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Yep
should you?
Yep
yes
aight cool, ty
thank you so much, you just save me from 3 hours of sanity grind in Doma Castle 
i actually didn't know you could have more than one of each ring xD
ACT?
!faq ACT
Advanced Combat Tracker (ACT) can be used to view and record combat in real time to see player damage, healing, etc. ACT logs can then be uploaded to FFLogs to compare your performance with other players.
Please note this software is technically against the FFXIV Terms of Service and should only be used for personal improvement. Mentioning ACT/Parsing in-game, particularly to harass other players, is likely to result in punishment against your Square Enix account.
@remote lintel is there a way to turn off floating numbers of other players?
dont think so
do minions give stats now or what are this numbers
its for the minigame
How many levels can you go down in Eureka? I was 19 and died and went to 18
I tried using the Rakshasa/Yama Revolver
didnt worked
I tried dying it blue but it doesnt have the same feeling as Kunimoto Shin
pop up text is other player damage, can be disable in the character settings
is it worth doing eureka if ur 70 and goin to 80 coz i quit befor it got released
though keep in mind, your dot damage is also tied to this so that wont show either if you turn that off
if you're interested in the lv 70 relic or eureka gear for glamour sure. @quick scroll
ty
Sad. I think they were asking for me lol
ah fair. i mean not seeing the damage ticks isn't really the end of the world so if other player's dmg is bothering you
i'd go ahead and turn off pop up text
I think I just did a quest to unlock the decipher skill for treasure maps and stuff but why isn't it showing up?? Is it because I am a combat class?
It's not that big of a deal currently but was curious. Am new so
Doing Palace and yeah. Gets annoying
Can only imagine on raids
the decipher skill is in the general section of the actions and traits menu
same with dig
Found it. Thank you
Is Moulinet my only AoE melee ability as RDM?
Yes
ye
It can do an insane amount of damage in a short time though
its your burst aoe, once you've built up enough white/black mana you use enchanted moulinet
then go back into your casted aoe spells
Anyone know if the machinist is any good?
All jobs are good
all jobs are good and viable, so you should play what you like
So theres not rly a true good spec like other mmos?
nope
Oh that’s good
shit's balanced here
during a few patches, there have been some jobs that needed a little love
right now things are very well balanced
generally the difference between the best and the worst jobs are not significant enough
I was looking for a class with good aoe would the machinist be good for that?
all jobs have AoE
I think the main distinction for AoE is that there are a few classes that pull ahead (a little) in fights where there are exactly 2 targets
yeah that's true some jobs do extremely well with cleave
for stuff where it's a bunch of enemies, I don't think there's any class that particularly shines
the places where you're going to be dealing with more than 2 targets, "strong" aoe doesn't really make or break anything (aka dungeons)
80 to 100 mana > spam enchanted moulient to 40 mana > manification > do it again
Anywhere to ask where a certain piece of furniture is from?
Here
https://i.imgur.com/C3qbmYB.jpeg
What are these stairs?
hold up... I think they are stacked riveria wall shelves
actually yes they are
Yes they are
that's. different
cool
is the only thing you get from the easter event is the cockfit?
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or do you get other things from it?
Why would I want to get the relic weapon in Eureka when I already have an 80 weapon scaled down?
Because it's pretty
But is it stronger?
no
I just finished Anemos
eureka weapon is just for looks now
Okay
You get a plate of cookies for a decorative food item, and a decorative egg shaped bag. Both are housing items
oooh how do u get them?
its bought from the dreamer npc near the event quest giver
once you've completed the event quests
Eureka weapons when completed are better for eureka content
They have elemental buffs or something idk I haven't finished mine
Old content weapons are mostly for the "ooh shiny" factor, like old armors
the physeos stage really isn't worth it unless you're going to be like farming eureka a lot but even then its not really that make or break
any websites to check,what are in lockboxes, loot pool
why does boss sometimes attacks healer even when aggro is on me
is it random ?
like with abilitie attacks
some boss attacks will target a random player even if you have aggro
o ty
coz i was fighting fist guy and he used charge twice on healer and i had aggro so was wondering
Yeah there's bosses with abilities that randomly target someone
quests? u mean theres more than one?
yes there's 2 quests
first one gives you the chicken outfit
second one completes the event/gives achievement
oooh XD where the 2nd one at
at the botanist guild
If I do a dungeon the same level as me with Armoury exp bonus about how many levels will I get off it
Depends on the level range
At early levels you may well get 1-1.5 levels worth of xp
Later it'll be less than a third
I'm a 53 RDM so it would be Sohm Al
the physeos weapon/elemental+2 is a pretty tremendous upgrade if you intend to make multiple Eureka weapons
It's effectively.. +4? Levels
Though in terms of fragment efficiency it’s better to upgrade the elemental armor first if you haven’t
Also the armor can be used for multiple classes instead of just one, assuming not dragoon or ninja
Are there any classes/jobs as a noob anyone can say are definitely must-try's?
Depends on what you want
Outleveled MSQ so much with a lvl 49 NIN with lvl 25-26 MSQ and wanting to maybe level something else 😂
Like, in terms of complexity?
I mean I'm on NIN
Which is apparently 1 of the more complex classes
So tbh complexity doesn't scare me
Eh, not really once you have actually remembered what all the mudra combinations are
If anything it can motivate me to try and be better at it unless it's just not worth playing
Anyway, I'd recommend branching out in terms of role
Always good to have a tank and/or heal job on hand
Well wanting DRK but that's a good ways away
I'll be buying full game later this week
And my MSQ's are at lvl 25...
