any hit you take will give you heavy
#questions-and-help
hasty musk
oof, alright
outer plank
would it be cheaper to go through the process of just buying the asthete set off the mb?
or craft it?
sharp meteor
why do some MNKs at 80 run fists of fire?
proven pewter
can you put a plant thing in the private room you can buy in your free company estate
outer plank
@sharp meteor isnt it fist of fire until you can use gl4 then you switch to wind fist
cause gl4 provides the same damage is gl3 if i remember
leaden ginkgo
do u still need souls for each crafter or one soul now ?
plain python
are Shire gear already augumented like Ironwork? Or I need to work on it?
whole wasp
You can only have 3 crafter souls but you can swap which crafters every week
whole wasp
Thanks kael
manic schooner
yes all poetic gear is automatically augmented now
@twilit arch wow thats convenient
how about phantasmagoria gears?
faint flare
Tortured = Coerthas western highlands and sea of clouds.
Sorrowful = Dravanian forelands and churning mists.
Harrowing = Dravanian hinterlands and azys lla.
Fate drops are 100% for gold.
twilit arch
phanta gear is not, no
elfin osprey
ty
manic schooner
ohh so u still need to go thru several stages of augmentation to max it out?
faint flare
Just one
twilit arch
yes, they only removed the augmentation process from poetic gear to stream line it
faint flare
Get the upgrade item and trade
manic schooner
i see
so this upgrade item
what currecny u need to buy it
phantasmogoria itself too?
faint flare
Manufacted coin from copied factory
twilit arch
no, it comes from eden savage, copied factory, or hunts
drifting burrow
hi how do i get a aetherpool weapon 
manic schooner
ohh i see.. i hope its easily obtainable likethe phntasmagoria..
faint flare
You get it every run of copied factory
And freely farmable
Just get the ilvl for eden verse and get that gear
Its better
manic schooner
ok thanks
whole wasp
You mean the padjali weapons ?
obsidian patio
@drifting burrow complete floor 50 of POTD and you get the option to trade in your Aetherpool level for grips to exchange for them
obsidian patio
Grips want 10/10 Aetherpool levels
manic schooner
mog station
outer plank
is there a way to fast search worlds for the cheapest items?
manic schooner
TRANSFER TO FULL GAME option
leaden ginkgo
Do you have to pay for ffonline after your free trial is up?
merry finch
does activation code = registration code?
outer plank
and you cant go past the first expansion
leaden ginkgo
@outer plank thank you
outer plank
also theres some other social features/trading thats restricted as well
keep that in mind
elfin osprey
from which bozjan fragments can I get potion of the irregular lost action?
zinc orbitBOT
stable hinge
how do I turn off other peoples effects when in combat?
tribal apex
What is raiding like? I’m coming from wow seeking some alternatives to play on the side.
rotund sable
Unforgiving but not necessarily hard
outer plank
@stable hinge system > character configuration > control settings > character > battle effect settings
show all - self
show none - party and others
rotund sable
You have to be in the right place at the right time while moving in the right way to not lose uptime and butcher your dps
twilit arch
strongly recommend to put party to limited, rather than none
tribal apex
Is it like mechanical unforgiving or if you die Shit goes side ways
Ah
So like classic
twilit arch
so you can still see friendly ground AoEs
rotund sable
There's also often not the floor indications you're used to
outer plank
i thought they automatically showed friendly floor indication
whole wasp
nope
twilit arch
none shows nothing
outer plank
i could see earthly star with my party on show none
whole wasp
not sure about earthly star but i know for sure
asylum and Sacred Soil is invisible
i was a tank wondering why i had the sacred soil buff while i couldn't see the sacred soil. made me realise i accidentally put party to none
twilit arch
earthly star still shows (though it doesn't show the explosion)
sacred soil and asylum are 100% not shown at all with none on
kind of weird ES is an exception to this but either way its not beneficial to complete turn off party effects
cos its not just healers who aren't going to like you, but ninjas as well if you're a tank and move trash outta doton
outer plank
btw is there a quick and easy way to search the mb of each world?
ripe hound
Yeah it's "relatively" good
Can give you a rough estimate on the price of stuff
Also use their "Average Price of Item Sold"
I find it the most accurate
sharp meteor
is it only melee that gain brotherhood that can give me chakra?
ripe hound
On telling you the rough value of an item
crimson wind
When's the best time to use ED?
crimson wind
yup
remote lintel
whenever someone is low
crimson wind
how low
little swift
is it only melee that gain brotherhood that can give me chakra?
@sharp meteor no your entire party gains it
remote lintel
half to less than half is when i use it
crimson wind
like when does it get max potency
crimson wind
red mage
crimson wind
That's dumb design
little swift
your entire party gains brotherhood cerb
crimson wind
that of which I am aware, but max pot should be 25%
spiral spruce
Don't know if anybody can answer my question here. My PC crashed and deleted my files. I don't have a backup, I know I'm stupid, but do I have to purchase the game again? Or is there a way to just download it?
little swift
but whether they open a chakra depends on if that have weaponskills
upper lake
hey, so I just found out abt the go go posing rangers event thingy that happened. can it still be accessed or is it gone for good?
remote lintel
yeah thats what the guy was asking i think
crimson wind
brotherhood is just better reskinned embolden
remote lintel
@spiral spruce you can download it again and be fine
little swift
you're comparing a capstone to a non-capstone skill
crimson wind
er, selfish-er embolden
remote lintel
@upper lake the emotes are on mog station
little swift
if it was worse we'd have a problem
stable hinge
Thanks isiah12
crimson wind
true, but you can't deny that they aren't similar
spiral spruce
I haven't been able to find a link to just download the game. Everything I've found directs me to purchase the game again.
