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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT| Raiders of the Void Ark
- Thread starter Trojita
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You get a chunk of bonus EXP that scales based on the difference between your level and the dungeon's level. So Sastasha for instance, the mobs give shittier EXP than a 58 dungeon, so they compensate with a big EXP piñata at the end. This only happens on the first run of the roulette each day, though, IIRC.
You'd get that 23k every subsequent run afterward, regardless of the dungeon it picks.
Rose of Eternity
Banned
All the DR's give hundreds of thousands. I never really pay attention to the window rewards, just as long as I see a bunch of shiny, flashing stuff I know I haven't done it yet today.
djplaeskool
Member
Yeah. I know for a fact on a couple of occasions, I've had tanks with happy feet get Surpanakha spammed on everyone.
I'll just have to grind this out tonight, I hope.
Will do that in the future
Zomba13
Member
I'm not 100% sure the scaling in "undersized" overlevelled parties will really matter much. I mean, we've seen three lvl60 tanks (two WAR and a PLD) beat Titan EX. Like, even with increased damage you have a lot more hp and more abilites and higher dps so it still works out being easier than using the normal size party.
I still want to get a group of lvl 60s together to do some primal pony farms. Should be super fast and easy now with 8 lvl60s.
I still want to get a group of lvl 60s together to do some primal pony farms. Should be super fast and easy now with 8 lvl60s.
or dual masters, but then that'd just be full of pop culture references which the game already has...
Finally did my first dungeon earlier today, the Dusk Vigil, and wow at what unfolded there after the Calamity. Read between the lines of the journal entries you find; what a tragedy.
I had been making mad profits by buying regular i115 equipment in Ishgard and putting it on the market for people who presumably could not yet visit Ishgard. The arbitrage party is over now, though; everybody is unloading all their story-related HQ i115 gear at lower and lower prices and there's no market for NQ stuff, with a few exceptions
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I had been making mad profits by buying regular i115 equipment in Ishgard and putting it on the market for people who presumably could not yet visit Ishgard. The arbitrage party is over now, though; everybody is unloading all their story-related HQ i115 gear at lower and lower prices and there's no market for NQ stuff, with a few exceptions
which my rapaciously capitalist retainers will closely guard
Bugger, had to end up buying it on disc for PS4. Because I have early access from a cancelled pre-order, it says I can't purchase the PSN version because I already own it. DAMN YOU SONY.
Slightly cheaper though and it's coming tomorrow, so hopefully it comes before early access is turned off.
Slightly cheaper though and it's coming tomorrow, so hopefully it comes before early access is turned off.
Razzorn34
Member
Definitely. Which is why I'm enjoying them quite a bit more currently. None of the original classes are very difficult to play, and were less interesting as a result. You just filled a role. So, I took up WAR since tanking is generally interesting.
DRK and AST especially aren't intended for people who just want to spam a few abilities and roll through dungeons.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I was always skeptical about summons being Primals in this game but the info surrounding how they come into existence is an interesting concept imo.
Living beings willing and praying their gods or legends into existence is a neat concept. I found it interesting how what is actually summoned is merely an interpretation of the actual being in question, and not them brought back from the dead. Combine that with them naturally draining the surrounding environment of aether in order to sustain themselves, it makes sense why they are so dangerous.
I'm saving some of my quest rewards for when people start leveling second classes. Apart from that, only making money by having my retainer get gelato. 5-10k per hour isn't much but it ads up.
Or if you were in my rage-inducing Ravana HM with Zan, the tank who had the mark for those frontal AoEs decided to kite the boss in a circle and get me wrecked by them.
They really need to add open world dungeons for this very reason. Just think if Dusk vigil was a place I could run through and take my time and explorer instead people just want to get the dungeon over with a quickly as possible.
Huge misstep not having open world areas like dusk vigil/Stone Vigil.
I finally managed to complete the game, and there were so many geek-out moments at the end:
Really well done, Yoshi-P and team.
In the Aetherochemical Facility when the second boss summons Coil stuff. Oh hello T7.
The female Ascian making ready to flee, but instead the WoL casually lobs the aether trap at her. "Here, catch!"
Lahabrea finally going down like the punk bitch he is, cut down by the Sword of Omens.
When King Thordan used mechanics from every primal in his fight, but then also KNIGHTS OF THE FUCKING ROUND which I totally should have seen coming with the Heavens' Ward being there.
