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this is a bit of an overstatement
I mean blm definitely is the turret mage but you also have more movement tools
that's true
It's a bit of a meme
it doesn't matter too much
Oh it does matter
Dumb question as I'm a bit confused, but can you get gear tokens from E12 more than once a week? It's just the blades that are weekly, right?
Yes
but 'optimising it' which people like to say is like ehhh
It's just not as bad as people usually make it out to be
blades are the only ones that are weekly, ye
ah cool cool, thanks!
does BLM have any team buffs or is it a bit more like samurai which is pure personal damage? I only play sam out of the two
Pure damage
ah yeah
what's the rotation of blm ?
!faq blmleveling
Can you buy Katanas?
thanks
MP management
Sure
partially
@onyx anchor yes, same place as anything else
No katanas under 50
Well, not in ARR or probably HW zones, in hindsight. Unsure on that.
Yeah since sam starts at 50 there is no sub 50 katana
blm 72+ just adds despair at the end then, and at 80 xeno at the end ?
it's just for glam
Broadly
Yup
Or rather replace Foul with Xeno
not adding it
Keep in mind the trait at level 72 that invalidates transpose
Well not invalidate, it still has its uses
There's no 2h katanas
"foul whenever" changes to "xeno whenever" then ? ok lol
Yep
Ooh, there's Katanas with effects
Xeno can be used for weaving or moving or within raid buffs basically
Is "A" the highest number in the triad card game?
Yeah, Xeno is actually more versatile that way
You still use Foul in aoe obviously
Actually you start using it at 2+ targets
It's good practice to try to use some under raid buffs, because while they're good tools for weaving and moving they're still 800 pot
*750
But whatever
big dmg
egh. Close enough
so should still use it asap
so at least one time in the beginning
While still ticking the timer for a 3rd
you won't have xenoglossy after your very first despair
You usually spend your polyglots during your ice phase, that's where things line up
you'll still have a couple of seconds ticking
Point is that there is not much harm in holding onto them for mechanics
If you have to move for example, instants are handy
I played SAM which just got lvl 80 with doing main quess like 4+ version main quest around like lvl 74 quests...So I was thinking to make next dps to get around 75 and to do more main quest. so I guess BLM.
btw I was playing WHM as healer which seem easy for me...so I wonder what tank class should I play.
Any of them đ
Dark Knight definitely has the best job story but aesthetically I prefer Paladin but gameplay I prefer Gunbreaker
They are all fun, though if you wanna learn things from the ground up it might be worthwhile to start with Paladin or Warrior
Since both start at lvl 1
speaking from experience I can say that paladin will definitely feel busier than war
PLD has a strict-ish rotation, while afaik war is like whatever until you hit the big dick fell cleave window
How to sign up free trial UK[EU] from other country is it wrong to do, my country are not in list, today my little sister want join we spend whole try to sign up and now we wait for next 24 hours because error code i2501
I don't rememeber how did I survivedđ
Hello, I was just curious if there was a massive difference between the primal/aether data centers?
if your account isn't uk based then from what i remember you're pretty screwed
it's fine if you're a different region's server if your account is where you actually are though
not really
There is no thailand in list and I don't know which to sign up
but thank you!~ for answering now I got clearer picture of what to do
ping only matters if you do savage content and even then as certain jobs
from what I remember thailand - i mean a map comes up when choosing your server so the closest to what you can get, I guess. I know australians go on tonberry, which is sort of japanese, for example, because they don't have a dedicated server.
(well, data centre)
@twilit arch thanks
Quick Q â is there an estimated date for 5.55? They said end of May, right?
So if I understood correctly, BLM plays like the pic (B3 B4 T3 F3 F4x3 F1 F4x3 Despair, foul(xeno at 80) as movement)
But what about the other actions ? Thunder 3 whenever there's a proc ? Triplecast on cd I guess ? Enochian/Sharpcast on CD ?
hello are the 8man trials longer to queue than normal? and is this currently a low volume time as well? 10:15AM EST seems a bit early....
I'm getting someone into the game and I want to do all the Main quests, dungeons, etc with them right from the start. Should I start a new class or create a new character?
Guys how do you handle multiple raidwides as SCH?
basically the 18th or 25th
Once indom is on CD everything else seems to have tiny potency
You can keep T3 procs for movement as well, just make sure you don't waste them.
Use Sharpcast on cd, preferably for T3 procs. But it also works fine for an F1 proc so you get an instant F3 for movement.
Enochian you shouldn't be using at all after your opener if all goes well. Only use it again if you happen to drop it. But that has to be avoided at all cost. (Well... dying would be worse than dropping it I guess)
Triplecast (and swiftcast for that matter) should be used on cd, yes, but you can also delay them for a while for movement
Thanks, so Sharpcast on T3 or F1
T3 over F1 though
And Enochian only as the first action ?
k I see
There is no need to reapply Enochian if you can keep it running
It will stay on forever if you never drop Astral Fire or Umbral ice
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@viral ravine recommend giving this whole thing a read if you really want to get into blm
thanks
so what ive seen online seems to say that once you hit higher levels(60+) and more strenuous mechanics, tank/healer become quite difficult and the margin for error is really small. how true is that statement?
