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Submitted by Lufesto
What to do post MSQ

I've finished MSQ (not yet tackled post MSQ stuff) and I'm a bit indecisive on what to do, should i go for stuff like occult crescent while it's hot, or try going for the arcadion raid, or just go fully into post msq to get it done, i would like to k...

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Submitted by ShinaChu
Help me get my account back please:(

Hi all!

So I’ve lost/forgotten all my login details since I had kids a few years ago. I’ve been trying to figure it out again and again for a while now but it’s just not working.

My issue is that I had 2 accounts. One for the PlayStation and one ...

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Submitted by Gottesstrafe
Fashion Report for Week of 2026-05-26

Note: Template for post courtesy of u/YakFuji, copying for purposes of record keeping this week. Except for some editing to plug in information from this week's challenge, all credit should go to u/YakFuji.

What Is Fashion Report?

It's a wee...

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Submitted by AuremCookieDragon
Bosses like Enuo going forward

I've been of two minds on whether to post this at all, but here goes.

I really hope Extreme bosses going forward won't be like Enuo.

It's not that the movements are any harder than they've been in other Extremes, it's that the constant spinning and...

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Submitted by Kokopossum
How do you make gil in the Occult Crescent

Seeing a lot of people run this content and wondering how lucrative it can be. What are the most valuable items and what can be done if your goal was simply to make gil doing the content? I want to spend my time around people while also making some g...

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Submitted by E3wulfy5
Evercold: FF inspiration theories

I read as much theories that I could regarding everyone's predictions for Evercold and here is my 2 cents. Specifically Location and Jobs. Here we go.

Location: Ivalice. Yes, Ivalice or more importantly the 4th reflections version of Ivalice....

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Submitted by Eltrew2000
I am stuck at Baelsar's Wall

So what happened was that, when the msq gave me a set of armour I had chosen the wrong set lol which means I don't have a high enough ilvl to enter the dungeon.

Is there a way to convert the set to maiming or get some other set with around that 240 ...

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Submitted by DesertedFox
Can't log in during Free Login campaign

Haven't has a subscription since 2025 and I booted up the launcher yesterday to get things downloaded so I should at least have 2-3 days but I can't log in and I get the expired subscription page.

My partner in the same apartment is currently playin...

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Submitted by Eloah-2
A Request to Newer Sage Players

When you are partnered with a Scholar please remember to "limit" your usage of Eukrasian Prognosis (AoE shield). Sage actually has a pure AoE heal, whereas Scholar does not. This also works when partnered with another Sage. It's best to decide who wi...

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Submitted by VergilVDante
Is NIN good or bad nowadays

Haven’t played it since Endwalker but they changed the entire job

No huton buff now it’s an AOE? Armor crush now gives shuriken to use aeolien edge? Plus other things

Now i don’t know what is even the prominent rotation

At least Ten chi jin is n...

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Submitted by Key_Cat_2474
New character

I played before and beat game with BM. I wanna either do damage reaper or a tank. Dark knight but don’t know enough. What’s a good tank?

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Submitted by The_Whorespondent
Sub/payment

Hello,

I’m a returning player and had 3 free days this weekend. I’m totally hooked so I subbed, but I subbed through steam because I’m a lazy ass and I hate paying stuff via credit card.

The payment is still not through (it’s been 24h).

I don’t k...

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Submitted by SnapPunch
What makes playing DPS fun for you?

New player here having a blast playing FFXIV but struggling with getting into DPS jobs. My problem is that DPS jobs feel like they aren't that important. With a tank, you know you are doing well if you hold enmity, stay alive, and generally follow th...

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Submitted by Elegant_Bar_1897
am i going crazy?

so im playing thru ff14 for the first time with some friends of mine, were sticking together for main quests and stuff like that, and while in la noscea i saw a side quest that unlocked at level 30, and gave a full set of armor for completetion that ...

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Submitted by ExcenV
SHB Skill Speed Builds

So, now having a rough idea of what all the job kits are looking like, how viable do people think Skill Speed is going to be now in a TPless world? I know we won't know for SURE until we can actually start crunching specific numbers after release, bu ...

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Submitted by Luminous01
Do they need to hire job balancers?

The past few years or so there seems to be an increase in the FFXIV team telling us they couldn't figure out a way or didn't know how to balance jobs and that is why we are getting game decisions most people are unhappy with.

They couldn't figure ...

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Submitted by lolGeeoh
Cannot Sign In or Recover Password. Help

So somehow my Square Enix account got locked for security reasons (I have no Idea why) and I can’t sign into it. I tried recovering password like normal but I guess I somehow forgot my Security Questions answer and everywhere I went to recover my pas ...

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Submitted by PishPoshBaGosh
Hi-top shoe item?

I been making outfits for my character and I might be imagining things but I'm SURE there was an NPC in like a summer event or something that had these shoes that looked like some sick hi-top sneakers, and they'd be perfect for an outfit I'm planning ...

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Submitted by Narsiel
So, will class quests be changed lorewise?

After loosing half our DPS kit as Scholar and time dilation spells with AST... will those story quests be deleted? AST revolves around a guy using time magic, if they are removing those then maybe they are completely reworking the class story line? S ...

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Submitted by dramasticdude
Anyone else?

That feeling when you queue up with some of the most skilled players in the game who wear the edgiest looking gear and fight flawlessly, but the party repeatedly wipes out on the first boss because you fail to dodge the same aoe cone again and again. ...

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Submitted by zombiefriend
What is the point of the WXHB?

I’ve watched videos, scoured Google, read the giant controller guide that floats around here. They all tell you how to set it up; call me crazy, but I cannot find anything on what it’s used for. Are they extra buttons? If so, how do I assign buttons ...

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Submitted by Writer_Man
So about pets...

Now that their skills are being changed to player skills, that means we won't be able to use them when we are casting, right? Because I get the feeling a lot of Summoners and especially Scholars are going to go crazy because of this.

It also means t ...

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Submitted by luck008
Ko’ing in PoTD

For the life of my SCH, I cannot find the answer to this question.

I’m on level 21-30 at the moment. No KO’s. My question is if I do KO at any point, what affect does that have to my progression onwards to higher levels?

Thanks for any respo ...

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Submitted by siren_peine
Just a thought on Nocturnal AST + SCH

Essentially, it will now be possible to shield stack with these roles, no?

Nocturnal AST’s naturally have a larger shield (I’m not sure after potency changes, but going off what I know) than SCH.

Now that SCH’s critlo is split into 2 shields, Aspec ...

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Submitted by ggrace3302
Healer why?

I have no issue with the healers that just want to heal.
But damn it SE give us options for those healers that also enjoy pushing DPS

The changes of one dot and one dps move hurts me as someone that loved SCH ...

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Submitted by Gorkraven
Estimated date for 5.0?

Hi all,
Do we have an estimated date for 5.0 to drop?
I was thinking June 25 made the most sense. 1 week before launch, a few days before early access?
Is there any chance it could be sooner though? ...

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Submitted by dawnbomb
Getting into Gilgamesh?

Newish, for servers that are congested, do they straight up disable new users, or is it just being gated and you can just select make character in this server over and over and over untill it lets me in? ...

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Submitted by Airique
Gear level requirements on MSQ.

Does anyone have any idea when they will drop gear score requirements for the part of the MSQ towards the end of Stormblood?

I’m guessing this is only something they do towards the end of the current expansion, and the previous expansions all drop ...

