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there are no player summons in the game, right? i can't have someone tp me to a place i've never visited before, can i?
no
if someone in the party teleports to an aetheryte you're attunded to then you can "accept teleport offer" and teleport to the same aetheryte for free
but that's about it
(afaik)
awesome! thanks for that, had no idea
can also technically make use of free company housing to teleport to certain areas you've might not have gotten to yet
but that's still fairly limited
that's exactly what i'm after actually, thank you both very much!
at what price would people consider buying raid food vs making their own?
Well you’d also need the required stats and gear to make the gear so most people just buy regardless if they don’t have a crafter that can make it
Or use weaker food from the previous tier for cheaper
Hey everyone! So I saw a hair color combo I wanted to achieve on a character from another server and thought it was pretty. If anyone can help me with a screenshot on what colors to select for the aesthetician, it’s appreciated it! ^^
Great Lengths hairstyle
30k MGP from gold saucer
And idk that looks like a shade of rose pink
Hm wait
I’d help but I have awful color opinions
I might be slightly dumb
AKA green all the way
Is that the hairstyle you're looking for is there a different one
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What are the basic things you need to be able to garden in the game? I’m specifically farming for crystals and I read that gardening is a good option to do so
You need a house or apartment, for one.
For houses you use the garden plot outside furniture pieces, with the Deluxe having the most space
For apartments you use any of the planter boxes
Thanks! My fc has a house, can I use my own private plots there?
That’s specifically for crystals? Or for gardening in general?
In general
Thanks
Just curious can you use aetherial manipulation to cheese jumping puzzles
Generally no
Anyone got a link to a good skill speed chart? is 2.38 too fast or slow as pld? cus thats what i have atm with base 480 gear no materia
The various dashes/movement abilities don’t make you jump or cross gaps, they’re basically an instant sprint to that location
2.38 is fine
Ah gotcha
Tanks are usually around 2.38-2.4s
ok ill materia in other things then thanks
Can I just buy a house?
Theoretically, yes.
But that requires an empty plot that’s not on the cooldown timer from being recently empty.
And houses usually get bought up pretty fast once they’re available for purchase
And how do you do it? Where can you check availability etc?
The ward lists shows you if plotd are open or not
The cooldown timer is invisible and not shown anywhere, so it’s a waiting game.
Then you go to the placard of that plot to try and buy it
If the timer isn't up, you'll be errored
Got it! And where do you access the ward lists?
From any entrance to a housing district
So either from the entrance to the zone itself or from the central aetheryte in the aetheryte plaza
What's the predicted date for 5.4?
early december is confirmed, around the 8th iirc
!!! Thank you for the responses. I was looking more for a screen shot on the hair color chart selection screen as an answer. But thank you! Still trying to decide on the hair color. It looks very rose pink...
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i noticed that to craft something for the ARR relic i have to have 255 control and i'm only at 163. where should i look for level 50 gear for my crafting jobs?
If I buy the jop skip potions, will I get the quest rewards from previous levels or is it lost?
They are lost
Even if you don't get rewards, it should show up in calamity scavengers though
But for the level 50 and 70 sets you can buy back from the calamity salvager
Level 60 is from centurio seals in Ishgard
Should I bother doing my crafting job quests for the relic tool for level 50 or just keep doing ishgard resto?
@leaden ginkgo personally, I wouldn’t bother with level 50 gear and just try pushing to level 51 for that set of gear. It’s better than most of the level 50 gear you can get.
You want to do the level 65 quest for Manipulation
Oh yeah, I forgot that's a job skill.
@obsidian patio where can i find the level 51 gear?
If I have 1 crafter with the skill, do I still have to do it for all my other crafters?
How are you able to buy items from the expedition artisan in pyros? just the logograms or?
thanks
@radiant brook You need 50 different Logos Actions learned and any complete Pagos weapon
One last question, should I bother getting the master recipes for previous expansions or can I just get Master x VII and VIII?
ahh, so i HAVE to go back to pagos and complet the weapon there then
you could skip the previous expac master books but some of them have glamour items in them
like the new primal crafted weapons are in master VI
Yeah I know it's got stuff like Ex primal gear, but I don't mind just doing the fights for the weapons.
The crafted versions are glowy
Huh, didn't know that.
Well I might pick them up later, I have all the master recipes for my GSM.
Also, what about regional folklore for gatherers? Should I just focus on the SHB ones?
Before beginning shadowbringers it recommended to do the crystal tower quest
Should I?
Yeah
for now, yeah would just focus on shb ones and if you feel like it can pick up the other ones but they're not exactly a priority
yes, you're going to be blocked eventually by msq anyway
it's a big plot point to do crystal tower
so you should get it done sooner rather than later
Alright
When you finish 4.0, do the alliance raids for stormblood as well.
You need to do them for Resistance weapons, a few other high end SHB pieces of content
which is faster, HoH spam to lvl 80 as a dps or highest dungeon spam?
you only do hoh up to 70, then you can do Bozja iirc
but regardless, it's whatever you get faster queues for
even if you don't have bozja unlocked
trust dungeons would be faster than doing hoh to 80
oh doing trust is faster than spamming like my highest lvl 70 dungeon?
50/60/70 dungeons aren't good for exp, but you're going to need to hit 71 to do trust dungeons anyway
ah
currently got a job at 65, now sure how to proceed to hit 70+ and such
HoH to 70 is fine, if you haven't done your daily roulettes for the day you can use those to get over the 71 hump
and then either do trust dungeons if dungeon queues are 15+mins or do bozja southern front if you have that unlocked
Alrighty!
