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alpine shadow
copper sable
Im totally new and totally dumb creating a beautiful char, is there sth like a preset collection to choose and download char presets? sorry if im asking at the wrong place
alpine shadow
sounds like a bank issue then
alpine shadow
Do you get a bank authentication before that? or does it fail immidately?
crystal bluff
@copper sable i don't think so, but theres probably reddit threads and such of people showing off their characters and what settings they used
trail mulch
not at all
auto fail
also how many crysta is one month?
90 day cycle
I going to try crysta
alpine shadow
10 crysta is 1$ iirc
alpine shadow
!faq subprice
zinc orbitBOT
alpine shadow
probably
140 crysta per month
so probably 420 crysta
if standard
lemme check
twilit patrol
i heard that each gc offer different costumes, anyone can share a link with me please to see them ?
green grail
!faq grandcompany
zinc orbitBOT
twilit patrol
ty
leaden ginkgo
Do healing buffs increase the amount of shield that divine benison applies? I don’t know if shielding is treated as healing according to the game
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remote lintel
equivalent to a heal of 500 potency
so if you buffed heals then it would affect the shield iirc
leaden ginkgo
So it should function as a healing skill, then. Thank you
little swift
Depends on which action you're using
Temperance won't work
Because that's gcds only
worthy rain
Just curious but guildhest, in the duty finder, are just tutorials?
Even there is a roulette for them
oak ice
worthy rain
Ok thanks for commenting 👍
weary burrow
subscriptionfee in crysta is 1300? i thought the website said 700 services 300 character
worthy rain
Daily roulettes rewards aply to the level one roulete, and the guildhest roulette? Or only one, the first you do?
crude nacelle
if I'm grouped with someone, I'm dps and he's a healer. If the roulette says "dps in need" does my friend get the bonus or no?
worthy rain
If you wanna do the daily rewards of the roulette quick, you can pick them up unsync and solo, and make a low level
Or is it a oxymorom? You can not choose unsync solo and a roulette?
twilit arch
you can't unsync roulettes
acoustic mantle
What's the best way to use leve allowances if I've already maxed my crafters and gatherers?
worthy rain
Oxymorom ok
twilit arch
defeats the point of roulettes
Triple turn ins of coffee biscuits, full leves is like 2mil~
HQ ofc
acoustic mantle
Oh, nice.
crude nacelle
anyone?
faint flare
if I'm grouped with someone, I'm dps and he's a healer. If the roulette says "dp...
Only if you que with the role it says
Ain isn't party wide
crude nacelle
It says on his side healer, but on my side it says dps
crude nacelle
ok
elder locust
Hi. I feel really stupid asking this, but do people use materia below level cap? I've played this game for like a year, I've got my first class to cap....and I've never used materia. How essential is it that I'm using this? Should I just be buying it off the market board?
little swift
Its not really a necessity
Even at cap if you don't do savage
There are also easier/cheaper ways to obtain materia
That don't involve being scammed
elder locust
Well....that makes me feel a bit better. Its always been weirdly intimidating. I figured I would learn it when I learn crafting.
Which is my next goal now that I'm at cap.
little swift
Crafting and gathering does benefit way more from materia in the sense that everything you meld is a.mainstat
faint flare
Materia is turned off whenever you synced down which is why its primarily used at cap, when you do content that isn't syncing you
elder locust
Ah, thats nice.
little swift
Substat tiering on combat gear is more effort
alpine shadow
Materia melding gets costly if you meld too much. You should rather save up VII and VIII materia for endgame gear.
elder locust
WOW, materia doesn't sync to level? That's crazy.
little swift
The only thing I would say really matters from a gameplay perspective would be your skillspeed /spellspeed
faint flare
It's completely turned off
elder locust
Huh. Okay then.
little swift
As that has a noticeable effect on how the game feels when you play
elder locust
Thanks for the info everyone. Its helpful as I prepare to up my game.
alpine shadow
Other stats are either how less you take damage, or how harder your hits are.
Though i am not sure if they have an enough substantial effect on dps to use damage reducers and piety, since you never want to meld that on a dps class.
elder locust
Second question, can bluemage do POTD? I'm planning to run that soon. Trying to figure out a fun way to do it.
alpine shadow
No
elder locust
Ah, figured. Thanks.
faint flare
It would be fun but it would break the difficulty of the Solo floor 200 achievement
elder locust
Lol, true.
granite zephyr
is ff xiv or bdo more populated?
blissful matrix
I personally found ffxiv to possess more people
but thats anecdote and not based of subs/player account #s
little swift
Theres no official data for concurrent xiv players
strange coral
I don't know about BDO but I always hear from various articles that FF14 is second behind only WoW in player count. But who knows where they get the numbers other than "the dev/publisher said so."
celest inlet
do we know when would they change the status of preferred/congested world this month?
remote lintel
on patches
celest inlet
do we know when would the patch come out next time 0.0?
remote lintel
april 3 iirc
delicate field
is there a way to block FC invites ingame? random ppl keep inviting me to FC's
celest inlet
cause I found it changes every 2nd tuesday of each month for the past 4months
remote lintel
they always release patches on tuesday
@delicate field you can set your status to busy
celest inlet
thanks
need to plan out my last 7days of road to 70 if they changed my server to standard 😛
zinc orbitBOT
remote lintel
you get road to 70 for 90 days minimum
granite zephyr
What are good data centers to play on for EU?
zinc orbitBOT
celest inlet
yeah, i have 7 days to go for my 90 days
granite zephyr
are they all cross play?
