#questions-and-help
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oh ok
Darn, that's annoying.
Hi. Can someone explain to me - I've cast SLEEP a couple of times in solo combat, and it doesn't do anything. What's the point of it?
Dealing dmg to a mob you put sleep on immediately removes the effect. Its purpose, in theory, is that you can remove one target from combat for a time while you focus on another or just... run away
In practice that is usually neither necessary nor beneficial, except for some very specific situations
So latest scenario: I was alone, fighting 2 enemies, who were standing together. I was only attacking one of them. So if I hit SLEEP, the other one should sleep for 30s, right? Nothing happenned
Some mobs can be immune to the effect iirc
I wouldn't worry about it tbh, it's just not a very relevant skill either way
they also get immune to sleep after the 3rd cast I think.
otherwise you might just have hit them with aoe
Ah ok. Didnt realise it didnt work on eveyone. Thanks!
Anyone knows what daggers Oboro have? I like them alot 
Does triple hook work in Ocean Fishing?
Yoshimitsu/Replica Yoshimitsu
Ty 
15% is the max +stat for a squadron chemistry to roll, right? i swear i saw a +20% once but i guess it was a +10% doubled with mission bonus
I have a squadron member with a trait that buffs squad chemistries +30% if all members are above Level 50
that's for getting chemistries, those are meh, i was wondering about the +stat ones, like +mental +physical
just finished ARR, is there a reason as to why yshtola and thancred have those purpleish tattoos?
oh makes sense, thank you
sign of high level of knowledge in their chosen fields, or something like that
indicates they are an Archon
i got my road to 80 buff after transferring servers, but how do i know how more do i have it for?
i forgot when i transferred
the game doesn't show it anywhere
so you can't
unless you remember the date
transfers only get it for 90 days
new characters can keep it for longer, assuming the server stays as "preferred" or "new" status longer than 90 days
Question: when I am running along and pulling multiple packs of mobs in a dungeon as tank, how do I ensure the big blob continues to aggro on me? I find some DPS teammates tend to hit the pack too hard/slowly and individual enemies peel off onto them instead.
does anyone have a guestimate as to when the next big sale on mogstation will happen? im looking to purchase some tales of adventure for my alts 👀
also, you should be using AoE if you have 3 or more mobs, its higher DPS
I am ahead of the pack, and my AoE only hits the ones in the very front
I use ranged attack to grab them, get them all to center, then aoe, then run
Aoe once*
then slow down or your DPS should bring them to you, or hit them twice before moving on
all answers boil down to, you need to generate more aggro
sadly no since its mostly totally random when they go on sale
ah i see, ty for info tho~ o7
So far I am slowing down so they all bunch up around me, then I quickly AoE to re-grab aggro before running again
Problem with that is I take a lot of damage in the process that a running medic may have trouble with
if you use legacy controls, you can range attack behind you without issues
thats what i do, though you may not have time to hit each one by one while running
if you have a looot of mobs
So just slowing down and ranged-attacking stragglers?
yeah thats what i meant
How do I learn to adapt to 2-3 silent strangers' idiosyncrasies in ten minutes?
unless you have ppl in your party who know to sprint with you, and bring mobs they've aggod to you, its their fault if they die
not yours
you learn its not hard
if i notice my healer not keeping up in the first couple pulls, then i slow down
if you die, slow down
Oh, so I let people deal with it if they pull enemies off the blob?
if they keep up really well, then push harder
if the DPS are stupid and wont bring mobs to you, then slow down and grab them
yeah, they should bring them to you
its not hard, DPS shouldn't die when running during a big pull
if they attract 1 or 2 mobs, they shouldn't die from them
healer should do the same
Ah, gotcha
it literally takes you 1 or 2 hits to take aggro
I thought I had to actively maintain the aggro myself all the time
i tend to pull some aggro as a healer since i throw regens and shields on tanks as a go along
I will let the stragglers go and trust the DPSes to clean them up while I continue to roll the kamatari then
Thanks for your help
well the dps should be going towards you yeah, though that doesnt happen
but thats why you got ranged attacks to get the wankers far away
once i hit a wall, i check to see whos straggling, and run to them while still AoEing to pickup mobs
or just ranged if its easier
Shirk is basically only used for main/off swapping during Full Party and larger, right?
There is no other application?
provoke is also an OGCD, so you can use that to grab one mob extra sometimes
Oh, true
ye
yeah shirk is pretty useless outside of any high end content
Thanks
Is swapping targets just naturally a pain? I find I have to fumble one or two times to target a specific enemy
Pressing tab to cycle targets just takes too long
yeah if there is a lot on screen it can be an issue
which is why i just run to DPS to AoE and grab a mob off them sometimes
i dont use the mouse for targeting at all
lol
hi I'm someone who's looking into playing ff14 due to some heavy lost ark burnout, and I've seen on the steam page that multiple people said not to buy it on steam?
