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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT2| RIP Bowmage 2015-2017.
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Thanks for posting this. The ending of 1.0 had to be the most epic ending in video game history and to come out of the ashes 100x better in 2.0 is another epic story that should be used as a case study on how to fix a game.
A lot of mechanics are marked by specific indicators, and those indicators don't change often. So you'll have a single 'stack' marker that gets used in every other fight and you can react right away. When all else fails, if you aren't completely sure, just run away from everyone if you're marked with something.
It becomes muscle memory after a point and a lot of the fights in the game borrow/remix existing mechanics from other encounters, so it's not as hard to remember things as you might think. They've been consistent with the markers this expansion as well, making the stuff that's unique to each encounter stand out while stuff that's simple like the Earthshaker marker (little white indicator above your head) means a straight line attack hits anyone standing in front of that person.
yaffi
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I mentioned something like that a few days ago, but it isn't all that difficult to memorize stuff that concerns only you and the class you're playing.
I mean, those guides always explain everything for everyone, but you don't play all the classes simultaneously, right?
You really only have to look out for a fraction of what's happening most of the time. Also if it's different phases it's even easier.
You learn one dance at a time. It's easy to forget the mechanics of content you haven't done in a while but once you see the dance, you remember the steps. The more you do an encounter, the easier it becomes muscle memory. As someone previously mentioned, a lot of the markers repeat themselves, so even in a new encounter, you have an idea of how to deal with a mechanic while going in blind.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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So who's hairstyles are they going to add to the game once they're done with Type O?
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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I'm hoping they add some FFXV ones like Luna's or some classic FF ones like Terra. I'm guessing in Stormblood we will have more hairstyles to choose from.
Stone Ocean
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You know, I'd actually kill for Fang's hairstyle and LR costumes
xxczx
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I spent my Sunday making a site for my FC plus an access page to my Discord & PvPaissa. I'm going to be adding more stuff in the future like Aether/Primal FCs/LS. It was pretty fun to do!
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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I am surprised by how easy it was to use Discord.
When I cleared Sophia EX the guy who carried posted an url and as soon as you put it into your browser you are in the chat without having to install any programs or anything.
When I cleared Sophia EX the guy who carried posted an url and as soon as you put it into your browser you are in the chat without having to install any programs or anything.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Gpose is actually pretty cool once you mess around with some of the options.
Still trying to figure out which lighting options are the best.
Still trying to figure out which lighting options are the best.
so you run the tryhard discord nice! i had no idea you use gaf.
DrForester
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Gpose is actually pretty cool once you mess around with some of the options.
Still trying to figure out which lighting options are the best.
I made sure to do the FFXIV event in FFXI, but I missed out on the FFXI one in FFXIV. When will that gear be on mogstation?
Manny _Calavera
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Those were exactly the ones I was thinking of too.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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No idea. Some seasonal stuff is on there but they take a while to add them.
The way I learned to be a tank is to be completely shameless and get people killed.
Pretty much. Don't care one bit. Get in, keep hate on whatever you're supposed to (this is the actual important part and it's very easy to do), pop cooldowns, get out, get your commendations anyway.
As long as you have a basic understanding of the fight it's actually pretty hard to really screw up tanking in this game.
I wouldn't worry about it too much everyone has to learn. I just started DRK the other day and was a bit overwhelmed by starting at 30 with all the skills and honestly I just ran the first 4 tiers of POTD over and over till I went from 30-50 and until till I was comfortable with the job. In between I did my daily leveling roulette and got some real dungeon experience and now it's natural. Who cares what people think you're the tank you control the pace of the run if they don't like it oh well and if someone dies it's the healers fault, it's always the healers fault.
Unknown Soldier
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Tanking in MMOs teaches you a healthy hatred for every other player in the game. Once you have learned this, you will happily let anybody in your party die and not feel a thing. At all.
The job of tanking in MMOs is surprisingly straightforward.