karmic niche
Pc/Ps
remote lintel
matchmaking is done within the data center
scarlet arrow
within the same datacenter
celest inlet
cross play within same data center
granite zephyr
is light or chaos more populated?
remote lintel
both
remote lintel
I heard next patch we can all join all DC?
no
celest inlet
not with other data centers,though they did mention they mightimplent that next expansion in the fall
karmic niche
No
scarlet arrow
we're not 100% sure how visiting other DCs will work
remote lintel
fall
karmic niche
That thing still far away
delicate field
oh yeah...
remote lintel
its at least 6 months away
scarlet arrow
September would be my guess
faint flare
Late September/early October for me
celest inlet
hopefully it doesnt get too late
faint flare
Its been pushed back by at least 2 months
Typically expansions are in july ish time
Soooo
left moth
the projected street date is first week of october
(I can thonk calendar dates)
28 september is the optimistic launch date
delicate field
is housing space limited? and it's hard to get a house?
strange coral
Yes and yes
delicate field
saw some threads on reddit where ppl are house hunting and it seems hard
remote lintel
it is
left moth
yes and yes. the way the servers handle housing currently makes expansion a pain in the ass so the limited number of available houses + timer rng + a large number of players who want a personal or fc house means it's always going to be a tight market except on servers with very low active player counts
delicate field
does it give any bonuses or something? or it's just cosmetic for fun
delicate field
oh.. gardening doesnt seem worth all the effort then
karmic niche
So every exp every class are getting a new abilities?
remote lintel
yes
left moth
can get some items needed to craft things exclusively through gardening but there's enough other people who do that for market board
karmic niche
Nice, i hope to see some in the next showcase
left moth
Nice, i hope to see some in the next showcase
job skill demo trailer will probably be around may or whenever the media tour/beta is. updated job guide is usually closer to launch when preliminary 6.0 patch notes are being readied
mild lark
how can I be a gunbreaker?
remote lintel
own shadowbringers, get to lvl 60
scarlet arrow
how can I be a gunbreaker?
be level 60 and own Shadowbringers
remote lintel
starts in gridania
karmic niche
Ok, looking forward to it
left moth
unlock is in new gridania. need a job lv60+ and own a license for shadowbringers
mild lark
oh okay cheers - is there a good class to start with for a brand new player? im thinking arcanist rn
remote lintel
pick whatever
karmic niche
Any
granite zephyr
can you switch between home worlds?
scarlet arrow
all of the classes have very basic rotations until you reach about lvl 30
faint flare
You can pay to swap your home world
granite zephyr
thank you
remote lintel
you can visit other worlds but you cant change your home world without paying
left moth
arcanist is ok since that splits into scholar and summoner (and limsa is still convenient to get to waking sands if have burned through tickets) but all arr type classes/jobs start pretty boring
hearty mantle
does anyone know if you collect the 15 timeworn artifacts for the relic step but keep the quest open if you can keep amassing them?
mild lark
cheers
mild lark
make it so up is down and down is up
mild lark
oh nice cheers
potent token
Hey guys, I'm new to the server. I know this question has probably been asked a million times, but I wanna get into the game, especially now with the new expansion being announced. I've given the game a few goes in the past, but I can never get too deep into. I've heard the game gets a whole lot better once you get into the Heavensword stuff, but I've never made it that far. What would be the best way to go about getting more into the game? Should I try and group up with other players to level through the base game? Or do I just need to man up and power through it?
leaden ginkgo
hi all
remote lintel
its extremely story heavy
leaden ginkgo
I think my char is bugged, I am unable to start squadron quest
I have all necessary stuffs unlocked, but quests wont pop up...
twilit arch
you need to be 2nd LT
twilit arch
that is not second lieutenant
remote lintel
rank up
twilit arch
you have one more rank to go
leaden ginkgo
Isnt chief higher?
twilit arch
no
remote lintel
no
potent token
Story heavy isn't a problem. I'm actually a huge fan of Final Fantasy, and jrpgs in general. It's the MMO side of things that gets me.
remote lintel
what about it gets you
jagged crow
I feel like I asked this before but I am worried, if I relocate to a new house will all the private rooms in the fc house move to the new house?
potent token
The combat is slow, all the different systems to learn like crafting and whatnot. I don't know if all that gets better with time. But I wanna play the game to experience the story.
remote lintel
crafting is optional
and combat is slow in the beginning because you have like 5 skills
it gets better
jagged crow
If fast paced action is more your style just play mnk
remote lintel
monk is slow in the beginning too
jagged crow
I mean end game mnk is one of the more complicated classes
strange coral
I feel like I asked this before but I am worried, if I relocate to a new house w...
Private chambers are moved automatically with the house
remote lintel
not really
jagged crow
I think it is mechanically
remote lintel
monk has one of the simplest rotations
jagged crow
So what do you think is the most difficult?
strong saddle
Arent all classes complicated?
remote lintel
summoner probably
strong saddle
Jobs
jagged crow
how is smn hard
remote lintel
its opener is 2 minutes long and its entire rotation has 5 phases
strong saddle
If u mess one ability its fucked
delicate field
damn, I was going for summoner. should I not?
remote lintel
no
strong saddle
Its your choice
remote lintel
if you want to play then youll learn it
strong saddle
We aint forcing u
faint flare
Summoner starts out basic
jagged crow
What is the simplest dps?
remote lintel
its not like impossible to learn
faint flare
Dancer
strong saddle
"Simple"
mild lark
is there a way to track your quest if it isnt on your local map?
