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Okay
!faq altlvlguide
reflect does an animation
yes that's the issue
So when do I wait.3 and wait.2
wait.3 usually when your character does something on the workbench
wait.2 is when your character raises the item for a buff
Ohh
I c I c thanks
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It worked :D
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leveling up crafting disciplines on free trial will take long? U will only be able to use ingredients you can gather by yourself right?
not too badly assuming you also level gatherers and use the ishgard resto
ishgard resto is an npc?
it's content as with it's own crafting and gathering materials
it's a self-contained area that makes it easy to get materials for the recipes near your level
ohh great thanks, i will check it out
How do I add a hat to my chocobo mount
once you've completed a certain point of post-heavensward MSQ, a blue quest will appear near the main aetheryte in Foundation
barding. there's tons. any specific one?
character > companion > third tab
btw you do need to acquire bardings
you can get more bardings by crafting them or by buying them from the marketboard
Barding ?
it's what chocobos wear
I see
By default, you only have the default chocobo saddle, and your Grand Company's initial barding to pick as an outfit.
You unlock more via Grand Companies, crafting, or other side content most of the time.
there's a barding styled after like 95% of the trial battles in the game
various others related to leveling your chocobo's skills
some from other varied sources
worth checking the market board
and then inquiring off of that
bardings are also comprised of 3 parts, so you can mix and match.
hi guys, sorry i'm new to housing, and trying to get some ideas here and there, i cant find this kind of furnishing that allows to add more table tops on it, anyone knows the name?
Cool
ah crap it's something u have to buy with real money :/ tyvm Wynne
if you're not too kept on the style, you can likely just construct something similar with other items
it'll impact your item limit but you can definitely use other blocks to construct some tiered shelving
Can people send friend requests to me even if iโm not online/ingame? and i Can accept it later or
no
awww thx for answerin
oh tyvm, would you know what other furnishings i can use to make it similar? i'm so very noob on this
can i play 3.0 patches on free trial?
i mean 3.1 3.2 3.3
we usually call those 3.X, and they are included with the trial
is it harder to upgrade zodiac weapons compare to anima weapons ?
yes
Zodiac weapons have some very annoying steps, chiefly the atma > animus books
||Is Y'Shtola blind after aether travel? So she's like Daredevil now โ sees the world via aether, but not with her own eyes?||
Anima weapons are mostly just poetics grind which is pretty low effort
Yes, precisely
okie , thank you guys โค๏ธ
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Is there a cheat-sheet with images that explains what the icons next to monsters are?
worth noting at some story points this tends to not hold a ton of water - best to just take it as it is, to be honest
How do I earn Crafting Scripts?
Custom deliveries and collectable turn ins
Turn in collectible items. You'll need a crafter class at least level 50, and then there's a small quest in Revenant's Toll that explains it.
Custom deliveries and collectables
if you mean the icons in front of the name, they don't really mean anything, if they're red then the monster is hostile and blue means it's passive, the shapes are too inconsistent to be worth paying attention to

Red means agressive, they will go after you if you are not 11 levels or more above them.
Blue means they just ignore you on all levels.
how to get Rebel Coat?
Craft it from mats from zonureskin maps
It's a high-level Weaver craft.
Buy it or get a weaver at lv 80 and craft it yourself.
Yep, the level 80 maps for materials.
Rebel Coat is an M7 WVR craft.
Spend alot of money on the market board
Or just straight buy the coat
Otherwise just go do maps
They're fun and you get a good amount of money out of it
you can die as many times as you want in DR normal right?
just dr savage with restrictions
yep
Assuming you clear eventually before the timer runs out, yes
It still drops your mettle, but you can be revived and all.
does dr savage have any story associated or is it just "hey heres this crystal with MODIFIED MEMORIES" like other savages
The latter, except it's you going over the script with the editor
Hello, I plan to buy a weapon skin~ Is the skin appliable indefinitely, like if I change my weapon at some point, can I reapply the skin WITHOUT buying the skin again ? Or will I have to buy the skin again to apply it ?
!faq glamour
'What is Glamour and how do I unlock it?'
Glamour is the process of changing an equipment's look into a different item with the use of Glamour Prisms. You can unlock the ability to glamour by doing the level 15 quests 'If I Had a Glamour' in Vesper Bay, West Thanalan. Although not required, you can unlock the ability to dye gear with the nearby quest 'Color Your World'. You can get the Orange Juice needed by talking to the nearby Merchant & Mender. Items used for glamouring are not lost upon use.
'How do I glamour? Where do I get more Prisms?'
Glamouring is done by right-clicking (Square or X on controllers) on the equipment you want to glamour and choosing the option 'Cast Glamour'. After clicking this you choose the item you want the appearance on the right half of the menu that opened up. You can get more Glamour Prisms by either crafting them after completing the quest 'Absolutely Glamourous', buying them from your Grand Company Quartermaster, or buying them from the marketboard.
yoo, im new and from New Zealand, wondering which servers most AU/NZ people play on apart from japan because alot of the NA ones have big queues
tonberry and Kujaka
oh you mean on NA
well they're all in the same place in california so
ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
yeah - JP ping is nuts
JP ping should be way better than NA for you
i ping it with cmd and it was 300ms but NA was 150ms, ty for helping tho
How does "Further Ruination" work?
