This is somewhat making it difficult for me, who is just starting out, to do FATEs on par with my level.
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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn |OT3| LFT Full Relic and DL Required
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They fucked up CT so hard. Can't go as fc. 1 piece per week.
Wtf square. If the dungeon is bad, I see many people quitting.
Better be the most fun raid ever, that's all I gotta say.
Bomber Bob
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Point taken!well, if your leveling your first job FATEs are kinda optional
I suppose they'll be more important when I get around to levelling Marauder.
Because of how efficient FATEs are for leveling, and what it requires to get a Gold rating for a FATE, most people group up, which means most people gravitate to the best areas to group up. So, you can find people to do FATEs with in the following areas (these are general levels):
10 - 20 Western La Noscea/Aleport
20 - 28 South Shroud/Quarrymill
28 - 35 Eastern La Noscea/Costa Del Sol
35 - 42 Coerthas/Camp Dragonhead
42 - 50 North Thanalan/Ceruleum Processing Plant
You can stay for a few levels extra in these areas if you like your group, or leave a few level earlier if you hate the area, but this is pretty much where everyone is for FATEs. By the time you get to Marauder though, 2.1 might be out (about a week and a half to go!), at which point it might be faster to do dungeons.
Yu Narukami
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For those that want to read the whole interview.
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/119279-FFXIV-Famitsu-Interview-with-Yoshida
Why can't they just simply say what skill will be taken away from bards?
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/119279-FFXIV-Famitsu-Interview-with-Yoshida
Why can't they just simply say what skill will be taken away from bards?
TheJollyCorner
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ok, got through all of the registration woes and played for about 3 hours last night.
Worked my way up to Lv.6 (playing as a Gladiator), joined the Gladiator Guild, beat my first boss, and loving every moment. I have yet to join a party or even explore that much, but all in due time I imagine.
My lord how much of an improvement this is over FFXI to me. Keep in mind, I only played FFXI from about Nov. 2003 thru May 2004, so I'm not sure how much they changed in the course of the last 10 years.
I still need to get the hang of the various button commands (playing via PS3).
I'm on Ultros and have officially registered to join the Gather Against Fate heroes.
Hopefully you guys have room for a rookie. Ran into a few GAFers last night (Darkness Tear was one of them; I think I ran into Red Xiii) and was mindful to bow to show my respect.
Cheers!
Worked my way up to Lv.6 (playing as a Gladiator), joined the Gladiator Guild, beat my first boss, and loving every moment. I have yet to join a party or even explore that much, but all in due time I imagine.
My lord how much of an improvement this is over FFXI to me. Keep in mind, I only played FFXI from about Nov. 2003 thru May 2004, so I'm not sure how much they changed in the course of the last 10 years.
I still need to get the hang of the various button commands (playing via PS3).
I'm on Ultros and have officially registered to join the Gather Against Fate heroes.
Hopefully you guys have room for a rookie. Ran into a few GAFers last night (Darkness Tear was one of them; I think I ran into Red Xiii) and was mindful to bow to show my respect.
Cheers!
GraveRobberX
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Yes, but those kids will have other things to take away there time too
Games they have purchased for their console/PC waiting to be played, new consoles to taer open and play, MMO is a huge time sink, with 2.1 it doesn't ease them to catch up in progression, it makes them try to overcome stupid weekly lock out hurdles
Most who are joining in on are from the PSN or GMG FFXIV deals right now
Yes, but starting out any on the starter zones has not that many people running, FATEs can be soloed (some of them), some you do need people
That's what I was trying to say, if you alone and FATE pops, what do you do?
I know a CNJ can't solo most of the single mobs, the newer people don't even have a choco companion to help them out in this mix
I'm in the same boat as you. I'm trying the 30-day free trial of WTFast right now and it seems to be working better (not perfect but definitely better) so you might want to try that for now, and hopefully by the end of the free trial SE/TWC/Tata have their shit together.
