so pick your poison
#questions-and-help
robust crow
fast talon
is this why there are so many people fate farming in HW as of late
robust crow
exactly
little swift
people have a bit of a skewed perception on the droprate of the memories within bozja
but its actually not awful if you're grind mobs on top of doing skirmishes/CEs
plain python
what is the name of the song when you fight the final boss of an expansion's class quest?
hasty musk
@minor bluff I'm assuming it's probably the sprout icon, in which case it means you're new. As for finding a guild (they're called Free Companies in this game) you can use the community finder on the lodestone
warped nest
Which class, which expansion?
jade quartz
@plain python do you mean Breaking Boundaries? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ8yAEkUUgI
warped nest
I am fairly sure that they don't always share the same soundtrack
jade quartz
I think at least most of them do actually
warped nest
Yup
lone nacelle
if i want to make an alt on a NA datacenter just to see the otherside of what ffxiv communities are like should it be crystal
fresh lodge
It really doesn't matter tbh
plain python
@jade quartz yeah right, thax
gusty pasture
is there a way to translate seals into gil?
fast talon
Like the ones from Grand Company? Get like 99 glamour prisms and sell them on the market.
gusty pasture
is that the best way?
like you buy 2 mats for Phantasmagoria, is glamour prism the best for seals?
fast talon
You could also sell that mat that people need for the anima quest line but I reckon those arent as popular anymore.
I usually go with glamour cuz im almost sure someone is gonna buy it.
but yeah it will depend on the server. like i think last i checked cordials arent too profitable tho it has been a while
gusty pasture
alright ty I'll check
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vapid magnet
@gusty pasture i use mine to buy coke and it usually sells quite quick on the mb
gusty pasture
coke?
obsidian patio
!item coke
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obsidian patio
Cordials and glamour prisms also have good demand on the MB
gusty pasture
oh thank you
vapid magnet
yeah it has an awful name lol
twilit arch
coke is an actual fuel that has existed before cocaine was really a thing
its just accurately named for what it is
tame plinth
in borderless window my game starts lagging like crazy. but only if i'm focused on the game. if i'm focused on another prgram (clicked on discord to send a message) the game is running properly. anyone know a fix?
kind eagle
What is meld
jade quartz
Attaching materia to gear
jade quartz
What fight is that?
kind eagle
e6s
kind eagle
what item should i put
jade quartz
Depends on your job and the gear piece
kind eagle
samurai
tame plinth
crit>direct hit>det
jade quartz
They are not purchased in a normal shop
twilit arch
!item Heavens' Eye Materia VIII
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twilit arch
you should have melded your gear before you even think of stepping foot into savage, tbh
jade quartz
you can exchange cracked clusters (rewarded from such things as expert roulettes) for materia at a materia exchange in Eulmore or other endgame hubs.
Or buy them off the marketboard (they're quite affordable)
You also get them from hunts and some other means.
kind eagle
i beat e5s without melding
twilit arch
thats...not the point
kind eagle
but idk my dps
jade quartz
Melding is a very simple process which gives a significant boost to your dps and your contribution to the party.
twilit arch
while not having your gear melded isn't the end of the world, for savage you should have your gear melded because one, you get handed materia pretty easily, and two, its still damage you're missing by not having melds
rigid narwhal
you also go to a materia melder, there's a dude in eulmore
on your mini map it's the little hammer that isn't repairs
hollow pelican
Hey, where do I being the bozja quests?
glossy flare
You can also meld stuff yourself, provided you have the according crafter job levelled
hollow pelican
The new ones, I mean
jade quartz
If you have a crafter, you can meld yourself.
otherwise you pay a small gil fee to the melder NPC.
twilit arch
in gangos @hollow pelican
glossy flare
@hollow pelican in Gangos
hollow pelican
Okay, how do I go there?
twilit arch
can teleport there from doma enclave aetheryte
glossy flare
Aethernet from doman enclave
twilit arch
or talk to the npc on the docks
hollow pelican
Okay, thanks
jade quartz
So, as a Samurai, you want to meld Skill Speed until you reach a desirable GCD tier
then prioritise melding as follows: Crit = Direct Hit > Determination.
Skill Speed is increased by Quickarm materia
Crit by Savage Aim materia
Direct Hit by Heavens' Eye materia
and Determination by Savage Might materia.
Next thing you'll need to learn about is stat caps.....
!faq melding
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jade quartz
The bottom paragraph there.
tame plinth
isn't that around 2.40-2.43?
jade quartz
That's what the "meld priority" thing is about.
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)
give or take .01 on each of those
tame plinth
oh, thats much faster than i thought
hasty musk
do previous expac hunts level sync? or can I just do them myself overleveled
jade quartz
that's under the speed buff of course
bold trout
What's better for a beginner? Archer into machinist or arcanist into summoner?
glossy flare
Bard/Machinist are probably easier
jade quartz
Archer becomes bard, not machinist. Machinist is a separate job unlocked at level 50 + access to Ishgard.
Any are fine for a beginner.
All jobs are approachable and learnable.
bold trout
Oops ok thanks for clarifying that
glossy flare
Though I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from going Summoner tbh
twilit arch
hunts do not level sync @hasty musk
glossy flare
It is usually considered a high complexity job but the leveling process starts of quite slow and teaches you most things
jade quartz
What you find easier or more intuitive to learn is subjective
glossy flare
And it's fun to boot
bold trout
I like the idea of summons but I'm not sure if summoner is a class that revolves around the creatures it summons or it's just a part of their kit.
jade quartz
er
hasty musk
ok cool
glossy flare
I mean it does revolve around that but at the same time it's only part of their kit
You're still casting all the time like any other caster for example
jade quartz
So, up until level 70 summoner's pets are kind of an afterthought. They're just a constant presence that does autoattacks and does abilities on cooldown when you press them.
