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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT| Raiders of the Void Ark
- Thread starter Trojita
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Thats just crazy. I mean i've seen light rage from Hunts in shout...but in something with nearly negligible death penalty?
People don't like failure.
Mr Nash
square pies = communism
I think there's disliking failure, and then there's being something broken inside of them. Some of the intensity in those WoW rage videos reflects a worrying lack of perspective. It's one thing to be passionate about something, but that's too much. Strikes me as the gaming equivalent of those parents that beat the tar out of one another at their kids' soccer game. =S
Napalm_Frank
Member
The passion also shows when a group successes. I remember when we used to go absolutely nuts whenever we managed to down a new raid boss.
If XIV doesn't have angry reactions on that scale then I almost suspect the raid design is flawed from where I'm coming from
If XIV doesn't have angry reactions on that scale then I almost suspect the raid design is flawed from where I'm coming from
Mr Nash
square pies = communism
The passion also shows when a group successes. I remember when we used to go absolutely nuts whenever we managed to down a new raid boss.
If XIV doesn't have angry reactions on that scale then I almost suspect the raid design is flawed from where I'm coming from
I still don't see how that excuses such shitty behavior. If it's contained within a raid group where the person is entering it with the understanding that some folks will be like that, so be it. Unfortunately, it often spills over into random groups as well. I'll get frustrated with some of the people in my groups, but would never think to lash out like that. It's just extremely poor character, and it's a very tough sell to try and excuse it when it hits the general community.
People who tend to be dicks like that just wind up on my blacklist so I know not to associate with them. It doesn't matter how good they are at the game, I'll straight up dislike them as human beings if they think that sort of behavior is even remotely acceptable.
Unfortunately, some communities just turn the other cheek to it too much and as a result the toxicity can get out of control. It's one of the things I like about FFXIV. The community on the whole is pretty decent, and assholes tend to get called out on their behavior far more.
What are you doing? I just got my WAR (second class) to 58....also doing botanist and miner but they are far away at like 56...
Unknown Soldier
Member
lazybones18
Banned
grats
Congrats!
tiggerkiddo
Member
So to even get those items with red scrips like Moonbeam silk, Raziqcoat and etc...I'm gonna need not just my crafters to 60 but also a MIN and BTN at 60 as well? I...am in trouble there.
Yeah we all about dat ERP.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Yes, our chat has pretty strict requirements about being in character when talking
Take a look at that catgirl tank up there and tell me what you think.
Unbeliever in pants
Gonna try ERP with Faust when I get back online... I hope he will notice me.
Not after you have told me repeatedly that you are not a nice person in real life, no.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I already stopped playing last some number of days ago.
I'm currently tired of the game, but I will come back whenever the next story big chunk of story content comes along.
Like the stuff that doesn't require a static to do I mean.
tiggerkiddo
Member
You don't have to cap everything...I haven't even done a red scrip turn in because the cheap/easy ones never appear for me.
Then don't do them? You don't need Ixal quests to level crafters, HQ leves are still pretty damn great, even after exp nerfs. The daily GC turn ins are also pretty great.
I leveled my crafters pre-Ixal so I'm not sure how much exp they actually give, but I did max their rep and can safely say it'd have to be incredibly large to get me to do them every day again. Just really boring, and that was just the 6/day allowances.
Trying to get my crafters to 60. Even with just doing GC item turn ins, the recipes are pains in the ass. Then knowing I have scrips ahead of me after that? Makes me reconsider it all.
Ah, ya. I've dropped crafting completely from XIV . I was never a fan. I enjoy the exploration aspect of gathering though...but yes. Whichever Class...the grind is real.
tiggerkiddo
Member
A GAFer no less, for shame.
Only half hour? Ishgardian rates are real.
Somebody explain the entire current potion situation to me please. Why do I need a Master 3 book for a potion recipe that is only level 58 and uses like... a ton of stupid ingredients and only yields 1 per craft?
The worst part is I can't justify blowing one on a training dummy to see what impact it has on Wildfire.
The worst part is I can't justify blowing one on a training dummy to see what impact it has on Wildfire.
Pyros_Eien
Member
Luckily they're cheap because they also drop like crazy from maps, SE logic!
Tbh being an Alch specialist should craft like 5potions out of the mats or whatever, same for CUL, that'd be a good incentive to spec these. Could give other bonuses to other classes too I guess, like starting with 1000quality from the start or whatever.
That'd be on top of fixing the specialized skills so they don't suck nearly as much though.
I still can't wrap my head around the whistle system and the best part is that I don't have to.
No expanded inventory what.
HQ Dex pots were like 35k per when I checked earlier; I'll continue to mainline Xpots most of the time, because that's just too insane to be worth it.
Better late than never.
It's not just alchemy, all the crafters got items locked behind master book 3 that don't really fit the past master book stuff. Some of it is even required for level 56-58 leves, and the final class quests ask for items from the books too. It's just to force you to use the blue scrip system I think, the EXP/material investment is rarely worth it so they gate basic recipes behind it to make you do them any way.
The fact that you only make one potion per craft now is something else entirely, it's incredibly dumb and feels like a last minute change because (before they fixed it) GC turn ins still asked for batches of 3 for the new potions as well as dissolvents. On that note, imagine if dissolvents actually gave 3 per craft! Maybe that'd make up for the fact like every 55+ battle gear seems to require the crap to craft.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Which is why I have to hoard those bloody deepeye tears because they sure make you use those dissolvents like they are going out of style.
Pyros_Eien
Member
Oh could be I haven't checked since savage opened so I guess the demand skyrocketted especially with Faust. Just before though they were like the same as the old X pots prices due to maps. Can just use X pots anyway, the difference isn't really worth the cost, I mean if you NEED to meet the DPS check, the draco pots are slightly better, but the jump isn't nearly as much as it should be and once people start getting those i200 eso pieces, I'm sure they'll stop bothering buying draco pots.
Anyway whole crafting system is annoying atm, requiring 4-5 of everything to make anything, stupid hidden materials for basic material combines(hardsilver, titanium) and unspoiled on a non 60 material(adamantite, which they also picked for red scrips, to make sure they're worth a completely stupid amount) or like the stuff they had to add to a vendor at launch cause "eh guys let's put an unspoiled material in lvl 50 leather requirement, yay". Nerfed the good procs on everything to make crafting more RNG based and promote the specialization stuff even though it's weak that it'll still be worse than before based on RNG. And the red scrips nonsense.