Also, DNC dps is bad I heard, compared to SAM, tho SAM doesnt bring buffs and more selfish? so if i suck at it i dont bring much XD how bad is the rng on dnc rotation?
I've heard the same about SAM which is a shame, I'd love to main it but don't have the confidence.
None are bad
using gpose, can I take screenshot of poses mid class ability?
such as taking a screenshot of a DRK while he uses his aoe
Yes
cool
same thats my worry tbh
so I guess I have that for a "sword in the ground" pose
Nobody wants to be that person who is holding back duty finder groups.
Most super high dps classes are very selfish. Especially SAM and BLM.
Just press your buttons
And do your rotation
And you're fine
Better than a large majority
so long as you learn to play your class and know your rotation, you'll do fine
no one is going to expect you to play perfectly, especially not in duty finder groups
Is it hard compared with MNK?
No, Samurai is kinda somewhat static in part
I feel like I've got almost tolerable at MNK. Almost. 😉
idk, i feel like if DNC is easier maybe i should take it so i dont have ppl telling me i suck ass, i at least buff them haha
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People should be at least a little less rude than that, even if the bottom line is the same.
I've only really ever had one incident of a group making me feel bad in a dungeon. And that's out of quite a few.
People only really call you out if you're actually like garbage beyond common sense
Imo
that or they aren't seeing their own mistakes and want to deflect
hmm i see, is it true sam is easier on rotation fuck ups say than drg or such?
Does Sam have much positional stuff?
Well at least I'm already used to that.
What's DRG rotation btw?
DRG bounces inbetween their dot combo and Full thrust combo
or where I can find any rotation? just checking if I do things right (also kupo command to check)
!faq Balance
Has guides
cool, thanks
ye so if i fuck up in mid of drg rotation im screwed or
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
fuck
XD
IDK what she knows that I don't (and I should try it) but someone I know keeps telling me I should try DRG. Why I dunno.
Drg rotation is static as fuck gcd wise
You do thr same gcds every fight
Any thing that can change is jumps for optimization with life windows
speaking of drg
SAM rotation is more dynamic?
when should I use elusive jump?
i think they got those 3 like single dot, aoe, and big dps one
Get yo the boss quicker
Would it be a good idea for lvl 80 to keep transpose on the hot bar in case of emergencies?
Or get out of an aoe at last minute
You still need transpose incase thr boss jumos while you're in Fire so you get swap to Ice for umbral soul
or in case you get into a lower level dungeon that requires you to use transpose to swap your element back
Do houses still get auto demolished after the 45 days of inactivity, or is that still currently paused?
Ok, Ty :>
hi!! another question: whats the best way to farm for crystals?
have a high level gatherer
that, or use a gatherer retainer.
!action The Twelve’s Bounty
Basically use this for every node whenever possible
!action the giving land
Increases elemental shard, crystal, and cluster yields by a random amount.
Effect can be stacked with The Twelve's Bounty.
Cannot be executed if the gathering node does not yield shards, crystals, or clusters.
this too
thanks!!
Oh my god I never actually tried giving land before
it's pretty good
you can get like 30+ max

hahaha its what ive been doing, but it has a 3 minute cooldown so its kind of boring to do for extended periods of time
at least in my experience haha
I need like 2000 of each element aprox... so it’ll take a while
If you’re super desperate there’s always the marketboard
Yeah, not really, a couple of minutes a day should get me there soon enough, thanks a lot!
there are some
turn ins
that give you crystals too
if you feel like mass crafting them
but it's RNG as to the type
Oh leve quests! I see
hey there :) I'm wondering if anyone can assist me trying to figure out how to access an old account. I tried the FFXIV chat support but apparently they're not available on weekends.
I have a login that I thought was my old account but apparently it's not (it claims I don't have a key registered to that account and I don't see my old characters anywhere). I don't know why I even have a working login if that's the case, but whatever 😅
I can't think of any other email/login I would have used (although it's possible I had some other one I don't recall). I do have my old account key number though and I'm wondering if anyone knows a way I could use that to figure out how to access my "real" account (somewhere I can login using that).
that's strictly square enix
is there an additional to the player who's running a dungeon for the first time?
or does every member in the party get the bonus equally
does the first timer get an equal amount of bonus to the other party members?
i think it's the same for everyone
Its the same for everyone
do any of you know if the dialogue for crafting quests changes if you turn in high quality items when you don't need to? i ask because when i was doing the leatherworker quests the guild master was talking a lot of shit about my work while the blacksmith guild master keeps praising me
It doesn’t
That's just Geva's personality
The leatherworker guildmaster is just a hardass.
whats the best thing to gather for gil as a botanast
the highest value tends to be timed node gathers but you can't really gather those quickly without several retainers
not a guarantee though
tangentially related, make sure you use your map gathering allowance every 18 hours
on my worlds gazelleskin ones are the most expensive
often 50-60k
adds up quickly
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i hate ala mhigo so much
is there a command for the yokai guide?
