick question about side-quests -new player here-

Am I expected to do most?

[jade lava]

if i make a glamour plate, will i need to use glamour prisms to use it every time?

[faint flare]

No sponge

[jade lava]

ty

[faint flare]

are important and unlock stuff

are largely ignorable

[dawn cradle]

Alrighty

Since am right at the start, I noticed most are fetch quests

[granite swan]

How much xp can you get roughly daily from pixie quests?

[dawn cradle]

so was a bit unsure if am expected to go through them

[deft swallow]

Would someone be able to undersize me in my MSQ Amphitheatre?

Really having a hard time queing..

[oak ice]

@granite swan pixies are a couple million every day, I think it comes out to about 15%

Not on JP, so I know I can't

[lunar fjord]

hi my name is remi and i am stuck too create a account what do one time password mean

[twilit arch]

one time password section is optional, just ignore it

[lunar fjord]

what do square enix id and square enix password mean ?

sorry for being n00b

[remote lintel]

your mog station login

[lunar fjord]

where do i find it ?

steam ?

[faint flare]

You create one

[remote lintel]

it's what you used to sign up to mog station

[grizzled mural]

Hey so for the neir raid what are the drop rates for the outfit

[faint flare]

Guaranteed

[lunar fjord]

where can i create it ?

[remote lintel]

!faq mogstation

[faint flare]

Mogstation

[zinc orbit]

FFXIV Mog Station

FFXIV Mog Station link

[grizzled mural]

Real shit? @faint flare

[thorn trail]

How does gear progression work in this game? Do you constantly work to gather ressources for progress or do you just fight stuff, get lucky and drop some ultra rare stuff?

[remote lintel]

you have to roll for it

@thorn trail you get gear from msq and at each level cap you use poetics gear

[faint flare]

3 2b coffers drop per run

[lunar fjord]

do i also ned one time password ?

[remote lintel]

except lvl 80 when you use tome gear

among other things

[grizzled mural]

I thought it was a low drop rate @faint flare

[faint flare]

One time password is never required

[remote lintel]

its guaranteed

but you ned to roll

[thorn trail]

I'm not asking for how stuff is called, I can't work with those terms. Can you name a popular game that has a similar loot system?

[grizzled mural]

Is that for the first raid?

[thorn trail]

Like is it compareable to GW2 for example? Or more like WoW?

Or Action RPG like?

[faint flare]

There's no grinding for stuff

[lunar fjord]

i forgot my square enix password how do i reset it ?

[faint flare]

Dungeons and story give you gear liberally

[grizzled mural]

Man I miss the grind ngl

[remote lintel]

@thorn trail the main story gives you gear. from lvl 50 onwards you get a special currency. at each level cap (50, 60, 70), you can use that currency to buy that expansion's endgame gear.

rinse repeat until 80

[thorn trail]

And at 80?

[faint flare]

You do side content like raids and stuff

While getting a different type of currency

[remote lintel]

^

and if you want the best gear

you grind for weeks and do savage level content

[faint flare]

Which is the high end content

[wheat tundra]

can i use the hw story skip if i bought the arr skip?

[faint flare]

Yes

[thorn trail]

So you constantly grind stuff to gather a currency to exchange for gear?

[remote lintel]

not constantly

the lvl 80 currency is weekly capped

[faint flare]

While getting other gear

[remote lintel]

so it takes you weeks to get the gear you need

[faint flare]

The game is very casual

[thorn trail]

So it's like Gw2.

[nocturne jetty]

honest question: why isn't the trust system implemented outside the last 10 levels of dungeons?

[remote lintel]

never played but sure

[thorn trail]

Basically works the same way. 😅

[faint flare]

Because it's new

Only added in Shadowbringers

And each trust is coded explicitly for the dungeon

Which is alot of extra work

[nocturne jetty]

i'm surprised they haven't added more post-release i mean

[faint flare]

Probably part of the reason we're at 1 dungeon a patch opposed to 2

[twilit arch]

because its a lot of work

to go back to older dungeons

[faint flare]

^

[nocturne jetty]

like they could have gone backwards from ShB in 5.1 with a small chunk more

[faint flare]

Its lot of work just for 1

Since you got a number of different npxs

While you got other content to make

[remote lintel]

they're working on more content

[nocturne jetty]

it feels like a missed opportunity

[remote lintel]

its not that important

[granite swan]

They also have to code every single mechanic for each NPC AI

[faint flare]

Its extra work

[granite swan]

20-60 you have Squads

[remote lintel]

they have more important things to do

[faint flare]

Which would further push back development

[deft quiver]

im currently in cutter's cry and trying to get blu spells 33 and 34, but ive only seen dragons voice cast

is there a way to trigger rams voice?

