tiggerkiddo
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Was gonna suggest that. It's what I use. I think it's like 10-15 bucks.
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Was gonna suggest that. It's what I use. I think it's like 10-15 bucks.
edgefusion
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Went into Brayflox last night, first time healing it, and had an awful time trying to keep up. I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong until we got to the first boss and the Pelican one-shot our tank... He hadn't unlocked Paladin yet and was trying to do it as Gladiator. The moment I mentioned it both DPS bailed, shortly followed by the tank. Luckily upon replenishing ranks I immediately got an awesome group and we beat it with ease.
This is the folly of fate grinding. When you eventually come to do a dungeon you don't have your class abilities, your job, and you haven't the slightest clue how to maintain aggro/play your class.
This is the folly of fate grinding. When you eventually come to do a dungeon you don't have your class abilities, your job, and you haven't the slightest clue how to maintain aggro/play your class.
This is pretty much what happened in Guild Wars 2 (all FATE like events) and later World of Warcraft expansions (almost no requirements to enter dungeons until level capped / endgame raiding.) It happens in a lot of other MMOs too.
You had a player base that was not eased into mechanics and at no point was tested in their abilities. Therefore, they simply didn't learn and hit a brick wall. The end results was for every player that knew what they were doing, there was three more that didn't. Such a thing is not healthy for an MMO long term.
I am extremely thankful that FFXIV forces you into group content. It means that the player base at higher levels and the level cap is generally pretty competent, and all it takes is some good direction to make them into truly amazing players. Everyone actually learned the basics of their class and stuff.
You may as well go MNK on your main as well, since you'll have 15 levels in PUG to go BRD.
Zomba13
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FFXI was really good at that before it became easier to solo. It forced you to group for pretty much everything from lvl 10 so you learned your class no matter what you were leveling no matter if it was your first or fifth. In XIV 2.0 I only had MNK at a highish level (39 I think it was) so went though all the content as SMN so learned the fights etc via story content and then when I was leveling PLD I did the dungeons at every step so I learned how to properly tank in this game. I grinded FATEs for the exp though but I did all the dungeons along the way (except Aurum Vale because fuck that place. It smells).
DF'd Titan EM. It was pretty amazing for how far we got even if we didn't succeed. No explanations or anything; everyone was geared and knew what they were supposed to do. I guess as time goes on these situations will become non-existent.
Got post heart on my first Duty Finder Titan Ex 2 days after the release of 2.1!
Since then, parties have been pretty shitty. People go in there without ever checking the fight beforehand = wasting the time of other people.
Yeah was able to get some good practice on adds phase which was a lot more than I expected.
For realz? rofl xD
Yup. Those are the actual lyrics to the boss theme.
DF'd Titan EM. It was pretty amazing for how far we got even if we didn't succeed. No explanations or anything; everyone was geared and knew what they were supposed to do. I guess as time goes on these situations will become non-existent.
Damn, I have to beat Garuda today and at least try to DF Titan EM a few times.
Nose Master
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Duty Roulette finds some gems sometime. Had a BLM (not a THM) last night sleeping adds, then immediately casting Fire II. I asked him why and he told me to shut up and tank. >_>;
That's...definitely some special DPSing there.
Risk Breaker
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I got my third commendation after my 4th duty, yay!
Damage after Putting to Sleep, clearly.
Damage after Putting to Sleep, clearly.
yaffi
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Sleep makes you vulnerable to fire!
Just a random thought, but it's pretty interesting to me that in this patch we actually got a lot of awesome music. The Pharos Sirius theme, all of the Crystal Tower music, the new Revenant's Toll theme and the return of some great 1.0 tracks. Makes me really hopeful for future patches.
There's always someone bot farming Fleece south of Dragonhead on Excalibur, blatantly teleporting from one mob to the other instantly.
I have reported multiple people but still see them botting there weeks after it happens.
Sidenote: What's your name on Excalibur, Ploid. I'm Nume Nushi.
Well, it doesn't matter until I get my account back.
AlphaDragoon
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Zomba13
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It's a known fact. If you're asleep you aren't going to be able to dodge the fireballs.
Bomber Bob
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yeah until the small CR2025 battery runs out.
software authenticator is still the safest way. just remember to backup your phone and you're golden
I think the hardware token is safer considering how unstable the software token is as seen in former reports. The battery lasts a hell of a long time. Be it having to wipe your phone, or the software itself bugging out. Can't say I was a huge fan of Blizzard's, but then again they had absolutely prompt customer service.
Well it doesn't matter if you do what you're supposed to and write down the emergency removal password. I was just in a hurry when I set it up on my new phone again because I needed to log in and do Coil, and I never remembered to go back and write it down.
Interested if EU region, for a friend.
Sent.
Thanks a lot !
Ploid 3.0
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Plois Dead. I hail from the Free Company of One Shot Taru, and chill out in the linkshell of Stars of Destiny. Some ffxi gaf people there.
I don't play past the level cap, I didn't finish the story, and I'm not a fan of the dungeons. I chat in ffxiv mostly, and pretend I'm a beastmaster on summoner killing easy prey.
creid
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We probably should have a warning about this in the OP. My software token got messed up once, and I would've been f'd without that emergency password.
Augemitbutter
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servers unstable? i have trouble logging in.
Imho adds are the only problematic phase of the whole fight. Rest is people just not dying...
FrankNitty
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Everytime the vortex ring of aiming drops i lose it. just now lost it to a blm that got his casting ring the run before then switched to brd and got that ring. he wouldn't pass it got it lol'd and then left.
God I hate ppl that play like that sometimes.
God I hate ppl that play like that sometimes.
What a jerk.
I hate people like that. ~_~
If you're not on your main, and there's another player there that is [that needs the item], don't roll on it! It really is that simple.
A little consideration goes a long way.
"I got mine" attitude at its worst. Sorry to hear that.
SoopaMan2K
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Yup! Happened to me twice with the shadow bow. Both BRD's were well over Lv 40 and didn't even need the weapon.
Wouldn't the solution be to register your main job upon the instance being started. That way you can only roll need based on that job, no matter what job you change to?
Those usually aren't actually "bots" per se, it's people using a macro that goes something like '/target Apkallu; /ac "Heavy Shot" <t>'.
They might be watching TV while hitting it, they might have something autofiring it and be afk, or they might actually be sitting there whacking it and fuming at you trying to steal mobs off them ;p
Ironically, non-stupid people who are actually using botting software are much harder to tell, given it runs around and uses skill rotations etc. The most common sign of those is getting stuck on the same bit of terrain repeatedly.
Oh also, shadowflare is a terrible way to tag mobs, the ticks are too far apart. Miasma 2 is better, but still has a relatively slow casting animation in comparison to bard attacks, which is why almost all the keyboard macroers are bards.
Unknown Soldier
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Unknown Soldier
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I've no issues using the software token, and the Square-Enix Accounts website specifically gives you a code and says WRITE THIS DOWN SO YOU DON'T LOCK YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT and if you refuse to do that it's your own lookout.
I simply screenshotted the page, printed it out with the code on it, and shoved the printout into the game box which is sitting on the shelf.
I actually had the hardware token from 1.0, but I didn't want it laying around all the time and inevitably getting lost somewhere and my phone is always on me so it made more sense to use the software token. Especially since one day the battery on the hardware token will die.
tiggerkiddo
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Killed King Moogle Mog three times today, he drops two bows and a WHM weapon...drop the book darnit! Got one of the bows at least.
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