They're more an extension of you, not something you have to micromanage.
At level 70 you unlock demi-Bahamut, which is a big ol' summon that you summon for a limited time and it's a big burst phase for you.
bold trout
Would I have a Bahamut beside me 80-100% of the time? 
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glossy flare
Bahamut and Phoenix come in phases
Though you do have something summoned 100% of the time
jade quartz
So basically SMN is about ramping up to these big burst phases where you summon one of your two BIG summons and it does big attacks for a while.
bold trout
Oh so they're like actual summons in FF series where they're technically a skill
jade quartz
I'd say it feels pretty good in terms of "summoner" fantasy feeling.
jade quartz
The remainder of the time you have a little summon that's doing autoattacks and a few special abilities when you press them off cooldown.
bold trout
Ahh I see I didn't see that in the videos I watched
cedar compass
Is the resistance weapon BiS right now?
bold trout
Honestly hard to understand what the youtubers are saying
kind eagle
vtubers then
glossy flare
I will say though that Summoner feels a bit meh before getting the Bahamut summon
which is at lvl 70
west spruce
dol retainer only use gathering stat right?
glossy flare
But after that point it is my favourite caster
bold trout
Is lvl 70 hard to reach? I tried this game before and early game kinda blew it for me. It felt like a drag
jade quartz
No it's not hard
just gotta get there
story starts slow and early game jobs are a bit meh
glossy flare
Your first job will be leveld mostly via the story, which is just something that takes time (but is also very enjoyable)
jade quartz
you can spend a buncha money to skip the story and leveling if you really want to
obsidian patio
@cedar compass not for all jobs, the +1 weapon damage that the edenchoir weapon has still makes it better for most cases
jade quartz
but I wouldn't really recommend it for most people
obsidian patio
If it’s the same jobs as it was for i485 vs i500, then the healers and Dancer are the jobs where it’s an arguable side grade/upgrade to the edenchoir
obsidian patio
!faq balance
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glossy flare
Each piece of gear is different in what you even can meld on to it
fast talon
idk if we're allowed to suggest youtubers here or anything but Wesk Alber has been my greatest resource when learning a new job
glossy flare
Just follow the priority that was mentioned earlier
jade quartz
you can suggest yeah
glossy flare
For each piece of gear
jade quartz
though I don't know that person
kind eagle
Why always the balance
fast talon
I don't know if he's the most optimized person out there (well he outright claims he isnt) but he goes over every skill from 1 - 80 and even gives rotation advice at certain breakpoints (30, 50, 60, etc) so i've found him super beginner friendly
glossy flare
because it's about the stuff you are asking about
bold trout
Animations of both Machinist and Summoner are both appealing for me. I'll try to find a video that shows a closer look
obsidian patio
I’ve watched a couple of Wesk’s videos and they look pretty solid overall
twilit arch
because the balance is the main theorycrafting discord
opaque pewter
Do we have a monk leveling rotation command?
twilit arch
and they all the BiS and information lists
opaque pewter
If not, what's monk's rotation for leveling at 50 and beyond?
twilit arch
no, just look at the lvl 80 guide and ignore whatever actions you don't have
fast talon
Just something I wanted to add about summoner, summoner shares their level with scholar, a healer class, so whenever you level the summoner, your scholar levels too. It's just a bonus thing but it is pretty efficient being able to level two roles at once.
obsidian patio
Monk basically plays like a priority rotation
twilit arch
core rotation of mnk really doesn't change from the lvl 50 rotation
you're more or less just adding on more ogcds
obsidian patio
Everything past 50 is mostly damage oGCDs and things to help keep your stacks up
jade quartz
Monk is keep up Demolish DoT, keep up Twin Snakes buff, alternate Dragon Kick and Bootshine for your combo starters.
jade quartz
That's the GCD rotation.
opaque pewter
that's what I figured.
glossy flare
@bold trout You can not start as Machinist at lvl 1 so if both jobs are appealing to you then you might as well start as Arcanist and then decide if you wanna switch once you unlock Machinist
little swift
Monk is a yes or no job
glossy flare
(which is once you get into the first expansion)
little swift
If this buff up use other action in current form
obsidian patio
In terms of a full blown written out rotation loop it goes like this
bold trout
@glossy flare oh I can do that? Thought I had to go archer lol ok ok thanks!
obsidian patio
Dragon Kick > Twin Snakes > Demolish
Bootshine > True Strike > Snap Punch
Dragon Kick > Twin Snakes > Snap Punch
Bootshine > True Strike > Demolish
Dragon Kick > Twin Snakes > Snap Punch
Bootshine > True Strike > Snap Punch
Archer is a different job
that turns into Bard
Arcanist turns into Summoner or Scholar, your choice
fast talon
@bold trout the jobs added in the expansions (machinist, dark knight, astrologian, samurai, red mage, gunbreaker, dancer) can all be started from any job
obsidian patio
Dragon Kick and Twin Snakes every other loop, Demolish every 3rd.