I'd recommend, if you want to fully experience it with your friend, making a new character. However, keep in mind the majority of the MSQ is solo questing
Mechanics do become more complex and in level 71+ content mobs hit much harder
but as long as you know how to play ur job u will be fine
Things do become harder, yes. But not like one mistake means the whole group dies. Unless you get into endgame content
And even then, unless it's an ultimate you can still make mistakes and pull through
I mean, it's only strenuous if you don't find it fun as well. Tanking and healing sub 60 is a bit boring by today's standards, while 60+ introduces fights with actual mechanics for you as well
Think of it like progressing through a single player game. Things get harder but you also get better
The margin for error in most content is quite large even at high levels.
also, if you're tank: remember your margin for personal error is bigger than other people - because your hp pool is bigger, lmao
Thereâs not a sudden difficulty jump.
fair points
I think the biggest difficulty jump you might see is from ARR normal to keeper of the lake dungeon
where you actually have to think and do things
but that's it
hmm cause when i make a tank Im torn between starting it now (in trial) and giving warrior a shot and purchasing the expansions and going for Gunbreak/Dark Knight
but i kind of want to try and hold off til Endwalker so I can get them all at once
I started dark knight in free trial and I've mained it till now
???
start what you can in trial, I say
i thought i needed expansions to do Dark knight?
Free Trial comes with Heavensward
or is it just a level requirement?
No, Heavensward is part of the free trial
heavensward is included in the final fantasy xiv free trial
So all of the heavensward jobs are part of it
this is a meme
you need to actually get to the heavensward expansionn though
so just keep doing your msq
However the heavensward jobs all have a lvl 50 lvl requirement and the starting quests are physically located in a Heavensward area
because the job quest is in that area
im an idiot, because the dark knight is all over the Shadowbringer (i think) i was assuming it was from that
its why u cant buy Heavensward any more
oh yeah hahaha
the expansions jobs are like, whatever works thematically
yeah i think im close to finishing ARR MSQ actually
the current MSQ are lv49 and i just did Cape Westwind
You'll note the posterboy job of every expansion thus far except Samurai has been a previously existing job
silly question how do you unlock drk? u need to finish heavensward msq?
Get to ishgard
oh
thats it
Not finish heavensward msq, finish ARR msq
until you can access Ishgard
oh well not a problem im enjoying this game immensely
first MMO ive actually enjoyed
ARR end is quite nice though yeah
that's good to hear! it's more fun as well when you're not limited by free trial
super fun
Yeah i imagine being not restricted is better
but I also want to get as much out of the trial as I can
I only bought it after I capped HW though
Is the marketplace big server wide(chaos) or just small server (spriggan etc.)
Heavensward added: Dark Knight/Machinist/Astrologian
Stormblood: Samurai/Red Mage
ShadowBringers: Gunbreaker/Dancer
Just worldwide, so "small" server
oh ok
and the only real limitations I see are not being able to start my own party, can't use market board (which sucks but im not doing craft/gather yet), and can't join a guild(only thing im upset about)
but yeah making most of free trial is good, I had like 8 days in game logged when I actually bought the game
well
I mainly wanted expansion locked jobs
yeah fair enough
how can i check time logged on console?
it's got a lot to offer
but yeah, I bought the game because I wanted to continue story (you've probably heard of how good the later expansions are) and other jobs
If you enjoy Final Fantasy narratives in any regard
this game will keep u hooked for a long time
ive played every FF game except for FF2, FF8, and FF13
tried FF2 and FF13 and wasn't fond of the battle mechanics
so yeah FF story is always important to me
oh then yeah you'll like xiv
I hear there's a bit referring to 8??? but I forgot
just assume everything gets a nod
Idk if to do the A Relic Reborn quest... What do you think, guys? D:
And there are other nods here or there, but mostly to other FF games
uhh, sure, no harm in it
Do it if you want the weapon for glam
how do i know if ive collected a reward from the normal eden 9 - 12 raids?
The level 80 Eden raids allude a great deal to FF8
that's the one
Right, goes to show what I know of ff8 <.<
I mean I've only played 7 and XII and XV
On the duty finder window, when you select a floor the window on the right will have a tick mark for ârewards already claimedâ at the very bottom if youâve already had a drop that week
so relic weapons get outperformed by other weapons?
relics are mostly glam, except for the current ones I think
oo.. i swear i got mine but..
Each expansions has its own relic
but they'll also be reduced to glamouor by next expansion
And there always is a period of time where the relic actually is the best weapon you can have.
^^^^
But once a new expansion hits... poof, gone is that
there's still point in doing some though, if you have fun with it for example
and others just look good
well yeah i have the sphairai zenith im probly gonna upgrade that one
im actually dumb i grinded 12 lion atmas instead of 1 of each
so im reading up on Castrum dungeon so Im not clueless when I go in
it mentions grinding the dungeon for the 100 tomes? is that a guarantee every time i complete it?
and how many is needed to get the full set of lv60 gear?
you get a roulette with castrum and praetorium that gives you 200 daily
but both dingeons are cutscene simulators basically
they made cutscenes unskippable for the "story" lol
Oh for Glamour xD
I was thinking the same thing pal, I thought 'woah that's a lot of tomes', did it once for msq, realised it was not worth it
at all
You do not need to read up in dungeons before you go in, ever
You don't need to, but I did when I first started tanking to curb my anxiety, and I'm fine now
are u kidding
oooof
Castrum Meridianum is a faceroll, youâll barely even see any mechanics
okay cool
for castrum sure
this is random but i keep getting level gated weapon coffers, should i save them for my alt leveling so it doesnt lag in gear?
or are weapons cheap/easy to obtain?
