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Probably too niche of a question, but are there any useful fish when attempting this achievement?
TBN = ?
the blackest night
The Blackest Night. A pretty good mitigation tool.
ops Kael said above, sorry
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!ac The Blackest Night
nvm, It is a lv70 skill. So pre-70, is there any point saving MP?
Bank it for burst/raidbuffs
before 70, not really
but its good to sort of build the habit of saving 3k so you can use tbn when you need it
Doesn't hurt to also not toss things out whenever
At least if you want to learn how to do raiding and stuff
Concepts like abc are still important. But learning about burst windows is a slightly new thing I suppose
Not counting any big fish, not really?
Well, you can practice saving 3k mp before 70 if you want
so how do i unlock the higher rank stuff in the duty finder if the duty finder cant find anyone to do the duty at it's current rank? ive been trying to do stuff to get myself better gear so i have access to eden's verse and stuff, but ive been waiting about 120 minutes for any of these duties that drop the gear i need to pop
Are you queuing for old savages?
If not all of the normal mode stuff is in normal raid roulette
Should pop during prime time
descent S, inundation S, dancing plague E, sepulture S, hades (so i can unlock the harder hades)
don't do those in duty finder
savage and extremes are not done thru duty finder on NA/EU
Duty finder isn't typically for extremes and savages in na/eu
You also don't need to complete those to unlock the next tier
Only completion of the normal mode floors are needed to unlock the savage tier related to it
I has question
i'm spamming a few POTD 51-60. how are people leaving at the end without going to the exit?
so im ilvl 452 and not sure what to do to get to 455 to continue the eden raid
In the bottom right of my screen above my gil there's a bunch of like black square/circles and a few are lit up green and then a few more blue and the rest are all black
They open the duty menu and hit leave @terse heath
Use your tomestones of allegory @dense marsh
thanks
@dire prawn thats a representation of your inventory
just basically grind for tomestones and use that to buy better stuff?
That's my inventory?
Tomestone stuff is i490 upgradeable to i500
yup
sorry, i havent been at the endgame before. ive been playing since last january trying to catchup
You can also buy i510 off the marketboard
That is one weird way of showing an inventory
Yah it shows the status of your equips too
i wasted all my gil getting myself to 450 to do the earlier raids lol
Why 450 when 480 and 510 are accessible
Well you can do the normal mode of edens verse to get 480 pieces as well
is all the tomestone gear at i490 in eulmore or any city that has a vendor for tomestones?
Eulmore
Only eulmore currently
ok ty
Does anyone have any clue how often you'll fail a Quick Synthesis on the lvl 80 4* recipes?
cant quick synth these yet iirc
Oh yeah..
Pretty sure it doesn't allow you to quick synthc them
Must've been something else then, my bad
As in, not using your big damage skills until you buff / get buffed?
Oh, I meant the latter part (burst windows)
Burst windows are basically about knowing when raidbuffs come up
And when your personal windows of high damage are
And how those interact/align
I see. Should be interesting to play the job, then
Healers typically only have a raidbuff to align with other buffs
But don't really have any "burst" of their own that isn't consistently part of the rotation
Like sch and ast have chain strat and divination that aligns with every other trick attack
And every technical step
For example
Presence of Mind?
But they don't really have much else to contribute to it
oh. raid buff
Pom doesn't align with much either 
do gatherer retainers benefit from accessories at all
like does the GP/item level have any effect
But yah pom gives whm its own burst window j suppose
No its just gathering
But you can meld gathering to the accessories if you're not hitting the breakpoints
do fishing retainers bring anything unique back
at all
ever
i've had a fishing retainer for like a year
Fat cat minion?
and every other day I think about making her a botanist
Water bucket minion?
what's the name of the water bucket
I think its magic bucket
oh
not tradeable on marketboard i see
but it seems like I can just fish it
can anyone think of anything useful that the fishing retainer can retrieve
she can't even get blue crab for chili crab
rose shrimp/sweet oysters are probably the most useful in regards to shb stuff
its for Blood Bouillabaisse
probably but some people still will use the lower stuff since its often cheaper
sounds a lot like i should just reclass my fisher retainer into a botanist
the rose shrimp also is for paellia which is leve turn in so people might be willing to buy it
lol
but tbh yeah
i craft raid food for my static a lot
fish retainer is...honestly not recommended
its possible we might get another shb
where oyster/shrimp is useful at start of expac
so having a fish retainer to get those more easily will be a good boost of gil at start
but then it'll probably wane as expac goes on
bot/min are just generally more consistent
yeah but even then there's probably better ways to make money at the beginning of an expansion besides fishing retainer
they won't rerun events, right? just sell the mounts in em in the mog station?
rerun events like the cross over events?
events sometimes return
most of the cross over events have re-run
If something is on mogstation, that guarantees it won't return for a future event
is there a chance for ffxv to rerun then
yes
Yes
they allrdy said they want to rerun but cant say when
oh nice
just a matter of when
my friend really wants the regalia lol
I'd bet on 5.55+ lull when they're out of stuff to patch in
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ALC 70 quest spoilers: ||Is this dude gonna be explained later or is this just some reference to 1.0 I don’t understand?||
Check acheivements.
