The game doesn't have any Pro specific performance improvements. They're supposed to talk about a Pro patch soon.
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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT2| RIP Bowmage 2015-2017.
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If you've already joined a grand company, do a couple fates or the grand company hunting log to earn the 200 seals required to buy a chocobo license.
I don't think I've gotten a Grand Compamy hunting log yet.
They want me to check up on the sylphs.
DarknessTear
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Man I'd just love to have a stable framerate.
If you picked a Grand Company through the main scenario (Twin Adders, Immortal Flames, Maelstrom) then you have a Grand Company hunting log, this happens immediately after defeating Ifrit. It's accessed the same way as the normal hunting log, you just have an extra step of having to click on the logo of the Grand Company you joined. It'll be below the class symbols.
In this picture it's the black boat on a red background, which is the Maelstrom's GC logo.
Gamer @ Heart
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Pro tip: every crafter worth a damn is hoarding every level of materia for 4.0
Plan ahead people!
AuthenticM
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Damn, I see. I'll stop wasting my time then. I'll go for the Heavensward relic weapon instead. Thanks.
Doing the Umbrite step for my Anima weapon. For the longest time I heard people complaining about getting the Umbrites yet Lore is basically rains down on me and I have a harder time getting the stuff for Crystal Sand. I've been doing a mix of Moonstones, stuff you can buy with poetics, and the CT/Void Ark drops.
Since I finally got all of the level 58 Gathering Blue Script gear, I'll now add Rowena Blue Script Tokens into the mix. My crafters aren't high enough to get the demimateria needed.
If only I hadn't gambled away all that Grade IV elemental materia. >.<
Since I finally got all of the level 58 Gathering Blue Script gear, I'll now add Rowena Blue Script Tokens into the mix. My crafters aren't high enough to get the demimateria needed.
If only I hadn't gambled away all that Grade IV elemental materia. >.<
DrForester
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If you need sand, and are not using them for anything else, do the leve trick. Get high level leve in Foundation (I use "Dance Magic Dance"). The leve will be in the Hinterlands. You start the leve. and then scan the area for a treasure chest (seems to be a 20%-25% spawn rate). Find the chest or not, you then quit the leve and retry. Once you get a pattern down, it only takes 30 seconds or so per leve.
The chest has an item (something Amber) that is a 1:1 sand trade, and it's 100% from the chest.
I see. I'll check it out when I play tonight. Because then I'll do the Hunting Log before moving on with the MSQ.
[edit] Where can I see how many seals I have? And can it be displayed on my HUD?
So I decided to jump into the game again after playing for about a year after ARR launch.
I bought the PC version to play on my new laptop after getting good results on the benchmark.
However, I have encountered some weird bug on the foliage. I know the shimmering is part of the Directx 9 client experience but in addition to that I also get some sort of "firefly-effect" on most leaves.
I tried the direct x 11 client and the shimmer and fireflies are gone, but my FPS drop to about 25 while I get steady 30 on direct x 9 which is why I would prefer to stay on that.
I can live with the shimmer but those fireflies are pretty distracting, especially at night.
I played around with the settings but could not make it better sadly.
Playing on an Acer V3-327-57CW, Core i5-6267U, Intel Iris 550
Anyone has an idea how to fix that?
Edit: After installing the older driver (there are only 2 available) the problem was gone but my FPS dropped to directx 11 levels lol ._. Guess I have to get used to it for now and hope for a fix some day...
I bought the PC version to play on my new laptop after getting good results on the benchmark.
However, I have encountered some weird bug on the foliage. I know the shimmering is part of the Directx 9 client experience but in addition to that I also get some sort of "firefly-effect" on most leaves.
I tried the direct x 11 client and the shimmer and fireflies are gone, but my FPS drop to about 25 while I get steady 30 on direct x 9 which is why I would prefer to stay on that.
I can live with the shimmer but those fireflies are pretty distracting, especially at night.
I played around with the settings but could not make it better sadly.
Playing on an Acer V3-327-57CW, Core i5-6267U, Intel Iris 550
Anyone has an idea how to fix that?
Edit: After installing the older driver (there are only 2 available) the problem was gone but my FPS dropped to directx 11 levels lol ._. Guess I have to get used to it for now and hope for a fix some day...
If you're on PC you cant press Ctrl+C, or click on where your gil is.
Other wise its in the character section on your main menu
Hmm...I've been flipping my Ixali materia because I have so much. Maybe I should stockpile.
The entire game is basically single player friendly with the exception of story dungeons which the game puts you in matchmaking for. Story dungeons are fairly easy with only optional dungeons/raids providing some level of difficulty.
How hard would it be to get involved in that endgame content, is it a huge jump up or would I be able to try out some of it without being super geared or optimized?
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Don't bother doing any relic at all until you have completed all of the current story. It's a completely optional thing and a bad thing to recommend to new players to focus on imo because of the amount of grinding involved.
There are item level requirements but it's really easy to gear up for all but the highest level content. Hunts and duty roulettes drop tomes which let you buy higher level gear.
Palace of the Dead will also let you get a good high level weapon.
All of the current end-game content/boss trails have a normal version and "Savage" version. The normal versions are very lenient when it comes to gear level and are not too difficult. The same applies to the base game's boss trials: there's a normal boss encounter, a hard mode boss encounter and a extreme mode boss encounter. This changes a bit later in the game where there's only the normal/hard version and the extreme version.
I found it, but it can not be shown on the HUD like gil can? I can't seem to find it.
[edit] Oh well, I think I can only right-click it to change between the different currencies. Wish I could have two of them on my HUD.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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The new relic might be a good idea if you want a good weapon going into Stormblood but I honestly really DOUBT SB content is going to be only friendly to 270 weapons or so. I think you can probably go in with a shire weapon no problem.
