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[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]

Blue Mage!?

One of these days, YoshiP is going to try and fool the dataminers. Not saying this is it, but it's going to happen someday.

Nice to see someone got my joke.

Also, are people REALLY complaining Zurvan ex is easy when they already have the best weapon and downed the hardest fight? If Creator savage is easy then idk what you guys were expecting with Zurvan, honestly. I mean it goes to say how people set their expectations and it's a bit too high every patch. I'm gonna just chill and take him out whenever I can cause I really want that Phoenix!

 

[Omnicent]

just watched some streams of the new 24 man. I look forward to running with GAF tonight lol

 

[GraveRobberX]

So yeah Fun Scaith, do people think Day 1 they'll just steamroll through...

Jesus the mechanics are sick in this one

That Starting fight Sweet Jesus, So Good!

Got up to 4th boss, with 25mins to go, Vote Abandon ;/


Too many people dropping out or get loot and peace out

 

[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]

Oh and how bad is the relic step this patch? Tomes.... of fucking course. Already have 2k poetics but lore is sitting around 500. The ast relic looks amazing, imo. It really needs a glow change though! Blum looks like Lilith and I'm pretty disappointed. WHM is literally Navi from Zelda and it makes me laugh.

 

[Wilsongt]

So yeah Fun Scaith, do people think Day 1 they'll just steamroll through...

Jesus the mechanics are sick in this one

That Starting fight Sweet Jesus, So Good!

Got up to 4th boss, with 25mins to go, Vote Abandon ;/


Too many people dropping out or get loot and peace out

Welcome back to ff14, where if you don't know all mechanics within 1h of server uptime you're a useless casual scrub.

 

[Pachimari]

Yep you get squat. You only get the reward upon completion of every tenth floor.

Oh well. I just completed floor 1-10 again, and went from lvl 13>14. Need just one more level.

 

[Reknoc]

these are the first 3 steps so far

RIP DPS classes.

 

[IonicSnake]

We beat Dun Scaith with 24 min left, I think it might be my favourite one yet.

 

[Thorgal]

just a small tip :

if you have other players titles enabled , it might be a good thing to switch those off for a while .

The title you get at the end of the MSQ is a big Spoiler .

 

[Grudy]

Is there anything in the new patch that a lowly level 38 should bother to do?

 

[ebil]

I wanted a Wool Top for boots purposes, entered Aquapolis, dropped 2! This is a good day.

 

[Wilsongt]

Is there anything in the new patch that a lowly level 38 should bother to do?

There is housing stuff if you have an apartment.

 

[Pachimari]

Wait, the game says I'm currently penalized for having withdrawn from previous duty. How long is that penalty?

 

[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]

just a small tip :

if you have other players titles enabled , it might be a good thing to switch those off for a while .

The title you get at the end of the MSQ is a big Spoiler .

I'm not sure why SE would do something like this? I mean if there's a quest in idyl I'm bound to get spoiled. Thanks for the heads up though seriously cause I'm super excited to play the story when I'm home.

 

[Hasemo]

Dun Scaith was really fun. The first fight was indeed brutal with people falling off all over the place. 4? or so wipes later we finally got it. 2 wipes on the second boss and smooth sailing after that. I really like the community on the Japanese server - no one getting angry, everyone politely trying to guess the mechanics. I was surprised no one exploded when 2 people in a row started the first boss fight because everyone could gather and locked out half of the alliance, lol.

 

[GraveRobberX]

Welcome back to ff14, where if you don't know all mechanics within 1h of server uptime you're a useless casual scrub.

Thanks!

Seriously man, people get mad upset, like "What I have to get good at DPS'ing, Healing or Tanking"
Dodging what is this Bullshit!

Why no cruise control


Seriously we had dude join who beat first boss, got Aiming Legs, bounced
"Class", why the fuck queue up in the first place

 

[DrForester]

Sohm Al (Hard) is kind of boring...

 

[Pachimari]

Guys, I bought this Encyclopedia book from the Square Enix EU store, and I now see I am supposed to get this minion, but I don't have it:

 

[DrForester]

Guys, I bought this Encyclopedia book from the Square Enix EU store, and I now see I am supposed to get this minion, but I don't have it:

Check the back of the book. Should be a small piece of paper tucked into the binding somewhere with the code.

 

[Arkeband]

So yeah Fun Scaith, do people think Day 1 they'll just steamroll through...

