Of all the posts that will be fun to look back upon later, this may be the best one.
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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT2| RIP Bowmage 2015-2017.
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Of all the posts that will be fun to look back upon later, this may be the best one.
>not being in a week one content pushing static
At the very least I'm going to queue up like 16 quests to turn in all at once
on RDM.
I agree. Fuck these missions that asks you to go get something but oops it's actually this other thing. Total filler stuff right there. I just shake my head when the NPC basically says "you got trolled."
In terms of "rushing" for Stormblood, I find that I'm less concerned with whether I can catch up by then (even if I don't, which is unlikely, the content isn't going anywhere), but rather I feel slightly pressured by time sensitive events like the Garo stuff. I really hope I don't miss out on it!
There's one more time in ARR (it's not as long as the Titan questline is though since that spans like 5 levels worth of quests) but it's a side effect of just having the story be spread out among 50 levels. The story in Heavensward and I'm sure Stormblood will be the same is much more focused and well paced due to it only having to cover 10 levels, with most of the meandering fetch quests relagated to sidequests in the zones.
As a sidenote, there'll be a good call back you'll appreciate later in the game.
Unknown Soldier
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I'm sure whatever happens with housing in Stormblood, it will be handled the worst way possible. No matter how bad you think it can get, it will actually be worse. And every available housing plot will be sold out on Balmung in 0.5 seconds, as always.
ilvl matters somewhat though into new expansion, average ilvl 270 will probably bring you up to level 73/74 at the least, that was how it went with HW
higher ilvl means an easier time with job quests and the leveling dungeons and shit too
buying a house is always a matter of 1st come 1st serve, even if you have the money if you can't log as soon as it was open chances are the slot's taken
asked my fc the other day and i think they'll move to shirogane when it's open
Valonquar
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PSA: New artbook is once again cheaper and availible sooner from Amazon JP:
Can change text to EN near top right of page. Bought the last few books this way & highly recommend it over SE shitstore.
Can change text to EN near top right of page. Bought the last few books this way & highly recommend it over SE shitstore.
iLevel kind of matters to the extent that it impacts when you'll care about dungeon drops, but the starter city will sell white gear sufficient to get you into the new dungeons, and everything will be tuned so low that i270 will be overkill. Your general actions day 1 of early access will be the same in i240 and i270 since you have to run the dungeons either way.
The limited nature of housing is actually why I called it out--either you're ready in time to buy or you're not; on a semi-lively server not being prepared will directly impact your ability to buy housing.
Realistically between the eventual Creator Savage unlock, Ultima dropping i270, incoming Diadem gear (I think?), and the planned doubling of scripture cap in the near future iLevel gonna rain from the heavens anyway, but as long as you make it past the minimum to finish the MSQ in HW you'll be fine.
How many FFXIV artbooks are there so far?
alt job has nothing to do with MSQ progression, i'm not sure what you're trying to do
Maybe he wants to play Warrior instead of Dragoon? Seems straightforward to me.
Yup, this is it.
Three. One for ARR and two for HW.
Thanks, I need to get this ASAP. The previous artbooks were fantastic.
Is there any repeat material or does every book have 100% new stuff? Why two for HW?
new stuff, covering diff patches
DrForester
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I didn't mind 50-60 the first time. All the side quests going through Heavensward made it pretty easy.
That second job though.... ugh....
Zero repeat material, and to my knowledge they contain every single officially released illustration on top of the concept art. The second artbook for Heavensward probably covers patch 3.1-3.5.
Yes, the ARR artbook has 1.0 stuff. The Encyclopaedia Eorzea is FF14's lore book. It's great quality, written in-character and contains a lot of stuff that isn't covered in the games. If you like the lore in this game it's a must have.
3.55 stuff (maybe even 3.5 story stuff) would probably be in Stormblood's artbook, yes. It's basically the expansion's prologue anyway.
hosannainexcelsis
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The Encyclopaedia Eorzea is still a Square-Enix store exclusive, right?
That's the same level I got stuck, and started doing more dungeons than the daily roulettes.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
You're gonna hit another deadzone between 58 and 59, too. So be ready for that as well.
The last bit of HW's MSQ is paced pretty poorly, as far as levels go.
