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i mean ive never been endgame so it seemed like a waste of time to slot in for gear i'd replace in a level or two
Ahhh, yeah. I can understand that. But do remember that you can right click -> retrieve materia too
And since gear doesn't poof when you extract it anymore, you can feel free to extract everything that turns white.
Currently? VIII
With VII's being used for overmelding
oh, well i have a bunch of that
Yeah, if you're just using it to pop two sets of 60 into your gear, it really does add up. With base slots on gear, you're looking at 1140 in substats, split whatever which way
What should I focus on as PLD? I know there's specifics and numbers but just generally. Vit?
Vit is like Strength, it'll just scale with the item level of the gear anyhow, so you don't need to worry about that so long as you're always going to a higher ilvl.
I believe Paladin is SkS to somewhere around 2.41s (I think) and then Crit?
SkS?
Skill Speed
Oh gotcha
2.42s
There ya go, 2.42s
Ninja, Monk, and maybe Samurai will feel faster
Everyone else should feel roughly the same
Astrologian might feel faster because their cast time is 1.5s
Makes it easier for them to use cards
Yeah, if you want a "fast" class, it's usually just a job that weaves a ton of oGCDs on the norm
Hm? No I'm quite happy with my Tunky boi PLD
Dancer with a full feather gauge and lucky Fan Dance III procs, MCH during Hypercharge windows with Gauss/Richo etc
.8 just doesn't seem like a whole lot but i guess in the long run it matters
its almost an entire second off your gcd
wait
i cant math
it does give you more gcds overall tho
It is 0.08
which is more dmg
Yeah, if you've somehow got enough SkS stacked to get down to 1.70s that's uh... a lot 😛
now that'd be lovely
.08 on every gcd adds up
Some jobs need you to squeeze a lot of skill in a tight 10-15s window
Hitting the correct speed tier
Will make it easy for you to pull it off
i mean i have my rotations and all that but i never do content that i'd say truly warrants perfection
its not perfection
Whereas Dancer on the otherhand, you get a bunch of SkS and suddenly none of your dances line up. And you just fall down and hate yourself
again you're talking to the guy who's never done a savage
I'm at the NIN job unlock quest and that's my reward along with Soul of the Ninja
its a mudra
Alone? It'll let you use Fuma Shuriken
you press it and it changes the ninjutsu
Does it do anything at 30
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Yes it does. Press the button and Mudra will become Fuma Shuriken
Oh
eventually you get 3 mudras and the order you press them in changes the ninjutsu you execute
!action Raiton
Press it twice and then hit Ninjutsu to have the best friend a ninja could ever ask for show up.
See Mudra Combination
I should get to NIN. but he just seems like a one TRICK pony
I'm at NIN
Sir

I just gotta do this quest and I'll have the job stone
Ah, that's probably why it looks like it does nothing. You won't see the Ninjutsu skills in your Actions & Traits window til you have your job stone on, so you can't see Fuma in there
Not til you have your job stone on
oh right
So now that I have my ley lines as BLM I am to never leave them under any circumstances, right? That's the BLM way?

Mmmm... old Drain hijinks as a BLM
I'm gonna pick up THM/BLM as my fourth class/job if Road to 70 ends up being broken enough for me to level three jobs at once and still outlevel MSQ by a horrendous amount
hey , is it worth it to spend my revelation tomes for gear if i have a full crafted 510 set ? can be augmented soon ?
BLM is fun. Explosions go brr and once you hit 50 you get some fun AOE stuff to melt trash pulls only to get a tank who does 3 enemies at a time and you cry
yes
lmao
theyre augmented via savage righ tnow
@remote lintel the crafted gear ?
revelation

520>530 via savage
if you dont plan on doing savage you dont need revelation anyway
unless you can afford it then why not
when will the crafted be augmentable ?
anytime soon ? im sitting on 1.7k tomes
april 13th
just buy tomes gear
tomes gear will be augmentable via the 3rd nier raid
Yeah, don't sit capped on your Rev's, that would be a sad day.
oh cool
besides the weapons
think im gonna go for jewelry , thanks :)
it'll also be locked to once a week via nier raids, but hunt trains has no limit, but again no weapon upgrade
using the emerald rn and waiting for crypt weapon
to use under trick attack
Because you don't have Huton yet
wut
it's just a standalone GCD skill
What's the name of the skill again
And when you're under Huton, it'll be 15% off that.
shadow fang
shadow fang
!action Shadow Fang
Delivers an attack with a potency of 200.
Additional Effect: Damage over time
Potency: 90
Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Increases Ninki Gauge by This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Once you have Huton, you'll always have Huton running. So like it was said, it's made to roll with Trick Attack windows
Yeah, Shadow Fang
Is one of the few long cooldown weaponskill
Another example would be, Gunbreaker Gnashing Fang
!action Gnashing Fang
Why doesn't it mention that it rolls with your GCD
if dots are used while TA is up , do they get the increased dmg for full duration or just while TA is running ?
