BLU experience
#Final Fantasy 14
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sterile condor
just dont cast final sting silly
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||mommy i mean mommy i mean-||
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plucky cairn
||Ameliance definitely makes you feel like there is hope yet for this family, I loved her whole bit||
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plucky cairn
I also loved the lowkey admission that the ||horrible ARR matching outfits were her fault||
hasty kayak
they mustve been ||so cold those barely counted as clothes||
hasty kayak
oh nooooo my only redeeming quality
plucky cairn
lol
plucky cairn
Oh that's fun, give me a second
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Oh BOI
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that went well :D
hasty kayak
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also that midboss theme ||https://youtu.be/qg8-C8FSWfw||
i never tire of On Blade's Edge
mostly because i'm conditioned to it from Expert/90 roulettes
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dang, ||cat boi the resident overachiever, huh||
||"ye sure lemme cast a spell on like, a hundred ppl real quick"||
plucky cairn
This bit sent me
||https://youtu.be/7iVmzwg3HDg?t=8238||
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||we stan g'raha in this house!||
plucky cairn
||Krile falling over is so funny||
hasty kayak
:c
plucky cairn
Eulmore all over again
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goddamn it i'm listening to Footfalls again, this is bringi's fault, somehow https://youtu.be/o30Zikadb4o
hasty kayak
happy to help!
plucky cairn
NSFb ||The next bit is the dinner in your room, and then the game sadly unlocks the crafting role quests so bringi will stop here for like a month||
hasty kayak
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE
oh i a s s u r e you i wont be pickin that second option
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The flashbacks
hasty kayak
why must you do this to meeeeeee
thats what im sensitive about!
lmao ||"just to drive the point home about protecting your loved ones, lets make sure we throw in the two characters 85% of our userbase mentally adopted at this point"||
hasty kayak
honestly though ||"thanks for nothin ya big lizard" we kinda had this revelation about keepin our loved ones close, like, back at the start of heavensward. you know, when our world fell apart n we reduced down to guilt ridden aplhi and tataru the MVP||
but i get it we gotta lay thicc on themes before we make players cry
tis all about setup n payoff
plucky cairn
Forgot you were in the party and tried to start other stuff 
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That's a cool scene too
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That's an adorable scene all around
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hasty kayak
||"siphon aether"|| well well, my ||usin planet aether powerin the moon via aether beams from towers theory may have some credence?||
hasty kayak
oh right that was a thing
yeah that's, ||weird.|| my best guess is ||they somehow got a hold on elidibus's body (???) n chopped him up so they could use those pieces to guide the aether back to zodiark, since elidibus was his heart. idk if thats possible or not||
plucky cairn
Very interesting reading
hasty kayak
i must say i have zero clue ||what the relationship between theater kid and zenos is. their dialogue happenin rn is so weirdly charged||
hmmm. sleepy. i g u e s s ill follow game's advice then
plucky cairn
I like that uneasy alliance they have because I think they play very well off each other
While clearly not necessarily having the exact same goals
hasty kayak
very "one of them has a 60% chance to tear the other's head off at any given second if it werent for the codependency in their plans" energy
slim cairn
oooh *there's* that favorite song of gummy's
What scene is that?
plucky cairn
The next bit you do MSQ the game will unlock the crafting and gathering role quests btw, so that will be a setback
hasty kayak
to be fair only botanist n miner are at 90 when it comes to DoL/DoH. then miner n goldsmith are 85 n everythin else is 80/81
exp gains are harder when u cant make full use of engineering/survival manual. i dunno if the game has those for level 90?
i could only find revised versions that boost u up to 80
plucky cairn
I am not sure, I mostly did the levels by doing a few expert delivery every few days
Now there are the crafting and gathering tribes out too
Which could help
On release those weren't out
The min/bot quest is pretty great in EW btw
hasty kayak
yeah i kinda forgot to engage with expert deliveries after i unlocked, like, first custom delivery
so most of my doh dol exp is from customs n tribes
n ocean fishin, of course
plucky cairn
There are 2 researches and one ask you to ||help her to make the other one fall in love with her, hijinks ensue.||
hasty kayak
if i were playin the game when firmament was an active thing, boi i would be aaaaaaall over that
plucky cairn
They did tease some similar stuff for DT maybe, we aren't sure since they didn't reveal the details
hasty kayak
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I hope that DT follows up on this
plucky cairn
I would bet you that the next ||BLU quest will be related to the natives Martyn supposedly learned Blue Magic from||
Since we are literally going there
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excuse me sir
who is the blue-er mage here?
WHO IS THE BLUE-ER MAGE?!?
Soloing gods 
Looking fab as fuck 
🤨
Martyn, am i going to have to start flinging fish?
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GIMMIE MY MONEY
plucky cairn
Time to test if bluemagic can heal kneecaps
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As in, how many you got so far?
at least 40
plucky cairn
Nice, I completed all the ARR and I lack 2 from HWs
I think if we are two we can probably easly get at least the dungeon dungeon ones in SHB
And probably some primal ones in SB
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I think I might need better AoE than Ram's Voice tho
plucky cairn
my advice is get a guide and go up the list
Also if you plan to use the class in open world get choco meteor
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Already got that
plucky cairn
Grab Basic Instinct and mighty guard for solo dungeon shenanigans
That makes getting all of the dungeon and primal spells a very easy thing to do
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Grab Basic Instinct and mighty guard for solo dungeon shenanigans
Yeah, that was my first priority
plucky cairn
You should, it's fun
Now I'm about to go out for the afternoon, one of these days I can help you get to 80 fast if you want
If you aren't there yet
All of the power of BLU comes from the gear, so the leap from 70 to 80 gear is pretty significant
hasty kayak
i guess i have official gen seal of approval to engage with more side content 
though rn im havin fun with machinist, just passed lv 40
this job has. so little buttons its kinda strange
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All of the power of BLU comes from the gear, so the leap from 70 to 80 gear is p...
Yeah, I noticed the 60 to 70 jump was big
plucky cairn
i guess i have official gen seal of approval to engage with more side content <:...
