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void venture
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where shd i download

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in steam?

signal aspen
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you probably could pay through Steam wallet

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if you bought through Steam

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it's a feature non steam users cannot use

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no real issue, as long as you prefer your downloads on Steam.

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maybe, launching more than 1 game might become one if you need to use an alt

fading aurora
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They would have to wire steam thru mogstation

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Idk how that works

signal aspen
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nah it's automatic

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they let you sign in with your Steam

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when you need to pay through wallet

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no need to attach anything outside of normal account creation

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they also let you pay outside of wallet

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it's just a convenience thing that applies to Steam owners

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but that's the only real perk of playing through Steam

fading aurora
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I like to have all my games in one library that's why I downloaded it thru steam

signal aspen
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yea same

turbid folio
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This is a huge game started today should I focus in story at first? kuz I wasn't able to choose the class I wanted wen I first started

faint flare
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Story is mandatory

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So

strange coral
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Story and class/job quests. Most of the game's content is unlocked through story.

fading aurora
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What do u mean you weren't able to choose a class u liked

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Did u get forced

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💀

signal aspen
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story is mandatory, but each time you complete a main story section you'll unlock loads of side content

faint flare
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You can't start as expansion jobs

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Or rogue

turbid folio
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Naw I wanted ninja

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Dats da class I want to main

faint flare
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You just need to do your lv10 class quest and get to the rogue guild in limsa for it

void venture
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whats shadowbringers

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i want to buy the game

signal aspen
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you just walk up to the guild in the bottom decks, and they'll let you in they're basically like outlaws

void venture
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which one shd i get

faint flare
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The current expansion

tropic bear
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Is there a way to hide the thumbnails and stuff on the launcher? the pic for the latest patch or whatever has characters on it that I thought were dead

turbid folio
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Alright I heard it's a good story so I'll take my time with all other side quests I'm a completionis wen it comes to jrpgs

faint flare
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Complete edition gives you everything you need

signal aspen
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the story picks up around HW and beyond

turbid folio
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Yeah I got complete

faint flare
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You can ignore yellow side quests

signal aspen
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ARR might be a bit rough on ya

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but keep at it

turbid folio
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I will don't mind da grind

signal aspen
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ah no it's just the story was very black and white at launch because of the reboot they did

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it kinda grows on ya as you go through the expansions

tropic bear
signal aspen
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they also hired better actors

turbid folio
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Yeah the intro reminded me of ffx on ps2 lol

signal aspen
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by the time you're at shadowbringers you're gonna be sipping through coffee to see all of that story

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it gets good

turbid folio
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Lol yeah I made sure to get that complete wen I look at da prices I Kno it was quality kuz stormbringers more dan da base game

faint flare
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Expansions are always more than the base game

signal aspen
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they have some good side content

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like eureka

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deep dungeons

turbid folio
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This my 2nd mmo tho so I'm still learnin

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My first was bdo an there p2w got ridiculous

signal aspen
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I personally love every alliance raid in this game

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and they just get better it doesn't really go downwards in quality

turbid folio
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But I love RPGs especially jrpgs kindof beat games too fast

signal aspen
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you're gonna have a solid amount of things to do, expansion drops in a few months and this patch finalized shadowbringers

turbid folio
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Yeah I read on that end somethan so dats somethan to look forward too gives me time to catch up eventually

fading aurora
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@tropic bear you might be able to remove the jpeg files from the games folder directory but if its tied to the website it might not work

void venture
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is ffxiv demo version in steam the free trail?

strange coral
fading aurora
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@turbid folio hello fellow bdo player I spent over 120k$ on that game before I left it, started to feel like a second job

leaden ginkgo
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Guys about the new nier raid, does it give materials to upgrade current time gear? If so, is it weekly capped? Is it hard? I have to renew my monthly subscription but I’m only gonna do it if it’s gonna be worth the farm (not tedious)

fading aurora
strange coral
leaden ginkgo
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How many runs would I need to do on average per week in order to cap the new breach coins?

strange coral
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One coin per week

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So just one run

leaden ginkgo
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Worth

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So I can upgrade 1 cryptlurker per week?

strange coral
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If doing it only with coins, yes. You can also buy the upgrade mats with hunt nuts or savage loot iirc

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(I don't do savage, so not very familiar with how that works)

turbid folio
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Seby it was ridiculous bhro plus on PS4 it's impossible to pvp wit no story aswell

jolly sorrel
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Considering the relative rarity of both healers and tanks, was there ever any mention as to why there are only tank achievements for doing enough duties?

jade quartz
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Tanks were particularly rare in early ARR so needed the extra incentive.

jolly sorrel
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Makes sense, they are achievements from way back when yeah

fading aurora
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Are tanks and healers still rare

jade quartz
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There are fewer than there are DPS queueing, yes. This is a reality of all trinity games.

fading aurora
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I like playing tanks or healers in mmorpgs I just don't like leveling them lol

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That's how most people look at it

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I guess

jolly sorrel
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Most people believe that a tank or healer has more responsibility in a party, and don't want to/dare to take it.

fading aurora
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I mean most new players get shouted at for doing something wrong if they get in the wrong party

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And that puts them off

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Some people aren't nice to others

jolly sorrel
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I see people say that but I've never ever had it happen.

fading aurora
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Guess u were just lucky

strange coral
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It's not that common in FF14 in my experience. Especially compared to other MMOs

jade quartz
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New players in FFXIV tend to be greatly accommodated for by others during the levelling process.

fading aurora
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I had a random 80 add me as friend and talk to me about everything without even asking

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She was so nice to me

void venture
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i wish i had a friend like that i just started playing haha

fading aurora
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I was just doing msq lol

open coral
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I've done that for a number of people from this discord.

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The XIV community in general tends to be a lot more forgiving and willing to explain things if you say you're new to content or to a role.

modest igloo
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its a mix of having a rough earlygame to slog through and a great dev team that works to put out great content

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we want more people to experience shadowbringers with us hahaha

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void venture
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whats this

delicate field
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go to the link

warm snow
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Apparently you don't have a valid license or your sub has expired

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Why don't you go check on the mog station

void venture
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i cant trasnfer to steam or somthing

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idk why i cant play for free

round tiger
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anyone know how to change name of friend group?

manic flare
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what does this comment mean:

raven sage
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on the alliance list

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The person with aggro from another alliance gets a red highlight around their box

hearty mango
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So I'm on controller and I've just hit 70 on DRG. Is there an easier way to target people for dragon's eye? It feels kinda sluggish to scroll through the list of party members

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especially in trials

round tiger
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some one said i can actually rename those friend group but i cant find a wat to do so

earnest wraith
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windows account and steam account are completely separate.

fresh lodge
hearty mango
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Oh aight, is there a guide on creating macros somewhere?

fresh lodge
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@void venture how old is the free trial account?

strange coral
fresh lodge
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The number is what position in the party list to target

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So it'd target the 6th member down

hearty mango
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ok thanks, I'll do that

round tiger
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those group name

raven sage
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right click maybe? It's square for me on controller

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When assigning a group

strange coral
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Yea assign a friend, and then right click in the popup

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(I never even knew this was a thing until today)

jade quartz
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I don't believe they're renameable

raven sage
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they are

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I just did it before I answered

strange coral
round tiger
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ohhh its hidden function lol thx

jade quartz
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ashamed

leaden ginkgo
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where is the lvl 60+ levemete for botanists?