Coffers aren't level gated
I usually buy gears from market board, not sure what others do
Unless you're on the wrong job

aren't they? you can use them, but you can't wear the clothes
if you're not the right class/ level
oh it will
yeah, so you can open it as whatever class at any level (I think), it'll just be a lvl 49 weapon
do you get a lv50 weapon for completing the base game MSQ?
no clue! it's been too long
ok ill just open this for my main
but I'm pretty sure it equips you, armor and all
I mean either way it's good to be up to date
Somewhere in the post MSQ yes but not immediately but you should buy ironworks gear after that point anyway since it's easy to get and better than anything you'd be given until some ways into HW
cool and how would i start working on ironworks? or is it strictly post-MSQ
oh it's just tomestones, those little red and blue things
After castrum and praetorium
you collect them eventually
You can buy them
yeah so you start getting them in castrum and prae and it just goes on from there
i thought castrum/prae wasnt worht grinding?
It's not, that's just when the game starts handing them out
ohhh
And its story required
That being said the MSQ roulette which has those two as options is very good for exp and stuff and is worth doing
Is cryptlurker better than augmented exarchic? I see more people use cryptlurker than augmented exa
What do you mean by upgraded?
You can upgrade tome gear with coins from the alliance raids
Is there a material bank or something?
make them augmented right?
Yes
I have too many materials to deposit xD
will the pvp event where we could have 3 mounts of a japan series back?
Retainers are banks
I'm talking about the raigo etc. mounts
Extreme doubt Garo will ever return
Oh... I'm Free Trial, I think I can't hire a Retainer
It was around for 3 years
it was active for 3 years?
Btw, will changing the name ingame change the loadstone id?
Yes
I just remember it was for a few weeks
huh
how many mounts where available for purchase?
Until it was going
so i see ironworks armor but they also have weapons. is it worth doing that or the relic quest that opens at 50? hmm so many options lol
hey if I change my in game name will the loadstone id still remain the same?
Relics are purely glamour
They're not worth for functional weapons
They're a GRIND to get
Current relics are great if you dont wanna grind savage
so if I wanna start fresh without any one knowing who I was I will have to make a new account?
old ones are just for looks
New player here. What materia should I be looking into to put into Summoner tomes?
(lv 54 fresh out of f2p)
None at your level
But crit > dh > det at cap
Materia is worthless until you hit cap
i figured. I held off on even sticking materia into my gear but I was wondering if there was anything to look out for as I extract materia. So crit > straight damage output generally?
Combat materia add substat
Or secondary stat
Which rarely, if ever, outperform increase in primary stats
Low level materia also will not be relevant at endgame so donât worry about saving the stuff you extract for now
Just sell to NPC or on Marketboard for gils
POWTATOW!
Stick the crit ones into my weapon, add towards inflation with the others. got it. Thanks
I personally won't waste the time and effort to manage materia at your level
Even if it doesn't take much effort to do
But it is your choice
I wouldnât bother even melding the crit ones yeah
Free damage is free damage isnt it?
It is very miniscule
Its turned off when you sync
Or is it so pathetically miniscule it wont matter?
oh. the more you know.
You are better off playing better
While levelling
Or getting better gear with higher primary stat
You probably wonât even reach a stat breakpoint
Which would mean literally zero effect
got it. at what point is it worth extracting materia then for gear? I get its a long way from now
if its useless people buy them?
Extracting is producing materia from your 100 percent spirit bonded gears
People buy low level materia for ARR relics
Some of the lower level ones are used for ARR relic weapons
Btw, regarding melding and endgame, it applies to combat jobs
For crafter and gatherer, they can choose to meld at much lower level because their materia boost primary stats
So a melded crafter gear might save time as you can skip gear (albeit just by a little)
Plus having more primary stat helps them craft/gather better
I'll look into my crafting/gathering gear to see if materia make a difference but like one of you said, "better to just put effort into leveling instead and with my stupid low levels Im going to cycle gear alot"
For reference, crafter primary stats are Craftmanship, Control, and CP
Gatherer's are (I forgot), Perception, and GP
I think its control but its been a long while since I trained gathering
Control is crafter
Gathering
It's called gathering
Lol, I had a massive brain fart
And the only gathering skill I enjoy is fishing lol
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anyway thanks for the help everyone.
Is there a way to trigger Fates or are they automatic?
I need to do a Fate for a quest xD
They spawn automatically over time
Okay, thanks
Only a set number of fates can be on the map at any time
Anyway to adjust the npc chat box that appear on screen during battle?
