questions-and-help

[void hinge]

It’s actually on the death unto dawn disc

It’s already available. Dunno about spotify tho

[dry bobcat]

Hello

How do i acess a chocobo stable

I want to change the color of mine and upgrade it and stuff

[faint flare]

You need a house or apartment

Or fc house

[patent dock]

after vacating the FC's private chambers, anything else I need to do before transferring DCs?

[dry bobcat]

I have a FC how do i access their house

[strange coral]

If they have a house and a mini aetherite outside of it, it will be in your teleport list.

[dry bobcat]

Yes they have

[strange coral]

Otherwise you'll have to open the FC info window and check where its located and go there manually

[dry bobcat]

Thanks

[regal pawn]

Sure

[oak lily]

blue quests are for jobs, added content like raids and dungeons, and other things

[rocky mason]

Yeah, blue quests are mostly side content. sometimes blue content can be referenced in the MSQ but usually nothing major

Or you can have extra dialogue options if you have certain blue quest content

[oak lily]

^

[rocky mason]

oh yeah totally

[oak lily]

Like there's additional dialogue in HW if you're a Dragoon

[regal pawn]

moogle beast tribes are diff

they start as

and then turn

the first 4 from Mogleo are unrelated i believe
the next 5 are related
the Maenne's quests are unrelated
I'm not sure on it though

[rocky mason]

For anyone that has the new Omega attires, can anyone confirm if they can exchanged for the counterpart in the Calamity Salvager?
E.g. Exchange Omega-M attire for Omega-F?

[regal pawn]

doubt it

i'll go check

[sour dust]

Is it true that the more jobs you max level the more experience you gain when you level other jobs?

[rocky mason]

Since the butler and maid and some others can be exchanged for the counterpart, there's hope.

[leaden ginkgo]

where exactly do i enable the "Now playing X" message?

[strange coral]

Not quite

!faq armouryexp

[regal pawn]

that's from a plugin

[zinc orbit]

Armoury EXP bonus FAQ

'How do I get the bonus experience from the Armoury?'

As long as you're playing a Disciple of War or a Disciple of Magic class that's a lower level than your highest level class then you're able to benefit from the bonus experience. You do not need to have a class at level 90 for the bonus to be active.

'How much is the bonus experience?'

You get +100% experience from levels 1 to 79, which then reduces to +50% for level 80 to 89. The difference in level between your current class and highest class does not change the amount of experience you get.

[regal pawn]

plugin is called Portable Orchestrion

[leaden ginkgo]

uh.. so 3rd party?

[regal pawn]

yup

!faq quicklauncher

[zinc orbit]

Official Launcher Giving you Trouble on Updates?

Try this alternative 3rd party launcher

[leaden ginkgo]

i see thanks

[patent dock]

so, I'm trying to leave my FC and the pop-up says "Your retainer will remain on estate ground" What does that mean? I can't use my retainers at that moment?

[solemn jewel]

Do u have a room in ur FC?

[patent dock]

I already vacated it

[regal pawn]

The retainer will still show up on the FC plot

if they were placed down

you can put down retainers as vendors

[patent dock]

that's weird. I don't remember placing my retainers as vendors in my FC

Although there's that stewardess permit

[regal pawn]

Have a check inside and outside

[patent dock]

I double-checked and they're not in the FC house

or even outside

[gaunt fable]

is there a way to have a crafting macro loop so i don't have to click "synthesize" and then on the macro every time

[faint flare]

Not with in game tools

[gaunt fable]

thx

[faint flare]

Need an auto clicker or the like

[zinc orbit]

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[hidden cypress]

triggernometry has that @gaunt fable

[gaunt fable]

ty i will give it a look

[mellow pike]

how do I check whcih grand company i picked? I thought I picked the one in gridania but when talking to the quarter master, it says i'm affiliated with another one?

[strange coral]

It will tell you on your character window, under one of the tabs

[pure copper]

OIC NPCs are based on your FC GC affiliation i think, if thats what youre running into

[mellow pike]

i'm just trying to figure out where to turn in the seals for my first mount

my profile does say i'm in the twin adders

so i'm in the correct city

[regal pawn]

gridania

talk to the twin adder quartermaster

[pure copper]

for gridania, it's the 1st NPC on the far right

[regal pawn]

not the OIC one

[mellow pike]

oh! there's 2 quartermasters lol

[pure copper]

yea

[regal pawn]

one is the FC one (oic)

the other is the gc one

[mellow pike]

the oic one is right next to the commander that told me to talk to the quarter master so thats all i saw lol

yay! My first mount. Now I don't have to run around everywhere 🙂

[regal pawn]

Funnily enough

you can rent chocobos from the chocobo porters in cities

like
as free walking ones
not auto-path

[mellow pike]

oh! i didn't know that. I thought they only did the auto path lol

[regal pawn]

itr's specifically the ones inside

game just never shows you this pop up unless you actually ask the npc about it

[patent dock]

how many hours/minutes do world transfer usually take?

[fresh jasper]

How much ping is considered bad?

[green grail]

depends on congestion, i moved an alt to materia last night and it was pretty much instant

[strange coral]

Usually, a few minutes. But since transfers were just opened up again this week, their systems are a bit congested and some people are having some pretty long wait times.

[green grail]

150/200+

[faint flare]

Anything past 150 gets sketchy

That's when double weaving becomes problematic

[fresh jasper]

Okay

[patent dock]

the site says there's no problem in transferring my character but when I checked my lodestone page, it's still Primal DC. Does logging in would stop the world transfer?

[strange coral]

Lodestone takes time to update

[faint flare]

They ask you not to log in when it's being transferred

[patent dock]

do I get an email or something that the transfer is finished?

[cosmic pilot]

What’s the ip for oce servers?

[faint flare]

!faq checkping

[zinc orbit]

List of IP Addresses for each Datacenter

North America
Aether: 204.2.229.9
Primal: 204.2.229.10
Crystal: 204.2.229.11

Europe
Chaos: 195.82.50.9
Light: 195.82.50.10

Japan
Mana: 124.150.157.156
Gaia: 124.150.157.157
Elemental: 124.150.157.158

Oceania
Materia: 153.254.80.103

how do I ping the IP?

Windows: Open Command Prompt and type ping *insert IP Address here*
Mac: Open Terminal and type ping *insert IP Address here*

[faint flare]

That

[shrewd forum]

Hello, so I was wondering is it possible to see what minions others have ? I was just wanting to buy my girlfriend a minion as surprise but since she has been playing for quite a few years I am not sure if she has it or not without asking or the only way is to try kinda indirectly ask

[patent dock]

you can try checking her lodestone page

[cosmic pilot]

Thanks!

[patent dock]

there's a minion tab there

[cosmic pilot]

You can use ffxivcollect too

[shrewd forum]

Ohh ok, let me check. Thank you

[cosmic pilot]

https://ffxivcollect.com/

It’ll tell you which one she have and not

[shrewd forum]

Thank you so much everyone, I will try that

[warm snow]

Provided her profile isn't private...

[glad cosmos]

You gotta worry abt packet loss and not ping

[cosmic pilot]

How private we can make it?

[glad cosmos]

150+ wifi is bad

[shrewd forum]

It did work, now I can see what should I buy. Thank you for the help

[glad cosmos]

150+ cable is fine

[halcyon fulcrum]

lol

[glad cosmos]

I'm saying this as a fighting game player lol

Packet loss is the real fucker, not ping

[leaden hedge]

Anyone know how long the home world transfer stuff to OCE will last?

