winning would get you more marks htough
#questions-and-help
little swift
leaden ginkgo
when it comes to dungeons, i’ve seen a buncha videos where people suggest completing it quickly by doing maximum DPS and perfecting your rotations but
in the grand scheme of things, does this really help shave off time? like, optimal runs shaving 10 minutes
robust crow
what level are you?
leaden ginkgo
just finished HW
robust crow
if your goal is to do dungeons quickly, your tank and healer should ideally be pulling wall to wall
that's heavily dependent on how comfortable your tank and healer is with large pulls
leaden ginkgo
right but i just wanted to know if it actually clears faster overall, considering all the risks involved etc
little swift
think about it this way
robust crow
it does clear significantly faster
if you are doing large aoe pulls
like, probably twice as fast
little swift
if you only pull a couple of packs at a time and it takes 10 gcds to kill off those packs
robust crow
compared to if your tank was doing 1 pack at a time
little swift
each pull between bosses will take 20 gcds to kill off
but if you grab everything
they all die in 10 gcds
robust crow
experienced and geared tanks will have no problem pulling literally 20 mobs
little swift
every job has aoe
leaden ginkgo
i’m mainly just concerned about the healer not being able to keep up
faint flare
Especially important for scholar who's MP is WORSE off in small pulls
Because AoW takes alot
leaden ginkgo
oh? that’s interesting
open ember
AoW eats your mp
robust crow
i can't speak for astros (since I don't play one) but white mages LOVE big pulls
faint flare
Like Channy example
robust crow
the bigger the pull the happier the WHM
faint flare
10 aoes per pack
leaden ginkgo
so would you recommend pulling wall to wall almost every time as long as the healer is ok with it?
faint flare
Aow takes 600mp
robust crow
pull literally everything if your healer can keep up
faint flare
12k mp if you double small pull
little swift
this isn't including mana regen ^
conservatively, thats still more like 7k mp spent
faint flare
Yeah discounting natural regen
little swift
with 5k regen
faint flare
But point stands
robust crow
if your white mage isn't frothing at the mouth
when you say you'll pull everything
that white mage is probably inexperienced
remote lintel
AST can easily do big pulls
all healers are able to do it if you tell them ahead of time
robust crow
@leaden ginkgo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY6JU3au4XU
little swift
actually, we just added that to
robust crow
this video came out recently and is very helpful
little swift
!faq tankguide
zinc orbitBOT
robust crow
joonbob's vids are great
iron hornet
As a PLD how do you deal with the 2,5 sec gcd? Is there something meaningful you can do inbetween? I mean ofc you got also some off gcd skills but most of the time it feels a bit slow playing. Does it change when you get into harder content`?
robust crow
what level are you
all classes will feel pretty slow before level 50 or 60
most classes don't have their full skillset or identity before then
coarse meadow
even dark knight? i hear their rotation never changes
agile laurel
drk i'd say has the 2nd most oGCDs out of all of them
robust crow
most classes that have a 1-2-3 are going to keep that 1-2-3 for most of their lifespans
agile laurel
and that's not saying much because gunbreaker exists
robust crow
higher levels usually introduce more ogcds and cooldowns and other things
that you weave between or around your 1-2-3
your core rotation is usually introduced early on
iron hornet
73 pld atm 🙂
agile laurel
then no, nothing is going to change
clever cave
Pld you will be weaving mitigation / some ogcd, itll keep you busy a bit
agile laurel
except uh, intervene
robust crow
by the time you're in the 70s your class has most of its identity
so if you don't like paladin already, chances are you probably won't think much differently at 80
iron hornet
i do enjoy the playstyle quiet abit. Im not familar with most stuff yet but the support is nice. Just felt a bit slow to play on more easy encounters 🙂
clever cave
When you need to plan your mitigation, itll feel more engaging dw
azure frost
Just finished duoing Binding Coil T5 with a friend! It was tough but we managed. Not sure if this is the right channel, but how reasonable is it to duo the rest of Coils with two unsynced IL 250 characters (WAR + SCH)?
surreal geyser
So how do these Facets in the crystarium work, is it something like the weekly turn ins?
strange coral
They are basically role quests, but for gatherers and crafters
surreal geyser
Ahh
strange coral
You only go through their quests once
And there's a little bonus for doing all of them
remote lintel
@azure frost binding coil is basically savage level content
youre not going to duo it with like 2 lvl 60s
azure frost
We're doing unsynced and noticed that second coil has a regular and savage version
remote lintel
the "normal" is savage
azure frost
Oh wow
remote lintel
they just didnt have the title at the time
frail sapphire
What does Unselected mean in the crafting window?
iron hornet
1 thing that worrys me a bit is that i saw most of the fights in endgame seem very scripted. So that you basicly do always the same thing
remote lintel
all fights in the entire game are scripted
agile laurel
yeah literally everything is
remote lintel
everything in a fight is scripted except the rng parts
agile laurel
this isn't wow, there is no predominantly random aspect
frail sapphire
There's still RNG, you cant blindfold it
normal breach
If I'm trying to level up crafting / gathering classes - should i be doing diadem? Is it efficient and is there any profit to be made there or am i better off doing leves and gathering items
agile laurel
it's good, if a bit mind numbing
remote lintel
you can do diadem
agile laurel
since diadem mats are currently new, there's some profit to be had
open rivet
for crafters, hit up your GC turn ins every day @normal breach
they give like ~5 lvs. for HQ items.
gilded forge
How much longer is ARR if I'm on the quest "The company you keep" ?
