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[Winter John]

I would be prepared for the first several dungeons to be a little bit chaotic. While levelling I had issues with enmity (I mark religiously) and the tools at your disposal are limited. With defiance at 30 all of those problems practically disappeared (until 50 when you start to get paired with hugely overpowered DPS/healers). Have fun though! I love tanking in this game.

My mage class is a Hyur Midlander. Would Paladin fit onto that, or would it be best to start a new character as a Roegadyn?

 

[BadRNG]

My mage class is a Hyur Midlander. Would Paladin fit onto that, or would it be best to start a new character as a Roegadyn?

Race choices mean very very little, any character can be 50 in all classes and be perfectly viable.

 

[Number45]

My mage class is a Hyur Midlander. Would Paladin fit onto that, or would it be best to start a new character as a Roegadyn?

I'm the same (female no less). It looks fine.

If you're male, maybe you won't hate the soldiery chest either.

EDIT: I took this as an appearance thing, but as above the stats make no difference. Go with a character you like the look of.

 

[IvorB]

Qarn <3

Yeah it's pretty great. I think when everyone realised where we were we knew we had to pull together. There were a few wipes here and there but it was a pretty great run all-in-all

How close to finishing Ultima have you been when he starts casting? If he's almost dead, you shouldn't have an LB by that point since it should already have be used on the last set of orbs as aceface mentioned (the orbs being an instant wipe mechanic, and the last set having so many you're going to need DPS to eat the damage, hence LB.) If you're not hitting the last set of orbs before he starts casting, you're dealing with a not insignificant DPS shortfall and might want to start paying attention to how long it's taking to push phases. Garuda should only show up and AOE once or twice, at the start of the fight. If she's showing up three or four times, it's a sign you're going to run out of time later.

Wait... Garuda??? She shows up in someone else's fight?

 

[Winter John]

Great. I didn't really fancy having to start all over again. It's a pain in the ass not having a mount.

 

[Number45]

Yeah it's pretty great. I think when everyone realised where we were we knew we had to pull together. There were a few wipes here and there but it was a pretty great run all-in-all



Wait... Garuda??? She shows up in someone else's fight?

As you progress through the story this will make sense.

 

[Mesharey]

I've been playing this for about a month and a half on the PS4, I've stuck to the mage classes, so thought I'd try the tank class for a change. Are there any guides for newbs that have rotations and stuff in them? Looked around but all I could find was stuff for Paladins and higher lvls.

Spam flash.

 

[Haly]

That's my current strat. Shield Throw, lay on two "stacks" of Flash, proceed to hit things alternating between main and side targets.

I've gotten a commend from almost all of my runs so far but I'm a tank so this is probably natural.

 

[Frumix]

That's my current strat. Shield Throw, lay on two "stacks" of Flash, proceed to hit things alternating between main and side targets.

I've gotten a commend from almost all of my runs so far but I'm a tank so this is probabpy natural.

N-No... Q_Q

 

[IvorB]

As you progress through the story this will make sense.

Cool. I'll be happy to see her. She brings the good times.

Think it's time to power through the end of the story. I got a lot of mileage out of Wander's Palace but I think I need some new dungeons and get access to all the post-story content. Still I have the two most expensive pieces (robe and pants) from the Revenant's Toll lady now so it's all good.

I guess infiltrating Castrum Centri is near the end right?

 

[Haly]

N-No... Q_Q

These are scrub tier runs (sub level 30) so I assume they're from people leveling Healer alts who appreciate a tank who knows how to faceroll Flash.

 

[dcye]

EDIT: I took this as an appearance thing, but as above the stats make no difference. Go with a character you like the look of.

It does make a difference, just not much of a noticeable one.

 

[Number45]

I've gotten a commend from almost all of my runs so far but I'm a tank so this is probably natural.

Pretty much, although not always guaranteed.

I guess infiltrating Castrum Centri is near the end right?

Yup.

It does make a difference, just not much of a noticeable one.

Yeah, I should have said "no noticeable difference".

 

[cultureculture]

Things to do during Story Roulette queues #1034:

 

[NeOak]

These are scrub tier runs (sub level 30) so I assume they're from people leveling Healer alts who appreciate a tank who knows how to faceroll Flash.

You would be surprised at how many people won't use fucking flash :c

Also, marriage system: Anything new besides the bride costume tease? Will it be like FFXI in terms of gameplay? (as in, doesn't affect at all)

 

[Haly]

You would be surprised at how many people won't use fucking flash :c

Yeah I don't get it, it's like AoE Maim with damage reduction what's not to like?

