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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT| The Midas Touch
- Thread starter Ken
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Oh I missed that part. Well that makes it slightly easier to stomach. It took me an eternity to get the 80 items from the last step so hopefully it won't be as much of a slog as that was.
I still need to do the Ixal tribe quests, maybe the Moogles will give me a good excuse to get back to those and work on levelling some crafters.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
That tank set looks good.
Yippee more mechanics to not pay attention to and wipe through!
Stone Ocean
Member
Raid Finder sounds fantastic since it works datacenter wide.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Seems odd that they are wrapping up the Dragonsong War in this patch
If this means we soon get to go back to fighting with the Empire, fine with me.
Still waiting for Gaius to return
If this means we soon get to go back to fighting with the Empire, fine with me.
Still waiting for Gaius to return
DarknessTear
Banned
Is there a date yet?
Going through the official translation on lodestone...
Treasure hunter dungeon sounds fuuun and could potentially yield a lot of lv V materia...time to load up on dragonskin maps.
Ok so Raid Finder is Duty Finder (but not party finder) for raids? So we can potentially raid with specific people from different servers but only with a "queue at the same time but set the language as French" type of thing? Why make is so obtuse and not just introduce cross server party finder? Although, I suppose being able to set it so that only people who already cleared can join could help avoid scrubs if you want to clear something for the week and you don't have a group.
Also Grade V materia from new beast quests. Bye Void Ark! You will not be missed (It will probably still be required for upgrade items...oh well)
Edit: Also seems like for story, Dragonsong war is ending but Warring Triad/Empire stuff is ramping up. No Warring Triad trial this time but I'm thinking the other two will be the trials for 3.4 and 3.5, bad empire guy will become Kefka, hello expansion storyline!
Treasure hunter dungeon sounds fuuun and could potentially yield a lot of lv V materia...time to load up on dragonskin maps.
Ok so Raid Finder is Duty Finder (but not party finder) for raids? So we can potentially raid with specific people from different servers but only with a "queue at the same time but set the language as French" type of thing? Why make is so obtuse and not just introduce cross server party finder? Although, I suppose being able to set it so that only people who already cleared can join could help avoid scrubs if you want to clear something for the week and you don't have a group.
Also Grade V materia from new beast quests. Bye Void Ark! You will not be missed (It will probably still be required for upgrade items...oh well)
Edit: Also seems like for story, Dragonsong war is ending but Warring Triad/Empire stuff is ramping up. No Warring Triad trial this time but I'm thinking the other two will be the trials for 3.4 and 3.5, bad empire guy will become Kefka, hello expansion storyline!
Stone Ocean
Member
Cross server PF probably needs a lot more work than this since it won't be just datacenter matchmaking and they promised it for 3.4 or 3.5 (don't remember which)
It looks like a good start though.
It looks like a good start though.
cut some short vids of the footage
mr cranky round 2 feat. peeeeeeg
rngesuspolis
sweet doggo
snowball fight
hydroponics
return of moogle hell
mr cranky round 2 feat. peeeeeeg
rngesuspolis
sweet doggo
snowball fight
hydroponics
return of moogle hell
RPGCrazied
Member
Monk or Summoner? I now have a level 50 Ninja and level 60 Dragoon. I will get the Ninja to 60, but what next.
No, and they won't be nerfing this step in 3.3.
Unofficial translation I read said no nerf to that stage. Only the fate crystals for the first heavensward step will be nerfed.
It being Savage only is kind of surprising, because the latest EX primal seems likely to drive way more traffic through it.
Glendemonium
Member
Best part of this update:
My monk is going to rock that hat (Vath one, Kung Lao glamour, son). It'll look sick on the T13 striking set... which I'll probably never get since people don't do coil anymore
Figures the moment I finished ARR beast tribes for the eye piece SE will replace in a couple weeks.
My monk is going to rock that hat (Vath one, Kung Lao glamour, son). It'll look sick on the T13 striking set... which I'll probably never get since people don't do coil anymore
Figures the moment I finished ARR beast tribes for the eye piece SE will replace in a couple weeks.
This confirmed? o:
I'd be super surprised if welfare twine and coat weren't in with Mhach from day one, since the gear upgrade cycle is one of the more relatively successful parts of their treadmill. They probably don't need to talk about it at this point because it's just accepted. If Steps EX drops i235 weapons I could see gobdip not hitting until late/3.35, but there's no reason to not put the armor upgrades in.
