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i love mechanist
i think it's the easiest class
i started off as an arcanist
but i had to switch jobs quickly since i maxed out to 80 before ARR ended
@slate arrow
bard is hard to play
bard rotations are complex
much more so than mechanist at least
Then.... you're either on the Free Trial client and need the Full steam client or you're not on the right Steam client
Is E8S especially hard? I feel like I had less trouble with O12S, HW included, than Light Fucking Rampant.
what is e8s?
Eden Shiva
Eden's Gate Floor 8 Savage
I am not on the free trial client. I've played up through level 66 Stormblood content.
u fight shiva again?
It's hard and spoilery to explain
Anyways, is it especially hard compared to other savage stuff or do I just suck? HW seemed fairly easy to me.
Its mainly Light Rampart
It entirely depends on your party and the stat you take
That walls alot of people
LR can either be smooth as a breeze or hard as heck because my uptime
if you did HW savage when it was relevant, that was more difficult than E8S
at least, compared to gordias/midas
Idk if this is ok for this channel or not. Correct me if I'm wrong. Buy I need 3 dps, 2 healers, 2 tanks for the duty The Praetorium
you can just use duty finder
We're doing Sharingan. We've been progging it for like 2-3 weeks and we got to second mirrors exactly twice. Even then only 2-3 people lived through the third meteor tower
It's in it's own Roulette so queues are relatively easy to obtain
how often do you raid each week?
@slate arrow I'm a dps, the average wait time for m is 28 minutes
HW is easy, just know where to stand and pray the healers got your hp. The timer is extremely generous compared to LR
We prog 1 to 3 times a week, usually for 3-4 hours each. Depends on whether people had something come up
Tf?
oh, you meant hello world by HW, not heavensward haha
@lone spruce use a Arcanist book as well
@lone spruce That book is Arcanist/Summoner only
Oh yeah I forgot how to change classes lmfao
but um, hello world is probably about on par difficulty-wise compared to light rampant? At least if you're doing O12S synced
Check your main hand. If it says "grimoire" then yeah
Equipping a SCH book will automatically equip the gem for you
Synced doesn't make the timer less generous, it just makes it deal more damage, which is mostly a healer problem
Oof I sold all my codexes why did I do that
if you're stuck on LR for that long, I'd recommend taking a look at what's causing wipes and try to address it. Don't be afraid to change to a different strat, explain things to certain members, make sure people know what they're doing and why
Just buy the Scholar book from Rowena for 600 poetics :p
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We have two melees so we kinda have to do Sharingan
hello world was mostly about the healing haha
nah
you really don't
like, the dps check isn't very tight and you can get pretty good uptime with various other strats as well. And even if not, getting a few more GCDs in during LR isn't going to be the difference between clearing or not at this point
if you can find a way to make the mechanic consistent for everyone, that will be infinitely more valuable than trying to force one specific strat that isn't working out, for whatever reason
Yeah with how late in the tier it is, staying alive is much more important than squeezing out extra damage from uptime strats
Oh
Well I'm not the RL so I probably won't propose ilya unless we don't get past it by the end of this weekend
don't need to be the raid lead to propose ideas that might be healthy for the group
¯_(ツ)_/¯
it's an infinitely valuable thing for prog. To be able to go "hey this movement seems tough for our group and is the main reason that we keep wiping. This other strat doesn't have that movement or simplifies it--can we give it a go for a few pulls?"
I am having huge struggles deciding what server to play.. I played to lv 30 before over a year ago. And now I wanna get back into the game. I found out my character is on Louisoix, which is a preffered server. But I kinda already set into my mind to go to Spriggan and now I don't know which one I should go to. I mean- Spriggan is newer, is there any reason to prefer it over Louisoix? I also kinda just want this new player experience I had 1 and a half years ago.
If the two are on the same DC, it doesn't really matter. The only things that matter in server selection are MB health, NN attitude, the housing market and whether you can find a good FC
I've already talked about this w peeps here and they told me to just go to Spriggan. But now that I found out my lv 31 Bard is on Louisoix.. I am unsure again. I mean- I don't even care about that char, so I might just hop into Spriggan.. idk. I mean I am honestly so anxious abt the fact I am scared I won't meet cool people, like I see only NA people here that are so fricking cool ;3;
You can make your character on Louisoix and effectively live on Spriggan.
Novice network
Ah.
Actually, how returning are you?
31 levels are not much honestly. One or two days of dedicated MSQ progression will get you there. Maybe less.
If you wanna go to Spriggan, go to Spriggan
I wanna make a new char and start fresh.
Flip a coin
(and ask someone to invite you to the Novice network)
i cant ;3;
It literally doesn't matter
I'd say Spriggan for a more "new beginning" feel
You can world visit to either server whenever you want
Since they're on the same data centre
Do you guys know anything abt Louisoix or Spriggan?
Like I mean- both servers are sorta new, no? one is 2 years old, the other one 1 year?
Nope
!faq worldpick
You can play on any world on any datacenter within FFXIV. Aside from the languages spoken, the physical location of the servers, and the status of each world, there are no major differences.
The majority of content is cross-world, with the exception of Free Companies, Linkshells, and restrictions when visiting other worlds.
If you don't mind where you play, choose a world that is Preferred or New for character creation bonuses. Check world status by using !status <world name> or via the Lodestone. For information about the status types, use !faq worldtype.
Notable worlds:
- Balmung & Mateus (Role-playing)
- Tonberry & Kujata (Large amount of Oceanic players)
- Moogle (Large amount of French players)
- Shiva (Large amount of German players)
If one is preferred, go there
Neither of them are really notable
The road to 70 is delicious
Pick Spriggan then. Sounds cuter than Louisoix
I agree~
OKAY
That's a good statement.
