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#questions-and-help
faint flare
leaden ginkgo
yeah im not gonna sit there and do nothing
but calling it clipping and weaving is just weird
agile laurel
faint flare
Thats why you use ogcd
oak smelt
@agile laurel yep thats it. thanks.
leaden ginkgo
i just gonan do my fucking moves until cool down
remote lintel
thats how players call them
faint flare
Because you WEAVE them inbetween moves
leaden ginkgo
Is there any particular reason GCD is 2.5 for ff14? Did they talk about it?
yeah im not calling it that
yeah thats wack
agile laurel
my mans it seems like you need to play the game
remote lintel
i mean ok
leaden ginkgo
weaving i think of dodge
agile laurel
@leaden ginkgo with the amount of oGCD kit it kinda needs to be that way
leaden ginkgo
df kinda of terminolgy is this
remote lintel
ff14 terminology
leaden ginkgo
i thought fighting game terminolgy was bad
elfin edge
weave a chain of spells together
open coral
Terminology that literally everyone else in the game uses
leaden ginkgo
welp not me
agile laurel
WoW has half the GCD speed but it has a lot less ogcd kit, in its current state
remote lintel
do you have another question or is that it
tidal yarrow
are you trolling
open coral
Whatever you like
remote lintel
if its your first character neither
leaden ginkgo
hard decision nope im not
tidal yarrow
or are you like that for real
leaden ginkgo
oh its my first
remote lintel
then neither
agile laurel
then don't
leaden ginkgo
im rushing them all
remote lintel
youll be synced down anyway
leaden ginkgo
eventually except astrologist
median locust
This isn't really a game where you rush lol
open coral
You won't get through the story any faster.
median locust
the journey is the game
open coral
And everything is locked behind MSQ
agile laurel
literally everything is locked by story progress
leaden ginkgo
can someone just help me choose
@agile laurel To be fair, there are a lot of instant cast skills for many classes.
open coral
Which can't really be rushed.
agile laurel
unless you think you're buying past that too
leaden ginkgo
monk or paladin
faint flare
Plus you learn nothing
remote lintel
do what you want
median locust
monk if you want to DPS paladin if you want to tank
open coral
Flip a coin, heads MNK, tails PLD.
median locust
your choice
open coral
Easy
agile laurel
there is no right answer
open coral
We literally cannot tell you what class you want to play because we are not you.
remote lintel
and you dont know how to play them 
leaden ginkgo
please help me rush a class
open coral
I personally hate both MNK and PLD, but I hate PLD just a little less.
remote lintel
flip a coin
agile laurel
you're asking something that doesn't have a definitive answer
by the sounds of it you have no gameskill in any of them, so it won't make any difference
leaden ginkgo
is bard good
open coral
Sure
elfin edge
I mean technically PLD has shorter queues >_>
agile laurel
!faq metameme
zinc orbitBOT
leaden ginkgo
imaginer thinking i cant learn the class
quasi spire
i really like PLD, its fun. but then again I only played PLD SAM and DNC so far
leaden ginkgo
imagine thinking i wont practicer the class after i rush it
agile laurel
yes, but currently you don't know shit. so, it makes no difference which you boost, cause you'll know equal amounts of nothing on either
open coral
There's learning a job, and then there's actually knowing how to play the job.
remote lintel
^
agile laurel
and we said there's no answer
remote lintel
we gave you an answer
open coral
¯_(ツ)_/¯
leaden ginkgo
no u didnt
faint flare
You said you're gonna rush them all
remote lintel
??
faint flare
So
agile laurel
you're asking something that doesn't have a definitive answer
@agile laurel
faint flare
Just do them both
median locust
the answer is that there is no answer
remote lintel
we said do what you want
leaden ginkgo
except astrologist
granite swan
If your gonna do them all, why ask?
leaden ginkgo
cuz im not doing them all at once
open coral
Or make your life choices for you
leaden ginkgo
im gonna rush 2 more next week ez
remote lintel
¯_(ツ)_/¯
agile laurel
it makes zero difference whatsoever in any way whichever you choose
open coral
BRD is fine
wispy parcel
No job in the game is bad
quasi spire
i wish there was a way to preview or trial classes at level 80
wispy parcel
All off them are capable of clearing content
leaden ginkgo
i heard blm is op
halcyon glen
it's not
leaden ginkgo
my blm at 55 but im beyond lazy to level it up
wispy parcel
Its not
quasi spire
BLU is op
agile laurel
my mans you are making kinda uninformed statements
open coral
@quasi spire I mean, you could probably look up level 80 gameplay videos.
leaden ginkgo
but the class is boring zzzzzzz
remote lintel
then dont play it
tidal yarrow
there is no op class
open coral
BLU is OP... but you can't use it for regular gameplay.
wispy parcel
BLM is a selfish DPS. It has high dps but no party utility
leaden ginkgo
this community toxic af
elfin edge
@leaden ginkgo Have fun 🙂 https://www.randomdecisionmaker.com/
remote lintel
uh
agile laurel
remote lintel
ok
west spruce
hahahahaha
tidal yarrow
some people believe SAM is the strongest job in the game rn, but it's not op
open coral
"toxic" lol
leaden ginkgo
i ask a simple question and get bully feels bad
open coral
You
remote lintel
we told you to do what you want and you said we were being annoying
leaden ginkgo
oooo dragoon looks cool
remote lintel
agile laurel
ask dumb questions repeatedly after getting answers, get dumb answers
remote lintel
thats not being toxic
leaden ginkgo
i asked which one
open coral
That's not toxic bro
remote lintel
we said do what you want
agile laurel
we literally said it makes zero difference whatever you choose to boost
median locust
We're giving advice and you're complaining that we're answering differently from what you were expecting
open coral
We told you to play whatever you wanted however you wanted.