Did they say why
BUT if you buy on steam, you have to play from steam
and you must have steam running to play
and you have to but future expansions from steam
Uhh from this steam review:
"In light of SqEnix's policy with steam account linking I cannot recommend this game here. I do recommend people buy it, as it's a good game, but not here. Invest in SqEnix's direct sale for more freedom, less hassle, same price.
This is the second time steam users have been treated differently. The first time being initially excluded from receiving Heavensward for free in 2019. Now we will be less mobile in our accounts as compared to SqEnix's version. And if you request a service transfer to a non-steam version you will be denied. A service they used to have.
Avoid making our mistakes and get treated as a better customer by NOT buying it here. I regret my decision years ago."
so you are fully tied to steam
Game off steam and game off Square Enix site are identical, but they do not let you move from one to the other
So is this still holding up or
Square caused a bit of controversy recently, because you didn't have to play from steam if you bought it on steam
If you buy the game on steam you have to buy DLCs on steam, and vice versa
you could just run the game without steam runnign
but they change it recently you must play it from steam, IF you purchased from steam
That said you can still run the game from steam UI like any external program if you buy from square enix site
I always launch the game via steam because i am lazy
But bought from SE direct
the only benefits of Steam, really, is you can use the Steam wallet for subscription i think
up to you
as long as you are aware you are locked to steam forever
if you buy there
Either works, but you must know ahead of time that you will be locked to that service
ALSO
have you played ffxiv at all yet
there is NO way to change a steam account to non-steam, or the other way around
No
do not buy ffxiv yet
you can get the free trial
I did get a copy of the game
There is an unlimited time free trial
and played a while back
rip
if you bought the game, you can't go back to free trial
Well, you can start a new account
If you start a new account and play that instead, you can do the free trial
there was a limited trial before
anyway, so if you already have an account
you should figure out which version you have
and just use that
Pretty sure it was a steam version
Once you buy full game access on an account, it is forever marked as paid and you cannot use it without an active subscription - even if you are still doing the early content available in free trial
otherwise, if you start a new free trial, you can't transfer that character to your paid account
Yeah characters cannot be transfered between accounts
damn that's so cringe
It is not the best system, no
eh, it makes sense, trying to lock the game down from paid back to free, would be an absolute nightmare
assuming you only have the base game
I'm not huge into spending money
and the game is subscription
so will cost you whatever that is per month
i mean, final fantasy requires like fifteen bucks a month
this is a subscription game
yes
y i k e s
always has been
You get to do anything a paid player can do except join guilds or participate in the player to player economy
You can make a new account for free
no no
free trial, zero cost
Demo never expires, but yes
then a subscription is after 1 month
wait so
the complete edition comes with 1 month sub
You can take as much time as you want playing the free content
yesss
the complete edition takes all DLC with purchase?
Yes
yes
is there a link for that
free trial is unlimited time
preferably not steam
depends on your account region
US
there is a store for NA, JP and EU
Base game (A Realm Reborn) and first DLC (Heavenseward) are accessible in free trial
There are three DLCs after that whivh require paid access
due to the soundtrack but
60$
They are all the same length, which is substantial
the story is, long
I am still on free trial and have spent months on it
do you have to go through the entire story
yeha, i was on free trial for 5 months
but also i did like 95% of all content
like lost ark
yes
jeeeeeeeesus
everything is locked behind story progress
if i want to put materia in 90 fending gear, but i dont have a clear preference for a tanking job, which stats should i focus on?
unless you want to pay to skip, but its kinda discouraged
the story is half the reason to play the game
at least for a lot of people
If you are a paid account, you can pay for skip, but you will be VERY confused why stuff is happening if you do
Wait so it's not actual mindless dialogue and actually has character interaction
yes
the story is good
Plot claps cheeks in many places
damn
the base game (a realm reborn), is a bit slow
But do I have to do it with every new character I make?
Free trial alone is worth time investment
Yes, unless you are a paid account AND you buy a story skip
you can literally play ALL content and classes on a single character
☝️
right but
ff14 is actually quite Alt unfriendly, there are basically zero benefits to having alts
Part of the fun of an MMO for me is playing new classes and playing different playstyles
yes, and you can do ALL of them, on one character
Like say I get bored of an assassin, I'll just brain dead a tank
slightly more inventory space if you use them as mules
you can play all jobs on one character
each class/job, has its own levels, but on the same character
so one character can literally play all the classes?