GraveRobberX
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The way FFXIV from 2.1 on, is going to be played like a daily different RPG every week
Rather than you get to choose what you want to invest your time into, the game makes those choices for you, cause once you do them, it's better to wait till next week to start again
2-3 days are your Coil Days
1 day is your CT day
1 day is for your gathering/crafting days
1 is for the beastmen hunts/help FC through something
1 is for extreme primals
1 is off day, which becomes cap your myth day, hello Sirius/HM Dungeons/WP + AK
Repeat ad nauseum
So your week can be packed, but now you have to either say fuck you, not going to be held hostage and just say bye to the game or you truck through it, like scheduled playdates with the game and try to do it on a daily basis
Also I'm just using this as a template for players who work and can only log in for say 3+ hours a day
I mean for those who log in as a day/night job, lockouts will be a bitch to deal with, most will either just do their daily grinds and go do other stuff or bitch like me =3
Rather than you get to choose what you want to invest your time into, the game makes those choices for you, cause once you do them, it's better to wait till next week to start again
2-3 days are your Coil Days
1 day is your CT day
1 day is for your gathering/crafting days
1 is for the beastmen hunts/help FC through something
1 is for extreme primals
1 is off day, which becomes cap your myth day, hello Sirius/HM Dungeons/WP + AK
Repeat ad nauseum
So your week can be packed, but now you have to either say fuck you, not going to be held hostage and just say bye to the game or you truck through it, like scheduled playdates with the game and try to do it on a daily basis
Also I'm just using this as a template for players who work and can only log in for say 3+ hours a day
I mean for those who log in as a day/night job, lockouts will be a bitch to deal with, most will either just do their daily grinds and go do other stuff or bitch like me =3
Yeah, I see alot of new players getting time outs on NM FATEs from the starter areas because theres not enough people.
Sir Griffith
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This was added by Slycer near the end of that thread:
Another new interview on a website onlinegamer.jp with a few new points... working on translation now, here's what I got so far, I'll keep updating:
-Only about 10% of players are participating in the Binding Coil. That's actually higher than they anticipated, though.
-People have gotten through turns 1 through 4 more easily than they expected, and they are saying this is because Paladin turned out to be a more powerful tank than they had planned for.
-The current turns of Binding Coil won't be made easier in 2.1, but there will be some difficulty relaxation in 2.2 when more turns are added.
-They aren't implementing it yet, but they are planning to implement a resume function for downloading client and patch data in the future. The size of patch 2.1 is expected to be several GB. They are trying to keep it as small as possible, but housing takes up a large amount of resources.
-Dungeon-specific furniture will be added to encourage people to go back and retry old dungeons. A few of these parts already dropped before player housing was added, but most will be added in 2.1.
-Gathered materials like ore and lumber will play a large role in housing construction - some directly gathered, some will require crafting first.
-Crafted furniture will be biased towards carpenter in 2.1, but they plan to even it out in the future. Alchemy and cooking will play a larger role in PvP.
-Duty Roulette is broken up into four playlists:
Low Level: Sastasha, Tam Tara Deepcroft, Copperbell Mines, Bowl of Embers, Halatali, Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak, Haukke Manor, Brayflox's Longstop, Temple of Qarn, Cutter's Cry, Stone Vigil, The Navel, Dzemael Darkhold, Aurum Vale, Howling Eye, Cape Westwind
High Level: Wanderer's Palace, Amdapor Keep, Copperbell Mines (Hard), Haukke Manor (Hard), Pharos Sirius
Guildhests: All of the guildhests, basic training through Solemn Trinity
Main Scenario: Castrum Meridanum, The Praetorium
-The crafter level required to make furniture will be related to the item level which corresponds to the dungeon where the material comes from.
-They hope to deliver patch 2.2 more quickly than the time between 2.0 and 2.1.
Got to level 12 last night and am having a blast. Being able to dye my gear can't come soon enough, though. At one point I had baby blue pants, helm and boots, with red and bronze body armor and yellow gloves. Looked like a walking Easter egg, lol. I finally got some matching gear on the market board to hold me over, but I really want to find a nice set.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
You on ultros?
Let me know Iron, I have crafting classes than create better color dyes, can create you 10+ pots of your favorite color, then you can dye them all you want to which color
I can go mine or botany the pigments you need
The red pigments gives a nice dark red that I can make for ya
Man, talk about setting expectations low, means at the moment it still looks like it could be another 4 months away from now.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
With even more Lockouts!
My character currently looks ridiculous. Purple blouse top with attached mini skirt and purple tights and small boots. smh. He looks like a ballerina. when I get online later tonight, priority #1 is getting a new wardrobe.
Maybe they need to introduce more accessory slots so they can stall longer.
I was suggesting that if someone really wanted to actually do FATEs, they have to get a group to do so. FATEs are not worth doing if you have to solo them (and as you say, not even possible to complete in many cases). Thankfully, on your first job, as mentioned by Bomber Bob, you don't need to do FATEs at all, given how many quests you have available.
If you're alone and a FATE pops, you ignore it. It's not ideal, but that's the way the game is played. Until they fix/adjust scaling, FATEs aren't worth doing solo. With the upcoming patch, given what we've seen of the exp increase so far, I suspect that FATEs will become the leveling method to use only if you don't have a guild/LS, or don't have the time to do a full dungeon.
As an aside, though I think that they should tweak the way FATEs are scaled, I'm okay with FATEs being a group-only thing.
Yep, I am on Ultros. I bought some grey dye for when I can finally use it, but black and maybe some red would be nice. How much gil would it cost me? And now that gear sets are available, where do I find them?
