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What is a glamour? I'm only level 45 so I'm sure it won't matter to me for months but I still wanna know, man.
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When you hit level 50 you get a quest in More Doughnuts that unlocks "Glamour", which allows you to apply different skins to your armour.
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Jan 27, 2016 18:18
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Luminous Cow posted:What is a glamour? I'm only level 45 so I'm sure it won't matter to me for months but I still wanna know, man. When you hit 50, you can unlock a way to make your armor take the appearance of other armor. You get to play catgirl dress up. The true end game.
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Jan 27, 2016 18:18
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SonicRulez posted:I will get there one day. What's up with the picture everyone is posting in front of the spinning light thing? Is that some kind of Proof of Endgame? I think they just updated the launcher icon to reflect the game is in the Heavensward phase of things. Yes, HW itself is 40 bucks for the standard edition (60 for the digital CE, which gives you a free fantasia, wind-up Kain, a gryphon mount and a few FF4 themed glamour pieces) but both the PC and PS4 expansions have been on sale recently for half price. Amazon right now has the PS4 Heavensward disc on sale for 28 bucks and I assume you would just get a code with that to unlock the expansion on your account.
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Jan 27, 2016 19:29
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seiferguy posted:When you hit 50, you can unlock a way to make your armor take the appearance of other armor. You get to play catgirl dress up. The true end game. I will have the cutest goddamned lalafell
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Jan 27, 2016 19:36
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Luminous Cow posted:I will have the cutest goddamned lalafell  Lalafells are pretty adorable.
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Jan 27, 2016 19:48
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They also recently patched it so you can glamour using multi-slot items. Nothing inspires confidence in your roulette groups like showing up to tank or heal in a chocobo suit or ghost costume.
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Jan 27, 2016 19:50
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I'm new to the game and trying to wrap my head around the armoury system. Is there any downside to switching classes? For instance, I started with an Archer. What if I want to then try a Thaumaturge? Is there any benefit to rolling a new character as opposed to just changing classes on my existing character?
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Jan 27, 2016 19:50
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The only reason why you would want an alt is because lockouts. Otherwise, no. You can play EVERY SINGLE JOB IN THIS GAME, on one character.
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Jan 27, 2016 19:53
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The only reason to roll a new character is to see the starting story in a different nation than the one you started in. Not only is there no penalty for changing classes, there's in fact an XP bonus towards leveling any class that's a lower level than your highest level class. (Excluding gathering and crafting classes - those do not guess those bonuses.) Edit: Oh yeah, raid lockout stuff that people running the endgame raids care about. I forgot about that.
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Jan 27, 2016 19:53
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Plus, a lot of skills can be used across classes. So the more you level, the more options you have.
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Jan 27, 2016 19:56
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Is there any adverse effect stat-wise? If I am pumping points into DEX and I switch to an INT based class, do I get kind of gimpy or do you get a different pool of stat points for each class?
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Jan 27, 2016 19:58
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Ehud posted:I'm new to the game and trying to wrap my head around the armoury system. Is there any downside to switching classes? For instance, I started with an Archer. What if I want to then try a Thaumaturge? Is there any benefit to rolling a new character as opposed to just changing classes on my existing character? Get on the Excalibur server to join the rest of us goons.There's a small handful of other FF posters on that server. If don't want to wait as long through a dungeon queue, just mention in FC chat that you are offering a newbie bonus for that dungeon and you will be flooded with requests to join your party.
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Jan 27, 2016 19:59
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If you need an alt for raid lockout purposes you will know when you get there. Otherwise, enjoy the everything-on-one-character style, and if you get real bored with your character's race, chug a fantasia. I find that the lack of alts also helps build the community feel since it avoids the "Is that a new player or someone's tenth alt?" awkwardness.
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Jan 27, 2016 20:01
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Ehud posted:Is there any adverse effect stat-wise? If I am pumping points into DEX and I switch to an INT based class, do I get kind of gimpy or do you get a different pool of stat points for each class? Stat points are used per-class. Just pump it into the main stat for your class. There is only one exception: arcanist. It can turn into both a healing and dps jobs at lvl 30 but they use that same bonus stat pool so you have to pick which one you are going to be best at. e: it is also super easy and cheap to reset your points. It costs 250 seals that you get from participating in FATEs
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Ehud posted:Is there any adverse effect stat-wise? If I am pumping points into DEX and I switch to an INT based class, do I get kind of gimpy or do you get a different pool of stat points for each class? Stat points are class-specific. The only time this matters is for Scholar/Summoner and even then it doesn't really matter and there's a cheap stat bonus reset item you can use anyway.
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Ehud posted:or do you get a different pool of stat points for each class? It's this
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Well dang. My brother and I just started playing on PS4 and we created alts because we didn't realize the stats were per-class. Guess we'll jump back on our mains who are rolled on Excalibur. Luckily we haven't done too much leveling of any class. Thanks for the info guys!
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Jan 27, 2016 20:02
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Also go to ffgoons.com, make an account, and join third party tools. Follow the instructions at ffgoons please because it makes it easier to verify people.