YES
Get that free trial
Be forewarned: free trial only goes to level 60
Once a class hits level 60 you can't level up further until you pay
However you can spend time getting as many classes to level 60 as you have patience for
steam version is useless if you are gonna make a new account
so yea, remove it
when you register for the free trial, tehy will give you an installer for that
Hello guys and girls!
Dose someone here has played enough PotD to give some deeper inside into it?
i had all my battle classes at 60 before paying 😄
ye whats up
determines which ssd I have to install on
like gb or playtime
oh 40gb for ft iirc
about 65GB right now
sick
65 total ye
free trial lasts forever
yep
which is all DLC, 30 day subscription
No time limit
yes
Right but say I no life ff14, then I'm gonna want that subscription lol
yeah ive seen people with like 1500 hours on the FT
Don't worry about buying the game yet - squeeze as much enjoyment out of the free trial first
If you buy you will want to commit
Be sure first
eventualy yes, you literally can't play without sub after you pay for the game
but you can milk the free trial a lot if you want, like by levelling up ALL classes to 60
fair enough
100% is not neccessary, but you want to at least have tried a bunch of classes and completed all of the Heavensward DLC
i did all classes to 60, all side quests in ALL zones, all reputation grinds to max, plus a bunch of other side content, (and the main story of course)
and it lasted me 5-ish months
5 months???? wtf
so then when tf do I even buy the DLC
lmao
yeah, you DO want to play it, ARR is kinda slow, until the end, but Heavensward, is great
A long time from now
buy the DLC when youre done with the free trial, thats up to you 😄
Hence why I initially screamed DONT BUY THE GAME YET
got it
Yeah, you buy paid access when you feel done with free access, whenever that is for you personally
Also ig this leads into the questions: What the fuck are the classes/beginner tips and is there something I can watch/see to look at
Read your tool tips and the green pop ups you get in game
Also is FF14 getting a new DLC any time soon
Lol no
Might affect when I buy complete edition
We just got a full expansion in december
its been 6 months since the last expansion game out
We only get one of those every 2 years
KEK
Read the tutorials as they are given to you, learning FFXIV's menus and interface is like drinking from a firehose. There are so many buttons and meters and shit.
fair enough
oh dear christ
its what i call a classic style mmo, like WoW, many buttons
Also as a free trial player you will not have access to guilds, direct messaging, or the player to player economy - this is to stop bots from ruining the game
Also last but most controversial question:
what the fuck do I even play
Whatever the fuck you want
YOU PLAY A TANK AND A HEALER
based
doesnt matter 🙂
LISTEN NOT TO THE LIES OF THE DPS APOSTATES
Straight up fundamental game design
JOIN ME AND WE SHALL INSTAQUEUE TOGETHER
you can change pretty early on, level 10 gives you access to other classes, though you have to get to level 15 to access ones outside your starting city
yeah just literally pick whatever sounds cool
Or in my case, EVERYTHING
no bitches?
lol, i prefer playing healers, so almost insta queue
same dork
i play tanks and healers almost exclusively
I have 50 in BLM and 30 in ACN
that's it
sheeesh
I mean I do like a good dps rotation
but determining who lives and who dies...
so you got a few different types
You can change freely after you finish what's basically the tutorial
That said jobs do have separate levels
tanks, healers, ranged physical dps, ranged magical dps (casters), melee dps
So levelling white mage is separate from leveling a warrior
yeah, but no
since you can reuse gear
all tanks use same gear
all healers
melee dps is weird, because they have 3 different gear sets :/
but physical ranged dps share gear
and magical ranged do as well
ah
Don't have to repeat story progress, regain currency, etc etc etc
same appearance, different abilities
so you end up with 7 gear sets, for ALL classes total
Are there any classes to avoid due to it just not being beginner friendly
They're all pretty basic
But thaumaturge is probably not a good choice
As that becomes the highest skill ceiling job in the game
rotataions are very basic, until you hit say level 50 or even 60, then they ramp up a but
oh buddy there is no replacement for that overwhelming feel of control. when I tank, my hand is on the throttle. i set the pace. i control the speed at which lobsters die.
depends on the specific job/class thou
tanxiety is a lie invented by jealous DPS mains
Really not the place for your propaganda, take it to #general-discussion
propaganda?