I think you are at the point that, with a month of focused MSQ you could probably catch up to the end of EW so I don't think you are at risk of missing DT
So really, it's a matter of which kind of sidecontent you want do the most and when
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plucky cairn
Congrats, shiva was an absolute asshole for her skill
(I know that one is Garuda)
You can only get it in Extreme and I had to do it like, 20 times
sterile condor
its much easier to see if you can get em synced a party nowdays
since they're 100% drop rate in that scenario
(if you can get a party)
plucky cairn
Yeah but finding a party of 8 people to play Shiva extrme isn't really a good option either
sterile condor
putting up a party saying (blu (spell number)) is still pretty reliable as of like a month ago when i got a friend like half the spellbook that way
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also yeah i have been trying to get Shiva from her Ex
at least the gear gives me free Storm Seals
hasty kayak
So really, it's a matter of which kind of sidecontent you want do the most and w...
all of it
... well, maybe not extremes n ultimates n unreals n who knows how many words there are for that
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i'd be up to doing Extremes
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... well, *maybe* not extremes n ultimates n unreals n who knows how many words ...
Unreals are just older content "scaled up" to modern standards, if my understanding is correct
so like imagine Thordan but you fought him at 90. It probably scales to more of his EX counterpart
plucky cairn
That's correct, unreal trials are around "extreme" difficulty
hasty kayak
so it goes savage - extreme / unreal - ultimate?
plucky cairn
No, extreme is easier than savage
hasty kayak
oh
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Yeah it's more like Extreme/Unreal < Savage < Ultimate
I would probably peg Unreals as harder relatively because of the increased movekit you have at 90
but i haven't done any EW Extremes so 
slim cairn
Bringy what trouble have you gotten yourself into today?
hasty kayak
hmm, what a strage encounter. got satasha in duty roulette, ya know how there's those tiny firefly mobs that dont rlly manage to do anythin n are dead in like two hits? me (mch) n nin were sweepin them up along the way to make things go faster, and i guess tank got mad about it, because after that they refused to. well, do anything really 
just stood in the corner sulkily as we played. oh well, get vote dismissed silly 
the tank we got afterwards was a lala n thats cooler anyway
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should have asked me 
plucky cairn
Some tanks get unreasonably mad if you pull ahead of them even in trivial situations
hasty kayak
msq blockade my abhorred
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okay now the game is actively trying to make you do MSQ
Yoshi P himself is seething at you for not experiencing the award winning MMORPG
hasty kayak
on the contrary, my picture is at yoshi P's wall because im so into experiencin the award winnin mmorpg. no stone unturned and all
.... except the largest one with "main storyline" written on it with glowin arrows pointin at it
ooooh whats this pebble on the sidewalk? picks up mch lv 45 hell yeah lets fuck up the holy see more
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i need a small loan of a million gil
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dw i'm good, i just need to spend 3 hours in the mines
hasty kayak
lmao
child labor, the cure to all your monetary troubles!
what do you mean "thats illegal"
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i am putting way too much time into this glam
@hasty kayak are you still online in FFXIV?
i need your services as a delivery mule 
it'll take like, 5 mins at most (it's okay if you can't do it rn, i can ask someone else)
i'll pay you like, 5k gil
plucky cairn
For quick cash you can always grab a map and sell it
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yeah but i need to trade stuff
unless there's a way to trade between characters
that doesn't require a mule
i mean, another person 
hasty kayak
ack sorry i was runnin dzemael n didnt check phone
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iz fine, i saw you were in a dun geon
if you're free (no pressure) meet me in Limsa
right now i need to get Koishi to the aetheryte
Perfect, ty bringi
hasty kayak
:>
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Hair might need a redo but ehh that's an issue for later
hasty kayak
perhaps the double dye will let ya dye the skirt green when it comes?
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Hopefully
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oh hey i recgonise these folks
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Aw shit, here we go again.
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hasty kayak
i must say, the speed of hypercharged shots while juggling between gauss round and ricochet to not waste stacks .... it is pleasantly reminiscent of monk 
shouldntve let my distaste of guns in fantasy-leanin games keep me away for so long this job is pretty fun
slim cairn
i must say, the speed of hypercharged shots while juggling between gauss round ...
HEY THATS MY SECONDARY ROLE
I STILL GOT YOU TO PLAY ONE OF MY ROLES!
hasty kayak
dont worry ur a summoner in my mind
so as long as i do that as a very last job my dignity will be preserved
slim cairn
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just wait until you get to level 70
hasty kayak
flamethrower?
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ah right
i never followed up on it but (NSFb) ||apparently the FFIV references start with the Tower of Zot. I wonder how long bringi will take until they notice the absolute boatload of them in EW? 
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hasty kayak
hehee, y e s
that just leaves kobolds n ixals to wrap up arr tribes, n those are on 3/4 rank
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now you can burp on the brit too
hasty kayak
mch is now 52 and i did a fuckton of tribe stuff, a pretty good day
also this is the best EW npc so far
i love funky old ladies in media
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what about matoya?
hasty kayak
well of course, thats also a funky old lady
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hasty kayak
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WHY ARE PEOPLE SO GOOD AT THIS GAME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUldZ3g5UhU
I CAN'T EVEN GET UP THERE ONCE
plucky cairn
I mean, gotta catch them all eventually
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True, true. Gotta get Dragon Force with that 100 spells total
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objectification!
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Ah, god damn.
So when I was trading stuff to bringi yesterday I missed the gloves out
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One must question Cid's leadership
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to the tune of I WIll Survive 🎵 🎤
At first I was afraid, I was petrified, seeing just how many spells there were to collect and try…
Then I spent so many nights grinding away the time, and I grew strong, a soloing machine!
So now I’m back! From place to place! Grinding every Primal to dust, finding every single spell to slam into my face!
I should have never picked up this job, never seen the glam, if I’d have known the grind was real then it would have changed my fate!
But now I’ll go! Walk through that door! Takin’ on every challenge the Carnivale floor by floor!
Bad Breath, Mountain Buster, Sticky Tongue and more! Every single niche spell I could never get before!
I got White Wind so I can live, Triple Trident so I can shiv, I got all my spells ready and all my mana to give!
