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Final Fantasy XIV |OT6| Casino Royale

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Alrus

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Hmmm any strategies for Garuda? I'm synched at level 46 and during the last part she one shotted everyone. Healer eventually ragequitted.

I don't remember garuda having raid wide wipe mechanics? Plenty of guides on youtube though, so check those out :)
 

iammeiam

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Hmmm any strategies for Garuda? I'm synched at level 46 and during the last part she one shotted everyone. Healer eventually ragequitted.

When she teleports to mid in the final phase, everyone has to get behind her. Next jump she goes north, everyone needs to go far south in the safe area.

Garuda story is way, way tougher than anything up to that point and level sync keeps it pretty serious.
 

Trojita

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PLD is so easy I can mostly do it, and that's saying a lot. It's good for if you want time to watch other people, though.



Kagari stahp. You seem like an alright person and are FC Pro Bard #1, but you need to stop embarassing yourself like this.

People can see you.

A Pro Bard is like the smartest person in a remedial class.
 

ZangBa

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You will be bored playing Paladin. Play Warrior.

But I don't like Warriors that much. :/

Mostly joking, but PLD is probably the easiest class to play rotation wise. Still, you're focused on doing other things like not dying to mechanics so there's that to keep you busy mitigating while you're at it. Also Dark Knight is coming soon too, another tank. You can play WAR too.

If Dark Knights are FFT cool and use scythes then I will definitely try that class.

I think the real important question to ask is, who gets the best looking armor?
 

BadRNG

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The thought of healing in WoW scares me. The thought of doing anything involving in WoW scares me. That game does not have good default interface.
Why waste time developing a good UI when you can make it full customizable and let the users make a good one for you? Some of the stuff addon makers came up with were really nice, so much choice too.

PLD is the better Main Tank class
No it's not, stop being bad.
 

Trojita

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But I don't like Warriors that much. :/



If Dark Knights are FFT cool and use scythes then I will definitely try that class.

I think the real important question to ask is, who gets the best looking armor?

They are using two handed swords.
 

WolvenOne

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But I don't like Warriors that much. :/



If Dark Knights are FFT cool and use scythes then I will definitely try that class.

I think the real important question to ask is, who gets the best looking armor?

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Warriors, by a country mile.

Essentially every save for AF and Myth armor is cross class tank armor, so this is the only set you'll only see as a Warrior. Much better looking than the blue tunic looking thing PLD's get.
 

BadRNG

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If Dark Knights are FFT cool and use scythes then I will definitely try that class.

I think the real important question to ask is, who gets the best looking armor?
DRK use 2h swords here.

As for armor, all the tank armor is shared except for PvP and artifact gear. PLD wins PvP gear, WAR wins AF gear, everyone wins since current best armor is shared (High Allagan). Based off the artwork, DRK will soon
not soon enough
be the AF gear winner.
 

Vamphuntr

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I don't remember garuda having raid wide wipe mechanics? Plenty of guides on youtube though, so check those out :)

I'll check a guide on youtube I guess. Her mistress song move hit me for 2700 hp while I have a max of about 2000 and I was drinking the wind resistance potion.

When she teleports to mid in the final phase, everyone has to get behind her. Next jump she goes north, everyone needs to go far south in the safe area.

Garuda story is way, way tougher than anything up to that point and level sync keeps it pretty serious.

I suppose it's one of those gimmick I didn't get in the fight :/
 

chrono01

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In-regards to the patch, I'm definitely going to jump into the Odin Primal battle earlier on than I did with Leviathan EX, Ramuh EX, and Shiva EX. I always procrastinate and do them later, but by that time everyone is fully knowledgeable with the fight so I feel a bit...lost when I join.

NOT THIS TIME! I'm going to go right in there and experience the pain/tears/etc. with all of the "newbies".
 

WolvenOne

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Incidentally, the Japanese Famitsu article seems to call the Gilgamesh fight, "HM," hopefully that means we'll get a full on Extreme mode later.

Though I'd imagine if we did, it'd be one of the Minstrels Balled Trials, seeing as it'd have to be purely optional, and outside the Hildebrand storyline.
 

iammeiam

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I'll check a guide on youtube I guess. Her mistress song move hit me for 2700 hp while I have a max of about 2000 and I was drinking the wind resistance potion.



I suppose it's one of those gimmick I didn't get in the fight :/

Resist potions are useless in this game, don't sweat them.

And yeah if you're eating Mistrel Song you're missing a dodge somewhere. You're not supposed to be able to survive it.

In the four times I can remember doing Garuda story post-needing-it-myself, we wiped two of them and only one-shot the third because the tank remembered how to dodge while everyone else died.

It's a tough fight made worse by HM and EX versions working completely differently.
 

Sorian

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I know I'm a bit late, but I just watched the 2.5 trailer and OH MY GOD I NEED IT NOW!

*ahem!*


Yes, I'm pretty excited. I especially love the music tracks in Amdapor Keep HM and World of Darkness. Soken really outdid himself from I can hear.

Oh, and I have a feeling one [or several] characters will die in the new storyline quests. I really hope it doesn't happen, but seeing Tataru tear up in the trailer...

;_;


I fully expect the annoying queen lala from uldah to die before 3.0 hits and I will laugh and laugh and laugh. If nothing else we can get raubahn falling to his knees with the stereotypical "nooooooooooooooooooo!"
 

chrono01

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I fully expect the annoying queen lala from uldah to die before 3.0 hits and I will laugh and laugh and laugh. If nothing else we can get raubahn falling to his knees with the stereotypical "nooooooooooooooooooo!"
You take back those vile words towards Nanamo!

/shakes fist angrily
 

Trojita

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They need to have a special contest like my japanese animus about MMO's where someone wins the special once in a lifetime reward of playing a unique avatar unavailable to anyone else.

It will be a Lala Cat Hybrid and his name will be Kirito.
 
LTTP:

Dat sexy 2.5 trailer. Man, I'm really excited for the story and how exactly it's going to lead us into Heavensward.

Poor Nanamo is doomed, though. :(
 

Ken

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What happens if I buy a digital copy of XIV off PSN when I've been playing on disc? Do I have to download everything again or what?
 

WolvenOne

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No it's not, stop being bad.

It's the community consensus, and there some decent logic behind it. (Mainly that it requires less skill to do the task competently.)

You are right that over the course of a fight, Warrior can mitigate more if they know all the timings and such. However, most players value ease of learning over theoretical max potential.
 

BadRNG

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What happens if I buy a digital copy of XIV off PSN when I've been playing on disc? Do I have to download everything again or what?
Aren't PS4 games always installed anyway? Disc is just there to verify you got it? I don't know why you'd need to redownload.

But to be safe don't do it till tomorrow.

It's the community consensus, and there some decent logic behind it. (Mainly that it requires less skill to do the task competently.)

You are right that over the course of a fight, Warrior can mitigate more if they know all the timings and such. However, most players value ease of learning over theoretical max potential.
Community consensus means jack shit when it isn't based off anything legitmate. For example your basis is a horrible one, you're basically saying that WAR will be worse if the player is bad. Well yeah, who'd of thunk it? Bad players will be bad. It's not as if it's some complex class to learn, any good PLD will know all the timings for fights to begin with. That's like the first thing you learn in an encounter as tank, when moves will hit and how your cooldowns can be timed to counter them.

We've been over this a hundred times, and the only reason I continue to indulge you is because there are new players who read this thread and last thing they need is people giving them the wrong impression. If you really want to you can say a bad pld will be better than a bad war, but don't say that a PLD is a straight up better tank than WAR, it's utter bullshit and just spreads more nonsense.
 
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