little swift
You can double true strike with gl4 but that's a stupid optimization
Not a necessity
hasty musk
bard and machinist share gear, which is probably why bard was suggested to you originally
fast talon
you just need to be a certain level and in the case of machinist/dark knight/astro get to heavnesward, the first expansion
bold trout
Ohh alright so the only benefit of going archer/bard is it shares gear with machinist
I get it now thanks guys
fast talon
Yep
bold trout
@fast talon is Ramuh a nice server? I just saw it has exp buff 😄
glossy flare
wrong ping 😄
fast talon
It's alright, but it's pretty much all JP people
bold trout
Oops 😅
fast talon
You're not gonna find many English speakers in Ramuh
glossy flare
I think all DCs have preferred servers now
So I would recommend choosing whatever suits you most geographically
twilit arch
no, aether/primal still dont have any preferred. neither does gaia or light
little swift
Use the !preferred command in #kupo-bot-spam to check which data centres have what preferred worlds
bold trout
Ohh that's gonna be hard for me then
glossy flare
ah well, nevermind then 😦
little swift
!faq worldstatus
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bold trout
Off to Kujata I go
little swift
For the comprehensive list
jade quartz
None are better
kind eagle
wait
jade quartz
select for comfort
kind eagle
What is dir
jade quartz
Direct Hit
fast talon
The only reason my friends and I chose Ramuh was cuz its a preferred server and since we're a full stack of people for dungeons and stuff we figured it would be fine even if no one speaks english
glossy flare
jade quartz
There are no Skill Speed melds because that's a BiS that has the skillspeed just from the gear itself
but if you don't have a perfect gearset that gives you that by itself, you'll need to meld to reach a good SkS tier.
bold trout
I see. What among the servers that has an exp boost have a lot of English speakers?
glossy flare
all the non JP ones basically (excluding some european servers that are unofficially french or german)
jade quartz
Yes they're single-use and they don't have to go in your duty action slot
fast talon
The only two big english speaking ones for JP are Kujata and Tonberry
You can't even create a character in Tonberry rn and Kujata is non preferred so yeah
jade quartz
you can use them directly from the holster or put them on your normal hotbar
twilit arch
you probably need to do the quest "Forging the Spirit" which is in central thanalan. it unlocks materia melders
kind eagle
ty
lone nacelle
@bold troutyou can just pick a preferred jp server and then world visit over to tonberry if you want to interact with en speaking community
jade quartz
@bold trout neither Tonberry nor Kujata have preferred (exp boost) status. Other servers on JP will not have a large number of English-speakers but you can still hang out cross-world and stuff.
fast talon
They could also just do world visits and be basically a permanent tourist right
jade quartz
yeah
fast talon
only downside would be not being able ot join an FC
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bold trout
Oh I see so that's a thing. FC is what guilds are called here?
fast talon
Yeah
Since you're new (and I'm assuming using the free trial) you can't even join FCs yet
kind eagle
now i go back eulmore to meld?
fast talon
So you could just try being a permanent tourist to Kujata/Tonberry lol
kind eagle
is augmented crystarium better or hoshikiri recollection
agile laurel
bis generally varies between i505 or aug cryst
bold trout
@fast talon good point. A server transfer is possible but needs money right?
kind eagle
i go for aug cryst then
agile laurel
good point. A server transfer is possible but needs money right?
yes, and a character of a certain age
like 30 days iirc
might be longer
bold trout
Ok thanks a lot guys 😄
kind eagle
z
agile laurel
yes, but they referred to the relic weapon
kind eagle
for my katana
glossy flare
ah, yeah
agile laurel
so so did i
jade quartz
That list is for a set of BiS gear
kind eagle
ye
jade quartz
don't follow that list for melding if you don't currently have that exact gear set.
kind eagle
so i just copy it
jade quartz
No.
kind eagle
what
jade quartz
Each piece of gear has different substat distribution and therefore different meld caps.
!faq melding
zinc orbitBOT
jade quartz
bottom paragraph ^
agile laurel
you need to meld appropriately for your gear items
jade quartz
This is why meld priority is a thing
jade quartz
For samurai, SkS to reach one of the three desirable tiers, then Crit = DH > Det
agile laurel
no, meld all your items
kind eagle
Jesuss
agile laurel
using unmelded shit in savage is unarguably throwing
just meld what you can, according to the priority
kind eagle
So i just randomly meld for now?
jade quartz
First, meld skill speed until you reach one of the desirable skill speed thresholds.
obsidian patio
follow the melding priority according to each gear for biggest gains.
agile laurel
please just listen to what the folks are saying
jade quartz
Then, meld all your gear with Crit materia...unless you see a red number +0 when you attempt to meld
agile laurel
they're giving you the answer
jade quartz
that means that item is already at the cap for how much crit it can have on it
in which case you meld Direct Hit.
Which katana?
kind eagle
i use +20 for now?
jade quartz
Meld two crit materia.
kind eagle
or go for 60
jade quartz
No, use rank 8 materia.
kind eagle
rank 8?
leaden ginkgo
The 60
jade quartz
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kind eagle
leaden ginkgo
VIII
jade quartz
buy more
kind eagle
market board?
obsidian patio
They’re cheap on the marketboard
jade quartz
yes
kind eagle
aight
outer plank
you can also naturally get them from just doing roulettes as well
obsidian patio
I’d honestly be surprised if any grade 8 combat materia are over 10k Gil
jade quartz
You can do the rest yourself with the information you've been told
outer plank
@kind eagle https://discord.gg/thebalanceffxiv you can use this resource if you want a more in depth look, if you're serious about getting into raiding its atleast worth a look
jade quartz
You have been given all the information and extensive instructions to complete the rest.
The info we've been telling you is also on the balance
kind eagle
pity me
west spruce
For samurai, SkS to reach one of the three desirable tiers, then Crit = DH > Det
jade quartz
you just skipped over it or needed help interpreting it
but you have been given the help.
