WeaponKnight
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They buffed EXP per quest after the expansion released. Previously you had to do some sidequests and other activities to get your level up to speed.
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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT| The Midas Touch
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It's a lot worse, yeah. For what it's worth, I now have 498 accuracy and only missed once in today's expert roulette (I basically DPS full time so the sample size isn't tiny), and it was an auto-attack. Felt great and I'm not even fully melded yet.
I still don't know whether I'm going to try reaching the caps for Savage, because they're so high I don't think it's even possible to meet the expected cap for A8s without downgrading some gear to crafted i220 down the line. Not to mention I have no idea whether it's even possible to DPS much there so that might be completely wasted.
DukeLongfellow
Member
And you also get the Brand New Ring after the Novice Hall quest.
I'm a returning player myself, never reached end game the first time around either but I can tell I'm a bit over what I need to be just for the fact that I remember the early game and can move around faster.
Also my gripe is that I'm slow in story progression om general as I don't feel like rushing. It's a beautiful game. I love crafting, gathering and going through certain duties. I gained so much EXP and Aetheral loot from Haukke that I can't even. Adore that dungeon to bits. That's mainly the reason I AM so overleveled.
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On a more practical note I have a question for controller/PS3/4 WHMs - how do you set up your shortcuts/macros? In early game, when you don't have Cure II or it isn't essential (before Qarn basically) I used to have a Cure I macro set for each party member slot (Cure on #2, Cure on #3 and so on) and a single macro for the whole "tt" string for Cure II. It was really fast and I only lost one party member on the account of him not being a very good tank. Now that Cure II is going to be a lot more important and Esuna is already paining me having to list through party members, the whole "cure on slot" thing wouldn't be practical for every single spell as the set switching can be a bit difficult in panic situations. What's your setup and how do you use it to be most effective?
I'm a returning player myself, never reached end game the first time around either but I can tell I'm a bit over what I need to be just for the fact that I remember the early game and can move around faster.
Also my gripe is that I'm slow in story progression om general as I don't feel like rushing. It's a beautiful game. I love crafting, gathering and going through certain duties. I gained so much EXP and Aetheral loot from Haukke that I can't even. Adore that dungeon to bits. That's mainly the reason I AM so overleveled.
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On a more practical note I have a question for controller/PS3/4 WHMs - how do you set up your shortcuts/macros? In early game, when you don't have Cure II or it isn't essential (before Qarn basically) I used to have a Cure I macro set for each party member slot (Cure on #2, Cure on #3 and so on) and a single macro for the whole "tt" string for Cure II. It was really fast and I only lost one party member on the account of him not being a very good tank. Now that Cure II is going to be a lot more important and Esuna is already paining me having to list through party members, the whole "cure on slot" thing wouldn't be practical for every single spell as the set switching can be a bit difficult in panic situations. What's your setup and how do you use it to be most effective?
Heavensward Beast Tribes quests scale to your level, so it's only 3 per day with a bonus 3 quests every time you rank up.
Finished 3.2's MSQ last night.
The tournament was interesting, I definitely expected it to just be clicking on npc's from start to finish, so that was a nice diversion.
The Ishgard story felt so weak, though. Three whole NPC's had dramatic "death scenes" and of course no blows were fatal,
was inconsequential.
What was the scene with the
at the end? I looked away for a second and didn't see who was picking it up or what the significance was.
The tournament was interesting, I definitely expected it to just be clicking on npc's from start to finish, so that was a nice diversion.
The Ishgard story felt so weak, though. Three whole NPC's had dramatic "death scenes" and of course no blows were fatal,
even Nidhogg showing up and spraying blood across a mural
What was the scene with the
mask
This seems like a horrible idea, to be honest. I'd never want to lock myself into macros like that. In my opinion you should learn to scroll through the party list. May take a little adjusting but it's not that difficult. I think everyone here would agree with that. With the sheer amount of abilities you'll have by the time you hit level 60, doing what you are now won't be anywhere near feasible.
Only macros I have as a WHM are one for Virus (notification), Raise/Swiftcast (notification) and a new one for Asylum so it places the bubble at the feet of a targeted member.
But I'm DPS :-(. My accuracy is 566 and I'm missing in dungeons...
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure time!
As far as the story goes, I was super disappointed with the pacing. We get some monstrous lore drops right at the beginning with
Zodiark being the moon? Bound to the Source by Ten and Three Shards? What?
It was jarring and I genuinely didn't care about anything that happened in Ishgard because of it.
Congrats on A5S. It's fun.
Are you missing missing or do you have stuff landing on enemies that have gone invulnerable? I want to say I've "missed" before because I fired off a skill on something that wasn't hittable at the time.