remote lintel
just google ff14 download
crimson wind
ff14 free trial rather
upper lake
@upper lake the emotes are on mog station
@remote lintel just the emotes? What a pity, I really wanted the orchestration scrolls for their songs lol
remote lintel
no he bought the game
upper lake
Also the cutscenes seem so fun, looking back
little swift
!faq freetrial
zinc orbitBOT
little swift
@spiral spruce try this link
remote lintel
does the free trial launcher work for a full game?
crimson wind
Also do I just use Celestial Inter on cd as long as people need heals
Er, opposition
little swift
it should register that he has a full license and move him should it not
crimson wind
the blue one
little swift
yah opp is fine to use for the regen
crimson wind
well...a better question, should I use it for single target
crimson wind
k
crimson wind
doesn't stack with aspected bene right?
crimson wind
oh nice
little swift
you can have like 5 regens on your tank at once
remote lintel
you dont have sleeve draw yet
remote lintel
remote lintel
yes
crimson wind
k
remote lintel
also it had a bunch of aoes
remote lintel
use lightspeed
crimson wind
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
remote lintel
also your next 3 skills are all aoes
crimson wind
I don't like the AST leveling between 50 and 60
it just doesn't feel it gains enough
but, tbf, you get 3 skills at 50
remote lintel
4
remote lintel
nocturnal, synastry, minor arcana, divination
crimson wind
oh, synastry
spiral spruce
@little swift It's downloading so I'll let you know if it works
But I think it will
I appreciate the help!
little swift
yeah please do update me
spiral spruce
I will let you know
little swift
because i remember the free trial updating when i upgraded
instead of redownloading
so i thought that jimmying it that way would be an option
leaden ginkgo
is the sharingan strategy better than ilya's for e8s?
crimson wind
What's Earthly's total potency?
spiral spruce
I had thought of that too but every time I went to do that, it kept saying my account wasn't eligible for a free trial. I also didn't want to just make another email to make an account to download the free trial launcher before asking around first
raw solstice
@leaden ginkgo it's not that it's necessarily better, it's that it's different. People end up being fussy on specific strats for LR. Ilya can incur a bit more downtime and puts more weight on execution for orb folks, but zero RNG or difficulty on chain people. Sharingan (along with various other strats) split the responsibility a bit more between chain and orb people
tacit atlas
I just need to have the relic weapon quest active to get memories right?
raw solstice
sharingan has potential for a bit more overall uptime, but really uptime is hardly the issue at this point in the raid tier. Dps check isn't a huge factor, it's more of a "don't die and make sure to push buttons" kind of thing
so if a group is mostly used to ilya, I'd still recommend it over strats which might be "better" or "have more uptime"
notable since most PF tend to go with ilya
crimson wind
Was talking about this in Primal BA discord last night...NA DCs stick to strats at the beginning of the tier, and never change to better strats.
raw solstice
like ilya isn't as horrible as some people make it out to be, at all. And it's significantly more than sufficient to clear the fight
there are "better" strats but they might not be better for every group, basically
twilit arch
yes @tacit atlas
leaden ginkgo
so if a group is mostly used to ilya, I'd still recommend it over strats which might be "better" or "have more uptime"
@raw solstice it's a fresh prog, so I was wondering which strat we should pick first
raw solstice
if it's fresh prog in a static, I would probably recommend sharingan over ilya. If it's fresh prog more in a pug environment on NA, I would recommend ilya
if you find issues with sharingan in your group though, particularly with coordination on chain movement/positioning, consider ilya as an alternative
remote lintel
did soken compose the pulse album
potent shale
Oh um guys
I need help
I can't navigate my way around Dravania
what the heck the map is giving me a headache
remote lintel
which part
twilit arch
go to the 2nd floor of anyx trine
it has an exit with a bridge that leads into the cave
potent shale
So that's why I couldn't get in
narrow blade
can you break down armor you dont need or want?
remote lintel
no you do it yourself
narrow blade
ah ok
remote lintel
depends what the item is
narrow blade
mostly armor and such
twilit arch
still depends on the item itself
remote lintel
is it leather armor? cloth armor? plate armor? jewelry?
narrow blade
plate
twilit arch
the crafter that can repair the item, can desynth it
so if it the tooltip says "Repair level: Armorer lv #"
then its armorer who desynths it
polar hound
generally speaking, if you're gonna level 1 crafter, you're going to be advised to level all
remote lintel
look at the bottom of the tooltip for which crafter repairs it
sharp meteor
how many coins are u supposed to get from castrum?
quiet fossil
Are you able to bring an Alliance into Bozja or is it locked to full parties?
spiral python
@quiet fossil its locked to party
brittle latch
is there an efficient way to farm for poetics at level 80? roulettes dont give much. and dungeons are kind of a drawl to me
polar hound
!faq poetics
zinc orbitBOT
spiral python
Anyone know which Fence is this? I can't seem to find it on the housing site.
polar hound
check the vid guide
twilit arch
trader's cottage walls @spiral python
spiral python
Oh thank you!
cyan fable
Do you get bonus exp for joining a dungeon that someone has left and youre replacing his spot?
