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youre almost done with the "filler" parts
where can i go to ask people if they wanna grind rathalos extreme?
2.1 got 10 quests removed lol
youre getting to the actual heavensward story part
make a party finder @strong turtle
@strong turtle party finder
so do i need to hit patch 3.0 to go Dark Knight
yea trying that now, but are there discords or subreddits that i can use as well?
you need to get to 3.0 and unlock Ishgard
Party Finder will get you better results than those things.
We have #603040697884475393 here
but like
just stick in the party finder
okay thanks
do I need to do anything about the kettle in pyros
something about 2 smoldering crystals
i just got the pyros rod
or can i go straight into hydatos now
The kettle is optional
thank fucking god
That's for rolling random substats for your weapon
i'm so sick of eureka
you don't need it if you just want the glamour
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titles?
Nice thank u
Hi I 'm new to FFXIV and wondering how exactly Materia works (especially if there's a difference on the free trial). I did the quests for Materia (both by wandering over to the Bonfire and in the MSQ) but it seems like I'll never wear a piece of gear long enough to get the Spiritbond up to 100%? Am I doing something wrong?
generally you're only gonna wear level-cap gear long enough to get spiritbond to 100
it takes a pretty long time
But even then I tend to get something better immediately after. Is it only for end-game raid items or something?
Spiritbond is just an extra way to get them
The game literally throws materia at you
It does?
Yes
Where?
Mainly at higher levels
you get it as quest rewards and stuff
Where materia actually matters
the materia you'd be extracting from levelling gear is pretty worthless
Cause materia is negligible unless you're cap
ah
Thank you
Also, does leveling in the craft jobs ever give better stuff than what you can buy/get from quests?
Just want to know if my adventures in weaving are (eventually) worth it
Quests give you crafted gear, eventually HQ crafred gear in heavensward
(as in: I can make a better piece of armor for say, my Thaumaturge)
And crafted gear is on par with dungeons when its High quality
it can be better than the stuff you buy from vendors
Crafting is primarily for self sufficienty, self repair, self melding and making money
but it's honestly easier to buy poetics gear
(Poetics?)
since each set lasts 10 levels
is there a way to power rank a free company?
we really want to reach rank 8 this weekend
Poetics gear refers to "level cap" gear purchased using Tomestones of Poetics - a currency you start earning in level 50 content, and can earn in any "endgame" content excluding that of the current expansion @glacial isle
ah
So Ironworks (50), Shire (60), and Scaevan (70) gear is collectively "poetics" gear.
currently level 28 on my main job
Yeah, you've got a ways to go before you can start getting poetics gear then.
Literally just joined a Grand Company yesterday
is there a way to power rank a free company?
@leaden ginkgo Not really. FC ranking is based on activity of members. So just... have a lot of people in your FC do any kind of content.
when should be a prime time of a server, based on server reset time?
Literally just joined a Grand Company yesterday
@glacial isle The first time you earn Tomestones of Poetics will be when you reach the level 50, 8-man MSQ instances as part of the story. Until then, your best gear will actually come from running dungeons of a level closest to your current level.
Ok
whenever the dungeon decides to drop relevant gear presumably, or is that just the 3 Tutorial Dungeons?
when should be a prime time of a server, based on server reset time?
@plain python "Prime time" for any given server is based on when the most players are likely to be active. That's usually mid-afternoon to evening regional time.
Non level cap dungeons will always give you 1 guaranteed piece of gear in clearing directly into your bag
@glacial isle Every "leveling" dungeon you run, will not only have the random drop chance gear from chests, but will also reward you with a single piece of gear for your current class.
Will never be a duplicate
Thank you
But dont worry about grinding dungeons for gears, especially at your level fwiw
However, you can also get a 5-piece set of gear (chest, gloves, legs, boots, and a ring) equivalent to the gear you can get for those same slots for doing the training scenarios for your role.
Your job quests at lv45 and 50 will take care of your gears before poetics
The ring in particular is very good because it gives +1 to all stats (and a 30% xp buff until level 30), and will pretty much last until you hit level 50 because accessories are horrendously difficult to obtain if you don't want to buy them.
Yeah I got the ring
Then you should also have the other four pieces of the "Brand New" set.
Those should last at least until the level 28 MSQ dungeon.
I think I replaced the rest with higher level gear after doing the training scenarios
Hi, for e7s portals, would you be able to give me a guide that states how words of motion works (not a strategy, just how the mechanic works)
Assuming it's the same as how it works on normal, the birds will come out of portals of the same color they go into, in the same order.
The charges will always come out the colour they go into
So if they go into red portals first, they'll come out of red portals first.
In Savage, when they dash left to right, they can go into a different colour portal
does the blast come from north and east?
The first comes from north, the second comes from East and North
You only need to remember which one it went into the first time behind you and which one it goes in from sideways
Its always swap or stay in your current spot
When the charges go across East to West, they can enter a different colour portal which will swap which portal fires first
And then the other one after
So I have a technical question. I can't always play on my pc anymore but I'd love to play on my ps4 (because I started on ps4 then swapped to pc) I've been told that accounts are shared across platforms but I don't know how to link the two accounts
The raw basics of the mechanics is that the first portal that goes off is the portal the first charge hits
So I have a technical question. I can't always play on my pc anymore but I'd love to play on my ps4 (because I started on ps4 then swapped to pc) I've been told that accounts are shared across platforms but I don't know how to link the two accounts
@last seal You'll need to purchase the PS4 version, then simply link your PSN account to your SE account.
