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How do I check to see if I have unlocked stuff with the unlock quests or not? I wanted to make sure I do all those unlock quests as I go.
!faq contentunlock
Is it true that to queue for E10S, the PL has to have cleared E9S?
Just look for
wherever you go. Any of those that don't have the name "The Leves of _________" or "So You Want to Be A ___________" are content unlock quests.
Thank you!
Out of curiosity does Stormblood have me return to the main city-states a lot or is the vast majority of it spent in the Far East
Most of it is in the Far East
You do go back to the city states a couple of times though.
most expansions take place in the new areas
i mean, how often did HW take you back to city states?
A handful of times
SB is about the same.
you generally go back and forth a decent bit
the X.0 story tends to stay within new areas, with the patch MSQ quests being more likely to have you hopping to older areas
Whats the general rule of thumb of shield healing?
Cause I feel like my shields don't last long most of the time for these raid fights
as Astro*
as DRG, if I use Jump but the enemy is inside aoe that gives debuff to players, do I get the debuff? I was far away and never "walked" there, just the animation for the jump and then back
How do I find a FC? Itried using the loadstone, but I can never find ppl in game
You rapidly travelling during the effect of jumps
Im currently lvl 20 and got no quests to do i think i completed the main story thing but im clueless as to how to progress now
im new to the game
in need of some help
If the game snapshotd you in it then you'll be hit
Do more story. Main scenario tracker top left
even with the Jump that after attacking takes me back to my inictal position?
thxs
hello to everyone! just started the game here. im currently dragoon lv 37 (i rushed to get the job :P). a question: was looking to unlock the chocobo as a companion, i have the bird in hand quest but i cant pick it bc it say that i need an apartment, estate or shared estate. i was planning to get an apartment (not even bothering with the whole house savagery), but i read somewhere that it cost like 500 000 gil and i have around 60 000 so is not really an option, it was something planned ffor way later. any idea/help?
oh thank you very much i didnt even notice the tracker up there @faint flare
Do story for money
Or join a FC with a house
where do usell ur triple triad cards?
Do you need a house or be in fc to have chocobo companion? I'm sure I unlocked it without being in an fc
Only to feed it
shout in the 3 starting cities and you'll find an invite soon enough
Is there a place where I can get good quality PNGs of characters like Aymeric? I need one for a video. This one was glitchy:
You can unlock it without
No, sell at gold saucer
thank you, i'll look for it, for the story im waiting a friend so im trying not to do it
Generally you apply shields when you know big damage is coming, such as tank busters and party-wide damage.
@elder sorrel ask in chat if there's a FC recruiting and then check to ensure they have a house, then get in, do the quest and leave lol
lol i'll do that i think ahahaha
Does anyone recommend any mouses for playing this game? My old red dragon died a few days ago and ive been looking for a new mmo mouse but all of them seem to have issues ;-;
you'll probably get a dozen messages
The patch preview sites usually have good renders for new NPCs, though I don’t think any would have Aymeric since they didn’t exist back in early HW
im planning to get this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hIy5wLI8J8
Logitech G600
the layout is pretty good
Ya i actually returned this mouse because mine had a really bad rattle to it whenever i clicked the left and right click always made a bunch of noise. So im hesitant to try to see if I just got a bad model
this site has a lot of art from a lot of games, not HUGE quality, but good-large: https://www.creativeuncut.com/art_final-fantasy-14-heavensward_b.html
That was only a few days ago i bought it
But the buttons felt super nice so i was sad
Or search in google images and put filetype:png after the words u write
just asking: any fellows italians here?
@strange coral Question about tank busters, how do I know whats a tank buster for instance if I'm doing the fight for the first time?
They're typically casted later on and sound painful
In dungeons you dont really need shielding for them cause LoL dungeon boss damage
Pay attention to tank health when sometimes gets cast. They can usually survive the first one.
how do i obtain this item?
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/b89de47c560/
Is there any way for my buddy to get an exp earring? I think I got mine from shadowbringers preorder?
No
Not currently
Not counting the bojzan earrings thats only for 71+
Ah k, just fc and food buffs until then?
Yes
All good, once her hits 50 I'm sure the roulette xp will be crazy
Well you'll get alliance and msq for xp
That moment when you get to get off work x.x
do you guys think EW will have a aetheryte earring as one of the preorder bonuses?
yes, in fact can already tell it will
About to pick Maelstrom for Grand Company. Would it be best to pick an Alliance focused on there?
no, fc's grand company alliance is irrelevant to your own
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Ah thank you. Wasn't sure how much of an impact it would have later on.
You can swap what grand company you're in so
what is that one called?
The Blue Moon Phasmascape is one of those moving wall things you can put windows in front of, right?
Gpose question, not sure if this is the correct place
- how do I use the unsheathed cpose in gpose? Despite /cpose it still goes to my othet previous action, or idle if I resetted animation with /sit
- how to I change emote of other players? When I select the character and try to change emote, it says I'm not allowed to do so
do you get that earring for every character (including future characters) or just one?
all characters
1000 forgotten fragments appraised. ugh that'll take forever
pre order bonuses, just like collector's edition items, are account bound
and can also buy fragmentsfrom mb
oh so you'd farm thru thru cluters as opposed to grinding fates?
Fates are shit
They're only for mettle
And xp
Nothing else
The mobs are for relic memories and Fragments
And magitek mobs for clusters
Anyone know where I can get Aymeric's Battle Quotes?