I control everything, life and death blablahblah
Just let the sprout decide for themselves
they're all okay, I would say, but Thaumaturge eventually gets kinda notably demanding attentionwise beyond level 50. You can't just spam attack buttons like you can with other classes
that was a bit in response to a specific statement, i already previously told them to pick whatever seems cool earlier
@noble epoch race and appearance is entirely cosmetic, do whatever you want
The extra bits aren't needed
Make a monster factory nightmare, a big bara beefcake, or a big tiddy waifu
Any race can start anywhere doing anything
Your starting location is only determined by your starting job, the game drops you off in whatever city contains the school for it
Also you can change some things about your character's appearance later, like hair and makeup, but more fundamental things like race and gender require buying a consumable with real money
You get one free for finishing A Realm Reborn though, so even then you are not totally locked in
does anyone know what she's wearing?
Also quick question, does playing in full screen/windowed matter?
A little annoying when I alt tab and it takes a little bit to load
Helm is republican/Classical Medicus's Laurel Wreath. chest is Edengate/grace Robe of Healing
in my experience it doesn't. afaik there's like a small fps difference between fullscreen and windowed fullscreen
Guys, any advice for Lahabrea phase 2?
Just hit him and dodge aoes?
Nothing changes
Other than his double/triple casts don't do anything to you anymore
Alright, thank you! From what I remember of the fight, there's an aoe with flame orbs which fotm into a great area few moments later, should I stand right in the midst of it, then go to the safe area? I don't really know how to dodge that one
They explode in order they spawn in
Or leave 1 area not coverer
It's just an eyeballing thing
Ah ok ok then, thanks!
can you still get the cait sith ears?
yes you can, but the plush is currently out of stock
so you'd have to wait for it to be restock
So functionally no
hm on the eu site it is in stock but the code is removed :c
https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/product/696730/final-fantasy-xiv-heavensward-cait-sith-doll-plushie
SE is frankly kind of bad about updating certain parts of their sites
the NA store mentions the code being there, and their support page also mentions the code still being useable
i hate when nice stuff is fomo locked
I ordered the Plush from the UK site yesterday, it arrived today, and the code inside the item worked. On the ingame item leaflet, it specifically states that the 'item specifications are accurate as of this product's release on (11/21)', so it's likely going to be a new run of the item with working codes - but if you want to make sure, make sure you order it via a SQEX account and not as a guest.
from a 1mo old post https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/udvjbj/cait_sith_plush_back_in_stock/
😮
nope
No
neither does deity
It's all fluff
cool
Currently trying to do 81-90 Palace of the Dead. Is there a better way to do this instead of just sitting in the queue for 30+ minutes?
is reaper any good?
Every job is good
!faq meta
prolly just soloing it is faster
grab some sustaining potions and you can 1v1 mobs with any job
You can't get it on free trial and getting it requires level 70 which you won't realistically hit until the second expansion
womp womp
I don't think I've got the Aetherpool strength for that
then yeah prolly just gonna have to sit and wait
that or make a pf and start from 51
Okay so I'm settling between dragoon and ninja for my starter class
What's the major differences in their playstyle
and what do they excel/lack at?
Samurai looked cool too
You can only start as dragoon, you can pick up ninja at lv10/15 when you get to limsa
It's fine if I have to grind a lil bit to them
I just wanna know what their endgame/later levels are like
While benefits are important, I believe each class is unique on its own. At this point, I'd just say instead of thinking about what they lack and not, go for which playstyle makes you most comfortable and feel at ease
Obv up to you though lol
Ninjas have mudras to have some burst/ranged options...dragoon bounces between 2 combo strings to maintain their dot and do damage while jumping to build resources to burst
Guys what is meteor survivors????
What about samurai?
1.0 players
Samurai goes through 3 combo stringers to get stickers to execute stronger attacks
Can someone tell me please how work new game +? can i choose exactly quest which i want or?
Like a 1min dot, strong aoe or strong single target hit
It's split into chapters
Which start at various places depending on the chapter
Okay so in this case, dragoon sounds the best/more fun
Is 89lvl gear you get from MSQ enough to comlete all 6.1? Or do I have to do raid?
So dragoon is just do DOT/jump for burst
Dragoon and ninja are both pretty static in their rotation
Anything they got that they lack?
No
sick
That's not a thing here
oh
Jobs are actually balanced
for example if i choose endwalker "part 2" = chapter 2 or its be set detailed more next?
In other mmo games I'm just used to classes being good at something, but having a thing they suck in
Part 2 is usually the second half to the expansion story, usually x5 onwards
Jobs are actually balanced here and viable in all content
They will all excel at the role they are meant for, it's just the way of getting there may differ
Different flavours is the best comparison
okay so lancer is the beginner job for dragoon then right?
yes
Yes
sick
is newfound adventure, patch 6.1?
