Okay, the story stuff looks awesome. I'm actually excited to see how it ends
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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT| The Midas Touch
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Okay, the story stuff looks awesome. I'm actually excited to see how it ends
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
MSQ looks so hype man..... Also very neat that the two new ex dungeon bosses are story NPCS. I'm really excited to see that. Nidhogg is going to be fun to clear. Overall a pretty great trailer. The Weeping city looks spooky... also dat Ozma.
Best pvp mode is back with a new map? Thank you SE.
The most important thing on that picture is the Krile glamour. Ken, post if you're okat.
same, this all looks very good
Woah that was actually pretty hype.
I would still like it more if they didn't have to interrupt the Warring Triad storyline...
But I guess asking for 2 trials is just too much.
If Dragonsong plays during the Trial, I would be happy.
They need some trials for 3.4 and 3.5, or else you'd just get Odin 2.0.
Yeah I'm guessing the other two statues are 3.4 and 3.5 trials and the Garleans will mess things up and unlock UNLIMITED POWER which will probably lead into the 4.0 story.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
Regula Van Hydrus Or the Garlean emperor will become a god like Kefka?
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
That trailer was really good.
I thought that was going to be a Nibelung Valesti at the end but a Nidhogg powered Jump is more fitting I suppose.
There's also a part towards the end that is reminiscent of the Heavensward opening cinematic when the main character is walking forward while Ishgardian troops are fleeing.
I suppose this is how the cinematic loops into the game since it didn't really depict anything we've seen in the story so far. They must have planned that since the beginning.
I thought that was going to be a Nibelung Valesti at the end but a Nidhogg powered Jump is more fitting I suppose.
There's also a part towards the end that is reminiscent of the Heavensward opening cinematic when the main character is walking forward while Ishgardian troops are fleeing.
I suppose this is how the cinematic loops into the game since it didn't really depict anything we've seen in the story so far. They must have planned that since the beginning.
DarknessTear
Banned
Ozma animations look cool. Is that Steps of Faith EX? Why? Hahahaha....
its a new fight which is called the final steps of Fate which takes place on the steps of faith bridge
this fight will also have an ex version .
Last I checked it was Crit V > Det V > SSPD V > Crit IV > SSPD IV > Det IV
Vit melds depends on what you're doing. Savage 7 and 8? You might want some depending on where your HP is at.
There's still Warring Triad story being added in this quest, there's going to be a solo duty where you go through the Aetherochemical Research Facility with all the characters involved in the storyline. Just no Warring Triad trial.
Don't forget there's a very suspicious wing sticking out of that tower on top of the flagship in Azys Lla.
I'd also like to point out I still don't believe that the two trials we're getting are just Final Steps of Faith and the EX version, I went back through all the previous patch stuff and the Hildibrand trials were never shown ahead of time. Not to mention remember they design from the EX version backwards for stuff.
... Time to resub.
It's been awhile, and I KNOW I'm going to be super-rusty. Any way to catch up on how to play the game in a way that doesn't make my raid groups pull their hair out and curse my mother? I've always been "serviceable", but at this point, I'm ready to take this to the next level. It's hard being a "casual" FFXIV player at end-game, which cooled me on it after clearing Heavensward's MSQ.
It's been awhile, and I KNOW I'm going to be super-rusty. Any way to catch up on how to play the game in a way that doesn't make my raid groups pull their hair out and curse my mother? I've always been "serviceable", but at this point, I'm ready to take this to the next level. It's hard being a "casual" FFXIV player at end-game, which cooled me on it after clearing Heavensward's MSQ.
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
Just do nidhogg normal and the new expert dungeons until you're more comfortable, I'm say- also the new Raid Finder system might work out for dipping your toes into Savage though I haven't really looked into it.
I'd like to try my hand at magic and healer classes, but I have not yet figured out how to do proper targeting with a controller...I was initially a Warrior Tank, but the pressure to basically "lead" a raid (often ones I was entirely unfamiliar with) soured me on that. I've been DPS for awhile which, while enjoyable and I'm okay at it, is progressively growing more and more convoluted as I try and remember which order of which stances and which mantras and which buffs to do in which order.
Healer controller targeting is pretty easy--use Up/Down on the D-pad to scroll up and down the party list. Leave left/right for enemies. Enemy targeting is a lot of manipulating your camera so the stuff you want to target is on screen and the stuff you don't isn't. And maybe setting your Unsheathed targeting filter to enemy.
DPS rotations are mostly a matter of doing the research and then beating on a dummy. The Stone, Sky, Sea dummies added let you test your performance against a vague idea of what you should be able to do to beat a specific piece of content. Being good at DPS does involve actual work to learn stuff, but outside of Savage it doesn't really matter (and it matters far less this tier than it did last.), and you can use your ability to beat a dummy or not as a guideline of if you're ready for Savage. Once you learn it it's mostly muscle memory and then a little tailoring your approach to a specific fight.
Full GAF for Mhach. Gogogo.
Do we still have 24 people? (I'm in)
the_sun_king
Member
Full GAF runs of the 24 man raids are always fun
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because of how messy things get
Probably because otherwise it'd be complete bollocks.
Yeah, solo instance, cool. Yawn.
Gamer @ Heart
Member
They have already confirmed they are crafting.
You can get a crafter to 50 in a week or less if you do levequests, GC turn in, and Ixali quests. It's really easy but it does take a fair bit of time, and these Moogle quests will make getting crafters from 50 to 60 even easier. Not to mention they are adjusting scrip turn ins to make getting level 58 crafting gear easier.
It looks like a mixture of both, landing what the Ixal didn't do. There's stuff like the Vath/Vanu where you fly a mount around and spray stuff on people.
I doubt you need to be a crafter to ride the puff puff and make dragons sneeze.
Ixal had battle portions too, to get the materials you need for the crafting. The difference is with Ixal you could have a crafter literally at lv1 and still do them, here you'll need a lv 50 crafter.
TranceKuja
Member
I wonder how easy it is to get back into this game. Because I don't remember what I was doing exactly. I beat the main scenario and was on my way to Heavensward, but I also remember doing (hard) dungeons for... whatever reason? I think I stranded somewhere around the Crystal Tower. Also, I was a Dragoon. And in the GAF guild.
Guess I'm just looking for experiences of other players who've gotten back to a character after months (I think it's been a year now actually) of not playing.
... I should read the OP, shouldn't I?
Guess I'm just looking for experiences of other players who've gotten back to a character after months (I think it's been a year now actually) of not playing.
... I should read the OP, shouldn't I?