Fates are garbo in bojza for any regular items
Do all mounts share the same speed?
Yes
Thanx
there is one exception with the Fenrir SD where it's faster base movement speed until you finish MSQ in the area. But yea after you've gotten the msq speed buff it's the same as others
flying = all the same speed no matter
What's soar? I've been seeing "skip soar or disband" memes in PF, I'm assuming it's in older content.
its a zurvan mechanic
people are clearing diamond ex before Towers appear so the old meme returned.
You could skip the first soar of the fight if yoy had any half way decent Dps
But is PF So that didn't happen much
And you know, people cant do mechanics
I need some help. I'm doing the Gridania quest chain, and that requires me to do a quest called Leia's Legacy. The problem is that in order to make progress in that quest, I need to do another main story quest that i don't have access to until later so that I have access to the place where I need to go for the quest. Wtf do I do in this scenario?
So "skip soar or disband" basically meant if you saw the first soar, you're dps was fucking garbage
do the MSQ because it'll give you access where you need to go, just make sure you attune to the aetherytes first thing before you do anything else
This is why we say MSQ takes priority because location unlocks are 90% of the time story locked
leia's legacy doesn't take you anywhere that requires another msq to unlock a zone for.
I need to go to a locked location for a main story quest. And I cannot complete it until I complete another main story quest that I don't have access to because I didn't complete the main story quest that im stuck on

it sounds like you're not doing the MSQ then unless it's a specific required blue sidequest
which is unlikely before level 50
I searched it up, the wiki just deadass tells me to just waltz in.
If you forgot to attune, the 3 city states also have airships between all 3 of the city states
If you click the quest objectives, it'll show you the map with an objective or objective circle
This location has an underground portion that leads to the instance entrance, which isn't where you need to go
you need to go to the above area
Been following the MSQ for over 4 hours now. Still really wanting some cinematic narrative development through missions/quests. That has occurred once with Idna* an Papalymo* hours ago. Just wondering if this is par for the course, or if it gets more compelling at later levels.
I'm almost ready to kinda call it quits due to lack of narrative gratification. I just might not be an MMO player, as well.
ARR is world building until level 20 more or less
Especially since you're literally a nobody at the moment
Just someone who's good at solving problems
ARR was also made under a pretty big time constraint so its pacing is not the most amazing
It's a bit of a grindy, fetch-questathon atm.
but it does get better story wise
is there actually a backstory to the WoL? before he/she came to eorzea?
no because that's up to the player to decide
I'm just really hanging out for that same style of quest that I saw 12 hours ago.
so it wouldn't be wrong to consider WoL as not even from the Source at all?
ie from another shard
Literally not possible.
Voiced characters, context, meaningful progression through scripted MSQ stuff.
Eorzea is not the name of the Source. It's the name of the... continent? I think?
ARR was created on a decently rushed timescale. They didn't have the time to voice most of the cutscenes.
Otherwise, I'm just running around constantly doing anal bullshit, lol.
i think it's the name of a region, since Eorzea is part of the same landmass as Ilsabard
Arr sets up the raw base and basic world building
Itd basically season 1 of netflix series
ilsabard is...ilsabard
ARR is still likr 60 hours rushing MSQ right?
is ala mhigo considered part of eorzea?
yes
yes because its on aldenard
50 hours give or take
i thought there was a land connection between ala mhigo and ilsabard?
no, it's just relatively close enough to be invaded by garlemald
Yes they’re three continents connected together
there is but ilsabard is not part of eozrea
ARR is about 20 hours, rushing MSQ - assuming by "rushing" you mean "skipping all cutscenes and dialogue".
but theyre still their own continents
eorzea, as i said, is aldenard, and vylbrand+surrounding islands
ARR is what you refer to?
The base game yes
2.0, the base game
Before the expansions
K.
ARR is 2.0-2.55
There's also the patch quests
Everything before 3.0 is ARR.
What did 3.0 and post do?
3.0 is the Heavensward expansion. 4.0 is Stormblood. 5.0 is Shadowbringers. 6.0 will be Endwalker.
But these updates are added DLC, not fundamental updates to the game that exists in a prior 3.0 state?
nope
That's actually kind of a complicated answer.
The easy answer is "no"
The more complicated one is that every expansion has brought changes to the game as a whole, particularly to jobs, but also to some NPCs and quests over time.
They do change stuff about the core...like skills, some systems and stuff
ARR got trimmed and streamlined in general in one Shadowbringers patch
But those changes are overarching - they fundamentally changed something about the system of the game, not the story or NPCs that exist within the framework of the quests.
So (for example), the way you play Conjurer/White Mage in ARR is exactly the same as how you'll play it in Shadowbringers because the changes made to the class when Shadowbringers was released were retroactive.
Ahhh.
basically, do you want to play a 5/10 game for a 10/10 game later, or not
So updates have changed base game in nuanced ways.
Mainly combat.
Like with the removal of Tactical Points
Which was basically MP for weaponskills
It sucked.
they also really changed how tanking works apparently too
tanking used to be a much more complex role
nah it was still DPS at the end of the day
That's part of core combat
with aggro management
Where eminity was managed by everyone but the tanks
dont forget healer stance
i think Dark knight was a much more complex class before as well
ah yes, mash dark arts every other GCD
what did dark arts do again?