So oof
Still leaves healer
You could go with Arcanist which branches off into Summoner and Scholar later
That has the added benefit of leveling 2 jobs at once
Dancer is low personal dps but high rdps
rdps?
Raid Dps
Ahh ok
Like a good chunk of dancer dps comes from buffing others
o_O
It is your personal Dps, plus additional damage done by other players to the enemies coming from your buff or debuff
Yea so they bring alot of group value. Not so much actual dps
I won't say a good chunk
They still deal good dmg on themselves
How's Monk?
I'm just saying, rdps is their thing
Fast and busy
Was the other one I was considering before NIN
Monk's pretty fast and busy
lots of positionals
as in all of your gcds are positionals
Jesus.
Monk combo is based on stance
More complex than NIN?
Performing a move put you in a new stance
Or just faster?
It's not any more or less complex than NIN mudra
Monk is the fastest
What good AoE wise? Anything besides Dancer and BLM?
MNK is the most complex melee
Yeah it has a trait that at lvl 76 reduces your base gcd to 2.0 seconds before skillspeed
They can all AOE
Everyone can aoe
I assumed there were classes with better
All jobs can do everything their role required
though I will say BLM aoe is pretty satisfying
the point is that "good aoe" is not really a huge pro to a job
Aoe isn’t really a thing people care about since you really only do it in casual/easy content
Well, used to be even more annoying with the GL4 build-up, but currently MNK's complexity comes from PB'ing the right way, doing Twin Snakes, keeping Demolish up all the time and hitting your positionals
It’s not really a thing in high-end stuff a majority of the time
Summoner do have natural AOE in their moveset, so in certain scenario they edge out
Gotcha
Personally I'd say BLM has a pretty shitty leveling experience though
Idk I might just stick with leveling Paladin up until I can get to and level Dark Knight
BLM gains new traits that modify the effect of existing spells as they level up, more so than other Jobs
Which makes it very confusing for new players to work out what is their best options at that level range
Just play what looks fun
There's no wrong choices, only choices that didn't click with you
It all looks somewhat fun that's the problem 😂
Play them all
Except Bard.
Archery is meh.
Wish it was a legitimate Bard. Not an Archer with Bard being slapped on it
What level is DRK unlocked?
50 but starts at 30
requires you to get into HW area though
the other expansion jobs do not require that, that's why I pointed it out
ALSO. Because I heard this. Is it true White Mage out dps's all tanks?
Depends on the player
nah
On casual content a healer will outDPS tanks
not in a vacuum at least
On raids, a healer and a tank are very similar on DPS output
Obviously but lets say both are optimal asf
than the tank still wins, if both play optimal
Tank wins, by design
Then let's assume savage... they are very similar, but on a similar performance, a healer should do a little bit less, because they also have the task of y'know...healing
It sounded not true to me but my buddy was talking to a mutual friend who's a Warrior main and been playin the game for a while and apparently he said White Mage out dps's all tanks
Wasn't sure if he's full of shit
So, your friend's qualifications are they played tank for a while
We can use empirical evidence, hold on a sec
Pretty sure he's endgame and has cleared basically everything
this is aDPS
the type of DPS at which WHM excels at
WHM is not outDPSing any tank, on Savage, taking into consideration All percentiles
Now let me take 95th+
That chart there are the data from players who uploaded their combat data
still nope
Course, i said they're on a very similar level
Close but still under
Do note that healer dps is all about healing as little as you can get away with, so it also kind of depends on the group
To an extent at least
Just trying to get an understanding of the game as I'm still nooby to ALOT
As a healer you basically could cast a dmg gcd or a heal gcd. And every time you can choose to dps instead of healing... that's good
And knows nothing
I've somewhat followed meta off and on for a couple years now everytime I had considered getting into FFXIV and it seems like there's been ALOT of healer meta changes no?
Nah
FFXIV thankfully has no meta
well, it has a general meta which is no duplicate jobs
Meta in XIV is good for... Speed kill?
The jobs are so close in terms of performance that "the best" doesn't matter outside of the extreme top end of players
I mean I know and have seen content can and has been completed with a wide range of group setups
I remember that some jobs aren't as desirable in different expansions, but I don't remember any strict meta...
With all setups actually
Oh, we kinda agree that AST is currently the most busted healer, but that still doesnt pushes me to play AST
All within just seconds of eachother when it comes to WR's.
Like Paladin is no good at all in HW times
Yea but that's the thing, all this meta stuff only matters if you are shooting for records
I don't remember what's up with WHM in Stormblood
No AoE lily
Well even then. I mean it was like a 4+ month old video I saw. But the top 4 times on whatever content it was
All had widely variable group comps
Yeah, people just play whatever they play best
1 even to the point of having 2 Gunbreakers
I recently watch a video of a solo tank solo healer Ultimate clear
1 where apparently DRK was actually considering really low tier and a WR clear had a DRK in it and apparently everyone was questioning it and the guys response as to why he played it was because "I like Dark Knight. It's fun"
It is just a display of what can be done with a coordinated group
Yeah, DRK on UCOB world first
It's exactly the point though, if you are good at your job you don't give a fuck about meta
Just play what's fun to you and excel at that
I mean it's amazing that it's that balanced
Learning a job is too complex to just throw it away at the slight change of "meta" in this game
But it's so odd for me because I've never played a game that was 😂
it's wild 😄
I will admit. As a new player. New expansion every 2 years seems...eh
With the next one right around the corner 2
And all expansions tend to shuffle around how the jobs work, to an extent
Some random gave me demonic cookie,what do i do with it?,online gave me no clues
!item demonic cookie
idk if i should eat it lol
It is just a seasonal reward
Also...best game discord I've ever been in
Being able to literally get an answer for anything with the bot
And actually how helpful and not toxic it is
You haven't asked the right question for us to get toxic
Yeah, just eat the cookie btw
It is Halloween themed food, that's all
Oops, didn't see that Cypher has said what I said
Whats the question to make people toxic?