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Submitted by xHarryx
Aetheryte Earrings Gone.

I got hacked, lost my money - contacted support to get it back - got it back. But I think I must have redeemed my Earrings before the transfer for gil went back - so now my earrings are gone! The letter for redeeming it is still there and the minion ...

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Submitted by Phuka
I need a macro

I am having trouble finding something like this - I need a macro that either copies the target's name to the clipboard or automatically starts a report ticket with that name.

The reason: The server i'm on (Goblin) has a glut of random-gibberish name ...

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Submitted by Nyvix
Question about buying expansions

I'm a new player that has been playing on a trial account for a while now. I'm digging the game and I'm ready to jump in, but I'm a little confused on something.

Shadowbringers says it includes both HW and SB, so if I pre-ordered it now, do I get HW ...

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Submitted by Grimboja
Item Level expectations

From what I have seen so far, the level of the end game Rowena gear has gone from 130, to 260, to 390. Should we expect this +130 trend to bring up ill 520 gear in ShB? I'm curious. ...

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Submitted by iLLxx
Digital Upgrade Service unavailable.....

Hello everyone.

I wanted to upgrade my FFXIV to Digital Collector Edition through the Digital Upgrade Service on Mog Station, i wanted all the sweet extra loot that comes with it,but i havnt been successful for a few weeks now.

Every time i log in ...

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Submitted by NotEnoughToast
Moogle event screwing 24 man HW raids

Queueing for over an hour to run Void Ark as I’m unlocking content. It’s popped six times only to have people withdraw because is isn’t ARR for the moogle event. Either rewards need to be placed on the HW alliance raids or penalties for withdrawing o ...

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Submitted by xaylee
lvl 30 arcainst help

so i did the lvl 30 arcainist quest, and it said i learned a new summon (infrit egi?!) and a soul crystal. i know the soul crystal has something to do with becoming a summoner and what not, but she the crystal nor the new summon is in my inventory/ac ...

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Submitted by gzh30
Floating damage texts

Forgive me if this was already asked as I couldn't find anything, but did they add in a feature to disable other players’ damage numbers? I know I can disable floating texts but that disables seeing numbers from DOTs, HOTs, etc. ...

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Submitted by Naesori
Which Server to play

A few days ago I posted what server had the most hawaii players. And I came to the conclusion of 3 servers I have in mind

Adamantoise

Faerie

Famfrit

Now my main problem is deciding which server to play out of the three that’ll grant me players w ...

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Submitted by Zap364
Connection issues

So I had this game for over 3 weeks now, but I’ve hardly ever had the chance to play. This is mainly because of the random disconnections form the server and lobby despite my WiFi being perfectly fine.
I’m using the free trial because I wanted to g ...

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Submitted by WildArtOfPlay
[spoiler] just to be sure...

well since a lot of characters seem to reappear or rearange their origin story how can we be sure that for some reason we don't encounter haucherfant, because I'm not emotinally stable enough for something like that tbh... ...

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Submitted by Cadallin
Job switching for beginners.

Hello so Im fairly new and still on free trial, but I’m a level 17 Thuamaterge (sorry I don’t know how to spell it) and if I wanted to change my job to a summoner, how would that function? What do I fo? What will happen to my level? Thanks in advance ...

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Submitted by imZincx
Account Comprised/Hacked Discussion

I've recently had my ffxiv account compromised. Fortunately, my account was locked before they had a chance to do anything more malicious other than take all my gil (150 mil pepohands). I've gone through the steps of re-securing my account; password ...

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Submitted by MrZaedinSir
Controller keybindings

Hi all,

I'm new to the game and I've been trying to get a controller setup that I'm comfortable with since I have primarily been on mouse and KB.

I have got my switch pro controller working within the game but I am having trouble wrapping my mind ...

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Submitted by JuatinBonds
Best community Experience

So I’m a WoW refugee. I played mostly DPS and healer but when I switched over to final fantasy I wanted to tank because the dark knight spoke to my inner edge lord. So I level boosted one, and ran through the content. Last night I did my first group ...

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Submitted by graveyardsoup
Alphinaud and Alisaie's 5.0 outfits

Does anyone have any decent screengrabs or model rips of the twins new outfits from the benchmark/media tour? I've been trying to find clearer images for a project but have yet to find any very clear ones. The shots in the benchmark trailer were sort ...

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Submitted by Kisuke42
ShB patch/Xpac question!

In other MMOs such as WoW, the Xpac patch gets applied to the game few weeks before the actual launch.

You get to see all the major changes, skills and what not (at the current lvl cap ofc).

Does it work the same way in FFXIV or will the 1st major ...

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Submitted by ChiefNiloc
Steam Version

Hello all, recently I decided to get back into FFXIV. I started playing during ARR but quit right before HW was about to drop due personal reasons. Now I've been playing for the past couple weeks and bought a subscription. I'm about to reach level 50 ...

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Submitted by Jiveturkeyjerkey
Dumb Question

If you buy shadowbringers do you get a month of play with it or do you have to pay the 15 bucks for the month as well as the 40? Just need to know how much I need to save up before I purchase it. ...

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Submitted by Telarik
DRK AoE Combo vs Other Tanks AoE Combo

It seems that DRK is the only tank class not receiving their 2nd move in their AoE combo at level 40.

Dark Knight: Unleash (lvl 6) -> Slawart Soul (lvl 72)

Paladin: Total Eclipse (lvl 6) -> Prominence (lvl 40)

Warrior: Overpower (lvl 6) -> Mythril ...

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Submitted by Sublime9082
Lvl 58 Alchemist quest

Is the only lvl 58 quest that requires a master craft book.
Ive managed to get all my crafting classes from 50 to 70 without buying the lvl 60 mastercraft 3 books so I can focus on ShB catchup. Can anyone make me a HQ dracoian potion of strength. Wi ...

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Submitted by funwithfenrir
Free Fantasia question.

Do you still get a free Fantasia for beating ARR? My friend told me that you get one per character on your account, but I have yet to receive one on my second character. I figured he might be mistaken, so I figured I'd ask you guys. ...

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Submitted by Hausenfeifer
A few changes I'd like for AST

Ok, so it's been a day. Now that the initial knee jerk reaction has died down, I'm wondering how everyone really feels about the AST changes. We know the cards are NOT going to change back to how they were, so it's pointless to complain about it at t ...

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Submitted by MaterialProject
CPU bottleneck in populated areas

I've spent a few days playing around with overclocking my i7 8700k in an effort to see what it takes to beat the bottleneck with high levels of population. After cranking it up to 4.9 ghz I still get bottlenecked like crazy. So I guess now I need to ...

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Submitted by shino3131
Music?

Does anyone know that if u turn off the in game music , that music still plays during the cutscenes ?
Sorry new player here and have not encountered a cutscene yet. ...

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Submitted by riverninj4
The game has disappeared!

I started playing about a month ago, and this game is a BLAST. I just moved for the summer and am now using a different PS4 to play on. So, I signed in and tried to start playing. I definitely own ARR, HW, and Stormblood, but I can't download it! In ...

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Submitted by squidbunny
SHB Code Redemption Angst

So I [stupidly] bought two copies of SHB for myself and my husband on Amazon in a single order, which generated one promo code, which I [stupidly] redeemed, thinking Amazon would just send another. They did not. They canceled the entire order aft ...

