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vOv posted:I was hopping through timestamps in this to find where that image is from (4:44) and I realized Lalafell eyes don't have pupils. How the gently caress do they see? According to the lore blurb, they actually do have pupils but this is obscured by a protective membrane over their eyes, which is the monocolor thing you're seeing instead. Only Dunefolk Lalafell are like this.
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Captain Oblivious posted:According to the lore blurb, they actually do have pupils but this is obscured by a protective membrane over their eyes, which is the monocolor thing you're seeing instead. Only Dunefolk Lalafell are like this. I am absolutely enamored with the amount of small details that went into the lore of this game, holy poo poo
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Sep 2, 2015 07:28
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Yeah but if it's green then it means it's actually reflecting green light, which means that that green light isn't reaching the retina.
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Sep 2, 2015 08:05
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vOv posted:Yeah but if it's green then it means it's actually reflecting green light, which means that that green light isn't reaching the retina. Mild color blindness is the price Dunefolk pay for being able to see clearly in a sand storm and the like I suppose 
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Sep 2, 2015 08:12
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Eerkik posted:I am absolutely enamored with the amount of small details that went into the lore of this game, holy poo poo As with most things, the design probably came first, and then the lore team went and concocted some explanation for what the art team had wrought. But it still says something that they're actually willing to take the time to polish it up like that. The fact that every last thing in Eorzea's got some sort of story to it, even if it's some tiny blurb in the Sightseeing Log, is why it's a good setting.
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Sep 2, 2015 08:31
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Dunesfolk also have the best piety and intelligence for a black mage. 
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Sep 2, 2015 08:32
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Mazed posted:As with most things, the design probably came first, and then the lore team went and concocted some explanation for what the art team had wrought. The fishing log is a great example of the tiniest detail getting some great story to it. Buoyant Oviforms while common remain a complete loving mystery to eorzean scholars. There's some great flavour in the fishing log.
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Sep 2, 2015 08:34
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Been playing MNK for a while and it's kinda fun, but fights with losing Greased Lightning buffs make me sad. I do feel a loss of power going into low-level dungeons though, especially when I don't have the ability to stack Greased Lightnings.
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Sep 2, 2015 08:55
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Obligatum VII posted:thinking side ponytails look stupid though. You're not wrong
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MohShuvuu posted:Dunesfolk also have the best piety and intelligence for a black mage. That piety thing doesn't matter anymore because of the new rotation.
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Sep 2, 2015 09:34
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it doesn't matter anyway because it's like two points
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Sep 2, 2015 09:59
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hobbesmaster posted:Unlike say Bioware they actually seem to care a little bit about blatant clipping problems which rules out long hair. Well, unless they ditch console support and raise the minimum requirements to something ridiculous. Something Tera does right is that long hair models have an alternate model for clipping clothes. So if my dude with long hair wears a coat with a high collar, the back of his hair goes up into a bun. I thought that was neat since I've basically always just seen it clip in games.
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Sep 2, 2015 12:44
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I never get any of these bad primadonna tanks in LDR that ya'all are talking about that refuse to tank if they don't meet their demands. I've had tanks that aren't good at holding aggro, or last night I was in Copperbell and there was a tank that killed the blast cap four times because he kept trying to hit it with shield toss. Now, bad healers on the other hand - I get those all the time 
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Sep 2, 2015 15:30
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I got a level 42 glad in SV. He promptly melted to first pull. Respawned, came back, used flash, died again. 
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Sep 2, 2015 15:32
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Seriously, why don't they make job crystals necessary for everything post-Haukke Manor?
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Sep 2, 2015 15:41
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berenzen posted:Seriously, why don't they make job crystals necessary for everything post-Haukke Manor? One reason I can think of is because 1.0 players coming over wouldn't be able to play a bunch of 2.0 content without extra stuff. The class job distinction is being reduced and will be gone eventually but we're still stuck with poo poo from 1.0 to deal with.
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Sep 2, 2015 15:43
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job crystals actually were in 1.0 for a good while
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Sep 2, 2015 15:47
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Hivac posted:job crystals actually were in 1.0 for a good while After yoshi took over, but they were certainly not mandatory back then and even at 2.0 launch there were situations where going without a jobstone was better. It wasn't until a few patches in that stones were given a big enough stat buff that it made them absolutely better than running with just a class.
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seiferguy posted:I never get any of these bad primadonna tanks in LDR that ya'all are talking about that refuse to tank if they don't meet their demands. I've had tanks that aren't good at holding aggro, or last night I was in Copperbell and there was a tank that killed the blast cap four times because he kept trying to hit it with shield toss. I've yet to run a Copperbell where someone doesn't mess up the Blasting Caps. Also Every time I run 4-man Ifrit they forget to destroy the nail the first time.
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Sep 2, 2015 16:06
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Piety actually does matter, now and then i find myself at 883 mp, literally one point short of being able to B4. But you can just toss a point of int into piety into your stat allocation so it's like whatever.
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Sep 2, 2015 16:23
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seiferguy posted:I never get any of these bad primadonna tanks in LDR that ya'all are talking about that refuse to tank if they don't meet their demands. I've had tanks that aren't good at holding aggro, or last night I was in Copperbell and there was a tank that killed the blast cap four times because he kept trying to hit it with shield toss. I had a white mage in tam-tara who insisted on ~~big pulls~~. I told him that was silly because literally none of us had any AOE abilities at that level (pld, lnc, rog), and that if he wanted to make things faster he should help DPS. He stayed silent, healing badly in what I assume was a purposeful way - not that it really mattered, it was frigging tam-tara - until the end boss, at which point he started screaming how he loving HATED US ALL AAAAAAAAAAA. I left soon as we were done, but I kinda wish I hadn't, stayed to watch the meltdown.