Hey guys, i got a question, where can i start the quest for odin? Because i dont have the "Primal Fear" quest at waking sands, ive done ARR and all the dungeons but no quest so far :/
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How much of the ARR
have you done
Hmmm, I do not have a good answer on that at the moment
Yeah im confused as well :/
Also suprised to see NIN so low on that list o_O
Just to be absolutely sure because people have got this wrong before
O_o
You are at the waking sands not the rising stones, yes?
Ninja has an skill called trick attack
!action Trick Attack
Delivers an attack with a potency of 350.
500 when executed from a target's rear.
Additional Effect: Increases target's damage taken by 5%
Duration: 15s
Can only be executed while under the effect of Hidden.
Yes. 5% group buff
You'd be surprised how often that is the issue 😄
Suiton>Trick Attack
Oh i know :P
Since it is damage received by the enemy
It is a debuff that benefits from every single buff your party has
that chart up there was aDPS
if you had the same chart with rDPS nin would be 3rd I think
Not 5% dmg received by enemy
Yeah, nin's 3rd
Wow
just goes to show how statistics can fuck with your views on things
So. rDPS is basically a way they calculate your personal dps and the dps you help achieve because of buffs/debuffs?
exactly
First game I've played with that o_O
it's the more important dps stat tbh
Granted it wouldn't exist if people didn't make 3rd party software
Does anyone have a visual guide on how plus works in triple triad cause the worded guide is confusing and ive asked before and was just told a vauge answer similar to the guide
uh... so AST has highest rdps compare to other healers now?
because it does the least personal damage
all those juicy cards + divination
all the healers care about dot uptime
Meh
Not shown in the picture: a Plus does not occur if the only cards that would trigger it are yours
Ty
Summoner and Bard care the most about their dots.
I would assume SAM would be dot heavy
Bard's toolkit revolves around getting procs based off your dots doing damage.
fair, brd wants dots to proc certain song mechanics
Could design it with multiple bleeds and even poisons
Delivers an attack with a potency of 250.
Additional Effect: Damage over time
Potency: 40
Duration: 60s Additional Effect: Grants a stack of Meditation, up to a maximum of 3
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Oh yea. Sorry. So many questions
850 potency, though you always use it with a buff that increases the damage it does by 50%
kind of?
yes, but not one you keep up for single-target.
Unless you can do a prepull doton
that's okay
but that requires the tank to work with you
Ok. Wasn't sure because the tooltip says nothing about it
But another buddy who was an old Ninja main said it was
if a skill mentions dmg and a duration it's usually a dot
I think they never really mention it explicitly
Was saying it's good for add pulls but other than that
That's pretty much it, yeah
Because I was asking what Ninjustu are actually solid and worth using or which were prioritized
in aoe you put down doton and otherwise spend your mudra on katon
Gotcha okay
Eventually you'll use all of them
Also learned the Hide trick
The only really useless one for a long time is Hyoton
Which is....probably not intentional? 😅
it is intentional
Wow
even says in the tooltip of hide that it resets mudra charges
you can't use hide mid combat so that's fine
just means you can put up Huton most of the time
to be fair, the tooltip doesn't say so when you get hide
At least numbers wise it looks solid. Always heard in videos and stuff it was mediocre
But also seems to have like..a cult playerbase who defend the hell out of the job
So using Kaiten with Midare is not the right move? 
It is
you kaiten both Higanbana and all Midare
I'm not sure if the opener allows for it before you get the trait for more kenki generation though
But I could be wrong
before 62 you have to do an unbuffed midare to buff higanbana
Yep
which is optimal assuming Higanbana lasts the full duration
Once you unlock Hissatsu: Kaiten your combos have Kenki generation, but the Kasha and Gekko skills require you to hit the rear and flank of an enemy for that Kenki generation
yes, but requires at least 1 person in each alliance
ty
note that due to the mechanics of the atomos boss, Labyrinth of the Ancients needs like 9-12 people at the extreme minimum to do
Syrcus Tower and World of Darkness don't have mechanics that require more players so just 3 is needed.
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what is the fastest recast time for monk right now?