twilit arch
no
polar hound
Less rewards most likely unless you replace them at the very start as you'll miss out on other kills/exp by that time usually but still the bonus
for daily
obsidian patio
@sharp meteor slight variation in amount, maybe also part of how many people you save
But from my two full clears I got 47 tokens, so 24-ish on average from my small sample size
halcyon grail
As a Paladin, is my self heal intended to be a regular part of my rotation?
twilit arch
no
little swift
nope
its not like the healing the other tanks can use
where you can slot it in between gcds
or as part of the main combo
clemency is one of those very very last resort thigns
spiral spruce
@little swift Thanks for the help! It worked just fine!
little swift
or useful for soloing
halcyon grail
Or for solo?
little swift
oh 
glad it works
yeah good for soloing for sure
i'm referring to things like unsync EX solos
halcyon grail
I think I prefer having recovery built in to the single target combo
plain python
Blue mage use casting set?
leaden ginkgo
What do people use to setup rich presence for ff14?
little swift
yes blu uses casting
halcyon grail
Is clemency a better recovery tool to make up for manual casting and interruption if combos?
Of
faint flare
No, you never actively use it
faint flare
You only use it if the healer is a giant monkey
little swift
clemency isn't really worth the loss of your gcd combo
faint flare
You don't even need it in solo quests and stuff
You only actively use it when soloing extremes
halcyon grail
I am, when it’s up
Just noticed my PLD gets through level even encounters at 90 percent, whereas my drk or gnb will finish topped off
little swift
thats just a natural sustain from main combo offsetting your perceived loss of hp
you probably passively mitigated more damage as a paladin
spare plinth
I reached level 70, to get the next skills do I have to complete sb story up to 4.5?
And unlock shb story?
spare plinth
Weird
spare plinth
But I heard I have to unlock shb story to get 70+ skills
So as blm I can be in the middle of stormblood but have access to despair and umbral soul?
twilit arch
no, 70+ skills are not locked behind quests
You just need to be the appropriate level
spare plinth
Ooh
little swift
because you're synced to 70
halcyon grail
Right, I’m just trying to compare how effective auto hp is versus a spell that needs to be cast
spare plinth
Yea
little swift
the answer is you're using that GCD on not damage
kill the thing faster
and you won't need as much hp to be recovered
the amount of hp restored via the main combo is significant but isn't as much as you think it is
here's an example healing spread on warrior
halcyon grail
You mentioned it was handy for solo on unsync ex trials?
little swift
yes it would be
faint flare
Cause you really need that healing
ripe hound
I think PLD is pretty much the strongest Solo class?
little swift
since you have no way of recovering your HP otherwise
so you would have to be smart about planning out when to use it
halcyon grail
Would other tanks be as capable in that context?
ripe hound
I mean PLD have access to a lot of self heal
Other thanks are more just do damage (GNB), tank damage (DRK), or have a lot of health
little swift
warrior is pretty decent at soloing things as well
ripe hound
I have to admit I don't really know what WAR does
little swift
the other big bonus for paladin is you have access to hallowed ground
which can help you straight up ignore a lot of mechanics
simply by not taking the damage
ripe hound
Oh yeah, and as GNB you have access to shoot yourself, which will end your life when it ends
open coral
WAR is the rage tank. Their gimmick (at higher levels, in particular) is that they can convert damage dealt into self-healing.
little swift
it doesn't end your life when it ends
lone spruce
Does the game go into Haurchefant's backstory or am I gonna need to look at like a wiki for the details?
ripe hound
Shoot yourself is barely different from Hallowed in usual contents, but yeah, when soloing it becomes a problem
little swift
because you can heal at any point in its duration
ripe hound
Yeah, I mean when soloing
little swift
but your tools for self healing a little limited
little swift
you get like 3 ticks of aurora and maybe 2 hits of your main combo
ripe hound
Hey if you only do a 1-2 combo you can get 3 hits!
manic schooner
guys is there a way to access Idyllshire as soon as you get access to Ishgard?
My bag's full of poetics already and I badly need to spend these on lvl 60 gears soon
ripe hound
open coral
You cannot access Idyllshire until you reach that point in the MSQ
Which is around level 56
little swift
58*
ripe hound
You just can't enter it?
little swift
no
open coral
You cannot, no
little swift
you can't
ripe hound
I see
manic schooner
omg thats still too far.. i dont wanna skip all MSQ just to rush spending my poetics
is it worth it tho?
ripe hound
Also any tips on how to get in Bozjan Castrum?
manic schooner
im already lvl60
ripe hound
No
Just use poetics for alt class gearing
If no alt class just sell poetics
Which server are you on?
halcyon grail
You can always buy some thavnarian ash for later if your worried about wasted poetics
ripe hound
one sec
remote lintel
you use them to buy mats to sell
open coral
@ripe hound Be R10 or higher, be in the instance when it pops, and make sure you've spent 5 clusters on priority deployment.
halcyon grail
Scale powder rather
faint flare
As if you nees to spend clusters on entering CLL
ripe hound
Oh!
manic schooner
i see, any tips wc matts i shud by my 2000 poetics with?
ripe hound
Priority Deployment!
faint flare
Its like never full
little swift
you can't buy thavnairian scale powder until you hit 80 and unlock the relic
the 80 relic
halcyon grail
Oh
ripe hound
Ok this wasn't what I expected
open coral
Depends on the instance. I did it tonight in an instance with like 52 people registered for it.
little swift
almost everything in the special arms section of hte poetics bar won't be able to do appear until you reach a specific point in the relics they're involved with
ripe hound
@manic schooner You can try Scarlet Urushi
faint flare
I haven't seen more than like 36 people que on light
ripe hound
I think you can buy this in Mor Dohna
manic schooner
intersting, ok ill check it our rn
ripe hound
Yeah remember to manually check the price again
Also you aren't free trail right?
