#endgame-lounge

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lyric summit
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!faq balance

storm frostBOT
cerulean field
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Tyvm

boreal edge
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!whologs @boreal edge

storm frostBOT
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FFLogs Data
Titania

Machinist: (176/4133) [11268.3 DPS] [95 Historical] [8:40]

Innocence

Machinist: (91/3305) [11768.4 DPS] [96 Historical] [8:31]

boreal edge
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im done finally

dull radish
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congrats

lyric summit
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it's ex, 99 or bust PepeLaugh

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I haven't even cleared yet pepeLaugh

quick verge
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nice

dull radish
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I think one of my 99's was downgraded to a 98

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but both my runs could have been a decent bit better

quick verge
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i hate innocence

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😡

dull radish
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I don't mind it too much

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would be nicer to get a bit luckier with not getting most tethers though

boreal edge
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hey at least all savage and ultimate ppl doing it

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since no raids out yet

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so 95 there is legit 95

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not 75 lol

quick verge
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you must get with the times

boreal edge
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just be good

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so dancer senpai notice you

glossy musk
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Be like Sindalf and just use 2 DNC and an AST to pad your WHM

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And cast 0 heals

zealous hill
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Hey guys, just hit 80 all crafting classes... Is the best crafting gear at 80 made or purchased with white scrips? Do White scrips have a purpose yet or not til next patch?
Same question about gathering gear

rancid willow
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unmelded, white scrip gear is better. With melds, the highest crafting/gathering gear is better

zealous hill
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Well, I intend to meld... So Ill do that.

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Is there another, better, use for white crafting scrips if not for gear? (Same question for gathering).

rancid willow
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idk about crafting scripts

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but gathering white scripts for selling the new aethersand or VIII materia

zealous hill
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Where is the white scrip vendor?

rancid willow
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Eulmore, northeast of the aetheryte

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the lady to the left behind the counter

zealous hill
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ty

proper root
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Hey is there enyone here that can start ay Titania Exstreme group that know what they are doing?

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I'm tierd of Kill parties that cant do their job

paper solstice
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may try recruitment channel, generally I don't see people using this discord for lfg

glossy musk
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Yeah, we don’t even know what server group you’re in or job or anything anyways

glass trellis
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NIN any good endgame in Shb?

vale dagger
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Farm parties traps?

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And I heard mostly positive things about Ninja @glass trellis

safe path
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Not sure where to ask this, but does anyone want to get a group for titania extreme?

boreal edge
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do in in datacenter chat

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we are from.different datacenters here

zealous hill
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Anyone know where I can find the min/max materia stats for the crafted SHB armor?

lyric summit
boreal edge
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crafted ShB armour?

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its not out yet

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it will be out day 1 Eden Savage

lyric summit
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that too

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but maybe he meant crafter pepothink

stable basin
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What melee classes are the most desired in the endgame scene?

torn kindle
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Hard to say since we only have extreme trials, and the starting ones for each expansion are generally very easy to do.

stable basin
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Historically? Theoretically? Is there no data to go off of that would be reliable yet?

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Appreciate the response, if the answer is no then so be it, just figured there had to be some sort of way to determine that so far; if not sorry for grilling ya 😛

steady pebble
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for the most part, people generally don't base it off of extreme trials since they're not the hardest content

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And with the expansion doing a bit of shake up, people are generally going to wait until the raids release

torn kindle
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There will be a good amount of balance changes for both the normal mode and savage mode raid releases.

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But as thing currently stand Dancer is looking pretty OP in terms of support so I would be surprised if they're not "meta"

stable basin
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I imagine they will be, though I'm looking to level a melee role, as I imagine it will be in some of the lowest supply due to release of DNC and GNB

vapid hawk
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Anyone wanna share their Bard rotation for Lv80 5.0? Recently got my brd to 80

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Opener i mean

stable basin
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Thanks for the replies though guys, I'll give it a minute before deciding 😃

torn kindle
lusty oak
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DRG and NIN are most likely to be sought out because of party buffs

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but we dont know yet how SE will adjust jobs in next weeks

stable basin
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Worst comes to worst, there's always a market for jobs that fluff people's parses

torn kindle
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Yeah DNC is gonna be in 100% of padding runs.

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I can't wait to see a Dancer padding another Dancer by having the padder's Technical Step and Devilment be delayed to maximize buff uptime on the padded. 👀

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Since I'm pretty sure Devilment can't stack with another Dancer's Devilment.

kind silo
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gwiber drop rate?

torn kindle
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unknown, but probably low.

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We can't datamine for stuff like drop rates or where an item drops from if it's not a vendor or trade-in.

wintry falcon
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Hi i recently got a full set of 440 gear for my Gnb and i wanted to meld materia but i got confused when i saw they got rid of a lot of the materia, anyone got an idea which ones are best for tanking?

boreal edge
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comfy SKS > DH > Crit >>>> TNC

wintry falcon
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Thank🙂

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My gear has a base of 1500+ sks (little bit over) what is a good amount?

boreal edge
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gotta refer to balance

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!faq balance

storm frostBOT
boreal edge
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as i have no info regarding min/max yet of gunbreaker

quick verge
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whatever nets you a 2.4 gcd

wintry falcon
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And how you know you get that 🤣

torn kindle
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!faq stats

storm frostBOT
lyric summit
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or just look at your tooltips

zealous hill
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Can you get over 95% chance to gather 470+ items?

glass trellis
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What purpose does MCH flamethrower serve?

lyric summit
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aoe burst

glass trellis
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Why not just spam spread?

lyric summit
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cause FT ticks every second

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so it's 100 potency per second, spread shot is 180(?) per 2.5s

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it's not super great but general consensus so far is crossbow > flamethrower > spread shot

glass trellis
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But with flame I can't use ricochete

lyric summit
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so dump ricochets before ft

glass trellis
lyric summit
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you're not supposed to let it go the full 10s either i think, since no heat means no hypercharge means no crossbow

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but like 4-5s is good

glossy musk
snow girder
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I have a question about Fae Light for Titania?

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That move is technically a dual tank buster right and the tanks split the damage?

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So couldnt everyone sit in it and split the damage?

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I mean i know the tanks just use invulns but just something i was thinking about.

quick verge
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no

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it's split between 2 people maximum

snow girder
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Rip. ok

quick verge
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so if a tank stands with the party, whoever is closest will share the damage with them

glossy musk
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There’s a tether that’s shows who gets hit

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Similar to akh morn

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Or...what was it called, double bolt? On o1s

quick verge
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twin bolt

rancid willow
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how much is the total potency of living shadow?

rapid sapphire
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I want to say about 900 dps (the shadow is treated like a pet parsing wise) so about 2400 potency

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(numbers are off top of my head)

vale dagger
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Is this true for Monk? "Their rotation is a bit clunky and plays like a slog. But their damage is quite nice."
So basically plays like ass but has awesome damage?

paper solstice
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mnk dmg come mostly from gcd skill now like blm no more weaving, the slog/sketchy part is due to people cheesing server tick for anat to do optimal dmg. also level 80 skill and tornado kick is underwhelming, but it hit hard and has party utility 😃

rapid sapphire
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I haven't played new monk yet but sb one was jank in you had to really push yourself to get the most from it. most I've heard of new mnk is people still chasing tornado kick early instead of six sided star (then tk since instant max stacks)

quick verge
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six-sided star simply returns the GL timer to max

rancid willow
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doesn't sound like an awesome skill for 80

glossy musk
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MNK also requires basing pull timers on the server ticks for about 5% DPS

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And fuck that

quick verge
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even if you don't pull based on server ticks