Depending on what set pieces you use you will go faster
bis mnk just has 800 something sks
bis?
best in slot
ah
the point is, if you stack skill speed like a madman you could probably go pretty darn fast
but that's just not desirable anymore at some point
That table represents mnk gcd under GL4
ah, my bad
but how would one even get 4800 skill speed
it's just how it's referred to

because the first trait is GL, then enhanced GL
then the numbers start
so it's the 4th GL trait
just not actually named that way
i see
I dunno, maybe if you stack sks materia like a madman
But again, you don't want to go that fast 😄
yeah im trying to figure that out
but imagine punching something 7 times in 10 seconds
you'll lose dmg if you missalign stuff for raid buffs
putting crit materia in there will help your dmg more
see what im doing is just finding the highest amount of skill speed gear
does stormblood and shadowbringers have "epilogue" sidequests like heavensward's the path we walk?
and putting the crit materia on that
sort of
shadowbringers is spoilers
stormblood eeeh
idk about like
the feel of said said quest
cant think of anything off the top of my head
why am I getting damage down in the navel hard when it targets me with the boulder :(
why only certain hotbars change when I change to another class / job? can these be changed or "marked" somehow which change and which don't?
that's just what happens after escaping the boulder
but healers can esuna it
you can set which hotbares are shared hotbars
So they won't change when switching gearsets
it's under hotbar settings in the character config
ok I'll check, thanks
For reference
Jobs at most will have around 30 buttons
So 4-5 unshared hotbar should do
If i want to play on both ps4 and pc, would i have to buy the complete collection for both?
yes
But you only need one active subscription, I do believe.
Yup
Thanks. So if i would have the starter edition on ps4 and complete collection on pc i would just not be able to do things from the expansions on ps4?
Yeah
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For the HoH solo achievement, if I leave HoH after the boss fight on the 10th, 20th or 30th floor, do I have to start over?
you can safely leave after fighting bosses and still get the achievement
You just can't abandon mid-duty or die
oooh
I assume there's no checkpoints after 30?
so I'd have to do it in one go from 30 onwards?
it still uses sets of 10 floors
so if you need a break after boss 60, you can do so and start it back whenever
btw, can you get 99 aetherpools on HoH if you do just floor 21 - 30?
I see, thank you!
yes, but upgrading chance starts to go down as you go up in aetherpool
Is there a difference between the chicken suit from the quest, and the vendor-bought one?
nope
How do I check my elemental level in the character tab
can't. you need to enter eureka to see it.
you can see your actual level in the party menu, along with player search
Under party member it shows lv 20
I’m a conjurer and I’m level 10
I have one damaging skill called stone is that normal ?
Yes
It’s annoying
Wait do you have aero?
You're low level
It'll get better once you keep levelling up
I do
.
It is normal for healers to have few damaging spells, yes
If I may, why is it annoying?
At 45 you get your first AoE
Just to make sure we are on the same page
Like what Plattbagarn said
Healers can do damage in this game
And is expected to when there's no immediate healing required
The fights are longer with the mobs .... that’s basically it... if I may how do I obtain an anole egg?
!item anole egg
I think you interact with them in the area that has the Anoles in central shroud
You go towards the east portion and there's a cliff with a bunch of them. Either the eggs are on the ground and you interact with them or they drop from the mobs, I don't remember
does anyone here play on ps4?
I'm... not sure how that relates to asking if people play on PS4?
wait its cross play?
Yes
oof
The game is 100% cross-platform.
well i play on the light server
all servers are cross platform
so say if someone wanted to play with me from discord how would i go about setting up the party
They would have to be on a Light DC server.
ask their ingame name, add them as a friend
But basically just either one of you world visit and player search the other, then invite them to party, or make a crossworld PF group.
At level 70, your best xp will be daily roulettes > highest level leveling dungeon (69/71/73/75/77/79)
yee
Is there a place to see all patches that have been released? I'm curious how many 5.5x have been out
Alright, thanks
hotfixes don't get their own notes there afaik
Also don't count as 5.5x's
true
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Yeah no 5.51 yet. I suppose 5.5 like just came out lol
ok im gonna run some dungeons then
exactly
2 weeks ago
Yeah, we're way too close to the actual patch for a 5.5X to have come out.
What's a fast way to level up?
Don't we have a !faq for that?
!faq altlvlguide
That's the one, I forgot
I'm gonna say it again, that command really needs an update to mention Bozja
plus the 1 to 70 seems misleading with the lvl cap being 80
soon to be 90
oh how do you farm gil as well
Take it up with the mentors and mods.
Level crafters and gatherers, then learn to play the market board.
Depends on how much you need. Daily roulettes give a lot on their own
If you want /big gil/, gotta work harder for it yeah
Daily roulettes and weekly challenge log objectives can potentially give a few 100k per week, cumulative.
Gil is entirely useless outside of housing and specific collectible mounts
how much are those luxury mounts again?
25 and 50mil
damn
which are just reskinned versions of the namazu and qitrari mounts
I think I got like, 10~20M just from completing my crafting log from level 51 to 60 and selling everything. To give a bit of a reference frame.
Which, mind you, isn't in a days work.
This command was taken off a reddit post that was made shortly before shb launch and wasn't moved to the wiki, itll be updated at some point when bozja is fully released
How long is the HW MSQ vs ARR?
Were well aware it needs to be updated
Oh right I've been told this before
Yes I told you this last time
my bad, it's just bugging me probably
Hw msq has fewer amount of quests and is a tad shorter compared to arr but is still a decent full length game on its own
Quick question as i am doing HW
So do trial account get the post hw interlude and raids? Or is that tied to stormblood ,-,?
If its going to be updated to level 80 just before Endwalker launch, isn't that two more years of the same issue?
The base HW MSQ is about the same as base ARR, timewise. post-HW is significantly shorter than post-ARR.
Yes because we only have the data that we have tael
You can't update it with information that doesn't exist
The people making the guides are just players.