!faq yokai
alternate between white/black magic spells and build to 80/80
then use your melee combo
press your ogcds when they come up
maintain Black/White generation, repeat combo, try to line up manafiction with 40/41
For HQ Aesthete gear, how is it recommended to meld them? I just got my first 80 yesterday (GSM) and bought what I could, but I dunno what the efficient melds would be.
also swiftcast a lot to fish for procs
the less you use jolt 2 the better
Honestly I'd put off getting your one 80 current tier level gear since endgame for DoH/DoL revolves around every crafting job being needed for something, you'd be better off putting that time into leveling other crafters/gatherers
But if you really want to, check #doh-dol-lounge pins
which opener are you using btw andrea
Currently looking at this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRRgCiWJVAM&t=1478s
I haven't started using it yet, but this is for level 60 apparently
ohhhhh I thought you were talking about the lvl 80 opener
Nope!
oh this is pretty much the 3-8 opener I think
just without the finishers
you're not likely going to be able to get a pull timer to do the opener right anyway
Yeah, RDM pretty much is complete at 60 with Manafication
in most not-max level content
yeah
no one's going to wait 5 seconds for you to precast verthunder
because tanks most of the time will just start attacking the boss as soon as they can
That sounds about right
you're lucky if you can just acceleration + open with jolt/aerothunder
then that's a shitty tank lmao
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tanks that have "you pull you tank" mindsets are genuine babies
red mage is really self explanatory
The "use swiftcast a lot" thing still applies
yeah
its rotation is really intuitive
True
swiftcast is like your biggest dps optimisation
also idk if the guide mentions anything about aoes but
if 2 targets, better to do jolt (2) > scatter/impact
if 3+, veraero/thunder 2 > scatter/impact
hey is there a tool in ffxiv that allows me to click on an item and state where i bought it? for isntance an item i bought from the PvP NPC
i dont want to delete the item since it takes ages to get those points
I've got a huge problem so I've just been debaned and the GM who banned me didn't send me to my place of repatriation so I'm stuck in prison and someone from SE can do something please?
We have 15 glamour plates? Is there a way to get more?
Cant get more
@quaint sequoia send a tickey explaining the issue and ask them to get out
wait for the devs to patch in more
A GM came to save me
Or just be patience and be saved
how does house devaluation work?
currently on a plot thats open in mateus and there is a time that says "devalution" on the plot im trying to get
When the timer on the placard expires, the price of the plot goes down and it starts again
Devaluation isn't linked at all to the invisible timer
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so i just have to keep clicking the board till the plot is sold to someone?
that is how it be
is there anyway for me to tell if the plot opens then?
What is this orange-ish part of my xp bar?
Its completely invisible
ah ok
And random
thanks!
@agile night rested XP
ah cool, so I earn bonus exp until that is consumed
Yes
!faq restedexp
'Why does my EXP bar have some blue or faded yellow in it?'
That's Rested Experience, which is an extra source of bonus experience shared between all of your classes. You gradually earn this while inside a sanctuary (town or area with a major aetheryte), regardless of whether you're online or not. Sanctuaries are also indicated with a crescent moon icon near your experience bar.
'How much of a boost is it?'
The most amount of rested experience you can have at once is one and a half levels of experience. That means that lower level jobs use up the rested experience faster than higher level jobs do.
So I've done nothing with this yok-ai event, how long does it take to farm the fates for the weapons? Approximately of course
Not long, a hour or so give or take depending on rng
thanks
Hey guys I’ve been having issues getting the Level 52 White Mage Quest. Ive completed AAR story line and am on the quest “Over the wall” in Heavensward. But it still won’t show up? 🙂
What's the quest below the main scenario tracker
Do that
The quest under the main scenario tracker is your job quest
Sorry Vinyl I’m still pretty new to the game. When I look in Journal all it has is the main story mission 😦
@leaden ginkgo have you gone into Ishgard yet proper
oh you have
Then yeah just do your job quests
It's the yellow ! Under your MSQ indicator
The main scenario tracker is top left
I’m on the quest “Over The Wall”
That's not your MSQ tracker that's your minimap
Main scenario tracker
its a rectangle red bordered box
hey guys is Augmented Crystarium stuff the best stuff rn?
worth it to spend tomestones on or shoudl I save
depends on what you mean by the best
It's the highest you can get currently without raiding yes
But 5.4 will be dropping soon and allegory will be the unlimited tomestone
not super important to cap your ilvl either if you're not planning to do savage content
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especially since you cna just skip to i510 in a couple weeks
using the new crafted gear
I'm just trying to have the strongest stuff
crafted would be nice
Trying to be the best tank for my fc
We just finished 5.0 today
I don't think we're gonna get to 5.4 in time lol we only do msq once a week
Raids are not locked behind the patch story
5.1 - 5.3 isnt that long
No endgame content is, except for an optional story quest for 5.2 raids
It isn't long?
How many more runs of castrum will.m I need if I have 38 coins
really late but
an hour at most for ARR/HW areas for 1 weapon imo, maybe less, especially if you're using blue mage
more than that for SB areas though
In terms of what, a full unaugmented set?
Mhm
Then 3 complete clears of Castrum, regardless of how many prisoners you save, will be enough.
2 clears then! Assuming you save 5 or 6 prisoners both times
Ye been getting them from CE and skirmishes
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N castrum just popped up
are there any quests in Ishgard that give Materia outside of the MSQ?
I don’t think so
Quests? Off the top of my head, no. But why would you want low level materia?
I haven't unlocked lvl 51-60 dungones
But you've reached Ishgard?
Yes
In case, do the MSQ until you've unlocked at least one leveling dungeon in Heavensward, then wear that gear until you can extract materia from it.
I strongly recommend doing so as a healer, as that makes it much more likely that you'll get Piety materia when you extract
Did that already
oh
And am unfortunately, a BLM
You can pick up other combat jobs too
AST is the quickest, since it starts at 30, but is the most difficult (in my personal opinion) to learn to play effectively.