I'll go bed n make my character tomorrow. c:
^^
Anyone have a list of all the available dance emotes? Looking at a list of all emotes has way too many
Ctrl F the page for "dance"
I’m on phone oof
The ones I have are: Dance, Step Dance, Harvest Dance, Ball Dance, Manderville Dance, Bomb Dance, Thavnairian Dance, Gold Dance, Sundrop Dance, Moonlift Dance, Moogle Dance, Songbird, Yol Dance, Manderville Mambo, Flame Dance, Bee's Knees
there are some others in the cash shop, but I think I have all of them that you can get in the game
What Hildibrand quest line gives the mambo?
Dammit
Can you make it so your weapon doesn’t appear on your character?
yeah, in your character menu there should be a hide sheathed
It should be next to the hat circle
Okay I’m an idiot so if I’m in a place at the lavender beds if I have the chat mode in say can others hear me?
I know nothing about the finer points of chat aside from the very basics
Say is visible to people in a small radius around your character.
Yell is visible to a larger radius.
Shout reaches the whole zone.
Hmm they should’ve heard me but that’s all right
If you're inside a player/FC house, then the whole zone = just that house.
SB spoiler question because #archived-lore-spoilers is busy discussing crabs. When Alisaie switches ||to RDM proper instead of waving some aether sword around, does she ditch her grimoire?||
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||I guess she does. You don't see her with the grimoire anymore.||
When it comes to housing, is is possible to put stuff like walls, floors, doors, lights in my storeroom?
Anyone know about LoV much? Specifically tournaments. I know there's a tourney Que that puts you against NPCs, does that do anything or just practice?
how can I unlock sightseeing in Stormblood?
Does Ishgard crafting keep up well in later levels?
from which vendors do i buy the scaevan weapons from?
or the equivalent ilevel 400 gear
Where is best place to fate grind from lvl 68-71?
Is there any way to check current collectables without having to go to an appraiser?
(P.S. Just started dipping my toes into the collectables grind and I hate this so much it's ruined crafting/gathering for me. 🙃 )
What do if it's not there?
That isn't a thing anymore
Can I buy that lean against the wall emote? If so, how much is it?
its market tradeable
but also obtained from ishgard restoration for skybuilders scrips
Is there a way to get the game to stop telling me in chat that of x parties currently recruiting all match my search conditions?
Tired of seeing it
Yeah it should be called something like party recommendations in the chat filter
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I don't know why i asked how much it costs considering that's a server to se rver thing, my bad.
I didn't mean to ask how much it was, I meant to ask the name of the emote.
i lost the road to 70 buff (which gives double exp) even though the class i am using is still under level 70
The Road to 70 buff goes away when the World is no longer Preferred and the character is older than 90 days
yea I am on Coeurl
Huh
My character is on Coerl world
Just to be sure, you made it in Coeurl right?
yes
Imma call a <@&473626701947994134> here just to make sure I didn't miss anything
Otherwise, it is a bug and you want to report that
When did you make the character?
about 90 days ago i think
how do I find out which attacks are physical and magical?
Coeurl was briefly a Standard world in September. That could be what caused the buff to drop, Snack.
Yeah that would probably be why
That can happen?
ofc
I always thought that world status doesn't change that quickly
damn it
i should have done research
into which world would have stayed preferred
insteaad of picking one at random
So, that boy caught the tail end of Preferred status
No one can predict which servers change or not
Oh well, tbh, Road to 70 is a nice buff, but it isn't the end of the world without it
well it makes leveling up dps jobs and DoH harder i guess
Positive thinking: now you get to play more
@warped nest did the buff also give double exp to quests?
because in dungeons i would get +340 to +440% exp
but in quests i would only get +100%
Almost every source of EXP, yeah. Even a few that wouldn't normally get bonuses.
I am told that Road to 70 is the only bonus that buffs basically everything
Quests don’t benefit from any other bonuses
They only benefit from road to 70
Road to 70 multiplies the exp by 2 after all the other buffs are added. It’s very different from armory bonus’ flat 100% buff and it applies to everything as long as you are below 70
It’s strong but not that crucial. Losing it slows down your leveling pace but leveling is also part of the experience anyway
Road to 70 is great if you to aim grind levels for multiple jobs
it is not as useful if the player in question only seek to do story and doesn't have plans to try other jobs
@gusty pasture There sort of isn't, short of testing them yourself or finding a resource that has them documented. I'm uncertain if anyone has done anything really comprehensive as it would be a massive undertaking.
a pretty good gauge for if something is physical is if it smacks you
literally
things like fist strikes, sword slashes
are usually physical
energy waves, elemental casts tend to be magical
It is a lot easier in cases where you get specific types of vulnerability
Do red mages have a relic?
Only for levels 70 and 80
Yeah
@gloomy ice ah alright, so they get it a bit later then
Jobs don't get relic in expansions that preceded them
It’s a job from stormblood after all
Gunbreaker is a Shadowbringers job, so it doesn't have relic in ARR, HW, or SB
To date, relics have not been added retroactively aside from NIN.
Imma let Ninja slide, since it is still introduced in ARR, albeit slightly later to the party
NIN? Ninja I'm guessing?
Yeah lol. Job abbreviations are always three letters btw.
yeah ik that, but sometimes they aren't always clear to me
you get used to them pretty quick
some people confuse blue mage with black mage though
BLU/BLM
i'm a GNB, for example if i'm attempting UCOB/UWU
there are no drops from GNB weapon
What will happen? Does the weapon drop as a coffer?
Crafters and gatherers also use three-letter abbreviations btw
and if I got it, I just change job and open it as the job i want? 🤔
Ultimates drop tokens/totem (unique to each Ultimate)
You then take the token to a trader to trade weapon
ah ok, so weapon is strictly token and no coffer?