[faint flare]

Until they remove the new status

Which won't be for awhile

[leaden hedge]

I see, thank you!

[inland quarry]

commend for the launcher?

[strange coral]

?

[inland quarry]

like the launcher for free trial

wasn't there a command for it?

[strange coral]

Oh, no. But it's in the pins

[inland quarry]

ight thx

[strange coral]

There is a command, but unless it's been updated, it leads to the site that took it down

[vast ferry]

what are better sheild or normal healers

[faint flare]

Both

[vast ferry]

so it's situational?

[faint flare]

They can do their jobs

They can all solo heal fine

They have their own strengths and weaknesses

[vocal shore]

New like a lot of people I assume. leveling your regular classes seems straight forward you get a new weapon and repeat a lot of quests and kill stuff again to level them. With professions I don't quite understand, do you go out in the world and fight stuff as a blacksmith or goldsmith etc?

[faint flare]

You craft stuff

Or gather stuff

[frosty marlin]

Do signatory members of a free company petition have any kind of indicator to that effect once the free company is actually formed?

[twilit arch]

no

[frosty marlin]

Ohh, ok, for some reason I thought there was a founding member thing

Thanks

[vocal shore]

So the low level quests it shows again when you switch to a profession you just ignore?

[faint flare]

You can't do yellow quests as a crafter or gather

You have your own set from your trainers

[vocal shore]

Ahh, thanks

[hollow python]

hi sorry this is kind of a dumb question but i just bought the game on steam is there a tab i can look at for help

[oak lily]

such as?

anyways, how does Head Graze work?

[faint flare]

!faq interrupt

[zinc orbit]

Interrupting Actions

A flashing gauge indicates actions that can be interrupted, preventing enemies from using certain ability casts. Interject, Head Graze, Flying Sardine, and Bad Breath are player actions that have this effect.
gif made by chirp#1337

[faint flare]

Only on these skills

[hollow python]

how do i get the codes to put in my mog station do i have to reinstall the game

[faint flare]

Right click game in library > steam keys

[hollow python]

ty

[oak lily]

it'll also pop up in your game overlay with shift+tab

every time

[fathom glacier]

So I’m down to 2 books left before I’m done with a relic weapon, and that made me think, what is the worst relic quest grind part

[faint flare]

Books

[fathom glacier]

And that’s for all relic weapon, even the 60 and onwards

[faint flare]

Yes

[fathom glacier]

Damn, good thing it’s only there

[urban grotto]

best vocations for retainers?

[untold willow]

is there a way to remap your pvp/frontline hotbars without being in the zone? so i can fix them before i go in

[faint flare]

Go to wolves den

[untold willow]

ohh i forgot about that area, ty

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[dry bobcat]

Can you run low level dungeons w/o level sync on your own

Im missing some map achivements on some of the first dungs

[strange coral]

Yes

Turn on Unrestricted in the duty finder settings

[dry bobcat]

Ight thanks

[vast ferry]

as a scholar should i try to keep sheilds on people constantly

[faint flare]

No

Only when necessary

[untold willow]

how much profit could u turn from buying a lot of cordials and using them at the end of each timer? if they give 300 each time

[shut orbit]

wait

i just got 1mil gil out of nowehere

[faint flare]

New world bonus

[shut orbit]

wait REALLY?

[faint flare]

Yes

[shut orbit]

for playing on the OCE?

[faint flare]

Yes

[strange coral]

Are you confusing GP for money?

[shut orbit]

oh ma gawd WOWW

[untold willow]

... yes

[faint flare]

1m isn't alot

[strange coral]

GP is basically gatherer MP

[narrow jay]

It is when you have none million.

Let the person be excited lol

[untold willow]

lol i havent done doh/dol in so long

[vast ferry]

any tips for healer during the leveling stage

[shut orbit]

yes HAHA i had like 10000gil only sia

[vast ferry]

just started hw

[untold willow]

ty though because i almost spent all my gc seals on cordials

[untold willow]

just make sure to weave in some damaging while healing, and its ok to let the tanks drop a bit low if u know u can heal them back up!

[vast ferry]

i don't want to get into any bad habits

[faint flare]

Bad habits is never dpsing

[vast ferry]

i dps

[faint flare]

You stop dpsing to heal when necessary, not the other way around

[vast ferry]

i keep track of how much my spells heal and use them once a party member hits the threshold

so if someone has 6k hp and cure II heals for 2k i heal them once they hit 4k

otherwise i just dps

am i doing that correctly?

[faint flare]

More or less

[vocal shore]

If you buy a fancy mount from the store, can you ride is immediately or is it still gate behind the level 20 storyline quest?

[faint flare]

When to heal someone is a judgement call

[faint flare]

Gated

[vast ferry]

i've been playing whm and switched to astro once i hit hw

[vocal shore]

level 32 and still on like level 15 of the story quest

[vast ferry]

currently leveling it

[faint flare]

How you heal is basically the same, you just use essential dignity before any other heal

Off global heals before gcd heals

[vast ferry]

so don't save essentail dignity for when they get low

[faint flare]

Use it when they get low before resorting to gcd heals

Dignity basically carries low level healing

Basically full heal at low level if they're low

[vast ferry]

i haven't quite settled on a healer i'm trying them out before picking

[shut orbit]

oh btw where can i see the new world bonus? or is it just that 1mil gil?

[faint flare]

On the lodestone post about it

1m gil, 15 days free sub and double xp to 80

[shut orbit]

ooo okiez~

[vast ferry]

i assume this doesn't apply if you world transfer correct?

[faint flare]

The xp does count

[vast ferry]

not sure if it would be woreth it sinbce i live in NA so the ping will prob be brutal

[faint flare]

Most just do a quick alt and hit 30 for it then dip

[vast ferry]

alt as in alt character or alt class

[faint flare]

Character

[vast ferry]

why would you make an alt char

[faint flare]

For the free sub time

[vast ferry]

oh i see

[feral nebula]

Is there a place where i could check rdps needed for specific fights?

[vast ferry]

any place where i can find a general overview of all the classes that's up to date

[oak lily]

the job guide

on Lodestone

[vast ferry]

um something a bit more in depth

[oak lily]

it is

it literally details everything

straight from the source

[vast ferry]

i want to get an idea of how they will play at later levels

all it does is tell me what everything does not how it lays

[faint flare]

People haven't really made those yet

[heavy wadi]

it's still pretty early into ew

and balancing is still not finalized.

[vast ferry]

it's just a list of actions

[warm snow]

And that's all you can realistically get, most jobs play relatively similar from 50ish all the way to 90

[heavy wadi]

most vids you will find will be opinionated ones like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Y3g5cFprw

[vast ferry]

so then i should get them to level 50 as a test?

[warm snow]

There's weskalbers vids but they're out of date for the most part

And shit takes time to produce

[manic fern]

is there a way to have the pet hotbar override my hotbar 1 including keybinds?

[heavy wadi]

why would you do that?

[regal pawn]

It's somewhere in hotbar settings in character config

[viscid moth]

Can i overmeld all the endgame gear from stones/normal/savage raid? is it always an additional high (X) and 2 low (IX) materia slots?