WHM is the easiest to play, but you have to start it at level 1
Plus side, healers and tanks tend to have super fast leveling dungeon queues, so you can get them up relatively quickly.
Grade 3 materia has a good chance from spirit bonding level 40-50 gear
Oh, it's only level 40-50 gear you need? Even easier.
the plan was "Equip lvl 40-50 gear and go mining"
Yeahhh, that's... not the best way to go.
The type of materia you extract from gear is always directly related to the type of gear.
So if you equip MIN gear, you're going to get gathering materia
So to power level Astrologian, just do low-level dungeons?
For ideal rates you do content near the gear’s level
Do the highest level dungeon you can, not low-level ones.
So for my example it would be more Dzemael and Aurum Vale, along with possible Praetorium and Castrum
If you do too high of a content for the gear it barely bonds at all
Prae and Castrum would take longer though.
Ok
So get your AST (or whatever) up to 40, spam the appropriate leveling dungeons for gear, then just run them until you hate them.
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You will almost 100% be able to extract a Piety III from at least one piece of gear if you soulbind a full set.
now to rapidly learn AST and not fail the randoms in DF
if the intro quest for AST ever ends
Honestly, WHM is much easier to learn, and you can pretty easily get WHM up to 40 in a few hours of spamming dungeons (after level 15, of course). Especially since you'll have the benefit of the Armory bonus to help.
Don't forget to use food for the 3% xp boost too.
probably but as I'm on the Free Trial I have had to manually level up most of the crafting/gathering classes and I just want my Stardust Rod
I'm not on free trial, and I've manually leveled almost every single combat job in the game at this point (except tanks).
Trust me, healers are super quick.
Yes but at least you can buy stuff of the MB and not have to craft it manually
I don't though 🙂
How do ppl make u fail castrum cuz on my 2nd run we failed it
regardless, how does ASM play and what how should I re-arrange my hot bar?
!action Play
There are six arcana that you can draw, split into melee and ranged groupings.
I assume that should be my main hotkeys?
Your main hotkeys should probably be your attacks or heals.
But Draw and Play should be easily accessible for you to use regularly.
!action balance
Okay, so my personal preference is to group spells with similar or synergizing effects together,
!action the balance
Increases damage dealt by a party member or self by 6% if target is melee DPS or tank, or 3% for all other roles.
Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Grants a Solar Seal when used in combat
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
So all of my attacks are grouped in one spot. Single target heals in another, etc.
Thank you Lyon!
The only spell I would recommend removing from your bars entirely is Redraw
It's useless.
Undraw?
Yeah
That's pretty much the only thing you'll never want to use.
You always want to buff someone with a card. At higher levels you'll get a spell that transforms a card that grants a seal you don't want or need into a major arcana - either the king or the queen depending on the card's effect
oh i putt the cards on my teammates instead of the enemy?
Increases damage dealt by a party member or self by 6% if target is melee DPS or tank, or 3% for all other roles.
All cards are intended to be used on your party members
As I said, your cards are split into two groups of 3
ah thought it was a debuff I put on the enemy
Half of them grant a buff to melee types
Half of them grant the same buff to ranged types
That's the main gimmick of AST
You buff your teammates
gotcha
Reads your fortune and those of nearby party members, granting them Horoscope.
Duration: 10s
Effect upgraded to Horoscope Helios upon receiving the effects of Helios or Aspected Helios.
Duration: 30s
Restores the HP of those under either effect when the cards are read a second time or the effect expires.
Horoscope Cure Potency: 200
Horoscope Helios Cure Potency: 400
!action Divination
Increases damage dealt by self and nearby party members.
Duration: 15s
Can only be executed after obtaining three Seals of Arcana by playing at least three arcanum.
Effectiveness is determined by the number of different types of seals in play.
1 Seal Type: 4%
2 Seal Types: 5%
3 Seal Types: 6%
That's the one
I don't really enjoy AST playstyle, so I don't always remember all the spell names 😄
But basically, your goal once you get Divination will be to get three different seals using your cards, then use Divination to buff your whole party at the same time
And use
!action minor arcana
To convert anything that gives you a seal you already have
bit a far from that atm so really just need advice on lvls 30-40 rn
It's a good idea to start thinking about it early
Draw card whenever available, play it on an appropriate dps party member.
But for 30-40 you're basically just doing Draw/Play on cd
Outside of that, Diurnal Aspect is the easiest to play in because it's regen rather than shields.
You don't need to memorise the cards or anything. Cards with a blue background on the AST job gauge are for buffing melee, purple are for buffing ranged.
!action diurnal aspect
Make sure you turn it on whenever you enter a dungeon.
Diurnal sect is mathematically superior, it's not just because of ease.
I don't know anything about the math. I just know it's a hell of a lot easier to play.
That's because it's straight-up better
you wont stay at 30 40 for that long so dont think too much of it ...
healers level in no time
need to replay the first quest cause i was a fool and thought the quest was bugged
right thx for the advice
this look good for my hotbar?
until I get Diurnal Sect
AST gets a lot more tools later so that’ll change most likely ...
build your hotbar as you play
👍🏾
Yeah, that looks fine. As long as it makes sense for you, that's what matters.
You're going to be using Lucid Dreaming a lot because AST isn't the most mana efficient healer.