As long as your PS4 account is linked to your SE (Mogstation) account, you should be able to log in on any platform for which you own a license.
Thats it? Do I need to repurchase dlcs as well or just the base?
Because I have the base game already installed on my ps4
If you already have the base game on your PS4, you'll only need to purchase Shadowbringers for PS4
Cool, im not even up to that part in the story so this works out
You can always check on your Mogstation account management page to see which licenses are registered to your account.
Since ff14 went mostly f2p do I also need to have a subscription to have access to that content?
Anything with a circle under it, you own the license.
Or is it just shadowbringers and on?
If you have paid for the game at any time, you will need a sub to play.
Aww that sucks
Random question, is there a way to track the Prey Online fate? I really want the horns but I’ve only managed to do that fate once recently after almost 5 months of constantly camping and asking at different times.
FFXIV is not F2P at all, for clarity's sake @last seal
The free trial is free, but you still don't own the game
and can't access social content unless you buy it
That would be a better question for #archived-lore-spoilers . People are more likely to know the answer to that kind of question there.
Thank you. 🙂
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@signal mist just use the centurio hunts discord
Alright, I’ll try to join that. Thanks.
is there a mentor here 
what's up?
can you please delete the screenshots in #glamour-discussion
im lvl 80 whm tried to finish the story.... any way i can get better gear?
!faq gearguide
thanks
So I hit 80 on ,y first Job (BRD), and at some point in the next week will finish the MSQ. Thinking of turning my eyes toward DoL and DoH and doing all of them together...is that plan tantamount to suicide?
how hard are they to level? I plan to be as self sufficient as possible and probably won't be using every trick to max every xp point.
Check pin in #doh-dol-lounge
but gist of it is level btn/ min in diadem, then use mats gathered to lv the crafters
Can I do Second Coil t1 unsynced solo? Need it for WT
yeah you can solo it just fine (also for reference it's generally referred to as T6)
Nice
if you are lvl 70+ yeah you can solo it
Yeah just did it. Rafflesia was a bad time back then
What’s the macro for salted earth? Kind of sucks having aim it.
/ac "Salted Earth" <t> will place the AoE centered around your target. To mimic queueing and help with reliability, it's generally recommended to do something like
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/micon "Salted Earth"```
with the /ac line repeated as many times as can fit in the macro
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <t>
/ac "Salted Earth" <me>
/merror off
/micon "Salted Earth"```
would recommend having a regular version of the ability and/or a version with <me> instead of <t> as well so you can either place it centered around yourself, or just manual placement, on the occasion that you cannot use it centered on the target
also you have to have merror at the top of the macro, specifically, for it to function
This macro will act like Doton as nin?
it will act like doton with <me>
with <t> it'll instead be centered around your target instead of around you
Ah I see
I’d rather do it with <t> then.
Thank you.
Actually re-reading your previous reply makes me want to do <me> for the reasons you stated.
you'll generally get most mileage out of <t> instead of <me>
and you'd be better off having that one, and then having a separate one for <me> or just manual placement
Oh okay, I’d be best using <t> for big pulls right?
in majority of cases you'll be better off using <t>
since you know the target is always going to be where you want to place the AoE, while you might not be currently close enough to the target at the time you want to use the ability
True true, good insight. Thank you!
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What's teh fastest way to get venture coins?
buy them for gc seals
Seals
ty I got buttload of those 😄
what the fastest way to get phantasmagoria?
hunt trains
ooft
Should I attempt to grind out Second Lieutenant to purchase AnimaWeapon materials, or would I be better served trying to purchase them?
up to you
How long does Second Lietenant take? I haven't touched grand company stuff at all
Not sure the exact time, but you need to do a bunch of Squadron missions which takes 18 hours each
Assume a week minimum
Ouch
second lieutenant doesn't require any squadron missions
it just depends on how many seals you can turn in
I thought you need the lvl 20 squadron for it
I just did the lvl 40 squadron to get to First
What is it you're trying to get, the stuff like Kingcake? That step?
those are pretty trivial to buy
unless prices have changed a lot, you can get all of those for under 100k
Oh wonderful
The Unidentified items I've been grinding out through Beast Tribe quests and Tomestones
But I wanted to know if those would be equally time consuming to get
Seeing that you can turn in gears for GC seals
Can I get up here without flying or am I gonna need to find someone to uber me?
Gears?
The only thing up there is the Namazu beast tribe hub
starting the Namuzu quests gives you access to that aetheryte, that's the only way to get there besides flying
all I know is I wanna get this quest done
oh the quest
the quest is in a cave yeah
I thought you meant the aetheryte. the quest is in the cave
The down arrow tells you that you don't need to go up
Shit how did I not see that arrow
Gears?
@forest sphinx once you hit a certain rank in your GC, you can trade in dungeon or raid gears for GC seals
I genuinely forgot which rank
Lieutenant?
how is experience in palace of the dead calculated?
is based on the PotD level or the character level?