[heavy wadi]

you can't overmeld raid gear

[tardy tangle]

where can I get Alexandrian manifestos?

[heavy wadi]

alex savage

specifically, a9s-a12s

[viscid moth]

so basically only the tomestone and crafted gear?

[heavy wadi]

only the crafted gear

[tacit jungle]

Does this seem normal or unusually low for Frontline Roulette. at 80.

it's 1/3 of a level

[oak lily]

yeah

[tardy tangle]

got it

[oak lily]

higher levels give a higher ratio

[tacit jungle]

oh it must change at 81+ then

[warm snow]

Your rewards also scale based on how you do

[regal pawn]

Not the daily one

[warm snow]

The 561k is from how you did

[tacit jungle]

oh I know I've done it every day for the past 6 weeks

but I've been doing it on 81-89 jobs

[fringe mountain]

what is a pentameld

[jovial quarry]

Stuffing the maximum of five pieces of materia into a piece of gear

[strange coral]

Overmeld/advanced meld. Basically adding more materia than the slots you see, up to 5

[fringe mountain]

oh is that the stuff where its % based on succeeding

[tacit jungle]

yup

the "overmeld" slots range from 17% chance down to 5% chance

[fringe mountain]

is it necessary for anything

[jovial quarry]

Master crafting recipes but that’s about it.

[tacit jungle]

the only thing it's nececary for is the absolute optimum stats for crafting and gathering

[faint flare]

Necessary, no but it helps with p3s and p4s while you lack gear

And crafting/gathering

[leaden ginkgo]

if i bought something on mog station, do i need to relog to see it in moogle delivery service?

[faint flare]

No

[fringe mountain]

what is p3s p4s

[faint flare]

Savage

[viscid moth]

isn't it possible to use at least 1 X materia there?

[fringe mountain]

ight cheers bigman

[tacit jungle]

Possibly, but I'm not doing savage prog so I really don't need it. I just pentameld because I can

lots of my gear is using 8/7 materia

[mellow pike]

where do i get the greens needed to summon chocobo?

[viscid moth]

Just wondering what's possible x)

[strange coral]

Lots of vendors. An easy one to remember is Bango Zango next to the Limsa aetherite

[tacit jungle]

I believe.... 3rd slot and onward needs to be the lower tier overmeld materia. not 100% sure though

[pure copper]

does eorzea collection have a weapon only filter? i wanna just skim thru weapon skins

[regal pawn]

1st overmeld slot can have an X iirc

[tacit jungle]

yeah Goth is right

[regal pawn]

It's just that some people don't risk it

[viscid moth]

Is it possible in some cases then for crafted gear to be better than the 10 itemlevel higher tomestone one due to overmeld?

well i should ask in the balance discord but again just wondering lol.

[tacit jungle]

in some cases yes

depends on the job

and the stats involved

for crafting it's 100% true

[trim yacht]

do i need to level conjurer to 50 to use astro?

[tacit jungle]

no, level any job until you reach ishgard

[trim yacht]

ok ty

[crimson topaz]

Is there a point in using rook overdrive manually?

[strange coral]

When boss is about to go in to an intermission/invuln phase where the automatic attack wouldn't do anything

[umbral lance]

only if you want to trigger the end damage before a dmg invuln

[strange coral]

You'd want to use it early

[crimson topaz]

Ahh gotcha

So pretty much fine with just leaving it alone on my level

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[vivid valley]

Is it hard to get a house?

[tacit jungle]

yup

extremely hard

[strange coral]

Yes. There is a limited number of plots on each server. And when a plot is vacated, it gets put on a random invisible timer for when it will be available to purchase.

[tacit jungle]

after 6.1 a whole new housing district is going up PLUS a lottery system to be able to buy a house

so it'll get easier

[marsh hearth]

I'm trying to summon Feo Ul on PlayStation 4 I have trying everything to put in say chat

[errant swan]

Are there any MSQ requirements to learn expansion Jobs? Way a few other guides are phrased, it seems like I can get the Samurai job even if I'm not in Stormblood MSQ content?

[tacit jungle]

are you spelling it capital U lowercase L ?

or are you spelling ui

lol

[heavy wadi]

it's feo ul, with an L. not an I.

[marsh hearth]

I spelling with a l

[strange coral]

Only Heavensward jobs require MSQ progression. The others technically require progression enough to be able to reach the cities they start in, but that's like level 15 MSQ. Samurai just needs access to Uldah and a level 50 job.

[trim yacht]

also make sure you move to the actual area where you are supposed to /say. at least i made that mistake lol XD

[errant swan]

Thanks!

[oak lily]

also punctuation

[narrow jay]

the phrase needs to be written precisely as it appears in the chatlog instruction: spelling, punctuation, capitalisation, everything.

[untold willow]

how many wolf marks do u get from running frontlines after doing the daily?

[boreal storm]

500-1000

[twilit arch]

1k for 1st place, 750 for 2nd, 500 for 3rd

[mellow pike]

which quest unlocks the chocobo saddle and the ability to use him in battle?

[untold willow]

when does pvp season 21 start? and does playing preseason do anything?\

[untold willow]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/quest/d0c8145f2d1/ :3

[boreal storm]

Feast is gone come 6.1

[untold willow]

really? D:

[tacit jungle]

it was in the last live letter

several hours of it. lol

[mellow pike]

oh ok, my msq has to be 30, not my character level, thats why i can't find it lol

[boreal storm]

No? There’s no lvl 30 prerequisite quest

[steel ocean]

there is no character lvl

only job lvl

[tacit jungle]

there is no spoon

[narrow jay]

20

[mellow pike]

oh so i can do it then

[mellow pike]

found it! thanks

[prisma fulcrum]

i asked a question about it earlier, and tested it - if you have a steam trial account already, ff14 Quick Launcher works as a bypass. you just have to be able to download the ff14 launcher(my gf used my shared library). you could probably use the ff14 trial installer pinned in this discord for it

[gusty marlin]

Do we have any info on when oceania will get housing? Can't even complete the three housing quests XD

[sick flint]

how's sage? is it fun/good way to learn heal?

[oak lily]

heals with dps

[faint flare]

6.1

[gusty marlin]

That can be said for all healing jobs lol

[tacit jungle]

to learn healing? uh.... no. not at all. lol

[oak lily]

except Sage has Kardia

[gusty marlin]

Thanks Vinyl

[boreal storm]

No Sage literally heals by dealing damage to things

[tacit jungle]

not saying you can't learn to heal with sage

but that's a steep uphill climb

[oak lily]

also need to be lvl 70 to get Sage

[sick flint]

I don't really have the intention to level another job from 1 so wondered if sage was easy enough

[oak lily]

Whm is the easiest healer

has like 3 damage buttons

[tacit jungle]

again, not impossible to heal with sage as your first one

but it's not simple

[strange coral]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JHi_iaTcnA

[oak lily]

Dancer/Gunbreaker from Shadowbringers start at 60, Sage/Reaper start at 70

so they have a lot of buttons to start with

well, I guess Reaper doesn't

[sick flint]

I'm not a beginner, just never healed

[oak lily]

how are you still alive then?

[little lintel]

Hi people! I have a weird problem: I've only used Tomestomes of Astronomy once for a choker, I think last week, yet somehow I'm already capped this week with only 425 Tomestomes in my currency window. Isn't that kinda impossible? If I've only bought a choker, and let's hypothetically say I had exactly the 375 Tomestones it cost and it left me with 0, wouldn't I have this week 450 and then cap? How is it possible that I am already capped??