I do egi assault1/2 but sometimes it doesn't give me a further ruin stack. (i'm pretty sure I witnessed Ifrit doing the command)
What level are you?
then only egi assault I will grant further ruin stacks for now
Are you being synced down
you'll get further ruin stacks for egi assault 2 at 74
Oh, do I need to be a higher level to get stacks from egi 2?
yes
wack. Thanks for the help
it seems so far but I'm enjoying the story of heavensward. I can wait
not like you'd have any content where you can be 62 anyway then
Okay so I unlocked the first stage of resistance weapon
How do I progress questline
at which quest are you?
Do bojza in the southern front
How
Which requires 5.1 done
Oh
^
Yeah, figured I'd pool all my MSQ exp into SMN because faster i get it to 80 the easier it'll be to level off classes.
"The Wyrm's lair" . Heavensward Spoilers ahead: ||Iceheart realized she's not actually Shiva and Hresvaelgr basically shattered her faith||
How does SMN play? Complicated at all?
Lul
I've heard it's the easiest class in the game.
Lmao
seems pretty simple so far at 62
It's alot to juggle
It's one of the more complex, yet strangely easy job at the same time?
Very long rotation
It's not the easiest job, no one says that
It's one of the most complex jobs
smn is more complex than most jobs, lol
Drop AIDS. Spread AIDS. Juggle OCDs and GCDs. Manage charges and your summon's position.
Long rotation but it all fits together nicely so I'd say above average in terms of complexity?

!faq smncycle
Gotta memorise all that
Question as a ps4 free trial player. If I purchase the game but don't download it, can I continue playing the free trial?
I remember when I looked into FFXIV before Shadowbringers it was supposedly insanely complex and at the time it was the only job that appealed to me so because of that I never got into the game lol
It's definitely fun to summon big pets to make things explode
I'm a sucker for any summoner-based class in any game i play so kinda fit naturally
No. You basically already have the full game downloaded
It just limits you
what's the best goodies to bring inside bozja while grinding there?
@hollow briar dang ok got it. Thought there was some workaround since it seems like a different client
Relic memories, clusters to buy stuff like mounts, emote and hair, lockboxes have glamour and a mount in
Makes aoe slightly less ass
I should stop looking at the later traits
SMN is like a high effort high reward job
Just bane chain dots
with bane+ doesn't this mean i no longer cast miasma + bio?
I mean let's put it this way. I'm on a PS5 and downloaded the PS5 beta and played it for a week. Bought the complete edition (PS4) last night and I didn't have anything to download
So having the full game just unlocks access to other things. Full game is already downloaded
It just you don't really have to constantly apply them in trash pulls
Since you can just bane off a different target to refresh other dots
On a scale of 1-10 how difficult is memoria misera ex
I wanna farm the mats
Eh like a 6
I mean I'm not scared of complexity as long as the complexity is worth it
Ooh a 6
Has more mechanics than the weapons together
@hollow briar yep totally understood. Thabks for your clarification.
Damn the normal was very simple
I was attracted to NIN and BRD because of their "complexity" but really NIN seems easy once Ninjustu's are learned and BRD's complexity seems just from high APM and keeping track of multiple oGCD's
Extreme is mostly Normal mode but remove the aoe markers
So like dragoon lv 80 job has 5 pieces
Do I have to do memoria 5 times?
I'm confused
Isn't bard pretty easy?
It's like any gear offer you got for the story
It gives you gear for the job you open it on
not really, you need to manage the dots and song properly
Do I get the idealist set via the totems or coffer
Both
I c
The totems buy the coffers
Oh
Goddamnit rolls again 
What is DoT clipping?
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say....reapplying dots when time is still left?
3s for bio/miasma and 1s for tri-disaster right
Gotcha ok. Went to The Balance discord to look at stuff about SMN
As late as possible but yes
Unless you're doing the 110s cycle then you intentionally clip at one point
Dot clipping causes issues because you lose time on dots before your next reset. Also, dots applied under buffs deal bonus damage throughout, so canceling them early is bad
Anyone with some nice UI layout ๐ that wants to share ๐ looking for some nice ideas
Plus, clipping early likely messes up your timings with tridis.
Ok another thing because I keep seeing references about it. Do dots you have applied not get amplified by buffs you get after dot cast?
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So that's why people recommend to Iron Jaws BRD's dots after you Raging >_>
Yes
Yep
When do you refresh dia as a whm?
Good to know.
Snapshot meaning?
When you need to
As late as possible as always
Refreshing healer dots too early takes a toll on your MP and is overall just a badly used gcd
Snapshot takes a picture of everything in that moment...all buffs and debuffs and applies the appropriate damage
whats the command for the quest in shadowbringer to see if im missing something
Ok but I have to ask as a dps. Lets say I have 3 seconds left on my DoTs. Is it worth it more in most cases to reapply at that 3 secs left or use another GCD and let the DoTs wear off before you reapply?
at that, just overwrite
Miasma has a 2.5s Cast time anyway
It's only at large measures where clipping is a massive loss
so casting at 3s won't lose you DPS
Well, tridisaster doesn't.