I’ll do the grind! I’ll do the grind! HEY HEY!~
i am cringe and proud
god dammit
hasty kayak
*to the tune of I WIll Survive* 🎵 🎤
At first I was afraid, I was petrified, s...
that was beautiful hc
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umu umu
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i made soem frens
oh yeah FATES are kind of a waste of time, lmao
well, the gemstones are nice at least
plucky cairn
Want some help leveling?
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nah, i'm good, decided to go back to learning spells, would be better to do a big session when my rested EXP is maxed
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Nice.
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It's not a huge difference
well i'm going to bed soon anyway, so just destressing with some mindless Spell Learning should be good
plucky cairn
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nothing can be as bad as Glass Dance
right?
RIGHT?!?
plucky cairn
So far Glass Dance has been the worst
I still need to get ||Sophia's|| in HWs
The others were a few attempts at most
From what I understand, all the primals ones are the harder to get in general
Or at least require some luck
The dungeon ones have all dropped in one or two attempts at most
And the open world ones were also all trivial
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Glass Dance and Devour were the worst
Mostly because for the latter you have to stack DoTs and fucking PRAY it kills the boss become it kills you
plucky cairn
Devour you can get from Coil 1st boss too
When it eats the slime
I did it that way
You not being the thing that's being eaten makes it a lot easier
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o i shee
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Oh nice, I got the Terra card from the Dragon's Neck 
oh good the next spell in order is fucking Veil of the Whorl 
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sparrow fren
hasty kayak
hehe weird bug go brrr
slim cairn
Bringy you weird
plucky cairn
That mount is definitely one of the weirdest ones out there
hasty kayak
the noise is the worst part tho
plucky cairn
I don't even remember what noise it makes
hasty kayak
bweeeeeeng, bweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeng
plucky cairn
I just realised we don't have a big spider mount...
That's so common in MMOs, I wonder why we don't have that one yet
minor sorrel
Yeah, even wow has one.
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I just realised we don't have a big spider mount...
That's so common in MMOs, I ...
should go the Lethal Company route
just the word SPIDER
latent vapor
Big spiders can be quite disturbing to some people, to be honest.
hasty kayak
at long last, mch lv 60 
that means im glam-ready at long last lets go. now, what glam did i speedrun mch for the last three days for? well.......
🎶 you´ll never see it coming 🎶
(please clap i wanted to make that joke for the last three days and it was torture waitin to do it)
slim cairn
I have the fire gun as well
hasty kayak
i even brought mona along for photoshoot n everythin
slim cairn
Wait brings
hasty kayak
i do have a different one planned once i hit 70
slim cairn
You have the same outfit as me
hasty kayak
no no shhhh
slim cairn
Only mine is red
slim cairn
And you MAKE FUN of my outfit
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I HAVE COMMITTED COMEDY
hasty kayak
yeah but it looks good on me
slim cairn
plucky cairn
<https://youtu.be/ZNGqBDRJgvo?si=AgsCB4udzD6zyCAc&t=46>
Haha, I didn't expect this one
hasty kayak
and also i searched high n low n this is like, the only working coat in the entire dang game
hasty kayak
i need one woth high collar n theyre fuckin nonexistent
now there is one more step, technically two to make this look even better, once i hit 80 i could in theory run third batch of shb raids for a better mask. n for an even better mask (since joker's is actually mostly white), id need to do... savages for dyable version
this game has a fuckin problem with masks that have visible eyes
also also extremely unfortunately, as far as i can tell there is NOT an emote where i could do the pose for portrait n thats a fuckin tragedy
(ya know, the pose)
there just isnt an emote where you adjust gloves or even have your hands crossed in this fashion, as far as i can tell >:c
my best shot was using one of the first frames of crimson lotus, but it just doesnt quite align the hands properly so it doesnt work
forever in pain over this, squeenix where is my official crossover
hasty kayak
because gun
you are not wrong, i just havent played p3
well i havent played p5r yet either for that matter but binging a 100% no commentary youtube playthrough durin covid is basically the same thing as playing
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i changed my BLU glam
"hc that's just your WAR armor but blue"
yes and
it suits the idendity of "scavenge from the enemy, learn and adapt and OVERCOME THY ENEMY"
plucky cairn
Nice angle on that idea
hasty kayak
blue filter hc
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plus i did a few runs of GH Ex so I had the scales to grab the rest of the Augmented gear
hasty kayak
speakin of scales
they just sit there in my saddlebag bc i dont have the heart to throw them out
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also bless Yoshi P for making gendered gear usable by both genders 
i love the rathalos gear and all but why are the female "pants" fucking underwear
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like
if you really wanted to go that route i would have appreciated going all in
like, give the chestpiece a midriff, GIMMIE THE MAXIMUM BOOBA ARMOR, don't half ass it!
plucky cairn
It's still not perfect given how gear sometimes do changes between gender and you don't really have an option to equip the other version, but it's really a lot that they went back and updated so much of the old stuff
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leviathan you biiiiitch
drop your fucking spell already
Parlor tricks?
Parlor. Tricks?
MY BROTHER IN HYDAELYN, I CAN SUMMON METEORS FROM NOWHERE, CHANNEL GODS AND SHOOT LASERS FROM MY FUCKING EYES.
"Maybe Harquijin should act as healer, yes?"
shrugs
I am committed to watch Martyn fucking die, glad we're on the same page
Wow I was looking for a Healer for Aetherical Mimacry and someone just Tell'd me like "Hey, you need some help?"
what a chad
"say, have you been to Copperbell Mines?"
plucky cairn
I like the implicit insult with the first one
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Man, I like Martyn now, maybe I shouldn't let him die
plucky cairn
Martyn is his own biggest enemy
He has actually something good, ||but he gives so much snake-oil salesman vibes that he actively undermines his own attempts at selling it||, it's so funny
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nvm i hate him again
like sure, i could commit various war crimes to prove a point for you, but do i want to?
lmao
compact ibex
The quest preview text will always be fun
hasty kayak
nod nod
||in my last msq i had a "krile and graha were having a pleasant conversation, until you barged in" and im like "dang game, you want me to play msq even less than i already do?"||
rough crescent
@elfin wave https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/e0a55229633e5bd12accb18c90c25db605971cab
plucky cairn
Oh, the car is back, nice
rough crescent
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<@98905210159632384> https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/e0a5...