I believe character level
Character level. It's like a percentage based on your current level.
What are the rewards from Faux Hollows?
I tried looking into it but it seems like it's just level 80 rng busy work from some Reddit comments
Im assuming that because I've never been present for the various events, the Recompense Officers will have nothing to sell me?
@leaden ginkgo T7/8 Combat materia tokens, minion, mount, necklace glamour, and fireworks
Mount, minion, neck ribbon glamour, materia @leaden ginkgo
@forest sphinx correct
The tile game is for getting the currency needed for the rewards. Rewards are bought only with the leaf tokens.
Rip
One comment suggested it was all through WT gold certs as well, except the mount right?
And that you'd need to do like 10 weeks of unreal clears to even get the mount?
Sounds about right. I have one clear and got only 15 leaves. Mount costs 600.
where can i find hunt train in aether?
you'll need way more than 10 weeks of clears
@karmic niche peep into #resources and join the aether hunts discord
ShB
||the journey's end gear i get in the tempest, is that specific to job or class? the sword is a dark knights sword. im assuming thats because i did the class quest as a drk? would that be pld gear if i did it as pld? and is the armour specific to each job or not? it looks kind of edgy dark knighty, is that because drk is the poster child of ShB or are there other options for pld war gnb etc?||
the gear you get from ||grenoldt|| is job specific gear
its like the coffers of artifact gear you got from your job quests at 50/60/70
so is there a way to get it for pld or once ive claimed the drk gear thats it?
Completing a role quest line unlocks all sets of that role. You just need to be level 80 for each respective job to claim them.
ye thanks. i was confused then realised drk was the only one at 80
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once I get my Zeta relic I can get replicas of the previous iterations, right?
Yes, provided you have your Zeta currently in your inventory
no
about DoL in ShB ||is there no story quest for them? ||
how much extra exp do you get for adventurer in need?
is it even worth waiting for
It tells you in the duty window how much you get exactly
So Lancer is starting to get boring and im on lvl 24. I have tried paladin and monk but only to lvl 15 but I'm lookin for something for fluid
All jobs are gonna be Boring and slow at low levels, cause you miss 99% of their kit
Monk and Ninja have stuff to reduce their gcd timers (greased lightning and Huton) if you want something fast
How good is ninja and monk
Balance is important
What's harder, savage or extreme?
Savage
Some extremes, like the ones in Odd patches occasionally place around the difficulty of the 1st and second floor of savage
But thats fight dependant on both sides
Thanks. I should of assumed from item lvl but I suppose it does vary depending on mechanics
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Out of curiosity; what happens if one gets hit with Infatuation by Palace Mimics while already under Pox?
can eating food aggro ads?
-sigh- Never mind, I just found out; it resets the Pox's duration to max..
As I had 43 seconds left..
@leaden ginkgo no
Is there a chat command to leave a party
Hey guys, for e7s, during words of motion, on the middle two columns, how do you determine which fires what. (i know you can stand on the side and ignore it)
the color of the portals and the order the birds flew in?
just visually
you need to move
if it goes in red portal first, it will come out of the red first
The portals in the back are always in the same position too
its not like the game portal
the shots come from the south?
where it goes from red to blue
for example, start of the phase, red gets hits (blue is first safe). Then you have different (east-west) colours, the blue lane in the middle gets hit.
if red gets hit first then the red lane in the middle will spit out birds first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ard_UCXAf0I&t=108s @remote lintel
I recorded this but didn't really want to upload this initially. It's honestly disgusting how much easier it is to get higher rDPS logs in some fights this tier by extending the fight. The gameplay in here is nothing spectacular (I'm sure you'll spot several things wrong throu...
It doesn't unfortunately
When they go east to west, they'll come out in order they first hit a portal. If Red was hit first previous, red will fire first. There are new portals on the west which can change the order
We're talking about what determines the middle column hits. @faint flare
Those are the same. If red was the first portal hit, the red portal in the back fires first
The mechanic functions the same way regardless where the portals are
Whichever is hit first
Will fire first
In the video, red portal gets hit first. Yet blue portal from the south fires first.
Because the charges going east to west Hit a blue portal
Thus resulting in blue firing
The same basic principle applies
i see. so if east - west (red to blue) then blue fires from south
if east -west (red to red) then red fires from south?
Should you use tank stance outside of instances?
Alright ty
when do you guys use arm's length?
To negate knockbacks
knockback
Arm's Length is a defensive cooldown for tanks
and negates knockback for everyone who can use it
this is important in several savage encounters.
how do you know if an attack is knockback?
You know the fight
i haven't found any use for arm's length in my boss fights
sometimes you can guess because it's got like pulsing lines or arrows coming from it
maybe i'm doing it wrong
More recent fights telegraph it
Like the blue circle aoe
I said savage encounters.
@jade quartz aren't there savage encounters in HW?
Though if you're a tank you should be using it yesterday, it's an important defensive cooldown
There's not many knockbacks in normal content but there's a few here and there
Have you done them?
no
Irrelevant then
sephirot has knockback attacks
Basically if you get hit by an attack and are knockbacked, then you know for next time you can arm's length it 99% of the time
The trip mine lasers in The lv67 dungeon knockback
And are arm's lengthable
@faint flare so in HW boss fights in the Vault, where you get knocked back?
wait you can? do yo mean the transformation knockback or the axe knockback, or when he uses the faith thing where he pushes you to the blackhole?
