#endgame-lounge

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zealous meteor
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and then complain in here that people go "congrats on the clear!" when they didn't earn it haha

wicked delta
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But people who play with Awful Humans are morally grandstanding on twitter about how we need to protect women in the community

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(Sfia)

zealous meteor
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because it makes them Feel Bad

wicked delta
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Bro we need to protect the community from you LOL

craggy marsh
jolly flume
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these pipes make me very happy

wicked delta
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NOBODY CARES

craggy marsh
wicked delta
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Only to you

latent kestrel
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its neat tho

wicked delta
craggy marsh
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Idk what's going on but I respect the minecraft grind

jolly flume
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its uh

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power infrastructure

latent kestrel
jolly flume
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distillation towers

zealous meteor
jolly flume
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I mean

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having blocks is about the only commonality of this modpack and minecraft

valid solar
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minecraft might as well be gmod 2 nowadays

true beacon
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Got a bunch of thermal plants

latent kestrel
true beacon
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I just built it there because of the nearby resources

wicked delta
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Seriously speaking tho it looks cool

true beacon
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And it worked out with the story stuff

loud nymph
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is that GTNH

latent kestrel
jolly flume
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and yea it's gtnh

loud nymph
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ha I thought so

true beacon
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Gonna have lockers and lockers of titanium

latent kestrel
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I'm actually at the end of the current story content in Subnautica 2 atm, so as much as I love the game, don't have much to do currently XD

jolly flume
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I'm probably gonna wait like a year to play subnautica 2

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as much as I loved the first game

latent kestrel
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See, I had to support it, especially cause my fiancee had never played a Subnautica Game before and she REALLY wanted to play this one with me

loud nymph
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I'm planning to wait for 1.0

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I loved the first game but BZ was a miss for me, idk why

latent kestrel
loud nymph
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well ok but I mean full release

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not just the early access

latent kestrel
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I knew what you meant, just thought it was funny

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Truthfully, despite it being in early access, the game has a fairly substantial amount of content already. There is definitely room for more, and I wish the early game was a little more stressful (I still remember coming across my first Reaper in Subnautica 1), overall its a really fun game

loud nymph
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I have heard that the current map is noticeably smaller than sub1 but they are planning to expand it

true beacon
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I didn’t find silver for like 4 hours

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The map is already really big tbh

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Like 2km across?

latent kestrel
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There is ALOT of room for expansion, since they plan to have you go to that huge Tree in the distance, and you dont even get close as of yet

loud nymph
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I didn't get into sub1 until it was in full release anyway and I really liked the fact that I didn't basically get roadblocked by "this content will be added later" there

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I do need to figure out how to convince a few friends of mine to play sub2 with me when it fully releases

latent kestrel
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Subnautica 1 was a bit different. It didn't actually have walls telling you not to go further, it would just suddenly add the content. Like alot of the Biomes were added, but then seriously fleshed out later

true beacon
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There used to be a terraformer tool in S1 EA

jolly flume
random needle
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I like small crabs :(

latent kestrel
loud nymph
hot rose
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Have you ever met a WAR that off tanks?

true beacon
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Yeah?

jolly flume
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I make war players OT in fru

loud nymph
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I mean, yes?

jolly flume
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let the real tank take the busters

random needle
true beacon
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Having the map just like

latent kestrel
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I remember the Sub1 Terraformer, that shit was so broken its ridiculous

hot rose
true beacon
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Drop off a cliff into nothing where the Shivers are is kinda

latent kestrel
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Bro, every time I saw the Red Wall I flinched away so fucking fast

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Was bad enough dealing with the Collector, I didn't need the Shivers in my life

hot rose
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I cleared m9 with a WAR that wanted to OT which is like fine wtvr it doesnt matter for this fight. Asked them if they ever MT and they said no…

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Thats the part that really irked me lol

true beacon
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S2 spoilers ||I was in the Tadpole Pens talking to the NOA node and when I got out I heard the leviathan music and saw the collector outside the window there, PEAK moment for sure that the game just had happen||

latent kestrel
random needle
hot rose
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Pregaming is craaaazy

true beacon
clear plume
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My static unironically swapped which tank is MT bc our pld player wanted practice before evercold

latent kestrel
true beacon
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And the baby

latent kestrel
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So out of curiosity, how hard are Unreal Trials?

loud nymph
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it's just an extreme

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so, extreme difficulty

latent kestrel
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Oh, ok

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lol, I’ll have to see if I can’t do Shinryu Unreal tonight or something

loud nymph
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it's p easy tbh

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as long as people don't fuck up the tail

true beacon
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Also need to be lvl 100

latent kestrel
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despite not having finished EW or DT, I do have a lvl 100 Job, so that end is good

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But I'll watch the Hector Video on the strats, if only to make sure I get things right

loud nymph
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uh

wicked delta
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I miss my wife Thordan unreal

loud nymph
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you don't have the gear for it in that case

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unless you bought a bunch of current crafted

zealous meteor
wicked delta
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The min ilvl requirement is piss easy to get anyway

latent kestrel
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She told me and my fiancee that she would make us the 770 gear and meld it with Materia too for the first lvl 100 job we get XD

rapid whale
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gear is overrated anyway unless you intend to do savages/ults

latent kestrel
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I do plan to eventually get into that, but I need to progress more and such

versed kayak
rapid whale
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ye

latent kestrel
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Still, it is good to know that Unreal is basically just the Extreme Trial but brought to current Level and ilvl

valid solar
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gee thanks

latent kestrel
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And we got another one!

valid solar
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mr beast

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@quartz stag

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erm

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mb

jolly flume
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good one

valid solar
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<@&100464652139368448>

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tbh their fault for having discord in their name angel

loud nymph
storm frostBOT
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Ban Issued for xyhren

@languid cedar has been banned by lizzer_ for the following reason:

comp account

tame shuttle
latent kestrel
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Love it when that happens .-.

loud nymph
latent kestrel
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Oh bizarre...

loud nymph
quartz stag
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D:

