Razgriz-Specter
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DPS= damage per second
Gladiator is a Tank, meaning you have high health and def but lower attack than a dps
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DPS= damage per second
Gladiator is a Tank, meaning you have high health and def but lower attack than a dps
MagicWithEarvin
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It's kind of odd how I just logged in without any issues or put into a player queue into Ultros...
Is it finally over?
Is it finally over?
'DPS' in general MMO lingo means a class whose primary role is dealing damage. DPS stands for damage per second, which I believe stems from other MMOS where damage dealers (DDs) were graded according to damage they theoretically could push out per second.
Marauder, Warrior, Gladiator, Paladin = TANK
Conjurer, White Mage, Scholar = HEALER
Everything else = DPS, or DD, or just hit stuff make it die and use your stuff to help out.
I hate the MMO scene so much. It has changed a lot since the early FFXI days. XIV's community is way, way worse.
Thank god for GAF's FC.
pillowtalk
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In Tera I used queue up as a tank and then drop the party when we're inside the dungeon. Just kidding. I was a healer, but I fully expect more tanks to be doing this in the near future in this game.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Awesome, thanks. Running with a random group we did the first two dungeons. They told me to use flash constantly, so I figured I must be the tank. It's funny not knowing, though.
Definetly like this a lot more now that I'm doing group stuff as opposed to just running around doing random shit by myself to level up.
Honestly it's very strange. It's way worse than FFXI and even worse than WoW and that takes a lot.
I don't understand why.
Hope this helps with other terms too. http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Dictionary_of_Terms_and_Slang
tiggerkiddo
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Didn't realize XIV's community was that bad but I hardly play anything but solo so I guess I've lucked out so far.
I feel the same way, but I'm torn between the fact that the monk is the only class with a reasonable global cooldown (what was SE smoking?), or the fact that being stonewalled in quest progression due to instance queues as DPS is fucking awful.
Edit: Oh, Hunting Logs + Fates will get you to your desired level relatively quickly.
New game, everyone migrates to it?
TheContact
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Played for a short time today and was able to get the Dragoon job! Haven't had a chance to do anything after that though. Do I get the cool looking armor at 50 or do you get Dragoon-looking armor before that?
Maybe it'll get better once it's behind a monthly paywall.
Mine too.
That's cool. And I hope you took their advice in good faith (it sounds like you did!). They were helping you out in your (critical) role in the 4-person group. Do some google investigations about tanking in FF14. It's a very important position!.
It's not that bad! Honestly I have had nothing but good experiences on Ultros. Gaf FC helps though.
Hero_of_the_Day
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That's cool. And I hope you took their advice in good faith (it sounds like you did!). They were helping you out in your (critical) role in the 4-person group. Do some google investigations about tanking in FF14. It's a very important position!.
Yeah, I told them I was a newb and that's what they said to do. Didn't mean they kept telling me over and over, just that they told me to constantly use it.
Outdoor Miner
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For some reason when I now target a mob it locks in making movement as a ranged dps super annoying. Does anyone know where the setting to change this back is?
MagicWithEarvin
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Hunting Log 3 (Lancer) - Moondrip Piledriver
Anyone know where these are? I'm at the Footfalls in Western Thanalan right now.
Anyone know where these are? I'm at the Footfalls in Western Thanalan right now.
You're a tank. Have fun playing the hardest role in the group, and then have dickheads yell abuse at you when you fail to hold aggro.
Gladiators of GAF! Give this person a cheat-sheet rundown of their tank skills!
The map is wrong in a sense. Go to vesper bay there should be a long path behind the waking sands. Go to the end of the end of that path until youre in this cave with yellow looking bulb things. There should be a smaller cave to the right where there are some giants.
MagicWithEarvin
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Thanks! The coordinates are misleading some times.
I can't get into game at the moment (locked out because of losing my security token) but your problem sounds like it stems from the 'auto-lock-on' option. Should be somewhere in your 'Character Options' menu..?
EDIT: If you play on pad, you can toggle that lock-on with L3 by the way. Dunno what the keyboard default bind is.
Tried Amdapor but the tank told me I needed better gear for it.
Should I just farm 8-mans or keep at Amdapor?
AK is currently the hardest 4 man dungeon in game and the Demonic Wall is the first gear check for a group in the game.
Would recommend doing Wanderer's Palace and Hard Mode Ifrit to get some good upgrades. Specially if you're a fresh 50.
FlutterPuffs
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Guys, can you create characters at Japanese servers now, or are they still down?
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As a GLA tab target changing and combo chain rotation is your friend.
Initiate most pulls with Shield Lob (Earliest range skill GLA get), continue with a Flash as soon as the group of mobs get to you. Start Fast Blade on the focus fire mob and press the tab key to use the combo Savage Blade. Repeat depending on the number of enemies and keep an eye on the focus fire target, since that will be one of the creatures generating more hate to your party because its being focus fire.
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Nuts.Pistachio_Nuts!
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Absolutely agree. The fc is the best thing to ever happen socializing wise for me in regards to ffxiv. Had some good groups though outsidr of fc though but yeah won't be taking so kindly to some shlub telling me to skip cutscene. Take that attitude to the footfalls grotto.
Just add a few question marks and exclamation marks to the end of that.
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I approve
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Feel the same way. People really have no business telling other people how to experience the game. If you want to skip all the cut scenes, fine, but do it in a party where all members agree to do that from the start.
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RyougaSaotome
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Doesn't mean much, but the Japanese community has been pretty fabulous so far. I'm constantly bumping into familiar faces on Durandal and dungeon runs have been great.
Got wiped against Ifrit the first time cause a bunch of us missed the
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The guys with experience weren't even mad about it but instead just laughed and told us what we missed.
Got wiped against Ifrit the first time cause a bunch of us missed the
pillar thing we're supposed to attack
The guys with experience weren't even mad about it but instead just laughed and told us what we missed.
MagicWithEarvin
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Dragoons, what do you think about these cross-class skills:
Second Wind
Internal Release
Blood Bath and Fracture
Anything else that's recommended?
Second Wind
Internal Release
Blood Bath and Fracture
Anything else that's recommended?
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