I was facerolling my way through my first Santansha run just pressing buttons and Flash as a Gladiator and the healer actually complimented my tanking saying how easy his job was with a tank that can hold threat.

 

[IMBored]

Things to do during Story Roulette queues #1034:

And here I am, wasting my time leveling crafting like a chump.
Maybe that's because I'm a brd and my qeue time is 20m at best, while you're a tank, and only have to wait 20 seconds.

 

[Alucrid]

Yeah I don't get it, it's like AoE Maim with damage reduction what's not to like?

I was facerolling my way through my first Santansha run just pressing buttons and Flash as a Gladiator and the healer actually complimented my tanking saying how easy his job was with a tank that can hold threat.

Uh, flash doesn't add damage nor does it reduce damage nor does it do damage.

 

[Haly]

Uh, flash doesn't add damage nor does it reduce damage nor does it do damage.

I leave the damage to the DPS.

Enmity = damage for me.

It causes Blind, Blind = damage reduction.

 

[cultureculture]

And here I am, wasting my time leveling crafting like a chump.
Maybe that's because I'm a brd and my qeue time is 20m at best, while you're a tank, and only have to wait 20 seconds.

I was queued as a DPS because I never learnt to speed run the story dungeons and I didn't want the group raging on me. :V

 

[Alucrid]

I leave the damage to the DPS.

Enmity = damage for me.

It causes Blind, Blind = damage reduction.

They don't mean the same thing and maim doesn't reduce damage.

 

[devious.one]

Hasn't Mu Pod carried you all to Turn 12 yet with his bear suit? He's fired.

New week means we need someone new to carry us!

I will make you tank in your jazzercise outfit while I heal.

Wonder Woman isn't quite geared for Coil2 unfortunately

 

[Jayhawk]

Wonder Woman isn't quite geared for Coil2 unfortunately

You're out of the Justice League!

 

[Alucrid]

New week means we need someone new to carry us!



Wonder Woman isn't quite geared for Coil2 unfortunately

if i have to tank today i get half your bluebird

 

[Haly]

They don't mean the same thing and maim doesn't reduce damage.

Is this just an MMO semantics argument or are you actually trying to tell me something?

 

[IMBored]

I was queued as a DPS because I never learnt to speed run the story dungeons and I didn't want the group raging on me. :V

Lucky for you story DR is the only one with occasional dps bonus.

 

[Alucrid]

Is this just an MMO semantics argument or are you actually trying to tell me something?

I guess you don't really care for semantics if you think that nationalism and patriotism are "almost the same thing."

 

[Haly]

I really don't. Semantic debates are the bane of forum discussion.

Anyway I get what you were talking about now. I didn't mean to say Enmity = Damage. I meant, figuratively, Enmity is the Tank's "damage". DPS try to make their DPS bar go up faster than the other DPSs' bars. I'm trying to make my EPS bar go up faster than everyone else's EPS bar. In this sense, I'm doing the same thing the DPS is, just making numbers go up, which can be interpreted as a kind of "damage" to a hidden "enmity" healthbar.

When tanking, the entire damage portions of my hotbar might as well say "increase enmity", and it just comes down to how I want to distribute it around. Maim is nothing more than "deal slightly more Enmity than Flash but to one target".

 

[dramatis]

I don't want Time Cube Redux: The Sequel.

 

[Alucrid]

I really don't. Semantic debates are the bane of forum discussion.

Anyway I get what you were talking about now. I didn't mean to say Enmity = Damage. I meant, figuratively, Enmity is the Tank's "damage". DPS try to make their DPS bar go up faster than the other DPSs' bars. I'm trying to make my EPS bar go up faster than everyone else's EPS bar. In this sense, I'm doing the same thing the DPS is, just making numbers go up, which can be interpreted as a kind of "damage" to a hidden "enmity" healthbar.

When tanking, the entire damage portions of my hotbar might as well say "increase enmity", and it just comes down to how I want to distribute it around. Maim is nothing more than "deal slightly more Enmity than Flash but to one target".

My point is, you don't know what Maim does. No Warrior looks at Maim to generate enmity itself.

 

[Windtrick]

My point is, you don't know what Maim does. No Warrior looks at Maim to generate enmity itself.

This seems like such a nonsensical issue to argue about.