Boost the damage of specific skills
Talking over my head atm, lol. I'll have to watch some YT guides and get myself on par, lol.
change certain weaponskill effects
well now it just feels like mashing unleash every GCD, until you hit level 70?
for mobs
Before every job only had one AoE for a skill or spell so that point is still moot
It's not like two AoE buttons changes anything
You dark arts were dark artsdoing dark arts this every dark arts single dark arts gcd dark arts
Before
you still weave a lot in DRK opener
PLD didn't have an actual aoe attack before stormblood, only Flash 
We got flash 2; magic circle so I say it's a decent tradeoff
Tank AoE attack used to deal 50 potency per target
why is the que for solemn trinity taking an hour and a half lol, is there a better way of going about this?
party finder > unsync
Because no one really does guildhests. They just aren't worth it.
what is flare utility?
it's only good on dungeons?
basically
It's part of your AoE rotation
cool classic spell wasted on that? too bad
Its very good aoe
Double/triple and the legendary memey quad flare is great
wish it had more utility in bosses
after someone rolls on loot other people cant roll that number right?
That's correct
so technically your best chances of rolling a high number is to be one of the first people to roll
Does anyone know if the outfits on the mogstation website are tied to the races in the picture?
Mo
theyre not seb
They're for all
No, clothing is universal except for specific race starter items
I saw that it showed each race in each section so I thought they were locked to that race
theyre just examples
Only previewed on some
mogstation isn't a great place to preview the clothing. i think you can find better previews at gamerescape for all the races
im not sure if every mogstation helmet works with hrothgar/viera, but if it doesnt it'll prolly state that it doesnt
Oki thanx
it will say that it doesnt work
hello guys, I just got into this game and wondered if and when I get a mount, can I use it “endlessly” without having to rent it?
after you reaach level 20 in the main story quests
!faq mounts
well chocoporters are kinda those but not really
'When can I get my first mount?'
The quest that allows you to use mounts, 'My Little Chocobo' is unlocked by completing the level 20 main story quest 'The Company You Keep'. The quest is located at the Grand Company base you chose and you'll need to buy the Chocobo Issuance from your Grand Company Quartermaster. You can get the 200 needed Grand Company seals by doing the main story quest that comes after 'The Company You Keep'.
'Are there any differences between mounts?'
Besides looks, all mounts are the same speed along with being able to fly. Some mounts allow multiple people to ride at once.
'Can I make my mount faster?'
Zones have one or two ranks of mount speed that increase the ground speed of mounts. The first rank comes from completing specific quests in the main scenario quests, with the second rank coming from Riding Maps which are bought with either Allied Seals, Centurio Seals, or Bicolor Gemstones. Mount Speed Boosts do not increase the flying speed of mounts.
if youre on an exp boost server then pick up other classes
make sure to focus the msq/job quests always too regardless
is it not better to just main one job for me as it’s my first time playing this? or any mmo for that matter
I don’t wanna confuse myself lol
if you have the exp boost then it will vastly overlevel you
ideally yes, play at your pace
You'll be vastly overlevelled and cap out before you finish the story
its mainly good for leveling multiple classes
And overleveling does nothing for you
this all being said, play at your own pace is key.
if you overwhelm yourself (easy to do in a 10+yr old game) you prolly wont enjoy it as much
Most people only main one or two jobs anyways, but will typically level muliple
it syncs my level when doing missions, I think i’ll look at other jobs once I am more familiar with the game
thanks though 😄
yes but the exp you get from msq will be inefficient
msq is a very big source of exp so it's not uncommon, but also bear in mind if you level multiple through msq, you'll have to be choosy with rewards as msq gear rewards are supplemental/helpful as you go but you can only choose 1
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there's tons of exp buffs though so i wouldnt stress much
yeah i’ll just stick with one I think, lots to learn still
sergeant second class
yea
I know the fun is subjective but can't decide between dragoon and warrior. 😦
play both
warrior will have instant queues and dragoon will have to wait in queue, does that help?
Wait time is very long??
both are fun for sure
dps queue times are always longer than healer/tank because there's always more dps players
10-15mins queue time usually here ye
I see. Thank you.
Jumpy boy or unga bunga boy
lol
Sorry but I forgot, is the race change potion give in msq lvl 50? Or do I need to accept it somewhere
Given*
So I just need to follow msq?
Yes
Ok thanx
Literally can't miss ot
might suggest using your retainer to create an appearance, or an alt so you can save appearance first before using it.. make sure you like the voice/emotes etc.
you don't get more free ones
is tehre a website or something that will tell me what all the dailies/weeklies are? i fear I'll miss out on some stuff
i know most are displayed int he timers
!faq contentunlock
https://accomp.me/ffxiv-daily-weekly-checklist/ pinned in this channel is a checklist but it's for 5.3 so is most likely missing things like the new nier raid etc
This'll help
yeah the nier raid is the one that i just remmebered which is why i asked lol
Smoked chicken
that checklist should mention "nier raids" somewhere so it might still be helpful as an indirect reminder
maybe theyll update it/have updated it, not sure but it's pinned here in this channel
maybe, not sure how updated it is lol
5.3 apparently lol
I'm just starting heavensward and cannot bare to do any more fetch quests is it worth to buy story skip? I'm level 58 cuz ive just been doing daily for a while
any discord servers for leveling?
