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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT| Raiders of the Void Ark
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I don't have time to check the thread all day but I still have a friend code of someone is interested in some additional goodies in game 
Shoot me a PM if you want it
Finished the story a few days ago and I must say, it's heaps and bounds above the previous story. I also love how everything is tied together and you have quite a few AHA! and OH CRAP! moments.
I also seriously teared up when
,
and at the
(what a great explanation that was). It made me seriously feel much more connected and invested in everything that came before and also content I am playing now.
The really clever re-use of existing content for the progression of the new MSQ is really brilliant. I have only praise for the expansion. No wait, Moogles..there are Moogles..yeah that's my only complained but we already know about the horror that is the moogle quest frenzy..and the Bismarck fight design is disappointing..I sure hope they make an extreme version of the final Fight, though!
Also, I have to say it again: The localization team is total God Tier level when it comes to pop culture references.
Shoot me a PM if you want it
Finished the story a few days ago and I must say, it's heaps and bounds above the previous story. I also love how everything is tied together and you have quite a few AHA! and OH CRAP! moments.
I also seriously teared up when
Haurchefant died for me
Lady Iceheart/Shiva sacrificed herself
Tiamat reveal
The really clever re-use of existing content for the progression of the new MSQ is really brilliant. I have only praise for the expansion. No wait, Moogles..there are Moogles..yeah that's my only complained but we already know about the horror that is the moogle quest frenzy..and the Bismarck fight design is disappointing..I sure hope they make an extreme version of the final Fight, though!
Also, I have to say it again: The localization team is total God Tier level when it comes to pop culture references.
Really like the first and the last, I don't look up often enough.
Okay I really do have to look up more often.
Munba
Member
And yesterday i saw a falling star in Churning. They added more natural details this time.
Spiritreaver
Member
Yeah, the game, especially the new zones, is quite beautiful. Considering it's a MMO, I'm often impressed by the sense of scale.
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
wow, are those from 1.0?
The new zones are nice (when you get to fly that is) so different and MUCH larger then the previous boring zones.
And flying just feels so gut.
Mystic Theurge
Member
Yeah, the game, especially the new zones, is quite beautiful. Considering it's a MMO, I'm often impressed by the sense of scale.
Black Mage Tonberry? Where?
It's an A Rank Hunt monster in Upper La Noscea. Spawns every 6 or so hours I think...Usually dead 2mins later.
iDotDotDot
Member
took the dive and bought the base game, any tips for a noob before i venture out into the wilds?
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Choose a starting class you like, follow the main story, pick up side quests as you see them. Have fun! The game does a pretty damn good job of tutorializing, so you'll be a pro in no time.
Depends a lot on what job/role you think you'd enjoy..Like if you wanted to play as a Lancer/Dragoon I'd say get Lancer to 10 then switch over and level both Marauder and Pugilist to 8, which will you get 2 self-healing abilities that makes leveling a lot easier.
LOL...pro.
The game doesn't teach proper and BASIC skill rotation, CD, and the basic function of WASD to avoid stuff.
Pick up mainquest, pick a tank class to avoid queue time, level up in dungeons, powerlevel it to 50 by spamming roulette queue, play other class to get the benefit of the exp buff from leveled character, go to 60 on your favorite class.
More efficient if you want to rush to Heavesward contents, and play in the new expansion.
iDotDotDot
Member
Since i first thought about playing i wanted to try make an archer, i played in the beta for PS3 way back when i think i made a dragoon in that one.
the_sun_king
Member
Everytime I see 1.0 screenshots I can't get over that ugly UI. God, it was horrid.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
DO NOT start out as a tank if you are unfamiliar or don't particularly like tanking. People picking tank to avoid queues is why there is a proliferation of ass tanks and bad players in general.
Also, the game is not supposed to teach you basic skill rotation, you're supposed to figure that out for yourself, and it's not difficult. Also, at this point there are already established templates for every job (at least up to 50) so you can always google.