Even with Diurnal Sect
yeah i usually play BSM where Mana is just "Cast Frost III twice and full"
damn i didn't know black smith can cast ice 3
should use it in my crafting rotations

:V
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unless someone is at like 2 health, is there any reason not to spam Helios?
It's not mana efficient to do that
And usually you won't need AoE healing
I'd say probably about... 80% of the time? you should only really need to be healing the tank.
Unless some roomwide damage has just gone out
Rule of thumb as a healer: nobody actually needs to be at 100% HP all the time
They will be just fine at 50 or 60% unless there's big damage incoming
Ok
my gathering skills have been outpacing my crafting skills by about 15 levels, would it be helpful to try to get them in line with eachother or does it not matter too much? (about 45 vs 30)
is this your first healer job?
if 5/6 are common buttons for you to hit that's fine
Yes @honest anvil
I wouldn't recommend binding buttons past 6/7
you've got some important buttons that are gonna be really annoying to press on like
shift+0
which I would strongly advise against
shift+0 is lucid dreaming
yeah
that's a really yikes place to put that
Lucid Dreaming is an important button.
Gathering being ahead of crafting isn't going to cause you a whole lot of trouble. It's actually going to be better in some ways, as it will let you keep ahead of the materials you'll need to craft for leveling your crafters.
as are lightspeed and swiftcast
You ought to know that the default hotbar layout/keybinds are...what I'd probably call "nonviable"
Would recommend an overhaul.
For starters, you're going to need a third hotbar of keybinds.
At level cap, all jobs require at least three hotbars.
You can use ctrl or alt modifiers.
I personally like binding F1-F12 to my mouse's thumb buttons.
Then assigning placed AoEs and things that I need to be able to access while moving to those binds.
i don't have thumb buttons
well there's 2 buttons but i don' think they do anything
Yeah, in that case I'd do what Lyon recommends and bind to letters you can hit easily.
We have a channel dedicated to helping out and giving suggestions for UI and keybind-related stuff: #protips-and-ui
you might find it helpful
gonna try Sastasha and see how this layout goes
speaking of keybinds, what do people use to select party members? I've been finding F2-4 a bit awkward, they feel like a stretch to reach from the movement keys without moving my hand anyway
On kbm, just clicking your party list should be fastest, I think.
For controller, dpad up/down
Especially when you get into 8-man content
hm yeah that makes sense. managing a button for 3 people is easy enough, for 7 others having to potentially stop and think "which number is that, uh. 5 down" or something rather than clicking is probably a problem
Honestly whenever I eventually get the PC version, I'll probably change my HUD to put the party list on the right side of my screen instead of the left to make it easier to click people.
I need to take a look at the hud options again. last time I looked it was a bit intimidating with a ton of sometimes overlapping boxes, didn't take the time to figure out what things are
You can use the dropdown menu in the interface to highlight each of the boxes.
It's pretty straightforward though, since you can see "through" the HUD interface to what each box corresponds to.
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is there a way to turn on free camera?
Got my first relic resistance weapon which materia do I use
I am now (FINALLY) in ishgard
Enjoy ThT story !
depends on your class hyperj909
All Direct Hit, I think
Thanks makes sense what about crit ?
It’s already capped on the weapon
Any advice on BLM lvl 71+?
Ok
Basically the same as 70, but you end Fire Rotation with Despair for single target
And you use Umbral soul between pulls to build up umbral hearts
Is there a 505 version of the relic or not yet
Nope
K
And unknown if it will go to 505 or just skip that whenever they add the next step
Just making sure I just catched up with the game
if you want to get the resistance weapons, you need to do the stormblood alliance raid series?
yes
Yea I did them all yesterday
Saltery, but you can pick the others to see their reasoning
so im forced to choose saltery regardless?
Yes
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blm bis anyone ^^
!faq blmbis
Maximize ilv first. We will put put some good example sets here.
If you want to min-max your own sets, or got some raid buffs in your group, make a copy of the sheet and adjust it accordingly.
High Speed BiS
High Crit BiS
SMN/RDM-Friendly BiS (can use the SMN/RDM BiS w/o swapping melds)
TEA BiS (Please look at this sheet under "Patch 5.0+" for more options)
Pros/Cons of the BiS:
"High Speed BiS": higher base output, but less variance. Has some volatility in terms of MP ticks in UI
"High Crit BiS": slightly lower base output, but higher variance. Does not run into similar MP tick issues as with the SpS set
how can i see which atmas i'm missing for my zodiac weapon?
Besides RDM, what are some other good classes for Eureka?
Paladin, White Mage, if only for the self sustain/DPS ratio
Eureka slaps fuckin hard so you either need good tanking or healing if you're planning on going solo
What about for a duo?
Say one of us is playing RDM for DPS / heals
My girlfriend is worried GNB isn't a good class for it
This might be weird but did they stop selling the reindeer antler headband/gloves/feet on the Mogstation? I see the full body suit and headpiece, but not the other set they introduced back in 2015. I could have sworn that they were added at one point but it looks like it was taken down?
Ooh, nvmd, I found it finally ;0;
to make sure I'm not making this harder, is there any way when crafting to just have it do quick synthesis on everything I need for an end product if I have all the materials for it and have made it before?
example: something needs iron plate, I have iron ore. queue up the iron ingot and plate instead of making a couple individually
Quick Synthesis does that but you can't influence its quality in any direct way.
Well, it doesn't do ore > ingot > plate but it does skip the synth process
once you clear main story, you lose the scenario guide? even for all your other class quests?
can you bring it back?
oh mine's gone
idk how to bring it back. i checked hud layout and it's not hidden
yeah it gone gone
😭
Oh. There's an option in Character Configuration -> HUD to turn on/off if you want to hide it after completing main scenario.
