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twilit arch
dawn yarrow
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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?

green grail
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no

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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

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but that's about it

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(afaik)

dawn yarrow
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awesome! thanks for that, had no idea

twilit arch
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can also technically make use of free company housing to teleport to certain areas you've might not have gotten to yet

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but that's still fairly limited

dawn yarrow
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that's exactly what i'm after actually, thank you both very much!

fierce cobalt
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at what price would people consider buying raid food vs making their own?

obsidian patio
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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

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Or use weaker food from the previous tier for cheaper

leaden ginkgo
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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! ^^

open ember
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Great Lengths hairstyle

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30k MGP from gold saucer

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And idk that looks like a shade of rose pink

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Hm wait

obsidian patio
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I’d help but I have awful color opinions

open ember
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I might be slightly dumb

obsidian patio
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AKA green all the way

open ember
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Is that the hairstyle you're looking for is there a different one

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lavish vortex
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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

obsidian patio
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You need a house or apartment, for one.

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For houses you use the garden plot outside furniture pieces, with the Deluxe having the most space

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For apartments you use any of the planter boxes

lavish vortex
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Thanks! My fc has a house, can I use my own private plots there?

obsidian patio
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Yes

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The furnitures you’ll need are the “Riviera/Glade/Oasis Flowerpot”

lavish vortex
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That’s specifically for crystals? Or for gardening in general?

obsidian patio
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In general

lavish vortex
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Thanks

half kraken
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Just curious can you use aetherial manipulation to cheese jumping puzzles

obsidian patio
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Generally no

fierce cobalt
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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

obsidian patio
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The various dashes/movement abilities don’t make you jump or cross gaps, they’re basically an instant sprint to that location

faint flare
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2.38 is fine

half kraken
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Ah gotcha

faint flare
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Tanks are usually around 2.38-2.4s

fierce cobalt
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ok ill materia in other things then thanks

faint flare
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Balance discord has melding priorities for all jobs

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!faq Balance

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lavish vortex
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Can I just buy a house?

obsidian patio
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Theoretically, yes.

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But that requires an empty plot that’s not on the cooldown timer from being recently empty.

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And houses usually get bought up pretty fast once they’re available for purchase

lavish vortex
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And how do you do it? Where can you check availability etc?

faint flare
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The ward lists shows you if plotd are open or not

obsidian patio
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The cooldown timer is invisible and not shown anywhere, so it’s a waiting game.

faint flare
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Then you go to the placard of that plot to try and buy it

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If the timer isn't up, you'll be errored

lavish vortex
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Got it! And where do you access the ward lists?

hasty musk
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From any entrance to a housing district

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So either from the entrance to the zone itself or from the central aetheryte in the aetheryte plaza

quick pecan
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What's the predicted date for 5.4?

hasty musk
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early december is confirmed, around the 8th iirc

leaden ginkgo
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!!! 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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leaden ginkgo
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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?

frail fulcrum
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If I buy the jop skip potions, will I get the quest rewards from previous levels or is it lost?

obsidian patio
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They are lost

fallen niche
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Even if you don't get rewards, it should show up in calamity scavengers though

obsidian patio
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But for the level 50 and 70 sets you can buy back from the calamity salvager

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Level 60 is from centurio seals in Ishgard

fallen niche
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Should I bother doing my crafting job quests for the relic tool for level 50 or just keep doing ishgard resto?

obsidian patio
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@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.

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You want to do the level 65 quest for Manipulation

fallen niche
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Oh yeah, I forgot that's a job skill.

leaden ginkgo
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@obsidian patio where can i find the level 51 gear?

fallen niche
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If I have 1 crafter with the skill, do I still have to do it for all my other crafters?

obsidian patio
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Yes you still need to do it for every crafter

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@leaden ginkgo Ishgard

radiant brook
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How are you able to buy items from the expedition artisan in pyros? just the logograms or?

leaden ginkgo
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thanks

obsidian patio
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@radiant brook You need 50 different Logos Actions learned and any complete Pagos weapon

fallen niche
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One last question, should I bother getting the master recipes for previous expansions or can I just get Master x VII and VIII?

radiant brook
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ahh, so i HAVE to go back to pagos and complet the weapon there then

twilit arch
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you could skip the previous expac master books but some of them have glamour items in them

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like the new primal crafted weapons are in master VI

fallen niche
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Yeah I know it's got stuff like Ex primal gear, but I don't mind just doing the fights for the weapons.

obsidian patio
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The crafted versions are glowy

twilit arch
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^

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and a fair number of them are selling pretty well right now so

fallen niche
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Huh, didn't know that.

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Well I might pick them up later, I have all the master recipes for my GSM.

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Also, what about regional folklore for gatherers? Should I just focus on the SHB ones?

mellow plaza
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Before beginning shadowbringers it recommended to do the crystal tower quest

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Should I?

fallen niche
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Yeah

twilit arch
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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

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yes, you're going to be blocked eventually by msq anyway

fallen niche
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it's a big plot point to do crystal tower

twilit arch
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so you should get it done sooner rather than later

mellow plaza
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Alright

fallen niche
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When you finish 4.0, do the alliance raids for stormblood as well.

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You need to do them for Resistance weapons, a few other high end SHB pieces of content

gentle grail
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which is faster, HoH spam to lvl 80 as a dps or highest dungeon spam?

hasty musk
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you only do hoh up to 70, then you can do Bozja iirc

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but regardless, it's whatever you get faster queues for

twilit arch
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even if you don't have bozja unlocked

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trust dungeons would be faster than doing hoh to 80

gentle grail
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oh doing trust is faster than spamming like my highest lvl 70 dungeon?

twilit arch
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50/60/70 dungeons aren't good for exp, but you're going to need to hit 71 to do trust dungeons anyway

gentle grail
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ah

gentle grail
twilit arch
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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

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and then either do trust dungeons if dungeon queues are 15+mins or do bozja southern front if you have that unlocked

gentle grail
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Alrighty!