It's not like the guides are an official SE resource.
Oh, I meant more like, we have the data to get to level 80 already right? I'm not sure why wait until right before Endwalker
To be fair, you could probably put a small mention under the link that the same principles apply for lvl 71-80
just to avoid confusion
Yes you get post hw and the alexander/alliance raids/lv60 trial series
Use a defensive cd
Were not waiting till endwalker, just possibly 5.55 when all the bozja info is done so were not making several unnecessary changes
oh found out how to avoid the damage.. just need to tank the axe guy
I wonder: would the "accompany marauder" count itself (meaning it would always be activated) or it does not?
not the other one at the same time
Needs to be accompanied by another squadron member
thanks
Not itself
I sent an item to a friend through Delivery Moogle and they never accepted it. Is there a way to recover said item?
Is Behemoth a good server for a complete newbie to start in? I don't care about exp bonuses, I'm just concerned about the general health of a server and its guild activity
I don't think there's a way to recover mogmails.
I mean those two things are going to be fine regardless where you are tbh. It's not like you're going to join a server and find that there is no guilds lol. "health" is kinda moot because you do content across the entire data center and also tbh a preferred server would probably feel busier than most servers due to that being where all new players get funnelled by default
you have to do eden 1-12 before starting savage?
You unlock savage per set of 4
so i can just start from e9s-e12s?
yes
No
no, you need to do the whole of eden story
^ normal you gotta do in order
when you have completed e12n, you can unlock the savage variant
I see. I started in Exodus yesterday and it was certainly way busier than Behemoth because of all the new players. I'm just trying to make a sound decision for like long-term, you know? I had problems in WoW after picking bad servers so I don't wanna relive that situation
I haven't played WoW but from how I understand the situation XIV really doesn't have the same problem
I don't think XIV has any "bad" servers. Some are more oriented towards one thing than another, but most important content happens datacenter-wide, and you can freely travel between different worlds.
guess its hard to help a friend then
less people doing normal
can i like unsync it?
In my experience, queueing for Eden normal isn't any slower than another random dungeon
!faq worldpick
You can play on any world on any datacenter within FFXIV. Aside from the languages spoken, the physical location of the servers, and the status of each world, there are no major differences. This also means population on a given server is quite meaningless.
The majority of content is cross-world, with the exception of Free Companies, Linkshells, and restrictions when visiting other worlds.
If you don't mind where you play, choose a world that is Preferred or New for character creation bonuses. Check world status by using !status <world name> or via the Lodestone. For information about the status types, use !faq worldtype.
Notable worlds:
- Balmung & Mateus (Role-playing)
- Tonberry & Kujata (Large amount of Oceanic players)
- Moogle (Large amount of French players)
- Shiva (Large amount of German players)
ANY CENSUSES OR WORLD STEREOTYPES BEYOND THIS IS INACCURATE BIAS AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
Also, weird question but why do I come across so many ppl sitting down on chairs and benches? Is there any sort of buff to that or... I've played many different MMOS for almost 2 decades but this is by far the MMO with most ppl sitting down lol
Nope. Just people who feel like sitting down.
People like to rp @elder sorrel
I assume they do private RPing then because I don't see any public messages. (Yes I stalked them)
O.o
I'm not sure its RP so much as.. just casual expression
If I type /sit it doesn't necessarily mean that I am suddenly in character with a backstory or whatnot. It means that I felt like sitting.
Well that's the first impression that I had yes, but still, it's an interesting phenomenon to see so many ppl sitting down, even in remote places where there's barely any player activity. I assumed it had some sort of self buff mechanic
And because you felt like sitting it means you are rping by not sitting in real life but in game
there are also a lot of people that like to sit when afking
As a new player I thought it gave you the "rested buff" even when outside sanctuaries, but I guess not
If you're getting a rested xp bonus, there will be a little crescent moon icon to the right of your xp bar.
i used to /sit everywhere thinking it would give me increased hp regen 
I know u get bahamut at level 70 but how do u get the phoenix?
What is the skill name
its a trait i think, dreadwyrm trance gets converted into firebird trance when you get a bahamut stack
Firebird Trance, I think?
Old school MMO player vibes. I get it too 
Firebird trance but yeah it's not a skill you put on the hotbar
you can look in your skills by pressing p
Is it a quest skill then?
No
no you just get it by leveling
You get Firebird Trance at 74? Iirc, then at 80 it summons Phoenix
One last question , is the phoenix an upgrade to bahamut or does it count as a dif pet with aoe
It's a different phase
Its a different pet
different pet, summoner rotation is dw trance -> bahamut -> phoenix with downtime in between
You might want to check out a SMN guide, it will help you more 🙂
You go DWT > Bahamut > FBT/Phoenix
^
... is that out of date? I hope it isn't.
@jolly sorrel most of the guides I've seen don't explain it that well it's mostly people doing super fast rotations without much explanation
Your first mistake was using youtube.
written guides are preferable but for videos wesk alber is good for learning as you level
akhmorning has a nice guide for SMN
^
Youtube will usually not hit the points you need outside of specific creators
Just use the guide Indy linked
Do u need pazuzu feathers for the anemos version of lv 70 job gear, the armor
Only for the relic I think
Whew
Armour just needs Protean and Amenos crystals
You also don't need to upgrade the armor to purchase the elemental set
Double whew
How do I use glamour plates? I don't fully understand how to
Which bit you confused about?