Cuz i need to be lvl 60 to progress if I get HW skip correct?
i won't say it's worth it because to me it wouldnt be. it's the first expansion so ofc things start picking up. yeah stormblood would start at 60+
where in the unending journey are delivery quest cutscenes? cant seem to find them
you'd be foolish to think skipping one expansion in a storybased mmo will change much though
aside from you not knowing whats happening haha
Yeah thats what I'm wondering
I mean if you hate fetch quests then why not skip the whole thing
Cause thats kinda what thr story is
I'd honestly rather watch a YT video to catch up on the story cuz the quests ain't it for me. I'm more worried about not knowing any dungeon mech that I might be skipping
does this apply to savage raids?
ah fair enough
When it will?
5.58
there are a lot of fetch quests in ARR, a lot more than the expansions
Aka a few months prior to the expansion
but i mean i also skipped and went back to watch vids..granted i did eventually make a new toon and run through it legit for myself but ye
By...doing the mechanics properly and clearing the fight with good dps
I'm floating these oldrose planters (wall-mounted) into the planters with a stage panel, but the moment I exit the housing menu, they latch onto the nearby partition
Is there a way to stop it? ;-;
How much did you skip? Yeah I watched a Comichistorian video and he did a good job imo explaing some stuff better that I kind of mashed through
good dps?
If you don't kill the boss within a specific time frame, it will kill everyone
Meaning if you dont kill the fight in X time period you immediately wipe
i skipped everything except what I felt was a major moment, not through the mogstation because those didnt exist back then but yea
my sexual preference is none of your business
But on a more helpful note to Darko, practice your rotation on striking dummies and try extreme trials first, since those are easier
Savage is the point you should know your job already
also check the balance for an optimal rotation :)
^^^^^^^^^^
Yeah that is exactly what I have been doing so far. Mashing through fetch stuff but missing some important info and watching scenes so watching ARR story TLDR really helped me appreciate the story still
that needs to be a big fat sign somewhere
Tbh if I were you, I'd NG+ 2.5 and on
oh man ARR is boring, they even nerfed it.. but it was necessary world/character building
from heavensward+ it gets way more interesting
This is good advice ill keep that in mind
also do the coils of bahamut/watch the story before you go into heavensward, imo
i know how to use dragoon but i suck when it comes to movement
it explains what happened at the end of 1.0/start of a realm reborn, great lore
That's part of learning your job, knowing what tools you have to deal with movement
Like elusive out of things
knowing your jump limitations/starting points etc
Fight specific alignment comes with optimization
isn't that too hard for people at lvl 50?
throw it in PF and ask for a level 80 to help np
first time bonus is a flex, flex it
Are savage raids guides on youtube useful?
They can be.
This question isnt really help question but anyone have estimation of prices for mount and minions for fan festa?
Nope.
We should find out sometime in the next few weeks.
You know. Around the time of the FanFest.
6.99$ is what the minion should cost
as that is the cost of the other fanfest minions
but the space whale is...probably going to be more expensive than SSD fenrir since its an 8 seater mount
Can it reach around 45usd?
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Cuz im planning to buy it for me and friend of mine
Are there certain classes which are better in squadron for farming? (Like do some have skills that allow them to perform better with bigger pulls etc..)
the chocobo carriage is 35.99$ which is a 4 seater so possibly somewhere thereabouts?
I see ty
my guess is around 40$
what content should i be doing? Currently im just doing msq stuff in heavens ward (just started it) and kind of lost xd i have iron works accessories and the ironworks weapon
msq
ahh okies
hello this may be an obvious question
but do all the different thing in duty roulette award bonus exp for daily completion?
Yes
it scales afaik, might show one thing but scales
How much varies
All duties give bouns for first time clear but bouns itself depends on duty if thats what u asking
always do daily roulettes (you can skip a few of them like guildhests) but ye aside from exp, it's pretty decent gil each day for little effort
currently maxed on gil at 300k cause of trial
im more caring of the exp/tomestones/GC bonds i guess
fair enough.. seals will come easy once you can turnin gear for them
Gc seals u can trade gear for them if u r high enough in grand company
roulettes wont be a great source for them as you go
no i not high enough rank yet i dont think
i basically queue for my daily roulette stuff while pushing MSQ on my main
ill probably hit lv 60 though before i even finish MSQ again then gotta get my MCH up to par quickly
One way you can get a lot of poetic tomestones very quickly is to unlock the Lv50 Extreme trials (Howling Eye, Navel etc...) and to ask some FC members to help you clear it unsynced. The coils of bahamut are also very rewarding
Does the magitek quest line give the magitek mount?
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For reasons
Ok ty
prae give fat exp
yeah but is like twice as long as the other one lol
it gives way more exp than castrum, i much prefer it because of that
Any advice on playing WHM ?
you killed him vinyl
Keep your party comfortably alive. Dps while you're not healing.
For healers in general: people dont need to be 100% hp, cure 1 is garbage after getting cure 2, regen is amazing low levels, use off global healing first. Dps whenever possible, learn to love holy
Once you have Cure 2, don't use Cure 1 as much.
Oh and spam lucid dreaming on cooldown basically for mana
Use Assize (level 56 spell) as an offensive cast.