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can't find it

strange coral
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Kugane

leaden ginkgo
void venture
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what class shd i start to get samurai?

round tiger
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btw are those from ocean fishing? and how to triger it ?

strange coral
jade quartz
strange coral
astral cobalt
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what to do with faded orchestrion things?

strange coral
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Alchemists can turn them in to usable rolls

round tiger
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theres no one quing up for ocean fishing lol

astral cobalt
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thx

fading aurora
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What is the most fun tank to play?

warm snow
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Completely subjectivr

cerulean schooner
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eden's promise doesnt have locked rewards anymore right

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its jsut the latest 24 man?

strange coral
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Normal is unlocked. I believe savage is still locked.

cerulean schooner
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thank

warm snow
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The weapon drop from e12 normal is still locked

strange coral
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Yea, but you only need 4 now for the defragmented tomestone at least, instead of 7

forest bronze
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whats a fast way to level 42-50?

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right now im doing cowrthas fates and queuing for dungeons

strange coral
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Daily level roulette, then highest level dungeon spam

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Or POTD if queues are over 15mins

forest bronze
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okies

modern sorrel
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Hey so I finally pentamelded my entire aesthete crafting gear but what about the gathering gear? does the same principles apply where GP is king and second is perception?

zinc orbitBOT
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leaden ginkgo
forest bronze
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i am confusion

leaden ginkgo
cerulean schooner
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how do i find out where to look for treasure maps

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and di they chagne locations

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im by slitherbough and i swear i could get some here before

mint kayak
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I have question on minstrel ballad thordan

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Fornchain phase spiral force how do u know where to stand

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If any of u even remember that fight

modern sorrel
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Is there any guide for il490 gathering gear pentamelding?

honest anvil
stone niche
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As someone who is looking to get into ranked feast for the rewards, do I only need to be within top 100 of my current tier to obtain the armor set?

raven sage
cerulean schooner
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yeah i kno but i went through 6 and didnt appear

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thought i was crazy

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and ya i do have allowance

raven sage
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Sometimes you can go through 20 and get none

cerulean schooner
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never been that unlucky lmao

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rip to that person

raven sage
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Just keep it in mind is all

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You're not crazy as long as you have an allowance

cerulean schooner
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so it rlly do just be any max level slot thank

mint kayak
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Does anyone know where to stand for spiral thurst

left moth
fresh lodge
remote lintel
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@stone niche yes

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well

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you need to be top 100 of your data center

stone niche
remote lintel
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no

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top 100 of all ranked players

mint kayak
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@fresh lodge yeah but some of the spots u can stay in also have stems

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That's why it's confuse

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Ing

fresh lodge
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Also has what?

mint kayak
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Just look for the long stem on the ground basically

harsh torrent
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what stat priority does SAM got

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I heard its best to prioritise SkS

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Crit not as much due to the already high damage

jade quartz
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Nooo.

glossy flare
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SkS to tier > DH = Crit > Det

jade quartz
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You should get the required amount of SkS to reach a GCD tier.

glossy flare
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So yes, SkS first but only to tier

harsh torrent
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to tier?

jade quartz
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There are three options for optimal GCD tiers

harsh torrent
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what does that mean

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oh

green grail
glossy flare
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There are certain points of speed where things flow smoothly

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Too fast or too slow and things start to go out of alignment

green grail
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so i don't think you can get it? if youre going specifically for that set

remote lintel
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yeah they'll probably change the armor

harsh torrent
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whats the best SkS tier for SAM then

jade quartz
harsh torrent
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thanks

jade quartz
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!faq samguide

zinc orbitBOT
jade quartz
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Strongly recommend you take a good read, particularly regarding the 60-second loop and "filler GCDs"

harsh torrent
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thanks!!

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I really needed this

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I already like this first image too

drifting crest
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Is there any website/resource where you can get the Chat macros for i.e. Diamon ex?

warm snow
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Saltedxiv

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Usually iirc

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Not sure what servers stance on salted is

jade quartz
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What do you mean?

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We support linking to saltedxiv

remote lintel
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doesn't salted take from the balance

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or the other way around

green grail
jade quartz
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Saltedxiv is basically the Balance.

heavy wadi
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salted is maintained by the balance, p much

remote lintel
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ah

warm snow
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I honestly had no idea. I've made this type of mistake on other servers/games

heavy wadi
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I'm not sure why ppl would take offense at salted getting posted here o.O

stone niche
jolly sorrel
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What was the fashion bot command that I can use in the bot channel?

jade quartz
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!fr

zinc orbitBOT
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Fashion Report for the week of 04/13-04/19

Resets in 3 Days, 14 Hours, 54 Minutes, 30 Seconds

jade quartz
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for Fashion Report

jolly sorrel
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Thank you

leaden ginkgo
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What's the best method of approaching palace of the dead as a DPS focused purely on leveling?

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How long does a eureka weapon take to complete from scratch now? Like going in there from level 1?

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And, of course, eventually unloking the next deep dungeon.

jade quartz
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To unlock Heaven-on-High you'll need to clear floor 100 of PotD at some point.

leaden ginkgo
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Roger. At about what aetherpool level should I be at the start of each set of 10 floors?

jade quartz
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Uh. If your aetherpool isn't high enough it just won't let you progress. You should be fine though

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If you hit a roadblock you can just use your other save slot

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to grind more aetherpool levels

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Aetherpool levels are universal, not just locked to a certain saveslot.

jade quartz
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oho

manic flare
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is there a diagram that shows where you're supposed to move the meteors in tsukuyomi ex?

honest anvil
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mtq has one

oak ice
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To the extreme cardinals of the arena, only making sure that at least 1 meteor ends up on the color that is shrinking

gray skiff
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I already reset my password like 4 times

wintry chasm
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Are you putting your password in the "one time password" section?