1 token 1 weapon
yeah, just asking if I should gear another class for UCOB/UWU just in case 🤦♂️
phew
ty ty
yeah, it's ok 😂 as long as the drops don't get nerfed just because there's no weapon available for my class
is it? does the weapon coffer chance drop just because some classses doesn't have the respective weapon? like forexample if there are DNC and GNB in the party
will the party suffering from less chance of weapon drops?
No
Idk if this is the right place to ask, but I updated Windows and I can't get on ff, keep getting this error
I already reinstalled DirectX
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@calm pasture havent a clue but sometimes i here a windows update might corrupt a file or so
try doing a fresh install of the game
if you cant find a solution
Yeah that's my next step but it takes a hot decade to download lol
reinstall your graphics drivers
so I gotta ask, as a long time ff11 player i played ff14 for a bit but the job i mained in the other game wasn't in game yet so it made me hard to make that transition. but I hear those who main blue mage got burned in ff14 with its "limited class". So if i come back to ff14 for mainly wanting to play blue mage. Am i basically only getting a limited access to the game as a whole? and once the new expansion drops is blue mage just gonna be a class that was a "temporary thing" and becomes legacy to even play a class if that even makes since? im not one of those players who likes to job hop. I like what i like.
Okay uh.. my character is just endlessly running and I don't know why. I typically use controller how do I stop this? <.<
Oh huh, it stopped.
@barren sapphire Blue Mage is mostly done for side content
you won't be able to do any dungeons/roulettes with Blue mage unless you're going in full stack I think
can't do MSQ or anything with it sadly
@calm pasture that bug is really weird
fresh install might fix
my friend ended up having to swap out his graphics card
supposedly something with the graphics card can make the game run too fast or something?
I might be remembering it wrong
that disheartins me greatly. i waited so long for this game to releases a job i like and its thrown in as a gag 😦
thanks for the response thought 🙂
blue mage absolutely destroys side content
can't play it as a main class but if you wanna run it as a side job that's perfectly fine
I think it's capped at lv 60 though
what is it that you don't like about the other jobs though?
i mean i like the other jobs. iv just always played BLU in 11. its like playing a paladin in the 4th edition of dnd....then the 5th edition rolls out and you find out paladin cant be played with friends. also my bigger worry is that blue mage as a class will be forgotten later. rolled under the carpet as new content is brought in
valid concern tbh
I've never played 11 so I wouldn't really get what it was like before, but afaik squeenix is pretty good at keeping up with most jobs
at least somewhat updating them
monk is kinda wonk i think still but it's still manageable
I don't know if they'll sweep BLU under the rug or anything, but I'm sure that the amount of people playing BLU would probably say something if that happened
did BLU work the same way in 11?
where you had to go out and collect spells from mobs?
yeah you would engage a mob. wait for the mob to cast the spell you want copied. then kill the mob after
ah okayi see
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Hey guys, I used that one tonic that allows you to edit your character. How do I edit my character once I log out?
@steep pelican so long as you didnt click confirm it will just boot you back into character creation
@outer plank ik that, but how do I edit my character
you used the fantsia right?
yes
it should of automatically brought you to the character creation screen
this is what it brought me too
well
well more specifically it told me to log out
and I did
So did a bug happen?
ooooh ok thanks
@barren sapphire because BLU gets non player skills they often tend to be over powered when adjusted with player stats and gear. As you know a character at the same level as a mob is usually much much stronger obviously. They are fun to collect all their abilities however it would cause a huge problem if they threw them in with everyone else.
For instance what if they haven't learned a bunch. Of the stronger more powerful but harder to get spells.
You're basically either forcing people to play with a overpowered character or one who is basically incomplete, depending on what skills they know.
This inherintly would force other players, not of their own free will, to deal with that. Which would be unfair for obvious reasons.
Blu are fun and great for side content, or collectors/ completionists ect. But just cause a myriad of problems throwing them in forced groups compared to other dps classes which are designed for it. Mob spells are obviously not designed with player use as it's top priority.
does a bojzan guide exist?
Yes, its pinned in #general-discussion
i just got to lvl 30 and did the quest but i cant find my summon 3 anywhere does anyone know?
@edgy stirrup open your character menu and armory chest
understandable
keep your soul stone on at all times
there's zero reason to take it off ever
it gives you access to all your new skills and gives you a stat boost
i wish i had people to play with to make leveling go by quicker too lmao
still doesn't let me join company's either
are you playing on the free trial?
no i bought all of it
do you know when around I can?
I don't remember, I'd have to check
I'd assume it's around when you get your Grand Company
what do you mean by it didn't work?
idk it didnt show up for me
did someone invite you and then it didn't work for some reason?
OMG
i just looked at my thing
and i still need to finish the quest line -_-
it was below the main quest
I don't think you can do that
you can change your settings for which things Tab cycling will target in the character config menu
you can also target party members with F1-F8 by default
@ember moth they some how made it work in 11. But I guess that's how it is. Ill figure something out
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@barren sapphire it was also a completely different game. Far more of the leveling in 11 was mob grinding not forced ques
Tru
Started DRK. First time as tank. So I have questions about the job and role.
- Is my only source of healing the 3rd single target combo until TBN?
- On packs of enemies, should I spam my one AOE ability or use single target combo for sustain?
- Is DRK bad for MSQ because it cannot sustain as a tank alone or deal good damage?
- Gladiator gets a reduction role action that I don't have. Is it vital to get that?
- Should I avoid AOEs or stay still to let DPS get better positionals?
- Which skills are interruptible?
- I've seen some tanks run through dungeons to gather up enemies. And some don't. Is this what they call big pulls? What is expected of me?