Yes
590 as standard
Yes
is BiS i600?
Yes
including radiant and savage?
The typical formula yes
and tomegear is in thavnair?
Radz a hans yes
o oke
uh small problem. I'm typing in chat instead of moving and how do I disable this
How often cam I get an algia coin? Is it once a week?
once a week
Ty
Disable direct chat in character config or keybinds
where do I find that
In system menu
what're the best things to buy with MGP? is there anything that can be sold for gil?
Can you rebind the skills to mouse button?
Yes
How would you do that
In keybinds
wanna bind my sprint and swapping between the two hot bars
Also are there no voicelines for NPCs or is it just silent for the most part
gotcha
Also only main story quests have voice acting
the frequency of which increases a lot in later expansions though
budget in ARR was much tighter
Unless we count Orbonne and Agalia raids as well
Fair
is dungeon exp after killing bosses fixed or does it change when you kill more trash on the way?
ty
are any of them desynth-able?
stupid question but how does one make macros with quick chat? in particular an "Attacking target" one that marks the target i'm focusing as well
can't really find a recent answer online
not sure if it's possible
Iirc is /qc
What level do I become an actual dragoon?
30, do your job quests
30
gotcha
though it requires main story progress as well so you may be even higher if you happen to be on a preferred world
where's the inn in sharlyan
The annex
yes although I don't remember if that's the name of the mark thing
ah it's attack1
you could also do macros for e1-e5
not target 1
Okay just need to ask one last summoner question(I’m max level), when is it best to weave energy drain in? Both Bahamut and Phoenix phases when It’s actually possible to correctly weave it in? Or do I pop it the moment it’s available?
You use it on cooldown
Which, at 60s would always be during Bahamut/phoenix
Unless you're a hyper sps build
I’m a crit player
Holding ogcds are rarely ever correct
Cause usually it leads to losing a use in a fight
is there no glamour dresser in sharlyan?
In the inn room
the baldesian annex?
Does HoH scale to number of players present?
So no reason to not always be rolling with a full party
it's fixed, hence why it's- yeah that
unless you want the solo titles/achievements
Yeah I'm interested in True Hero - not so much Lone Hero, haha.
but as vinyl said it's pretty difficult to solo
I don't have the constitution for that.
is there a reason the call of the wild quest has a version for every grand company?
the quest you get by doing all ARR tribes
4 full clears of HoH will be time consuming enough
I assume PotD is harder to solo than HoH?
just because it's longer, really
but both require you to have 99 in both aetherpool armor and wep to solo
Is that like "you need this or you'll die" or "you need this to have a good chance"
You need it
both
Or your dps will be too low that you'll run into the instance timer kicking you out way more frequently
And you'll just die to autos more often
And use more sustain pots
floor 180/90 is the hard check for solo runs
you really need 99 in each to pass it
there are a lot of strategies and guides for soloing, though
including spreadsheets on how to deal with certain enemies etc
so it'd just take time to do
The necromancer and lone hero titles are some of the rarer ones, though
so there's the incentive
!I just started Squadrons, if I did a training + Mission, say everyday, how long would it take roughly to complete the missions required to level up my GC rank?
Guys, is it known which weapon and shield does the paladin at the beginning introduction use in the game?
Opening, to be more precise*
which plots are available for non-fcs
Curtana and Holy Shield. Their associated level 50 relics. Except they’re made all glowy in a way that the player version is not.
Thank you!
Sorry if this is not the right place to ask this
I am building a new PC and will get either 3060/6600xt or 3060ti/6700xt GPU with 1440p monitor
For those who uses one of these cards, how much FPS do you get with max settings?
I think you'll get plenty good FPS. Those cards can easily handle this game as XIV isn't that demanding. It's mid-tier really. Can't say for sure how much tho, sorry.
This game is not designed to run above 60 fps and doing so is known to cause mild instability , there is also no benefit to running it above 60fps.
butter smoof honestly it handles itself fine. I'd say moreso that the game isn't designed to run under 30 fps instead but /shrug
How come I see sprouts in lvl 90 duties? I thought you stop being a sprout once you finish ShB, that's what happened to me.
300 hours playtime
Yes after finishing 5.5
People who steamrolled through the story or who have purchased level and story skips, would be able to get to level 90 without losing their sprout.
*5.55
is there a way to change my character's name? I sort of just picked it randomly and am not super happy with it now
You need to finish 5.55 and have 300 hours of play time to lose the sprout naturally.
Yes that's what I meant, the moment I finished the last ShB epilogue quest
Mogstation service
I can answer that, for money
? where could I find that?