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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?

short sparrow
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I've heard the same about SAM which is a shame, I'd love to main it but don't have the confidence.

faint flare
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None are bad

verbal rune
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using gpose, can I take screenshot of poses mid class ability?
such as taking a screenshot of a DRK while he uses his aoe

faint flare
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Yes

verbal rune
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cool

faint flare
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You can pause

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Thr animation

verbal rune
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so I guess I have that for a "sword in the ground" pose

short sparrow
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Nobody wants to be that person who is holding back duty finder groups.

fallen niche
faint flare
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Just press your buttons

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And do your rotation

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And you're fine

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Better than a large majority

twilit arch
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so long as you learn to play your class and know your rotation, you'll do fine

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no one is going to expect you to play perfectly, especially not in duty finder groups

short sparrow
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Is it hard compared with MNK?

faint flare
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No, Samurai is kinda somewhat static in part

short sparrow
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I feel like I've got almost tolerable at MNK. Almost. 😉

gentle grail
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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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short sparrow
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People should be at least a little less rude than that, even if the bottom line is the same.

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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.

faint flare
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People only really call you out if you're actually like garbage beyond common sense

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Imo

little swift
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that or they aren't seeing their own mistakes and want to deflect

gentle grail
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hmm i see, is it true sam is easier on rotation fuck ups say than drg or such?

faint flare
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Like legit

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Just press your damn buttons

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And you're better than alot of others

short sparrow
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Does Sam have much positional stuff?

faint flare
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Yes

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2

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Kasha and gecko

short sparrow
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Well at least I'm already used to that.

verbal rune
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What's DRG rotation btw?

faint flare
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DRG bounces inbetween their dot combo and Full thrust combo

verbal rune
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or where I can find any rotation? just checking if I do things right (also kupo command to check)

faint flare
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!faq Balance

zinc orbitBOT
faint flare
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Has guides

verbal rune
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cool, thanks

gentle grail
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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fuck

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XD

verbal rune
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I mean, not really

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I feel like screwing up dragon is really hard

short sparrow
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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.

faint flare
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Drg rotation is static as fuck gcd wise

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You do thr same gcds every fight

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Any thing that can change is jumps for optimization with life windows

gentle grail
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ah

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fuck /tableflip

verbal rune
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speaking of drg

gentle grail
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SAM rotation is more dynamic?

verbal rune
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when should I use elusive jump?

gentle grail
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i think they got those 3 like single dot, aoe, and big dps one

faint flare
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Get yo the boss quicker

spare plinth
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Would it be a good idea for lvl 80 to keep transpose on the hot bar in case of emergencies?

faint flare
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Or get out of an aoe at last minute

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You still need transpose incase thr boss jumos while you're in Fire so you get swap to Ice for umbral soul

forest laurel
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or in case you get into a lower level dungeon that requires you to use transpose to swap your element back

rich jungle
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Do houses still get auto demolished after the 45 days of inactivity, or is that still currently paused?

twilit arch
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still paused

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will be re-enabled with 5.4

rich jungle
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Ok, Ty :>

lavish vortex
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hi!! another question: whats the best way to farm for crystals?

static yacht
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have a high level gatherer

forest laurel
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that, or use a gatherer retainer.

obsidian patio
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!action The Twelve’s Bounty

zinc orbitBOT
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**the Twelve's Bounty** : lvl 20 MIN (150 GP) (0.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Increases elemental shard , crystal, and cluster yields by 3 .
Cannot be executed if the gathering node does not yield shards , crystals, or clusters .

obsidian patio
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Basically use this for every node whenever possible

forest laurel
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!action the giving land

zinc orbitBOT
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**The Giving Land** : lvl 74 MIN (200 GP) (180.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

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.

forest laurel
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this too

lavish vortex
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thanks!!

obsidian patio
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Oh my god I never actually tried giving land before

forest laurel
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it's pretty good

obsidian patio
forest laurel
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you can get like 30+ max

obsidian patio
lavish vortex
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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

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at least in my experience haha

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I need like 2000 of each element aprox... so it’ll take a while

obsidian patio
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If you’re super desperate there’s always the marketboard

lavish vortex
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Yeah, not really, a couple of minutes a day should get me there soon enough, thanks a lot!

static yacht
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there are some

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turn ins

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that give you crystals too

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if you feel like mass crafting them

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but it's RNG as to the type

lavish vortex
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What’s that? sorry

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What’s the process?

obsidian patio
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Probably talking about leve turn-ins

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The reward can sometimes be crystals

lavish vortex
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Oh leve quests! I see

mortal cobalt
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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.

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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).

naive kraken
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that's strictly square enix

manic flare
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is there an additional to the player who's running a dungeon for the first time?

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or does every member in the party get the bonus equally

jade quartz
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Yes the first timer themselves also gets the bonus

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Everyone gets the bonus

manic flare
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does the first timer get an equal amount of bonus to the other party members?

leaden ginkgo
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i think it's the same for everyone

faint flare
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Its the same for everyone

leaden ginkgo
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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

jade quartz
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It doesn’t

raven sage
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That's just Geva's personality

jade quartz
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The leatherworker guildmaster is just a hardass.

hardy gazelle
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whats the best thing to gather for gil as a botanast

faint flare
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Check your market

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Do the market research

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There's no hard answer

hardy gazelle
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im not looking for optimal

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do you just know smth decently expensive

faint flare
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And again

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Check your market

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It varies from server to server

naive kraken
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the highest value tends to be timed node gathers but you can't really gather those quickly without several retainers

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not a guarantee though

mental garnet
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tangentially related, make sure you use your map gathering allowance every 18 hours

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on my worlds gazelleskin ones are the most expensive

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often 50-60k

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adds up quickly

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manic flare
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i hate ala mhigo so much

gleaming mist
gentle grail
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is there a command for the yokai guide?

twilit arch
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!faq yokai

zinc orbitBOT
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Yokai Watch Guide
leaden ginkgo
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After RDM opener, what are you supposed to do?

gleaming mist
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alternate between white/black magic spells and build to 80/80

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then use your melee combo

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press your ogcds when they come up

slate arrow
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maintain Black/White generation, repeat combo, try to line up manafiction with 40/41

hidden lotus
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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.