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Because you aren't

gray skiff
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No, I'm putting the one time password in that section which is like 6 digits

manic flare
oak ice
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Yes

honest orchid
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Usernames are case sensitive as well

oak ice
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It takes the color of the floor you put it on, so everyone doesn't die to doom

gray skiff
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Oh nvm I'm in, I just ignored the one time password thing

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I thought both had to be filled

jade quartz
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Yeah if you haven't set a one time password you leave that blank.

wintry chasm
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^

manic flare
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is tsukuyomi ex the most mechanic heavy of the SB ex trials? everytime i've done it the first clear for a particular party inevitably takes 15+ minutes

gray skiff
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Alright, I'll take note of that. Thanks, was confused for a bit about that

jade quartz
midnight lion
jade quartz
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You really don't have to.

midnight lion
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I mean, yes but also no

mint iris
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Fastest way to lvl 70 to 80?

jade quartz
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You really. Don't have to if you don't want to.

remote lintel
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I don't have otp

jade quartz
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I've played for over six years without it.

mint iris
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What's otp?

jade quartz
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I don't want to waste that time every time I log in.

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One-time password

remote lintel
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one time password

midnight lion
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it's the 2FA stuff

jade quartz
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i.e. two-factor authentication

astral cobalt
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is there a profession that could craft equipement for both samurai and machinist ?

remote lintel
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many crafters do

midnight lion
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look, I always suggest people enable it if possible because it's just that extra level of security

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that's all

faint flare
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That gets easily bypassed by phishers

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remote lintel
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crafting jobs aren't associated with 1 combat job

jade quartz
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You came off rather stronger than just "suggesting". No need to pressure people. It's not really necessary for your security.

remote lintel
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crafting jobs are associated with equipment

wintry chasm
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You'd want to level like, blacksmith, leatherworker, weaver, armourer at least, probably alchemist too

manic flare
jade quartz
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"If you feel the need or desire to"

manic flare
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they can craft most of the left sided gear for samurai and machinist

remote lintel
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need blacksmith for metal weapons

astral cobalt
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thanks, really looking to focus one one profession at first because they all seem a pain to level

remote lintel
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dont

jade quartz
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Getting a free teleport destination is a bigger incentive to activate 2FA. But even then, you may not wish to have the hassle every time you log in.

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I certainly don't.

remote lintel
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if you're going to level crafters then level them all together

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they're an all or nothing package

modest igloo
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i spent wayyy more time and gil not leveling all of them at once

manic flare
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you don't really have to if you plan on only using beast tribes to level your crafters

midnight lion
manic flare
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beast tribe quests have very low gear requirements for crafter classes

polar badge
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When will Diamond mount be purchasable if using Stormblood as a reference?

remote lintel
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still would require multiple gear sets then

wintry chasm
manic flare
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so you can literally level one crafter to 50 using beast tribes

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then rinse and repeat

astral cobalt
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so level them all equally ? seem tedious on my own, so much things to track, is there a guide covering the "all professions at once" approach ?

manic flare
midnight lion
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using 2FA is good security practice, in general anyways - sure, someone can phish, but it makes it a bit harder for them to be successful
but I'll leave it at that

remote lintel
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just level them in increments of 5 levels @astral cobalt

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get weaver to 5

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get goldsmith to 5

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etc

astral cobalt
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ok, a bite sized approach then, seems more doable ^^

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thanks

jolly sorrel
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Allows you to re-use gear too 🙂

polar badge
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Being able to reuse gear is the biggest selling point of levelling all at once ^^

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You save a lot of money

midnight lion
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crafter gear can also be very expensive, so it's good to level in small chunks

faint flare
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And you know, making and gathering your own stuff

astral cobalt
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right, I can use them disenchant / drop all gathering/crafting and such gear when my professions outlevel them

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will I have enough storage place to do that though ? or will I need to curate my inventory regularly ?

remote lintel
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they all share gear

faint flare
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You have 2 retainers

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Dont be a horder and you're fine

remote lintel
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if you leveled them individually you would need gear for each of them since they would be at diff levels

astral cobalt
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I'm not worried for gear but components, I began fishing yesterday and leveld it to 20, already represents more than a bag in items : /

jolly sorrel
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It's fine if you sell your stuff on the market or to NPCs and buy it back from the market/NPCs later.

remote lintel
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sell the stuff you don't immediately need

manic flare
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you dont need most of the fish

remote lintel
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don't save things

manic flare
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just discard or sell them to npc or marketboard

astral cobalt
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but then fishing is not the bestexample but you catch my drift

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thanks for your answers, last related question I hope : how do I know what to keep and what not ?

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that would be the biggest hurdle in leveling all

remote lintel
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do you need it to craft a recipe right now? no? sell

manic flare
leaden ginkgo
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Question about level 80 class quest gear, item level 430. If I give t hem for retainer to wear can I grab another to put in glam dresser. What happens if I delete the pieces, how do I get them back.

remote lintel
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you can chicken

astral cobalt
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thanks all for making it less dauting

remote lintel
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as long as you don't have the i430 in your inventory you can get more from grenoldt

manic flare
remote lintel
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spread that over 8 jobs

manic flare
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there is also one ixal tribe quest npc that acts like a GC turn in too,

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can get tons of exp from that particular ixal turn-in

agile laurel
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and grenoldt gear is technically infinitely reobtainable

jade quartz
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Snack...just do Ishgardian restoration namazuconcern

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You can have all crafters 80 in like 2 weeks

midnight lion
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yeah I was about to mention - ishgard
took me less than a month to get all crafters to 80

jade quartz
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doesn't even cost much

midnight lion
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i'd argue the real cost is your sanity haha

ocean acorn
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Where do i have to go to get DRK artifact gear ? I cant seem to get it at the guy under the water like for SAM and NIN

manic flare
jade quartz
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Yes

open ember
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Beast tribes are only good for ADDITIONAL EXP not

little swift
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@ocean acorn do the tank role quest

jade quartz
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Ishgard restoration is also collectible turnins.

remote lintel
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@ocean acorn did you do the tank role quests

ocean acorn
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Oh shit

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totally forgot

stone stone
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Does higher gear level increase the chances or make it possible for different fish to be caught?

little swift
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The ixal beast tribe is the only one you can do 12 quests from a day. This slows down at heavensward when you only get 3 quests a day

jolly sorrel
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Someone just did a floating glimmering spear emote, what's that?

remote lintel
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the omega statue emote

little swift
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Omega figure gives 2 emote

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Its effectively a 300 dollar emote

jolly sorrel
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Aha, I see. Alright, thanks.

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That's.. hefty. Neat.

stone stone
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Do you need high level fishing gear to catch certain fish?

little swift
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There are 2 more statues with emotes

leaden ginkgo
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What is highest ilevel needed to get everything from ventures for combat retainers

little swift
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Yes fishing has stat breakpoints like the other gatherers

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!faq retainerbp

zinc orbitBOT
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What are the current retainer breakpoints for max yield?