Please think for yourself for the rest
this is something you need to learn to do
you can't just ask someone to hold your hand through it every time, it's a basic process whenever you get new gear.
jade quartz
meld all your gear with Crit materia...unless you see a red number +0 when you attempt to meld
in which case meld Direct Hit
kind eagle
OH
jade quartz
as I said earlier
though before any of that, make sure you are at the skill speed threshold.
jade quartz
yes
kind eagle
ty
jade quartz
but do the skill speed
kind eagle
direct hit gives speed?
kind eagle
ah
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outer plank
as aside, the reason why you want your sks to reach a certain tier is to properly line up tsubame, when you understand the filler rotation and reached a proper skill speed tier
it can make a world of difference
agile laurel
yeah, if you don't understand your rotation then get that sorted before melding sks
outer plank
because you can almost line up every tsumbame off cool down
agile laurel
cause otherwise it's wasted
jade quartz
Not opener
you need to understand cooldown alignment and the use of "filler GCDs" as a samurai.
kind eagle
rotation is just use every skill till kaiten midare
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jade quartz
the top one is fine for now
The three options for SkS tiers are as follows:
457 - 811 SkS | 2 Filler GCDs
1,370 - 1,725 SkS | 3 Filler GCDs
2,208 - 2,537 SkS | 4 Filler GCDs
tidal yarrow
if I use a fanta do I have a limited time to then recustomize my character
west spruce
nope
jade quartz
so for melding, ensure your skill speed falls within one of those three ranges.
But if you don't understand the significance of that then you need to immerse yourself in the guide a bit more
outer plank
its alot more confusing then that. if you just do the standard 123 as your opener, trust me when i say you will be at the bottom. there no point asking us stuff about optimization with materia if you'r enot gonna put in the work youre self to your opener. materia itself is like what, a 2-3% boost (not including materia to sks tier). it means nothing
if you can't play the job to its fullest potential
it does make a difference, but that difference is only shown after the fact.
kind eagle
Sks?
twilit arch
they should still have their gear melded regardless
jade quartz
SkS is skill speed.
twilit arch
especially since they're stepping into savage
kind eagle
oh
twilit arch
its free extra dmg
jade quartz
yeah having melds is still a freebie
jade quartz
but you should be prioritising learning your job more indepth
twilit arch
like yes, knowing the rotation is far more important
kind eagle
yeh
twilit arch
but you should have bare minimum t6 melds in your gear
jade quartz
actually the second guide has a much better explanation of GCD tiers and the 60 second loop
!faq samguide
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jade quartz
have a good read of the Jahaudant guide.
outer plank
i will admit, i completely struggled to understand what the fuck they meant by sks tier and filler
its a lot less daunting then it looks
jade quartz
yeah it's a bit daunting-looking if you're new to this game's systems
but once you figure it out you'll be smooth sailing
kind eagle
ty
outer plank
@kind eagle its up to you, but i highly reccomend that even before trying to prog savage content, sort yourself out on the opener, sit down for a bit, learn it then once you can comfy preform your opener and rotation. try it on some simple dungeon bosses. everyone is different but it almost never comes like that.
just take like a day or 2 to get accustom to using it and once it feels natural
i'd say thats when you're ready to start savage, but thats up to you. i think you're gonna have a really bad time if you try practicing an opener in a savage fight without learning it off hand.
outer plank
looks like a mannequin body piece.
leaden ginkgo
oh, meaning someone bought it from the mannequin ?
outer plank
i wanna presume so
leaden ginkgo
rip..
kind eagle
i can do opener
west spruce
now practice rotation
warped nest
Practice rotation
Organize hotbar/UI to make sure you reduce time wasted on trying to figure out what's on cooldown, how much resources you have, etc
Every key info should be accessible to you in a glance
leaden ginkgo
I have 20 of each memory of the dying but it still says i must possess the necessary item
oh
i got it
what dungeon to farm for the bitter memories of dying
forest laurel
antitower
twilit arch
antitower/saint mocianners are pretty good
forest laurel
around 9min speedrun
twilit arch
but tbh most 60 dungeons can be done fairly quick with decent team
plain python
for Machinist's turret to explode, do I need to manual input it?
twilit arch
no
leaden ginkgo
ight cool
forest laurel
you don't have to
twilit arch
turret will automatically explode at end of duration
forest laurel
it will automatically explode when the timer ends
twilit arch
only reason to manually do it is if boss is gonna die/leave
forest laurel
agile laurel
same as applies to wildfire
fringe whale
Why is it so hard to find a group for the 2 tank/healer 4 DPS guildlevies?
twilit arch
because no one does guildhests really
outer plank
^
guildhest is dead because they're no rewards worth doing it except maybe if you're really desperate for gc credit for what ever reason
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vocal cloak
Have they said anything about another free login campaign? I've looking for news and haven't found any, and the last one was many months ago
twilit arch
nope, no mention of a free login campaign any time soon
vocal cloak
Oh okay :( thanks for the answer!
tame plinth
where can i check at what rep i am with custom deliveries?
green grail
in the timers menu
ctrl+u by default iirc
even if you're at full hp you get a 200 potency heal regardless, even if it's an overheal, and you get the same shield every time approximately
plain python
how to get enhanced wheeling thurt effect?
agile laurel
complete chaos thrust combo with blood of the dragon active
or, use fang and claw after 'a certain level trait I can't remember'
ember goblet
glossy flare
should be the first lance mastery trait at lvl 64 for the second way to do it
!trait lance mastery
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rich bay
Can the Bozjan gear Argumentation also drop in Citadel as treasure chest drop?
(Apart from the 500/999 coin upgrade.)
ember goblet
ye
ember goblet
doesnt matter
glossy flare
they each have some unique glamour gear if that's a concern
But that's more of a fashion question of course
ember goblet
not sure if serious or not 
kind eagle
lol
dim smelt
||Which of the 3 alliance raid bosses are the strongest cloud of dark vs diabolos hollowed vs seraph ultima ?|| asking to gauge how strong the voidsent are
rich bay
The 2nd one is the most evil with mechanics, but the 3rd one is the strongest compared to level.