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Submitted by Leggo-my-eggos
Noct Ast/Sch synergy in ShB

I know that Galvanize and Nocturnal Field don't stack however, Catalyze can stack with Nocturnal Field yes? I ask this because I noticed that Astrologian received a new shield effect from using Celestial Opposition and the shield is called Nocturnal ...

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Submitted by ImAngryAFWithSA
Controller Support.

Hellow!

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I recently started to play with my Xbox controller and im having lots of fun (at least more than keyboard and mouse) but I have a big problem... I believe my right joystick is bugged since i cannot move up/down or zoom in/out in th ...

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Submitted by Writer_Man
So about the Trust system

If it really works out, we should try and get the devs to turn Castrum and Praetorium into Trust only dungeons. That would solve a lot of issues for new players and old players. Basically erasing the dungeons from the roulette cycle and the difficult ...

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Submitted by Kenzhi87
Advice? Spare some advice?

I've been going through FF14 content, leveled a ninja, boosted a monk and astro. Been loving astro in the dungeon and trials. So much fun that i decided to become a astro healer main for the foreseeable future. Then...i finally reached Stormblood.

I ...

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Submitted by AndyHunter12
Is the playerbase still high on PS4?

im thinking odfjumping into this mmo when the new chapter drops but im not sure if its active on console, specifically ps4. By that I mean will I be able to do group content easily without waiting forever to find people and will I be able find people ...

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Submitted by Zenkii-
Playing on a NA DC from S. Korea

Does anybody play from Korea on a NA DC? I'll be moving there in about 9 months and would like to know how bad the latency will be from people with experience. Changing DC's is out of the question as well. Thanks. ...

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Submitted by dark494
General PSA/Guide For Tether Mechanics

It's been an interesting week trying to help people do dog farms in Seiryu EX, much more difficult than I imagined it should be, and for all the wrong reasons. No this is not a rant, though what started me down the path of writing this post is a gene ...

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Submitted by alienperf
Botanist newbie

Hello,

I'm fairly new to the game and started working on a botanist. My botanist is now lvl 20.

I'm looking for advice on:

  • Fast ways to level
  • Handy items to gather
  • What gear should I be looking for?
  • How to make money as a Botanist.
  • Othe ...
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Submitted by Rasrey
Returnee in need of help

Hello.

So I stopped playing FFXIV about 1 year and a half ago, when I moved to Japan. I am still in Japan but I wish to come back, as the new extension is about to arrive.

My main is WAR. I play some DPS classes too. Character in Shiva.

Back when ...

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Submitted by PiiCii
Results of two seemingly special maps

So last night we did two of these maps, and "seemingly" is clearly the key word. If anyone is wondering, you get a guaranteed portal but it seems like the map is otherwise identical to gazelleskin maps. Same enemies and same loot before portal.

On ...

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Submitted by Nonoboko
Viera animations?

I’ve looked everywhere and can’t seem to find any videos showing the vieras different idle poses and sit poses. I’m just really curious to see what they look like since I love my au ra’s ones. Did anyone from the media tour post a video show casing t ...

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Submitted by stmacl
Most frustrating dungeon run ever?

so I just wanna talk about the frustration that was the Copperbell Mines (Hard) run I just did.

Since I needed to fill out my relic book I needed to go in as DRG and after queuing for 5 aeons I was in.

Had a DRK, AST and BLM. Thought to myself tha ...

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Submitted by PsycadaUppa
Im having trouble with the game.

Good morning everyone i recently purchased final fantasy 14 starter pack from the psn store. And i have downloaded the game but the application is locked. Im curious what do i do so i can play the game. And thanks to everyone taking the time to read ...

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Submitted by Tamoketh
What pink mounts does FFXIV have?

So, I have a pink glam for my tanks and I'm wanting to look for a pink mount that I could ride around with. Does FFXIV have any mounts that are visibly pink? I see some like Blissful Kamui and the Rose Lanner that seem/sound like they'd be pink, but ...

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Submitted by twisted15
Main Scenario trust Sytem

So i've been doing main scenario roulette for the moogle tomes and I can't help thinking that they must make a trust system work for this... which leads me to ask: who would fill what roles? Will it be a full party? Who was available at the time in t ...

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Submitted by tzeriel
FFTactics content

Hey all! Still fairly new to most of the stuff in this game. Don’t get my damn expansions for another month, but I’ve seen quite a few people running around in FFTactics looking gear in my main city. Is there a place to get this stuff at 50? Tactics ...

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Submitted by Bremer85
DRK Feeback and Rewarding Gameplay

Summary at the end.

If it is ok with everyone, I would also like to give some feedback to what was shown at the media tour. A short background: I switched from PLD to DRK in SB, because I wanted to have a more engaging gameplay and like the feeling ...

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Submitted by misc_cargo
Let's be positive!

Give us something you look forward to or want to try hands on with Shadowbringers

Let's push back against the current shower of negative responses to unfinished skills and theory based "critics" of the changes coming in Shadowbringers.

Being a Sum ...

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Submitted by Kaysser
SHADOWBRINGERS - SMN Preliminary rotation

As per the hype for the new extensions, I always take some time to write down a preliminary rotation for SMN, I did for HW and SB but this time I thought I will share it here also.

Keep in mind, I did this for fun, to wait the extension, there's pro ...

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Submitted by SirShmoopi
Skill Speed in Shadowbringers

IF YOU GUYS DON'T THINK I AM DOING A FULL SKILL SPEED BUILD ON MONK AND NINJA JUST TO TRY IT OUT BOY DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU.

It honestly sounds really fun for someone like me who likes to push buttons all the time. c: ...

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Submitted by Dan_the_boy
So whats Gunbreakers shtick?

PLD has best mitigation, WAR has HP and DPS and DRK has best magical mitigation. Where does GNB sit in all this? Mitigation doesn't seem anything special and dps seems good but not outstanding either? Whats the purpose of bringing one?

This may be ...

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Submitted by lemony707
Why remove support utility? It was fun.

I'm looking at BRD and seeing we no longer have foe requiem, refresh, tactician and palisade. Some I understand like tactician because there's no longer TP, however a big crucial reason I even bothered to play BRD was I like the design of supporting ...

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Submitted by run1235
Key pad help - locking target

recently i've been running into an issue with my razer orb weaver that i cant seem to figure out what's causing it. recently ctrl + 4 (key14) on my orb weaver locks my target when the skill is usable and it completly fucks up my camera. and idea what ...

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Submitted by kirin_ichiban
Living Shadow problem.

So after scrutinizing all the information I could possibly get on all the classes I want to play in ShadowBringers, I noticed something with Dark Knight's Living Shadow. The tooltip says its a 24 second ability, but in all the videos I've seen the s ...

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Submitted by Kosmos992k
Coaching players - aka being a mentor

I recently had the pleasure of tanking Ghimlet Dark with a first timer and another who's only run it once before, many weeks ago. Something I noticed that I think everyone needs to remember - especially mentors (I have the crown too, but don't alway ...

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Submitted by Bodacious_Dad_Bod
I feel like a complete idiot

Been playing off and on since 2.0 on different accounts. Always selecting the gladiator, I just assumed I had to start as a Glad even though I wanted to start as another disciple of War. I literally thought all the other roles just had to be 'unlocke ...

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Submitted by kefkaownsall
Should I buy the booster for machinst

Context my other 2 characters are a lv61 rogue and 60 Samurai. So I heard Machinst is basically a new class in 5.0 and I wanna get into it now but I worry that leveling from 35 to 60 will take too long especially since I haven't started Stormblood s ...