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Im named after a goddess,how dare

latent kestrel
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Man, I was falling asleep at my work desk when that popped up, and now I feel slightly more awake xD

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So I gotta thank the random ass scam bot for that

valid solar
true beacon
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Ain’t Eris the goddess of Discord and Strife?

stray forge
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awful

latent kestrel
true beacon
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Of course

valid solar
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bro did not read percy jackson /s

true beacon
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I need to finish the Trials of Apollo

latent kestrel
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I just need to play Hades 2 again, but I've been lazy XD

valid solar
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trials of apollo was really nice

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I dont think he's written any more after that

whole estuary
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and the Roman name for Ouranos is Skype

true beacon
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I’m on the third one I think

latent kestrel
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I didnt even know Eris was IN Hades 2

valid solar
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unless I missed something

true beacon
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She fucked with you in EA

whole estuary
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ooh, she wears tricolors

stray forge
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I don’t think I finished the first hades either

whole estuary
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like RX-78

stray forge
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Like the whole 10 clears thing

true beacon
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Oh she still does

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If you go too fast in the first 10 nights

latent kestrel
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I'm not good enough at Hades tbh, in the first one I couldn't reliably beat a run, and in the second one I cant beat a single run XD

true beacon
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I got decent at Hades 1

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And my 32 heat first clear

latent kestrel
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Damn, nice!

quick verge
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missed a shake

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double 67 optimal

rapid whale
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look at weave

quick verge
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unoriginal

rapid whale
worn bluff
scarlet lintel
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yesterdfay i asked if u needed pilgrim potions for q40

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we have a paladin and it seems to be ok

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we got through adds phase more or less fine

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with just the pld and whm

versed kayak
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Although since you'll need more healing might be more sensitive to party comp

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Couldn't beat enrage with pld, sge, dnc and pct

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but when I swapped from dnc to sam, keeping our ranged strats we instantly got way closer (with a disgusting amount of enpi)

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gotta finally clear it now that our picto is back from japan

jolly flume
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I'll say that much

scarlet lintel
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My comp is PLD, WHM, DRG, PCT

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We’ve just been progging it blind so no real idea of how long left to go or if we’re doing enough dps

jolly flume
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the check's not particularly hard

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it's also not that long

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the don't fall asleep check is real though

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not because it's boring

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just got a few things to keep your attention on at once

flat axle
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When I’m playing dps do I need to follow the rotation perfectly that’s posted online, the button sequence feel so wierd for some dps rotation

jolly flume
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if you care about your damage I would not suggest deviating from the recommended rotation unless you know what you're doing

rapid whale
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yea its one of those, "if you gotta ask you should just stick to the rec rotation"

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personally if it feels weird, i would try to analyze why the rotations are the way they are so that the math makes sense

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because once you ese the math it's just like ohhh and if not then the reasoning behind the old rotation's comfort usually comes down to something like, "built bad habits while levelling"

amber fable
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Rotation are basically fitting hardest hitting skills under buffs

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Buff windows are 20 second long so you have 8 gcd space in them with 2.5s recast

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Beside the usual keep the basic combo rolling and using your ogcds as they come off cooldown

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Although if your ogcds are long enough with charge you can hold them for use under buffs like drk shadowbringer

random needle
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p4s cleared in my blind group, yippee

And after 2.5 tiers on shield healer, someone else wants to give it a try, so... here I go tanking I guess

amber fable
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Do p8s mine as tank

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For some real tanking experience

random needle
jolly flume
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do d on tank

random needle
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DSR on tank is just nonstop tickets to Mickey's Dick Smasher I think

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... Okay you kinda get a break on p3-5 I guess

undone tide
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dsr on paladin before we got bulwark:

undone tide
craggy marsh
amber fable
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An IQ too high?

loud nymph
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only to take it away again in 8.0

amber fable
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Pld without bulwark would still have better mit than war

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Now thats a travesty

undone tide
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moreso punishment for all the casuals who touted warrior as the best tank for so long

clear plume
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Thoughts?

amber fable
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Tbn should heal for 500 potency on break

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Or when it expires

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Bitch ass tank cant even heal itself with short mit

whole estuary
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TBN should have a bunny dressed as a WHM appear on your head if it falls off without breaking

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no other alterations

worn bluff
random needle
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Living Dead forever o7

tulip anvil
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shinryu unreal is ridiculous

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i did a tell and retell and there were so many deaths but we still managed to beat it

undone tide
tall field
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8.0 PLD made cover... eh whatever

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Nerfed veil

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and no buLwark

finite plank
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seems booked for the day

amber fable
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I was being facetious with that tbn suggestions y'know

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Smh..nobody got it

undone tide
rapid whale
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yoshi p you can hire me

tall field
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do that and drk will beat pld in which is the better tank lol

dull drum
undone tide
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fuck no bro

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that shit is annoying

rain geode
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oh I should probably put the few DT Role quests I didnt do on my list of stuff to do before every cold

undone tide
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they’re all garbage

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not particularly worth doing

tall field
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Healer is decent

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Rest is yea

rain geode
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I mean they all unlock the same thing in dyable gear

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trying to think if theres anything else I need to put on my list

rapid whale
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the tier

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jk if it stresses you out no point

rain geode
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I already chucked that on the list I just needed to wait for it to be as hard as possible

rapid whale
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that was week 1 tho /s

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yea i imagine progging right now is hell

rain geode
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Roulette wheel is gonna be worse for sure but I know Im skilled enough so itll just be a matter of time

rapid whale
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yar

rain geode
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well its been like 2ish months since I played so maybe some refresher ex's wouldnt be a bad idea to knock the rust off

finite plank
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my orbiter is still weirdly misplaced before an update that moved the solids around

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but just minorly

rapid whale
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whats an orbiter

finite plank
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didn't feel like moving the gravity defying kuakka hung vertically wrong from where there was a globe

stray forge
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Orbiter omen

alpine plover
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Before you start playing you are in your spaceship

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And can decorate it

rapid whale
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oic

brisk scarab
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got morbol

tulip wraith
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umad might need a delay, we got peak coming out same day

sick reef
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does anyone know the site where i can find waymarks for ex trials? doomtain in particular

zealous meteor
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this one?

sick reef
remote gate
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is this fight savage level difficulty where I need to watch videos and study ahead of time cuz I really want the exquisite drk weapon

tough gorge
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advanced? no not rly, I've seen ppl go in completely blind

fervent scroll
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advanced is akin to extreme, wasn't it?

tough gorge
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yeah it's a stepping stone from variant to criterion

visual geyser
iron jewel
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There’s also no dps check. Like at all.

loud nymph
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advanced is like an easy extreme

clear plume
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Easier than the easiest extremes ngl, more like slightly harder dungeon bosses

wicked delta
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I agree except for the sword lady that shit was kinda ???