Both
on separate note, is alexandrian gear worth it?
If you like the glamour
specifically the weapons
the alexandrian weapons are way stronger than the shire weapons
but i don't know if you eventually get better ones in stormblood
since their currency is so hard to come by
Not worth the effort, shire is far more easily obtainable and The alex weapons dont really last longer
They drop off at 65
what is the AOE combo for dark knight? similar how both paladin has a 1-2-3 or a 1-2 combo for AOE attacks, but i dont see one for DRK
At level 70 you get boxes.
@hazy shadow what do you mean boxes?
Unleash > stalwart soul
Or, what should be considered seventy.
DRK is dumb cause it gets its second step at 72
MSQ gives you chests for gear
i run out of mp quickly though
And whatever other off global damage you have
That you open and whatever class you open it on, becomes that class's gear. If that makes sense.
You're not spending MP on much else until 70
well, i can usually get 3-4 or floods out
before mp is 0
so dark knight's AOE damage against mobs is just lower than paladin or gunbreaker until 72?
when DRK learns the second AOE combo?
unless you are saying unleash is stronger than the paladin or the gunbreaker's first AOE move
Floods, the permanent damage buff and the other off global damage helps out
Quietus
As well
@faint flare what do you mean by the permanent damage buff?
Using Flood/edge gives you darkside
all tanks do pretty much the same dmg
how many quests from the start of HW to get into Ishgard quest?
You're in the post arr quests in that case
80 quests from praetorium
holy
Used to be more
ty
Yeah, they trimmed a lot of extra fat from arr. It's nice.
fc crest, glamour dresser, armoire
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If its lit up you can do that to it
Lit up fc crest means you can stamp your fc logo on it somewhere
and whats the meaning of armorie?
stores event gear and AF1 gear
its like a retainer for gear?
Your level 45/50 job gear
Specifically that set not the i90 coffer stuff you get after
It has a reason for being called like that? is there a meaning in A and F?
artifact
Af means artifact
ArtiFact
Just how players reference the job gear
Oh, so the next job gear is af2 and so on?
great, thxs for the help
Jobs only have sets from the expansion they come out and onwards
So samurai would only have af 3 and af4
hey guys, I'm on free trial and although the game is fun, it feels a bit lonely without the option to join guilds or message people. I got invited to a chat called ''cross-world linkshell'' and the owner said I can be invited to more than one. Is there a place where I can look for people inviting to these linkshells?
just want to chat while questing
There's no search function for them, you usually find them by asking around for an invite to a type of linkshell
all right, thanks. I'll look for people in crowded places
Aka limsa
I also joined a novice network. Is it a global thing or each area has its own network?
so I got invited in the forest city, if I go to the desert city I'll be able to chat with the same people?
from the server I'm in
in the novice network, yes
okay, thanks
There aren't any really small ceiling lights that can easily be hidden in something other than the main Oasis/Riviera/Glade pendant ones, right?
I think you can try taking 3 or 4 wall lamps and glitch hover them facing backwards each other
I meant the fixture ones that can't be removed from the ceiling
I want to hide the one in my basement, but since we can't just have an empty slot there.. I'm forced to go to weird lengths to pretend it doesn't exist
Has Anyone done the ARR relic quests? I think I ran into a bug or didn't do something right? I did not get the Sphere Scroll from the NPC, and the 3 superior enchanted inks went back into my inventory..so now I can't progress.
Glade pendant light. It's tiny enough you can hide it inside wall partition@hidden lotus
But if you don't put interior lighting to 0 you will have a shiny wall
I checked through those and the Glade Pendant seems like it might work
I just doubled up the partition
Which is now messing up my whole plan down there
I just need a Medium house 😂
That or to scrap my idea and go to something manageable..
Small house forces you to be more creative tho, but that's the topic for another channel
I'm gonna go grab a Glade pendant; those can be sold by manservants, right?
I had it by default on my small house in Lavender Beds but the website only mentions it's craftable
I got it from my manservant under Interior
In any case, it looks like that one is much smaller than the Oasis version and might do what I wanted!
I'm gonna have to mess around with it a bit more I think..
does item level syncing make your equips meaningless?
or does it still play a part but smaller?
It reduces the equipments' stats down to what's allowed at that level. So level 60 gear will be just as strong as level 80 gear when you're synced down to 30
but if you're in lvl 75 gear and you go to lvl 80 content, it doesn't sync up
only down
except in bozja
bozja is the single caveat yes
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does anyone know what top this is or if it's even obtainable?