Jesus the mechanics are sick in this one

That Starting fight Sweet Jesus, So Good!

Got up to 4th boss, with 25mins to go, Vote Abandon ;/


Too many people dropping out or get loot and peace out

The problem is with 24 people randomly grouped together, you're basically praying that you have enough competent people who can actually learn mechanics to overcome the inevitable portion who can't. And sometimes mechanics are created that require all 24 people to be semi-competent (Ozma).

So in that case, it's better to vote abandon because you're never going to clear and the instance is going to kick you out before Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum ever learn to avoid AOE.

It's even worse when you're queued with a premade group who cover for the poor performance of their worst players and actively antagonize the other 16 people who never signed up for their 'drunk raid', etc.

I'm not sure why SE would do something like this? I mean if there's a quest in idyl I'm bound to get spoiled. Thanks for the heads up though seriously cause I'm super excited to play the story when I'm home.

I just turn off all floating player names unless I specifically click on them, the game feels more realistic without a sea of disembodied letters cluttering my screen. It also makes NPC's and players blend in together so the world seems less empty than it is.

Spoiler

;_;

 

[Squishy3]

lmao, finishing the pneumite step for the relic has windows 10/ios10 jokes

 

[GraveRobberX]

Sohm Al (Hard) is kind of boring...

Cool music though

Someone in my party went is this a Pokemon Dungeon?

I'm grinding PvP for the first time, I never got to do it, now with freelancing already reached 1/4th Wolf Mark total cap
Not had doing Feast over and over, fast queue time

Its chaos, hilarious, somehow I've won 3 lost 2
Fun shit
Want those 3 mounts, hopefully I get 'em

 

[DrForester]

Also, that's not Ruby Carbuncle, you heathen.

Emerald Carbuncle is best Carbuncle, scrub.

 

[Pachimari]

Emerald Carbuncle is best Carbuncle, scrub.

I wish we could still buy the carbuncles but it doesn't seem they'll restock the teddy bears in the shop?

Check the back of the book. Should be a small piece of paper tucked into the binding somewhere with the code.

I'll take a look.

 

[Vic_Viper]

Anyone know what this gear set is called and where to can get it from?

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

The problem is with 24 people randomly grouped together, you're basically praying that you have enough competent people who can actually learn mechanics to overcome the inevitable portion who can't. And sometimes mechanics are created that require all 24 people to be semi-competent (Ozma).

Hey, when I cleared Weeping City for the first time Sunday evening an entire party died because a healer went AFK, and we still somehow managed to beat Ozma. Cool music, by the way.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Anyone know what this gear set is called and where to can get it from?

New dungeon gear, get it from Baelsar's Wall and Sohm Ai Hard

 

[Hasemo]

Sohm Al (Hard) is kind of boring...

After clearing all new dungeon/raud/trial stuff in the patch minus ZarvEx, Sohm is definitely the low point of this patch. Last boss can get hectic/fun if party's ilv is low, but that's about it.

Just finished Zaruvan normal with one person being dced from the start and the ST being dead for a big portion of the fight. Grabbed the hate for much longer than I should as a BLM, but luckily we cleared it without wiping. Still salty that I didn't get any comms

 

[Pachimari]

So, I am now a lvl 30 archer, and a lvl 15 pugilist, which should give me access to the Bard class at the archer guild. But I guess I have to complete all of Silvairre's quests before I'll get access to the one turning me into a Bard?

 

[GraveRobberX]

Can't believe I went AWOL this month to get at at least ilvl240 through Lore gear, now Dungeon drops ilvl245

GG

Might have to buy 60 day time card it looks like

Should I just continue or let January month finish out, have sub till January 24th
Then use card on Feb 1st and earn 60 days like that

Will be without FFXIV for a week...

 

[Wilsongt]

So, I am now a lvl 30 archer, and a lvl 15 pugilist, which should give me access to the Bard class at the archer guild. But I guess I have to complete all of Silvairre's quests before I'll get access to the one turning me into a Bard?

Yes. After you finish all of the quests, he'll send you off to another NPC to get your bard soulstone.

 

[DrForester]

Real talk...


Sephirot
Sohia
Zurvan





Anyone else annoyed his name doesn't start with an S too?

 

[DrForester]

After clearing all new dungeon/raud/trial stuff in the patch minus ZarvEx, Sohm is definitely the low point of this patch. Last boss can get hectic/fun if party's ilv is low, but that's about it.

