questions-and-help

[obsidian patio]

And like Kat said, the previous expansion relics are basically only for glamour at this point

If you’re just wanting an effective weapon the Poetics weapons (Ironworks/Shire/Scaevan) are just as good as the final steps for the relics for vastly less effort

[fast talon]

Completely subjective but I think the Eureka ones look way worse than Anima. Some of the Eureka ones get worse the more you progress them.

[leaden ginkgo]

Yeah I'm just trying to get it because it goes up to 500ilvl

[twilit karma]

I agree, I was let down overall w/ the Eureka weapons. Would disagree with the ARR being not worth it, glam is ALWAYS worth it 😛

And some of those are still some of the best looking weapons imo. Esp Nirvana Zeta

[fast talon]

Does anyone know if a Botanist retainer can gather Dzemeal Tomato Seeds and how many they gather per venture? I kinda want to swap one of my retainers for Botany to get seeds for gardening but if they can only get one every hour I might as well just do it myself.

[true flower]

when youre in a party is fate contribution shared?

for example if im a blu who is going crazy on something before someone else in my party can hit it, will they potentially get silver?

[warm snow]

No

I don't think so floe

[mortal ibex]

hm, I just got my job stone for NIN, but when I equip it all my ability positions get switched around. Is there a way to have it retain my hotbar setup from Rogue?

[twilit karma]

It is shared but there is some kind of min contribution because I've gotten silver while in a party because I arrived late

And the party was doing work

[warm snow]

@fast talon lv50 botanist

[fast talon]

/hotbar copy rog 1 nin 1

iirc

[warped nest]

@mortal ibex /hotbar copy rog 1 nin 1

[warm snow]

Fuck!

[fast talon]

do you know how many they get per venture?

[warm snow]

That's a thing that exists!?

[fast talon]

yes

[warm snow]

I've been redoing manually for like 4jobs now

[fast talon]

i use it on my crafters as well to make them all uniform, since all crafter skills share the same names

[warped nest]

It is not that many buttons to reassign, to be fair

[leaden ginkgo]

wtf that command exists? thanks a lot haha

yeah it’s not alot but it’s tedious having to manually do them

[warm snow]

1

And it's a 1 hour venture

[fast talon]

okay, i might as well just gather it myself

not interested undoing my lvl 55 combat retainer to grind them up again

[warm snow]

Iirc it's a timed gathering location for those

[twilit arch]

3, 6, or 9

[fast talon]

Yeah but it also spawns every hour anyway which is how long a venture would take

[twilit arch]

that's for non seeds

[fast talon]

Seeds are always 1?

[twilit arch]

seeds are always 1, yes

[fast talon]

Alright. Thanks.

[twilit arch]

and yeah they are a timed node

[fast talon]

Explains why seeds are so expensive on the market

[twilit arch]

1pm in eastern la noscea

[mortal ibex]

@fast talon @warped nest thanks, got it working!

[leaden ginkgo]

...How do I get to The Prima Vista 😬

[twilit karma]

There's like a dock area in Kugane, across the bridge. There's an NPC you talk to and they'll teleport you there

[leaden ginkgo]

I found an airship landing but the npc tells me its for arrivals

[warm snow]

You can also use aetheryte to get to the airshop landing

[twilit arch]

not for the prima vista

[warm snow]

You might not have unlocked the prima vista yet, in which case check for blue quests in kugane

[leaden ginkgo]

Oh is it a blue quest thing?

Oops

[warm snow]

You can get to the prima vista from the airship landing

[twilit arch]

Shuttle Pilot should take you to the prima vista

[lyric garden]

how do i level up without main quest?

I'm like lvl 16 but my main quest needs level 20

[agile night]

are there any relatively easy to obtain small mounts? I find myself thinking more about how to see around the mount than what they look like. like when gathering stuff, or flying into a building.

[silver ruin]

something wrong with the chocobo ? thats one of the smaller mounts

[agile night]

also period, at 16 you can start running dungeons, those are great for exp

[silver ruin]

^is your option at this point @lyric garden im not sure how your msq is lv 20 and you're at 16, unless you swapped classes, but dungeon spam is the main way to catch up

[tribal bridge]

Hunting log is also pretty good sub-20.

[agile night]

before that, maybe levequests and hunting log

[leaden ginkgo]

what are rowena tokens for?

[silver ruin]

crafting master books

[leaden ginkgo]

so far i only see you can exchange for some primal gears, but I already got the augmented ironworks gears

[twilit arch]

basically the items that can be bought with those tokens are strictly glamour purposes now

[lyric garden]

nvm

[leaden ginkgo]

oh okay

[lyric garden]

it says fancy shoes

how do i get fancy cloths?

[leaden ginkgo]

also how do you get primal gears (shiva?)

[twilit arch]

by doing Shiva Extreme

[lyric garden]

omg i figured it out nvm im dub

[leaden ginkgo]

haven't unlocked that yet

[lyric garden]

dumb* oop

[leaden ginkgo]

ok thanks

So Gerolts and ironworks gears worth the same but the latter ones are stronger?

[twilit arch]

ironworks is the best set of gear you can get from ARR

[honest anvil]

what’s the command to share a hunt mark’s coordinates with everyone (in the current area?!)

[leaden ginkgo]

and i guess gerolts are for glamour as well?

[twilit arch]

yeah

[leaden ginkgo]

kk

[twilit karma]

/sh <t> <pos>

Assuming you're at the mark's location and targeting it

[leaden ginkgo]

didn't see your msg earlier

[twilit karma]

That'll give coordinates with the name of the mark

[silver ruin]

np, i think iwas thinking of something else

[leaden ginkgo]

so should I save the tokens? @ lycilla

[silver ruin]

theres a similar item with a similar name that i was thinking of

[leaden ginkgo]

nvm then

[silver ruin]

kael got it right for what you were talking about lol

[honest anvil]

and that gives coordinates to everyone in the area ye?

[twilit karma]

Yes, the /sh is a "shout" so it goes to everyone in the zone

[leaden ginkgo]

this community is awesome compare to other channels

[twilit arch]

you're not entirely wrong tho lycilla

[leaden ginkgo]

you guys are so nice

[twilit arch]

since its Rowena's Token (XX)

for other items

[silver ruin]

yea i was thinking of rowenas token of folklore lmao

[honest anvil]

What if i want to travel to big cities to alert people too?

[twilit arch]

but the ones called Rowena's token is specifically for the glamour stuff

[silver ruin]

my brain is crafting mode still

[twilit arch]

too many things named similarly :d

[silver ruin]

press the up key on your keyboard in teh chat and it'll repeat your last message

and inform them of whatever you said

including coords

thats def true kael

[fallen niche]

So is there any quick way of going to the Doman Enclave or do I just need to travel to namai, then fly to the ferry, etc. etc.

[silver ruin]

uh

[honest anvil]

there’s an aetheryte there

[silver ruin]

there should be an aetheryte there

[fallen niche]

Can't travel to it.

It's fake.

[silver ruin]

no its not

i can port to it, idk if you have to do something to unlock it but its real

[twilit arch]

use your teleport list to teleport to it

instead of trying to click on it via the map

[fallen niche]

Ah.

thanks.

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[brave sky]

I heard you get a Fantasia from the msq. If so, at what point do you get it?