there should be a few for collectables
@potent shale for trade mentor you can just check your achievement log
Items -> Collectables -> "I collected That" I - V
(imo combine it w/ rowena turn ins, easiest imo is in coerthas western highlands northern area)
ah then achivement log alone is enough. the collectable requirements dont require handing in
ohhhh
It’ll be explained. Though I can’t remember the exact details a lot of the SB has 1.0 stuff about it
The house of splendors, where you turn in the Rarefied stuff
o h
if you're gonna go on a collection spree anyway, might as well use the items for another achievement as well
That was apparently the last ALC quest so I don’t think it’s gonna be explained to me haha
the 60-70 ALC quests are tied to 1.0. They explain a little bit, but you'd have to go youtube the old cutscenes to get the full context
or watch Ethys Asher's summary
Hey everyone I’m a bit stuck
I’ve done all of the Pomguard quest chain, completed Into the Mists quest but can’t find the Bitter is the Night quest to start the next chain of quests. I’ve looked up forums and followed the map but the npc isn’t showing or I can’t find her. Any ideas? (I have completed all the msqs for all the expansions)
first I'd say check your quest log and see if it isn't already completed
Try above or below you.
The Churning Mists has several areas with multiple levels.
The quest icon on the minimap should have a tiny little arrow on it indicating if it's above or below you in elevation.
Did you grab and complete the quest “Into the Mists” found in Ishgard at the Pillars?
What's this supposed to be? Was some new Triple Triad thing added in 5.4?
https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Open_and_Inviting
Yes, Open Tournaments
What are those exactly?
For the specific area in the patch notes
But they’re basically mini tournaments?
They're available every two hours like ocean fishing
you queue up and get into a tournament instance with players and NPCs to fill the gaps
you select your deck from house cards; every player gets the same choices for deck building.
you play like four or five matches?
and get ranked at the end
is putting text macro in limitbreak button not a good idea/frowned upon?
ehhh. i think its okay since you rarely use it but if you can stand the cringe, it should be ok once in awhile
you also get gems like this
Yes.
depends on what you are looking for
Except the ARR ones
But the ones in your level bracket give about the same as ~1/2 of a dungeon run or more
And crafters and gathering beast tribes give oodles of EXP (including ARR ones)
you do get a sick mask for doing all the ARR tribes
and all the tribes have exclusive mounts
and mounts
snek ladies have 2 mounts
bloodsworn for all ARR tribes then do the allied quest
to level all of them to Allied simultaneously
You've completed all the MSQ dude
All up to end of new Shadowbringers from latest patch
Unlocked the mist
Anyone else having server issues?
All completed
Then why are you looking for an MSQ quest from two expansions ago
You've long since completed it
oh Bitter is the Night
nvm
Is...that not it on your minimap?
Lvl 55 The Sin of Our Landlords
My character is at the coordinates above where it should be. I checked all the platforms just in case it may be hidden but still nothing
And have you checked your journal?
Complete > Sidequests > Dravanian Sidequests > Churning Mists
Hello, idk if this is a right space to ask questions about coming back, is it?
You're in the right place
was it 30 most classes get their counter parts as in
gladiator gets palliden
Archer gets Bard
So I came back after... 2 years or so? 😶 I have no idea what to do. Firstly I'd like to find a free company (if that's what it was called) but I have no idea if my region is light or chaos and how do I find one 
yes, ARR classes become jobs at 30
What world are you on? It should be displayed in the top-right of your screen
Zodiark
Did you grab and complete the quest “Into the Mists” found in Ishgard at the Pillars?
You are on Light datacentre.
Free Companies are limited solely to your world, however, i.e. Zodiark.
You can try the community finder to find FCs
!faq communityfinder
@obsidian patio Yeah checked for the Mist quest and it’s completed, went to the coordinates for Bitter is the Night but it’s a no show. Tried logging out and back in just in case
I’d submit a bug report then and see if SE has anything to say about it
It's under maintenance for now I think
It's not
Okay now it works thank you @jade quartz
It was a little while ago
Have you checked you haven't already completed Bitter is the Night, though?
Hello all, so I was thinking of attempting a tank soon. Dark knight to be exact. What moves are aggro, and how long does the aggro take? Want to make sure I’m on top of aggro when I do it all
All moves generate aggro
This is a 10x aggro multiplier on all damage you do.
Then you just
dps the enemies
As long as you have the stance on you basically can’t lose aggro except to another tank
and face them away from the party
You don't need to do a specific aggro rotation or anything.
Are there any way to enable auto-accept of raise dead?
Nope
Yes
You need the materia in your inventory, right click on the person you want to meld your gear and select "Request Meld"
the house timer would go off randomly when purchasing a house, right?
The one that allows a house to be bought? Yes
Should i save lower level blue quests for alt characters?
no, blue quests unlock additional content/features/items and don't really give noticeable exp, so do them asap
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I see, thank you.
this has been bothering me for forever but does anyone know how to relocate the additional skill bar that you get during certain duties? [eg where instance specific actions are displayed like bozjan abilities]
HUD layout > tick the box for "duty" > you can now move the duty action HUD element
The "all" category doesn't include "duty" HUD elements for some reason.
how do i get empyrean potsherds from hoh?
You get one every time you clear floor 30
so repeatedly running 21-30 will get you plenty
ty
You can also find them in bronze treasure chests but they're very rare
how do i repeat floors 21-30?
You can choose to start from floor 21 on a fresh save slot.
ah ok cool
Run 21-30, clear save slot, go again
o7
Possibly stupid Diadem gatherer question. I'm like, lvl 45 on my botanist. Lvl 60 on my weaver. Do I have to be 60 on my botanist too in order to harvest the materials I need for my lvl 60 skybuilders turn in?
yes, that's why it's recommended to level corresponding gatherers and crafters at the same time
So I left ahm Areng without attuning to anything during the MSQ, how do I get back there?
dangit thank you
Speak to the Adroit Amaro Tamer at the Amaro Launch in the Crystarium
@granite hound that gate is only useable much later in the MSQ and leads to a different part of Amh Araeng.