That's something that would be very fucking nice to know
Does it say Weaponskill?
its a weaponskill
It's a weaponskill, not an ability
they get buffed iirc
Weaponskill and spell always roll your GCD
^
If an Ability rolls your GCD, then it will be mentioned in the tooltip
if it follows all the other rules then the buff is snapshotted
hmm ok
The buff is set on stone when the skill is used
Paladin, for example, apply dot twice in their buff window
The second dot is applied right after the first is done, and right before the buff window is closed
makes sense , i always was wondering why id blast off all cds during TA even if their duration goes beyond it
How rare is wind up edda?
collectors edition for ARR
Wind-Up Moogle is 2.0 CE
yes you can
Sure you can
you can get all the digital collectors edition on mog station
Yep. It's right on the account page iirc, should be a button
As to Edda, I'm not sure. She comes from one of the bags in PotD. Iron I think?
The real question is how many of my friends do I have to fuggin' get into this game before one of them finally decides to play a Tank or Healer. ALL OF THEM CHOSE A DPS
I need someone to carry me through these awful queues
487
Yeah but where the fudge you be homie I'll find you rn
be the the tank/healer friend yourself xD
I'm in Upper La Noscea right now doing the NIN job quest
oh queue pop
noice
lol
Is there any notification if someone trained my choco while i'm offline?
maybe in FC activity? not sure
Yeah, FC Activity, Chocobo Log
Delubrum or POTD for the relic quest?
Does Ninjutsu become Fuma Shuriken when I use Ten
Yes
Does Ninjutsu also change like Iajutsu does when I combine the different mudra
Yep
ohh
Buuuuut, if you muck it up....
Bunny?
Yeah my FC is telling about the bunny that pops up when you fuck up a combo 
Hi everyone. Iam waiting for an hour already to find a group for Westwind.. :(
its morning in EU
I just started the game should I rush to lvl 80 and worry about other stuff after or is there other things I should do?
there is literally no reason to rush to endgame and everything is story locked anyway
you would have to rush the story
Enjoy the story!
this isnt a game where you can level grind
How far into the game could I get with JUST the starter edition and the expacs that come with it?
lvl 60
Good morning! For the corresponding relic step, how good/bad is the drop rate from Gyr Abania / othard FATEs compared to running the raids? Is it worth doing outdoor FATEs? Thanks in advance! ^^
is the haunting and vexatious memory step only once or
How much are the other expacs that you don't get with the starter edition?
lvl 80
you only need shadowbringers so like 40$
is the cap with expacs
I mean like how much do they cost lol
its 60$ for the complete edition which includes everything
then what vis said
Alright, ty.
Yes, I bought the complete edition for 40€ last June and I don't believe it was on sale
well the default price is 60$ so
I meant 40€, oops
Starter Edition allows you to do all of A Realm Reborn and Heavensward
And doesn't have the limitations of the Free Trial
the drop rate was pretty mediocre, I don't know if the hotfix improved the rates though
That's why I'm asking, didn't see anything about that in hotfixes 😦
Then it's probably still mediocre
Got it, thank you ^^
I actually tried doing the free trial but it wouldn't work, so I just bought the game lol
good option
Yea, I probably would've just given up if I didnt tell one of my friends about it and they bought it immediately without knowing anything about it lol.
I have a friend like that except he bought literally everything. Game was on sale and he yolo'd so that was cool
not even sure if he likes the game
That was me
lol
I started out with free trial and then the game went on sale after the announcement back on the 5th
Bought the Complete Edition on PC soon as I found out
I was kinda just talking about it in VC and he was like "ok I got it" so another friend and I bought it
@zenith plaza @vernal urchin rates feel greatly improved. Besides a streak of bad luck I had I was getting a memory every 2-3 fates or so.
Also, does anyone have any idea why I kept getting an error when I was using ethernet? When I stopped using ethernet the game's downloading fine so far.
Is it frowned upon for the melee DPS to pull and utilize their arm's length for the tank to mop up right after?
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Melee pulling instead of the tank just for arm’s length is generally not a thing.
Most pulls, when done with an adequate group, die fast enough that having 2 Arm’s Length wouldn’t really matter
It also puts extra strain on the healer as DPS are squishier than tanks.
tanks have arm's length too so they can slow mobs on their own, plus more cooldowns and higher hp/defense, so a dps pulling a whole pack is just a loss on all.. fronts
do you have to enable the armoury bonus somehow (is it a buff like road to 70) or is it just "there"?
it's just there, without any buff icons or anything
Anyone know how to fix this?
if you're on a job that isn't currently your highest level, it's active
ah, okay, thanks
Can someone help pls ?
@versed delta
So where can I do that?
Top right of chrome, the 3 dots, settings, Cookies and other site data
I'm not 100% sure.
so after reading up on the new hotfix alot people say that fate farming is better now for the hw/sb step is that true?
Has anyone else had this issue? If so how did they fix it?
are you running the game though steam?