forest laurel
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the less you use jolt 2 the better

leaden ginkgo
forest laurel
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which opener are you using btw andrea

leaden ginkgo
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I haven't started using it yet, but this is for level 60 apparently

forest laurel
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ohhhhh I thought you were talking about the lvl 80 opener

leaden ginkgo
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Nope!

forest laurel
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oh this is pretty much the 3-8 opener I think

slate arrow
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under max level just like

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follow the max level rotation as much as you can

forest laurel
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just without the finishers

robust crow
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you're not likely going to be able to get a pull timer to do the opener right anyway

obsidian patio
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Yeah, RDM pretty much is complete at 60 with Manafication

robust crow
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in most not-max level content

forest laurel
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yeah

robust crow
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no one's going to wait 5 seconds for you to precast verthunder

forest laurel
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because tanks most of the time will just start attacking the boss as soon as they can

tacit atlas
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That sounds about right

forest laurel
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or
OR
you do a big brain and rush ahead of the tank so you can precast verthunder

robust crow
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you're lucky if you can just acceleration + open with jolt/aerothunder

leaden ginkgo
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Then the tank sits & watches as you die

forest laurel
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then that's a shitty tank lmao

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forest laurel
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tanks that have "you pull you tank" mindsets are genuine babies

robust crow
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red mage is really self explanatory

tacit atlas
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The "use swiftcast a lot" thing still applies

forest laurel
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yeah

robust crow
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its rotation is really intuitive

tacit atlas
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True

forest laurel
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swiftcast is like your biggest dps optimisation

robust crow
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just cast the spell you have less mana of

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redmage in a nutshell

forest laurel
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also idk if the guide mentions anything about aoes but

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if 2 targets, better to do jolt (2) > scatter/impact

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if 3+, veraero/thunder 2 > scatter/impact

frank wigeon
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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

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i dont want to delete the item since it takes ages to get those points

quaint sequoia
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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?

shrewd mirage
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We have 15 glamour plates? Is there a way to get more?

faint flare
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Cant get more

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@quaint sequoia send a tickey explaining the issue and ask them to get out

slate arrow
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wait for the devs to patch in more

faint flare
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Or just be patience and be saved

leaden ginkgo
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how does house devaluation work?

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currently on a plot thats open in mateus and there is a time that says "devalution" on the plot im trying to get

faint flare
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When the timer on the placard expires, the price of the plot goes down and it starts again

slate arrow
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devaluation does not equal when the plot will go on sale

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sale timer is hidden

faint flare
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Devaluation isn't linked at all to the invisible timer

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leaden ginkgo
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so i just have to keep clicking the board till the plot is sold to someone?

faint flare
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Yep

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Its anywhere from a few minutes to "i gave up"

agile laurel
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that is how it be

leaden ginkgo
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is there anyway for me to tell if the plot opens then?

faint flare
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Nope

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Thatd the point

agile night
faint flare
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Its completely invisible

leaden ginkgo
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ah ok

faint flare
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And random

leaden ginkgo
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thanks!

faint flare
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@agile night rested XP

agile night
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ah cool, so I earn bonus exp until that is consumed

faint flare
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Yes

little swift
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!faq restedexp

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Rested Experience FAQ

'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.

dry jolt
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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

faint flare
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Not long, a hour or so give or take depending on rng

dry jolt
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thanks

leaden ginkgo
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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? 🙂

faint flare
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What's the quest below the main scenario tracker

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Do that

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The quest under the main scenario tracker is your job quest

leaden ginkgo
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Sorry Vinyl I’m still pretty new to the game. When I look in Journal all it has is the main story mission 😦

slate arrow
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@leaden ginkgo have you gone into Ishgard yet proper

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oh you have

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Then yeah just do your job quests

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It's the yellow ! Under your MSQ indicator

faint flare
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The main scenario tracker is top left

leaden ginkgo
faint flare
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The quest under it is your job quests

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No

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Top left

slate arrow
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That's not your MSQ tracker that's your minimap

faint flare
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Main scenario tracker

leaden ginkgo
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhh

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🤦‍♂️

little swift
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its a rectangle red bordered box

leaden ginkgo
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Ah ok thanks guys 🙏

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Such a sausage

limber walrus
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hey guys is Augmented Crystarium stuff the best stuff rn?

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worth it to spend tomestones on or shoudl I save

slate arrow
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depends on what you mean by the best

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It's the highest you can get currently without raiding yes

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But 5.4 will be dropping soon and allegory will be the unlimited tomestone

little swift
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not super important to cap your ilvl either if you're not planning to do savage content

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little swift
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especially since you cna just skip to i510 in a couple weeks

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using the new crafted gear

limber walrus
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I'm just trying to have the strongest stuff

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crafted would be nice

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Trying to be the best tank for my fc

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We just finished 5.0 today

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I don't think we're gonna get to 5.4 in time lol we only do msq once a week

slate arrow
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Raids are not locked behind the patch story

karmic niche
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5.1 - 5.3 isnt that long

slate arrow
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No endgame content is, except for an optional story quest for 5.2 raids

limber walrus
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It isn't long?

lost grove
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How many more runs of castrum will.m I need if I have 38 coins

forest laurel
mental garnet
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lol frickin same

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haven't touched yokai

obsidian patio
lost grove
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Mhm

obsidian patio
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Then 3 complete clears of Castrum, regardless of how many prisoners you save, will be enough.

lost grove
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K

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43 now

obsidian patio
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2 clears then! Assuming you save 5 or 6 prisoners both times

lost grove
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Ye been getting them from CE and skirmishes

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lost grove
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N castrum just popped up

glacial isle
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are there any quests in Ishgard that give Materia outside of the MSQ?

obsidian patio
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I don’t think so

open coral
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Quests? Off the top of my head, no. But why would you want low level materia?

glacial isle
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Reforge into Piety III for GSM 50 quest

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No i can't use MB

open coral
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Ah

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Um

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I would then recommend extracting materia from level 51-60 dungeon gear.

glacial isle
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I haven't unlocked lvl 51-60 dungones

open coral
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But you've reached Ishgard?

glacial isle
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Yes

open coral
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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.

