Edvardelis
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yeah, it's Q/E by default. First thing I did was flip Q/E with A/S so strafing is where I'm used to it being.
I tap the keyboard when I'm in no hurry to turn (usually mounted going from A->B). In combat I always use the mouse.
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yeah, it's Q/E by default. First thing I did was flip Q/E with A/S so strafing is where I'm used to it being.
I tap the keyboard when I'm in no hurry to turn (usually mounted going from A->B). In combat I always use the mouse.
Bloodbath is good for a Paladin. I would take this set of cross-abilities:
CNJ: Cure, Stoneskin
MRD: Foresight, Bloodbath, Mercy Stroke
I thought PLD was locked out of Bloodbath being a GLD/CNJ class? Or am I operating on outdated/erroneous information? If I can get Bloodbath I'll absolutely spare some time to level MRD up to 8.
Shouta
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Does Fracture scale up for PLD? If so, I'd consider using that over Mercy Stroke myself.
Mercy stroke is pretty shitty.
PLD uses skills from GLA, CNJ, and MRD. CNJ 15 is necessary to unlock PLD, so just get MRD to 8 to get the extra defensive cooldown and Bloodbath. The only other skill to unlock at 22 is only useful when soloing anyway, and can be ignored.
PLD heals are pretty terrible in XIV. They were very good in XI, and was a strong part of the Job's identity and threat generation, but in XIV, healing is too tethered to the Mind stat for PLD to ever be able to make meaningful use of Cure.
DidntKnowJack
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All this talk about what is required of me as a tank just makes me want to start a whole new fucking character and the hell with everyone.
Fracture doesn't get extended to 30 seconds as a Paladin, so it's 100 potency + 6 ticks of 20 potency = total of 220. Mercy Stroke is useful when you're tanking squishy trash since it's a finisher with a big self-heal, but if you can't kill the target with it then it's not worth using.
chickdigger802
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foresight and bloodbath are the only ones that i think add much to pld. Paladin's don't have much hp so stoneskin isn't that useful... you have like no mind so cure is useless.
mercy stroke... could be ok on macro. can't see 20% hp gain being much of a gamechanger, and 90 sec cd.
even bloodbath... paladins barely do much damage as it is, 25% of your strongest hit won't get you more than... probably 100 hp?
Shouta
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Not the extension but the damage. If the damage can scale up to the appropriate level for 50, it can really help tanking because DoTs still generate enmity through damage for the caster.
PLD HP being lower offsets by the reductions fromblock/parry. If it calculates correctly, Stoneskin is eaten up after all of those so it's highly effective for a PLD to have.
That's the trouble with mercy stroke. It doesn't do much damage so the chance of you actually getting the heal in groups is almost non existent. Not to mention the extremely high CD.
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As far as I can tell, the potency system seems to have eradicated any scaling differences. There's no difference between Fracture for a Warrior, a Paladin, or a Dragoon other than the duration is extended to 30 seconds for a Warrior.
Sadly, Mercy Stroke makes the list only because there are so few useful cross-class abilities for PLD. That said, I suggest Raise over Cure, because Cure is so small that it's unlikely to make a difference. There are some occasions where boss attention is diverted or scripted, buying enough time to get Raise off in emergencies.
CNJ: Raise, Stoneskin
MRD: Foresight, Bloodbath, Mercy Stroke
When soloing, switch Raise to Protect for an extra self-buff.
You have to enjoy this kind of thing. I enjoy controlling the encounters and having the most to do. I find DPS classes boring because I just manage a rotation and avoid AOEs, and I don't like healers for similar reasons. Tanking is the most demanding, but I like the challenge that comes with it.
Being lalafell doesn't help either, lol
Shouta
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Well the Potency system is their scaling, lol. Otherwse it'd do the same damage regardless of level.
Anyway, if that's the case and the damage doesn't differ between classes, then it's a pretty good debuff to have on as much as possible because it's additional damage without the extra TP. it should keep your threat bubbling, however small of a bubble it may be, consistently.
Arcanist's DOTs can deal some damage and generate enmity over a long fight so the same principle should apply for other debuffs, even if it's just one. It'd at least be more useful than Mercy Stroke on most things.