[remote lintel]

after you beat base ARR

[twilit arch]

from the lvl 50 main scenario quest "The Ultimate Weapon"

[brave sky]

Hmm ok, and it would just be in my inventory right?

[warped nest]

Yes

[twilit arch]

did you do the side quest "passion for fashion"?

Then that would be why, you need to do the side quest to unlock fashion report

[crisp mural]

When you get 2 exclamation marks when you deal damage is that you getting a dhit and a crit?

[twilit arch]

ye

[hexed flower]

land multiple dcrits in a row feels nice

[teal dragon]

is dragonsong questline included in the free trial?

[jade quartz]

yes

[teal dragon]

nice

also do you need to finish dragon song to go to stormblood?

[hexed flower]

yep

[teal dragon]

noooooo

[hexed flower]

post expansion quests are part of msq

[teal dragon]

welp means more content to be done

[twilit arch]

the main scenario quest is basically one long quest chain

there is no skipping it, outside of buying the main scenario skip potions from the mogstation

[hexed flower]

yeah, dragon song war story is pretty good

get some conclusions and shit

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[fast talon]

Yeah HW+Dragonsong was a blast. Going through SB right now and it's honestly not as good but still better than like half of ARR.

[ashen pendant]

Hey, so I heard Bozjan gear has largely replaced the need for Edenchoir armor hunting?

[faint flare]

Savage gear is still superior

Except tank helms cause tank helms are garbo this tier

It doesn't matter in like 2 weeks anyway

[ashen pendant]

Why?

[faint flare]

Patch

New gear tier

[hexed flower]

yeah, max ilvl increase next week

[ashen pendant]

hmmm so i guess bozjan is pretty good filler for the time being? I've never done Eden Savage raids

[faint flare]

Yes, its the quickest gear to get

Provided you have it unlocked

Best gear outside of weekly locks

[ashen pendant]

Crystarium and YorHa?

[faint flare]

Both weekly locked

[outer plank]

@ashen pendant its good for getting 495 ilv gear once you get past lv 10 and do castrum.

[faint flare]

Augmented Crystarium is best outside savage

[ashen pendant]

ik, but that's what you're referencing right?

[faint flare]

Yes

[outer plank]

use bozja to level old jobs 71-80

get coins

spend them on your alts

to gear them up for next patch\

essentially

@ashen pendant

[ashen pendant]

coins are only from castrum right?

[faint flare]

No

Fates and CEs drop them now

After clearing castrum and turning in the quest

[ashen pendant]

Oh ok, i did that

so i guess i can just farm fates

i guess it's this reason why castrum is a bit harder to fill up?

[faint flare]

Yes

[ashen pendant]

hmmmm ok, noted

[storm galleon]

guys, i can't seem to use water cannon with blue mage

[hexed flower]

did you equip it?

or unequip it?

[storm galleon]

yes i do

i am now blue mage, i have the stone equip

or am i missing something

oh okay

i realize i have yet to equip the spell in the blue mage book

[gloomy mortar]

Are there any dungeons/trials unlocked after ‘Hopes Confluence’? Thinking of saving the end of 5.3 until later and looking for a place to stop

[jade quartz]

After the Seat of Sacrifice? No

[gloomy mortar]

Should I be hoarding Tomes of Allegory and/or Nuts until 5.4 or is it unnecessary because there will be new Tomes which buy better gear than Crystarium?

[twilit karma]

There will be new tomes but Allegory will be useful still for the mats to make the new crafted gear

Even if you're not a crafter, they'll be in demand so you can make some gil from them

[gloomy mortar]

What tomes will buy the old mats used for Neo-Ishgardian?

[twilit arch]

allegory

[gloomy mortar]

When do Itenerant Moogles appear?

[worthy basin]

you should be capping your allegory's because probably you can buy off the mats for the next crafted gear using that

[twilit arch]

when there's a treasure trove active

[plain python]

it said you need 6,400 soldiery for zodiac. I assume they are poetic now?

[twilit arch]

yes

[worthy basin]

fastest way to farm poetics is ARF right? except DR?

[plain python]

is it the lv60 dungeon?

[twilit arch]

eureka and sb hunt trains are also really good for poetics

[lyric garden]

can you quest the whole game solo?

or do you need a friend?

[twilit arch]

but yeah if you're going to farm a dungeon for poetics, after roulettes, ARF or keeper of the lake/baelsar's wall/ghimlyt dark

the main scenario quest is largely done solo

though there are dungeons/trials that you are required to do, but you can get groups for those easily via the duty finder

[gloomy mortar]

ARF =???

[worthy basin]

aetherochemical blahblah

[twilit arch]

aetherochmerical research facility

[slate arrow]

The first level 60 Heavensward dungeon

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[jovial tide]

Is kiting a common strategy for pug runs where the healer isn't keeping up, you've already popped your potion but at the rate it's going you're likely going to die before enough of the pull gets killed off for healing to stablize?

By keeping up I mean in terms of healing output vs damage taken

Not in terms of running ahead of everyone else

[lyric garden]

how do i level up from 5 to 15?

its super hard finding side quest for me

and I don't have any msq

[honest anvil]

you shouldnt have to do kiting ever

If the healer cant keep up then just pull less

[jovial tide]

In the context of that first pull to see if they can keep up to begin with

[honest anvil]

and kiting makes all magic casters hate you

[worthy basin]

fates

and the hunting log

[honest anvil]

@lyric garden hunting log

[slate arrow]

Kiting really isn't a thing in this game

[honest anvil]

in that case i think just do what you must to clear those mobs then adjust later. They’ll die before you know it anw ...

[vestal needle]

is there a efficiency guide for levequest?>

[lyric garden]

fates are really hard for me

[slate arrow]

only for Crafters, really

[lyric garden]

how do i know if someone is also doing the fate?

so im not alone

[worthy basin]

you still don't have your companion chocobo?

[vestal needle]

aww man

[lyric garden]

i don't

well idk

what that is

[honest anvil]

do hunting log, you’ll get to 15 soon enough

[jovial tide]

I admit it doesn't work as well as other games when there's a bunch of ranged/magic mobs in the pack but it's gotten me out of bad heals on the first pull to test the healer

Though like you said the DPS sometimes give a 'wtf' sort of reaction if I have to resort to that

Better than wiping

[slate arrow]

because positionals suck ass and server ticks don't help

[remote lintel]

why test the healer when you can just ask

[slate arrow]

It's usually in your best interest to hold the pack still, unless you mean running around in roughly the same place

[honest anvil]

if it’s really that bad first pull, pop your invul then adjust

[twilit arch]

leves are still very good for gatherers

[jovial tide]

Most of the bad heals are in those < lv32 dungeons

I don't have an invul

[remote lintel]

because people are generally new

[lyric garden]

is shadow bringers monthly?

I just buy shadow and than pay the reg sub right?