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Submitted by Luxel7
New in this game

Im new in this game, im trying the free trial to meet the game but i think i'm going to play it definitely. I am a WoW player, and i use to play tank so i want to know some things about this game to compare it with WoW in terms of mechanich, gameplay ...

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Submitted by LordPizza
Loot in Trust Dungeons

Been looking around and watching videos and haven't seen it mentioned. What is the loot situation like using Trusts for dungeons? Do we get to loot all of it? Is there less/no loot to get if using Trusts? Wondering if someone else found this out. ...

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Submitted by SirPandaPuff
Ridorana Lighthouse first run

My FC leader has been telling me how difficult this raid is and says I should run tank instead of the dps I want to. My PLD ilvl is 373 and my NIN ilvl is 365. Just curious to those who have run it, would running as ninja be fine do you think? I don' ...

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Submitted by FredMo_
character boosts?

hi reddit, as with the new expansion i'm sure i cant be the only one considering a character boost considering the job changes, for those that have used them what was the process like and did you feel like you missed out on anything?

i was thinking ...

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Submitted by ExpellingInsanity
SSD for PS4

Is it worth getting an SSD for PS4 or is a SSHD better, purely for faster loading times. Budget isn’t an issue but obviously the PS4 slim only has a sata-2 controller. ...

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Submitted by AlexDelTrap
Most fun Job to level as

I am a new player, i did some mythic raiding in WoW so i'm not new to MMORPGs and complexity should not be a problem, but i don't know that much about FFXIV.

In many MMORPG the leveling process can be a bit weird due to not having some fundamental s ...

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Submitted by GeeBee81
Warrior Changes - confused....

Just checked out some of the weapon skill and action changes for warriors. My understanding is that you only have defiance and no more deliverance stance. So as a tank, there is no reason to not use defiance since it's a benefit to enmity generatio ...

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Submitted by Tide0z
Retainer interface

Just thought I'd toss a suggestion/topic out in the open. In prep for shadowbringer I've again started to purge my retainers inventory and work towards levelling them up. I have to in comparison to some of the other systems in the game, the summoning ...

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Submitted by -Dolvalski
Considering to Return

Hello.

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I am an old player from 2.0 up to 3.5 (Stopped around Zurvan). Was on the PS4 (K/M)… But I've recently build myself a nice computer and considered some games that I could play with it.

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After some time away from FFXIV, I w ...

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Submitted by Zombiesimic
Aurum Vale that bad?

It seems like most people that i get for this dungeon really don't like it. I get that it isn't the easiest dungeon, but I find it to be one of the ones o have the most fun in just because there is the real potential of a wipe. I haven't had a clean ...

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Submitted by preprose
Illusion of choice

So after two days of arguing on and off about healer changes, here are the arguments I have seen thrown around:

  • 'Healers complaining about healing LUL'

  • 'If you want to DPS go play a DPS'

  • 'You are just complaining because you got nerfed, AST/ ...

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Submitted by waifugenerator
Lore book request

Hi I'm not sure if this is against the rules or not? But can someone link me to the black mage weapon and armour page from Volume 2 of Encyclopaedia Eorzea? I haven't been able to find either anywhere....thank you in advance! ...

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Submitted by MillieHiyori
Will Healers have MP issues in 5.0?

So from looking at all the jobs new moves for 5.0 i realize that none of the range dps don't have moves to give mp to the healer. I know they stated that Piety will be change to "The more piety you have the faster mp is restore" but what happens if t ...

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Submitted by kahlildrogo
90006 every 2 hours

PS4 here. I’m hardwired and don’t have any issues with my internet, but about every two hours I consistently disconnect with a 90006. Sometimes multiple dc’s in a row, even late at night or early in the morning. Is this common or heard of? Any ideas ...

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Submitted by Destrukthor
My Summary and Comparison of 5.0 Tanks

Hello, I'm Ark Sin. I've been a FC and Static leader of Solar since ARR. I've cleared pretty much every raid and love tanking. I think a lot of the tank changes are great and feel fortunate that while some other roles aren't looking as fun, tanks loo ...

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Submitted by JK_lol93
Lets talk 5.0 Ninja

So while I am super hyped for the changes ninja is getting for ShB, I am having a super hard time figuring out what the most optimal ninja opener is going to be. I want to call all you lurker ninja to arms to theorycraft with me!

Opener: Suition 1s/ ...

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Submitted by sentinelk9
Favorite PLD sword/shield?

With shb I'm debating if I should switch from my PLD to edgelord. Mainly because those drk 2 handlers look so awesome!

Help convince me that PLD have great weapon glamors too! What's your favorite / best looking PLD weapons your seen?

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Submitted by OrochiSeth
Massive lagg on Tornberry for me.

I'm on steam and since last night ( around 12hours ago) i log into ff14 just to found out that there is a massive delayed for me to the point where im too frustrated to continue playing not to mention error 90006. I come back almost 75days now and th ...

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Submitted by A_N00b_Bus
Borderless Windowed

I used to play on a 40" 1920x1080 TV with my GTX 1060 in borderless windowed and get around 90 fps with smooth latency.
Now, when I play with the same card in borderless windowed on my 52" 4k TV, I get around 55 fps with absolutely garbage latency ...

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Submitted by MA-DAOfficial
How many PVP teams can you be on?

This game is very ... lacking in its PvP explanations. Maybe.

Anyway how many teams can you be on? I want to be able to play with a “team” and then also one to do hardcore “make the ranks” kind of team.

Are you able to make more than 1? ...

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Submitted by CallawayDay
Penalty for someone else withdrawing?

I was trying to get moogle tombstones and twice the tank flaked and now I have a 30 minute penalty? I don’t understand why. I was waiting to go into the dungeon, I pressed accept. But nope, wasn’t tossed back into the queue just kicked and penalised. ...

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Submitted by Nyx_Antumbra
Getting the Garo mounts

I've only just resubbed in preparation for Shadowbringers, unfortunately I missed the chance to join others participating in the latest feast season and everyone else farming the mounts after it was announced they would be getting removed. I really ...

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Submitted by Teanuu
I'm sure this has been asked but...

As a level 44 dragoon what is the best way to level at a good speed?

I just been doing quests then at one point burned through MSQ and now keep hitting the 'being one level below the level needed' roadblock.

Have not touched POTD much. Just a ...

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Submitted by Edsaurus
Suggestion: Class-specific emotes

With the upcoming expansion, exactly how it happened in the past, multiple jobs will lose some of their actions, and some of these actions have a pretty cool animation and SFX.

My suggestion is: make some new job-specific achievements that unlock jo ...

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Submitted by Simplerectangle
Help with starting a Free Company

Hello XIV reddit! Lurker here, me and my friends were having the idea of starting an FC. The problem is finding a way to quickly get company credits quickly or at least efficiently for those daily buffs. But along side that, any other advice will do! ...

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Submitted by JawaOwl
Hand and Land Prep for 5.0

Hi all,
I have all Hand and Land to 70 and have the current best gear for them all. I have never started a new expansion before and so would like to know what I should prep/farm for 5.0?
Any advice would be appreciated, Thanks! ...

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Submitted by Cyberjynx
Yellow Copper Ore Question

For some reason I can't seem to mine yellow copper ore? I'm currently mining level 52, I have the collectables ability, I'm in the correct location (beside the bridge) and I turn up on time at 4:00 AM/PM... But it still does not show... The other ore ...

