Light farming is a lot of fun. You should enjoy it while you can; the next step is truly hideous.
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Final Fantasy XIV |OT7| 1000 years DRAGONSONG War
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Light farming is a lot of fun. You should enjoy it while you can; the next step is truly hideous.
RPGCrazied
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Thank you! Took almost 45 minutes for the Duty Finder to kick in, and after these posts and watching a couple videos, I manage to beat him! I still died, lol, but it was at the very end of his HP bar. Main thing was breaking party members free when turning into a rock, and when he jumps get to the edge. And no, I won't be doing hard mode. I'm basically playing for the story.
RPGCrazied
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Afaik, hard mode Titan isn't reqired for the main story. It's required for your relic though.
Through the main scenario you'll only fight the primals once each, though Leviathan, Ramuh, and Shiva will be called (Hard) despite that encounter being their lowest difficulty.
Hm... I remember the original requirements for the 2.5 Trial/Chain to have the HM trio. Maybe that was just during the datamining parts of it and not the official notes and I just never double checked.
Edit: From the 2.5 Patch Notes for the MSQ:
All the HM primals were fun when I did them at the start of my relic quest. I prefer primal fights to dungeons. You should definitely do them RPGCrazied.
Titan HM was great, the MT got knocked off right near the start so I (the OT) took over and we managed to defeat him, all while the MT chilled at the bottom of the map.
Titan HM was great, the MT got knocked off right near the start so I (the OT) took over and we managed to defeat him, all while the MT chilled at the bottom of the map.
HM primals are easier than NM today. You can be at the minimum ilevel required, but there will be 7 other players that want to finish their Nexus ASAP that will destroy the boss.
It's funny how I hear this at every step. But, yeah, I researched and Zodiac seems to be bullshit. At least I already have all the bombard cores and 2 spring waters.
the_sun_king
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Can confirm Zodiac is worst step. No contest. Anyone who says books clearly hasn't gotten that far.
Kids these days are spoiled. Back in my day the Relic steps were harder. We had to walk uphill in the snow both ways to gather enough tomes for our Animus books. Days spent crawling around Lower La Noscea for Atma, let me tell you. The nerve of some people complaining about minor inconveniences like 60,000 company seals or 4,000 solidery. Bah humbug.
Get off my lawn.
Get off my lawn.
tiggerkiddo
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Finally saw casting loot in Final Coil, it isn't a myth.
irfaanator
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I laughed at everybody doing braflox speedruns for myth. I still laugh at them to this day
Ugh, finally:
Tell me that Nexus is easier/faster, please
Farming Hard mode primals could help you
I still think Nexus is the worst step. It's just a grind with no unique content.
Zodiac is at least involved, there's different aspects of the game, soldiery, GC seals, crafting, desynthesis, and dungeons are always more fun than hundreds of Garuda runs, let me tell you what. RNG sucks but what can you do.
Meanwhile I'm running 2.2 dungeons for the Hussar glamour for my dragoon and... It's amazing how much difference proper DPS makes. Catoblepas dies on the first Tainted Eye cycle. Gladiators collapse in seconds. The whole run takes ten minutes. This really confirms my worst fears - absolute most players in the game don't know or use the basic rules of the classes they are playing. It's kinda disgusting how much time you waste because people slack. I know, I know, I shouldn't be so elitist and judgmental, especially since my own level is mediocre at best, but good god, try a little you people.
Oh, and Life Surge + B4B + Dragonfire Dive?
God tier.
Zodiac is at least involved, there's different aspects of the game, soldiery, GC seals, crafting, desynthesis, and dungeons are always more fun than hundreds of Garuda runs, let me tell you what. RNG sucks but what can you do.
Meanwhile I'm running 2.2 dungeons for the Hussar glamour for my dragoon and... It's amazing how much difference proper DPS makes. Catoblepas dies on the first Tainted Eye cycle. Gladiators collapse in seconds. The whole run takes ten minutes. This really confirms my worst fears - absolute most players in the game don't know or use the basic rules of the classes they are playing. It's kinda disgusting how much time you waste because people slack. I know, I know, I shouldn't be so elitist and judgmental, especially since my own level is mediocre at best, but good god, try a little you people.
Oh, and Life Surge + B4B + Dragonfire Dive?
God tier.
PhillipCostigan
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i have been reincarnated as a pixelated catgirl
Chie Satonaka
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Syrcus Tower Monk set: Hideous.
World of Darkness Monk set: Pretty neat.