I'm in a hurry to unlock DRK for someone
remote lintel
you'
normal breach
what level are you
remote lintel
re only lvl 20
agile laurel
like, aren't you like level 30?
remote lintel
thats a lvl 20 quest
remote lintel
ARR goes to 50
gilded forge
I'm level 30
remote lintel
well your quest is lvl 20
robust crow
ARR goes to 50 and then some
normal breach
yeah youre far far away
gilded forge
fug
agile laurel
yeah you like, shouldn't even bother asking how long left at this point
normal breach
play warrior
normal breach
I went from Warrior > Dark Knight and then I've started playing Warrior again recently cause dark knight hit lvl 80 and theres a lot of similarities between the classes
gilded forge
I'm rocking monk for now, but my GF wants DRK
remote lintel
youll get there
normal breach
both classes have similar combos, have a buff youre trynig to keep up all the time, mitigation, etc
gilded forge
I wanna DPS to blow through it faster because MSQ is garbage
leaden ginkgo
wait... Arms length affects auto attack speed not movement speed?
proud willow
yes
agile laurel
Slow is weapon speed
karmic niche
Yep
agile laurel
Heavy is movement speed
leaden ginkgo
😭
karmic niche
That why most tank use it
leaden ginkgo
wow
little swift
important tank cooldown btw
leaden ginkgo
i thought it was just for kiting when pulling
little swift
nope
agile laurel
That why good tank use it
ftfy
little swift
you usually combine it with another light cd
karmic niche
Huehue
little swift
like reprisal
gusty siren
i just started out a dancer the last few days. aside from the beginner dancer gear is there anything i can get for lvl 60 for belt/rings etc. (at heavensward)
leaden ginkgo
i thought stacking cooldowns was not good?
agile laurel
on paper it has about the same mitigation value on large packs as rampart
little swift
since although you slow auto attack speed, they still hurt the same amount
leaden ginkgo
ohh
remote lintel
@gusty siren complete heavensward and get shire gear
karmic niche
Stacking cd is good on some situations
gusty siren
should i rush heavensward tho
leaden ginkgo
ah gotcha
karmic niche
That is up tp you
little swift
spreading for dungeon pulls is so that you're tankier for longer
gusty siren
i dont wanna blitz through stuff
remote lintel
i wouldn't "rush" as in, skip cutscenes
leaden ginkgo
no byro, HW’s story was SO much better than ARR
karmic niche
Then don't rush to HW haha
leaden ginkgo
at the very least just don’t skip voice acted scenes
gusty siren
i was wondering what that shire gear was about.
gusty siren
ah makes sense
leaden ginkgo
is it worth waiting for healer’s mana to come back up
remote lintel
yes
gusty siren
best way to get tomestones is story roulette?
leaden ginkgo
instead of sprinting through the dungeon between pulls
remote lintel
@gusty siren at your level sure
@leaden ginkgo you should have natural breaks between pulls
you shouldnt be pulling 24/7
faint flare
The time it takes to run to the next pull is the break
calm phoenix
Can I use the glamour plate on a retainer or do I need to glam the item before putting it on her?
remote lintel
you glam the gear then put it on them
white sinew
Is there a way to get my appearance data after the character's already been created?
scenic tiger
Is doing "The ultimate weapon" from the roulette even worth doing? It takes like 40 fucking minutes with permanent unskipabble cutscenes... Feels like spamming dungeons in that same time would just net more exp
white sinew
Without having saved it beforehand during creation.
faint flare
Iirc you can right click your character
In the character selection screen list
And grab it
zinc orbitBOT
obsidian patio
@scenic tiger main scenario roulette is super efficient if you need both Poetics and experience.
scenic tiger
wait really
leaden ginkgo
I know this seems really ignorant or just like probably dumb but, I really struggle with reading long amounts of text? Do you guys think I still could enjoy ffxiv? Sorry if this is a common question.
scenic tiger
even if the entire thing takes close to an hour and its basically just being permanently afk
obsidian patio
It gives 500 or 600 poetics depending on if there’s a new person and it gives anywhere from a full level to 2/3rds of a level depending on your level
glossy flare
the roulette gives you a bonus exactly because it is so long
scenic tiger
I'm doing it at lvl 61 right now, does it give that much exp then still?
faint flare
Yes
scenic tiger
oh ok
glossy flare
plus, new people need to do the quests so it's a nice way for more experienced players to fill out the ranks
faint flare
Roulette bonus scales on your level
scenic tiger
ah I see
remote lintel
msq roulette gives like half a level
obsidian patio
When I did it at level 79 Praetorium gives about 22m EXP out of a total needed of 35m
scenic tiger
Ok so then its still boring but very efficient
faint flare
Just kick up netflix
glossy flare
boring indeed but worth it
faint flare
Or go cook something
obsidian patio
@leaden ginkgo for most of the story quests you can read their journal to get a somewhat condensed explaination of what happened
primal relic
Dumb question, should I be using ruin 2 over ruin 1? I don’t like how quick it cast.
obsidian patio
Though this becomes less common once you hit stormblood story
glossy flare
ruin 2 is the alternative for when a mechanic forces you to move and you have no other instant abilities available
primal relic
Hmmm I guess I should set it then. Thanks
leaden ginkgo
I have only been in a realm reborn and I know that the story isn't as good there but it's just been hard for me to go through all the text and not really be able to read the whole thing and then skipping it.
faint flare
Plus for Summoner it turns into Ruin 4. Scholar uses it to weave heals
leaden ginkgo
Yeah I have been mostly skimming it, I just have not remembered anything that has happened besides this one story of like these heroes that were either lost and/or no one remembers
glossy flare
all the 1.0 players: 
tulip plover
Can someone show me the lvling guide again? I forgot the command
faint flare
Its "!faq altlvlguide"
tulip plover
Ah ok
primal relic
Yeah I assume it gets upgraded later. I just don’t like how useless I am waiting for recast after ruin 2 instant. But we’ll see when I get more skills.
obsidian patio
Yeah, story details from 1.0 only really become important/notable when they’re brought up
You don’t have to go out of your way to read the story of 1.0
brave ravine
how does one eat/use items such as the picnic basket? it says it can be used 10 times but upon right clicking there is no use option
leaden ginkgo
Ahh ok, so is it kinda standard that I don't really have any story I really know in arr?
remote lintel
you put it as furniture
glossy flare
it's a housing item
remote lintel
and then interact with it
leaden ginkgo
or like don't remember it
remote lintel
what lvl is your msq quantum
brave ravine
ooof, ok thanks. Off it goes in the chocobo bag
leaden ginkgo
Yeah I was getting on just to check that gimme a second
remote lintel
kk
oblique delta
How do I disable my character from looking at my target ? not looking when I cast an action but looking in general ? I always move my head acording to the tank xD
remote lintel
cant afaik
oblique delta
remote lintel
just gotta accept that the whole world knows who youre looking at
gusty storm
what is the difference between plains folk and dunes folk
and why does everyone pick dunes
remote lintel
they have diff eyes
dry hull
heya, returning player here after x years , seemsl ike lot of changes i see?
obsidian patio
In terms of visual difference, Dunesfolk have “glassy” eyes
gusty storm
ah i c didn’t notice it
obsidian patio
Dunesfolk and Plainsfolk also have different naming conventions
shut kelp
ok, the egi icons bother m, is there an icon for changing them to somthing i can recognize?
remote lintel
well if youre lvl 13 then your msq isnt going to be higher than that
and at that point you havent been introduced to the big plot points
glossy flare
ok, the egi icons bother m, is there an icon for changing them to somthing i can recognize?
