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does darknesstear have that problem?
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Gil is that thing which gets turned into materia and then explodes into a cloud of dust when I try to put it in my gear. I'm up to 11 battledance 3 failures on 35%...what the hell, I thought I was playing Final Fantasy 14 not TERA.
I dread trying to finish off my new ring's materia, but it's not like I have anything else to do. Except level pugilist for warrior. Is the level 42 skill useful? Because I'm not doing that. Although it's probably more likely than me ever getting Stoneskin.
I dread trying to finish off my new ring's materia, but it's not like I have anything else to do. Except level pugilist for warrior. Is the level 42 skill useful? Because I'm not doing that. Although it's probably more likely than me ever getting Stoneskin.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
A few things here:
It isn't the PS3 that's the problem
* Loading in 5 seconds later
- The timer doesn't start until somebody pulls agro on the spiders. Your group needs to not be terrible dicks and let you load in.
*Have to Circle of Scorn + Flash to make mobs appear and start fight
- Probably due to the dickbags not waiting for you to load in. Our PS3 user doesn't have this issue.
*When Knight and Soldier drop
- Again on the waiting
*I'm tasked with the 2nd Dreadnaught that drops, we get it to 20%, then the last one drops.
- Either your group's strategy is bad, and/or the DPS is bad. In that phase, the offtank should have the soldier and knight, spiders are fed to the dreadnaught, and the 2nd dreadnaught is to be killed before the final phase begins.
Either your PS3 is taking a crap, or your team is royally screwing you by not waiting.
demosthenes
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edit: nvm. I'm dumb.
But now my password isn't working! WTF!
But now my password isn't working! WTF!
Try it with a melee DPS and an Australian ping. Weight of the Land is almost impossible for me to dodge, I have to start running as he does Tumult to have any hope.
Just, random thoughts on some little things I'd like to see in 2.1.
Alternative L90 Armor sets
Assuming 90 remains the upper limit for armor, I'd love to see numerous alternative sets that are nearly or are just as good, but with cosmetic differences or some unique traits. All these sets should be difficult to obtain, but chances are after awhile most players will try collecting them, for one reason for another.
More Fate Drops
Useless as they are, the Odin and Bahemoth items are awesome to have, and amazing little trophies for getting Gold on those encounters. I'd love to see more Fate's like this. Also, Odin-Armor 2: The Not Useless Edition.
Unique Armor Traits
Probably a balancing nightmare, but if they could pull it off it'd be an excellent way to incentive people going after alternative armor sets. I'm talking like, a Tanking armor armor that has a 1% chance of auto-casting Cure ii on Self, with every 100HP worth of damage taken, or an aggro bonus, or whatever.
Hidden NM Encounters
I know Fates have supplanted the typical NM encounter, but I have something a little different in mind here. Basically, these NM's would basically just be a pallet swapped monster model, that looks normal until it's attacked. Once attack the pallet swaps, the monster's health is revealed, and the fight begins in earnest. From this point on, the NM will remain in the area for a very limited time, so the player that aggroed has a limited time to get the word out and assemble a party before it disappears.
Only problem with this, would be that new players would occasionally stumble onto them.
Anyhow, I realize most of this stuff probably isn't going to happen. I'm mainly just thinking aloud. These are basically just little ways to expand the amount of stuff for players to do, without creating a ton of extra work for the developers. With the exception of alternative armor sets, I'd be shocked if any of these things made it into 2.1.
Alternative L90 Armor sets
Assuming 90 remains the upper limit for armor, I'd love to see numerous alternative sets that are nearly or are just as good, but with cosmetic differences or some unique traits. All these sets should be difficult to obtain, but chances are after awhile most players will try collecting them, for one reason for another.
More Fate Drops
Useless as they are, the Odin and Bahemoth items are awesome to have, and amazing little trophies for getting Gold on those encounters. I'd love to see more Fate's like this. Also, Odin-Armor 2: The Not Useless Edition.
Unique Armor Traits
Probably a balancing nightmare, but if they could pull it off it'd be an excellent way to incentive people going after alternative armor sets. I'm talking like, a Tanking armor armor that has a 1% chance of auto-casting Cure ii on Self, with every 100HP worth of damage taken, or an aggro bonus, or whatever.
Hidden NM Encounters
I know Fates have supplanted the typical NM encounter, but I have something a little different in mind here. Basically, these NM's would basically just be a pallet swapped monster model, that looks normal until it's attacked. Once attack the pallet swaps, the monster's health is revealed, and the fight begins in earnest. From this point on, the NM will remain in the area for a very limited time, so the player that aggroed has a limited time to get the word out and assemble a party before it disappears.
Only problem with this, would be that new players would occasionally stumble onto them.