Yea.
if so verify the file integrity in steam.
Already tried that.
using a file wall?
Also I read not to while looking up solutions for this code lol.
or antivirus
new updates normally get blocked by antiviruses
Just windows, but I shut it off earlier.
I haven't installed the game yet, this is what's stopping me every time.
1,5 hours and still no group for Westwind 😩
if not contact support via ticket they may have a fix to walk you though.
Bruh go do something elss
Else
Oh, I see now, every time it's crashed it's subtracting how much of the game I actually need to download, this is just stopping me from leaving it overnight.
It went from around 42 to 27 after about the 4th attempt of this.
how do you most quickly level a second class? do you just go to a level-appropriate area and kill wild mobs until you can do the next class quest or is there more to it?
Hello I need your help could you tell me where we buy the final fantasy 14 ps4 subscription (I bought the full version on ps4 with the 30 days free but I can not find the subscription) simple without anything else please help me.
Same way you did your first class, just not with the MSQ. Side quests, PotD, Roulettes, Dungeons, Etc, etc.
not sure for pre-15 but you basically just go through every roulette
well leveling roulette
ah, okay. I mean all I want is to get archer to 30 so I can annoy a friend with some sick bard tunes anyway haha
Each job gets a bonus to the first time they do a Guildhest too, and those start at 10. So do those for some free exp
thanks for the tips
if you can give me the link to purchase the simple subscription therefore without extension (for ps4) and the procedure to follow I will thank you for it ^^
Have you tried logging onto Mog Station
Feels a lot faster. The rate feels like 20-25% chance for a memory
yes check this
okay thanks
it was just when i did void and raba yesterday it took ages to get a group where it was normally instant and it was no experienced players doing it
I don't see where the subscription
What are those top 3 buttons for?
but this is for a paiement of the extension no ? sorry really for the disturbance
See if there’s also a link to click in the “Subscription” box of the Service Account Status section
the only way to buy a subscription without extension is gametime cards
if i am not wrong
Using Crysta to buy it also avoids auto renewal
ahh okay
If I add the pc version to my account that has a PS4 expansion. Will I be able to swap between consoles
I’m not EU so I don’t know what a paysafe card is. Though based on the name it sounds like a prepaid card
If you own the game + expansion(s) on both PC and PS4 yes
If not then no
They're separate licenses
Yes, but you’ll need to export/import your client settings in the character selection menu if you want to keep your UI and many other things like hot bars, macros, and keybinds
yes is probably that but is work with a credit card ? or paypal and not paysafe card '^^ (im french i have a english absolute horrible)
Im trying to buy a kinna weapon
you can buy Crysta with PayPal, yes
ok thanks so much really thank you
If i put in glamour chest is it gone?
No
what item to boost my dps in DR? -_-
Where do i find it
im GNB
Padjali weapons are bought from the padjali kid near the entrance for 3 aetherpool grips
Ah restore?
Yea
I had already bought
Used as glam
So left inventory
But i restored
@patent citrus if you mean Essences, then Martialist is your main DPS option
So i guess back in inventory and good aye
So somewhat a noob here for stuff like doing mining and leather working etc? Do you do these things for specific classes such as let’s say you Mine materials then make armor for your paladin etc?
If you have a very competent healer and are willing to use mitigation for basicallyall damage you take then Irregular is stronger but vastly riskier
a last question how much does playing time cost and how much maximum can we buy playing time and finally can we pay a yearly subscription like 60 € and that it is not to pay per month but well per year?
@cold oriole paysafe is a card hardly anyone uses, its a card you can buy at stores with money on, like an itunes card or psn card
okay thanks '^^
thanks
what grand company?
Whatever has cooler looking gear for you, pretty much
how do i see the gear.. as the serpent officers yellow looks gross
!faq grandconpany
!faq grandcompany
Which Grand Company should I choose?
The only differences between the three Grand Companies are the looks of the equipment and where they're located. The story doesn't change in regards to the Grand Company you choose beside the quest that comes after "The Company You Keep". Here is a link leading to sample sets from each of the Grand Companies:
How do I get Grand Company Seals?
You can get more seals mainly by completing your Grand Company Hunting Log (Go to the Hunting Log and click on the GC icon), completing FATEs, and turning in crafted/gathered items to the Personnel Officer if you have crafting or gathering classes unlocked. Once you are Sergeant 2nd Class you can turn in Pink/Green/Blue-rarity gear in exchange for more seals.
🌝
That link shows off a bunch of sets
is there a certain disciple of the land i should pick first?
Immortal flames
Miner/botanist are both pretty equal in usefulness
Fisher is notably less useful since most fish only exist to sell to NPCs or for leve quests, with some being used for Culinarian recipes and a few alchemist ones
okay thanks
pirate. cool thing and gross yellow?
