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Final Fantasy XIV |OT6| Casino Royale

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MogCakes

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I hate hunts so much. Marks get zerged within 30 seconds of their discovery during prime time (evening). It's infuriating and it's frustrating that this is the 'layman's' way of getting logs* and alexandrite. Why the hell did SE decide to bring this shit back to life.

*twine

I'd have preferred they just kept twine to coil instead of this crap. Increase alex drop from FATEs to 15 or 20% instead of 12. Anything but this shit.
 
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Sorian

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Tabris said:
Play FFXIV in window mode and then have this in another window - https://games.yahoo.com/board/ and then have this playing on youtube in the background - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz83Z4qXclI&spfreload=10. Bam. I just replicated 2 months of development time.
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Man, I hope this gold saucer actually has good music.

MogCakes said:
I hate hunts so much. Marks get zerged within 30 seconds of their discovery during prime time (evening). It's infuriating and it's frustrating that this is the 'layman's' way of getting logs and alexandrite. Why the hell did SE decide to bring this shit back to life.
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The honest answer is if you have any idea what you are doing then hunts aren't that bad at all.
 
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Tabris

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Sorian said:
The honest answer is if you have any idea what you are doing then hunts aren't that bad at all.
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Depends on server though I assume. While Ultros community can be gross, it has the benefit of low population (the only benefit). I assume a server with a community like Ultros and a higher population would be horrible.
 
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MogCakes

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I use two trackers and generally know when something will spawn, that doesn't mean I don't still get frustrated when by the time I get to the mark after <1 minute of its finding it's within nanoseconds of its death by the zerg mob. The point being early pullers make my head spin.

This is how GAF got its reputation on Ultros right?
 
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Apoptomon

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Aside: Black Mage rotation is oddly therapeutic, if only because of the mental input: fiery output ratio.
On topic: So are most everyone gonna be scoping out the Gold Saucer as soon as it's available? And apart from what's included what else do you people think they should have? Tetra master? Sphere break? G Bike?
 
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Mr. RHC

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Qvoth

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suzu said:
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So fat.
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sweet jesus
1 more thing to obtain from gold saucer...
 
Xux

Xux

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I feel like I'll go to the GS (after the initial rush crashes it) see the price for the mounts and minions, buy a Cactpot ticket, try Chocobo Racing, say "that's pretty neat for an MMO", avoid Triple Triad, and continue crafting and doing Zodiac stuff.
 
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Valor

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MogCakes said:
I use two trackers and generally know when something will spawn, that doesn't mean I don't still get frustrated when by the time I get to the mark after <1 minute of its finding it's within nanoseconds of its death by the zerg mob. The point being early pullers make my head spin.

This is how GAF got its reputation on Ultros right?
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We got the rep on Ultros because people feel entitled to a hunt because they're in route. A ton of people start showing up, mob starts to disappear off and on, and people started pulling early to avoid that. People blamed GAF since we were out in full force. I don't think most people really care anymore, but who knows. We did get that one superfan in William Almasay, so there's that.

CcrooK said:
So for a new player, is getting through the relic weapon upgrades needed at all at this point of the game?
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No reason not to. You can knock them out quickly if you care to do it. There are easier ways to get weapons, however.
 
LowParry

LowParry

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Valor said:
No reason not to. You can knock them out quickly if you care to do it. There are easier ways to get weapons, however.
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Oh I know this. I'm just curious if the relic weapon will continue on into the expansion. Seems like the later part looks to be grinding for that alexandrite or whatever.
 
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Aeriscloud

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CcrooK said:
Oh I know this. I'm just curious if the relic weapon will continue on into the expansion. Seems like the later part looks to be grinding for that alexandrite or whatever.
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The answer to this is iffy at the moment, they keep giving non answers. I do not think anyone knows 100% yet.
 
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Tabris

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CcrooK said:
Oh I know this. I'm just curious if the relic weapon will continue on into the expansion. Seems like the later part looks to be grinding for that alexandrite or whatever.
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They have said it will be used, just now how. My guess is it will allow us to skip a couple steps others have to do.

We got the rep on Ultros because people feel entitled to a hunt because they're in route. A ton of people start showing up, mob starts to disappear off and on, and people started pulling early to avoid that. People blamed GAF since we were out in full force. I don't think most people really care anymore, but who knows. We did get that one superfan in William Almasay, so there's that.
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Essentially it came from Hunts Day 3 when everyone joined in. Before then, it was callout a time (in Eorzea Time) and then if you arrived before that time, you were good. I remember waiting for like 20-30 people to arrive for a B rank. You would then tag it and turn around to ensure everyone tagged it. On day 3, certain GAF members were ignoring call times and were pulling early and zerging, watched it constantly. Hunt drama ensued, GAF got it's rep. Then when everyone started pulling early and ignoring call times, GAF just got blamed by default. It stuck. I don't think most pull early, but just took a day to earn the rep.
 
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LiQuid!

I proudly and openly admit to wishing death upon the mothers of people I don't like
Doing roulette EX and wiping to trash mobs because my healer is watching a Japanese girl streaming FF14 with a crotch cam.
 
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Pachimari

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I need something clarified, because I find it much harder to play this on PC, than on PS3/4.