Overall, it's best to overwrite by a second or so than to lose ticks of damage
But it's an admittedly small thing
But Bard is also blessed to be able to reapply both at the same time
I'm trying to train up CNJ actually. Is it worth dropping Aero since i'm slow at killing anyway to the point where the DOT will actually run its course?
Just make sure you're also not losing usages of tridisaster
or is my MP better spent elsewhere?
But hell. If SMN is DoT heavy I might have to consider getting into it. I always have loved DoT heavy classes
there's theory crafting in there, but generally yes if a dot is not going to run its full course than its value goes down
Smn isn't really dot heavy, it's just... have the dots
we got miasma and bio. you're dropping both and you won't give it a second thought for the next 27 seconds
removing the dots doesn't really affect it much, besides making you bad
Ah.
Fester's dummy good to not use dots for
I was assuming 3-4+
Nope. Just 2.
(fester has 100 + 100 potency per bio+miasma you inflict and it does NOT trigger GCD)
Same as Bard ๐ญ
not to mention like i said, you won't put much thought into it
you drop miasma and bio immediately in the fight and then not think about it again. add bane if tank has a big pull
!faq contentunlock
Ty
Miasma III and such is a slightly deceiving name for newer players, because it upgrades from II, it's not an individual skill
ruin II deceived me for a good while till i realized it has a lower potency than ruin 1
I just realized Burst Shot replaces Heavy Shot >_>
seeing sprout arcanists spamming ruin 2 made me feel a bit better about it
If an ability reads as identical to another except better
yea, it's more of a movement tool
It probably is
and for Ruin IV ofc
i rarely cast ruin 2 unless Egis are on CD
or i need sudden burst damage to finish something off
Youll end up never casting it later
R2 is a movement tool and should be avoided casting at all costs
Unless you fucked up
yeah not many tools i got at 62. once i burn my charges and I need to run for my life i will spam ruin 2
The only movement tool smn should afford to use is ruin 4 if you're going to overcap, or the egi assaults
Or bio I suppose
pre Bahamut smn is a bit weird, yea
I spam Egi assaults when possible. if it's not charging, i'm losing DPS
What's the recommended race chocobo feed/training manual
Generally best to keep at least 1 charge of each egi
^yeah that
Keeping one egi assault is OK, keeping them off cooldown is bad
How do i check what I need still to enable flight in a given area?
Aether compass doesn't read anything.
Because yes keeping them capped fucks with your timings
and i don't see shiny blue markers
got it. wonder what quest i'm short of. I don't see any shiny blue markers
one is always via msq
Could be MSQ.
usually the last quest in a given zone
probably is MSQ
Is it the last one listed on the row? If it's that, it's probably the last story quest for the zone.
so the earliest point you can unlock flight for a zone is when the MSQ is done with that zone
I think the only one that doesn't work that way is Lakeland in Shadowbringers, and it's not long before the end of the quest chain that you unlock flight.
Azys la also unlocks very shortly before you finish it
when do people use mantra on monk cuz it seems very situational
On raid wides to help the healers
if i leveled up in aether in adamantoise can i transfer to leviathan or something later?
With money yes
thanks
18 dollars for a full transfer
When I do a quest and unlock an Aether Current does my regular ground mount speed increase?
no
and you need all aether currents for a given zone to unlock flying
Which is always at max speed however
gotcha ๐ thanks cypher!
Why do I get that error in kupo bot spam
I'll help in that channel
Thanks :D
Hello. So I am currently sitting at 215 Craftsmanship as an Alchemist wearing lv 43 Main and Offhand and level ~44 armor, how am I supposed to get to 275?
umm. level up?
Getting better gear. What level are you?
Can't really recommend gear when we don't know what you can wear
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I am level 55 currently, and have no access to HW yet.
Well...I'd wait for access to HW
The HW gear is a MASSIVE step up from the ARR stuff
Before Heavenward it's just kinda a hassle to gear up
If you must you can get the artisan gear from the Grand Company vendors but...that's the best you'll get
It's why everyone says just buy vendor gear because ARR you're supposed to craft and gather everything
I see. I guess time to grind those MSQ
I am a returning player, and i could vaguely remember that i needed to upgrade my account through the mogstation but i am not quite sure, is there a way to double check? (i login through steam)
If you are going to add an expansion yes, and to upgrade from free trial.
if you're on steam you'll have to do it via Steam for starter and expansions
unless you're a standalone player who plays through steam
Yes, they're different things.
Well the thing is i remember buying HS through steam
And the code didn't work back then
Check your Mogstation.
It should say full game or full game (steam) under account type
Rested XP can't be used and/or depleted in Eureka, Bozja, POTD and HoH, right?
It tells me Standard
Then you're standalone
So i buy the regular pc versions am i correct?
yes
Thank you very much for the big help โค๏ธ
Should i buy Shadowbringers right away? or level my way up to 70 first? (i am around 57/58)
up to you
Are there any benefits of me buying it?
assuming you're buying off the SE store, they usually need around a day or two for ScaleSlowFast to deliver the payment, usually
pre-70 you'd get access to Gunbreaker and Dancer at level 60 and....access to the Shadowbringers races
that's it
At what level is it wise to enter pyros?
its fine to enter pyros when you are able to
pagos is pretty much the only one that's recommended to enter later, since its pretty much the main one that's super annoying
How do you know when light gathering is complete here? I see the glowy-ness of the runes has has been changing and I think the arrow has moved but I don't have any real idea of my overall progress
Do they stop pulsing when one is filled?