@shut kelp you could create a macro with different icons
leaden ginkgo
Yeah, if anything my msq is at a much lower level
shut kelp
yeah i know lol. which icons?
remote lintel
youll find out the big plot stuff in a little bit
and youll be able to remember it because they make it important
leaden ginkgo
Ahh ok
glossy flare
I mean, that is hard to say without exactly knowing what you want
I don't know your taste in icons 😄
agile laurel
Do any crystalfriends know of a linkshell for reliable sos ex farms? I've heard it exists but can't find anyone still in it
leaden ginkgo
Thankyou I was worried that I just would like not enjoy or be able to follow on the story which is what I have heard the main appeal of the game
shut kelp
wind looking one for garuda
glossy flare
there is no icon that actually depicts garuda or titan afaik
shut kelp
rock for titan
scenic tiger
Do I need to progress MSQ in order to get all of the skills up until lvl 80?
remote lintel
@leaden ginkgo all the really important cutscenes are voiced anyway
so you wouldnt have to read those
faint flare
You need MSQ progress at least to be able to do your lv70 job quest
As the last skill locked by quest is at 70
Meaning you'll need access to various stormblood zones
primal relic
Should I attempt to do some of these extreme fights?
remote lintel
not synced
primal relic
Eh? Wouldn’t it be funner synched?
remote lintel
nobody does it synced so you wouldnt get a group to begin with
primal relic
That sucks
faint flare
Much more depressing with people not listening or doing strats
primal relic
That’s probably only reason why I like doing harder content is executing strats. Don’t wanna bulldoze through these fight.
remote lintel
you can do that with current endgame content
agile laurel
old content isn't worth the hassle in an unorganised group
primal relic
But that be a long time for me sadly. Since I refuse to progress MSQ till I clear all blue/ side quest.
agile laurel
if you can find people who actually want to try, power to you
glossy flare
all side quests?
agile laurel
but you'd need to look explicitly for people like you
glossy flare
ho boy
primal relic
Yea
doing these will kill your soul and literally nobody does this
do these
glossy flare
see you in a few years I guess 😄
primal relic
I do both xD
glossy flare
but why
remote lintel
yellow ones are just for lore
primal relic
And leves too
glossy flare
oh god
remote lintel
lemao
glossy flare
I admire your dedication but am equally afraid
agile laurel
square's getting their subcost outta this one lads
elder sinew
Is there a list of all the city enabled running skill from various classes?
primal relic
This is an RPG so I feel like I have too xD I’m only post ARR only side I have left is extreme moogle/Garuda so it’s fine.
remote lintel
you can also do 24 man raids which are a little harder than normal trials/dungeons
glossy flare
out of curiosity, how long did that take you?
calm phoenix
My account-wide Bennu that I ordered a few weeks ago is NOT available to any other characters other than my main! I checked the delivery moogle on the other characters and nothing! I ordered it a few weeks ago but ONLY one character has access to it! Bennu is supposed to be account-wide!n Does anybody know what the problem could be?
remote lintel
the mount still takes a while to get to your mail after you log in to another character
you have to wait for it to arrive on that character
calm phoenix
How long? It has been nearly three weeks
primal relic
Hmmm well if I knew what I was doing it would be quicker, but in total maybe 10-20days since I do read some dialogue or watch some cutscene.
glossy flare
you can go to a delivery moogle and send a request for it
remote lintel
not long after you log in to that character
tidal yarrow
is there an option to skip cutscenes not already seen?
without having to manually esc + skip cutscene
remote lintel
dont think so
remote lintel
because they want you to watch it
glossy flare
how dare they make me watch stuff
tidal yarrow
oh im a big storyskipper
calm phoenix
I tried the delivery moogle twice and it was there the third time (when I was going to do the request thing somebody mentioned) Did not need to request. Why did it not work the first two times?
calm phoenix
It said no letters the first two times
remote lintel
because it takes time to get to that character
primal relic
1st month I ran around like a headless chicken only lvl 1 char to 30. 2nd month knew what I was doing, finish all side/blue, grinded all class to 50+, and finally progress MSQ to finish ARR.
remote lintel
even if you bought the mount 3 weeks ago, it doesn't automatically send it to every character
glossy flare
I bought a mount today, it took about an hour to get to the character
who was logged in the whole time
it's just how it is
calm phoenix
I will tell that to my wife. She has been wondering why herself so I logged into one of my others to investigate
primal relic
Also you guys helped a lot with answering my stupid questions.
sand stratus
there is an option to skip cutscenes automatically
somewhere in character configuration
open rivet
you mean this?
sand stratus
that's the one
calm phoenix
For my main, it was instant. Is it slower sometimes due to congestion?
primal relic
Honestly I can’t wait to unlock more side/blue, leve, and guildhest.
remote lintel
@calm phoenix it depends on the peak times/how much traffic the site is getting
sand stratus
@tidal yarrow answer to your question above
untold sand
um does mini aetheryte work as an actual aetheryte? or just deco?
fresh lodge
Mini Aetheryte means you can teleport directly to the property
sand stratus
how would it work the other way around?
serene bison
Hello quick curiosity question:
When doing galmour on say my current set of gear(Gladiator) and I do dungeons or finally crafted a new piece to replace a old one, do I lose that glamour piece? Or does it retain the look no matter what?
