questions-and-help

[silver ruin]

little more expensive than the npc ones, but generally the expensive dyes are from retainer ventures (read rng drop)

[hidden cliff]

Common mats? If so, I'm still game for it just to try out different dyes

[silver ruin]

yes

[left moth]

Most are. Some are rare retainer rewards. And if cant be assed theres mogstation (for untradable dyes)

[silver ruin]

you can preview what a dye looks like on an item even if you dont have the dye

[obsidian patio]

The craftable dyes are all level 30 crafts with easy to get materials

[silver ruin]

^

[obsidian patio]

And any crafter can craft dyes

[hidden cliff]

So, with schematics/recipes.
All skill-level/job-level or some drops/quest-locked?

[silver ruin]

no mats for dyes are quest locked

theres a quest to unlock the ability to dye things, but not to craft dyes

[hidden cliff]

I mean to be able to actually craft them, not the mats

[silver ruin]

job level

[obsidian patio]

Recipes at the level caps require master craft books, which are mostly bought with a crafter specific currency

[silver ruin]

^

[hidden cliff]

Gotten via quests? (the currency)

[silver ruin]

no, gotten via crafting stuff

[obsidian patio]

Turn-ins

[left moth]

Most crafting recipes are level locked, with a subset of recipes locked though expert books

[silver ruin]

^

[hidden cliff]

Explain that too me, never heard of that

[silver ruin]

there are 2 of these expert books per expansion, for a total of 8 so far

[remote lintel]

its easier if you just experience crafting for yourself

because the game explains everything

[obsidian patio]

You craft the item and get the quality bar high enough that you can turn it in for the currency and experience

In case it wasn’t clear, but crafters/gatherers are complete classes of their own

[hidden cliff]

Yea, I see that part.

[obsidian patio]

They have their own stats, gear, and skills

[silver ruin]

they share gear and skills other than tools

so its advised to level them all at once

[hidden cliff]

And I'm fine being the guy sitting around gathering things precariously and crafting til the dawn of time.

[silver ruin]

cause a lot of them also use things made by the other crafter classes

[remote lintel]

after HW you unlock an area where you can power level crafters to 80 in like a day

[hidden cliff]

Useful to know, NPCs just churn out mats endlessly in that area?

[remote lintel]

no

[split glen]

No

[silver ruin]

you have to gather them

or buy them off the market board

[remote lintel]

you gather them yourself in the instance tied to it

[split glen]

You need to acquire the mats yourself but its basically levequests on steroids

[hidden cliff]

Good to know, bit of an adjustment to have mats in instanced areas though.

[silver ruin]

they arent normally

just for ishgard restoration

which is what they're referring to

the rest are in open world

[split glen]

Its basically a dungeon, called the diadem, you go in there for like 180 minutes or when you decide to leave

And just farm your fucking brains out, as you farm you build up a 'limit break' where you fire an aether cannon on the mobs there to get additional mats

[remote lintel]

its not a dungeon its just an instance

[hidden cliff]

Interesting, definitely sounds like the place to be for grinding crafting levels

[split glen]

Yes I was trying to keep it simple

[obsidian patio]

It’s fun to obliterate monsters with a 3 million damage laser blast

[silver ruin]

yea, and gatherer levels basically

cause if yo uwanna be self sufficient you should level botanist and miner too

[split glen]

You can switch between miner or botanist whenever you want to aswell

[silver ruin]

and diadem gives good exp for those 2 classes

[hidden cliff]

Yea, and one thing about FF14 I'm already really digging is being able to swap jobs/skills on the fly all on one character

[split glen]

Did you come from wow?

[hidden cliff]

WoW & SWTOR

[silver ruin]

yea, the game is actually punishing for having an alt, cause everything is locked behind the main story, so you'd have to do it all again on an alt

[split glen]

Same haha

[split glen]

Or spend money on a story skip but even then you still have to unlock all the side shit, of which there is alot.

[obsidian patio]

The only thing that’s really account wide is certain purchases on the cash shop

[silver ruin]

nah story skips only take you so far

[remote lintel]

no

[silver ruin]

up to the beginning of shb

[remote lintel]

the story skip unlocks all side content

[silver ruin]

^

that too

[split glen]

Oh it does?

[silver ruin]

yea

[remote lintel]

yes

[silver ruin]

up to the end of stormblood

[split glen]

Huh

Well you still have to pay the money for it

[hidden cliff]

Got burned out doing the biggest conquest guild in SWTOR, and WoW just killed my will to play the game in general.

And about side-content, there are some unique weapons/gear found within them right?

[remote lintel]

mostly like

glamour stuff

[split glen]

Tons of emotes

[silver ruin]

also mounts

[split glen]

Transmog stuff

[hidden cliff]

Barbie is the real end-game in every MMO.

[split glen]

Mounts

[remote lintel]

there are also relic weapons for each expansion which are the grindy weapons

[obsidian patio]

!mount adamantoise

[zinc orbit]

Adamantoise (1 Seats)

Native to the Near Eastern island of Thavnair, adamantoises were long thought to be impossible to domesticate. However, through the efforts of both Ul'dahn zoologists and thaumaturges, a handful have been successfully trained not only to accept riders, but also wield ancient magicks which allow the colossal scalekin to fly.

Obtained From

200,000 MGP (Purchase)

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[hidden cliff]

Any decent XP doing it while progressing through the MSQ?

[remote lintel]

no

[silver ruin]

no

msq is your best source

[remote lintel]

side quests dont give good exp

[split glen]

MSQ is mandatory

[obsidian patio]

This is a mount you can get at the gold saucer, which is basically like an arcade/casino

[split glen]

You cant get anywhere without doing it

[obsidian patio]

Fun fact: when it flies it spins like a top

[remote lintel]

korpokkur kolossus master race

[hidden cliff]

Gambling? I'm hooked already, what's the drop-chance

[silver ruin]

cerberus master race

[remote lintel]

you buy it

with points

[silver ruin]

^

[split glen]

My advice would be dont rush to end game

FF14 is not a game you rush

[silver ruin]

theres other mounts you can get from that place too

[hidden cliff]

No plans on that other than crafting, maybe

[silver ruin]

!mount fenrir

[zinc orbit]

Fenrir (1 Seats)

Following the rise of Ishgard, hoarhounds all but disappeared from the Coerthas highlands. However, the shift in climate caused by the Calamity has seen the legendary beasts descend from their mountain dens once more.

Obtained From

1,000,000 MGP (Purchase)

Powered by https://ffxivcollect.com/

[left moth]

If have played casino in dragon quest its the same general idea

[hidden cliff]

Lemme reform that question, how many days/hours will I be punching the slots to be able to get it?

[split glen]

I mean you can do crafting if you want but it can be a bit overwhelming

[remote lintel]

it unlocks at lvl 15?

the unlock quest i mean

[silver ruin]

well theres certain things you can do that give points, like, its fairly easy to get 110k points a week

[split glen]

If you must level a profession I would do mining and botany

[silver ruin]

so

2 weeks? lmao

maybe like, 4 hours a week? maybe less? maybe a little more

depends how long wonderous trails takes you

[left moth]

Time to get the taco bell turtle depends on how good are at mini cactpot, regular cactpot, gates, and fashion report

[hidden cliff]

Not bad, pretty low entry for what appears to be a cool mount

[wintry chasm]

Well I wouldn't advise grinding for it, just do your scratch cards each day/week, do fashion report each week, and if you must the gold saucer section of the challenge log each week and you'll get there

[silver ruin]

wonderous trails gives 50k for 1 line

or was it 30k

hell

[remote lintel]

mounts arent really that hard to get in this game

[silver ruin]

^

[wintry chasm]

Well

[remote lintel]

except the ones that drop from endgame stuff

[wintry chasm]

most aren't that hard

[silver ruin]

!mount Cerberus

[zinc orbit]

Cerberus (4 Seats)

In addition to its immense strength and three gaping maws lined with razor-sharp fangs, this voidsent boasts incredible longevity, having lived since the Third Astral Era. The collars, of Allagan design, are believed to make it as tame as a puppy, though it may simply be biding its time before devouring its keeper.