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you still wait for anatman to give GL2

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before continuing

vale dagger
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Yeah I didnt care for SB Monk so I was hoping ShB felt more fun to play

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Right now I care about fun before potency adjustments

rapid sapphire
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ditto

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(sounds like something to personally put off until the end again like ninja. again.)

analog quarry
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I'm really lost on how to build my Ast, currently focusing on Crit (3k) > Det (2.2k)

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Any tip / feedback?

glossy musk
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Are you having trouble on DPS or such? Or just not sure what stats to use. Cause you should do comfy piety > crit > det/DH > sps

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I would recommend getting SOME DH so you can actually DH at all

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It’s 0% for tanks and healers if you have no DH melds

analog quarry
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Yeah I feel like the dps is quite low even if im ''trying hard''

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Is there any approximate amount of DH i want to aim for?

heavy mist
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For healers you don't want DH cause it doesn't affect your heals

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Which is why we don't recommend it at all and only affects DPS skills iirc

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@analog quarry

analog quarry
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I mean 1 meld or 2 wont hurt right?

rapid sapphire
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won't hurt or help much either. det is boring and safe for ast since unless you skill combo the usability (regen/shield) is less than sch/whm

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I'm not aware if ast has mp issues anymore that lucid spam can't fix

hoary socket
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Best meld for ast is a whm or sch soul crystal

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Then once youre on whm/sch you meld crit>DH/Det

errant kayak
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Oh dear you burn through uwu right now

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The dps check is so much more lenient

bronze ermine
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I think it only splits the once

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...Oh that was for something way earlier

glossy musk
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Essentially prior to ShB, going full DH versus full DET resulted in approximately the same DPS you gain from auto attacking

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It’s minor but it’s a gain

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If you’re working on min maxing

boreal edge
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hmmm

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blm lv72 added despair

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now fire cycle is abit longer

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causing me to get polygot before i get rid of the one i have

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after some time in pull

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most likely it will be fixed as i get xenoglossy since its instant

dull radish
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it's actually fixed at 72 already

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you just use your polyglot whenever

boreal edge
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so i use foul in fire cycle?

dull radish
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whenever

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sometimes it'll be in UI, sometimes it'll be in AF

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at 80 you end up using xeno for weaving frequently, or UI filler since 72+ you can cast Thunder wherever rotationally to keep 100% uptime

boreal edge
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its no longer movement usage now?

dull radish
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xeno is a multipurpose tool

boreal edge
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unless overcapping

dull radish
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weaving, UI filler, movement, or damage under buffs if you don't need it for something else

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the only thing you shouldn't do is let it overwrite yeah

boreal edge
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now blm became fun with lv72 trait

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finally can throw tranpose

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from hotbar

dull radish
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that's incorrect

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you still need transpose

boreal edge
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when?

dull radish
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downtime, especially pre-umbral soul

boreal edge
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oh yes

dull radish
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but even after umbral soul you'll need it since you can end fights in AF

boreal edge
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i may still need transpose too past 76

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since i cant use umbral soul under AF

dull radish
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yup, that's what I meant with that previous statement~

stable basin
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How would you guys rank the tanks this patch im mt and ot slot

hoary socket
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Tanks are surprisingly balanced as far as dps. Paladin still has the best invuln. War had the cooldown on holmgang increased but they can move while using it. Dark knights the blackest night is really good. Gnb has a nice invuln as well. Second best imo

stable basin
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Idk what ill main yet

atomic stump
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any idea where DNC sits after accounting for dmg buffs to the party?

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MCH and BRD are so far ahead

lusty oak
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at 'best padding job' slot

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not so useful during prog, incredible after

proper cairn
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why r we not rioting about the lack of a glamour dresser decoration for personal homes?

lyric summit
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and they said they're working on it but it's hard to implement because it shits itself if multiple people interact with it at the same time

zealous hill
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Does anyone know how much perception is necessary to get Pick Clean to yield 2 instead of 1?

proper cairn
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oh wrong discussion sry

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did they actually promise they will get in working?

lyric summit
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no

stone plank
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is ninja still a Metapick?

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my friend tells me no because he only has trick

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he says "My personal opinion id rather have dragoon, dancer, monk and one free dps"

lyric summit
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doesn't matter, all jobs can clear all content in pretty much every comp with no doubles

flat roost
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are samurai hard to play in endgame?

lyric summit
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not any harder than other jobs really

waxen escarp
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Is there a place to find 5.0 guides for classes? Doesn’t seem to be class specific discords and googling is turning up nothing for a lot of the classes

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For proper rotations for raiding etc

dull radish
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the balance discord server has different channels for each job, hosting endgame optimizations and guides

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!faq balance

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dull radish
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since it's still near the start of expansion there's not necessarily going to be finalized guides for each job yet, but there'll be plenty of resources and people well-versed in each job that can help answer any questions

brave crest
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Looking for best melds for Dragoon, not sure which stats to go with mooglethink

lyric summit
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check the balance discord linked above

empty solar
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New player, what kind of materia should I slot into my level 80 gear for SAM? :)

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(Please let me know if this is the wrong place to ask!)

lyric summit
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check the balance discord linked above

edgy cradle
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Anyone doing farm runs of the ex trials tonight?

rancid willow
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So living shadow in ACT counts as if you used your own skills.

fossil basalt
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yo, GNB question

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should i delay the DoT so that it stays inside the No Mercy window? or is it ok to let it drift?

stable basin
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Does anyone have a good ps4 hotbar for warrior?

strange dew
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Given the DPS and presence of what is now probably one of the better raid buffs, is Monk going to be meta?

torn kindle
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hard to say since there will be balance changes on the normal mode and savage mode raid releases.

strange dew
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Right

waxen escarp
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is there any info about the raid yet (boss fights etc) or does the patch just drop normally? will savage typically have mechanical changes or just less forgiving?

torn kindle
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only supposed datamines in terms of real info

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but yes a patch will drop for the normal and savage raid releases

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And Savage has both a mix of new/changed mechanics and being much less forgiving

boreal edge
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@fossil basalt why make em drift? they have same cd as no mercy so both need to be on same time no mercy is used

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savage will have new mechanics and current mechanics will be altered to be more harder

stable basin
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Sonic break comes up a gcd earlier every time but you'd need to drift it 25 times to get one extra use

boreal edge
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imagine making it drift 25 times

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that means a fight need to be on 25 mins lol

stone plank
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whats the highest gearscore possible right now?

boreal edge
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i444

stone plank
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friends claim its 450

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why 444?

boreal edge
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only wep and accs are i450

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rest of gear max is i440

stone plank
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oh thank you

boreal edge
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we will get i450 gear from Eden normal mode tomorrow

glad tapir
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but crafted gear can be overmelded! techdaddy

stone crater
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What ilvl is craftet gear now?

errant kayak
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crafted isn't out yet (i don't think?)

stable basin
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With eden will there be more msq?

errant kayak
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nope

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while the plot of eden will tie in with msq, it will still be optional content

tribal delta
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Apologies

boreal edge
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no one know that spoiler person is spoiler boss

tribal delta
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Ohhhhhhh

boreal edge
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could say boss name np

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but not the char name

tribal delta
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Got it

fossil basalt
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it doesn't have the same cd as no mercy tho

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it's slightly faster because it's tied to the gcd

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that's why i was asking

cobalt oar
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Yeah Sonic Break is weird.

boreal edge
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even if its faster

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just delay it

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u wont get extra usage

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even if its 3 secs shorter

stable basin
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how is 2500 crit / 1200 spell speed for blm?