If you free trail you can't sell on MB
ripe hound
Nice
open coral
I don't know about on EU servers, but on NA there are a ton of Discords organizing multi-group CLL runs. They'll take the time to get all of their groups into the same instance, which can push out individual players queueing.
ripe hound
Yeah just go on Market Board and search Scarlet Urushi
Because the price this app generates isn't accurate
faint flare
Every data centre has some discord groups doing it, a handful are pinned in eureka explorers
ripe hound
@manic schooner Also try Thavnairian Adhesive, Thavnairian Resin, and Thavnairian Cotton
But that's about all your ways to sell Poetics
bronze narwhal
how long does it take to level blue mage to cap?
open coral
Depends on whether you're doing it solo or with a friend.
faint flare
With friends, few hours
manic schooner
ok cant seem to find that scarley urushi among these poetics vendors
open coral
With a friend, maybe a couple of hours with the tag system.
ripe hound
Is there a system sound when CEs and Castrum pop in Bozjan?
open coral
Solo, probably about 3 or 4 times longer?
ripe hound
Yeah weird, Liberi give me one sec
open coral
Since you have to stick to mobs in your general level range instead of going straight out to Azys Lla
bronze narwhal
hmm I see
manic schooner
@manic schooner Also try
Thavnairian Adhesive,Thavnairian Resin, andThavnairian Cotton
@ripe hound how about these tho? are they purchaesable in revenants toll?
ripe hound
Ouch why are all the good selling mats sold in SB
Yeah they are all sold in SB, lv 70
fuck me
remote lintel
!faq poetics
zinc orbitBOT
remote lintel
just check that
manic schooner
Ohhhh i seee.. looks like nothing else to spend my poetics after all
open coral
I was just about to hit that
manic schooner
no choice but to rush MSQ now
dark gust
i didnt log in for month since i bought the subscribed but it says the timeline is up do i have to subscribed again just for that?
open coral
Yes. Sub duration is real-time, not played time. @dark gust
ripe hound
Ok
little swift
@manic schooner check the special arms section and grab unidentifiable ore and trade that in for grade 3 thanalan top soil
ripe hound
Yeah I guess there just really isn't any good mats sold at Mor Dohna
But still, I don't recommend rushing MSQ,
Oh yeah, soil works!
Soil sells a lot!
little swift
you can hold on to the ore until you can trade it in to bertana in idyllshire
open coral
I mean, you can take your time with the MSQ. Just don't queue for content that gives poetics if you don't want to overcap.
little swift
if you're not far enough in msq
open coral
And don't want to buy any of the things you can currently purchase with them.
little swift
you can buy the ores iirc without being in idyllshire yet
manic schooner
ill just hold on to the ores for now
open coral
Yeah, but you can hold onto the ores/shells.
ripe hound
I think you can hold on to as much as you want?
remote lintel
i wouldnt spend all poetics if youre just about to get to idyllshire
manic schooner
ill go check the priec of top soil in MB
i wouldnt spend all poetics if youre just about to get to idyllshire
@remote lintel just started in HW, shud be pretty far
ripe hound
Oh my this shit sells good
remote lintel
oh then yeah
manic schooner
just entered ishgard rn
open coral
Got like, 15-20 hours of gameplay before getting to Idyllshire.
ripe hound
Yeah
manic schooner
wow is 4k large enough?
open coral
4k isn't bad
manic schooner
Got like, 15-20 hours of gameplay before getting to Idyllshire.
@open coral wtf rly? damn hahaha quite unexpected
little swift
think of each expac as a full length jrpg experience
ripe hound
Yeah, also HW story is good, so you should consider going slow
little swift
so each one would be about 30-40 hours easily
open coral
Each expansion is ~30 hours of gameplay just for the X.0 content, then another 20 or so for the X.1-X.5
little swift
ARR at top speed without skipping cutscenes was 52 hours
open coral
ARR is a minor exception because it covers a lot more ground.
ripe hound
Yeah ARR is more like the base game
manic schooner
holy smokes no one sells soil in tonberry 😦
little swift
check partial match
ripe hound
Grade 3 Thanalan Topsoil
zinc orbitBOT
open coral
Always hit that partial match button
manic schooner
~3k in Tonberry
also this item simply allows cross-pollination? how important is planting in this game? is its sole purpose to give like buffs?
faint flare
Its to get new types of seeds you cant get elsewhere
little swift
nah gardening for growing things that you can't really get elsewhere
not really buffing
little swift
but it does help people make some rare minions and mounts
also for levleing your chocobo
manic schooner
ohhh plants can make mounts. interesting
faint flare
A few
The magick bed and chair
For one
Also access to plants for furniture
Like the Carbuncle stuff
manic schooner
alright thanks guys, since im like 30 hrs away from idyll shire, I'll spend all my poetics for Unindentified Ores each time moving forwads.
open coral
The topsoil is an important component in growing Thavnarian Onions.
manic schooner
ohh interesting, i heard thats for levling choco's beyond 10
open coral
Yep.
They're ridiculous to grow because they take about 15 steps to get them, only produce one fruit, and don't reseed.