Additional Services
Still doesn't count til you start the first Endwalker quest
And again 300 hours
As that one famous novice network screenshot showed
Emphasis on the 300 hours part, it could easily be a DC alt for someone who's normally on a different datacentre
Oh hey, Shadowbringers has cool quest music
You have been removed from the novice network
Can anyone offer advice about going about with leve quest. Trying to do my ARR relic and I’m currently on the book part but the last leve quest I need hasn’t appeared and idk if I can change the rotation
the only way to force a quest to spawn is to complete an existing levequest
So you just take one and complete it and then you check the levemette again
usually it only requires one to two quests but ymmv it's been a hot minute since I've done my zeta
Can also world hop
What’s dat?
Go to an Aetheryte in one of the starting cities and you can go to another world on your DC
Though that's an extreme solution for leves. For the FATEs it makes more sense.
The fates have been fun imo the leves making me wanna quit 😭
Interesting. It's usually the opposite for most players.
Also does EW have relics?
Not yet
Not yet™
Hmm, which expansions relic is considered the easiest to get?
HW
Heavensward relic is basically a giant poetics dump for most of the steps
Really it depends on what you find difficult. The Zodiacs have a variety of tasks, Animas are poetic dumps, Eurekas are FFXI style grinds and Blade's are a Bozja content grind primarily.
Eureka is the one with the armor set right? Not worth going for anymore? Well outside of cosmetic?
That’s also relics in general
Eureka armor can be BiS for Blu
BiS?
What's this week's fashion report?
Use !fr in #kupo-bot-spam
If I start today with a motivated static and we play 20 hours every week will we be able to beat all ultimates before December
Depends on your consistency and how fast people learn
But you can probably do the old ones decently quick as the dps checks aren't really a thing anymore
And just mechanical execution
The new one will take the most time
especially if you're trying to go blind
southern seas skirt , only with real money or ingame?
if it's on the cash shop, that's the only source
So if my static is consistent with fast learners and some of us beat the ultimates before is it doable before December?
beating all 3 ultimates in 6 months is a tough task
Don't know if it's there or not
Likely
but if they have experience, good mental and consistency it sounds probable
Ucob and uwu shouldn't take long
Tea might be abit, wormhole can still wall people
DSR definitely takes abit
ucob is pretty backloaded so that may also be tough but if it isn't your first then whatever
it's crafted gear, please look up the item first if you have a question like this
ehhh DSR i wouldn't say by december
if you did all others in succession
even if they were gamer it would go over time i would think
not by a lot but
If you did in succession you might start DSR in maybe next month give or take
depends entirely on the experience, uwu with a mid-decent group is a month and a half give or take if you've never done an ult
if you're better it's much quicker though i'll give you that
Ok thanks guys
how do i change my carbuncles color ?
/Petglamour now
hmm
/Petglamour Carbuncle "insert what glam you want"
if you unlocked it from the 50 quest
Needs unlocking first however
wait what
At the arcanist guild
i have to unlock pet glamour 🧍
Lv50
god dammit limser
is stuff like Optical Hat and Cassie Earring good only in eureka or are they only for glamour
They have eureka bonus on them
Only good in eureka stat-wise
Which gives extra stats in eureka
they give haste versus normal elemental pieces too
which makes them marginally better but you don't really need them at all, especially if you don't wanna spend upwards of a few million on the earring, blitzring, or the mat for hat
The hat is also kinda useless since you’d generally use the +2 Elemental gear for more direct damage
Or the Vermilion cloak
I've been doing alot more prog parties lately but I think I'm struggling at giving constructive criticism.
Any advice on helping fellow FFXIV players improving?
do you ever see these people after a prog party sess
because the main issue with trying to give advice is discerning, as vinyl said, if they're even willing to learn
...rarely. I met a machinist who recognized me from the last party
but yeah I suppose it's a lost cause if they leave after 3 wipes
if it's DPS in a pug then you're SoL imo, there's no way to teach someone to DPS better in taht short amount of time
as for mechanics you just have to explain it right
Its usually mechanics. We don't make it to enrage
I know for ME personally it usually clicks when I ask players to "act out" mechanics for me
i would simply ask what went wrong and advise the correct course of action
sometimes people don't even know what killed them
acting out mechanics / rehearsal is what i do as well
it is very helpful
but in the end i don't feel like this is an issue on your part
pug environments are very haphazard and getting a solid one that's willing to learn is going to be a tall order
there are also some players who just learn more slowly than others and its probably going to take them some dozen pulls to get a mechanic
Most people just look at guides and just see what they need to do
like if theyre just not getting it then they just have to throw themselves at it enough
nothing really you can do
Which means if people need to adjust they just flatline and frail
You’ll basically just be playing the lottery in pug parties on who does what, and just have to try ur best to guide people where it is
It may not always work but the methods u mentioned sound good
there’s only so much u can do
^
some people get it after like 3 tries and other people get it after 33 tries
just how it is
If you know of a braindead way to do a mechanic the say it
as a whm do we ever use cure III? At low levels?