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I think I found her harder to grasp than like

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Zoraal Ja

daring pine
versed kayak
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For one of the mechs you can just get hit twice on the same side, then you have three safe spots

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just gotta heal up after the vuln

lost sinew
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good way to cheese it

wicked delta
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I was a tank I just bullshitted my way through

loud nymph
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sword lady is the only sorta tough one

daring pine
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speaking of extremes

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ex7 made me wanna go back and redo the other ones

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because i only did them like once or twice and my clears were scuffed

daring pine
tall field
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Duo also makes one mech of sword lady a non mechanic

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The one where she throws tethers and the the green border players should take it

With 2 its alr the correct pair so it doesnt matter

remote gate
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like its not a hard fight but it over stays its welcome

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better than zeromus though

pale gale
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why is using tome gear increase my determination as a drk

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😐

loud nymph
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is that a bad thing? concernedfrog

random needle
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When does ex7's mount usually become buyable with totems?

deep gale
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(woe, tenacity upon ye)

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(if you want / need actual substat breakdown I'm happy to explain)

wicked delta
random needle
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I'm still floored that he talked about some tanks being designated MT/OT by default less than a week before the Fanfest keynote

tall field
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Ex7 is harder vs train

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Idk.. train felt more tougher

loud nymph
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I don't think they were talking about difficulty

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just, y'know, fun

random needle
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Fun is not a function of difficulty

tall field
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No devs said this

wicked delta
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Whats EX7

loud nymph
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and train is much more fun than enuo

wicked delta
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Bru use names please

random needle
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At least, not just difficulty

remote gate
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enuo ex

wicked delta
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Oh its Enuo

tall field
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Enuo would be harder than train

wicked delta
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Train is more fun yea

remote gate
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otherwise known as slop: the fight

tall field
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It didnt feel that way

wicked delta
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Enuo sleepge but at the same time its not as bad as Necron

torn kindle
wicked delta
tall field
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Necron was

torn kindle
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Which is a while off

loud nymph
tall field
wicked delta
tall field
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GC memes still happened so

remote gate
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necron or zeromus

random needle
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Necron doesn't have fun mechanics and it's incredibly easy to get everyone killed if you start slacking off, which is like... the worst of both worlds

tall field
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The adds phase in necron was sleepge

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Do people mm2 cheese now?

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As in force wait there and then

remote gate
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this is why I hate zeromus btw

tall field
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Skip mm2

remote gate
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wait you can still see the names

loud nymph
worldly grotto
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Bro I was watching that

remote gate
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one sec hylic

random needle
tall field
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Zalenia still causes deaths and wipes to bloom 3/4/ef2

remote gate
tall field
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Atleast the sac strat worked

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idk how to meteord

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Let me die so its easier

random needle
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My blind group has barbie and rube next

loud nymph
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barbie best girl

random needle
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I've heard rube is slop but barbie is... maybe good? Idk, I'll see once I'm in there

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The more pressing issue is that someone else in the group wants to take a stab at shield healing, meaning I get to pivot to tanking

remote gate
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barb is fun yeah because unlike rubi it doesnt do the same thing over and over

loud nymph
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barbie is the best EW ex by a country mile

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golbez and the uh, the one whose name is a massive fuckin spoiler, were also good, but not as good as barbie

true beacon
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Barb is the best EW ex

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Having fully farmed it on-content

amber fable
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Golbez was 2nd best

craggy marsh
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Hydaelyn, Barb, and Golbez were the EX's I really enjoyed in EW on content

undone tide
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male au ra dark knight who exclusively knows main tank

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such a strange breed of player

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unsurprisingly pf still can’t do spreads in m11

torn mesa
raven prawn
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FINALLY FINISHED DAWNTRAIL!!!

undone tide
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i do believe strange is one

finite plank
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maybe it's typical for them

odd beacon
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going in ult synced as tank

sleek moon
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1hr 15 mins to get into aether despair

odd beacon
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0% DH

loud nymph
clear plume
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Yes, as in gear for that item level so you can meld dh

tall field
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Edgy glam drk 100%

rain geode
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It should removal all rewards but I think for the lols they should allow unsynced ults

raven prawn
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ngl now im in post dt, i can see why people said it can take 8 to 10 weeks to get fully geared out

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especially for 780 tome stuff

tall field
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450/450 yea

rain geode
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It's a modern mmo right. Gearing before current content is super fast then extremely slow for current patch

tall field
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Tbh

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This time there was a delay for gearing

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Iirc

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3 weeks ish

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But ye

raven prawn
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yup, whole way through i could just do daily dutys, sit at 2000, get tome gear, boom straight to next expansion. now. im here for the weekly and daily grind, still a lot of side stuff i need to unlock for weekly quests and such lol

amber fable
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Well you're at tail end of dt

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780 is lot more accessible

tall field
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Yea

raven prawn
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for tomes yeah, i know i need the raid weapon at 795 eventually, currently using the crafted 770s

amber fable
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Augment them

tall field
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Also relic will replace that weapon

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For BiS when final stage lands

rain geode
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When is the final stage

loud nymph
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end of july

amber fable
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7.55

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Which is july yes

sinful brook
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A bis that doesn't matter since it comes out after a tier is finished