obsidian patio
@elder sinew Ninja’s trait, Monk’s Fist of Wind, and Peloton from Bard/Machinist/Dancer
sand stratus
you'll have to reapply the glamour
use glamour plates to avoid eating glamour prisms
obsidian patio
@untold sand if you mean their Bardings then no
remote lintel
glamour plates are like multiple glams at once
sand stratus
yeah you can set up glamour plates using the glamour dresser in an inn
serene bison
oo
remote lintel
yes you make them at the dresser
sand stratus
you have 20(?) plates available to you
remote lintel
you use prisms to put gear into the dresser
sand stratus
or is it 10
faint flare
15
sand stratus
oh
glossy flare
the benefit of using plates is that you only pay the prisms when putting something in the dresser
but not every time you apply a plate to your current gear
halcyon kite
what is the max item level?
fresh lodge
500/505
fresh lodge
Yes
fresh lodge
Tome gear can go uo to 500 but the weapon is only 500
halcyon kite
oh
fresh lodge
While the raid weapon is 505
obsidian patio
You can upgrade the Crystarium stuff to 500 through nutsy hunts and the puppet’s bunker token
raven sage
The allegory set
halcyon kite
i’m gonna say i know what that is
raven sage
The latest tome
dreamy flume
Glamour is applied on the piece of equipment not the slot?
zinc orbitBOT
glossy flare
yes
robust notch
Unless you use Glamour Plates
earnest echo
What set does one aim for, after obtaining Neo Ishgard gear?
Channey got to me. Nevermind '3'
misty blaze
how do yu make faded rolls into proper rolls?
crisp quartz
Hey so my brother just got a ps4 to play and accidentally bought Shadowbringers before downloading a realm reborn. Can he still download a Realm Reborn for free or does he now have to buy it and all the expansions?
obsidian patio
Alchemist crafts them into the restored rolls
He needs to buy the base game AKA starter edition
misty blaze
ty
crisp quartz
And starter edition doesnt come with heavenworth or stormblood right?
obsidian patio
Starter edition comes with heavensward. Shadowbringers comes with stormblood
crisp quartz
Oh ok cool thanks!
shrewd owl
Hey y’all my friend needs some help coming back to the game so here’s his question
“Hi, sorry to be a bother, I'm trying to purchase the expansion through steam as I have the base game already along with Heavansward, however every source I looked for in this matter has resulted in just more frustration. Does anyone know how I can link my steam and Squeenix accounts prior to purchasing the expansion on Steam?"
halcyon glen
If he already owns Heavensward his accounts should be linked already
little swift
however, if his account is current registered to a windows license, he cannot buy from steam
halcyon glen
Log into Mog Station using his Mog Station account (resetting password if needed) and make sure it says he owns the Steam versions of ARR/HW. If so, purchase the Shadowbringers expansion from Steam.
tired nacelle
quick question for you smart folks...what are the bonus' for transferring from a congested world to a preferred one?
raven sage
I think it's just that it's free?
misty blaze
@tired nacelle
faint flare
Well they removed the gil cap so
misty blaze
halcyon glen
Oh yeah 10 gold Chocobo feathers
tired nacelle
is 10 gold enough for twintania mount?
raven sage
No
tired nacelle
😑
faint flare
15
tired nacelle
that's dumb
dusk merlin
Did they fix the PVP roulette XP bug? I tried googling it but didn't come up with any updates on it
faint flare
Yes they did
misty blaze
And here is my question: Wtf are those chocobo feathers? 
dusk merlin
Sweet
faint flare
They're the feathers you get for RAF
Can buy mounts and some other stuff with it
Like a twintaina mount and a 2 seater chocobo
cursive burrow
@halcyon glen Hey, sorry for the ping, I'm that eejit who can't figure this out.
This is my current state.
No linking to windows accounts OR steam.
cursive burrow
hek ;n;
faint flare
You need to go via the SE or other non steam retailer
cursive burrow
Ah... so basically... hek.
faint flare
Steam and SE are completely separate cause licensing
cursive burrow
I either pay out of my butt to get both and then weep like a bih... or... I don't do it through Steam and be a sad potato because it's not all in one convenient package.
🤷
Thanks Vinyl, I'm uhh... gonna go be a sad potat and just do SE.
calm phoenix
How did Ultros get congested all of a sudden? I logged in and it told me that it was congested and incentives were being awarded for homeworld transfer. I have been playing since the 2nd of week of August and have never seen that for Ultros. I asked my brother-in-law because he has accumulated over 800 continuous days when he uses /playtime in the game and he has never seen that message for Ultros. Was there a sudden surge to Ultros?
little swift
you only need shadowbringers @cursive burrow
remote lintel
server status changes with each patch
little swift
sales happen every so often
cursive burrow
Steam begs to differ
little swift
!status ultros
zinc orbitBOT
little swift
you already have the starter why do you want it again
raven sage
He wanted to play on steam
raven sage
But had a windows account
little swift
nope
cursive burrow
damn it
little swift
what makes oyu think that
little swift
the leaf is the right way up 
little swift
i tried to convince our australian staff to do this
but thats not a topic for this channel
cursive burrow
Let us scoot somewhere else then
calm phoenix
How long does one typically have to wear the sprout icon before it is gone?
elfin edge
You have to start the Shadowbringers MSQ and have at least 168 game hours
You can also turn the icon off, I think
calm phoenix
I have the hours, last I checked a week ago my /playtime said 12 full days a week ago. Just need to get far enough
remote lintel
you can manually turn it off if you want to
little swift
but its a good "get out of jail free card"
calm phoenix
Nah. I want to earn the removal of it
glossy flare
tbh it's less about earning it and more about having played the content
the later dungeons introduce some concepts and markers you're gonna need later on
warped nest
No shame in admitting being new, or being rusty
When I resub, I made sure my party member knew that I haven't played in a while
glossy flare
That's right, i was very happy with my returning player icon over my course of shadowbringers msq 😄
warped nest
Just managing their expectations
warped nest
You kinda just go figure them out
cursive burrow
Does anyone have the exact size of the game ATM?
crimson wind
ok, do you need 2 tanks for Shinny?
warped nest
I know there are some youtube videos on ex unsync, but they are few and far between
Does anyone have the exact size of the game ATM?