when people are stacked yes
If you need high AoE healing when everyone is somewhat stacked
Like despair unforgtten is such a braindead and piss easy mechanic
But most of the time a Medica 2 is enough if you don’t need immediate healing
Cause only 1 thing in that mech actually matter
Cure 3 is most effective in an organized party that stacks and there’s not a lot of stack mechanics on average so it sees less use in pugs
Makes sense, thnx for the help ❤️
And regarding Cure and Cure II, always use cure right?
cure 2
cure 2
Cure 2 mainly
No
Cure 1 is shit
you never use cure 1 after you have 2
Freecure is a trap
damn, i've been playing badly then
Cure 1 loses its appeal/use as you get more mana efficient tools
XD
Immediately loses value after getting cure 2
!action afflatus solace
It's not gcd efficient
Quite literally a free cure 2 every 20 seconds
so I never use cure i guess
so cure 2 is obv better
You stopped using cure at lv30
let me put it this way
cure 1 is more mana efficient yes but cure 2 is more time efficient for healing
and time efficient >>>>>>>> mana efficiency i nthis case
Making use of regen also helps cut down on cure 1 use
its 500 vs 800
Though you do slowly wean off of regen at the higher levels
that was my thinking process
Cure 1 is the lowest priotry heal
Mana isn't an issue
If you're actually remembering to use Lucid on cd
And not excessively overhealing
yea mana isn't a problem. I levelled an astro but whm is my 2nd healer, im mainly a dps main
And never healed in high end content
Thanks for the help<3

you should also be abusing benediction if you arent already
I use it as an emergence button
most newbie healers try to save it
yep
dont
abuse it
make it your first heal
stop being scared
I treat my benediction as a really big cure 2/solace most of the time
Sure, Bene has a 3m cooldown but if it never goes on cooldown how useful was it?
true, i never thought of it and i feel stupid XD
Makes total sense
Nah, whm teaches some weird lessons
It's basically like using your offensive buffs on trash
I dont blame people for drawing the wrong conclusions
It's more effective when you actually fucking use it
Bit of a dick thing but this is me with most fights and I manage to bluff myself into PF parties that are halfway done with the fight with no actual experience.
Usually it works. 😅
or ranged not using lb on big trash pulls
Why have emergency buttons when you can use the same buttons to prevent the emergency happening in the first place
toxic wynne? 
well i already became a better healer XD
Hey if other people die in the first few mechanics they won’t notice me doing the same
You get no ogcds until 50 and when you finally get it, the cooldown is immense. It frames it as an emergency button between gcd healing. The problem is endgame is tuned the other way entirely, where you often go through a dungeon without ever touching a gcd heal. If whm is a players highest level healer thats a hard lesson to shake.
Something like bene or tank invuln literally deletes trash packs
Thank u very much, helps a lot rlly
Important part is being adaptible, so youre on the right path
In dungeons you essentially can use bene every other trash pack
As dungeons are usually 2 packs then boss
And it would be back for the pack after the boss
yea cuz most of the times the wipes happen in trash packs not the bosses
Cause dungeon bosses are actually fucking pathetic and purely downtime for the next pack
indeed
Youll see a lot of tanks stop using defensives when the dungeon boss is under 30% or so because theyre better used on next trashpull
Or the very least use their short defensive cooldown since its so spammable
I’m playing through for the first time with 2 other people. I’m to what I assume is the final dungeon of ARR but I’m ahead of them. Is there a place to look at farmable mounts and minions from level 1-50 while I wait on them?
Until you finish arr your options are limited
Mainly to like arr beast tribes and gold saucer stuff
Praetorium or Keeper of the lake?
Yeah the only dungeon pre 50 I recall dropping a minion is Aurum
You can use this site to track minion/mount sources, but it doesn’t have an easy filter option for the level of the content. So your best bet is to look at the patch it came out in https://ffxivcollect.com/
2.0 to 2.55 would be all ARR content
do note there could be a lot of spoilers checking that site, though.
if I'm past level 20 in Eureka, and I have do to the sprite log can I go back to amenos to do it?