finally. car.
i can finally do this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iIUXa-jgd0
minor sorrel
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your honor
freebird was playing
minor sorrel
Wish it wasn't a remix
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hasty kayak
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i got the same WHM twice in a row in duties
intererstin' 
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noice
hasty kayak
lol
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imagine actually doing the mechanics of the dungeon correctly?
hasty kayak
i mean i do like quarn's intended mechanic of recreatin ul'dah scales, its just that its so time wastin compared to "just kill 3 extra mobs"
hasty kayak
NANAMOOOOOOOO hi
raubaaaahn 
yeehaw ||werlyt specific dialogue lets gooo||
||LYSE SPOTTED Y E S||
HOLY SHIT WAIT
gods this is so fuckin cool
plucky cairn
That is an incredible bit yeah
hasty kayak
||i wonder if these are all set appearance, or if they maybe pull different npcs based on your jobs||
plucky cairn
They bring back so many NPCs
And a lot of the dialogue is dependent on how many sidequests you did
hasty kayak
i suddenly feel the urge to delay ew til i finish everythin under the sun
plucky cairn
You should go back and rewatch it once you have unlocked every class, see if you spot differences
plucky cairn
Also yeah, the basket of lalafells (it's how a group of lalafell is called I decided) is the BLM/THM quest
hasty kayak
just puttin a pin on it so i dont forget
ah pfft hah u flatter me, im only on 53
chuchuto hiiiiiii i stole your shirt
plucky cairn
This is where bringi drops everything and starts the THM quest
hasty kayak
not entirely incorrect guess of my urges- but i probably shouldn't
plucky cairn
FWIW I am pretty sure there isn't extra dialogue from that group in particular
As far as I can remember at least
hasty kayak
instead since i have u here already i may as well ask, u free after u come home tonight? i wanted to msq just a tiny bit n then ask u n hc to bozja with me
just didnt expect game to throw my favorite blorbos at me
plucky cairn
Today Last Epoch releases in 1.0 and a friend of mine is a huge fan of it, chances are I'll be busy with them
hasty kayak
hecc, have fun then
congratulations ||emmanellain on your comic relief role. hope you dont perish out there||
man this wouldve been so cool if i did everythin why didnt yall make me sidetrack more
plucky cairn
You did A LOT
Like, the only reason I got here having done all I could have (and I didn't even do Eureka back then) is that I had like, a good year I spent in Shaodwbringers waiting fro EW
Most players definitely don't get here with all the raids and extreme quests completed, Eureka and a bunch of other stuff
hasty kayak
whenever the game starts about ||me not dying i start to sweat||
how do you plan to traumatize me this time
chuchuto :>
"lets just punch things" works for me!
hasty kayak
@elfin wave do u wanna play some bozja with me?
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I jsut got back from making food so gimmie like
20 mins
https://youtu.be/DIuuszPN51Y mmm, ptsd
I love the same braincell energy chat had as I did
"Fuck it, I'mma bring a suit."
doesn't suspect a fucking thing
@hasty kayak i'm here now
didn't expect you to be waiting outside, lol
hasty kayak
oh, i am?
my laundry fished washin so im hangin it
game mustve booted me from the instance for bein afk or somethin
almost done gimme like five tops
elfin wave
No worries, lol
slim cairn
my laundry fished washin so im hangin it
don't you use a thing called a dryer?
plucky cairn
The dryers are actually not that popular outside the US
Or at least here almost everyone just hang their stuff, dryers are nice but they do tend to worn clothes a lot faster if used every time you wash something
hasty kayak
@plucky cairn i got some followup questions btw, does bozja have somethin like eureka trackers? n do CEs work on instance/global timer like NMs
slim cairn
do i look like i can afford a dryer <:penk:542101386205331476>
wait, I thought most places come with dryers
czech weird
plucky cairn
I think it used to have one but last I checked it was offline, it's not as important tho
Since spawning stuff isn't quite as time intensive and stuff doesn't go on cooldown after you spawn it
There are still limits, but it's largely due to fates that would spawn too close to each other on the same location
hasty kayak
so we just pick random mobs n they'll spawn somethin? 
plucky cairn
Generally it's imperial machines that spwan stuff
So if you don't have a fate already up to run to, just round up some mech and bust them up
hasty kayak
ty for info 
hasty kayak
@elfin wave thanks for game
elfin wave
np np 
compact ibex
I had a dream where i made my wol into a lalafell
And now im actually considering it
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Do it! Do it!
hasty kayak
lala! lala! lala!
compact ibex
You either love lalafells or hate them to a massive degree that could shatter the earth
hasty kayak
(bozja) dangit
elfin wave
accurate
slim cairn
nsfb
compact ibex
<:ShizukaSip:778703849057026088> accurate
Whats the orange section
Not playing Blue Mage?
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Not playing Blue Mage?
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Speaking of BLU
I updated the glam
it just looks so overly extra I couldn't not
plucky cairn
That is indeed a lot
minor sorrel
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i fucking love the fact that The Ram's Voice > Ultravibration combo is called the "Vibe Check"
hasty kayak
i did he does the lil stand on legs animation
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oh i shee
also lemmie just talk about BLU questline for a min
(BLU quest spoilers???)
||I did NOT EXPECT fucking Gogo to appear in this game. But when they started dropping that name i was like
"please
PLEASE give him the outfit"
god i love fanservice||
this class is horrible and amazing and should be mandatory content
plucky cairn
Sure I could, after dinner I'll be on
elfin wave
Not today for me, I'm on that BLU grind
hasty kayak
coolio, have fun murderin local population of bosses hc
elfin wave
smokin'
ooh, came with a title
Oh nice, saves me a trip to Great Gubal
oh, also got Magic Hammer, nice!
elfin wave
Gabriel Ultrakill
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as the true Koishi Komeijii of Phantom/Chaos, I approve
hasty kayak
u good i gotta wrap up this bozja quest first
elfin wave
We will then see a familiar mechanic from The Weeping City of Mhach: Durinn will cast Necrobane, which we avoid, followed by Mega Death.
OH GOOOOOOD
hasty kayak
How far are you with the resistence ranks?