lyric summit
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fine probably

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all stats are good for blm afaik

stable basin
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hmm, what to meld for now then? Thonk

dull radish
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in general slightly sps-heavy sets seem to be marginally better than other sets. But it's not much of a difference, realistically you're looking within a percent difference in output with optimal vs suboptimal melds, and the rotation works fine at both minimum and maximum sps. Generally like to recommend sps to taste > crit/dh > det, more or less. The exact optimal choices will depend on how much of each stat you have and where the tiers are (and it's going to change as soon as we get access to eden gear tomorrow). I can link a spreadsheet if you wanna play around with it to min/max, to copy sets folks have come up with, or whatever, if you want @stable basin

stable basin
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sure

dull radish
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generally when there's new gear people will mess around with it and try to optimize a bit, and we put the best sort of sets on there. Particularly if there's sets that are notably different but still comparable

stable basin
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hum

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how come the sets there are so low on crit

lyric summit
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crit isn't super strong at the start of the expansion, could be that

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but idk blm theorycrafting

stable basin
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hum

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okay

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i ended up with
2600 crit
1300 det
2000 dh
1600 ss

dull radish
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yeah crit is generally going to always be a bit weaker start of expansion and get stronger later on when you can stack more of it. Don't listen to anyone giving you an exact number for a breakpoint or whatever though, that's very misleading

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that stat spread seems fine enough

stable basin
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i see

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im also using the 430 pants bc the 440 stats are worse

dull radish
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that's an incorrect call to make

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at least, for BLM

stable basin
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how so

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although maybe it wasnt the pants

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ill have to double check

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theres one item that gives the same stats as the 430 piece except instead of crit its det or something

lyric summit
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it's extremely rare for a lower ilvl piece to be better

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secondaries don't make up for the mainstat difference

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unless it has 5 meld slots like eureka gear

dull radish
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there can be room for argument for non-BLM casters even at this point

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with how much they want to limit sps, I think there was some element of justification for a lower ilvl piece for this purpose

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but not for BLM

vernal kelp
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Anyone need a dps for EX Titania? Know the fight, done it 8 times so far. 435 Dragoon

waxen escarp
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fastest way to gear up once I hit 80? been running dungeons but have gotten the same piece 4 times 😦

scenic patrol
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Running roulettes for Tomes and doing ex Primals

uncut charm
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If your server have people who run A rank hunt trains

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You should definitely join as well

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3 instances per map makes 36 marks a train which is 720 tomes

last hollow
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so how do raid lockouts usually work for relevant content?

torn kindle
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They've said that they're changing things a bit for normal mode, but here's how it worked in Heavensward/Stormblood

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For Normal Mode: Each floor once per week you can roll for one token that can be traded in for gear of your choice belonging to a specific gear slot.

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So for example: you can get an accessory token on the first floor, head token on the second floor, leg token on the third floor and a chest token on the 4th floor.

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For Savage Mode the gear itself drops from the instance, but you only get to roll for the first clear of that floor for each week, along with a guaranteed token drop into your inventory to exchange for items dropped from that floor.

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If you skip a savage floor, like starting on floor 3 instead of floor 1, then you lose all chances to get loot from floors 1 and 2.

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If you also enter a floor with people who have already cleared for that week, then the number of coffers that appear will be reduced, with none appearing if too many people cleared that week.

last hollow
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are there usually fight videos a la WoW's fatboss prior to raid release? and for eden's release tomorrow, will it be one floor at a time?

torn kindle
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All of the normal floors will be dropped, but you'll have to unlock them in sequence.

scenic patrol
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There is no staggered releases

torn kindle
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Savage floors are coming in 2 weeks

scenic patrol
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And the only time savage comes later than Normal mode is on expac launch

torn kindle
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yeah. for the 2nd and 3rd set of raid floors both normal and savage drop at the same time.

waxen escarp
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oh usually they're together? thats interesting

last hollow
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cool, thanks guys

waxen escarp
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is it confirmed ultimates are going to be a thing again? assuming in 5.1?

last hollow
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does SE usually keep their cards close to their chest regarding actual raid fights, or will there be fight videos?

torn kindle
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They won't flag your videos for uploading the fights if that's what you mean

waxen escarp
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ive been told outside of data mining it just drops and people work it out

torn kindle
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But they will take your videos down if it's only the boss music and no gameplay.

waxen escarp
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theres no dungeon journel or testing footage pre release

last hollow
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oh, so people pretty much go into these raids blind? that's cool

scenic patrol
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Sure, but you can't use datamining to beat a raid

last hollow
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a bit of a culture shock as a WoW refugee but that's interesting

scenic patrol
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Not nearly enough data or time for it to really help you out

waxen escarp
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yeah tbh i much prefer knowing the mechanics before hand, blindly dying to stuff and working it out isn't hard its just annoying... personal preference i guess though

scenic patrol
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Welcome to blind prog

waxen escarp
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i'm also coming from wow, not a huge fan of the current raid so decided to try ff

scenic patrol
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It's something unique that is not experienced often

last hollow
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what should I expect for normal raids in relative terms to ex trials? harder/easier? less/more mechanics?

scenic patrol
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It's casual content

waxen escarp
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also the lack of mechanical mechanics is a huge change, lots of dodging and overlapping of dodging compared to wow (from what i've seen)

scenic patrol
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Think normal raids

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In WoW

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Almost lfr level

waxen escarp
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i think its easier than normal in wow, closer to lfr right?

scenic patrol
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Yeah

waxen escarp
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where would you put savage on the normal-heroic-mythic scale?

scenic patrol
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Between heroic and Mythic and scales to mid Mythic

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Think ultimates as the hardest Mythic fights

waxen escarp
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yeah i figured, i really hope they start doing more unique boss mechanics

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from what i've seen ultimate has quite a few

unreal flax
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Bring back the script from A8S and make it... like... gooey or something. Whatever the fuck Eden is inside

waxen escarp
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a8s was a cool fight? should i check it out?

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like the video that is

scenic patrol
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From what I heard pre nerf it was about as hard as ultimates

unreal flax
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A8S was a super great fight that I love more than most others. Really complex stuff.

waxen escarp
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i think the reason im sad ff is a lot of dodging is because im from australia

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and 128ms hurts

unreal flax
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Ever player had to manage math debuffs. Like, the tank had to get hit a certain number of times

scenic patrol
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128 is not that high...

waxen escarp
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i feel like id like it a lot more on 30ms

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i constantly get clipped by mechanics i think ive made it out of :/

scenic patrol
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Live in Japan then

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I think you have higher ping than 200 if you are constantly clipped

waxen escarp
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i did a ping to the jp server from arrstatus and am getting ~130

scenic patrol
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Game is very lenient on high ping

waxen escarp
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i think the fact that its by the cast bar and not the animation is throwing me too tbh

scenic patrol
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That's something all wow vets need to get used to

waxen escarp
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which i still dont understand, guy swings his giant hand and i run in the middle of it = no damage cause i wasnt there when he finished casting

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i'll adjust tho

scenic patrol
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You live and die by the server ticks

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Sometimes they help you

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Like gap closing through mechs

waxen escarp
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how long does savage take to prog for a typical static of okay-ish players?

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is this like wow mythic 2-3 months of prog

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or is it over fairly fast

scenic patrol
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That should apply debuffs but don't

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And sometimes you get hit by AOE that you think shouldn't

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It's double edged

waxen escarp
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yeah ive had it work in my favour too, its interesting

scenic patrol
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Savage takes from 1 week to 3 months

waxen escarp
scenic patrol
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Really depends on the group

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Yeah, frosty does it

waxen escarp
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hmm 1 week if you're top top tier like how method is 1 week for wow

scenic patrol
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If you mean world first race

waxen escarp
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or 1 week even just for above average raiders

scenic patrol
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Nah

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Week 1 is possible for most HC groups

waxen escarp
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aw i guess ultimates are the content i'm really looking forawrd to then

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but savage will still be fun

scenic patrol
#

Hmmm, they take for world prog level groups a week or more to clear

waxen escarp
#

is it always 1 boss?

scenic patrol
#

It's not?

waxen escarp
#

have they indicated any desire to make it a full length raid?