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And after the ult is too

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Ig for the people who might be struggling with the check

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A couple more substats might help them

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Placebo a clear

rain geode
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I mean you get bis mostly to just say you have it then for any practical use

amber fable
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Levelling bis

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For 8.0

sinful brook
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True

raven prawn
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im a min/maxer so if i can get full bis, imma do it

sinful brook
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Well good to have goals

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But as a reminder full bis isn't just tomestone gear

rotund summit
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tome + savage

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and eventually ultimate (and a month later relic)

raven prawn
clear plume
raven prawn
sinful brook
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Also indie company

rapid whale
raven prawn
rapid whale
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Weren't you in like hw or something or an I thinking of someone else

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Oh WTF

raven prawn
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i move quick

rapid whale
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NVM carry on

raven prawn
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when i set my mind to a goal, it becomes a fixation and im not stopping till every savage boss is done and i can settle into a decent static

rapid whale
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I was going to say there's a real world by the time you finish msq ever cold might be out and that gearing is changing a lot

rain geode
rapid whale
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But I was way off lol

raven prawn
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340 hours

rapid whale
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Holy

raven prawn
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evercold i reckon i can probably do in the same time when it drops lol

rain geode
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I thought I kept a brisk pace tho I also did a fair amount of side stuff

rapid whale
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Nah you'll finish it in the early access

raven prawn
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aka a week per expansion including post expansion, tomorrow ill clear as much of post dawntrail as i can

rapid whale
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Don't forget they only launch with base msq

raven prawn
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i legit have kept 1 class, stopped for one day to get crafters up to 50 and only played paladin

clear plume
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I will do evercold post patches during early access

rapid whale
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He'll yeah

raven prawn
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i already know theres gonna be a race to finish evercold as well the second it drops lol

rain geode
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Do people race msq?

clear plume
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Not really, most people don’t rush at all even on the HC end

raven prawn
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they do in every game ive ever seen

clear plume
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No realm first achievements like wow has

rotund summit
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racing msq would be like

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antithetical to this whole community lol

clear plume
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No real endgame content for the launch either

raven prawn
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especially youtubers racing to get ALL EXPANSION CUTSCENES out as fast as possible

wicked delta
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racing msq just to do extremes on launch lollmao

rotund summit
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ya there isnt anything other than 2 EX trials for a month

clear plume
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You have a few EX to farm but that’s not worth losing sleep and skipping msq over

clear plume
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Also just sucks to get ahead of the curve of players and oops you’re waiting for 3 hours for final trial

zealous meteor
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so they're not setting records either

rain geode
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While I wouldn't consider the story the main reason I'm here I might as well enjoy it while I'm doing it

raven prawn
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being first for many like that with games equals MONEY

pallid kindle
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there is little rush to finish msq when nothing is timegatsd for 2 weeks and then it’s just the normal raid

amber fable
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Most people wont watch yt for story week 1

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They will play it themselves

rotund summit
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since they have to

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ye

raven prawn
pallid kindle
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the only thing to do is ex trials

amber fable
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Not like you have anything to do

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Once you complete msq

raven prawn
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cutscene youtubers are for those who like the story but dont want to put in the time to play said game

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why they watch it on youtube

rain geode
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I havnt played during a expansion release yet but I assume they organize it to incentives you to take your time with the msq

pallid kindle
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exp launch has 2 ex trials and uncapped
2 weeks after is normal raid
2 weeks after is savage + crafted i think

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there is no reason to rush the story unless you don’t care for it at all

amber fable
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Even extreme gear is useless beside wep

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Cant even double meld extreme accessories

raven prawn
pallid kindle
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there really is nothing to do for 2 weeks but the ex trials

amber fable
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Thats fine

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Just temper your expectations

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For exapc start

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Thats all

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It dont have a lot to do at launch usually

rapid whale
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expac launch is very chill ye

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the only thing that can get kinda monka is getting enough materia to pentameld

raven prawn
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oh i will, first few weeks from what i can tell will also be rotation practice/ new gearing figure out and do the maths lol since evolved and they mentioned a new gearing system

rapid whale
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im low key hoping

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they delete materia LMFAO

amber fable
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Overworld update

rapid whale
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i dont think they will but im coping

rotund summit
#

they mentioned something ab materia not transferring when you ilvl sync from highest

raven prawn
#

ngl thats what many think the new gearing system will be. no materia and something else instead

rotund summit
#

so since it was mentioned im sure its still there

pallid kindle
#

BiS still requires Bis

#

so idk how they’d remove materia

raven prawn
#

first few weeks for every mmo ive ever played and ive noticed it about ff14 as well, are always rotation practice and maths on gear to figure out whats most optimal

amber fable
#

Make materia something akin to gearset...22 slots which all apply materia stats regardless of sub stat weight in gear

#

And allow penta in that gearset

pallid kindle
#

idk what math there is to do besides materia

rotund summit
#

so like 2-3hr of farming

#

to get pre-raid bis

amber fable
#

That way your penta wont be wasted atleast

raven prawn
pallid kindle
#

there is only 1 set of armor

amber fable
#

Main thing is rotation

rotund summit
#

ya the math is "this one is higher ilvl so i equip it lol"

amber fable
#

Stat dont matter much beside gcd

rotund summit
#

xiv is not wow and it wont become wow in EC

raven prawn
#

doesnt matter lol, if people can do maths to figure out whats most optimal they will

pallid kindle
#

there is no math besides the materia

amber fable
#

Stat tiering maths

#

Except you can put whatever and still reach 95% of it

pallid kindle
#

the gear progression is
job gear - uncapped - ex acc - ex wep
on exp launch

#

and uncapped is better than job gear

rapid whale
#

i dont think maxim is wrong that regardless of how little a gain it is to care that much about the min/max, someone somewhere will be doin it