median locust
You're toxic, not us
leaden ginkgo
its my money i wanna whale i will
wispy parcel
Theres no real answer
halcyon glen
And the answer is "whatever you feel like boosting"
open coral
You just don't like our answers, that doesn't make us toxic.
halcyon glen
All classes are good and you'll need to learn it regardless
so pick one that looks fun!
granite swan
just boost your monk and go play it :p
wispy parcel
Monk is getting a full rework soon
leaden ginkgo
i like op rng
open coral
leaden ginkgo
@elfin edge Used the random decision maker and it gave me the current job I have 😄
remote lintel
its not op
leaden ginkgo
I like giving buffs to myself and not dps
wintry hemlock
I saw some FFXIV discussion on Twitter so I am here to investigate
leaden ginkgo
i will grind astrologist legit though
silent zodiac
Is MCH high APM compared to other jobs?
agile laurel
yes
remote lintel
by not buffing dps youre just shooting yourself in the foot but ok
west spruce
yes
tidal yarrow
yes
leaden ginkgo
imagine using apm on controller loool
open coral
Yeah, MCH is probably the highest APM job right now?
agile laurel
mch's burst has half the gcd speed
wispy parcel
AST is supposed to buff the DPS
agile laurel
so it's fast as hell
wintry hemlock
First question; someone said something about a demo up to level 60? Does this mean the game is F2P or is there just a long demo?
silent zodiac
Nice, I love the idea of MCH and I like high APM classes. Thanks guys
leaden ginkgo
@wispy parcel ik but they complain
wispy parcel
Healers cant DPS as well as them
agile laurel
Long demo
quasi spire
play DNC and buff yourself + the other dps if that's what you're going for
remote lintel
@wintry hemlock its the free trial
tidal yarrow
doesn't nin have higher apm?
leaden ginkgo
@silent zodiac dont hurt ur fingers
halcyon glen
Or if you have some idea as to what you're looking for on a class you can let us know and we can use that to give you guidance as to a class you might like @leaden ginkgo
remote lintel
he's going to boost all of them anyway
open coral
@wintry hemlock The trial is free up to level 60 (including main story up to the end of the first expansion) for as long as you want. It has some social and currency restrictions, but otherwise you get the full game experience for free.
median locust
@wintry hemlock Free with no time limit, but as soon as you buy the game, you have to pay monthly regardless of level. It's a free trial, not 100% free to play
agile laurel
can we stop entertaining this topic?
leaden ginkgo
white mage zzz class
west spruce
yeah
leaden ginkgo
dps im play summoner or ninja and monk
obsidian patio
NIN used to before the 5.1 rework but they’re both around the same or NIN slightly slower
agile laurel
open coral
wintry hemlock
Monthly?
remote lintel
yes
tidal yarrow
oh okay thanks
agile laurel
mhm
wintry hemlock
Uh oh
leaden ginkgo
is ninja still good?
agile laurel
you can pay in bulk but not for the one-character-only subscription
obsidian patio
!faq meta
remote lintel
its a subscription game boss
zinc orbitBOT
wispy parcel
Sub is $13 a month ye
open coral
The subscription once you purchase the game is monthly @wintry hemlock
tidal yarrow
everyone's good
agile laurel
but yeah it's billed by month
faint flare
!faq subprice
zinc orbitBOT
wintry hemlock
I can’t just buy the game?
remote lintel
its a sub game
west spruce
no
agile laurel
Well yes you can, but it's a subscription based game
remote lintel
you need to sub
halcyon glen
Buying the game includes 30 days of play time
faint flare
Buy and then sub
agile laurel
Like most MMOs
open coral
You have to purchase the game itself (a one-time purchase), then sub monthly.
faint flare
B2p and sub based
halcyon glen
That's not unusual in the MMO genre though, in fact I think ours is on the cheaper end of sub prices but I don't actually know
wintry hemlock
Well shit I can’t play the game
agile laurel
it's a sight cheaper than wow yes
leaden ginkgo
b2p>f2p
wintry hemlock
Probably
leaden ginkgo
Is ff14 microtransaction heavy?
agile laurel
no
remote lintel
no
faint flare
No
leaden ginkgo
f2p=p2w bullshit and no
open coral
You can play the free trial to 60 forever if you want.
halcyon glen
^
agile laurel
the only things in the cash shop are mounts, pay-to-skip for those who choose that and cosmetic items
open coral
There's no limit on that.
agile laurel
and even then not much
faint flare
Only microtransations are cosmetic
wintry hemlock
Can I still play online with the free trial?
leaden ginkgo
@agile laurel (; rush character and story
faint flare
Nothing to give you advantage
tidal yarrow
if you like mounts or tiddies microtransactions are huge tho
faint flare
Yes boss
remote lintel
@wintry hemlock its an online game
faint flare
Everything is online
remote lintel
there is no offline
leaden ginkgo
Great. p2w when you have a monthly free is borderline criminal in my view.
wintry hemlock
So what’s the benefit to subscribing
faint flare
The trial lets you play you like 70% of the game
open coral
@wintry hemlock Yes. The free trial is the game, but restricted in terms of things like joining a player guild or using public chat channels or the player market.