@cursive burrow 2 days ago, I am told that it is 48GB (with Shadowbringers) on PC
cursive burrow
THAMK
warped nest
For Shinryu, I don't recall any big tank mechanics that will wipe
So if you can keep the tank alive that should be fine
past frigate
However u must know the platform position for Shirnyu
faint flare
You dont need 2 tanks
With good dps you burn it fast
Before tail or the tank buster happens
Remember to kill the heart when it spawns though
warped nest
The only thing you might want to put in mind is the number of party member:
there is a break tether + 2 player stack mechanics in final phase, so if you don't do enough Dps to skip that, you need to make sure there are even numbers of players
Heart = tail >>> Shinryu in phase 1
crimson wind
Kk, i should probably go for 2 healers since my healer is SUPER undergeared
tulip plover
How do you switch maps like from eorzia to far easr on ps4
warped nest
Unsync ex guide exist but they are very scarce
faint flare
Open the world map and use the dropdowns at the top left
warped nest
@tulip plover you go up a level in the map, check the top left drop down menu on your map
zinc orbitBOT
tulip plover
Ok thanks
warped nest
@crimson wind doing unsync is basically testing how much you can skip, and how many party member you need to bring to make it efficient
ebon nacelle
So I tried asking the tech area for an issue with my graphics. But no one is answering. Any of you know what is going on with my graphics and/or if it's just the graphics of the game?
crimson wind
ok
ebon nacelle
It's like the textures of the ground have static on them when I walk
Same with grass.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
ebon nacelle
Aye, definitely.
little swift
i assume this is the dx11 error i've been hearing about
ebon nacelle
dx11 error?
I mean it's not a fatal crash or anything.
It's just a graphical thing.
ebon nacelle
Oh god no
the flashing?
Thank god I don't have that.
It's like ehmm
So I am looking at videos of other players
and they have the same thing
little swift
some google answers seem to be either update or rollback your drivers
ebon nacelle
Guess it's just me getting bothered by small things lol
little swift
or you run the game on not fullscreen if you're doing that
cursive burrow
ebon nacelle
Well "semi distance" there's static on the ground and a line of things loading in
brave ravine
crank up your anisotropic filtering
ebon nacelle
Anisotropic filtering is all the way up.
warped nest
PC download is digital
ebon nacelle
I'm on max graphics, that's from a video
little swift
pc gives you an actual copy iirc
cursive burrow
Ah right thanks
warped nest
PC is they will send you a box
ebon nacelle
It's just me nitpicking I bet. I am more used to textures being okay in the distance as well.
Maybe LOD stuff I should turn that off.
cursive burrow
I'd rather not get a pointless box tyvm
smoky glade
does the FFXIV_CHR004... file change after fantasia?
so like if I want to copy a HUD layout should I look for original creation date or at last fantasia?
tidal yarrow
is there a way to hide a party smn's blue dragon?
tidal yarrow
shit so huge
faint flare
/Bahamutsize Small
granite swan
does not exist 😦
faint flare
Lower case
granite swan
ah
crisp mural
What savage fight do the eden choir hands drop from?
zinc orbitBOT
crisp mural
Pog thanks
faint flare
6 and 7
tidal yarrow
i still don't understand why sometimes it says i already have the loot so i cant greed coffers and like the raid after it lets me take it
(savage)
warped nest
If you enter the 3rd floor directly, you gave up your 1st/2nd (lower floors) floor reward
Maybe that's why?
warped nest
They did say sometimes
faint flare
Shouldnt matter with the unlock really
remote lintel
maybe you can't roll if you already have the coffer?
velvet fossil
how long does a server/world transfer take?
faint flare
Usually pretty quick
sand stratus
a couple of minutes the two times I did it
runic bough
Can anyone please help me out?
I've been seeking help for hours
and no one is answering
granite swan
With what?
runic bough
I hope you bear with me for a bit. Long story short, steam deleted my game. I tried installing it again but I got errors so I deleted everything aka the folders and their files and wanted to restart fresh. I re-installed the launcher but I can't install the game. This is the message that pops up now.
runic bough
Hmm, no I didn't uninstall it from control panel
remote lintel
then you probably didn't uninstall everything
granite swan
What happens if you click the cog in the top right and i think theres a reset something? have you tried that?
remote lintel
I'd first try uninstalling it completely in case there's messed up files now
runic bough
Alright, I have uninstalled it via control panel
at first I deleted the folder and uninstalled it via steam
Do I re-install it again?
sand stratus
Yeah
remote lintel
from the steam page
fervent silo
how do people link fates and other locations in chat?
runic bough
Ctrl + right click
tough coral
Do we know when the character creation restriction for Cactuar will be lifted?
faint flare
!status Cactuar
zinc orbitBOT
faint flare
Its congested
brave ravine
check during off hours like 3AM in the morning
faint flare
So it won't be lifted until next patch
So whenever 5.35 hits if they swap them again
tough coral
Thanks
patent citrus
guys, i play sam/brd/gnb/sch/sum.. what should my retainer class be?
robust magnet
at first I deleted the folder and uninstalled it via steam
@runic bough Still having an issue?
robust magnet
which ever class you plan to play in the future, as it'll be the one they can level up with.
patent citrus
i wanted it to be samurai, but people told me that i will have to reset the class to lv 1 again when i unlocked it on my retainer
now he's an arcanist..
runic bough
I'm re-re-re-downloading the game again. I still can't figure out the steam issue tbh. @robust magnet
shut basalt
What time does Beast Tribe Quests reset? I did mine at 7am EST and I'm still at 0 allowance
faint flare
Retainers only lose levels when going from a job to a class
Your retaine will keep its level when swapping to samurai
!daily
robust magnet
I had a similar issue, different code.
If you still have the issue after redownloading entirely.