The 1st one is pretty weak.
gusty pasture
any dungons/trials to run for easy gil?
eager widget
extreme trials can drop mats that are usually worth something, but you’ll have to check prices before you invest time, since Bozja is dumping out those crafted weapons
fiery falcon
What's the best way to get from one place to the other? It's pretty expensive teleporting everywhere (don't have a mount yet)
eager widget
|| Shinryu || is a pretty good one imo
fiery falcon
is it better to go by the choco's or?
agile laurel
honestly teleporting is The Way
gil is a bit scarce early on
but like, as long as you have enough for repairs and occasional teleporting and you're not actually trying to go as far as you possibly can for the hell of it
glossy flare
Eventually you will notice that actual gil sinks are kinda rare
agile laurel
you should get by
glossy flare
So everyone is just sitting on a pile
unless they do housing, that shit makes you broke
agile laurel
not wrong
tame plinth
i currently have 2.5K crit, 1.6K det and 3.2K direct hit, should i focus more on det?
I'm playing drg
Skill speed is at 2.42
glossy flare
20%
honest anvil
Does beast tribe reputation decay?
wispy parcel
No it doesnt
rich bay
@fiery falcon
The Chocobo Porter is mostly used when players are afk for a short bit.
You can reach more places by Chocobo Porter then teleportation. So it can be useful.
honest anvil
tks fren
glossy flare
@tame plinth I'm no drg expert by any means but just looking at the melding priorities for drg over on the balance dh seems to be equal to det
So just meld whatever you can on your current gear, or take a look at dragon BiS for comparison
patent citrus
@kind eagle If you need someone to queue with on expert I can help
tame plinth
where can i find dragon BiS?
glossy flare
!faq balance
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patent citrus
any duty finder that's quick to finish?
if i already used up all my duty roulette, something useful
that doesn't need a lot of wait and can finish quick
just need a quick break from irl, and don't want to wait for party finder -_-
north venture
trials maybe ?
glossy flare
anything when queuing as a healer?
patent citrus
thinking of puppet bunker/copied factory like 100 phantasmagoria x_x
glossy flare
That works, yeah
patent citrus
ok ty ty
tame plinth
ty @glossy flare
potent lava
if i final sting/self destruct as last hit as blu does that count for learning
kind burrow
what does the 'shop selling price" info section on an item mean?
kind burrow
ah i see, thanks a lot XD
patent citrus
yeah, might need to do some google for knowing which npc sells it hehe
sometimes gated by reputation grind 😂
kind burrow
yeah i know thanks though this is a very useful option i didnt know about XD
tawdry otter
where i can farm good company seals?
patent citrus
usually from turning in provision and daily roulettes
fringe whale
Is there a way to combine elemental shards into crystals?
green grail
no
eager widget
@potent lava for the blu log it counts as a clear
but if you’re trying to get the spell, nah
you gotta be alive at the end of the fight to get the spell
it’s why the Final Sting ender rotation is usually reserved for either memes or the Savage clears, since players aren’t getting spells from Savage
also it won’t work last hit because of how enemy deaths work in the game; player deaths are instant while standard mobs take about a second or two for the server to register their death. That’s why item drops on mob kills have that short delay
if it’s for duties, maaaaaaybe? But I wouldn’t recommend it
zinc orbitBOT
dawn mountain
Does anyone have any tip for how to figure out if something does magical damage? Playing Dark Knight and I have no idea when its appropriate to use Dark mind
leaden ginkgo
Lore question. ||Is the elf that teleports the adventurers during the Calamity intro scene Alphinaud's grandpa?||
green grail
if it looks magical its magic damage in like 90% cases, if you're trying to sort cooldowns for endgame you can double check with the enemy damage done tab on fflogs for each fight
eager widget
@leaden ginkgo || yeah Louisoix is his and Alisaies grandpa ||
dawn mountain
Like for example in Holminster switch, Im not using it on either tickle, head crusher or pilroy because they dont look ''magical''
wintry chasm
Lore question. ||Is the elf that teleports the adventurers during the Calamity intro scene Alphinaud's grandpa?||
Yes
leaden ginkgo
Oh. Things make sense now.
green grail
then they're probably physical, not every duty/boss will have magic damage @dawn mountain
dawn mountain
aight
proper shore
How much % is the xp bonus on the serv that give bonus until lvl 70
open rivet
I wanna say 100%, but I'm not sure
dark gust
is there any use of the xp after lv 80?
wispy parcel
I believe its a 50% boost
old crypt
Hey guys, what is the fastest way to farm poetics in the current patch?
wispy parcel
Other than doing daily roulette its probably spamming level 60 dungeons. Queues for them should be quick since they are also used for grinding the new relic weapon
eager widget
hunt trains are pretty good if you got the time and connections to know when they’re starting
green grail
you passively get double exp on all jobs under your current highest one @dark gust
eager widget
the weekly khloe map gives 500 for just doing the nine stamps if you pick that reward
old crypt
are hunt trains comparable or faster than ARF farming?
yeah the khloe maps were a big help
eager widget
a full ShB train is about 480 nuts, 360 poetics, 240 phantasm tomes, and 120 allegory
old crypt
how long does a full train usually take in this case?
eager widget
oh and if you have Blue Mage leveled, the weekly Carnival challenges shit out poetics
trains are about 25mins
tops
old crypt
I see.. Unfortunately I do not have a BLU 😭
zinc orbitBOT
elfin kelp
for crafting, is Waste Not II always better than Waste Not? If I use it on a 40 durability synth I'm losing one step to Master's Mend
humble arrow
anyone able to help a new player with a ride somewhere
proud willow
If you waste one of the Waste Not II turns, it's exactly as efficient as Waste Not
so if you use all of them effectively, it is better than Waste Not
upper lake
hey, can I ask lore questions here? (no spoiler stuff btw)
elfin kelp
ok thanks Hiten
humble arrow
anyone have a fc for a new player/
karmic veldt
Go for it, Karmo.