#

namely the balance lmao

amber fable
#

Main thing would be evo vs reborn

#

For dps

pallid kindle
#

just wait for balance to come out with it

raven prawn
#

yup, especially if they know harder content is coming and that tiny bit of an advantage can make the difference between a completion and failure

raven prawn
amber fable
#

Also crafted gear drops with raid

pallid kindle
#

soooo

#

it doesn’t matter

raven prawn
#

just cause it doesnt matter to you, doesnt mean it doesnt to others

pallid kindle
#

does anyone gaf about world first ex trials

raven prawn
#

yes

pallid kindle
#

especially on exp launch?

rapid whale
#

for better or worse, expac launch tiers tend to be on the easier end and im thinking that with the addition of evolved mode, they arre going to tune it even lighter in hopes to give people an opportunity to adjust

#

like light heavyweight was the easiest tier ever in the history of the game

#

double digit deaths for final floor week 1

pallid kindle
#

i’ve not heard of anyone really caring for an ex wf so maybe i just don’t know but like really who gaf

rapid whale
#

granted that was mostly due to pictomancer existing but yeah

pallid kindle
#

and unless you got a static that’s also all gonna be skipping story then idk

amber fable
#

Nobody cares about extremes

#

Well they do for 2 weeks

pallid kindle
#

i think ur really overestimating an exp launch

amber fable
#

Cuz that is all you have

wicked delta
#

ok this may be a dumbass question n it has nothing to do with baldo's drama but if you get banned by GMs and your sub runs out, will your ban be gone if you resub after 2 weeks

pallid kindle
#

depends

rapid whale
#

id assume so

loud nymph
#

I'm p sure sub time still ticks down during ban?

amber fable
#

Well you're inactive as ban warrants

pallid kindle
#

i think it’s just based on time sis free 2 weeks it’ll go away if it was that long

loud nymph
#

oh wait I see what you mean

rapid whale
#

i think they mean, "do bans only tick down while actively subbed"

loud nymph
#

yeah I get it now

#

I don't see why it would only count subbed time

wicked delta
#

just popped up in my mind at random lol

#

like i assumed it wouldnt matter but ive seen companies do some bullshit

clear plume
#

It doesn’t use local time or time of ban in any way

wicked delta
#

right

clear plume
#

And bc of that it doesn’t care about your sub status

wicked delta
#

havent gotten banned but thats good to keep in mind GIGACAUGHT

clear plume
# raven prawn just cause it doesnt matter to you, doesnt mean it doesnt to others

And as somebody in the HC scene, zero people care about ex trial world first, firstly because it’s really hard to prove it in any way, the stuff used to log fights aren’t available and they’re not hard enough to have a severe edge, so person 1 says they cleared and person 2 from jp said they cleared first, who was actually first, whoever posted to twitter first? The ego isn’t worth that clown show, and secondly, having PTO for raids are what people tend to do, being unemployed so you can skip msq to do extremes with your group just doesn’t matter to people who are instead yaknow, getting work prepped for the actual tier that they are taking time off for.

#

So it would be a huge “so what” to actually try and brag about it

#

All skill basically doesn’t come into play, it’s who dcs in an expansion launch the least and skips cutscenes

wicked delta
#

launch extremes are usually really easy anyway so

#

idk

#

no reason to brag about that shit even if you only cared about the fights

clear plume
#

And again, no tracking on dev side for being first, so like

#

Trust me I’m the goat angle

amber fable
#

Farm uncapped tome gear

#

Get speedkills for 2 week

#

That's about it for expansion launch content

rotund summit
#

level alt jobs

#

farm fates for gil

#

... profit?

amber fable
#

Leveling is easy 2 week

raven prawn
amber fable
#

Materia market is hot though

loud nymph
amber fable
#

Msq is one and done

rotund summit
#

quantum!

amber fable
#

Game is boring af to watch tbf

loud nymph
#

like yeah you might get an audience for a non xiv streamer who's doing xiv msq for the first time, sure

#

but for established xiv streamers what is there to stream

rapid whale
#

i think xiv has the worst player to viewer ratio in all of gaming ngl

#

millions of players but like, 4k viewers

amber fable
#

Shit is boring

craggy marsh
#

Bc it's boring to watch

amber fable
#

I say even savage and ult wf can be boring

#

If they dont prog

#

Seeing 1 mech 20 times isnt fun either

raven prawn
#

ngl with destiny 2 dead now and that being one of the most heavily watched world first games for a raid. ff14 has a chance to fill that market now but it needs to be done in an entertaining way

craggy marsh
amber fable
#

Game is just not inherently fun to watch

#

Cant do anything about it

#

It can be fun to play

#

But not to watch

loud nymph
#

the game does not have a ton of variance in higher end content meaning if you watch someone do the same raid 20 times you'll probably see them do the same thing 20 times

#

maybe with some slight variation e.g. m10s firesnaking vs watersnaking

#

but for the most part it's very static

#

which means it gets boring fast

raven prawn
#

curious, what do yall think needs to change, to make ff14 more entertaining to watch?

loud nymph
#

because you're watching someone do the exact same shit over and over and over again

amber fable
#

Nothing

#

It doesnt have to be entertaining to watch

loud nymph
#

so it gets carried by the people who are streaming it and their personalities

#

but

amber fable
#

It is fine the way it is

loud nymph
#

we all know what ffxiv players are like

brisk scarab
#

crazy how that one streamer got banned right before umad

raven prawn
amber fable
#

Play stupid games

#

Win stupid prize

raven prawn
#

raiding barely gets a look in by many

loud nymph
amber fable
#

It already is printing cash

loud nymph
#

you are committing a false dichotomy

amber fable
#

Why would it need to cater to stream

brisk scarab
#

Its a popular game thats played, not really watched (unless its the ult races)

amber fable
#

It doesn't have to cater to anything

#

Its the players who want it mainly

raven prawn
#

ok i can tell im asking the wrong people cause anything i try to say to help or ask a question about what yall think could be done to help its stream numbers/retention for worlds first is going nowhere

amber fable
#

Cuz we all played this shit

#

For years

pallid kindle
#

they would have to drastically change the game to appeal to people that don’t play the game

