Haha, is there source for this?
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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT| Raiders of the Void Ark
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Haha, is there source for this?
Mechanically (yuk yuk) Machinist does play rather nicely, but the damage aspect is meh. Being out of GB still feels like it plays a lot smoother than being in GB. The biggest difference I have seen so far between WM and GB is that Gauss Round is a freaking instant cast EA. What the fuck. Still, GB seems super slow, the proc issue rears its head way more with GB, and it's probably just me, but Rapid Fire does not jive well whatsoever with my Wildfire rotation with GB.
I used to use it to get to the procs super quick to hit my auto crit fully buffed Clean Shot, but now I end up wasting like 1-2 GCDs insta-casting instant cast procs. Any tips, Angary-senpai?
Cat girls will finally get those big asses everyone has wanted but it will only be for the pint-sized versions.
Smooth Operator
Member
Same but... i don't want to leave GAF on Ultros :'(
Warrior.
Good tank, good dps, instant quick-match/queue.
Easy to tank with Overpowered spam if you don't know what the hell you are doing.
And you will never have to worry about dungeon wait time so you can level and gear up faster.
GAF was a mistake. It's nothing but Lalafells.
That airship name will be the decline of the FC.
WM you are rooted or at the mercy of Straighter Shot procs. Those are your options, unless you want to spam Feint like it's going out of style (and if we count Feint spam, MCH gets it too.) It's just bland. There's no depth to the class, no planning, no control. It's pure RNG in all the worst ways.
GB gives you a few tools to deal with things. You can proc fish if there's movement coming up soon-but-not-now. You can bank procs on 3 and then 2 to ensure you have an instant-cast handy without wasting any potential future procs (vs sitting on Straighter Shot, where every Heavy Shot you do with it up is a potential wasted Straighter Shot proc); ammo gives you guaranteed GCDs for movement, ditto Rapid Fire. There's a lot you can change about the MCH rotation to cope with movement, especiallly in FFXIV's insanely scripted boss fights.
Basically on MCH if I'm stuck rooted somewhere mashing one hoping for RNG to bless me, there are probably a few choices I made along the way to get there. On Bard it's just praying for RNG all day every day. I do think Reload/Quick Reload need slightly shorter CDs because the stretches in between are a little too long, but MCH I usually look at an encounter and think there are things I can do to deal with it. BRD is just deal with turret mode or eat the damage loss from turning it off.
They're not wasted--you're shrinking your GCD for the instant-cast procs, too, letting you fit an extra GCD-ish into Wildfire. I do go against max DPS/conventional wisdom (surprise!) and sit on Rapid Fire when I know I'll need to move, or if I want to Hot Shot/Lead Shot/Get my first proc really, really fast after a jump phase, but using it in the opener isn't really a waste if you can gain an extra hit.
My MCH opener is hot garbage right now, though. There are somehow more buttons to hit than bard, the Wildfire timer giving a massive punishment for missing something, and then Rapid Fire messing with oGCD weaving for those GCDs.
Does anyone have a pic from that "doma adventurers guild" quest where it zooms in on a Lalafell and it says "LALAFELLS!!!!" underneath?
Cause that is my exact reaction everytime I see a Lala.
Cheers.
You should probably roll one of the DPS classes. Any of them, really. DPS have very limited responsibilities in early dungeons, and you can follow along with others until you know the ropes.
Tanks are more of a leadership role, and people will expect you to know what you're doing. DPS you can just kind of do your own thing for the most part.
There are a couple of pretty "easy" classes like Archer and Lancer you can try out at first, but once you hit level 10 on your first class you can change to anything you'd like, so you can try out a multitude of different jobs to find one that you like.
Razzorn34
Member
Considering how the playerbase can be, I wouldn't recommend a Tank to anyone new. If you go with it, you had better have really thick skin.
Play a DPS to start with.
Agreed with the amount of buttons. Basically the way I see it you're gonna need to hit Blood for Blood, Hawk's Eye, Raging Strikes, Hot Shot, Lead Shot, Reload, Gauss Round, Head Graze, Blank, all while doing your 1-2-1-3-2-1-3-2 before Wildfire ticks off. It's a bit overwhelming trying to squeeze all of that in with the cast times. However, seeing that 2k+ Wildfire is so worth it.
I also realize I'm not even putting Hypercharge shit in at all yet because I don't even have access to that stuff. So many buttons.
Oh man, nice incentive for help groups right there.
Because I play BLM almost exclusively, I forget that other classes have to work hard for their one cool ability to hit like a wet noodle.
Am I missing it? I mean that's pretty sweet for the person getting help, but I don't see the incentive for helping others.
I think the token thing does add a layer of validation to helping though; no more running a 4/4 to have the only loot drop be some random DRG shoes for a DRG-less group. Depending on how token trade-ins work out, people could gear up not terribly via help groups.