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Submitted by Hurlocks
question about eu data centers, need help

something happened recently that has forced me to leave my current home of aether. i'm eu based irl so i was thinking maybe i should finally try out the eu data centers.. the idea of having decent ping is enough to sway me away from na now i'm being ...

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Submitted by Azisan86
Irregular tomes rewards

So, I've just recently started playing the game, and I'm done with the MSQ, and I don't have a lot of things in terms of collectables... So I was wondering, what is the best investment for tomes in terms of rarity of rewards? What are the best reward ...

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Submitted by aslevjal
Benchmark help

Hey! I'm having some trouble running the benchmark. I've extracted to a new folder outside of downloads, it's not showing up in task manager when I try to run it, and have tried unchecking the 'read-only' attribute in the folder's properties...but it ...

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Submitted by DarknessOfP17
Squadron improvements?

I was curious if anything was announced about fixes to the squadron system with the whole trust system coming out with the expansion. I decided to try out command missions today with my samurai and it seemed pretty rough. Would be really cool if they ...

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Submitted by Bl4ckSnow
Starting Over

I've decided to create a new character on a different server so I can play thru the MSQ again. Yes, I could wait until ShB launches but I'm quite impatient.

The reason behind this is so I can attempt to understand the high praise this game receives ...

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Submitted by Skai1515
Is Glamour like WoW old transmog system?

Sorry for bringing up WoW, but does the glamour system work like WoWs old transmog system before Legion? By that you loot to the item and store it? It isn't like current WoW were if it just drops and you loot it and it's added to your transmog cat ...

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Submitted by chumpymelon
Starting again

Hi all, I've stopped playing for like 5-6 years and I am considering to play again. So I have a few questions:

  1. What's a good server that I can party and quest with?

  2. Any sites that I can use to help me progress through the game easily?

  3. W ...

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Submitted by yaush0
Play Free Trail again ?

So, for a looong Time i had played the Trail on my Old PC, but when i try to play it on my new PC the Game/Site say i can't because i played the Trail before.

But i have now a new Pc and wanna Test the Game further :(
Anyway to play it again ?
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Submitted by Rohkha
PC Layout, HUD, bindings and other?

Is there a video the community would consider to be good in regards to how you should set your HUD, bindings etc at the start?

I'm from ps4 and switched to pc, so the cross hotbars don't really apply the same way. Any help woupd be much appreciated ...

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Submitted by DanyaHerald
Viera are great and all

But is there any chance they'll add their hairstyles for other races?

Because their short hair/tomboyish style is absolutely great and I'd love it on my miqote.

I wasn't sure if there was any chance of them porting some of those styles across to ot ...

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Submitted by Moshi_Moshi_Guy
Beast tribe help?

I'm going through all the ARR tribes and I've been doing the quests every day for the past week. the last two days though I've been unable to get my 12 daily allotments. is there a weekly limit to the quests or am I doing something wrong? ...

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Submitted by Tickwit
ShB EX Mounts

So with ShB getting closer and closer each day I've found myself wondering what kinda mounts we'll have with the EX primal fights, any thoughts? I'm at a loss to think of any reasonable ones! ...

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Submitted by DanAdric
Tips or Guide for Jumping Back In

Hi all! So I'm a returning player (last played at the release of Omega Sigmascape) and I'm wondering if anyone could link to any solid guides to help me get back-up to speed, or give me any tips to jump back in. I'm also feeling a bit behind on remem ...

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Submitted by GHB90
Lvl 36 DRG Looking for some hotbar tips

Hello, like the title says, Im trying to find a nice fit for my hotbars. I am using a controller since I switch between PS4 and PC fairly often, so I decided to just use a controller full-time. Any tips would be appreciated. Will post current hotbar ...

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Submitted by Pengu1un
Recently Been Lagging

I am in Boston connection to Leviathan. I just returned to playing again, and noticed I have been getting weird lag and very quick disconnects when in dungeons, raids, and trials. When I was playing about a year ago I did not have these issues, and I ...

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Submitted by zienith2012
Dad diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

I had resubbed and was playing before we had to go see my dad. The FF15 event was going on and when I wasn't working I was trying to do the quests so I could get the car. After he was diagnosed with stage 4 and given 6 months. My son (who will be 2 o ...

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Submitted by Rosebourne
warrior expansion questions.

so in the expansion do you guys think it would be better to use raw intuition or nascent flash when fighting groups of enemies since they share a cooldown, or is nascent flash really only spouse to be used while offtanking? can you use it if say your ...

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Submitted by darkhvn
Yet another AST's individuality eulogy...

I want to preface this with saying I don't think the changes are bad for newer players to ease them into a consistent healer. They're wonderful and removes gripes of having dead cards drawn during every situation. They're wonderful in encouraging you ...

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Submitted by DoughmiSO
Server transfer question

Probably already know the answer but I'm not 100%. I haven't played in some years and want to resubscribe and transfer servers (Coaeurl to Behemoth) to play with a friend. Behemoth's status is standard, creation of new characters unavailable. Am I ab ...

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Submitted by BeneficialFuture
Addon to auto skip cutscenes?

I seriously don't care about the story in this game, I want to hit level 70 as fast as possible, and while I've gotten good at skipping cut scenes fast, is there an add on that can do it for me?

Yes people will be angry that I don't like the story, ...

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Submitted by That0neFox
Persistent FPS Drops

I have been getting random fps drops from 100fps to around 35-45 for around 30-40 seconds since around 2 weeks ago and recently they've been getting alarmingly frequent.

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There aren't any special conditions for them; they show up idle and i ...

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Submitted by FredMo_
tips for endgame tanking (70)

hi guys just recently switched from summoner/scholar and am really enjoying tanking in this game, been pretty smooth sailing if im honest as far as the levelling was concerned but i was wondering if any more experienced tank mains could share some ti ...

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Submitted by sikbreh
Reasons to start this game

Hi

I've been a World of Warcraft player since it first came out and it has always been my main game. Due to be a father and husband now I don't have much time to commit especially as I pvped alot which required teammates who rely on you.

Before wow ...

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Submitted by sentinelk9
Favorite DRK weapon?

Hot on the heels of my last post (favorite PLD weapon(s)), what is your favorite DRK weapon? With shb I'm considering switching out of my PLD tank to a DRK tank. And of course the most important thing is looks.

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Submitted by bb0yer
Download issues

So I bought the starter edition of the game about a week ago so I could party up with some friends who were playing on the free trial version of the game and the whole download process was miserable for me. It was extremely slow (Ive seen others comp ...

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Submitted by IMOctavian90
No Well-Kept Wiki?

Returning player here and I wanted to look into a few things, but as I was hunting, I remembered that the wiki site for FFXIV is woefully underdeveloped and missing information. Is there no central location for up to date, consistently built FFXIV in ...

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Submitted by Lejonin
Canceling free trial to continue playing ?

Hi I just reached the end of the free trial and i cant go past it if i dont get a subscription , the problem is that i cant cancel my free trial , so do i have to wait all the 22 days left ? When i try to buy a subscription it charges me 0$ since i s ...

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Submitted by Lyranx
Primary PS4 Question

Hello. My question is if someone has a subscription or free access to FFXIV on a PS4, can other people on that PS4 play FFXIV with their own PSN id or SE account without a subscription or free access? ...