The big one at the top? nope
Some fates trigger other fates upon completion though
Some do
Ah shit, it's too big for my 55" screen when I set the UI size setting to 4k (300%)
Praetorium seems difficult, im glad im reading it but its making me wary
Itâs not
It's not at all
Stop reading
Itâs a face roll to the extreme
You will see zero notable mechanics
Castrum was laughable, the cutscenes took more time than the fights
Praetorium will be exactly the same
just follow the group and make sure to grab the identification key before going down the elevator
Use the terminal. Only one person needs to grab the key for everyone
im excited cause then theres only 40-ish MSQ left til heavensward and then i can try out 2 classes that looked interesting
Machinist/Dark Knight both look cool
Not true, every player needs to interact for the key.
I mean the key drops, one person picks it up, then everyone uses the terminal after
Weâre talking about the authorisation key to use the magitek walker.
another question, sorry; I know i can save gear sets so I can seamlessly switch between jobs, but can i save hotbar too so that i dont have to constantly rebind everything?
Yes, your first three hotbars are job-specific by default
They are autosaved
You can customise which hotbars are saved per individual job, and which hotbars are shared for all jobs, by going to character config > hotbar settings > sharing
aweosme that makes life very easy
So am I. This one
(literally doing Prae right now lol)
Yes, every player needs to interact with it.
The door keys elsewhere in the dungeon are not related to the discussion.
I was never talking about them
I'm getting to the end of the HW MSQ. Does the HW story include a detour to do raid content before I move onto the next expansion like the crystal tower series?
Nope
Quick question: dancing plague EX unsync can still drop loot or nay?
Then youâre not making sense. There is no aspect of the identification key process where one player interacts on behalf of everyone.
you can't unsync current expansion content usually
So unsyncing it is basically just running it normally
Ah ok. Been awhile since Iâve done it thatâs y lol. Just wondering thanks
The key that you pick up before that. The ones the mobs drop just like the previous keys. Eternal said to make sure to pick up the key. I meant that only one person needs to pick that up.
doing Prae now and the duty finder as exceptionally kind to me today lol
very quick, can't wait to finish and start on to Heavensward, thanks again every for the advice
really appreciated
Heavensward doesnât come next, you have 80 post-ARR patch quests first
You are not done with ARR after Praetorium unfortunately
wait you can't put relic weapons inside glamour dresser?
Some of them, no. You have to buy the replicas to put in the dresser
All relic weapons cannot be put in the dresser, only replicas
Does it have to be the same version? I have curtana atma and I bought curtana from the npc
nope, only replica
so I need another curtana
Relics can have custom stats which the dresser isnât set up to save the parameters of
ty
You should buy a replica version in Hyrstmill
You can buy replica versions (glam only, no stats) of ARR relics after completing them all the way to Zeta step.
in your case you have to finish the whole relic quests to be able to buy replica
oh ok
they only force u to do the Crystal Tower raids in ARR cause they are directly story important to shadowbringers. All the other raids are still very story important, but not to the extent where they need to force u to do them
is there a source for this info? would like to know more
the anima and shb relics have custom stats at one stage
Canât find a source for you right now but itâs been mentioned in the past. The glamour dresser saves server load by not storing any extra info about items stored in it. Only NQ/HQ. It doesnât store materia, repair level or spiritbond, and along those same lines it does not store custom stat attribution, so relic weapons are just ruled out as a category.
When first implemented it didnât store NQ/HQ either, but they changed that after a patch when they made it possible to retrieve items from the dresser (which you couldnât originally do)
that makes sense, thanks
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If you look at the ShB relic steps. Most of them can be stored in the dresser, such as the recollection ones.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/f8fe38b74a5/
But then if you look at the newest one that you add stats to with the node, it can't be stored
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/d36451322d1/
Interesting. Thatâs new for the ShB ones. In the past theyâve just ruled out relics as a category.
just got back into the game, approaching the end of shb, my question is this: Are there job quest this expansion? Like for Ninja/Sam Etc? I have not seen any throughout the entire expansion.
No, only the role quests
If you haven't started any of them you will have to complete at least one questline before being able to finish the 5.0 story
No, they are replaced by role questsâwhich you need to do in order to progress to the final of the MSQ by the way
You will be locked out if you havenât done them
I guess technically there are job quests though. Each job has one "final" job quest after you are done with 5.0
There is a single level 80 job quest for each job, but it's not marked with a
and is mostly just story. Not a requirement for anything currently.
ah yea, i did that one questline with the hunter chick sin eater
There is also one job quest at level 80 for each job where you check back in with your job trainers. Just a little bit of story.
And a title for each
They are
though, not 
So easy to miss, might need to google where they start
Hello, new to FFXIV and wanted to know how to go about choosing a DC?
I don't understand the differences
So no more of that type of quest? I always was a fan of them đŚ
Theyâre just server groups. Pick one for your geographical region.
what does dwayne/bili mean in these E12S party finders? >.>
For North America, Crystal is the roleplay hub with lower numbers of raiders, Aether and Primal and just normal
okay so it doesn't matter which i choose in the Primal area?
@gentle socket individual world doesnt matter
Individual world doesnât matter. Pick a âpreferredâ status server to get a massive exp bonus for your first 90 days of play
@low lynx drg uses slaying accessories
To get into gathering and the new gathering zone do I need to own shadowbrinfers or can I do it with a trial
niceee okay
!preferred primal
"slaying" @low lynx Accessories for melees all fall under "slaying" except ninja who goes "aiming"
One of those two
thank you!