A good tip is to move just before you finish a cast so you move around more
as i play heavensward and progress through out how would i be getting my gear to stay leveled with the dungeons / raids it'll have me do?
how hard is hades extreme now? Want to get the hades auracite but I know hades is a long fight
@forest bronze msq gives you free gear. also tomestone gear
oh okies and that gear will help me hold up in the crap it throws at me?
yeah youll hardly have to spend any gil on gear. it gives you the stuff you ned to progress most of the time
I mean the augmented ironwork tomestone gear at lv50 from Mor Dhona is still outpacing the gear from heavensward level 55 dungeons or so for me
and doing the duty roulette will give you like 500 tomestones for completion which is like piece instantly
ahh okies i don't have the armor i just have augmented iron works accessories / weapon for it
you can buy the ironworks at the limsa aetheryte, there's a vendor next to it
oh with gil?
tomestone of poetics
if you just do the roulette each day while pushing through MSQ youll gear up quick
you get the bonus for the daily and its a piece of gear each time
oh okiess thanks for the help :P
@forest bronze on the right side, in the greyer area. the little red brick is the tomesone of poetics. do the roulette that give it
how much alliance raid gear can you get a week?
520?
gotcha
is there any point in collecting the aether currents while going through MSQ? or should i wait til i finish it cause idk how many of them are locked behind MSQ rewards
Usually recommended to collect them as you go along
can someone help me understand this. i saw the same plot open a couple times within very short time. i saw someone transferred their house over, and the next day i checked again, the plot is open again. is someone just trolling or what. i dont understand.
Some side quests require flying
I did most aether currents while queueing for duties as dps
What is the fastest or most efficient way to gain skybuilder scrips
Fishing in Diadem and the special Fêtes that are held now and then.
But if you have gil, crafting can be faster.
Guess I gotta bring my fisher out of retirement. Is there a particular area good for it? Fetes only seem to give 100 each
Still gonna do them though
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500 if you ace them all, so 20 sessions to max out on scrips if you're starting at 0
In HW every MSQ pretty much will take you past an open-world current with the last MSQ in that specific region giving you what should be the last current if you managed to pick up the rest
hey guys I saw someone stream has two clocks... I don't remember where is the setting for that.
Oh nvm I'm dumb
Found it here
how do i leave the novice chat?
click the sprout icon to open up the window for the novice network
and then select leave
thank you
If your level 80 and have 490+ gear what is the use of tomes of allegory?
How?
check the pin in this channel
You need to craft more exarchic that trades for a letter thing and then another thing, don't see how the tomes of allegory play into that?
you dont need to craft more exarchic, you can exchange the pieces you're wearing (assuming you have HQ)
but you use allegory to buy the rain that's also need to do the exchange
ahh ok
But you need to trade in weapons that don't drop which means you would need to craft them or buy them and they aren't cheap :\
if you already own exarchic HQ, its basically a 1 to 1 trade
true
Wait, how would that happen?
Because you're trading in YOUR Exarchic gesr you're wearing
And you need more than 2k allegory to buy all the rains required for a full set of augmented Exarchic
ahh yea
does anyone know where to get Antiquated Myochin Geta?
i googled but nothing came up
Yes
It's the level 70 samurai job gear
From the coffer you get by doing the level 70 SAM quest
^ if you've done the quest but threw away the shoes you can buy it back from the calamity salvager
thank you!
what does owee means lmao i keep seeing it on diamond extreme
Probably short hand for Odds west, evens east
Since thats literally the only mechanic in the fight
blue for blue red for red
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2 questions but same subject.
Because I don't remember. Is Ninja base game or apart of an expansion?
2nd question. Would PS5 Open Beta give me access to Ninja?
- Base game
- Yes
Ok good
When I decide to try the game out I'm wanting to try out Ninja ultimately so
It's just Ninja isn't a starting job because it came out during a patch
But it's very easy to unlock ye
Based on where I start
mhm
Idk where the quest is tho 😂
Limsa
I'll youtube it once I get there
If you start as Maradurer/Arcanist you'll start there
Lower Limsa iirc
What do those turn into?
But you start as a Rogue
Warrior and Summoner/scholar
I mean the 2 jobs I'm mainly wanting to try are Monk and Ninja tbh
Pugalist is in Ul'dah, that becomes Monk
If I like neither of those at all I'll honestly probably go the tank route and learn Paladin and DK
Ty ty
Paladin is also in Ul'dah. Start as a Gladiator
drk is locked behind heavensward btw
Dark Knight is a Heavensward job
Which is part of the free trial, just need to get far enough in main story
I'm starting to get overwhelmed by the amount of abilities vs. keybinds I have. I come from fps shooters and games like ds3. Suggestions?
Because I thought Ninka was but people say it definitely isn't. But what's are the highest APM jobs?
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Samurai, monk, ninja...those are the top 3, I guess like, machinist and bard after but for bard it kinda depends on how often your skills proc
Bard is quite higher apm
@glass oyster I'll do that~
Machinist is rapid during Hypercharge
And yes I know. Just in the future if I decide I enjoy the trial and get the whole game but don't end up enjoying Ninja or Monk I'll prolly go into the Tank role
Bonus of FFXIV is that you don't need new characters for different jobs (:
So Monk and Ninja are some of the highest o_O
So switch as you like
Ninja is fast every 60s with trick, outside of that its just 1 2 3 spam
as a altholic it pains me
Uh. These means next to nothing to me 😅
Does the red chevron in the aether currents menu means you can only get them from quests?
well with the occasional mudras and 1 2 4
red chevron?
