Thanks, I might need to add these to my list and use them if I can get on later today. Now just to find out where a useful spot on the hotbar would be...
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Thanks, I might need to add these to my list and use them if I can get on later today. Now just to find out where a useful spot on the hotbar would be...
chickdigger802
Banned
The lack of a teleport rock to the headquarters place is stupid. Why is horizon the closest place?
You gave me a magic Bluetooth headset, why must I go back to HQ each mission? Let's just FaceTime.
You gave me a magic Bluetooth headset, why must I go back to HQ each mission? Let's just FaceTime.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
I Need it NAO, Y U No Protect the Protected!
Well, yes, the default text input is really slow. I think a lot of PS3 players have keyboards plugged in for that reason.
At any rate, the FC buff thing was not nearly as big of a deal as people made it out to be. I just mentioned it because I was wondering what was going on. A lot of the lead members also seem to be primarily Mumblers, so those of us who just can't do voice chat for whatever reason are left a bit in the dark at times.
Relaxed Muscle
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Yeah, I wonder what tank macros ppl are using.
I could use some to lessen the need to switch between hotbars on a pad.
The disparity in DPS is an issue, I agree. Having so many classes as "pure" DPS versus tanks/healers can be a difficult thing to balance, which is probably why they shifted so many times in WoW. I'm not saying it can't be done, but I can [somewhat] understand the dilemma/difficulty in doing so.
I must mention the Mage comment, though. That was the class I played during my time with Wrath of the Lich King and we were instrumental in the Hard-Mode Lich King fight, partially because Arcane was super-powerful at that point and we had great burst damage [thanks to our abilities/cool-downs combined with our stats]. Also, if we didn't have Mages, where would people get their health/mana-restoring food/water, hmm!? I ask you that!
We'll see how things end up in ARR, though. I've tried tanking in the past [although not healers], and while I had a fun time doing so, I much prefer the role of DPS [due to seeing big numbers appear over the enemies head and being able to stand back from the enemy/boss and take in more of the environment]. I hope the Thaumaturge/Black Mage aren't on the low-end of the DPS scale. I chose that class specifically because it was something I was more used to playing in the past [typical Mage class].
Micon makes it so you get the gdc and timer on that perticular skill on your macro icon
Bt target the closest enemy attacking you
Mk is for marking which means it will add a marker if my choice on a specific target
Also got some fast self cure macro
Agreed. I don't need to directly speak to Boobfilia to know I need to go talk to someone else.
Boobfilia, pls
At least it's an opportunity to level up classes < Lv 13
chickdigger802
Banned
how so?
would totally buy dlc or w/e for her boobs.
japan has taught me that the bigger the boobs, the more magic one has.
I think.
I think they might've let FC's be too big. it's 500+ members and the servers only allow like 5000 players. That's a tenth of everyone you see (if most of them are logged in of course.) That said I am slowly starting recognize more and more people and the game has only been out a week.
Come on let me in already!
Come on let me in already!
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Congrats on taking down the Primal adventurer, now go set the table for feast
Wow you killed 2 Primals, go oil/lube that man
Amazing!
I think with a guild as larger as Ultros GAF we are going to have segmentation regardless. I've never been in a guild so large but even in smaller guilds in other MMO's I've seen segmentation, it's just something that ends up happening.
As far as helping lower level players out, I think a lot of the people capped out are currently worrying about gearing up themselves so they can prepare for end-game content. I know I am and I also know that once I get to a comfortable gear level I will be more than happy to heal lower level instances/primals for other guildies. I know that a couple people are currently helping out the lower level guildies and I think that is great. I feel like over time as people acquire the gear they want they will be more open to helping others out.
Well, GAF is pretty huge. We're barely managing with 512 right now. That said, I kinda do expect quite a bit of a drop-off after the trial period ends. It's normal.I think they might've let FC's be too big. it's 500+ members and the servers only allow like 5000 players. That's a tenth of everyone you see (if most of them are logged in of course.) That said I am slowly starting recognize more and more people and the game has only been out a week.
Come on let me in already!
If I am in Horizon, might as well do a couple of Leve Quest and smack up on some monsters while I run to Vesper Bay.
chickdigger802
Banned
which mmos are gaf the most active in currently?
I kinda want to get back to terra lol. berserker is probably the most fun class i've played in a mmo.
I kinda want to get back to terra lol. berserker is probably the most fun class i've played in a mmo.