The black runes fully glow when one is filled
gotcha, so I'm still under 10% there. Thanks!
that's basically an almost completed image
Going to be a lot of runs lol. I think I've done 5-6 now xD
Light grinding is one of the longer steps
People often party finder the 9th Alexander savage raid as its cheesable unsynced to farm anima light
Yeah I've been working on unlocking that - just cleared normal version of alexander's core so I think there.. 3ish more instances and then whatever I have to do to unlock the next difficutly
A9 is also the bane of duty finder
that bad?
with 5.55, late-ish may
late may/early june
Next patch is late may
something like that
So like 25th
after fanfest definitely
fun times soon
Should I be rolling on all these pieces dropping from alexander instances or are they worthless now?
more or less worthless
gotcha, thanks
If I have fan dance 3 do I need fan dance 2 or 1?
Oh!
Read your tooltips carefully
Just because it has a higher number in the name doesn't mean it's better or an upgrade
I was used to that in WoW, alrighty! Thank you ๐
question about chocobo coloring, hopefully i'm in the right channel, i have a list of foods he needs to change, do i keep feeding, or wait until the color changes to feed again? i did get the message that he's changing colors in 6hrs
Are there training dummies near the crystarium area?
There's 80 dummies in the tempest at ondo cups
Thank you.
if you're doing a first time feeding (as in first time feeding to change chocobo colours period) do all of the food recommended, assuming you're using the calculator.
yeah i'm using the calculator, i've changed his color before so not a first time feeding, just been a long time
ok if its a minor adjustment I.e your already close ish to the colour you want then i would stop there
but if its a big adjustment (like trying to go from pink to black), feed everything suggested by the calculator
big change, red to blue, i'll go ahead and stuff him with veggies then ๐ whoops, didn't mean to react myself
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yes, but what you put in there is going to largely depend on what you want.
melder, vendor, repairman, and wildcard
tbh wouldn't recommend a mender or melder unless you're not actively going to major cities
does wildcard mean a random one
yes
okie
hi guys, is there any significant advantage if I upgrade from free trial? currently i'm almost at the end of ARR MSQ and only play solo
market board access.
retainers, by extension, so much much inventory space
you likely actually have the level required to unlock samurai and red mage
Dumb question but how do you see what armor you have equipped?
Ah! Thank you!!
ic, thanks @agile laurel
Was it my attitude to arr or DK story 30-60 is much more entertaining?
The drk job quests are considered the best
30-50 is has a lot of lampshade hanging moments calling back to your formative quests back in ARR
And the same writer did shadowbringers story
They're also writing for the new expac
the writer of dk job quests wrote shadowbringers as well?
yup
ohh, cant wait
man, ive played like 110h already and i sitll have so much to do
thought that gw2 was long game
i was wrong
Which healer has decent job story quests ?
Astro? SCH is pretty lore heavy. WHM is... generic.
My friend is not at enough ilvl for the grand cosmos
What can be done immediately
Exarchic gear is out of question. Too much money
you can grind Eden Normal raids :d
!faq gearguide
He doesnโt have enough currency
Have they unlocked any of the Nier raids?
They just completed MSQ of ShB
Reaaal beginner question sorry do i purchase the game on steam or through their client? Not sure if it even matters
both are identical but lock you into the respective client
if you want to buy on steam, you must buy all future expansions on steam
if you started the trial on steam you have to buy it on steam
if you want to buy on standalone, you can buy all future expasnions on standalone/other storefronts
that too
Thanks for the help!
Do u need to use a retainers fantasia to change their hairstyle
yes
Then how do I know which headpiece clips
you dont
Major rip
Test it on yourself first i guess
Male characters don't have access to female hairstyles 
I'm trying to make 2B(without 2B hairstyle) and trying to figure out which doesn't clip and looks okay :/
2b hairstyle isn't genderlocked
Yes but it's expensive
price will only drop. guaranteed loot
use illegal 3rd party tools for like 5 seconds to dress a female character and see what it looks like
welp
I'll just get some fantasias and hope for the best ig :/
Least they're not expensive
hello can some one help me I'm trying to buy the game but honestly summoning cthulhu is less confusing
1: what platform 2: what free trial are you on currently
PC
There is more than 1 free trial?
Standalone PC
You can buy off Mogstation, the SE Store, basically any third party store that isn't steam
If you want to play on Steam, you need to buy off the Steam store
I just bought shadow bringers collectors edition for a good chunk of money
You need starter edition as well
but It wont acsept my code
that doesn't work, as you don't own starter
Just shadowbringers doesn't work
thats because you don't own the starter edition, trial does not give you ownership
Cause you own nothing
tl;dr You can't redeem the expansion on a game you don't own.
ok so how do I get starter?
You buy it.