wintry hemlock
If I can still go online
agile laurel
You get the rest of the game
remote lintel
you can play the game?
median locust
You can only play the game if you pay the sub
agile laurel
The free trial goes up to the end of the first expansion
faint flare
And not be socially limited
agile laurel
There are 3 expansions
wintry hemlock
???
remote lintel
you can't access the dlc on free trial
faint flare
Trial caps you at 60
wintry hemlock
Ok so there’s a free trial but I can’t play the game?
remote lintel
no
faint flare
The level cap is 80
open coral
If you subscribe, you can play past level 60, access social content, etc.
obsidian patio
You need a subscription to play once you buy the game
tidal yarrow
you can play only a limited portion of the game
median locust
It's free up to level 60. But as soon as you buy the game, you have to pay subscription to play at all, even before level 60
leaden ginkgo
It's free up to 60??
faint flare
Trial also has a number of social limitations
remote lintel
yes
halcyon glen
surprise
open coral
The free trial is, yes
wintry hemlock
Welp, I guess I can’t play the game
faint flare
Free to try until 60
leaden ginkgo
is summoner easy class or no?
leaden ginkgo
Just started playing ff14 Yesterday. What is 'sub games'?
remote lintel
subscription based games
faint flare
You need to pay each month
leaden ginkgo
Oh.
open coral
Games that require a subscription to play.
faint flare
To keep access
leaden ginkgo
The DLC storylines right?
faint flare
Or you just cant log in
open coral
Yes
remote lintel
the entire game
open coral
And the rest of the game
tidal yarrow
what does "you're assigned the rank type-D" mean? just saw it in the log chat
faint flare
And basically the endgame
tidal yarrow
never seen it before
open coral
Once you're on a subscription you can't play for free anymore.
faint flare
Probably your FC people promoting you
open coral
But you get all of the trial restrictions removed and can continue the story and level past the trial cap, etc.
It's basically a question of a.) what do you want to get out of the game and b.) can you afford $13 USD/month
open coral
If you don't mind not being able to play half of the game, and not having access to most of the social features, then there's no reason you can't just stay on the free trial forever.
glass solar
just get all jobs you can to lvl 60 before moving on to the sub
its not that difficult to level to 60 on a road to 70 server anyways
leaden ginkgo
Getting all jobs to 60 must take lifetime though
open coral
Nah
tidal yarrow
how boring tho
calm phoenix
fenrir
glass solar
i haven't even finished the patch 2.4 quests and im already 53 lol.
calm phoenix
damn. It was supposed to be typed in the gam,e
open coral
I have all but 6 combat jobs at 80 on a character with about two weeks of /playtime
remote lintel
@tidal yarrow as boring as you want it to be
sand stratus
53's pretty low for being that far in 2.x
I think I was something like 56 or 57 by the time I got to HW
glass solar
ye i just didn't want to waste the exp of a lvl 40 quest on a lvl 50 character
wispy parcel
Leveling in XIV is pretty easy compared to other MMOs
quasi spire
I have 12 days of playtime and only 1 80, am I doing this wrong lol
open coral
Nah
glass solar
its easier to do a second or third job
because of armory bonus, especially if you're doing dungeons
open coral
./playtime is the command that tells you in days/hours/minutes how long you've spent actually in game
My character has existed for something like three years.
But I only have a few weeks of total ingame time on her.
leaden ginkgo
80 in 12 days. How many hours per day would that be?
glass solar
Anywho i have a question
loud hearth
Am I better suited being a Dancer or a Dragoon if I want to stick to DPS stuff? I REALLY like the mobility Dragoon gives, but I'm curious if Dancer would be better/more fun
open coral
Both are dps, it's just a question of melee vs ranged.
faint flare
Play them both
loud hearth
Or Samurai. I love the aesthetics of being a samurai
faint flare
And see what you enjoy
open coral
DRG being melee, DNC being ranged.
faint flare
Both are good
halcyon glen
Dancer, fwiw, is the most mobile class in the game
glass solar
Im 53 on Dragoon, but i haven't gotten the Job Quest for Battle Littany yet, is it cause i'm not far enough into the MSQ or did i miss something else?
faint flare
Yes
tidal yarrow
dancer has insane mobility
open coral
Personally I love DNC because it's a cool aesthetic.
faint flare
You need to be in heavensward
open coral
@glass solar Where are you in the MSQ?
glass solar
ahw rip
faint flare
Gor 50+ job quests
glass solar
I just finished Snowcloak
loud hearth
I'm in the same boat @glass solar
faint flare
Same with stormblood and 60+ quests
open coral
Yeah, you need to finish 2.55 and get into HW in order to continue your job quests.
sand stratus
2.5 and 2.55 are pretty short compared to the other 2.x patches
you'll get there soon
halcyon glen
Uh
loud hearth
It looks like a lot of quests
halcyon glen
Not anymore lmao
quasi spire
DNC gets a little hard to play with high ping as sometimes your procs have a delay before they show up
glass solar
ye i keep track of howmany quests there are left to do
halcyon glen
Snowcloak is about the halfway point of 2.x now from a number of quests perspective
since almost all the cuts were to 2.1-2.3
silent zodiac
Some fish have weather restrictions, is there anything i can do to control this or target these fish, or do I have to get lucky and log on while its raining, etc?
halcyon glen
Weather is actually static and predetermined
faint flare
Use its bait and be lucky
glass solar
im 48 quests into the 2.xx quest and there are 34 left to go
faint flare
During the window
halcyon glen
So you can look it up in advance too
halcyon glen
You're, uh, nowhere close @loud hearth
loud hearth
Yeeow
open coral
Yeah, that's still pretty early
glass solar
they removed like 20 quests from the 2.xx lol
open coral
I think that's ||Good King Moggle Mog?||
glass solar
Which i'm all for tbh, one of the big things that held me back from playing FFXIV before was the slow progress lol
loud hearth
I guess there's no time like the present to try out Samurai or level up to try Dancer
glass solar
i actually do own the game on steam but figured i'd use the trial to check how it is now instead 
open coral
Yep
All of ARR flows a lot better now.