...How hard is World of Darkness? >_>
World of Darkness Monk set: Pretty neat.
...How hard is World of Darkness? >_>
Pyros_Eien
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More or less the worst it can be is it taking over an hour to clear. It's harder than Syrcus, but not by a whole lot. Just read up a quick guide beforehand, there's a few gimmicks you want to know so you don't die instantly to stuff, but mostly it's just a large good looking piñata.
tiggerkiddo
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It's Manthra, get it right people.
Too bad Life Surge only gives you the guaranteed crit on one enemy hit by DFD.
IR+B4B is the standard AOE opener anyways.
Haman Karn
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No, ideally what you want to do is get to lvl 50 and complete all the main scenario quests before Heavensward releases, then you'll be on equal ground as everyone else
LowParry
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Naw. In fact this is a perfect time to get back into it.
Button up your shirt. The captain can't be showing off that amount of skin.
Congratulations, you know what irony is. It is indeed when what is said is opposite of what is meant.
I do very much love when my jokes are explained for me. Sometimes I don't understand them. Such is the depth of my wit. I'm not entirely sure if you get this one, but I'll just assume you do.
Liquid_015
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Hey guys! (I'm Arya Lightbringer - Server: Ultros)
I've been gone from FFXIV for a little over half a year! What have I missed since August of last year?!
Are hunts still the rage?
I'm tempted to come back to FFXIV!
I've been gone from FFXIV for a little over half a year! What have I missed since August of last year?!
Are hunts still the rage?
I'm tempted to come back to FFXIV!
No to Hunts.
kek
You'll never be a real bard.
I'm gonna start again soon too! I think we played and left in the same era
He's complaining about drops, I'd say he's already nearly there.
tiggerkiddo
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Bards really are the noisiest. Even when they attack.
Especially catgirl bards. They are the worst.
Especially catgirl bards. They are the worst.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
It's been a week since I started to play this silly game, it's fun so far, here's a pic of my character just hanging around:
I got the Arcanist leveling out of the way already, time to get to 30 and get my White Mage job and hopefully an outfit that doesn't look like shit..
I also sent my application to join the GAF guild.
I got the Arcanist leveling out of the way already, time to get to 30 and get my White Mage job and hopefully an outfit that doesn't look like shit..
I also sent my application to join the GAF guild.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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That problem comes from having too few voice previews for each option.
When I fantasia'd to Miqote I didn't know I would hear "WOOOOOOO" every time I used a skill.
Now that I'm back to Highlander I don't have to deal with that since I just used the old voice option I chose the first time.
Hopefully I don't run into that issue when I switch to Au Ra.
Unknown Soldier
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Whoever at Squenix decided that bards had to be that chatty needs to be fired. There isn't even a good reason why all bard attacks have to trigger the grunt noises literally every skill used.
However if you pick the right voice, catgirl bards are impossibly cute while making their cute attack noises.
tiggerkiddo
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If cute means being so shrill and loud that I would prefer nails on chalkboard, I agree!
Haman Karn
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Unknown Soldier
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You picked the wrong voice then
tiggerkiddo
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Nyah~
So, I came back (again). Finally beat Titan EX, Ifrit EX and Odin EX (thanks to all of my guildmates! Heck, our guildmaster got the Titan pony on his first down ). If everything goes well, T9 will be beaten tonight too. Still, I'm kinda low on ilvl compared to everyone who had the time to farm (BRD 117, WHM 111, PLD 109, NIN 109, SCH 108). Kinda want to switch to NIN, but even if I know the rotation, executing it flawlessly is a different matter, and I am just unable to do the Mudras quickly enough - if I try to chain them too quickly, one of them is skipped because the server considers that it is still under cooldown (possibly because of the server lag - I'm european), so I have to be sure that they are up before doing the next one. Kinda hurt the DPS (at least in my mind, which is enough to make me crazy).
). If everything goes well, T9 will be beaten tonight too. Still, I'm kinda low on ilvl compared to everyone who had the time to farm (BRD 117, WHM 111, PLD 109, NIN 109, SCH 108). Kinda want to switch to NIN, but even if I know the rotation, executing it flawlessly is a different matter, and I am just unable to do the Mudras quickly enough - if I try to chain them too quickly, one of them is skipped because the server considers that it is still under cooldown (possibly because of the server lag - I'm european), so I have to be sure that they are up before doing the next one. Kinda hurt the DPS (at least in my mind, which is enough to make me crazy).- Status