Just finished Zaruvan normal with one person being dced from the start and the ST being dead for a big portion of the fight. Grabbed the hate for much longer than I should as a BLM, but luckily we cleared it without wiping. Still salty that I didn't get any comms

Just did Zurvan normal as well. Super duper easy, and I've been hearing the EX is easy too.

 

[Pachimari]

Yes. After you finish all of the quests, he'll send you off to another NPC to get your bard soulstone.

I completed them all. Seems like I also have to complete all of Luciane's quests.

 

[Squishy3]

seems like "robust" is the normal and "virtuous" is the bonus for light, at least i've not seen any better than that. going to guess stuff like the latest ex primals and savage give virtuous most of the time


3.5 story spoilers

Spoiler

also i get what they were going for with the title name, as it follows up on the title from Coil, but still.

 

[Vic_Viper]

New dungeon gear, get it from Baelsar's Wall and Sohm Ai Hard

Thanks! The trailer made it seem like it was part of the 24 man raid. Seems like it's going to be a while before I can even attempt that dungeon though.

 

[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]

Real talk...


Sephirot
Sohia
Zurvan





Anyone else annoyed his name doesn't start with an S too?

In FF VI their names were Fiend, Goddess, and Demon.... so not really. I bet some people don't even know they're from ff vi. I still see people thinking Sephirot is just named after Sephiroth from VII.

 

[Reknoc]

In FF VI their names were Fiend, Goddess, and Demon.... so not really. I bet some people don't even know they're from ff vi. I still see people thinking Sephirot is just named after Sephiroth from VII.

The achievement for EX probably doesn't help with that.

 

[IvorB]

Why is the BLM relic glow always so whack?

 

[iammeiam]

So based on random PF and RF adventures so far...

Decent DPS skips what might the the mechanic YoshiP was talking up as tricky for Zurvan? Soar requires actual coordination but like... you can just out damage it and make it not happen.

r i p

 

[Arkeband]

Hey, when I cleared Weeping City for the first time Sunday evening an entire party died because a healer went AFK, and we still somehow managed to beat Ozma. Cool music, by the way.

It's easier now because everyone's a good ~20+ ilvls higher than they were when that came out.

 

[DrForester]

So, what exactly do you do for the new anima light stage? Did the 3 dungeons. Even got the 15 items for a new soulstone, but I'm confused about the light stage. Just do instanced stuff like soulglazing? What are the bonuses it speaks of?

 

[GraveRobberX]

It's easier now because everyone's a good ~20+ ilvls higher than they were when that came out.

This!

Also mechanics were well versed by then, some think Brute Force is the way
Game punishes you had if no cohesiveness

I learned these 2 24 man Raid dungeons on the fly, most just knew, I watched, picked up, within 2-3 runs, understood

Dun Scaith will be the same, but some people just want to get it over with ASAP

 

[Wilsongt]

This!

Also mechanics were well versed by then, some think Brute Force is the way
Game punishes you had if no cohesiveness

I learned these 2 24 man Raid dungeons on the fly, most just knew, I watched, picked up, within 2-3 runs, understood

Dun Scaith will be the same, but some people just want to get it over with ASAP

people only do the 24-man for gear and their "poverty" upgrades. No one does it just to enjoy themselves or whatnot.

 

[Stone Ocean]

So, what exactly do you do for the new anima light stage? Did the 3 dungeons. Even got the 15 items for a new soulstone, but I'm confused about the light stage. Just do instanced stuff like soulglazing? What are the bonuses it speaks of?

Run content with your relic on

 

[Pachimari]

Check the back of the book. Should be a small piece of paper tucked into the binding somewhere with the code.

I found it! Well hidden lol. Thanks a lot.

 

[Sir Griffith]

Man SMN changes so much once you get DWT. All the hours of muscle memory for rotations... going to be tough lol. Time to reorg my XHB / WXHB while im at it.

 

[aceface]

Man SMN changes so much once you get DWT. All the hours of muscle memory for rotations... going to be tough lol. Time to reorg my XHB / WXHB while im at it.

Yeah, it goes from super boring to somewhat interesting.

 

[studyguy]

Oh man the PLD relic looks decent for once.
BRD is straight up magical girl final attack tier lol.

 

[Arkeband]

I kind of dig the look of the new relics, in that the base model is very plain but when unsheathed, it bursts into life. I have a feeling this is kind of a reverse-Zeta step where we're given the glow first and then the last stage will be making the base models look fancy.