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Nothing I'll make it for you
Vendor sells low quality colors cheap
The crafters get access to higher color dye
I'll make ya 10 soot black, 10 snow white, and 10 Dalmund(sp?) Red
Any other colors?
I'm logging in right now, will go grab the pigments
Damn, no need to go to the trouble, but I thank you all the same. I will not be able to hop on until later. Do you need my character name or what?
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
It will take me 10 min tops
Not a huge deal, I'll just make 'em and save them in my inventory
When you log in later, just send me a tell if I'm on (Grave Robber)
If you say it in here and I'm reading GAF, I'll log in
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Hello, folks.
Besides the OT, are there any good FF14 starter guides out there that are worth a read?
Besides the OT, are there any good FF14 starter guides out there that are worth a read?
Will do, and thanks again for taking the time.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Already done, told you it would only take 10 minutes
Took 5 minutes to go gathe rthe supplies, 5 minutes to craft the items
Created ya 10 snow white, 10 soot black, 5 dalamud red, 5 wine red
Once I see ya, I'll come to you and trade this and give ya extra welcoming presents (~.^)
Unknown Soldier
Member
This game doesn't need new classes when they seem to spend all their time thinking of new ways to prevent you from gearing up the classes you already have.
Today I logged into Cactuar, and discovered with heavy heart that my free company had disbanded =(
But I am rerolling a new character on Ultros yay!!!! =)
Please feel free to add me: Aero Angel. I look forward to joining the GAF free company soon!!
Since I am pretty familiar with the game hopefully I will level up much quicker this go around.
But I am rerolling a new character on Ultros yay!!!! =)
Please feel free to add me: Aero Angel. I look forward to joining the GAF free company soon!!
Since I am pretty familiar with the game hopefully I will level up much quicker this go around.
Samurai would be nice, but I'll be focusing on Marauder/Warrior for awhile yet. Then on to Lancer/Dragoon.
The game is fairly straight-forward, particularly prior to endgame, so I'd honestly just play it, and maybe read a macro-writing guide once you get more abilities if you decide you don't want to on-off ever ability on the hotbars. You basically just need to decide what combat role you'd enjoy playing for your first class.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Pro-Tip on MRD, put all those bonus points into VIT+
At the lower levels you will be like there's no ROI, but in the higher levels it will matter
If you put into STR, later down the line might have to burn 10,000 GC Seals to by the hymn which erases your bonus allocation and let you put them again however you like
It's only +30 points, but they became a good nice buffer to add into the right place
At the lower levels 1 VIT+ bonus gives 9 points of HP, but by the time you are 50, those same points now give you +15 HP, so 30 points = an extra 450 HP+
Also each class has it's own +30 points don't worry about saving and thinking where to allocate them that if you +VIT on MRD/WAR, LNC/DRG gains them also, they do not, you earn +30 class, you job takes those points also
So
GLD/PLD + MRD/WAR = +VIT
PUG/MNK + LNC/DRG = +STR
ARC/BRD = +DEX
ACN/SCH + CNJ/WHM = +MND
ACN/SMN + THM/BLM = +INT
Only way that you might have to split is ACN due, cause both SCH & SMN share ACN stats, so up to you which you favor, some do 15 INT+, 15 +MND, or 30 in one they will use more
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
On the issue of the starting Fate areas. With 2.1 being so close, "VERY," few people are going to be leveling a new class right now. They'll be waiting until after the update, when they have the Dungeon XP buff to work with.
While Fate's will probably never be, "as," crowded after that point, at least the starting area's should improve a bit after that point.
While Fate's will probably never be, "as," crowded after that point, at least the starting area's should improve a bit after that point.
You are the bomb.com sir thank you again! (>^_^)>
This is gonna be a long ride lol wonder which grand company would be a good choice... I picked twin adder last time...
WeaponKnight
Member
Do I need to install the PS3 version to add it to my account, or I get a code?
I'm planning on buying it on PSN instead of paying the subscription this month, but I don't want to play it on PS3.
I'm planning on buying it on PSN instead of paying the subscription this month, but I don't want to play it on PS3.
That's what I'm afraid of. If they're going to do this they need to force players to complete the raid before they get an item.
Sir Griffith
Member
So what happens if say 19 people who are loot-locked go in CT to help, and after everyone who wasn't locked each got a drop? Would gear after that start hitting the ground?
Loot is supposed to be locked to parties iirc, not locked to the whole alliance. It would be terrible to get a drop split between that many people. I also recall in the last liveletter that they said they would lock the number of times you would be able to NEED on loot. I assumed it would be a CT lockout on NEEDing not outright lockout on drops in general which blows imo.
Also found the QA on the drops being party specific
Sir Griffith
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That's how I'm seeing it atm. Which is just plain dumb. And you better make sure you pass, even if the gear drops to you because no one wanted it, you're locked for the week.
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