Alune presumably is not at that point.

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Save outfit button
yes, there is a button at the bottom that says "Save/Delete Outfit"
when toggled on, you will not remove any pieces when you try on something else
Page up/down resizes the selected window iirc
I think it's Ctrl+Home
You can also just right click the top of the window (this works on almost all windows) and select from the Scale Window menu
Squadron missions make no sence
My squad is level 45, and can't beat a level 40 mission
priority mission like these to rank up for these you need to reach all 3 stats requirements
The "flagged" missions require all three stats matched.
I see
But I don't know how to get all three, tech is the issue
And I just bearly scrape by for Mental
level them more or dismiss some and get other members and hope you get some with needed stats
Also remember that your squadron composition is not restricted to tank/healer/dps/dps
Also chemistries
What does a (L) mean next to a crafting leve?
The wiki has a quest marked as " Pom Hemlock (L) " for weavers that gives a vastly larger sum of exp then normal and isn't showing up for me
It means a Large leve. Higher cost, more difficult and supposed to give better rewards but the balance is poorly done. They're not woth it.
it's a waste of allowances they eat 10 per leave instead of 1
hey! I really am not sure if it's the right place to ask that so feel free to redirect me if needed D: Currently I'm trying to get a plot and, is there any way on how to "optimize" the mouse/clicking pattern? I'm currently alone on the plot but, who knows (yeah I already know I'll have to do that for hours..)
Bind "Confirm" and "Move Cursor Left" right next to each other. Pattern is confirm-confirm-confirm-confirm-left-confirm.
also listen to an audiobook or podcast.
Yup, tried that but, not sure if its because of my internet, theres a slightly delay when I'm confirming at some time and its kinda frustrating ngl lmao
Yeah I already have shows on the side! :D
Hmm, maybe a sliiiiightly larger gap between keypresses?
what is the max length on the timer?
and pray to whatever you get the plot + hope nobody relocates
Currently there's 2:18:15
from plot vacation, popping/buying times
<7: nope
7 to 8: v. rare
8 to 9: possible
9 to 10: more possible
10 to 14: the most likely window
14 to 16: definitely possible
16 to 18: sometimes yes
18 to 20: occasionally
20-24: quite rare
24: no
But I believe that its for the price getting lower? idk
Thats the devaluation timer dragahn you can't see the other timer
devaluation has nothing to do with the hidden timer
How did amdapor city become lost ,its pretty massive barely a couple malms from Gridania and a few settlements are near it
hello ive got a question, I recently started the game but now I hit lvl 50 and I saw that there are 100+ lvl 50 quests before I can actually progress... is there a way to skip this?
You can pay for it
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But story wise it is a continuous stream
what exactly would that do?
They are the epilogue of ARR, and prologue for Heavensward
yea I heard story is important but I dont really play games for story
I like the gameplay and wanna get to max lvl asap
One of the skip will put you right at the start of Heavensward
because the world doesn't stop when you beat the boss
amdapor was 5th astral era, which was like over 1k years ago @tardy patio also keep in mind that in-game zones are not 1:1 in what they would be realistically. zones are generally smaller in-game since its easier to make them that way
ok thank you
Oh, nvm, Kael said 1000 years ago
Or lost to monsters, darkness, the enemy, etc.
It's a common design trope in final fantasy where you only see a respresenstion of the zones
fair enough, although with how SE draws out the country maps you'd think the scale is pretty good
If you want to change how a retainer looks, you have to dismiss and get a new one, right?
no
no, you can get a retainer fantasia off the marketboard
just buy a retainer fantasias from mb
Oh wow
or get lucky with quick ventures\
the scale is pretty decent, yes but its definitely obvious with like expansion zones they're not close to 1:1
like the azim steppes are huge but we only go to a very, very small portion of it
yea for sure outside of eorzea the scale is way way way off
The ruby sea is also a good example
what exactly do you do once u hit max lvl?
eorzea looks just so good like looking at the la noscean map everything looks really to-scale, its nice. Then you hit Norvrandt and oh dear its awful
But if it were any bigger it would just be a hassle
Whatever you want to do. Raid, level crafters, do beast tribes, more story content, extremes and savage raids,
Bozja
Relic weapon grinds
Unlock previous expansion bonus dungeons
Sidequests
ok thank you
Unless you have never ever pay attention to any video game story
craft, gather, fish, get an apartment, play the marketboard, play cards, race chocobos
Gamble MGP at the gold saucer
I would recommend paying attention to at least Heavensward, and Shadowbringers
And the Crystal Tower quest in in lvl 50 ARR
get invited to an FC, get kicked out of an FC, buy pretty clothes, lose all your gil buying pretty clothes
I feel that most of these aren't endgame activities
Take a break for a good month or two after near exclusively playing the game for a good year and a half
"endgame" is a vague term
well I usually play to get the best gear possible for 1 or 2 classes I like
in my case right now its BLM and SAM
That won't take you very long.
i just got to eulmore and the framerate is so bad. I run a 3070 and get 120fps+ in alliance raids on max settings, but in eulmore i get 35-50 only with visible tearing. Is that the case for everybody?
