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Final Fantasy XIV |OT6| Casino Royale

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WolvenOne

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.....Wow, this would almost make a good wallpaper actually.

Welp, time to sleep, ZZzzz..
 

Banzai

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So i thought id jump in for the free login week, but after the installation finished and i start the game it tells its uable to connect to servers because of my dns settings (error 11021).
then i read online that it might be because i have the old pre-realm-reborn game. do i actually need the new version or is it something else?

edit: obviously ive checked my dns settings

edit2: nevermind somehow got it to work. now it's asking me for a 20 character registration code that's supposed to be in the box. there's only an 18 character code in my box and it doesnt fit the pattern. im screwed arent i?

edit3: there was no upgrade service for early pc adopters? thats BS.
 

Taruranto

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The rarity rule is pretty BS in Triple Triad. I don't remember the rules being all that bad in FFVIII, and you could force a lot of the bad ones away. However, the way they have everything setup artificially adds such an annoying amount of difficulty that you have to just get dumb lucky to win a lot of the time. Not to mention most of the NPCs I've noticed aren't even beholden to any rules whatsoever. They can come at you with as many Rare 5s as they want, and yet I'm limited to just fucking Onion Knight? It's kinda bullshit but it is what it is.

As a side note I'm starting to remember why I prefer Tetra Master to Triple Triad :/

Yeah, it's pretty bad. Especially if there isn't any rule like Same or Plus. :/
 

dramatis

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edit3: there was no upgrade service for early pc adopters? thats BS.
I don't remember if there was a free upgrade from PC 1.0 to PC 2.0, but it has been a year and a half since 2.0 launched. Even the PS3 to PS4 upgrade is ending next month (should have ended in December but they negotiated with Sony).
 
Got my physical disc through the door and have come off the trial to a proper account and set up a subscription. Had to wait a bit to make a character on Ultros, but after much waiting and the maintenance I finally got it, only level 11 so far but getting there. Quite enjoying it so far, just fun exploring, adventuring, killing things, getting killed by things, watching people ride around on what looks like glowing unicorns.

A quick question about joining the guild, it might sound stupid to ask as I might be missing the obvious, but what exactly is the difference between "Character" and "Character Name" on the recruitment form?

It's kind of redundant but Guildwork refers to users as 'characters' and you can link your Lodestone profile to your 'character' which will join the Free Company site automatically.

The thing is that we have a process where we require people to sign up on the website first which makes that functionality useless and since Guildwork usernames (characters) can be any name, we added the 'Character Name' field to capture the actual name of the applicant's player character.

I might edit that application at some point and make that more clear or rename the one called 'Character'.

So i thought id jump in for the free login week, but after the installation finished and i start the game it tells its uable to connect to servers because of my dns settings (error 11021).
then i read online that it might be because i have the old pre-realm-reborn game. do i actually need the new version or is it something else?

edit: obviously ive checked my dns settings

edit2: nevermind somehow got it to work. now it's asking me for a 20 character registration code that's supposed to be in the box. there's only an 18 character code in my box and it doesnt fit the pattern. im screwed arent i?

edit3: there was no upgrade service for early pc adopters? thats BS.

There was a free upgrade and you could even get locked in for permanent cheaper subscriptions if you were subscribed to the old game during the last 90 days or so. I'm not sure if these promotions have expired or not, but it has been over a year now...
 
I don't remember if there was a free upgrade from PC 1.0 to PC 2.0, but it has been a year and a half since 2.0 launched. Even the PS3 to PS4 upgrade is ending next month (should have ended in December but they negotiated with Sony).

I used a serial code from a retail copy of 1.0 I bought like a year before ARR came out and it worked so maybe it was a time limited thing?

either way I used a 1.0 code to play the game
 

dcye

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I don't remember if there was a free upgrade from PC 1.0 to PC 2.0, but it has been a year and a half since 2.0 launched. Even the PS3 to PS4 upgrade is ending next month (should have ended in December but they negotiated with Sony).

Yeah there was an upgrade, I used it. I think its expired now though.
 

Uthred

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The rarity rule is pretty BS in Triple Triad. I don't remember the rules being all that bad in FFVIII, and you could force a lot of the bad ones away. However, the way they have everything setup artificially adds such an annoying amount of difficulty that you have to just get dumb lucky to win a lot of the time. Not to mention most of the NPCs I've noticed aren't even beholden to any rules whatsoever. They can come at you with as many Rare 5s as they want, and yet I'm limited to just fucking Onion Knight? It's kinda bullshit but it is what it is.

As a side note I'm starting to remember why I prefer Tetra Master to Triple Triad :/

You can get unlimited 2* in your deck at 30 cards and unlimited 3* at 60 cards. Random is the only NPC rule that feels flat out unfair as each NPC only has a small pool of cards so random doesnt really matter a fuck to them.
 