Obtained From

Savage Queen Of Swords I (Achievement)

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[silver ruin]

that was a bitch

[remote lintel]

you have it???

[silver ruin]

yes

[remote lintel]

dud ewtf

[silver ruin]

i cleared DR savage last week

[hidden cliff]

Can I craft mounts?

[silver ruin]

no

[remote lintel]

some

[wintry chasm]

some

[silver ruin]

wait what

[remote lintel]

like the magicked bed

[wintry chasm]

like the uhhh

magicked bed

[silver ruin]

oh right

[wintry chasm]

yeah

[remote lintel]

the chair

[wintry chasm]

There is probably one other but idk

[hidden cliff]

A flying bed & chair?

[remote lintel]

thats a flying bed mount

yes

[silver ruin]

yea, all mounts can fly

[hidden cliff]

What crafting skill is it behind?

[obsidian patio]

The bed and chair are the main ones that come to mind

[silver ruin]

you just gotta unlock flying

[wintry chasm]

I know the bed is carpenter

[left moth]

Carpenter, master 8

[hidden cliff]

I don't even care if it's a garbage crafting skill otherwise

[obsidian patio]

!Recipe flying chair

[wintry chasm]

I forget what the chair is

[remote lintel]

if youre going to level crafters you should be leveling them all together anyway

[hidden cliff]

Just to fly a chair or bed 24/7 is dope

[obsidian patio]

!recipe flying chair

[zinc orbit]

**Flying Chair** [Level 70 Alchemist]

Difficulty: 2657
Quality: 12511
Durability: 70
Master Alchemist V

Materials List

Cloudsbreath x8
Riviera Armchair x1
Water Cluster x30
Lightning Cluster x30

Recommended Stats

Craftsmanship: 1320
Control: 1220

Powered by XIVAPI

[obsidian patio]

Alchemist for the other one

[wintry chasm]

hm not what I would have expected

[remote lintel]

also @silver ruin how much prog time did it take you to clear it

[silver ruin]

18h

[remote lintel]

what

[silver ruin]

we had 5 pulls on queen before we cleared

[obsidian patio]

You basically take an existing chair and rub flying plants on it

[remote lintel]

thats not even bad

[hidden cliff]

Dunno what those mats are, but amounts not being in the hundreds makes me hopeful

[silver ruin]

nah what was bad was getting 48 people together and having to replace someone each raid night

[left moth]

Key material for the bed are from lv 80 treasure dungeons

[wintry chasm]

Well cloudbreath might go for a bit but the chair is definitely the easiest

the bed will be more expensive

[silver ruin]

bed was like

2-3 million last i checked

[wintry chasm]

for final thing?

[silver ruin]

i believe so

[remote lintel]

1.6 mil on famfrit

[hidden cliff]

Don't care about the cost of final product

[silver ruin]

but this was honestly weeks ago lmao

[hidden cliff]

Just want it to use it tbh

[silver ruin]

oh it crashed hten

but yea you get your first mount at

!mount

[zinc orbit]

Command Error!

Command is missing argument: mount: str. If you need help please use !help <command>

[silver ruin]

!faq mount

[zinc orbit]

Mounts FAQ

'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.

[remote lintel]

you have to unlock mounts first

[left moth]

Last time i checked on famfrit the enchanted elm had dropped a bit

[silver ruin]

ya ok it really crashed

universalis is showing 1.3m ish, across most of primal

[left moth]

But ive been hording some wood in case like 70 glam mats are going up

[silver ruin]

@remote lintel if you wanna clear i recommend joining the primal BA discord, its how i found my clear group, they normally have runs going for people to get their feet wet in it

[weak dome]

Hi All, if i bought Shadowbringers collectors edition in PS store, should i buy the same edition on Steam to access my character?

[silver ruin]

normal version is fine but you also need the base game

[remote lintel]

im already in primal forays

[silver ruin]

oh

i was in keiras group

[dapper oyster]

what is the name of the quest for centurio seals?

[remote lintel]

let the clan hunt begin unlocks HW hunts

[left moth]

Should be in forgotten knight or the board outside it

[weak dome]

Thank you

[dapper oyster]

is it... hard?

[remote lintel]

no

theyre only talking quests

[dapper oyster]

oh ok thanks~

[remote lintel]

they unlock based on your level

[hidden cliff]

Midgardsormr or Famfrit for the preferred bonus?

[remote lintel]

doesnt matter

[dapper oyster]

didnt find the quest in ishgard, forgotten knight, or the board
it says unable to accept any of the bill posted

[silver ruin]

they're different data centers but they're both NA, so it doesnt really matter

[remote lintel]

did you unlock ARR hunts

[dapper oyster]

what is ARR hunts?

[left moth]

Hunt marks unlocked via grand company

[remote lintel]

you need to unlock hunts at your grand company to unlock hw hunts

the quest is let the hunt begin

[hidden cliff]

Real quick, any appearance options e.g. hairstyles locked behind mogstation?

[remote lintel]

yes

a few

[dapper oyster]

ah i have to finish the quests on trachraet npc first... ok thanks

er wait nvm no need

[silver ruin]

the ones locked are mostly like, collab events, like the ff13 one

[remote lintel]

theyre other character hairstyles

[silver ruin]

^

[hidden cliff]

Just 5-10 bucks for all of them?

[remote lintel]

no they come with an outfit

[left moth]

Theres a lot of in game hair can get ranging from time sink (gold saucer) to just plain painful (eureka and bozja)

[flat yew]

will the aether current compass tell you if there's a current anywhere on the map or does it have some kind of max range?

[hidden cliff]

They come with the specific character's outfits then? That's somewhat painful

[potent shale]

hey guys is there any guide on how to make macros for AST?

[silver ruin]

stuff like this, or ingame characters, or other game characters from other ff

[silver ruin]

!faq macros

[zinc orbit]

Why are lines repeated in macros?

Macros execute one line for each frame in-game. This means that the repeated lines in macros are executed over the course of 12~15 frames, making them more reliable than the single-line macros which often require mashing the button in order to work.

[silver ruin]

ok thats not right

[remote lintel]

macros arent recommended

[silver ruin]

macros arent recommended for combat

[hidden cliff]

Meh, I'll pass on those hairs then

[silver ruin]

cause they prevent skill queuing

[potent shale]

I need it for cards

[left moth]

Aether compass kinda blindly points at the next current in proximity. There is no range limit

[silver ruin]

for cards?

[remote lintel]

theres only like 3 male hairstyles on mog station

[silver ruin]

you mean targeting a party member and using it?

[potent shale]

ye

[silver ruin]

google

still not recommended though

[flat yew]

hrm... I'm trying to get flying to work in the coerthas western highlands and according to the wiki all the quest ones are locked behind early HW MSQs (which I finished), and my compas doesn't report any more currents but I can't fly

[remote lintel]

did you do the blue quests

[silver ruin]

if you're on a ps4 thats a different story though, idk what do with that

[left moth]

Should be 10 found, 5 quest locked

[remote lintel]

controller doesnt need a macro at all

[flat yew]

oh there's extra blue quests I have to do in the western highlands?

[silver ruin]

you'd think not but that question has come up before

[silver ruin]

yes

[left moth]

Cwh one is behind the dungeon

[remote lintel]

theres always aether currents locked behind side quests

[dapper oyster]

... so i want to get this welkin hat since i discarded my old one, it costs 70 centurio seals and each hunt i only got 3?