I went through on a brand new alt to try it out.
sand stratus
once you get into HW, the slow progress is okay because the story gets really good
open coral
I could recognize the points where things had been changed, and I remember what was where things were removed, but the flow was a lot better.
glass solar
well by the time you get into HW you have enough oGC's for the combat to be more engaging too
open coral
They also did little things like moving quest objective points to make them easier to find and reducing the number of enemies needed to complete certain quests, which was nice.
glass solar
I'm playing a floortank
brave ravine
For scaling: if char A is level 70 w/ ilvl 400 gear and char B is level 80 w/ 490 gear -- both enter duty roulette and lands in lab of the ancients -- which char is stronger?
glass solar
atleast, mainly..
halcyon glen
@brave ravine Identical
sand stratus
can't have oGCDs to weave if you're busy tanking the floor
glass solar
and i have buffs/dots to manage
compared to how dungeons were before, how quickly it became more intense was a bit sudden
dungeons/trials
halcyon glen
Dragoon do be like that
leaden ginkgo
What level does one need to be to join dungeons?
halcyon glen
MSQ level 15
open coral
You get your first dungeon at level 15 in the MSQ "It's Probably Pirates"
halcyon glen
spoiler alert: it's pirates
open coral
You'll get two more in quick succession after that.
leaden ginkgo
Is it the same with raids?
halcyon glen
The first raids are at level 50
open coral
And also unlock the daily Leveling Roulette, which is available from level 16.
halcyon glen
But it's the same in that you need to progress MSQ to a certain point to access them
open coral
The first raid, the Crystal Tower becomes available at level 50 after completing the MSQ "The Ultimate Weapon"
calm phoenix
Why does the game often underestimate the wait time? I have yet to see it overestimate. I am always waiting longer than the average and never shorter. That is not how averages should work
open coral
Unlocking the wings of that will give you access to the daily Alliance Raid roulette available for all jobs 50+
That is exactly how averages work
sand stratus
the game can't predict when players will queue up
halcyon glen
^
open coral
An average takes a range of numbers, adds them all together and divides by the number of sources. In your case it's taking the average of the wait times for all dps players in the queue.
calm phoenix
Alliance raids have been about the exact time it thought give or take
for me anyway
halcyon glen
Either way, don't treat the estimates as anything meaningful
open coral
Assuming there are 50 players in queue, and 20 of those players have been there for 20 minutes, 20 have been there for 10 minutes, and 10 have been there for 15 minutes, you get (20x20)+(20x10)+(10x15)/50 = 400 + 200 + 150 / 50 = 750/50 = an average of 15 minutes wait time.
But there are still 20 players who have been in that queue for >20 minutes
white sierra
How rare are lustrous fire crystals? I've done fates in Azys lla and still not found it
ripe hound
I can't find my PVP actions anywhere
Where do I find my pvp actions?
I'm in the wolf's den
halcyon glen
they be on your hotbar
ripe hound
They even appeared on my hot bar, but after removing them all to try to setup again, I can't find them again
halcyon glen
check actions and traits
open coral
They should show up in your Actions menu
ripe hound
It seems like the pvp section of "Action & Traits" got removed?
halcyon glen
das the P key
ripe hound
halcyon glen
yeah iirc it do replace when ur in the den now?
ripe hound
It just look like this for me
obsidian patio
Go to PVP Profile
ripe hound
Let me try to teleport to the den again
obsidian patio
In the character menu
obsidian patio
No, it’s literally called PVP Profile
ripe hound
ok found it
Thanks Wynne!
Is there a way to quickly toggle my hot bar from pvp to pve?
sharp meteor
where do i get crafter accessories from?
sharp meteor
how do you craft them? GSM?
leaden ginkgo
oh what changed with arr
small rampart
how do u attack with skills while also writing in the chat like in an instance or something
I saw people do that
zinc orbitBOT
obsidian patio
Multitasking
small rampart
ye but I mean while u type, u cant move or use skills
obsidian patio
Probably controller player with a USB keyboard for typing
strange coral
Possibly macros
small rampart
macros activate skills even if you in the chat?
leaden ginkgo
what changed with arr
young fjord
I can write in chat while attacking, just type very quickly between GCDs (thanks runescape)
gloomy ice
They can, yes, but I wouldn’t recommend relying on macros for everything. They don’t queue up skills properly.
faint flare
Some people type very quick
Plus the long gcd makes it not hard to do
I used to type quick stuff between gcds on kbm
small rampart
is there any way to explore dungeons on my own?
faint flare
Go in unsynced at a higher level so you can solo it
vocal shell
yes
faint flare
Thats what unsync does
Lets you go in as you are
With your current level, gear and party
small rampart
had my first 2 dungeon and it was kinda rushed cuz we had 2 or 3 people who knew exactly where to go, what to do, so I kinda just went with the wave
faint flare
Thats most dungeons
granite swan
Thats generally how its going to be
small rampart
and I was like " but it looks cool I wanna explore and go around"
faint flare
Plus dungeons post arr are just straight lines
small rampart
I might just be weird
granite swan
you can stick around after its beaten
faint flare
^
granite swan
and use return to go back to the start of the dungeon
faint flare
You have 5mins to explore after its cleared
jovial stratus
How far does the ninja quest line take you in level
granite swan
is it 5 min? i thought it was the rest of the dungeon length?