I've seen the top and am glad I got to skip it on my WHM. Looks ridiculous. The WHM pantsu thou are a bit much and make you look like you walked out of your house without putting pants on first. Not as bad as the getup you have there, but it's still not flattering when you have a robe that only comes to your midsection and the healer pantsu on.
Dealing with that for 5 levels was kind of tough...and I like subligar.
Sir Griffith
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Best tank advice? Don't move when you establish hate. Stay still and concentrate on if mobs are on you or not, and act accordingly. MNKs and DRGs have moves which boost their damage based on the directions they're attacking the mob. Only time you should move is when an aoe doesn't get stunned and would hit you really hard, or to get within range of shield Lob/Provoke.
Of course if you're kiting something, that's an entirely different scenario.
Of course if you're kiting something, that's an entirely different scenario.
It's probably so bad BECAUSE she's Lalafell, as any other race it'd probably look ridiculous but not as absurd.
chickdigger802
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well for bosses, you should first get the boss to face the opposite of your party before standing still so they won't suffer aoe, and dragoons are in position to wail.
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So how are things working today, did the maintaiance thing happen yet?
BlazingDarkness
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Hoping to try out Tam-Tara tonight 
Sir Griffith
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Yea I figured that would be common sense, but based on some of the pug groups I've been in, maybe not.
0 1017 errors yesterday.
Pai Pai Master
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Hi res textures are coming along with DX11 support/PS4 version.
SnakeLinkSonic
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Running around Limsa in areas I had no business being at yet.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
So people are just logging on without issue now? Might be time to get on board if so.
Do you have to use wait 2.5, should you, or can you use 2.48?
chickdigger802
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Curious, when would one as a pld need to cast Stoneskin? Only warriors with huge hp pool will benefit much from it, and its a 3sec cast time... you usually have better things to do, let the whitemage do that.
The worst are the tanks that don't bother leaving the AOE zone. You CAN die still!
I imagine that an attack with 220 Potency like Fracture would put it near the top of any class' priority list that can use it. It might even have a place in a Dragoon's rotation to apply alongside the class DoT, though that would probably make it the most difficult DPS class to play.
Sir Griffith
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Get to 26 for an amazing little thing called Rage of Halone. Kite her when she hundred fists (haste). Use all your attack/def buffs throughout the fight. Win.
Shield Bash her when she starts casting Hundred Fists. Didn't even notice the cast bar for it the first time lol.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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Working fine. The maintenance was completed yesterday. The true test will be this weekend.
When ready, run in and start doing your standard combo rotations but avoid using any of your buffs. Move outside of the AOEs and use cure while she is casting the AOE to keep your HP topped off. Save your buffs for when she activates her final move. When she activates her final move, stun her with shield bash, and run as far away as possible while you start activating everything you have. Run back in, DPS until she is dead.
Shouta
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Dunno if you can use 2.48. I haven't tried it yet. i may when I get home.
It'll depend but for PLD, it definitely doesn't have anything that takes up that spot so it's worth using IMO.
SpiceMelange
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Anyone know where the tradecraft leve lvl20 for Weavers are? Tradecraft/Gathering leve are in their respective territories (ieÈ Botany leves are in Gridannia and The Black Shroud, Weaver leves are in Ul'dah and Thenalan). Problem is I'm not finding any Thenalan camps with lvl 20 leves, including Ul'dah. Do they exist or will I have to jump from lvl 15 leves to lvl 25?
You can see in this map there doesn't seem to be any lvl 20 camps in Thenalan
http://eorzeareborn.com/map/
You can see in this map there doesn't seem to be any lvl 20 camps in Thenalan
http://eorzeareborn.com/map/
SUPARSTARX
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Is there a way to play my account on PS3 without a new copy of the game?
Give it like 5 minutes then relog the game completely.
Shouta
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Doesn't the main adventurer's guild in Gridania have them? 2 leves interval from 5-45 for Goldsmithing was in Ul'dah for example.
You have to have unlocked the leve quests at the appropriate place first.
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