Anyhow, I realize most of this stuff probably isn't going to happen. I'm mainly just thinking aloud. These are basically just little ways to expand the amount of stuff for players to do, without creating a ton of extra work for the developers. With the exception of alternative armor sets, I'd be shocked if any of these things made it into 2.1.
Robobandit
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Have some time to kill before dinner and I can't get on FFXIV. Says launcher can't start... "Unable to complete version check."
What gives
They're doing maintenance right now.
Should be up in an hour and a half.
A note for Coil tanks in T4,
The moment the mob name shows up on your UI (there are ALWAYS small agro meters), you can take action against them even if they haven't appeared.
Even on PC, the monster names show up almost a good 2 seconds before they pop in. Arrows usually fly out from where they WILL stand even before they pop. At this point you can already Flash/Scorn whatever the hell you want and land it BEFORE they ever start moving.
Makes the Knight/Solider/2nd&3rd Dred drops easy.
The moment the mob name shows up on your UI (there are ALWAYS small agro meters), you can take action against them even if they haven't appeared.
Even on PC, the monster names show up almost a good 2 seconds before they pop in. Arrows usually fly out from where they WILL stand even before they pop. At this point you can already Flash/Scorn whatever the hell you want and land it BEFORE they ever start moving.
Makes the Knight/Solider/2nd&3rd Dred drops easy.
BTW, has anyone worked out the math for this yet?
Right now, I essentially have enough Myth Tomes to buy the AF2 Warrior Helmet. If I hold off, I'll be able to buy the AF2 Warrior chest piece next week. It'd be about three weeks from now before I could buy both the AF2 Warrior Helm and Chest.
What I'm wondering, is if the AF2 Chest, would be a stat improvement over the Darklight Tanking Chest, if the AK Tanking Headpiece was used in place of the AF2 Helmet.
Edit: Did it myself using XIVDB.
AF2 War Chest + Hoplite Circlit, is a very slight defensive improvement over Darklight Chest, and a somewhat more substantial Vit/Str improvement.
It'd be worth it, but I should wait to see if the Allagan Tank chest piece drops in Coil 1 first.
Right now, I essentially have enough Myth Tomes to buy the AF2 Warrior Helmet. If I hold off, I'll be able to buy the AF2 Warrior chest piece next week. It'd be about three weeks from now before I could buy both the AF2 Warrior Helm and Chest.
What I'm wondering, is if the AF2 Chest, would be a stat improvement over the Darklight Tanking Chest, if the AK Tanking Headpiece was used in place of the AF2 Helmet.
Edit: Did it myself using XIVDB.
AF2 War Chest + Hoplite Circlit, is a very slight defensive improvement over Darklight Chest, and a somewhat more substantial Vit/Str improvement.
It'd be worth it, but I should wait to see if the Allagan Tank chest piece drops in Coil 1 first.
Augemitbutter
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tried this. didn't see much difference in town areas to be honest. other parts of the game were smooth as always. needs more testing, but so far it seems the same or close. trick is pretty useful though.
Yeah I basically said the same thing to our FC Leader who is the leader of our Coil Static. He agreed but he's a bit too much of a nice guy at times and cuts people slack, but I'm sure he's tired of it too. I'm already avidly looking for a replacement for the caster that we are losing because I want to get back into the Coil ASAP. Not too much luck though.
If anyone knows someone who plays SMN or BLM and is on Balmung and is looking for a Coil Static/awesome Free Company, lemme know. We need someone ;_;
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
If I were you, I would definitely wait out this week's coil runs and possibly next week's before making that decision.
Only buy AF2 after you see what Allegan comes your way for the week. Especially in T1 and T2 where no i90 is required.
GraveRobberX
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I think people need to hold of on buying myth gear if you are doing Coil, at leasts for a few weeks
Replace something that you know would be a fucking headache to get
Like something from Turn 4+ for you
1 & 2 drops can make you rage a little, that if you spend myth stuff and then see that same allagan gear piece drop
For me I'm just saving until I need something to cover if I can't get in coil maybe by mid-november
If no body party drops or hell even accss, I at least will have a huge chunk to purchase stuff to upgrade really quickly
Replace something that you know would be a fucking headache to get
Like something from Turn 4+ for you
1 & 2 drops can make you rage a little, that if you spend myth stuff and then see that same allagan gear piece drop
For me I'm just saving until I need something to cover if I can't get in coil maybe by mid-november
If no body party drops or hell even accss, I at least will have a huge chunk to purchase stuff to upgrade really quickly
Yeah, that's what I'm inclined to do as well. Besides, I do have a few pieces of i90 armor. The Belt and Gloves. Probably should've held off on the belt, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. XD
At the same time, I would simply prioritize what you need in Myth first for your build.