- Should I spam Flood of shadow for more damage or use it to only maintain the buff?
!faq interject
for 6
- Abyssal Drain also restores hp a bit.
- You should be doing your AoE combo and rotating your defensive cds properly
- no, drk is fine to use to msq. its designed to be completable by all jobs. use your chocobo if you're feeling like you need some healing but realistically you shouldn't need that much during it.
- all tanks have the same role actions so not sure which skill you're talking about
- you should be avoiding aoes
- yes, most people are going to expect to you grab as many mobs as possible. wall to walls are extremely common as you get higher in level. Though there are some leveling dungeons were you want to be a bit more mindful simply because they hurt a lot for their level
- you should be using it to maintain the buff/not overcap on mana
Thanks. Now that I check, yes, all tanks get the same role actions. Ignore #4.
Regarding #6, I tried using interject before when the boss was casting. But it said interject failed. Not sure if that was due to lag. Can all casts be interjected?
no
no, like the picture shows
if the cast bar is glowing, you can interrupt it
it can only be used on castbars that are like flashing
Ah ok thanks.
If I may add additional notes to 5
To avoid AOE while accounting for your Dps party member's positional, you can either walk inside the boss or rotate yourself around the boss slightly
@grizzled condor An important part about avoiding aoes that I can add onto. Make sure that after you've walked out of said aoe, that you try to move back to the spot you were standing at before. I see plenty of tanks that run away to avoid, and away, and away. Suddenly the enemies are 10y away from where they were originally, and all that chasing and realigning of aoes can be really tough for some jobs to manage.
Same thing with bosses. You want to face them north most of the time, so they face away from the arena entrance (with rare exceptions). If they do a cone aoe on you, move away from it, and then move back to the boss so he doesn't turn away from facing north. Your melee dps partners in particular will thank you for it.
I read a gardening guide saying I should tend to my crops every day. Is that a day in local time or in server time?
Do you think we will get a 3mil MGP mount in Shb?
god I hope not bc then one of my friends will spend all of his playtime in the saucer again
that fucker got the 2m mount on both of his characters
if someone leaves from a preformed party for leveling roulette,
could someone else join via queue?
oh right, didn't read the pre-formed 🤦♂️
kk
i mean i should note
that's for fully premade groups
if you're like 2/4 then yeah you can
ye, was wondering for 4/4 parties
only rogue/ninja uses dex?
of the melees, yes
hm ok, a bit confused
its why they have their own set of gear (scouting) and use aiming accessories
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How much ilvl and gathering should I have so that my retainers find the best items in quick exploration? I have a bard and a botanist.
!faq retainerbp
is there a list of all non-job blue quests locked behind DoH/L
thank you very much!
Best zone for SB fate farming for yokai?
People like Azim step for the 3 aetherytes or Lochs for lv70 sync
Probably Azim Steppe since its largely centralized
How do you pay for your sub on steam version? Do I log to the client through steam and from there I go to the shop online page?
@lilac birch Pretty sure you have to sort out your subscription through Mog Station even if you're on Steam
Alright, still got 10 days to play but it's better to figure it out now
it's the same as non-steam, so through mogstation, you just have a steam wallet option afaik
How do I upgrade Shadowbringers to collectors edition through steam?
Or is there a different way to do it
Would anyone be able to do Cape Westerwind with me? Duty Finder is taking waaaaay too long. I feel like I’m on hold with customer service
@ebon plaza You should be able to upgrade to the Collectors Edition through Mog Station even if you have Steam
I could be wrong tho, but pretty sure that's how you do it
Alright thank you
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ty
@ebon plaza I've aleready seen that you can buy Shadowbringers through DLC on steam
Yeah I already had it but I wanted to upgrade my edition
Anyone else lagging really hard?
im doing quick mining and my character is literally freezing between swings
webpages and such load fine so I know its not my internet
Yes
what unlocks a npc for triple triad?
When can I get to The Dravanian Hitherlands, I have a job quest there?
around lv58 MSQ
Thanks
uh
there's a hundred dungeons near enough dude
gonna need more than that to go on
Are positionals checked upon cast or hit?
Found it, The Seat of Sacrifice
@jovial tide on button press
Is using medica 2 on the entire party prepull in a raid a waste?
Yes, because there's generally no damage during the opening
And you'll be starting with less mana unless you managed to tick back up
Alright! Also, i heard i gotta make sure the tank has ALWAYS has regen, is that correct?
Prepull medica basically achieves nothing
Not always always
But at long as they get the full effect of regen
Keeping regen up 24/7 on a boss is a waste of gcds that could have been DPS Spells
As your off globals could have healed the damage
wait. castrum coins drop from fates in bozja now?
Okay, thank you very much!
Yes emu, it was the hotfix change
neat i guess
how are people farming memories now? fates are dead and it seems bozja is dead for anyone not leveling
is the LB of SAM affected by Jinpu?
No
aight thx 
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Which chat filter option is the one that displays your mgp received from the mini cactpot?
It was NPC dialogue.
how many certificates are needed to get a full set of aug neo-ish gears?
Is the Blank Invitation you need to start an EB ceremony the envelope thing you use to make invitations to send to other people?
yeah when you use blank invitation you get the invitation you can send to other people that they use to enter the ceremony
is there a way to preview what the second form of the ShB relics looks like? not to intressted in the glowy forms they have later on but would like to see what changes when you dye them
Which healer has the highest DPS or are they relatively the same ?
think white mage has best DPS out of them
but that is just what i have heard
no experience with healing in general
Follow up question; where can I see which are the least to most popular healing jobs
Thanks 🙂
if a damaging skill with a dot component crits, are all the dot ticks crits too?