[regal pawn]

Read your tooltips
Watch a momo sage dungeon guide
Win

[tacit jungle]

each week you can earn 450 regardless of what you earned or spent hte previous week

oh I see the question

[regal pawn]

You could've earned 350 last week
450 this week

[tacit jungle]

not really possible unless you spent some after tuesday

[regal pawn]

which would put you at 800

-375
425

[boreal storm]

Math

[little lintel]

🤔

You're right, thanks

[regal pawn]

Keep in mind

[little lintel]

ididn't consider that I used part of this weeks tomestomes for the purchase

[regal pawn]

weekly reset happens 7h before daily

[little lintel]

Gotcha, thanks

[leaden ginkgo]

Hey I got a question

Sooo I wanna learn non

*blm

[regal pawn]

!faq blmleveling

[zinc orbit]

THM/BLM Leveling Rotations

[leaden ginkgo]

I don’t use scathe?

[faint flare]

Basically never

[regal pawn]

pretty much

[faint flare]

It's the ultra hyper extreme case use

You have to have literally 0 mobility tools to even consider it

[regal pawn]

When you have absolutely nothing else to use and you have to move and slidecasting is not enough

[faint flare]

And you have alot of mobility

[leaden ginkgo]

So remove it from my board lol

[regal pawn]

yupo

[leaden ginkgo]

Someone said to me that I could never learn it or well that it’s way too hard

And like ruined my confidence

[regal pawn]

yeah no lmao

[narrow jay]

You've got enough hotbar space you shouldn't need to remove anything tbh, but definitely toss it over in an out of the way place so it doesn't take up valuable keybind space lol

[leaden ginkgo]

Even though I really wanna learn it and try to see the story for it

[regal pawn]

whoever it is, they're probably just stroking their 5head ego

[leaden ginkgo]

They said they hated the summoner rework

[regal pawn]

Yup, smells like an ego problem

[leaden ginkgo]

Cause it’s too easy and only for brain dead people

[faint flare]

It's rotation is simple but applying the rotation to fights is where the Mastery kicks in

[half hare]

so what? thats like their opinion

[regal pawn]

Don't listen to those people

[leaden ginkgo]

XD I know I just tend to get overwhelmed

[tacit jungle]

learning BLM is not hard

[half hare]

the only opinion that matters is yours how you about playing a job not anyway elses

[leaden ginkgo]

I did wanna do Paladin do and someone was helping me figure out of the tanks I know which would be easier to situate myself

And they agreed warrior is my best

[tacit jungle]

learning where to stand in harder fights to move the least you possibly can with BLM is hard

[leaden ginkgo]

Hey there is there any room for a new player

Paladin I do enjoy but I just feel squishy

[narrow jay]

Anywhere where the servers aren't classified as Congested

[leaden ginkgo]

... I'm hoping to play tank or Healer

The constant shelltron just isn’t really fun instead of just being a dumdum warrior

Can I use a controller?

The oceanic severs are the best

Plus using that XP huff

It’s crazy.

[faint flare]

Yes you can

[leaden ginkgo]

I'm a pc player and all and hoping to use my Xbox series x controller

Is this game compatible with steam deck yet or nah?

Is there a monk rotation picture? It’s more or less I wanna figure out if I really need to be using Al of those combos lol. Otherwise I might be just making it more complicated then it is. I’m guessing around 80 just use that chakra bar?

If I buy it on steam does it use another launcher?

[tacit jungle]

steam is a seperate launcher

[leaden ginkgo]

Or does it just launch through steam

[faint flare]

You must launch through steam

[tacit jungle]

if you buy on steam you can only play through steam

[leaden ginkgo]

Personally do it from the website

[tacit jungle]

and xbox controllers SHOULD work perfectly out of the box

no config needed

[leaden ginkgo]

Right but sometimes games are bought through steam and you still need to use another launcher

[tacit jungle]

ffxiv steam launches throguh steam

[faint flare]

You MUST use steam

[tacit jungle]

it's purely steam

[faint flare]

If you go through steam

[tacit jungle]

ffxiv from square/mogstation has its own launcher

[leaden ginkgo]

Like you play a Ubisoft game and still need a Ubisoft launcher alongside steam

[tacit jungle]

the 2 do not mix

[twilit arch]

the steam launcher technically isn't any different

there's just like a flag on it so that if you are a steam user, you have to launch the launcher thru steam

[neat drift]

Any reason why I'm waiting longer as a tank than a healer in roulettes, even though tanks are needed ?
Is it cause I'm not max level, or just bugged?

[leaden ginkgo]

So there is no doubling up of launchers with this game and steam will keep the game updated without needing to launch square enixes launcher

[twilit arch]

You are using the same launcher

[steep egret]

remember, Steam deck, runs most games on a compatibility later, the game is NOT designed to run like this by Square Enix, so if you have any technical issues running the game, Square enix can't help you

[tacit jungle]

Again.... if you buy on steam it launches through steam, updates through steam, expansion purchases are through steam, it's all steam

period

[twilit arch]

You just have to go thru steam menu to actually launch the launcher

[leaden ginkgo]

That is exactly what I want to be honest @tacit jungle

You won’t be able to buy all the cool shit

From their store

[faint flare]

False

You can

[tacit jungle]

we usually say to specifically avoid buying on steam if you can at all help it

[steep egret]

cash shop is separate to game purchase

[leaden ginkgo]

Oh

[twilit arch]

no we don't

[tacit jungle]

I do. lol

[steep egret]

you can buy from teh cash shop no matter where you are

[leaden ginkgo]

But why wouldn't I want the steam version?

[solemn jewel]

some people dislike steams

[craggy tinsel]

The steam account you make your mog station account with cannot be unlinked if something goes wrong, last I checked

[leaden ginkgo]

I mean really keeping all my games in one place... Not having multiple launchers

[narrow jay]

The determination of what role is "in need" for roulettes does not necessarily mean that there are no players queuing on that role, only that it is the lowest of the three roles at the time. So you could have 500 tanks queuing for MSQ Roulette, for example, and that roulette still be Tank In Need because there are 1500 healers/dps also in queue.

[twilit arch]

If you want steam that's fine

[zinc orbit]

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[regal pawn]

steam has the convenience of steam wallet

and having all your shit in one place

[twilit arch]

just know that if you buy thru steam, you have to use steam for any and all future purchases

you can't make use of third party seller sales etc

[leaden ginkgo]

Wait how does that work?

I use third party companies to buy games through steam

[twilit arch]

since most third party sellers do not sell steam code

[steep egret]

you can't buy a key, from say, the Square Enix store, for a new expansion, and try and use it with your steam version of ff14

it wont work

[craggy tinsel]

because the key is for the standalone, not the steam iteration of the game

[steep egret]

you are hard locked to buying from steam

[leaden ginkgo]

And how mych is a sub?

[twilit arch]

!faq subprice

[faint flare]

!faq subprice

[zinc orbit]

Subscription Prices

90 days/3 months = $41.97
180 days/6 months = $77.94

Image URL: https://i.imgur.com/iPm8PE2.png

[leaden ginkgo]

Is that USD or something else

[boreal storm]

!faq subpriceeu

[zinc orbit]

Subscription Prices

90 days/3 months = £25.17 / €35.97
180 days/6 months = £46.14 / €65.94

[steep egret]

its USD, the first one

[leaden ginkgo]

!faq subpricecad

[zinc orbit]

Error!