[remote lintel]

yes

[worthy basin]

yeah you pay the reg sub

[remote lintel]

and the base game

[honest anvil]

and less than lv32, the healers dont have that many options to keep up ... they can but it’s harder for non veterans

scholar dont even have adlo psure

[remote lintel]

its lvl 30

[worthy basin]

and spamming adlo can drain your mana so quickly

assuming level 30, sch doesn't have af yet

[jovial tide]

I'm not pulling off impossible pulls, it's worked out quite well so long as the healer is experienced and doesn't panic

But yea it's on the more extreme side

[remote lintel]

why dont you ask the healer what pulls they want

[jovial tide]

I've had a bad experience with communicating pulls the first 2-3 times so now I generally just shut up and go with the flow

[remote lintel]

but healers have different flows

[jovial tide]

Basically

[remote lintel]

what do you mean you had a bad experience

[jovial tide]

The guy who says wall to wall can't keep up, and the one who says I'm not sure surprisingly pulled it off pretty well

So essentially I can't be sure of anything the healer says

It's not reflective of their actual performance

[slate arrow]

you should ask anyways

¯_(ツ)_/¯

can't hurt

[remote lintel]

i assume most people who say wall to wall will actually know their skills

and not be like that guy

[slate arrow]

unless they say no, wall2wall is viable and always okay

this is a multiplayer game you're going to have to communicate eventually

and later dungeons are designed to be pulled wall2wall

[remote lintel]

screams in holminster switch

[slate arrow]

most of the time, anyways.

[jovial tide]

So let's assume the worst case scenario that performance doesn't match up with actual pull size request, am I the asshole for flipping on dash kiting in a circle at <25% hp?

It's saved my ass more than once that's all I know

[halcyon glen]

It’s not fun for the healers

[remote lintel]

just take the L and die

and get rezzed

[halcyon glen]

^

[remote lintel]

its easier for everyone

[worthy basin]

kiting the mobs and one of the dps is a monk. kekw

[jovial tide]

I was always under the impression that it works decently well with at least one bard and if I get into my groove I can spam overpower while I kite anyway

[halcyon glen]

While you might live a little longer due to kiting, it’s slower in the end because it makes the rest of the party’s jobs harder

[jovial tide]

Curious you should say it's not fun for healers, how so?

[halcyon glen]

Heals have range

[jovial tide]

I don't know of any directional healing

[halcyon glen]

And I can’t heal while chasing my tank in circles

[jovial tide]

The radius for that was 30 yalms right?

[halcyon glen]

But it’s more for the DPS

[remote lintel]

in that scenario i can imagine

1. spinning the mobs causes aoes to point everywhere and forces people to move away
2. the melees cant hit their positionals
3. you potentially move out of ground heals
4. everyone wonders wtf youre doing

[halcyon glen]

Especially melee

1 and 3 are healer problems

[warped nest]

Short answer: don't kite and waste everyone else's time

[worthy basin]

or the dps doesn't have their aoes yet

example: dragoons

[halcyon glen]

You leave my asylum I no longer care enough to keep you alive

[remote lintel]

all dps have at least 1 aoe at that point

unless its like the very beginning dungeons

[patent citrus]

yeh, lower level dungeon sometimes have a really long wall to wall -_-

[warped nest]

Don't forget branching path or semi open rooms

[patent citrus]

sometimes people just do wall to wall just because "people told me it's normal"

without understanding how and when people should do it

[remote lintel]

as a general rule i do like 3 groups and stop

its not too hard but also doesnt take too long

[halcyon glen]

Once you’ve ranked a dungeon a couple times you also get a better sense where you can pull more

Like, don’t triple pull Bardams lmao

[worthy basin]

bardams + shire gear

[remote lintel]

i can confirm wall to wall bardams is gonna clench some assholes

[halcyon glen]

@green pagoda the OO server is a few doors down 😛

[worthy basin]

also in AV, if the tank is new and just run straight to the first room.

[remote lintel]

https://tenor.com/view/hide-the-pain-harold-gif-10575677

[green pagoda]

@halcyon glen :x

[lyric garden]

how I can do a lvl 7-8 quest as a lvl 5 but not a lvl 10?

it says

"lvl 10 needed"

[remote lintel]

what quest

[vast cedar]

hey so i'm a returning player, haven't played since stormblood.
How am I supposed to progress through the main story when it has me doing these dungrons that no one is queueing up for? I've been in queue for over an hour.

[green grail]

they're all in different roulettes, so while people are not queueing specifically for them, they'll still get matched with you so you can progress

[vast cedar]

nevermind. i changed my language and the queue instant popped...

i forgot im playing on JP and i havent played since new PC. so my settings reset lol

[remote lintel]

thatll do it

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[fickle crow]

Does it help for this game if i have another keyboard set just for macro? Like the razer tartarus pro

I find it pretty annoying to have to reach so far for a skill when i play dps and tank

[remote lintel]

a lot of people use 12345, qert, f, zxcv along with shift+12345, etc

[worthy basin]

1234qerfcxz, then shift and alt is my modifier.

[patent citrus]

you need to enable all languages since you are playing in JP server

either way i can help you queue if you can tell me in-game (i'm online)

[fickle crow]

I was thinking of buying the tartarus just so i get a separate keypad for macros and movement

[remote lintel]

like

in game macros?

[fickle crow]

Yes

In game macros for skills

[remote lintel]

why do you need that many

[fickle crow]

Honestly i dont need that much

Its just because thats the only separate keypad i find with a joystick at the side

Which can be used for movement

[remote lintel]

it comes down to personal preference

[worthy basin]

but take note that a tartarus is pretty big (long) and you might not reach the top keys of the tartarus.

[fickle crow]

Have you used it before?

[worthy basin]

my fc mates used it, he regretted it a bit after.

[fickle crow]

I mean if it's rather long i can just set the ones nearer

Oh

[worthy basin]

might as well buy a mmo mouse than that

[fickle crow]

Mmo mouse?

[worthy basin]

yes, like a naga or a g600s

[fickle crow]

I'l look into that

Might help with me constantly mis clicking enemies to friendly and mispressing skill

[regal summit]

you can use tab so target enemies

or if youve rebinded it whatever you rebinded it to

[patent citrus]

anyone konws how to use market to search for hq items?

[remote lintel]

dont believe you can search for them directly

[patent citrus]

ok ty ty

[strong dove]

i need a little advice

i just finished stormblood. needless to say, it was already a bit of a drag. i appreciated the story but holy heck the gameplay was boring. so im not really too keen on doing another 10-20 hours of post expansion quests. would it be worthwhile to buy the skip, watch all of the cutscenes, and jump right into shadowbringers at this point?

[remote lintel]

imo no

[little swift]

you're not really skipping that much content

i don't think its worth the cost

becasue you're still buying the most expensive skip

[remote lintel]

post stormblood was better than stormblood tbh

[little swift]

but now for the least amount of content

[remote lintel]

theres a lot that goes on

[little swift]

plus post sb sets up shb

[strong dove]

yeah i get how the post expansions set up. i was just wondering if it was just as tedious

[remote lintel]

no because the story is better

also has one of the most interesting trials

[strong dove]

sounds good, thanks

was really sitting and debating dropping $25 on 40 quests

[upper temple]

Hi, I thing i change how items display from NPC. Can anyone tell me how display normal, alpabetical or other? I mean the order how I see items from a npc seller, for example

[green grail]

you can't change the order of items at a vendor, it's the same for everyone

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[upper temple]

Not items, i mean how displayed

Alphabetical or another method

[plain python]

the 1,600 tome stone per quest for Zodiac weapon is to buy materials, or to pay directly to hte quest?