strong saddle
Uhh
strong saddle
Samurai is complicated too me
mild lark
<@!806156654025375765> journal
thanks but it doesnt show me where to go
weary burrow
any worlds have a exp buff on chaos right now?
faint flare
!preferred chaos
zinc orbitBOT
faint flare
Thise
weary burrow
ah cool ;D
remote lintel
click the quest objective in the quest list on the right side of your screen @mild lark
it pulls up the map
jagged crow
Does all of your characters have to be on the same server?
remote lintel
no
mild lark
will it show the direction on the mini map if i need to change zones first?
little swift
its opener is 2 minutes long and its entire rotation has 5 phases
Opener is not 2 min long
little swift
Thats the whole rotation cerb
And half of it is just r3 spam use egi assaults and dots
The only specific changes are during burst of demi summons
Which is 4 r3s 4 r4s with 1 r3 being swiftcast during bahamut
And alternating the 2 phoenix skills in phoenix
People are really overstating summoner difficulty
remote lintel
yeah but it has some timing shenanigans where youre not supposed to use some skills right when they come off cd or something
tribal sand
Which queues are worth it now? Leveling a 68 alt for another 80.
remote lintel
highest level dungeon except level cap dungeons
little swift
yeah but it has some timing shenanigans where youre not supposed to use some ski...
Thats pretty much encounter specific
tribal sand
So no *0 dungeons still? Any particular queues advised?
remote lintel
oh you mean roulettes?
tribal sand
Oh sorry, yeah, stupid today.
remote lintel
alliance, leveling, msq, trials
tribal sand
Cool cool, so about the same as ever. Thanks much.
strong saddle
Is having macros for lets say an aoe combo not even worth doing
twilit arch
macros in general for combat are almost never worth
there are very few QoL ones, but those are generally for ogcds skills
little swift
!faq macrogcd
zinc orbitBOT
mild lark
how can i do more of the main quest?
strange coral
What do you mean?
scarlet cape
For leveling in hoh is there a floor I should stop at and run instead of progressing further?
faint flare
Its also in the top right corner
mild lark
i cannot see any though 🙂
faint flare
Main scenario tracker
Top left
That shows your current onr and any important quests under it
mild lark
oh yeah that thing thanks 🙂
twilit arch
21-30 is the usual floors people do, but floors past that are intended to be for challenge anyway so kind of hard to go past 30 unless you're in a premade party or soloing @scarlet cape
scarlet cape
@twilit arch ty.
mild lark
when can i get the 30% exp buff rings pleaae?
mild lark
oh thats amazing thanks 🙂
zinc orbitBOT
mild lark
so you dont loot mobs in this one?
strange coral
Mob loot is automatically put in to your inventory. Don't need to go click corpses.
mild lark
oh great thanks 🙂
scarlet arrow
also the overwhelming majority of loot you get from mobs will be crafting resources
scarlet bough
just started whats the best way to level up?
remote lintel
msq is the biggest source of exp
faint flare
!faq newplayertips
zinc orbitBOT
scarlet arrow
so close -.-
mild lark
how do I get level 5 peices of gear I need 5 of them idk how to gety ewvern one
faint flare
Buy from vendor
You just need a hat
As the starting racial gear is already item level 5
remote lintel
go to the main city marketplace
mild lark
oh okay thanks
mild lark
all their stock is level 35
shrewd bone
Is their anyone who can answer an account question I have for FF14 ?
scarlet arrow
the vendors in the main city should have multiple options for different level ranges
remote lintel
@shrewd bone just ask
shrewd bone
So i recently discovered, That they changed the free trial to LV60 base game and all of heavensword, Ive gotten almsot to the end of the base ARR campaign before back before they reworked it and had a 100 quests to go but forgot all of it and started agian but didnt have money to keep playing. I was considering playing through the Free trial then buying it again. But I saw that If I buy it again on steam after removing it from my account I wont get a new CD key.
I had originally thought about changing my original accounts info to a spam email and making an ew accoutn with my main email and playing through all of the free trial. But now idk if thatll work or if it will, will i just be prevented from ever playing on steam ?
I boguht heaven sword and the base game back when heavensword first came out but never had time or money to play LOL
hot eagle
could make a new steam account if you want it on steam
shrewd bone
Oh is there ?
remote lintel
yes
shrewd bone
But the base thing is, Im not getting it back on steam ? I mean if not thats fine I just wanted to make sure
delicate field
its 30 bucks for complete edition, gives you 30 days free time
silver ruin
yea its like half off
silver ruin
if your old account was steam based and you want to use that account, you have to buy iton steam
shrewd bone
So if i switch the email on my current account I have and make a new account. With my main email. Could I play through the free trial and such ?
remote lintel
yes
shrewd bone
I may do just that and buy it off windows
scarlet arrow
if you buy the game though you won't be able to play on the free trial
delicate field
your steam email isn't known to Squarenix, so you could create an account with your same email
remote lintel
they can hold the code
silver ruin
if you buy the game though you won't be able to play on the free trial
wrong
thats only for ps4
scarlet arrow
oh yeah I forget you can just hold the code
sleek folio
I'm curious if I want to invest in this game?
shrewd bone
Hold the code ?
silver ruin
like, dont enter it on the mog station
remote lintel
like you buy the game and dont use the code
silver ruin
on your account
shrewd bone
OHHH
delicate field
When you buy complete edition it gives you a code to activate it on your account
sleek folio
Yea.. dont have alot of it to begin with
remote lintel
play the trial?
