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Final Fantasy XIV |OT5| All You Need is Gil
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This will haunt me forever isn't it
You'll get another shot at them next year probably.
I missed the Peach Blossom Earrings earlier this year ;_;
checked your calamity salvager? i didnt buy them from the event (didn't knwo they existed) but got them from the salvager.
tiggerkiddo
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Put a shirt on please.
This will haunt me forever isn't it
should've just taken the safe bet and let Ken get them for you
the_sun_king
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Is that a choker of slaying?
If so, guess what I've never ever seen drop from Second Coil for several months now?
TT_TT
All crafts now at level 50! I may not be great at the parts of the game that involve killing things, but I can teleport back and forth between the major cities and Mor Dhona to turn in things like you wouldn't believe.
Thank you! I now look amazing again:
Thank you! I now look amazing again:
tiggerkiddo
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Since the outfit is sooooooo in vogue now, we need an all Gaf ST run with everyone dressed as Lightning. Hair too!
So just when I got my crit build in really good shape it looks like I will be wanting to start coil soon so I will have to rearrange everything since I basically nuked my accuracy stat. I'm thinking I might have two gear sets: one with accuracy and one without.
What's the required accuracy for starting Coil with black mage?
What's the required accuracy for starting Coil with black mage?
which coil?
432 for t1-5
451 t6-7
471 for t8 (470 will probably be enough, i don't think anybody ever tested 470 for t8)
470 t9
mods help
Well I'll just be starting out so the first one I guess, so 432. I'm at 358 at the moment. Hmmm... I know if I swap in the Scyllia robe it takes me to around 380 so I will probably need about two more accuracy pieces. I hope my crit rate doesn't suffer too much.
tiggerkiddo
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Always take care of accuracy first before worrying about other stats.
But accuracy only comes into play in Coil right? So since I wasn't running Coil I basically killed my accuracy stat in favour of crit. I don't think I have a single accuracy piece on right now. It's been working out pretty well to be honest.
WeaponKnight
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Leviathan requires T5 levels of accuracy, iirc.
I'm not sure if stacking Crit is the best way to go for BLM, I seem to remember hearing that building up DET leads to more damage output in the long run. Maybe some of the BLM's here could weigh in.
Not exactly a BLM here, but DET and Spell Speed are likely gonna be more useful stats in the long run for BLM. More damage per hit is better than Crit Rate since there aren't any ways to increase your natural crit rate, so there's little "synergy" with the stat. Compare it to BRD's Crit synergy (Auto Crit Straight Shot procs, crits on DoTs proccing Bloodletter, Straight Shot's natural 10% crit boost, Internal Release cross class), and I think you'll see where I'm coming from.
Trojita
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Yeah I got the choker and boots.
I was so pumped from beating the fight, I didn't even really care about the loot. But when I went and saw the loot with need on them I was ecstatic.
It was my first time doing T7 and there were 6 others in the group that had never beaten it before. Apparently they had been doing so bad the day before they weren't even getting Melusine under 75% health. Everyone was really nice and no one yelled. We were working on T7 for 2+ hours.
I ended up going to bed late and I was so pumped up from the whole thing I couldn't even fall asleep. I wanted to watch a T8 video and go right into it.
Oh really? I think I've only ever missed shots when I fought that giant bear that is a B rank hunt mark. I'm not sure how that worked.
See that's the thing. I was experimenting with det but it just always let me down. So det increases damage right? So any boost from det should express itself in an increase in magical attack potency. But every time I equipped something for det it just barely moved the dial on attack potency so I stopped bothering with it as it always disappointed.
And crits... I just love them. No matter the game they are just so satisfying. A crit Fire 1 is pretty much like a free Firestarter and I just love all the big numbers flashing up
.It's just something I've been playing around with. I'm not saying it's the best approach or anything.
See that's the thing. I was experimenting with det but it just always let me down. So det increases damage right? So any boost from det should express itself in an increase in magical attack potency. But every time I equipped something for det it just barely moved the dial on attack potency so I stopped bothering with it as it always disappointed.
And crits... I just love them. No matter the game they are just so satisfying. A crit Fire 1 is pretty much like a free Firestarter and I just love all the big numbers flashing up
It's just something I've been playing around with. I'm not saying it's the best approach or anything.
Det is like shitty INT I think. Like a certain amount of DET= 1 point in INT.
Edit: Awesome job Ranketsu!
DarknessTear
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" Triple Triad will be implemented as well, but this isn't something that will just be contained in the Gold Saucer, as it can be played in other places throughout Eorzea. "
OMG. Can I play against friends around Eorzea then? Probably not huh? :C
OMG. Can I play against friends around Eorzea then? Probably not huh? :C
I can't wait to see for how much rare cards will go on the MB.