Was actually thinking of switching servers, I am currently on crystal.
Not really a RP guy :/
You can visit other worlds in the same data centre as you, and all content is queued for cross-world within the overarching data centre.
well im new to the game, starting on Primal DC if you want someone to lvl with
dwayne is junction titan strat (get it, because rocks)
billibilli is strat for lions
ohhh gotcha, tysm!
Is there a in game recruitment thing for FC's?
I got an issue where steam still doesnt recognize the FFXIV files on my C drive
just on my D drive
well, at least when I open the "Local folders" menu
Is it not possible to remap the keyboard shortcuts to mouse buttons?
Not able to find the settings to change the keybindings
@leaden ginkgo not really, I recommend you use the community finder website
you can also check #603040765723148289
Why is critical hit in red?
@wanton lintel That weapon already has critical hit at max, so the materia didn't add any point
when you meld, you see the possible numbers to raise, with their limit
I see
Does the character's birthday give any added benefit like other games? o
Nope
as a dps mainly, any best way to level up the chocobro ?
is there any important story in the credits or could i skip that
You trade those in for the gear you get from your level 50 class quests
They aren't actual equippable items
Skipping cutscenes goes straight to the post credits stuff, you can skip credits fine
Credits just has nice art and music 
is it worth getting relic/zodiac cause it seems quite a long path
Same as any other job, 4 ranks in healer them max out dps tree
hi guys, i have a question buying a housing plot. is it still the same that the plot will be available randomly during the time where it said "next devaluation"?
Its only for glam@fallen axle
is that considered the best chocobro path?
Yes tank tree sucks
No, devaluation has no relation
i was just in front of a plot and kept trying to buy the plot and witness the timer went to 0 and started from 6 hours again.
Its the last tree you max
and it isnt worth going past lv4 healer ?
so it's just randomly sometime in the future? lol
Not early on
The invisible timer is completely random and unknowable
You can eventually max out all the trees
got it. thank you!
quick question, at what level should I worry about optimizing my equipment?
80
kk
is it possible for SE to change my account region if i ask? It turns out my SE was an american account this whole time and I bought the PAL version on steam
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oh oops
How do send tell to someone if they're not on my friend list
Right click them and send tell
Idk where they are
/tell [Name]@[World] [Message]
which raid drops Rakshasa Hakama of Striking
/tell Colge@Sargatanas hello
need first name and last name
you'd be sending Colge from Sargatanas a message "hello"
yes
with space
space
yes
I c
Support can do it but afaik they donât do it for purchasing mistakes, they do it if you move to a different region to live/work so you donât have to buy an American copy in the Middle East.
It's saying recipient is in a restricted area
he's probably in a dungeon or something
I c
sadly no, either find someone to trade codes with or make a new account with the correct region :\
thing is im not an american ahahaha so i was wondering if i could call them to see if we could work something out
i dont have an issue with the purchase rather the SE account my steam is linked to
So I heard someone got a dreadwyrm totem from a fete present, they're clearly joking, right?
yeah
Yeah I figured there was no possible way you could get one of those from a fete
what npc will take the old allagan tomestone of phantasmagoria and give cash?
best job to solo PotD? i've been going red mage but you don't get vercure until level 54 :(
rdm and mch are the top 2
i probably just need to level up my aetherpool armor
if you're soloing you should ideally have 99/99
whats the easiest way to get 490 ilvl?
yeah lol
Also food and stocking up on sustaining potions will help
Hey mates, one question. I'm playing the free trial and want to buy the full game. Is there anything obligatory or relevant that i need to do or unlock at lvl 60, or can i buy the game and proceed ?
how do you get gelmorran potshards again? it's been a while
I tried 51-60 as mch with 83/67 last night and the boss just chewed me up so yeah, aim for 99/99
i would say get 50 then buy to unlock additional classes
quickest/easiest way if you have gil is buy exarchic
Bronze coffers drop potsherds
@marsh spruce so, the previous content is not really relevant and i can roll a Gunbreaker and proceed ?
i guess i'll just do some matched runs to get my aetherpool stuff up
it is
you need shadowbringers for that
you also need to get another class to level 60
ya, i know
no theres nothing relevant to unlock at 60
i also wouldn't recommend just going for gunbreaker without having played another tank
yeah i would do a dps class first
Oh, i'm playing Dark Knight
oh ok
i'm used to tanking
everything you can unlock in this game can be unlocked whenever
What they mean to say is you canât miss unlocking something
ok mates, thanks for the answers \o
There are of course things you will unlock as you progress through story/expansions, but nothing you canât go back for any time
Server time is GMT right ?
yep
Is there a timer to see when the next firmament event is? Iâm afk rn
The timer is up when you're in the firmament
In the firmament
To level up DoH efficiently i guess i prefarm the materials from logs and craft each recipe? Then i spam one recipe i have excess ?