!aglam female elezen hempen camise
Er, kinda difficult to see in that bright white but that's what it is
No
should be "the ultimate ultimate"
There will be more ultimates added in future
hey, yesterday asked for some help but didn't have time for everything
so the thing is when I downloaded demo, it asked me to enter code, some guy gave me correct link to another trial on steam, but this time it said that my account can't be used on steam cuz I used trial few years back already
I made fresh account just for steam, and it asks code once again, and I can't use old account for trial outside of steam cuz I already used trial
what do I do
are you sure its the free trial steam version
why some of my gear have a red or white cross in the icon?
tbh ive heard peopel say that closing and repoening the launcher until it lets you through works
@wheat plume it means its glamoured
@wheat plume it means its glamoured
@remote lintel thxs, what's the difference between red and white?
red means no dye iirc
otherwise the cross will be the color of the dye
i might have gotten them flipped
tbh ive heard peopel say that closing and repoening the launcher until it lets you through works
@remote lintel yep thanks, this worked
i might have gotten them flipped
@remote lintel thxs
now while it's downloading, comes the hardest part of mmorpgs for me, choosing a job
just be all of them 4head
Red border cross = undyeable
White border cross = dyeable but has no dye on it
Solid-colour cross = colour of the dye
thxs, mine were all borders
when turning in mats from the diadem for approval, not all of them get approved?
it has to be a stack of 10
oh okay
does a stack of 10 = 1 approved item? or does it become a stack of 10 approved items
becomes a stack of 10 approved items
alright, thanks!
but you have to get them approved in increments of 10
for the longest time I thought that maybe some of the stuff I got wasn't good enough to be approved lol
thank you!
can you demolish a house if stuff is in storage or do you gotta take it out
hey does anyone know of any other halos in the game other than angelic circlet?
there arent any
I just unlocked some materia skills. When I gather up these low level materia is there a way to level up them? For example in Diablo 3 I can combine couple of level 1 gems to make one level 2 gem
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you can transmute them for a chance of a higher level materia
@woven bay can "transmute materia" at mutamix--turn in 5 for a random materia with a chance at being higher grade
ok was that end result random type of materia?
Is there any recommended DRG rotation? I've seen posted here for other jobs, link to a pic with all rotations diagram
!faq drgopener
so i've been watching a lot of e8 clear videos, and these people can use their skills without facing the boss
how do you do that?
!faq drgopener
@remote lintel What's the 3rd icon? The red potion that says 1 second
tincture of strength (grade 3)
it's a tincture of strength, grade 3 in this instance since iirc that's the current strongest
if i'm trying to gather the maximum number of something
regardless of HQ
what gatherer skills do I use?
just pick clean?
What job can craft dyes?
How to increase dialogue box size?
right click it
all crafters can craft dyes
If I were to buy my free trial friend FFXIV on steam, how should I go about it? Ive heard ffxiv can be a little weird with steam, and idk how I'd buy them game time
buying the game is probably as simple as buying it as a gift, I think? but there's no way for you to buy time for them directly
you'd have to either buy an FFXIV time card, or give them a Steam gift card so they can pay their sub from their own wallet
ohh I see, how would I get an ffxiv time card?
Amazon sells them, some other places do too
Gotta make sure it is for the correct region though (e.g. North America)
It looks like the Square Enix store also sells them
How can I stop seeing glamour and see the gear with the original form?
Ugh that's annoying, but alright thanks for the help
if you want to preview it, you can Try On the item, then click Try On on the name of the item itself in your chat
if you want to unglamour something you're wearing, you need a Glamour Dispeller
Actually one more question, would it be better then for me to just let my friend beat the free trial then upgrade them to the standard edition/shadowbringers just to squeeze out as much time as possible?
A lot of people ride the trial until the end. It's just a matter of whether or not the restrictions are a major annoyance
Ahh alright, thanks again for the help
you can gift it on steam
Hi
i am a new played but would like to play ninja or samurai
but there are no classes for that
Ninja starts as a rogue
rogue is the base class for ninja, but requires you to get a class to lvl 10 first and complete the lvl 10 class quest to unlock the ability to switch classes
You can't start as that, you have to start as another class, then pick it up after completing the level 10 class quest
usual recommendation is to start as marauder or arcanist since they both start in limsa
Samurai has no starting class, and starts at lv50 and requires a lvl 50 job to unlock
oh
also requires you to have stormblood
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so there's no prerequisite class for samurai?
no
expansion jobs dont have base classes
none of the expansion jobs have a starting class
if you want to be a ninja pick a job that starts in limsa and switch to rogue at lvl 10
as they are relics of 1.0 and its been something they've wanted to do away with for sometime, but can't for the ARR jobs
any recommendations on the classes?
if you want to be a ninja pick a job that starts in limsa and switch to rogue at lvl 10
marauder and arcanist start in limsa
is starting in limsa good?
Sure
it doesnt matter
All starting cities are good
you go to all cities anyway
But starting in Limsa means you can get Rogue quicker
if you didn't start in limsa you would have to get to lvl 15 to unlock travel to other cities
yes after you do the lvl 10 class quest
even after that can change infinitely to try new things?
yes
thats amazing
@thick verge something tells me you’re coming from wow judging by that reaction
But yeah, no need for alts unless you really want or wanna play in another data center
L2 had something similar to this and I loved it
actually im from bdo @outer plank
!whoclasses @remote lintel
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my classes
wow is........ ehhhh
They both have their pros and cons
^
But since you're here and not there, its a moot point
there are still pvp servers
im a pve player
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Well there you go
Let them play the game and decide for themselves
They both offer free trials so just try both and see which one you like more
you mean red
either do hunt trains or lvl 80 dungeons
the last 2
if you dont have those then do whatever gives the most that you do have unlocked
oh ok
How come I can't see the hard versions of the dungeon?
they're unlocked via side quests
the initial quest for them is in the waking sands, the solar
its called "A Recurring Problem"
Its also right there in the screenshot
you've got hard for bowl of embers unlocked yeah
gotta do that to unlock howling eye
gotcha, thanks!
so it looks like i got to do all 3 raids again
What are these symbols?
