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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT| Raiders of the Void Ark
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Every single guildhest in the game should have been mandatory and the mechanic that you are expected to learn in each should have been more unforgiving (ie unrecoverable). If they had done that then maybe we'd have less garbage players at end game.
WarMacheen
Member
I'm finally really getting into FF14 after having the game since launch. Thanks for that link this section helped
http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Content_Unlock
It will probably get fixed when Alexander patch hits along with the crit heals from WAR (which I will miss)
I do love getting 2 things for the price of 1 dark art
Got a spouse and an army of lalafells to carry me in queues (cause they want minions)
I've been following this, dont know if it's complete/up-to-date or not.
You'll likely end up needing them on your first job to level unless you grind dungeons or fates. Had to grind all of the side quests available in the churning mists to get from 55 to 56 to continue the main story quest.
I've seen maybe one minion drop the whole time from 51-60. :<
Pyros_Eien
Member
Just TP to mist and use your skills on the dummy/read them, takes like 5mins to figure it out, it's not so bad.
Azzurri
Member
Ohh, nice!
Thanks
Does the story give appropiate gear level now so you can go to Heavensward?
Gamer @ Heart
Member
Basically.
The first thing i do is delete the entire bar, and read every skill as i place them.
At this point for a dps or tank, you know the pattern of the early skills. The 3 hit combo moves, the early dot, the stun/silence, the buff, the stance change etc. I just slot them into where i am most familiar with them being from other classes.
ArcticDonkey
Member
Howdy all,
I tried out the trial for a few days and I'm thinking of jumping in proper. This is my first MMO and I was frankly beyond overwhelmed the first time I played. I'm starting to get a good feel for the general flow of things now. I just have a few beginner questions.
1. Any fun class recommendations for someone new to MMO's?
I tried Arcanist until level 15 and while it was fun, I can see managing the pets skills and positioning being very tough for me. I was thinking of starting again and going conjurer/WM, are they tough to solo with?
2. I have know idea how free company's work but I'd like to join the GAF one. Is it at max capacity? Should I even bother trying to join before level 60?
3. Probably been asked to death but what's the best time of day/night to try create a character on Ultros?
Any help is appreciated. Also I'd be grateful if someone can throw me a referral code.
I tried out the trial for a few days and I'm thinking of jumping in proper. This is my first MMO and I was frankly beyond overwhelmed the first time I played. I'm starting to get a good feel for the general flow of things now. I just have a few beginner questions.
1. Any fun class recommendations for someone new to MMO's?
I tried Arcanist until level 15 and while it was fun, I can see managing the pets skills and positioning being very tough for me. I was thinking of starting again and going conjurer/WM, are they tough to solo with?
2. I have know idea how free company's work but I'd like to join the GAF one. Is it at max capacity? Should I even bother trying to join before level 60?
3. Probably been asked to death but what's the best time of day/night to try create a character on Ultros?
Any help is appreciated. Also I'd be grateful if someone can throw me a referral code.
1) What are you looking to do? Tank, DPS, or Healer? To answer the specific question, no, WHM gets a damage stance that makes them fine to solo with. All jobs can solo the main story stuff with varying levels of effort (not difficulty wise but a tank will kill things slower than a DPS for example)
2) Nope, we are always taking people fresh or otherwise. With the new expac we do have more people than usual but I don't think we are capped. See OP for instructions to join.
3) Your best bet is to check between midnight and 6am EST. There is an exact time where they check server status which I can't remember at the moment but that time is probably when you will be able to get in if possible. With the business from the expac though, I don't know how that's been looking each night.
PM me if you want a referral code.
^ Use this link to see when they open up the servers.
They update them on specific times, so just try out joining whenever possible.
Best thing to do is to create the character you want, save the appearance and then wait until you are able to join the server you wanna play on.
Btw it seems like Ultros is open right now.
They update them on specific times, so just try out joining whenever possible.
Best thing to do is to create the character you want, save the appearance and then wait until you are able to join the server you wanna play on.
Btw it seems like Ultros is open right now.
Devilgunman
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That's what I've been doing. I only use Gauss Barrel with Rapid Fire and Wildfire. I don't think it's coincident that Rapid Fire and Wildfire have the same CD. In nut shell, you shouldn't allow casting while having GB on. Rapid Fire and procs are the only 2 things to make that happen. So for opener I do all buffs -> Dot -> Rapid Fire/Wildfire/GB on -> 1-2-1-3-2-3 with oGDs weaving-> GB off.
I actually think that how forgiving they is what's great about them. As long as one or two of the members knows what's going on, they can explain the situation to the noobs and you can come back from just about any situation, unlike a typical boss battle in a dungeon where you would wipe over and over and have people at each other's throats.
It seems to me that roughly two or three times out of ten, someone doesn't know that you have to lead that turtle over to the herb patch and continues fighting it until the other members get it across to him. If his mistake resulted in an instant wipe, it becomes frustrating instead of confidence-building. Same with the poisoned bubbles surrounding Toxic Tamlyn. In both cases, the party can mess up quite a bit and still right the ship, leaving everyone feeling good about things and the newbies a little bit more knowledgeable.