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Submitted by SkyDivingCats77
cant open shire preceptors coffer

guys something is very wrong or i'm very dumb. i can't get my shire accessory coffer open from the scholar skip. says "You cannot carry more than one unique item of the same type.". a friend got me the blm skip before. i read the i245 ring is usually ...

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Submitted by Doctor_Monty
How do you guys remember monk?

I really want to learn it. The class fantasy is awesome. But i have reallybnad memory problems. Makes it hard to learn forms. The flanking/rear is okay because i have them mapped to seperate sides on my controller. Is practice the only way? Or am i m ...

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Submitted by LyallKins
New to FFXIV, General Questions

I'm sorry, it's a long post:

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I've recently started playing FFXIV (On trial account on Lich) after migrating from playing GW2 (Free) and so far I've just been having fun exploring the world, doing side quests and generally taking my time wi ...

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Submitted by Yayaan
Is NewGame+ quests going to give EXP

I hadn't noticed the NewGame+ thing before and it is a very cool idea for doing certain encounters again.

Does anyone know if they have said if these give EXP, I would guess not but it would be strange being able to play this game kinda like WoW and ...

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Submitted by RedCipherlol
A Friendly Reminder: DONT LOSE HOPE

Remember during Stormblood launch, tank stance switches HALVED your job gauge then everyone hated it so they changed it not too long after? Don’t believe everything is set and stone! Those of you unhappy with some of the changes, just provide constru ...

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Submitted by Sines314
Past Character Classes

So, with Gunbreaker and the new Machinist update, we now have two classes that are pretty blatantly based on a single specific character. Squall and Edgar respectively. Personally, I'm fine with this. Both characters are distinct enough to warrant a ...

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Submitted by aubreydelrey
Trial runs

Why do they have trial runs if they don't drop anything? Like what is the point in doing them? I know the extreme ones drop something but what is the point in the normal ones? New player asking, thank you. ...

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Submitted by starquip
Hotbar help?

Hey guys, I’m a returning player here and while I could easily google how to set up my hotbar in a efficient way, would anyone have any advice/links on this? I’m still getting back into the flow of the game and the actions feel foreign to me a little ...

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Submitted by VentusDark129
I need help with an issue

So years ago I had an interest in the game and bought it. Thing is I played the demo and for some dumb reason I thought my account wouldn't matter because it's just a demo so I didn't keep up with any of my account information. Stupid I know. Anyway ...

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Submitted by KirikaTachibana
Aquarium question

So my shared estate is being demolished my only question is can I get the trimming I put in the fish tank back? I removed it and is didnt go into my inventory. Is my trimming gone? ...

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Submitted by Albiuxas
Question about macros

Greetings,

So I'm trying to figure out how to play summoner and I was wondering if it's possible to macro pet actions from different pets on the same action.

For example, I tend to keep my CC abilities on ctrl 3 so would it be possible to a macro t ...

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Submitted by thececilmaster
Wanting more friends

I'm a super active player, though I've not got many friends in this game. Right now, I've got my two buddies that I picked up FFXIV with, but I want a few more people to hang out with, and I wanted some advice on how to make friends.

I am already in ...

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Submitted by OmegaAvenger_HD
Is it me or lvl 50 DRG is boring?

I know that Dragoon is not the most difficult job to play but at level 50 you basically just use heavy thrust debuff combo and then damage combo+plus use OGCDs when available.Withouts BOTD its too repetitive.I played NIN at 50 and he already has cool ...

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Submitted by waddaba
PvP questions

Hey, I've been considering returning to this game (played during the first month of the game)

So I basically know nothing of the game, but I've always loved 1v1 PvP, does the game offer anything like that? A queueable 1v1 arena or battlegrounds? (p ...

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Submitted by Oumegah
Redragon M990 and keybinds

Hello, I've been searching if someone had this problem in this subreddit but without any success, so here I am asking you people if you had any similar issues.

My problem is that when i have keybinds inside the game for example Ctrl+1 for a skill, i ...

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Submitted by DrakeMagz
Armoire and Glamour Dresser

Hi,

I am a little bit lost in regards to the armoire and the glamour dresser.

I am running out of inventory space and trying to figure out which items belong into the armoire and respectivly into the glmour dresser. I have gotten a few "non attribu ...

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Submitted by Weneeddietbleach
Spotify playlist with best OST?

So does anyone have a recommendation/link for a playlist for the game's OST? Everything I've seen so far doesn't have anything familiar and my lunch break is limited. I haven't had a chance to play in years (before Ramuh was out) and I remember the m ...

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Submitted by elinfinitogabo
This will be odd but....

Well first of all I don't try to give pitty to anyone but my situation is this

About a year ago my now ex wife leave me (run with another guy) but leave me with my 2 kids alone 11 and 7, we don't know anything about her since rhen.

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Submitted by Dusk777
Akihabara Eorza cafe question

Hi,

I'm currently in Tokyo and want to visit the Eorza cafe. I couldn't manage to book tickets before I came and now I'm here they only have 4 person tickets available.
Does anybody know whether they will let only 2 of us in on a 4 person ticket?
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Submitted by lasagnajunkie
Day/Night/Weather in The First

To all the ones who've been in the media tour? How does the overall lighting work in Norvrandt? Is there a singular sun hovering through the day? What about the shadow? Is it just static or moving with respect to the time?

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Submitted by dreamyrobot
Leveling Disciples of the land

I just resubbed and wanted to get my gathering classes to 70 but I couldn't help but notice that while I have the red script gear I couldn't find an option to augment the main body pieces for my BOT. Is the option with another NPC or has it been remo ...

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Submitted by Hyanthe
LF two people for Eorzea Cafe (Akihabara)!

Looking for two people who are interested in sharing a 4-person table at the Eorzea Cafe in Akihabara! 4-person tables were unfortunately all that was available, but my sister and I have tickets booked for Thursday (June 6th) at 7pm (Tokyo time).

I ...

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Submitted by HeavenlyMitsubishi
Preorder question

So I own the game and all expansions on both PC and PS4, is there any info on how the preorder or even full release of ShB will work? If I buy only on PC first will I be locked out entirely on PS4 until I also upgrade that, or will I still have acces ...

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Submitted by CaiMyst
System Audio Settings Not Saving

Hi!
I have a weird bug right now where my system audio settings are not being saved. Every time I log in, I have to go to system configuration, and adjust my volume levels. Even changing it at the Configuration menu before logging in; after logging ...

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Submitted by tzeriel
What to do before expansions?

Okay so I’ve got Archer and Warrior at 50. Warrior is gear 99, archer is like 37? What do I need to do to prep for expansions? I’ve got a precious few MSQ(probably 3-5 hours worth)left to last me the month :/ ...

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Submitted by FoxiePrincess
I wish I could've tried 1.x

I know that most people thought it was awful, and perhaps it was, I wouldn't know because I never had the opportunity to play it.

I love the game as it is, and I'd never say to overhaul the game back to how it used to be, but I've always been genuin ...

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Submitted by junxt24
Texture Pop in

Do you guys have any known fix for the texture pop in, especially on grass/vegetation when in the open world? It's very noticeable and negatively impacts my grinding :/ Thank you. ...

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Submitted by kumba24
FFXIV vs WoW comparison seires (WIP)

Hey, I decided to write some articles comparing WoW and FFXIV from as objective a standpoint as I can manage (bearing in mind I have played far more FFXIV, but I can try). Only 2 posts are up so far looking at the stories and tanks/healers respective ...