[faint flare]

Its rng

Which he uses

[deft quiver]

how

i had the same one cast literally 8 times in a row

[faint flare]

Welcome to rng

It be a bitch

[deft quiver]

well fuck me ig

it cast rams voice

waited

and still only got dragons voice

fuck

[faint flare]

Do it synced

Guaranteed

Spell learning

[lunar fjord]

can somone call me with a voice call i am stuck

i dont know what i am doing

[deft quiver]

Guaranteed
@faint flare oh didnt know that

[granite swan]

They need to seriously impliment BLU into DF. Give it its own checkmark like [ ] Enable BLU Mage Que? *Warning, will unbalance the dungeon

[remote lintel]

then there would be no reason to run anything other than blu

[lunar fjord]

i really need help

i am stuck with it

[fallow juniper]

How do I go about finding people to help me do Coils unsynced as a free trial? I can try just typing in Limsa Lominsa, but what incentive do people have to spend their time helping a stranger?

[granite swan]

Wonderous Tails completion, maybe loot?

[vivid thorn]

PF?

[faint flare]

Trial cant PF

[hearty acorn]

probably not the right channel to askbut does anyone know where i can exchange a refer a friend code?

[wintry chasm]

You're really limited on how to find a party but they would get the first time completion bonus, WT completion, more points in WT, loot, poetics @fallow juniper

There is a refer a friend subreddit @hearty acorn

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxivraf/

[fallow juniper]

So it’s a bit luck dependant on having people around that have it as a req in their WT for example etc, just a combination of factors

[faint flare]

Oh it comes up

[hearty acorn]

thanks

[wintry chasm]

Also refilling WT points is always really helpful

Since it lets them shuffle more

[fallow juniper]

I havent done anything unsynced - how much faster does it make it and what are the dungeons like? Is it almost mainly a boss, or also a lot of trash fights?

[faint flare]

Unsync lets you go in as you are

So lv80 face roll it

[inland sparrow]

I just got to the first dungeon (Sastasha). As a first timer I’m nervous to just use Duty Finder and slow everyone down watching the cutscenes sand generally not knowing all the things. Is this just a “suck it up and do it” situation or is there a LFG type channel for people to group up ahead of time?

[wintry chasm]

Dungeons have a lot of trash mobs

[faint flare]

Majority

Suck it uo and do it, people are forgiving with new people

Dungeons are very casual

[wintry chasm]

Yeah how fast it makes it depends on your level and the content level mostly Wllrr

[faint flare]

Just dont stand in bad and hit things

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[vivid thorn]

you should say ahead of time that you are new

[inland sparrow]

Okay haha. I’m coming from Destiny 2 where dungeons (Raids) maybe seem higher pressure and planned out in voice chat before starting etc.

[fallow juniper]

What about the amount of people required, can you enter unsynced with less than the required group set up or even class requirements?

[inland sparrow]

I will make sure to say I’m new

[wintry chasm]

Right @fallow juniper

[faint flare]

Harder content doesn't start until you hit Extremed and Savage content

[wintry chasm]

You can go in with however many people you want

Any role

[faint flare]

Where you actually need to discuss strategy

[inland sparrow]

Makes sense, thanks!

[fallow juniper]

So hypothetically lets say coils is a 8 man thing (I dont know, is it?) - what could 1 lvl 80 DPS do? Would he be able to solo for example?

[obsidian patio]

You can solo pretty much all of it

[wintry chasm]

Yeah

[obsidian patio]

T9 might be a hassle with some jobs since you need massive burst near the end

[wintry chasm]

Tank would be easier though since less squishy and would let you ignore more mechanics

But yeah if you had two that's just extra EZ

[fallow juniper]

And a more detailed question - if I were to do it with just1 lvl 80 helping, how long does it take per turn? Just to know up front how much time I need to set aside

[faint flare]

Like a minute or so discounting cutscenes

[deft quiver]

does this guy ever cast loom?