... wat

[flat yew]

ohh, I misread the wiki, I'm an idiot. it doesn't claim the currents are unlocked through MSQs but the quests needed for the currents are

thanks

[remote lintel]

then do hunts

[dapper oyster]

i wanna cry ._.

[hidden cliff]

This character creator, for an MMO, speaks to me in ways I didn't expect from an MMO.

[remote lintel]

they take like

10 minutes

[hidden cliff]

Anything I should know right off from being a seasoned MMO player before I jump from the pan into the fire?

[remote lintel]

!faq newplayertips

[zinc orbit]

Terms & Tips Guide for New Players

reddit post
image

Image URL: https://desibear.com/screenshots/NewPlayerGuideShB.png

[silver ruin]

^

also

https://saltedxiv.com/guides/new-player-faq

[wintry chasm]

uh, I would mention race and patron deity doesn't matter

[remote lintel]

and no nothing on the character creation screen matters except starting class

[silver ruin]

may cover some of the same stuff but some will be different

[left moth]

Starting off in arr is piss slow. Try to enjoy the ride

[hidden cliff]

I didn't think it did, good to know that confirmation.

While I learn how this game's GCD functions GLA/PLD a good roll to start with? (Granted, I know at any time I can just go do something else)

[remote lintel]

theyre all good

[silver ruin]

!faq meta

[zinc orbit]

How FFXIV's Meta Works

All jobs are good and viable in all content. The difference between meta and non-meta is minor, to the point that player skill is a significantly more important factor. Play what you enjoy/what interests you most, and you can make it work.

[silver ruin]

in relation to gcd

!faq weaving

[zinc orbit]

Quick guide to weaving/clipping

Click the image, then 'Open original'

Image URL: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/598630005999796233/600432765250568262/GCD_v._3.png

[silver ruin]

thats still broke

lmao

[left moth]

As i said combat starts really slow. Tank starter gets though msq reasonably fast queue wise for instanced content

[silver ruin]

^

[little swift]

It looks fine on some ends

[vapid belfry]

heya! I was curious. Im trying to set up a macro to move some abilities around on my hotbar. Is it possible for a macro to move a macro on my hotbar?

[silver ruin]

is how it shows up on desktop channy

[little swift]

Can just be discord imsge fuckery

[hidden cliff]

It's a 2.5sec GCD normally, right?

[silver ruin]

yes

[little swift]

I'm on phone lul

[hidden cliff]

Nice, that gives me a lot more time to press buttons

[little swift]

Macros can't call macros

[vapid belfry]

i dont want it to call a macro I just want it to place one on my hotbar

[obsidian patio]

Can’t do that either

[vapid belfry]

;-;

[obsidian patio]

Can only place normal actions on the bar

[silver ruin]

/ macros that do normal actions

[vapid belfry]

Guess I'll have to figure out a way to do it with hotbar swapping

[silver ruin]

you can set bars to swap once you swap classes

[obsidian patio]

You can do advanced fuckery with hotbar swapping but they don’t work good in the heat of combat

[vapid belfry]

well what I wanna do is makedragon kick swap to bootshine after i use it

[little swift]

Can't turbo jam everything in between 2 gcds because of the 0.7s animation delay inherent to all casts

[silver ruin]

that aint gonna happen

macros dont work like that

[hidden cliff]

2.5GCD w/ 0.7 anim by default action lockouts?

[little swift]

Don't macro gcds for that matter

[remote lintel]

ogcds have a .7s animation lock

most of them

[silver ruin]

^

[remote lintel]

some have longer ones

[silver ruin]

so you can only use 2 ogcds at most before clipping and losing a gcd

[little swift]

All casts have a minimum 0.7s

[hidden cliff]

Interesting, that's a new mechanic to me then, gonna have to learn that

[remote lintel]

you can weave 2 ogcds between gcds

[little swift]

So think of the time-line like this

[silver ruin]

the weaving image i linked above tells you how basically

the one i said was funny lmao

basically gcd>1 or 2 ogcds>gcd again

[hidden cliff]

0.4s window, not awful for what I'm use to

[little swift]

Gcd>0.7s > ogcd1 > 0.7s > ogcd2 > 0.7s > 0.4s > gcd

If you try to jam another skill after ogcd 2 you delay your next gcd

And thats what we refer to as clipping

Becahse with the 0.7s animation delay you'd be at 2.8s since your last gcd

[vapid belfry]

huh? I've heard people talk about triple weaving as bard

[little swift]

Which is 0.3s late

[vapid belfry]

is that just clipping and being fine with it?

[agile laurel]

yes

[little swift]

Triple weaving is a cursed tech really only reserved for ungodly low ping

Where you basically eat a clip

[agile laurel]

any triple weave tech will inevitably be fine with a small clip

[vapid belfry]

its not something i wanna try, i can barely double weave on my ping

just was curious given what you'd said

[hidden cliff]

Any good way in-game to check ping in an ms #?

[remote lintel]

you cant in game

!faq datacenterip

[zinc orbit]

Datacenter IP Addresses

List of IP Addresses for each Datacenter

North America
Aether: 204.2.229.9
Primal: 204.2.229.10
Crystal: 204.2.229.11

Europe
Chaos: 195.82.50.9
Light: 195.82.50.10

Japan
Mana: 124.150.157.156
Gaia: 124.150.157.157
Elemental: 124.150.157.158

how do I ping the IP?

Windows: Open Command Prompt and type ping *insert IP Address here*
Mac: Open Terminal and type ping *insert IP Address here*

[hidden cliff]

No good way to ping each server, only the GW for the DC?

[remote lintel]

the servers are in the data centers?

[hidden cliff]

Yea, should be

Unless they're in a devs basement

[agile laurel]

there will be zero ping difference between worlds

only between DCs

[hidden cliff]

Gotcha, guess they got the same rack/AZ for each then

[silver ruin]

they're all somewhere in cali

i cant remember where

for the NA data centers

[little swift]

Sacramento ca is the apparent location

[hidden cliff]

Only 1 ms difference between each na DC for me, could look up the registrar to see who owns that IP range to find out.
But wouldn't make a difference.

[silver ruin]

how the hell did my ping go from 63 to 71

[hidden cliff]

Route changed, some infrastructure is probably under going maintenance

So a secondary route/sub-optimal route for your ping had to be used

[forest scarab]

heyy new player here are there any good tierlists? ^^

(for tanks) if possible ?

[silver ruin]

they're all fine, player skill matters more

literally

!faq meta

[zinc orbit]

How FFXIV's Meta Works

All jobs are good and viable in all content. The difference between meta and non-meta is minor, to the point that player skill is a significantly more important factor. Play what you enjoy/what interests you most, and you can make it work.

[little swift]

Tierlists are doodoo in this game

[silver ruin]

^

they're all balanced

[little swift]

Any content creator that says otherwise

[silver ruin]

its literally determined by how well you know and can play your class

[little swift]

Is wrong

[wintry chasm]

Is a stupid tryhard who would rather find any excuse for their failure

[little swift]

With that in.mind I give cautionary warning about desperius tierlists and such

[forest scarab]

mhhh im a min max guy sooo ^^

[silver ruin]

then play well

[little swift]

Also this other mmo website that does them

[silver ruin]

and parse

and compare your damage to other players

it literally boils down to player skill level

[little swift]

Its great you want to.minmax

But tierlists truly are just bullshit in this game

[forest scarab]

okiii

[wintry chasm]

Minmax by playing the job you're best at then, you'll do more DPS than the job you're less good at

[vapid belfry]

the only time a tier list applies is if you are going for speed clear fastest in the world or something

but that party will probably be a lot worse for learning the fight and if its not played by godly players

[little swift]

Even in speed kills and world races

[agile laurel]

And most of the time world first parties are just concerned about stacking/benefiting from buffs

[little swift]

People still pick what they want

[agile laurel]

Like mch/war incompatible with drg or so

[obsidian patio]

Most people just avoid duplicate classes in high-end content, since that impacts the generation of limit break

Also having multiples of the same job forces you to do weird stuff with your rotation as you can’t stack identical party buffs

[coral stag]

Im currently leveling a gladiator. Will play co op with friend. Any class recomendation for him that will fit with gladiator and not have to bad qeue times?

