Play at your own pace and don't worry about trying to keep up with others. Use the resources the game has availible like DF, PF, and of course asking in your FC. Do what's fun, though it might help if you focus on one class and do content with that class for awhile so you can do endgame content with everyone else in your FC.
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Play at your own pace and don't worry about trying to keep up with others. Use the resources the game has availible like DF, PF, and of course asking in your FC. Do what's fun, though it might help if you focus on one class and do content with that class for awhile so you can do endgame content with everyone else in your FC.
tiggerkiddo
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Joining a good FC makes things so much more enjoyable.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Thanks. I won't get free 30 days though as I bought the game back when it was crap
before it was realm rebornI'd say it plays like a FF in the sense that every FF plays differently. But it has a huuuuge amount of fan service from previous FFs which I love. I wouldn't be playing this game if it wasn't a mainline numbered entry in the series so all the shoutouts and FF trappings are hugely appreciated by me.
You should be able to yes and yes the servers are cross platform.
If you already own the PC version, you cannot apply the code to your account, so you'd get nothing. If you have the PS3 version, then the code will give you both 30 days and the CE content. This is why they offer the digital CE upgrade, for those who have the PC version but want the CE stuff.
That and the primals (and their importance in the story). I mean can you get more Final Fantasy than Ifrit, Ramuh, Bahamut and co.
WeaponKnight
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Looks like tomorrow there will be a big maintenance to apply patch 2.16 and PS4 support.
That's great, I really need to do some college stuff
That's great, I really need to do some college stuff
if I buy this, can I play on ps4 as well ?
Unknown Soldier
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Looks like tomorrow there will be a big maintenance to apply patch 2.16 and PS4 support.
That's great, I really need to do some college stuff
Maybe they'll put the PS4 beta servers up a few days early!
Yeah I know. Unlikely.
Thanks. I won't get free 30 days though as I bought the game back when it was crap
Well that's even better. Paying for a month of the "Entry" tier (only allowed 1 character per server) is £7.69 / 10.99 € / $12.99 USD. That's cheaper than buying the game. So you can just pay for a month and try it out.
Nope, you buy PC version, you get access to PC version.
If you buy PS3 version now, you can get a free upgrade to PS4 version (but lose access to the PS3 version) when it's available.
You can have both PS3/4 and PC on your account at once if you decide to buy both.
I've not played much of the game lately. I logged in on Saturday to run CT and cap my myth and grab my summoner pants. Then I logged in last night to run CT and try to crap my the royal gloves or shoes.
Between Lightning Returns, Bravely Default, Kingturn Underworld RPG, and no progress with Ruru EX/No coil group/Not being experienced with Ultima HM, I haven't had much of a reason to play lately.
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Between Lightning Returns, Bravely Default, Kingturn Underworld RPG, and no progress with Ruru EX/No coil group/Not being experienced with Ultima HM, I haven't had much of a reason to play lately.
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kittens
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Hey yall, I'm writing the OT for the PS4 Beta, and I'm looking for helpful resources for people who are totally new to the game. All I have so far are the original ARR OT by Ebil and this terms/abbreviations guide from Reddit. I also copied / pasted Kokonoe's list of GAF Free Companies and Linkshells for each server from this OT.
I imagine there are other resources I should include? I don't want to overload people with too much information. Just the basics to help them get oriented and playing with other GAFers. What do you think I should include? I'm new to the game myself, so I could use some help.
Thanks! I'm hoping to post the thread tomorrow morning.
I imagine there are other resources I should include? I don't want to overload people with too much information. Just the basics to help them get oriented and playing with other GAFers. What do you think I should include? I'm new to the game myself, so I could use some help.
Thanks! I'm hoping to post the thread tomorrow morning.
You shouldn't have much trouble finding a group capable of taking down Ultima HM at least. It's a fun fight, and there's usually a couple PF groups assembled every night for it.
Sounds like a case of poor time management. Do yourself a favor and just watch the ending of LR on youtube.
Perhaps on Ultros, but on Sarg, the majority of PF for things like the EX Primals and Ultima is "Farm Group. Know your shit or get kicked." or variants thereof.
Oh, I already know the ending. But, I already suffered through FFXIII 1 1/2 times, beaten XIII-2... Might as well finish what I started...
And thats why you should join us in ultros
I usually help do ultima HM farm runs.
While playing Dota, bravely default, making a sandwhich or frying an egg.
Usually all at the same time.
crackbabyjr
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That seems to be what most of the party finders I see are on Ultros are as well. But still half the group doesn't know what they're doing. Also, its usually the person who created the PF that is the worse one in the group, so its pretty funny sometimes.
Can't for another month or so? At least, they haven't announced transfer from LEgacy to non Legacy yet.
tiggerkiddo
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I'd say the vast majority of the game's population still has issues with Titan HM.
You say that, but we've personally been in examples where Ultima HM goes wrong quick.