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I strongly recommend doing so as a healer, as that makes it much more likely that you'll get Piety materia when you extract

mental garnet
glacial isle
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Did that already

mental garnet
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oh

glacial isle
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And am unfortunately, a BLM

open coral
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You can pick up other combat jobs too

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AST is the quickest, since it starts at 30, but is the most difficult (in my personal opinion) to learn to play effectively.

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WHM is the easiest to play, but you have to start it at level 1

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Plus side, healers and tanks tend to have super fast leveling dungeon queues, so you can get them up relatively quickly.

obsidian patio
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Grade 3 materia has a good chance from spirit bonding level 40-50 gear

open coral
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Oh, it's only level 40-50 gear you need? Even easier.

glacial isle
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the plan was "Equip lvl 40-50 gear and go mining"

open coral
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Yeahhh, that's... not the best way to go.

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The type of materia you extract from gear is always directly related to the type of gear.

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So if you equip MIN gear, you're going to get gathering materia

glacial isle
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So to power level Astrologian, just do low-level dungeons?

obsidian patio
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For ideal rates you do content near the gear’s level

open coral
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Do the highest level dungeon you can, not low-level ones.

obsidian patio
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So for my example it would be more Dzemael and Aurum Vale, along with possible Praetorium and Castrum

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If you do too high of a content for the gear it barely bonds at all

open coral
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Prae and Castrum would take longer though.

glacial isle
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Ok

open coral
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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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open coral
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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.

glacial isle
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now to rapidly learn AST and not fail the randoms in DF

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if the intro quest for AST ever ends

open coral
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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.

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Don't forget to use food for the 3% xp boost too.

glacial isle
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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

open coral
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I'm not on free trial, and I've manually leveled almost every single combat job in the game at this point (except tanks).

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Trust me, healers are super quick.

glacial isle
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Yes but at least you can buy stuff of the MB and not have to craft it manually

open coral
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I don't though 🙂

lost grove
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How do ppl make u fail castrum cuz on my 2nd run we failed it

glacial isle
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regardless, how does ASM play and what how should I re-arrange my hot bar?

open coral
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AST's main mechanic is the Draw/Play of cards.

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!action Draw

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**Draw** : lvl 30 AST (30.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Draws a card (arcanum) from your divining deck. Only one arcanum can be drawn at a time.
Arcanum effect can be triggered using either Play or Minor Arcana .
Additional Effect: Restores 8% of maximum MP

open coral
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!action Play

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**Play** : lvl 30 AST (1.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Triggers the effect of your drawn arcanum.
Only one arcanum effect can be applied to a target at a time.

open coral
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There are six arcana that you can draw, split into melee and ranged groupings.

glacial isle
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I assume that should be my main hotkeys?

open coral
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Your main hotkeys should probably be your attacks or heals.

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But Draw and Play should be easily accessible for you to use regularly.

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!action balance

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glacial isle
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have not moved any except Lucid Dreaming

open coral
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Okay, so my personal preference is to group spells with similar or synergizing effects together,

jade quartz
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!action the balance

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**the Balance** : lvl 30 AST (1.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

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.

open coral
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So all of my attacks are grouped in one spot. Single target heals in another, etc.

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Thank you Lyon!

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The only spell I would recommend removing from your bars entirely is Redraw

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It's useless.

glacial isle
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Undraw?

open coral
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Yeah

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That's pretty much the only thing you'll never want to use.

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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

glacial isle
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oh i putt the cards on my teammates instead of the enemy?

twilit arch
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Increases damage dealt by a party member or self by 6% if target is melee DPS or tank, or 3% for all other roles.

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All cards are intended to be used on your party members

open coral
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As I said, your cards are split into two groups of 3

glacial isle
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ah thought it was a debuff I put on the enemy

open coral
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Half of them grant a buff to melee types

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Half of them grant the same buff to ranged types

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That's the main gimmick of AST

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You buff your teammates

glacial isle
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gotcha

open coral
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You'll also get an AoE buff later

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!action horoscope

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**Horoscope** : lvl 76 AST (60.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

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

open coral
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Not that one

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Uhh

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Hang on

twilit arch
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!action Divination

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**Divination** : lvl 50 AST (120.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

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%

open coral
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That's the one

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I don't really enjoy AST playstyle, so I don't always remember all the spell names 😄

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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

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And use

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!action minor arcana

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**Minor Arcana** : lvl 50 AST (1.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Converts currently drawn arcanum into the Lord of Crowns when Balance, Arrow, or Spear, or the Lady of Crowns when Bole, Ewer, or Spire.
Only one arcanum effect can be applied to a target at a time.

open coral
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To convert anything that gives you a seal you already have

glacial isle
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bit a far from that atm so really just need advice on lvls 30-40 rn

open coral
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It's a good idea to start thinking about it early

jade quartz
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Draw card whenever available, play it on an appropriate dps party member.

open coral
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But for 30-40 you're basically just doing Draw/Play on cd

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Outside of that, Diurnal Aspect is the easiest to play in because it's regen rather than shields.

jade quartz
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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.

open coral
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!action diurnal aspect

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**Diurnal Sect** : lvl 30 AST (5.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Adds Regen to certain actions.
Cannot be used with Nocturnal Sect.
Shares a recast timer with Nocturnal Sect.
Effect cannot be removed while in combat. Effect ends upon reuse.

open coral
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Make sure you turn it on whenever you enter a dungeon.

jade quartz
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Diurnal sect is mathematically superior, it's not just because of ease.

open coral
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I don't know anything about the math. I just know it's a hell of a lot easier to play.

jade quartz
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That's because it's straight-up better

honest anvil
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you wont stay at 30 40 for that long so dont think too much of it ...

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healers level in no time

glacial isle
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need to replay the first quest cause i was a fool and thought the quest was bugged

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right thx for the advice

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until I get Diurnal Sect

honest anvil
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AST gets a lot more tools later so that’ll change most likely ...