There’s multiple sets that each one has, but yes that’s their general color schemes
The 4th set in that picture (artisan) available from all 3
Each crafter makes equipment for multiple classes, so there’s no dedicated “Paladin” crafting class
Ok thank you but my question is if I mainly play tanks which crafter should I invest my time into?
Yes
all, so you can repair your own gear
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You want to level up all crafters, besides maybe Culinarian, since they share crafting materials and gear with each other
i can't decide between immortal flames or maelstorm
A tank chest piece made by Armorer, for example, can require materials from Goldsmith, Leatherworker, Weaver, and Alchemist
Ok thank you I’ve been confused at where to start for awhile now just staring the crafting aspect of this game today
which one is closer too vespa bay?
actually which one is the best for healer in terms of location?
all are nice
you can just set horizon (iirc) as a fav aetheryte if closeness to vesper bay is of concern
why need to be close to vesper bay????
No real notable difference/preference for location
limsa is the closest to vesper bay, you can take a ferry from the arcanist guild to waking sands
but it doesnt have anything to do with classes or grand company HQ
Arcanist is in the maelstorm right?
yeh
maelstorm also has my dancing class i want to play?
what elemental sprites spawn in fog in pagos?
I don’t think any
i also think that its a really pretty area so i will go with maelstorm which is storm officer right?
Yep
yeah 😮
Storm Officer is Maelstrom yes
it's all glamour, so choose what you prefer aesthetically
all have up and down
i chose immortal since I love sultana and raubahn
Marauder and Arcanist both start out in Limsa, and Rogue is available to pick up as well
Limsa also has the advantage of the Market Board being right next to the Aetheryte
oh yeah i don't fully enjoy the transmog system in final fantasy its probably because i don't fully understand it nor have i had a chance to play with it much.
what's transmog again
Glamour
ah ok
Immortal Flames on the other hand has its GC next to the Aetheryte, while Maelstrom is right next to The Aftcastle Aethernet Shard
yeah, if you don't like it, no need to get it 😂
i think i like the idea, but find it akward becuase you have to hold onto old equipment you want to use for glamour rifhgt
really? o.O
You can put it in your glamour dresser in your inn room.
right.. or once you use a glamour shard does it turn that piece of equipment in glamour you can store? or do you have to turn it into permant glamour another way?
I don't think so, just put them into glamour dresser hehe
i might save glamour for later into teh game and just remember not to sell my sprout gear i like.
Glamour dresser is a thing yeah
What do you need to unlock summoner, or do you get it off the start?
If you like something, just repair it and then go toss it in your dresser. You have 400 slots to work with.
Arcanist
Arcanist
What level arcanist?
30
Alright, ty.
how does essence works? just use once per DR? 🤔
All jobs that have a base class are 30
oh at what level do i get to play music as an archer?
oh nvm i was told to use martialist o_o
after that i want to switch to arcanist/ dancer
30
When you get bard
oh im level 33? do i have to do a quest to get the bard?
Archer becomes bard at 30
Yes
yeah, you'll need bard lv 30
Yep, do your archer class quests and then do the bard unlock
bard in the archers guild?
it's another blue quest in mia khati aetheryte
i forgot the name of the aetheryte... mia something in gridania
Mih khetto
yeah that >.<
It's right outside of archer guild iirc
what do you think of irregular essence for DR? too extreme?
Yes
ok ty ty, ill use martialist
You basically need to be babysit by healers and use mitigation for raidwide damage to survive
And getting hit by any unintended damage will usually one-shot you
hairdresser dude is cool. when do i get a hairdresser class to style on my enemies~ 
u can do that as drk, always have 3000mp for tbn a raid wide will usually leaves u at half hp as long as u tbn through it
Can I use the stormblood classes if I dont buy stormblood and just buy shadowbringer?
oh wait
yes, do your class quests and you'll be a dragoon
I see, yeah my DRK isn't geared unfortunately
no weapon >.>
beside i'm practicing GNB so i'll use martilist hehe
check out the quest under your MSQ banner
click it
you are an archer, not a bard 😂
you've done the job quest?
i was told at 30 as an archer you can unlock and become a bard
if yes, wear your job stone
the quest dialogue should tell you to wear jobstone
bottom right of your equipment, click it
most archer/bard quests are in i think central shroud
You literally have a quest notification on the top left
!faq job
To unlock your class' job you need to be level 30, complete all of your class quests and the main scenario quest 'Sylph Management' (lvl 20 quest) to be able to pick up your job unlock quest. Once you've done the initial unlock quest, you will be given a soul crystal which you must equip to become your class' job.
ohhhhhhh make sense yeah
Have you reach the level 20 
you need to proceed the MSQ first, everything is unlocked behind the story
yep
ye ye
please continue the MSQ, it's very important since everything is locked behind it
Well the rest of the game is locked behind the MSQ
wah RIP, the game is story based 😂 if you don't like reading
Also, you're only like two quests away from the one that unlocks job quests
whats wrong with enjoying the rest of hte games quest
To be fair, where you are in the MSQ is... look it gets better
Like, it improves a lot
That's like saying your not allowed to enjoy Mcdonalds fries if you don't like the burger and you must buy a burger to be allowed the fries Vielen..
nothing ^.^
I mean
That's how this game works
If you want to do other stuff you have to do the MSQ
and bad anology, everything is unlocked behind it you can't enjoy the rest of the stuffs if you havne't finished the story
soo, im a returning player from when Free Trial was from 1-35 and haven't played for 2 years, tried playing it again last day and basically i got overwhelmed and forgot most of my stuff and got uncomfortable playing, like joining an ongoing DnD campaign where you have no clue how to play and you're a level 10 wizard soo question is if i should delete my character and start over because im super wanting to do that as i forgot a lot.