So have I, but I've also gone into DF numerous times and one shotted it. Compared to the Extreme Primals, it's hecka easy finding groups capable of tackling Ultima.
Over half the GAF groups I joined or created for Ultima HM wiped and couldn't finish.
Unknown Soldier
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Go download the FFXIV PS4 beta version from PS Store if you want it. It's up worldwide apparently.
Well the fight is a bit challenging, especially for healers. That said, "less than half," is a heck of a lot more successful than the typical success rate for random groups taking down Extreme Primals.
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kittens
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Hey yall, I could really use some help with this stuff!
Also, which servers are GAF members most active on? Ultros seems to be the big one, but any others?
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kittens
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Is the list in the OP a list of *all* the servers, or just the servers with some GAF presence?
It's not about saving you time. It's about saving other people's time. When you do a dungeon for the first time, do you tell people you are new? Do you read any explanations they give or do you tell them to stuff it because you want to do it fresh? I'm guessing, or at least I hope, you don't. If that's the case, what is the difference between watching a video and reading a semi comprehensive text-dump? Expecting others to spend large amounts of time so you can "experience the game as it was meant to be" is far more selfish in my opinion. And do note I'm only talking about tougher end game content, everything up to maybe Garuda/Titan HM can be learned in a single attempt without much issue.
There are undoubtedly some jerks, and I'd never condone berating someone for any reason, but joining a group and expecting everyone to play around you is pretty selfish too. We can argue all day whether or not DF groups have unfair expectations, but we can't argue those expectations exist. Why waste a lot of time fighting that? It's like the whole Bone Dragon tanking spot. I think people who tank north are heretics and must be stopped, but I'm not going to fight it mid-instance because I don't want to waste a bunch of other people's time.
Premades (PF/FC/whatever)are generally the far better route for learning runs. Again you can argue that is unfair but it's undeniably the current environment.
The latter
Maybe for paladins and hollowed ground and a taunt macro, that's it really
Depends on the healer. The min/max ones will appreciate it.
Stone Ocean
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The only one that would matter to me is knowing is knowing when Convalescence is up to know I'm supposed to use the bigger heals, and even then I'll be too busy looking at the party list to actually notice the macro - plus I'd see you using it anyways. So IMO not worth the effort.
Thats fine. I personally just say something in mumble during a raid if I'm popping hollowed or convalesce
I didn't look at videos or read when I learned and figured things out with everyone else. It's selfish for me to expect then that people who weren't playing at launch or are slower at leveling would need to do research to play the game. Explaining in game is different to me than looking at some wiki. It is social and it is within the game. It is not extracurricular work as tutorials and videos are.
If it's DF I expect all sorts of people to join and I do not put unrealistic expectations on them to research. It's selfish for me to expect extra work from people just so I can get through stuff faster. Their experience is more important than my saved time in the endless end game gear grind.
If I don't have patience for new people then I need to go look for like-minded individuals to form a static group or make it clear what I want in PF so people can avoid me if they want to just play the game rather than satisfy my unfair expectations.
Whenever they add new content and I go do it, I'll continue as I always have. I will play the game instead of researching and watching videos. I have zero tolerance for jerks who value their time above everyone else. You can say I am selfish in that but if I have to choose between:
1) being selfish by believing everyone deserves to play the game without harassment or,
2) being selfish by believing my time is more important than your experience,
I'll choose the first option.
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kittens
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Oh, awesome. I somehow got it in my head that it was a list of ALL existing servers.
Can you tell I have no idea what I'm doing?
I'm gonna post the Beta OT tonight instead of tomorrow, I think. I'll link it here. If yall could take a look at it and make sure I didn't make any huge mistakes, that'd be appreciated.
Well there's Thrill of Battle as well, since that raises your max HP by 20% and one time heals you the same amount. I already have a macro for that, though, I initially put it in mainly for Lols.
"I've just used Thrill of Battle, therefore my HP is OVER NIIINE THOUSAAAAAND!!!"
But, yeah, might be a good idea to create a little announcement for Convalescence as well.
Well, being a controller user, holding down the Push to Speak button on the keyboard while playing is kinda difficult. The less I have to do it, the better.
Stone Ocean
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You're forgetting other people's times is also related to their experiences. Getting wiped never, ever feels good and some fights - specially playing DPS on primals - will have you wasting 20~30 minutes because you couldn't be bothered to read a text for 3 minutes.
Sure people should never, ever be dicks about it - I particularly loathe people with those shitty strike systems, blacklisting you if you die - but if you can't be bothered to at least ask people stuff you should look out for how is that not harassing 23 other players for no reason? I'll argue that DF should never set up any expectations, but a modicum of respect to actually want to help the 23 people with you win instead of trying to figure out on your own and making them miserable is just arrogantly selfish. If people aren't harassing you you owe them at least that because you're not beating that stuff on your own.
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