i did notice there was a ton of people in eulmore
i turned the "people and objects rendered" setting from maximum to minimum
but only saw a 5fps increase
from 45 to 50
Yeah, Eulmore lags a lot
But then any engine suffers rendering that number of players
can u pay in the ffxiv store with paypal?
reminds me of the good ol days of 10fps odins
seriously a 3070 cant handle eulmore
thats a bit shocking
Mmmmm less that and more weird cpu bottlenecking
FFXIV is an ancient game by modern standards
It only really uses 1-2 cores at best
Short of a complete engine overhaul they won't be able to fix their engine for CPU bottlenecking
thats a shame
It's PS3 software lol
Believe it or not your GPU isn't the only thing FFXIV is running on :d
It's why it preforms so well in raids because the game is actually very well optimized for 8 players + instance mobs
Going beyond that results in Bottlenecking, Sometimes™
thanks yoshi
they used what they had back in 2012 which was the FFXV engine which they stripped out all the extra stuff from for the MMO version of luminous but before they shifted into full gear for FFXV
brb turning off the servers /s
it'll be 400 fps in 6.0
incoming eulmorean restoration
if you have a few million dollars you could always buy out square Enix and make them shift resources into FFXIV-2 new engine Boogaloo
But yeah nah can't fix your frame rate issue
i think itd take more than a few million hahaha
Lag is lag in some cities depending on how many people are there. Inevitable tbh
This goes for limsa too
Not just Eulmore
How do you get the last two ranks of your GC? When I ask for a promotion it says I've hit the max allowable rank
they require you to level up squadron
a restart of the game seems to have bumped up the fps a bit
but that could just be ppl logging off
1st LT requires you to get squadron to lvl 40 and complete the flagged mission (though likely won't be able to do it right off the bat as you have to meet all 3 stat requirements)
Captain requires you to be 1st LT and have done 5 different dungeons with your squadron for the flagged mission to appear, and complete it
Ahhh that'll take a while xD ty^^
I'm still waiting to get the 4th member because I don't have any applications
How much of the game can you solo? Like I know there are the trusts, squadrons, unsync, is it just some specific mechanics and hardest modes you can’t possibly do?
You need to play with others to progress story, like trials and dunegons
So technically all of it cannot be done solo
Until you get to Shadowbringers where you can start doing trust dunegons with NPC
Ah so during MSQ you need others, that makes sense
Those dungeons and trials can be done with duty finder, which uses matchmaking.
Is there a way to buy Dark matter with poetics?
im not sure what else to spend my poetics on, considering my lowest level is like 75
Outside of instances, however, the entire game is basically a solo endeavor.
I'd say from a gameplay standpoint, more time is actually spent on solo/story content than inside group instances.
Assuming standard clear times.
Are the nier raids coins weekly locked?
Not anymore.
I can get multiple per day?
Yes
The tome rewards probably
Ah
The gear is not locked tho
it still drops 1 materia cluster per week iirc
Oh yeah the cluster
What’s the difference between draw and sleeve draw as an Astrologian?
!action sleeve draw
Draws a card (arcanum) from your divining deck.
You cannot draw an arcanum if you are aligned with its Seal of Arcana. When aligned with all three seals, any arcanum may be drawn.
Additional Effect: Restores 8% of maximum MP
Draw is any of the 6 cards
Sleeve draw is that
Basically guarantees a seal you don't already have
Oooo
When I draw a card it won’t give me a seal right? I just did but I didn’t see any seal appears.
you only get them when you play a card in combat
Ah i see I see heheh
Thanks 🙏 everyone!
i know red mages and dancers are the easiest jobs but what is the easier between the two I have carpal tunnel syndrome thats why Im asking this
Hunt target
ohhh
If you're asking in terms of required APM, probably DNC is better.
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i never seen a lvl 61 hunt target before, when did they appear?
wait, they're just quest targets?
its on that person's hunt bill
oh, i forgot those existed
When does Monk become fun to play?
hey guys, what is the quest i need to do to see housing plots available in cities?
Most classes have the majority of their toolkits by level 60-70. "Fun" is relative.
There's one for each city's housing area. It will be called "Home is Where the Heart Is".
alright thank you
Gridania's can be found in Bentbranch Meadows, Ul'dah's is at the Scorpion Crossing (outside the Gate of the Sultana), and Limsa's is at Red Rooster Stead.
do you know where the one in kugane is?
In Kugane near the main aetherite
Kugane's is called "I Dream of Shirogane" and requires that you've completed the MSQ "By the Grace of Lord Lolorito"
I mean Ninja has his jitsus, Mages have their gauges, tanks have multiple gauges. I'm level 40 with him and so far he has very little mechanics outside some different combo options that help, but aren't be interesting.
ty i got it
Are you doing your positionals correctly?
@stone stone
The challenge of monk mostly comes from doing mechanics and keeping good positional uptime
Though early on there aren't too many challenging things to work with because of gear scaling
Its near impossible to get positional because I mostly level solo. Maybe that is why?
!action riddle of earth
Are you grinding mobs?
Fates
Riddle is only effective for 3 gcds aura its not use and forget positional now
Occasional Dungeon/Guildhest
And its not just a few combo options
Grinding mobs isn't efficient.