No tag named subpricecad exists, Kupo!

[steep egret]

no

[leaden ginkgo]

I'm Canadian so CAD is my currency

[steep egret]

there are only 2 prices, anywhere else, uses exchange rates to convert to your local currency

[leaden ginkgo]

Fuck that 12.99 USD

[steep egret]

so price will probably change as currency exchange rates change

[boreal storm]

Well then no sub for you

[leaden ginkgo]

That's pretty much 20$ a month

Jesus

Isn't that even more then game pass

[boreal storm]

It’s not like you have to play every month anyway

[craggy tinsel]

If free trial accounts were able to be made again, I'd suggest doing that, but...

[half hare]

if you cant afford it then yh thats that

[steep egret]

20$ is standard for similar games, like WoW in Canada

[leaden ginkgo]

I'm not willing to pay that for a game I might not wanna play

[steep egret]

its the going price

then wait for the free trial to reappear, then try then

[craggy tinsel]

the free trial cannot be done through steam though, iirc?

[leaden ginkgo]

Like I don't play mmos often why would I wanna pay 20$ a month for a game I might not even wanna play that month

[faint flare]

It can

[craggy tinsel]

oh neat

[steep egret]

it can, WHEN its re-released

[boreal storm]

Trials are just down everywhere for now

[craggy tinsel]

right, you'd have to wait for them to re-enable trial accounts

since that would allow no restriction on playtime and grant you access to the base game and the first expansion

[half hare]

well we would suggest free trial but yh its not a thing so sorry you cant play for free have fun looking for somthing you may enjoy more

[steep egret]

then look for something like a free 2 play mmo, or buy to play, not subscription

because most are gonna be similar pricing

[craggy tinsel]

I would say maplestory 2 but RIP never forget

[steep egret]

sad, i miss MS2 😦

rest in pepperoni

[craggy tinsel]

rip in piss, it will be missed

[leaden ginkgo]

That said what kind of game doesn't offer a free tier lol, like Runescape

[faint flare]

It does

[craggy tinsel]

the game did have a free trial

[fringe mountain]

dps lb isnt affected by damage boosts is it

[faint flare]

It's just closed for now

[faint flare]

It isnt

[robust crow]

it is not

[half hare]

this does/did but its so popular they had to stop for now its not their fault

[steep egret]

it does, normally, its not allowed at the moment because the game is too popular

[craggy tinsel]

it's just like... not available right now because of how bloated the server populations became

anyone have the yoshi p suffering from success meme on hand

[tardy tangle]

so, I have a question regarding skills and actions. by the time you reach level 90 and you get all of the job quests done, how many skills will you get by then and how many hotbars will it require to fit it all?

[steep egret]

they literally dont have the capacity for new free trial players

[leaden ginkgo]

How is that other final fantasy game

[fringe mountain]

does that include weakness and brink of death

[leaden ginkgo]

You know the other FF MMO

[faint flare]

No

[oak lily]

its 20 years old

[robust crow]

depends on class, many classes have like 20-30 buttons

[steep egret]

fairly sure that is also subscription

[fringe mountain]

so damage reduction applies but boost doesnt

[robust crow]

usually around 3-4 hotbars to fit everything

[faint flare]

Player buffs and debuffs don't affect LB

[leaden ginkgo]

Probably is cheaper though since it's 20 years old

[craggy tinsel]

varies based on job, and can usually fit it within 32 slots or something on average (enough for controller to handle)

[leaden ginkgo]

Maybe 5 to 10 USD

[fringe mountain]

and weakness brink of death arent player debuffs ?

[tardy tangle]

for the sake of simplicity, let's say I get to level 90 as a WHM

[faint flare]

They are

Technically

[tardy tangle]

how many are there?

[fringe mountain]

oh so lb always does full damage

[robust crow]

white mage has a pretty average number of buttons

[half hare]

LB isnt effected by anything beside bosses doing weird things or vanishing

[craggy tinsel]

WHM has 29 actions if you don't include sleep at level 90

[faint flare]

!faq limitbreak

[zinc orbit]

How Does Limit Break Work?

Resources by Allagan Studies
Limit Break Explained
Shadowbringers Limit Break Video

[steep egret]

11.95 usd, from what i can find

[fringe mountain]

cheers bro

[steep egret]

for ff11

[craggy tinsel]

@tardy tangle (in case it was missed)

[steep egret]

+1$ per character for some reason :/

[boreal storm]

No

[craggy tinsel]

er, sorry, Repose, not Sleep

[tardy tangle]

and if I have 3 hotbars that includes 12 spaces, I can fit 36 actions

[steep egret]

so, 12.95 USD to play with one char, minimum

[craggy tinsel]

correct

[robust crow]

white mage also may want more than that considering using asylum placement macros

[boreal storm]

Oh you’re talking about 11

[tardy tangle]

which is actually more space than I thought

[steep egret]

ff11 yes

[tardy tangle]

so I have no worries of getting a 4th hotbar being keybound to shift

[steep egret]

they were asking about the old FF mmo

[craggy tinsel]

right

[half hare]

sounds like ppl using asylum like old drk salt an earth orw/e its called

[robust crow]

depends on the boss

[craggy tinsel]

I mean I use (no extra press) for one bar, shift for another and ctrl for a third, but yes you're right Rance

[tardy tangle]

ok, that's good to know

[robust crow]

because if you have a macro that puts asylum on the boss, then for offstage bosses it gets fucky

[tardy tangle]

but out of curiosity, what job has the most actions?

[robust crow]

if you have a macro that puts it on yourself, you risk not hitting everyone with the bubble because you may not necessarily be with the raid

[open coral]

SAM, maybe?

[steep egret]

if you want an MMO you dont have to worry about not playing much, AND doesn't really have the free 2 play crap like microtransactions
have a look at something like Guild wars 2
its quite popular and is buy 2 play, so you only pay once for the game and expansions and thats it

[craggy tinsel]

I have SCH at 90 and, if you include Repose, I have 33 actions... I don't quite think that's the highest, but it's higher end

[robust crow]

gw2 does have microtransactions though

[tardy tangle]

huh

fascinating

[craggy tinsel]

note that could be 34 for but the two fairies are functionally the same

[tardy tangle]

even at end game, I'm still sticking to 3 hotbars

[steep egret]

yeah, but its not the predatory Pay 2 win, so you can basically ignore it

[tardy tangle]

that's a relief

[craggy tinsel]

you can fit everything on 3, yes

hell I have one slot on each bar unbound entirely

[boreal storm]

That’s what the devs try to stick to

[leaden ginkgo]

The hells a character fee

[craggy tinsel]

for stuff like tank stance or invulns, or very niche stuff like Repose/Sleep, or things like that

[tardy tangle]

very good to know

[robust crow]

well, you'd also want to consider things like your mount button, pots, aether compass etc

[leaden ginkgo]

Like they charge you a 1$ to save your character on top of your sub fee?