How long does it usually take to clear Algaia? Just trying to formulate a plan
would that count?
it's fairly deep into 6.1 msq so maybe like
2hrs?
less if you skip/skim
but it's after the dungeon
And if you mean the raid length, it’s like 20 or so minutes
ah yeah to clear
Definitely not that fast yet
That’s what I meant
Probably 20-30 minutes
does anyone know of a quick way of getting the undead and sprite log done if I'm stuck in pagos atm?
its like 35m
Just trying to figure out my best way to get to 1700 aphorism tomes in a day
Easiest to go back to Anemos for those
Roulettes, spamming 90 dungeons
1700 in 1 day is kind of nuts tho
Ghosts, zombies, skeletons. The stuff that spawns only at night.
!faq eurekaanemos
you'd want the coffinkeeps in anemos seam
Let’s just say I really want to get to ilv 590 as soon as I can
thank you guys
you can only get one piece from aglaia per week, so
Yes, but it’s not worth burning yourself out over it
Just did that
your best bet would be to farm a bunch of aphorism and augment your classical
get the ex3 weapon too
Also buy radiant
That's what they're doing
That’s exactly the plan
They want to farm aphorisms
Classical augment to 590 then ex3
yeah and you should be good to go
Are dark knights actually good
All jobs are
all jobs are good , its the player that matters
While the difference is rather small, like single digit percent points, they do in fact deal the most damage of all four tanks. But yeah DRK is in a great spot right now.
my Blacksmith has desynth 332, what's the best way to have it higher?
If you're not shit at playing it
drk is a bit rougher to level with than other tanks
Not really?
Not relevant
How is it not relevant?
He asked if its good
dungeons aren't endgame
comparing classes based on dungeon performance is arbitrary
even at 90, warrior is the only tank that can comfortably do dungeons without a healer
Wow that's amazinf
because....dungeons are made to be done with healers.....
Not at all relevant
drk is on par with gnb and pld in dungeon content
just because war is better than literally every other tank because of its self heal
but again it doesnt matter in a raiding scene
also i didn't really have that hard of a time leveling drk even before the living dead rework and i've leveled it to 90 twice
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Dungeon performance is irrelevant
And drk is fine. Yeah.
People are overstating its issues.
its less drk being weak and more war being giga busted in dungeons
and dungeons aren't endgame content so it doesn't matter
@dense ermine was the question about war?
Not really, no. Also this is not the place for this argument.
My dude
is there a reason that I can't see a level 5 mining outcrop in middle la noscea
Well what level are you?
Isn't drk extremely good?
Cuz if its low you don't have auto detection on
middle la noscea doesn't have a lvl 5 node
Oh lol
All jobs are good
oh it doesn't
Yeah look at the gathering log
basically, bot/miner the 1-15 nodes are in the zones that are connected to the city they start in
shroud for bot, thanalan for miner
its not until 20+ that you get nodes in the other areas
Heard that it got an insane amount of hate before the buff recently
You're wrong
Where do I get Skybuilders Iron Ore then?
We memed on it have the worst tank invuln by far
you can't get phase 1 mats anymore
Nowhere
In the firmament
just focus on getting grade 4 materials in the diadem
It doesn't exist. You get grade 4.
and crafting the grade 4 items
so you're incapable of crafting anything with below grade 4 mats now?
you can craft the grade 2 and 3 experts
there's ultimately no reason to craft anything non expert grade 2-3
They give less exp than grade 4
No grade 1 expert afaik
oh I see, so make grade 4 crafts then ok ok
What's a good profession to make money?
Hunt trains should be the best way to get a load of tomestones, right? Want to buy 60/70/80 tank eq.
All of them
you need all of them
can't do just 1
ah
Grades 1-3 were deprecated (excluding grades 2 and 3 expert recipes). Even if you could make them they would give you effectively nothing.
alr
Yes
It’s a way to get them
Roulettes still give more
!faq poerics
!faq poetics
Ultimately all of them, but someone the better ones to do are culinarian (which requires minimal mats from other dohs, lots of gathering though) or alchemist.
Ultimately food and pots are always in demand, especially around when new raid tiers or ultimates release.
how do ppl get Pegasus mount
Alr, thanks
Pegasus aka Astrope is from 2000 successful mentor roulettes
You mean black Pegasus? Either get lucky or cough up the cash
Generally this is considered a total pain in the ass of a grind, so the alternative is grinding out pvp wins for the metallic pegasi from Garo
so what kind of materia should I meld for dark knight?
Night Pegasus exists too oop
!faq Balance
Check out the #drk-resources channel here
the regular non giant ass pegasus is from ishgard restoration scrips @half canopy