scarlet arrow
play the trial
delicate field
this game seems very time consuming honestly
shrewd bone
Ty all for the quick and honest answers and such I appreciate it c; ❤️
remote lintel
it is a long game
silver ruin
^
scarlet arrow
I mean all MMORPGs are going to be a substantial time investment
sleek folio
Can I port a the trial character to full game if I choose?
silver ruin
yes
scarlet arrow
yes
remote lintel
your data carries over
sleek folio
🤔
remote lintel
when you upgrade
sleek folio
Unfortunately I think I bought the game years ago.. will have to see what version I have
silver ruin
can just make a new account if you dont wanna pay a sub right away
zinc orbitBOT
remote lintel
unless you dont remember your login
sleek folio
Ah... just gonna have to make a new account cause I forget name and password😅
silver ruin
yea and like, theres a sale on the game every few months and if you find you enjoy it but dont have hte time to invest into payinga sub you can just hold onto the code
worthy rain
this game seems very time consuming honestly
ARR the longest, and the beginning The worse, also you dont have a mount till level 20
But only the begining, only focus on doing msq,job quests and Hall of Novice
delicate field
what does ARR mean
silver ruin
a realm reborn
remote lintel
a realm reborn
silver ruin
2.0-2.55 stuff
worthy rain
Base game
remote lintel
i wouldnt say its bad
silver ruin
just can feel like a slog
worthy rain
But really, is only the begining of it what is slow and boring
delicate field
i didn't do hall of novice and am already level 30 😦 the ring wont be useful so much
remote lintel
its fine
silver ruin
i didn't do hall of novice and am already level 30 😦 the ring wont be useful so...
alt classes if you wanna level more
sleek folio
I've been playing Eso for about a year now.. curious on how other mmos are
scarlet arrow
it applies to every job
worthy rain
Hall of Novice is cool to learn jobs functions
remote lintel
I've been playing Eso for about a year now.. curious on how other mmos are
ESO is not like traditional MMOs
sleek folio
🤷♂️
delicate field
eso is more action oriented
worthy rain
i didn't do hall of novice and am already level 30 😦 the ring wont be useful so...
What is the ring?
sleek folio
Thats what I've heard
delicate field
remote lintel
its an exp boosting ring @worthy rain
scarlet arrow
also the stats on the Brand-New Ring make it likely to be used all the way to level 50
silver ruin
Thats what I've heard
its basically a jrpgs worth of text for each expansion + the base game
delicate field
Increases EXP by 30% when level 30 and below.
silver ruin
good 20~ hours or so worth for eache expansion, maybe a little more for the base game
delicate field
oh wow i didnt even realize it had good stats. gonna have to get that ring asap then
worthy rain
Ok thanks, great, with RT70 and armory bonus you can level up fast
silver ruin
leveling up fast doesnt mean much unless its on alts, cuz msq gives a lot of exp
worthy rain
People say the worst to level up is from 1-15, cause you can not do dungeons
remote lintel
it doesnt take long
silver ruin
^
little swift
if you have a higher level friend
silver ruin
for alt classes yea
little swift
its like 15-20minutes
worthy rain
From 1-15 you mean?
little swift
for alt jobs
remote lintel
yes from 1 - 15
worthy rain
In a hour? Great
remote lintel
or less
scarlet arrow
CNJ 1-15 can be a bit rough since it takes forever to kill things
worthy rain
Spam hunting logs, fates, what more?
remote lintel
challenge log
worthy rain
Ok thanks for the info 👍
sleek folio
So there is no difference between races?
faint flare
Only visual
scarlet arrow
no mechanical difference
sleek folio
🤔
remote lintel
nothing on character creation matters
scarlet arrow
ignore the fact that they have slightly different starting stats
faint flare
Except starting class
scarlet arrow
they don't matter
remote lintel
you can even switch your starting class at lvl 10
sleek folio
But stats matter🤷♂️
remote lintel
no
faint flare
The 1-3 point difference literally does nothing
remote lintel
not that low stats
faint flare
Due to stat tiering
Those few points won't push you to a new stat tier
Making them dead stats
sleek folio
I assume each class can become max stats eventually?
remote lintel
thats not how it works
faint flare
If you're in BiS
sleek folio
👆
faint flare
Gear is all your stats
silver ruin
if you want bis you're gonna end up doing savage raids
other than that it doesnt really matter honestly
delicate field
so endgame gear is rolling RNG to get best stats increase from gear?
faint flare
If you're in BiS on two different characters you're practically identical
remote lintel
its not all rng
silver ruin
gear has fixed stats
remote lintel
you get guaranteed loot eventually
sleek folio
I assumed it was based on gear. But each class will have same stats if they are wearing the same thing?
silver ruin
gear drops is rng yea
faint flare
Omly RNG is rolling to WIN the gear
silver ruin
I assumed it was based on gear. But each class will have same stats if they are ...
yes, but theres also melds (basically stat stones/enchantments in other games)
that vary on each class
so stats arent gonna be the same for each class
remote lintel
if theyre wearing the same gear then it will have the same melds
faint flare
If people are in completely identical gear then they'll be exactly the same
silver ruin
^
delicate field
oh so gear isn't randomly generated like WoW, all gear has specific stats?
remote lintel
yes
faint flare
Yes
silver ruin
yes
scarlet arrow
^
silver ruin
but what gear pieces drop from raids, thats rng
agile laurel
!action living shadow
What does shadow attack potency 350 mean exactly? Is it saying that every action it uses, regardless of what the action actually is, is a potency 350 attack?
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remote lintel
gear stats are determined by the devs
delicate field
oh cool thx
sleek folio
faint flare
Randomised stat stuff is basically non existant
sacred laurel
free trial only you can do the history? what more?
faint flare
What does shadow attack potency 350 mean exactly? Is it saying that every action...