The entire monk combo variation is dependent on which buffs you have at a given time
Its a yes/no system
Have leaden fist? Bootshine
One combo option starts a dot, another does the buff so basically do that dot then the buff and then regular combo and then back to buff to refresh
Have twin snakes? True strike
Have demolish? Snap punch
Its not 2 separate combos
Everything in that rotation is interchanged based on what you need
Dot lasts a decent amount of time so combo ends up just fliping between original combo and the one with buff
Its 2 combo rotations for twin snakes and 3 for demolish
Its not refresh dot at every other combo
Yea I know, I just wish there was more. Like it would be cool if a part of the combo could stun/interrupt so situationaly you could stop their moves or something. Also would help get positionals then
You're grinding fates and stuff
Its not really representative of how monk plays
But I do understand where you're coming from
MNK is one of those classes that really shines in group content, rather than solo.
But I do understand where you're coming from
Monk has all its combo options relatively early and only gets ogcds and such as it levels past 50
I think that also might be what I am missing as well
Which applies to most dps classes, honestly, but the melee classes suffer particularly in solo content.
No ogcds kind feels weird after having them with other classes at this point
50 especially adds dragon kick
Which helps light up the monkey brain centers
!buff leaden fist
Also perfect balance will give you a semblance of a burst phase
He needs like a sweep the leg ability lol
You get tornado kick at 60
I try to crossbreed jute. is there an easy way to do it?
what seeds would you use for that?
Yea but I mean it should do a debuff too like slow or stun to represent knocking them off balance
It would be nice if it had use somewhere. I can understand bosses, but it would be cool if with effort you could stun enemies for longer then like 5 seconds every 10 minutes, but I guess stun locking enemies might be to broken I guess
I feel like my UI is cluttering my view, but when I try to shrink it I feel like everything ends up blurry
My FC is trying to get a specific plot. If I get lucky on the timer of a different plot, can I immediately relocate to the plot we want?
If you purchase the other plot on your FC's behalf, then yes.
Thanks for the prompt reply!
do we have a channel to team up with ppl for duty roulette?
Does anyone know what the BGM name is for eorzean alliance headquarters?
Why can't I immediately buy a house?
Housing has a hidden timer on when it can be bought after demolition
Its random so that bots can't immediately snatch houses up
So the only way to know is just to keep spamming the buy button?
Yes
Unfortunately yes
So don't burn yourself out trying to get a house
Also don't use third party tools to click for you this is how you get banned
All right, thanks. Probs best to forget about it.
is it possible to know the buying timer of a plot?
No, it's hidden intentionally
yup, just try to find one with least competition
Hi, so do FSH actually get to do turn-ins for big xp like other classes in Ishgard Restoration/Diadem, like turnins at Potkin?
I'm doing pretty good with all my DoL/DoH, but FSH doesn't seem to get to do anything worthwhile?
Not at Potkin, but they get their fish approved and then desynth them for mats
but no big xp turnins?
how long does it take to level up a new class? level 28 marauder atm but kinda wanna swap
@lament basalt not long, you can hit L10 in one sitting pretty quick if you just want to try something new
fisher have ocean fishing instead to easy level
does it start me back at level 1 with weak armor and stuff?
I don't think so? I actually don't remember if approving fish gives xp. Generally for gatherers, there are faster leveling options than ishgard/diadem
cool, thank you
For ARR classes, yes. Expansion jobs start at higher levels, but at 28 you haven't met the requirements for those yet. You do keep unlocked stuff though, such as mounts, teleporting, etc. And you get the armoury bonus exp.
Expansion jobs will start at higher levels (30 for HW jobs, 50 for SB, and 60 for ShB), but yeah.
You do need a minimum of completing the ARR MSQ/one job at level 50+ for the expansion jobs though.
when do i unlock mounts? im 28 and tired of running
!faq mounts
'When can I get my first mount?'
The quest that allows you to use mounts, 'My Little Chocobo' is unlocked by completing the level 20 main story quest 'The Company You Keep'. The quest is located at the Grand Company base you chose and you'll need to buy the Chocobo Issuance from your Grand Company Quartermaster. You can get the 200 needed Grand Company seals by doing the main story quest that comes after 'The Company You Keep'.
'Are there any differences between mounts?'
Besides looks, all mounts are the same speed along with being able to fly. Some mounts allow multiple people to ride at once.
'Can I make my mount faster?'
Zones have one or two ranks of mount speed that increase the ground speed of mounts. The first rank comes from completing specific quests in the main scenario quests, with the second rank coming from Riding Maps which are bought with either Allied Seals, Centurio Seals, or Bicolor Gemstones. Mount Speed Boosts do not increase the flying speed of mounts.
Top half
Do I need to lvl DoH to upgrade Augmented gear?
Augmented gear is upgraded but no you dont. Augmenting gear is just trading specific items with the gear
is dusting only waist and accessories?
To upgrade tome gear you need the respective upgrade items, gotten usually via 24man coins, Sacks of nuts or via savage
Yes
Dusting is accessories (and belt), twine is armour, ester is weapon
oh
tyty
armor head and leg is twine, ester weapon and waist + accessories is dusting
ty
do i have to remove materia before i augmented?
ok
wait if ive the $15 sub can i make characters on two different datacentres
cause ive got one character on Crystal nd i kinda want to make an alt on Aether or Primal
I think so.
You can do that on either sub type
wait what
The only difference is the amount of characters
Entry is 8 characters max, 1 per world
time to grind the entire fuckin game again
Standard is 40 characters max, 8 per world
Only reason to go to standard is if you're a major alt aholic or want alts on the same world
Data centre isn't even referenced
Only the world
excellent that makes things easier
also im not sure why im standard now lol
i have One character nd i probably dont need more than 3
You can let it time out and re up on entry to save money
How do you get to the Shirogane 40+ wards?