But then the final battle of the story is worth the grind. 🙌🏽
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
I mean, story-wise and as a spectacle, it's pretty cool, but as an actual battle I feel like it's kinda underwhelming.
Hey at least Rend Mind was somewhat new, the first job I leveled in early access was DRG.
Just do Palace of the Dead 51-60, you'll get an ilv 230/255 weapon out of it and it will be over much faster than grinding regular dungeons.
I haven't bitched about PvP for a while.
PvP in this game sucks everyone moves at 300ping it's impossible to do things on reflex. There was a kill that was mine that was apparently not mine because by the time my skill's animation got off someone else had queued up a skill and got the finishing blow instead. There is a total disconnect between what you see and what's actually happening server side and all you can do is pray that what you think is happening is actually happening and not something else.
I lost a round of Feast because the other team had 3 healers to our 1 and of course we couldn't kill anyone while they had free rein to kill everyone. Another Feast round ended in a draw??? Because stalemates caused by evenly matched healers are so fun.
Back to your regularly scheduled Stormblood hype.
PvP in this game sucks everyone moves at 300ping it's impossible to do things on reflex. There was a kill that was mine that was apparently not mine because by the time my skill's animation got off someone else had queued up a skill and got the finishing blow instead. There is a total disconnect between what you see and what's actually happening server side and all you can do is pray that what you think is happening is actually happening and not something else.
I lost a round of Feast because the other team had 3 healers to our 1 and of course we couldn't kill anyone while they had free rein to kill everyone. Another Feast round ended in a draw??? Because stalemates caused by evenly matched healers are so fun.
Back to your regularly scheduled Stormblood hype.
Unknown Soldier
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PvE has the same server delay. It is well-known that the position of anyone on the screen in FFXIV is where they were 0.3 seconds ago plus your roundtrip latency to the server. In the early days of ARR launch, this delay actually caused a lot of problems with certain mechanics, notably on Titan HM and later EX.
Technically your position is actually where you were 0.3 seconds ago plus your roundtrip latency too, except the game lets you move around on the client in an effort to make it appear as if the game occurs in real-time, as opposed to the reality that it actually occurs for most people a minimum of 1/2 second later.
Technically your position is actually where you were 0.3 seconds ago plus your roundtrip latency too, except the game lets you move around on the client in an effort to make it appear as if the game occurs in real-time, as opposed to the reality that it actually occurs for most people a minimum of 1/2 second later.
Lanrutcon
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I can't bold this enough. Once you've unlocked POTD there is no better place to get some xp, barring roulettes. Queue times are insanely short, and completely independent of your job.
POTD also gives you:
- 2 unique weapon appearances
- A 230 and a 255 weapon
- Items you can trade for materia/pets (randomly)
- Items you can trade for materia/pets of your choice
Don't want the materia? Sell em! On my server some of the V materia goes for 100k+.
So there are really no downsides. You get xp, you get loot, you don't wait around.
Yes but in PvE this doesn't really actually matter because you have more than enough time to account for it, and movement is predictable enough that you can plan 0.5 seconds into the future.
0.5 seconds in PvP is the difference between getting a kill after popping all your cooldowns and not getting the kill, having to retreat and wait for a full minute before you can try again.
One thing that seriously grinds my gears is trying to use Assassinate only to see they already healed beyond the execute window. It's infuriating, like trying to play CS on dial up.
Why do they even have this delay? It feels like intentional design at this point.
0.5 seconds in PvP is the difference between getting a kill after popping all your cooldowns and not getting the kill, having to retreat and wait for a full minute before you can try again.
One thing that seriously grinds my gears is trying to use Assassinate only to see they already healed beyond the execute window. It's infuriating, like trying to play CS on dial up.
Why do they even have this delay? It feels like intentional design at this point.
XIV dev team in general, but they quoted Chocobo Mystery Dungeon as inspiration I believe, and FF11 veterans found similarities to Nyzul Isle location.
I have a friend who was god-tier at that. He could AWP on a 28.8 modem. You just need to git gud.
suck my dick!
Lanrutcon
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Can we do it in about 6 hours when I need party members for the cheese dungeon?
I'll be asleep in 6 hours.
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