[slate arrow]

to buy something which lets you get the materials, I assume

depends on what step

there's a lot of them

[plain python]

my tome cap again, so I wonder if I can buy anything to deplete it

[timid lichen]

Hello everyone ! I'm not sure this is the right place to ask, so I apologize if it's a mistake to ask there, but... do you know where I could find Triple Triad pro players ? People accustomed to be ranked in the first places in every TT turnaments ? I'd like to ask them a few questions and tips that Google and Reddit didn't answer me about...

[worthy basin]

thavnairian scalepowder

you can use that when getting the resistance weapons

or poetics gear for your future alt job

[patent citrus]

i always exchanged mine to topsoil

[slate arrow]

I was going to bring up #gold_saucer but I forgot that channel went byebye a while ago. whoops.

[patent citrus]

i got like 1k+ poetics each day from leveling my low level alt

lv 64 fsh, should i keep doing levequest in kugane?

[slate arrow]

Yes. That or ocean fishing

[patent citrus]

ok ty ty

[slate arrow]

iirc the next ocean fishing boat leaves in like 5 mins

wait no, daylight savings threw me off

[patent citrus]

oo it's every 30 mins right?

[slate arrow]

every 2 hours

[twilit arch]

2hrs

[patent citrus]

or is it every 2 hours?

ok ty ty

[thorny knoll]

has there been any research done on the avg ev or % drop chances of quick exploration ventures?

[lyric garden]

i forgot but it was in grindihea

or whatever its called LOL

[slate arrow]

If there has been, I don't think it's up to date.

[lyric garden]

any lvl can accept any lvl request right?

[slate arrow]

The loot pool is too wide to determine exact rates anyways nowdays

[lyric garden]

as long as its not main?

[thorny knoll]

im trying to determine whether quick exp vs mats is better for gil

[slate arrow]

Always materials, assuming you have crafters leveled.

Quick ventures extremely rarely ever bring back something worthwhile

while with materials you can almost always craft something that sells for a lot, if you know what to go for.

[twilit arch]

even without crafters leveled, materials are more likely to be consistent in gil generation

than quick ventures

[slate arrow]

If you mean levequest, combat ones yes, crafter/gatherer ones no

[lyric garden]

o

can a level 8 accept a lvl 10 one?

[slate arrow]

yes, but you'll get a small penalty if your level is outside the recommended range (current level up to +5, roughly)

[manic sentinel]

currently trying to redownload and instal ff client. but when I login with my account it says that it's wrong. the heck

[slate arrow]

Free Trial or Full Game/Steam

[manic sentinel]

Fullgame

[twilit arch]

can you log into the mogstation

[manic sentinel]

coming back for the new patch

[slate arrow]

yes, but which

[manic sentinel]

Full game

not through steam

and yes, I can login into the mog

[slate arrow]

NA, EU, or JP

[manic sentinel]

EU

[slate arrow]

https://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/playersdownload/eu/

And did you resub?

You cannot download without an active subscription.

[manic sentinel]

Wait apparently they sent me an email requesting me to change my pass hmm

[lyric garden]

wait whats the penalty?

of it being outside the lvl range?

[slate arrow]

Reduced EXP rewards, mainly

[lyric garden]

oh no D;

[manic sentinel]

all fixed now, thank you very much!

[lyric garden]

my quest says

[slate arrow]

Activate the levequest, I assume?

[lyric garden]

"you cannot complete the quest until the following conditions are met"

and its lvl 14

[slate arrow]

Levequest or sidequest

[lyric garden]

sidequest?

how do I tell

its a quest

side quest

[slate arrow]

and

if it's cards, its a levequest

[lyric garden]

its the first one

[slate arrow]

Sidequests you can pick up before you're supposed to but you can't turn it in until you're at the correct level

[lyric garden]

o

so I get the blue ones?

and I can turn them in?

[slate arrow]

Blue ones are the same, they just happen to have useful rewards behind them (like Aether Currents or other stuff like the Challenge Log)

[lyric garden]

aw theres no lvl 8 quest in my area

what do I do?

[slate arrow]

Go and do a FATE or two

[lyric garden]

oki

[slate arrow]

at that low level you'll easily get a level or two

[lyric garden]

can i do a lvl 10 at a lvl 8?

[slate arrow]

FATES yes

[leaden ginkgo]

fastest way to farm light for anima wep?

should i solo alexander savage unsync

or duo

[lyric garden]

what about a lvl 13 fate?

[slate arrow]

alexander savage in PF, otherwise one of the level 50 dungeons since Alexander still slaps hard and you can't really survive if you're not a PLD or RDM

[slate arrow]

FATE are free game, it's only sidequests which are level locked

[leaden ginkgo]

do you have to use the weapon in the fight

or can we equip after

[slate arrow]

use it during

Light is granted when the instance is cleared

[leaden ginkgo]

kk

[lyric garden]

I got beat dafaq up

💀

IMAO

they kinda make it hard to level without main quest

or especially for new players or sum

[slate arrow]

Do your hunting log

[lyric garden]

i did it all

[slate arrow]

Don't chase stuff way over your level

Killing mobs is also effective until ~10 or so

[agile night]

I heard earlier it's possible to change worlds. is that a valid way to search for the fate I want?

[slate arrow]

No, FATE respawn timers are short enough they aren't worth chasing, while big/long respawn fates you're better off using something like a hunt discord

[timid lichen]

Nevermind so Q_Q. But thank you very much for answering ! I will keep searching.

[leaden ginkgo]

so i was able to duo A1S

think we should just spam it?

took 3 min

or are there better alternatives

[slate arrow]

A9S is significantly better for light generation assuming you have at least one tank and one healer

And a few DPS

[leaden ginkgo]

what makes it better?

just gives more points?

[lyric garden]

is the game going on sale for christmas?

[patent citrus]

it's on sale now right? 🤔

[leaden ginkgo]

sadly we're both dps so probably cant unsync a9s

[slate arrow]

One second, trying to fight the light generation chart

[lyric garden]

ik but wouldn't it be better to

play the trail to 60 than buy the game

[patent citrus]

well you can activate later

[lyric garden]

oh?

[patent citrus]

it doesn't start as soon as you purchase

yeh, if you purchase you will get a game code, keep that code until you are ready to activate it

[slate arrow]

This only applies for PC standalone

[ember moth]

I'm at a rowenas traveling vendor merchant and it says I don't have enough cracked planiclusters to make an exchange yet I have a bunch in my inventory

[slate arrow]

PC Steam and PS4 redeem on purchase

[ember moth]

Any idea what might cause this?

[patent citrus]

oh really??

good to know

[slate arrow]

Wrong kind?

[lyric garden]

oh well

is there gonna be a christmas sale?

[worthy basin]

a1s is much safer though, i had bad encounters with a9s. at least for me though.

[slate arrow]

We don't know. Probably, but only for Standalone and PS4

[ember moth]

@slate arrow I'm trying to trade the cracked planiclusters for the VII materia..

[little swift]

Just put a pf up for 9s

[ember moth]

It's the right kind so no idea

[lyric garden]

standalone?

[slate arrow]

A9S with a few people only takes like a minute per run

@lyric garden there's 4 licenses you can get

[lyric garden]

girlllll

[ember moth]

Is there a level requirement?