(1) Make all the monsters hit you
(2) Don't die
If you have done these two things, you are already doing it right. Anything happens outside of these 2 things you control is not your problem.
I never knew about this. Started tinkering with it tonight before I turned the game off. It's pretty fun to play with and easy enough for the PlayStation. You can get some nice shots with it. Here are some from my guy that I've been playing with.Gpose is actually pretty cool once you mess around with some of the options.
Still trying to figure out which lighting options are the best.
Special camera mode with effects for taking screenshots.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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There you go. Both of those look great. This is the first time I've seen this sort of feature in an MMO.
You type in /gpose and it brings up camera/screen filter controls so you can setup your own screenshots. You can do things like do an emote then enter gpose and it will replay the emote there so you can freeze frame it where you want it for a screenshot. Here's some more I just took.
Its a photo mode for taking screenshots of your character.
You use it by typing /Gpose in the chat window.
Then press Square if on PS4 to show the options display.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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Gpose is sooooo goood. I need to take more.
Oh, they implemented the new camera features already!? Oh wow, should have known that yesterday when I took a lot of screenshots. This is nice! Thanks.
I did one multiple map run since Aquapolis was introduced and we got to go inside 3 or 4 times and cleared it twice iirc. It was amazing, but I was surprised at how many times we got the rainbow proc. I love that place.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Yeah, I've been taking more screenshots now that I've experimented with it a bit.
Ignore the clipping.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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I can kill the a12s dummy as blm with about 5 seconds left and I'm not maxed out on BiS yet. Cool stuff.
Argh... I joined at least ten Zurvan "Clear Party, Know All Mechanics Incl. Tether!" PF over the weekend and still couldn't clear. Someone always messes up at tether.
I even joined one group that only had one other person who haven't cleared yet and STILL failed due to that person couldn't do the mechanics past Southern Cross.
I even joined one group that only had one other person who haven't cleared yet and STILL failed due to that person couldn't do the mechanics past Southern Cross.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Hit 50 on WHM today. So many Darkhold runs ughhhh (though to be completely honest, I was running it for multiple reasons: good XP, loot that sells for a lot on the market, and fuck healing Aurum Vale). I probably should have waited until I got Ironworks boots to take this, but whatever.
Thanks for the advice guys. Guess I just have to get used to it... I do find tanking to be a ton of fun so I don't wanna give it up. I'll try to care less.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Having spent the majority of the past couple weeks healing, I've seen wayyyy too many overzealous tanks who think they can handle far more than they actually can to believe this is true. :lol
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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That is very very sad.
It's still the healer's fault. Shifting the blame towards your healer is a part of your tanking rotation.
I actually had a tank apologise to me for dying before I could heal them after they aggro'd every bit of trash they could find and never popped any cooldowns.
I was too stunned to respond.
I'm very self-conscious as a tank myself. Fortunately, most people I've encountered in parties have been pretty nice about it, especially if I let them know ahead of time it's my first time in the dungeon. Most people also understood (as I was a Paladin) that I was fairly limited in my enmity attracting abilities until I reached level 40.
There have been a couple of people who have tried to tell me how to do my job (unsolicited) and I've mostly ignored them (and then vented to my FC once I could, haha).
I'm at the final dungeons in the ARR storyline now and not sure how to proceed with them. I know I'll get forced to skip the cutscenes with the Duty Finder and while the story hasn't been riveting, the context would be nice to see.
hosannainexcelsis
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If you want to see the cutscenes, you can see if you can get people from your FC to join a run that lets you see them in context.
That's a good idea. Can they be done with fewer than eight people? Might be hard to get that many people on board.
They can be solo'd by many (maybe all now? it's been a while) jobs at level 60; if you want a real safe and quick run, grab a level 60 tank and healer and you're set.
Something fun I found while digging around during a lore discussion in my FC discord:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ighlight=warriors+darkness+elezen#post3680214
Oh hey, something else fun too:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ighlight=warriors+darkness+elezen#post3680214
Oh hey, something else fun too:
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