Whoa wut
New fertilizers? Game changer
Seems to be largely for growing decorative flowers though? Does HQ mean BIGGER FLOWER BUNCH?
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
I called Nidhogg EX, I swear. Kind of sad we aren't getting Zurvan or Sophia yet as I'm a huge Final Fantasy VI fan. Nidhogg ex should be fun, I hope. The new anima sounds pretty brutal. I only have like 6 million gil on me.
We can only hope and try not to fall asleep while pruning our bonsai trees.
I will say I'm interested in the fact that the Warring Triad was kind of a misdirect. Initially it looked like a fanservice bit of content that was kind of like a sidestory little thing but now it looks like the next step in the main storyline once Ishgard is safe from Nidhogg. The Grand Companies banding together with Ishgard to push back against the empire might be interesting. Maybe 4.0 will have us actually setting foot into empire controlled regions. It's a more natural story progression with elements that I'm more interested in. Fighting Sephirot for fun, essentially, is great and all but the stakes are pretty low from the lore perspective. It'll be interesting to see what they do with it.
On the plus side it does sound like they're willing to tweak it further going forward and it seems rather well thought out. I guess the disappointing thing (though inevitable) is that if you try to coordinate with other people from different servers like on reddit or [outside of the game organization] there's no real way to for sure be able to play with them. Statics still look like they will need to be on the same server. I guess it's not -that- big of a deal but I was definitely under the assumption there could be cross server statics set up. I guess that was just me being overly optimistic.
I also assume they mean two wildcard dps. That makes sense, I suppose. Unless they mean 1 melee/ranged/caster/wild card
Cross-server communications, friends lists and linkshells would go a long way to alleviating this issue. Basically solving it, even.
I imagine it'll be as useful as any practice group you find in party finder, just automated by the system now. Unless they add the above mentioned cross-server stuff, statics and premades on servers will probably be the best solution for completing stuff.
I want to say that's coming 3.5?
Cross Server PF, where you could probably set up a static by joining the PF every week, is still coming, their tech just isn't structured to work with it so it will take more time. They've been talking about them as separate things for a while, I think people are just more excited for the latter so were anticipating that and forgot this was happening first.
I dunno, the whole thing is kind of interesting as a social experiment, I guess, but it's always been a stopgap bandaid until they can get cross server stuff worked out.
They have to be assuming melee/ranged/caster/?? comp; while you can do A7S with pretty much any comp it seems unlikely that they'd want people to have to learn the no-caster red jail strats.
For sure. Maybe one day that will happen.
Shit no, you're both right. I was lumping them in as the same thing. Well this is a really fantastic first step regardless. I'm definitely in the latter group like you said, Angary. I'm more interested in the next step, but this first step is still pretty important and hopefully is useful for a lot of people!
Also I definitely assume they're doing melee/ranged/caster/wildcard with just a bit of a typo/omission in what was written on the OF.
I hope it's something that happens sooner rather than later. Just being able to have cross-server friends lists and parties, and being able to queue up duty finder/raid finder with them would be a blessing.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect it, even if it might not be something that can be done right away. Many other MMOs have it as well, and it's only been a blessing there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVSKhYJWf30&feature=youtu.be&t=23m17s
This feels like the 2nd phase track for
fight. Probably is.
Party Finder still requires you to party up with people that you may run into again.
DF is usually treated as no holds barred "Hey guys first time here, what's Provoke".
This feels like the 2nd phase track for
Nidhogg
Party Finder still requires you to party up with people that you may run into again.
DF is usually treated as no holds barred "Hey guys first time here, what's Provoke".
Stone Ocean
Member
Brawler phase 2 is fun
tiggerkiddo
Member
PS3 limitations?
At least this raid finder has a mode where you can't join unless you've cleared it before. Thats something.
I guess. I see this tool be the most effective in 7/8 situations where you need a rep but just can't find one, or your friend that can rep is playing on some other realm within the same DC.
Mr Nash
square pies = communism
I like the idea of practice mode raid finder, but have a feeling people will try to slip into completion in the West given the fake it till you make it attitude a lot of players have in this part of the world. Seems to be something that'll fit like a glove in Japan, though.
Stone Ocean
Member
You can't queue for completion if you haven't beaten it before.