Maim gives a buff that increases your damage output, thus increasing your enmity. Hitting enemies with maim still gives you enmity as does any damaging ability any class uses. The tank classes just have skills that give a giant amount of enmity unlike other classes.

 

[Mupod]

In a game with such small party sizes you'd be surprised how important tank damage output is. Especially in speedruns with big pulls.

Basically what I'm saying is fuck paladins.

 

[Alucrid]

This seems like such a nonsensical issue to argue about.

Maim gives a buff that increases your damage output, thus increasing your enmity. Hitting enemies with maim still gives you enmity as does any damaging ability any class uses. The tank classes just have skills that give a giant amount of enmity unlike other classes.

So you agree that Flash is just an AoE Maim?

 

[Zalasta]

These are scrub tier runs (sub level 30) so I assume they're from people leveling Healer alts who appreciate a tank who knows how to faceroll Flash.

Admittedly I tend to commend tanks that don't pull trash that are avoidable. I prefer LL DR to be fast and under 30 min.

 

[Ken]

Give AoE Provoke.

 

[Haly]

My point is, you don't know what Maim does. No Warrior looks at Maim to generate enmity itself.

Counterpoint, I confused Maim for Savage Blade. As I said, I was a sub-30 GLD tank, there was literally no way I was using Maim.

This is why I hate semantic debates. Such a simple mix-up of terms overlooked because SEMANTICS.

 

[Alucrid]

Counterpoint, I confused Maim for Savage Blade. As I said, I was a sub-30 GLD tank, there was literally no way I was using Maim.

This is why I hate semantic debates. Such a simple mix-up of terms overlooked because SEMANTICS.

It's not really a semantic debate when Maim and Savage Blade are two completely different things. You were just plain wrong.

 

[Windtrick]

So you agree that Flash is just an AoE Maim?

Nope. I was trying to clarify what maim was to Haly since his initial claim was somewhat true. Guess it looks like I was disagreeing with you since I quoted you, sorry. Flash and provoke are the only pure enmity increase abilities with no damage.

 

[Haly]

You were just plain wrong.

Okay.

 

[theSlacker]

if i have to tank today i get half your bluebird

Lewd?

 

[orion434]

I recently power-leveled Fishing to lv 50 against every fiber of my being! Is there any way to speed-up catching fish? Is GP useless for this class?

 

[gryvan]

New week means we need someone new to carry us!



Wonder Woman isn't quite geared for Coil2 unfortunately

If only I had a second tank

 

[ricardokenshin]

I just head that frontline pvp is going to be up to 72 players!? is this old info?


http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/55efe7893cea8d3159727e4f291db2da455c74e7

 

[dramatis]

I just head that frontline pvp is going to be up to 72 players!? is this old info?

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/55efe7893cea8d3159727e4f291db2da455c74e7

Yes, that's true. 24 v 24 v 24.

In before you ask how is that even possible on PS3.

 

[Trojita]

Yes, that's true. 24 v 24 v 24.

In before you ask how is that even possible on PS3.

It's time to phase out that PS3 version early.

 

[Mupod]

It's gonna be a mess on PS3 for sure. While it seems designed around splitting groups to handle objectives, I can almost guarantee that 90% of players in there will just run forward until they meet another player, then dismount and attack Which will probably result in a big zergfest over whatever capture point is closest to the middle while a few smaller groups try and actually win the match.

Come to think of it how will gamepad players target people in a big crowd like that? Honest question.

 

[dramatis]

Come to think of it how will gamepad players target people in a big crowd like that? Honest question.

Use Holy. Press X. Not exactly joking about that one, since generally speaking it's actually difficult to target precisely when there are a lot of people. If 'overall' Filters is set to enemies only, pressing X will pick the target aligned with your character's line of sight.

I use macro workarounds for things that "targeting > using skill" would be too troublesome for in pvp.

 

[NeOak]

Guys? Marriage info?

Guys? ._.

 

[EndcatOmega]

It's gonna be a mess on PS3 for sure. While it seems designed around splitting groups to handle objectives, I can almost guarantee that 90% of players in there will just run forward until they meet another player, then dismount and attack Which will probably result in a big zergfest over whatever capture point is closest to the middle while a few smaller groups try and actually win the match.

Come to think of it how will gamepad players target people in a big crowd like that? Honest question.

Overpower.

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Guys? Marriage info?

Guys? ._.

It's just like XI pretty much except you can marry same sex people.