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Wheres that Red Mage basics thingy at?
!faq 50rdm
You can check the completed quest “Up in Arms” in your journal in the side stories section to see which zones drop which atma
Question about HoH btw, do you get a set amount of XP with each clear, or what?
holy shit....i just did the lakshmi fight in the throne room with fordola....and i have to say....i'm really impressed by the AI knowledge of the mechanics
i just dont get how the adventure squad AI is so terrible
So XP gained for mob kills in it only effect ur job level in the deep dungeon itself?
are they gonna use fordola's AI for the trust system?
You only get Actual EXP upon leaving a set of floors
Correct, killing mobs inside is only for your inside level
because squadrons aren't designed for the encounter like NPCs are
It’s more like Trusts are specifically designed for the SHB dungeons.
The NPCs that help you in the Lakshmi Fight know only that fight because that’s what they were made for
Can someone who has everything unlocked take screenshot of their timers menu? The one that has custom delivery, map allowance, retainer, etc. Trying to see what I'm missing
I'm trying to queue for deep dungeons but my servers queue is taking ages
Are deep dungeons cross world?
yes
however each tier has it's own queue below floor 100
most popular ones are 1-10 and 51-60 since you can start on those rather than going from 1 every time
(or 1-10 / 21-30 for Heaven on High)
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https://youtu.be/AplIZItRHQI?t=42 Anyone remember the name of this song?
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Do I still get dungeon poetics through roulette? Like if I pick Neverreap manually and it gives 50 poetics or w/e, do I still get those if it pops up in roulette?
I answered in #general-discussion but it's Beneath Bloodied Banners
yes
ok thx
I just got the game and I have to "listen to seseroags explaination" I can't find this man for my life
my friend just got the master recipe 8 book and nothing pops up when looking at that tab. any reason why?
I'm new to the game (lvl 14) and I want to know when the multiplayer aspect of the game kicks in? I'm here to make friends ;-;
@radiant brook try having him relog
@terse owl you're about to do your first dungeon provided you're following the main scenario quest
around the lv 15 quest its gonna take you to the 2 other hub towns
oooo!
and a little past that, you're gonna have your first dungeon
most of the content in this game comes from instances, be that dungeons, trials, or raids
which is locked behind the msq progression
so keep on going @terse owl
thank you! I will!
did you do ||Seat of sacrafice|| @pallid reef and beat 5.3?
But Seseroga is located at X14, Y10
nope
Can you take a screenshot?
^
Did you talk to the next msq person?
get leveling then
Do a bunch of normal sidequests then
And your class quests, which is that smaller quest below the tracker
“Way of the Thaumaturge”
ahh he hasn't
fought anything yet
i dont think
@pallid reef go outside the town and burn things
alright
Show those shrews who’s boss
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Are FC house "Rooms" as big as apartments? Is there any benefit to one over another?
thank u!
Should be the same, only difference between FC room and apartment is that FC room is not really permanent; if your FC loses its house or you quit the FC, you lose the room
Am I missing something about Clear prisms? What makes them special form regular prisms? Why not just use regular ones?
clear prisms are used to craft glamour prisms, but it's not worth it
it's much easier to just buy glamour prisms off of the market board or with grand company seals
they're a remnant of old game design
Ah so outdated you mean?
more or less
I've also noticed when I use a regular glamour prism the plus ➕ icon indicating what's been glamoured is different colors sometimes, I've seen it yellow, white black with red outline is there a reason for this?
If it's clear with a red outline, that means the piece can't be dyed. Otherwise the plus changes color to match the dye.
will there be a new materia tier for 5.4?
no
best way to grind materia I, II and III in free trial for Zodiac weapon? I heard people say that I get lv15 gear, fight lv5 monsters or something.
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Does missle work on carnivale enemies?
The challenge details will tell you what enemies it works on
The exact immunity you’re looking for in that menu is “Death Immunity”
Might be a different name, but it’s along those lines
Lvl 40 -50 gear gives Materia III right?
How do I get to the top part of The Sea of Clouds? I tried looking for a path leading there, but I could not find one
There is not. The main quests will take you there much later.
I see. So at level 55 there is no other way to get to Coerthas Western Highlands than using the Chocobokeep in Ishgard?
Well, to elaborate, there is no direct land route. There are airship destinations that take you up there, but yeah, they're behind story progress. Unlocking flight allows free travel between them but that's also later.
It's a tread that early expansion zones are split in half and you revisit it later to go to the other half
There should be a gate in the northwest part of the Foundation in Ishgard that takes you there as well. I don't recall when it opens but that is the other route to CWH.
It says I need "wings" and I am not really sure what that means
When you unlock the black chocobo and flying mounts you will be able to use the CWH gate from Ishgard normally.
Yes
That's very early in HW story.
I unlocked the black chocobo, but still do not have flying, that must be it. Thank you very much, guys.
Flying is unlocked zone by zone for the expansions
You wont get flying in Sea of clouds until much later in thr story
The last aether current is always by story progress
You need to collect collectibles in order to activate flight which is on a per zone basis
is this a place that i can run maps with people?
Party finder is what most people usually use
You need to unlock flight in CWH to use that gate.
Is 50 coins enough for body and legs rn?
@jade quartz Okay, I think I understand everything now. Thank you, guys.