ArcticDonkey
Member
Thanks for replying!
Well that all seems like good news. It's hard to decide on a role because like I said I haven't any experience with those jobs before. I have yet to even party up with the conjurer I've been messing around with!
The closest I've played to this style of game would be FF XII and a fair amount of Diablo. So I guess a healer would be good to try mix things up a bit. I imagine all roles become complex and important to a team approaching endgame but I like the idea of just dodging crap and keeping the team topped up. As opposed to tanking which I hear can be tough and I get yelled at enough on Dota already.
One more thing I'd like to know is how important stat allocation is. I understand you can swap between any class however are you basically pigeon holed into certain classes due to the way you've specced your stats? I saw that there is a cost to respec but I have no concept as to whether that's considered expensive.
I'm probably obsessing too much over stuff that is months away from needing to be worried about.
Rose of Eternity
Banned
The ability to respec stats is insanely cheap and easy, to the point you could do it multiple times even for one fight. The stats also don't have THAT much weight, though of course min/max is min/max.
I rolled a 99 on a minion drop and immediately sold it to Kagari. I need to grind dungeons on my SCH and SMN soon because my Arcanist retainer needs to start hoarding Deepeye Tears and Amphiptere Skins for me.
Somebody please buy that Chivalric Doublet of Healing on the Market Board while I am back at work for the first time since expansion launched.
The bubbles are exactly what I was thinking about. There are so many people that don't know which bubble should be attacked and which shouldn't and most of the time, they don't care. Kill them all and let the healers sort out the damage seems to be the general sentiment more often than not and I feel like that's a problem.
Killing the turtle should result in a wipe (I don't know what it does if you kill the turtle, never been in a group that killed it).
I feel like the guild hests were good in theory but they don't actually teach mechanics to people who don't care and that's and issue because later on, the game says "hey, you HAVE to care about mechanics"
If healer is your jive then, for now, I would just present either white mage or scholar to you. The upside to white mage is you will start as the healing conjurer class and you will be healing all group content right from the start. On the flip side, scholar requires you to have an arcanist to level 30 so you will be spending the first 30 levels dpsing before you actually get into healing. Scholar is, arguably, the easier class to health with (especially at lower levels than cap) because you have a pet that will do a lot of the healing for you. Really, from there, the choice is yours and remember, you can always change jobs at any time on a single character.
Stat allocation is whatever, all your points are recommended to go into the same stat (for healers that stat will be mind) and it is cheap these days to re-spec it. The only hitch is with arcanist because it has two jobs branching from it. Your stat allocation is saved to each class so what you put your points into as an arcanist will be the same for both summoner and scholar and SMN wants intelligence instead of mind. Probably won't come up for you though because SMN is the gameplay you've been experiencing while playing arcanist.
I fund the minion dream!
I would hope not, considering how much of a clusterfuck it is to attain those parses (~1200?)
If WAR's are hitting 900, DRG's only doing 30% more damage than a tank class (when apparently healers would prefer to do 0 DPS) doesn't really scream to me OP, but whatever.
I said before that tanks are overtuned - what does everyone think optimal parses would be? Tanks in MMO's are usually never more than 50-60% of what a true DPS class outputs.
Litany is OP, though. Single handedly one of the best burn phase moves. It's like popping a WoW shaman's Bloodlust.
ArcticDonkey
Member
Thanks a bunch for the advice.
Now to decide on whether to do the smart thing and buy the base game and go to 50 to decide if it's really my thing... or just jump in 2 feet first and get the expansion so I can start as that cool looking new class. Hmm
Now to decide on whether to do the smart thing and buy the base game and go to 50 to decide if it's really my thing... or just jump in 2 feet first and get the expansion so I can start as that cool looking new class. Hmm
Buy only the base game, you can't be any of the new classes until you complete the storyline up to the new expac and that will require a level 50. There is 0 reason to own the expac until you have a level 50 character (then buy it so you can continue getting xp).
Rose of Eternity
Banned
Isn't buying the combo pack cheaper though?
ArcticDonkey
Member
Sorry I meant the new race. Which still isn't a reason to go straight for the expac.
Rose of Eternity
Banned
You'll get a fantasia which let's you remake your entire character's looks after your first month of subscription, so you can save it for later if you want. But going Au Ra from the start is the right choice anyway.
Has anybody had any issues where the loading screens lock up for extended periods of time? It's been happening to me everytime I've either tried to teleport or enter a duty.
Also have a really annoying bug that's started since Heavensward came out where it decides to spam the + key on my keyboard. Only occurs when playing FFXIV and nothing else, eventually goes away after awhile (or after a restart) but it's the most annoying thing ever. Found a 9 month old Reddit thread about it, different key (ctrl) but same problem. Key is never getting stuck since I can mash it multiple times and I can never manage to get it stuck. Seems to be exclusively within FFXIV, and I've had it happen like 8 times in the past hour.