Also I got a tyrannosaur horn from lockboxes but I already have 1
I can't trade it nor sell on mb
Do I just sell to NPCs
How to save plates, where I can change glamour plates
I get the gist that its to save glamour sets for easier access but I can't save any plates and I dunno how I can change them as well.
Why the hell is this mission always a failure? I'm only missing like 30 points in 1 attribute...
You need to go to a glamour dresser
^ at an innroom
Need all 3 attributes passing
Flagged missions require all 3
Either change classes or you can do training from the board. Could try to lose some blue to add yellow
how exactly do i lose blue to add yellow... they only allow me to get a max of 280 attributes from training
Certain trainings will lose one attribute for the other
Training after hitting max attributes redistributes your existing training stats
If you’re maxed it swaps around boosts to make them work
but i can't just lose blue, if i want to train yellow both red and blue will go down.
and then ill be short on red...
You can go Yellow then Red
You can still try a different combination of characters
For the PC version, is there any way to enabled vibration when using a Dualsense?
What does tenacity even do
"Affects the amount of physical and magical damage dealt and received, as well as HP restored."
I have no idea about a Dualsense, but for my PS4 controller I had to install a third party program to emulate an xbox one instead.
However, the amount it actually affects isn't worth melding it over other stats.
I c
if you put everything into tenacity it's like 8% mitigation
which yeah, is not worth it
Lmao 8%
!faq stats
Ooh thanks
So what's a good way to level up your DPS from 71 to 80?
does the exp you get from bosom buddies increase?
Outside of running roulettes, bozja and the pixie beast tribe are good xp
If you're waiting in queues, doing the fates is also not a bad idea since you get gemstones
@vernal urchin What's this bozja thing? Shadowbringer's Eureka?
its 5 and 10% of the exp needed for the next lvl/rank of your chocobo, so yeah the number gets higher but % wise it stays the same
its asking you to provide the information needed, i believe you need to reply to that email
ah okay
jon wants a reply 
You get a decent amount of xp for doing stuff in bozja, and you get rewards for it as well, so it's a decent idea
i lost the original email for my account,and i don't remember what i typed to register for this account T.T
i see
If you take a below-80 into bozja, you get access to your all your skills regardless
its not a ban, its a suspension
they just need to verify the information for the account
as the names do not match compared to your e mail
i don't get any information for my account,i forgot it
You do not know your own name and birth date?
did you type in a completely random name upon creation? if you aren't exactly sure which info you used just reply with the different options
the support email is literally asking for your name and address
i just type random text for the registeration
why
GG.
does collecting a certain amount of aether currents increases your movement speed in that zone eventually or
is that only for flying
just flying
only gives flying
oh
you have to purchase riding maps from the centurio hunts vendors for more speed
oh
Hi all, attempting to change colour of my chocobo. Do I need to keep it in the stable for 6 hours for the colour change to take effect
Or can i fetch it out for use
it needs to remain in the stable until coloured
Noted! Thanks for the swift reply @agile laurel
which brain says 'overnight' but 6 hours sounds possibly correct
could well be 12
i may be wrong there tho
The default color of the chocobo is Desert Yellow. Players can change the color of their Chocobo by feeding them snacks while the chocobo is in its Stable. Once the chocobo has been fed a suitable combination of snacks, its plume will change after 6 hours (Earth Time). Keep in mind that different snacks will alter the colors differently. The chocobo must be kept in the Stable for a minimum of 6 hours for coloration to take place.
@agile laurel I mentioned 6 because the in game notification tells me the plume will be read in 6 hours!
@jolly sorrel thanks! That's exactly what I needed too
Is there a quick way to switch between 2 gear set lists?
Basically I want a single button or something to switch to my secondary gear.
You can "drag" entries from your gear set lists onto a hotbar, if that is what you mean?
ive spent the past 3 hours trying to get a trial account working, but each one says that my id is incorrect when i try to login to download the game
Are you using your email or your username? They are separate.
And the launcher wants username specifically
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i try both, and i used two separate emails in my attempts
@jolly sorrel that's better than what I've been doing for sure. Thanks.
Was just wondering if I could hit shift and M or something to do a quick switch back and forth. But that'll work.
Could keybind the hotbar slots :p
even on the website and mogstation, it doesnt see my accounts and wont let me log into them
I just downloaded the game for the first time, gonna play with a few friends (with the trial to begin with), I know we won't be able to form a party ourselves but that we can get invited. We're gonna start on Phoenix, anyone knows if the server has a discord of its own so we could maybe ask for a party creation from there? Or is there a proper place to ask on this discord?
@grizzled garden I remember having issues since I forgot I made a square account years ago. I was confused for about an hour and had to reset passwords and stuff.
My in law can't even access his account anymore. Not sure what happened but he definitely isn't a hacker or someone who's offensive. Something about maybe it got hacked so they locked it but he can't figure out how to get back into it. Quit trying after a few days.
i wanted to play the trial with my boyfriend, he got his to download immediately first try, exact same method
but it never worked for me
In your quest log, you see the little carrot item.
Thanks
@grizzled garden if you aren't locked into anything maybe make a whole new square account and all that.
@grizzled garden honestly shouldn't be this hard so it's possible something went wrong. Could always call customer support too
ive already tried that twice, and i cant even access an account i made last year
because when i first started that account had already used the free trial, which is why i made the next two
im so annoyed
A friend skipped the stormblood MSQ, but now cant start the sam questline to unlock samurai, it says that they would need to install the DLC but already has all DLCs in Mogstation
Damn that sucks. I don't know what it is about Square but I have issues with their site and stuff also.