Buy it
Make sure it's not the Complete edition, but yes.
ok thank you
Se store, third party sellers etc...basically same way you got shadowbringers
Nah I used Eorzea collection to check the hairstyles
Turns out most of them clips
@faint flare
hey guys, any quick guide on how to obtain leveling gears between lv71-lv79?
Dungeon drops
oh, you can't buy them from merchants
Craft
Mb
Do dungeons with trust
vendors and dungeons, but if you have full scaevan it should last you for a while
Vendor gear is fucking GARBAGE
Like lv79 vendor gear is like a tiny improvement over scaevan
i got scaven on left side, but complete crap on right side.
Vs actual proper gear
was thinking at least getting something not too crap for my right side before i head into the dungeons
Market board if you're buying stuff
And make sure it's high quality
Normal quality stuff is trash
Or just go get more tomes to finish scaevan
Farm tomes get all scavian
anything is better than what i have right now tbh. right side is a mix among lv60-lv68
do you have any poetics
Wasting gil on shitty gear isn't the smartest choice imo
yeah, but wanna save them for ironworks for my other jobs lol
please just buy scaevan
full scaven will last me till at least lv75? i think
Yes
How do I figure out what stats I need to craft hq 3 star lvl 80 items?
!faq balance
okay, i'll just get scaven then lol
these guys have macros and stats for HQ with NQ items
tl;dr lightly melded aesthetes is good enough
any tips of how to do the last 3 lvels to 80 on an alt...im struggling
Free trial goes to level 60 right? I'm getting close, lvl 50 warrior ATM but I'm doing lvl 37 MSQ story quests. My goal was to get to Samurai but I think I'll hit 60 before that. Should I grind up another job to keep going at the MSQ if I have to wait to sub?
Yes and you can't get samurai on trial
You should definitely do another job cause you're drastically overlevelled
Yeah I want a DPS and I read Samurai was one of the easier/selfish ones. I'm unkillable in the overworld but things take a little too long to die for my liking. Just got infuriate and things are dying much faster now. I'll try a mage then Ty
For alts should I just run around and grab every side quest I skipped + fates, and dungeons when I can for levelling?
!faq altlvlguide
๐ this man was ready
Just keep gear up to date and you'll kill things at a standard pace
Hey guys, was wondering which healer job you think is most interesting? I want to try being a healer, and so far iโve only tried whm
AST has the most amount of shit going on with it but I personally prefer Scholar
Scholar cause it rewards proper resource management
AST felt good at a low level to me but its only 52 so idk how it plays in endgame, felt more fun than early WHM tho
Yeah I didn't know marauder was a tank at first, I saw a big axe and was like Hulk smash
Even tanks do very respectable damage
Most of warriors damage is centres around its burst with Berserk/Inner release
Do heals put out decent DPS? If so I'll probably level a healer
๐คฃ okay awesome, white mage it is
Alright guess ill try ast when i get to hw, cards look sick
isn't it somethnhing like tanks do 1.5 x damage of healers, and dps do 1.5x damage of tanks?
Sounds about right, at least where i am all i do is aero and loop stone 2, not a bunch of damage but its something
Yeah all healers only have like 2 or 3 DPS skills until endgame really
high DPS like SAM and BLM do double of tanks dmg
Do you know where the merchant that sells greens (to summon chocobo) is in Limsa? I haven't been using it, gonna level him with the WHM class and hope he carries me DPS wise lol
It's that one Lalafell near the main aetheryte. I forget his name
You'll do alot more damage than the bird, which is why it's a shit tank
so it's like 2:1:0.75 damage output for the different roles?
not really, since DPS can differ. more of a healer<tank<ranged<buffers<selfish tier
Which steps are required for multiple Shadowbringers relics again?
All but the heavensward/stormblood raids
Oh man, so CT/Castrum, and DR?
Out of the new steps yes
Okie, thanks.
With rdps calculations and such healers are practically on par to tank damage
did they updated all the peotics gears into augmented version? i didn't remember they were augmented before.
Theres no exact ratio @manic flare
They did
yep
dang, sweet.
Since damage scaling is different every expansion
And you can wear two poetic rings
do the novice trials give exp ?
some, but not a lot
Guidhests? Tiny
nah the thing were you get the 30 % exp ring
Oh those... Uhh probably a tiny amount
ok thx
The key is the gear it gives
is the gear scaled ?
15
lvl 15 i think
Just very good for that level
ah yeah in general on targeting
In a lot of ways it's easier than with kbm
to swap targets you always have to stop pressing shoulder buttons yes ?
is six sided star used as part of the rotation or more utility
It's for short downtime or as a final hit
Like dodging a point blank aoe
Or before a boss jumps away/dies
thanks
What can I do thatโll be useful if I buy an ig apartment?
Can I put in stora-
reduced teleport costs
Yes, you can use housing storage for indoor items.
indoor furniture storage
Bummer
Can I input coordinates to make a marker on my map?
Yes
What do I input?
<x00.0, y00.0>
For clarification I'm trying to find a place not mark it :)
Ty
Typing the coordinates in chat just says them ๐
The map has coordinates at the top when it's open
Are not all collectibles appraisable?