[slate arrow]

PC/Steam (yes, there's a difference), Mac, and PS4

[lyric garden]

do I get them all?

aha nvm

oop

[slate arrow]

no, you only need one + the expansion

[lyric garden]

oki

[slate arrow]

You cannot hop between Standalone and Steam so make sure you know which one you want

[lyric garden]

I would but

I still have no idea what this game is about

i've just been wandering and doing quest idk

[slate arrow]

Have you been doing the MSQ

this is a Final Fantasy game first in an MMO framework

[lyric garden]

yes

I don't play mmos LOL

[slate arrow]

So just keep doing the MSQ and keep your gear up to date

[scarlet sandal]

story is kinda slow goes no where for a bit at the start

[lyric garden]

first mmo besides wizard101 in like 2010

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[scarlet sandal]

have you played final fantasy games before

[slate arrow]

You can only exchange for 7 and 8 materia in The Shadowbringers zones

[lyric garden]

no

i don't really play anything

at all

[worthy basin]

you can do it! this is my first ff game though, it's been tough and you can ask anywhere (reddit or here).

[ember moth]

@slate arrow it let me exchange Stella clusters for 8 but won't let me exchange for the 7

I wonder if I have to be 80 to do that

[slate arrow]

What's the exact item name

The clusters, not the materia

[ember moth]

Cracked Planicluster

[obsidian patio]

FFXIV is pretty new player friendly in terms of MMOs.

[ember moth]

It let me exchange Cracked Stellacluster with no issues

[lyric garden]

yea its fun ^^ i just have no idea what i'm doing

constantly

IMAO

[obsidian patio]

For my own personal experience, my last “real” MMO was RuneScape

[worthy basin]

@ember moth you can trade it through the sundry's splendors in the 3 big cities

[slate arrow]

Try relighting but otherwise I don't know what's going on

It just sounds like you're mistaking the item for a different cluster

[worthy basin]

or in kugane and ishgard

[ember moth]

Definitely not

[slate arrow]

... that's crafting materia.

[ember moth]

Yeah I'm on a culinarian

[worthy basin]

cluster and crystal is different though

[slate arrow]

You can't get crafting materia with clusters

[worthy basin]

you need planiCRYSTAL not planiCLUSTER

oops

[ember moth]

Oh sorry it's doing it on battle class too though

Which is why I'm wondering if it's level capped

[worthy basin]

you can always see it on the description "combat-based materias"

[ember moth]

Just switched to another class cause I was trying to see if it would still do it

But it's doing the same thing on my bard

[slate arrow]

You're exchanging for the wrong kind of materia

Try going for a Heavens Eye 7 or something

[teal dragon]

if i bought the complete edition after playing all of the free trial do i have to download extra stuff?

[slate arrow]

@teal dragon yes

[worthy basin]

iirc yes

[teal dragon]

wait how many gigs?

[slate arrow]

5-6 gigs, mainly zone data and cutscene data

per expansion or combined I'm not sure

[teal dragon]

so like around 18 gis or so mybe???

[slate arrow]

no

you already have stuff like gear and weapons downloaded

I'd say like 15 tops, around 12 or lower probably

[teal dragon]

huh not bad

[lyric garden]

nobodys able to steal fate exp are they?

[slate arrow]

no

[little swift]

Your own reward is based on your contribution to the fatr

Completing fates as a party means your group can accumulate more contribution at once

But going solo works perfectly fine as well

[simple pine]

how does the 24hour patch work? it starts on monday and ends tuesday? or is it all tuesday?

[twilit arch]

starts on monday and ends tuesday

[worthy basin]

monday to tuesday, 2am pst to 2am pst.

[simple pine]

so 10am UTC/GMT for europeans

[worthy basin]

yeah and 6pm/7pm for an asian like me

[simple pine]

thanks

[lyric garden]

wait so partys get more exp?

or

[little swift]

No they don't

Its just easier to earn the gold rating

[lyric garden]

aha

so

if 3 random people are in a fate

is that fate split into 3 exp thingys?

or

[obsidian patio]

EXP isn’t split at all

[little swift]

Your reward is your own

[obsidian patio]

Assuming you get a gold medal for participation, completing it with 1 person gives the same amount as if 50 people did it

[molten fog]

could you back out from a fantasia potion after you right-click and 'use' it?

if you didnt make any edits

will it still be there

[twilit arch]

yes

the option to edit your character will remain until you accept the changes

[regal escarp]

hi i unlocked palace of the dead today, and want to ask if i could get good exp when i run with high level character 6x+, or i should run with low level class for exp?

[obsidian patio]

Palace of the dead stops being good experience past level 60, as that’s when it stops scaling.

[worthy basin]

run HoH

[regal escarp]

thx

[worthy basin]

well you need to unlock the floor 50 of potd before you can unlock hoh

[regal escarp]

oh ty for info. i will try to reach floor 50 first

[mild bloom]

Now that I’ve finished the heal classes I wanted to start getting into a tank classes and was wondering what would be a good start?

[slate arrow]

Gladiator/Marauder

[mild bloom]

Ty

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[mild bloom]

Tryna say marauder a troll...

[outer plank]

ma-raw-der

[mild bloom]

👀

[warm snow]

@mild bloom gladiator become paladin, marauder becomes warrior

[neat bough]

so I bought the game, but I'm still in free trial at the moment. I can just sit on this activation code right? no time limit as to when I use it? also, is mogstation the only place you get to use the activation code? Prolly asked some of the questions before, but I forget and paranoid. lol

[silver ruin]

yes to both

[patent citrus]

yeah

[neat bough]

thank you for your answers

[oblique crypt]

@mild bloom I like paladin. Rotation isn't that hard, but fun

[quasi goblet]

where could i find a blacksmith to craft me something, is there channels for that?

[patent citrus]

tried your novice network? 🤔

[mild bloom]

Can paladin heal itself if needed? Wanna be able to keep myself alive when doing solo stuff

[patent citrus]

I think so..

[worthy basin]

yeah with clemency

[patent citrus]

they are the usual go-to choice in terms of soloing stuff

[mild bloom]

Ty ty

[verbal rune]

Which jobs change a lot after lvl 60?

I know SMN is one

While instead MCH stays pretty static aside upgrades

[open coral]

Most jobs have a big central mechanic change between 60 and 70, and then again at 80.

Or rather, they get a spell or ability at those points which become central to their rotations.

[gaunt raptor]

So I am quite new to the game and done some dungeons 🙂 just wondering is there like a "greed/need" etiquette as or can you just greed everything without any worry lol?

[frank walrus]

greed ahead

[open coral]

You will only be able to "Need" things that your current job can equip, so if someone in your party has that job, they'll have priority as long as they Need on it.

[frank walrus]

if you pick that option you always lose out to people who need

[gaunt raptor]

Ahh okay thanks :)!

[obsidian patio]

Black Mage changes the most drastically at 60, IMO

[open coral]

I was also thinking of BLM as having the biggest 60 change with Enochan

Since that entirely changes your rotation.