Recommended you unlock flight in zones concurrently with doing MSQ in them.
@lost grove no, its 28 each for body or leggings
Oh I'm in a new instance rn waiting for castrum
hey im doing gathering for collectables. why is discerning eye never procing for me
your perception is low or bad RNG
You only need 6 more coins, probably better off doing skirmishes and CEs
With the 5.3 changes,
- can I complete the ARR MSQ now without any side xp? I remember getting stuck a couple times on my first character.
- with dedicated grinding and skipping most cutscenes, how long does it take to finish ARR+HW?
usually the latter
5.3 didn’t majorly adjust experience to my knowledge
@gritty oracle mostly, but there's a small dead spot at around level 40-ish
@obsidian patio k and how about the rest
Hey I've done nothing but the main story quest, I'm currently doing lvl 17 quests but I am lvl 29 in ARR. Is that normal?
Yeah, if you have road to 70
i have aesthetes gear @slate arrow and i also have it melded, not penta melded, just melded
Head/arms/feet are 14 coins each, which is a total of 42
should that be good enough
Aren't coins only from the Castrum?
Once you beat the Castrum once the skirmishes and CEs drop them
It was changed in the latest hotfixes
Then just bad RNG probably
Oh rad ty
thank you! makes sense
Welp how am I gonna get the last 50 basically without castrum
Just keep doing skirmishes and CEs while waiting for it to pop
Not much else to do
Unless you want to try instance hopping to find an instance that has Castrum almost ready to spawn
Just a general question, how long stormblood usually take ?

about as long as Heavensward, from my NG+ experience
K
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@obsidian patio yay got castrum finally at 57 coins
I'm trying to mess with the ui a bit, wondering what is the cross hotbar?
Controller hotbar.
ah okay makes sense,thanks
also with ui stuff, I hear of people using q, e on hotbar. do they just not use strafe then?
Having turn on A and S is totally useless
You may want to consider Legacy control mode btw
if you didn't know about it already
yeah I use legacy, hadn't considered just replacing a,d though
can you backpedal with legacy?
with legacy you don't need strafe.
Legacy lets you run backwards.
Standard makes you walk backwards slowly.
Just to be sure, strafe is walking sideway while maintain your character's viewing orientation right?
Yes
no for me then, I like my character's backpedal. Maybe when I do raid I will change.
Which is kind of obsolete on legacy mode
almost not necessary in this game to be honest
With the backpedal, it's more difficult to move for mechanics.
Think of moving you character as moving your chess pieces or moving your units in a rts
If you use legacy mode, then instead of having strafe bound you can just hold down either mouse button while you move sideways. @agile night
That will ensure the camera doesn't turn
a separate button for strafing is superfluous
I feel like this would work well for me for hotkeys, imagine most important thing here is just rebinding character to something else
Yeah looks good
Everything is reasonably within reach
my hotbars are
hotbar 1: 1-9, 0, alt-0, alt-5
hotbar 2: alt-1234, qwer, alt-qwer
hobar 3: my 12 MMO mouse buttons
I struggle to consistently and easily hit 6+, and really don't like having 5 honestly (and it's an odd number to have at that point)
I can make 3 hotbars out of it easily by having shift, alt modifiers of the same thing
the only thing I use for my two-side button is mount up (with random mount) and level sync 😮
oh same, I put 6-9 to very niche stuff like arm's length, deployment tactics, emergency tactics, eat fairy, peloton etc
I understand where you're coming from but I wouldnt declare Arm's Length as niche.
my monk's back combo is 1 2 3, and flank combo is q e r 😄
considering how many knowback encounters exist
Arm's Length, Dissipation, and Peloton aren't niche 
f g h for aoe
Yeah, but I can plan ahead for it and lift my hand off the keyboard in time to use it
A better description is "I use it, but I don't use it enough to keep it near my bread and butter"
I macro peloton into my run macro
I dunno if there is a single word for that
so whenever I run, i cast peloton 😄
I think the single word for that is niche
^ sprint makes some encounter mechanics much more dealable
well, you can remove the sprint from the macro and just have it cast peloton and automove
and maybe you don't want to use autorun in combat, so I guess you won't waste sprint either
I mean, let say the macro is sprint + peloton + autorun, you only use it out-combat anyway.
when in deal with mechanic, you would manual it yourself
autorun can be hotkey'd without a spot on your bar.
is there an easy way to get these to align to the grid behind them or something?
and sprint is important enough to have its own button
I bind it to ` button
@agile night hold shift
so. peleton sits where your macro is.
ah perfect thanks
I think I need a /wait 1 for Peloton to cast if it is used after /autorun
or just don't macro it.
why use autorun
macros are generally super clunky
the amount of times I've seen people's brains switch off while autorunning and they run into bad or pull boss while waiting for a cutscene watcher or something
cuz I can cast sprint and peloton when I fall far behind?
I'm not yet in any content that requires sprint to be used to deal with
so I can just waste it for a while
uh huh
I don't understand how you could deal with the jank of having autorun on and having it macroed
but it doesn't hurt you
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I guess I find a comfort spot somehow 😛
Its probably better to build good habits with unmacro'd things
I just start playing ff14, I'm currently lv 10 and have done only quests of delivering or killing easy mobs. Should I keep focusing on the quests?

Do the main quest 
those ones.
Oh, only that, then?
Blue quests are good too 
Do blue+ quests though 
Nice
they unlock content or features
though you don't have to do every single "So You Want To Be (X class)" one
those are just to unlock (X class) if you want to play them
And for gearing up, any insights? I was looking for a mmo that I was going to farm gears and drops to build up my char, is that ff14?
