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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT2| RIP Bowmage 2015-2017.
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EndcatOmega
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Hello ladies !
Are you behind the cat person?
PotD is weird, lol.
Ran 1-10 for the first time yesterday, but my Aetherarms ended at only +1/+1.
Reset the level to run 1-10 again, and finished at +8/+3
I mean mainly I'm running to level CNJ, but RNG is interesting.
Oh and first run got three pieces of the Accursed Hoard, but only one piece this time, so... balances out?
Ran 1-10 for the first time yesterday, but my Aetherarms ended at only +1/+1.
Reset the level to run 1-10 again, and finished at +8/+3
I mean mainly I'm running to level CNJ, but RNG is interesting.
Oh and first run got three pieces of the Accursed Hoard, but only one piece this time, so... balances out?
they are people not things
why do you hate them, they are just trying to live their tiny lives
I hope one thing they do with the job changes is make it so you can use all skills (synced down) in lower level dungeons. I would love to be able to practice rotations in leveling roulette but they throw me in Satasha and it's all ruin/bio spam since that's all I'm allowed to use. Or I'll forget to use all my skills in a trial since I just did leveling roulette and couldn't use half of them.
With RDM and SAM starting at 50, they'll have so many more skills available to them synced down then any other classes. How is a lvl 17 tank supposed to hold aggro in Copperbell when you have rdm and Sam with a full compliment of dps skills?
With RDM and SAM starting at 50, they'll have so many more skills available to them synced down then any other classes. How is a lvl 17 tank supposed to hold aggro in Copperbell when you have rdm and Sam with a full compliment of dps skills?
While I agree that sync should let us keep our skills just for QoL reasons, under the current system RDM and SAM won't have extra skills in Copperbell. AST, MCH, and DRK started at 30 but if you take them into synced content below level 30 they lose access to a bunch of skills. Even though the jobs start at a later level, they still have skill progression starting from level 1 for level sync.
One of the best things about PotD though is that you can take a job in and have access to all your level 60 stuff immediately, so you can learn the full skill set instead of getting dripfed parts of the rotation. Or take it in to level 1 and get synced to 1 if you prefer dripfeed.
Red Mage and Samurai won't have all of their skills in Copperbell. Dark Knight, Machinist, and Astrologian can't use all of their level 30 skills in Sastasha. They do possess a full 1-60 skill unlock progression, despite starting at level 30. It will be the same for Red Mage and Samurai. They will run Sastasha with seven or so skills, just like everyone else.
Giving everyone full access to their class skill sets would heavily disadvantage players who are actually leveling their classes/jobs for the furst time. The entire point of level sync is that it is a level playing field that allows low level players to play alongside high-level players.
BossDarkseid
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Hmm I am torn. Does 51-100 become more of a drag thtan previous floors with enemies becoming progressively tankier?
I don't mind keeping it until i get 100 for an iLvl 255 but equally if it becomes a bore/slog...
The songbird event was fun. I wish there was a 4th option though: dropkick Ulala into the void and replace her with an Elezen. I went with the Au Ra in the end as she actually seemed like a decent person. The emote is cute and the outfit is nice but it doesn't really go with any of the other gear pieces I like so now it's resting comfortably in my armoire.
cartoon_soldier
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Is there any advantage to pre-ordering the next expansion pack?
Stone Ocean
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They're called Songbirds, not Ostriches
You get to play the game a few days earlier than everyone else.
Hmm, I didn't realize this since I haven't unlocked HW jobs yet and my only real experience with it is seeing how scholars and summoner keep their pets synced down. Still I'd like to see the skills useable but scaled down. I don't like having to change my hotbar to accommodate for the skills available.
It's nice of Elezen to RP as racist, it really helps with the immersion.
Stone Ocean
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They are super lost
My comment wasn't because she's a lala, she was just really annoying
also I'm a duskwight, I'm oppressed as hell
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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Duskwight is life.
hosannainexcelsis
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Ha ha ha, I had forgotten about that one. "Did I say earth crystal? I meant wind crystal!"