Also have a really annoying bug that's started since Heavensward came out where it decides to spam the + key on my keyboard. Only occurs when playing FFXIV and nothing else, eventually goes away after awhile (or after a restart) but it's the most annoying thing ever. Found a 9 month old Reddit thread about it, different key (ctrl) but same problem. Key is never getting stuck since I can mash it multiple times and I can never manage to get it stuck. Seems to be exclusively within FFXIV, and I've had it happen like 8 times in the past hour.
Probably, but it's entirely possible someone could decide to drop the game before even reaching HW content, probably not worth dropping the extra dosh up front for that reason and because who knows what could happen sales-wise before he gets a character to 50.
True, the race is locked behind the expac but keep in mind, if you buy the collector's edition of the expac later, among the rewards you will get is a fantasia bottle which lets you edit everything about your character (including gender and race) once. You will also get a bottle for free after paying for one month of game time.
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
Are you by chance playing on PS4? Because I had a similar issue with loading screens back when the 2.4 patch came out but I easily fixed it once I rebuilded the database on my PS4.
Honestly? I think ~900 DPS is fine. It puts them well under most DPS in the most optimal of DPS situations (nothing but STR gear everywhere) which means that these are not realistic at all when it comes to actual tanking. It's not like you'd take a tank over an actual DPS even at these numbers. They're good numbers for tanks and bad for melee DPS. I think it's more that every DPS should be at 1050+ rather than tanks are too good.
Oh my god thank you.
Nope, playing on PC. Only happens in FFXIV and only started happening after Heavensward came out. No other issues loading other games, so it shouldn't be a hard drive problem. Might try verifying installation or something if that is an option in the client.
It's too bad we won't be getting as much Akihiko Yoshida art for the game, but I won't complain about Kazuya Takahashi's waifu art.
ScriptedReality
Member
This is awesome
BebopMcJigglypuff
Member
Hah yeah I quit before a realm awoken and I was expecting all my coil gear to be trash but I spent all my free time this weekend just trying to get through my story quests to get to the expansion and I'm still not there
.Rose of Eternity
Banned
I force it by using the custom resolution option. I forget what I had to do. I think first windowed, then set the resolution, then switch? Still, I hate borderless windowed for that reason. If I don't have a stream going on the side then I just go back to full screen.
In Canada it's actually cheaper to get both separate. The conversion rate was better 2 years so the discounted vanilla ARR copies (20$) are a better deal.
Not sure I'd recommend this. Not that I've started levelling alts yet, but there's already been several large exp gaps in the main scenario for me despite doing loads of sidequests along the way. Some quests also lead to aether currents, and others are just plain interesting and add a bit of flavor and backstory to the zones.
I suppose it depends on how soon you want to level new jobs.
Honestly, having no buttons to push for big deeps, and generally hitting like a wet noodle, would make the tank classes dreadfully boring like they are in other MMOs.
I think he might be talking about ARR, which is totally plausible, because even before MSQ quests gave 50% more EXP after HW came out, you'd still outlevel sidequests in zones quite a bit.
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
I didn't follow that advice because the OCD in me wouldn't allow me too. Besides it's not hard to solo to Lv.15 and spam dungeons afterwards in my opinion.
At the very least if I would reinstall the game just to make sure.
I'm going to try a defrag while I go out to get lunch, it's disappointing there just isn't a rebuild client option like say, WoW has.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I kind of feel like Royal Authority is a waste of a slot.
Compared to WAR, BB combo is highest damage and enmity builder, Storm's Eye is second highest and applies the 10% slashing resistance debuff, and Storm's Path reduces enemy damage output and heals you for half of the damage.
All of them are useful and have specific effects.
Royal Authority is just potency. When PLDs have been playing with Halone as their highest enmity builder and damage combo for so long, only for one of the new combo enders to just be a simple potency increase, it feels lame, underwhelming, and I honestly think something else should have been included in its place.
I think there's also just an issue with the design of the job itself that lends itself to incuding boredom fairly quickly. It probably won't happen but I wouldn't mind if they completely redesigned the job or parts of it to be more active and/or promote monitoring things like WAR has to (but defense/protection oriented).
Pulling off a clutch IB or fitting 3-4 full stack abilities in a single Berserk cooldown feels good and rewarding.
Nothing the Paladin has feels rewarding in anywhere near the same sense.
Compared to WAR, BB combo is highest damage and enmity builder, Storm's Eye is second highest and applies the 10% slashing resistance debuff, and Storm's Path reduces enemy damage output and heals you for half of the damage.
All of them are useful and have specific effects.
Royal Authority is just potency. When PLDs have been playing with Halone as their highest enmity builder and damage combo for so long, only for one of the new combo enders to just be a simple potency increase, it feels lame, underwhelming, and I honestly think something else should have been included in its place.
I think there's also just an issue with the design of the job itself that lends itself to incuding boredom fairly quickly. It probably won't happen but I wouldn't mind if they completely redesigned the job or parts of it to be more active and/or promote monitoring things like WAR has to (but defense/protection oriented).
Pulling off a clutch IB or fitting 3-4 full stack abilities in a single Berserk cooldown feels good and rewarding.
Nothing the Paladin has feels rewarding in anywhere near the same sense.