Is there a way to show cooldowns for abilities you put on the L2+R2 hotbar? Right now I have them on the double tap hotbar so I can see them, but if I could move my CDs there and still see them would be optimal
Can they screenshot their game?
Do they have a level 50 character? Story skip doesn't level you up
character is level 59
Just here Sosa is fine
You can set expanded hotbars to be permanently visible from the hotbar settings. I forget the exact option though
I assume that's what you want?
Yes :) I'm looking for the option - might look a bit messy tho
It would probably by under config > hotbars > cross probably
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As of 2019 A New version has been posted. Please quickly run from this abomination and go here instead!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI5TYWCuCqY&t=339s
A lot has been going on since I originally opened this channel with it but I've only now had the chance to look into expan...
here we go
could it just be a server side thing? like, square enix taking forever to verify my account andthats why i cant login?
Seems like it's not possible to show expanded hotbar permanently, I'll adjust my muscle memory to use WXB and throw out of combat stuff on the expanded
||Alphinaud sister said "I go do things my way" and disappeared forever. Will she return at some point and will it be explained, why she didn't appear ealier?|| Just yes or no please, no spoilers
yes
Yes
Thanks
I will just add and this isn't really a spoiler but I'll tag it anyway. ||the earliest you can see her again is in an optional piece of content you can miss||
@wintry chasm thanks for reaching out, but seems like restarting the pc has fixed it :d
Oh yeah if he only just added the expansions and stuff he'd have to log out first for the game to update lol
however it is EXTREMELY missable tbh, if you don't do it you won't lose anything
Is a nice story but sure it's not ultimately important to later plot ¯_(ツ)_/¯
One of those small nods the game has
Trying to do the Artemis Bow quest and need to do a Duty in Ampador Keep but I went to that location on the map and don't see it.
Also ,what happened with the dungeon tank queue's. lol. I remember them being 1-2 mins max, now it's almost 20mins and still no pop on 75-80 dungs
Also is there a reason why dragoons use all draconic style with armor and weapons, while fighting AGAINST dragons? I didn't start Heavensward yet btw, so if it's explained there — don't spoil please
I'd understand if dragons were sacred idols or something like that, but it's quite opposite, no?
Dragoons use dragon powers to do stuff
Fighting fire with fire let's say
So i managed to beat ARR and 7th astral with PLD but im making a new charachter so I can play with friends on a different data center and I switched to LNC, are there any differences I should keep in mind going from tank to melee dps outside of the obvious
- dont attack something if the tank hasnt build aggro on it
- your ranged attack sucks
- try not to get hit by AOEs since the healer isnt focusing on you now
Stand at the enemies' asses
Okay, and thats because of cone aoes right?
Otherwise I don't think there is much to it
Yeah and also as a dragoon you'll have rear and flank damage bonuses on some actions
so you want to stay at the back to get them
Are there any examples of like, reverse cone aoes? Which come out of the anemies backs
Yes
Still feels wrong. If I'm not wrong, their church condemns ANYTHING tied to dragons, to the point the execute people for it. And in the same time they have a small army, that uses draconic powers and wears scaled armor with horns
The crocodile ass things in Qarn for example do cone aoes backwards with their tail
Oh right, but it isnt as big as with ninja or samurai right?
Sunken temple of Qarn? Isnt that optional now?
Fair enough, I played xenoblade so hopefully I'll be fine lmao
Church and hypocrisy goes hand in hand doesn't it? 
You'll learn a lot more about that stuff with HW and some from the DRG job quests
Yeah from what little I played of heavensward the church kinda came off as the bad guys, or at least are an equally flawed faction compared to the dragons
can't argue with that
hey, anyone here using GeForce Experience Filter? got a problem with it lately.
Have you never played a final fantasy game?
If there's organised religion in any way shape or form it's probably evil
The big bad of 13 dresses like a pope to boot
no, I didn't
||The big bad of 10 is basically the equivalent of pope||
Is there a way to make the mount hotbar show up automatically when riding a mount with actions (e.g. Cloud Mallow)? It does that for quests and such, but not if I’m just doing my own thing. I have it enabled and I can switch to it from my default bar
I am on PS4 btw
It's character configs > hotbar settings > display > automatically replace crosshotbar 1 with pet hotbar when mounted
Should be able to tap r1 to cycle on off your mount hotbar with whatever crosshotbar you were using before
There's also a setting for use mount hotbar under hotbar settings > cross
Might need that too, I can't fully remember
Yeah so I have those settings enabled and everything but it still defaults to my regular hotbar when mounted and I have to toggle to the mount bar
@rough fossil ps4 user here. Just curious why do you want to default to the pet mount actions?
Well if they’re there I want to use them because it’s fun
I see.