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for ultimates?

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isnt it just 1 encounter

scenic patrol
#

It is

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But it's not a single boss

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Ucob was 3 bosses

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With 5 phases

waxen escarp
#

but its not the same as fighting 3 individual bosses if they're all linked to a fight

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like a council fight isnt 3 bosses in wow

scenic patrol
#

Twin
Nael
Baha
Adds with both twin and Nael
Golden Baha

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But it is 3 bosses

waxen escarp
#

but you dont prog on 1 boss, beat it then do the next one

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its all linked

scenic patrol
#

Yeah

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But they are still bosses

waxen escarp
#

like its no different to just being phases of the same boss

scenic patrol
#

I think that's more true to UwU than for Ucob

waxen escarp
#

fair, i've only seen a vid of uwu

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maybe ucob felt more seperated

#

well ty for all the insight, i'm looking forward to the raid

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should be fun

scenic patrol
#

Yeah definitely

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I am so done with Omega raids, nostalgia driven raids just don't do it for me

quick verge
#

are you implying you didn't enjoy 3 omega fights

scenic patrol
#

I only really enjoyed 2 out of those

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Fuck Fomega

quick verge
#

hnnng

scenic patrol
true kraken
#

Emet selch everywhere

scenic patrol
boreal edge
#

those changes

stable basin
#

i finally hit purple as a blm yaycarby

unborn walrus
#

Interested in getting any thoughts/opinions on materia selection for endgame tanking. Anyone have an opinion or is there a general consensus already?

scenic patrol
#

depends on the tank and what your aim is

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but as long as you are not warrior

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stocking up on SkS and DH materias is overall the correct choice

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or just sell other materia types and buy SkS

tired oriole
#

Astro changes are nice : )

stable hinge
#

change, you mean?

scenic patrol
#

gravity now costs the same as Holy

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same for Art of War

viscid onyx
#

Sks? What?

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As an endgame tank?

boreal edge
#

sks is valid stat as tank now

#

given no more tp issues

quick verge
#

hmmm

boreal edge
#

for gnb u need to stop at 2.4

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so sonic break dont drift too hard

#

outside no mercy

quick verge
#

regular 2.38-2.36 for war

viscid onyx
#

Yeah, maybe I'm just confused cause I main gnb and haven't researched the other tanks yet. I thought it was always comfy sks then dps stat

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For shb, I mean.

quick verge
#

gnb needs 2.4 for the rotation to align itself with raid buffs

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the most important thing

viscid onyx
#

Makes sense, I find my dps drops hard if I drift too much

misty halo
#

Am I seeing this right, no new tomes, yet?

lyric summit
#

yeah

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phantasmagoria is being added on the 30th

misty halo
#

Eh, I was hoping it'd be added today so I can finally decide which class I wanna play this raid.

lyric summit
#

it's just normal raids too, don't really need to commit yet, plus it drops just tokens so you can stockpile them for later

misty halo
#

Yea, that's what I'll do. I just hate waiting

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Is it 5.05 that's happening on the 30th?

torn kindle
#

yes

waxen escarp
#

which food/pots am i supposed to use for hard content?

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not sure whats the most up to date

lyric summit
#

oysters are the best dps food from what I've heard, tincture of [mainstat] for pots, though you don't really need either in current content, and I think savage release will have new food

hoary socket
#

Savage will have new food but not new pots I dont think.

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So stockpiling tinctures will be useful. Possibly profitable.

chilly willow
#

When do you guys usually use the level 8 combat materia? I feel like it's a waste on the lvl 440 gear, because it will be absolete really fast. Is using level 6 ones okay for endgame content?

sudden vessel
#

should be more than enough

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ive only put them in items i know i wont be replacing for a While

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like titania weapon

chilly willow
#

Fair enough

sudden vessel
#

Anyone done the BIS math on PLD XD DPS wise which i usually dont care about but eh

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just wearing a mix of i430-450 i was able to reach 3200 crit (insane amounts) without food.. and not much melded either

lyric summit
#

!faq balance

storm frostBOT
lyric summit
#

they probably did

boreal edge
#

3200 is no longer insane

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when 180 points = 1% crit + 0.01 multiplier

sudden vessel
#

i didnt have much DH/Det however

lyric summit
#

just go for ilvl first before worrying about secondaries

sudden vessel
#

yeah that was taken a while ago im now i433

torn kindle
#

Only worry about secondaries if you need a specific SkS tier or once you have options for the same item level

hoary socket
#

i445 will be better than any i433 build. The loss of main stat isn't worth it.

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The only time a lower ilvl piece will be better, and only by miniscule amounts, will be if your i450 piece has completely useless secondary stats and you pentameld an HQ crafted i440 piece that already has the two best substats on it.

sudden vessel
#

fair enough

waxen escarp
#

is eden out?

broken steeple
#

Yup

waxen escarp
#

where to start the quest line?

lyric summit
#

crystarium

broken steeple
#

^^^

waxen escarp
#

ty ty

broken steeple
#

What’s a good food for raid buffs if you’re a healer?

waxen escarp
#

is it 1 token per boss per week or 1 token in general?

lyric summit
#

per boss

glad tapir
weak urchin
#

Do we have Eden loot tables?

dull radish
weak urchin
#

Ty!

glad tapir
#

drop names would be nice over the gear named

grim quail
#

is it worth meld a 56 critical with ninja? i loose only 4

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or better meld DH or DET

stark spire
#

Hello ! I need some help to know what stats to prioritise on GNB

glossy musk
#

Comfy SKS > DH > DET > crit > sks

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You want one Ten meld to hit the breakpoint f

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That’s old set btw, the ten meld. Haven’t checked new BIS

vagrant gorge
#

Recommended BLM Stat prorities?

tough iris
#

eden healing ring or ronkan ring

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eden healing ring has no det or crit ponder

dull radish
#

@vagrant gorge sps to comfort > crit/dh > det. The exact correct choice will depend on how much of each stat you have, substat tiers, etc. Of course, prioritize ilvl over anything else

south dagger
#

Does anyone have the stat weights.

Aka how much crit =1%
Etc

unreal flax
#

Stat weights were a mistake. Just put crit in everything you can put crit in and DH in everything else, except make sure you get to a skill speed tier that makes your GCD work for your rotation

south dagger
#

I'm looking for those numbers though

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For example how much sps is 1%

unreal flax
#

So far, there's only the stat tiers on akhmorning

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Considering how deep into SB it took for us to get weights (I don't remember actually getting weights), I wouldn't really expect them

south dagger
#

We actually got the stats 2 weeks in.

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Stat weights might be the wrong term then

unreal flax
#

I remember getting the stat tiers, not the actual weights

lyric summit
#

!faq stats

storm frostBOT
south dagger
#

Im looking for how much each stat gives.