BTN/MIN: 2083 Gathering.
FSH: 1628 Gathering.
DoW/DoM: Item Level 428.

leaden ginkgo
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what is highest gathering I need for gathering retainers

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ok sweet ty!

manic flare
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2083 for min/btn

stone stone
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what do you mean stat breakpoints?

remote lintel
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the max stats for the best yield

jade quartz
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A stat threshold that you need to catch certain fish.

stone stone
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ahh

manic flare
jade quartz
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This isn't about retainers

stone stone
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^

jade quartz
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that was a different person's question

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But yes, stats matter for fishers.

gray skiff
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Is there a way to get the marauders to react? In the quest mocking marauders

jade quartz
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What's your quest objective

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Is that the /me one?

gray skiff
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Tell the marauders outside the quicksand to face me

jade quartz
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use the emote /me

faint flare
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The slash us the emote

jade quartz
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the quest objective tells you this with the slash

faint flare
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Whenever there's a slash, it means its a emote

jade quartz
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Whenever a quest objective has /text it's telling you an emote command to use

frail fulcrum
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Can i find delubrum on duty finder?

faint flare
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Que at the npc

visual sand
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Hey um Ik I might sound dumb but

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Can you be a dark knight and be a paladin?

faint flare
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Yes

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You can be everything

stone stone
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A dark paladin O_o

visual sand
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At the same time?

faint flare
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They're separate jobs

remote lintel
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you can have all jobs but be 1 job at a time

visual sand
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Sorry I’m new to playing online and stuff 😅

faint flare
#

And you can have all jobs on 1 character

visual sand
#

Ooooh okay

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So I have to create a new character and start at level one?

remote lintel
#

no

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you just pick up the quest for the new class

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then you have the class

wintry chasm
#

^ and swap weapon to change class

visual sand
#

???

remote lintel
#

there are quests

faint flare
remote lintel
#

that unlock classes

visual sand
#

So I could just change my weapon and my class changes but I could still be at the level I am at rn?

wintry chasm
#

Yeah so let's say you start as lancer, you can just walk into the archer guild, do the unlock quest and then you can equip a bow and you're an archer, can equip your lance to go back to lancer

remote lintel
#

no

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each job levels independetly

wintry chasm
#

^

remote lintel
#

you can have a lvl 51 paladin and lvl 30 dark knight

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and swap between them

#

but you need to level them separately

wintry chasm
#

So let's say you are a level 10 lancer, you can unlock archer, you'd be a level 1 archer, you can then swap back to being that level 10 lancer

faint flare
#

Every job is a separate level

boreal storm
#

Summoner & Scholar level together because they’re weird

faint flare
#

There's ni character level

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Only your current jobs level

visual sand
#

Oooh okay I just have to complete the quest and level the class up

remote lintel
#

yes

wintry chasm
#

Yes

remote lintel
#

dark knight starts at lvl 30 btw once you unlock it

visual sand
#

Okay gotcha! Cuz my friend bought me the game and bought me something that levels me up automatically to level 70 paladin and I’m just confused haha

remote lintel
#

uh

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thats not recommended for your first character

boreal storm
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Job skips aren’t good for a first timer

jade quartz
#

Yeahhhh probably not very helpful

wintry chasm
#

I mean, yeah I don't really understand why your friend did that especially since you'd still be having to do main story but...whatever

jade quartz
#

But that means you can play another job through the MSQ I guess.

undone matrix
#

What can I spend poetics on?

wintry chasm
#

!faq poetics

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jade quartz
#

defeated

faint flare
#

Especially without a story skio which means they're ruining the majority of the game for you

visual sand
#

Oof..

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Should I create a new character?

faint flare
#

They're intended for alts

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Not new players

#

Primarily

remote lintel
#

did he get you a story skip?

#

if not then just pick up a new class

visual sand
#

No

boreal storm
#

No just do a different class and you should have the normal experience

jade quartz
#

You can just play a different job other than paladin through the MSQ.

remote lintel
#

^

faint flare
#

Then youe 70 levels are basically worthless

visual sand
#

Msq?

jade quartz
#

Else you'll just be supremely overleveled for everything and waste all the huge exp rewards the MSQ gives you

boreal storm
#

Main story quest / plot

faint flare
#

There's ni reason to be a high level without story progress

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Story locks EVERYTHING

visual sand
#

Oof so should just start over?

wintry chasm
#

huh no no

faint flare
#

Unlock a different job

remote lintel
#

just pick up a new class

faint flare
#

And do the story with that

visual sand
#

How do I do that?

remote lintel
#

which starter city are you in

boreal storm
#

Go to [insert guild] and talk to the guild leader

visual sand
#

ul dah

remote lintel
#

then you can pick up pugilist or black mage

boreal storm
#

Thamaturge, Black mage is its upgrade

remote lintel
#

yeah that

visual sand
#

Okay!

languid hollow
#

Hey guys, when did u trying out different classes?

remote lintel
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the moment i could unlock dark knight

boreal storm
#

Same but Machinist

wintry chasm
remote lintel
#

level caps are good places to try out other jobs

visual sand
#

Also couldn’t I just the msq which the high level palidin I have and just continue on from there til the enemy’s get harder?

languid hollow
#

gotcha, just wondering since im a free trial 55 white mage thinkin bout scholar

remote lintel
#

@visual sand it wouldnt be efficient for exp

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it would be better to have a lower level class soak the exp

visual sand
#

Would I be a higher level then the level I am right now?

remote lintel
#

if you did the msq with your paladin?

visual sand
#

No with the new class

remote lintel
#

the story levels you with it

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you would get to lvl 70 at like the end of stormblood (the second dlc)

honest orchid
#

MSQ is free exp, best to level another job

jade quartz
visual sand
#

Oooh okay

#

So I can still keep the level 70 paladin and just switch between the two

jade quartz
#

Yes

wintry chasm
#

Yes

remote lintel
#

yes

jade quartz
#

Changing jobs is the press of a button

languid hollow
#

@jade quartz thanks, what levelling process would you suggest?, dungeon grinding?

jade quartz
#

you can change at any time when you're not in an instance or in combat

visual sand
#

How do I change the jobs?

faint flare
#

Equip the weapon

remote lintel
#

well first open your character window

faint flare
#

After unlocking it

remote lintel
#

and open gear sets

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and save your paladin set

faint flare
#

But use gear sets

onyx anchor
#

What does the Outsider's Attire look like?