Should I go back and do binding coil first before continuing with the sapphire weapon and ownard?
Was really confused regarding ruby weapon lore and had to look it up
Not sure if any more ambiguous plot drops will happen or it'll be all 2.0+ lore content references
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There aren't wards past 24. If you're referring to plot# then teleport to any subdivision aethernet shard
Subdivision is plots 31 to 60 in a ward
i mean you dont really have to do coils to do weapon
Only Ruby was a reference to Coils as it used ||Naels Combat data who was a character in Coils. The weapons in general use Combat data of Garlean generals||
So I suppose it's safe to assume that sapphire and onwards will be generals we know from the MSQ?
Yes
mm
Yes
Thanks
We already know whos the general for the last weapon
They explicitly say it
And shows testing
i feel like ruby was just designed to give veteran players flashbacks to the coils lol
specifically
that one
I'm still so confused by that fight to be honest
Phase 2 I didn't even know what was going on anymore
||Synthetic Auratice is wack||
||I don't mind some coils spoilers for this but how was dalamud repeatedly dropping over and over?||
||It was the Synthetic Auratice and Oversoul creating a projection in a sense||
||Something similar happens in Emerald when you get there||
||cite, not tice btw||
Spelling is wack
mhm
Hi! If I have food in potd, do I get the 3% extra buff at the end or no?
Ok thanks!
if i'd like to go crit + direct with materials for a healer, should i try to keep the stats somewhat balanced? Or try to get highest crit possible and got Direct where i cant go crit anymore?
crit first generally
Can you change a housing plots ownership from fc to private or private to fc once you buy it?
if it cant fit any more crit, go with SpS or DHit
No
For healers its sps to tier > piety to comfort > crit > dhit/det
^
i thought about SpS but im not confidant enough with my weaving windows so i'd rather go Dhit just to do more damage more consistantly, personally
Is there a difference between fc and private housing?
Dhit/det is more of a do you want more damage or slightly more healing/damage
When it comes to stats, you generally get as much as you can if there's no tier you need to hit
what class you running?
This is about fight alignments. Your weave spacings don't change
Me? AST primarly
Because both the recast and the cast channel are reduced
You'll always have that 1s to weave
are you trying to double weave or single weave
You can't double without instants
FC housing gets access to free company crafts, airships/submarines etc.. and FC members can buy apartments within it
cause double weaving is nigh impossible without insta- channy speak faster
yeah but animations dont change, so if i barely get 2 weaves in instant cast sometimes
it might cause me to clip
if the cooldown goes down faster
Thats just comfort on the weave window timings
It's been a minute since I played the game. I renewed my sub today, and noticed the greased lightning icon is gone. Did they remove it from monk?
Speed doesn't reduce that much, its 0.01s a tier
Its a trait now
You permanently have it
Yeah, monks greased lightning is a trait now
Oh my god
its glorious
but yeah i generally didnt bothered to look much into SPS yet because im honestly ot sure at what speed i'd be comfortably with so yeh
just my personal taste but as an AST main i like running around 2.40 recast
thats why i thought to not think about it too much and go det
im at 2.46 rn but im not sure how it'll change over the course of changing the gear tbh, since im at mostly crafted gear rn
Can I turn off the teleport for my apartment?
Your weave timings don't change at all until you go past 2.1 gcd
I think some astro bis go down to like 2.32 or something
for yourself? I don't think so.. for others, yeah, it would be in estate settings under housing menu
Ok. Thanks!
they dont unless i just sometimes cast stuff too late, keep in mind i really dont play long yet, and from "endgame fights" to quote i've beaten only unreal titan, and even then i sometimes was almost clipping 2nd weave on lightspeed to malefic
If you don't do savage it's not even super necessary to align for fights
Unreal ilvl syncs you to 430
Its going to fuck with your sps
even more, since if it goes down to basic 2.5 and i was almost clipping
¯_(ツ)_/¯
not all the times but sometimes
im not sure if i just press stuff too late sometimes or what honestly
I would double check ping
!faq weaving
It might also be you're pressing things too late
First third of the gcd roll is first weave window
Yeah probably
ip taken from arrstatus.com site
Second third is 2nd window
If you let it roll past that and still try to double
Itll clip
you know it also might be a thing im just panicked so i think im almost clipping when i could have more than 0.2s yet for the cast so yknow
¯_(ツ)_/¯
If you have 0.2s until the next gcd you're too late
but yeah what sps to tier even mean at this point? to like equal number? so to 2.4, 2.3 and so forth?
0.2s after 2nd weave Chann
Substats work in tiers
Stats work in tier
Getting a certain amount will push the percentage to increase
Or in the case of gcd
Reduce it by 0.01
If a tier is at say, 1600 points and thr next at 2000, having any amount of stats between them are "dead" stats
As they're doing nothing
!faq stats
!faq stats
Someone figured it out for you so you don't have to
Things like the xivmath command can help you as well
!xivmath rspeed 2.32
ic
Is there a way to check maps cooldown?
is that for all levels
given the sheets, doesnt determination stat looks kinda bad comparing to others in this case? 
I only know because I spent a couple hours figuring out what commands exist
The stats and math stuff only for endgame
i see
On when you can gather another one? Under your timerd
Stat tiers change as you level
And there's like no point min/maxing low level tier stats
Aint nobody got time for that
Unless you're a BLU. But they're weird.