[honest anvil]

not marauder ig

since that’s also a tank

[winged fossil]

A potentially unanswerable question for the people that can answer every question. So I am a SCH/SMN level 54, with developing WHM and BLM. I am now in post-ARR (just on 2.3), focussing on the MSQs but not on a complete non-stop towards finishing. SAM, BLU and RDM just opened up to me. I want to try levelling up a job that's not a healer (I will try AST when I get to that cos i like how flashy it is and i like astrology lol), and am not super interested ni another boomy boomy mage (though being 50 already at RDM is appealing). I was thinking tank because it's something that I would never pick, and is always in need. Or the other DPS (but queues). And not bard or guns. So I could try developing into a war or pld as they're the only tanks available and all the other classes would have queue issues in tryng to level. This i not even a question is it. Just asking for thoughts and ideas.

[honest anvil]

also healers have shorter queue time generally than dps

[winged fossil]

oh literally a v similar question just was asked lol.

[remote lintel]

melee dps

[weak dome]

Need help please, not able to login to my character that i usually play on playstation on PC, new characters work fine

i've bought all DLC to match PC and PS version

anyone faced something like this?

[honest anvil]

(Also the ast job have not that much to do with actual irl astrology btw ... there are elements of it but most of it quite make believe ..)

[weak dome]

game just crashes during loading screen

[winged fossil]

Yeah, totally true. Already picked that up. Funny really. But I love the (wonky) idea of a healer flinging tarot cards at people on a battlefield lol.

[honest anvil]

It’s a cool job, my main job even but that was my sort of warning for anyone picking it up for ... well astrology xD

[obsidian patio]

Any kind of error code?

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[oak moth]

Do achievements net you anything?

[remote lintel]

mounts, titles, glamour, achievement points

[oak moth]

Sick

[weak dome]

no, game just crashes without error

[obsidian patio]

Try a fresh reinstall?

[weak dome]

just downloaded it yesterday

but can try if you think it can help

it just works for other characters

so i am not sure it is the solution

i mean, i've created test character and everything works fine there

[forest scarab]

is there like an invite a friend thing ?

[obsidian patio]

Recruit a friend, yes.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/friend_recruit/

[forest scarab]

can u get the subscribe for x days multiple times ?

[obsidian patio]

Only the longest subscription will count

[forest scarab]

oh okey ^^

[obsidian patio]

So you can get a grand total of 45 Golden Feathers

[full latch]

What is this challenge log?

[forest scarab]

btw where can i get the Storm chocobo Issuance ?

[obsidian patio]

Basically a big set of things to do for Gil, experience, and other currencies

From the grand company quartermaster

[forest scarab]

where is he ? xd

[obsidian patio]

At your grand company base

Which for the maelstrom is near the adventurers guild in Limsa Lominsa

Closest mini-aetheryte being the aftcastle

[forest scarab]

found it thx <3

[magic light]

where do i get lvl 6 materia again?

[honest anvil]

rhalg reach exchanges that iirc; should be in other stormblood zones too

Also fairly cheap on MB

[obsidian patio]

Spiritbonding level 70 gear, mainly. Probably also SHB leveling gear

[wet cradle]

how long can the plot countdown be?

I mean the invincible one

[vital ruin]

What's the mechanic for the twineedle
The whole gorilla/ pterodactyl thingy

[runic bough]

Is Diadem the only way to get the pegasus mount?

[leaden ginkgo]

Whats the drop rate on Bozja FATEs for loathsome memories like, now?

Still one in a trillion?

[obsidian patio]

Bought with Skybuilder scrips, but yeah you either do diadem or turn in crafts

[obsidian patio]

Feels about double-triple from before the patch

[obsidian patio]

Not sure what fight you’re talking about, what’s the instance/dungeon?

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[obsidian patio]

Housing plot cooldown timer can be anywhere from a few hours to over 2 days.

[runic bough]

@obsidian patio Thank you, kind sir!

[wet cradle]

omg....

thanks

[vital ruin]

Idk Its one of the Alexander raids
You hit the bombs as gorilla and the pterodactyl does something
And there's a construction in the middle that has some sort of a ley line

[obsidian patio]

Ah the 5th Alexander fight

The gorilla uses their action to push the bombs into a corner away from the party

And the bird is used to dodge the boss’s ground-punch attack

And the needle in the middle is used to charge up the syringes to drop the pools that turn you into the gorilla/bird

You have someone stand in it for a little bit to have them spawn

[vital ruin]

O I c

[lone canyon]

What would I expect from New Game +?

Does it provide exp and gil?

I just completed ARR and was wondering if I should progress the main story or stop and smell the roses before I continue

[warped nest]

Despite its name

[wintry chasm]

No it's just for redoing story

[warped nest]

New Game + for XIV means you get to re-watch the quests

[wintry chasm]

Well more than rewatch to be fair

that's more the unending journal

[lone canyon]

I see

[warped nest]

It is not a new tier of difficulty

[wintry chasm]

I'd definitely take your time with it though, you got a metric fuck ton of stuff you can unlock now

[lone canyon]

In that case, where would be a place to level level 50 and above classes?

[warped nest]

You keep going with your

[wintry chasm]

Well unless you have a good reason for grinding up your levels I wouldn't bother

[lone canyon]

I am in progress of unlocking all the ARR hard dungeons

[warped nest]

Even it has the adjective hard mode

It doesn't mean a jump in difficulty

[wintry chasm]

Also even if it did it'd still be synced to level 50

[warped nest]

Yes, it is pretty confusing

[lone canyon]

So no exp to be earned?

[wintry chasm]

Well

[warped nest]

Yes but they are negligible

[wintry chasm]

not a great amount

the thing is that these were old level cap dungeons

[lone canyon]

I understand

[wintry chasm]

they are designed to not give you a lot of xp so you don't overlevel to like, level 80 while in ARR

[finite jacinth]

Hey, level 80 pally. What stats should I slot for?

[lone canyon]

How levelling level 50 classes? I noticed that levequests ends at level 49 and I am looking for ways to level classes

[warped nest]

Sks > Crit > direct hit >= determination, probably

You don't use leve quest to level combat jobs

!faq altlvlguide

[zinc orbit]

Leveling Guide for Alt jobs 🍻

Level 1 to 70 in five days (Stormblood)

[lone canyon]

[warped nest]

Short answer is, you do dungeons to get exo

[lone canyon]

I am an idior

I have been doing leves

[wintry chasm]

Yeah

[finite jacinth]

Gracias, LC

[wintry chasm]

Sks to tier

specifically

and not more

[full latch]

So.. what is fellowship? like a community?

[finite jacinth]

sorry, sks?

[warped nest]

Skill speed

[wintry chasm]

^

[finite jacinth]

ahhh thanks

[warped nest]

For more details

Check here

!faq balance

[zinc orbit]

The Balance

Discord

[wintry chasm]

If I am reading The Balance right you want Paladin skill speed to be 1117

there abouts

[wintry chasm]

more like a message board

[lone canyon]

What are hunts and how do I unlock them?

[gusty pier]

Dumb question to ask buuuuut...
1M gil to level a crafter using ishgard restoration... is it enough from 1 to 80?

By buying every single mat btw

[humble osprey]

does mug increases my chances of getting a celestial kimono remnant from tsukuyomi?

[warped nest]

@gusty pier no

Not even close

[slate arrow]

No, probably

[gusty pier]

Ooof, thanks for the info

[jade lava]

i finished e9s with my static on thursday but when i check the high end duty section of the duty finder it says e10s is locked due to progress, is that just because i wasn't party leader?

i did enter e10s with my static also

[leaden ginkgo]

Is the ONLY way to get the eden gear by doing savage eden runs?