Red Chevron?
You can actually not use mudras at all and get natural cooldowns to hit 2 under trick
Screenshot please
It's too late in the day to math that out so I'll smile and nod
That's true which I kind of like tbh. Ik it's a broad question but how does gear work in the game? Just stat buffs like different + and - to certain stats like strength and etc or?
Just stat sticks
No set bonuses
Yes they are quests
Ok so just like +strength and other stats basically?
and the black ones you get from exploring the world?
Well I'm assuming multiple stats per piece
All your gear boosts your main stat...the difference is the substats lile Crit, direct hit, determination etc
Yes
!item Exarchic top of aiming
Substat optimisation is where people get BiS lists
877
877
544 (604 HQ)
610 (678 HQ)
421 (468 HQ)
295 (328 HQ)
※ Materia Slots: 2
※ Advanced Meldable: Yes
※ Repaired By: Weaver
※ Repair Material: Grade 7 Dark Matter
※ Dyable: Yes
※ Desynthesis: Yes
※ Desynth Level: An Error occured processing Desynthesis
Hmm kk. Straight forward enough
That is an example of gear worn by ranged DPS
And uh...whats materia?
Late game stuff
Basically just additional stats
But allows you to augment your gear with extra stats
you can add
basically just gems you can slot in for extra substats
Ahhhh augments ok
Uhhh. Materia on a piece rng or?
it's called materia because in final fantasy 7 you could do something similar to acquire more abilities and/or stats
Guaranteed in the guaranteed slots
Then we have overmelding
Kk cool. Less rng the better 😂
Green slots = 100%, slots afterward if allowed is a % chance
But that's another kettle of fish
Only RNG in gearing is having your gear piece drop..and winning the roll
In the firmament
So basic EQ and WoW type shit
I'm there currently
Got it
There's a countdown in the duty list
Appreciate the info!
Do what the npcs say
Usually just interact with stuff
Deliver things
Do specific emotes to the right target
Do I need to be a crafter?
Yes
or gatherer
They're literally the Ishgard fates
any level
Just in celebration fashion
Yes
Is this the fastest way?
Crafting/fisher is faster sinxe you're waiting days for them to start
Then its 12 a day
What do you mean?
12 sessions a day, every 2 hours
They run every 2 days
Oh
Then om the day they're running, there's 12 a day
Why fisher?
You can fish alot of fish
In 3 hours
Which thrn give you a good amount of mats witb desynth for crafting
I heard fishing is a hassle and isn't easy in this game?
compared to other crafting classes
Its more nuanced than "go to node, smack stuff"
Need bait, different fish for different weathers and all
Fishing is "cast, wait for bite, reel in" at its simplest
At base level its ^
I remember some semi afk fisher macros in the old day
That would reel in, mooch if possible and cast if it couldn't
You can only get 1 map a day right, or is it one for each gatherer?
https://i.imgur.com/oZKskbz.png can I remove these?
1 per 18 hours
alright cool thank Vinyl
So fishing is the fastest way to get scrips?
@slow lava no
damn, thanks
Are there more precise ways to determine how many days left before the next veteran reward?
I mean, the game still says 30 days left, but I'm probably certain that there's less days to wait until getting the next one.
Thats your sub time remaining
it's based on how many days you've bought and not how many you've played so just go on mogstation and see how many days you've been subscribed for
Mogstation/character screen should say how many days you've been subbed in total
which expansion's relics are 'zodiak'
HW
thanks! Was watching a video of the BLM Stardust Rod Animus (Zodiac) and it looks cool

hrm it says Zodiac Weapon on the video but the weapon is only level 50. Is that mislabled
Ahh sorry I missed Wynne's comment right after
Zodiac is ARR, which was level 50 for the level cap
Do relics exist for ShB yet or will those come with edgewalker?
The entire Bozja side story is the relic questline
5.55 is where it should be finished
We still have one more step to go before we get the finished product
but uh
i hope you like grinding :d
That's why I'm trying to pick which one I prefer ahead of time xD I'm already 3/4 of the way through Anima Astroglabe before discovering that the Stormblood version looks more fun xD
Is there somewhere to buy ilvl 255 right-side gear? I picked up all the left side stuff from a merchant (and am close to broke) but the right side isn't sold and I need to reach avg 240 to enter the stormblood dungeons
Shire in Idyllshire/ishgard for poetics
so for adventure squadrons, the missions all say something like below. My squad has low tactical b/c I run tank, healer, 2 mages. Am I basically required to run a tactical/rogue/archer type and train that stat in order to succeed at missions? I assumed with my class combo, my tactical stat wouldn't matter.
sorry I should have specified - for gil, not poetics. I have no poetics to spare atm with anima farming
Market board
Yes for Flagged missions you must meet all 3 stat requirements to succeed
Also for missions in general going past the required amount doesn’t seem to do anything extra
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ok. bummer. so I am forced to have a rogue/archer/tactical member on the squad. I cant cheese it with tank/healer/2 mages and let my tactical stat go south
correct, you need to adjust your team to fit the stats required
can't use the same team every time for each mission
Also the full squad training can boost up your lesser stats, so do that
yeah my squad training stats are like 120/120/40, so I probably need to do 1 or 2 pure tacticals to even that out. oh well :/
Guys I looked at a tutorial on how to fly and it says I have to find the aether flow things but I can fly without, did they change that?
no, ARR has no currents
Aether currents are for expansion areas
Ah ok
Hey guys I just finished the main shadowbringers story and people keep talking to me about bozja and telling me to level alta there. So I was curious am I far from unlocking it still?