For example in sb 66.6 gives 0.01 gcd

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Ty vis

verbal panther
#

quick question

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so if we get the eden acc we dont need the innocence ones anymore right?

lyric summit
#

it's the same ilvl, just different secondaries

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crit/det ones are the ones you most likely want, you can check best in slot builds on the balance discord

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but if you can't beat innocence ex then the eden ones are the ones you should have yeah

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though 450 left side is probably a bigger gain

merry ivy
#

Do we know what iLvl Fanta tomes and Savage gear will be? And iLvl Requirement for Savage?

verbal panther
#

ah ok

lyric summit
#

460 upgradable to 470, and 470 from savage @merry ivy

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and you can math out savage ilvl requirements by googling omega ilvl req and the tome ilvl in patch before

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full party ignores ilvl requirements anyways so it's not like you'll have trouble getting in

#

more of a metric to see if you'll die to unmitigated raidwides

stable basin
#

also thanks for lettingme jkoin and my 2 cents

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may god find and murder who ever the hell complains that eden raid chain is too hard and asks for a nerf.

lyric summit
#

it's just normal, I don't think anyone's complaining

agile crest
#

hows blm lookin in eden so far

lyric summit
#

it's eden normal there's nothing to.. look in

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and in savage it'll be meh for prog cause no res, good for weeklies like any other job cause every job can clear all content in any standard comp

rancid willow
#

E4 will test BLM's the most

quick verge
#

it looks like melees will have to save a charge of their gapclosing skills to not get absolutely memed anyway

stable basin
#

Ooh, I am not a smart person.

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First Eden tier; I'm offtank. We've got it down to single percentiles, and it charges up its dual tankbuster beam.

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"Fair enough," I think; "I'll Cover the MT and pop Hallowed Ground to soak a shitton of damage."

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Forgot the second part though.

quick verge
#

cover HG will not work

stable basin
#

Ah well, lesson learned.

#

Got it down on that run. Didn't help we had a BLM almost certainly killing themselves on the edge for the first few runs.

vague nimbus
#

For ilvl436, no food and not full materia. Does 8.2k~9k dps range sound right for MCH?

lyric summit
#

nah sounds pretty low

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what's your weapon and where are you parsing

rancid willow
#

so you can't hallowed ground with cover anymore. You still take damage from cover

vague nimbus
#

Pretty low? @lyric summit its 440 wepaon. Im the top DPS in every group ive been in with that dps /shrug

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and this is on the new raid fights that Im parsing

dull radish
#

being top dps in parties you're in unfortunately isn't the best metric for performance, as competition can be rather lacking

hoary socket
#

9k on mch is barely over 50th percentile in eden.

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And its 30th percentile in the extreme primals.

#

So 8-9k ranges from extremely not good to sort of not good

lyric summit
#

i mean, depending on the gear 9k+ could be like, ok, but 8.2k is low

vague nimbus
#

Reminder, that this is without food, without full materia, and in ilvl 436. Of course if you compare me with people with 450 weapons and armor. That will change.

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I was being fair and including 8.2 to 9k though probably closer to 9.2k Because deaths and such as its a new place

hoary socket
#

It's still not good.

lyric summit
#

so get a proper parse on a 5 minute dummy or something

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and not content you don't know and die in

vague nimbus
#

highest dps I've seen was blm at 11k and I can't imagine MCH comes that close to a blm?

hoary socket
#

These are average numbers over thirty five thousand parses

lyric summit
#

11k is like average mch at i444

hoary socket
#

Some of them had best gear and melds. Some of them were what you are wearing. Some were below.

lyric summit
#

well, maybe not average

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a well played mch

hoary socket
#

Decent mch, 75th percentile and above are pulling 10.5k

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Good to excellent mch are 10750-11k

vague nimbus
#

we have very different definitions of decent if you think its 75th %

hoary socket
#

The top 1% are 11.5k

vague nimbus
#

Also, isn't this data screwed right now? I remember people saying that with the existence of DNC you can't really trust personal numbers. For all we know everyone of those people in the top 20% had a DNC buff consistently.'

unreal flax
#

That only matters if there's a DNC in the run

hoary socket
#

You cant skew 60,000 data points worth of data

lyric summit
#

you can easily get purples without a dancer

vague nimbus
#

When there are more dancers at 80 than other DPS. You can assume there is a dancer in the group

hoary socket
#

Some of those runs the mch might have gotten buffs. Some of them they didnt

vague nimbus
#

I've not had a single level 80 party without a dancer

#

8 man* ^

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not 4 man parties

hoary socket
#

This is a compilation of tens of thousands of runs over a two week period. Any padded outliers are gone.

vague nimbus
#

I think you are underestimating the presence of dancer at 80 right now. But I trust your judgement

#

Its not an "outlier" when the majority of parties always have one.

hoary socket
#

The majority of parties dont have the dancer focus on only buffing the mch

vague nimbus
#

Not saying they do, but even if only 1000 of them did consistently. That is larger than an "outlier" for a 30k sample size.

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then add in another 2-3k less consistently

hoary socket
#

For every 1000 3000 5000 you find where the mch was focused you'll find the same number where it was the drg instead or the blm instead

#

The numbers average out over such a huge sample.

vague nimbus
#

Yes ... thats my point. ANd then each of those classes would have data that would have to be taken account for with some margin of error or inflation

hoary socket
#

Some of the buffed mch had bis gear. Some had hodgepodge dungeon gear. Some of the unbuffed mch had the same. It still averages out.

#

These numbers are correct. If you want to be a good mch aim for the 75th percentile numbers or higher.

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There are completely reachable without bis and without a dancer hanging off your dick

vague nimbus
#

Of course, always room to improve, was just mentioning that the high number of DNC's will definitely impact this more than I think you think it is.

#

Oh well, back to the game. I'll do some dummy parses and see what I come out aat

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oh, I should add that pugging vs grouped can also provide that extra dps boost since you can line up burst windows that otherwise might be missed in pugs. But I'll see what I'm doing wrong and hopefully go up from there

dull radish
#

mmmm people are just generally too quick to go that "DNC is the reason why I'm parsing lower than I think I should be"

#

while it does have an effect you can do more than excel without being padded to heck

unreal flax
#

DNC is the new HW AST

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"I NEED CARDS PARTNER TO PARSE ORANGE!"

#

Nah, fam. You just gotta not be me

thorny cove
#

Just wanted to check does anyone have a good hunt linkshell for lamia?

rancid willow
#

I feel like sometimes I might be doing too much damage as RDM

hybrid rapids
#

10k is standard

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For dps now

rancid willow
#

10k feels like a lot

hybrid rapids
#

Because our mind still stuck at 4.x

#

Try BLM to see a 13k

#

Dps carries an important role now since tanks and healers dps suck (excluding whm)

#

We might be seeing more enrage if dps bad

#

Back then 4.x tanks and healers can carry a portion

paper solstice
#

I'm kinda glad that tank and healer dps sucks, give more responsibility for the red icon in the group to do their job, it always irritate me when a dps ask a tank or healer if they can dps more instead of can you tank or heal more.

livid crypt
#

does anyone know when the timers end for the frog fates in gilgamesh?

dusty kelp
#

Hey guys, new to the game and discord chat as well!

hybrid rapids
#

Welcome

uncut charm
#

10k on dummy fight is somewhat an expectation on dps now I guess

#

Unless your job is NIN or DNC

foggy latch
#

ive seen dancers do like 14k on titania

uncut charm
#

Fflogs says max dancer is 10,6k

foggy latch
#

oh, hm, maybe it was during burst

uncut charm
#

Has to be

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DNC never had that capability

#

14k is the region of BLM

foggy latch
#

yeah

#

you reckon every static will have a dnc?

uncut charm
#

No

#

DNC is bad overall for p and r dps

foggy latch
#

doesn't their buff compensate for that?

