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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT2| RIP Bowmage 2015-2017.
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Need takes precedence over Greed.
You can only Need on an item if you can equip it with your current class (or it is an item any class can use). However, Need has priority over Greed. The Greeds are only considered if no one rolled Need.
QisTopTier
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and if there is a party finder party up that says Greed > Need it means there is a loot list and you mark what item you want to greed roll on. This is done so people can play whatever class and still obtain stuff they need on others.
BadenBadenLily
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Is the Typhoon event in the Golden Saucer completely random?
I've done it 5 times now and have yet to clear all six sneezes. Most other people seem to fail at it as well.
I've done it 5 times now and have yet to clear all six sneezes. Most other people seem to fail at it as well.
It's random, but some attacks have a set pattern like the quad circles and the edge aoe so you can decrease your chance of getting knocked off/avoid it by standing in specific spots.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/4lxsr8/typhon_gate_research/
https://out.reddit.com/t3_4lxsr8?ur...kxA90-VhUYFT9ejcJU70a4pD8&app_name=reddit.com
You have to stand where Sosul stands. That lalafell camps Fungah.
Just started playing again after 1.5 years, got a lvl 32 or something Lancer. Got a few questions.
I see some conflicting information on whether to ignore side quests or do them. I can imagine if you do every side quest there won't be as easy to level up the other classes? In other words, i don't want to screw myself so that i'll run out of content for my future classes. I'm pretty green on all this.
Every class also got a sub-class, correct? Pretty sure i chose Lancer back then to unlock Dragoon, is that still a good class to go for? Got a Marauder that i leveled up to around 15.
Pretty overwhelming getting back into it so far, there are plenty of gameplay systems and the cross class system to think about.
I see some conflicting information on whether to ignore side quests or do them. I can imagine if you do every side quest there won't be as easy to level up the other classes? In other words, i don't want to screw myself so that i'll run out of content for my future classes. I'm pretty green on all this.
Every class also got a sub-class, correct? Pretty sure i chose Lancer back then to unlock Dragoon, is that still a good class to go for? Got a Marauder that i leveled up to around 15.
Pretty overwhelming getting back into it so far, there are plenty of gameplay systems and the cross class system to think about.
creid
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It's up to you - if the sidequests intrigue you, do them. There's a lot of them so it can be easy to get bogged down and bored by them, but there are more efficient ways to get XP when you need it.
If you're enjoying Lancer, then stick with that. If you're really at level 32 on your lancer, and you got Marauder to level 15 you should be able to do some quests to unlock Dragoon right now.
i recommend this guide
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Guide:Progression and Level Locked Content
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/WVNL
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Guide:Progression and Level Locked Content
afaik this is the agreed upon blm bis
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/WVNL
Don't worry about not having quests to level up other classes. Quests probably aren't even the fastest method. Any classes after your first also get a massive exp bonus that makes leveling them easier.
Only save quests if you want to save them as something interesting to do. Experience isn't a big worry, since dungeons, FATEs, guildleves, daily quests, and the Palace of the Dead are all available as methods to get experience points.
Thanks!
DrForester
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There's no rush to pre-order Stormblood if I'm just going to go for the Digital Collector's Edition on PC, right?
No, you can take your sweet time. I think I'll pre-order next week or so.
Would be neat to create a party of us that does like 1 turn / week over 12 weeks and go through the entire Coil synced. Wouldn't be particularly time-intensive (just like one night a week), but would definitely get to know each other a lot better by the end of 12 weeks!
So timing TBD, we have:
Healer #1 - Aceface
Healer #2 -
Tank #1 - Womberz (if needed)
Tank #2 -
DPS #1 - Womberz (if tanking, then this slot is open)
DPS #2 - Bebpo
DPS #3 -
DPS #4 -
If you're interested in this, please reply and let me know what job role you can fill. Thanks
Bebpo, did you want to try to do this tonight?
xxczx
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In ideal situations you'll have WAR so you just replace your DEs with AE. Don't feel bad if you aren't using AE as much when there is no WAR.
Since no else responded, I figured there's no point in going forward tonight on this. If there's interest, I'm always down.
Since I didn't see any interest beyond like 3-4 of us, I did an unsynced pf. Got a group and was able to run T1-T8 no problem. Had trouble getting people to coordinate on the second meteor drop phase of T9 and people got frustrated and left. Considering how much coordination is needed for T9, I wonder how hard it's gonna be to get a pf group together to pass it and unlock Final coil.
No worries. Unsynced I'm sure you'll get it eventually.
p much
if you have no WAR then you'll still want to fit in duality AEs at the very least
tiggerkiddo
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Even if you have a WAR, you have to make sure they'll put the slashing debuff up. A lot of them don't so I have to do it myself, better safe than sorry.
How horrifying.
BadenBadenLily
Banned
What's the recommended aetherpool rating for each floorset of PoTD?
I'm at +7 on both after doing 1-10 a few times. Is that enough to go in further?
I'm at +7 on both after doing 1-10 a few times. Is that enough to go in further?
That cover art, hnnnnnnng it's making me break my vow to only buy digital
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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I don't get WARs who don't put slashing up.
Unfortunately I never think to check if they are just spamming Butcher's Block non stop.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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I Got my firebird earlier today. Probably my favourite mount, tbh!!!
pillowtalk
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You can't do the eternal bonding ceremony solo right? I just want the mount and the dyeable suit/dress.