We considered EXP buff but people are already leveling at lightspeed with FATEs, another 5% isn't going to do much. The leveling path is balanced to be fast even without the 5% boost but on a legacy server the existing pocketbooks in the economy are not balanced against the static amounts of gil you earn by leveling, thus the teleport buff. Once more people get the story finished up and we have more people with at least 1 thing at 50, we'll probably look into using other buffs, like the spiritbinding one or maybe ones more end-game oriented like extra food timers, or whatever.
GraveRobberX
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Kill Bubbly Bernie while your there, get a nice chunk of XP
Johnlenham
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Before I hit buy on my PS3 copy, could I also download the PC client and play it from there using the same login info?
Yep. Your info is stored on a server, not your rig.
Edit: OF course, you'd have to buy both versions separated if you don't have a1.0 PC copy.
Altered Juice
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anyone notice a unicorn mount in this game? i saw a lvl 31 conjurer(i think) afk'ing on it in gridania forest. how do you unlock it?
DarknessTear
Banned
I might drop off for a little bit if we don't see any damned time cards on Amazon!
I think they might've let FC's be too big. it's 500+ members and the servers only allow like 5000 players. That's a tenth of everyone you see (if most of them are logged in of course.) That said I am slowly starting recognize more and more people and the game has only been out a week.
Come on let me in already!
The FC is the largest guild I've been in for any MMO I've played and coordination among so many players might be impossible, but it works out that there are large chunks that can go and do level specific stuff depending on what they want to do or where they are in the game. The problem will probably come in at end game with Crystal Tower runs and gaining end game gear. There will definitely be enough people to go, but hopefully there will be sharing of the wealth/teams so everyone gets a shot to run with the FC and not in a pug.
As for the server size, that's only a temp cap until we get new instance servers. Not sure what the new cap will be, but it should be plenty high enough to let everyone in.
It happens with any MMO, so I'm sure we will see this here and have a more stable FC size in about 3-4 months after drop offs from the trial and those who stick around to see the Crystal Tower/end game stuff.
I am also surprised by this. I have had one guy in one dungeon that used sleep. It is like Crowd control is a foreign concept to the players in this game.
Johnlenham
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It's a conj only quest after you finish the lvl 30 class quest. Offered from an npc in the conj guild. Super easy quest.
Gotta make sure you are in conj and not whm by the way.
Also, I find it fugly (and I am a girl...)
It's a Conjurer mount. They added it in because they wanted more people to play that class, apparently. They are thinking of adding more class mounts.
I find this funny because CC is not a foreign concept in MMOs, even though this might be the first MMO for a decent portion of the players.
In that case, Tank class mounts, incoming.
I started leveling my thm more last night. I'm a little less confused now that some people on mumble gave me some good advice and clarification (thanks again GraveRobber and whoever else it was- I don't have an overlay so I can't always see the names) and it's actually kind of fun. I said it's not something I was planning to really play, but I may change my mind on that. It's more fun to zap things than I thought. lol
Probably not going to get to play again until tomorrow afternoon, so I'm listening to the dungeon boss music while I work on school work. Hopefully log in issues will be better and I'll be able to actually do the story!
Probably not going to get to play again until tomorrow afternoon, so I'm listening to the dungeon boss music while I work on school work. Hopefully log in issues will be better and I'll be able to actually do the story!
Relaxed Muscle
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Favoriting the 3 city crystals + the discount on Tele makes a few gils in overall or even if you want a more direct tele. Is probably the best choice since ppl is doing story/sidequests missions all over the place.
And leveling is quite fast even if you don't focus on FATE.
A warhorse clad in full plate or that (mild next to last dungeon spoiler)
sick white magitek mount
Tbh, I didn't even notice the buffs when they were up, including the gil one since it didn't seem to make much of a difference for me. I think that the best one overall for everyone is probably the gathering/crafting buffs since it's useful for pretty much everyone in the guild at any time.
Then again, you can please everyone 100% of the time.
Sir Griffith
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I'm actually enjoying the marketplace system with retainers and the like. It's so simple to put an item up to sell by checking what's in stock, it's sell history, and submitting. Have made a bit of gill selling materials from mining and selling stuff I crafted for leveling my DoH class. I approve.
Only down side is having to deal with obnoxious undercutters. At the same time though, until the economy stabilizes, who knows how much items are actually worth at this point.