IonicSnake
Banned
Indeed, these screens made me go look up the old ones I took. At least the game was pretty.
http://ionicsnake.minus.com/mN2fAHZiY
Here's Ishgard in the distance in 1.0.
http://i4.minus.com/iQtVJjxuRKw9s.png
Personally I'd get Archer to 10, then immediately level Pugilist to 8 (You'll eventually need to get it to at least 15 so you can get the Bard job) and Conjurer to 2 (Will take you no time at all) Pugilist will give you Second Wind (Instant self-heal with long-ish cooldown) and Cure (Which you won't be able to use after you go Bard, but it helps pre-30).
iDotDotDot
Member
Does it usually take forever to get your confirmation email?
Rising_Hei
Member
This is all so wrong, he should play what he likes, he can learn every rotation (and even do it better if he learns by himself) by reading description and putting this thoughts in practice. He shouldn't level a JOB he doesn't like to 50, and it's much faster to just level 1 character to 60 than doing that.
So here are my advices.
1 - Set the camera to work on legacy mode, everything is easier to avoid this way since you have more agility at all times, if you want to maxice DPS while not needing to move a lot you can just lock on the current target.
2- Macros are fine but don't use them with GDC skills if you are a DPS or tank, if you're a DPS your DPS will suck, if you are a tank your enmity generation will suck.
3 - There are two types of skill, GCD which share all a recast and skills with cooldowns that have an individual recast, usually much longer than those of GDC, the way to optimice the skill usage as tank or DPS is: GDC - CD - GDC - CD - GDC. So basically, use CDs in between on GDC skills so GDCs will always be "recaster" when avalaible, if you use more than 1 CD at once your DPS will be getting worse.
4- Let us know as what will you be playing as, certain job require certain cross skills (skills of other classes you can equip and use). Some are a true must have
5 - ROTATION TO MAXIMICE MY DPS? While it's important to have one in mind, try not to follow it blindly, some bosses behave in such manner that you will have to change the rotation on the go and many times you can't pull off the perfect one, so make a priority list of what to use instead of thinking about 1 rigid rotation
For example if you're a DRG pre expa, you'd follow this priority list
1 - Keep Heavy Thrust always on and recast it when it's as close to 0 seconds as possible.
3 - Use attack up CDs in between GDCs, save life surge for standard combo, when you have no more attack CDs use jumps
4 - Keep Dissembowel always on and recast it when it's as close to 0 seconds as possible
5 - When both are up do the standard combo, ending with Life Surge
Blood for Blood and such should be wearing off after doing all this
6 - If you can and after doing everything you have like 3-4 seconds left before heavy thrust wears off, use your DOT skill before recasting Heavy (i find it easier to do it like this because if you use it at the start of HT you're risking not ending the combo with HT on)
Every job has a "priority list" like this that you can figure it out by yourself, part of the fun of the game is doing so, and you'll end up being a better player doing it by yourself than following blindy a certain rigid rotation list and the likes.
SliceSabre
Banned
Guess they noticed and fixed something I wasn't seeing. Awesome.
Sadness about not being able to crit heal WARs just by standing behind them though.
No. I'm gonna go ahead and assume you used Gmail. When playing the trial, I tried 3 different ones and it never arrived. Ended up using a new Yahoo account and it arrived instantly.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I think people are afraid of using them too early, but if it's the burn phase, then uh...it doesn't matter when you use it?
Dammit, that was really cool, though!
iDotDotDot
Member
Yeah apparently if you have "." in the middle of your email the confirmation system breaks, had to use a throwaway account :/
It's updating now so I'll be in game shortly, its a lot to take in but that's one of the joys of starting a new mmo.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Booo could have used that earlier.
You realize that with gmail you can add and remove "." before the @ as you wish and it's still treated like your address, right?
Lol, I was still using the ixli quests ;_;
The items are because they're needed for craft but come from unspoiled collectable nodes I think.
I just noticed that Feint having no cast in WM is not listed as fixed. Either it's working as intended or they are throwing BRDs a bone before they buff the class. I hope.
Registering with SE and setting up FFXIV is a huge pain in the ass, lol.