jade quartz
#

!faq altlvlguide

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languid hollow
#

sweet, thank you

remote lintel
#

you can have gear sets for each class

#

and you swap by clicking them

faint flare
#

Ans drag them to hotbars

remote lintel
#

yeah

#

like this

onyx anchor
#

i like it being vertical

remote lintel
#

it clipped with my quest list so i had to make them shorter

honest orchid
#

alternatively you can create a custom shortcut to enter the gearsets page. I set mine to control + g

onyx anchor
wet cradle
#

good way to farm allegory stones?

faint flare
#

Shadowbringers hunts

remote lintel
#

bold of you to assume i only need 1 hotbar for classes

wet cradle
onyx anchor
#

move the quest list further cptmaeTease

mental bane
#

Hey I just started playing this game and I was wondering Which data center I should join for North American

remote lintel
#

any of the 3

stone stone
#

I unlocked a custom delivery in the firnament (dragon one), but all the deliverys are greyed out even though I caught the fish it was showing?

strange coral
#

Did you catch them as collectibles?

stone stone
#

How do I catch them as collectibles?

faint flare
#

Turn on collectors glove for fisher

#

Iirc

strange coral
faint flare
#

That

stone stone
#

oooooohhh

mental oracle
#

Is there a macro command to switch chat tabs? I figured out how to change where I type but not to switch tabs

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green grail
#

you just click the different tabs

leaden ginkgo
#

are dragoons actually bad choice?

remote lintel
#

no

leaden ginkgo
#

i see a lot of memes about them doing floor tanking

remote lintel
#

those are just memes

#

not reflective of reality

leaden ginkgo
#

but the thing about them dying constantly is real rite?

remote lintel
#

no

faint flare
#

No

leaden ginkgo
#

wut

faint flare
#

Used to in the distant distant past

#

Not anymore

scarlet sandal
#

What hair style is this?

remote lintel
#

the memes are fossils from an old time

leaden ginkgo
#

oh i see

remote lintel
#

@scarlet sandal saintly style

leaden ginkgo
#

then it wasnt bad choice for starting class?

pastel sparrow
#

does the spiritbound % on an item affect the damage or stats in any way?

remote lintel
#

no class is bad

faint flare
#

There's no bad job

remote lintel
#

@pastel sparrow no

faint flare
#

Only shit players

pastel sparrow
#

ty

warm snow
#

Enjoyment is subjective but that's about it

woeful tide
#

Hello ! I need a little bit of help in understanding something in this sentence : "The basic flow of the DNC GCDs on a single target encounter revolves around keeping your dances, Devilment, and Flourish off cooldown without drifting these abilities too much (if at all) and using weaponskills in between dances."
What does "drifting" mean in this context ? Not delaying your cooldowns ? 🙂

faint flare
#

Drifting is when your cooldowns drift away from their natural use time and desync themselves from raid buffs

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Happens when you hold them or not use the moment they're available

woeful tide
#

Ok thank you 🙂

faint flare
#

Even holding a skill for a few seconds can be a large determent

#

(unless you know you wont get another use)

woeful tide
#

Great thank you so much 🙂

visual sand
#

Can you do dungeons alone?

faint flare
#

Yes but you cant solo them at level

#

You need to be vastly higher level with better gear

visual sand
#

Ooof

warm snow
#

There's a matchmaking system most people use for dungeons

#

So don't worry

finite trout
#

Guys how can i set a "description" under all the jobs/craftings i have?

faint flare
#

Right click your own hp > edit search info

pastel sparrow
#

@finite trout can you clarify?

#

oh that

crimson crystal
#

Right click and rename the gear set (if that's what you mean)

pastel sparrow
#

so i have another question, whats the highest item level for gatherer? 500?

#

for gear, not weapon

faint flare
#

Yes but ilvl isn't everything for non combats

devout lichen
#

why is there a papaya song playing what is this song where is it coming from

warm snow
#

And even for combats at endgame there's a distinction

faint flare
#

Easter event

warm snow
finite trout
#

Thanks 🙂

neat stratus
#

Which of the jobs are the least slow and boring in the start? I got a Paladin to lv 60 now in the free trial. And I want to just get a new job leveled up to continue actually getting XP from MSQ while waiting for the game to go on sale again. Paladin was/is so darn slow and sadly quite boring atleast 1-60. Ive heard the game is pretty slow at early levels but which job is least slow 😄 ?

faint flare
#

Kinda basically all of them are slow until like 50 or something

#

Since you're just missing so many skills

neat stratus
#

Yeh. Few skills and having like 6 that does reduce damage taken by 20 % doesnt help either 😄

rough fossil
#

I just got to the crystal sand part of my relic weapon quests and am nervous about what to enhance (even though I know it will basically only be used for glamour in the end). Any suggestions for Gae Bolg?

kind eagle
#

how to change the view

strange coral
#

Try Home key

sour ruin
kind eagle
#

what about the camera

#

pressing E is rotating the camera instead of moving right

neat stratus
#

@sour ruin Cool, that class available in free trial?

remote lintel
#

yes

sour ruin
#

Starts at level 30 instead of level 1 as well

neat stratus
#

Is there like an easy written leveling alt jobs guide? Theres many videos, but so overwhelming. Like 1-20 do this 20-40 do this etc?

strange coral
#

!faq altlvlguide

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neat stratus
#

ah ty

tropic bear
#

is there such a thing as gathering levequests?

leaden ginkgo
#

So how long are these several cutscenes? The last mission before heavensward

#

How much time should i get ready for ?

leaden ginkgo
#

😳

remote lintel
#

dont think they were that long

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maybe like 25 ish

tropic bear
#

I just did them and timed them

remote lintel
#

oh

sour ruin
#

They're pretty long and theres 2 back to back

leaden ginkgo
#

Im about to watch like a whole movie lmao

remote lintel
#

its really good

tropic bear
#

maybe shorter if you skip all the dialogue I guess

sour ruin
#

Best part of ARR

leaden ginkgo
#

Is it the type where i have to keep clicking the next words? Or is it on its own?

remote lintel
#

you can set the text to auto advance

leaden ginkgo
#

Ffffff ok

remote lintel
#

i think its like shift + space or something

sour ruin
#

If you press spacebar you can turn on autoadvance

rough fossil
#

Sorry to repeat my question, but what attributes should I enhance for Gae Bolg?

remote lintel
#

it doesnt matter

leaden ginkgo
#

Ok

#

Welp lemme make sure i can get some time here for the next 45 mins

strange coral
#

For Castrum Meridianum and Praetorium the dialog speed is set and can't be changed. SE doesn't want us clicking through it to skip it.

tropic bear
pastel sparrow
#

how do i cancel my registration to a bozja critical engagement?