566 for a BLM is like at or over A5S cap and should be fine. For physical frontal it's maybe behind.
Are you missing missing or do you have stuff landing on enemies that have gone invulnerable? I want to say I've "missed" before because I fired off a skill on something that wasn't hittable at the time.
566 for a BLM is like at or over A5S cap and should be fine. For physical frontal it's maybe behind.
Hmmm... it was during a dungeon trash fight so it was just regular goons. I missed a Flare. It definitely said it was a miss in that horrible grey writing. It's happened before as well but I don't remember those deets. I'll try to record it if it happens again.
We did a handful of pulls on Sunday after Seph farming was done and I was surprised we got like halfway through the fight by the end of the night. It's pretty enjoyable though. Grats on the clear and have fun with 6
Pretty close to it lol
Thanks! And I'd say it's more forgiving across all jobs really. Less stress on healers and tanks too with a larger focus on just paying attention and knowing when/where to dodge.
Yeah... x_x well at least we got one DPS item? Seems to be a common drop, that slaying earring.
Been debating that myself since I've got a bunch of crafted gear right now. But looking at it, gloves and boots are pretty good... along with ring, earring and bracelet.
Yeah I'm glad they listened to feedback properly on this one. Even the wipes are fun!
We did a few joke pulls in 6 last night... REVENGE OF HIGH VOLTAGE. Looks fun though, I'm excited.
sorry for the late reply .
Post heavensward Draggoons at 60 have a new buff called Blood of the dragon which increases the potency of Jump and Spineshatter dive by 30 %.
aside from that there is now a 4th combo skill unlocked after either Full thrust or Chaos thrust that upon use extends your BOTD by 15 seconds .
It also gives access to The draggoons strongest attacks called Gierskogul which is a Line based AOE attack . using this skill drains 10 seconds of the BOTD buff .
In short , you are trying to keep up BOTD indefinitely while also maintaining all of your other buffs .
The current basic DRG rotation looks like this :
Heavy Thrust
Impulse Drive
Disembowel
Chaos Thrust
Fang And Claw / Wheeling Thrust
Phlebotomize
True Thrust
Vorpal Thrust
Full Thrust
Fang And Claw / Wheeling Thrust
While you are doing this rotation you should try to weave your off-f GCD between those skills :
Leg Sweep: Try to use this skill as much as possible unless the target has to become stunned at a certain time
Jump: This skill needs to be used as much as possible and always try to combine every odd (1, 3, 5,…
Jump with Power Surge.Spineshatter Dive: This is a good gap closer but if you know that a gap closer is not needed then it is good to use it as often as possible.
Dragonfire Dive: This can be used as a gap closer but it is better to use it as a burst skill during a Blood For Blood or to strike multiple targets.
Life Surge: Only use this for a Full Thrust or either of the 4th combo whenever it is up.
Battle Litany: Try to use this as much as possible as it will benefit the entire party and will line up with most big cooldowns like Raging Strikes. (make sure to use it at a time where you can affect every party member as well as when it is usefull for it's full duration)
Elusive Jump: This is a "difficult" skill to master but it can be used very well to reposition yourself or to use it as a gap closer.
Internal Release: Use it as ofter as you possibly can.
Blood For Blood: Use it as often as you possibly can.
Mercy Stroke: Use it as much as you can whenever a target gets beneath 20% hp!
Do not forget to use Invigorate when you need TP (at 440 TP and less is the most optimal).
guide : http://angered.guildwork.com/forum/...-heavensward-dragoon-guide-by-rydie-forscythe
the_sun_king
Member
If you're a lv60 Dragoon, this thread is your friend. It goes into insane detail on it:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/238845-How-to-Dragoon-Per-Second-A-DPS-Paradigm
One of the GAF FC members also made a nice visual flow chart of the rotation that's simpler to read than the official forums' thread. Credit to Eve!
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/238845-How-to-Dragoon-Per-Second-A-DPS-Paradigm
One of the GAF FC members also made a nice visual flow chart of the rotation that's simpler to read than the official forums' thread. Credit to Eve!
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
Grats on the midas thing!
(Fracture)(Just used it)
The only thing I'll add to the people who actually know what they're talking about is you probably want more skillspeed than just the 590 especially if you have a high latency, if only for quality of life.
(Fracture)(Just used it)
The only thing I'll add to the people who actually know what they're talking about is you probably want more skillspeed than just the 590 especially if you have a high latency, if only for quality of life.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
Fracture worthless? The numbers don't lie, man.
creid
Member
If you go back and watch the last scenes in 3.1's MSQ, you'll see this is mentioned there too.