And, if yes, do I need these antiquity stuff?

-actually is Eden gear still the strongest end game gear?

Is the next relic step expected to be the last one, based off of previous relics?

[analog gate]

edenmete is ilvl 510 and can be obtained with eden promise normal tokens, the antiquity stuffs
edenmorn is ilvl 530 (weapon 535) and only obtainable via eden promise savage
edenmorn is usually half of the best in slot, with the other half being augmented cryptlurker (obtained from tomestone exchange + upgrade token from eden savage)

[pastel hinge]

how do cutscenes work in dungeons? i did one just now and by the time the cutscene finished for me the goup was nearly done killing the boss 😐

[full latch]

People can skip the cutscene but you can still watch it

[pastel hinge]

how can i tell if ppl have skipped?

i hate to just stand there while they do all the work

[wintry chasm]

generally can't, people who skip like that are dicks anyway so don't even feel bad for them

[agile laurel]

the only prompt you'll have is 'the x location will be sealed off in y seconds'

[wintry chasm]

^ that's only if they skipped AND started the fight

[wintry chasm]

Yeah pretty much

[agile laurel]

but yeah, people not waiting for first timers on cutscenes bring it upon themselves so don't feel bad abt it

[pastel hinge]

hmm ok

[full latch]

yeah people that skip and fight instantly are dicks

as a 80 bard now gunbreaker I wait for everyone

[normal storm]

Im pretty new (300 hours still in arr), i Wanna try out gunbreaker but my friend mains dk, for normal dungeons that only need one tank would it let us queue or will it not work

[vital ruin]

How to make a several statement macro on PS4?
I can't find the line break function on my PS4 keyboard :/

Go in unsync @normal storm

[full latch]

three.. hundred hours and still in arr msq?

[normal storm]

Yes i procrastinate

Alot

[hoary kayak]

ah yes afking in limsa for 200 hours

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[full latch]

I rushed the story because of how many times people tried spoiling the story for me so yeah

but with 400 hours I joined an FC, colored my chocobo, learned glamour plating

[normal storm]

I hate limsa idk why its too noisy but the outer area

[hoary kayak]

understandable

[normal storm]

I like it reminds me of Cali a bit

[full latch]

What is this section here?

[wintry chasm]

That bottom bit?

in the right?

apartments

[full latch]

the one in the bottom

left

[wintry chasm]

oh left

[full latch]

When I was training my chocobo I had a background like a big pool or lake

[wintry chasm]

just a nice way out

[full latch]

but I can't go through that

in shirogane there is a beach

oh found it

but still no explanation to that lane

[wintry chasm]

I don't mean a literal way out for the player but it's just there to show, you know, not sure how to put it

[normal storm]

What is that

[wintry chasm]

in duty finder in the top left there is cog and there you can toggle "undersized party" which let's you unsync fights

Essentially it lets you go in with less than the required amount of people

and you go in at your real level and gear without it being synced down

[normal storm]

Does it give any negative effects

[wintry chasm]

you don't get stuff like xp

[normal storm]

I heard from looking it up it was unhealthy or something

[raven burrow]

how much materia do i roughly need for pentamelding ?

[honest anvil]

a lot ...

i once had 86 materia were lost in the process

[wintry chasm]

I mean that sounds a bit...I mean, it kinda doesn't respect the content you're doing and you don't learn anything from those fights really

[honest anvil]

that’s the extreme case ofc but be prepared ...

[wintry chasm]

I wouldn't call it unhealthy though

[raven burrow]

like , 86 for one item ?

or all gear slots

[honest anvil]

one item

[raven burrow]

yikes

[honest anvil]

normally it’s probably 20 25

[raven burrow]

i can request meld for pentamelding , right ?

[wintry chasm]

yes

[honest anvil]

but keep in mind that slots 3rd and above cant be melded with the +60 materia

[raven burrow]

hmm okay thanks

[honest anvil]

so dont buy tooo many of those

[raven burrow]

isnt it 4th and above ?

like first 3 slots are 60

[wintry chasm]

depends on the gear

[raven burrow]

and 4th n 5th are lower

[honest anvil]

well 4th for those with 2 default slots

[raven burrow]

[wintry chasm]

materia like that can only go in the guaranteed slots and the first not guaranteed slot

[honest anvil]

3rd for 1 slot

[raven burrow]

oh ok i see

so basically jewelry is double 60 only

[honest anvil]

yes

good luck

[raven burrow]

thanks

[wintry chasm]

well depends on the jewellery still but sure?

[pastel hinge]

it may just be the game, but the environments especially grass and ground texture are very fuzzy when in motion. I thought it was an AA issue but i've tried in game FXAA and through nvidia control panel and nothing seems to improve it. there are no jagged edges on characters though so maybe its not an aliasing issue. anyone else have this problem?

[teal socket]

Guys, I'm a Thaum, but which quests should I follow to become a Red Mage and learn new dps skills?

[runic bough]

@teal socket First quest is in Uldah

And your main job need to be at least level 50 and above

[green grail]

you need to be level 50 of any job to unlock rdm, so continue leveling your thaumaturge/black mage till then

and do your THM class/job quests to unlock the skills you don't get from levels

[runic bough]

Yup yup

[teal socket]

And what type of quests are them? I'm getting confused with levequests, guildhests etc...

So many types ahaha

[runic bough]

Your job quests.
You see at the upper corner, there's your Main Story Quests, underneath it there's your job quests

[open coral]

Class/job quests are from your guild (the Thaumaturge's Guild in Ul'dah).

[runic bough]

Those are the type of quests that are related to your class/job

[teal socket]

Oh yes, I'm doing them

[runic bough]

So keep doing those to get exp as well as unlock new skills

Once you hit 50, you can do RDM

[teal socket]

What about the quest "Way of the pugilist"?

Is that another job?

[green grail]

yeah that's for pugilist/monk

[weak dome]

thanks, it helped, not sure what it was

[teal socket]

What about the color to the left of an item? I have some gear with a red bar, some with a blue bar

[open coral]

If you're looking at your equipped gear, that's the durability indicator.

A red bar means you need to repair it. Blue means it's at 100% or higher.

[leaden ginkgo]

Should I go for Edenmete? I am wearing a high quality Neo-Ishgardian. Or, should I just try to buy/craft the Exarch?

I want to be very strong that even when I am synced I still can deal dmg/sustain enemy dmg.

[raven burrow]

anyone know what to put in pentamelds for gnb 510 crafted gear? cant find anything in balance discords and noone is replying

[honest anvil]

what kind of content are you gearing up for?

[raven burrow]

unreal and eden

[honest anvil]

balance does have gnb’s bis

[raven burrow]

yeah but im using 510 crafted gear

[honest anvil]

it’s crit then SkS to comfy

[raven burrow]

seeing melds for BiS isnt really helpful

[oak ice]

Syncing down for unreal will ignore any melds anyway

[honest anvil]

bis meld is still max crit at 510 anw

[green grail]

just follow the general meld priority for the job

you can probably mess around with tiering on etro but it's really not worth the effort for i510

[raven burrow]

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[wicked sorrel]

how long untill something you buy off the mog station appears in game

[open coral]

Anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.

It depends on how busy the delivery servers are.

[wicked sorrel]

oh sweet thanks kinda freaked out a little bit when it didnt show up

thankyou!

[oblique yew]

dumb question but, how do i pause downloading?

there's only cancel and close the client itself

[green grail]

if you close the launcher it should resume in the same place when you open it again

or at least the download size will be reduced by what you already downloaded, even if the progress bar is empty

[regal summit]

how do i unlock skills for my chocobo? also how do i change the barding?

i remember a friend showing me healer stance but i forget where the menu for it is

[hoary kayak]

its . on qwertz idk on qwerty

or just bottom right character > companion

[wet cradle]

can you relocate your house more than one time?