Plus while mounted you kinda dont need your own usual hotbar anyway
The dismount button is generally on there...plus you can still use the extended/wxhb to dismount if your mount ks there
Actuslly, I kind of open up my menus to take a look when I'm on autopilot
I don’t see why that would affect tour ability to dismount. But I mount/dismount using R3 anyway
I was gonna suggest using either l1+r1 to Dismount, or whatever hotkey you use to summon the mount. I have a sprint+mount macro set to L3
any geforce experience filter user here? >.<
I know someone who assumed you can only dismouny using the dismount hotkey from the mount hotbar so
Well then seems extra useful to have it default to the mount hotbar then
Hello, does someone know if we can do tribal quests with higher lvls and give the crafts with lower lvls so we can gain exp with it ?
you can do this with the earlier level beast tribes, where you accept it on the lower level tribe, craft it on the higher level
Combat no, crafts yes provided they meet the minimum level
the key thing to remember is to accept the quests on the job you want the exp on
Same applies to custom deliveries, but you Turn in on the job you want the xp on
Hi
So i took the lvl 45 Fisher quest "I believe Fish can fly" and gathered the required fish for the quest which is 5 cloud cutters, now when i went back to limsa to complete the quest. I couldnt interact with the NPC. So i abandoned the quest and now it won't re-appear and i cant accept it anymore.
What's the NPC's name?
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Sisipu is the one who give u the quest
ok thx
@strange coral
Try restarting the game. Sometimes logging out and back in fixes weird npc issues
You're sure you abandoned it? Check your quest log.
Just double checked, its not there
I already issued a ticket in-game
but idk how long it'll take them to reply
guys can paladin or dark nights be dps classes or do they have to be tanks ?
They are tanks
when should rdm use moulinet
You'll have to wait on support then. The only other thing I can think of is that you're not on fisher class when talking to Sisipu. @tall osprey
okay.. how hard is tanking in ffxiv? like for a player that never played this game before
Easiest role in the game
do i always wait til it’s enchanted
hahahahahaah
Yes, you never use unenchanted sword attacks
Can anyone help with ACT so I can become a better player?
Cause then they're physical and dont scale of your int
oh kk
really? i thought tanks was hard because they need to know every dung and raids and stuff
Nah
Lol no
Just dont stand in bad stupid
Put tank stance on > hit things > use defensive cooldowns > dont stand in bad stupid
theres a couple good act install guides on youtube if you want help with that
And you're better than majority of tanks
Normal is just don't stand in the obviously telegraphed attack 90% of the time
(normal/hard)
Thanks @split isle I used it for eq2 but it seems harder to access
Extreme is also don't stand in the telegraphed attack but this time with no orange warning indicator
!faq act
Advanced Combat Tracker (ACT) can be used to view and record combat in real time to see player damage, healing, etc. ACT logs can then be uploaded to FFLogs to compare your performance with other players.
Please note this software is technically against the FFXIV Terms of Service and should only be used for personal improvement. Mentioning ACT/Parsing in-game, particularly to harass other players, is likely to result in punishment against your Square Enix account.
Oh, and sometimes tank swap
See link @dusky dirge
It helps to know the fights, but the same is true of dps and healers. You can learn by doing them. Or you can watch a video guide for each dungeon, but it's not necessary .
Tanks is easiest to learn because you survive mistakes nobody else would lol
Good old tank privilege
Literally just.press your buttons
And dont stand in the very obvious bad
well fair enough, then i will keep leveling my paladin 🙂 btw one more question though... is it worth to buy the game.. right now im on free trial.. like what would u guys in here recommend ? keep leveling as free trial or buy as fast as i can so i dont miss anything
i waited til i got to lvl 60
Buying primarily lifts trial restrictions until you get later into the game to access expansion content
i find keeping AoE aggro pretty difficult but maybe thats cause my tanks are level 30 at most
if you want to try out multiple classes and level them you should just do that on free trial since you can go to 60 and not have to spend money
Just hit things witb your aoe
Its not hard
Gunbreaker, easy tank imo
How do I get to ishgard, I am not attuned to any of the crystals there and can't travel there by airship.
If you lost aggro then your gear is shit or you're not aoeing
how often?
Every gcd
Did you start the HW story yet?
@tall osprey dont think i have that class? cant see it on main screen
I don't know. But I have a quest in ishgard.
Gunbreaker is an expansion job yoy get at 60
All I know.
some classes dont have aoe at that low of a level, but as long as you are you shouldnt have a problem holding aggro even if they are single targeting one
Job quest or story quest? In the 50s job quests will ask you to go there, even if you don't have access via the story yet
Go to corethas and go to the gates to the north ish of the zone
Story
ah okay 😄 well im only lvl 12 so long way to go still trying to figure stuff out with quest map and all that
Tanks in general aoe at 2+ mobs cause again its just more dps
Due to how aoe damage works
Teleport to dragonhead and coerthas central highland and go west to the gate/bridge. There's an entrance thing there.
80 potency to 2 mobs is better than 130 to one mob
i havent played tank since the changes from ShB so PLD having an AoE that does damage still doesnt register in my brain a lot. but i didn't know to basically spam it
!action holy circle
pld has 3 aoe really. Even your magic phase has an aoe move that is better at 2+ targets
im level 40 PLD so im not even sure what "magic phase" is c':
Learn to love Eclipse and Prominence
Ty, just confused was all.
@prime cargo I said I wasn't gonna buy the game untill I hit lvl 60 on all classes but I ended up doing it , the market and stuff is very useful imo
id say if you play the game till ARR is done and find you like it, buying it is probably worth it at that point
pretty much ^
Does bahamut cast a spell every time I do? So if all your spells are instant spam cast he also spams them?
does this include healers?
yes
Even White Mage due to Holy's stun
And some at 2+
ive heard mixed things about holy spam
But within doubt, aoe spam at 3+