Aymeric's inspiring promise to Midgardsormr and joining the Eorzean Alliance.
Really well done, Yoshi-P and team.
OsirisBlack
Banned
Is there anyway walk to Ok Vandu Mok from either of the crystals in cloudcamp? I have been trying to get there for hours and there does not seem to be a way to walk there which dosnt make sense seeing as there is an air current you need to get there before you can fly.
Edit ... found it.
Edit ... found it.
I'd love to play it, but I don't know if that'll be possible now post-HW especially given DPS queues...
I honestly think Coil was just too hard for a lot of people.
Is it weird to have multiple characters? I skipped a lot of the story when I was playing and would like to go through it. My other reason is that the GAF FC is so large that I find it hard to make strong connections with people, a character at a smaller FC might give me the fix I'm looking for.
Pyros_Eien
Member
You're misjudging where the current is, most likely. There is a way to the middle of the map by going all the way to the east on the upper levels, goes through
imperial camps
The Elite
BOSS
It's not weird at all.
Rose of Eternity
Banned
I just had this convo with Guy and Scything this morning lol. People just need to jump into fc chat more!
I too would love to finally do turns 6 to 13 at some point. Maybe when much of GAF has finished Heavensward, we can get some Coil clearing parties going. Groups always get together to help people do older content; after I finished my Relic weapon with some help from GAF (ages ago), I joined one and we helped someone else do the whole train what felt like an hor or so. It was great.
Nope. I have a few that I play. For me, it's mostly wanting to try out the different races. Each race/class combo looks and feels a little different to me, so it just depends on what kind of mood I'm in. It probably prevents me from making more progress in the later stages of the game, but eh... I'm not so much interested in end-game as I am with the journey itself.
Every current can be accessed from the two crystals. I spend a lot of time trying to get the last one because I thought it was on the higher island, but it was really on the lower one.
Early access for Heavensward is already over... the game has completely released.
yaffi
Member
Dear diary,
Today I payed a visit to Revenant's Toll and got roped into tracking down some girl and giving her back a pair of earrings.
Now a bunch of kids want me to play treasure hunter with them. I tried to turn them down, but their arguments were pretty convincing. I think I can delay ending the War a little bit.
I am the Warrior of Light!
Today I payed a visit to Revenant's Toll and got roped into tracking down some girl and giving her back a pair of earrings.
Now a bunch of kids want me to play treasure hunter with them. I tried to turn them down, but their arguments were pretty convincing. I think I can delay ending the War a little bit.
I am the Warrior of Light!
Well shit.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
The concept for a Thought Form or Tulpa is actually an old concept. It's pretty interesting. Supernatural had an episode about one.
SnakeLinkSonic
Member
I have my Legacy character and my primary one. Comes in handy but by and large the game bends over backwards so you don't have to create alts left and right.
...It's about time they coughed up another free retainer though.
Ahhh, right. Today is the last day to play with just the early access code, correct? After this you have to register a HW key?
8 additional retainers cost $16 extra a month right? No thank you.
TharpDaddy
Member
Quick questions:
Once I fulfill the requirements to become a Black Mage is there any reason to not switch to that job? Will I be hamstringing myself by leaving THM at level 30?
As a thaumaturge when should I be using Scathe? I'm already limited by the 2.5gcd when casting my other spells so I end up not being sure what Scathe's use is.
Once I fulfill the requirements to become a Black Mage is there any reason to not switch to that job? Will I be hamstringing myself by leaving THM at level 30?
As a thaumaturge when should I be using Scathe? I'm already limited by the 2.5gcd when casting my other spells so I end up not being sure what Scathe's use is.
Stormhammer
Member
Finally got to wander around Western Coerthas last night. I've barely unlocked any of the map and the zone feels a lot bigger or at least more open than the ARR zones. Loving it 
Dreamwriter
Member
There is no reason to not switch to Black Mage, that is what you should do. I think you lose one or two cross-class abilities from other classes, but that's really minor. As for Scathe, it's useful when you want to do damage while moving, as it's the only spell you have that can do that. Or if you need to do a little bit of damage really fast, like trying to get credit for a FATE by tagging a monster when those monsters are getting killed faster than your normal cast times. But usually, it's not worth being part of any spell rotations.
TharpDaddy
Member
Cool, thanks!