That seems ridiculous

[steep egret]

ff11 is archaic, dont bother
yes you pay per character

[craggy tinsel]

right but nobody puts mounts or aether compass on their primary bars do they

[steep egret]

the game isn't made for new players, they dont even advertise it, it only really exists for old players still playing

[half hare]

i do

[robust crow]

you absolutely should put mount on a primary bar considering how often you use it

lmao

sprint too

[craggy tinsel]

primary = all your offensive stuff

you can have a side bar

[half hare]

but ofc compass is just for msq then its gone

[tardy tangle]

I usually keep stuff like Mounts and aether compass unbound because I don't need them at the heat of the moment

[leaden ginkgo]

Seriously so 15 fucking dollars plus Nickle and diming you for characters in ff15

[tardy tangle]

I do have my foods on the hotbar tho

[twilit arch]

no

that is not how it works in ff14

[half hare]

thats 11 elven

[leaden ginkgo]

Geez you MMO players are some seriously weird people to put up with this lol

[twilit arch]

ff11 is a different system

[leaden ginkgo]

Okay but still

[boreal storm]

You just buy a sub for 14

[tardy tangle]

isn't FF XIV just paying for playtime?

[craggy tinsel]

no need to attack us for doing what we enjoy

[boreal storm]

Even if you don’t sub for years, your characters will still exist

[half hare]

if you dont like online things with subs then just dont do it

[leaden ginkgo]

I'm not trying to attack you... I'm just really fucking confused

[steep egret]

ok, move on, find something you're happy with

[open coral]

By the standard subscription MMO model?

[robust crow]

you have people playing MMORPGs, and then you have whales who drop hundreds to thousands of daollars on gacha games

[steep egret]

ive already made a suggestion

[open coral]

What’s so confusing?

[tardy tangle]

considering that I'm having a wonderful time on Free Trial, I'd be glad to pay sub for the rest of the content

[misty leaf]

is weaver class just for making cosmetics or does it make actual armor for stats?

[robust crow]

ffxiv isn't that much different from a monthly sub like netflix either

[boreal storm]

By subscriptions in general?

[tardy tangle]

but if you're not satisfied with this, that's fine

[craggy tinsel]

it can make armor for stats, yes

[leaden ginkgo]

Ya MMO pricing confuses me

[tardy tangle]

just move on to something else

[craggy tinsel]

then MMOs aren't for you

[half hare]

its no different from playstation + , game pass for xbox for online play

[leaden ginkgo]

I don't pay for either

[craggy tinsel]

if someone's willing to pay $15 a month or whatever for a subscription in which they will get plenty of playtime out of it, then that's fine

[leaden ginkgo]

Pc player

[steep egret]

there are different types of MMOs with different pricing models
some are subscription, some are buy 2 play, some are free 2 play

[open coral]

Do you pay for Netflix or something similar?

[open ember]

If you don't wanna buy sub for ff14 then dont play. Its simple

[craggy tinsel]

if you don't like it, nobody says you have to do it

[leaden ginkgo]

I don't pay for any subs

[half hare]

its a example its simply how a good majorty of online play works now

[boreal storm]

.

[robust crow]

ffxiv can charge $12 per month because it's the biggest MMORPG in the world

WoW can do that as well since it's the 2nd biggest

[open ember]

What?

[robust crow]

aside from those 2? not happening

[open ember]

Did I say something wrong?

[open coral]

I think Fuil was agreeing

[half hare]

hes aggreing

[craggy tinsel]

no it was to grab your message in agreement and "repost" it

[open ember]

Oh okay

[leaden ginkgo]

Okay and you pay 12$ a month to wait in a queue for hours to play the game?

[twilit arch]

no

[open coral]

No

[steep egret]

you do realise, that online services dont just magically make money from nothing
im sure you pay for internet access yes? and watch adds on youtube?

[craggy tinsel]

queue hasn't been hours for a while now

[twilit arch]

because there usually aren't long ass queues to get into the game

[fringe mountain]

surely by the end of heavensward you'd know if u wanna pay for the game lol

[craggy tinsel]

queue is like 30 seconds right now, at least for me

[oak lily]

there's like no queue rn

[open ember]

There's no queue anymore. At most 50-100 players

[steep egret]

queue takes at most 30 seconds

[open ember]

And less than that sometimes

[boreal storm]

No new trials remember

[robust crow]

also the queues are abnormal, and sqex even gave everyone free game time to compensate

[fringe mountain]

didnt they resume that this tuesday

[craggy tinsel]

^

[leaden ginkgo]

I'd, expect an MMO to get money from.. Like cool looking skins

[half hare]

idk what answers you are hoping for from us can you please explain what we can even provide you with

[craggy tinsel]

they have that

[boreal storm]

They did not

[open coral]

Sales only. Not trials

[twilit arch]

trial hasn't been resumed yet

only sales

[fringe mountain]

ah ight

[oak lily]

just look up the history of the game from 1.0

[craggy tinsel]

but none of it is required

[oak lily]

they'd lose a lot of people if they did that

[open coral]

That’s the f2p model

[leaden ginkgo]

... Ya that is confusing... Like if there was a sub I'd expect to get everything the game has to offer through gameplay because I'm paying a sub

[robust crow]

you...do

lol.

[open coral]

And you do

[oak lily]

yeah

[craggy tinsel]

99% of what you can access in the game is accessible via the sub

[steep egret]

the ff14 cash shop, isn't advertised in game, it isn't even accessible in game, they pride themselves on providing quality, not fluff
and while there are some good cosmetics in the shop, a lot of the good ones are in game you have to earn

[open coral]

That’s how it works

[half hare]

thats the other 1%?

[steep egret]

you can

[craggy tinsel]

mog station is the other 1%

[solemn jewel]

most stuff in the cashshop is retired seasonal stuff

[boreal storm]

NGL it’s not that hard to understand

[open coral]

The shop is for special cosmetic items and optional services

[solemn jewel]

people asked for a cashshop to support the devs iirc

[robust crow]

do you actually play ffxiv? it's hard to tell since you're asking general MMO questions, maybe don't criticize the game's payment model if you haven't played the actual game

[open coral]

But you can get a ton of cosmetic stuff without ever paying for more than the sub

[craggy tinsel]

we've already gone over that they don't, Ren

[robust crow]

it is fine to say "i'm not cool with a sub fee so I don't want to play ffxiv"

that's not an issue

[half hare]

tbf these one deserve the support for the emote of content communication they give in term

[robust crow]

but it's very annoying when you go "why does this game have a sub fee" if you don't play it

[oak lily]

before 2.0 was started to be developed, they stopped subs

reopened to get the funding

[leaden ginkgo]

I've never played before, I'm just trying to wrap my head around it

[robust crow]

ffxiv is the world' largest MMORPG for a reason

[leaden ginkgo]

So if I buy a sub do I just get the game?

[open ember]

Can we stop. If you don't wanna pay a sub don't play. Seems like to me you don't like the mmo model. If so, why are you here

[steep egret]

different business models to make money

no

[robust crow]

no, you also have to buy the full game

[vast ferry]

how long are dps ques for endgame

[steep egret]

no, you have to buy the game, then sub

[robust crow]

the free trial includes a huge portion of the game (several hundred hours of gameplay) without a sub fee

[leaden ginkgo]

Do you get a sub with the purchase of the game?