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Submitted by kumba24
FFXIV vs WoW comparison series

Hey, I decided to write some articles comparing WoW and FFXIV from as objective a standpoint as I can manage (bearing in mind I have played far more FFXIV, but I can try). Only 2 posts are up so far looking at the stories and tanks/healers respect ...

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Submitted by thoma72900
Performance tweaks

Been playing for awhile (pre-HW) but been having issues with my desktop so it is currently unusable till i get it fixed/parts. This has led me to playing on my laptop so i was wondering if there were any options to boost performance outside of the in ...

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Submitted by Enedion
[PvP] How do I deal with Ranged?

Okay so I'm quite new to the PvP scene in FFXIV and I'm really enjoying it, my only problem with it though is that when trying to deal with Bards and Machinists as a melee DPS job I'm having a hard time keeping up, and when I manage to catch up with ...

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Submitted by Rosebourne
question about controller hotbars

So I play with a controller and I want to show my double tap LT/double tap RT and my RT->LT/LT->RT. Well I figured out how to do the double tap by enabling always display WXHB. I'm wondering how to show my RT->LT/LT->RT so I can watch my cooldowns? ...

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Submitted by Nrrve
HUD and interface question

Possible returning player here.

Have they made it easier to get pixel perfect HUD alignment? The grid snap used to be wonky and as far as I remember, you had use the arrows to make micro adjustments to the interface parts and even that wasn't perfec ...

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Submitted by Sines314
Glamour Plate Not Applying

For some reason, my glamour plate is refusing to apply Ghost Baroque Trousers of Fending over my Shire Custodian pants. I'm on a class at a high enough level that can use that glamour (63 WAR), and it seems to work fine elsewhere (though it won't go ...

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Submitted by theincubuslord
Can I turn off cursor sounds?

I just got a new laptop and finished installing the game on it, so I'm currently fixing the configurations and settings.

I never noticed this before, but whenever I move the cursor over to hover on something, it says a small click noise. Is ther ...

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Submitted by TiaraNeko
Show off your HUDs!

With Shadowbringers just around the corner everyone's getting their jobs maxed, their glamours sorted, their content finished, and squeezing out those last few ILs. But when was the last time you thought about making some tweaks to your layout? A new ...

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Submitted by metalmancy
Potential classes after Shadowbringers?

I know it’s waaayyyyy too early to be asking this, but just wanted to hear what classes everyone thinks is going to come after Shadowbringers now that dancer, blue mage, and a gun blade class have been implemented. Personally I think it would be real ...

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Submitted by njdom24
FFXIV Linux Performance?

Hi, I've been using Manjaro Linux for about a month now, playing FFXIV. My performance has been pretty sub-par, halving my framerate to precisely 30 when any significant effects come on screen and I've been playing with the lowest settings at 1080p.
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Submitted by AAAkame
Account locked and I cant get it back...

So today my account was locked and i was asked to change my password to unlock it, sure no problem. I change my password, account still locked OK, try again, nope still locked. look through the support page "Once a login restriction is placed, it can ...

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Submitted by ZenTheOverlord
Questions

I have a few minor questions, on two classes that I have an interest and I want to know how they stand on the group content.

How is Dark Knight as a tank and off tank, as well his damage as a melee tank class? And any tips on using Dark knight.

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Submitted by Garland43
Blue Mage opinion.

The fact that blue mage is made this way is in acceptable, the fact that they'd gut a popular class like this just to try and squeeze try and have some extra content in the game is pitiful, that or the small indie dev team, doesn't have the guts to t ...

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Submitted by Knightwolf09
Is Wolves Den Gear worth it

My samurai and darknight are about to hit level 60, and of course I need some gear to match. But the story isn't giving me much that is good enough. Now I know wolves den seems to have some gear and I can make the medals easily, so if the gear there ...

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Submitted by visle
BLM End Game?? Are they viable?

I'm starting on a BLM for my MSQ but I'm reading around and seeing that BLM is the least wanted dps for raids. The posts were a few years old, so I'd like a fresh opinion. I'm worried I get to end game and no one will want me there. Then I'll have to ...

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Submitted by Space-Alexander89
Strange daytime glitch?

Hello Reddit! I had an experience earlier today that was rather odd, I logged in to FFXIV on my PS4 when it didn't occur to me the eorzean time was 10pm-11pm time and it was broad daylight out in the goblet housing ward. Here's a YouTube link of a wh ...

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Submitted by AlexDelTrap
How do i pick a Job?

I've searched in a lot of places but i can't find what "triggers" my transformation into a job

I am a lvl 30 rogue, and finished Sylph-management which should be the prequisite, but i don't see any mission to become a Ninja ...

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Submitted by Owlbino_Owl
Double Focus target?

I've been levelling healer for a bit and I'm wondering if there's a way to focus target the tank and the boss if that makes sense. I focus target the tank and when i swap to his/her hp bar I can't see the boss' hp bar and cast bar. If there anything ...

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Submitted by MasaruMichi
FFXIV complete edition Question, help

Hi, I bought FFXIV complete edition from CDKEYS, and activated the code in mog station, got 30 days free trail, and now I’ve downloaded ffxiv client. Logged in with the same account I’ve activated the game with in mog station. And I’m at lvl 22 conj. ...

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Submitted by Euroshift
Irregular Tomestones?? Wat dis

Hey guys, hopped back on after a few months of hiatus. Found a fancy moogle with a fancy icon in Limsa selling fancy items. Currency needed is an Irregular Tomestone of Philosophy? Is this some sort of event? ...

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Submitted by Draethar
Best Mitigation Period.

If you aren’t worried about how much damage you put out too much and are more concerned with how well you passively and actively mitigate damage. What tank is the best for that? PLD? ...

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Submitted by not2human
Orbonne Grand Cross Question

I feel like there must be something wrong with me. I've always had trouble visualizing things in 3d space, but the mechanic in Orbonne where Seraph does her grand gross mechanic and you have to look at where the crosses are dropping (and later with t ...

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Submitted by taquitoxz86
PLD stronger than WAR in SHB?

Based on preview, PLD has more duration and dmg reduction with Sheltron, 3 x atonement every full combo and powerful self healing and dps burst every 60s compare to WAR 90s. Does anyone agree that PLD looks much better? ...

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Submitted by tek199
Question about the game!

Hey. I ve read online that the game has slow and boring combat. It requires little skill and to shut your brain off. The character gear and progressions is non existant, basicly everyone uses same skills and wears the same armor. But on the plus side ...

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Submitted by iDHasbro
Question about unlocking Gunbreaker

I honestly never considered this, because I had always caught up with the story of the game before the next expansion dropped, but I might still be in the "post game" of Stormblood when Shadowbringers is released and wanted to know if I'll be able to ...

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Submitted by SoloWing1
Orbonne Monestary ALWAYS crashes my PC

To be more specific, The second boss, Agrias, always crashes Direct X on my PC. No other boss in this game does this and I cannot find any other instances of this on the internet regarding this raid or boss. This has been a problem for me since 3.5 l ...

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Submitted by DirtSchnauzer
New Astro here

Hey everyone o/

Sorry for posting again but for some reason my first one got deleted.
as the title suggests im fairly new to the game. Started a week ago, played with my whitemage till 50 to unlock astro and just hit 51 with my starboi yesterday.
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Submitted by Mags02
FFXIV-Themed Dreams

I regularly have vivid and creative dreams that I tend up wake up in the middle of in the mornings (messed up REM cycle or w/e). Last night/this mornings was FFXIV themed in a rather odd and very detailed way, so I thought i might share.