What is better when grinding Loathsome memories, Crystal Tower or Castrum?
For example, I have this Fire Moriane thingy which is not being listed at the Appraiser
Rarified goes to appraisers, others are custom deliveres
CLL since it gives 5 per clear
how can I check whom to deliver them to?
tried for this item, but didn't find any NPC name, only about what I can break it down to
hello, i cant create a new character on Omega Server. is it a temporary situation ? My friends did create new character on this morning btw.
!status Omega
Temporary
The. It's aetherical reduction
Iโm assuming CLL is castrum?
Then that's for aetherial Reduction
ah thanks
yep
is there any cheatsheet link of those which can be sold?
no collectibles can be sold post gathering revamp iirc
oops wrong person
oh
thx
so only Aetherize them?
Or discard
But reduce them for crystals
aye thanks
Has anyone else had an issue with the game audio cutting out entirely?
I've confirmed it's not a hardware issue.
I was in the middle of Praetorium and the game audio just stopped existing.
I can still hear things from other non-XIV applications, so it's not a problem with my headset.
And my sound settings in game haven't changed.
Sounds like FFXIV's audio driver just had a fit. Check if a restart fixes it :d
Yeah, that's my next step once the instance ends.
I was just curious whether this was a common "known issue" or if it's a rare, yet annoying bug.
It's a rarely common bug because the audio driver is made with duct tape and wishes
lol
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do u need to pay real money to have ur character name changed?
yes
and to have your fc name changed?
no
ok, thxs
how dose one find a mentor
is there like an optimal time to start leveling alt classes?
Not really... Other than after mounts I guess
i started mine after finishing MSQ
Is there anyway to give names to your retainers that are already taken
i put a dash in the middle of the name, like cyn-thia
Q: Anyone have a Chocobo Build? Or just work up healer line first, then DPS?
Okay, haven't really taken notice much of the poor girl after 6ish years absence (left game but back now!). figured if this one plans to be the best dragoon one can be, then one should look after the welfare of their companion as well.
personally, this is what I've done for my chocobo
Do note you can max all 3 trees out at rank 20, but that requires thanvanian onions
Yeah, I'm relearning things after a long time leave thus picking up what I can
!faq newplayertips
@thorn aurora
Many times I feel like a newb. ๐ especially in the dungeons as I work my way thru the MSQ
Are Quietes and Bloodspiller physical?
!action bloodspiller
I mean the golden rule of thumb is they should be since it doesn't specify
I need some help solo T9 unsync.. I'm dying from this attack that I have no way to avoid
Physical, as they are Weaponskills
i assume you're getting to 2nd phase with her
You need to kill it faster
cos you need to burst her at like 45%
well that's not indicitive for them to be physical, since their AOEs are magical
The tether is supposed to hit everyone in the party and is an instant kill if it hits someone twice while they still have the debuff
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
I heard people said stop at 47% wait for 2nd tower...
But it's hard to control that
Well, it's just a showerthought based on lore and all. Since they are darkness charged attacks but whatever, I guess.
Either do meteors and have all your burst ready, or skip meteors and click buttons harder than normal
they're both physical looking at fflogs
i mean
generally if it says "does attack with potency"
its phys
if it says does "unaspected dmg"
its magic
or "<insert whatever element> dmg"
Is there supposed to be an easier way to target lock when tanking? Some guy wanted me to tank something on the right, but usually when I try and aggro something other than the first monster, it just faces back to that one.
Which fight?
Sounds like you got soft targetting on
Oh, I'm aware but I was wondering since they are astrally charged they shoudl technically be magical in nature. But it doesn't matter from a gameplay perspective.
Under character configuration in general, check "change target circle to target select"
So your target doesn't auto change back
blue magic is very on point in telling what is and isn't physical or magical
Yeah, but BLU needs the distinction for carneval
A bunch of fights reflect damage, or have target requirements to use magical or physical
with normal content, everything that is important scales off your main stat anyways
aka: not summoner physick or unenchanted melee combo for RDM
noob question but is it even possible to hit positionals when you're just fighting a single enemy
because they like turn and face you
No
in the overworld, not really
Not unless they're stunned or casting
It is, but not something you should be worrying about
You can use things like True North to defy positionals though
oh right
I was doing fine with mnk and now I have all these crazy moves
i dunno when to even use perfect balance lol
It's your burst
As soon as you can
To spam dragon kick and bootshine
After the opener to align it with your burst
Ignore skills you don't have and just do that
wait does dragon kick give you leaden fist when you use perfect balance first?
Yes
Yes
ohhh
PB removes the requirement to be in the proper stance for the added effects
For any skill
i get it now
it's kind of confusing because it just says that it unlocks the moves you can't normally do
also what is the fourth icon here lol
Potions
tincture of strength
Dps pots to increase damage
a grade 4 HQ tincture of strength gives you like 500 extra STR for 30 secs
wow lol
its only if youre progging
well thanks all for the help, i still have a lot to learn haha
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can the uhh "The Resistance Remembers" quest step be done in castrum instead of running ivalice and hw alliance raids
No
That's the only step that can't be done in bojza
Stormblood fates are the alternative
whats the drop rate like?