They show the “base” for that beast tribe
Basically their icon/flag
Each of the non-SHB beast tribes have one
Oh. Thanks 🙂
so the materia im offered in the lvl 80 msq quests. what do i pick? ive just been going with skill speed because i have no idea. would anything else be a better choice?
@pastel sparrow thats probably your settings. or something else messed up im afraid. no way to know without trial and error.
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can you demolish a house if stuff is still in the housing storage?
No
@oak smelt each job has its own materia preference
what ilv should I keep my retainer at for stuff like jet black dyes
!faq retainerbp
I feel like I used to get them fairly often at lower levels and stopped when I gave my retainer better gear
just rng
!faq subprice
Thank you
What are orchestrion rolls used for? I have a boatload of them on hand but I never understood them.
Is it okay to meld neo ishgardian gear? I can just take the materia off when i switch over right?
Ummm whatever the next step is for me i guess. Not sure what im getting next
upgrading to augmented neo ish gear doesn't take many resources, so if you do that before you get full crystarium, then i would hold off on melding
you have a chance to lose materia when extracting (t8s) anyway
at the very least
if you're upgrading to crystarium, you're time-gated anyway so you could meld your current gear
When u sat t6, do u mean material with vi at the end?
yes
Got it, sounds good! Thanks guys
@magic wren it's just music, you can play those at an orchestrion
anyone knows of a good blue mage guide on what i should get, where i get it and such?
Blue mage is stormblood stuff, right? Not aviable on free trial?
yea
And nothing of value was lost
best way to farm allegory?
what does crafting neo ishgardian gear do? is it a turn in for something?
@stable hinge daily expert, some people say they do frontlines to cap
hunts are generally quick way of capping allegory
or you can be lazy and just do 5 experts a week to cap, or mix experts+80 dungeon roulette to get it done in like 3
if mi'qotes go like "Meow~" what do Au'ras say
au ra*, and nothing? because miqo'tes meowing isn't exactly a normal thing
what's the drop from ruby ex?
@onyx kiln use !faq bluguide in #kupo-bot-spam
Weapons and a mount
ah ok
And the extra item for barding
I just noticed I was receiving a bonus 50% MGP at the gold saucer. Any reason why that might be? Is it the make it rain event?
Currently playing the free trial. If I did decide to subscribe, I have the buy the game and then pay a monthly subscription fee, correct? So like $60, then the subscription price that was linked earlier.
Yes, though you get your first 30 days of sub time free with the base game
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Ok thanks!
Currently playing the free trial. If I did decide to subscribe, I have the buy the game and then pay a monthly subscription fee, correct? So like $60, then the subscription price that was linked earlier.
@warm laurel also the complete game is 40
On the client, if you click purchase under login and password, you can see the prices
25 if you wait for black friday
complete is 60$ (unless you find it on sale somewhere)
unless you're like EU or something, then its slightly cheaper i guess
doesnt say its on sale, so that's standard price for EU
Shows as $60 for me
I guess it's only for EU then
where can you get scavean gear today? i just checked the usual NPC and theres nothing there
Enna for the gear/accessories, eschina for the weapon
i could only find Dai-Ryumyaku gear when i checked Enna
then you're not looking in the correct section, its the II exchange
i.e Allagan Tomestone of Poetics (DoW) II
oh sorry, i though it was DOW DOM then again DOW and DOM with scavean XD is it only me or did they change it?
no
they didn't change anything about it
DoW/DoM 1 = would dai-ryu gear, DoW/DoM II is Scaevan, always has been
hmmm...memory is playing tricks on me, thank you!
Any help to fix this? Tried everything. Router reset, DNS flush, allowing app on firewall, turning off firewall, deleting boot.cfg
It was completely alright last night
Google search shows people having this problem because of Kapersky antivirus/internet security
If you have some kind of antivirus check that it makes an exception for FFXIV
I only have windows firewall, no antivirus
Windows Defender real-time protection also seems to have caused this problem for some people
Yeah, atm defender is off so I can test
i keep getting this error or the version check error
Mostly this one
any omni crafters around on primal right now? in need of some help crafting asthete gear
The launcher runs on IE
how does ocean fishing registration work? is there limited space or do I have to register at specific time?
keeps telling me registering is closed
you have 15 minutes to register for the boat. boats run every 2hrs
The launcher runs on IE
@jade quartz let me give it a go
ahh, so when a trip starts you get 15mins to register and then it starts?
boats will leave once 24players have registered
its a 15minute window for anyone who wants to do ocean fishing, once those 15minutes up no one can register anymore and any boat that hasn't filled to max capacity will set sail
I thought you had to register and then it leaves exactly at the hour, I might have misunderstood the whole system
hey guys, how do i get this guy?