Besides, it most likely doesn't matter since all of mine had letters only but never worked.You realize that with gmail you can add and remove "." before the @ as you wish and it's still treated like your address, right?
Marberry. A Rank hunts are actually fun when you're the only party there.
I cannot wait see it!
Never started to do it so I wouldn't get used to the higher healing numbers in the first place.
The other day, though, a tank asked me in DF how comfortable I was with big pulls (Library) if I knew about Raw Intuition and I said well I guess we find out and yes, I was. So he was: "Wow, you're the first SCH that knows about this".
Still glad I didn't get comfortable with using that bug (also - he had a macro: "Raw Intuition active - heal me sidewise Kyomi-Senpai!" - made me chuckle every time he used it.
For the record, speed running library with big groups and a Bard and Monk in the group was stressful to say the least
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
They really should ditch that crit penalty it doesn't even out anymore.
Got my DRK to 50 yesterday , loving the class. And Dark Arts is really great, just need to learn to manage my MP better. I'm actually never running out of MP, but I focus so much on it that I forgot to look at other stuff sometimes (like enemies chasing the healer and other minor things).
I saw people complaining on reddit about the double DA thing being nerfed, and how the job is now really behind WAR and PLD and how life sucks. Is that true or just people crying because of the nerf?
, loving the class. And Dark Arts is really great, just need to learn to manage my MP better. I'm actually never running out of MP, but I focus so much on it that I forgot to look at other stuff sometimes (like enemies chasing the healer and other minor things).I saw people complaining on reddit about the double DA thing being nerfed, and how the job is now really behind WAR and PLD and how life sucks. Is that true or just people crying because of the nerf?
Vincent Grayson
Member
Yeah, WoW improved tremendously when they realized people for the most part don't want to read their story in quest prompts, and instead moved towards more quests that involve the story happening during the quest itself, especially the ones that do neat phasing stuff and leave behind a tangible change in the world (like opening up a new hub/town area).
Woohoo i can use TD without worry now (probably)
That Miquote has seen some sh*t
I did really enjoy this in WoD. SE is pretty bad about instancing stuff like that though (serious jab at PS3 here i think) and will likely have to figure something out going forward that suits them better. Their MSQ is good but they hide the lack of change in the world a lot by having a lot of important stuff happening in areas that are not normally accessible (like how most MSQ NPCs do not have a static location)
That Miquote has seen some sh*t
I did really enjoy this in WoD. SE is pretty bad about instancing stuff like that though (serious jab at PS3 here i think) and will likely have to figure something out going forward that suits them better. Their MSQ is good but they hide the lack of change in the world a lot by having a lot of important stuff happening in areas that are not normally accessible (like how most MSQ NPCs do not have a static location)
Got my DRK to 50 yesterday
I saw people complaining on reddit about the double DA thing being nerfed, and how the job is now really behind WAR and PLD and how life sucks. Is that true or just people crying because of the nerf?
DRK is behind, their mitigation is a bit off. Not really noticeable during dungeons but it will be during raids (savage raids that is).
I'm in love with the OST of Heavensward. Be it Ishgard, the new music playing during some storyline quests, The Vault (and its final boss theme), one remix I certainly didn't expect and which is just awesome
, the new primals themes and the last area of the game... I love them all, and I can't wait to do finish the story (leveled up 60 yesterday, but really needed to go to bed).
(Matoya's Cave)
Only to break DA apparently
Good thing I don't use Abysal Drain to much, but I used DP on larger pulls for the AoE Blind if Blood Price is down.
OsirisBlack
Banned
There is no such word as never for me good sir.
To be honest a limit break would not have helped them at all the serpent was still at 60% health when we got blasted just a really crappy group for dps.
That is a huge fuck up and a serious nerf to DRK in dungeons.
Bought the FFXIV bundle w/ Heavensward and used a friend code already. Writing it here since I've been getting random PMs with recruitment codes. Sorry! (´._.｀
He he. It's funny to see the Twintania mount cause the deterioration of honest gamers into RMT-like spammers. We have become what we despise.
It's a significant step up in complexity from the previous which is just great.