Go to you Documents>My Games>FFXIV>Downloads and delete the FFXIVpatch folder, restart PC and try?
zinc orbitBOT
Tick, Tock, Kupo!
patent citrus
oh hmm and when can he be a samurai? lv 50 arcanist?
patent citrus
T_T
faint flare
Beast tribe dailies reset same time as roulettes
Make sure you don't have any quests from the day prior
runic bough
@robust magnet I'll keep that in mind but I seriously hope I don't come across any more issues..Today has been rough
faint flare
Otherwise they can't reset
limber heron
how do you avoid dying when doing duties for the first time? Do you just read up on them ahead of time to find out the special rules and things you're supposed to touch?
remote lintel
what duties
patent citrus
yeah i usually just up the basic behavioural guide from the bosses in consolegames wiki
limber heron
Any with the special rules. Like the one where you're supposed to avoid bubbles, but then later, you're supposed to twerk in them
patent citrus
it doesn't take long like opening chrome window on my 2nd monitor
like 2 mins or so to read, lol
limber heron
Doing ultima now... that one is LONGGGG
remote lintel
it's also not hard to figure out
robust magnet
Know the mechanics ahead of time usually help.
limber heron
But yeah, I've been reading up now. Dying too much otherwise
patent citrus
ohh yeah, you probably need to read up
remote lintel
which ultima
limber heron
First?
potent lava
how do you mark a target to attack/ignore higher than 3/2? I'm assuming thats a macro command
remote lintel
not ex?
faint flare
Basically avoid the bad, follow the group
Within doubt, follow the group
If they're moving somewhere, its probably for a reason
limber heron
Yeah. Though once I didn't touch a panel I was supposed to and I held everyone up :I
zinc orbitBOT
patent citrus
tell them it's your first time haha
faint flare
Only time everyone has to interact with a thing
limber heron
They were cool about it, but it was embarassing
obsidian patio
@potent lava these are the only signs, you can access them in party menu > signs
You can drag them to your hotbar too
limber heron
Cool. What do you se them for?
patent citrus
marking usually hehe
potent lava
does it only go up to 5?
obsidian patio
For the normal marks, yes
patent citrus
eh, why need more than 5?
obsidian patio
Bind only goes to 3 and ignore only goes to 2
runic bough
@patent citrus Marks are essential in end game raiding so more than 5 are much needed to organize your party o/
patent citrus
i see
obsidian patio
Not really?
faint flare
People usually just call positions
Via macro
And go off waymarks
Any markers people do in pairs
Like in SoS
obsidian patio
Only fight I really remember people doing with a bunch of signs was Sophia EX
I still have a retro macro for it
runic bough
My static uses marks A LOT, they do help tremendously
obsidian patio
faint flare
I haven't seen a pug use marks in ages, we advanced to Macro tech
limber heron
Yikes. I've still got a lot to learn. Need to find/learn good macros for healing
granite swan
I enjoy it when you do raids and people throw up Markers and never say what they are for ... like wtf is this abc 123 garbage that looks randomly placed on the map that no one ever really used >.>
faint flare
There isnt
obsidian patio
Don’t really need any for healing, except maybe one to place your ground AoE healing things on your target
runic bough
I still don't get how to use a macro..Found it kinda complicated for my smol brain
faint flare
And the occasional raise one
obsidian patio
Combining combat actions is bad 99% of the time
faint flare
Crafting yeah cause who cares
obsidian patio
Crafting is the sole exception
granite swan
Good for calling out which dead bum your raising too
patent citrus
i mean macro for tactic haha
limber heron
For example, making sacred soil drop on your target instead of having to do it yourself
runic bough
They spam that a lot whenever someone is to be raised
granite swan
Question for macros, how do you say the targets name?
brazen linden
I've had someone with a hand injury (limited mobility) ask what tank they should pick up, on the thought line of lowest required hotkeys, I was thinking of saying Warrior?
little swift
<t>
patent citrus
wew tough, this game has a lot of buttons to press...
hmm maybe try to use gamepad/controller?
granite swan
Ah thanks
patent citrus
that's the least button you can have
warped nest
/party I'm gonna hit <t> in the place the sun don't shine
@brazen linden what kind of limitation
If I may ask
agile laurel
gunbreaker has 3+ bars of actions quite easily so that's a hard nope
i'd probably concur with warrior
it's still not going to be excellent for them but that's likely the lesser evil
warped nest
I am thinking warrior too, but that I feel that we can give more worthwhile advices if we know what sort of limitations Kegaran have
brazen linden
@warped nest I am not entirely, but from what he says it's difficulty with bending his fingers onto lots of keys, like 1, 2, 3, 4 I think is fine, it's when you get into cntrl+8/9 that sort of thing he has difficulty with
not entirely sure*
agile laurel
i mean most people will say binding stuff past 5 isn't an amazing idea anyway
warped nest
There is a control scheme using qerfc keys
raw solstice
it's generally just a good idea to rebind a bunch of keys around wasd
agile laurel
i'd think an mmo mouse or gamepad would be good too
and yes
q e r z x f t all work
since iirc what they're originally bound to you can live without anyway
patent citrus
pretty sure this game is designed for console first before pc lol
since it's jp games and seeing a lot of people having a trouble with patching on pc
warped nest
It is designed with both in mind
Patching (or making games) with PC is never easy because everyone has small variations with their settings, specs, and drivers
For console there are only so many different type of PS3/PS4
brazen linden
I haven't actually asked him if he's thought about using a gamepad I'll have to voice that suggestion as well. I'll recommend Warrior.
heady orbit
Im on ps4 and never had lag or problems with game
I think this is the best made game on console
granite swan
I could never bind Q/E to anything, to many years of hitting those for strafe keys lol
warped nest
@brazen linden aside from button count, for picking new jobs in the future, another thing you should consider is apm (click/action per minute)
patent citrus
need to make macro for it
warped nest
Jobs can have low button, but a lot of presses per minute compared to other jobs
sharp spire
that sucks
raw solstice
fair enough. Pretty common to rebind A and S to strafe since you don't really need to run left/right, and then you're free to rebind Q/E
warped nest
Warrior happens to be on the lower side on both button and apm
sharp spire
i need to copy paste it and move every few inches
raw solstice
nah like, make a one line macro that's just /beckon
granite swan
Cant you just drag the emote to your hotbar?
granite swan
Social -> Emote
raw solstice
can sort them alphabetically with the button on the top right
brazen linden
I've only ever Mained healers in XIV so I didn't know too much about the tanks but that's what I had always heard, that warriors were on the slower side.