I think I got to the end of the real one, but I was so tired and enraged from all the trolling I tried to run straight for the objective point, aggro'd like 10 enemies and died. Ragequit. :/
Doesn't help that earlier while doing my Dungeon Roulette we got a noob tank who was really noob. It was Brayfax. We got to the final boss really easily. But he just couldn't tank, and died, then got me killed, then we got wiped. We all ran back and realized he wasn't there. Then he said.... he was lost. We had to explain how to /return and click on the shortcut. Once we knew he was that noob, we handled the boss fight pretty well after that without expecting great tanking lol.
Oh and the Siren fight... was annoying until I got the gimmick.
And...
and....
I don't think I'll have enough exp after finishing these quest to take on Garuda immediately. Probably need to do Qarn first. Argh. So mad.
Today's FFXIV session: BAD. SAD.
Edit: The saving grace of this play session of pain was one of the nicest looking areas I have seen in the game so far. Reminds me of some of the great locations in FFXIII!
The Last Wizard
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Anyone know a quick way or most efficient to get through the crystal sand and umbrite relic stage?
Umbrite: Lore farming, no two ways about it
Sand: Amber Vilekin (bonus loot in 50+ leves), Thaivnarian Mist x5 and Superior Enchanted Ink x5, elemental Materia IV
Stone Ocean
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Run ARF over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
Hello ladies !
I love how that Elezen photobombed your picture right in the middle.
It is a nice spot. Also plays one of my favorite field themes in game (it's way too short though).
Fuck me, I didn't even notice there were aetherpool levelling in the potd.. I just speedrun through all the floors to get exp for my character outside the potd lol.
The Last Wizard
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Team Alucard
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Because it gives 150 lore, the most of any dungeon.
Great Gubal Library Hard gives 100 and is much faster to run through, so I'm not sure which is technically more efficient.
I found 51-100 to be much better than 1-50. Definitely less of a slog.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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So crystal sands are ridiculously more easy to get now, imo. The unidentifiable items don't even take long to get and you only need 1 of each for a sand. That's 10 sands right there if you have 10. It is a good option when you don't have vilekin leve allowances. I honestly don't know if I want to do a 3rd relic though.... I mean I have umbrite stocked up but I was going to do WAR but the result is still incredibly shite in the end. I feel they also ruined sch with the giant green fairy wings. The blue was so much cooler. Blegh, I'm conflicted.
Has anyone ever had to deal with a dead security token? Mine still works, but I'm worried that it may die any time. I've had it since 1.0. I bought the 1.0 LE for $15 so I could the token for extra inventory space in XI. I don't know what a person is supposed to do when a token dies. There's an emergency removal website, but from what I see, that's only for software tokens.
You can just... glamor a replica over?
Mysterious Ryan
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If I'm not mistaken you have to have completed the relic stage you want in order to purchase the replica relic wep over.
The Last Wizard
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Well you'll still have to worry about levels but it'll be your avg ilvl.
How are the art books and the encyclopedia? I'm thinking about grabbing em on the square store.
Dandy Crocodile
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Encyclopedia is raaaaad. So totally worth it. All in-universe and full color and heavily detailed.
The artbooks for FF14 are some of the best I have, and I have quite a few.
They're heavily focused on the actual art with few comments. They feature every official illustration, and a ton of concept art from areas to characters, to monsters, to the gearsets and weapons. I don't regret buying them at all.
Celcius
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Last October I played through the entire main story of ARR and later a kind GAFer gifted me the Heavensward expansion pack for free. I've been hearing a lot a great things about it and I think now is a great time to jump back in and try to get caught up before Storm Blood hits this summer. Tomorrow if I want to buy a 1 month subscription then I should just go to mogstation and then I can enter my card details to buy 1 month and then it doesn't auto-renew right unless I tell it too, right?
I hope I remember all the shortcuts and haven't gotten too rusty...
I hope I remember all the shortcuts and haven't gotten too rusty...
Scrooge McDuck
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Actually, it does auto-renew unless you tell it not to.
Celcius
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ok thanks
I just remembered there's a hundred quests before you even get to HW so now I'm on the fence about investing the time...
Yeah that's what I would do.
Get seeds then go for the stuff to trade in for crystal sand, yeah.
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