I wish to grind them ;-;
is there an auction house in this game
Market board
Well yes and no? you want to buy some materials and make one of everything for the completion bonus xp for the first like, 20 levels or so and maybe some leves on top of stuff like GC turn ins or beast tribe quests and then when you can do Ishgard restoration that's a very good method of getting xp whilst also not needing to change materials all the time like leves.
The only time I'd really farm mats and quick synth a fuck ton of materials is during that awkward moment before level 20 when vendors stop selling materials you need or if you've been doing gathering and you just have a lot of raw materials so you can just quick synth and sell for more money @leaden ginkgo
I am in level 20 rn and is having difficulity for most of em ye
Guess i need to focus on my GC ,-,
Just finished ARR just now
GC is VERY good
don't forget the Ixal beast tribe
is also good
When you say you have difficulty you just mean getting materials and not the crafting itself right?
Material yeah
Get the gatherers leveled
I feel stumped when x material pop up and i need to scour from 1-2 different sources
My gatherers except fishing are in 23s rn
what would you recommend farming the sb crystals for the relic?
Yeah this is why ishgard restoration is nice because one recipe can last for a decent chunk of levels so you need to swap materials less and it's all gathered in the same place while also just giving a nice chunk of xp each ON TOP of you getting a lot of scrips you can trade for cool stuff
If you want to do crafting without restoration then just do leves, it's the next best thing
It's technically better than restoration but it's more annoying mat wise
and Ixal beast tribe quests
I can still get byakko mane from desynth right?
yes
Also as newcomer that finished ARR, just spam the level 130 gear from the tome thingy right? It should last me for a while right?
I see....and then for HW stuff (post 55)is there akin to that or i just equip whatever in HW that drop?
I have a question about character settings.
Battle effects specifically.
When you change "Others (Exclu. pvp)" to "show limited" or none, it turns off certain boss effects and such. Is there a way to change battle effects for players only, so that npcs and mobs are unaffected?
It shouldn't turn off vital boss effects
Like what are you not seeing that you should be seeing?
those options are only for player effects, not boss/mob effects
I wouldn't say "vital"
But I just want to turn off other players like alliance.
But for instance, when Ozma spins all the raid into itself, the effect has less animation
In prae, whenever it says "look to the light" the light doesn't flash
stuff such as that
but those aren't player effects? Especially not in Ozma or such
What I'm saying is that if those effects are missing it is not due to these settings
they turn back on when it's "show all"
If that actually does happen (which I still doubt) then that is a bug
You can doubt, or you can check it out yourself
I recently reinstalled to make sure it wasn't a bug. still happens.
do i have to clear e11s to be able to enter e12s ?
yeah, unless you join a party that's able to enter e12s but you forfeit loot from e11s
but i can still join through a party even if i didnt clear it yet , yes ?
depend on the PF settings, the host can set it to duty complete
How do I get the mentor queue shit
I wanna queue for extremes like mentor's do and then cry about them
kk ty
You need to be a mentor
I am a mentor
Combat mentor specifically
well, seeing as no one believes me, do I take it to technical support, then? -_-
What is the point of being combat mentor though
There is no point
i mean not all mentors are toxic and cry about it
there are plenty who do try and teach sprouts how to do the extremes
Every mentor who joins my extremes on DF they all cry and say "YOO IM HOST PARTY FINDER U ALL CAN GET FIRST CLEAR ON UNSYNC"
What does this mean
If the shield is glowing then that means you have your tank stance on
Oh
I am going to hope technical support helps. Seeing as that won't even be answered
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Idk where it shows up on my screen
I just don't have anything worthwhile to add is all. I doubt changing these settings do affect these things, don't have the time to check right now though.
If they do affect the things you mentioned then that is indeed a bug
No need to be salty about it
the randomized timer for buying a plot of land, is it always within a certain time? like maybe it's at least within 24 hours or something after the land was released
because I asked about technical support
A few minutes to days
What to spend gc seals on if theyâre maxed?
ventures
Where can I get that
Casters should always lb at mobs right
Yes
In dungeons? Yeah, lb1 the shit out of the trash pull
Ranged can do it too
I mean if no one else does...
Yes
there is no fast way to level up the characters you play alongside in the trusts right?
what instance
then it probably wasn't something that really mattered so while yes, ideally melee should've used it
caster using lb3 probably won't have really broken anything
Hey
Ye it barely scratched him
What is that blue bar ?
spiritbonding
I mean if nobody else casting it then why not
once it fills you can extract materia from it
Thanks !
Even a caster lb3 is still 6150 potency... I think. If it's casual content then that's not worth losing sleep over
melee is 9000 potency iirc
those numbers aren't accurate
welp, nvm then
whats a better way to grind for tomestones poetic?
Where is the ventures item
lb dmg is a little more nuanced than other skills
In the other tabs on the sidd
they're under the enlistee materiel section
No I mean he did LB the moment bar was full maybe if he waited a bit a melee would've
But it's casual content ig so it's okay
yeah, thats my point when i said it doesn't break anything. because its content that really doesn't require the limit break's dmg. sure it would've been nice if melee had gotten to do it
but at the end of the day, its kind of whatever
Also been in plenty of parties with several melee and not a single one used the lb when it was ready so i can understand them jumping the gun so to speak
I c
Are numbers for rolling item random or what? I feel like if I roll for something faster than rest, I'd get higher number and if I say roll last, I usually get numbers like 3, 10 etc, is it purely random or it depends when u roll?