You cant buy up to just stormblood
i assume dhit and crit also multiplies off from each other? if you crit and directhit at once
they're multiplicative and not additive
in final damage dealt
Dont get from resellers
Don't buy from gray market sellers
Thats sketchy as fuck
And a waste of money
Shadowbringers comes with stormblood
For no extra cost
Just get the PS Store (or verified seller physical) version.
If you've got stores that sell (new) physical copies, that's also an option.
You don't have to get the digital download.
That's unfortunate.
Yeah, you're basically screwed then.
Although if I'm doing my math right, 65% of 60 is only about $4
So you're looking at $64 instead of $60
wouldnt it be overally better for u to buy new motherboard in this case then?
65%. Not 6.5%.
since it's still subscribtion based game
i mean, you wont use PC at all from this point? Or rather have no need for it?
i just wondered since if you're going to fix/buy new pc soon anyway, wouldnt it be better in the end to just wait for it then than buy separate game? 
.< I hate math.
your call in the end, but as others said, i'd be carefull with resellers/sites that arent officially supported
your call then, fortunally there's crossplay for ps4 and pc, but you wont be able to play on PC anymore, just keep that in mind!
I feel like its a pretty regular occurence in this channel that we get the standard question : "Hey, i bought my copy from [non-standard site/seller] and now [my key doesnt work / im locked to the wrong region] what do i do?"
^
Plus if you only get up to stormblood, you'll need Shadowbringers eventually
You can still play on PC if you own the PS4 version, and vice versa. It's only Steam/PC that are version-exclusive.
You're levelled capped to 70 on that platform and cant access Shadowbringers content
Id they're unlocked its fine
i was preety sure when you tie your account to PSN it can only be played on PS4?
No

I have both PS4 and PC versions, and can play both.
maybe i was missinformed then
You can only have 1 psn tied to your account at a time
It's only Steam that locks you out of PC and vice versa.
then i was probably missinformed, dont listed to me then
i've heard from someone that after locking in ur psn you can only use it on ps4 and not PC
They're wrong
ur math be lookin different
I had the PS4 version first. Had no issues (except the system sussed me the first time I logged in on PC and I had to change my password).
Yes, so I've already been informed. Math sucks.
how did you get 4 tho 
gochu, good to know, i'll remember that
60 x 0.065

X to doubt
It looks about the same, tbh.
how does anyone think thats even possible 
Maybe on the Pro it looks better? idk
it doesnt look better on the pro either 
Hud editor > all > alliance 1 anf 2
anyway when it comes to gearing with materia i suppose the amout of materias i want of specyfic type depends on the main gear i use in the first place? 

Gear has stat caps and can only have a set amount of each stat
It shows at the bottom when melding
!faq melding
How do I unlock melding?
Complete Forging the Spirit (materia extract/npc melding) and Waking the Spirit (player melding) in Central Thanalan.
How can I get my gear melded?
To meld visible Materia slots a NPC melder in any major city will do (marked with a Blue Materia icon on the map). To overmeld gear you'll need to request another player to meld your gear or to do it yourself.
Why can't I meld this Materia to my stuff?
Every Tier of Materia has a minimum item level requirement that gear must meet to allow melding of that Tier. Tier 6 Materia requires an item level of 290 while Tiers 7 and 8 require an item level of 420.
Why is my meld giving +0 stats?
Every item has a maximum amount of stats that can be given through melding and the natural stats found on the gear. This can be seen at the bottom of the Materia Melding menu, as seen in the picture below.
The secondary stat with a higher number is already at the cap and cannot be further melded.
im aware, but also diffrent gear have diffrent stats
See the image
thats what i mean
You still follow the general melding priority
some have det/crit, some crit/sps and so forth
so for example assuming i'd want to go for 2.35 GCD, amout of SPS materias i want depends on how many SPS i have in base gear in the first place
Yes
If you have more sps on gear you'll need less speed from materia
gochu
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I know that in this question it is difficult that you can help me but I was wondering how difficult it is to find people to play with if you are from a language that the game does not have translated, such as Spanish for example, I know some English but at the level they use I don't think I'm going to find out much about this game, so even though I would like to try this game, it seems too complicated a path compared to others translated into my language like wow
I don't know, what do you think?
last question then i suppose
what GCD is generally suggested for AST? I dont think Balance discord really makes it plain if you have good ping what exact GCD speed you want to reach exactly, and since the BIS gears suggested there are i530 which are out of my range in the first place im not sure i should be suggesting from them tbh
not speaking any of the officially localized languages can be tough but you can still use the available recruitment/community finder options to search for those pockets of players that share the same linguistic background as you
!faq communityfinder
i'm lvl 80 🔪
Well you can go to saltedxiv if you want more guides
this depends on the encounter tbh
this tier because the gear itself also has a bit more sps
you end up a tad faster
hmm...
generally speaking though another decent gauge is being able to fit a comfortable 6-7 gcds inside lightspeed as well
and typically healers don't want to be at base sps
makes movement for things a tad tighter through slidecasts (less so for astro but nevertheless)
the balance typically only suggests the bis that includes savage
understandable
is there the % thingy for ARR extreme primals? first time trying out FF logs
yeah thought so
so what you can do, should you not pursue savage is to emulate it to the best of your ability with the gear you have access to
on a side note
how do you put only the fight you had done
the log file had bunch of stuff
even from 1 day before
"upload a specific fight"
Should be an option on the uploader
is a setting in ffflogs uploader
ah, probably missed it
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i mean i dont mind savage but i might not necesarly be able to attempt most if not all savages of current tier, i do want to attempt current tier extreme tho
i guess i'll just try 2.3something for now and just see how i like it, worst case i'll change it around and thats it
bump it down little by little
drastic changes are harder to adjust to
2.4 is a good sweet spot to work with
yeah, i still have alot of time to get the tomestone gear since it's capped...
one more question then, in case of cryptlurker gear, how do you get that material to augment it?
from savages in current tier?