9
elfin wave
update: i am in pain
god fucking DAMMIT
you know it's bad when i have to go Healer
just two more... 
elfin wave
i stg this shit drinks me to drive
plucky cairn
HC are you up to date with the bozja story up until Resistence Level 9?
As in, you did the quests, I was indicated that the lvl 9 one is super long
elfin wave
I think I'm rank 9 rn but i haven't been doing the quests
plucky cairn
If you can catch up with the quest, next time you join we get you at lvl 10 and we can all do the dungeon together if you want
elfin wave
if i ever beat Masked Carnivale (i am still suffering) i'll look into it
fucking
i hate this flame/water shikigami one
OH RIGHT I FORGOT ABOUT THROTTLE SO I JUST INSTANTLY FUCKIN DIE
plucky cairn
I must admit, I didn't do all of the carnival things yet, that one does sound miserable
Oh right, did you already grab diamondback? And if no, do you want an hand to grab it?
elfin wave
I have it, easy enough to get
elfin wave
My last run of it wasn't that bad
plucky cairn
I hate it unsynched
elfin wave
thank fucking god i got diamondback first try
because you know
god fucking DAMN FLUID SWING WIT HTHE ADDS AGHHHH
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
hasty kayak
btw im goin on a vacation from sat to thu, i will have laptop with me but idk if ill rlly have time for playin or a beefy enough wifi so we'll see
im somewhat hopin for a teeny bit of msq but 
hasty kayak
the banner is so fuckin funny hc
plucky cairn
Yeah no rush
hasty kayak
love the effort
elfin wave
the banner is so fuckin funny hc
thank you
it's just
d e a t h and it's so good
you should play BLU
hasty kayak
i will
hasty kayak
tis only a matter of question
"should i at least finish msq or just have reckless abandon"
plucky cairn
The good part with BLU is that the leveling process is super fast if you have someone else powerlevel you
It can literally take a few hours to 80
hasty kayak
i do lowkey worry about soft dt time limit
plucky cairn
The bad part of that, is that just leveling doesn't do much, you still have to go and learn the skills
hasty kayak
playin with everyone on new release is gonna b so fuckin cool
elfin wave
The bad part of that, is that just leveling doesn't do much, you still have to g...
Basic Instinct and Mighty Guard are absolute requirements IMO
hasty kayak
n i am only on 82 msq so 
elfin wave
at least if you know
are antisocial and hate other people like i do
plucky cairn
Yeah it'll take a bit, I am very eager to see your reaction to the whole ||Garlemald|| so I'm trying really hard to not push you
(not spoilers since you already know)
elfin wave
god
i cannot fucking believe that Carnivale went from "Oh hey goofy puzzles" to "ONE MAN RAID"
elfin wave
glorious
hasty kayak
that sounds unhealthy
elfin wave
DIE ZE DEATH
SENTENCE TO DEATH
GREAT EQUALIZER IS ZE DEATH!
plucky cairn
Did you manage to win stage 29 in the end?
plucky cairn
Which part you die at? Tried it yesterday and took a few hours but I got over it
The hands are absolutely bullshit
elfin wave
I got past the hands once or twice
then promptly forgot about Throttle and or Fluid Whatever
plucky cairn
The way I did it was by using aether mimicry Healer
And using the skill that removes the debuffs as my main healing skill
elfin wave
but then i don't have enough DPS for the bloody hands
plucky cairn
For the hands remember to bristle as they are getting summoned
elfin wave
i'll try again when i hit 80 and grab some more SB/ShB stuff
plucky cairn
Then I burst one down with a cast plus the ramuth thunder
elfin wave
Got everything but 2 (technically 3) HW spells
elfin wave
Well I can get the 3rd from learning 120 total spells or fighting Sephirot EX
plucky cairn
120 spells is kind nuts
To get I mean
I think I am at 96
I would have to go do the SB dungeons next
plucky cairn
I think you already have what you need TBH, it's mostly execution and remembering to interrupt the boss cast
The hands are easly the biggest problem
elfin wave
... this would be perfect 
plucky cairn
That is pretty good
elfin wave
wouldn't have to worry about healing as much for 15 econds, more than enough time to focus down ze handos before Big Splash
plucky cairn
That said 400 mana is double the other healing spell
So be wary of that
You need to have at least 3k saved for diamondback or the big aoe knockback sequence is gonna kill you
elfin wave
Great names
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compact ibex
Nice red mage 
plucky cairn
<a:pippwiggle:1019590422655406201>
Congrats
On the quasar also, she really doesn't want to drop that one to me
elfin wave
Not too bad, since you can just do Normal
plucky cairn
It's not hard, she just refuses to drop it no matter how many times I do it
elfin wave
I'm trying to grind out Stotram from Lakshmi atm
Easy enough grind, just a bit tedious
I'm like 95% sure it's the gear that's making this easy
plucky cairn
I even went and melded a bunch of spell speed on mine
Since most spells are cast time, and not being able to get the heal you need in time, or the diamondback, sounds like a problem
elfin wave
fuuuuck, to get the 80 weapon i need to do Gogo
oh i can just meld my own gear 
virgin blue mage vs chad blue bro 
sterile condor
those usually fill if you make a party finder; people want the little tick, and its fun to do
it might take 30-60 minutes to find, but they do fill
elfin wave
well it doesn't say you need 24 BLUs specifically but you know, i'm sure it's implied
elfin wave
You cast Goblin Punch.
Critical direct hit! The Joi summoner takes 30918 (+31%) damage.
The Joi summoner's Medium is interrupted.
You defeat the Joi summoner.
get punched, IDIOT
hasty kayak
hell yes
elfin wave
God this dungeon is pretty.
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Alright big fat and ugly.
You don't like me.
And I don't like you.
BUT.