Every hit it does is that potency
remote lintel
free trial can do everything up the the first expansion except social stuff
faint flare
Basically a glorified fancy dot
remote lintel
!faq freetrial
zinc orbitBOT
simple shore
The only thing that makes it not exactly just a DoT is that it has two AoE's which do hit AoE targets
sleek folio
I like social...whole point of mmo
silver ruin
free trial is more of to give the players a feel for the game, not the social aspects
like mechanics/dungeons etc
sacred laurel
so is like a solo gameplay
remote lintel
kind of but not really
sleek folio
🤢
remote lintel
you still do dungeons with other players
silver ruin
you can still do dungeons etc with other people but like
you cant make parties/send pms etc
this stuff is to combat rmt
scarlet arrow
by social stuff we mean chat limitations, can't initiate trades, can't join free companies, etc.
sacred laurel
i am trying ffxiv because im boring of gw2
shrewd owl
You’d need a subbed player to grt ur own party
sleek folio
i am trying ffxiv because im boring of gw2
Thats how I feel with eso
silver ruin
^
basically free trial is to see the mechanics/story etc
cause people arent gonna start to pay for an mmo if that stuff sucks for them
sleek folio
So basically solo queue
remote lintel
the game uses matchmaking
sleek folio
Thats one way to make friends 🤣
silent canopy
What's a good server for a newbie like me. NA
remote lintel
all of them
silver ruin
^
remote lintel
roll a die
silver ruin
really doesnt matter which one you choose besides if it has road to 70
but idk if any na ones do currently
sleek folio
@silent canopy let me know which one u pick and I will pick the same we will be newbies together
silver ruin
!faq worldpick
zinc orbitBOT
worthy rain
Free trials can not join parties or linkshell
But yes invited
And also, very important, ask for someone invite you to the Novice Network
zinc orbitBOT
silver ruin
!preferred primal
zinc orbitBOT
silver ruin
!preferred crystal
zinc orbitBOT
little swift
Crystal has the most
elder wigeon
Just returned to the game. Only 2 alliance raids for shadowbringers?
scarlet arrow
so far
silver ruin
Just returned to the game. Only 2 alliance raids for shadowbringers?
3rd ones being released next patch
little swift
3rd one in 5.5
silver ruin
april 13th
scarlet arrow
8-mans are finished
remote lintel
alliance raids are added in odd patches
sleek folio
Can I pre-purchase the new expansion?
silver ruin
yea cuz ultimate got delayed again 
silver ruin
Can I pre-purchase the new expansion?
its not up for preorder yet
remote lintel
@sleek folio not yet
elder wigeon
Ahh guess ill lvl gunblader then. Fastest is still hoh for 70?
sleek folio
When is the release date?
silver ruin
fall 2021
scarlet arrow
gunbreaker? fastest will be dungeon spam
silver ruin
once theres a solid release date they'll probably put it for preorder
sleek folio
O thats a ways
little swift
Ahh guess ill lvl gunblader then. Fastest is still hoh for 70?
Dungeons better for tanks
little swift
And in general if your queue times don't suck
remote lintel
but this got delayed
sleek folio
🤔 nothing in between?
little swift
Itll permanently be fall now
remote lintel
they have patches
elder wigeon
Gotta get used to the game again. No idea if i can properly tank dungeons atm lol
Been like 2 years since i played
sleek folio
Once a tank always a tank... its like riding a bike
elder wigeon
This bike needs some snow tires and a bit of oil tho
sleek folio
I do like how 1 character can do anything
scarlet arrow
Itll permanently be fall now
I would imagine that they would shoot for summer 2023 if they can to take advantage of summer breaks and such
sleek folio
And everything
silver ruin
yea only reason to make more characters is if you wanna do rp stuff or like
gear more classes during savage lockouts
elder wigeon
Summer breaks dont apply to adults
little swift
I would imagine that they would shoot for summer 2023 if they can to take advant...
Unlikely they would reshorten their dev time
sacred laurel
Yes its like albion one character for all
sleek folio
Savage lockout?
scarlet arrow
yeah idk if it's going to be feasible to do so
silver ruin
savage is whats considered raiding
little swift
!faq savageloot
zinc orbitBOT
remote lintel
theres a weekly loot restriction on newest raid tiers
faint flare
High end raids have weekly locks
silver ruin
what channy posted
remote lintel
@stray drum #resources has discords
sleek folio
I can only do a raid ONCE A WEEK?
silver ruin
you can only get loot from each floor of the high end raids once a week
you cand o it an unlimited amount of times
elder wigeon
They broke the agrias armor? I cant glamour into it anymore
silver ruin
but you wont get gear after hte first time
sleek folio
😭
remote lintel
a lot of MMOs use time gating for endgame content
remote lintel
this isnt anything new
silver ruin
i havent played eso
faint flare
It will take you awhile to learn and complete the fights anyways
sleek folio
Not eso...
remote lintel
no i dont think it does
little swift
And unless you're already regularly clearing these its not like you'll sweep through them like normal mode
silver ruin
savage end game gear isnt needed for anything but savage/ultimates
winged fossil
hi all. i had a Q about the stories and expacs. i am a wow refugee so still learning the ropes. so if i start as a brand new character, i'm starting lvl 1 just like every other player did when the game launched, and running through the MSQs in that order (compared to wow where you join at the current expac and then go back 'in time' to play those old expac stories - sort of)
faint flare
Gotta time gatw stuff so people stayed subbed to give SE money
remote lintel
@winged fossil yes the game is linear
scarlet arrow
hi all. i had a Q about the stories and expacs. i am a wow refugee so still lear...