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build your hotbar as you play

glacial isle
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👍🏾

open coral
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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.

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Even with Diurnal Sect

gleaming mist
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your draws give you 800 mp

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your mp is very good on ast now

glacial isle
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yeah i usually play BSM where Mana is just "Cast Frost III twice and full"

outer plank
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damn i didn't know black smith can cast ice 3

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should use it in my crafting rotations

glacial isle
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:V

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glacial isle
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unless someone is at like 2 health, is there any reason not to spam Helios?

open coral
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It's not mana efficient to do that

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And usually you won't need AoE healing

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I'd say probably about... 80% of the time? you should only really need to be healing the tank.

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Unless some roomwide damage has just gone out

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Rule of thumb as a healer: nobody actually needs to be at 100% HP all the time

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They will be just fine at 50 or 60% unless there's big damage incoming

glacial isle
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Ok

agile night
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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)

honest anvil
#

is this your first healer job?

jade quartz
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if 5/6 are common buttons for you to hit that's fine

glacial isle
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Yes @honest anvil

jade quartz
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I wouldn't recommend binding buttons past 6/7

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you've got some important buttons that are gonna be really annoying to press on like

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shift+0

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which I would strongly advise against

glacial isle
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shift+0 is lucid dreaming

jade quartz
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yeah

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that's a really yikes place to put that

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Lucid Dreaming is an important button.

open coral
jade quartz
#

as are lightspeed and swiftcast

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You ought to know that the default hotbar layout/keybinds are...what I'd probably call "nonviable"

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Would recommend an overhaul.

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For starters, you're going to need a third hotbar of keybinds.

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At level cap, all jobs require at least three hotbars.

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You can use ctrl or alt modifiers.

glacial isle
jade quartz
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Recommend unbinding 7890-= and replacing them with like

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qertfgzxcvb

open coral
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I personally like binding F1-F12 to my mouse's thumb buttons.

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Then assigning placed AoEs and things that I need to be able to access while moving to those binds.

glacial isle
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i don't have thumb buttons

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well there's 2 buttons but i don' think they do anything

open coral
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Yeah, in that case I'd do what Lyon recommends and bind to letters you can hit easily.

jade quartz
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We have a channel dedicated to helping out and giving suggestions for UI and keybind-related stuff: #protips-and-ui

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you might find it helpful

glacial isle
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gonna try Sastasha and see how this layout goes

agile night
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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

open coral
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On kbm, just clicking your party list should be fastest, I think.

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For controller, dpad up/down

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Especially when you get into 8-man content

agile night
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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

open coral
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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.

agile night
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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

open coral
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You can use the dropdown menu in the interface to highlight each of the boxes.

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It's pretty straightforward though, since you can see "through" the HUD interface to what each box corresponds to.

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manic flare
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is there a way to turn on free camera?

left cliff
#

Got my first relic resistance weapon which materia do I use

tired rover
#

I am now (FINALLY) in ishgard

left cliff
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Enjoy ThT story !

manic flare
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depends on your class hyperj909

left cliff
#

Dragoon

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I got the glowy version now

obsidian patio
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All Direct Hit, I think

left cliff
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Thanks makes sense what about crit ?

obsidian patio
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It’s already capped on the weapon

tired rover
#

Any advice on BLM lvl 71+?

left cliff
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Ok

obsidian patio
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Basically the same as 70, but you end Fire Rotation with Despair for single target

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And you use Umbral soul between pulls to build up umbral hearts

tired rover
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ahh

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ok

left cliff
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Is there a 505 version of the relic or not yet

obsidian patio
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Nope

left cliff
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K

obsidian patio
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And unknown if it will go to 505 or just skip that whenever they add the next step

left cliff
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Just making sure I just catched up with the game

spare plinth
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if you want to get the resistance weapons, you need to do the stormblood alliance raid series?

twilit arch
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yes

left cliff
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Yea I did them all yesterday

manic flare
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which answer choice should i pick here?

obsidian patio
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Saltery, but you can pick the others to see their reasoning

manic flare
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so im forced to choose saltery regardless?

obsidian patio
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Yes

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leaden ginkgo
#

blm bis anyone ^^

twilit arch
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!faq blmbis

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5.2 BLM BiS

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

leaden ginkgo
#

how can i see which atmas i'm missing for my zodiac weapon?

gilded forge
#

Besides RDM, what are some other good classes for Eureka?

slate arrow
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Paladin, White Mage, if only for the self sustain/DPS ratio

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Eureka slaps fuckin hard so you either need good tanking or healing if you're planning on going solo

gilded forge
#

What about for a duo?

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Say one of us is playing RDM for DPS / heals

#

My girlfriend is worried GNB isn't a good class for it

faint flare
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If you're duo then go whatever

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Since one can heal

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GNB is fine

wise drum
#

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?

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Ooh, nvmd, I found it finally ;0;

agile night
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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?

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example: something needs iron plate, I have iron ore. queue up the iron ingot and plate instead of making a couple individually

gloomy ice
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Quick Synthesis does that but you can't influence its quality in any direct way.

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Well, it doesn't do ore > ingot > plate but it does skip the synth process

cinder maple
#

once you clear main story, you lose the scenario guide? even for all your other class quests?