once you register, when the boat has gotten 24 players it'll leave
and a new boat will start
yup, I get it now, thank you ^^
its from the kupo of fortune scratch card from the ishgard restoration, can also buy it from the marketboard @cursive terrace
ehh
it might be a bit expensive now, since participation in the restoration has waned a bit since the rankings are over
but you can also use world visit to server hop to try and see if other servers have it for cheaper than your own
i'll check it out, thanks
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Just to clarify as i am not very Advanced in English
Each action has a limit of 200
hello i got a question, i just bought the starter game and tried to register the code on my account on mog station but i get Error Code: i2501 whenever i try pressing next after the bonus items(this account doesnt have steam linked to it)
i can still play the game in the steam trial account
i2501 is a broad error, in that something is triggering their system. Some possible solutions are: try a different browser, turn off vpn if you're using one, try using mobile data. if none of those work, contact support
is contacting support long? like a long time till i get a response?
well, live chat/phone support doesn't work weekends
and e-mail support can take a bit yeah
ah damn
i didnt know that the chat support doesnt work today, was hoping to chat to support get help with the error and finally start from scratch with the full game
Howdy everyone, I got asked from our FC Leader to set up the Community Finder Page for FC. Unfortunately I get the message on the Lodestone Page that I'm not a Recruiter (Permissions ingame are available therefore) Is there somewhere a hidden option to put someone in charge as a Recruiter within the Lodestone? Best Regards Vali
You did have enough permissions to the fc to do it so?
There should be an option on the fc lodestone page
as per ingame same permission as the FC leader regarding members
yeah we're still looking for this option with the FC Leader, right now we cant find it. Under FC -> Profile/Members theres no option to do so
It's right at the top of the members page. Make sure your leader is signed in @fallow bloom
@verbal rune Commendations just accrue and the stuff you get from them is by having a certain amount, from the achievement milestones
there’s no commendation shop like there is with the achievement certificate shop
@raven sage found it, thx 🙂
Got it
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https://gyazo.com/649f7d5080245414ed292b40878cc100 my friend needs help getting up here and I've totally forgotten how without flying
@gritty tiger gotta take the long way around on the right side
Thank you both <3
Dumb question how does one farm on fashion report?
🤔
Do you need different outfits to get 60k MGP per fashion report?
I tried using the same outfit and got only 60k despite scoring 100 point
It's a weekly challenge, basically
Each week you get new hints as to what kind of outfits will net you the maximum number of points
The outfit you need obviously changes each week to
So "farming" it can only really refer to doing it once a week
once you hit that 60k prize, you’re good for the week
But it's an easy way to get a lot of mgp fast
also you don’t need 100pts for it, just 80+
100 nets you a title though, if you want that
Can you actually get 240k MGP in fashion report?
Assuming you do different outfits per try

If you do it each week for 4 weeks, sure
so the way the reward works is you get 10k just for showing up
If you do it each week for 4 weeks, sure
@glossy flare no I meant 240k in a week
No
O h
Again, it's a weekly activity
!faq mgpguide
then it’s raised to 60k if you hit 80+ but you don’t get it per try
You can not keep farming it
Rip that Fenrir mount
Since make it rain is active you do get a 50% bonus to all MGP earned outside of the challenge log
So you'll only need 3 weeks ish of grinding assuming you chase all the challenge log entries
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
it is? huh.
None of the outfits are exclusive to the event btw
and you get 95,000 MGP from doing fashion report
i got my fashion leader title this week
You can just do the weekly stuff each week and eventually you'll get there
but u dont have to go for 100 points
i believe 80 points gets u the same amount of MGP
but im not sure
yes
Yes, 80 is enough, as was said above
you will get the same amount of mgp if you do 80pts
also the 95k mgp is with the make it rain increase
without make it rain, its 10k for participation, 50k for 80+pts
only thing it’s not applied to is uh, uhhhhhhh card sales I think?
and something else
@twilit arch really? i've only gotten 55,000 MGP normally
any mechanic i should be aware of on shinryu domain?
without the Make It Rain event

never done it but i want this doggo
just avoid the AoEs
you probably had an FC buff up
oh extreme
yes
avoid the AoEs, but they don't have a telegraph so look around you
messed up a bit, its 60k total. 50k for 80+pts
yer
i got told to not destroy the platform
so the road to 70 buff only lasts until the server stops being preferred?
does anyone know when coerl will stop being preferred?
no idea what they're talking about but I'll see i guess
you're assured 90 days with the buff
Dungeons that dont have the item sync icon means that your equip still matter?
@twilit arch does it also apply to crafters?
and no, there's no way to know if/when a server is gonna stop being preferred.
yes, it applies to all classes
@vestal needle it just means that item is not synced down
they do @vestal needle to an extent, but it’s synced to a varying degree of balance
oh hi I'm dumb
some duties have bad sync and you can crush em way too fast like Westwind
Level sync applies to everything
if a dungeon doesn't have a ilvl sync, then it syncs down to whatever is max ilvl for that level range
So if you're at 59 your gear will be synced to level 59 item level which is around 145 I want to say?