loud nymph
#

I don't think the game needs to be changed to attract more viewers

pallid kindle
#

and who matters more

loud nymph
#

I think it's fine being a game that is fun to play

pallid kindle
#

the people paying to play the game or the people watching someone else play it

raven prawn
amber fable
#

Yeah but its not for stream

loud nymph
#

the game needs those changes in order to not collapse under its own decaying weight

pallid kindle
#

what you want involves a much more fundamental change for the entire game

amber fable
#

Its for accessibility

zealous meteor
#

those changes are for actual Players

loud nymph
#

it's not to advertise the game to more audiences

brisk scarab
#

Why is this guy talking like a anime villian

zealous meteor
#

not people who watch streams

pallid kindle
#

and it would make it not ff14

loud nymph
#

and it's not to make it more attractive to stream

amber fable
#

Idk why are you so hellbent on it to be some super streambable game

rapid whale
#

this is like asking, "What does Persona need to change in P6 to be more entertaining to stream?"

raven prawn
#

ok i can tell my point has been missed. my point is. if they can streamline and change the game, gameplay wise. they can also change fights to make them more entertaining both to watch and play

brisk scarab
#

These changes are to make up for Dawntrails less then positive reception, which although are GREAT changes for the playerbase, really dont effect stream entertainment

raven prawn
#

PEOPLE STREAM THE GAME.

loud nymph
#

clearly they do not feel that making the game more entertaining to stream is a priority

raven prawn
#

MAY AS WELL MAKE IT ENTERTAINING

#

im out. this is going nowhere

pallid kindle
rapid whale
#

i mean, ultimate world first races are sort of their "more entertaining to watch" moments no?

#

savage to a lesser extent

amber fable
#

I mean knowing se it wont happen so ..you're simply setting yourself up for disappointment

zealous meteor
amber fable
#

Se dont care

#

Why should we

brisk scarab
#

the only thing thats done are drops and ult races LOL

wicked delta
#

reality is that most if not all mmos are boring as shit to watch on stream LOL

#

anyone who says otherwise is coping

pallid kindle
loud nymph
#

if the content is fun to do, which it is, then that's all that matters

wicked delta
#

the genre is just Like That

amber fable
#

And for me personally..gameplay matters more than is it fun to watch

brisk scarab
#

Like, how could you possibly make farming any form of content entertaining

rapid whale
#

no, we must add subway surfer interactive minigames to streams

brisk scarab
#

besides the personality whos playing

rapid whale
#

low key im surprised they havent done something like this already on twitch

amber fable
#

I couldn't care anyless about its streamability

pallid kindle
raven prawn
brisk scarab
#

farming would be boring as shit to watch, and thats a lot of what most ffxiv content is about

pallid kindle
rotund summit
rain geode
#

Mmos just don't translate well to watchablility heck I'd argue xiv is already arguably one of the more fun mmos to watch, you ever watch wow content it's miserable.

loud nymph
amber fable
#

I will be real .
People wont join to play this game from watching wf

loud nymph
#

yeah, as long as the game has a 300+ hour barrier between "character creation" and "jumping into the cool content people stream"

#

that will be a much bigger issue

rotund summit
#

if ffxiv is suffering from not getting enough new players the problem isnt watchability its the 400 hour msq lol

amber fable
#

That thing makes 0 sense if you dont have an iota of what is happening

proper cave
#

We get minor bumps whenever a streamer goes through the story but beyond that there isn’t really any way for this game to retain viewers outside of those initial story reactions

raven prawn
amber fable
#

If anything the game needs to work on shit thats not high end which they will..or they say

#

Will see how it actually goes about

brisk scarab
#

Eh, I dont know why ffxiv story being long is an issue

#

maybe having raids locked behind those hours, sure

rotund summit
#

it isnt an issue it just limits how many ppl will be willing to try/commit to the game

brisk scarab
#

but like, its 10+ years of story lol

loud nymph
pallid kindle
#

ffxiv is not solving the story wall in any way in either EC or DT so i don’t see anything happening

rapid whale
#

To put it another way, I think the vast majority of xiv stream viewers are already players

brisk scarab
#

A real question I wanna ask is how to properly address the story wall

rapid whale
#

Like easily 95% or more

raven prawn
#

ngl ive told many of my friends that to get to endgame they have to first grind 300 to 400 hours. all of them said NOPE and would prefer to buy the skip. also the story being 300 to 400 hours is why many dont care about the endgame/pvp of this game and only see it as the story game and nothing else

loud nymph
#

People see streamers doing cool raids and think "oh cool I can jump in and do this cool looking raid" but then they find out that the cool looking raid is locked behind hundreds of hours of story

raven prawn
loud nymph
#

it absolutely has a dampening effect

craggy marsh
#

Personally i'm okay if XIV remains boring to watch on stream

#

it doesn't need to be exciting

#

it's a game that you'd rather play than watch

#

which is good

loud nymph
# raven prawn and then they quit then and there

they really ought to offer some level of alternate entry to players; at least in EC they will be addressing one of the other glaring issues, which is job rotations all universally sucking ass before 70

pallid kindle
rapid whale
#

Yeah it's basically impossible to sell the MMO aspect of xiv which is why I tell people XIV is a JRPG that unlocks MMO elements upon completion

pallid kindle
#

EC and DT story still rely on previous expansions

craggy marsh
proper cave
#

Story watchers become emotional vampires and jump from one streamer to the next while their own audiences pull back to avoid spoiling themselves if they do catch interest. High end content in this particular gaming genre doesn’t make for good streaming content unfortunately because it is by nature repetitive.