I would start over if you haven't played in two years
I mean, one way to go about it is just switch to a different class and go from there. But 35 is nothing in the long run, and if you don't have anything special on them and want to start over, there is zero harm in that
Starting fresh will let the game teach you, well, the game. You'll get to cover all the things you forgot
yeah, other than a july event thing i don't have a lot of stuff.
just cosmetics
like a fox mask
So yeah, if you're on the single character sub, you can delete and start fresh. If you pay a standard sub though, you can just create a new character with no worries
im in single character sub
What level is your character
What's single character sub?
!faq subprice
The entry sub
Basic sub costs uh... 11.99 a month... there ya go
where it's 1 character per world 8 characters max
Yep. I replace the offset cost with an extra retainer slot.
Depends on the amount of gametime you buy on standard as you see there
35 on Black Mage, Summoner, White Mage and Ninja, level 29 on Paladin and level 13 on Dragoon and level 6 on Pugilist
Ah yeah that's not that bad
When you buy the actual game for the first time, what version of a sub do you get?
The free period is standard.
oh thats quite a bit of progression
You can start over if you want, and if you, do should ABSOLUTELY join a preferred server, you'd be able to get that progression back easy and then some
true
Yeah, honestly it's not much progression at all. Especially if you're staring blankly and already want to restart.
Especially on a preferred server like Cal said
It's a notable amount of progression if you don't join a preferred server I'd say
What's a preferred server?
okay, im currently on Brynhildr
!preferred aether
Ah so the server my friend told me to join.
!preferred crystal
Brynhildr because my friends are there
soo, on those servers on Crystal, i can create a character there and be fine
well you can create a character anywhere
it's just only those will give you the road to 70 bonus
What's the difference besides normal and preferred worlds?
Yeah, if your friends are on Byrn, you can still play with them if you have a character on the preferred Crystal servers there
What's the road to 70 bonus?
preferred gives the road to 70 buff which doubles ALL sources of xp gain levels up to level 70
The only thing you wouldn't be able to do is uh... join their FC
and lasts 90 days usually
i see
also if it's your first time leveling on a preferred server you get 15 days game time when hitting level...30?
tbh, i would ask where most my friends play on
also works on alt jobs under 70 incidentally
Yeah that would be important if you have friends
Any server on the same data center can play together.
^
Only thing you wouldn't be able to do if you aren't on the same server is be in the same Free Company
Is a free company like a guild?
And again, you don't have to start over. I assure you that you will be able to get back into the swing with your current character. But you're also not super invested in that character yet, especially if you hit up a preferred. Basically, just pick whichever one you're more comfortable with, and it'll all work out.
Yes
Yes
Yeah relearning the job would be the easiest
alright, well, i think it'd be best to start over as i forgot so much that im overwhelmed with the skills and such
relearning the plot so far less so but even then at this point it's largely worldbuilding
Well, do remember that there's a bunch of jobs you haven't even unlocked yet
So you do have the option of just going and grabbing one of them, which would start you at 1
And give you a chance to learn from scratch
Some spells could’ve been rendered irrelevant depending on what expac you stopped on
Another option you have is using your current job and heading into Palace of the Dead.
You start there at level 1, and level up quickly as you progress. Which would give you a natural introduction to what your skills use.
true, this is hard to decide, i have a hard time with myself when it comes to MMORPGs or RPGs in general
idk, think it'd just be better to just really look into the skills and smack a dummy
And there is the Hall of the Novice as well, to help you with the roles themselves.
thing is PotD leveling is pretty fast so it might not give time to really sink stuff in
Still one skill at a time to get reacquainted with them
Really just do whatever you're most comfortable with. You're playing a game to have fun ^.^
yeah, seems there is a lot of ways to push you back with the same character, tho i dunno if it could help me out in the end, again, i forgot so much and im so overwhelmed that playing it feels like my brain is going 'wait, what's happening' and my chest just feels aching from anxiety, well, its what happened last day which, probably would be caused by me being tired at 11 PM
Hey, if it's overwhelming and you'd be more comfortable starting over, at least you get to play around with the character creator!
true
i'd just end up being human tbh XD
dunno why i play as the standard human character in MMOs
probably to be 'generic man'
Do certain races have special abilities/buffs?
