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BlackJace

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Hmm, I'm new to FFXIV. Is there anywhere I can go to learn what certain abbreviations mean? Like BLM?

ARC = Archer
ACN = Arcanist
MAR = Marauder
LNC = Lancer
CNJ = Conjurer
THM = Thaumaturge
PUG = Pugilist
GLD = Gladiator

BLM = Black Mage
WHM = White Mage
SCH = Scholar
DRG = Dragoon
PLD = Paladin
WAR = Warrior
SMN = Summoner
MNK = Monk

You'd do better to buy things from the Market Boards (player sold items) or get quest rewards/dungeon rewards.

Merchant stuff is there to fill in gaps.

Thanks.
 

XenoRaven

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ARC = Archer
ACN = Arcanist
MAR = Marauder
LNC = Lancer
CNJ = Conjurer
THM = Thaumaturge
PUG = Pugilist
GLD = Gladiator

BLM = Black Mage
WHM = White Mage
SCH = Scholar
DRG = Dragoon
PLD = Paladin
WAR = Warrior
SMN = Summoner
MNK = Monk



Thanks.
I believe Pugilist is actually PGL. Just want to clarify because PUG is a non-official acronym for "Pick up group". Might confuse people.
 
Time to Panic, where is Drama?

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/165343-PVP-Wintrade-Exploitation-is-this-reportable

This thread makes me sad and the reason why I have given few shits about pvp the last week. Really don't know what's worse, the fact that the dev team doesn't care to do anything about it(which would be an easy fix of derank all current r40s and kill the premade 4s queue until there's an actual fix), or the fact that more than half of that thread is people defending exploiting the system because they don't like pvp(and even trying to say their actions do not affect the legit players).
 
I play these games so slow. I should be leveling my GLD beyond 23, but all I want to do is muck around with a new class from the start. Something kinda relaxing about those early levels. Did the same in FF XI too.

Also I am surprised to find myself enjoying questing after all the bad things I've heard about it. A lot of that might have to do with the writing quality and me eagerly wanting to take in whatever lore comes my way. I don't really play mmos so maybe some of the mmo quest tropes haven't burnt me out yet.
 

Teknoman

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I play these games so slow. I should be leveling my GLD beyond 23, but all I want to do is muck around with a new class from the start. Something kinda relaxing about those early levels. Did the same in FF XI too.

Also I am surprised to find myself enjoying questing after all the bad things I've heard about it. A lot of that might have to do with the writing quality and me eagerly wanting to take in whatever lore comes my way. I don't really play mmos so maybe some of the mmo quest tropes haven't burnt me out yet.

You arent. But some of the backtracking / fetch quests do get kind of annoying, considering they could do so many things to spice up the actual fetch quests.

"PUG" for pugilist is super common despite PGL being the official abbreviation.

I dont think i'll ever be able to take that abbreviation seriously. Just makes me visualize pugs.
 

Varth

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Did anyone else glitch out on Materia Meddler trophy? I have the "affix 10 materia" achievement but trophy didn't unlock. Not that I have any chance of ever platinum the game. Will try at least to get trough it. Buying a 6 month bundle as soon as the month expires.
 
In those, just listen to what the npcs say. They'll usually heal you, take on certain enemies, or whatever.




Oh snap.


EDIT: I always read your name as Dunban.




I'm not sure, but here is a quick rundown:

PLD: Paladin
BLM: Black Mage
WHM: White Mage
MNK: Monk
WAR: Warrior
SMN: Summoner
DRG: Dragoon
BRD: Bard
SCH: Scholar

Most abbreviations in XIV are exactly what they sound like...except for dungeons.

ARC = Archer
ACN = Arcanist
MAR = Marauder
LNC = Lancer
CNJ = Conjurer
THM = Thaumaturge
PUG = Pugilist
GLD = Gladiator

BLM = Black Mage
WHM = White Mage
SCH = Scholar
DRG = Dragoon
PLD = Paladin
WAR = Warrior
SMN = Summoner
MNK = Monk



Thanks.
Thanks you two :)
 

T.O.P

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Damn farming tomes is much easier compared to 2.0

Been doing Hard Breyflox for the last couple of days and i went from 55 to 80+ in no time

I'll be buying the lvl100 chest piece later :D
 
So I have probably 3 weeks left of my PS3 free month. I'd like to buy FF14 for PC at Newegg today. Will I get an additional free month, combined with my existing PS3 membership to have 1 month, 3 weeks?
 

aceface

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Damn farming tomes is much easier compared to 2.0

Been doing Hard Breyflox for the last couple of days and i went from 55 to 80+ in no time

I'll be buying the lvl100 chest piece later :D

No different than WP speed runs in the 2.0 days. Just as mind numbing IMO.
 