rose oak
#

how does resolution ui setting work? i have it in 100% HD, but i think my monitor can do better and when i pick 150% everything is way out out of hand

pastel sparrow
#

@rose oak look in the other graphics tabs options, there is a 4k UI option

rose oak
#

i have that checked

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but what does this ui setting do then

strange coral
#

It just makes the UI bigger for hi-res displays

rose oak
#

is there no way to make it hi res but make it small?

remote lintel
#

you need a bigger resolution for the bigger ui sizes

rose oak
#

my monitor is 2560*1440

remote lintel
#

150% is for like 4k

rose oak
#

ohh lol

strange coral
#

I use 150% at that resolution actually

fallen axle
#

Is it worth trying to use macros on a controller/Ps5 or do they just flow better on M+KB?

remote lintel
#

you can use macros on controller

faint flare
#

Macros in general are just ass

#

Unless they're ui or crafter stuff

fading helm
#

is there a quest im supposed to do to obtain my challenge log?

sour ruin
#

They are situationally useful but don't use them for abilities that do damage

fallen axle
#

I’m thinking of making some for both general use and for dragoon but honestly I have no clue how to make them or make them function properly and most videos I see online are like a year old

faint flare
fallen axle
#

There’s UI macros? WhT do they do?

faint flare
#

You can do some nifty things with hiding hotbars and copying other hotbars to make that

fallen axle
#

Cool that’s awesome

uneven tendon
#

Only real need for a dragoon one is dragon sight maybe

fallen axle
#

I’ll have to revisit it though when I’m doing more than just stabbing things as a lancer

sour ruin
#

The only macro you really could consider is one that lets you DS without selecting somone

remote lintel
#

^

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fallen axle
#

I’ll have to see if people have UI macros posted online for me to copy

faint flare
remote lintel
fallen axle
#

Oh wow that’s even better. Thanks all 🙂 I’ve been reading the dragoon guide pinned in melee and I was like writing out notes for myself to visualize it

#

And hadn’t really explored the pins in other sections yet

remote lintel
#

this guy makes good leveling guides

fading helm
#

i didnt know there was a ninja class bruh it looks dope

fallen axle
#

I didn’t write out the skill names but as I’m referring the dragoon guide that was pinned it all makes sense in my head.

remote lintel
#

what level are you

fallen axle
#

........27

remote lintel
#

its really

#

not that complicated

fallen axle
#

I just knowing what im supposed to do instead of winging it

remote lintel
#

dragoon just flip flops between 2 combos

sour ruin
#

Shhh let him learn!

fallen axle
#

Yeah I noticed it’s mainly 2 combos, with a specific small chain for AOE, and work in the off GCD skills whenever jumps off cool down and then again when life of dragon is active for the transformed skills

remote lintel
#

its easier to learn as you level instead of trying to make sense of a lvl 80 rotation

#

you dont even have your dragon gauge yet

jolly sorrel
#

Also, muscle memory works better than text 🙂 do your writing next to a Practice Dummy

fading helm
#

ive been getting such horrible mini cactpots man this is a joke

#

havent gotten 10k win in like a week

kind eagle
#

how do i change back the way i walk

fallen axle
#

Yeah I’ll probably have to go pound it into memory once I get all the skills. But I’ve always been a reader/writer learner

#

So putting it on paper helps

jolly sorrel
#

"the way you walk"? If you mean running and walking, default hotkey is /

remote lintel
#

just look at weskalber's guide

kind eagle
#

like pressing S isnt walking backards

remote lintel
#

he goes through all the skills as you get them

jolly sorrel
#

Probably your settings, try the one you haven't selected. Its under Character Config

kind eagle
#

isnt A and D isnt turning around

faint flare
#

Check your keybinds

kind eagle
#

oh ty i changed back to legacy

#

dk who used stardard type

#

it suck

remote lintel
#

many people

fallen axle
#

People who played older MMO

kind eagle
#

it feels so weird

fallen axle
#

Cause it was the standard

rose oak
manic flare
# fallen axle

that's too much effort. just watch wesk alber video guides and practice with a striking dummy

little swift
#

ok

#

if it works for them thats fine its not like it affects you

#

he's just reinforcing what he's learning

fading helm
#

is there any easy way to hit 80 points in fashion report this week

#

like last week u could just dye all the clothes some color

faint flare
#

!fr

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#
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woeful nacelle
#

do you get allegory in bozja?

faint flare
#

See there

fading helm
#

of course... soot black dye

#

why is it always so hard

jolly sorrel
#

Soot Black Dye comes from an npc for 200 gil

fading helm
#

i thought it was only craftable

twilit arch
#

soot black/snow white require you to have ixali reputation raised to buy from a vendor though

sour ruin
#

You can make craftable dyes with a level 30 crafter as well not much of a time sink

#

Soot black can't be crafted though

fading helm
#

is there any npcs quest that gives it maybe

twilit arch
#

it is crafted

sour ruin
#

Right my bad

twilit arch
#

there's 3 quests that do give it.

sour ruin
#

So used to people saying its from ixali I forget you can actually just craft it lol

fading helm
#

oo the company you keep

#

i dont think i did that

#

is the only way to get those boots from the market board?

jolly sorrel
#

Expeditioners Moccasins were 2k on my server.

twilit arch
#

they're lv 55 craft as well

fading helm
#

im on free trial

#

looks like another week i just get the 10k from fashion report lol

twilit arch
#

actually

#

you can use one of the other boots in the info graphic

#

boarskin moccasins can be gotten as a reward from a main scenario quest called "better late than never"

fading helm
#

wheres that?

twilit arch
#

its lvl 43 msq

turbid folio
#

Do I have to lvl up pugilist to lvl 15 for rogue or can I use my lvl 10 gladiator to accept job quest for rouge?

fading helm
#

oh ok im cvlose than im lv 39

turbid folio
#

Just started

twilit arch
#

I think also the plundered moccasins from the first 3 dungeon should also work?

strange coral
turbid folio
#

Alright thanks

#

Is it in the first city or gotta progress mq a few hours?

faint flare
#

You need to gey to limsa

strange coral
#

It's in Limsa. If you started in Ul'dah then you need to do main story until you do the envoy quest that takes you to Limsa. It's a level 15 story quest.

faint flare
#

If you didn't start in limsa then you'll need to get to lv15 msq

turbid folio
#

Alright it's a red marker on da next mq line for some reason

#

Out of house and home

faint flare
#

Read your objective/talk to the npc and it says what to do/why

#

You're probably not equipped with the thing they're asking for

turbid folio
#

Alright thanks I'm bouta do dat now

mental bane
#

Hey I was wondering if I should pick archer or archaist cause I’ve been fighting between those

tacit atlas
#

They both have very different playstyles

#

Archer is more mobile, and archanist needs to stay in place to cast stuff

modest igloo
#

SMN is able to move more later in the kit

tacit atlas
#

However, archer turns into BRD and archanist turns into SMN and SCH so maybe you could see the jobs too?