[fallow juniper]

A minute?? Amazing

[deft quiver]

got him super low but still no loom

[faint flare]

Loom is when he dashes to you

[deft quiver]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh

[fallow juniper]

Guess I got to try my luck tomorrow in Limsa then

[faint flare]

There's no cast bar for it

[fallow juniper]

Thanks all for your replies you’ve been very helpful as always

[faint flare]

A few floors are a tiny bit longer cause you need to actually travel abit

But bosses just fall over

For the most part

[wintry chasm]

@fallow juniper depends on the fight too. Some turns have some trash and take longer, some bosses have moments of not being targetable and whatnot. Final boss probably takes 5 minutes just because they can't be hit for so long

[faint flare]

Some forced downtimes artificially extend it

[fallow juniper]

Sure a few minutes then, quite a difference with it taking 15-20 mins as per a synced dungeon

So good to know it doesnt take that long and it doesnt take up that much time from whoever is helping out - that’s comforting to know

[faint flare]

Ofc its discounting cutscenes

So

[stiff fiber]

I heard that CPU affects FPS performance, which factors would that be ingame?

[faint flare]

If you're watching them then add abit of time

Though majority of stuff would probably be dead

[fallow juniper]

Should I skip and rewatch after I’ve done em all to spare the helpers? Or will it ruin the immersion as it’s quite a few dungeons?

[wintry chasm]

Just read them

People will know what they are getting themselves into

[fallow juniper]

Aka will it be too difficult to puzzle it all together if I’m missing the boss fights that come after each

Alright

Thanks again for all your help very much appreciated

[solid oxide]

can i check what dungeons ive done somewhere?

[plain python]

belt is not glamor-able?

[wintry chasm]

Belts don't have a look

[thin kestrel]

if someone blacklists you in ffxiv does their username disappear from your friend list

[faint flare]

Dungeons you've done have a tick on Their duty finder picture

[solid oxide]

ah i see.. thx

[plain python]

so it is safe to seal-convert the lv50 class belt, I guess

btw, I pick up an antique gear. Is it only purpose is to trade for lv50 class gear that you get for free from class quests?

[obsidian patio]

Yes

[plain python]

cool. Another seal-convert

[obsidian patio]

The i90 stuff from the class quests used to be a set of tomestone gear, which when it became obsolete got turned into dungeon gear

And then became a reward from the class quests

[limber heron]

I'm having trouble finding savage might iii materia inforamtion online. Most guides say to get it from the market which I can't do. It's a bit unclear which level my weapon has to be to produce it though

[rough horizon]

Just a question, did the sale for ffxiv end? I wanted to buy it but... I'm not sure where to get from

[remote lintel]

yes

[frail fulcrum]

If I lost my scion wears, can I get it back?

[leaden ginkgo]

are we scheduled for another tomestone next patch?

[raven sage]

They should be purchasable at the calamity salvager Steven

[dreamy flume]

Where can I buy CP food from a vendor?

[faint flare]

Yes we'll get another tomestone in 5.4

[leaden ginkgo]

will crystarium gear be moved to phanta

[faint flare]

Allegory will be uncapped, phastmagoria becomes redundant and the new tomestone will be capped like allegory gear

Yes

Well

Crystarium will still cost allegory

But allegory wont be capped

[leaden ginkgo]

so they'll have phanta, allegory, + another??

[faint flare]

No

Phastmagoria goes away

[rough horizon]

So should I just get starter edition? It says it comes with all heavens ward stuff -w- ?

[faint flare]

Allegory becomes uncapped

And the new tome is capped

[leaden ginkgo]

okay so allegory becomes the new phanta

[faint flare]

Yes

[leaden ginkgo]

does 470 phanta gear go to poetics

[faint flare]

Tomes rotate out

It goes to Hunt currency

[leaden ginkgo]

ahhhh like ronka

[faint flare]

Yes, Ronka was the first tome set

[leaden ginkgo]

did they do that in stormblood too??

[faint flare]

When Phastmagoria was capped

Yes

[leaden ginkgo]

tome gear to hunt?

[faint flare]

This forumla has been the same since heavensward

[leaden ginkgo]

gotcha.

[oak ice]

Lost Allagan is for hunt currency

[little swift]

crystarium gear will be poetics in 6.0 along with the 5.4 set

[faint flare]

Lost Allagan, which was Stormblood first tome gear, is in hunt

Same with whatever was after it

[leaden ginkgo]

hopefully they change poetics to something out

kinda stale 👀

[faint flare]

Nah, its staple 🤷‍♂️

[crimson wind]

Is there a way to check how many FR points I've gotten in total?