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can you bring it back?

hasty musk
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no, it stays

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it just says To Be Continued

cinder maple
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oh mine's gone

hasty musk
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weird, mine's not

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did you turn it off

cinder maple
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idk how to bring it back. i checked hud layout and it's not hidden

hasty musk
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hmm

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I dunno, then

cinder maple
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yeah it gone gone

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😭

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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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leaden ginkgo
#

Wheres that Red Mage basics thingy at?

slate arrow
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!faq 50rdm

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leaden ginkgo
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Question about HoH btw, do you get a set amount of XP with each clear, or what?

obsidian patio
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Based on your level

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The EXP reward scales from level 61 to 70

manic flare
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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

leaden ginkgo
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So XP gained for mob kills in it only effect ur job level in the deep dungeon itself?

manic flare
#

are they gonna use fordola's AI for the trust system?

slate arrow
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You only get Actual EXP upon leaving a set of floors

obsidian patio
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Correct, killing mobs inside is only for your inside level

hasty musk
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because squadrons aren't designed for the encounter like NPCs are

obsidian patio
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The NPCs that help you in the Lakshmi Fight know only that fight because that’s what they were made for

elder sinew
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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

leaden ginkgo
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I'm trying to queue for deep dungeons but my servers queue is taking ages

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Are deep dungeons cross world?

slate arrow
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yes

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however each tier has it's own queue below floor 100

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most popular ones are 1-10 and 51-60 since you can start on those rather than going from 1 every time

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(or 1-10 / 21-30 for Heaven on High)

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charred crest
oblique trellis
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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?

empty parrot
oblique trellis
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ok thx

pallid reef
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I just got the game and I have to "listen to seseroags explaination" I can't find this man for my life

radiant brook
#

my friend just got the master recipe 8 book and nothing pops up when looking at that tab. any reason why?

terse owl
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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 ;-;

outer plank
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@radiant brook try having him relog

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@terse owl you're about to do your first dungeon provided you're following the main scenario quest

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around the lv 15 quest its gonna take you to the 2 other hub towns

terse owl
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oooo!

outer plank
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and a little past that, you're gonna have your first dungeon

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most of the content in this game comes from instances, be that dungeons, trials, or raids

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which is locked behind the msq progression

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so keep on going @terse owl

terse owl
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thank you! I will!

pallid reef
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how do yu find the mainquest

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I got none rn

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yeah I got none

obsidian patio
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It should be there by default.

outer plank
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did you do ||Seat of sacrafice|| @pallid reef and beat 5.3?

obsidian patio
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But Seseroga is located at X14, Y10

pallid reef
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nope

obsidian patio
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Can you take a screenshot?

outer plank
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^

boreal storm
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Did you talk to the next msq person?

pallid reef
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I just picked up this random side quest

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but here

outer plank
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that

pallid reef
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I cant grab that quest tho

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im not lvl 4

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lol

outer plank
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get leveling then

obsidian patio
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Do a bunch of normal sidequests then

outer plank
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do some side quest

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or your hunt log

obsidian patio
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And your class quests, which is that smaller quest below the tracker

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“Way of the Thaumaturge”

outer plank
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ahh he hasn't

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fought anything yet

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i dont think

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@pallid reef go outside the town and burn things

pallid reef
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alright

boreal storm
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Show those shrews who’s boss

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gilded forge
#

Are FC house "Rooms" as big as apartments? Is there any benefit to one over another?

empty parrot
buoyant sorrel
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Am I missing something about Clear prisms? What makes them special form regular prisms? Why not just use regular ones?

hasty musk
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clear prisms are used to craft glamour prisms, but it's not worth it

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it's much easier to just buy glamour prisms off of the market board or with grand company seals

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they're a remnant of old game design

buoyant sorrel
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Ah so outdated you mean?

slate arrow
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more or less

buoyant sorrel
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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?

gloomy ice
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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.

radiant brook
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will there be a new materia tier for 5.4?

slate arrow
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no

plain python
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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.

hasty musk
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you do that to build up spiritbond in your gear

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so you can extract it for materia

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boreal storm
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Does missle work on carnivale enemies?

slate arrow
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depends

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for the most part, though, not really

obsidian patio
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The challenge details will tell you what enemies it works on

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The exact immunity you’re looking for in that menu is “Death Immunity”

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Might be a different name, but it’s along those lines

glacial isle
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Lvl 40 -50 gear gives Materia III right?

rain dirge
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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

gloomy ice
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There is not. The main quests will take you there much later.

rain dirge
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I see. So at level 55 there is no other way to get to Coerthas Western Highlands than using the Chocobokeep in Ishgard?

gloomy ice
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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.

faint flare
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It's a tread that early expansion zones are split in half and you revisit it later to go to the other half

gloomy ice
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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.

rain dirge
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It says I need "wings" and I am not really sure what that means

jade quartz
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Continue the MSQ.

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You are not level 55 in the MSQ.

faint flare
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You go back there much later in the story

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It's a common trend

jade quartz
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When you unlock the black chocobo and flying mounts you will be able to use the CWH gate from Ishgard normally.

obsidian patio
jade quartz
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That's very early in HW story.

rain dirge
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I unlocked the black chocobo, but still do not have flying, that must be it. Thank you very much, guys.

obsidian patio
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Flying is unlocked zone by zone for the expansions

faint flare
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You wont get flying in Sea of clouds until much later in thr story

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The last aether current is always by story progress

slate arrow
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You need to collect collectibles in order to activate flight which is on a per zone basis

viscid edge
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is this a place that i can run maps with people?

obsidian patio
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Party finder is what most people usually use

jade quartz
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You need to unlock flight in CWH to use that gate.

lost grove
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Is 50 coins enough for body and legs rn?

rain dirge
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@jade quartz Okay, I think I understand everything now. Thank you, guys.

jade quartz
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Recommended you unlock flight in zones concurrently with doing MSQ in them.

slate arrow
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@lost grove no, its 28 each for body or leggings

lost grove
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Oh I'm in a new instance rn waiting for castrum

viscid edge
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hey im doing gathering for collectables. why is discerning eye never procing for me

slate arrow
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your perception is low or bad RNG

obsidian patio
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You only need 6 more coins, probably better off doing skirmishes and CEs

gritty oracle
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With the 5.3 changes,

  1. can I complete the ARR MSQ now without any side xp? I remember getting stuck a couple times on my first character.
  2. with dedicated grinding and skipping most cutscenes, how long does it take to finish ARR+HW?
slate arrow
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usually the latter

obsidian patio
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5.3 didn’t majorly adjust experience to my knowledge

slate arrow
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@gritty oracle mostly, but there's a small dead spot at around level 40-ish

lost grove
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@obsidian patio k and how about the rest

bleak seal
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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?