It's random
Then my luck is sheit
welcome to the club 
I literallybgot 3 on both 9s and 2b hair and this is like 15 runs
if i upgrade Woeborn to next step do i lose the materia on it?
is the 2 totems per run on the new ex trial intended? it seems like the shortest of the 3 weapons
1 Byakko mane took me 155 runs
I might just get 2b on mb since its not expebsive rather than losing hair
I'm disgusted by new nier raid how much i spammed it since release lol
yes, remove materia when augmenting
is diamond extreme hard lol
its an extreme so yes
diamond ex is probably the easiest one in shb besides innocence
but it's also probably my fav, has a great rhythm to the fight
is there gonna be any use for the diamond tokens?
aside from weapons and mount?
yes
what would be the most efficient way to get 1000 kills (of anything). just need it to get an achievement
What does popping a cool down mean?
you use a damage mitigating skill
I guess you can just desyth it 
And what's a rotation?
pressing buttons in the correct order
Oh so like 'rotating' a set of skills so that I can 'pop them at the right time?
How exactly do you know if you're undergeared ? I assumed you having the ilevel requirement for the dungeon should be enough ?
Meeting the requirement is definitely enough to clear it
Big pulls can be a bit rough though if you are just barely at or above the minimum
That's exactly what a rotation is, yup
i assume you're newer, so focus on your combos and mitigating adequately if you're a healer or tank
Say you have 3 skills that combo into each other, the rotation would be 1-2-3
make sure to read your abilities
Thank you so much Im a returning player and I've sort of forgotten my place
Do we get a preview of the new job af gear before the expac releases?
In engine, that is
no?
Question; I think of myself as a good healer, but as soon it is Bardams mettle I fail to let the tank do wallpulls. I don't care in any other dungeon (even the newest one) just Bardams mettle (and of course the first room of Aurum vale); has someone else this problem or do I play my healers (doesn't matter which of the three healer I play) fundamentally wrong at level 65?
how would we see the job gear in game if the job isnt even in game
Like preview videos
bardams mettle is just difficult to do w2w pulls
Like how we got a video about Sage
Weren't there previews for ShB? I remember some creators getting some time at a hands on event or something where they could try out new jobs at level cap and such
who knows
Where the they had the new af gear on
But yeah, who knows, they don't have to show us
i mean you could just check the ShB job preview to see if they had the gear on or not
I ask because I like the look of the new DRK gear, but the shoulder pieces ride high and are form fit to the chest piece. It makes me worry they're just one piece and the shoulders will stretch about strangely.
is there a skill master? or do you get skills as you level?
you get skills by leveling and doing job quests
so just buy all my alts weapons and just hoard the tokens from diamond then
Job quests are shown at the top left right under your current main story quest
Do them asap when they pop up
cool thanks!
yeah the shadowbringers job action preview used the lv 80 AF Gear so assuming we do get it (which probably will) it'll have 90 AF
is there a way to pay for membership/come out of free trial without buying expansions? im trying to hold off til Endwalker....
You could just buy the starter edition now
buy the base game
Same content as the free trial though, just without the restrictions
note that the base game and free trial have the same content
you would only be paying for lifting the restrictions
also endwalker isnt dropping in at least 5 months
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hmm
thank you for the advice
ill maybe get starter for now adn then figure out if i want to wait still
cause i still want to try some other jobs still too
So, is farming 51-60 in PotD still the best way to level up alt dps jobs (with the road to 70 buff)?
Leveling dungeon spam is better if you can ensure short queue times
But as a dps... sure
Up until lvl 60 anyway
What should I do at 60>
Roger, roger. Do I need to get to level 100 for PotD to unlock HoH?
if my friend played the trial when it wasn't unlimited can he make a new account and play this new trial?
just need floor 50 of potd
he is telling me he need to enter a code to create an account (20 digit)
What is the best food for tanks?
@mental oracle you dont need to make a new account
is he using free trial client
Depends on your build
But either smoked chicken like everyone else or fetuccine
yes from steam
Hey I was wondering if controller is worse than keyboard to play on?
No
Not at all
idk i havent played with M+KB but i really enjoy the controller
Thanks since my friends play on keyboard I wanted to know
it takes a bit of setup to get your hotbars/binds down and fixing your UI
you can play just as well on controller
but its very smooth
basically its down to personal comfort.
i know what a parse is, but what is a barse
is it recommended to a get a mouse with extra buttons for this game?
its not required
what do you use?
having an mmo mouse can be nice, but not required at all
i actually feel like controller is better, since there are so many more keys (or cominbation of keys) you can map to comfortable positions for your fingers
whereas for keyboard you realistically have keys 1-4, ctrl+1-4, shit+1-4, which is not enough
My friend is stuck here and can't click next https://i.imgur.com/UlSHpAu.png what's the problem?