Add in Hypercharge and Ricochet once you hit 60; it's a lot. Hypercharge in particular is one you have to put in like... immediately, since it buffs everything you do after.
(But... yeah, the numbers get insane. I screwed up royally on a dummy yesterday and still got 5.5k Wildfire. Tanks who focus on DPS over hate generation and don't know how MCH works occasionally get surprised.)
Add in Hypercharge and Ricochet once you hit 60; it's a lot. Hypercharge in particular is one you have to put in like... immediately, since it buffs everything you do after.
(But... yeah, the numbers get insane. I screwed up royally on a dummy yesterday and still got 5.5k Wildfire. Tanks who focus on DPS over hate generation and don't know how MCH works occasionally get surprised.)
The real reason for this is the second you're flying, the illusion that all that stuff outside of the boundaries of real zones is real fades away. Everything's designed to look real from a ground perspective, they ran around the perimeter of the zone and figured out what they needed to do to make it look semi believable.
The old zones are highly decorated boxes, like a movie set.
Well I'm also only level 56, so I assume that the damage is gonna go up when I'm 180whatever.
But yeah, it's a lot of work for that damage, but it's also 25% of the damage that's been done during the course of that duration, so you can do a decent bit. Not 10k crits, mind you, but it should end up being a respectable number that will promptly tear off of a tank, which should make any BLM who doesn't wanna get Quelling Strikes very proud.
Ah. I was wondering why I saw flags flying at half mast today.
Zomba13
Member
The real reason for this is the second you're flying, the illusion that all that stuff outside of the boundaries of real zones is real fades away. Everything's designed to look real from a ground perspective, they ran around the perimeter of the zone and figured out what they needed to do to make it look semi believable.
The old zones are highly decorated boxes, like a movie set.
Well in the new zones when you get to an edge or too high you just hit a magic forcefield. They would need to do some work on the mountains and tops/back angles of some places that you never see from the ground but they can then just put a big invisible wall up when they don't want us getting out of bounds like in outer la noscia and then walking all around upper la noscia.
Blame the dark knights. They are trash at keeping aggro even when I'm more focused on watching a show on my other monitor than actually paying attention to my enochian.
They'd have to rework the boundaries of 2.0 zones too. There are invisible walls all around any bodies of water and the like that probably extend all the way upward as well which isn't a problem in HW because they let you fly over those walls (cause they were designed in tandem)
Sir Griffith
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As a person leveling DRK, how is this even possible lol
With Dark Arts, Dark Knights can get stupid amounts of aggro. /shrug
Sent you a PM.
I would say a dps would probably be good start. Unlike a lot of MMOs you can be any class in the game and can freely switch, so it's not really a major commitment no matter what you choose.
Something like Archer or Arcanist would be good, both are ranged with lots of movement (and arcanist gets a pet that can tank stuff for you). Later down the line arcanist can turn into both a healer or a dps, so you can get some flexibility and try another role faster.
I'll quote someone from my FC:
"I want to use a big sword but I don't want to tank."
~the overwhelming majority of Dark Knights~
What's dumb is Dark Knights are pretty shitty right now. They don't hit very hard. Their hardest hitting ability doesn't even come close to Fell Cleave.
Doesn't matter, they look stylish.
EndcatOmega
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The real reason for this is the second you're flying, the illusion that all that stuff outside of the boundaries of real zones is real fades away. Everything's designed to look real from a ground perspective, they ran around the perimeter of the zone and figured out what they needed to do to make it look semi believable.
The old zones are highly decorated boxes, like a movie set.
Yeah, it was the same thing in WoW- the topography vanished as soon as you left the places you were supposed to go (barring weird easter eggs like the airport and old ironforge). Though it wasn't quite as ridiculous as XIV where if you can cheat outside the boundaries you'll be in a horrible void in about 2 seconds.
Hopefully it's the closest lalafell.
Edit: That being said, "Accidental Amputation" would be an excellent name for an attack.
I think it looks fine on my Miqo'te, I look like I'm going to run someone through. I just feel like the class is ridiculously weak right now and needs some potency buffs.Especially on Carve and Spit, which could actually be bugged anyway seeing the description and what it actually does. At least let us use it as much as a warrior can use Fell Cleave if you won't allow it to hit as hard, god damn.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Which job is it that uses guns?
So THAT's how JP players have such a high average DPS.
I accidentally my healer
The whole healer?
Napalm_Frank
Member
BlazingDarkness
Member
Machinist.
You get a token even if you haven't cleared.
I am reading it right then, no real incentive for the person helping, just for the person receiving help. Not that that's bad, just sounded like you meant something different.
Well, it's nice for people who maybe weren't able to clear for the week. At least they get something?
Zomba13
Member
You could explore almost all of Upper La Noscea if you got out of bounds in Outer La Noacea.
irfaanator
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still wont get in on kagari's karries though