gritty oracle
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Yeah, if you have road to 70

viscid edge
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i have aesthetes gear @slate arrow and i also have it melded, not penta melded, just melded

obsidian patio
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Head/arms/feet are 14 coins each, which is a total of 42

viscid edge
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should that be good enough

slate arrow
obsidian patio
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Once you beat the Castrum once the skirmishes and CEs drop them

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It was changed in the latest hotfixes

bleak seal
lost grove
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Welp how am I gonna get the last 50 basically without castrum

obsidian patio
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Just keep doing skirmishes and CEs while waiting for it to pop

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Not much else to do

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Unless you want to try instance hopping to find an instance that has Castrum almost ready to spawn

gusty mango
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Just a general question, how long stormblood usually take ? carbongo carbongo2

obsidian patio
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about as long as Heavensward, from my NG+ experience

gusty mango
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Hmm I c

lost grove
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K

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lost grove
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@obsidian patio yay got castrum finally at 57 coins

agile night
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I'm trying to mess with the ui a bit, wondering what is the cross hotbar?

jade quartz
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Controller hotbar.

agile night
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ah okay makes sense,thanks

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also with ui stuff, I hear of people using q, e on hotbar. do they just not use strafe then?

plain python
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I bind a and s to strafe

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like a FPS game

jade quartz
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Having turn on A and S is totally useless

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You may want to consider Legacy control mode btw

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if you didn't know about it already

agile night
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yeah I use legacy, hadn't considered just replacing a,d though

plain python
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can you backpedal with legacy?

jade quartz
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with legacy you don't need strafe.

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Legacy lets you run backwards.

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Standard makes you walk backwards slowly.

warped nest
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Just to be sure, strafe is walking sideway while maintain your character's viewing orientation right?

jade quartz
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Yes

plain python
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no for me then, I like my character's backpedal. Maybe when I do raid I will change.

jade quartz
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Which is kind of obsolete on legacy mode

warped nest
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almost not necessary in this game to be honest

jade quartz
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With the backpedal, it's more difficult to move for mechanics.

warped nest
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Think of moving you character as moving your chess pieces or moving your units in a rts

jade quartz
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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

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That will ensure the camera doesn't turn

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a separate button for strafing is superfluous

agile night
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I feel like this would work well for me for hotkeys, imagine most important thing here is just rebinding character to something else

jade quartz
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Yeah looks good

warped nest
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Everything is reasonably within reach

plain python
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hey look like me, but I use another hot bar 😄

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the leftmost I mean

gritty oracle
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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

agile night
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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)

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I can make 3 hotbars out of it easily by having shift, alt modifiers of the same thing

plain python
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the only thing I use for my two-side button is mount up (with random mount) and level sync 😮

gritty oracle
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oh same, I put 6-9 to very niche stuff like arm's length, deployment tactics, emergency tactics, eat fairy, peloton etc

marble drift
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I understand where you're coming from but I wouldnt declare Arm's Length as niche.

plain python
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my monk's back combo is 1 2 3, and flank combo is q e r 😄

marble drift
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considering how many knowback encounters exist

jade quartz
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Arm's Length, Dissipation, and Peloton aren't niche ponder

plain python
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f g h for aoe

gritty oracle
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Yeah, but I can plan ahead for it and lift my hand off the keyboard in time to use it

warped nest
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A better description is "I use it, but I don't use it enough to keep it near my bread and butter"

plain python
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I macro peloton into my run macro

warped nest
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I dunno if there is a single word for that

plain python
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so whenever I run, i cast peloton 😄

gritty oracle
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I think the single word for that is niche

jade quartz
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Wouldn't advise that

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Sprint needs to be weaved

marble drift
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^ sprint makes some encounter mechanics much more dealable

plain python
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well, you can remove the sprint from the macro and just have it cast peloton and automove

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and maybe you don't want to use autorun in combat, so I guess you won't waste sprint either

jade quartz
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???

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You should spam peloton during downtime between pulls in dungeons always

plain python
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I mean, let say the macro is sprint + peloton + autorun, you only use it out-combat anyway.

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when in deal with mechanic, you would manual it yourself

marble drift
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autorun can be hotkey'd without a spot on your bar.

agile night
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is there an easy way to get these to align to the grid behind them or something?

marble drift
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and sprint is important enough to have its own button

plain python
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I bind it to ` button

slate arrow
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@agile night hold shift

marble drift
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so. peleton sits where your macro is.

agile night
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ah perfect thanks

plain python
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I think I need a /wait 1 for Peloton to cast if it is used after /autorun

marble drift
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or just don't macro it.

jade quartz
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why use autorun

marble drift
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macros are generally super clunky

plain python
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why not? 😮

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instead press autorun button and peloton, it is just one button now.

jade quartz
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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

plain python
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well, not me then 😮

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people always run ahead of me so I just tag along with autorun

marble drift
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yeah but why macro it.

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when its hotkeyed.

plain python
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cuz I can cast sprint and peloton when I fall far behind?

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I'm not yet in any content that requires sprint to be used to deal with

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so I can just waste it for a while

jade quartz
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Bind sprint separately

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but apart from that autorun+peloton is fine

plain python
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uh huh

jade quartz
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I don't understand how you could deal with the jank of having autorun on and having it macroed

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but it doesn't hurt you

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plain python
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I guess I find a comfort spot somehow 😛

marble drift
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Its probably better to build good habits with unmacro'd things

empty thicket
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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?

marble drift
jade quartz
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Do the main quest msq

marble drift
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those ones.

jade quartz
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ignore sidequests sidequest

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They aren't good for exp

empty thicket
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Oh, only that, then?

marble drift
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Blue quests are good too bluequest

jade quartz
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Do blue+ quests though bluequest

empty thicket
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Nice

jade quartz
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they unlock content or features

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though you don't have to do every single "So You Want To Be (X class)" one

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those are just to unlock (X class) if you want to play them

empty thicket
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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?

marble drift
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You'll need to be capped for that.

jade quartz
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Get gear appropriate for your job that has the highest item level.

lost grove
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Would a macro for dp be good or bad cuz I'm debating on making one?

jade quartz
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Gearing is vertical progression.