raw solstice
to find it easier
sharp spire
thanks
brazen linden
and I assume black mage or dancer would be decent dps recommendations if he decides tanking isn't for him. considering from what I hear anyways, Black mage is more about fight knowledge and positioning and I hear dancer is fairly proc based.
patent citrus
blackmage has tons of button to press though
warped nest
Dancer is very heavy on proc
patent citrus
blackmage is suppose to be the last choice if he wants a class with least button
brazen linden
(my evil thought there is he might be able to click instead of hotkey some of that)
warped nest
So if your friend cannot handle moving their hands here and there for long duration
And would prefer repeating fix patterns
Dancer is probably not ideal for them
brazen linden
From what I know its only his left hand
granite swan
RDM is pretty easy on button presses ive found, but my dps probly isnt uber :p
warped nest
(my evil thought there is he might be able to click instead of hotkey some of that)
@brazen linden that's viable tbh
Yeah, another possibility someone else brought up
Is getting MMO mouse
If it is something your friend would want to consider
raw solstice
BLM certainly does not have a lot of buttons
especially not ones you press super often
patent citrus
oh really, i got different impression haha
i thought blm has a lot of button to press
warped nest
If you arrange your hotbar correctly by splitting AOE and Single Target into two separate set, BLM might be one of the lowest button count
obsidian patio
BLM probably gets the most “dead” skills out of all the classes
brazen linden
nah it seems i was wrong about BLM, As said I only have experience on WHM/AST
obsidian patio
Freeze completely replaces Blizzard 2, Flare past 68 basically replaces Fire 2
Sleep is pretty niche, Scathe is also kinda niche
warped nest
Fire 3 to go into Astral Fire buff
Keep pressing Fire 4 until you need to use Fire 1 to refresh Astral Fire
Keep pressing Fire 4, use Despair to finish
That's your basic damage rotation for BLM (I have omitted 2-3 abilities for the sake of simplicity)
remote lintel
BLM just has some long cast times
warped nest
Doesn't need a lot of finger / hand movement
patent citrus
I see
brazen linden
I doubt he'd ever go into savage, so the highest end play here may not apply, but then again, I can't say he wouldn't. I only know him online.
warped nest
BLM needed like... Maybe 15 buttons for single target
remote lintel
i can only think of like 7 not counting the buffs/non attacks
patent citrus
if he can adjust to gamepad, he can play w/e class he wants lol
brave ravine
BLM needs to be able to cast while moving
warped nest
If your friend can deal with moving with left thumb
And pressing dpad occasionally
And holding Left trigger (L2)
brazen linden
I will definitely ask about a gamepad I'm not sure why I didn't think of that it may very well be easier. I mean I first met him on a racing title so I'm sure he can at least that much..well mostly anyways
remote lintel
with a gamepad theres still some movement with the left hand
id say a gaming mouse would do the most good
warped nest
Like figuring out which job is the least strenuous
remote lintel
since he would really only need to worry about wasd then
thats if he can afford it
brazen linden
ah, I'm just asking for him because he shuns social media. (which apparently includes discord). a lot of his details I don't know as were not much else then occasional gaming buddies
patent citrus
i can relate, lol
brazen linden
Thank you for the advise so far though, I just joined up here, glad I wasn't just "elited" out the door like some mmo communities like to do
violet star
how many of the arr bahamut raids can I solo as a lvl 80? which raids can I not solo?
faint flare
All of them really, 9 takes abit
brave ravine
largely depends on job
leaden ginkgo
on rdm? 
violet star
I'm carrying some friends through the content
they're lvl 70
2 people
so im not sure if they can help
with mechanics
robust magnet
https://i.imgur.com/OyNWJDf.png what does the 0s and 1 mean?
faint flare
Then you'll be fine
violet star
what do we need to do for nael
twilit arch
means how many party finders are for that section/instance
faint flare
@robust magnet how many party finders for that content is
robust magnet
Ah okay.
How do I check if I did my weekly raids this week? lol
faint flare
Nael is meteors, golems and killing her before the ice/fire debuff kills you
twilit arch
it'll say at the bottom of the duty finder window "Rewards Received" or "Rewards Received (x/x)"
if its the 24man, 3/3 means you've gotten everything
2/3 means you're still missing a piece of gear for the week
earnest cloak
Hey all, I'm new to FFXIV (my main game is WoW) and I've rolled a tank (PLD).
Only lvl 41 at the moment but my aim is to eventually do raids and trials at 80 (casually) - have I made a mistake picking a tank as my first toon? Like, should I be going DPS or Healer first until I learn the fights and mechanics?
I have tanking exp in WoW, but the 2 games are very different
robust magnet
So like the normal roulettes do but for the raid itself?
faint flare
You'll be fine as tank first eza
leaden ginkgo
welcome 
robust magnet
Tank is fine, and so is PLD.
earnest cloak
Dope 😄
faint flare
You're learning the fight all the same
robust magnet
Welcome to Eorzea.
You may want to look up mechanics to raids before doing them, as tank though.
earnest cloak
Enjoying the hell out of it atm
little swift
@earnest cloak you can play everything on one character alts aren't needed
leaden ginkgo
enjoy the super fast leveling tank queues
earnest cloak
@robust magnet any advice on a good source for guides?
robust magnet
MTQCapture I think her YT channel is?
earnest cloak
Oh man the tank queues are great... Im like, 20 levels above the MSQ atm 😛
little swift
Guides aren't needed at all
robust magnet
Usually does nice guides if that is what you wish to look up.