Nope
So they're purely cosmetic?
i'd be a ninja wearing rogue clothes.
Where are you reading this
It should mean the player uses White Mage to do story, and play Scholar for fun on the side
Otherwise, it is just plain gibberish
How old is that?
Ooooooold
At least 6-7 years
Anything older than 1 year is consider obsolete
That is very outdated
Whenever you read anything about XIV, check the date
Secondary class requirement got removed with stormblood
I thought it is Heavensward?
how do i get seals?
Grand company hunting log, fates, and duty roulettes
If you’re trying to get the chocobo mount do the next story quest
when i first start? i can't do hunting till 50 right?
Different type of hunting
The hunting log is a 1-50 thing for ARR classes and the grand company which works as a checklist of things to kill for experience and grand company seals.
Grand Company/Clan Hunts is the system at the level caps where you grab bills for daily/weekly hunt targets, along with rare spawns, and kill them for hunt-specific currency
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How do I see what kind of bait attracts a fish, or what fish is a river fish as opposed to the open sea fish? I've checked the log and only see the list of fish per are, no details on what bait etc
Could anyone help me out? I'm stuck in an infinite loading screen
The game doesn’t tell you, outside of class quests giving advice on what bait to use.
If you want to be lazy and not worry about catching specific fish, just use the Versatile Lure as it works at all levels for all types of fishing holes.
Force close the game and try again
If that doesn't work, restart your system
i did that too
Where are you trying to load in?
There used to be this trick for wow where you could change a value somewhere in the file that would make the loading screens super short, but everything would be invisible for some time
Are you on PC?
That may exist here, I'm not sure though
yes im on pc
It does not
Unfortunate.
Are you using dx11?
yes
Go to where you have the game installed: FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\game\sqpack and delete ex2 That'll remove Stormblood and force the launcher to redownload those assets without redownloading the entire game.
Is there a way to speedup the download? Its been over 3 hours and I've only done like 20 GB
I was using ethernet and it brought my speed up by .15 mbs
Usually it brings be from maybe 4-5 mbs to 30+
their servers might be slowed down due to the free campaign, not sure, although 20gb/s is decently fast already, it's just a big client, that's why I never uninstall the game, worst case I just move it on an old HDD
20 Gigabites a second is a little more then fast.
im downloading it at 2-3MB/s 
when you download shit you tend to get throttled.. when i have 200 download per second i tend to only down 80mb/ps. a lot of the time a lot less
yeah 1.82 MB/s looks better.
im jealous of people who have amazing download speed
I usually have amazing damage but idk what's up with it atm
i have high download but im with virgin media s
201 more mins 
so they route traffic like shit and i keep getting 9002 connection error playing final fantasy every day
despite opening my ports and doing everything on my side i can to improve the connection to the server
all i can do now is buy a VPN. which i don't really want to do.
well
since i started playing
which was about 4 days ago
i get it
about 5 times a day.
Oh I figured out what was causing the 30437 error
and it always happens while i am waiting in a que for a dungeon that takes 10 mintues to find.
oh what was it?
When I went like AFK or didnt move my mouse for some time
It would assume I just wasn't there and stop the download
Yeah
Thank god I moved my laptop back into my bedroom instead of my backroom wired in
I only lose .40 mbs for download
without using ethernet
that's like when the Youtube say's im going to pause the 4 hour video you put on becuase "i don't think your there you haven't moved the mouse yet "
lol
i would say try getting a CAT6 cable.. but i doubt it will help depending on your router and ISP.
CAT6 is same speed as a cat5 ehternet cable but has a larger bandwidth so it can ddownload more at once pretty much.
ah
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10 gbs more 
Is there a place anywhere where one could look up the acronyms used be the player base for this game? There's so many, it's confusing 😂
!faq newplayerguide
Any tips on what to waste my grand company seals on ?
!faq newplayertips
Fifty Billion Ventures
There are some abbreviations here
Those are people in Castrum, they are rescuing prisoners
Thank you!
Do i really have to get 1 DoH to level 19 to be able to meld materia ?
Oh okay. But when i was in Eulmore and tried to meld the npc said i don't have sufficient knowledge or something
👍
You need to actually unlock materia melding, which is Waking the Spirit over at mutamix
Yeah, and for that i need DoH level 19
oh okay, thanks for the info
What’s the best channels to ask for help creating an FC? Just need two people to leave their fc and make mine real quick but I asked in middle of limsa and nobody wanted to know. Offering 1 mil gil to anyone who can help (is that not a lot of gil anymore? Been away from game over a year so maybe I’m just not offering enough money lol).
Also I’m on Omega.
if you're offering 1m in limsa it shouldn't be so bad, although it's somewhat the middle of the day
you can try Bozjan entrance, Gridania, Uldah, Ishgard, Crystarium and such too
Well yeah there were hundreds of people in limsa as usual so assumed at least two would want some free money but no lol. Might ask around some different places then, just didn’t want to mess people around dragging them to Limsa but then for a mill gil it’s not like I’m asking a lot. Will try that now, thanks @forest sage
How do I craft Exarchic gear?