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A macro for what?

empty thicket
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I c

lost grove
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Dance Partner

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Lol

empty thicket
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It helped alot already guys

marble drift
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nah.

empty thicket
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Ty

jade quartz
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You press it once per encounter...

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probably better to actually make a discerning choice who you put it on 👀

marble drift
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you could maybe put it on someone else in a pinch?

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but thats no good for macros either

lost grove
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Who would be best tho

jade quartz
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One of the selfish DPS jobs

marble drift
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Balance says:

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  1. SAM
  2. MNK
  3. NIN
  4. BLM
  5. SMN
  6. DRG / RDM
  7. MCH
  8. BRD
  9. DNC
gritty oracle
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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.

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My macro is just casting dance partner on my target and /p <t>, shall we dance? because I'm cheesy like that

lost grove
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Ok

jade quartz
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You can't make a macro automatically discern which job to put partner on.

marble drift
#

yeah. you'll have to remember that order

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or base it on performance/preference.

jade quartz
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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 haha

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unless you reordered your whole party list preferences

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to something really cursed and awful

marble drift
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and even then it would always be the last dps. which could be awful

lost grove
#

Lol on ps4 that's why I wanted to make one cuz tired of pressing the button

marble drift
#

swap to kb+m?

lost grove
#

Tru but then I'm use to controller

analog gate
#

you only press it like once per instance tho?

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might as well manually select

fair crescent
#

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?

lost grove
#

Not if they die

acoustic wadi
#

Any controller players that can help me with some questions?

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grim carbon
#

Can you solo low level dungeons to make it go faster?

outer plank
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@acoustic wadi with what?

faint flare
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If you're high level with gear you can solo dungeons

grim carbon
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How do I do it

faint flare
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Duty finder settings > turn on Undersized party

grim carbon
#

I just need to kill a few things for my hunting log :)

acoustic wadi
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@outer plank how do I change WXHB between jobs

faint flare
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The cog at the top of the duty finder

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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

grim carbon
#

Thanks!

outer plank
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@acoustic wadi basically make sure that the wxhb you're using, isn't being shared

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so if you're wxhb is on 8

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make sure the box is unchecked

acoustic wadi
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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

outer plank
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just make sure the crosshot bar to what ever isn't being shared, then you can individually change the skills out

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or do you mean

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like having a button to change jobs?

acoustic wadi
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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

outer plank
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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

gritty oracle
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Sounds like top row is set to shared, don't know much about xhb

acoustic wadi
#

Okay that makes sense thanks a lot!

outer plank
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@acoustic wadi so yeah it sounds like its still being shared, go to character config > hotbar settings > custom and screen shot it

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i just wanna see

heady knot
#

so far i only lvl whm

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should i do some discples of hand and land

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tbh not sure where to start which stuff is most useful

little swift
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You dont have to if you don't want to

heady knot
#

ok

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just wonderint would it be useful for gear and stuff

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outer plank
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@heady knot only at the start of every other patch cycle if you're REALLY into progging

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but if you're not even close to that point

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don't bother

heady knot
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ok lol

faint flare
#

It is nice QoL being able to self repair and meld anywhere

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So there's that

heady knot
#

ye eventually wann do it

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prob just for that

faint flare
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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

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Just need to cover the gear aspect really to make the receipes

heady knot
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dont know any of that means will look inot later thanks tho

cedar compass
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Does pentamelded gear sell on patch day

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Or should I just sell the gear without melding

dense stratus
#

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?

faint flare
#

You only need to buy Shadowbringers to own everything

warped nest
#

You can just buy Shadowbringers

faint flare
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If you already have Arr and hw

warped nest
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Shadowbringers includes Stormblood

dense stratus
#

oh sweet!

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thanks

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patent knoll
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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

faint flare
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Your Craftsmanship and control stats

patent knoll
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Ohh

faint flare
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You talk to Potkin to see what they want, then you look in your crafting log for the mats

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The items are gathered in the diadem, which is the tent left of the Skybuilder board

patent knoll
#

Ohh ok

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Tysm

leaden ginkgo
#

Does it mean PoTD floors 50-60 for each run, or what?

obsidian patio
#

Yes

leaden ginkgo
#

God, this is so repetitive, how do you guys keep from going insane when leveling DPS jobs off PoTD

obsidian patio
#

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

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:)))

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Honestly I never enjoyed leveling through POTD

leaden ginkgo
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That's what I'm doing atm, I'm on my 12th run right now

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And I can feel my sanity slipping

obsidian patio
#

I usually just settle with the daily roulettes and dungeon spam

leaden ginkgo
#

And the best part is, I still have 27 runs to do after this one

obsidian patio
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And watch videos or craft while in queue

elder sinew
#

It only felt worth doing if you have Road to 70 buff

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1-2 levels each run

leaden ginkgo
#

The shit thing about it is thats literally the only buff that effects it

abstract veldt
#

What are some ways I could make like 500-600k gil since I need it to buy the lvl 80 set ?

leaden ginkgo
#

Food doesn't, the earing or ring doesn't, etc.

obsidian patio
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@abstract veldt grind level 80 dungeons and roulettes for Phanta to spend on tomestone materials to sell on the market board

leaden ginkgo
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You'd need at least 5k tomes for that, at least on my server

abstract veldt
#

all right thanks

obsidian patio
#

You can always wait for 5.4 to make absolute bank off the tomestone materials that come out then

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Week 1 prices for those can easily be 10k per material

leaden ginkgo
#

Sounds about right

elder sinew
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Ironically most of my gil I made from PotD

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Have to get to floor 151+ to get the good loot to sell though

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Regular glamours from there sell for ~100-200k ea, then there's the whistle for 12mil

obsidian patio
#

Sometimes 1-50 can be surprisingly good

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The thavnarian glamour set can sell well

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willow kayak
#

if i demolish my house myself will i get anything refunded or do i have to let autodemolish get rid of it

obsidian patio
#

You need to let the automatic demolition happen to get part of the Gil spent back

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Otherwise demolishing and relinquishing the plot refunds you nothing