[robust crow]

you can try the free trial, and if you like it, commit

[faint flare]

Yes

[steep egret]

you get 30 free days

[robust crow]

if you don't, you lost nothing but time

[boreal storm]

You get free 30 days, but that’s not “a sub per say”

[open coral]

You get a month free with purchase

[cursive ridge]

for current queueable content between 5 and 25 minutes depending on time of day

[faint flare]

You get 30days free

[half hare]

its common practices its been a thing a thing since the early 2000s its not hard to understand

[leaden ginkgo]

Trust me the only MMO I've ever played is Runescape

[steep egret]

World of warcraft, has had this exact same business model, for the last 18 years

this isn't new

[robust crow]

runescape allows you to buy game time with in-game money

[fringe mountain]

u have to pay sub in rs as well

[robust crow]

it's not quite comparable to ffxiv where you can't do that

[fringe mountain]

unless ur like endgame where u can buy bonds

[open coral]

Games like XIV charge a sub for things like server maintenance and development

[steep egret]

Runescape has a subscription with a free tier, i dont understand how you can't understand this

[leaden ginkgo]

I mean Runescape had a free tier

[open coral]

That’s how they can be so much larger in scale

[half hare]

so does FF but its to popular

[oak lily]

Runescape is also incredibly basic by comparison

[robust crow]

well, to be fair, runescape's free trial is extremely extremely limited, it's just barely playable without the sub

[steep egret]

and what do you think pays to keep the game running? the members

[robust crow]

whereas ffxiv's free trial is literally the whole game save for the endgame content and the later parts of story

[craggy tinsel]

tl;dr, @leaden ginkgo - if you aren't sure if you'll even enjoy the game, don't play it right now. Wait for free trial accounts to open up, then make a free trial account, and play the game through. The free trial has, debatably, thousands of hours of content by itself, between leveling up different jobs (all on the same character), running side content, focusing on your gear sets' appearances, etc.

[fringe mountain]

bonds werent really a viable way to pay for membership unless u were already doing endgame shit anyway

[leaden ginkgo]

So... Can I ask a non MMO related question?

[steep egret]

yeah, come back later, when free trial is available again

[fringe mountain]

unless u wanted to slave away for 15 hours doing some shit mm methods

[craggy tinsel]

Yes, always, but in the right place

[leaden ginkgo]

Is anyone excited for ff6 pixel remaster

[half hare]

no

[steep egret]

no

[open coral]

No

[open ember]

That's not a ff14 question

[craggy tinsel]

I'm sure there's some but personally I don't care

[solemn jewel]

this isnt a ff server, this is specifically for ffxiv

[open coral]

#not-ffxiv-discussion

[cursive ridge]

this channel is for FF14 related questions

[open ember]

MMO question ABOUT ff14

[solemn jewel]

it couldve been a question about ffxiv outside of its mmo model

[open ember]

Not "any question"

[leaden ginkgo]

Okay

[leaden ginkgo]

So what is the story like

[hot eagle]

#video-games-general would probably better for this type of question

[leaden ginkgo]

Is it as interesting as other FF titles

[oak lily]

extremely good

[open coral]

It’s… very Final Fantasy

[robust crow]

you're asking the ffxiv discord about its story, you're going to get biased answers

[leaden ginkgo]

How long is the main campaign

[boreal storm]

It’s an FF through and through

[steep egret]

very long, as it is a FF story after all

[robust crow]

for example, if you ask me, ffxiv is the best FF game period

[oak lily]

uh

[open coral]

200+ hours

[robust crow]

and I've played almost all of them

[boreal storm]

There’s 5 expansions to go through

[faint flare]

It's 5 games long

[cursive ridge]

every single person answering that question here will tell you it's good

[leaden ginkgo]

Can I play the game alone or do I need friends

[faint flare]

Each expansion is worth an entire rpg

You can solo

[open coral]

You can play solo

[oak lily]

its an RPG-mmo

[forest flicker]

does mentor roulette always count to the tank mount progress or only if the duty is on the correct level

[steep egret]

well, except for ARR, its, not as good as the rest

[cursive ridge]

you can do everything alone + matchmade content

[robust crow]

you can play it however you want, with friends or not

[faint flare]

The que system is enough for story stuff

[arctic barn]

You can play a majority of it alone. In group instances like dungeons you can get matched with other players

[cursive ridge]

except for the very very very tippy top endgame

[open coral]

The game has built in matchmaking for group content required for the story

[robust crow]

alright there's way too many cooks in the kitchen right now

[half hare]

and everything is on fire

[boreal storm]

Only if it’s the correct lvl

[leaden ginkgo]

So do I need to build my chatacter a certain way, or can I change classes like ff5 or ff3

[steep egret]

just throw water in the pan, thatll fix it

[faint flare]

There's no builds

[steep egret]

one character can play all classes

[craggy tinsel]

The free trial will include the base game and the first expansion. The base game will feel slow, but it's because it has to build everything from the ground up, but you will come to appreciate it when you hit the expansions. After that, the story is picked up heavily in pacing and intrigue.

[faint flare]

But you can change jobs freely

[open coral]

You can change classes after reaching a certain point with your initial class

[leaden ginkgo]

So I can choose to be a Healer then switch to a tank

[craggy tinsel]

all jobs level separately as well, as shown here

[faint flare]

Yes

[open coral]

And you can be all classes on one character

[craggy tinsel]

(those are my levels, since I figured there was decent enough variety for the example)

[faint flare]

Including crafting and gathering

!whoami

[leaden ginkgo]

Nice... I assume I'll need to collect certain armor sets for each class though

[craggy tinsel]

I'd have included those but they're all maxed lol

[craggy tinsel]

correct, certain types of gear correspond to certain roles

[leaden ginkgo]

It's not like having a 2 handed Warhammer on my Healer correct?

[faint flare]

No

[craggy tinsel]

The weapon is what defines the job

[steep egret]

yes and no, there is shared armour between similar classes

[faint flare]

All jobs use one weapon type

[open coral]

To an extent, yes. Although classes within certain groupings share gear aside from weapons

[faint flare]

But some.jobs share gear

[craggy tinsel]

so a White Mage, for example, will almost always have a cane of sorts, with the exception if very early into the story when they might have a one-handed wand.

[open coral]

So all healers use the same gear but different weapons, for example

[craggy tinsel]

A Paladin will always use sword and shield, meanwhile.

[leaden ginkgo]

Is there something like bravely default 2 where I can use a special ability I earn by levelling up a class to use a weapon as an exception

[open coral]

No

[steep egret]

no

[craggy tinsel]

bump

[faint flare]

Cross class doesn't exist anymore

And thank fucking god

[cursive ridge]

it was shit

[faint flare]

It was trash

[steep egret]

cross class, made levelling and job balance a nightmare, so they scrapped it

[faint flare]

Illusion of choice to the extreme

[steep egret]

but that means, that most classes/jobs are fairly balanced

[leaden ginkgo]

So can you change your haircut or your chatacters basic look?