But if you want a rank 20 chocobo, you need them.
dry flame
does anyone have a comprehensible list of the gatherer relic upgrade mat locations this patch
serene bison
Are there more merchants like the " Calamity Salvager" ?
manic schooner
is it just me or there seems to be more and more voice-acting in cutscenes starting HW?
karmic veldt
Well, yes.
serene bison
there are? nice!
manic schooner
awesome, so it gets even better in SB?
karmic veldt
To both questions, yes.
serene bison
Oh where can I find them?
karmic veldt
There's a Calamity Salvager in each of the ARR city-states.
Ul'dah's is near the Milvaneth Sacrarium on the Steps of Thal.
Limsa's is near Naldiq's & Vymelli's on the Upper Decks.
karmic veldt
Oh. No, the purpose of a Calamity Salvager is to give you access to item redemptions.
serene bison
I'm just looking for more and more items to add to my collection
manic schooner
what an epic intro. May I ask what exactly is "Heavensward" Is it an object, a person, a concept, etc?
karmic veldt
The word "Heavensward" means "towards the heavens."
serene bison
Dang I need more items to add for my Glamour collection
manic flare
It's also the name of an organization that has an important role in the plot
karmic veldt
It's not.
But I was also going to try to
Not spoil that.
But yes they do make reference to the word "heavensward" in the form of the Heavens' Ward, the bodyugards of Ishgard's leader.
manic schooner
Oh interestin.. thanks!
karmic veldt
Overall the names of the expansion and patches will kind of guide the general themes and imagery of the expansion's content.
little swift
also what's a good way to farm wolf marks
@serene bison do your daily frontline challenge, thats at least 1.5k a day
karmic veldt
Heavensward's name is relevant in how you obtain flying, visit floating islands, and deal with a war between man and dragon with a heavily religious bent.
karmic veldt
It's a very solid track.
manic schooner
it feels like a completlely different game from ARR
karmic veldt
Do you play with English voices? Because the cast changes after ARR.
So that might also help create that feeling.
manic schooner
similar to the usual trend of FF's, it seems that you can read the story of each expansion independently from each other without worrying of not understanding the plot if you missed the previous expanso
manic schooner
Do you play with English voices? Because the cast changes after ARR.
@karmic veldt yep i do EN al the time
karmic veldt
If you miss an expansion's story, any expansion's story, you will absolutely lose the plot.
Both in big and small ways.
manic schooner
i see.. interesting
TBH this the only MMO that I read the full story
all the other im just in it for the gameplay lol
karmic veldt
Totally understandable.
manic schooner
like in WoW no idea whatre the happenings there
i just do dailies, raids and pvp hahaah
karmic veldt
WoW is... what it is. I could give a full account on it, but like
It's not like the story is ever really going to be that interesting as a plot.
manic schooner
yea, SQEX is really in a whole different level when telling stories
karmic veldt
Honestly, with WoW, it's easier to just answer general questions to what a person likes in WoW.
Rather than explain its hot mess lore in full.
remote lintel
if you're interested in music, the bgm of ishgard is taken from the HW main theme and is a leitmotif
meaning the melody pops up multiple times in different songs
karmic veldt
Oh, Liberi, have you watched the Heavensward cinematic?
bronze narwhal
for bitter memory, can you do 60 dungeons unsynced?
karmic veldt
If you have a moment, I'd recommend logging out and, from the title screen, you can choose the Heavensward title and movie.
manic schooner
meaning the melody pops up multiple times in different songs
@remote lintel interesting...
remote lintel
or just watch it on youtube
manic schooner
Oh, Liberi, have you watched the Heavensward cinematic?
@karmic veldt i havent
only ARR cuz its in the intro to the game
manic schooner
awesome thanks
karmic veldt
I prefer the title screen way since it gives you the title screen.
remote lintel
true
karmic veldt
Yeah, the music direction changes a bit from HW onward, too.
manic schooner
but it begs me to ask... why arent the trailers for HW/SB/SB not in-game? one can only view it externally --- unlike ARR trailer wc is built into the game
little swift
for bitter memory, can you do 60 dungeons unsynced?
@bronze narwhal no
remote lintel
the ARR trailer in the game is the cut one i think?
karmic veldt
All of them are built into the game.
bronze narwhal
damn I knew it
manic schooner
really? how do i view the HW then?
bronze narwhal
anyway thank you
remote lintel
from the title screen
manic schooner
never scene any cinematics when i entered ishgard
ohhhh
ok let me go back to title screen real quick
karmic veldt
Mhm, you can also choose between movies and title screens you like from there.
Though it resets to whatever is the most recent expansion you have unlocked if you exit the game fully.
bronze narwhal
another question, when I trade my current relic, does the materia carryover to the ilv500 one? or I need to take them all of which hopefully wont get destroyed
manic schooner
hahaha i definitely will thanks!
twilit arch
you need to take materia out before exchanging your relic in
bleak lake
Is there any reason to buy Shadowbringer as a new player? I mean that extra content that expansion bring is at max level anyway or?
karmic veldt
I wouldn't recommend it as a new player.
twilit arch
unless you wanna start as viera or hrothgar, not much reason to buy it immediately
karmic veldt
Correct.
Beyond the new races, even the smallest amount of Shadowbringers content requires at least level 60.
Since Gunbreaker and Dancer both start at that level.
bleak lake
Gunbreaker? is that a new class or what? Sounds interesting
remote lintel
yes, ranged dps
twilit arch
yep
bleak lake
oh okok.. and the new races are they cool? 😛
remote lintel
you got a buff cat man and a bunny girl
karmic veldt
remote lintel
you can see them on the character create screen
karmic veldt
I really wish Google Images wouldn't offer images with fake transparency.
remote lintel
lol the fake transparent image
karmic veldt
remote lintel
that gunblade does not look that big in game
leaden ginkgo
I really wish Google Images wouldn't offer images with fake transparency.