Yes
10s drops accessory (and belt) upgrade, 11z drops weapon and armour upgrades
Needs to be rolled on
I see
Can also be brought with books from their respective floor
I don't know how accurate this is, but I think some worlds have Spanish communities according to reddit: Hyperion, Lamia, Cactuar (these are NA servers) https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/bg78ct/a_comprehensive_server_guide/
I assume EU servers have a bigger mix and you can find Spanish speakers if you ask around
do i sign up to be a black mage in uldah
The upgrades will be added to 24man coins and hunts in 5.5 (excepy weapon upgrade, thats later)
Thaumaturges guild @lament basalt
Thaumatugre/black mage is in uldah
i've also noticed that in terms of astro "bis" gear it's mix of cryptlurker and edenmorn stuff, i assume edenmorn stuff are also savage-locked pieces?
bis for every class is some combination of augmented cryptlurker and savage gear
you might see the odd pentameld piece or unaugmented cryptlurker in some sets
Yes
it's mainly mixed to maximize the strongest substat
not necessarily to avoid a substat
although avoiding the bad substat is a bundle deal
Well maximising stats you want and minimising stats you dont
makes sense
tho i probably wont bother with it too much and just go for mostly cryptlurker tbh, especially since even if i'll manage to get into savage fights and actually beat them, i'd rather get usable gears for multiple classes than just 1
and it probably dont matter THAT much in the end
my mantra always is "get the gear for the content you wanna do"
i dont play for long so im honestly blind with alot of stuff
if your plan is to just do roulettes, dungeons, etc, you dont need anything more than like 490 right now
most players just buy only the cryptlurker pieces that end up bis
there are some that buy full cryptlurker sets and I cringe every time I see it
if you aren't doing savage then there's no real reason to be above i510 anyway
i only go full tome on jobs i don't plan to play
tbf to those ppl tho, they are just people that dont run savage but want the best gear
Buy full sets from the glamour
yes but what are they even going to use the best gear for
to be fair im not sure if i'll get into savages this tier yet, as im taking my time and for now kinda just lvling jobs all around
cuz at the end of the day, even if you don't need the gear, having it will make you perform better in whatever content you end up doing
so i have less trash gear around
i guess i'll just buy "BIS" crypto for now and see how it'll develop for me
👌
some people just like getting gear, even if they dont do hard stuff ¯_(ツ)_/¯
who are we to judge
its a goal for them to hit, let them be lol
Its a gear treadmill game
hardest thing i did so far was Unreal titan, and it took me like half a day to even clear once lol
So gear is all trash eventually
but unreal titan doesnt really need gear anyway since it downscales
yea when i was in ARR i was buying level 70+ gear off marketboard cuz i didn't know any better
neither does first floor savage, eriotto
i mean once you grab your savage jobs stuff what else do you use revelation for
trust me lol, im in the same camp as you are. but i also understand that some ppl just like getting gear, regardless of if they need it or not
i was sporting neo-ishgarddian gear already in praetorium as a noobie
7 seals
get to 7 stamps
shuffle until you get a possible 3 line configuration
either that or settle for a 1 or 2 line
retry is nice for when you'd rather spam one fight over and over again
I tend to reset the dungeons a lot since i complete those seals with roulettes
at the end of the week I'll mass reset whatever ARR EX is easiest
you can fuck up garuda EX in under a minute
Id take it
Is there no way to get more armory space? I'm doing all crafters and gathers and I keep running out of space
gochu, thanks for the help then
No
So in e11s do i cd the powder mark blast?
Is it enough time with 1 cd for both?
Our tanks tend to invuln the second blast
Oh, yeah i am worried trying to manage my cd because of the lightning tank mini buster
our tanks seem to just mit both
pld saves her invuln for uptime during right of the heavens
I honestly don't even know when our gnb invulns
Heavens1?
I never notice it
I will just use the low cd for lightning blast
I'm not sure which heavens she invulns tbh since I'm not healing this tier
Tbh you can keep full uptime on 11s unless you're forced out during Turn of the heavens 2
I think she does it during heavens 1 so she doesn't have to move the boss
Does she not get the mark if you hallowed the first part
I can't be completely sure though, I'm too busy worrying about potting during that time
i think she gets the mark and just ignores it? 
Cause our ppd hallows during there but for the second powder hit and we just drag the boss between the mirror
So everyone can hit
yeah our party doesn't drag between the mirror so she must be invulning it
boss just stays middle while everyone else just wails on him
My fc leader just show me that to give more uptime for the tank with powder mark debuff
I was thinking ghe same way as your pld i should just invu in heavens but then my fc leader show that strat i was like damn i am dumb
I would think shw would be getting a damage down from the mirror hit...i dont think hallowed stops that
if she gets a damage down she'd absolutely be complaining about it
but I don't notice her mentioning it
so maybe not

maybe it's the same logic as shield cheese in e10s
if you don't take damage you don't get damage down

Or yeah the cheese strat for e10s
It block phy and magic isnt?
I think our gnb might be eating the first hit of powder mark
and then they tank swap
That is normal haha