faint flare
Is 5mins
I wanna say they upped it to 10mins at one point
Cause of Construct 7 dance
And people wanting to go back for screens
strange coral
It was changed in 5.2 to the remaining time. If it's less than 10 mins remaining it gets set to 10 mins
hexed shuttle
Do PLD care about block rate vs block strength on shields or auto attack speed, or should you just always pick the highest ilvl?
young fjord
At higher lvl all shields have same rate and strenght
Back in ARR you could only use your "Shield swipe"(Now removed) ability after a block
So back then you used to run high block rate to proc it more
But as Vinyl said, it's all the same now
hexed shuttle
quasi spire
i feel like PLD has a very tight rotation, are other tanks like this?
faint flare
Not really
Pld is the main one with a strict rotation
Gnb needs to make sure to ammo combo every 30s
tulip plover
Do all youe attributes have to be in blue to pass a mission
quasi spire
what other jobs are like this?
faint flare
Otherwise its free
DRG has a pretty static rotation
Only changing jumps and life windows slightly for better fight alignment
woeful nacelle
When are we gettin news on Bojda release?
ripe hound
GNB is mostly just play around the 60s cd right?
faint flare
Bojza is 5.35
gloomy ice
@tulip plover For squadrons? No. In fact the highest level deployments can only ever have 2/3 blue if I remember correctly.
faint flare
News when, who knows
woeful nacelle
it's expected in a week or two?
tulip plover
Ok cool
ripe hound
And remember to use the 30s small bursts on cd
As a GNB, if my CDs becomes unsynced, should I delay using my skills to sync them up?
Like some mistakes here and there causing everything to desync
faint flare
Usually no cause holding can lead you to losing uses in a fight which leads to further dps lost
And just let downtime get skills back in alignment
ripe hound
Right, there are downtimes
young fjord
If you become unsync, just use them. there is no telling if you are going to become unsynced again for reasons
ripe hound
I see
brave ravine
the ABC rule still applies, always be casting
white sierra
Ok for real i cant get fire crystals to drop in Azys lla
young fjord
Just buy fire crystals
faint flare
Good old rng
young fjord
For real tho
ripe hound
ABC applies even for oGCD?
young fjord
Just buy them
ripe hound
Like holding a No Mercy for 15s might always be a bad idea?
young fjord
Collect gil instead of farming crystals
white sierra
Am i able to buy the ones for relics?
untold sand
do i need to sub first month for friendship circlet?=
young fjord
Make sure you have your weapon equiped
wintry chasm
Just really really pray to RNGesus @white sierra
young fjord
Yes, you only get friend rewards if your friend buy subscription timeiirc
white sierra
Its the anima one I dont even have it yet
wintry chasm
@untold sand Yes
young fjord
you need to have your relic weapon equiped in order for crystals to be able to drop iirc
white sierra
Please tell me how I equip what has not yet been given to me
white sierra
Heavensward's first quest has you farming crystals before you get first one
The wind one i got on my first fate, fire wont drop for me tho lol
wintry chasm
You just need to be on the quest
^ are you positive you got the quest in your journal? If so RNG baby
Can't really be doing anything else wrong
white sierra
Yep I have it, im just unlucky
gritty wind
Will I get a mount (lvl12) or I'll need to run like an idiot for next 68 lvls?
glossy flare
you'll get one once you join a great company
novel parcel
Just a emote question, can I not ./beam for longer than 5 seconds? I'm guessing there's no way to change normal face emote permanently
gritty wind
I mean I just backtrack too much xd
glossy flare
Don't worry, just follow the story
at msq lvl 20 you'll join a grand company and get a free chocobo
raven sage
The faces on emotes will only persist if it's tied to a persistent emote
So none of the face only ones will stay
Well outside of gpose
novel parcel
Ah that's a shame, ty for letting me know
plain forge
Do you need to do a realm awoken 50+ quests and other before i can do heavensward questline?
slate arrow
yes
young fjord
Is good story
ripe hound
Do I need to watch a video to do Deltascape 5-12?
young fjord
Normal mode, no
ripe hound
Or are most of the mechanics intuitive enough?
wintry chasm
Yes to the second bit
brave ravine
just get carried whiel tanking floor
ripe hound
Yeah, I just feel like I should probably go unlock them
I'm a bit tired of only having Alex in 8 man raid roulettes
wintry chasm
Also Deltascape is just O1-4 just...a correction
ripe hound
oh
plain forge
Aight and when can i unluck flying?
faint flare
!faq flying
zinc orbitBOT
plain forge
tyty
past lantern
is there a faq for crafting rotations(possibly from lvl 40 onwards)
faint flare
And of varying craft requirements
young fjord
And any high level have no need for a rotation to craft "low" level things
past lantern
so there's no macros for like lower levels? D:
faint flare
No
young fjord
Not really, but do you need it?