Those pictures aren't always fake, the transparency just isn't in the preview. You have to download them via their website to get the real transparent version.
karmic veldt
Ahhh.
remote lintel
TIL
drifting burrow
would i be able to just buy doman plums and valfruit from marketboard to feed to my chocobo rather than planting them myself? i'm just required to plant the other fruit myself right
drifting burrow
can i buy all of the fruits required?
latent pumice
Hi, I've been playing the free trial and thinking about diving in the subs. But don't know which to buy.
Shadowblood expansion?
drifting burrow
i highly recommend getting the shadowbringers
latent pumice
Or do I have to get the complete edition
drifting burrow
shadowbringers is the complete edition
latent pumice
It says I need the aar
little swift
shadowbringers is not the complete edition
drifting burrow
little swift
shadowbringers is the latest expansion
drifting burrow
my bad
little swift
complete is shadowbringers and the base game ARR together
you can just buy the starter edition
and it will be enough if you haven't finished heavensward (the second expansion)
but you can buy complete if you want to not be capped at lv60
latent pumice
So might as well buy complete
fair mango
how do you farm clusters? just killing mobs?
little swift
and yes if the fruits are being sold you can buy them all kate
yes farm mobs as a group will make things easier
manic schooner
wow what an epic cinematic from HW. tempted to watch the the rest but ill hold for now
latent pumice
Thanks guys I understand now
manic schooner
in ur guys opinion wc xpac tells the best story among HW/SB/SB?
little swift
SHB > HW > SB > ARR would be the most common consensus
plain python
I heard Doma part in SB is better than other part
plain python
Doma part is written by the one who write HW and SH? 🤔
little swift
yes natsuko ishikawa is the writer for the azim steppe portion of SB as well as SHB
left relic
need someone to play with im pretty new at XIV
manic schooner
the Novice Network shud be able to help u a ton like me
left relic
@manic schooner thanks! i was just getting bored playing alone and wanted to meet new people. i will look into it thanks
little swift
natsuko ishikawa is a lady
potent lava
so in guides ive seen they usually list a priority meld list Piety>yadda>yaddayadda
Does this mean i should meld all of my gear with that stat, or leave some off for the second tier
or is this list taking in account higher tier materia that might be rarer to come by
raw solstice
it's nothing to do with rarity of materia
it's more the fact that, given the content you're running and how much MP you might need/want, you might want more or less piety
so it ends up being a sort of to comfort/requirement stat, before you worry about investing into other secondary stats
zinc orbitBOT
plain python
you can no longer join novive network if you're not sprout?
outer plank
just to be clear they cant be hq right? the stuff in diadem?
raw solstice
you can join novice network if you're a sprout, if you have returner status (have a while unsubbed from the game then come back to it), or become a mentor yourself
yeah, seems like you can't get those mats HQ
elder matrix
Hey guys..is there a fast way to finish labyrinth of the ancients? Like unsynct trials with a lvl 80 for examble? Im bard lvl 57
plain python
I have a blue icon next to my name. what is it?
robust crow
what does the icon look like?
ripe hound
No just do it normally
Labyrinth of the ancients is super populated
We do it everyday as dailies
plain python
robust crow
means you are currently in a queue
elder matrix
@ripe hound okay that surprises me a little..trying for the last 3 days to get in as DD..waiting almost 60 min yesterday at the maintime of datacenter
bleak lake
ok doing the learn - your - class- training.. and during the training I cant use the AOE heal lol 😛
ripe hound
Yeah it's like just 7m for me
Probably because different datacenter
But still, it shouldn't be that bad
gloomy ice
That is rather unusual as it very frequently pops rather quickly in most data centers.
ripe hound
And now it's like 3am EST
elder matrix
Yeah im on lich..but yesterday i had to wait in the server queue and than after 60 min in the raid queue i gave up
ripe hound
Yeah sounds weird as hell
gloomy ice
In the Duty Finder click the little gear on the top left and turn on all four language settings. Might help with queue times.
sour ruin
ripe hound
Oh and if it don't work, turn everything off but keep english on
elder matrix
@gloomy ice nooo i drawed the request cause i thought its only set on German...it wasnt..30 min for nothing xD
ripe hound
lol
elder matrix
It says 12 min..but it always raises
ripe hound
Is there anyway to add an offline player as friend?
gloomy ice
Unfortunately not. They have to be online to receive and respond to the request.
ripe hound
But yeah, your situation is really weird. Because there are a lot of people who do 24man as dailies
elder matrix
Yeah i will try on afternoon MEZ..on sunday i should be fine i hope🤷🏼♂️
ripe hound
kk good luck
Just remember to try both language settings
Either all language on or only English on
I heard rumors that sometimes people queue faster with only English selected
It was rumors I heard like 4 years ago though
bronze narwhal
hmm another question, Antitower is currently the fastest one for farming bitter memory, no?
manic schooner
hey guys is this an invisible weapon? i tried it on to see how it looks but i see nothing...