#

If there were a solution, you’d think someone would have found it by now

raven prawn
brisk scarab
#

Yeah, thats a reason I dont really watch high end content, since I might plan to do it myself like ultimates

rapid whale
brisk scarab
#

I also just think story boosts hurts endgame too, since it puts people who have no idea how to properly play the game boost all the way to current content

loud nymph
#

I've had a lot of friends who burned out on this game specifically because the jobs are all boring before 70 and they don't wanna go through a hundred or so hours of shit just to get to the part where the content starts getting fun

#

unfortunately I don't think EC will fix the whole issue, because even if jobs are fun, the content will still suck

amber fable
#

You're still storylocked

rapid whale
loud nymph
#

but it's a step in the right direction

rapid whale
#

I swear that happened here

wicked delta
#

that has happened multiple times

amber fable
#

People suck at both end

#

Those who skip

wicked delta
#

but you're prob talking about zane

#

lol

amber fable
#

And those who don't

pallid kindle
#

having a level 100 kit in crystal tower will never solve the problem of CT being incredibly boring

visual geyser
amber fable
#

Its really rng if you get either of em

pallid kindle
#

you can keep adding buttons but it doesn’t fix boring content

#

and it never will

brisk scarab
#

Is there really even a solution to ffxiv storywall issues that dont make more problems then itll solve

pallid kindle
rapid whale
#

Giga solar copium take : evolved kit gives them the opportunity to rebalance the numbers of old content making them at least somewhat more fun by making them do mechanics instead of skipping 60% of the fights

pallid kindle
#

and make it not require endwalker knowledge

#

but they aren’t

#

sooooooo idk what they’re thinking

amber fable
#

Story is what devs feel is main point of the game so they want you to see it all...now if you dont care for then skip it is

brisk scarab
#

I dont see an issue with a raid being connected to lore though

amber fable
#

I do feel they can offer a one time skip but like

sleek moon
#

starting from scratch with zero pre-existing lore is pretty much impossible

raven prawn
visual geyser
#

Yea lol

sleek moon
#

and would suck

amber fable
#

I dunno if se will ever do it

visual geyser
#

Every plot point will need some connection to what we know

rapid whale
pallid kindle
visual geyser
#

Agree

sleek moon
#

im hosting a LM for zelenia and im honestly surprised people stay through these, like 13 runs over two parties and no drop

amber fable
#

Also game isnt loot grind like wow where item can have exponential effect on your dps

sleek moon
#

thats so much work for so little pay lol

rapid whale
#

Like it's just a statistical fact that "what the game is" to the majority of the player base is not savage/ultimate raiding

brisk scarab
#

its afking limsa, THATS the content people need

amber fable
#

So what content you do matter more

rapid whale
#

So true bestie

amber fable
#

Which leads to most content being boring as sin

#

I personally find every stream of this game boring af

rapid whale
#

I think advanced criterion was like the perfect difficulty for the casual/midcore players

visual geyser
#

Same

craggy marsh
rapid whale
#

Hard enough to die, not hard enough to actually fail

brisk scarab
#

Make ultimate mount drops

visual geyser
#

I think they need to completely overhaul ex

brisk scarab
visual geyser
#

The ex trials need to be structured different

pallid kindle
#

they said enuo was the last trial like it

visual geyser
#

99 totems for a pity mount in 6 months is so fucking cringe

craggy marsh
#

Ultimate should drop mounts I agree

pallid kindle
#

they said totems are changing too

amber fable
#

Totem is going away

pallid kindle
#

they just didn’t do it for enuo

amber fable
#

Most likely

proper cave
#

They’ve implied that current ex is the last extreme as we know them

pallid kindle
#

they’re changing trials for EC

brisk scarab
#

WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT LIKE TWO PATCHED TO GET MY EXPANSION EX MOUNT

#

I want my golden wings, damnit

proper cave
#

Something is changing with their structure but we have to wait until Berlin

rapid whale
#

My other giga supreme neutron star copium take for EC : the in-between difficulty of normal to savage is going to be the content casuals have been begging for where it might actually take them an entire week to clear

#

Like could a proper savage static clear that shit in one night yeah probably

amber fable
#

Idk

#

Maybe

rapid whale
#

But I think for msq Andy it's going to be that like, one fight per night maybe two nights for the later floors sweet spot

amber fable
#

Gotta see how they do it

wicked delta
#

i think i trust my own skills enough that i could clear in two days

amber fable
#

And also what will it give

wicked delta
#

but that requires me actually doing content

visual geyser
#

I can’t see the next difficulty being that hard

amber fable
#

If it dont give shit then its doa

wicked delta
#

i dont have the hunger jennieyikes

amber fable
#

Like criterion was in ew

raven prawn
#

ive just realized. adding evercold for a new player is going to increase their time to endgame by another 100 hours and any new player who just wants to check out the next expansion, isnt going to get to without also purchasing the skips

amber fable
#

People will skip and just do savage then

#

Msq isnt 100 hours

#

Its like 30-40

#

At most

rapid whale
craggy marsh
#

I wonder what the new battle content they're doing is

raven prawn
#

you completely missed my point

wicked delta
#

i think advanced is a good preview for what the difficulty will be

craggy marsh
#

inb4 it's mythic dungeons

brisk scarab
#

They need to stop adding spells man, my controller hotbar cant hold that many

amber fable
#

They are condensing it

pallid kindle
brisk scarab
#

Im not gonna lie I checked out everything except the evolved stuff LOL

#

Is it that game changing

amber fable
#

See it

rain geode
#

I mean I wouldn't complain if there was a more reasonable fast track to endgame for people who just want to savage but I really don't want this game to end up like say destiny 2

amber fable
#

Yourself

brisk scarab
#

Uhh

#

No

amber fable
#

Its on youtube

raven prawn
amber fable
#

Then wait for 8.0

rain geode
rapid whale
amber fable
#

Just see that

#

Info is right there

sullen minnow
#

Hello I have a silly question Hyacine_Angel how is P4S these days unsynced? I wanted the sage weapon from it PhainonAngel

brisk scarab
#

Bro 😭 I know how to find the evolved shit, I just havent checked it out yet

rain geode
raven prawn
#

it literally could be streamlined

rapid whale
rain geode
#

Tho I also think 3 hot bars is a fair amount

wicked delta
wicked delta
#

very important note to add

amber fable
sullen minnow
amber fable
#

You skip everything which has mech

#

Press buttons

#

Boss die

visual geyser
#

Yea easy fight

rapid whale
sullen minnow
#

AcheronPuzzled then comes the hard part finding people who are willing to help me but that’s good to know already!! I’ll probably still look up mechs tho..just in case