You can go unlock it now if you finished the SB 24-man raid, Bozja starts in Kugane IIRC
yeah the kugane markets
There is a few quests you have to do before you unlock the actual leveling section but yeah questline starts there
ideal attributes for a healer?
Oh people were telling me I had to finish the 5.2 content to unlock it
to be specific, you need to complete the entire sb alliance raid series
thanks!
That....is what I said
I think the 5.2 content used to be required but isn't now?
5.1 for sure
i know, but I read it first as singular raid because you just said SB 24 man raid
5.1 is required for bozja
^ the leveling section, not to start the questline itself
Awesome thank you
what's a good piety for healer at 80?
All of them?
that's a personal decision tbh, you can eyeball the BiS sets on the balance to get an idea
but ultimately you have to decide how much piety is enough for you
what is the weekly 24man raid quest for ? they give nothing at all
extra story so far
all that grind is not gloom - is the name of the quest
ah poo, how in the world do you over meld?
!faq overmeld
!faq pentameld
frick
!faq materia melding
lol
:(
Materia isn’t real?
Either way, Overmelding is only for certain items
!faq melding
How do I unlock melding?
Complete Forging the Spirit (materia extract/npc melding) and Waking the Spirit (player melding) in Central Thanalan.
How can I get my gear melded?
To meld visible Materia slots a NPC melder in any major city will do (marked with a Blue Materia icon on the map). To overmeld gear you'll need to request another player to meld your gear or to do it yourself.
Why can't I meld this Materia to my stuff?
Every Tier of Materia has a minimum item level requirement that gear must meet to allow melding of that Tier. Tier 6 Materia requires an item level of 290 while Tiers 7 and 8 require an item level of 420.
Why is my meld giving +0 stats?
Every item has a maximum amount of stats that can be given through melding and the natural stats found on the gear. This can be seen at the bottom of the Materia Melding menu, as seen in the picture below.
The secondary stat with a higher number is already at the cap and cannot be further melded.
darn
any1 know what is the quest for ?
you can overmeld that, but it requires either you to have a lvl 80 crafter to do so or find someone else who does. that said its not really worth overmelding neo ish
its just extra story
If I buy Cloud Strife's bike right now would I be able to play with it immediately after the purchase or do I have to wait.
You have to get your chocobo first before you can use any mount
extra story?
yes, you get notes in your portable archive
Alright but I'm asking if I'll receive it right after the transaction is made.
ah k
it gets mailed to you in-game, chances are it'll take a bit since the bike is account bound
And those often take awhile to get mailed
How long.
🤷♀️
could be 5 mins, could be an hour
sometimes it takes a couple of seconds, sometimes a few hours
account wide items can take a couple hours
i've had it take 2hrs before
Oh what? That's not long at all. I heard it could take 2 days.
it should never take more than 24 hours
24 hours is when you would contact support
Are queue times generally faster if you select only English, or all 4 languages?
well it allows you to party up with a great pool of people
generally all languages, because its casting a wider net
What are these dots
We have a group of 6 people and it's like this...
but i assume vast majority of FFXIV speak english and/or have English selected as one of their languages
the dye on the gear @leaden ginkgo
O
so it probably won't decrease your queue times that much
but it doesn't hurt nonetheless
premade groups can take a bit longer to find groups, cos you have to keep in mind that you're filling the empty slots of your party
Yeah, it's probably outdated info, but I heard that selecting all languages significantly increases queue times
what that doesn't make any sense
whereas a single person queueing gets thrown into whatever group has an open slot
Yeah, I think it was old info in like ARR or HW
is the moonlight tank trimmings a new item?
no
oh it explains why it sells for drastically less than the mat and the tv
at least on crystal
Is a 5.0 NIN guide i found still good to read?
watch wesk alber nin leveling guide
it's the gold standard
!faq ninguide
use the balance for lvl 80
have many raids, if any you did until the bob/hairstyles dropped for you?
I’m enjoying the story so far but when does stuff start legit happening
Consistently *
Entirely luck based, as people can roll on the hairstyle even if they used it
If you mean the newest 24-man
Oh uh, I'd categorise that as....after the 3rd trial?
I say around the lvl 40s msq
^ ish
So basically you pray for a 90+ and hope no one out rolls you
there's gonna be a lot of non-legit stuff happening in between the legit stuff
Idek what the trials are but cool
people always outroll 90s in an alliance raid
Well what Fuilteach said J
so even when you're saving the world from endless threats, they're still gonna ask you to fetch dinner items
in between
Understandable
Oh sweet
is the hairstyle a vendable item?
yes
also as no one seems to remember you saving the world time and time again, you're gonna have to prove yourself to every batch of new people you meet to show them that you are what you say you are
Lol nice
yes they do
not a new player but does anyone know when congested worlds allow new characters? hoping for a friend to join me on jenova but its full rn
congested with a capital C wont change until patch
eh...even after saving eorzea multiple times from dangerous bosses, people still can't believe you can clear a mid-level dungeon to find some crashed vehicle
not capital c, just not allowing new chars, so is that just random or
!faq serverlock
Standard, Preferred, and New Servers will dynamically open and close themselves from newly created characters depending on how many players are online. To ensure you're able to make a new character on your server try waiting or doing so at a less active time of day.