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vOv posted:I was looking at the official site and: wow i only just noticed that the crappy antique dragonlancer hat doesnt actually match the dope armor from the trailer at all. i was looking forward to the glowing quadruple eyes  Mr. Nice! posted:After yoshi took over, but they were certainly not mandatory back then and even at 2.0 launch there were situations where going without a jobstone was better. It wasn't until a few patches in that stones were given a big enough stat buff that it made them absolutely better than running with just a class. removing your job crystal was never better for your character at any point in ARR. yes even for dragoon the stat buff was introduced as a not so subtle way to tell people to stop loving over their parties and play their classes properly
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DolphinCop posted:removing your job crystal was never better for your character at any point in ARR. yes even for dragoon Marauder was better than Warrior for PvP up until they changed how stat bonuses work, and Arcanist is still better than SMN until 35, but those are the only 2 I can think of.
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I was thinking of PVP marauder as well.
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Niton posted:Marauder was better than Warrior for PvP up until they changed how stat bonuses work, and Arcanist is still better than SMN until 35, but those are the only 2 I can think of. If I recall the math right Ifrit should significantly out damage emerald carbuncle at 30. OTOH carbie is significantly cuter so there's that.
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hobbesmaster posted:If I recall the math right Ifrit should significantly out damage emerald carbuncle at 30. You lose access to Aero, though, which is +120 potency over Ruin for each time you can cast it. e: also Blood for Blood and IR if you're going deep
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alright, i'll admit im not familiar with early wolves den strategy. its just, ive been repressing some bad experiences with lancer primma donnas at leviathan ex, and they all kinda bubbled to the surface at once
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Niton posted:You lose access to Aero, though, which is +120 potency over Ruin for each time you can cast it. I was assuming you don't have the melee skills so that may be true. As for aero - it doesn't get baned so it's a little more complicated. Pet potency doesn't translate between pets let alone between the player and pet so I honestly have no idea how to do the math on Ifrit's aoe correctly.
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Intoluene posted:The fishing log is a great example of the tiniest detail getting some great story to it. Buoyant Oviforms while common remain a complete loving mystery to eorzean scholars. There's some great flavour in the fishing log. The fishing log kind of makes me wish for an in-game bestiary.
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Fister Roboto posted:The fishing log kind of makes me wish for an in-game bestiary. This is a good idea. There was one in FF12, wasn't there? Come on, Koji, I want to know exactly how La Noscean farmers use dodo poo poo to fertilize their popoto fields. Tell me all about it. give it to me
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A level 42 gladiator in Stone Vigil isn't getting access to shield oath, which around that level is pretty necessary in order to maintain enmity in that dungeon. He's probably just ran FATEs for a super long time and never learned how to tank properly. Speaking of paladin tanking, last night a couple of goons and I decided to have some fun in EXDR last night. We got Neverreap, and we had a SMN, and used Titan-egi to tank Waukkeon while I stayed in sword oath and avoided using rage of halone and stuck to royal authority / goring blade, which put out a respectable DPS. It almost worked until Titan-egi died. Considering how easy EXDR is with ilvl 170 and higher gear, you may as well have fun with it!
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ApplesandOranges posted:Been playing MNK for a while and it's kinda fun, but fights with losing Greased Lightning buffs make me sad. I also play a monk and I've been doing enough side quests that I've over leveled for the main story quest by like 3 or 4 levels. It sucks because as soon as I get a really cool ability I immediately get pushed into a dungeon that syncs me out of being able to use it. I was so excited to get steel peak and shoulder tackle because I could finally stun/interrupt enemy abilities, then i had to go to brayflox and couldn't do either  To make matters worse brayflox was my first experience with a bad tank, who did not know what "flash" was and spent most of his time casting Cure on himself.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I was thinking of PVP marauder as well. marauder was still rear end compared to a decent paladin that could keep poo poo locked down, you didnt need their burst if you had a sch/smn in your party frontlines tank damage didnt matter at all because you had an entirely defensive lb and they added the job stone pvp bonuses
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Prop Wash posted:To make matters worse brayflox was my first experience with a bad tank, who did not know what "flash" was and spent most of his time casting Cure on himself. I ran into a PLD in LDR that refused to use flash, and when we called him out on it, his response was "It's a duty, aggro is everywhere". 
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Fister Roboto posted:The fishing log kind of makes me wish for an in-game bestiary. The Triple Triad cards are kinda this, they have lore blurbs or quotes in the Card List. Though a more comprehensive bestiary would be awesome too!
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year199X posted:I ran into a PLD in LDR that refused to use flash, and when we called him out on it, his response was "It's a duty, aggro is everywhere". That's pretty deep yo.
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Veks posted:The Triple Triad cards are kinda this, they have lore blurbs or quotes in the Card List. Though a more comprehensive bestiary would be awesome too! If they add s bestiary then you'd probably have to go kill stuff to unlock the bestiary entries. And I would feel compelled to go back and kill one of every goddamn thing there is. So it'd be both the worst and the best thing.
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I hope they do this just so I can watch the hilarity of level 60s competing for star marmot kills for an hour before things inevitably settle down.
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Thundarr posted:If they add s bestiary then you'd probably have to go kill stuff to unlock the bestiary entries. And I would feel compelled to go back and kill one of every goddamn thing there is. So it'd be both the worst and the best thing. I wouldn't mind this. It'd be worth it.
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Suitaru posted:This is a good idea. There was one in FF12, wasn't there? Come on, Koji, I want to know exactly how La Noscean farmers use dodo poo poo to fertilize their popoto fields. Tell me all about it. give it to me Something something PS3 farts. EDIT: is there a linkshell that all 3 goon guilds on Excal share? SirPhoebos fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Sep 2, 2015 |
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