#

Hey why are you laughing puppysideeye

brisk scarab
#

Now that I finally got morbol, Imma try to get an ult clear before my fall semester

rapid whale
#

you can do it

rotund summit
#

just did UWU in about a week in pf

#

its doable for sure

#

3-4hr a day

sullen minnow
#

UWU looks easy on paper but..JunoScared

amber fable
#

How much time of that is waiting for pf to fill

rotund summit
wicked delta
brisk scarab
#

LOL

sullen minnow
#

That would be me LMAO

amber fable
#

Biggest thing with pug is waiting for fill

#

Takes too long

rotund summit
#

i think rn its not bad

#

a good amount of activity on aether

sullen minnow
#

innocent please join my pf im about to ruin your day but you don’t know it yet

brisk scarab
#

Im so sad I didnt complete this savage tier, since doing other ults while umad is coming is gonna be almosy impossible

rotund summit
#

^ yea same

#

i will be progging savage as others do UMAD i think

#

or maybe i will work on DD

#

lowkey a lot i want to do

sullen minnow
#

Bro I’m still mortified by current high end but I hope the additional difficulty in EC can ease me into it better innocent

amber fable
#

My motivation to clear tier dropped with reclears

rotund summit
#

i want to do OC but i dont know what i should be doing there and it feels like it would be easy to waste my own time if i dont use a guide, cant find a comprehensive one anywhere

amber fable
#

Should have skipped those and just progged

brisk scarab
#

The raid itself is easier to access now too

sullen minnow
wicked delta
#

in a m10 party cus im bored

#

anything to avoid progging m12s p2 on my own

sullen minnow
#

Is it that bad NekoThumb

rotund summit
#

is my goal to cap phantoms? it just feels like aimless FATES and encounters with nothing im actually working towards

amber fable
#

Yes

wicked delta
#

rep 1 is a use eyes mechanic

#

turns out

brisk scarab
#

Thats just how field ops work LOL

wicked delta
#

i am very bad at using my eyss

#

eyes

rotund summit
#

oh thats

#

ppl were sad we didnt get one of these in EW?

amber fable
#

Pjob mastery adds like 1.5% damage per mastery

random needle
brisk scarab
#

You mostly grind relic, gear that only caters to that region (mostly) and getting relics

amber fable
#

It adds up a fair bit

#

If you max em all

wicked delta
#

how cooked do u think we are

random needle
#

I'm probably marginally better than some of PF maybe

brisk scarab
#

I have everything at max in OC, I just need more FT reclears to get full +2

wicked delta
#

i already recleared tho

#

if u care abt loot shit

random needle
#

not right now I'm kinda fucked over this weekend but

#

I just need one book is all

amber fable
#

Ftb gear will also be not needed for north horn gear progression

#

So once that comes ftb wont be ran as much

#

Most likely

wicked delta
#

i havent done m10s in weeks

#

im gonna grief this group so hard

rapid whale
amber fable
#

I did m10 after taking 3 months hiatus

wicked delta
#

the only pf that will be slightly alive is m12s

amber fable
#

Its pretty easy

wicked delta
#

and thats slightly

dull drum
#

idk man this tier is fucking impossible

#

was fighting for my life in m10 week 1

amber fable
#

I dunno why it took me 150 pulls to clear that

wicked delta
#

thats why

#

do yall think this wins

amber fable
#

I got my 1st clear on party like that

#

So maybe

rotund summit
#

can always come back and do DMU in EC

amber fable
#

Just merc m12

#

And prog umad

rotund summit
#

i have 0 savage gear

#

i just came back 2 weeks ago

wicked delta
#

i have 790

#

just dont have

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savage wep

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i augmented my tome wep

rotund summit
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relic soon!

wicked delta
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i could technically join kefka parties but i think they'd shoot me for not having savage weapon lol

dull drum
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idk about soon isnt it pt far off

amber fable
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Only time I ever got tome wep was in abyssos

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Skipped it since then

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You either get savage or you sport a relic

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No in between

wicked delta
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you're trying to prog m10s in week 60 million are you surprised

amber fable
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I only logged back due to free login

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Nothing to do

rapid whale
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i unironically do reclears for the love of the game atp

wicked delta
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lmf a o

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party is fully cooked

tepid briar
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me: posts lf static as a pure healer

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someone: do you play shield healer?

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... I wish I did

amber fable
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Time to learn sch

tepid briar
amber fable
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It takes time to fill at this point

wicked delta
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ppl are joining and also leaving so atp

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might be true

clear plume
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Tobi when are we getting your tier clear tomorrow

amber fable
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Prog is ass to do late in a tier

tepid briar
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fresh?

tepid briar
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we can't even clear p1

wicked delta
boreal pumice
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Has Tobi sub ran out yet

tepid briar
clear plume
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Since he’s logged on I’m guessing no

wicked delta
clear plume
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What’s more important, relationships or raid?

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(If you knew the correct answer you’d have cleared 2 months ago)

wicked delta
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he can help me clear copium

wicked delta
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u dont understand

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every time im like okay time to sit down and prog this shit

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i get my ass beat by either my studies or family stuff

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checked the pf leads logs

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oof

clear plume
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Yeah that’ll do it

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And tomestone?

trim epoch
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Dark knight mains using their own barrier right before I use mine

boreal pumice
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Study hard

random needle
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Their TBN pop is more important than yours I'm ngl

wicked delta
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i cannot believe my eyes

trim epoch
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Tbn?

wicked delta
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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

random needle
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The Blackest Night, their short mit

trim epoch
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Oh

clear plume
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I found out why people are leaving

trim epoch
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That move from mh wilds

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I didn’t know that gave barrier

wicked delta
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dudes trying to c41 and hasnt stepped foot into the fight im fucking crying

tepid briar
random needle