well not exactly like it was in the beginning but yes you play through everything in order
winged fossil
ok, so me going round harvesting orages is what originals were doing when the game launched.
faint flare
A few quests got cut and streamlined in the mass streamlining but otherwise its how it always been
Ofc more xp rewards
sleek folio
So let me get this straight... you have dungeons(x amount of people) that u can run all the time... you have trials/raids(x amount of people) that u can only get gear from once a week?
silver ruin
trials and normal raids arent locked
remote lintel
only the newest tier of raids is weekly locked
silver ruin
higher end raids that are the newest are locked
remote lintel
normal raids are
little swift
Normal versions of raids aren't locked besides tokens
silver ruin
higher end raids have (savage) at the endof it
little swift
But you can do them in any order
faint flare
Only High end raids and casual 24mand are ever weekly lock
little swift
Extreme trials you can go nuts
faint flare
Mid core content like Extremes are freely farmed
sleek folio
So u have normal and then "Vet"?
do ultimates have weekly locks?
faint flare
Yes
remote lintel
normal raids are still weekly locked with the tokens you can get from them
silver ruin
f
faint flare
1 token per week
silver ruin
yea, isnt it 1 token=1 weapon though
faint flare
Yep
remote lintel
no
little swift
Yes
remote lintel
7 tokens for a weapon
silver ruin
for ultimates it is cerb
sleek folio
Ok.. so u have dungeons, raids and trials?
silver ruin
yes
scarlet arrow
it's also worth noting that raids are not the only way to get gear, in fact most players gear up using tomestones, which are currency you get from doing a variety of content
sleek folio
Dungeons are how many 2?
silver ruin
4
sleek folio
🤷♂️
remote lintel
4 is a light party, 8 is a full party
hidden lotus
Can the Black Hayate minion and Triple Triad card drop during a Trust run of Holminster Switch?
scarlet arrow
yes
sleek folio
So much forgien language getting thrown around
hidden lotus
Oh good. I've done this about 6 or 7 times and haven't seen the card yet. I know the minion is rare, but was still concerned.
faint flare
There's 4 kan dungeons and normal 8man story trials: free farm
Normal 8man raids: 4 per tier and 1 token per floor per week
24mans: the most recent 24mans are weekly locked on gear and tokens
Extreme trial: harder version of trials, freely farmed
Savage: Harder 8man raids, weekly locked, can only loot on first clear
Ultimates: Weekly locked on Launch
Order of Content difficulty
remote lintel
1 tank 1 healer 2 dps is a light party, 2 tanks 2 healers 4 dps is a full party
only dungeons and the very early trials use 4 man parties
sleek folio
Except when 24 people
remote lintel
24 people is 3 full parties
sleek folio
I dont math well.. that makes sense
What in gods green earth does something need 6 tanks for🤷♂️
faint flare
Multiple adds
remote lintel
no
faint flare
That need to be split
remote lintel
alliance raids have 5 dps and 1 tank
faint flare
24mans have 3 tanks in total
sleek folio
Ahh.. thats a reasonable number
silver ruin
thats a mess rn yea
remote lintel
only a few groups have cleared it right now
little swift
there's no fixed comp for that too
sleek folio
little swift
due to things like essences
remote lintel
but you dont need to worry about any of this as a new player
little swift
and lost actions
faint flare
Well savage you ideally want Proper Comp
faint flare
Cause Hoky fuck shit hits hard
silver ruin
^
scarlet arrow
basically none of this stuff will matter if you're just starting the game
remote lintel
what bran said
little swift
its not something you'll see in the immediate future
even with skips
you still have to play all of shadowbringers
sleek folio
Sooo... how long will it take to get mid-game?
remote lintel
depends how long it takes you to do the story
sleek folio
😭
zinc orbitBOT
scarlet arrow
there is no particular reason to rush to the end
silver ruin
^ if you're just gonna do that
sleek folio
Fair point
little swift
think of the base game and each of the expansions as full length jrpgs
so something liek 200+ hours away if you watch all the cutscenes
delicate field
whats the name of the harder raid? I wanna look up some videos
remote lintel
@delicate field delubrum reginae savage is the 48 man one
scarlet arrow
and people still do older content
faint flare
Ultimates are the hardest raids
silver ruin
for the 48 man what cerb said
little swift
eden's promise savage is the current raid tier
silver ruin
yea ultimates are always being done cause its
more of a status thing
savage raids are still valid till the next one releases
woeful nacelle
How do I put skills onto the WXHB bar?
remote lintel
switch to the hotbar you want
scarlet arrow
even then there are ways to do older content at the item level it was designed for. it's not particularly popular, but there are people that do so
forest lark
I don't remember if I asked here already, butbdoes anyone know whats coming to mog tomorrow?
sleek folio
Me again folks..whats the best class/jobs for dps or tank?
strange coral
Any of them
faint flare
!faq meta
zinc orbitBOT
faint flare
Legitimately
sleek folio
👀
remote lintel
all jobs are good
faint flare
Unlike most mmos, Balance actually exists and is cared about
sleek folio
Interesting
remote lintel
just get all of them 4head
forest lark
One more thing
I finished 2nd step
And I didnt get any weapon? How so
Isnt second step glow
faint flare
No
sleek folio
Are there "guilds"?
forest lark
Uhhh 36 raids just ti get another qurst for 15 more rqids
remote lintel
guilds are free companies
faint flare
Free companies yee
forest lark
Aw man
sleek folio
So there's companies that cost?