Master Craft 8 books have the recipes
Thank you
i bought uhm
starter edition of ff14
and i was wondering if i can buy the other two dlc by themselves
i can't find those dlc sold separately
oh wait, does this work https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-XIV-Stormblood-PC/dp/B01M3SP452
You can't buy the expansions separately.
Buying Shadowbringers will automatically give you Stormblood as well.
Same place you brought the starter edition
If you got from steam then yoy HAVE To get to via steam
o.O
And its basically 2 games worth
fair fair
Can someone hit me with the alt job leveling guide plz ❤️
Expansions are always 40$
i was asking in advance, i still have a wayysss to go I think
!faq altlvlguide
thx
oh I thought it's still on discount
i'll see if i'm still addicted to the game by the time i run out of content
Yeah, the sale ended a few days ago.
hey, dumb question: would I be able to get harrowing memories if I did crystal tower unsynched?
Thought so, but I wanted to double check 🙂
or you can just do 3 castrums instead
Does anyone know where to check the timer for castrum
it's different for each instance
For that instance yes
Gotcha
Thanks!
lets say i currently have enough mettle to enter castrum, if i somehow die to it will I be unable to re-enter until I reach a certain mettle threshold?
You can't de-rank
There's no mettle thresholds
Ye
After ranking hp
ok
Mettle is fucking useless after you finish ranking
Also even if you die you get like 17k for completing it
Outside the 72k weekly
ok
You get more based on your rank
Ye
i havent cleared it yet so im kinda anxious abt entering it l,mao
Its piss easy
Its not that bad
Its just a glorified 24man
Dont stand in bad stupid
And you're good
Use dps essenses
And roll over stuff
And follow your party
This is the most important tip
As long as you follow your party you should be fine
Someone will
and if they somehow don't then hey fun times working it out
Someone should call out where each party goes
Then I guess, I dunno, you use 80 levels of experience to see mechanics and uh, do them?
first boss needs 3 parties top and 3 bottom, after that each party needs to call out one of the 6 direction/corridors, clear the trash, open the rooms, save the prisoner, stand on the button, thats it
My "80 levels of experience" wont tell me what specific mechanics the bosses might have, oh no
Mechanics are very telegraphed
Bosses show off their mechanics
Before mixing them with others
👏 pay 👏 attention
@vivid swallow do you wanna go blind or go with knowledge
Except that they actually will. If you can't see a bad circle and not stand in it well... And specifically for this dungeon, the bosses show you what to do on their first use. It teaches you as you go along
if you just want a full on guide then google it, there's a bunch on youtube
Is there a way to make sure my pc can actually run this game? I completely forgot about that before I bought it lol
Alot of 14 bosses show off their mechanics
!faq benchmark
Should still be able to download the , yep, that
@vivid swallow https://youtu.be/hNlJ8YgSN20
Boss #1 (Lower): 1:03
Boss #1 (Upper): 3:52
Prisoner Escape: 6:59
Boss #2: 9:22
Boss #3: 13:10
Boss #3 (Majesty's Place): 15:35
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I tried that, all it was, was cinematics
ty
Yeah, it gives you a score
thats what a benchmark is
ah
If the benchmark runs on your computer, then the game will.
how many cinematics were there?
It uses your computer to run them
Basically, if you finished the benchmark and the cast at the end wasn't booing you, you're probably fine.
I kinda just assumed that my pc could run if because the cinematics were extremely smoothe
As long as your PC isnt a potato with wires you should be able to Run this game
it runs a scenario in the game engine with a lot of effects and character models showing at once to see how it will run
at the end you get a result and a meaningless number score
but it'll say like "very high" or "not enough" or whatever
its like 5-10 mins long
My old laptop only had an i5 4200u gt820m 1 GB and 4 gigs of RAM and i ran the game really well on low
Only in main cities would i have fps drop bellow 60
ok yea i can definitely run it lol
Yeeee
If anything just dont have discord Open on the background cuz it takes alot of resources
ah maybe that's why wow would lag so badly sometimes
most games I'm fine with discord open
but if I have chrome open my pc melts
Discord can make me lose 5-10 fps
Wich isnt much on my new PC but on the old it made a big difference
And yes Chrome bad
For new browser i recomend opera gaming or firefox
I actually tried out the opera GX thing
I kinda didnt hate it but I didnt really like it
Fair
tbh I like firefox but i'm too lazy to go download it lol
The good part about it is that you can lower how much resources it uses from your pc
If anything Microsoft Edge isnt garbage anymore só you can also try that
I dont use microsoft edge because when I was like 13 some dude pulled my ip and was like "why're you using internet explorer"
So I kinda just moved to chrome and haven't really touched it
Thats fair yeah
is a .8% det damage loss acceptable for gaining 1.2% crit chance & crit damage?
well is that an actual det tier? generally I'd say yes but even more so if you're using averages and not considering det tiers instead, that said it won't make a big difference either way
👍
I just finished Future's rewritten. Kind of lost what to unlock now. Are there any guides on what raids to unlock etc ?