Going nearly a month now without a single god damn Tank drop. Absolutely terrible. My partner is still sitting with a ton of Myth from waiting.
Eh, I hardly ever see lag, so it wouldn't be worth the extra 5USD per month to me.
pretty done
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If you actually care about your stats it's just best to look up BIS gear. I've got 4 pieces of Allagan but only use 2 because I had AF+1 pieces that were better.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Same here, but I'm in the USA.
I could see how it would be really beneficial to Kyoufu in London though.
Somebody should make a before/after Titan HM or something to demonstrate the difference it makes for you international folk.
To go further, I would suggest researching what is best-in-slot for each of your slots. Allagan is not the best for every slot for every person. AF+1 frequently outdoes allagan.
he's a pld i think so there's only like 3 valor pieces that are bis
oh ok
I haven't compared every little piece yet, but it, "looks," like Warrior AF2 and Allagan Tank pieces, are almost perfectly interchangeable. So I think for me, it's more a matter of which i90 piece I can get ahold of first.
rykomatsu
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Aggro? If from healers, they should always be able to keep titan targetted to watch aggro. Sometimes medica 2 creeps up in phase 2-3 but shroud should take care of that.
DPS, I can't help you
So yesterday I finally got something that even in the real world is almost impossible to obtain these days: A JOB!
Thing is, though, I got used to my Thaumaturge hotbar and the extra DoT- and healing-related abilities that I could assign, plus it wasn't too difficult to spam basic magic and do damage. Now I've got some weird abilities that I'm not sure how to use. I've lost Aero which was a great way (paired with Lightning) to start off a fight and get the enemies' HP dropping.
Any tips on dishing out the damage effectively? Scathe seems to vary a lot in how much damage it does, and previously I was using Blizzard for single enemies and Blizzard II for AoE stuff. Now I've also got Blizzard III and Freeze and am not sure how to make the best use of them.
I do like, however, the fact that the venerable "class change" isn't just a banal "you're much more powerful now" thing. But these new abilities need to be mastered in a hurry. Thoughts?
sorry
Thing is, though, I got used to my Thaumaturge hotbar and the extra DoT- and healing-related abilities that I could assign, plus it wasn't too difficult to spam basic magic and do damage. Now I've got some weird abilities that I'm not sure how to use. I've lost Aero which was a great way (paired with Lightning) to start off a fight and get the enemies' HP dropping.
Any tips on dishing out the damage effectively? Scathe seems to vary a lot in how much damage it does, and previously I was using Blizzard for single enemies and Blizzard II for AoE stuff. Now I've also got Blizzard III and Freeze and am not sure how to make the best use of them.
I do like, however, the fact that the venerable "class change" isn't just a banal "you're much more powerful now" thing. But these new abilities need to be mastered in a hurry. Thoughts?
Leve NPC in Whitebrim still broken. FFS Square.
FFXI had this and it made the end-game (before lol-abyssea) more interesting.
FFXI had this and it made the end-game (before lol-abyssea) more interesting.
WeaponKnight
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Freeze is useless, sorry. Scathe should only be used if you need to run 'n gun.
Notice that Fire and Ice charge faster if you have 3 stacks of the opposing element, and level 3 spells give you 3 stacks instantly.
You can do something like:
Thundaga > Firaga > Fire until out of MP > Blizzaga > repeat
That way, you will be out of MP right when your thunder DoT runs out, and you can instantly switch between MP charging and damage dealing with a single spell. If you miscalculate and run out of MP under Astral Fire, pop Transpose and cast Blizzard twice.
Whoa, whoa, whoa; you're going too fast for me here. What specifically causes your MP to charge back up, aside from waiting outside of battle? I also have a ton of ethers piled up and have never used one -- grabbing an item from inventory in a pinch is impossible in this game. Is it worth assigning a hotbar slot to it?
So far I've noticed that Ice spells don't "stack" damage-wise (and MP-wise) like Fire does. Blizzard will just give me a solid 60-90 damage points over and over, keeps the Umbral effect on all the time, and consumes MP slowly enough that I never have to think about it. Fire II will give me increasing damage, but slowly, and I only get three or so casts before I'm out of MP. So Blizzard has been my go-to magic for almost the entire game.
I can't remember if I have Thundaga yet.
Let me give your series of spells a try. I had such a good rhythm going before that I actually feel like now without one, I'm better off going back to being a vanilla Thaumaturge.
Using ice spells gives you a buff called Astral Ice which increased mana regen.
WeaponKnight
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You should pay attention to the dialogue
Basically, Astral Fire makes your fire spells stronger and cost more MP, while blocking your MP charge. Umbral Ice makes your MP charge like crazy, full in 5 seconds, but decreases fire damage and MP cost.