15%
~20%, give or take for fates
yeah about that much
Enough to make you make a rant on reddit
fortunately, you only need to do it once
So I upgraded from the free trial to the complete edition last night (ps5), I keep checking the delivery moogles but I havenโt gotten my rewards for upgrading yet. Thereโs no code or anything for me to input because it was all done through the PlayStation store. What should I do?
About how long does it take to start making it into the expansion quest lines from level 1?
There's no rewards for upgrading
you dont get anything from buying the game
about 100-150 hours
at least, that's how long it took me reading everything and just doing MSQ
ohh i thought he meant ShB
Ohhhhhh I was reading the wording wrong. It says the rewards are for the collectors edition mb. Thank you!
How do you equip materia?
!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.
Thank you!
Can you get banned for using an anti-afk macro in eureka
if its like bozja then you can open hud layout and afk
amazing ty
do the other datacenters have their own versions of worlds like balmung?
or is balmung unique
not really in na since crystal is the rp data center
Unique is a very apt way of describing balmung
Will shadowbringers relic weapons get another update?
Yes
When's that assumed to happen and what ilvl would they be?
are tehre any flip flops in ff14 for all calsses?
Im trying to make a summer look and cant find any on the MB when i type in flip flops
try sandals instead
endless summer sandals
nothing
that was an event though idk if you can get em
They'll be on mogstation if they're not already
Try sandals as a partial match term
endless summer from mog station, moonfire sandals, summer sandals are all flip flop ish
me
i tried the moonfire sandles and saved myself 499k gil
Are tomestones of allegory used for anything important other than upgrading 510 gear?
Wanna make sure before I spend them
you can get mats for raid food and 490gear
seems like I'm alright to spend them on the crystalline rain upgrades then
how important are positionals on dragoon? just wanted to know
very
If a class has positionals, they're important.
What's the cheapest way to level crafting? Diadem gathering and then crafting for the firmament?
more or less
Sounds good. I just want to get all my crafts to 80 before EW
well i spent like 300k to dye my calfrider leather jacket from the normal default black (which is already pretty dark) to jet black dye
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default black is darker than jet black
yea i wish i had known
When sparning formidable, is it normal, that I do Foes, I do Family, and then the Finale just... doesn't spawn? I swear this is the third time I'm doing the chain.
it might be on CD
yeah
It can be on cooldown, but it is also a chance spawn.
(CD is 36+ hours after completing previous one)
formidable has its own cd
does this usually mean that someone found a S rank or a NM in this server?
not necessarily
Might be hunt trains, people returning home after hunt trains, some big RP event, or pure accident of lots of people hopping worlds. A queue of 8 sounds fairly tame
oh it was much higher before
some servers simply have a queue still to login too
lamia for instance i have a queue almost daily still, world visit cant just skip those
just returned to game, gathered some random stuff to fill out gather logs. These collectibles that don't seem to have a turn in at custom deliveries, collectible appraiser, or reductions, do I just lower the quality and vendor?
i dont see the point to lowering the quality before selling
can't vendor them as collectibles
ah well i mean sure but it's prolly more time efficient to just destroy and keep leveling
doubt those sell for anything worth anything to a vendor
i could also suggest you just focus on leveling/job quests instead of filling the log now.. simply because higher levels will give you more abilities and access to otherwise hard-to-get items also
does dlc packs come with gametime?
no
oof
i really wanna get back into this game but its quite a bit of money to hop into rn. do dlcs ever go on sale?
yeah
Question about ilvl syncing. Does it sync the overall ilvl, or does it sync each item down individually? for example, if a duty sync to ilvl 410, and I have a 510 ilvl piece and other slots using sub-410, would my overall ilvl after sync be 410 or sub-410?
there was a sale back in like febuary
Individual
Ty
so is it impossible to log in as f2p if ive had a subscription before?
yep
i never bought a sub but i got one when i got the game for free one time and it seems like i cant log in
free to try not free to play
oof thats kinda annoying
How far did you get before? Might just be worth starting a new account
i got fairly far i was up to heavensward and had started it
^ that is an option but you would need to rebuy the complete game again also
well..once you were ready to move on from the trial
Ah, yeah
trial includes the entirety of HW so technically you could still pass where you were with time
ye but idk i spent alot of time on my account and got alot of event stuff and things like that
its free to try not free to play, once you enter a product key, you own it
i would hate to lose all that
people buy keys and wait to enter them for these reasons
ah ye i wasnt aware of this back then
i had got the game free from twitch prime or something
i mean... idk it doesnt seem you couldve spent all that much time on the other toon, starting over might alleviate your woes currently but without $ your current one is kinda at a stalemate
or, you could play a new account up to the start of HW, and then switch over
it felt like alot of time. it was like a month and a half of playing everyday
yeah.. base game is really long because it is considered a full 'base' game and other reasons.. sounds about accurate
plus my old account is bound to my email and all that stuff. idk it would suck to lose it lmao
especially cause at thetime i worked hard to get some event mounts and stuff
there's also NG+
Yeah I'd just buy a sub at that point. ARR is a lot. Also grab a Raf code before you sub if you want, can't enter them after
you can contact SE and have them unlink your email if you really wanted.
raf?