Beat Turn 9 Coil unsync after like 3 parties. The Kamazine group on Excalibur were great. Hell, the guild leader's paladin survived a megaflare with 1 meteor still on the field
Been skipping all the cutscenes to keep up with everyone, so gonna watch all of Coil so far and then get started on Final Coil tomorrow. Turn 5 & Turn 9 were fun.
Been skipping all the cutscenes to keep up with everyone, so gonna watch all of Coil so far and then get started on Final Coil tomorrow. Turn 5 & Turn 9 were fun.
In Health: Two Part AoE. One is move away. One is move close. If either hits anyone, a floor rune lights up. I think it lights up only once per cast of either AoE (the order of which is random).
Cold Feet: Roomwide AoE. If you're facing her when it goes off, you are feared for 10 seconds. Recognizable by the purple Eye graphic.
Dark Harvest: Single target damage thingie, dunno anymore than that.
Black-something: Roomwide AoE that deals more damage the more runes light up. At 4 runes it's pretty much wipe.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Use Syphon Strike to get back MP.
Shadowskin --- > Rampart
Shadow Wall ---> Sentinel (except it's 30% not 40%).
Dark Mind ---> 10% less magic damage (30% when boosted with Dark Arts).
Reprisal ---> 10% less damage.
Dark Dance ---: 30% increased parry.
If you're trying to pull a group of enemies and you somehow are almost out of mana don't be afraid to turn off Darkside until you get things under control. Also make sure you are using Blood Price for group pulls.
Blood Weapon is good too.
I think a big part of my problem playing the game is there's too much going on at once. I don't know how I'm supposed to keep track of AoEs, the name of the attack that's charging, who has hate, my HP, and when abilities are up all at the same time. Bosses are very stressful for me.
Changing whoch Job you use might help. There is a big difference in how easy it is to manage different classes, though preference and familiarity have a big impact on that.
The real trick is knowing how to narrow it down to what you need to worry about at any given time. Keeping track of everything at once is overwhelming, but you usually don't need to. For example, unless you are the healer, hp values are someone else's problem. You just need to get more experience, so you better understand when to focus your attention on dodging, and when to put all your mental energy on your attack rotation. It is okay to slack off on one or the other in most content, depending on the situation.
Usually, the first time you do a fight is the most stressful. It gets easier the more times you repeat it, since you know what you are in for.
Lanrutcon
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Have a SCH?
But seriously: I've gone through that fight multiple times as a SCH, and you can just shield people through most of the crap. Not sure how one does that fight without a healer apart from not stepping in the red bits and not looking at her for cold feet.
As someone who soled it as a WAR - you can dodge most of her attacks and just use self heals and HQ max potions (which you get a ton if in PotD) when off cooldown.
Lanrutcon
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Liar.
Everyone forgets about their potions the moment they set foot in POTD. It's practically a game mechanic.
Are you kidding? I started using potions thanks to PotD!
It was mostly because of my solo run and having 400+ HQ max potions in my inventory, but now I use them on other occassions as well. So good.
Lanrutcon
Member
You would be amazed how many people just straight up never use them.
"Dude.You're slowly dying of pox. Use some potions."
"wut"
"Potions"
"wut"
"..."
All that info is displayed on your hud but isn't explained well at all in game.
Cast attacks are displayed as the white bar on the target bar.
On that image the Desert Peiste is casting Body Slam.
If the fight requires you to target multiple enemies and keep track of a boss casting specific attacks, you can right click/square button the boss to make him the Focus Target. This will give you a mini target bar of that enemy and his cast bar no matter who you target.
White mage in that shot is targeting himself while seeing the Betrayed Soul cast Stone via the Focus Target bar.
Hate is telegraphed via the party menu and the enemy list. In the party menu there's letters, numbers, and bars underneath the class icon that designate the current hate levels of your current target. "A" is the person with hate, 2 is 2 on the list, 3 is 3, and 4 is 4. The bars let you know how close you are to "A"/pulling hate away.
The enemy list is a simplified version of your personal hate levels with all the enemies on the field.
The colored shapes on the left signal hate. The order goes green/minimal hate levels, yellow, orange, red/max hate.
I completely understand how you can be overwhelmed by all this info being thrown at you all over the screen, I felt that way myself when I first tried healing. What I did to fix it was to go into the hud menu and move things around to make it easier for me to get that info without having to look away from the boss. Specifically I moved the party list from the corner to off center right, lowered the focus bar a bit so it would be closer to the party menu, moved the enemy list to the right side of my screen next to the party menu, and lowered my buff bar to the top of my crossbar so now all that info is localized around one spot and I can see everything without losing track of what's going on in the fight.
If none of that helps, then yeah try a simpler job like dps till you get the hang of it.
(3.4 story spoilers)
Anyone know what this music track is called? This is the only cutscene in the game where I remember it playing. Is there an orchestrion roll for it?
Anyone know what this music track is called? This is the only cutscene in the game where I remember it playing. Is there an orchestrion roll for it?
Eh just play DPS. Bosses can still be stressful but a lot less so.
PhillipCostigan
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I think my new pet peeve in XIV is dungeon tanks who try to tank out of aggro stance and lose hate to me on bosses, despite them having better gear.
The worst is that they're totally fine losing hate to me and letting me die until I tell them to put on Grit/Defiance etc.
The worst is that they're totally fine losing hate to me and letting me die until I tell them to put on Grit/Defiance etc.
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