scarlet arrow
lol no
strange coral
"free" like a free agent, free to do what you want
sleek folio
"Free"? Then not no free?
little swift
its not free as in free vs paid
scarlet arrow
as opposed to Grand Companies which work for specific city-states
sleek folio
Ah..
little swift
its free as in non-affiliated
sleek folio
Affiliated has to do with job/class?
little swift
no
remote lintel
no
remote lintel
grand companies are each main city's military force
little swift
city-state relevance. mostly in-game fluff
sleek folio
Ok sorry for noob questiins
remote lintel
free companies are the canon player made organizations
little swift
dw about thats why we're here
sleek folio
May and try to hop on later this afternoon
little swift
i appreciate your effort to learn
woeful nacelle
Can you hotkey lost actions?
little swift
yes
sleek folio
I've always been interested in "mmo" but being a console player its limited
little swift
@woeful nacelle its the duty actions ones
remote lintel
ff14 was originally made to be played on console
woeful nacelle
ahhh ok
scarlet arrow
some people even use controllers to play on PC
little swift
controller implementation is fantastic
scarlet arrow
also btw the game is coming to PS5 in April
sleek folio
Yea.. not getting that till holiday season or 2022
scarlet arrow
fair
jaunty gorge
Are there any more glowing Gunblades besides Ultimate ones, Relics and the shinryu one?
woeful nacelle
back the the hotkeying duty actions, can you slot them onto a controller?
agile laurel
Are there any more glowing Gunblades besides Ultimate ones, Relics and the shinr...
you've covered essentially all of them. yes. gnb has a comparatively small selection of weapons due to being a newest job
jaunty gorge
Welp. Thought there might be one I didn't know of. Thanks anyway
faint flare
back the the hotkeying duty actions, can you slot them onto a controller?
Action and traits > general
If you dont want to do it via trigger + L/R3
woeful nacelle
oh sweet there they are thanks
little swift
Welp. Thought there might be one I didn't know of. Thanks anyway
the palace of the dead/kinna ones
manic flare
if u stay subbed but dont step in your house for 45 days it still gets demolished?
slate arrow
yes
slate arrow
they're not the owner
silver ruin
nope
doesnt work like that
it has to be you for a personal house
for an fc it can be anyone in thefc
polar hound
they will email you when it enters the demo timer if you havent entered the house in the timeframe. most people miss it then complain anyways, but again, not how it works
leaden ginkgo
also btw the game is coming to PS5 in April
Seriously? Might wait on that instead of playing the PS4 version on BC
delicate field
does anyone here mostly skip quest dialogues?
leaden ginkgo
yeah
remote lintel
Seriously? Might wait on that instead of playing the PS4 version on BC
if you buy the game on ps4 you get it on ps5 for free
scarlet arrow
^
leaden ginkgo
Guessing it’s cross progression between the two versions too right?
remote lintel
its the same account so
leaden ginkgo
Awesome, might as well start then.
scarlet arrow
you can even play the same character on PC and PS4 right now (if you own both versions of the game)
leaden ginkgo
That’s pretty neat
I’m playing the trial right now but if I get into it I’ll buy the full game
agile laurel
you can even play the same character on PC and PS4 right now (if you own both ve...
emphasis on own both versions, in THIS case you'd need to buy the game twice
but ps4 to ps5 will be free
jagged crow
What crafter makes dragoon arms/weapons
blissful matrix
usually a blacksmith
jagged crow
neat
leaden ginkgo
when does challenge log reset?
jagged crow
I am trying to figure out what classes are most important to level (crafters)
I know "all of em" but I mean first
I finished alc
obsidian patio
Carpenter makes most of the DRG weapons too
blissful matrix
when does challenge log reset?
Next Tuesday
leaden ginkgo
ty
jagged crow
Working on crp it is!
zinc orbitBOT
leaden ginkgo
what did we do
leaden ginkgo
oh k
hot eagle
nothing it's a automatic /timed message
delicate field
can you multiclass/use skills from other classesjobs
delicate field
remote lintel
yes
delicate field
so if i learn surecast as healer, i can cast it while an arcanist?
silver ruin
gotta get to the right level but yes
remote lintel
yes
delicate field
oh right its level 44
unkempt zodiac
Is there a way to get our recollection relic weapons back for glam after doing one of the next steps?
remote lintel
buy the replica
unkempt zodiac
You have to regrind the step to get it shiny again?
sleek folio
Whats the most important aspect of the game for new players
remote lintel
no its a replica
remote lintel
Whats the most important aspect of the game for new players
doing msq
sleek folio
Msq?
remote lintel
main story quest
unkempt zodiac
The ones I can buy from the npc are only the non sparkly ones
sleek folio
O no research no job quest nothing like that?
remote lintel
you might have to do the next step of your relic
unkempt zodiac
sleek folio
And then...🤣
remote lintel
and then whatever you want
hot eagle
also your character level dosent mean much for unlocking stuff since most is behind msq progress
delicate field
true that, im player level 32 and still no mount lol
jade quartz
MSQ, job quests and blue quests 
The latter unlock features and content.