[faint flare]

Fashion report? No...gotta keep track

[latent cliff]

hello everyone im new to the game its been a week and a half since i started and im having a hard time picking a job watched many videos but still cant decide anyone willing to help me out

[faint flare]

You can somewhat guess based on what you have unlocked

[green rampart]

hello, im here to ask questions that uve probably seen a thousand times, but since i couldnt find any up-to-date answers on reddit, guess im gonna ask the community directly x~x

[halcyon grail]

What’s the difference between a DRG and a MCH in raw dps?

[split jay]

I’m at level 47 but I’m too low to accept the next msq, what should I do?

[crimson wind]

It's not really fair to compare MCH and DRG dps wise

Play what you like

[faint flare]

Do your daily roulettes and then dungeon spam Pats

[crimson wind]

MCH has the tax of 100% uptime

[oak ice]

DRG does more DPS, but SE hates melees and actively design content to make you not click buttons

[halcyon grail]

What’s that mean?

[crimson wind]

Naturally, it does less, but not by far

[green rampart]

i have a bit of a big question, um, i dont wanna break up the flow of convo, just tell me when its alright to ask >.>

[crimson wind]

Uptime is when you can hit the boss

[oak ice]

Ask away

[crimson wind]

shoot

[green rampart]

||im a returning player - played 20 or so levels a year or two ago, bought the base game + expansion for later but didnt use up the 1 free month i got due to MH, now i have a month of free time and am considering getting back into it. however im MASSIVELY indecisive and very pedantic about stuff so id appreciate it if anyone could tell me what sort of data center/server i should join? im in europe, interested in playing a support/healer class and would love to rp, however i'd like to have fun with the game as well. so... help a noobie out? ;w;||

• additional problem is that i dont know any current friends that play ffxiv, so...

[jade lava]

do i still get gear for doing raids unsynced?

[oak ice]

You do

[crimson wind]

Join Chaos, iirc its the more active of the two EU data centers

[faint flare]

There isnt a super big RP presence on EU

[oak ice]

Conceptually you're running the same dungeon

[crimson wind]

But you can go for Light or Chaos

[faint flare]

But both Chaos and Light are basically the same

[oak ice]

[crimson wind]

Either are good choices

[faint flare]

So go whatever

[green rampart]

shameee-- im worried that like... light/chaos are gonna be full of non-eng speakers

[faint flare]

No

Majority are English

[oak ice]

Biggest RP would be either Omega or Cerberus, from my experience

[green rampart]

as eu servers usually are in my exp--

oh thats good

[faint flare]

Shiva is primarily German and moogle holds the french

[crimson wind]

That's the downside of EU servers, but there's a large amount of English speakers

[oak ice]

Avoid Moogle or Shiva, those are the unofficial french/german servers

[little swift]

just make sure you have the duty finder language settings with german and french on as well

[faint flare]

But otherwise majority is English

[little swift]

makes your queues a bit smoother

[green rampart]

i mean i kinda wanna have a good gameplay exp - thats the reason thats gonna keep me in the game - but id love to rp as well

umm

[faint flare]

I think Omega tried to become the unofficial RP server for EU. Idk how successful it eas

[green rampart]

so either light or chaos? would there be any upside of me doing NA? im keeping odd awake hours RN but in the future i might have a normal sleep schedule...

[crimson wind]

If you do join Shiva or Moogle however, bring alcohol and bread respectively.

[faint flare]

You'll have higher ping on NA

[green rampart]

hahahaha, sadly my german is too rusty to have a good experience on ger speaking

[little swift]

you don't have to speak it

[faint flare]

Which may make some jobs harder/near impossible to play

[green rampart]

yes but i dont wanna play during times where NO ONE's playing

[little swift]

there will usually be people playing

[faint flare]

People play at all times of day, cause we have no lives

[little swift]

just there are peak hours

[green rampart]

my ping is pretty good to be honest, ive got strong internet, but there should be a way to test it

[little swift]

and non-peak hours

!faq datacenterip

[zinc orbit]

Datacenter IP Addresses

List of IP Addresses for each Datacenter

Aether: 204.2.229.9
Primal: 204.2.229.10
Crystal: 204.2.229.11
Chaos: 195.82.50.9
Light: 195.82.50.10
Mana: 124.150.157.156
Gaia: 124.150.157.157
Elemental: 124.150.157.158

how do I ping the IP?