#

buffs*

rancid willow
#

its about 1k dps more for their partner

foggy latch
#

ah

rancid willow
#

but dancers are pretty OP for 1-60 content due to their AoE's unlock a super early lvls

#

then their personal dps gets beaten by all other dps later on

uncut charm
#

For their partner

desert trench
uncut charm
#

But if you add DNC's p and r dps

#

Its still behind

#

DNC is good for padding

#

Friend showed me this yesterday

desert trench
#

is there a link to this analysis

uncut charm
#

Got to poke her later if I see her online

desert trench
verbal panther
#

so dancer is poo poo :C?

#

i wonder what changes could help it?

uncut charm
#

Tho from observing fflogs, sounds about right? EmiThink

verbal panther
#

maybe make fan dances proc off the base moves? or boost fan dance potency?

#

i dunno 😮

uncut charm
#

Like if you add 1k dps to DNC's number

#

They still fall behind MCH

desert trench
#

1k dps is for most dps

#

a blm can easily get 1.5-1.8

uncut charm
desert trench
#

samurai gains 1.5

verbal panther
#

do you guys think they will buff dancer? or nah.

rancid willow
#

maybe but devs seem not in favor of jobs being bought due to having buffs to teams to soft lock a slot

desert trench
#

considering all those 95% top parses for blm/drg etc probably have that dnc partner i don't see it actually getting buffed

#

many things to consider

#

yesyes

rancid willow
#

maybe a slight pdps and with ninja

desert trench
#

rdps from tech finish ends up from 800-1300; gives tanks 150 alone

verbal panther
#

if they did buff dancer do you thik they would buff the party buff or buff the dancers personal dmg/potencies.

rancid willow
#

personal most likely

uncut charm
#

I don't actually see DNC buffed too

verbal panther
#

that would be nice.

uncut charm
#

Ninja tweaks maybe..

desert trench
#

i think people are really underestimatine dnc, nin, ast party buffs

rancid willow
#

well in 4.X raid buffs where huge. Now they barely feel like they have any effect now

verbal panther
#

oh i was just going by what was posted earlier saying dnc dmg including the buffs it brings is still lowets overall XD

#

i dont mind cause i just think the class is fun or pretty.

desert trench
#

well i wanna see how that was analyzed; until then i don't believe it in the least

verbal panther
#

just like aww that sucks to hear its lowest even after accounting Pbuffs in

uncut charm
#

There are a lot of things flying around anyways

verbal panther
#

yeah i wanna see the actual cal and math behind that chart thingy.

rancid willow
#

plus we have job buffs/nerfs in 2 weeks as well

verbal panther
#

gonna play dancer regardless XD

uncut charm
#

Nope

#

Further changes are 5.05

#

Still some time

verbal panther
#

i could see them lowering potencites and making fan dance proc off normal moves

#

it would make it a bit more fun when dances/buffs are down.

rancid willow
#

yeah 5.05 is in 2 weeks correct?

uncut charm
#

Uh

#

Nope

#

Unless I am terribly mistaken

#

Eden Savage should be 5.02

#

Major changes on expect happens after evaluating savage data

#

*expac

rancid willow
#

i'm just dumb then ¯_(ツ)_/¯

verbal panther
#

cool cool im excited. :>

stable basin
#

i have to ask.... why reach for max wow mode in ff14 when the biggest issue on tanks is living through hits and survoval stats?

foggy latch
#

the strats are different in ff, tanks are fine, sometimes you'll need 2 tanks to soak stuff, or tank swap, etc

stable basin
#

i know how the game works but why turn a tank into a dps? so fdar tanks had all the shit to try to not get faceraped by goblins....

foggy latch
#

i don't follow, tanks do significantly less dps than dps roles - if a tank is out DPS a true DPS, then that person (the DPS player) should look into what they are doing wrong

stable basin
#

yes

#

being a tank means keeping monsters off the other players, unless i am mistaken? not over dpsing another class

fallow path
#

DPS on everyone still matters, DPS jobs should always be the most

#

Tank and healer have other priority but their damage is still significant

foggy latch
#

yes def, some tanks do a lot of AoEs, so in big pulls you might be close to or even above some dps

stable basin
#

by the way before this goes out of hand i do have issues understand a few things and english is not my main

foggy latch
#

it's ok

stable basin
#

out of curiosity wouldnt it be better to try to reach a stats cap over where the tank can actually laughs when he takes hit?

fallow path
#

You'll never be tanky enough to laugh off multiple tankbusters

stable basin
#

indeed but on a daily basis is there a magiocal; number on tena to9 reach?

hoary socket
#

Zero

stable basin
#

hit cap for a tank?

scenic patrol
#

first thing first

#

there's no stat caps

#

even if there were, they are unreachable

stable basin
#

ok

#

i mean what the magic number on hit rate

scenic patrol
#

Tenacity overall doesn't offer enough mitigation for anyone to really care

#

aside from world prog

#

where one time surviving with 10 HP makes it worth it

stable basin
fallow path
#

There's not really any amount of stats that'll make up for lack of skill in relevant content

#

Stats always help but non brain-dead team matters most

#

Not really ant breakpoints, just progress

glossy musk
#

There are breakpoints for stats, mainly speed and tenacity reaching each 1% break

#

not hard breaks though

twilit flax
#

Just curious what is the materia needed for a lv 80 paladin?

stable basin
#

I mean technically Tenacity is still what every tank should materia in pretty much every situation, assuming you're always partied with equal-skilled players. The Point:% ratio makes tenacity the best tank stat, if you consider that healers will use the reduced damage you're taking as a chance to deal additional damage, the problem is "I don't trust healers to be that smart" so most of us just materia DH/CH

#

<-- Direct Hit Paladin, as most are and probably should be

#

I realize I just contradicted myself but I provided why 😛

#

Direct Hit is every tank's best damage stat until we can easily achieve 3k+ crit, then it's CH, which will come in later tiers

glossy musk
#

@twilit flax Comfy SkS > DH > Det > Crit > SkS/Ten

#

Look into Tenacity breakpoints to ensure you aren't like just 5 points behind a breakpoint

twilit flax
#

Cool I will look in to those then. Thank you for the info.

flat roost
#

what kind of rewards does savage have? 10 ilvls higher gear?

#

the weapon is same ilvl from normal and savage right?

torn kindle
#

Normal mode has no weapon

#

and the savage gear is the same ilvl as the upgraded weekly tomestone for that patch.

#

To use the last tier of Stormblood as an example:
i360/i370 was the previous tier's weekly tomestone gear and the augmented version, which stopped being weekly locked when the next tier was added
i380 was the normal mode raid gear, along with the crafted gear
i390 was the 24-man gear
i390/i400 was the weekly tomestone gear and the upgraded version
i400 was the savage mode raid gear, with the weapon being i405

#

So the weekly tomestone gear will be i460 which upgrades to i470
and the savage raid gear will be i470 with an i475 weapon

flat roost
#

wait. why are we collecting these swords then?

serene lotus
#

Casuals

flat roost
#

from 4th raid

serene lotus
#

Lots of people do nornal raids but not savage

torn kindle
#

The swords are tokens to exchange for a token to get the Phantasmagoria weapon

flat roost
#

ah.

torn kindle
#

...or however you spell the weekly tomestone

#

!faq schedule

storm frostBOT
#
5.0 content release schedule
serene lotus
#

Fanta weapons

flat roost
#

so the savage weapon will juat be a drop?

torn kindle
#

We're not completely sure yet since they've changed the loot drop tables for normal raid

flat roost
#

and phantasmagoria weapon upgrade will drop in savage 4?

torn kindle
#

I think like 2 or 3

serene lotus
#

Again, drops might be flipped around

#

Last patch it came from the second fight

flat roost
#

are savage drops locked to one loot per dungeon as well?