FATE grinding. obviously.
Guildhests, duh.
If they throw it into normal content then probably everywhere will be reused. Dungeons for cards of the bosses there to get people back into them. Because collecting, duh.
Low level DPS queues I guess.
If they throw it into normal content then probably everywhere will be reused. Dungeons for cards of the bosses there to get people back into them. Because collecting, duh.
Low level DPS queues I guess.
theSlacker
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dummy?dummy
Think it was last patch that changed trying to collect things that summons an add to attack you from saying telling you why you can't do that to just calling you a dummy.
Rare cards being achievement rewards would be the only acceptable conclusion. Give a bunch of achievements the retroactive treatment.
Nael card awarded for Scent of a Woman? You son of a bitch Yoshida!
tiggerkiddo
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Triple Triad, oh my. Time to play VIII and brush up my skills on it.
For BLM's, the priority for our stats actually go:See that's the thing. I was experimenting with det but it just always let me down. So det increases damage right? So any boost from det should express itself in an increase in magical attack potency. But every time I equipped something for det it just barely moved the dial on attack potency so I stopped bothering with it as it always disappointed.
And crits... I just love them. No matter the game they are just so satisfying. A crit Fire 1 is pretty much like a free Firestarter and I just love all the big numbers flashing up
It's just something I've been playing around with. I'm not saying it's the best approach or anything.
ACC [up until the cap for what you're raiding] > INT > CRIT > SSPD > DET
CRIT/SSPD scale so much better with your gear than DET does. Perhaps early on DET is better [although I'd still personally choose CRIT/SSPD], but once you reach Level 50 and begin gearing yourself up, it's replaced pretty quickly by CRIT/SSPD.
Obviously DET isn't useless, but if you have the choice of a piece of gear that has CRIT/SSPD or one that has DET, go with the former.
Well the master has spoken, go all out on crit
I actually have some physical Triple Triad cards from the old days, I should break them out.
Pyros_Eien
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On spell speed I'm wondering, do you switch to Thunder 3 after Blizzard 3 if you have enough or do you just stop getting the 2 ticks of mana most of the time and restart Fire III > Fire I spam without full mana? Currently I have very basic stats and I often end up not having 2 ticks(kinda depends on when it ticks after I blizzard III), I'm wondering if it's a DPS loss to only have one tick, if I should weave in Scathe to get a 2nd tick or ignore it, and I've been considering switching from Thunder II to Thunder III during the mana regen phase to make sure I get 2 ticks.
Sorry for the newb question but the BLM rotation threads/pages I've found are from fairly long ago and I'm not too sure if they're still up to date especially with BLM buffs in 2.3(or whenever it was).
Also would that make the BLM Novus Crit/Spellspeed instead of Crit/Det? That sounds a hell of a lot cheaper.
I'm not sure I'd consider myself a "master", but I appreciate the compliment.Well the master has spoken, go all out on crit
For applying/refreshing Thunder, I always use Thunder II over Thunder III. The actual damage it does between the two isn't huge, and being able to get the DOT on the boss as quickly as possible [and resuming the Fire rotation] is more important to me. The majority of your damage from it will come from the Thunderstruck proc in which case I use Thunder III.
As for the "ticks" during Umbral Ice, the first one will give me enough mana to begin casting Thunder II and, by the time that finishes, I receive the second tick bringing me up to full mana so I can begin my Fire rotation again. If, however, I have enough mana to start casting Thunder II right away [after switching into Umbral Ice III], I'll toss a Scathe in there to "buffer" the time in-between the next tick as the timing can be a bit...random sometimes. The more you play, though, the easier it will be to judge the timing between them.
As a BLM [I'm sure you know this], you never want to be there doing nothing, so if you need to wait a second or two for that second tick from Umbral Ice, definitely cast a Scathe. It doesn't do a lot of damage [unless you get the proc AND it crits], but it's better than doing nothing.
For reference, my rotation goes:
Thunder II --> Fire III --> Raging Strikes --> Quelling Strikes --> Fire I [until around 500 Mana] --> Swiftcast --> Flare --> Convert --> Fire I --> Blizzard III --> Thunder II --> Fire III [when at full mana] --> Fire I --> [Rinse/Repeat]
Obviously this is only when CD's are up. For the general rotation it goes:
Thunder II --> Fire III --> Fire I [until around 500 Mana] --> Blizzard III --> Thunder II --> Fire III [when at full mana] --> Fire I --> [Rinse/Repeat]
As for the Novus, I don't have mine yet [still working on the books], but I'll definitely be going for CRIT/SSPD for myself.
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