Sorian

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You can get unlimited 2* in your deck at 30 cards and unlimited 3* at 60 cards. Random is the only NPC rule that feels flat out unfair as each NPC only has a small pool of cards so random doesnt really matter a fuck to them.

Idk man, swap is pretty bullshit. 9 times out of 10 they take my five star and pass me some 2 star junk.
 

IvorB

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Been saving up the big fights from the last patch. Did the Chrysalis yesterday and it was a pretty good fight. I loved having 2 minutes of Raging Strikes, Manawall and Manaward. I could get used to that. Think I will do Battle of the Big Keep next.
 

studyguy

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.....Wow, this would almost make a good wallpaper actually.

Welp, time to sleep, ZZzzz..

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Went ahead and created a sac pull party for DD because I said fuck it and was tired of not getting anything. In the almost 4 hours I had, I had 3 members get get their atma drop.

I got nothing. I'm like legitimately considering bowing out of the zodiac questline. I have to be in the upper 30s of runs on that dungeon alone now. Being on the shitty end of the bell curve is depressing. Not going to bother updating on this anymore here either, I feel like a broken record.
 

iammeiam

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Thanks to GAF FC, I am 100% prepared for #TheDress discussions at the office today. Thanks guys.

I got nothing. I'm like legitimately considering bowing out of the zodiac questline. I have to be in the upper 30s of runs on that dungeon alone now. Being on the shitty end of the bell curve is depressing. Not going to bother updating on this anymore here either, I feel like a broken record.

That sucks. Zodiac step isn't bad on its face, but the RNG aspect is brutal. At least FATES only take a couple minutes.

At least take solace in not being the 60+ AV guy, I guess? It'll drop eventually. Probably.
 

Hystzen

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How does this work? How long does it take?

Tank is ahead of group pulls everything while everyone runs behind tank to boss. Tank stays on boss line barrier while rest move to safe zone. Tank dies the aggro enemies go home and then healer raises tank.
 

studyguy

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Tank is ahead of group pulls everything while everyone runs behind tank to boss. Tank stays on boss line barrier while rest move to safe zone. Tank dies the aggro enemies go home and then healer raises tank.

Aye, it's super quick compared to the trudge that is normal DD. Figured doing MORE runs would solve it but obviously not.
 

BLCKATK

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Went ahead and created a sac pull party for DD because I said fuck it and was tired of not getting anything. In the almost 4 hours I had, I had 3 members get get their atma drop.

I got nothing. I'm like legitimately considering bowing out of the zodiac questline. I have to be in the upper 30s of runs on that dungeon alone now. Being on the shitty end of the bell curve is depressing. Not going to bother updating on this anymore here either, I feel like a broken record.


Yo man, I enjoyed reading your posts about your Zodiac progress, I started the quest pretty close to the same time as you. I really feel you on the grind, took me 25 AK runs to finally get the item, I can only imagine if I had to do that for a lower level dungeon. I hope it works out for you.
 

Frumix

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And done with Zodiac items!
Took 52 dungeon runs in total, had a few one-shots, highest was Hullbreaker (9).
The real curveball here was soldiery count. 6400 is a lot and these dungeons aren't giving much.
 

Andrefpvs

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Hey guys, I decided to finally open my PS3 copy! Skyfireblaze here suggested I should say hello :)

I'm still deciding which server to pick (I'm in EU). After reading the OP, is it fair to say that most of the Europeans here are on Ragnarok? Or is it still Ultros? How are the guilds split? I'm mostly worried about timezones, you see.

Anyway, I'm excited to try out this game. I won't be able to play it a lot, by I hope I can create a solid base while the 30 free days last :)
 

creid

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And done with Zodiac items!
Took 52 dungeon runs in total, had a few one-shots, highest was Hullbreaker (9).
The real curveball here was soldiery count. 6400 is a lot and these dungeons aren't giving much.
Geez, lucky. 44 runs and I only have half my drops ._.
 

Pachimari

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I don't remember if I'm not a member of the GAF guild anymore, because I have been inactive for months, but can I become a member again guys?
 

Pachimari

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Okay I'm a lvl 15 archer and I find it hard to get into after having been absent for months. Maybe because I used to play on PS3, and have now moved to PC.
Where can I find our GAF free company?

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Oh, I gotta send in an application I see.
 

Stuart444

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Hey guys, I decided to finally open my PS3 copy! Skyfireblaze here suggested I should say hello :)

I'm still deciding which server to pick (I'm in EU). After reading the OP, is it fair to say that most of the Europeans here are on Ragnarok? Or is it still Ultros? How are the guilds split? I'm mostly worried about timezones, you see.

Anyway, I'm excited to try out this game. I won't be able to play it a lot, by I hope I can create a solid base while the 30 free days last :)

Don't know much about Ragnarok but Ultros has a fair few EU folks like me on it. :)
 
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