I AM GOING
TO GET
COLD FOG, IF IT KILLS ME!
minor sorrel
PLLLLUUUUUUUS UUUUUUULTRAAAAAAAA
elfin wave
damn being over dramatic didn't work
Martyn is the Mumen Rider of FFXIV
change my mind
OH MY GOD I HIT THE MOTHERLODE
immediately uses it
god it's so goofy
ah yes
a giant carnivarious sea slug that can fly is my new mount
i fucking love this game
minor sorrel
elfin wave
ain't he handsome?
hasty kayak
pet pet
elfin wave
bringi approved, then?
minor sorrel
hasty kayak
pretty good for first timer, healer wasnt interested in slow one by one pull in that one section so they grabbed the other pack n the tank sprout took it well
though pally does have that no u button
minor sorrel
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unSupers your Bolide
unGangs your Holm
unLives your Living Dead
minor sorrel
unSprouts your WoL
hasty kayak
this was nice
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reading
hasty kayak
you are literally playin an MMORPG best known for its storytelling...
oh gods do u think there are ppl that just text mash ff14
that sounds horrifying
hasty kayak
SCOFF
elfin wave
out of curisoity, anyone want any of these or am i good to trash em?
rough crescent
I’ll take whichever are left and put them into our fc chest if you don’t mind
elfin wave
gimmie a bell when you're around, i'm in The Burn rn so I'll be a few mins
i swear these runs are going to break my brain next time i run synched
"no guys you have to keep one dragon head ali-"
party fucking dies
actually until i finish this BLU grind i should hold on to these
no point giving you them now only for me to get another 5 in the next hour, lmao
feel The Burn, love The Burn
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VICTORY SCREECH 
minor sorrel
VICTORY SCREECH <:PlateletCheerNGNL:585609579811962893>
?
elfin wave
more like th Spongebob one
abstract ibex
im currently downloading FFXIV on my pc. probably wont be able to play it for a few weeks tho (for personal reasons.)
plucky cairn
abstract ibex
i also had to make a new account for pc cuz it wont let me use my old one
should only take 1.5 hours so i might be able to log on today
abstract ibex
im NA
elfin wave
FUCK
abstract ibex
live in canada
abstract ibex
cant you select which regional servers to be in?
elfin wave
I can't recall
Well, you can't transfer characters between DCs and I'm not going to force you to 1. Start from fresh and 2. Play with latency, lmao
alas
abstract ibex
i have to start fresh anyways
plucky cairn
You could start in EU if you wanted to, that said, check for latency and keep in mind that transfering through servers costs money should you want to do that in the future to play with NA people
abstract ibex
i dont have any NA friends that play FFXIV
elfin wave
damn, i guess you could join The EU Crew then
it's not like you'd have the worst internet, that'd be me
(fucking talktalk garbage arse internet)
abstract ibex
iirc my internet is 300mbps
plucky cairn
It doesn't necessarily matter when you talk about latency
As I said tho, making a character and see if it lags costs nothing
abstract ibex
Yeah
elfin wave
i just checked
17mbps
abstract ibex
I did have 20mbps before but my dad upgraded our internet
latent vapor
17 is not great, but also not terrible. I used to have 1mbps for years.
rough crescent
17 is def terrible for today’s standards
Spent the evening introducing my sibling to glam, sorry @elfin wave. Can I catch you another evening?
elfin wave
S'all good, man
i got a few extra minions from The Grind to give you now anyway (and I'm actually done grinding The Burn)
abstract ibex
apparently i cannot play anything while the game is downloading because when i was playing Lethal Company the download stopped
elfin wave
If you're using the Steam version you can force Steam to download the game while downloading by clicking Download once you've launched the game
It does stop downloads when you launch a game, but you can force Steam to keep downloading
abstract ibex
its not the steam version
abstract ibex
yes that is good
sterile condor
||tiny rogues mentioned||
plucky cairn
We are a bit in both, you can travel within them so it's not a huge deal
abstract ibex
Oh ok
plucky cairn
Most of us are on Light
abstract ibex
Ight
abstract ibex
So it doesn't matter which EU server i go on
sterile condor
it will be easier to play with people on light, idk what world theyre on i just lurk and dont join anything
plucky cairn
I'm on Lich but I don't really do much with people from that server unless the few IRL friends I have are playing in that period, so I can't really advise you on which server to go on
abstract ibex
and world hopping is fairly easy correct?
plucky cairn
World hopping is easy, DC hopping requires you to log out
hasty kayak
which is helpful for leveling
abstract ibex
ok
plucky cairn
That said, you can only join FCs, sell items and buy houses in your primary server
FCs being guilds
hasty kayak
ok
sorry, not "new" rather "preferred". that would mean phantom (hi im here), sagittarius or louisoix on chaos, or alpha on light
... oh right, here's a good point, does your schedule allow to play prime eu times?
bc queues will suck if u play at like. 3am n aint tank
abstract ibex
Oh im not sure about that
hasty kayak
admittedly i dont play ff14 at 3am often, just sayin that it might b somethin bigger to consider
abstract ibex
What times do people in here usually play around?
hasty kayak
bc playin dps at 6pm central europe time still nets me 8-15min queue bc dps sufferin (if i queue alone), so its worse on the off times
well, me hc n gen tend to play together between 6pm and 9pm my time. it is slightly after 1am rn, so substract 7 hours from now
the daily duty roulette reset (so when most ppl do content) is at 4pm, so thats 9 hours backwards from now
abstract ibex
That might work for me on weekends cuz itd be around 11am but not on weekdays cuz of school
hasty kayak
i mean i know gen plays til later than i do for example
u may not catch all of us at once often but maybe u can catch one of us here n there
plucky cairn
FFXIV is a game that you can play largely solo for the story at least, but yeah, depending how much multiplayer you want to do, and for example if you plan to find a FC to run events with, or the runs we do here are definitely going to be at EU friendly times
abstract ibex
Then i might just stay on NA
plucky cairn
Up to you, I mean, we are still very happy to chat about the game with you regardless.
SE should really do the DC travel between regions
hasty kayak
absolutely please swamp us with any ff14 thoughts ever i love readin that
and also character pics extremely important
abstract ibex
i think im gonna stay on ps5 since i cant use that character with the free trial on pc cuz i just checked and im over 10 hours into the game and dont want to do that all over again
if i do end up getting the full game i will switch to pc
hasty kayak
most importantly, have fun!
abstract ibex
Yep!