148
that sounds about right for 59
It's only at level cap they apply item sync since level cap you can be anywhere from beginning to the endgame gear or further
150 to 270 for Heavensward
wait i, so all dungeons are item level sync'ed?
yes
regardless if they have the item level sync icon?
oh
so what's the difference then
wouldn't make sense for level 40 dungeons to let you go in at item level 500
isync is mainly for cap dungeons
@jade quartz i meant item level sync
so you can’t enter it with end of expac gear and bumrush it
Meaning if you're the same level your item level will be synced down
if you're level 60 wearing i270 gear and go into a level 60 dungeon with item level sync i180
then your gear will be synced down
a good example is that Neverreap has a sync because otherwise everyone with i260/270 gear would murder it
do note this only really applies to expansions
to equivalent of i180
ARR the sync curve is a bit higher to almost always at 120 to smooth out the endgame experience
does anyone know of a good guide to leveling crafters/gatherers?
Complete Stormblood
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can anyone help me with the Navel boss (Primal
uwu -> the ultimate legend?
?
if you clear uwu what title u get
@tidal yarrow yes, the ultimate legend
ultima weapon ultimate
Uwu is usually short for ultimate weapon Ultimate, the title is Ultimate Legend
it’s just an abbreviation for an Ultimate difficulty fight
OooO
I can't figure out how to do my lvl 52 white mage quest. I'm supposed to get it from Eschiva but I can't find them even though I went to where their location is supposed to be :/
do you possibly already have it? if it’s not showing up on the map or under the MSQ HUD element?
Nope I dont 😦
have you done Taint Misbehaving in South Shroud yet? that’s the requirement to have the 52 quest appear
Does attack potency scale linearly?
for the most part, yes
what's your current MSQ?
Yeah, you're not into Heavensward yet
you'll know it when it happens
The expansions job quests require you to have started that expansion
How does it work with leveling using hunting log?
So to start your lvl 52 job quest you gotta keep doing the story
Do you get a a mount from the yokai event? What is it then?
Do I just follow the one doing hunting log while NOT being in the party?
Huh, so I can't do my low level white mage quests even if I'm like lvl 57 now? Because I have to advance in the main quest line?
press H (by default) to open your hunting log
Ahh
Then check what you need to kill and just... kill it
each entry rewards you some xp and each completed category has some bonus xp
Can we be in a party is my question
sure, as long as you do the pulls
Ah alright, thank you
is it better to use versatile lures for ocean fishing if you're levelling or is it the same as just using the "correct" bait?
Huh, so I can't do my low level white mage quests even if I'm like lvl 57 now? Because I have to advance in the main quest line?
@fiery falcon Pretty much, yes
which is harder to level? gatherer classes or crafters?
gatherers with diadem is more brainless ig
is better to level gatherer classes before crafters?
but neither is really hard with ishgard stuff and leves
@honest anvil what do you mean by ishgard stuff
Both are much faster to level these days when using the proper outlets. Diadem gathering is mindless but good. Ocean fishing is great. Ishgard Restoration for crafting classes. Makes it relatively painless. Just a little turn-off-brain-y
ishgard restoration
there’s diadem for leveling gatherers. Then you use mats gathered there to level up crafters
And yeah it’s a little easier to keep gatherers ahead of crafters so you can get the materials you need on level.
Fisher has ocean fishing to level like someone else said
@honest anvil where do you find the diadem?
in ishgard, look for a blue quest called toward the firmament iirc; then do some small dialogue stuff to unlock firmament
diadem is in there
They probably won’t go down but there will be a login queue. How long depends on the server.
they have large queues for around the few hours or so after servers come up
unless there's a ddos, there probably won't be issues with playing the game
it wouldn't let me join a party. one player per job but there's no sam. i match the ilv and everything. why?
it's under practice so not even duty requirements
I bought the started edition with Heavensward and I mainly did the MSQ. Im at the start of Heavensward and I cannot level further. Should I buy the next expansion or should I focus on doing the MSQ and leveling other classes until I finish it?
it’s up to you tbh, if you wanna continue levelling your whm then buy the next exp
but if you wanna try another class it’s a great time
if you’re having fun, I don’t see why not. If you finish the entirety of HW with your current level, you’ll hit stormblood the way everyone did day 1 which is 
Like Rox said, if you don’t buy the rest of the game, just level something else
it’s good to have another class levelled because you’ll hit 80 before you finish the entire story lol
i just finished sb and almost have my 2nd lvl 80 lol
Thank you, I gonna do some leveling on other classes and do some side things in the meantime.
have fun !!
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hey guys! quick question. im a recent lvl 50 astrologian. loving the class so far! just one question i have so far. whats the point of the Lord of Crowns and Lady of crowns cards? From what i can tell, they dont give me an arcana point toward Divination?
you use them when you already have the seals you need
Is there any way to recover achievement items?
talk to jonathas in gridania
do you immediately get the achievement related item once you obtain the achievement?
no, gotta talk to jonathas to claim achievement rewards
ohhh, so you save divination for boss fights and special moments? not off cooldown?
no, you should be using divination on cd
unless you know that intermission is coming soon or the fight is gonna be over
Is Jonathans in Old Gridania or New Gridania?
@gritty oracle
old gridania