you have more than that snack
@mental oracle you click one of the options
you're completing ignoring q e r t f g z x c v
sounds like someone who thinks adding đ ąď¸ to everything is funny
Set up account or do free trial
like me, i am one of those
well i use WASD for movement, Q and E for strafing. t f g c v are used by other things outside of the hotbar
plenty of things that use those buttons don't need to be keybind
or can be on alternate keybinds
There's no reason for A and D to not be stafing
either way though there are plenty of keybinds for the keyboard
you limiting yourself to 1-4 is your own issue
the problem is that i have to look at my keyboard in order to press buttons outside the 1-4 keys
you can just move strafing to a d tho
then dont keybind 5+
its muscle memory
some way people dont have to look at the keyboard to type
yea that's why i feel like sometimes controller would be better, personally
I've never, ever used the number keys for rotational abilities. I use shift + everything my fingers rest on. Shift + A, Shift + W, Shift + D, etc.
in any mmo
they are both the same situation in that you need to build up comfort/muscle memory
like i dont have the comfort/muscle memory built for controller so playing with one is often very awkward for me
neither do i. but i was thinking of g etting a controller just for this game
because i feel like my ceiling is more limited with a keyboard
whereas with controller, if i develop the muscle memory, controller might actually be easier for me
i imagine if you actually sat down and thought about better keybinds, keyboard wouldnt be so limited
how many classes though require over 12+ active skill keybinds?
all of them
dps classes require 12+ skills usage
classes have like 30 skills average
you do not need a and d to be turn, those can be strafe. cos realistically there isn't many situations where you need to keyboard turn. most of the menu options can be put onto alternate keybinds
due to complex combos with dps
im level 51 so ill figure that out as time goes
with tanks, you can get away with maybe just using 12 skills
like C doesn't need to open your character sheet, you can put that on like ctrl+c or something else entirely to make use of that button
not really
nah
haha really no
well in SB content.
not even then?
i am usually using a lot more in unsync'ed ex trials
"Unsynced"
paladin at level 80 feels like a dps class
All tanks are lol
tanks are basically tanky dps
but at level 70 paladin still has a relatively simple rotation
all tanks do
it still requires more than 12 skills with ST rotation, aoes, invuln, cds, role skills, etc
well at level 70 the ST combo is 4 keys, AOE combo is 2 keys, the CDs are 4 keys, and holy circle and the oGCD DoT are two more keys
https://i.imgur.com/v1kAOrr.png hmm he got this message when trying to log in
with old trial account
is he using the trial launcher
the demo launcher from steam
did he originally have the trial on steam?
nope
thats why
oh
steam and windows are 2 separate platforms that require 2 separate accounts
so he needs to download the windows trial launcher
!faq freetrial
Monster hunter hasn't gone away and neither will nier
on patch 5.5, yes
There are 3 total now
You arent missing anything from nier
All 3 nier raids are permanent
Again, they're this expansion raid series
each expac has 3 alliance raids
the ability to play a minigame and get cosmetics
ah
Chance to play faux hallows for currency to buy stuff
Like mounts, minions and other stuff
just realized there's not really a super worthwhile health potion endgame is there~? xD
Nope
potions are useless after like 50
Cause hp pots in general are worthless
wait, I can exchange dungeon/rare stuff for company seals ?
yes
yup
nice, related questions ; what good are the seals for ?
buying things from the vendor
good to know ,thx, no reason to pass on items then
Cosmetic stuff, if you care
What level do I get more attack skills as white mage? Spamming rock is getting repetitive lol

At 45 when you get Holy for AoE.
How would I find people who wants to try any ultimates?
Besides that, your Aero and Stone upgrade to do more damage as you level up
@frail fulcrum recruitment channel
Party finder, recruitment channels, and maybe this discord. http://discord.gg/dxPgKmc
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I already got three additional retainer, now i want to hire another one, which option should i choose on Mogstation?
âRetainer Serviceâ > âManage Retainer Serviceâ > dropdown menu
How does doom work?
It varies from fight
Sometimes you stand on a platform, sometimes you need to be healed to full HP, sometimes you just Esuna, and sometimes you canât do anything at all since itâs used as a punishment for taking too many hits from avoidable damage
Leveling from 70 to 80, still roulettes? I hear Trusts dungeons are a solid alternative?
If you have long dungeon queues, yes.
Trusts usually take around 24-30 minutes to clear a dungeon
So for tanks and healers, roulettes and highest dungeon is still faster.
machinist is the highest ranged dps class right?
Yep
@remote lintel @obsidian patio thank you ^^
đ
@forest bronze wym highest ranged
highest personal*
sounds right
And there is no Deep Dungeon equivalent for DPS, it's straight up either roulettes or trust dungeons?
Bozja southern front is kinda the equivalent of POTD for Shadowbringers.
In terms of letting you go in at any level
But yeah no true deep dungeon equivalent
Oh, I forgot about that. Is it... decent for leveling? I assume it allows you to level while doing other stuff in there too
who the heck created story dungs, waiting 15min and nothing, axaxaxa
yeah its pretty decent for leveling
this is an mmo
Solid, thanks.
it has group content
no shit, but imo there should be an option to play dungs at least for the first time on solo mode
I'm not sure what your question is, Arc đŚ
please keep in mind this isn't a vent channel
ohh right, my bad, sorry
how is the moggle Mog (hard) fight? need it for the MSQ