Damn my ps5 says ive played 15 hours
34 minutes to download. That's much faster than my pc was downloading it
rough crescent
The default launcher is notoriously slow on pc, if you end up playing there you’ll wanna switch it out for xivlauncher
latent vapor
17 is def terrible for today’s standards
17 ought to be enough to watch YouTube without buffering at 1080p. When you're at 50, you can do pretty much anything, and past that it's just a matter of making download and upload times of very big files shorter.
elfin wave
@hasty kayak okay this might be heresy BUT
persona 5 drip
i mean ig white would be more accurate but
i can always pull an Arsene drip instead
elfin wave
fuckin worth the fashion crime
rough crescent
lemme know when you're out of your duty, hc, i'm online now
elfin wave
ah good, i was just taking a break from gogo kicking my ass anyway
Never change, Limsa...
elfin wave
GET FUCKED. GET FUCKED! GET. FUCKED!
it was an honor but also GO FUCK YOURSELF, SIR
YEEEE GLOWY STICK LETS GOOOOOOO
median ridge
All my roulettes are helping xbox players through dungeons for the first time.
rancid laurel
How is the flood of Xbox players going
When they added Xbox 360 support to FFXI, it was one of the worst things they ever did to the game 
plucky cairn
Meh, gatekeeping hobbies is cringe
We had a wow players influx and the game didn't really change, and we had PS players since release
rancid laurel
Meh, gatekeeping hobbies is cringe
I agree, but there was a sharp drop in player quality when the 360 version of XI came out, because XI is a very obtuse and strange game
XIV is definitely designed to be way more accessible
And it kicks ass that more people can experience it
median ridge
They're new players so they're learning, it's not a big deal ARR stuff is simple.
plucky cairn
I'm not worried, as for toxicity SE actually bans assholes so it's a problem that gets solved pretty quickly and as for players quality as long as you can operate 5 buttons and a mouse you can probably do all normal content in the game
plucky cairn
They have a lot more experience in running MMOs in FFXIV
You 100% get banned if you are an asshole
rancid laurel
The one that sticks out to me the most, was trying to explain to a level ~45 Black Mage what a Magic Burst was
Best comparison is a tank that's made it to Stormblood without ever hitting the tank stance button
I really wish XI was better
plucky cairn
You do get people that are really bad in FFXIV but it rarely is a big problem
rancid laurel
yeah
plucky cairn
To be honest in most situation a group of 2 dps and a healer can complete a dungeon without the tank actually helping if push come to shove
rancid laurel
Done it before
plucky cairn
Unless there are weird mechanics from a boss or something but it's rare
rancid laurel
XI's biggest problem was it required the player to spend a lot of time studying up on things
Learning how Skillchains work, how elemental things work, how aggro works, because the game doesn't actually explain much of anything
SE just kind of assumed players would figure things out on their own and share information. Which, they did, but then that establishes a meta
As a result, it fostered a lot of elitism. Mindsets of "You need to have optimal builds/strategies or you are wasting the time of 5 other people," since the game was quite a grindfest
Glad XIV doesn't have that problem most of the time
plucky cairn
I've recently did a lot of Eureka and that is a bit harder content in the sense that it's more of a grind and more of an ability to fuck someone else out of rewards and man, the community there is so good
Even for the Baldesion Arsenal, which I maybe will eventually try, there are whole discords dedicated to organise newbie runs, in the sense that if you go there and never did it, you literally get priority over others to go to it
And it's a dungeon where there is permadeath and a bunch fo weird mechanics
I did stumble on some toxicity in Bozja a few times, mainly on the first dungeon since there are some mechanics that you can fuck up really hard and get the whole 48 people raid killed
Which like, i understand why people would get mad when it happens, it doesn't excuse it but I understand why the golden rule breaks more often there
minor sorrel
I uh, have some *stories* from XI
11 is a very different beast than 14 though. (except 14 1.0)
14 v1.0 honestly felt like it took all the bad ideas of 11 and didn't get rid of them, but made them more important 
(I tried the trial and quickly ran the fuck away)
elfin wave
Best comparison is a tank that's made it to Stormblood without ever hitting the ...
me having gotten to late SB without ever learning what mitigation was
Sometimes I even use Arm's Length now!
elfin wave
LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOOOOOOOR
elfin wave
plucky cairn
Great job
elfin wave
plucky cairn
It's a quest at level 20 that unlock mounts
I don't mean that you will be level 20 when you do it tho, it'll be unlocked through the story but you will probably be past 20 by then because of the extra exp
It's called "my little chocobo" and unlocks after you have to pick your ||Grand Company|| (minor spoiler)
plucky cairn
You have to complete the Main Story Quest called "A Hero in the Making" and the quest after it
abstract ibex
Im on the quest Life, Materia, and Everything
plucky cairn
It's like, a couple of quests from where you are
abstract ibex
Oh ok
Im just doing some short sidequests for today cuz its late and a weekday
Im lvl 28 now
That's where I'll stop today cuz its late
plucky cairn
Which class did you start with?
plucky cairn
Goodnight
latent vapor
Im level 27
One important tip: whenever people say that something can be unlocked at level X, they rarely refer to your character level, but rather to the level of your main story quest. Almost everything in this game is locked in some way behind main story quest progression.
For this reason most yellow sidequests quests are a waste of time. There are rare exception to that, but I use the wiki to know which ones can give something unique. Blue quests are worth checking out when you see them, although some level 50/60/70/80/90 blue quests may take quite some effort to complete.
hasty kayak
the yellow quests can be pretty fun story wise though, sometimes
elfin wave
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
you know it's kinda funny
to be doing a FFXV crossover quest in FFXIV while wearing Monster Hunter armor. 
yoooooooo
i just saw the gold gabriel in the flesh 
slightly closer pic
ffxiv community
bruh they put this amount of effort into fucking riceballs for a seasonal event cutscene and then
... i hate the fact that he has the same rod as me, lmao
elfin wave
wait the car is only 200k MGP?
lfg then
elfin wave
average SGE run
abstract ibex
One important tip: whenever people say that something can be unlocked at level X...
