Hero_of_the_Day
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Awesome, thanks. I figured it had something to do with rested XP, just wasn't sure what it was showing me exactly.
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Awesome, thanks. I figured it had something to do with rested XP, just wasn't sure what it was showing me exactly.
i'm no tank but i think an over reliance on flash ends up being a bad thing in the end
ohh you're saying for dps to use aoe if you have a mrd tank early on? ok, i gotcha. i just didn't get any aoe til like..my 40s as a drg soooo.
Wondering if I should attempt to level mining solely through shards/crystals/etc.
Sure it would be mind numbingly slow, but that seems to be the only place the money is
You can only do that up to around level 8 or so. At level 18, I get a whopping 9 exp per shard from mining.
Wondering if I should attempt to level mining solely through shards/crystals/etc.
Sure it would be mind numbingly slow, but that seems to be the only place the money is
Afaik all shards, regardless of node level, are set to level 1. You'd still need to level up mining by pulling down other mats on top of shards until crystals open up.
Go talk to Curious Gorge and get Infuriate, naturally. Then do Wanderer's and Castrum. Pick up the quest for Wanderer's at Vesper Bay.
Wondering if I should attempt to level mining solely through shards/crystals/etc.
Sure it would be mind numbingly slow, but that seems to be the only place the money is
you'll be reaching level 50 by the launch of the next online FF game
If you are a tank....
Please. Mark your targets. I love crowd control, it makes it easier on the healer and on the DPS to mow down an enemy. So, mark at least the first and second one, that way I can sleep the rest and know who you are gonna attack next so I can put the 3rd to sleep to give the tank more time. Really. I'll probably start marking Ignore on certain targets so I can sleep them but I doubt some of the dumber tanks will get it.
! And if you are a DPS (or a tank), don't AOE on general mobs, I do think its acceptable in big scale boss battles with multiple adds, but on the normal mobs I think focusing on one is the best. I would mark each target but I give that prerogative to the tank as he will be the one in the frontline so to speak.
Please. Mark your targets. I love crowd control, it makes it easier on the healer and on the DPS to mow down an enemy. So, mark at least the first and second one, that way I can sleep the rest and know who you are gonna attack next so I can put the 3rd to sleep to give the tank more time. Really. I'll probably start marking Ignore on certain targets so I can sleep them but I doubt some of the dumber tanks will get it.
! And if you are a DPS (or a tank), don't AOE on general mobs, I do think its acceptable in big scale boss battles with multiple adds, but on the normal mobs I think focusing on one is the best. I would mark each target but I give that prerogative to the tank as he will be the one in the frontline so to speak.It's pretty difficult to be overreliant on Flash.
FoF + Riot blade brings back enough for nearly 2 flashes after the roation is done and you get a tick on your MP.
I know as a healer I would have been really annoyed.
Exactly, with how hard it is to maintain threat and DPS doing whatever the hell they feel like you can never really Flash too much. As a tank your threat should be unshakable. As a Warrior I find that really difficult at times, since mobs don't like to stack neatly, but the Paladin makes it really easy. Even in early dungeons I never lose aggro.
Question, is ultros character creation ever open (even if only randomly)? Or is it permanently closed now. I have a friend interested in buying the game when it's available... but I don't know if he'd buy it if he couldn't join Ultros.
Sure, just know that a WAR tank might break the sleep a few times the start of a fight if you shoot off the sleep too early.
If you are a tank....
Please. Mark your targets. I love crowd control, it makes it easier on the healer and on the DPS to mow down an enemy. So, mark at least the first and second one, that way I can sleep the rest and know who you are gonna attack next so I can put the 3rd to sleep to give the tank more time. Really. I'll probably start marking Ignore on certain targets so I can sleep them but I doubt some of the dumber tanks will get it.
Sure, just know that a WAR tank might break the sleep a few times the start of a fight if you shoot off the sleep too early.
It's gotten harder in the later dungeons. But, when I get a good group going where the DPS follow my target and the healer isn't nuking me with heals at 95% health, everything goes like butter.