No
no, each tick rolls for a crit separately whether you crit the on-hit damage or not
they can
thx, i am learning to dps without face-rolling keyboard
Dot critting was a big part of BRD in stormblood
also if you apply a dot under crit buffs like chain stratagem or devilment, the crit increase will last for the whole dot duration
chance and/or rate
Want to apologize again before hand probably going to ask a bunch of noob stuff 😓. And thank you guys for your help so far
dont worry, never wrong to ask questions
I’ve been hearing something about them changing ARR, has that taken effect yet ?
i been playing for a year and i am still learning
they trimmed a lot of the post game after the last patch alongside adding flying in the ARR zones
I’m really trying to get into this and drop WoW for it, so I’m trying to learn as much as possible
don't judge ffxiv based upon ARR
wait till heavensword
Most likely gonna skip, I like doing dungeons not so much questing, although I don’t mind it too much
if you skip, watch comichistorian, he made videos to catch you up on lore and story
I appreciate you so much you don’t even know
ARR is a bit of a drag but we understand where it is coming from; they imploded their servers in FFXIV 1.0 and in 2.0, they started from scratch and found their groove in heavensword and BLEW it out of the water with shadowbringer; it's sooooo good!!!
I’m just deciding which healer to boost now while waiting for the download and watching the YouTube channel you recommended, thanks again for the channel. Do you heal at all? If so which would you recommend
also combat gets faster as well as you lvl, it's not three button mashing
Scholar and Astro looks interesting, white mage not so much
in my opinion, ASTRO is very flexable
you can either use shields or regen
so best of both world
SCH right now is in a bad place this patch
Scholar is healing with shields/ preventing dmg and passive HoT’s right ?
that's my opinion, but i can be wrong
SCH eats fairies to do big heals and damage
You have a fuck ton of free healing
Watching a guide on it, seems like it does good in burst healing but other than that, u have a lot of down time ?
I added fishmeal fertilizer to a flowerpot plant and its saying something about no more pomace being required
Healing here isn't about constant healing
You should never have downtime
does adding pomace affect the plant in anyway, thavnairian onions specifically
Just use Broil
healing is about damage \o/
The damage in this game basically perfectly fits Scholar
What about prolonged periods of dmg? Or is that not a thing
Not a thing
Gues I’m too use to healing in WoW, gotta change that mentality
Or extremely rare
Damage is scripted.out the fucking ass
It will always happen the exact same
All the time
Thus you can plan around that and use cooldowns accordingly
Plus, you have 2 healers in raid content
Big time, in that sense scholar seems like an appropriate choice
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Thank you guys for linking this ! Would you recommend joining a guild ? Or waiting a bit till I get a better sense of the game
join an FC
most FC are casual but there are hard core FC if you are into that
I’ve seen raiding end game so far on twitch but is there really any dungeon end game or is it just the raids
Dungeons are casual content
Theyre meant to be accessible to everyone and easy to do
!faq allguide if you want guides to that stuff
The only thing people do with endgame dungeons that can be sorta competitive is speedrunning them
Gotcha. Thanks I’ll read that
Nah you don't need to ever read that if you want to do the content blind
Dungeons mostly boil down to "dont be in the bad"
Thank you nonetheless. This is all so cool and you guys are so helpful. I’m sure I’ll get a general idea the more I play!
Are raids easily accessible or is that something I need a dedicated group for ?
Just wondering... on a big pull in dungeons do healers just focus on the healing? everytime I have an inkling to dps, tank just gets shredded so fast
The only thing you should really consider a static nearly mandatory is Ultimate raids, which ar specifically designed for the top 1% of players
Healers can very easily dps in big pulls with proper use of off global healing and the tank using cooldowns
If your tank is dropping fast then their gear is Garbage or not using cooldowns
Or both
so me being flamed for them getting shredded is on them?
If they're taking morw damage than they should, yes
Always keep an eye on their cooldown usage
And call them out if needed
Healing is a group effort...its the tanks job to hold aggro and mitigate damage, its the dps (as well as your job and tanks) job to kill them fast enough before you and the tank run out of resources, and its your job to cover the damage the tank does take
@gentle lagoon sounds like you have a bad tank
either he is not using his cooldowns properly
or he is undergeared
some dungeons, especially aurum vale, aery, etc can be very punishing if you are more than 2 dungeons behind in gear
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i always look at the tank's gear when im a healer
For Samurai in lower level dungeons when i only have access to 2 Sen, is it best to apply the dot then do the 2 Sen AoE until it needs reapplying on single targets or is the AoE not worth using on single enemies and bosses?
Yes its fine to do that
Reapplying the dot is a waste of you do it early
And so is not spending your sen
What do I need to augment a neo-ishgardian headpiece?
Undersea rain brought from Hillican in eulmore
Then you trade your neo ishgardian piece to her for the certificates
Then buy the augmented version from her
Thank you
So i see that the Grand Company offers lvl 50 crafting gear, but they don't have lvl 50 gathering gear?
Is there any other way besides Alexander savage to get Illuminati Gobtwine?
sadly they only have like main hand and helm. easier to just push to 51 and get the archaeoskin set from vendors or marketboard if its super cheap @exotic pumice
is transmuting old materia worth the chance or should I just sell them as use the gil to buy more materia?
Can all the omega raids be done once u complete 4.0?
Yes
Thanks
For main scenario progressionnskip, do I have to buy tales of adventure separately or if I buy stormblood do I get all 3?
You buy one then you skip all the way there
The last skip putd you at thr start of Shadowbringers
So if I buy storm blood there’s no point to buy ARR and Heavensward right
No
Stormblood skip skips you to the start of Shadowbringers
Is it possible to buy a house with a trial account?