Hasney

Member
So I have probably 3 weeks left of my PS3 free month. I'd like to buy FF14 for PC at Newegg today. Will I get an additional free month, combined with my existing PS3 membership to have 1 month, 3 weeks?

You do get another free month, but I don't believe it stacks, so you would get one month to go after registering PC. unless they changed that.
 
Beat Ifrit before leaving on a trip. Got my badges for a Chicobo 600 miles from home on a Vita.

It's surprisinglTHE playable but it is an MMO made for built around a controller and lag.

Edit: for the above question, I thought they stacked no matter what. I remember looking through that stuff when I went from pc last year to ps4 this year.
 
So i had a dream last night, Aeana banned me for three hours for using the egg barding on my chocobro. The banned message was, "don't be an egg head." ...it was quite the nightmare.
 

Teknoman

Member
There any guides for healers for Titan Hard? I watched a video yesterday and that stuff looks really complicated. Lol

Its not really complicated, just dont buckle under the weight

...seriously though, just make sure you dont get hit by landslides or weight of the earth attacks and you'll be fine. The fight is pretty strict, but as long as you roll with the rotation, you'll be fine. Definitely get some practice fights in though.
 

vesp

Member
There any guides for healers for Titan Hard? I watched a video yesterday and that stuff looks really complicated. Lol
I killed it on my second attempt in party finder at a paltry 57 ilvl. It's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be and even if the group is bad 40% echo eventually allows you to brute force it. The only thing I found complicated was the bomb rotations and I just picked the player that seemed the best and followed him move for move.
 
God, this game has the most beautiful fantasy world I've seen. It's so beautiful, I don't even mind the fetch quests because they lead me to see all of it. This is my first MMORPG and I'm totally addicted.
 

jon bones

hot hot hanuman-on-man action
first run on brayflox (normal) and i accidentally passed not the battlemage shoes -_-

i did get the armor at the end, though, which was nice

battlemage seems to be pretty popular stuff - any particular reason why?
 
i've made it a point not to skip out on seeing friends, working out or spending time with my girl to play this game. it's highly addictive, and i have an addictive personality so i need to set boundaries for myself.

having said that, getting THM to 26 was the worst part of this game for me. so glad i'm done with that.

Everyone complains about THM/BLM but I was never and still not bored with that class. My Bard is 43 right now and I'm having fun with that Job also
 

vesp

Member
first run on brayflox (normal) and i accidentally passed not the battlemage shoes -_-

i did get the armor at the end, though, which was nice

battlemage seems to be pretty popular stuff - any particular reason why?
I think it's the best looking mage set for quite awhile
 

jon bones

hot hot hanuman-on-man action
I think it's the best looking mage set for quite awhile

well that goes without saying... finally some cool looking gear. thankfully i don't really care about how the shoes look, so i don't need them for vanity purposes.

i might have run it a few more times to get those hat & gloves though!
 
I'm thinking of running Brayflox nm over the summer in order to get the Battlemage pants for Glamour purposes. It's the only part of the Battlemage set I don't have, and I like it better than the current WHM equipment I've been toying around with - although I'll be able to get my ilvl100 robe on Tuesday after a bit more Brayflox hm farming. Fingers crossed the tank doesn't implicitly declare a speedrun of the first two bosses without actually completing the entire thing, and then blames me when I am unable to spend 1.5x the MP I actually have in order to Holy/Stoneskin/Cure(II)/Regen when they pull every single monster before a boss/checkpoint. So I'll probably ask the FC for Brayflox HM runs. ;__;

Bah. Less complaining, more Atma farming. 1/12 so far, and I'm only taking a break in order to compile notes for my final exams. \o/
 

Tomat

Wanna hear a good joke? Waste your time helping me! LOL!
I play these games so slow. I should be leveling my GLD beyond 23, but all I want to do is muck around with a new class from the start. Something kinda relaxing about those early levels. Did the same in FF XI too.

I understand completely. I have yet to make it past 15 in any class, and have leveled 4 separate classes so far.

It's a bad habit.
 

desu

Member
This game trolls you with outfits in the early levels. Some of the stuff I just refuse to wear even if the stats are better. Like the cone hat for example, what the hell?

Dunce-cap.jpg

That's what I love about the game, you really look like an idiot in the beginning, gives some kind of progression once you're at the end in your super cool armor.
 

Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!
It's still funny seeing how many people use glamour on their i90 or 100 gear so they can run around in their undies with all the stat benefits of the best armor.
 

Hasney

Member
That's what I love about the game, you really look like an idiot in the beginning, gives some kind of progression once you're at the end in your super cool armor.

Everything for me was crotchless for about 20 levels. I think my it's found something that wasn't and it lasted me about a level... Then back to my crotch on show!
 
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