[craggy tinsel]

yes

[faint flare]

Yes

[oak lily]

yes

[steep egret]

yes

[open coral]

Very much yes

[steep egret]

changing hair and makeup is basically free

[faint flare]

Fashion is the true endgame as usual in mmos

[steep egret]

changing you characters look entirely, costs money, as in facial features, body size, race, etc

[open coral]

Character customization is extremely good

[leaden ginkgo]

Can I have wildly weird hair colours

[craggy tinsel]

Hairstyles and face paint and stuff can be adjusted at an aesthetician at the cost of some in-game currency (very easy to acquire) - full body/race/gender changes do cost irl money, but the item needed to do this is given to you once for free upon completing the base game

[open coral]

Yep

[oak lily]

yes

[steep egret]

yes

[leaden ginkgo]

Like I like blue myself

[oak lily]

yes

[craggy tinsel]

you can set a base color and a highlight

[open coral]

You can go full anime

[faint flare]

Base hair colour and highlight

[leaden ginkgo]

Oh sweet weird anime hair for the win

[steep egret]

the character creator is pretty good, but dont expect insane customisation sliders for every feature

[craggy tinsel]

there's a lot more hair styles beyond what are available in initial character creation as well

[oak lily]

there're npc's with stuff like green hair

[cursive ridge]

https://glamours.eorzeacollection.com/19838/fast-as-sonic-0-1565385142.png gotta go fast

[craggy tinsel]

no booba bigger than my character, sadge /s

[leaden ginkgo]

So what is buff class is that also Healer?

[craggy tinsel]

Astrologian

[faint flare]

Astro

[open coral]

AST

[faint flare]

It buffs jobs with cards for more damage

[craggy tinsel]

it plays yugioh in the middle of fights to give buffs to allies with cards

[boreal storm]

Buff classes aren’t a thing

[faint flare]

!action The balance

[zinc orbit]

**the Balance** : lvl 30 AST (1.0 second cooldown)(Instant cast time)

Increases damage dealt by a party member or self by 6% if target is melee DPS or tank, or 3% for all other roles.
Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Grants a Solar Sign when used in combat
Only one arcanum effect can be applied to a target at a time.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

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[faint flare]

Example

[open coral]

But you have to get through the entire first expansion to be AST

[craggy tinsel]

dancer, astrologian, bard?

also every job is designed to do damage

[open coral]

You can’t start as AST

[cursive ridge]

there are no long buffs in the game, like 30min actions (not anymore)

[craggy tinsel]

so as a healer you aren't just waiting around for the healing to be needed

[craggy tinsel]

food

[leaden ginkgo]

Are there any mastery classes

[open coral]

Sort of

[faint flare]

No

[craggy tinsel]

technically most things are "mastery" of your starter classes

[leaden ginkgo]

You know how ff1 had white mage and white wizard

[boreal storm]

Dps, heal, dps
Buffing isn’t their only job

[faint flare]

Your job is your job

[craggy tinsel]

Conjurer "evolves" into White Mage, for example, but they're effectively the same thing

just that the latter has more abilities

[open coral]

The original class system had you start as a base class then become the higher tier job at level 30

[leaden ginkgo]

So there is an evolution thing like ff1

[craggy tinsel]

/spells

[half hare]

unicorn quest disagrees

[craggy tinsel]

okay listen shinra LOL

[steep egret]

not really
the base 10 classes that you unlock at the start of the game, change into jobs at 30
but the rest of the jobs dont have that, its a legacy thing they dont do anymore

[robust crow]

if you are truly interested in playing, just watch this video (or parts of it) and you'll get an idea how the game's class system works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_vH-1WZQ3A

[steep egret]

as you level, the job skills you get, change how the job plays

[craggy tinsel]

this does not include reaper or sage but it doesn't need to ^^^ btw

[leaden ginkgo]

Do we get to fight any characters from other FF games as raid bosses

[robust crow]

if any class in that video looks cool, just plan on grabbing it

[open coral]

Yes

[faint flare]

Yes

[open coral]

So much yes

[steep egret]

as you unlock resource gauges and certain mechanics which can fundamentally change how you play it

[leaden ginkgo]

You know like a cool sephy fight

[faint flare]

Omega has alot of call backs to other games

[boreal storm]

No

[steep egret]

uh no

[faint flare]

Sephiroth isn't in

[open coral]

Not FF7 (yet)

[steep egret]

not crossover fights

[solemn jewel]

Kefka is

[leaden ginkgo]

or WE MUST KILL CHAOS

[steep egret]

just the FF staples

[faint flare]

Chaos exists

[open coral]

Chaos yes

[craggy tinsel]

Sephiroth* we have Sephirot

[steep egret]

like some summons

[robust crow]

classic FF bosses return in their own unique form

i.e. shiva leviathan ifrit

[open coral]

The Crystal Tower is also an entire raid series

[leaden ginkgo]

How far is chaos in the game

[faint flare]

70

[steep egret]

there are many many nods to other FF games

[open coral]

70

[leaden ginkgo]

Now I just wanna kill chaos

[robust crow]

don't play this game because you want to fight other FF bosses

there's so much more than that

lmao

[leaden ginkgo]

but the meme

[steep egret]

well, youll have to get through the base game and 2 expansions of content

[leaden ginkgo]

Chaos we must kill him

[robust crow]

"chaos" is literally a 5 minute fight and then you never see it again

lol

[open coral]

I mean

You can get it in roulettes

[solemn jewel]

wait what chaos

[leaden ginkgo]

Can you name your minions?

[open coral]

No

[leaden ginkgo]

Dang

[robust crow]

a guy I know wanted to play ffxiv because of the kefka fight

[open coral]

O4

[robust crow]

he got to it

and then he was like "wait that's it"?

[leaden ginkgo]

How do you get the baby behemoth?

[solemn jewel]

..oh

[robust crow]

like yeah dude kefka is several year old content, we outgear the shit out of it

unless you find 7 other people who want to do it minimum-ilvl you're not gonna experience the whole thing

you'll kill it 3 minutes into the fight

[oak lily]

[faint flare]

Chaos is o9

[heavy wadi]

O4 is Exdeath.

[leaden ginkgo]

Is ultima still a thing?

[rapid crane]

is there a way to have more marker set things or like the waymark sets than the game like gives u in those few slots?

[open coral]

Oh you’re right

[half hare]

flexdeath

[open coral]

Oh yes

[leaden ginkgo]

Remeber ultima for ff2

[boreal storm]

Which one?

[leaden ginkgo]

The spell

[half hare]

yes theirs a ultima and no players cant use it ... yet

[open coral]

We’ve got like, three Ultimas

Four if you count UWU

[leaden ginkgo]

Because we are ultimately ultimate

[robust crow]

the hardest raids in the game are called ultimates

[open coral]

Ultima weapon uses the ultimate magic… Ultima

[leaden ginkgo]

So any SUMMONERs?

[craggy tinsel]

yes

[leaden ginkgo]

I should stay away from those

[craggy tinsel]

as of Endwalker, Summoner is actually a Summoner now

rather than just a DoT mage lol

[faint flare]

Summoner is fine

[leaden ginkgo]

STAY AWAY FROM THE SUMMONER

[craggy tinsel]

Summoner is fun 😦

[open coral]

Summoner is fun

[boreal storm]

Quite the easy job actually

[craggy tinsel]

anyone got the "how to SMN" pic

I know you know the one

[leaden ginkgo]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BH-s3_fPcUc/maxresdefault.jpg

[open coral]

We don’t have blitzball yet

[craggy tinsel]

ty Lynn

[leaden ginkgo]

So we have wildly over dramatic attack animations?

[craggy tinsel]

yes™️

[leaden ginkgo]

Remember ff7 meteor

[craggy tinsel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCVcgZ8dtD0

[leaden ginkgo]

What internet speed do I need to enjoy this game

[robust crow]

considering aussie players used to play in NA servers