Base premi ...

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Submitted by sUnit_Alpha
Shadowbringers Raid: Eden!

Hello everyone! While we all wait with excitement for Shadowbringers, I’ve been thinking of what fun things we have to look forward to.

I recall seeing there will be a new raid “Eden”, so then I got to thinking about who we might be fighting.

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Submitted by urthdigger
How I'd design an engaging healer

I've seen a lot of the discourse lately involving healer dissatisfaction with Shadowbringers, and the pushback from others that healers shouldn't complain about losing DPS options because they should heal. Only problem is, with how healers are design ...

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Submitted by sno0ks
noob question

I just started a few days ago. I was unable to join a preferred server, though. I kind of like the idea of not getting buffed xp. I don't mind taking my time and being late to the xpac content. Does not being on a pref server matter? ...

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Submitted by JediSange
Recommendations for a Melee DPS?

Played really hardcore in ARR and Heavensward. Coming back for ShB. Currently have my DRK and SMN at cap, but thinking about how I would enjoy melee DPS. It's hard for me to understand all the changes from MrHappy and Larry to internalize them as to ...

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Submitted by MEOJJENGI
DRG Keyboard Layout?

I just started playing and I have grounded 70 out through MSQs, I had just been placing skills down in order of obtaining them. Was wondering and hoping if someone here with more knowledge could either give me a keyboard layout to follow or guide me ...

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Submitted by EndDays
Keybind issues.

All of a sudden, a significant portion of my keybindings aren't working, and I can't figure out what changed; I'm hoping someone might have had a similar problem and fixed it.

I use a mouse with several side-buttons which correspond to the numpad. W ...

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Submitted by sta5is
Trying to buy the complete game..

Im not sure what im doing wrong. I have a trial account and am trying to buy the complete game and i put in all my info. Everything is correct and i get the error that either my cc number or CVV code is wrong. ive gone over every number.. any ideas? ...

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Submitted by Cadallin
Graphic cards specs?

Is AMD Radeon R7 440 good enough? Or should I play on PS4? I currently play on Standard settings (A realm reborn) at a constant 30-32 fps. Will I be able to run Shadowbringers and Stormblood? I still haven’t purchased the game. ...

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Submitted by TheAllruMightu
I want to buy this game!

So I've always been curious about this game, I'm quite experienced in MMOs, but World Of Warcraft which I've been in an in-a-out relationship for the past few years finally had me. I need to change.

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Being a big fan of FF VIII, I've noticed ...

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Submitted by Syzygian
DRK's 5.0 mitigation...

Looks (imo) really bad. Surely still useable and (hopefully) able to clear the new content, but next to the other tanks, just really bad. Seems like most people are talking about its DPS or esoteric things like "identity" and "playstyle" that don't m ...

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Submitted by ucanbetouched
most populated eu server?

ahoi there,

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as in the title mentioned; whats the most popular EU server in this game? im actually trying ffxiv today for the first time but couldnt decide which server i should join. can anyone help me out?

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Submitted by BirdofHermes3
Fenrir Mount question

So long explanation short, I want to buy the Fenrir motorcycle mount for my account, which is fairly new, but I was wondering if I am required to be a certain level before even being able to use it?

Or since it is a purchased mount can I use it righ ...

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Submitted by NoPackNeeded
Questions About Buying a Subscription

With Heavensword being free and all and my Birthday being in 14 days, this seems to be the perfect time to buy FFXIV. But, I'm going to be in Thailand for the next 30 days starting the 12th. This leads me to ask: If you buy a subscription to FFXIV, c ...

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Submitted by botdarkmoon
Make It Rain Event 2019 rewards?

So, does anyone know what other rewards will be offered at the vendor for this year? They mention that rewards from previous years will be added, and we got those japanese screenshots from the devblog, does anyone know concisely what we'll be able to ...

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Submitted by Khatos
Did SE Learn from Stormblood?

I’m not sure if this was a common experience on other data centers, but when Stormblood launched there was a serious issue with an instance bottleneck in the first new zone. The problem occurred when the MSQ brought players after very little play ti ...

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Submitted by AlexDeJesus
Anyone on Gilgamesh who play on ps4?

Just looking for some new friends to play this with. I have almost all classes at 70 except 4. Don’t play crafters or gatherers. I play on ps4, just looking to make new friends to play this with. I don’t mind playing alone but it’s better with friend ...

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Submitted by -Nihilist-
Chat Macros

Hello there Final Fantasy people, returning player, not played in two years.

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Today I would like to ask if any of you can send me any guides, preferrably text-based guides, on chat macros.

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A long time ago I used to have them set ...

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Submitted by seiunamahri
New EU Server?

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Just curious if there is going to be a new server added for ShB. I've read rumors of there being one, but there's no information anywhere. If there is, do we know what it's going to be called, or when we'll be able to transfer to it ? ...

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Submitted by RedditBonez
This game is too good

Hi, I'm a refugee from the other MMO, WoW, I finally decided to take the plunge on this game, got to the end of the trial, bought the game and pre ordered Shadowbringers. I'm already in love with this game and Eorzea, I love my Miqo'te girl and I can ...

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Submitted by Rooskie_93
How hard is it to get flying?

I'm coming back to FFXIV but still don't have flying in the stormblood areas, how long does it take? I have done a bunch of the aethrytes but is it gated behind the main scenario? I have a lvl 70 warrior and 60 drk thats all atm. ...

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Submitted by Veyranith
Question about the Aetherial stand.

How does it work? Say we had a grade 3, Once it's charged, could we take that one out to charge another and stock buffs? With a new expansion coming we want to stockpile exp buffs for obvious reasons. So if we could charge multiple tier 3's, we wanna ...

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Submitted by rosekitten89
Housing question: center lamp

So I was curious if anyone knew the answer to this.. I was thinking about changing the central lamp in my small house but I know I plan to upgrade to a larger house in the future.. Will I lose the lamp when I upgrade or will I be able to carry it ove ...

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Submitted by MissXaris
An outdoor housing question!

Hello! My FC has been asking me to put a table up ontop of the porch of our large house.

I'm well versed with all the current housing glitches, but nothing I try outdoors seems to do the trick for me. The table in question is the Riviera Garden Tabl ...

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Submitted by str3ss
Finding an FC...

Just curious... surely there are people in the same boat I'm in? I enjoy the game but I cannot find an FC that is full of more mature players (20+) that also isn't dominated by weebs and that culture (I don't mean this in a derogatory sense, I just d ...

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Submitted by Dyr_Fenrir
Character menu, jobs tab

Greetings,

I am currently sorting all my gear sets and I would like to know if someone could provide a "Character" menu on the "Job" tab of Shadowbringers so I can see how the jobs are sorted in the new expansion please.

Thank you for your time and ...

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Submitted by Laxxboy20
Hotbar Question

In a lot of videos I'll see that people have a hot bar with a little ?diamond? symbol next to the number. What is this? I know that the C means its a CTRL + x button combo but what's the other? ...

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Submitted by Tigrafr
Question about Bahamut trophy for PS4?

Hello everyone,

I want to do the platinum trophy for the game and I have saw about the stuff for Bahamut.

I know we can have it if we do only the 5 floor and that nobody do really this except some party/team in search.

But can I do myself I'm leve ...