Windows: Open Command Prompt and type ping *insert IP Address here*
Mac: Open Terminal and type ping *insert IP Address here*

[crimson wind]

People play at all times of day, cause we have no lives
@faint flare

[green rampart]

thank you, ill check out the pings in a moment

[faint flare]

[green rampart]

ill start uni and driving school in a month, but rn im staying awake all night long so x_x

so uhh either light or chaos, got it... and not shiva or moogle

i got recommended malboro or lamia

[faint flare]

Pick a preferred server if yoy can for the xp boost...i believe only Chaos has preferred server's

[jade lava]

can someone send me a guide or explain to me how materia works and how i get it? all i know right now is that i can extract it from 100% spiritbond gear, but with how much i swap gear, is it even worth it early gear? i never get 100% spiritbond with much

[faint flare]

!preferred Chaos

[zinc orbit]

Information

List of preferred worlds for Chaos:
Louisoix
Spriggan

[crimson wind]

!preferred light

[zinc orbit]

Error!

No preferred worlds found for light, Kupo!

[faint flare]

!faq melding

[zinc orbit]

Materia & Melding FAQ

How do I unlock melding?

Complete Forging the Spirit (materia extract/npc melding) and Waking the Spirit (player melding) in Central Thanalan.

How can I get my gear melded?

To meld visible Materia slots a NPC melder in any major city will do (marked with a Blue Materia icon on the map). To overmeld gear you'll need to request another player to meld your gear or to do it yourself.

Why can't I meld this Materia to my stuff?

Every Tier of Materia has a minimum item level requirement that gear must meet to allow melding of that Tier. Tier 6 Materia requires an item level of 290 while Tiers 7 and 8 require an item level of 420.

Why is my meld giving +0 stats?

Every item has a maximum amount of stats that can be given through melding and the natural stats found on the gear. This can be seen at the bottom of the Materia Melding menu, as seen in the picture below.

The secondary stat with a higher number is already at the cap and cannot be further melded.

[green rampart]

which centres are the NA ones again?

for ping

[crimson wind]

Primal, Crystal, Aether

[faint flare]

Primal, crystal and Aether

[green rampart]

thank you. sorry ill probably repeat a few questions cuz its moving a bit fast and im trying to get my wits about me, but ty for the replies guys!! the only server summaries i could find were like 2 years old so

[faint flare]

@jade lava dont worry about Materia until cap...the game tosses materia at you at cap

[jade lava]

ok thank you

[little swift]

don't worry about asking questions

[faint flare]

You swap too much to get spiritbond full and materia barely is noticeable under cap

[little swift]

its literally the purpose of this channel

[green rampart]

pings are:
primal: 168ms
crystal: 171ms
aether: 170ms

[little swift]

i'd rather you ask and get a proper updated answer

rather than you search for some outdated resource

and be frustrated

your ping to NA servers is basically the same then

the servers are all located in the same physical location

a 3ms difference is negligible

[crimson wind]

If I'm afking in Hydatos waiting for an Ovni pop, how can I not get kicked for inactivity?

[green rampart]

ah, right

is that ping too large?

[little swift]

move your character once every 5-7 minutes

[green rampart]

or um, sorry too big

[little swift]

no its playable

i play on japan servers are 180ms

[green rampart]

chaos: 17ms
light: 24ms

[little swift]

but i'd recommend you play on EU for more comfort

[crimson wind]

You just can't double weave

[green rampart]

those are my EU pings

[little swift]

you can double weave

[faint flare]

Its but its slightly sketch

[crimson wind]

I say stick to EU

[little swift]

i do it all the time on JP

[faint flare]

Stick EU...if you wanna go NA then you could and either live with the ping or look into a Vpn to help out for something smoother

[green rampart]

hmmm... alright then. vpns arent an option for me rn

so eu... now gotta choose eu. me, a hermit who plays mostly during the night, and who mostly knows NA people: >_<

uhh

[crimson wind]

Join Louisoix or Spriggan on Chaos

[little swift]

its fine

[crimson wind]

It makes the leveling process so much smoother

[little swift]

all dungeons/trials/raids are matchmade across the entire data center

[green rampart]

but it looks like light is more popular lately :(

[little swift]

you'll have people you can meet/play with

how would you even know that?