robust crow
that's not a weapon
twilit arch
its not a weapon, its a head piece
robust crow
that's a hat
ripe hound
Also ye Antitower is super fast
manic schooner
the heck im so sorry, it s shape made me assume its a weapon lol
bronze narwhal
aight thank you
hows the exp? I might as well want to level my 60s
But I heard 'content cap' dungeon gives you less exp than, for example 59 one
ripe hound
Not good but better than nothing
whole wasp
Thats correct
ripe hound
If you are leveling classes around lv 60 with HW fates anyway, you might as well just use them and practice some dungeon runs
Also DPS queues were quite fast for me for some reason
manic schooner
guys may i ask when can i start dyeing and adding cosmetics to my chocobo?
robust crow
go to your fc house
an apartment would work too
you can already add barding to your chocobo
it's just dyeing your chocobo that requires a stable
whole wasp
If you have 300k to spare,you can also just buy an apartment.
ripe hound
Decide your color, then feed it the correct food in the correct order
whole wasp
Apartments have chocobo stables
manic schooner
ohhh ok thanks!
twilit arch
do note that dyeing is not an exact science
so even with the calculator you may not get the colour you want the first time
whole wasp
Pure white and pure black can be tricky to get. The order colors are easier
twilit arch
the order does matter to a degree
because you dont want to accidentally add too much of one colour
ripe hound
I see
whole wasp
You are manipulatinh RGB colors basically. If your values hit 255 or 0. There may be unexpected results
ripe hound
After reaching Rank 10 and completing Castrum and all subsequent quests. I'm basically done with Bozjan right?
obsidian patio
In terms of quests, yes.
ripe hound
Other than the grind and farm, grind and farm part
obsidian patio
You can still run Castrum more for fragments to sell, the 3 zones for memories and clusters
And the armor for use/glamour
ripe hound
And Glamour Coins
manic schooner
guys i cant seem to fly in the new map west of Ishgard -- is this a bug?
brave ravine
you have to earn it
manic schooner
oh.. how?
obsidian patio
!faq flying
zinc orbitBOT
brave ravine
progress through MSQ until you learn about aether currents
obsidian patio
You can start earning aether currents after your trial by combat
manic schooner
ohhh interesting, ok thanks
brave ravine
talk to NPC called materia melder near auction houses
obsidian patio
They’re marked on the map with a blue materia icon
kind eagle
any guide on what to put for certain class
jade quartz
Yep, job resources channels in the Balance have both full BiS sets and general meld-priority tips
!faq balance
zinc orbitBOT
jade quartz
Note that you needn't worry about this until you're level 80
and attempting extreme or savage content
kind eagle
ye im lv80
obsidian patio
The general stat priority for a majority of classes is crit > Determination or Direct Hit
jade quartz
What's your job?
jade quartz
SAM meld priority is SkS until desired GCD tier > Direct Hit = Crit > Determination
The desirable GCD tiers for samurai skill speed are either 2.15 (two "filler" GCDs in the 60-second loop)
2.07 (three filler GCDs)
or 2.00 (four filler GCDs)
Personal preference/comfort with which of those speeds you go for.
kind eagle
what is gcd
manic schooner
guys is there a penalty when u choose very easy?
The final samurai job quest @ lvl 60 is just way too hard. i die wil musosai's at like 90% hp lol
twilit arch
no, there's no penalty for choosing easy or very easy
manic schooner
i seee.. damn
twilit arch
also ironworks is pretty undergeared for that fight
manic schooner
alright ill try very easy first. if it doesnt work ill gear up
obsidian patio
@kind eagle GCD is the speed of your main actions
karmic niche
samurai job quest and ShB class quest need to have the same gear as your level
obsidian patio
Like your combos
manic schooner
woah it says the "Echo" grant my str beyond limits?
karmic niche
yep
obsidian patio
My RDM’s GCD is 2.45 for example
karmic niche
Echo is a buff that give you extra stats (hp and damage)
jade quartz
GCD = global cooldown.
jade quartz
All your weaponskills share one global cooldown (recast time)
kind eagle
then shoten and senei
obsidian patio
!faq samrotation
zinc orbitBOT
obsidian patio
Higanbana first is your general go-to opener/rotation for most fights
kind eagle
i open with meikyo and burst with midare then go higan
kinda hard to remember everything from that pic
jade quartz
Learn and use the openers shown in the image.
kind eagle
there is 2 opener?
jade quartz
Freestyling your own opener isn't really acceptable or viable in content with other players.
Like it says in the image and like Wynne said, Higanbana is the usual opener.
Midare first is something you can learn later if you want to minmax optimisation for certain fights
But all you need to learn for now is the Higanbana first opener.
The openers that have been devised by the raid theorycrafting community are significantly mathematically superior.
No excuse for not knowing your job's standard opener in any content that's extreme or above
remote lintel
you use higanbana before you use midare
jade quartz
or even in casual content to be perfectly honest
remote lintel
also that opener is short and easy in terms of dps openers
jade quartz
It is to be honest
remote lintel
opener > cooldown > filler > burst
obsidian patio
Filler is done after cool down to make sure you Gaeshi doesn’t drift out of your rotation’s natural spot
kind eagle
yall can remember all that
obsidian patio
The exact filler you use depending on what your GCD is with Shifu up
jade quartz
Repetition builds memory, and muscle memory
Refer to the full guide:
!faq samguide
zinc orbitBOT
twilit arch
its part of any job tbh
kind eagle
What is the red pot?
twilit arch
str potion
twilit arch
even healers to a degree
jade quartz
the top one is fine for now.
kind eagle
yall bring potion along?
remote lintel
to raids yes
remote lintel
if you're progging savage
jade quartz
they are used during progression when you're pushing a certain phase or enrage
and they're used during speed clears and parse runs
but they're honestly not something you need to worry about when you're just starting endgame
kind eagle
i think i beat e5s with bad dps i think
leaden ginkgo
how can I gather/farm high amounts of koshu sticky rice?
remote lintel
use the quick synthesis for gatherers
leaden ginkgo
I checked garland tools and it seems I can only buy it from NPC
jade quartz
that's correct
remote lintel
oh yeah
obsidian patio
Only source for them
remote lintel
yes
jade quartz
yep
leaden ginkgo
man, then this gotta be the most expensive collectable
remote lintel
for freshly starting out sure
jade quartz
that's fine for now, you'll upgrade further over time
remote lintel
you should be capping tomes weekly and buying crystarium bis
leaden ginkgo
would you recommend a CUL collectable to farm scrip at level 70?
or should I just give up and use another job to farm scrips?