past lantern
Guess I could try to stick with restoration then
faint flare
Cause again, every receipe has different requirements
So harder to macro EVERY SINGLE CRAFT IN THE GAME
young fjord
I mean, just see how many synthesis you need, then just use touch abilities on the rest
add in masters mend
boom
past lantern
I dont understand much about these crafting skills.. and I tried to craft like job quest HQ items without looking up any info but barely got HQ% to 30 before I ran out of dura
young fjord
create own macro
strange coral
obsidian patio
At low levels getting HQ is very much RNG and using all HQ materials
Once you’re like level 30+ you can start to more consistently get a better chance of HQ
young fjord
to be fair, you can probebly skip your class quests and just go max level instead
Then go back and do them
Or have a friend craft the item needed for you
misty raven
Hello I was wondering what channel chat is apprioate to recruits members for a static group raid
leaden ginkgo
faint flare
Recruitment channels
leaden ginkgo
im a little confused how to get here? anyone know
remote lintel
obsidian patio
there’s a cave entrance near the ondo cups
sand stratus
At lower levels of crafting, make full use of trial synthesis to try out different skills yourself
You'll understand crafting better that way, too
obsidian patio
@leaden ginkgo the entrance is around x31.6, y16.2
soft flicker
i was told i could only do 1 grand company turn in a day, but i just turned in a culianry and a weaver one o.o?
obsidian patio
One per class
soft flicker
wow ive been doing only one each time lol
obsidian patio
Go to the coordinates I typed
leaden ginkgo
idk how to get to those coordinat es
remote lintel
there's a cave there
obsidian patio
leaden ginkgo
thank u my dear c:
frigid cedar
If I buy stormblood skip does it do the initial quest to enter Eureka for me?
raven sage
No because that's a side quest
frigid cedar
I'm trying to unlock Eureka and I can't find the initial quest
raven sage
It should be in Rhalgr's
frigid cedar
The only blue mission I have in Rhalgr's is Omega raid.
raven sage
Ok then check your journal
faint flare
You may have already taken it
raven sage
Look for "And we shall call it Eureka"
zinc orbitBOT
frigid cedar
Nope, it isn't there.
raven sage
Ok then try just talking to Galiena
obsidian patio
Try talking to Rodney at pier 1 in Kugane also
It’s a super short quest so you may have done it without knowing
frigid cedar
Galiena just tells me to talk to soemone in HW's end game zone
strange coral
Do you play with a controller?
leaden ginkgo
nope
strange coral
Do you have one plugged in?
leaden ginkgo
yep
leaden ginkgo
ty
ripe hound
Wait, you can upgrade Allegory 490 to 500 with Hunts!?
raven sage
yes
ripe hound
Why are Hunt Trains so OP
raven sage
It keeps the content relevant so it's worth working on
ripe hound
Also main method of Hunt Nuts to Gil is Materia right?
brave loom
Usually healers dps are Whm > Ast > Sch? Talking about Single Target 🙂
ripe hound
I think lore questions should go into #archived-lore-spoilers
Also what do I do with excess Phantamagoria?
final sandal
nobody answered
raven sage
Buy and sell the crafting mats Akira
ripe hound
kk
obsidian patio
The ones that cost 20 Phanta are the current stuff, so just check which ones sell for the most
ripe hound
kk
rich jungle
Doing inventory management and trying to figure out what to do with old materia, especially those below V
little swift
Transmute
gloomy ice
Sell on MB for those poor souls dedicated to getting an ARR relic weapon?
rich jungle
say what now, running off to google xD
gloomy ice
But yeah transmuting is probs the better option.
rich jungle
Okay transmuting will look into and try to sell Materia IIIs on MB
young fjord
Transmute, take 5 materia, make it to 1 other materia of same grade, with a chance for higher grade
If you want gil you want to get crafter/gather materia, they seem to sell the best across all servers
ripe hound
The weekly coins fron 24 mans can only be used to exchange 490 -> 500 mats right?
young fjord
Yes
ripe hound
No other use?
I see... I guess I'm gonna use most of my nuts for materia and gil then
Since I'm not gated by enchance mats, I'm gated by Allegory
lone spruce
Roughly how many enemies is 1% spirit bond?
Idk how spiritbond mechanics work tbh
But I have two pieces of under leveled equipment at 99% so can I get them to 100?
glossy flare
gaining experience points while being equipped with a piece of gear increases spirit bond
not sure how much xp is needed for 1%, probably also depends on your lvl
tidal yarrow
faire kohakama is a piece from a mog set?
raven sage
Yes
tidal yarrow
what about omega gambison of maiming?
raven sage
that's a piece of gear from Alphascape, the the final tier of the SB raids
glossy flare
should be v4.0
vagrant egret
hey heyy! sorry to bother but me and my friend are both free trial in Zodiark and would like to make a party together, if its not too much to ask could someone invite us to a party and then leave? sorry if this is the wrong channel for that
tidal yarrow
where do i get a chocobo issuance?
god i remember asking this on my first run
i never learn
split jay
I’m trying to equip the red mage soul after just getting it but it says I need to change my job first
What do i do?
glossy flare
equip the weapon
split jay
Thank you
glossy flare
don't forget to create a new gear set 🙂
remote lintel
@tidal yarrow GC quartermaster
tidal yarrow
you know how much seals i need?
grim pivot
can I spam Shinryu until 73, then Titania until 79 and then ||Innocence|| until 80?