MSQ is the main form of progression
Job quests should be considered mandatory as they give you skills
silver ruin
true that, im player level 32 and still no mount lol
!faq mount
zinc orbitBOT
delicate field
ah I'm at Dressed to Deceive, i think it's very close
tidal yarrow
where should I go to gather some botanist level 15 stuff?
arctic plover
Hi folks, i've been messing around with the free trial for a bit, and im trying to figure out when's the best level to take the plunge and commit. It's a subjective question.
remote lintel
whenever you feel like it
tidal yarrow
and is there anywhere in-game i can look? like gathering areas
remote lintel
your gathering journal
pearl wharf
In pharos hard
whats behind this wall?
hot eagle
more mobs
pearl wharf
ah well than thank god
crude nacelle
is there a spreadsheet for current relic?
crude nacelle
How do I go back to gangos?
vernal urchin
you can access it from the doman enclave
crude nacelle
ok ty
leaden ginkgo
About to return to the game, should I get a recruit a friend code from someone?
is ff14 similar to any other ffs?
in terms of setting or story or anything
remote lintel
it has a lot of references to other ffs
like
they added kefka in the game with weird magicy lore explanations
remote lintel
About to return to the game, should I get a recruit a friend code from someone?
if you already bought game time before then you can't use a RAF code
leaden ginkgo
oh damn really? on my mogstation its showing "A recruitment code may be redeemed using this service account."
remote lintel
are you sure its not just saying that you can GIVE codes?
because subbed players can give codes but not receive them
crude nacelle
For the first resistance augment, how are the rates for heavensward fates?
faint flare
Guaranteed
crude nacelle
Is it any fate or specific fates?
crude nacelle
okay cool, so it's actually good to run the fate if I dont have a high resistance level huh
vernal birch
Hi! I'm a new player (ps) and love the game. Playing the trial currently and wanna get the complete edition which is currently on sale for 30$, but with Endwalker announced I wonder if it's worth getting? Or should one wait until Endwalker to get all expansions that way?
tidal yarrow
endwalker will come in almost a year i believe. depends if you're willing to wait that much
remote lintel
at least 6 months
hot eagle
your choice if you can wait till september or later, then get it later
delicate field
how much are expansions on release usually?
robust path
How do you unlock the Nier raid? Do you need to do the Copied Factory first?
robust path
Oh, okay.
hot eagle
copied factory is the first nier raid
remote lintel
and yes you need to do them in order
robust path
Great, thank you.
vernal urchin
how much are expansions on release usually?
$40 for standard version, $60 for collectors version
vernal birch
Oh so there's nothing weird with going for complete version now, and then pick Endwalker on release seeing it's far away?
obsidian patio
Correct
remote lintel
thats not weird
hot eagle
yeah and if you get it now you should have enough time to be caught up for endwalker
vernal birch
Yay thanks y'all ♡ Might go for it then!
scarlet arrow
is endwalker going to be 40$ on release?
that's generally been how pricing works, yes
remote lintel
oh i guess it would still include sb and shb
scarlet arrow
right
hot eagle
yes they bundle all expansions in 1
remote lintel
but for us players who already have sb and shb 
scarlet arrow
we pay more, but we also got to play more
delicate field
yikes the dlc's are pretty pricey
warm snow
Unless they're going to start adding expansions to the standard edition, but Idk
vernal urchin
$40 for 2 years of content isnt a bad deal imo
i paid more when i was playing destiny
scarlet arrow
^
vernal urchin
and got less
warm snow
+subs but I'm honestly still fine with it
Unless ew ends up being total garbage but I have faith
delicate field
what do you mean by 2 years of content? they releae a dlc every 2 years?
warm snow
Pretty much
little swift
!expansion
zinc orbitBOT
Tick, Tock, Kupo!
warm snow
It would usually be in the summer but 2020 did a 2020
little swift
to put into perspective when the last one came out
hot eagle
it's not a small dlc it's a big expansion
delicate field
oh wow ok, I thought they released them every few months like ESO does
vernal urchin
patches are released roughly every three months that are at no extra cost
tidal yarrow
how can I recover GP while im gathering?
delicate field
every 2 years is very reasonable for 40 bucks
vernal urchin
that add more content
tidal yarrow
it doesn't go up anymore
obsidian patio
Gather the items
warm snow
It's a big expansion every 2 years with decent patch content every few months between those
obsidian patio
Or exit the node and use cordials
delicate field
@tidal yarrow i think you're meant to manage it within the one craft
little swift
this is gathering @delicate field
not the same
if you're fishing you can down cordials while rod is out
tidal yarrow
oh okay
little swift
but otherwise you rely on natural regen/hitting nodes
or exit the node as wynne mentioned
warm snow
if you're fishing you can down cordials while rod is out
But not while your line has been cast
little swift
keep in mind exiting certain nodes will despawn them
little swift
But not while your line has been cast
this is true
wet osprey
Hello, are home worlds cross server?
wet osprey
Sorry, if i'm on the data center Crystal. I have a character on Goblin, can I play with my friend on Malboro.
open coral
Yes
All datacenters are internally cross-server. So players on all Crystal worlds can play with each other, but not with people on Primal or Aether.
wet osprey
So free companies are the same then yes?
open coral
No
Free companies are server-specific
You cannot join a free company on a different server.
wet osprey
Alright. Thank you 😄
agile laurel
what isn't mentioned is one of you would need to world visit - losing some world-based social features like FCs and retainers for the duration
open coral
Not if they're on each others' friends lists already.
They can do a cross-world party
Although that has some disadvantages in open-world play.
agile laurel
wouldn't be able to see each other in a cwp would they?
open coral
Not in open world, but if they were doing instances it wouldn't be an issue.
agile laurel
yes
open coral
Sorry, when people ask "can I play with my friends" my default assumption is that they're going to be doing instances.
tacit jungle
as far as money making goes, does CUL or CRP have more opportunities
remote lintel
depends