!faq contentunlock
which is the best wiki? theres seems to be so many
Gamer escape usually
ah ok thanks
does castrum trigger at the same time within a data center? like if i notice its already on going is there any chance I can find an instance of bozja where it hasnt started yet.
The timing is based on the southern front instance. Not the server or datacenter.
I think it was 50 minutes after instance is created and every hour after that, provided that there are enough players in the instance that qualify for it.
so hopping trying to go in and out of bozja looking for different instances could lead me to finding one where its not ongoing then?
Potentially yes, if there is more than one instance running
Thanks
how do you use limit break
Actions and traits > general > limit break
If you're coming from another game with a different UI, then yea maybe
The game keeps crashing for me all of sudden. Anyone else having the same issue?
I know coming from wow, I was annoyed that I couldn't get the UI laid out exactly like I had it in wow, but I got used to it and found something that worked for me.
10s as that buys the accessory upgrade
why am i unable to be a 6'4 bunny girl.
i'm extremely disappointed.
kek
is there level 60 tomestone gear>?
Idyllshire
unlocks around lvl58 msq and it's ilvl270
Quick question, how can I get onto the Tonberry server? Whenever I look its locked
Wait until late at night
It somewhat is, almost midnight
I am 15 minutes in Q for Thornmarch (Hard) as a tank, maybe i should Q up as a dps or a healer?
Late at night /early morning is usually the time
So more like 3am?
Just about
finding people for old raids is a pain 😦
Woulda thought with all the changes they made this woulda been a big one, especially with no aussie servers and just one aussie world
if I buy a transfer do I need to wait for a server to open or does it bypass it
World Visit?
Yes
aren't guilds and stuff per world tho?
Kinda XD no harm joining and doing a guild search at least
Transferring character from one world to another will this action transfer all my retainers?
Yes
O nice
Everything comes with you
Thank you!!!
Is the quickest levelling crap still just like, house of the undead or whatever
Until 60 for dps
And that's only if you have queue times greater than 15 minutes.
god I cant remember shit XD does the valentines event have anything good or like, can I transfer some old gold or items like phantasias/outfits to a new character?
It has a hat
It's a moogle hat with a heart-shaped pom
tfw you realise ur 20 set outfits are all on NA ;-;
sorry for all the questions XD can I skip the main/hw story set if I level past them? dont wanna do those again
Buying a skip
You will still need to do certain content unlocks even if you buy the skip though.
coolsies, is there an account storage/can I mail gold n stuff to my new char?
No
oh, like what Aura?
Crystal Tower
is all this garbage freebie mail per character or just once redeemed? got some outfits and chocobo feathers from a friend i recommended
Per character
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Prr character
also Vinyl, kuja is locked too lmao
Oh guess I need shadowbreakers if I wanna do any proper group/endgame stuff and make a bunny right
Yes
will they ever let us glamour outside of cities you think?
my gathering glamours cry
is shadowbreakers the only "big" patch since stormblood, if I wanna see the major changes n stuff since I last played
Its the expansion after
With currently 4 story parties after the expansion levelling story
60 and a sub, ouchy XD
um... this is more of a discord question... how do I mute a server for a while so that I don't see the notification numbers popping up? Muting only blocks the notification sound, but I still see the number (asking because of hunt discords)
or is it even possible
Server notification settings and select Nothing should stop all pings
Is it normal for new player not to find anyone for instances ?
depends on what you're queuing up for
Or it might be the Suppress all role mentions settings
Sastasha ....part of campaign quest
stuff like extreme trials you will basically never find for duty finder
Just a matter of patience
Everything for the story is in roulettes
So it pops EVENTUALLY
queuing up for dungeons, totally dependent on your role
Just be patient
if you're dps, it'll take way longer than healer/tank
Ok tyvm
Porxie
Im arcanist heading for summoner
i want one
Its a mount
LOL
Shadowbringers pixie beast tribe mount
Anyone know of any FC that accept new players ?
Basically alot of them
just ask in limsa xD
When do I get my first mount?
!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.
or look in the recruitment text channels in this discord
you should see them I think if you chose your data center
Besides overworld mobbing, what's the best way to level Blue Mage? Is it to put out a PF lookin for other BLU's and go through dungeons?
Yeah but odds are you'll level up fast through mobbing while you wait
Also beast tribes
Just overworld mobs. Don't do dungeons for leveling, do them for learning spells and the BLU log.
I should probably look into beast tribes, but my BLU is only 17.
Overworld mobs give far more xp
Nothing else does
Or at least barely as much
If you have a 80 friend, just tag mobs over at khlosuia beach
Be 70 in a few hourd
I'll ask my FC. By "tag", you mean have me shoot a water spout or something at an enemy and then have them pick it up and kill it?