You'll need to be capped for that.
Get gear appropriate for your job that has the highest item level.
Would a macro for dp be good or bad cuz I'm debating on making one?
I c
It helped alot already guys
nah.
Ty
You press it once per encounter...
probably better to actually make a discerning choice who you put it on 👀
you could maybe put it on someone else in a pinch?
but thats no good for macros either
Who would be best tho
One of the selfish DPS jobs
I don't recommend macroing dance partner since even if you can set up a clear cut order like that, it may still vary a lot due to individual performance.
My macro is just casting dance partner on my target and /p <t>, shall we dance? because I'm cheesy like that
Ok
You can't make a macro automatically discern which job to put partner on.
Like, in a dungeon your fellow dps will be in party slot four so you could do something like /ac "closed position" <4>...but then in 8-man content that would be going on one of the healers 
unless you reordered your whole party list preferences
to something really cursed and awful
and even then it would always be the last dps. which could be awful
Lol on ps4 that's why I wanted to make one cuz tired of pressing the button
swap to kb+m?
Tru but then I'm use to controller
I'm really curious about this some yrs back i was in a 24min raid first time as well I was a tank and I pick up the loot in the chest then the group kick me why is that not allowed?
Not if they die
Any controller players that can help me with some questions?
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Can you solo low level dungeons to make it go faster?
@acoustic wadi with what?
If you're high level with gear you can solo dungeons
How do I do it
Duty finder settings > turn on Undersized party
I just need to kill a few things for my hunting log :)
@outer plank how do I change WXHB between jobs
The cog at the top of the duty finder
The WXHB calls a specific hotbar which you can determine in the character config, but default its Cross hotbar 2 iirc so you set that cross hotbar to not be shared
Thanks!
@acoustic wadi basically make sure that the wxhb you're using, isn't being shared
so if you're wxhb is on 8
make sure the box is unchecked
Well I’m trying to have it change between jobs like when I go from one job to another have it be different or is that not a thing
just make sure the crosshot bar to what ever isn't being shared, then you can individually change the skills out
or do you mean
like having a button to change jobs?
Like when I go from combat job to mining the top row wxhb is still my combat abilities, I’m trying to have it where when I change jobs the top row changes to the mining abilities
not a thing, either they are shared across all your jobs or none of your jobs. unless you make another crosshotbar and change out which wxhb you'll be using
Sounds like top row is set to shared, don't know much about xhb
Okay that makes sense thanks a lot!
@acoustic wadi so yeah it sounds like its still being shared, go to character config > hotbar settings > custom and screen shot it
i just wanna see
so far i only lvl whm
should i do some discples of hand and land
tbh not sure where to start which stuff is most useful
You dont have to if you don't want to
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@heady knot only at the start of every other patch cycle if you're REALLY into progging
but if you're not even close to that point
don't bother
ok lol
You can pretty much just casually level stuff via Ishgard restoration when you hit lv20 (10 for gathering), which is easy to hit via daily grand company turn ins
Just need to cover the gear aspect really to make the receipes
dont know any of that means will look inot later thanks tho
Does pentamelded gear sell on patch day
Or should I just sell the gear without melding
hey guys, I got a question, Im a returning player, I have ARR,Heavenwards, But I dont have Stormblood and Shadowbringer, Can I purchase the Complete pack to get those 2?
You only need to buy Shadowbringers to own everything
You can just buy Shadowbringers
If you already have Arr and hw
Shadowbringers includes Stormblood
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I have a question for crafting, so I found a doc for crafting macros and it says that requirements are "110, 117, 253 and stone soup". I know the last one is CP but what do the other two numbers mean? Also, how do I level up using the Ishgard restoration? It says the phase is complete but im not sure where to look to find out what to craft and hand in
Your Craftsmanship and control stats
Ohh
You talk to Potkin to see what they want, then you look in your crafting log for the mats
The items are gathered in the diadem, which is the tent left of the Skybuilder board
This leveling guide here references PoTD
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/bd7hd5/the_guide_to_leveling_your_alt_jobs_1_to_70_in/
Does it mean PoTD floors 50-60 for each run, or what?
Yes
God, this is so repetitive, how do you guys keep from going insane when leveling DPS jobs off PoTD
You keep deleting your save file to run floors 51-60 over and over since he has a fast queue compared to the rest of the floors
:)))
Honestly I never enjoyed leveling through POTD
That's what I'm doing atm, I'm on my 12th run right now
And I can feel my sanity slipping
I usually just settle with the daily roulettes and dungeon spam
And the best part is, I still have 27 runs to do after this one
And watch videos or craft while in queue
The shit thing about it is thats literally the only buff that effects it
What are some ways I could make like 500-600k gil since I need it to buy the lvl 80 set ?
Food doesn't, the earing or ring doesn't, etc.
@abstract veldt grind level 80 dungeons and roulettes for Phanta to spend on tomestone materials to sell on the market board
all right thanks
You can always wait for 5.4 to make absolute bank off the tomestone materials that come out then
Week 1 prices for those can easily be 10k per material
Sounds about right
Ironically most of my gil I made from PotD
Have to get to floor 151+ to get the good loot to sell though
Regular glamours from there sell for ~100-200k ea, then there's the whistle for 12mil
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if i demolish my house myself will i get anything refunded or do i have to let autodemolish get rid of it