Is it possible to change the camera controls, so that I can look around with the mouse like any other third/first person game?
Because I can't get used to having to click and hold with the left mouse button to drag the camera around.
 
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irfaanator

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Madridista said:
I need something clarified, because I find it much harder to play this on PC, than on PS3/4.

Is it possible to change the camera controls, so that I can look around with the mouse like any other third/first person game?
Because I can't get used to having to click and hold with the left mouse button to drag the camera around.
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I don't think so, you can just plug in a controller in your pc and think it's like a ps4
 
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Unknown Soldier

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iammeiam said:
Is "Because it's fun" not sufficient?

Like its content being added that people may actually enjoy for its own sake, and not as means to an end. It's kind of a big deal.
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This must be why people are already planning their hardcore grinds for cards.

Nothing in this game is actually played for fun by anybody as far as I have seen, it gets turned into a hardcore grind even before it's released.

This is the same problem that Hunts have, incidentally.
 
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Frumix

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What's fun

I mean, "being there first" is part of the fun for some people. If they want to hardcore it up, who's to stop them.
 
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iammeiam

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Shutting down the servers is cheating, Shiva.

May there be endless primal Atma grinding that I may have my revenge.

And possibly Tomo finally gets his book. After getting poverty i130 and not needing it anymore.

(Seriously tho, maint is always like 10 minutes late. Why so punctual?)
 
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aceface

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Feverish last minute shiva ex runs resulted in still no book but Chocolate instead getting a pony minutes before maintenance. Sounds about right.
 
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Soulflarz

Banned
Unknown Soldier said:
This must be why people are already planning their hardcore grinds for cards.

Nothing in this game is actually played for fun by anybody as far as I have seen, it gets turned into a hardcore grind even before it's released.

This is the same problem that Hunts have, incidentally.
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Yeah, I just play FFXIV for fun. I mean, I already know I wont be able to pay for it forever, and I consider the fact I can play right now on the luckier side, so yeah. I just want to see as much as I can within that timeframe :D
...and get my ilevel up oh God it's starting

iammeiam said:
Shutting down the servers is cheating, Shiva.

May there be endless primal Atma grinding that I may have my revenge.

And possibly Tomo finally gets his book. After getting poverty i130 and not needing it anymore.

(Seriously tho, maint is always like 10 minutes late. Why so punctual?)
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You guys didnt make it? RIP
 
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MogCakes

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How do the penta-melded wootz gear fare against dreadwyrm and ironworks? I recall a lot of FCoB raiders using melded i90 accessories instead of i110 accs because of better stat bonuses from the materia. Does the same apply for body pieces?
 
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Kenai

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Frumix said:
What's fun

I mean, "being there first" is part of the fun for some people. If they want to hardcore it up, who's to stop them.
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That's fine and all, but they really shouldn't act like they "have" to. if they wanna hardcore it up, go nuts, but they also shouldn't blame SE if they feel like they have nothing better to do.

Unless they are the folks who think that the option shouldn't even be allowed or something. I don't necessarily agree with that sentiment, but at least it's logically consistent there.
 
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Ken

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iammeiam said:
Ruin and Ruin II MP cost reduction.

It's like summoners are somehow people!
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The MP cost of the arcanist actions Ruin and Ruin II has been reduced.
Rewards for the quest "The Gift of the Archmagus" have been adjusted as follows:
Before:
Allagan Catalyst, Carboncoat

After:
Allagan Catalyst
Choose from: Carboncoat, Carbontwine

You win!
 
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iammeiam

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Fuck me there's a King Mog card. Fuck fuck fuck.

Also there's a chance, however slight, that the light grind this time may be less bad. Maybe. A little.

Ken said:
The MP cost of the arcanist actions Ruin and Ruin II has been reduced.
Rewards for the quest "The Gift of the Archmagus" have been adjusted as follows:
Before:
Allagan Catalyst, Carboncoat

After:
Allagan Catalyst
Choose from: Carboncoat, Carbontwine

You win!
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I get poverty twine and don't even have to do CT this week. So happy. No sign of tomestones though?
 
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Frumix

Suffering From Success
Mahatmas aren't items. Or at least not inventory items.
I don't think there's a FATE component involved, just some kind of attunement.
Maybe it's attuning different kinds of mahatmas in different types of content.
Or maybe it's really just light grind again.

So You Think You Can Ride This Chocobo
Level 15
Central Shroud (X:20 Y:22)
NPC: Katering
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Full circle.
 
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docbon

Member
No cosmetic item for warriors, rip.

There's that one mob before the final boss in Sastasha HM that had the coolest looking axe, too.
 
Zomba13

Zomba13

Member
Sooooooo.

I've got a friend who has jumped into that there trial period and is liking the game and will probably jump on board after the trial and he's gonna make a character on Ultros when he can so I'm gonna jump back in. Also I think I'll be doing a bunch of Gold Saucer stuff and ease my way back into dungeons and what not with my buddy before I take on the rest of the story (I think I need to do the snow dungeon now from a billion patches ago). Looking forward to it.
 
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Unknown Soldier

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Relic gonna be i135. BiS for the next 3-4 months I guess, depending on when Heavensward drops. Well 3-4 months minus the grind time you have to invest to reach Final Zodiac.
 
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