[green grail]

yes

[wet cradle]

great

ty ::)

[gritty oracle]

Character menu - Companion.

Skills are in skill tree, bardings are in Appearance tab

I recommend maxing out the healer tree first, DPS second and tank last

[regal summit]

ty

[delicate field]

Why healer first?

Is it actually a decent healer?

[leaden ginkgo]

It can save your ass doing job quests and fates

[delicate field]

I've been neglecting my chocobo lol

[leaden ginkgo]

Anyway, does anyone know how to view old guides. I got level 50 in a dungeon and had to close all the info it gave because i was actively healing

[wet cradle]

Main Menu -> Active Help

[open coral]

Healer first for chocobo because it's always nice to have a pocket healer (and choco regen/choco heal are pretty strong). It will still do dps without building the dps tree, and it's a terrible tank.

[leaden ginkgo]

@wet cradle i checked there but im looking for the Astrologian guage thingy

[wet cradle]

Character Menu -> Actions & Traits -> questionmark icon on the bottom

[leaden ginkgo]

❤

[delicate field]

What class do you heal as @leaden ginkgo

[open coral]

Based on what they were looking for, I'd guess they're AST

[soft tiger]

Hello i usually heal in every game and want to get away from that..i tried WAR until 80 and i love the playstyle and just dont like tanking.. between Nin, monk, blm, dnc (i dont mind if its ranged or melee) which is more "fun" playstyle wise

[arctic crescent]

Hi! I someone told me that you cannot use the world transfer function if your character is less that 90 days old. Is that correct?

[open coral]

That's pretty subjective. It's going to depend a lot on what you want out of a class.

[open coral]

If your character is on a Preferred server, then yes.

[arctic crescent]

Oh no 😦 So i'll have to stay on my server for 60 more days T_T

[earnest wraith]

Anyway to remove my signature on crafted/syn items?

[open coral]

No

[earnest wraith]

aw, thanks

[soft tiger]

i dont necessarily mind not pulling the highest numbers or playing supportish type classes as i main heals..i just dont want to keep healing in every game u know..so i guess something simple to mess around with? after getting WAR to 80 i loved it but cant stand the thought of tanking lol

[open coral]

So of the jobs you listed, I would say that DNC is probably the easiest to just pick up and run with. It's a straightforward combo/support ranged dps class. Push the buttons that glow, and use your dances on cd, basically.

[arctic crescent]

Oh wait! Im on Lamia! looks like i may be able to!! ^^

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[leaden ginkgo]

Do you get xp for killing regular mobs in Bozja like.. At all?

I've been cluster farming/memory & been thinking maybe I should do it as a job I need to get 80 on?

[open coral]

BLM is your standard turret caster/glass cannon, and while their rotation is fairly simple, they depend a lot on being able to maintain astral fire/umbral ice stacks and Enochian, and being able to stand in their Leylines.

[runic bough]

@leaden ginkgo skirmiches and CEs mostly give exp. I believe mobs give some exp.

[soft tiger]

ahh and as ive seen from delubrim and castrum this game is very punishing with movement..ill just level DNC and stick to WAR mainly until i get used to the game then

[leaden ginkgo]

So ... Uhh .. Do i use diurnal or nocturnal sect ??

[open coral]

Yes.

Basically it will be situational.

[leaden ginkgo]

[worthy basin]

if i used 2 ogcds in 1 gcd window that is double weaving, right?

[runic bough]

@leaden ginkgo Diurnal is used for regenerating HP.
And Noct is Shield.

Use Diurnal when you're with a scholar
And Noct when you're with a whm

[open coral]

You can use Diurnal with a WHM since HoTs stack

[leaden ginkgo]

What if im alone ?

[runic bough]

Yeah, that too

If you're alone, you can pick whichever you like o/

[open coral]

Diurnal tends to be easier to use in general since it's a more "pure healing" form.

[runic bough]

I prefer Diurnal

[open coral]

Nocturnal is a lot like SCH, so you have to rely on predicting incoming damage rather than reacting to it.

[rigid mauve]

Diurnal for solo-healing is preferable.

[gleaming mist]

it's recommended to use diurnal in most situations

most damage you'll encounter in the game isn't fatal by itself, so shields lose value in those situations

[open coral]

Of course, all of this information is only good until they change AST in 6 months or so.

[leaden ginkgo]

👍 thanks everyone

[rigid mauve]

Oh, for the shadowbringers relic, when I need bitter memories, do I need to run dungeons as the job that I have signed myself up with, or can I do said level 60 dungeons with any job as long as I have that quest with me?

And can I overcap on bitter memories?

[open coral]

Any job as long as you're on the quest.

[leaden ginkgo]

You can over cap

I have like a billion of each memory

[rigid mauve]

Cool, That means I need 24 bitter memories ;-;

[leaden ginkgo]

Well.. Had... Before I spent them

[rigid mauve]

As I have done GNB relic all the way.

Thanks for the quick answer.

[leaden ginkgo]

Does anyone have a relic guide for the Bozja relics btw?

Nvm found it

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bxLuGj20NheAG0rfHfjWBmiJDZK6dt2KKlmk_Fchlo8/edit#gid=0

[tender ice]

Is Dark Knight a good tank to learn?

[agile laurel]

as good as any other really

[tender ice]

Am I right in saying the classes/jobs are quite well balanced in this game then ?

[runic bough]

All tanks are viable o/

And all jobs are balanced

[agile laurel]

i'd argue gnb is one of the more challenging tanks to pick up due to its comparatively higher crucial action count but all the other 3 are about on par

yes, all jobs are balanced

[leaden ginkgo]

This is more of a gaming PC question but

[agile laurel]

your pick will not affect your capability

only your player skill will

[leaden ginkgo]

Can any low tier (under 1K) gaming PC play FFXIV

[tender ice]

Sweet, Dark Knight looks cool so think I might learn it

[leaden ginkgo]

Like, a 650 dollar gaming desktop

[green grail]

it used to run on ps3 so, probably

[scarlet arrow]

!faq meta

[zinc orbit]

How FFXIV's Meta Works

All jobs are good and viable in all content. The difference between meta and non-meta is minor, to the point that player skill is a significantly more important factor. Play what you enjoy/what interests you most, and you can make it work.

[leaden ginkgo]

Guys how do I get my friends to stick with this game?

[south roost]

Just did T1 of coil of bahumat for the rewards. Are you allowed to do this multiple times? I remember edan being mentioned as once per turn

[leaden ginkgo]

I keep trying but they keep quitting and it's making me really sad.

[tender ice]

Is Dark Knight hard to play?

[green grail]

can always get the benchmark to see how it runs on what you have

[runic bough]

Its quest jobs are also great o/

[leaden ginkgo]

I don't think so

[runic bough]

And no it is not hard at all

[south roost]

No

[tender ice]

Ty guys

[leaden ginkgo]

Imo most tanks are pretty easy except maybe gunbreaker???

[south roost]

The only "hard" thing to use is living dead and you really don't use it

[tender ice]

I didn’t look into gunbreaker yet

[leaden ginkgo]

Dark knight is really fun I main the class.

[runic bough]

GNB starts at level 60 so you're introduced to a bunch of skills that you may or may not be familiar with

And that can be overwhelming

[tender ice]

I’m thinking about learning another DPS role as I’m not really enjoying Bard so I was thinking Black Mage and for tank of course Dark Knight

[leaden ginkgo]

I played a lot of black mage

[tender ice]

Fun?

[leaden ginkgo]

and if you don't enjoy slow combat I really don't recc black mage

[runic bough]

This

[delicate field]

Dark knight tanks seem really popular

[tender ice]

I don’t know what I enjoy ngl

I don’t really like the RNG nature of Bard

[delicate field]

How about Machinist as DPS?

