Heh, it's kinda a Skill meant for very specific situations. Thing is, a lot of players are of the attitude that, every skill must be meant to be used frequently. This seems to be especially true for people that're new to the MMO genre, like myself.
I think part of the issue is the number of skills, but also it's on the player to read and check out what the skill does in conjunction with other skills that you have and how mobs react to it. Some are more self explanatory than others, but one of the reasons why the early dungeons are so easy (imo) is so you have the option to mess up a bit and still not wipe. By the time you hit your job, you should have a pretty firm grasp on what to do and when, at least, I'd hope most players were at the stage. I've been proven wrong though.
provoke is mostly used for me when a healer crits and a dude runs off to them. just provoke them, fast blade, to herd the sheep back.
haven't really found too much of a use for shield bash/swipe yet. bash being a gcd skill is quite annoying. I don't think swipe breaks combo, so that could be thrown in your enmity combo...
hmmmm...
I haven't even been able to play this game since last Wednesday.
I have work off tomorrow, I might buy some energy drinks and try to stay up until like 4am or whatever to get some game time in. Fucking ridiculous.
Can't Shield Bash be used to cancel AoE attacks?
5 days now and still can't get a Dhorme Chimera party invite. Sucks that groups won't take certain classes because they will only take two healers and two bards...
provoke is mostly used for me when a healer crits and a dude runs off to them. just provoke them, fast blade, to herd the sheep back.
haven't really found too much of a use for shield bash/swipe yet. bash being a gcd skill is quite annoying. I don't think swipe breaks combo, so that could be thrown in your enmity combo...
hmmmm...
Man, I have been getting 90000 errors all day. Play for 20 minutes, 90000'd out, then spend the next hour trying to log in. It's been a super productive day.
Heh, it's kinda a Skill meant for very specific situations. Thing is, a lot of players are of the attitude that, every skill must be meant to be used frequently. This seems to be especially true for people that're new to the MMO genre, like myself.
I don't see why not as long as you're quick and the enemy isn't fully resistant to stuns. Although I feel as if the stun doesn't apply immediately.
Experiences with the duty finder as a dps have been a mixed bag for sure. Sadly, my experiences with the FC have been zero. I don't believe I've been able to group with anyone in the FC. Ever. =/
Aw man, just heard about the maintenance tonight. I know it's completely necessary, but I won't be able to play at all today. I don't get out of work until 4 PM (PST) and by the time I'd be able to play it would be 5.
Blargh!
Wait so provoke doesnt build on enmity?
Just assumed it worked like XI.
Hit 50 and did the last story dungeon on my WHM last night. First thing typed out in the group was a guy saying to skip all cutscenes and youtube them later. I then proceeded to watch all the cutscenes, because fuck it I worked my ass off to get to that point, and the story is pretty good. They then would start each boss with me still viewing the cutscenes. It was pretty funny, they beat the first one with one healer, then would wipe the first time on each other boss, then I would be in for the second attempt and we would clear it. It was just hilarious, because for all the bitching about me watching the scenes, they made it take even longer due to the refusal to wait on a 30 second scene. The majority of the people had no issue and were really cool about it, it was just the tank insta pulling every boss, but we cleared it at least. Like I would want to watch cutscenes with someone else's character. No thanks.
What's your name in the game?Experiences with the duty finder as a dps have been a mixed bag for sure. Sadly, my experiences with the FC have been zero. I don't believe I've been able to group with anyone in the FC. Ever. =/
Wait so provoke doesnt build on enmity?
Just assumed it worked like XI.
Wait so provoke doesnt build on enmity?
Just assumed it worked like XI.
What's your name in the game?
Like I would want to watch cutscenes with someone else's character. No thanks.
I don't know if I've ever seen you talk. If you want to group, I'll gladly do so. My name is Tiv Einsfell, WHM.In the FC I'm Arshe Rose. Outside of the FC, it's Brave Fist. I couldn't resist making another Roe.
I'm DPS anyway, so its to be expected. =P We're a dime a dozen any way you slice it!
Up until today, I've had issues same as anyone else, but I've always gotten in to play. It might have taken about 30 minutes, but I've always gotten in.Dont worry, you would 1017 anyway!
You can watch the scenes again from an inn, but first time through should mean you could watch cutscenes and not worry about the party. Plus, for the final dungeon, it's really awesome not just to see your character, but all of your teammates in most of the scenes. Felt pretty epic.
5 days now and still can't get a Dhorme Chimera party invite. Sucks that groups won't take certain classes because they will only take two healers and two bards...
I definitely have no patience for people telling others to skip cutscenes. That's really rude and the scenes don't take THAT long.
Probably a silly question but whats with the A B C D E etc after the name of the mobs im killing?
Sounds like FF11 garbage all over again. We'll definitely work around that in FC groups. There just aren't that many 50s yet.What...?
Exactly! And I had been told that some of the scenes from the final dungeon were actually not viewable in the inn room. I didn't want to risk it haha.
I don't know if I've ever seen you talk. If you want to group, I'll gladly do so. My name is Tiv Einsfell, WHM.
This might seem like a dumb thing to say because of all the server issues but you might want to look at your internet connection too. 90000 will happen if you lose connection on your end as well. If youre getting them all day long, you might have an issue on your end.
What...?
And the team tried so far to avoid that lol
They are split between two different sections in the inn. It's weird, but similar as the previous level 50 dungeon in how they split them. They do have all of them in their, but it doesn't include the other party members and feels a bit weird when it's just your character going up against some of the bosses. While badass, my WHM would never be able to solo any of these guys.
Probably a silly question but whats with the A B C D E etc after the name of the mobs im killing?
Hit 50 and did the last story dungeon on my WHM last night. First thing typed out in the group was a guy saying to skip all cutscenes and youtube them later. I then proceeded to watch all the cutscenes, because fuck it I worked my ass off to get to that point, and the story is pretty good. They then would start each boss with me still viewing the cutscenes. It was pretty funny, they beat the first one with one healer, then would wipe the first time on each other boss, then I would be in for the second attempt and we would clear it. It was just hilarious, because for all the bitching about me watching the scenes, they made it take even longer due to the refusal to wait on a 30 second scene. The majority of the people had no issue and were really cool about it, it was just the tank insta pulling every boss, but we cleared it at least. Like I would want to watch cutscenes with someone else's character. No thanks.
Where's the best spot to level in the late teens and early twenties?
From what I can tell, theyre just markings so that its easier for a party to coordinate. "Attack monster L" and whatnot. Or you can just use the mark symbols, which are 100x better because theyre big and you can click them to target the marked enemy.
Was a system implemented in FFXII. It's basically different ways of naming monsters. Mandragora A, B, C, until you go all the way through the alphabet, then it goes back to A.
Level 42 PLD.
Cleared everything -- dungeons, primals, and hests -- up to and including Stone Vigil with full PUGs using Duty Finder.
Never had any problems. Wiped a handful of times in total.
Some randoms have been good, others not so good, but no one has been so bad that they could not be carried by three others. In the later dungeons, there was usually at least one person that knew the content, so we weren't going in blind, and I attribute the lack of wipes to that too, as actually attempting new content blind would understandably have been the source of many wipes.
Ahh brilliant, cheers!
And one more stupid question.
Battle gear and Field gear.
Whats the difference?
Do the later dungeons not block you from starting until everyone is out of the cutscene? I thought that was how it worked in the early dungeons anyway.