upper lake
is there a particular reason leves look like they do?
the entire tarot card-ish appearance, I mean
like in the old 1.0 opening cutscene
karmic veldt
Yes, actually. They're saints from Eorzea's history. Back in the 1.0 version of the game, there were even more of them, actually.
upper lake
karmic veldt
In early 1.0, leves were essentially "the" content.
upper lake
wait, wdym by saints?
karmic veldt
Each stained glass leveplate depicts an Eorzean saint.
outer plank
THE ARCANA IS THE MEANS BY WHICH ALL IS REVEALED
karmic veldt
For example, Saint Daniffen, Saint Mocianne, etc.
upper lake
oh damn I never actually noticed that
coarse tapir
And there’s the persona joke
karmic veldt
The one the Midlander is holding there is the Resolve (Resolue) leveplate.
outer plank
The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate...
karmic veldt
It depicts Saint Allene and the Fields of Summer.
karmic veldt
It refers to a tale of Allene, a farmer who chased away her fellow villagers with a scythe during a festival to save them from a tornado.
Because of how little time she had, she chose to feign attacking them rather than explaining what was going on until after it happened.
After the incident, they venerated her as a saint of Nophica, the Matron.
tidal yarrow
is this fight unsynceable?
upper lake
damn that is a really cool story spooky
karmic veldt
:>
upper lake
the only other one I had somewhat recognized was the valor leve card
I thought it was haldrath
faint flare
O12s is unsyncable yes
Still need to respect synergies, patch and Hello, world mostly
humble arrow
is anyone able to tell me how to get to uldah?
tidal yarrow
do people run those in pf?
humble arrow
im lvl 29
sour ruin
Lvl 15 msq not your level
upper lake
but damn @karmic veldt, where did you come across that flavor text?
most of the stuff I find is just little snippets
humble arrow
its not telling me how to go there it wants me to walk
sour ruin
Go to the airship landing in your city
karmic veldt
That's from the second lorebook.
faint flare
The envoy quest takes you to airships
upper lake
lorebook? 🤔
upper lake
oh encyclopedia eorzea?
upper lake
damn that seems like a nice read
I was wondering if it ended up becoming obsolete with all the new updates and retcons
but seems like it's still worthwhile
might give it a buy
karmic veldt
Not at all.
These lorebooks were released right before Stormblood and Shadowbringers, respectively.
eager widget
nah the first book tells the entire garlean history, racial history, all the astral and umbral eras, and anything you could think of up to the release of stormblood
karmic veldt
Well, technically the first one only covers up to Patch 3.3 in terms of story development.
eager widget
it’s all a good read if you’re into that
karmic veldt
With some small information from 3.4.
upper lake
||turns out it's not sold physically in my country 😢||
karmic veldt
Aww. :<
eager widget
|| there’s probably a digital scan of the book somewhere ||
upper lake
well, a digital copy is still just as nice
karmic veldt
Yoho... 🏴☠️
eager widget
|| you didn’t hear that from me ||
upper lake
lmao
but yeah, thanks for pointing this book out for me lads
I feel like the game's doing a good job of teaching me the lore diagetically, but I still want to delve into it more
leaden ginkgo
So it seems I accidently snapped a rug to some displays, and now they're moving as a combined unit, any idea how I seperate them>?
outer plank
@karmic veldt you think that just yelling "HEY THERE IS A TONADO ON THE HORIZON" would be more effective then making people think you're a psychopath chasing down with a sharp instrument
leaden ginkgo
outer plank
but... what ever gets you results i guess
karmic veldt
My take is that Allene always wanted to chase people with a scythe.
And let's be honest, that's a mood.
"Oh my gosh, Allene saved us from the tornado! She's not a psychopath!"
"The wh- I MEAN YES. YES I DID."
tidal yarrow
O12s is unsyncable yes
do you know how to unlock it?
faint flare
Do normal mode then unlocks in rhalgars
tidal yarrow
how to unlock normal mode
faint flare
In rhalgars
tidal yarrow
oh good
faint flare
Search for omega
eager widget
yiss
tidal yarrow
holy
eager widget
unlike coils, the Heavensward raids and beyond follow an order
and there’s some great fights and a story waiting for you 👍
tidal yarrow
do I need to do them 11 savage or normal is enough and then 12s
tidal yarrow
i.. don't really care about story
eager widget
then unlock savage for those four
you just have to do 9-12 normal to get 9-12 savage
tidal yarrow
oh I see
eager widget
and you can then hop immediately into 12s
buoyant vault
if u have a spare augmented crystarium gear that u dont need, what can u do with it?
tidal yarrow
so basically I will 1-9 normal and 12s
eager widget
save it for gc seal turn ins, retainer, or wait for desynth
ye and you can even do 10 and 11 normal
since out of relevancy savage doesn’t require progression like normal
buoyant vault
ok thank u @eager widget
outer plank
@buoyant vault put in the dresser or your retainer in case a new job comes out that uses it next expansion
buoyant vault
if only u can exchange for a diff class gear*
eager widget
so the moment 12 normal is killed, you can unlock 12 savage
tidal yarrow
alright
buoyant vault
ty for the info
tidal yarrow
can I do the normal fights in 1-2 people at 80?
eager widget
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh normal maaaaybe?
fast hull
any rich people here?
eager widget
but O12 savage def needs 8
fast hull
how long does it take to get 1 billion?
tidal yarrow
8? damn
tidal yarrow
should I pf or df
eager widget
also you can make a PF if you’re gonna marathon them and say COME GET YER FIRST TIME BONUS
I’d say try df first
1billion gil requires either an absurd amount of time, a mastery of crafting/gathering markets, running a successfuly casino, or shady dealings
tidal yarrow
how much is it like an e8s clear
fast hull
Teach me the way of "shady dealings" like tricking people buying your overpriced merchandise?