Yeah i kinda assumed that when i looked at the level of my main quest which is 19
rough crescent
You’ll get enough xp through the main story, any side quests you do beyond that will overlevel you
Not saying you shouldn’t do any, just keep it in mind
rancid laurel
Especially if you keep up with daily duty roulettes. Those things can vomit out EXP
plucky cairn
That is on top of them being on a preferred server I think
So they can easly keep 2 classes up at the same time if they wanted to
abstract ibex
I am not on a preferred server unfortunately
rancid laurel
Tbh it doesn't make that big of a difference
In terms of an EXP grind, XIV is pretty easy
Although I imagine leveling a new class from 1 to 90 (outside the MSQ) in the modern era may take some time. I've had most jobs at level cap for a long time so I've never had to go from 1 to 90 before
elfin wave
abstract ibex
Heres my character (with a random car and other players in the background
Also i saw someone fly away in a huge fucking airship
elfin wave
Oh right, the Blackjack
future goals, future goals
for now I have my car
will be useful for Treasure Hunts, prolly
abstract ibex
My ambush party got ambushed and now im captured
elfin wave
abstract ibex
Oh god now i have to fight Ifrit?!
plucky cairn
Attack and dethrone God
This is a JRPG after all
abstract ibex
How tf do you avoid the instakill attack
plucky cairn
At some point some infernal nails should pop up
You switch to those when that happens
IIRC
Been a bit last I did it so that might not be correct
abstract ibex
Oh god i have to choose a grand company to join
latent vapor
Don't worry about it too much. The choice is mostly cosmetic and you will be able to change it later. The first change is free, too.
abstract ibex
Oh ok
elfin wave
... ||Goldor|| is going to make me quit BLU
hasty kayak
thats a hella sweet shirt/jacket combo
hasty kayak
i did get back today actually, but i dragged some kinda cough n mild fever combo with me n i have zero mental capacity as a result 
maybe ill feel better tomorrow
hasty kayak
in the meantime i have this 15 hour persona 4 dissection video-
plucky cairn
We gonna get the doggo at any rate
Can't wait for it, the armor looks pretty nice too, maybe that chestpiece will be my base for the Viper glam I'm lacking inspiration for
elfin wave
in the meantime i have this 15 hour persona 4 dissection video-
WHAT
who made it?
hasty kayak
https://youtu.be/bHEgsiIorGA?si=p6DxBiiKCu1cTpMC i mean its actually 10 n 5 but yaknow
potato popoto
elfin wave
as a massive P4 nerd, this will be very fun
good background music for PoTD solo attempts
(i will get Necromancer one day)
plucky cairn
Which floor is your record?
elfin wave
like
20 or so, lmao
plucky cairn
elfin wave
really regret trading in my aetherpool weapons
plucky cairn
It's not that slow to farm them back up
hasty kayak
gen ur perception on that comes from "someone invested in collectin all relics"
so idk how accurate that is
plucky cairn
It's actually worse, my perception comes from someone that made multiple attempts at necromancer
So it comes from "I'll be here forever anyway, who cares"
hasty kayak
hecc
plucky cairn
That said I did spend the aetherpool only once
I could speend it again, if the viper weapons are cool
hasty kayak
which job is best for potd anyway? default WAR answer?
plucky cairn
War it's the easiest but it has a big hurdle at floor 180
The one I died 3 or 4 times at
hasty kayak
dps check?
plucky cairn
Kinda, basically there is a behemoth that when he goes under a % of health starts casting a meteor that deleds a flat 80% of your HP that is not reducible
Every 10 seconds i think
hasty kayak
oh no
plucky cairn
So you basically from that moment on you have to execture it perfectly, by using the invuln, and the pots, and your healing abilities so you can survive 3 meteors
elfin wave
i think people trend towards MCH or RDM
plucky cairn
All while keeping up a super steady DPS to he actually dies before the 4th meteor
RDM and MCH are both okay, they have different advantages
They can kite which is really useful, but there are a few enemies they absolutely can't fight past flor 160 or so
So you have to learn to avoid them
The extra DPS also means that the lvl 180 boss is super easy for them but I think the lvl 190 is very hard for them instead
The difficulty for Warrior is that you don't have the DPS of a DPS so you have to be constantly fighting past floor 160
Or you can't mathematically kill enough enemies to get to the next floor, and get to the boss in time within the 1 hour time limit
Also you actually have to learn what some enemies do, because some are actually dangerous if you don't know what they are doing, and some like, paralize you and slow you down which is also very bed for the previous reason
Also you almost always want to be fighting 1 on 1, you can deal with some enemies 2v1, but a 3 v 1 is always a death sentence unless you have a plan
Which means learning the aggro type of enemies and learning to avoid them.
Which actually becomes really handy in other content
Like Eureka
160 past is really when the real challenge begins, before you can fuck up and die to stupid things if you get careless, but it's really a whole another level of challenge
elfin wave
i fucking hate final stiiiiing
sterile condor
final sting gamers
elfin wave
i survived to floor 10
plucky cairn
War has the plus that can stun final sting
Also when you have a few potsherds rember to exchange them for potd regen potions
elfin wave
elfin wave
what the FUCK
sterile condor
the slimes have an enrage big explosion aoe
sterile condor
i mean, doing it solo was littererally one of the lowest achieved titles for years due to its difficulty thats changed nowdays with the advent of redmage+mch being able to burst things, and other classes doing more damage early
its thouroughly clear floors early but its still difficult to beat each set, only gettin harder the further you progress
plucky cairn
I think you can stun the slimes enrage too
Also until you get to level 100 once, don't worry about deaths
Use the chance to learn the floors and max the aether pool
You can't progress further only from level 101 forward if you died
elfin wave
plucky cairn
But doing the floors before give you a good chance of learning how to use pomanders and such which is pretty valuable
Learn traps
Etc
At later floors for example, if you recognise an explosive trap, you can aggro a bunch of enemies, use homgang or a witching pomander, step on the trap on purpose, and AOE them down, which is so fucking fun and scary at the same time
And it takes some pratice to pull off
plucky cairn
Also floors 101+ are harder versions of previous floors, enemy wise, so some things do carry over between them
So it pays off to learn the mechancs of the bosses in lower floors
For example the fact that the snakes from foors 11-20 one shot you if you are a frog carries over to the snakes from floors 111-120
elfin wave
elfin wave
oh hey i hit over 2k hours
pain!