[verbal rune]

I see

So they mostly change anyway

Got it

[balmy pond]

Should I continue with the first class I pick as the story goes? Or can I level up other class that I like before moving on to the story? Cause I don't like the lancer right now. Want to be an archer so later on I can easily advance to bard

[agile night]

you can switch if you like

[warped nest]

!faq altlvlguide

[zinc orbit]

Leveling Guide for Alt jobs 🍻

Level 1 to 70 in five days (Stormblood)

[warped nest]

Use this to catch up with your level

[balmy pond]

Is there a way to quickly match my level with my current class? I'm just starting up right now

oh thanks xD

[open coral]

You have to level manually, but you do get a 100% xp buff until you reach the level of your highest level job.

[warped nest]

Don't be shy to drop by again, if you don't understand certain parts of the guide

[open coral]

^

[agile night]

I started with archer. around 30 I tried out several others before settling on lancer myself. At that point it doesn't take long to level others to match

[balmy pond]

I see thank you very much.

[open coral]

My first job was Arcanist. SMN didn't suit me well, and I ended up trying out a bunch of jobs before I finally settled on WHM.

[agile night]

I've been torn lately between my desire to continue the story and wanting to try other classes, so just been going on with dragoon.

[open coral]

You can level other jobs with quests and stuff while you're queued for MSQ dungeons or trial as DRG, since those tend to be longer queues.

It's not as efficient as doing dungeons as the jobs you're leveling, but it is an opportunity to try out other things and continue the story.

[digital tide]

Hi, my game says it needs an update when I try to connect to the server but the launch client isn't updating and just launches the game like normal and repeats

I don't know what to do

[open coral]

PC, Steam, or PS4?

[digital tide]

Steam

[open coral]

Are you running the launcher as administrator?

Oh

Steam

Uhh

Is the Steam client telling you XIV needs an update?

[digital tide]

I'll check

Normally the launch client does it

[open coral]

I'm not as familiar with Steam as I am with the standard PC and PS4 launchers, so that's the only thing I can think of that might be causing a problem.

I just know that sometimes Steam tells me that other games I have need updates before they'll launch correctly.

[digital tide]

Doesn't look like steam thinks there's an update

It doesn't let you launch the game if there's an update

I was playing early today so it's kind of out of nowhere

[open coral]

Yeah. It shouldn't be looping you like that if there's a game update though. I would expect that the game launcher would update the game automatically, since that's what it does for the other versions.

[digital tide]

Yeah I've never seen this message before

Maybe I should message customer support

I'm restarting my pc and if it's still broken I'll send them a ticket

[worthy basin]

drg is pretty cool though

i like the animation

with the blood of the dragon

[digital tide]

Restarting the computer worked -_-

[oblique yew]

is dancer a dps or support?

[bright badger]

Weird question

[green grail]

there's no such thing as support

[bright badger]

What dc is best for savage raiding and/or pcp

[green grail]

it's a ranged dps with a bunch of raid buffs

[worthy basin]

selfless dps

[magic wren]

Hey where do I obtain neo-ishgardian gear?

[bright badger]

Pvp*

[worthy basin]

craft or buy in mb

[bright badger]

@magic wren Marketboard or craft it

[magic wren]

Ah okay thank you!

[woven night]

what are the best type of cordials to get?

[fresh lodge]

Regular cordials are super cheap

But Hi-cordials are the best

[oblique yew]

and is dark knight a tank+dps? or purely tank?

[open coral]

dps who buffs one player constantly, and the party intermittently.

[fresh lodge]

There are no hybrid jobs

[worthy basin]

purely tank

[open coral]

Tank only. XIV is role-locked, not like WoW that has specs.

[fresh lodge]

You're either a full tank, full healer, or full dps

But every role wants to maximize their dps

[oblique yew]

i heard taht gunblade is a tank+ dps?

[open coral]

Gunbreaker is a tank

[oblique yew]

so even taht is tank?

[fresh lodge]

No, there are no hybrid roles

[hardy coral]

Every job attacks

[oblique yew]

ok

[worthy basin]

every job is a dps kekw

[agile night]

every role also wants to do damage

dps just does more damage without other distractions or responsibilities

[oblique yew]

so when i queue as a dancer for dungeons will i be queuing as a dps or sp?

[hardy coral]

dps

[open coral]

As what job?

Oh as DNC

As DPS

[oblique yew]

ahh

[hardy coral]

Blue=tank, red=dps, green=healer

[open coral]

There are only three roles - tank, healer, and dps.

[worthy basin]

just think about the color of the icon

[open coral]

There is no "support" role officially

[oblique yew]

and is red mage also dps?

[open coral]

Yes, RDM is dps

[worthy basin]

red - dps
blue - tank
green - healer

[open coral]

Green is healer, not support

Don't confuse him

[worthy basin]

oh shit

[patent citrus]

😂

[worthy basin]

oops

[open coral]

lol

[oblique yew]

you must excuse me for these silly questions. i plan on buying the game tomorrow, i was just doing a bit of research about the roles and classes

[open coral]

It's okay, we don't mind

[agile night]

you can try the trial

[open coral]

That's what we're here for

[proud willow]

Not silly at all, you'd have no way of knowing if you haven't played it yet

[patent citrus]

oo this one should explain it https://www.millenium.gg/guide/17736.html

red = dps, green = healer, blue = tank

[hardy coral]

The trial is free and lets you play til level 60, worth doing before you redeem the game

[open coral]

Keep in mind, you cannot start the game as DNC. You must have at least one other job at level 60 first.

[worthy basin]

and a shb expansion

[fresh lodge]

You also need to own Shadowbringers expansion

[oblique yew]

is trial available on steam? or only on the SE site?

[open coral]

And own the current expansion, yes.

[fresh lodge]

Its available on Steam

[open coral]

You can trial on any of the platforms.

[agile night]

steam and pc have separate systems and trails

but yes, you can do it on either

[patent citrus]

wot steam isn't even on sale right now

oo i mean it's on sale but still expensive, lol

[hardy coral]

ainnit same

[patent citrus]

no it's not 😂 steam is more expensive

[open coral]

It's 50% off on the SE store right now for the PC version (unless that sale is over already).

[agile night]

what I mean by that is if you start on steam, it's separate from pc not on steam, and completely locked to steam. I made a trial account on steam initially for simplicity but since I never wanted to play on steam it was a pain, had to make a new account

[twilit arch]

depends on region

since steam does regional pricing

so just because its more expensive for you does not mean its going to be more expensive for everyone

[worthy basin]

and the steam version isn't available for every region too, at least in our region.

[patent citrus]

😂

[hardy coral]

yeah so regional pricing problem

[agile night]

right now for me in the US, SE store is $29.99, steam $31.98. Just a matter of what platform do you want at that point

[oblique yew]

for me it's 20 freedom dollars on steam

[agile night]

I was comparing complete editions

[oblique yew]

yes

[agile night]

base game $20 on steam, bundle of it + shadowbringers $31.98

[fresh lodge]

Just go with whatever platform you want

We don't need multiple people saying "X platform is better than Y"

If you want it on Steam, buy it on Steam, if you want it for the cheapest price, buy it where its cheapest

[twilit arch]

when it comes down to SE store vs Steam, the question should be : is one cheaper than the other and are you willing to lock yourself into buying from steam for any and all future expansion purchases

if the answer to the second one is no, then buy from SE store

[warped nest]

Aside from price and preference, there is no real advantage on one over the other

Afaict

[fresh lodge]

You can buy sub time with Steam wallet through Steam, which makes it easier to buy sub time through paypal

[patent citrus]

oo that JP region is confusing 😂

[agile night]

biggest reason I didn't want to go with steam myself is just to kinda keep things separate, and didn't want to be displaying to my steam friends all the time that I'm playing. Also have some coworkers on steam

[fresh lodge]

Then don't buy on Steam

[agile night]

I didn't

[patent citrus]

wait complete edition is $20USD?