or is there an exp lock
faint flare
They barely give any xp
glossy flare
better to spam dungeons than trials
faint flare
Idk why you would spam tham
glossy flare
way more xp
grim pivot
alright
urban glen
Hey guys, I'm new, checking out this updated free trial version and all. Here's a question - my first class is a lancer right? So on level 15 you get access to the first dungeon (don't remember the name) but it's the one you need to do for a quest. The problem is, it takes way to long to find a party, especially when my class is DD. I don't know wjy, seems kind of weird, especially considering the server queue... So, because of that I went ahead and got another job which is the Conjurer, for healing. Hoping that as a healer I'll find a party much faster. But now the problem is, as well as my question - how to level up the second job faster to get to that lvl 15? Do I focus on the hunting log or the levequests (still don't completely understand the leve system)?
strange coral
Hunt log, fates, and class quests. Battle leves aren't worth it
grim pivot
If youre on Zodiark I can tank for you
ionic hazel
I have an edenchoir earing coffer idk if should replace my neo 490 with crit on rdm
since crystarium is the bis for earing on rdm
glossy flare
!faq altlvlguide
zinc orbitBOT
glossy flare
@urban glen
remote lintel
just use it until you get crystarium
urban glen
yeah ok @glossy flare
grim pivot
did you just spoiler that Crystarium becomes a raid 
remote lintel
i didnt spoiler anything
faint flare
It just a gear name
tidal yarrow
also trying to queue at peak hours is ofc better in terms of wait
glossy flare
or is it
glossy flare
gotta keep playing to find out
tidal yarrow
but honestly, you will have to wait maybe 15 minutes of queue but it's faster than leveling up a healer just for it for sure
urban glen
its kind of fun having two classes (jobs sorry) at the same time though)
grim pivot
I beat this boi yesterday, how much more until I can do the Copied factory?
tidal yarrow
oh it is
remote lintel
you can do copied factory right after you beat SHB
tidal yarrow
i thought you were doing that just to queue faster
remote lintel
you dont have to do post quests
grim pivot
so after ||tempest|| I can do raid shadow legends?
urban glen
I was @tidal yarrow
remote lintel
after shadowbringers
ionic hazel
@remote lintel i probably cant do that for my mch
tidal yarrow
mfw i play the same only job since the beginning
ionic hazel
cus not having crit on mch hurts my soul
mental garnet
is there a priority list of what to spend white crafting/gathering scrips on?
ionic hazel
im barely scraping 3.3 with food
azure kettle
Anybody know what to do if you log in and it basically shows my acct is non existent. I'm trying to resub and shows I have no payment history or anything
Someone please help
grim pivot
Anybody know what to do if you log in and it basically shows my acct is non existent. I'm trying to resub and shows I have no payment history or anything
@azure kettle if youre using Googlemail keep in mind @gmail and @googlemail is different
remote lintel
what happens when you try to sub
grim pivot
even though you get mails for both
remote lintel
but you can log in to mog?
azure kettle
Yea
sand stratus
That's what subbing is
zinc orbitBOT
azure kettle
No it isn't bc it says code required
grim pivot
can you send a screenshot?
grim pivot
Are you using the steam version perhaps? That one is very secluded
azure kettle
hot eagle
did u cancel your account instead of your subscription last time u stopped playing
azure kettle
Sorry for shit quality
grim pivot
Screenshot 
azure kettle
I'm on ps4
grim pivot
Yeah I noticed.
remote lintel
did you try to cancel your sub before but then did what chibi said
grim pivot
Hmm like I said, if you use Gmail make sure to differenciate between @Gmail and @Googlemail. That counts as a different email for websites, even though you get both
azure kettle
I haven't used Google mail ever
ionic hazel
Im sure he got what you said already Niku
hot eagle
did u play on pc before? if yeah u need to rebuy to play on ps4
grim pivot
I didnt get an answer so I assumed he didnt read it cause he was taking a picture @ionic hazel
you cant log in on the game itself either then?
That should give you a notification for game-time
azure kettle
Nope bc I don't have a sub
grim pivot
well I didnt have gametime when I came back either, but it did tell me I need to resub to login
Thats what I mean. Youre not getting any of that?
Other than that it sounds like you might've been hacked
sweet leaf
I can't figure out where to find alumen
sand stratus
it should be in your gathering log
obsidian patio
Regular alumen should be around x18, y20 in eastern Thanalan
sweet leaf
ive searched all over eastern thanalan
keen fable
ng+ doesn't go through shb?
obsidian patio
Only the leveling story as that’s complete
keen fable
oh
so if i theoretically clicked through dialogue and cutscenes
just so i could do dungeons
and endgame content
i could ng+ while in queues
sand stratus
you could, but I wouldn't recommend doing that
obsidian patio
@sweet leaf
sand stratus
ShB story is really good
sweet leaf
it's a mineral? all this time my hunting log is saying it's botonist
sand stratus
yeah you mine for alumen
keen fable
that's what i've been told but sb wasnt impressive
sweet leaf
well that would explain it, i had no idea
keen fable
and im close to endgame now that im only one expansion away :C
obsidian patio
Might’ve used a similar/same username/password on a database/site that got hacked
keen fable
How long is shb? @sand stratus
leaden ginkgo
is it not possible to create new characters on balmung?
keen fable
it looks to be like 103 quests long, but in terms of how long it would take
obsidian patio
!status Balmung
zinc orbitBOT
sand stratus
it took me about a week to get through it
obsidian patio
Just the temporary user-based lockout
leaden ginkgo
how does one know when available
keen fable
playing how much/day?
obsidian patio
Just have to keep checking
sand stratus
maybe 5 or 6 hours a day
obsidian patio
Ideal time is during the AM
keen fable
i see
brave loom
AST>SCH>WHM once you include group utility
@obsidian patio Is someplace out there where to find numbers and stuff? 🙂
obsidian patio
Fflogs
grim pivot
Is there a way to
- Move the camera so I get a shoulderview?