Hatali is an optional dungeon.
Edit: Nedrick Ironheart is the NPC that unlocks a lot of optional dungeons, he' in The Waking Sands (Western Thanalan)
I'll try to talk to him. I'm just not sure if I am supposed to clear the that Hunting Log. I'm lvl 25, and there's lvl 45 creatures where I need to slay some of these. Four hits and I'm done for.
You wont really need to be on there for very long, just have it showing while you save up for your chocobo, after that you'll probably stop caring about seals until like... lvl 60 lol
Yeah, my bad. I should have said Vesper Bay instead. I kind of put the two together in my head.
Edit: Fisher level 60. Collectables on it have been piss easy so far. Now to gear it up.
Hi! So I've never played an MMO before, but I love FF and I keep seeing people on GAF praise XIV, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm about to start the free trial and I figured if I like it I might buy it while it's on sale. I don't really have any questions at the moment, but that could change once I start playing. lol
One thing I wanted to be sure about: PS Plus isn't required to play this game at all, right?
One thing I wanted to be sure about: PS Plus isn't required to play this game at all, right?
nope , only a FF14 sub is required
Coolio, thanks!
Vic_Viper
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Been awhile since I've played and want to get back in to playing regularly. What's the most ideal way to relearn all the systems/abilities? Start a fresh character just to get the hang of it again before switching back to my main? Or just start a new class?
Also having trouble trying to set up my hotbar layouts. Is there a good guide somewhere I can use to see how I set up my hot bars? Pics of ideal set ups would be a huge plus so I can see what my set up should look like at the end.
Playing a Ninja currently.
Also do we know which stores are going to carry the Stormblood CE? GameStop had the Heavensward CE if i recall correctly so I hope try do again but worried Square will only carry it on their store this time.
Also having trouble trying to set up my hotbar layouts. Is there a good guide somewhere I can use to see how I set up my hot bars? Pics of ideal set ups would be a huge plus so I can see what my set up should look like at the end.
Playing a Ninja currently.
Also do we know which stores are going to carry the Stormblood CE? GameStop had the Heavensward CE if i recall correctly so I hope try do again but worried Square will only carry it on their store this time.
Stone Ocean
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No need start from scratch, unlock the Palace of The Dead and test stuff out there.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Amazingly, I'm back to super noob in this game
It took me roughly 2 hours to fix the HUD to my liking
Then took me for fucking ever to setup my WAR Crossbar
Thank fuck I have good muscle memory, so I know my combos old
But CD's I'm completely fucked lol
Playing WAR to 60 first
Pick Low level roulette, get Aurum Vale as my intro dungeon, fucking lol
Tanked the whole thing very well, got 2 commendations out of it
How do you level up quickly
My Quests are mad old, no clue how to start the expansion
Annoying I can't get good ilvl gear, cause I need to reach level60 to start the ilvl process
Give me some guidance!
Sucks being underleveled
It took me roughly 2 hours to fix the HUD to my liking
Then took me for fucking ever to setup my WAR Crossbar
Thank fuck I have good muscle memory, so I know my combos old
But CD's I'm completely fucked lol
Playing WAR to 60 first
Pick Low level roulette, get Aurum Vale as my intro dungeon, fucking lol
Tanked the whole thing very well, got 2 commendations out of it
How do you level up quickly
My Quests are mad old, no clue how to start the expansion
Annoying I can't get good ilvl gear, cause I need to reach level60 to start the ilvl process
Give me some guidance!
Sucks being underleveled
pillowtalk
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Yeah I just recently came back too. If you finished the main story from ARR to see the credits screen, go to the Waking Sands and see if the quest marker shows up there.
I use this to check what I need finished: http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Main_Scenario_Quests
HelloNewman
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There's a ton of stuff to do I've been playing since launch and never raided and I always have something to do.
Palace of the Dead all day, everyday. You can unlock it at 15 and you level really fast in there plus it has a separate leveling system so you'll be able to hit 60 inside and try out and practice with all the skills. After exiting you get a big chunk of exp and then you rinse and repeat.
It's a side quest. While a lot of important features are unlocked via the MSQ, there are also several meaty things via side quests too.
I don't remember if it starts in Quarrymill or you are sent there though.
Stone Ocean
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It's at 17, actually
I'll be checking it out for sure after I've been to the other dungeon!
AuthenticM
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Always do blue sidequests marked with a "+" as soon as they appear.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
I'm guessing I'm assed out on the big stuff like Labyrinths, Syrius tower, and World of Darkness
Queued up for 30 minutes as tank for WOD for quest and nothing still
Queued up for 30 minutes as tank for WOD for quest and nothing still
Today's the unofficial queue day for Crystal Tower but might still be a little while since it's Christmas Day
I think on Saturday or Sunday, ffxiv subreddit used to advertise a crystal tower day or something similar to encourage people to queue, may have died down nowadays.
Edit: what squishy said
Stone Ocean
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Your best bet for Crystal Tower around noon EST on Sunday, at least on Primal.
Teriyaki Blues
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17, quest starts in Gridania's Inn (The Carline Canopy).
Haha, S-E has been poking a lot of fun at that laugh lately. The lampooning in WoFF was great, thanks for sharing the mail text, Ken.
Hmm, seems like I need Aetherpool armor and gear of which I have none. At least I unlocked the Palace of the Dead.
But is this really important, or can they wait till I've done the MSQs?
[edit] I know this is probably not a lot, but I've never seen this many online before (on Ultros):
But is this really important, or can they wait till I've done the MSQs?
[edit] I know this is probably not a lot, but I've never seen this many online before (on Ultros):
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