Pai Pai Master
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AK runs were fun last night! Glad I was with GAF my first time so I wouldn't feel too bad about screwing it up. Thankfully it went relatively smoothly except for my fuck-up on Demon Wall the first time. Last run of the night did not go so hot but it doesn't matter as long as lessons were learned. My gear cries though, went down to 30% in a single run...good thing that patch is coming.
Got my first Darklight piece too...got a ways to go!
Got my first Darklight piece too...got a ways to go!
edgefusion
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You don't, apart from in solo play. Anything that makes mob management for the tank more difficult isn't good for the party, just focus on one mob at a time and bring them down in a slow, controlled manner.
yeah I usually wait for him (or her!) to attack first and do his thing, and then when I see him focusing on a target I will sleep the rest. I've tried to do this without a tank marking, and its a mixed bag because I know some tanks love their AOE attacks, but I think that just makes the fight last longer and puts more strain in the Healer.
As for Ultros, I believe he may have a chance very early in the morning, but I did that on game launch and it worked, not sure if it works anymore.
Clever Pun
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Random question - can you add a spell like Aero or Bio to a DoH or DoL class?
Spiritreaver
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You have nothing else to spend MP on, if you don't spam it you're not really going to run out of mana quickly. If you do, you have alternatives.
On any boss where I have to pickup and hold adds and know I'll be spamming flash, drop the typical rotation and just start spamming riot blade combos after a while. If no one's close to puling hate, there's no need to be doing the rotation really. That's just my pally tip.
Good example is the flan fight in Wanderer's, after adds spawn you actually have plenty of time to spam riot blade combos at the end of add phase and when he targets another player (make sure you cover them!)
On any boss where I have to pickup and hold adds and know I'll be spamming flash, drop the typical rotation and just start spamming riot blade combos after a while. If no one's close to puling hate, there's no need to be doing the rotation really. That's just my pally tip.
Good example is the flan fight in Wanderer's, after adds spawn you actually have plenty of time to spam riot blade combos at the end of add phase and when he targets another player (make sure you cover them!)
There will always be those people
DPS not attacking marked targets or wailing on slept or otherwise incapacitated targets.
Healers who burn their MP and overheal like a motherfucker so they pull more hate than the tank. I'm looking at you WHM that spam Medica II during Titan
Tanks who don't actually bother with their CDs or don't even try to hold hate on groups.
You know how it goes.
Mechanized
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Yaaaargh. Why doesn't Square want my money. Damn. The fact this isn't available right now makes me want to play it even more.
Nope.
No, but you get abilities from DoH that you can give to other DoH classes starting at 15. I don't know about DoL. If you're getting aggro from mobs, that means you should be using Stealth.
I feel so bad when I break sleep by accident. It's a pain in the ass, but sometimes I'll hit Circle of Scorn and it's like oh god they slept right as I hit the AoE noooooooo
Did you run that with me last night? Made it to the end and wiped on the last boss with only a few minutes left? I still feel bad that I didn't notice I had the wrong member selected during that fight. That healing tunnel vision. >.<
Speaking of, what's the command for setting a primary target? Might make it easier to have it auto target the tank if I need to cast on dps during a more hectic fight.
Clever Pun
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I was actually more thinking that if you could it would be easy to spam them during fates and get some quick XP that way! But I figured it wasn't an option
chickdigger802
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so how much rest exp can you store up? Don't really play much during the work week.
You wouldn't want to do that anyway. When you do all the achievements for crafting X number of 1-10, 11-20 etc. items, you get an awesome lv. 50 main hand for your craft.
You can't gain xp from fates as either DoH or DoL.
It won't give you any xp for being a DoH or DoL class. I actually tried it by fighting the giant crab in Outer La Noscea and the game was like "Nope!" and I was like "bah..."
Edit: And then I was like beaten.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v-GMge_6sc
During 1.0 we used crafters with Wrist Flick (super high chance of stun) to run ifrit for shits and giggles. It turns out it worked incredibly well so SE put a stop to it.
Also naked... everything in 1.0 was done naked since the def meant shit all.
Edvardelis
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Happens as a Summoner also. Even if I don't hit Bane (to spread DoTs) my pet's bar will reset and it does an AoE attack which wakes the mobs up.