No
Cause you're capped at 300k gil
And houses start at 3mil
Apartments are 500k
All you could possibly get is a FC room in the FC house
But thats all your gil, literally
You honestly... As fucked up as this sounds, you prob won't be able to buy a house rn even if you could. Because currently there's barely any plots available
Thanks guys. I dont know much about housing. So theres like a limited number of houses available?
Yes
There's 60 houses per ward (30 in normal then 30 in subward), and there...29? Wards per housing area and there's 4 housing area total
Was it 24 or 29 wards
Eh either way limited amount of houses
First come first serve and if you did see a plot available you gotta do the fancy Click The Placard until the timer goes off
I see. So basically i would have to wait until some person gives up their house and then try to get their plot?
Basically...gotta camp the placard for a unknown amount of tine due to the invisible timer on it
Or wait for more wards/new housing area to come
Auto demolish is coming back on in 5.4 so plots can start opening up again
whats auto demolish
Exactly as it sounds
If someone doesn't walk into their house for 30 days it gets auto demolished
45 days after not entering your plot
It will be demolished and put back up for sale
Either 30 or 45 days
how frequently does the gazelleskin treasure map show up? i've been harvesting in nhaama's retreat in azim for ages
Rng is rng
@little swift is there a percentage?
anyone have any good ways of making gil? im at 981 gil rn cuz i pored everything into crafter and im a lvl 80 as well if that matters
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If you haven't leveled all the crafters and gatherers it'll be not cheap to invest
@little swift i find the dragonskin map (the level 60 dungeon map) pretty quickly when harvesting
yah i was expecting it not to be cheap but i just dont know how to make gil lol
do the adventure in need
Flip items
the healer and tank adventure in need bonus is very strong
Tsuku extrem in unsynch is easy or not if you know the moon things and the gun and spear thing ?
would u guys say selling level 50/60/70 items on the AB is worth?
Gun and spear is largely not the mechanic that matters a huge amount
But yes meteor placement still matters
Where do I upgrade lvl 50 poetic gear to 60?
With a full party you can skip a lot of mechanics
Thats market dependent shoyo
Idyllshire is where you can unlock 60 poetics gear
gotcha
Yes
Is there a discord for looking for or making friends if ur a new player ?
So that I know which server to join xd
can someone tell me why i got out dps'd by a lvl48 white mage when i had ilvl126 average like at once point they did more dps than me my dps goes from 30-220 constantly idk what im doing wrong oh im a smn btw
I forget; we cannot wear Immortal Flames things as Maelstrom or Adders, correct?
No
Healer dps pretty much doesn't change while DPS jobs can lack important skills at low levels, like various buffs and stuff
For smn especially, you lack your entire burst
Bleh. Stupid glamour restrictions.. =_=
well i was lvl49 normal lvl is 55 but lvl sync
Still, at lv49 you lack alot on smn, SMNs main damage is from trance and the demis which you really lack at low level
While healers have all their dps tools already
@little swift So with 8 lvl 80 i can skip a lot of mechanic ?
@faint flare what is trance and demis
Dreadwyrm trance/Firebird trance and Bahamut/phoenix
!action dreadwyrm trance
ah that one. so basically summoner is trash for dps early?
Not exactly trash, just missing its key components
You can skip a fair bit but first meteors are unavoidable @storm stone this is under the caveat that people actually do damage
what should my combo be rn?
🤔 Now it'll be hard to find people that wants to clear it
Put up a pf
Dots up, use egi assaults to help weave energy drain and fester, use enkindle on cooldown, spam ruin while waiting on cooldowns
bc rn im just putting miasma bio on shit, using bane to spread energy siphon then fester spamming ruin 2 as a filler then fester again
Use tri diaster to apply dots if you have it
im lvl55 rn
I can't i think, since i didn't clear it once i can't join any at least so if i create it i'm not sure if i can
Avoid ruin 2 as much as possible
how come?
Its shit
i literally dont use ruin 1 i literally just spam ruin 2
ruin 2 does less damage
yea but its instant cast
You only use ruin 2 for moving and weaving BUT we have egi assaults for that
That literally doesn't matter
@storm stone you can still create them
You're not doing more damage with ruin 2
You're still locked to the gcd
You're just frontloading lower damage
really ? I'll give a try then but what if people that joins doesn't know the strat ?
Every unnecessary ruin 2 is a pretty significant lost that adds up fast
That's something you just have to deal with saiko
i forget....is there a time where you would use ruin II?
People who dont know don't know
so what should i change in my current rotation
Dots up, use egi assaults to help weave energy drain and fester, use enkindle on cooldown, spam ruin while waiting on cooldowns
@faint flare
There is a place here where i can post some kind of ads for it right ?
Akhmorning.com has indepth detail for levelling rotations
If someone that never cleared the boss in extrem have to carry the other ones i can tell that the result won't be good
I'm just expecting at least the same level of knowledge as me
can someone explain why "single weave" and double weave means saw it on some youtubes video
!faq weaving
Tldr: Weaving is using off global abilities while waiting on the global cooldown
Using 1 ogcd is a single weave, 2 is double
i take i dont have any of them yet?