eager widget
clear sells are legal if they’re laid out in chat and done only with gil
much like casinos in Limsa
eager widget
if the rules are agreed upon in chat, you’re covered by GMs
outer plank
end with a T
fringe burrow
Is the fastest way from 60 - 70 after doing roulettes to just grind HoH
eager widget
last I saw, an E8S kill with guaranteed loot is in the 50-100 mill
faint flare
Dungeons if ques are good
fringe burrow
Am dps :(
eager widget
if you’re waiting on queues, do the Kojin and Anantas while you wait
they’re a decent exp chunk
fringe burrow
gotcha ty!
outer plank
@fast hull only if that which must not be named is involved and its just for gil
then its not
fast hull
I need gil to buy a house and furnitures
eager widget
it’s not worth the price, ever
stray kiln
is there a skill that I can level and mostly afk while working? lols
crimson wind
There's no reason to EVER have savage gear if you don't raid
glossy flare
If you have the mats ready then the best you're going to get will be the crafting jobs
But even they require attention
crimson wind
The clear is usually just to stroke your e-peen
stray kiln
afk as in checking in every couple minutes, im thinking like runescape skills lol
stray kiln
darn, ty for the info
fast hull
so I've read that undercutting other people is another way to make gil? aren't I losing money that way?
glossy flare
If you sell enough then no
charred steppe
Only if you undercut by stupidly huge amounts
open coral
Depends on how much you undercut by.
outer plank
not if you're a prick and do it by a few gil so you show up first on the mb.
open coral
Ideally, you undercut by no more than 5 gil so everyone makes money.
charred steppe
And it depends on rate of sales if it’s a small margin
open coral
But if you're an asshole, you can undercut by like, 1-10k and everyone will lose.
outer plank
i decided to be that asshole since everyone keep trying to undercut me by 1k that i just sold it at 2.8m just to spite them
open coral
(I may or may not be salty that the Checkered Parasols from the Bozjan Front lockboxes are selling for less than vendor price on my server)
charred steppe
if you want to make money though just play the game, craft/gather sell stuff, do roulettes, do leves, do your challenge log
There’s no real fast pass to being rich
glossy flare
For the record though, there really isn't much to actually spend that money on
Unless you do housing
charred steppe
true
fast hull
Well here is my current levels for crafting 
outer plank
if you do firament you can power level super fast
might be pretty costly ithout leveling your lands first
tidal yarrow
if you have a friend with a crafter 80 you can get boosted to 70 in like an hour even less prob
is there somewhere I can go to look for like all the level 70 sam gear available?
through dungeons, mb, tomestones, etc
eager widget
probably the glam or gamerescape wiki but there’s no dedicated page for all the gear
you’d have to check for katanas by themselves, etc etc
zinc orbitBOT
tidal yarrow
thanks
outer plank
easier to do it in like a week or 2 in terms of pure power leveling
leves make leveling land a joke
leveling crafters through leves is a bit more annoying and time consuming so do your lands first
get some yellow/white scrip gear and youll be set for that
outer plank
then you can try level your crafters either through leves or through ishgard crafting, i think after rying both i prefer ishgard crafting cause its more mindless
for instance, last night, i got like 6 crafter jobs from lv 52 to 61 doing ishgard restoration and it took me like 4-5ish hours
wispy parcel
Id recommend leveling gatherers first though
fast hull
kk wil do
wispy parcel
Makes the process of getting mats easier and cheaper
outer plank
@fast hull you might have more fun with crafting/gathering then you think you would, it does have a sort of more intuitive system to it other then "go to x and collect x"
fast hull
Oh I have been a crafter in most MMOs but the problem is I usually don't finish the main quest because of crafting
My plan is to level jobs and finish story then crafting
outer plank
.... wait you didnt finish the story of the msq yet?
fast hull
ah sorry but thanks for input
rare comet
what's spirit of the guardian in regards to lost reflect? can't seem to find it ;-;
gritty oracle
Is there a command in this server that calls eorzea time down?
eager widget
@rare comet it’s a consumable potion, should be top row of the item category, towards the right
rare comet
👍
tidal yarrow
what ilv is usually average lvl70 gear?
glossy flare
depends on what you mean by average
eager widget
anywhere from 300-400, best being 400 via poetics or alphascape
eager widget
yeah the moment you touch Kugane you can roll out with a 400 set
since the Rowena vendor’s there in town
glossy flare
Well it only appears there after completing 4.0 story
But you can get stuff before that in Rhalgr's Reach... I think
not sure when the vendors there unlock or if they even need unlocking
eager widget
dunno if they have shop set up in rhalgrs by then, it’s been forever lmao
but yeah 400 is your go-to and that’ll carry you to 80 unless you’re tanking
glossy flare
No I mean the actual regular endgame vendors are there
They never moved
the one in Kugane is just a catchup vendor for convenience
eager widget
oh shit, well that’s good to know
rare comet
where do sprites spawn? ik they spawn in different weather, but knowing where would help quite a bit ;-;
eager widget
bozja?
outer plank
@tidal yarrow ilv 400 usually takes you into the shb comfortably. you can get a set easily in by running by finishing up your daily msq roulette and using the buttload of poetics to buy a full set of gear, thats the easiest way of doing it
eager widget
here’s all the locations and their tiers
only element that doesnt have a tier V is waters
tidal yarrow
thanks
outer plank
its an easy 600-800 poetics a day from msq roulettes, you can probably have a full set alone in 2-3 days of just logging on doing that alone
other methods of getting poetics also exist but thats just the easiest
glossy flare
super boring but very effective
astral cedar
Jo I have like 500hrs in this game and I like to join a static, what do you think I need to have done/unlocked before I apply
glossy flare
Depends on the static
eager widget
depending on the statics progress in the tier, it depends
glossy flare
Obviously you should have unlocked the current savage raid tier since that's what most statics will be doing
eager widget
most of the time they’ll just have you try out if they’re casual enough
glossy flare
But after that each static will look for different things
eager widget
but some might check out your fight history using fflogs etc
leaden ginkgo
Best way to farm VIII clusters is hunts right?