Only down side is having to deal with obnoxious undercutters. At the same time though, until the economy stabilizes, who knows how much items are actually worth at this point.
That is referring to the FC's rank.
Relaxed Muscle
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I want a beautiful dark horse for my GLD
And then I'll use this song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etm3kN6VBv8 (NFSW)
It might not make a big difference a few times but after a hundred story quests and other teleporting needs like completing missing hunting logs the difference is there. And I guess is even more true for new players.
Most people won't bother with gathering/crafting at least at the start of a new game.
But of course FC situations and needs may differ.
BattleMonkey
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Probably WoW and GW2 it seems. Republic side TOR has a big GAF guild also but it also assimilated several other guilds outside of GAF.
Riposte
Member
If you are warping camp to camp, you being very wasteful. You should employ your favorite spots (ideally the three main cities once you can access them) and homepoint (likely Horizon or Dragonhead or w/e as you get deeper into main scenario) in combination with chocobo porters. Will likely save you one to three hundred gil. A lot more than a puny FC discount. Personally I think we should use something like companion EXP+.
chickdigger802
Banned
tank mount should just be a tank.
What should i be saving gc seals for? I bought my chicken, what else is there thats worth it?
What should i be saving gc seals for? I bought my chicken, what else is there thats worth it?
DrForester
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It's very annoying that there's a home crystal in Horizon and not in Vesper Bay which is where people constantly need to go.
Riposte
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Go to Horizon and take the chocobo porter to Vesper Bay. Minimal effort and time.
Market boards I like the idea of but the fact they force stacks on you completely ruins the entire thing its the most idiotic design they implemented in the game by far and its all because they think its gonna stop RMT. Won't change though cause Yoshi P is so hell bent on it yet RMT are running around and spamming like crazy. Half the time you can't even get mats cause the stacks are so expensive. I need 1 piece of materia not 31.
This maintenance needs to hurry up and get here. Unable to get NA/EU list... they better fix this with this maintenance or I'm out. i don't care if they have to tweak stuff as long as I can log in every time I'm good but if nothing gets better I'm not subscribing.
Maybe the gathering/crafting exp buffs. The others, the stat boost ones, are really not that important until you have several high level crafters looking to HQ difficult recipes (and by this I mean, crafters with maxed out gear, since hitting the "required" stats for "difficult" recipes is really easy). Craftsmanship stat, for example, 5 points only matters if you are near a step plateau for that synth. If you're not, then adding 5, 10, even 15 points won't help because you will still need the same number of steps to complete the recipe until you hit whatever the plateau is that lets you get enough progress on one step. Same on the gathering buffs, they really are insignificant.
Nothing wrong with the system. Sellers are the one forcing stacks on you, not SE. Sellers just need to cater to the buyers. The way it is now creates a very engaging market metagame where the rich cannot quickly buy out everyone and resell in bulk to get richer.
Mount armor, gear, mats, exp scrolls, and a few other useful items and GC armor that makes you look cool and all professional-like.
BTW, been meaning to ask. I know Yoshi-P is going to be pretty busy with FFXIV for the next eighteen months or so, but how long do you think it'll be before he has enough free time to work on a different game? I mean, I heard something about him being interested in doing Bravely Default 2, and I'm just wondering how realistic it'd be be for him to handle both titles at once.
Or, heck, any two titles at once really. While I suspect his responsibilities to FFXIV will become less demanding in time, if Square really wants XIV to make money as long as XI did, he could be at least partially tapped for a long time.
Or, heck, any two titles at once really. While I suspect his responsibilities to FFXIV will become less demanding in time, if Square really wants XIV to make money as long as XI did, he could be at least partially tapped for a long time.
Nothing you can really do about people forming social groups and sticking together in them. When you have an organization this large you can't assume that everyone is going to be super close. Think about that number 500+ thats larger then some schools or office places. You may work in the same building or company with 1000 people but just because you're all part of the same company doesn't mean you'll know everyone's name.
Using the school example walking down the street you might see someone in a GAF-U jacket and you'll give them the slight nod but I doubt you'd stop in your tracks and try to get to know them.
Best thing you can to not get walled into your own social group is so reach out and help others when possible and stay active in your community. Also try not to get offended if others cannot help you or do not have a spot for you at a given time.
I've helped out with a few low level primals but not as much as I would like to or should, but man do I hate losing all my abilities in level synch. Would rather just take a flat effectiveness loss like 20-80% or whatever then lose all my abilities.
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