I'm trying to avoid purchaseable/NPC items, I don't want to destroy my wallet
kind eagle
armor first?
jade quartz
buy your chest and legs
well actually
might wanna upgrade your current lowest-ilvl pieces first.
remote lintel
check your bis
remote lintel
chest and legs usually give more stats
tidal yarrow
you need a minimum amount of fc members to get a plot right?
twilit arch
4 ppl, yes
tidal yarrow
makes sense
atomic vault
Morning all. Does anyone know what mob to kill in Diadem to get Grade 3 Skybuilders' Rock Salt please?
rigid narwhal
twilit arch
!faq diademmap
zinc orbitBOT
twilit arch
@atomic vault given that the mobs drops are dependant on your level, i assume the rock salt would b e from the same mobs that drop the finest rock salt
atomic vault
Thank you. I just did a shout while in there and someone said it doesn't drop from any mobs.
manic schooner
hey guys, planning to level a single tank class so i can at least breeze thru long queues..
between the top-tier tanks DRK vs. GNB right now, which do u think is slightly better?
little swift
the margin between them is so small
and drk isn't near the top in those statistics either
robust crow
this is currently how popular the tanks are
paladin's significantly more popular than the other three
robust crow
as far as damage goes
manic schooner
i see. interesting
little swift
dps wise if we're really being nitpicky drk is lower
manic schooner
whats that score column based from?
robust crow
it goes GNB, then PLD, then WAR, then DRK
little swift
the important data is the dps (if you consider that important)
robust crow
score is loosely based off the DPS output
little swift
the real thing to consider here is what you find more interesting
robust crow
let me find the actual DPS comparison rq
manic schooner
i see.. hmm in the perspective of a tank, i dont think dps matters. a tank shudnt care about dishing out dmg so long as it can get all aggro without dying
robust crow
here we go
well, you're both right and wrong on that
at endgame, every class gears for damage, period
manic schooner
wow can believe DRK is lowest
little swift
in general damage matter
kind eagle
Guess i need next reset for chest and leg
little swift
its how you clear things
robust crow
more damage means you can potentially skip mechanics as well
kind eagle
i ignore rings for now
robust crow
but anyway, I do want to add that DRK invuln is risky if your healers aren't decent
manic schooner
at endgame, every class gears for damage, period
@robust crow why not gear for extra mitigation instead? to the point where even TEA will have to try so hard to kill u
robust crow
because tank natural mitigation is significantly more important than what substats can provide
little swift
you're thinking that you can just offload enough tenacity as a substat to mitigate all damage
but realistically thats not how substat tiering works
nor is there enough stat for you to accomplish that
and as a result of doing that
robust crow
some of my friends who enjoy DRK tell me they dislike playing DRK if there isn't a WHM in the team or if they don't trust the healers (like in pugs)
little swift
you lose damage overall and no longer have the capability of hitting dps checks that are important to clearing
robust crow
because if they invuln and the healer is dumb, the DRK dies
rotund sable
You don't even consider taking players who can't survive in ultimate, and if you can all survive you take whoever can do the most dansgsy
robust crow
yeah like, using TEA as the example here is bad
rotund sable
This also applies to savage just less severely
robust crow
in TEA either you do the mechanic right or you die
doesn't matter if you built 100% survivability
little swift
the % of damage mitigated by tenacity is not more than the damage out you can gain by having determination instead
renaulte thats not entirely true either
you put a little bit of tenacity to help pad out for ultimates
jade quartz
there are healing checks in ultimates.
little swift
its not like its a dead stat
its just there are heal checks and stuff that require you to be able to help mitigate through
robust crow
well yes, but I'm saying you don't gear full defense like the other guy is stating
rotund sable
Drk invuln only happens if they hit 0% anyway so you can't ever lose anything with it, asides from its own cd
robust crow
that's also why some TEA BiS factor in additional vitality
little swift
you just can't gear for full defense
gear of the same ilvl will have the same defense mainstat/vitality spread
it doesn't vary
its just the substat spread is different
robust crow
there's different set builds for classes
there's two sets for TEA for BLM for example
one is max damage (spellspeed) and the other is higher ilvl (vit)
manic schooner
i see.. interesting... hmmm.... thanks guys, given all that information, and given all tanks seem to do well in terms of base survivability, i guess im going for GNB as its the top1 in terms of dps according to @robust crow statistics
rotund sable
The damage is so close it matters more which one you as a player can do best
little swift
again the difference is so minimal choosing it just because it has "more dps" doesn't automatically mean you do more damage
jade quartz
GNB assuming everybody plays perfectly (which they won't) outdamages the other tanks by about 2%.
Don't make your decision on that basis.
robust crow
some people do consider GNB as the "most difficult" tank class