mental bane
#

Got it thanks

glass cove
#

heyo

quick question
SE updated the targeting rings right ?
so i noticed whilst doing DR today that the enemies in there who (if i remember correctly) used to have the "positionals dont matter" ring
now have the new one does that mean the other one isnt there anymore and we now have to always worry about positonals in fight now? (or i may just be remembering it wrong)
this seems to also apply o generally the enemies in bozja

struggling to find the section in the active help window

#

also sorry if this is a dumb question 😅

strange coral
#

The ones where positional don't matter show facing direction, but still act the same. The front arrow on them is inside the ring instead of outside of it like the others

green grail
#

the no-positionals ring got extra arrows too

#

for whatever reason

glass cove
#

ahhh okay

#

i didnt know that the front arrow being inside was the defining factor

#

i was just confused seeint it and thought i was tripping XD

faint flare
#

Its just to show where theyre facing

#

Important for cleaves

glass cove
#

yeah that makes sense

glacial isle
#

Is there a method to grinding (GSM) Desynth skill or is it literally just buying Poetic/Primal gear and desynthing them en masse?

green grail
#

craft stuff

#

then desynth it

glacial isle
#

anything in particular or just whatever's easiest to craft?

green grail
#

whatever is the easiest

#

from the balance discord

glacial isle
#

do you (or the Balance) know what's easiest at lvl 60?

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jolly sorrel
#

What does Tinkers Calm do, precisely?

woeful nacelle
#

Is there a way to find hunt groups?

robust notch
#

A lot of jewelry drops there

green grail
twilit arch
green grail
#

the levels scale in a weird way, like the closer you are to the item's reccomended desynth, the less desynth levels you get from it

jolly sorrel
#

It says the skill gain is "+40" for an HQ Tinkers Calm. Is that like... +40% desynth exp?

green grail
#

its a noticeable increase

jolly sorrel
#

Works for me, I guess. Thanks 🙂

glacial isle
#

Does anyone know the desynth level for the Eikon Iron Rings?

twilit arch
#

220, basically ilvl = desynth level. but keep in mind you can desynth anything regardless of level. its just you have a better chance at good items when you're at/higher than the item

glacial isle
#

thx, that's why I'm trying to levle up

#

cause apparently you can get Trial Mats from desynthing the normal weapons

#

which would help when I keep rolling 10s for the mat drops

daring bone
#

Are you able to buy a private quarters in a FC house and buy a personal home at the same time?

faint flare
#

Yes

daring bone
#

Gotcha ty

jolly sorrel
#

And even an apartment on top of it

nocturne void
#

Why does my EXP seem to have a secondary more transparent bar next to my current EXP amount. If that makes sense lol

obsidian patio
#

!faq restedexp

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'Why does my EXP bar have some blue or faded yellow in it?'

That's Rested Experience, which is an extra source of bonus experience shared between all of your classes. You gradually earn this while inside a sanctuary (town or area with a major aetheryte), regardless of whether you're online or not. Sanctuaries are also indicated with a crescent moon icon near your experience bar.

'How much of a boost is it?'

The most amount of rested experience you can have at once is one and a half levels of experience. That means that lower level jobs use up the rested experience faster than higher level jobs do.

harsh lance
#

What's a way where I can make a lot of gil. as a beginner?

obsidian patio
#

In the early levels, not really.

harsh lance
#

rn im level 36

obsidian patio
#

Unless you want to ‘play’ the marketboard as a crafter and scour through it to find the good stuff.

#

Then no

remote lintel
#

you dont need a lot of gil at low levels

jolly sorrel
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As a beginner, the MSQ will give you quite a lot. You'll have amassed about 1M gil by the end of it, I believe.

harsh lance
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oh okay, another question.. should I worry about different stats on gear now? or aft I finish the MSQ

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Rn im just wearing whatever is better

obsidian patio
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Just make sure it has your main stat on it.

remote lintel
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use whatever has more of your main stat

harsh lance
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What's the main stat for a blackmage?

remote lintel
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int

obsidian patio
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Intelligence

harsh lance
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oh okay ty

raw sorrel
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Has there been any updates on whether they’ll implement trading (MB purchases particularly) once data center travel is allowed?

faint flare
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We dont even know what we can do with it

harsh lance
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How do I fish?

remote lintel
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unlock fisher

harsh lance
faint flare
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Limsa

weary dagger
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unrealistic question: let's assume no one dies and skill vacuum in a full raid party. is it more dmg to have 4 BLM/SAM over a balanced party?

leaden ginkgo
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Welp im watching realm reborn last cutscene huh interesting tho :> is the dlc,s better then realm reborn?

modest igloo
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imo

leaden ginkgo
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Im past 2.4

sour ruin
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He is watching that rn

leaden ginkgo
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Im at last cutscene for real

twilit arch
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most people generally agree that the heavensward and shadowbringers are much much better, stormblood can be a bit hit or miss

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but stormblood imo is arguably still better than ARR

remote lintel
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@weary dagger maybe for personal dps yes but the lb would build slower

leaden ginkgo
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Im watching credits for realm reborn atm mostly listening to the song

lone ice
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hey guys, i just spotted maahes and id like to try to get him down, but im on free trial and cant even yell - how to find buddies to kill him now? ;(

leaden ginkgo
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Also whats the highest lvl Hw lets you get to? 60? Or 70?

modest igloo
twilit arch
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60 @leaden ginkgo

leaden ginkgo
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Heck

remote lintel
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each expac is 10 levels

leaden ginkgo
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How are people lvl 80?

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I thought there were just 2 expansions

remote lintel
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because they own shadowbringers?

twilit arch
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there's 3

remote lintel
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heavensward, stormblood, shadowbringers

twilit arch
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heavensward, stormblood and shadowbringers

jolly sorrel
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Respectively raised the cap to 60, 70 and 80

leaden ginkgo
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Oh stormblood? Idk what thats even about i barley see anyone talk about it lol

remote lintel
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endwalker will make it 90

night stump
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anyone think there will be a limit to level cap over time or will it be squished like what they recently did with slands in wow for the level getting too huge?

remote lintel
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stormblood is when you travel to the far east

modest igloo
simple pine
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how do i enter cutscene as guest on a wedding? im just sitting there while the rest is in cutscene 😅

leaden ginkgo
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Ill say one thing about final fantasy they make some good songs :>

night stump
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i heard about the stat squish, just wondering whats going to happen with the level too in the future, at the moment only been playing for a month but taking my time, i'm still only at 5.1 content

faint flare
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Probably not

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Level will continue to go up

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Cap is 90 in Endwalker

modest igloo
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I'd ask this question maybe in a few years after 7.0

vernal urchin
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They're gonna be lowering health values as well as amount of damage delt

raw sorrel
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They did warn that unsynced content will become harder didnt they?

faint flare
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Br harder if you're not 90

jolly sorrel
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FFXI kept the level cap at 99 and instead went for a "mastery system" where you could unlock better versions of spells, skills and traits over time.

faint flare
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Otherwise its the same

glossy flare
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If they do it right things should hardly change

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It's just smaller numbers all around

leaden ginkgo
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So now that im do e with realm reborn what percent of the game have i gone through? 10%? 20?