The explanation for that rotation:
Thundaga > Your main DoT
Firaga > Here, you will get Astral Fire III instantly, which will power up your...
Fire until out of MP > Your buffed Fires should deal a very decent damage. Make sure you save your last chunk of MP for a single...
Blizzaga > It will give you Umbral Ice III, which will charge your MP to full in about 5 seconds, enough for another Thundaga cast to refresh the DoT and start all over again.
tl;dr: cast fire spells until out of MP, switch to ice until MP is full, back to fire.
devious.one
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So yeah, Dungeon grinding (more efficient, at least) will be a thing in 2.1:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/112798-increase-dungeon-xp?p=1506350#post1506350
Wish the exp thing was something they could just hotfix in.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/112798-increase-dungeon-xp?p=1506350#post1506350
SE Community Rep said:
Wish the exp thing was something they could just hotfix in.
There are time cards for EU but not NA? C'mon, Square...
get an ultimate game card and redeem it for crysta
I'm not sure I will be continuing past this month, but I'm glad they're doing this instead of nerfing the xp from fates
To the GAFer that said earlier to try battleping OMG I can dodge in titan now holy crap. still will never pass it probably cause forever alone but am least I'm not dead weight. I had tried Pingzapper and WTFast before but neither helped so I'm super surprised this does. thank you.
Unknown Soldier
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I guess this is going viral in the MMO community.
Meanwhile in South Korea...
It's a good read, especially for those of us who have been playing MMOs way too long over the years.
Meanwhile in South Korea...
It's a good read, especially for those of us who have been playing MMOs way too long over the years.
Even though the story ended up being fake, I think it rings pretty true. I've been playing MMOs since the genre's inception and it has always been my philosophy to help as many people as I can, because being that person who's behind everybody else who can't seem to catch up because nobody will do anything with them is incredibly tragic, and I don't want anyone to have to go through that. MMO communities can be really harsh, because a lot of people are only concerned with being as efficient as possible, not giving any thought to the future or to the plight of other players. MMOs don't just wane due to lack of interest, it's also because they can become impenetrable to new players thanks to mentalities like those described in the story. That's why it breaks my heart to see it so early and so strong in FF14, and why I do my best to help as many people as I can.
^Well said. I feel the same and, in FF XIV specifically, I focus on what I focus on not because I like seeing a number get bigger, but to be able to help others out in my own way.
Helping people to learn and encouraging them to stay is healthy for the game and usually mutually beneficial; unfortunately, many people don't care about making someone feel discouraged from playing the game as long as it shaves a minute or two off their run time. On the other hand there are lots of awesome people and I've already made some good friends, so tl;dr yep, it's an MMO.
Helping people to learn and encouraging them to stay is healthy for the game and usually mutually beneficial; unfortunately, many people don't care about making someone feel discouraged from playing the game as long as it shaves a minute or two off their run time. On the other hand there are lots of awesome people and I've already made some good friends, so tl;dr yep, it's an MMO.
I just started yesterday, and a lot of people have helped me when I've asked. Some ignored, but most people have been friendly. I'm on Ultros, and generally feel like the community is good. I have seen a few players from the GAF FC, and they helped direct me to registering on the Guildworks site. I don't know what the next step is, but most people in the world are helpful as I said, so if I get stumped it isn't a big problem. And already on GAF there have been a few people who PM'd me letting me know they'd help if I needed.
QisTopTier
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my question would be, unless i'm misunderstanding his question, how can you play the class to lvl30 without understanding that very very fundamental part of it? i just started lvling up the THM for swiftcast for my WHM and that pattern kicks in around lvl 4 or 5 i think (when you get transpose).
Exactly, for me as WHM it's legs and ring that I will get from myth and not wait for in Coil.
On a sidenote: Lost the roll on healer gloves yesterday
buuh RNGSo much <3 for this post. I couldn't agree more.
That is the reason, yesterday when I run DF for AK I told two of the others in the group to shut the hell up when they gave the dps in the group crap because it was his first run. They told him to get out and gear up in WP first and told him to go watch the fights on youtube. That hasn't happened for a while and it pissed me off so much, even more-so since the first boss the new guy did flawlessly and we didn't even notice he was a first-timer. Only after he got knocked off during Demon Wall did someone ask.
They started to rage and I told them to shove it, explained the fight to him and told him to just follow me and stay close. Granted I am a WHM in full DL with relic and I normally run AK in Cleric Stance, so I was able to pick up some dps slack. Seriously though.
People are just assholes and I reminded them that they had their first runs at one point or another. If you are an elitist like that just fucking run your own constant group and don't use DF. Can't be said enough. Zero tolerance for dumbasses treating others like shit.
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