Yda and Papalymo are hiding out in caves with some unnamed group, and they say something like "OK, the white masks aren't going to attack until everyone's in position!" The area looks like Little Ala Mhigo to me, so I think this is some Ala Mhigans planning a strike against the Garleans?
If you do a level 28 dungeon (with level 28 enemies) as a level 28 character, you can get an xp bonus via xp chains because you're not fighting enemies that are at a lower level than you. Once you hit level 29 (and are still fighting level 28 enemies) you can no longer get xp chains, so the amount of xp you get from monsters will be lower.
Yeah, we saw enrage a few times. I think there was at least one death every time. The winning run we were about ten seconds from enrage or so. Maybe even more.
Next xpac is
clearly headed to Ala Migho with maybe some Garlean territory to boot. We'll probably reclaim the lost lands and set a foothold before venturing full into Garlean territory or suddenly getting sidetrack by some other thing.
Everything about this is getting set up.
The new Garlean lead is currently being a dick about Eorzea
Ala Mighans are up to something
Doma has basically been all but ignored
That's pretty much the only thing the story has indicated thus far, the same thing was happening during 2.0's story with Ishgard getting hint after hint. (Back then it was traitors among the nobility)
Everything about this is getting set up.
The new Garlean lead is currently being a dick about Eorzea
Ala Mighans are up to something
Doma has basically been all but ignored
That's pretty much the only thing the story has indicated thus far, the same thing was happening during 2.0's story with Ishgard getting hint after hint. (Back then it was traitors among the nobility)
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
It was always the safe bet anyway- we sorta visited the Sharlayan colony so it was the last of the six city states left and the obvious first strike for the Garlean stuff.
Give us a moon raid
I mean, we're fighting a giant robot surrounded by goblin cheese conspiracies or some crap like that. Who's to say
the big cheese
Sharlayan stuff just looks like the last vestiges of nothing we'll go into beyond dungeons. The only strong hints of unresolved content we've had are all Ala Mighan or Moon fuckery. They could be linked for all we know, but I don't see Sharlayan being anything but more oh yeah we have another sharlayan dungeon to go poke through in this patch
Unless we have some incredibly quick resolution in the next few patches while ending the dragonsong war, we're going to Ala Mihgo
Unless we have some incredibly quick resolution in the next few patches while ending the dragonsong war, we're going to Ala Mihgo
Ran A6 four times yesterday...no drops.
Yooo I ran A7 like 5 times last night and rolled below a 20 or single digits each time. Kill me.
Ran A6 four times yesterday...no drops.
Ran A5 once this morning and won the thing I wanted with a role of 22.
Beat a 16 and a 9 lol
Yes, that was a brag, sorry Jeels
Done with Midas normal loot, woooooooooo. Now just weekly Brute Justice visits for the Midan gear. Also there is no way we'll last minute fail Felix this week. Missions accomplished.
I'm using all my optimism re:the actual MSQ hoping that MASSIVE 3.2 SPOILER
END MASSIVE 3.2 SPOILER, I have none left to spare for the expansion setting.
Also I really need to watch the Midas cutscenes because my vague impression is that we're even worse people than our normal plot levels of awful.
I'm using all my optimism re:the actual MSQ hoping that MASSIVE 3.2 SPOILER
Minfilia stays dead despite the dialogue heavily hinting we should continue to hope
Also I really need to watch the Midas cutscenes because my vague impression is that we're even worse people than our normal plot levels of awful.
So you're saying that if you had to choose between MASSIVE 3.2 SPOILER
Minfi staying dead and going to the moon, you'd rather she stayed dead?
Imagine if we got both of those things. That would be like the expansion kicking up the rad level to 11.
They didn't make a new Minfillia model just to have her appear once and that's it.
She's still going to be around, don't kid yourselves. She's not what's her face with the Skrillex hair who everyone forgot or even Horsefart who was at least done more justice than she was in death.
She'll be back before the end of the xpac, either as the voice of the crystal or a physical person, I'd bet money on it
She's still going to be around, don't kid yourselves. She's not what's her face with the Skrillex hair who everyone forgot or even Horsefart who was at least done more justice than she was in death.
She'll be back before the end of the xpac, either as the voice of the crystal or a physical person, I'd bet money on it
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
We wouldn't want to {Fracture} the community.
What if (Again, related to massive 3.2 spoiler)
Lightning came back in her place?
Praise the Goddess
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
She must not be forgotten.
^- to the detriment of any real suspense in the MSQ, IMO.
This would still be better than what we're going to get. She can be all sullen and whatever, it beats the idea of (3.2 spoilerssssss)
This would still be better than what we're going to get. She can be all sullen and whatever, it beats the idea of (3.2 spoilerssssss)
Minfilia reborn win the power to annoy us directly via Echo. At least we could theoretically take the damned linkpearl off.