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Story wise

remote lintel
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probably like 25%

night stump
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tbf that does sound like final fantasy, previously 99 is the max level in the single player games right?

leaden ginkgo
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Huh

modest igloo
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i mean you played 1 out of 4 expansions

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so 25%

leaden ginkgo
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Wow they really put alot of time into the dlc?

glossy flare
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They are basically their own game

night stump
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yup

glossy flare
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In terms of how much content they deliver

leaden ginkgo
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Bruh ima be a old man by the time im done lmao

remote lintel
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dlcs are entire full length games on their own

faint flare
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They're 2 years of development

remote lintel
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this game is like

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7 years old

leaden ginkgo
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Ah so 7 years until im done got it 👍🏻

glossy flare
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I mean... enjoy it

jolly sorrel
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By that time the game will be 14 years old, so you'll be behind a bit 🙂

leaden ginkgo
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Ye for sure

night stump
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7 years worth of developed content, its something fun to do 😄

glossy flare
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Things are just going to get better after the slow start that is ARR

leaden ginkgo
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I hope there is more voice acting

glossy flare
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Much more

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They also switched studios so you may not recognize some people 😅

remote lintel
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i mean we arent really getting anything new for like 6 months so

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besides a few new lvl 80 things here and there

leaden ginkgo
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I pretty much followed the story i skimmed the lesser i portant parts like "go fetch this for chocobo" kind of parts

coral rampart
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I’m in the same boat. Depending on how fast I can do remaining Crystal Tower raids, I can start Heavensward tonight or tomorrow. Can’t wait

glossy flare
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ARR was slapped together in a very short time so voice acting was sparse

night stump
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but in 6 months its going to explode with more stuff with the expansion coming so i think its worth the wait

leaden ginkgo
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I did enjoy the end of arr however i angy (at what happened)

gusty hare
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is it smarter to do resistance weapon quests with your main class or with an alt class (since you're already gonna roll for items in raids and trials with your main)?

languid hollow
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why is 1-10 potd so insufferable

remote lintel
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@gusty hare whichever you want

modest igloo
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ARR's biggest issue is that it focuses more on the 1.0 crowd than new players imo, but thats a different topic

raw sorrel
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Skip potd then, go farm with your squadron

glossy flare
leaden ginkgo
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Someone mentioned earlier that the gathering breakpoint for gathering retainer is 2038, I can't reach it. I equipped my retainer with level 80 pieces with gathering on it and I reach 1789 gathering. Please dont tell me I need to have them wear 490 gear....

glossy flare
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In terms of aesthetics

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There will be a very short time period where the fully completed relic will be en par with the savage raid weapon (or better)

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But after that it's just a fancy glam

remote lintel
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relic weapon will be better than savage

leaden ginkgo
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Oh! Btw i have 2k of those apothocary things again will i be able to buy the new set or armor in this dlc from the guy? That sells armor lvl 60 version tho

modest igloo
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this relic will be BIS for like 5 months

glossy flare
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Poetics you mean?

modest igloo
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not too shabby

leaden ginkgo
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Ye

remote lintel
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you have to get to the endgame hub for hw to buy poetics gear

glossy flare
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Yeah, there will be another vendor

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It will take some time to unlock it though

remote lintel
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for all other expacs you have to beat the expac

glossy flare
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gotta do more story

leaden ginkgo
remote lintel
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"everything is locked behind story" isnt an exaggeration

glossy flare
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Well you technically unlock a HW vendor before completing 3.0 msq

gusty hare
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thank you @glossy flare and @remote lintel

glossy flare
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but that's very close to actually completing it

leaden ginkgo
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I see

glossy flare
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Point is, once you beat the HW 3.0 story there will be a vendor in Ishgard right next to the aetheryte

leaden ginkgo
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U know when it says im done with 2.5.5 and you guys are at 5.5 makes me feel like im halway done however it seems i am nit

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Im guessing quests are much longer?

remote lintel
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each expansion is like 20 hours worth of content

glossy flare
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Just the msq

leaden ginkgo
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Ah

glossy flare
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there are also raids, dungeons and whatnot to unlock

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if you care for that

jolly sorrel
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The game started at 2.0, so that offsets the numbers a bit

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2.5 isn't half of 5

remote lintel
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yeah 2.0 is ARR

leaden ginkgo
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Wheres the rest of the game?

faint flare
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And post expansion stuff is shorter

slate arrow
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Deleted.

remote lintel
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wdym wheres the rest of the game

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1.0 is nonexistent now

leaden ginkgo
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Why deleted?

slate arrow
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1.0 was, in yoshi-p's words

glossy flare
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1.0 was such a failure that they literally blew it up

slate arrow
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"nightmare"

remote lintel
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because they restarted the game

strange coral
leaden ginkgo
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Oh was that the first release of the game

remote lintel
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they literally threw a meteor at the game and canonically reset it

raw sorrel
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You’re about 1/4 of the way if you count by expansions

slate arrow
glossy flare
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There's a great documentary about it by noclip on youtube

leaden ginkgo
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Then they called it realm reborn

glossy flare
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yeah, that one ^

remote lintel
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yes

glossy flare
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Give it a watch if you wanna know more

leaden ginkgo
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Ok i will thanks

jolly sorrel
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It was a joy to play. But a very bad game indeed.

wintry chasm
slate arrow
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Minor spoilers if you watch part 3 but basically only trailer content really

coral rampart
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My friend who got me in (after like 5 years of trying) was in 1.0. The way they ended it was wild

glossy flare
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Also 1.0 literally ended with things blowing up

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Pretty fitting end

modest igloo
leaden ginkgo
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Oh u mean that giant thing in the sky y
That spews flames everywhere?

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And the allaicne stood together to fight it?

slate arrow
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Yes, Bahamut

remote lintel
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they literally threw a meteor at the game and canonically reset it

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yes

jolly sorrel
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GM's literally spawned random world bosses inside safe cities like Uldah for fun at the end of 1.0

remote lintel
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that was dalamud

glossy flare
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The opening cinematic of 2.0 is the end of 1.0