- Turn on chatbubbles?
faint flare
You can zoom in you get really behind or go first person but no proper shoulder
And chat bubbles aren't a thing
grim pivot
alright ty
split jay
Is there like any general melee dps tips because I keep dying and I hate being that guy
scarlet sandal
snapple sucks
split jay
I’ve tried looking it up but all I find are dps job ranking guides
sand stratus
nothing else can really kill you
glass solar
Check out guides on the specific raids themselves?
After raids/instances getting more difficult i started looking at guides for them and that helps a bit ;o
faint flare
Usually YouTube
gritty oracle
also mechanics > DPS. You can't deal damage while dead, so don't greed positionals.
leaden ginkgo
i know this game can have a bit of a grind
but the ‘books’ for the |||animus||| thing is crazy
glass solar
you only need 2 ||'s for a spoiler
remote lintel
/egiglamour "egi name" "glamour"
halcyon kite
so i just do /egiglamour?
remote lintel
what i typed
grave copper
should I listen to recommend gear, even if its a lower item level? Doing main story stuff so it probably isnt as important to have
remote lintel
if its giving you a lower ilvl then whatever you had wasnt for your class
sharp meteor
should i bother doing crafter class quests? do they unlock skills?
remote lintel
yes
small rampart
so dont wait with crafter classes until 50+?
remote lintel
you shouldnt
versed geyser
Hey I've been having trouble downloading the game and it's driving me nuts. Everytime I try to download I keep dropping to like 0.01 MB/s and getting a "can't download patch data" error code before the launcher crashes. I've tried several fixes including downloading it without running programs in the background, changing the boot file, restarting, etc. I'm at my wit's end and I have no clue what to do
polar hound
heyo, are you on ps4?
versed geyser
No I'm on PC.
polar hound
Hmm.. I had similar issues on my end with ps4 but it turned out to be a bad node inbetween SE servers and me
the launcher crashing however did not happen
it would say there were several errors such as "cant download patch data" and then restart the download from scratch...are you trying to download the trial or
versed geyser
Yeah I'm trying to download the trial
polar hound
!faq freetrial
zinc orbitBOT
polar hound
are you downloading this one?
versed geyser
From the SE website?
polar hound
Yeah that's just a direct link if you hover it
the trial launcher is different from the full game launcher
versed geyser
I'm trying to download the Steam version but I also got similar results from the SE trial
polar hound
try that one ^ you can transfer to steam when you upgrade iirc maybe @little swift can confirm?
(sorry saw you online so tagged)
polar hound
yeah, once you upgrade, pending where you buy from you'll be locked into that platform
versed geyser
I got the SE trial working last night but it crashed when I tried to leave the starting area. Then I couldn't even get into the server because the game would crash so I tried reinstalling and now I can't even download the game
polar hound
okay, try that link up there and pray for any change.. if not im afraid you may have to contact SE and/or your ISP.. my issue was resolved by babysitting my ps4 for 3 days and manually restarting the download until it worked lol.
little swift
what are you computer specs like
versed geyser
CPU: i7-9700K
GPU: RTX 2070 Super
RAM: 16 GB 3600 DDR4
Storage: 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
little swift
so it shouldn't be your computer 
i do remember when i was downloading the game it had problems like that too
versed geyser
Also my internet speeds are 75 Mb up and down and I'm using an Ethernet connection
versed geyser
On my end or on the server's end?
remote lintel
did you update internet explorer
versed geyser
I just built the computer but I'll make sure it's updated to the latest version
(Is the launcher based on Internet Explorer?)
remote lintel
yes
little swift
routing as in how your isp routes your connection to the server
and yes
update IE
granite swan
Squeenix needs to upgrade to Edge >.>
polar hound
yeah they said there was a bad node inbetween me and their servers from my isp on the ps4
havent had issues since i switched isp
little swift
vpns are also an alternative solutions that might improve the routing
polar hound
tbh i never knew the IE thing ty for info lol
manic flare
sand stratus
you've either used them all, or you don't have any DoH/DoL classes
polar hound
arent they for gather/crafter
once you unlock those, things will start showing up there
versed geyser
So it looks like my PC has some updates for Windows so I'll download those and retry
granite swan
Its a long update if its todays ...
dark plaza
btw, saw in dungeon today, a class have fallen sword/spear thing skill, what class/jon is that?
polar hound
fallen in what sense
remote lintel
what color
white sinew
What is the name of the track that plays during the ||starshower in Eulmore||?
remote lintel
spoiler
dark plaza
its like aoe skill
polar hound
🙈
dark plaza
fallen from above
remote lintel
dragoon probably
white sinew
@remote lintel I tagged it, so what's the name of the track?
polar hound
yeah i cant think of a sword skill from above...paladins Confiteor (sp?) is from the ground but kinda opposite what you're desc
white sinew
It plays when the heroes' gauntlet dungeon unlocks.
dark plaza
i dont think dragoon(since my dragoon is 72 and dont have fallen spear/sword skills
leaden ginkgo
do you know if it was a dps job or tank
dark plaza
not sure but i think it was during my dr/dr trial
polar hound
unless you mean bard LB3
warped nest
How big is the range of the skill?
What color are the Spear/sword?
Big line and yellow: Bard LB3
Small and blue: rdm's fleche or contra sixte
dark plaza
blue iirc
remote lintel
@white sinew i dont think the track is anywhere on youtube or other sites