For casters, you use instant cast spells to weave off globals
You have several
Enkindle, fester, energy drain
only one i know i have is fester
oh right forgot ED only shared cd with energy siphon
didnt know about enkindle though
btw when i hit lvl54 or well i already did but when i get to hw and get the job quest for ruin3 how does my combo changew
ah i see
Just does more damage
so basically ruin 1 but buffed more or less
is it bad i literally dont use outburst? https://i.imgur.com/qkSHwMI.png
Yes
Very
Especially in large pulls
Outburst is better at 3+ targets
If you're not using aoes, you're going to be easily out dpsed on trash
should i edit my hotbar to make anything easier? i swapped bio for ruin 2 and ruin for ruin 2 {ruin 2 was in my first spot then put it to 2nd hotbar since not as good
Whichever is more cpmfy
^
Hotbar placement is largely personal preference
how often do i use outburst, like when does ruin 2 become useful
like as in how often will i be using it
Also important note on outburst, it upgrade during direbird trance
Outburst is better when there's 3+ targets
Whenever there is 3 or more targets
Use outburst
i swapped my ui to this https://i.imgur.com/6scfLJZ.png
Ruin 2 will eventually get upgraded to Ruin 4 when you have Further ruin stacks
Which you need to carefully manage
You aim to never use Ruin 2 itself if you can help it
You priotise egi assaults and ruin 4 for moving and weaving skills
Ruin 2 is your last resort for moving and weaving skills
oh wait @faint flare forgot to ask
doesnt ruin1/3 become instant anyways when you get dreadworm trance
wyrm*
asking because that effect at the top
what item level should i be to gather effectively in stormblood areas?
will we have new crafter gear in 5.4 or will we have to craft the 510 gear with 490? ugh
very very unlikely we are getting new crafter gear in 5.4
if anything it will likely be either white scrip accessories or accessories + augmented professional gear
but yes, pentamelded aesthete is the expected gear to have for new crafted combat gear
is it safe to ps ID change right? not like I'm gonna lose datas or something on ff
Are you on the free trial?
no
!faq retainer
What is a retainer?
A retainer is a private NPC that will act as a personal bank for the player, holding up to 175 different items, that can be summoned to any of the Summoning Bells around the world. Retainers also act as your means to sell on the Market Board.
How to unlock a retainer
First, you must complete the quest The Scions of the Seventh Dawn then go to speak to any of the Retainer Vocates located in the market district of any of the major cities.
What are Retainer Ventures?
Ventures are the means to send out your retainers on missions to bring back items for you and can be unlocked by completing the quest 'An Ill-conceived Venture' (Ul’Dahn), (Gridania), (Limsa Lominsa)
Is there a place where you can ask question about the story?
#archived-lore-spoilers @spare plinth
@quasi harness Seems to not have his class quests (THM/BLM) come up at all now for some reason- like he's done facing your demons, but the other quests ain't coming up he's lv34 aswell
how far into msq is he
as blackmage lvl 50, when is it worth doing aoe spells?
if he has not completed "Sylph Management"
he won't unlock the job unlock quest
aoe at 3+ targets
!faq blmleveling
Ah that makes sense, he's only done up to scoins of the seventh dawn
any Samurai here that would be so kind and show me their hotbar layout abilitys and spells? 😄
filter that channel to display only images
there's probably a sam one in there somewhere
thank you 🙂
@leaden ginkgo yes they do. All spells other than Res are instant under Dreadwyrm
So I finally(!!!) made it to Stormblood. Will it take me long to unlock flying in the first area so I can use that for FATE farming?
the first two zones don't let you unlock flying until like 66/67~
Since they have lower halves that aren't accessible until then
I think you mean.... 66/67?
yaeh
No?
sorry
Ahh OK.
Thank you.
Fortunately I'm ludicrously overlevelled for the MSQ.
Sucks a bit though, I was hoping to get those Yokai weapons real quick.
The first zone you'll be fully able to fly in is Ruby sea when you get there and after doing the story and currents
the first zone you can unlock flying in, you get to relatively quickly
around 61/62~
And as I understand, any SB zone is good for the Yokai...
yep
The two which need SB that is.
Its always a pattern of "you'll return to the first two areas you go to later"
Yeah, I was just thinking of the Sea of Clouds doing the same trick.
Yep. The happens in stormblood and Shadowbringers
I don't remember there being a second zone in HW that did it, but that doesn't mean there wasn't one.
You techincally go to Falcons nest area briefly then go back
When you're helping the brothers
It's amazing how I've already forgotten that 😓
what city has the lowest taxes for MB?
how do people do this? https://i.imgur.com/9NQQRZv.png
talk to the retainer vocate to see which city has lowest taxes, as it rotates @manic flare
@twilit arch does it make huge ddifference?
like would one city have 10% and another have 30%?
Thats LotA
24mans are casual as hell
And crystal tower itself is face roll as hell
its a seller tax
so like unless you're someone who really really cares about how much gil you're making
honestly not worth changing your retainers location for imo
@twilit arch ok i was just wondering
thanks
are potions generally in demand by people in endgame?
Is it worth gil-wise to buy grade 7 dark matter with gil, or should I buy it with seals?
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@manic flare in terms of tax difference the deviation is usually like 1-5%
what is the mount that looks like a sofa chair?
Why can’t I wear a certain glamour plate item? It’s for machinist and the glamour I’m using is for machinest as@well but it’s not assigning it has a red x to it why is dat?
Is the gear you're wearing lower level than the glamour
Oh yeah I think it is
oh ok got it
is there a way u can craft replica versions of gear so every class can wear them?
No
i occasionally see replica items on marketboard
Replicas are usually just dyeable versions of old gear
Sky Pirate and Sky Rat sets are the only ones with universal replicas.
Allagan/High Allagan/Dreadwyrm replica sets are still class locked.
What level is your BTN?
67
I finished HW and Dragonsong War using the buy-for-gil gear from the vendor in Foundation. Now I'm doing SB and I'm level 66 I feel uncomfortably fragile. Is it worth buying Shire gear?
why is this the one item that wants to destroy itself if i store it?
the mini aetheryte
Oversight perhaps? They sort of don't expect anyone to move those probably, since you won't be able to teleport directly to your house if it's removed.
oh, i always assumed i always could teleport right to my house no matter what
@short sparrow HQ white gear at level 66 is better than Shire. The main quests should provide you with such gear as you progress. But, yeah, Shire gear should patch any holes you have atm.
good to know
Curiosity question, are the 3 people that need to sign the FC charter required to join the FC and stay until all 3 signatures are gotten or do I just need to find 3 randoms to sign?
