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Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood |OT| Y'all Need to Calm Down
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LordKasual
Banned
The RNG of the cards isn't bad really. AST is usually always welcome.
I main aST though. Well SAM once servers are up. 😂
Huh I think you should be worried, call support or something, EA is live in 4 hours+
Stream just showed dungeon walkthrough, and showed some dungeon bosses at the end
Yojimbo!
Nah Astro is great all the time, getting lucky with the cards just makes them greater
Look, I'm tired from having to rush the 3.x stuff every night in the last week before SB. And that's just me playing the stupid game. Can't imagine what it's like for him this week launching the expansion. Lol. Just look at all those "GIB PATCH NOTES!!" posts.
StanleyPalmtree
Banned
first, astrologian, dark knight, and mechanist are unfortunately not availiable when you start the game, but unlock once you reach the Heavensward expansion content.
but more importantly, every class in this game is completely viable, go with whichever one looks like the one you will enjoy the most, and if you end up not liking them, it very easy to pick up a new differant one.
in short, follow your heart.
Astrologist's rng balances itself out.
Snapshot King
Member
Tank and Healer balance has me pretty worried. Surely we can't actually be headed towards a PLD/PLD/AST/AST meta can we? That'd be awful.
Does anyone know if the job boost potions, will they mark all job quests as complete aka I'd miss out on the story? And do we need to unlock the job or just the base class?
I'd prefer if they just boost you to 60 but you still need to do all job quests up to 60 just so I don't miss out on the quest story if I use one.
I'd prefer if they just boost you to 60 but you still need to do all job quests up to 60 just so I don't miss out on the quest story if I use one.
Was thinking about starting with SAM in a few hours but it didn't even dawn on me I'd have to grind 10 levels before even getting into the SB content. How exactly would I do this if I've used up the majority of my quests? Also, can you use one of those level 60 up options to go from 50 to 60 SAM?
I dunno, should I just level my 60 DRG or PLD and get right into the new content? Or SAM it up even if it takes longer? I'm so torn...
I dunno, should I just level my 60 DRG or PLD and get right into the new content? Or SAM it up even if it takes longer? I'm so torn...
Most people who are doing this plan on grinding in POTD 51 - 60 for 6 hours or so.
Palace of the Dead sams and red mages for 8 hours.
Can't buy your way to 60 SAM or RDM.
Armory bonus has been bumped to 100% for classes below 60 if you have another 60. Should take 6 to 9 hours of PotD grind.
Don't be ridiculous, lb gain will be extremely bad
I'm more surprised that he has it in him to actually go with the patch notes reading than that he's tired, really.
There's cross server potd now. You can group up with the people you come across that don't suck.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
The urge to play Red Mage right at launch is real.... but the story though. Decisions.
Looking forward to the angry fanbase when he probably takes a well deserved holiday soon.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
Is cross server for SB on POTD confirmed?
in patch notes so yes
Can deal with magic, attacks have better potency, your DPS combo is not part of the threat combo (so no weird extra threat gain if OTing), 64 trait means spells wont get interrupted (cleamency is faster now and you have an offensive MP dump spell). And spammable AoE at 46
You have an ability that gives you giant ass wings
That's all I needed to hear. I'm in.
Xux
Member
You can do a sick spin attack.
MetalliCabombination
Member
Man all of this sounds like so much work lmao. Im yet to even start heavensward.
Im just gonna take it slow and enjoy the half a dozen classes i haven't even touched in the mean time.
Im just gonna take it slow and enjoy the half a dozen classes i haven't even touched in the mean time.
HW stuff goes by faster and better paced then the ARR stuff, so enjoy.
Has the current best damage of the tanks and still good on cooldowns; block now works on magic damage and their new job meter is pretty much just for Sheltron. On the downside, their new DPS loop is basically oGCD -> spamming spells for a period but that's a case-by-case basis if you think it's fun or not. Their AoE is still kind of bad, I guess? But for the most part, their negatives are pretty low.
The other tanks have some clunk to them (WAR stance dancing has a pretty stiff penalty, DRK faces a lot of weird decision tree moments); in a vacuum, those two aren't that bad but PLD gained a lot more than either of them which puts their adjustments in a relatively less good spot.
You still have to be in the same data centre though
It's the spot that makes me curious what we'll see in terms of design; more and more single-tank fights without enforced tank swaps means 100% PLD OT duty can simply rotate their cooldowns this way, though we face the previous threat concerns and maybe we'll rotate tanks simply for the sake of Shirk rotations instead. In many ways, I prefer the Blackest Night in terms of what this utility wants to do but tBN has a lot of jank in the implementation (and fails in the whole not necessarily always worth the opportunity cost test as well) where Sheltron vs Intervention is simply down to "is a thing punching me?" when it comes to how you vent resource.
I'm not touching POTD with a 10-foot pole. I'm leveling Dragoon to 70 ASAP and then probably taking my Miner to 70 next and actually getting ahead of that train for once, then probably casually level Red Mage or one of the other jobs.
On one hand, this is true; on the other, I still largely look at this as a "I'm never going to actually use this" situation from a min/max angle. Still, it's one of those moments of flavor/lore/utility vs output things.
...though, I'd probably still try to never use a Requiescat buffed GCD on Clemency. This did have me go and check to see that they did lower Holy Spirit to 1.5s casts from 2.0 which makes the 5x Holy Spirit under Requiescat situation no longer have that "if you lag at all you drop a buffed cast" going for it.
Brat-Sampson
Member
Reading the SMN job updates as someone with a solid but never claiming to be optimal approach to the class, the Shadowflare changes seem huge. The number of times I'd cast down a flare only to have the tank either run on to the next mob or just decide to fight them just outside it was always... a lot. But before you could recast it no biggie so they didn't really have to worry about it. Now it's an instant ability but on a 60s cooldown so PLS tanks etc, pick a spot and stick with it :s
Other than that up to 60 at least it just looks like there were a few nerfs and they gave you one less DOT to deal with. Basic flow seems the same overall. I'm interested to see how the 60-70 abilities weave in in practice.
EDIT: Oh, and now contagion doesn't extend DOT timers? Is Garuda no longer Best Egi?
Other than that up to 60 at least it just looks like there were a few nerfs and they gave you one less DOT to deal with. Basic flow seems the same overall. I'm interested to see how the 60-70 abilities weave in in practice.
EDIT: Oh, and now contagion doesn't extend DOT timers? Is Garuda no longer Best Egi?
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
So why do people think atm that everything is going to be PLD/PLD
Ast/Ast I can sorta understand the logic behind *not happening still* but what is making people say pld/pld
Ast/Ast I can sorta understand the logic behind *not happening still* but what is making people say pld/pld