earnest cloak
dope 😄
faint flare
Guides are only needed for extremes and savages
little swift
Everything is theoretically clearable blind
faint flare
Aka high end content
earnest cloak
right
faint flare
And "needed" is in quotations
leaden ginkgo
sad blu noises
faint flare
Highly advised to
remote lintel
except blu
earnest cloak
I mean I do aim to do Savage at some point - I raid Mythic in WoW and I hear Savage is about on par (with Ultimate being a whole other level)
faint flare
Just about
little swift
I mean its sorta comparable? There's no infinite scaling
robust magnet
I heard Ultimate was on par with Mythic (a friend told me but wasn't 100% himself)
earnest cloak
I was just worried going in kinda blind as a tank would get me booted from groups 😛 So far the dungeons have been pretty easy so hard to gauge
remote lintel
ultimates are multiple boss fights in a row with no checkpoints and the entire fight takes about 18 minutes
faint flare
Basically as if you fought the entire raid all at onxe
earnest cloak
I heard Ultimate was on par with Mythic (a friend told me but wasn't 100% himself)
@robust magnet I mean, yes and no. WoW mythic has like 8 - 12 bosses so there is a lot more to clear, but the fights are rarely longer than 10 minutes
faint flare
No break or checkpoints
earnest cloak
and each boss in itself is a checkpoint in terms of you kill and and youre done
Yeah, the FFXIV ultimate fights Ive watched scare me
remote lintel
lol
faint flare
Well enrages are usually over 10mins but average.kill time is around 10mins
little swift
E8s is 14 minutes if you play to enrage
faint flare
Enrages are usually around 12-14mins
earnest cloak
Coming from someone who is 11/12 Mythic in current WoW content lol
elder veldt
Is there a way to get back artifact sets that you may have accidentally sold to the grand company? Wyrm's in my casr
robust magnet
btw is it possible to use the Countdown icon as a macro icon?
remote lintel
oh yeah and the fights have full on cutscenes in them
twilit arch
wyrm set is considered af1.5, so its not on the calamity salvager
earnest cloak
Thanks for the info peeps 😄
twilit arch
you'll need to run snowcloak/sastasha hard/qarn hard for the antique tokens and trade them to kakalan in mor dhona for that set back
novel parcel
What are the exact rewards breakdown for ishgard restoration I heard top 100, top 12, top 10 and top 5 are getting stacking rewards as well like special titles etc
elder veldt
Thank you
paper violet
i just made a post on reddit about how i can't make a square enix account. i have made a bunch of emails, registered on the website, and when i go into the game and put in my information, it says it is wrong. it also says it is wrong when i go back onto the website and try to log into the square enix account management system. if i try and make a new account with the same email, it says that there is already an account. if i try and make a new password, it says that the old password can't be the same as the old password. any help would be greatly appreciated.
remote lintel
you made a square enix store account or a mog station account?
granite swan
Thats for the store, mogstation is for the game
zinc orbitBOT
paper violet
oh ok thanks so much
earnest cloak
The sign up process for 14 confused me especially since Im playing via Steam haha
remote lintel
yeah it do be that way
paper violet
when i get to that page it tells me to put in my square enix id and password, and it doesn't work
paper violet
oh so like 2 different emails?
remote lintel
you need to create an account
yes
the SE store account is not connected to ff14
only mog station is
earnest cloak
pretty sure you can use the same email Clonk
its just a separate account
in the same way bnet and steam would be separate accounts
it confused me too 😛
paper violet
it won't let me use the same email
granite swan
try to reset your pw with the email? maybe you made an account and forgot
pulsar kiln
SE and Steam are different services, so you would need to make different accounts for each.
If you are not allowed to use the same email, you probably already have an SE account.
Occum's Razor applies.
earnest cloak
@paper violet have you played before?
So my issue was that I played previously (prior to ARR), then again briefly in ARR. I bought it on Steam with all the expansions, then had to add that account as like a second account to my old one - if that makes sense
paper violet
no this is my first time playing
earnest cloak
So now when I log in and change DC I pick between FFXIV 1 and FFXIV 2
paper violet
btw i'm just trying the free trial idk if that changes anything
remote lintel
hmm
normal breach
is there any use to having multiple of the same triple triad cards
i cant sell them in MP, is there anyhting i can do with duplicates
scarlet sandal
Self for MGP
granite swan
Wait you mean i can get free MGP for all these cards i been passing on in stuff? /cry
scarlet sandal
Not a whole lot but you can get some by selling them to a NPC at the Gold saucer
elder veldt
If I put my Gae Bolg Nexus in my glamour dresser can I get it back out without having to do the whole questline again?
pulsar kiln
@paper violet it shouldn't change anything.
Try to do a password reset on the email using SE's service. See what happens.
quasi widget
yeah just take it out
amber ingot
is there a guide about mining collectables or a rotation on moving around the maps for the timed collectibles?
hasty siren
Hi! Just joined ffxiv a few days ago, was wondering Where's a good place to farm legendary medals for the yokai event! (only got a chocobo mount!)
faint flare
!faq yokai
zinc orbitBOT
twilit arch
Relics can't go in the dresser @elder veldt
faint flare
You farm in the respective area for that minion
unique anvil
What would be the recommendation for getting my drk up to 50 fastest? Roulette n dungeons?
scarlet sandal
Roulette's and then just highest level dungeon
Eat food for the extra 3% exp that builds up
earnest cloak
Once I hit 80 with my first job, I can do New Game + to skip the MSQ on subsequent jobs yeah?
unique anvil
Figured as much, seemed smart to get 2nd opinion anyway
quasi widget
Once I hit 80 with my first job, I can do New Game + to skip the MSQ on subsequent jobs yeah?
@earnest cloak you only need to do the msq once
scarlet sandal
New Game Plus is only to replay things you can't skip it
I assume they mean jobquest?
wispy parcel
every job has different job quests
granite swan
NG+ Doesnt give xp i dont think, does it?
little swift
Nope
earnest cloak
gotcha, I got it back to front
paper violet
i made another email and tried registering through the mog station, and i'm getting this error "You cannot use this function.
Please contact the SQUARE ENIX Support Center for additional details.
Error Code: i2501"
i know i have to contact them but anybody know why that would happen?
earnest cloak
what country are you in? I wonder if theyre blocking you
paper violet
im in the US
paper violet
this is so annoyign
earnest cloak
Yeah signing up to play has been my only gripe with the game so far. The game is fantastic but making an account is painful, especially if you buy the game on steam after owning it via the direct method in the past
jagged cove
Would I be able to use a different ps4 account to play FfIV
It keeps asking for a Purchase code
hasty siren
How do yall farm fates fast tho?
faint flare
Blue mages nukes fates
scarlet sandal
That and you just go kill it and then move on to the next
oak ice
Get enough contribution in one, then go straight to the next before it finishes
hasty siren
Ahhhh I see!