#

so if i wanted i could farm until i get the weapon upgrade

torn kindle
#

not exactly.

serene lotus
#

They have been even worse

torn kindle
#

IIRC You can roll on as many items as you want, but you can only get loot from the first clear of that floor for the week

flat roost
#

ewwww

torn kindle
#

And you get a token item to spend on an item of your choice from that floor if you've been unlucky

serene lotus
#

You can only do one roll per week, so even if you do a fight again without rolling you can't roll again

torn kindle
#

You also can't skip floors or you lose out on loot privilege for the previous floors that week.

flat roost
#

wat

torn kindle
#

And you get reduced coffers if people in the party have already cleared that floor that week.

serene lotus
#

And if you clear all floors one week but don't start from the beginning next week, you lose out on rolling all previous ones

flat roost
#

so gotta do all raids in order?

torn kindle
#

If you want the loot, yes.

rancid willow
#

Oh a dungeon in 5.05 splat

flat roost
#

so the datalogs are a reward you always get and can be spent on whatever?

rancid willow
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Wait dungeons

torn kindle
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you always get them once per week

serene lotus
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Each datalog is a specific piece

torn kindle
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@rancid willow Lyhe Ghiah is the treasure dungeon from treasure maps

rancid willow
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Oh

torn kindle
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Like Aquapolis or Uznair if you've done those

rancid willow
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I wanted too

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Never got too

flat roost
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i cant click the release schelyde to see it

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😔

torn kindle
serene lotus
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So did anyone come up with any plans to turn !Titan into less ass? It was mostly just a bunch of running around

cold ember
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imagine running around with no telegraph XD

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its all luck

flat roost
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i want him to drift in savage

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with car mode

serene lotus
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He goes under the arena and you have to guess where he'll be charginf from

rancid willow
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Well titan with no telegraphs would be insane.

Lets do it happycarby

cold ember
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i wish he will grow like titanias adds

serene lotus
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Probably gonna destroy the arena, though

cold ember
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i dont think so cos then the car mech will be deadly

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or he might make arena smaller by having sludge pools

serene lotus
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Exactly, ruin the arena to leave one or 2 safe spots

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Then spread markers on top of the push back

cold ember
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oh i was thinking he wipes out 1 wholw column or something

serene lotus
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Nah, should be survivable without knockback prevention

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Especially if he does it 4 times in a row like the normal fight

rancid willow
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playdead i forget on the 2nd car time he does it multiple times. Always get me

cold ember
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yeah 3-4 times

flat roost
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ive just got to actually doing end game content in shb. are savage usually much harder than extreme?

serene lotus
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It depends

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Last tier, Chaos was easier than Suzaku but Middy was a static killer

torn kindle
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first two floors of savage are generally equivalent or slightly harder than extremes

rancid willow
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E2 and E4 are gonna be the tough ones imo

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E3 all I see is smaller platforms

serene lotus
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Looking forward to E1, they could do lots of cool stuff in that one

pearl tide
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Its worth to rerol to dancer or he is doing to low dps?

flat roost
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does ffxiv have an option to turn off other players attack effects?

serene lotus
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Go into graphics

vernal swallow
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i think that one is actually at character settings?

serene lotus
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Could be, I just know I have them turned off since Ewwreka

rancid willow
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Its under character config

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Self party and other graphic controls

flat roost
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thamks

austere pasture
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What materia should I put into dark knight? Not used to doing this at all, since I've been leveling pretty much constantly until shb XD

serene lotus
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SkS until 2,38>DH>Det>Crit for now

austere pasture
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Thanks.

austere pasture
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What should my DH be? is there such a thing as too much? XD I got no experience with this

thin sinew
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What would GNB want to meld right now?

lyric summit
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!faq balance

storm frostBOT
lyric summit
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ask them

foggy latch
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is there somewhere in the interface I can see what my GCD time is? I see people mentioning getting SKS to a certain amount (in time) of your GCD

vernal swallow
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hover over a GCD and look at its cooldown

foggy latch
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ah, it's the recast?

vernal swallow
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of any skill using the GCD yes

foggy latch
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cool thanks

slim wren
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Can anyone help teach me how to read FFLogs?

paper solstice
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E4 is easy if you have one person that know where to be to avoid aoe, just put a big marker on top of that person head and follow him/her

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rule of thumb, just follow the tank they usually know all mechanic

jolly sluice
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so that's why they made TBs aoe paissaowo

serene lotus
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Knowing how to dodge AoEs doesn't make the fight any less ass, since 90% of it is just running around to dodge said AoEs, or getting pushed around and running back

wheat garnet
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Imagine doing that as BLM

lyric summit
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fun

dull radish
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it's actually a pretty cozy fight on BLM

lyric summit
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blm's mobile af now

dull radish
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there's a lot you can slidecast/surecast, can take advantage of triple/swift/30s sharp cd procs/xeno stacks/AM for anything else

wheat garnet
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Oh ? I have yet to wrap my head around the things they added to BLM. Glad to hear they are more flexible now

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Especially since that's the one I intend to level now that I got each role covered

dull radish
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it was already pretty dang flexible and easy to deal with movement in sb, as well

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not that we really needed more mobility, but we have it in shb

wheat garnet
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TBQH I'm a casual BLM but yeah. Swift/triple cast + the occasional procs making a spell instant + smart positioning certainly made things comfortable when you knew the fight.

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I should delve into this more. I guess a visit to the balance's BLM section is in order.

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What is this AM BTW ?

dull radish
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aetherial manipulation

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why take the time to move when there's someone else that also has to go to that spot and is already probably there

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let them do the work for you, and reap the benefits~

wheat garnet
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Ah that one. Yeah. Although, weirdly enough, I feel like I lose less time by just moving myself when the distance is rather small

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So apparently moving before the cast is even ended thanks to lag is a legit trick with a name and all. TIL

dull radish
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@wheat garnet pinging because it's been a bit. Often for smaller movements you're better off slidecasting yes, that's what you described and it's not due to lag. It's really more for larger movements where AM is more of a consideration--say where you need to go is halfway across the arena, you can finish your cast or two then AM to someone over there instead of taking that time to make your way over there

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if you have other movement options up you go ahead and go for those, of course

wheat garnet
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Thanks a lot for the information !

lyric summit
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like titania towers when you get a corner spot

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and you have a xeno there so you can weave it super easy poggies

lusty oak
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Titania EX: how much PLD can cheese tether shot there?

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1 without everything, 2 with sentinel+rampart and 3, 4, 5 in hallowed?

quick verge
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sounds right

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can maybe do 3rd tether with sentinel+rampart if your healers top you

rancid willow
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don't forget the 6th tether

broken mulch
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So is there a consensus on when to use Tri-disaster? Seems there's always that awkward GCD where a ruin hits right after dots fall off

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I've seen two schools of thought in fflogs where you clip tri 10 seconds in so that it lines up with Phoneix Trance, and the other where you couple it with Enkindle Bahamut

tender kraken
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Any RDM Mains that can help me out?

rancid willow
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sure what you need help with?

tender kraken
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Stat wise... Crit > DH >Det? am I right?

rancid willow
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DH > Det = Crit

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crit doesn't scale high till later patches

tender kraken
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Gotcha... Thanks!

quick verge
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rdm priority is crit > dh > det lol...

rancid willow
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oh is it?

glossy musk
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According to balance it's Crit > DH >= Det
You can use this to figure out what melds to use prior to BiS

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rancid willow
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wearycarby well I should fix my melds then

analog quarry
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How much of value has a Main stat over Sub stats? Is there a certain point where trading off its not worth anymore?

torn kindle
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enough that it's almost always better than taking a lower level piece with ideal secondary stats.

