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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT2| RIP Bowmage 2015-2017.
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I need help guys! I finished the Heavensward and 3.1 Main Quest. Now in order to start the
dungeon I do not have high level gear. I need to grind tomestones of lore and scriptures for the gear. However all the level 60 dungeons that I have unlocked are above my current gear level.
Do they really except me to just grind on aether research facility? Or is there anyother place I can farm them?
Antitower
Do they really except me to just grind on aether research facility? Or is there anyother place I can farm them?
You mean "P'Arrse"?
Team Alucard
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You can get i210 gear from doing Clan Hunts. That's enough to get you into every dungeon except for Sohm Al Hard and Baelsar's Wall.
coredecepts
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You can gear up by doing a few things:
1) The Clan Centurio Hunts from the Forgotten Knight in Foundation/Ishgard.
Accept all 3 bills, plus the weekly bill. Use an online guide to locate the creatures on the bills. Kill the creatures, get Centurio points, spend Centurio points on gear from the person next to the Mender inside the Forgotten Knight. Do the daily Centurio hunts every day if you can. You might need some help for the weekly hunt. The weekly hunt resets on Tuesdays, I think.
That'll net you ilvl 210 gear. Remember you can't equip 2 of the same ring. Maybe buy a 230 ring using Lore tomestones.
With the exception of the weekly hunt, this is all doable by yourself.
2) If you haven't gotten your Padjali weapon by reaching +30/+30 on your Palace of the Dead gear, you might want to do that. Just run Palace of the Dead a bunch with any class. That'll get you a ilvl235 weapon for whatever class you want.
That will get you above ilvl 200, easy. I'm right where you are in the Main Quest, and I achieved all that in about a week or 10 days, and I play pretty casually.
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
Get the PVP Makai set
This right here is your best bet in my opinion Redhood!
Here are the prices for each Armor Piece
Weapon 4,000
Head 2,000
Chest 4,000
Hands 2,000
Waist 1,000
Legs 4,000
Feet 2,000
Accessory 1,000
That looks expensive but it's not hard to get your hands on alot of Wolf Marks.
Nice info. I'll reach this point in the game in the next few days and was also wondering what to do from here other than leveling up some of my lower classes/crafting. Didn't know about PotD giving you that high level of a weapon; I still haven't touched that yet.
http://ffxivrealm.com/guides/ff14-advanced-crafting-guide-part-3-heavensward-by-caimie-tsukino.156/
This is a good rotation for 40 dur items:
Pare that down depending on what cross class skills you have. I never use Ingenuity II for example although I have it now.
I use something like this for 80 dura crafts:
Generally what you do is just bank on Steady Hand + Hasty Touch to conserve CP and then loop Comfort Zone/Mendings. If I'm paying attention I use Tricks whenever possible to get more CP. It's almost always worthwhile except on a buffed Byregot's Blessing.
"Can we have more challenging group content?"
"Well... you can go into dungeons with bots."
"Anything to do underwater?"
"We haven't made that yet."
??????????
Stone Ocean
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Oh thank fuck
Thanks will give it a shot.
Macros are a list of commands you write down beforehand that are all triggered in the order you wrote them down when you press one button. They're basically chained commands.
For battle classes you can write a macro for something like raising someone if you're a healer (the macro can say who you're healing so the other healer is aware, can trigger swiftcast if it's up, and res someone all from one macro/button push), or switching out hot bars when you change stances, or having your heal auto target your focused target or who ever your mouse is set on, or just blasting the chat box with dumb memes or instructions for a fight, etc...
Theyre generally not recommended for combat cause they're sensitive to server lag and will lock you into whatever you set them to do till they finish or you manually cancel it. Depending on your class, their could be some useful ones available to you (like the res one for healers or mouse over heals).
They're extremely useful for crafting though since once you the have the stats to reliably craft something your crafting rotation doesn't need to change much or at all. You can just make a macro to pump stuff out.
http://garytay.net/ffxiv_macro/
For gathering I think the only use they have is to auto enable your node detecting actions when you swap into a gathering class.
King Gilga
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Uh... So when did this game get a cash shop?
I've been using my old ARR character as my DND token for the last couple monthsand it's been making me want to play the game again, I really like the game's style and monk was fun. So I went to the account page and was like huh £9 is alright for a month and then I saw the optional items or w/e tab.
Just full of great looking outfits, for £££. Bleh.
It's like that one time blizzard sold 3 cosmetic helms for ££ wow, except taken to the extreeeeeeme.
And I'm a bit miffed at blizzard about those helms, so yeah, turned me completely off as someone for whom outfits is 90% of the motivation for playing these games.
I've been using my old ARR character as my DND token for the last couple monthsand it's been making me want to play the game again, I really like the game's style and monk was fun. So I went to the account page and was like huh £9 is alright for a month and then I saw the optional items or w/e tab.
Just full of great looking outfits, for £££. Bleh.
It's like that one time blizzard sold 3 cosmetic helms for ££ wow, except taken to the extreeeeeeme.
And I'm a bit miffed at blizzard about those helms, so yeah, turned me completely off as someone for whom outfits is 90% of the motivation for playing these games.
All I'm taking from the Yoshida interview is 4.0 has no actual new content types. Basic barebones cycle with new and different things in the patches later. The odd patch hard stuff is still super mysterious, doing dungeons with your squadron is going to be the egi glamour of SB, and hopefully the guy turning Diadem Sequel feedback into Eureka isn't the same guy who turned Diadem 1.0 feedback into FATES.
It's been around for a while. It's cosmetic stuff, it's maybe been funding data center changes. A lot of what is in there is prior year seasonal event rewards, but it does get exclusive clothing, mounts, minions, emotes, and hair. It's annoying when something cool with preexisting demand shows up cash-shop only, but if it really is going to make level3 never a problem again it's worthwhile.