[green rampart]

reddit search

[warped nest]

worst case scenario, just pay for a transfer, or make a new character

[green rampart]

way more topics opened for light

[crimson wind]

Chaos iirc has more population than Light, Chaos just has more people crammed into a select few servers

[warped nest]

Reddit doesn't represent all the players

[crimson wind]

Like Crystal and Balmung, Primal and Behemoth, and Aether and Gilgamesh

[green rampart]

ah, okay...

mmhhh its still so hard to decide, im so indecisiveeee >_<

[deft quiver]

how do i unlock masked carnival above 25?

[little swift]

just because reddit has more topic results does not correlate to popularity of a server

[green rampart]

yes, youre right, sorry

[little swift]

do the blu job quests iirc

[green rampart]

so a DC thats more populated and has more chances of ppl being online at 2-3am gmt is chaos i guess?

any chaos players here? >_<

[little swift]

you can see in the chats

[remote lintel]

all DCs are populated

[little swift]

basically based on their name colour here

red is the chaos colour

[oblique delta]

The new housing will come with 5.35 and not next reset is that correct ?

[green rampart]

oh youre red!

[faint flare]

Yes Lazy

[little swift]

This patch is 5.31

[green rampart]

and light is this weird.. i guess teal-ish colour

ok i c

[oblique delta]

and usually when new housing is added, are the houses immediately available for purchase or is the random timer still going to be a thing ?

[faint flare]

Immediately

The random timer is for plots that were freed up

[oblique delta]

oh ok cool

[little swift]

they'll be immediately available for both personal and FC purchase/relocation

the random timer will still go for old plots

[oblique delta]

oh ok nice!

[green rampart]

ok final q
which has the bigger rp community?
now im tempted to go with chaos mostly

[soft flicker]

i'm currently messing with botany a bit, should i be saving the materials i gather?

i'm lvel 10

i dont really know what is good to keep or whatever

[little swift]

if its taking up your inventory space but you don't have immediate use for it

sell it to vendors or use the marketboard if you can

otherwise gather stuff for your class quests

and that's about it tobe honest

[soft flicker]

ahh okay

really like the idea of making my own cosmetic gear so going for weaver eventually, assuming botany would be good for that or something haha

[little swift]

botany, miner, and farming certain monsters will all be important

you'll also likely need weaver/goldsmith/blacksmith

unless you buy all your materials

thats why it usually recommended to level crafters together

and keep gatherers about 5 levels above them

[soft flicker]

oh okay 😮

[crimson wind]

What are some nice BLU spells i can pick up early?

[soft flicker]

i'll work on that then, ty ty

[little swift]

1k needles

ice spikes

faze

white wind

[zinc orbit]

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[soft flicker]

so basically @little swift you don't really hoard materials in this game it's moreso go get what you need at the time?

[little swift]

no reason to really hoard things

its not like materials are never re-obtainable

[soft flicker]

yeah i gotcha

[little swift]

just some are more of a pain than others to grab

[warped nest]

There is no need to keep a healthy stock of everything

[manic flare]

does anyone have a guide to player icons

[warped nest]

For example, some Shadowbringers recipe uses Star Ruby from Heavensward region, if and when I need some, I either buy them from MB, or take a quick 10 minutes detour to gather enough to make 10-15 star rubies

[soft flicker]

i'm still very early game but thats nice to know, i'll try to keep stuff within range of eachother

really really like how weaver makes cosmetic items in this game, it seems unique and interesting

[warped nest]

Stuff I do recommend keeping a healthy stock of: iron ore, copper ore, silver ore, effervescent water

[proper junco]

how do u unlock dwarf beast tribes?

[soft flicker]

oh what is that water?

[faint flare]

You need to do some blue quests in Khlousia for dwarves

[deft quiver]

Do Anzu's need anything specific to cast sonic boom?

or is it also a no cast spell

bc i havent seen it at all

[faint flare]

Iirc its a no cast spell

When learning spells, watch your damage intake text that pops up

To see what hits you

[granite swan]

Anzu is the DoT if i remember right

[faint flare]

So you can see when Instant cast spells hit

[granite swan]

So once you got a dot on you, it used sonic boom

[faint flare]

Sonic boom is just some damage

[green rampart]

nvm im still indecisive af. x___x yalls help has been really helpful tho and given me lots of info n stuff to think about

[deft quiver]

so the windburn is sonic boom?

[granite swan]

oh wait, im thinking of the other bird one, um i forget its name

[crystal vector]

Is there no Beast Tribe alliance quest yet for ShB or is it the questgiver well hidden?

[faint flare]

Not yet

Those are added in X.5

Or so