Doesnt sound like they are actually invited to the FC since its not formed until all 3 are gotten
@short sparrow as a general word of caution, but NQ vendor/crafted gear starts being super weak past level 60. Ideally you always want to be using HQ crafted gear, tomestone gear, or dungeon gear now.
poetic tomestone gear is dead simple to get at lvl 50
I assume this is an effort in vain, but is there any indication of whether higher GC ranks will be released and if our Squadrons will gain access to Jobs?
any qol stuff in game is wroth buying?
Is soul of the creator (savage) soloable?
@gusty comet They are not required to stay once you establish the FC.
@hidden lotus Yoshida has gone on record that the current rank cap is the last for the foreseeable future as they want to overhaul the entire GC system before adding more.
@mossy tartan no due to judgement crystals
Bleeeh! Any ETA on that overhaul?
None at present.
Boo. :(
@mossy tartan no due to judgement crystals
@faint flare how many players do I need with me if I’ll go unsync and only aim for completion?
I'm hoping to make one in about 14 hours once my timer is up so im hoping its easy, just want a small personal FC for now
I think duo or trio is minimum needed
Take a light party, like 3 ish
Okay, thank you
You need to kill before judgment crystals
hey is there a purpose to grind MGP for make it rain event? as in any items or costumes that cant be bought after the event
It also helps you stockpile MGP for future new items
thank you ! ill just spam out on a limb then! are the event games taht can be bought with mgp able to be bought after the event? i cant seem to find it before the event started
last question i promise
Yes, the campaign vendor guy is selling then at the discounted price
thank you !!!
@heady knot There isn't really anything in game like that. If you mean optional services like extra retainers and such, that's up to you. It's possible to get by with the two free retainers. Extras aren't all that necessary unless you hoard materials and stuff. Other services, like the companion app subscription, also falls into this category. Getting an extra saddlebag is nice but not really required.
ok ty
can you still get the “princess for a day” title from the little ladies day event?
that event is over
Previous event achievements/titles cannot be obtained
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does any1 know, when potentially there could be best chance for FFXIV to get any discount? 
Maybe around Christmas period
or black friday
i sure hope so, i try to get my friend hooked up, so discount would be great to get him more intrested, thanks for the pointers. lol
the free trial is long enough
im aware they made it longer, but that'd definitely help that's all. :p
Trial player here, currently at about 400 hrs and still not done with most of what’s available
where can i find tomes of regional folklore?
Bought from scrip exchange, believe it’s the same for SB and SHB
regional folklore is for shb nodes
er well regional folklore tokens are shb nodes
the exchange for the tome itself is at the appropriate regions' end-game hub. HW regions are in Idyllshire/ishgard, SB in Rhalg'rs/kugane, and ShB in Eulmore
Been trying O12S unsynched, but my team(s) keep wiping at dice, any tips?
Dice? There's no dice mechanic in o12
not in normal.
Yeah
Doing savage
Oh the dashes
Yeah.
A few questions
are your tanks properly separating/bringing the bosses together before dice?
Depending on the colour they get, they need to stay apart or close together
because the mechanic becomes impossible if they are tethered
alright
I feel as if mainly people don't exactly know where to go.
basically, odds go across the arena, evens stay on the same side
Yeah.
the damage done by the dashes is proximity based
lower numbers closer to the eye, right?
what do you mean
The lower numbers go closer to the eye, then when they've been dashed, they get out of the blast zone.
you can just have the number that gets dashed next stand in front of their partner
so like, you have 1 stand on the cardinal, take their dash, then they move back
3 moves to where 1 was standing
2 stands in front of 4, then they move behind them after they take their dash
ahhhh
you should also separate the numbers based on colors
so you can have the people attacking omega-m stand on the cardinal, and the people attacking omega-f stand beside the omega-m group
with some distance between them so they don't get clipped by dashes
How can you tell whats magical, physical or unaspected damage from enemies
If it looks and sounds magical, probably is
If it looks physical and sounds physical, probably is
So what is the quickest way to get the best items?
there is a like "true damage"
that's called breath (darkness is the community name)
best items for what?
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the only real notable levels with "best" items to get are 50/60/70/80. 50 is the ironworks gear, 60 is shire, and 70 is scaevan. 80 is going vary since we're not on the final raid tier yet
outside of those, use whatever you've got from msq/dungeons
50-70 sets are gotten with poetics
msq?
main story quests
the "best" gear at lvl 80 works differently since theres multiple gear sets and substats actually matter at that point
Ok thanks for this info
yes it does
hi guys, i took a break like 4 or 5 month ago. was there any update for the bluemage or another limited class? i totally loved collecting all the bluemage spells
talk to the Minstreling Wanderer to unlock it
Some time during 5.4, BLU will receive another level increase to 70 and new spells with it.
Blue mage will be updated in 5.4
and thats when?
hmkay...gonna look out for it. ty
It might not be day and date with 5.4. It might be 5.41 or 5.45.
But, yeah, definitely within this patch
i thought 5.4 was dec 10
Can i desynth weapons that i dropped from Tsukuyomi Extrem ?
yes
hi guys im gonna have 80 gsm and culinarian soon, do either of those make much money? i have all 80 gatherers
is the update supposed to be on a tuesday?
Yes
CUL can make raid food and GSM might be able to make new crafted accessories for 5.4. GSM can't be confirmed as of yet but yeah.
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