It's been around for a while. It's cosmetic stuff, it's maybe been funding data center changes. A lot of what is in there is prior year seasonal event rewards, but it does get exclusive clothing, mounts, minions, emotes, and hair. It's annoying when something cool with preexisting demand shows up cash-shop only, but if it really is going to make level3 never a problem again it's worthwhile.
I'm so triggered
Joined an a10s farm party. Tank was giving me attitude the entire time because I pointed out that he forgot his tank stance on pull (I literally only said "stance" in chat). Also afterwards I asked why he had A,B, and C alliance markers all on the same side of the arena. This made him upset for some reason
Anyway a couple of clears later and he blames me for stepping on ice. Honestly I didn't even see it happen. But no one died so it's whatever. I kinda bit back at this point though and told him to use HG if he can't tank swap properly since he kept dying. This upset him more and he booted me. FUN TIMES
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Upon closer inspection it seems I wasn't even the one to step on the ice button; it was the adds running towards the WHM because he didn't grab them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2yk0dlqpQ
Joined an a10s farm party. Tank was giving me attitude the entire time because I pointed out that he forgot his tank stance on pull (I literally only said "stance" in chat). Also afterwards I asked why he had A,B, and C alliance markers all on the same side of the arena. This made him upset for some reason
Anyway a couple of clears later and he blames me for stepping on ice. Honestly I didn't even see it happen. But no one died so it's whatever. I kinda bit back at this point though and told him to use HG if he can't tank swap properly since he kept dying. This upset him more and he booted me. FUN TIMES
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Upon closer inspection it seems I wasn't even the one to step on the ice button; it was the adds running towards the WHM because he didn't grab them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2yk0dlqpQ
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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You should send him a tell with the video timestamp.
why wouldn't the a b c waymarks be on the same side? they're for the chainsaw prey passing between healer and ranged right?
Team Alucard
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Its also to designate which pair will drop prey on which side during steamroller.
is that a thing that western groups do?
japanese pugs generally just have healers say which "lane" they will walk onto and pass to the corresponding tank
Team Alucard
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In every group I've been in the healers pass their prey to the ranged dps, not the Tanks.
A----
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Pair that gets A will be left during steamroller and North during saws. Pair that picks B will be right during steamroller, and South during saws.
That's the way it's been setup in every PF I've ever been in.
yeah prey gets passed to range, but jp pf just aren't specific with steamroller, whoever is on the left just takes left lane and passes to whichever tank is on the left, same with right lane
Glendemonium
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I realize I'm bad at crafting collectibles. I'm trying to get 4400 for counterfoils. My squadron brings me heaps of blue crafter scrips that I've spent on books and tokens but I need those counterfoils to get the blue gear (ironworks a bit too pricey right now.).
Can't find a rotation for crafting counterfoils online, so I'd thought I'd try here.
Can't find a rotation for crafting counterfoils online, so I'd thought I'd try here.
Using Hq mats basically gets you halfway there, doesn't it?
Logged in and played until I got to Tailfeather. Been trying to get as many Aether Currents as possible but I don't even understand what they do. I might have forgotten if they were explained before. Also unlocked Dusk Virgil. Might do that tomorrow.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Aether Currents, by themselves, don't do anything. They're basically just a "visit all these spots/do all these quests to be able to fly in these areas" checklist.
I do like the idea of flying in the HW areas, I just wish the tradeoff weren't making all said areas absolutely dreadful to traverse on foot.
How do I know how many currents are left in an area then?
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
In the main menu, Travel > Aether Currents.
You can check in menu. If you want list for you to just grab them all and be able to fly, then use this
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Aether_Currents
Also maybe you want to dye your chocobo a different color
TheDangerMan
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Resubbed yesterday, hadn't played something like 18 months. I'm so lost... totally overwhelmed. I think I may have to start a new character or spend a week hitting a dummy just remembering rotations, let alone what I was doing. Gonna be a long trek when I can't even remember the controls on PS4 (I had to look up a shortcut list and targeting guide... yikes), but am looking forward to it! Even if I am completely lost...
Probably easiest to start over I guess, I never got to end game anyways (three 50-51 classes, pretty much every other class besides the heavensward classes to 30ish). Kinda reluctant to throw away the progress I'd made but I'm not sure picking it up mid stride at this point is practical.
Probably easiest to start over I guess, I never got to end game anyways (three 50-51 classes, pretty much every other class besides the heavensward classes to 30ish). Kinda reluctant to throw away the progress I'd made but I'm not sure picking it up mid stride at this point is practical.
Stormhammer
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Thinking about resubbing soon. Anyone want to be pals on Sargetanas? :3
Try Palace of the Dead if you think you need to relearn your jobs starting from scratch. It has a separate progression system where you start from level 1 and level up at a quick pace, so you'll pick up your skills in the order you learn them while leveling. You'll even get a taste of how they play at level 60 without having to level up the long way.
TheDangerMan
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Really? That sounds perfect! Thanks for the advice, I'll try it tonight
You should always ask. Need to get GAF actually playing together.
yep
I do my part sometimes asking people to do Aquapolis <.< Content is always fun with more people to play with.
AuthenticM
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Is there a raid run tonight?
yea at 9pm est
DrForester
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So, in my boredom before Stormblood, I decided to get myself not only a Bard Anima weapon, but a relic as well because I like the look of the Yoichi Bow.
I forgot how awful the relic quests are. I was dreading the Materia melding stage (though it's probably cheap now), but I had totally forgotten about the book stage I did years ago with my SMN.
I forgot how awful the relic quests are. I was dreading the Materia melding stage (though it's probably cheap now), but I had totally forgotten about the book stage I did years ago with my SMN.
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