Congested Servers will not unlock for new players or transfers until Square Enix removes the Congested Status.
oh interesting, figured it was a character limit of some kind, ty
for leveling - I rerun 50-60 in potd at first, and then at what point do I move to hoh and what levels there do you grind?
not too hard
More of an RNG issue than a doing the EX fights issue Seby
@manic flare how long does it take to get?
61, but only use potd and hoh if dungeon ques are over 15 mins
depends more on your luck
The mounts drop from bosses?
but anyway, you are guaranteed to get a mount after the 99th time you fight the boss
The EX trials in Stormblood yes
low drop chance
How low are we talking
umm, not actually sure
10% was estimated?
so the maximum time it takes is 99 times 6 bosses, so at the very maximum you need to do 594 fights
Knowing me it will be 0.02% like ashes in world of Warcraft
I've heard that tossed around Paragon, not really good at estimating
💀
nah its not that bad
unlike WoW, FFXIV gives a ceiling on the RNG, so it won't take you inifinite number of t imes to get the mount you want
Ah ok
99 runs for a guaranteed mount...it's a high ceiling
if you miss the ocean fishing ship do you have to wait for the next 2 hour mark?
highly unlikely it will take 99 runs
yes
yeah but it exists, i dont think wow has one but i could be wrong
darn, what's the window to join when the 2 hour mark hits?
this has been my luck so far:
Are Blue Crafters Scrips used ito buy Stormblood/Shadowbringers DoH/L stuff?

Are they the same Yellow Scrip as in ARR/HW?
yes
i got sos gwiber on my first run 
And there's no way to easily convert Blue Scrips back into Yellow Scrips?
no
also something i noticed eariler, the miner and botanist job quests give some really good skills 60+, so you will want to do them when you buy
recently? after they buffed the drop rate?
So I keep hearing
yeah i joined a learning/clear party and rolled 92 on first clear lol
pre 5.5 so it might have been before droprate idk
Also for the Crystal Sands step of Anima, there's no way to buy more Crystal Sands from the NPC without the specific Anima weapon for that step in hand right?
iirc she'll let you buy after you've unlocked regardless of step
i dont have any anima relics on that step but she's still there for me
what happens when you click in?
Don't know, incase i need to redo the entire step for that weapon
oh right you're still on it
This is for a finished weapon
oh that's to change the weapon's substats if you want
You need the weapon equipped to buy more sands
the finished one or only on step?
Is there any non-combat class I can level while queuing up for duty finder?
how many tiers of raid are there this xpac so far? 12?
3 teirs, 12 floors
ok just makin sure
any and all
^
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you can also level other combat classes as well while waiting
For random blue quests that send me into dungeons, can I do them unsyncd?
ye
what is flash?
Warrior’s fell cleave visual and sound effect are amazing!
How come I can't put these in the armoire? I could for the first class set I got
I am picking warrior as my first class. lol
just the way it is
I have to use the glamour dresser to store those sets then?
this dresser is gonna get full fast..
if you're running out of space, you can discard them. since you can always get the set again from the calamity salvager
also since they are just a recolor of the 45 gear, you probably dont really need it for glam anyway
The 60 sets are for centurio seals
lvl 50 gear is a recolor of the 45 but 60 is brand new?
yes that one is a different set
ill keep em all there for now till i can organize them
since i can get them back later if i trash them correct?
yup
Is there anything that's unobtainable again if you get rid of it?
mog station items
well mogstation items you just buy it again
mainly the things that are unobtainable if you toss them are certain cross over event items. example being GARO, most likely won't be rerun
ah i havent been in any of those so im safe
Some other content creators to check out besides Wesk?
For information, learning, tips/tricks, class info etc
zepla hq and mizz teq (mtqcapture)
although the latter is really for dungeon guides and the former has a lot of non-educational content (more for entertainment)
I'll check out Zepla
is Soot Black Dye the blackest dye?
No point in me watching dungeon guides yet 😅
is there a way to turn off non-blue sidequest on the map?
no, jet black is
How to I get my PS trophies to update with what I’ve done? It should be an automatic platinum
I am going from the PS4 version to the ps5 version
you can find jet black in the section that has the rainbow color
ie, you wont find it in the regular black-grey-white section
nice, thxs
wow, its pretty expensive in market
can i craft it, or obtain it in other way?
So uhm. PS4 and PS5 game trophies are separate
I purchased an outfit from the site how long does it take to get it?
do hunt logs still give GC seals?
quick with retainer dol/dow, or gatherer?
If you play a PS4 game on a PS5 it'll update...But if hypothetically you played FFXIV on PS4 and then bought it on PS5 the trophies are separate
i believe so
doesnt matter
i think any,. just do quick exploration venture
they both basically have the same pool of items
not sure if there is a stat requirement to get the venture coffer (which has a chance of spawning the jet black dye)
I thought the items I could obtain in ventures changed if retainer was gatherer
It’s also possible to get jet black from fete presents
for the specialized ventures it's different
ok
yea so we should expect the cost of jet black to come down then
the peacelover coffer is already pretty cheap on crystal
few minutes
I bought FFXIV on PS4 and I am playing the open beta now with my regular character. Some of the trophies are like “get a DoL to 80” which I can’t do now unless I start a whole other character?