[tender ice]

With the stacks

[runic bough]

Machinist and Dancer are fun

[leaden ginkgo]

Black mage is has a very low skill floor but the skill ceiling for black mage comes from fight knowledge. So if you don't know all the fights in the game black mage is really bad imo.

[runic bough]

I also recommend red mage

[tender ice]

I actually unlocked Machinist, is it hard to play?

[runic bough]

Nope

Not at all

[agile laurel]

ranged physicals are not typically very hard

[runic bough]

It's a straightforward DPS job

[delicate field]

The skills are fun and fast

[tender ice]

What would you guys say is the hardest job?

[delicate field]

Very mobile

[agile laurel]

machinist is generally using your combos, keeping your cooldowns on cooldown, and using heat blast appropriately

honestly, i don't think any job is inaccessibly difficult

[runic bough]

In my opinion, BLM can be the hardest dps
It's so easy to mess up its rotation

[leaden ginkgo]

very hard question to answer. Black mage is not mech hard but it's really hard for new players. Imo prob the hardest

[agile laurel]

black mage can be a challenge because it is a turret caster, and affected quite heavily by movement

[leaden ginkgo]

yes if you don't know all fight mechs black mage is basically unplayable no utility

[agile laurel]

so while it is a very static rotation, actual fight mechanics give it its difficulty level

[tender ice]

Ah okay I see

[leaden ginkgo]

so if you can't parse high numbers everyone knows u sux

[tender ice]

Is red mage also dps?

[leaden ginkgo]

Yes

[runic bough]

Yeah

A caster dps

[agile laurel]

well... no, that's kinda exaggerated but unorganised movement as blm does suck

[delicate field]

BLM has really long cast times?

[leaden ginkgo]

I started FFXIV as a black mage. I encourage every new player to not play black mage as there first class.

[agile laurel]

Not very long but it has few to no instants

[tender ice]

Is red mage easier than black mage?

[agile laurel]

yes

[leaden ginkgo]

yes imo

[runic bough]

Yeah

Definitely easier

[agile laurel]

red mage is the simplest caster in its skillset

and has relatively more mobility

[leaden ginkgo]

Black mage rewards fight knowledge. With other classes you can practice on dummy, but black mage hardness comes form actual fight mechs. Which you can't practice.

[tender ice]

Okay, I just want an easier role to chill on

[earnest wraith]

How long do we need to level up retainer using quick venture (avg 12 times a day). from 1 to 80?

[agile laurel]

well... yes, you can practice fight mechs

it's not impossible to play blm, don't exaggerate

[tender ice]

Does rdm start as a class or is it an unlockable job?

[agile laurel]

It's unlockable

Own stormblood and reach level... 60?

[delicate field]

Have you thought about Summoner? As DPS

[leaden ginkgo]

i advise every new player to just avoid blm. The leveling experience also sucks on the class.

long ass cast times on starting spell as well.

[tender ice]

Summoner starts as arcanist right?

[agile laurel]

yes

[delicate field]

Summoner rotation is not super complex but exciting enough at higher level

[leaden ginkgo]

Black mage has the highest dps though, so if you like high numbers you will love blm.

[delicate field]

And very mobile

[agile laurel]

Summoner strikes the medium of quite low skill floor, relatively decent skill ceiling, high numbers and high mobility with the most instant casts for movement of any caster

[scarlet arrow]

rdm unlocks at level 50

[tender ice]

But black mage needs good positional?

[agile laurel]

black mage benefits most from moving as little as possible in situations that it can't deal with

blm does have tools specifically FOR movement

[leaden ginkgo]

you need perfect positional to play the class in savage raids.

[agile laurel]

but not on particularly easy access

[delicate field]

@tender ice the advantage of playing summoner is that you can switch to scholar to be a healer and share the levels with summoner, so you can get into queues fast as scholar and go back to DPS when convenient

[leaden ginkgo]

also black mage has no utility and imo it's the most boring class to level by a mile.

out of the dps classes*

[tender ice]

You can switch to scholar?

[agile laurel]

Black mage has no utility to a group to counter the fact it has one of the highest potential dps outputs in the game

[delicate field]

Arcanist is the only job that shares 2 classes

[agile laurel]

If you've played any mmo like WoW with class specialisations/subclasses, scholar and summoner work like that

They share an XP bar

[delicate field]

You level as scholar = same level as summoner

[agile laurel]

although their itemisation is different, so they don't share gear

[delicate field]

Healers in this game is insta queue

[tender ice]

Ah I was about to ask if they share items

[leaden ginkgo]

Early level healing however in this game can be very offputting if your coming from a new mmo.

[tender ice]

This is the first mmo I’ve put this much time into

[delicate field]

With poetocs it's easy to progress both

[agile laurel]

smn/sch gearing can be deceiving cause their weapons are visually identical

[tender ice]

I played ESO back in 2015 or something

[agile laurel]

but they are different in itemisation

[tender ice]

For a few hours

[delicate field]

But at level 80 you'll have to put more work into it

[runic bough]

It's like not only should you master your rotation but also learn every fight you're doing by heart so you can know exactly where to position yourself (to avoid mechanics and such) and where to exactly move. That's a ton of work imo.

[leaden ginkgo]

What level are you right now?

[tender ice]

This is pretty much my fire mmo

Me?

[terse halo]

hey guys, i was wondering if there is an all hrothgar chat or something of the like, just for chatting with my people

[tender ice]

63 on my Bard. Playing through Heavensward

[delicate field]

Summoner = int, scholar = mind

[agile laurel]

Quite honestly - picking up a second class is not much work, and actively encouraged

[south roost]

Why are high allagan artherestone - Body's worth so much and everything else is worth nothing?

[agile laurel]

They haven't and wouldn't make a job flat inaccessible

[leaden ginkgo]

I think I cleared HW savage and as a black mage before I had to take a break. The fights as blm were so hard imo.

when I switched over to tanking it was so much easier.

[runic bough]

@leaden ginkgo Mad respect!

[tender ice]

I think I’ll look into Red Mage and Dark Knight

Oh I have another question

[strange coral]

The raid that drops it is difficult to solo

[south roost]

Even unsynced?

[strange coral]

Yes

[delicate field]

@tender ice look into arcanist, you might like it for the versatility of dps for questing/overworld and being a healer for instances cause the MSQ forces you into it

[agile laurel]

clarification, msq makes you do dungeons

[tender ice]

When playing through the msq it sometimes gives me reward options that aren’t for my class but for others, should I take them or just take the Gil?

[agile laurel]

at no point does it force you into a specific party role

[tender ice]

I’ve been taking the Gil

[delicate field]

A dungeon is an instance

[leaden ginkgo]

Can you sell high allagan on market board?

[south roost]

Yes

[agile laurel]

If you don't have any actual intentions like desynth with crafters or trading to GC for seals, just take the gil

[delicate field]

Lol i mean it forces you into instances, not in being a healer

[tender ice]

Right, I thought maybe I should take some for other classes when I eventually level them but I just figure there is no point as I will get stuff from playing their guild quests and duties etc

[agile laurel]

if you have a higher level job and msq progress when leveling alts, you have a greater perspective on gearing options

[open coral]

I mean, it can be nice to have leveling gear on-hand rather than having to go farm it later.

But you can just Greed on everything in dungeons, so the gear the MSQ gives you will end up being less necessary for alt jobs.

[tender ice]

Once I hit level 70 does the Road to 70 de activate even if I wanna level other classes?

[tender ice]

Ty

[open coral]

Nope. It will be active for all jobs under level 70

[simple shore]

Road to 70 will be active on any sub-70 job

[delicate field]

Road to 70 lasts for 3 months

[tender ice]

Great thanks

[open coral]

Road to 70 lasts as long as the server is Preferred status.