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though it depends on some jobs

analog quarry
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I see, thanks for the answer!

scenic patrol
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More notable on casters right now

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With SpS draining mana of RDM/SMN

heavy mist
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i know RDM drains pretty quick does SMn drain that fast too

torn kindle
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laughs in BLM

cold ember
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not rly unless u spam ruin 2 alot then it happens...

spiral badger
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what are the drop rates for mounts from the 5.0 ex trials?

torn kindle
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Unknown. Probably like 5%

cursive trout
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what's the best materia for Dancer? Was thinking Crit

torn kindle
cursive trout
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where is this guide?

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Also, is there such a thing as stat weights like in WoW?

torn kindle
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stat weights aren't a thing since stats work in tiers.

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!faq stats

storm frostBOT
torn kindle
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As for where, there's the balance discord which does all the theorycrafting and guide making

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!faq balance

storm frostBOT
torn kindle
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They also have class specific chat channels

cursive trout
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ahh okay

scenic patrol
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Stat tier TC is made by Theoryjerks

boreal warren
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if i max BLM and WHM can i then spec into GRM

torn kindle
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Green Mage isn’t in the game, if you mean that.

fervent coral
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is there a 5.01 BLM stat guide?

dull radish
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oh I answered on the other server you asked, didn't even see it here

desert trench
glossy musk
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Yes, it’s all on balance

dull radish
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was actually yet another server I answered on, but yeah. Don't mind answering here or in balance or dm's or whatever just sometimes hard to keep up on them all. Resources themseles are available on balance though yeah

fervent coral
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what is balance?

dull radish
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discord server for theorycrafting/optimization and such for the game, with channels for each job and people skilled in each job as mentors to help answer questions and such

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!faq balance

storm frostBOT
fervent coral
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thank you!!!

terse echo
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is the old man spawning by the broken shine indicating foxy lady spawn confirmed?

restive pulsar
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Holla 🙋‍♀️ Noob Question: Is there a lvl 80 gear up Guide yet? Iam a lil late to the Party bc i was on Vacation when early Access started and release happend, so i just finished MSQ today, so now i wonder whats the gear up Plan? Ofc i get Edans the thingnright now, but besides? Tomes?
Thanks in Advance 😘

lyric summit
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goetia gear for 440, titania ex for 450 weapon and innocence ex for 450 accesories, eden normal drops for 450

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new tomes come out on the 30th for 460 gear too, as well as savage raids which will drop 470 gear

dull radish
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(crafted 450 as well with Savage drop)

restive pulsar
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Thanks! 😄 whats the difficulty level of the ex Trisls this exp like? Any comparision possible?

torn kindle
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The first 2 extremes of each expansion are generally the easiest ones.

lyric summit
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not super hard but you should learn the mechanics beforehand for sure, like.. byakko difficulty

rancid willow
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Titantia was pretty easy to run in with a quick lookover a guide

torn kindle
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I managed to clear Titania with like an hour and a half of progression and 5 new people but it probably would’ve been faster if my co-healer in the first group actually did damage.

restive pulsar
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Hmm okay so its not to hard, are ppl still doing it though, or is it just in farm anymore and no chance for new people to clear/learn? I figured iam kinda late, this a fast living game lol

torn kindle
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People will still want to learn it, yeah.

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And if you don’t see any learning/progression parties then make your own!

last hollow
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what's considered the better of the three NA DCs for raiding?

lyric summit
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i think crystal's the meme one but who knows how it is after all the wow refugees rush into all 3 DCs

restive pulsar
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Why are so many people quting wow and come to FF? I never played wow, sorry if its a dumb question

steady pebble
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Basically latest expac hasnt been received well. Lots of bad decisions

visual geyser
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I cleared innocence in 5 pulls lol

last hollow
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@restive pulsar i played wow for the last 7-8 years or so

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game isn't great right now

boreal edge
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question about BLM Lv80 rotation

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sometimes i end up with 3 Fire 4s and thunder proc and despair

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if i use the thunder proc after the 3 Fire 4s

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high chance i wont finish despair cast before enochian drop

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should i ignore using any procs there

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or just consider getting much more sps so i can do that task

quick verge
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what's the timer on your thundercloud proc

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not dropping enochian is a good idea

boreal edge
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less than 6 secs

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usually

hybrid rapids
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You can always pm or ping rika for it xD

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She’s a good BLM

boreal edge
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i know and i want rika take her time to answer

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dont want the answer now

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well im just wondering if investing in much higher sps is good idea so i can do that task if i meet a case like this

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i dont have that issue with firestarter since it reset timer

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only thundercloud and when its almost dropping if i cant delay it to ice phase

quick verge
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i don't see how you'd have an issue though

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from my understanding

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assuming you just refreshed AF

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you do 3 fire 4's

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and you can fit in an extra few casts without dropping enochian

boreal edge
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yes

dull radish
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you should be able to fit the casts in there, even with low sps

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but something that can help, is you should already preemptively know that you'll be in that situation

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and do F3 F4x4 F1

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then you'll have more room in the second half

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alternatively if you have swiftcast available

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you can TC proc -> swiftcast despair

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since it'll refresh AF at the start of the GCD instead of partway through it

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really something that can be useful is getting used to counting on Despair refreshing AF mid-cast, in the case of tight timers

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the no B4 opener being good practice for that

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it's a little spooky but reliable--it's easy to think you don't have enough time for a despair when you actually do

boreal edge
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well sometimes i end up using swift in movements

dull radish
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fair enough, I'm just proposing it as a potential option in that situation

boreal edge
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so sometimes i come to this without swift

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but thanks anyway

dull radish
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you should have time for it any which way

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in fact, it's kinda expected to have to fit an extra cast or two in AF at times

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because hardcast T3 in AF is a thing now, as is using xeno in AF to weave sharpcast or whatever else

boreal edge
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yup exactly

dull radish
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the 15s timer is really forgiving

boreal edge
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i thought of another way to do it easily

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is limiting sharpcast for Fire 1

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fire i always have firestarter there

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may not be optimal for most part

dull radish
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it's a decent loss to do that

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for something you can pretty easily avoid

boreal edge
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since i could end up using less sharpcasts

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in long run

dull radish
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not could, but will

boreal edge
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thanks again

gleaming iris
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Newbie here, what's typical party finder etiquette for trying to clear trials extreme?
I've done 3 practice runs for Titania ex and I'm always stuck with myself and maybe some others getting the mechanics down pretty well, but at least the other half of my party arent improving at all

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Joined on during the twitch promotion but mechanically sound enough observe my team to critique em while doing the mechanics myself

quick verge
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make a clear party if you're sure you know all of the mechanics

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practice parties usually translate to 'never learning parties'

gleaming iris
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Yeah I've been getting that vibe

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First practice was pretty good but they eventually disbanded and its been progressively worse the more parties I joined

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Sorry is prog just progress? I'm learning the lingo too lol

boreal edge
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add phase tend to cause issues to pf

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no idea why

gleaming iris
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After practicing it once or twice it's not hard

boreal edge
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even farm pfs tend to cause a wipe ther or 2 at a time

gleaming iris
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Iunno I tank maybe its actual hell for dps but I doubt it

quick verge
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it's pretty easy on dps

gleaming iris
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Well I always see them fucking it up lol

hollow fulcrum
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The main issue I've noticed is brambles on add phase

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They're so focused on avoiding aoe they don't break chains

gleaming iris
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Brambles then the tethers

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Yeaaaaaaah

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God damn dude