eager widget
yeah dan
astral cedar
what is fflogs?
leaden ginkgo
Parse logs of your character
glossy flare
Though right now you'll probably have a hard time finding one that is just progging the tier from the beginning
eager widget
it’s a site people upload parses to, so they can tell how well players do in fights
glossy flare
Which might improve in december when the next tier drops
glossy flare
Some might also be willing to take on less experienced players to teach them stuff
eager widget
you can always check either PFs for people recruiting and they’ll tell you their current progress in the raid tier
glossy flare
Again, it all depends on the static
leaden ginkgo
^^^
eager widget
there’s also a recruitment chat here?
astral cedar
I'll try
glossy flare
Again, it might be hard to find something right now
Because we are very late in the current raid tier
And Corona pushed the release of the next one back a bit
The closer 5.4 gets the more statics will be looking for new members probably
glossy flare
you get a set + weapon for free from ||Grenoldt||
accessories drop in the first 3 lvl 80 dungeons
which are ||Amaurot, The Twinning and Akademia Anyder||
plain kraken
I already got it
glossy flare
Other than that you could also just drop some gil on the market board
plain kraken
fast hull
wait you can be in the novice network after SB? how do I do that?
glossy flare
By not meeting the playtime requirement when finishing SB
Which is almost impossible without buying a story skip I think
Or at least very hard
Either way, if you're out you're out
(Unless you get back in by going mentor)
rare comet
ty marie
plain kraken
@glossy flare that mean now i need go to market and buy some 480 gear ?
glossy flare
Answer my question
What piece are you missing?
But yes, just buying it would be the easiest method assuming you have the gil
plain kraken
i thing this and 1 ring
glossy flare
the prices are pretty okay on most servers
that's a belt and it is ilvl 430
so it's not a problem
plain kraken
hmm
glossy flare
There has to be some piece of gear on you that is <430
fast hull
on the right side I think
glossy flare
Probably a ring if I had to guess
plain kraken
well i have kinf of 2 mil
plain kraken
ok will try
glossy flare
That is more than enough unless your server has super unreasonable prices
plain kraken
glossy flare
That icon means it's HQ
Generally you will only find HQ gear on the board because NQ gear just doesn't sell because it's a waste of money to be perfectly honest
But sometimes people try to be cheeky
gloomy ice
The item icon will also be visibly sparkly
faint flare
Overselling
glossy flare
That is an unreasonable price
tidal yarrow
what's even the point lol
faint flare
Storage
eager widget
unlike FFXI there’s only two qualities
faint flare
Gold transferring
plain kraken
last quest
eager widget
NQ and HQ
plain kraken
which gear on lvl 80 i now need to fam ?
tidal yarrow
the one from eden's verse normal is good
glossy flare
you can augment your neo ish gear to 490 too
tidal yarrow
also now there's bozjan gear or something should be 495
fast hull
my friends said to get Allegory things in order to do higher content. Neo-ishgardian is ok but I should aim 480-490-500? is this right?
fast hull
but right now since I only have neo ishargardian should I focus on crystallium things?
glossy flare
yeah
fast hull
I haven't finish the MSQ though
glossy flare
Then do that first
fast hull
I am still in mining town
brave ravine
reminder that you're capped at 450 allegory per week
glossy flare
Crystarium is 490, augmented Crystarium is 500
Which is the highest ilvl right now (not necessarily your BiS though)
Also ignoring the edenchoir weapon which is 505
But still, since ilvl is pretty much king you want that even even if you do not raid
fast hull
is possible to craft 490 gear
brave ravine
just grind bozja for 5 pieces of the 495 real quick whiel you wait on your allegory cooldown
agile laurel
grinding bozja for gear also implies you can get reliable castrum lacus clears
faint flare
Just equip any gear
agile laurel
which is aspirational lol
eager widget
it makes all jobs, even the players that are level 72, as strong as the 80’s
eager widget
what makes you strong in there is the spells and buffs
open coral
I've gotten three CLL clears in as many days. It's not hard... if you join one of the communities running premades.
eager widget
eeeeeh but then you gotta deal with zoning and waiting
Castrum really doesn’t need discord, I’m at eight kills, four in and four out
I’ve led 25mans and 27mans with just /yell
faint flare
^
brave ravine
it's been 4-5 days after release, so by now the average player experience should make CLL easy now
open coral
Discord helps, but yeah. You don't really need voice chat as long as people coordinate in /yell
faint flare
Just take control and shits ez
eager widget
hardest part is just assembling eight of earths mightiest warriors for Lyon
faint flare
Or 5 who know how to use actions
open coral
^
fast hull
at what level does SAM positionals matter?
agile laurel
as soon as you unlock kenki
glossy flare
the level you get them
open coral
Uh 52?
fast hull
I can't see a skill which is flank or rear what skill?
zinc orbitBOT
agile laurel
!action kasha
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glossy flare
2 of your combo finishers
open coral
Only two skills have flank/rear requirements
faint flare
Its updated at 52
glossy flare
yeah, SAM positionals are sneaky like that
the game doesn't tell you about them being updated
open coral
Kasha is flank, and Gekko is rear
The best way (that I've found) to remember which is which, is to place them in visually representative locations on your bars.
open coral
I did the visual thing because I don't play the class often enough to remember when I go back to it. 😄
glossy flare
Fair enough 😄