Plus 14 days.

[delicate field]

Yes but minimum 90 days

[open coral]

Technically the minimum is 14 days if you create a character the day before the server loses status.

[flat yew]

are there any somewhat viable options for making some gil I can use to level my crafters? I'm a level 67 SCH; is the only option continuing doing my MSQ?

[simple shore]

I dont think thats accurate

I believe its 90 days from character creation or when server loses preferred status - whichever comes second

[open coral]

I thought it was only 14 days after the server loses status.

[leaden ginkgo]

Are there any plans for GC ranks to get above Captain?

[open coral]

It's been a while since I last created a character on a preferred server though.

[open coral]

Not currently, no.

[simple shore]

woah

[open coral]

Or at least, not that we're aware of.

[simple shore]

Now we have an Emu

and a TotallyNotAnEmu

[leaden ginkgo]

Does it usually get raised every once in a while? Was there a time in which Captain itself was off limits?

[simple shore]

lol

[open coral]

I know. I saw that yesterday and got super confused.

[open coral]

There was. It was... back in Stormblood?

[simple shore]

Captain was off limits for a long time, yeah

[runic bough]

Doing the MSQ will give you exp and gil. So I suggest you to keep doing it.
You can also have someone help you out (crafting the mats required for your crafters' job quests or collectables)

[leaden ginkgo]

I see. So there is potential for future content including a new GC rank at some undefined point in the future.

[open coral]

I think Captain became available in like, 4.3 or something? It's been awhile since they added it, but Squadrons weren't always a thing.

[flat yew]

hrm... I was doing the ishgard stuff for a while now but I kinda drained like about 150k gil into it already

[strange coral]

Squadrons were added in 3.4. Not sure about Captain rank.

[leaden ginkgo]

I hope they extend squadron into ShB and newer expansions. Dont wanna leave my GC buddies behind 🤷‍♂️

[runic bough]

@flat yew Ishgard stuff can be a bit exhausting.
Do collectables and GC turn ins as well as beast tribes if you have them unlocked!

[delicate field]

guys how do i get the million gil for getting to level 30 on a preferred server?

[hoary kayak]

are there any special rewards for squadrons

[flat yew]

GC turn ins? I'll take a look into collectables!

[runic bough]

@hoary kayak Emotes for the most part

[hoary kayak]

i c

[simple shore]

That doesnt exist. You're thinking of a different bonus.

[green grail]

it's level 30 on a new server

[leaden ginkgo]

One million gil to level 30 on preferred server?? Sounds like something that will inflate gil like crazy

[open coral]

You can get discount coupons for teleports, bonus MGP, etc.

[runic bough]

@flat yew If you press Ctrl +U (if you're a keyboard user), you'll find a list that has your Grand Company missions. Those missions give tremendous exp for your crafters/gatherers.

[hoary kayak]

gotcha

[open coral]

Basically like better versions of FC buffs.

[flat yew]

ohh, grand company stuff. Thanks, I'll definitely try that!

[open coral]

But for you alone.

[delicate field]

I got the 15 days time but not the million gil

[green grail]

it's for new servers only

there aren't any new servers right now

[leaden ginkgo]

Oh. I see.

[delicate field]

well how did i get 15 days time then??

[green grail]

because 15 days is for preferred too

[open coral]

The 15 days time is a reward for preferred.

[delicate field]

oh ok thx

[leaden ginkgo]

I got 15 days free cuz they locked me out of my account when I traveled thinking I was some hacker

[flat yew]

what's a preferred server?

[zinc orbit]

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[delicate field]

@flat yew double xp servers

[leaden ginkgo]

Who trolled?

[flat yew]

ahh

[simple shore]

To put it simply, its a server that SE is trying to direct players into, population balance, etc. You get a significant buff to exp gains (double xp until level 70 on all classes/jobs) for the duration of it being preferred (or for 90 days - whichever is longer)

[leaden ginkgo]

I am done questions. Thanks for the help 👋

[open coral]

Nobody trolled. The bot posts the reminder at regular intervals (once per hour - more often when the channel is active)

[flat yew]

is that the road to 70 bonus?

[simple shore]

Yes

[flat yew]

ahhh

[runic bough]

Yeah

[simple shore]

Its worth noting just since this is being discussed

that Road To 70 applies to both the base exp AND to any other bonuses

[flat yew]

so road to 70 will vanish if you don't reach 70 before those 90 days?

[simple shore]

If the server stops being preferred AND the time passes, yes

[open coral]

We did a calculation a couple of weeks ago, and including Road to 70, you can get up to something like 327% xp bonus.

[simple shore]

Though the exp gain is pretty silly

[delicate field]

you dont lose it upon reaching 70 either

[flat yew]

guess I've got some more grinding to do then, only got my gatherers to 70 so far

[delicate field]

it just applies to any job under 70

[simple shore]

When i rerolled last year, i was able to get every job (all combat jobs, all crafters, and all gatherers) to 70 before the time ran out

[flat yew]

crafting is such a gil sink

[delicate field]

how long did that take lol

[simple shore]

Uhhhh

I want to say two months or so

[delicate field]

not bad

[simple shore]

Only a gil sink if you buy materials.

[flat yew]

well, true I guess

I do have the gatherers to collect for the leveling process, but I was trying to not use my gatherers for a stupid reason lmao

[runic bough]

Use them, actually

They're hella useful

[hoary kayak]

i do not regret spending gil for my crafters

went by way faster

[flat yew]

my gatherers are all lvl 69, how am I supposed to get a nice collection of DoH/DoL for that meme screenshot if I level my gatherers any further

[granite zephyr]

as a paladin shp

should I consider block strength or blockrate more?

because I have 4 shields with drastically better block rate yet worse block strength

[simple shore]

Dont consider either of them

Just equip the highest ilvl shield you have access to

[zinc bramble]

Especially if it looks good

[simple shore]

Back in 2.0, years ago, there was a difference and it mattered

But once you get out of ARR it stops being a thing that has any real meaning or variance

[worthy rain]

Salutes, does anyone know about these two questions about mechanics in instances:

1. Does anyone know what the ring in bosses in an edge, for example in Whorleater, means? That the tank and melees should not get more close than that?

2. Does the boss fights and its mechanics change when the instances changes difficulty? (Normal to Hard to Extreme), or is all the same, less bosses with more health and making more damage?

[hot crane]

I forgot if I can wear 2 edenmorn rings at the same time

[granite zephyr]

when it comes to stuff other than shields should I go for ilvl or defense?

[hot crane]

can I?

i remember I can't tho

[simple shore]

After ARR that's gonna be the same thing, but before you get out of ARR i would suggest defense is a more important stat because of how weird gear was back then.

for tanks

[granite zephyr]

what is ARR?

[simple shore]

Before Heavensward. The base game.

[granite zephyr]

oh alright, is that over after level 60?

[simple shore]

I dont know what you mean by "the ring in bosses in an edge" Can you be more specific? Also mechanics tend to change drastically between normal and extreme (or normal and savage)

[simple shore]

Over level 50

[granite zephyr]

understood

[tacit jungle]

Any advice on ocean fishing? queueing up for my first time out

still leveling though so I don't have all dem skillz

[elfin wagon]

how do i set up a raise macro on ps4

[zinc bramble]

There is a specific bait based on area that can cause a spectral state. Use it.

[open coral]

Same as you would on PC - go into "User Macros" and create the macro.

[tacit jungle]

and how do I know which bait for the area

[elfin wagon]

oh alr

[zinc bramble]

https://ffxiv.pf-n.co/ocean-fishing is what I use

[elfin wagon]

i dunno wht 2 put in2 it though 4 it 2 activate

[open coral]

What do you want it to do, exactly?

[elfin wagon]

jus say im raising the person