Clever Pun
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Yeah I've been doing that slowly but I know people have been mentioning about the grind in the later levels
Edit: good to know on the no xp from Fates. Thanks for the responses!
The grind gets crazy. Unless you have infinite gil from being a legacy player, it might be harder to get a craft to 50 than your battle class.
I rarely break it on accident, more that likely it was on purpose "Son of a bitch, he slept the adds before I did a single overpower... oh well OVERPOWER OVERPOWER".
Yeah, sleeping with a MRD/WAR means waiting at least a couple overpowers XD
Torquill
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That's what she said.
Pretty sure you could write a macro that will attempt to heal someone and if they are out of range switch to the target of your current focus target. I'm sure you could get crazier with the macros too, that's one area I have not really explored into.
I remember my first AK run. We two-shotted Demon Wall but then went on to wipe on the last boss over and over again and exhausted the instance timer. Was pretty demoralizing but I got past it and running AK is very smooth now.
Also I tunnel vision all the time when shit really starts to hit the fan. It's something I've really tried to work on and ends up with me talking out loud to myself to force me to remember when to move out of the AOE or do something specific. My roommate looks at me weird all the time.
Honestly, I barely use Overpower, even in FATEs, because I can never seem to hit every mob with it. I have to run through the mobs while hitting Flash, and then maybe if the healer didn't already throw a Regen on me, I have everything in melee range to use Overpower.
Only get 3-4 flashes as War, and Overpower does WAAAAY more threat.
The thing is, though, it only does threat to mobs that it hits. The packs in this game, especially the bigger ones, hate to stack up for my cone.
I usually run a little further than I have to, pull with Tomahawk, and then back up to arrange the mobs where I need to for Overpower. Almost like Im pulling them through a funnel. The only time I run into issues is when I have eager party members that like to ranged attack the mobs that they they shouldnt be attacking, forcing me to turn every which way to grab hate on mobs that I havent established any major enmity with.
I've never had an issue with that.. just need to place yourself correctly. Pull the prioritized mob with tomahawk, Flash once for initial hate on the whole pack, position correctly. Overpower 2-3 times, then concentrate on the prioritized mob.
I need to fiddle with my current macros. Had some trouble trying to get a Fluid Aura macro to work so it could auto target the nearest mob and activate. Need to mess with the timers on Swiftcast -> Raise since it appears to only work 50% of the time. It didn't pop during the final boss fight, which could have saved the battle.
I only have three atm since I've almost always found it much easier and takes up less space if I keep most of the abilities as generics and then move them around when needed. Maybe I could use an "Oh shit!" heal that adds in Divine Seal, but I usually pop Benediction instead if it's up and the tank's hp is low.
This game is really stunning 
Random other screen caps for those interested. Nothing spoilery, just scenery.
also... O.O
nsfw? - summer attire
Random other screen caps for those interested. Nothing spoilery, just scenery.
also... O.O
nsfw? - summer attire
Pai Pai Master
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Rock Volnutt here, so probably. Sorry for dipping out so fast but I was way past my bedtime for work haha.
And no worries, I'm glad we at least got to the last boss so we could try it out. It was fun
You look *fabulous*. Here's mine, I'm not sure if this is appropriate wallpaper material laptop or not: http://i.imgur.com/aoAlsmd.jpg
creid
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I believe in 1.x you could store about a week's worth. Not sure if it has changed in 2.0.
Rock Volnutt here, so probably. Sorry for dipping out so fast but I was way past my bedtime for work haha.
And no worries, I'm glad we at least got to the last boss so we could try it out. It was fun
Yup, I'm Esmerlda Haegel. I should have prob dipped out faster as well, seeing as how late it was by the end. But then there's always coffee.
DOL cross class stuff is almost non-existent compared to 1.0. Mining and Botany cross over with their node spotting skills and the x2 crystal harvesting skills, but that is it so far that I've seen (i'm not above level 25 on both mining and botany yet). I haven't had time to fish yet, so I'm not sure if anything crosses over that way at all or not.
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