🤔

[agile night]

no

[open coral]

It's on sale for $30

On the SE store

[patent citrus]

oo when he said it's 20 freedom dollars

what does it mean, lol

[oblique yew]

ok. so for me, in India, the complete edition is 1.5k INR which when converted to USD is around 21$

[agile night]

oh, gotcha

[patent citrus]

wow

[mighty orbit]

just know if you buy ffxiv on steam you can only play it on steam, meaning future xpacs you have to buy through steam and nowhere else

[patent citrus]

nice one

[oblique yew]

more power to Lord Gaben

[mighty orbit]

I would call him Lord Gaben the third but you know steam only counts to 2

[teal dragon]

is there any debuffer class?

[fresh lodge]

No

[patent citrus]

dps classes probably

if you count feint debuffer 😂

[fresh lodge]

Every melee gets it though

[patent citrus]

oh right just melee

[half kraken]

Level 35 machinist, do I just spam heat blast during hypercharge?

[fresh lodge]

Every job gets some way of reducing party damage

Yes

Weave gauss round and ricochet in between each heat blast

[half kraken]

[teal dragon]

whys no one talking abt blue mages?

[worthy basin]

• reassemble

[obsidian patio]

Because blue mage is side content

[worthy basin]

blue mage is fate farmer

[open coral]

Because BLU is not a main class and can't be taken into any endgame content.

[teal dragon]

ohhh

so whats their purpose

[open coral]

For fun

[worthy basin]

achievements, mount and fates.

[teal dragon]

ahhh alrite

[open coral]

They're the only entirely unbalanced job in the game

[teal dragon]

unbalanced as in?

[worthy basin]

so that's why they (squeenix) can't take blu into any serious content

like blucob

or bluwu

[open coral]

As in they don't take BLU into account when they tune fights in instances or FATEs.

[half kraken]

Isn't reassemble best saved for clean shot

It's the highest potency skill

[obsidian patio]

Blue Mage is super overpowered in what they can do

[half kraken]

Level 35

[mighty orbit]

they are op in a lot of things. they can 1 hit 2 bosses in aurum vale with a spell

[open coral]

The only content that BLU is taken into account for is BLU-exclusive content.

[obsidian patio]

Until you get Drill, yeah squall

[open coral]

But no other jobs or fights are tuned with BLU in mind.

[teal dragon]

ahh ok

[worthy basin]

i mean if you're dealing with a boss (single target) and the cd for reassemble is up, use it.

[half kraken]

Machinist is interesting how instead of ogcds it just has a ton of high recast gcds

[mighty orbit]

mch is typcially my dps main. been playign it since HW

[half kraken]

I'm not 40 yet but I shouldn't be manually using rook overdrive unless the boss will die/phase change before it's automatically used, right?

Basically like dreadflare or whatever that smns use

[leaden ginkgo]

yep, only use it if the boss will die before it’s full use time

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[mighty orbit]

yeah. and 100% battery is always best, as it'll last longer

[half kraken]

Does detonator have a base damage, or is it maximum 150*4=600 potency

[fresh lodge]

!action Wildfire

[zinc orbit]

**Wildfire** : lvl 45 MCH (120.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Covers target's body in a slow-burning pitch. Action is changed to Detonator for the duration of the effect.
Deals damage when time expires or upon executing Detonator.
Potency is increased by 200 for each of your own weaponskills you land prior to the end of the effect.
Duration: 10s

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[toxic falcon]

Wtf is the crystal tower series?

[fresh lodge]

Hmm

Good question

[half kraken]

It's 150 by default

I guess 200 is after a trait

[fresh lodge]

!action Detonate

[zinc orbit]

**Detonator** : lvl 45 MCH (1.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Ends the effect of Wildfire, dealing damage to the target.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

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[leaden ginkgo]

you should be able to fit 6 gcds in wf rather than 4 btw

so it’ll be 6*150

[half kraken]

It's 10s though

[leaden ginkgo]

hypercharge

[half kraken]

Does hypercharge increase gcd recast later

[leaden ginkgo]

you would wildfire hypercharge and do 5 heat blasts & you can do one final one outside

nah

[half kraken]

Ooo heat blast 1.5 gotcha

[leaden ginkgo]

heat blast is 1.5s recast weaponskill with hypercharge

[half kraken]

Nice

[leaden ginkgo]

yep

[agile night]

I just unlocked red mage and feels a bit overwhelming to start at level 50. I understand the white and black balance bit but any suggestions for how to start

[faint flare]

!faq 50rdm

[zinc orbit]

'I just unlocked this' 5.x guide

[agile night]

oh that looks perfect

[worthy basin]

never hardcast veraero/thunder unless its part of your opener.

[open coral]

Take everything off your bars, then go through your spellbook and replace each one by one and read the tooltips as you do.

[spring tendon]

"Not all self made gear is this best, but the best gear is self made."

Does this apply to FFXIV? Cause I was eventually gonna look into doing some crafting stuff so

[open coral]

No

[faint flare]

At end game, crafted gear is a very good catch up tool but far from Best in slot

[fresh lodge]

No, crafted gear is never Best in Slot

[open coral]

The best gear is generally from raiding.

[worthy basin]

best gear is the savage gear

[fresh lodge]

Its good for a headstart/catch-up, but thats it

[faint flare]

HQ crafted gear is equal to dungeon gear

[spring tendon]

Alright. I was simply curious. Outside of raiding though...would you say it's the best your gonna get?

[open coral]

The gear BiS list goes (in descending order): Savage final tier, Augmented Tomestone, Normal final tier, Unaugmented tomestone, Alliance raid final tier, crafted.

[faint flare]

No

Tome gear is better than crafted

[fresh lodge]

Thats wrong

[faint flare]

But thats weekly locked

[fresh lodge]

Savage and Tome are equal excluding the weapon

[worthy basin]

tomes gear

[fresh lodge]

All that matters is the substats at ilvl 500

Savage gear isn't automatically better than augmented tome gear

[open coral]

I thought Savage was ilevel better than augmented tome?

[fresh lodge]

No

[worthy basin]

but in the endgame, you're just going to mix and match the tome and savage gear

[faint flare]

They're the same

[fresh lodge]

Only the weapon

[open coral]

Oh, my bad then

[worthy basin]

for weapon probably savage weap > relic (better than tomes because 5 materia slots) > tome. correct me if im wrong ty

[spring tendon]

Well, I'm asking cause I dont think I'm gonna be doing raids. This game is too hectic for me to even wanna learn. Plus I had some bad experiences with "trials" as they were coined in another game. Nasty people unwilling to teach mechanics...or elitists butt munches while would boot you if you weren't max level and didnt wear the meta.