refer a friend
i technically had a sub
You get some stuff
You canโt use RAF code after the free sub expires
it was free 30 days from base game, and then there was 14 days or something they gave me as a new player
yep

free time doesn't count as paying for a subscription
that's not what i am saying
well i assumed it counts the same for both things
Buying the game disqualifies you for trial
free trial and raf
hmm
they are two different htings
idk ima think about it
because you can't be a trial player to use RAF
i really want to play this game but idk if i want to start over again atm
if i were you, with all questions considered, you are at the start of HW.. just buy 1 month sub if possible and ride thru hw, by then maybe you'll have enough for expansions/a sale happening
I mean if you were in heavensward you're looking at maybe 20-30 hrs before you'd have to pay anyway
!faq subprice
not entirely true. they want to simply play.. they can level everything to 60 before paying
on trial
what piece of cryptlurker gear should I upgrade to 530 first? I'm going to be starting e9s next week and move on to 12s eventually and be getting 530 gear as well
Whatever is part of your Bis or lowest ilvl
and make sure to do your nier raids weekly.. 1 of each coin= an upgrade item for cryptlurker gear
or do hunt trains for like a week
well all my gear is 520 with the exception to 1 ring. What I meant to say is which piece of gear is the hardest able to get last to get in eden savage in addition to the fact that I will be starting and probably clearing 1. I want to know what piece of edenmorn gear I get last so I can upgrade the cryptlurker gear I have from 520 to 530 right now
!faq balance
!faq savageloot
Per tier:
First floor: (Belt/Earring/Necklace/Bracelet/Ring) x3
Second floor: (Head/Gloves/Boots) x2 + Weapon Tomestone + Glaze
Third floor: Head/Gloves/Boots + Legs + Twine + Solvent
Fourth floor: Weapon + Chest + Random single weapon + Mount + Minion
Loot Rules: Following each weekly reset, every player has a chance to obtain loot from the Savage encounters of the current raid tier. Upon clearing each floor, you will obtain 1 book specific to that fight (e.g. Book of Anamorphosis) and a chance to roll on the loot from that floor. Regardless of if you obtained loot from your weekly clear, you will be barred from rolling on loot from the same encounter until the next weekly reset.
Entering an encounter before clearing the previous floor(s) will relinquish all rewards from previously uncleared floors. (e.g. Entering E12S before clearing E9S for the week will relinquish loot from E9S, E10S, and E11S.) You will lose a chance to earn a book and your chance to roll on any loot that drops that week.
The number of players in your party that have cleared/skipped the encounter for the week will also affect the loot you will get after clearing the encounter.
0 players cleared: 2 chests
1-4 players cleared: 1 chest
5-8 players cleared: 0 chests
balance discord is an optimization discord with all Best in slot resources etc.
rings are from 1st floor
We can tell you that the chest piece/weapon are hardest to get because you need to clear e12s, but that doesnt mean those items are best in slot for your job
Best in slot always consists of a mix of Tomestone gear+Savage gear
not always, but usually for the weapon as it's 535 and that much weapon damage makes a decent difference
thank you
can u buy in the mogstation more glamour slots?
nope
Is there a way i can not make my characther turna direction?
Sometimes when im trying to dps on the move while running away from the aoe, when I use something like egi assault, it pivots my characther toward the boss and make me move back which is something that would sometimes get me killed
unless im like holding the right or left mouse it keeps happening and im wondering is ther ea setting i can use to stop that?
have you tried the legacy movement option?
what does that do excatly?
makes you not strafe
standard controls will turn your character towards your target when you do an attack, which means if youre moving, your character will start running towards the target
legacy controls separate the camera from your character movement
So if i turn on legacy movement i can run away and still use skills without it piviting me back
yes
thank god I hope so im going to test it out now on a tranning dummy this will help me out in raid and my parse a lot
its under character config > control btw
Should we always save life surge for full thrust even if it comes off a gcd or two early during a regular rotation?
yes
Yes
Is there a specific channel for beginners?
Excuse me, can i ask a thing about a modding app on this server?
I only want to know if its still working on this patch
!faq newplayertips
which one is it
what's the best gathering set in the game or at least the sets that can push you to 2600 gathering / perception and about 850 gp for the bonuses in diadem?
the landsaint's set doesn't quite get there
Overmelded aesthete
darn
Scrip gear is a stepping stone
yeah i'm at a sort of impass
i'm trying to max crafting and get all the master books which means i need to farm a lot of diadem but to get all the gathering bonuses i need better gear lol
You don't need the bonuses
textools
i just did customer deliveries for my master books. unless there's some in ishgard resto
indeed, but being able to farm double or triple the resources helps speed it up is all
Well cough up the cash or take the extra time
oh nah, i'm doing restoration for the levels to max crafters since i still have a few at about 70
also yeah ffxiv textools is mostly the only one afaik, i used it to help pull my character meshes for modding
@lilac ether yes its working
Thank you ^^
is king's yield 2 still the best way to increase gathering quantities then?
only on high durability nodes
they all have the same integrity in diadem without 2600 stats
look at the yield per gp, typically 4-6 hit nodes the individual boost one that gives up to +3 gets you the most per GP