So I'm looking into alternative sources for armour

[open coral]

At the final point of the expansion Savage weapon = fully expanded relic

iirc

[fresh lodge]

Ehhhh

Depends

If the relic lets us do custom stats again, then it'll be BiS

[open coral]

That's fair

[spring tendon]

For a dark knight....what stats should be my primary focus btw

[faint flare]

Strength

[gleaming mist]

think they stated that you could roll stats in the live letter

[faint flare]

Item level is king until you have the highest ilvl gear

[gleaming mist]

but calculations need to be done to determine bis weapon

some relic weapons (currently) are bis, some aren't

[patent citrus]

best for what content? 😂 for sync'd content, you gotta farm specific gears

[open coral]

You'll get assholes in any game, but honestly the majority of the casual community (read: not Savage or EX statics) aren't going to care if you have BiS gear as long as you can perform your role adequately and do mechanics.

[patent citrus]

oo im misread.. for non-raid content I think you can just farm eden verse raid and get the gear set there..

[worthy basin]

you can probably casually learn the savage content cuz that content is going to last probably until 6.0. (6 or 7 months).

[open coral]

For example - I tend to run full whatever-the-current-tier-raid-or-tomestone-gear-is, with prioritized stat materia. I may not be purple parsing, but I'm competent enough

[worthy basin]

but it's up to you

[patent citrus]

joining the hunt and buy crystarium stuffs with your capped allegory..

[spring tendon]

Hmm. Okay.

[open coral]

You can't get the full set from Refulgence. You have to do E5, E6, or E7 to get helm tokens (and belts only drop from E5 and E6)

[dark basin]

I'm not sure it's the right place to ask, but is there a way to do Castrum Lacus Litore easily? I can't tag with more than 10 players

[open coral]

There are several communities that get groups together for CLL runs.

[patent citrus]

ah ty for reminding, yeah i mean eden verse raids 😂

[dark basin]

I can't seem to find these communities for the Chaos Datacenter

[open coral]

I know there's a discord that does Eureka/Bozja stuff, but I don't have the link for it.

[velvet heron]

So do you create guilds and stuff in this game? Im level 11 and I wanna find other new players to play with so I can try to get into this but I dont know what im doing

[open coral]

If you're not on free trial, you can join a Free Company, which is a player guild.

[worthy basin]

join an fc, but choose an fc carefully.

[velvet heron]

Ah awesome how do I do that

[open coral]

One option is to use /shout chat in any major city (Limsa Lominsa or New Gridania are probably your best options) and ask if there are FCs recruiting new players.

There is also a search tool on the Lodestone website now

[worthy basin]

there's also ffxivrecruitment

[open coral]

You can also head down to #603040697884475393 here in this discord, and make a post specifying what kind of FC you're looking to join

Make sure to specify which server you're on, since you can only join FCs on your home server.

[velvet heron]

Gotcha

[forest lark]

Can I level job from 70 to 80 in bozja?

[green grail]

i think you need 71(?) but yes

[forest lark]

Is it recommended or are there better ways?

[agile night]

well I feel silly, how do I quit fighting a dummy?

[open coral]

Right click the dummy and select "reset aggro"

[wispy parcel]

Bozja is the fastest way to level DPS from 71 to 80

[forest lark]

Yeah im struggling with dps queues are long

[wispy parcel]

Healers and tanks dungeon spamming is still faster

[agile night]

oh I finally found it, thanks

[balmy crown]

i dont own ff14 but i see the complete edition is on sale today i want to purchase it but im currently miles away from my PC i wont be gaming for the next few months but i still want to buy the game. If i buy it just to have it in my library will i have to pay for monthly subscription?

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[faint flare]

You dont start the sub until you use the code giveb

So you can buy and hold the code until you're ready and still do the trial

[worthy basin]

yeah, the code doesn't expire.

[worn bone]

is it dumb to sacrifice +1 or 2 defense on gear just because something else looks better

[fresh lodge]

Just use the glamour system

[faint flare]

Just glamour it

[fresh lodge]

!faq glamour

[zinc orbit]

Glamour FAQ

'What is Glamour and how do I unlock it?'

Glamour is the process of changing an equipment's look into a different item with the use of Glamour Prisms. You can unlock the ability to glamour by doing the level 15 quests 'If I Had a Glamour' in Vesper Bay, West Thanalan. Although not required, you can unlock the ability to dye gear with the nearby quest 'Color Your World'. You can get the Orange Juice needed by talking to the nearby Merchant & Mender. Items used for glamouring are not lost upon use.

'How do I glamour? Where do I get more Prisms?'

Glamouring is done by right-clicking (Square or X on controllers) on the equipment you want to glamour and choosing the option 'Cast Glamour'. After clicking this you choose the item you want the appearance on the right half of the menu that opened up. You can get more Glamour Prisms by either crafting them after completing the quest 'Absolutely Glamourous', buying them from your Grand Company Quartermaster, or buying them from the marketboard.

[worn bone]

oh my god

my whole world view is changed

thanks

had no clue about this

[patent citrus]

hmm if i can glamour my squadron, does it mean "unique outfit" attributes that squadron has is irrelevant?

or their unique outfit isn't attainable anywhere?

[twilit arch]

just means that the outfit with doesn't change with levels like the other normal squadron members

[patent citrus]

and to get the last rank, i have to run a dungeon with my squadrons in 5 different dungeons right?

any recommendation which dungeon should i do it at?

or just avoid any lv 50/60 dungeon since ti doesn't give much exp?

[twilit arch]

pretty much just avoid 50/60 dungeons

since they have some mechanics that can't really be brute forced/are more annoying to deal with than the leveling ones

[patent citrus]

let's say compared to lv 60 dungeon, will lv 47 dungeon gives more exp?

ah ok

[tame magnet]

Heya guys, quick question, currency tab says "resets in 17h", would allagan reset too to 0/2000 out of 2000/2000?

[twilit arch]

no

[tame magnet]

Ok good, thanks

[twilit arch]

the weekly reset is for the allagan tomestone of allegory cap

you can only earn 450 of it a week

[tame magnet]

[patent citrus]

any unique mission right? just want to confirm..

[twilit arch]

yes, 5 different dungeons

so you can't just run stone vigil 5 times

[patent citrus]

it doesn't give my char exp? just squadron exp?

[twilit arch]

it does

its no different than running the dungeon normally

[patent citrus]

ah nice, my ast is 70 95%

maybe i could level up from doing this

[plain python]

it is good for leveling up DPS cuz they can afk and let the squad kill things

[patent citrus]

btw regarding lv 60 and lv 47 exp comparison

does the lv 60 dungeon still gives more exp?

or the 47 one still gives more?

[plain python]

yeah

[patent citrus]

not sure how it counts 😂

[plain python]

the monsters give more exp

[twilit arch]

if you're gonna be doing dungeons with them as a 70+ you should be doing the vault

[plain python]

I heard spamming somh al for 4 level?

[patent citrus]

don't have 5 choices 51-59 😂

[twilit arch]

like if you're wanting to get the captain missions done while leveling a job, just do stone vigil, demael, aurum, sohm al and the vault

[wet cradle]

how much time do I have to gather the crops in my garden when they're ready?

[patent citrus]

ah ok

ty ty

should i go as a tank/healer?