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Jan 27, 2016 20:16
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Mr. Nice! posted:Also go to ffgoons.com, make an account, and join third party tools. Follow the instructions at ffgoons please because it makes it easier to verify people. Yeah, be sure to do this, Ehud. Third Party Tools is the name of the goon guild that specializes in helping new players. If your brother doesn't have an SA account, you can sponsor him, too. e: It should be noted that guilds in this game can give buffs to all guild members, helping you level faster, teleport cheaper, etc.
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Jan 27, 2016 20:18
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Plus there are a number of us that have way too much time/gil on our hands and will just poo poo out any gear you need at pretty much any level.
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You are spoiled for choice as a newbie goon on Excalibur. I can't speak towards PBC but TPT is helpful and DGKK also helps the sprouts a bunch, so I think wherever you land you will be set. There is also migration between the FCs too. I think the biggest challenge new players have with the goon FCs is feeling bad about or not wanting to speak up asking for help or a dungeon run. This is by no means a MMO where you are ignored unless you hit level cap, so be vocal!
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Jan 27, 2016 20:33
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The helpfulness of PBC goons is a large part of the reason my journey from buying the game to running void ark only took 2 weeks. If you need help. Ask. Almost all times of the day you can find someone that will help you do poo poo. Myself included in that. Join the Discord as well. Plenty of people pay attention to it all the time. E: Especially when you have poetics trials/dungeons to run. People will flock to the newbie bonus like flies on poo poo. Just ask. Digital_Jesus fucked around with this message at 20:49 on Jan 27, 2016 |
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Ehud posted:Well dang. My brother and I just started playing on PS4 and we created alts because we didn't realize the stats were per-class. Guess we'll jump back on our mains who are rolled on Excalibur. Honestly, stat allocation from leveling up isn't too big of a deal, and there will be an item available fairly shortly (when you join a grand company) that will allow you to reset your stat allocation for each class. Join DGKK and we can be TFF light warrior bros together  Tortolia posted:If you need an alt for raid lockout purposes you will know when you get there. Otherwise, enjoy the everything-on-one-character style, and if you get real bored with your character's race, chug a fantasia. Well... there is one person in DGKK that has many alts. seiferguy fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Jan 27, 2016 |
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So guys, any flare advice? The mp cost is something to get used to. E:im not using it willy nilly, just in an AOE rotation it feels weird.
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Jan 27, 2016 22:35
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All healers in A4 normal. Stop telling dps to do balls for you.
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I've never seen a dps grab a ball. Always the SCH / OT (probably because I'm the SCH or the OT).
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New people really ought to read the OP. It's full of useful answers to common questions!
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Belzac posted:All healers in A4 normal. Stop telling dps to do balls for you. Uhhhh if I'm grabbing balls how do you expect me to sit here and spam Cure for the entire fight?
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Belzac posted:All healers in A4 normal. Stop telling dps to do balls for you. Tanks going for balls at all is actually the most annoying thing.
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A. Beaverhausen posted:So guys, any flare advice? The mp cost is something to get used to. Cast Fire II until you can't or another Fire II would put you under the minimum Flare cost, then Flare and transpose. At that point I think you want to start casting Fire III after you see an MP tick but I'm not completely sure that it's better than tossing a blizzard to top off your MP entirely.
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I just started the Hildibrand quests and it almost makes up for the 2.x bullshit just to get into Ishgard. I'd almost say I want this as the story instead of Pray Returning x 1000, but I think part of the charm is having this goofy poo poo in a world of stiff Ren Faire assholes.
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Fister Roboto posted:New people really ought to read the OP. It's full of useful answers to common questions! ya but nobody mentioned how swinging the sword on DRK sounds like a light saber 
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Klades posted:Cast Fire II until you can't or another Fire II would put you under the minimum Flare cost, then Flare and transpose. At that point I think you want to start casting Fire III after you see an MP tick but I'm not completely sure that it's better than tossing a blizzard to top off your MP entirely. Yeah I always top off my mp before a new Astral phase.
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Agraya posted:Tanks going for balls at all is actually the most annoying thing. Why? An OT can pop a cooldown and usually eat 3 of them.
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A. Beaverhausen posted:So guys, any flare advice? The mp cost is something to get used to. AOE is super easy. Fire 3 -> Fire 2 x2 -> Flare -> Transpose -> Repeat. Use Swiftcast on Flare when possible, and use Convert and Max Ethers for additional Flares. Klades posted:Cast Fire II until you can't or another Fire II would put you under the minimum Flare cost, then Flare and transpose. At that point I think you want to start casting Fire III after you see an MP tick but I'm not completely sure that it's better than tossing a blizzard to top off your MP entirely. It's better to wait for the tic and hardcast Fire 3. Flare is your highest DPS attack by a long shot, and your rotation is constrained by the 12 second cooldown on Transpose, so you want to be hitting Flare every 12 seconds ideally. seiferguy posted:Why? An OT can pop a cooldown and usually eat 3 of them. And the healer can just heal themselves between grabbing balls. It's easier for the healers because obviously they're expecting the damage, rather than having some jerk running around taking a ton of damage trying to be a hero. Fister Roboto fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Jan 27, 2016 |
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DPS grabbing the balls was a thing veeeerrrrry early in the alex normal cycle, where literally everyone except the tanks grabbed one since nobody was geared high enough tat the time o take more than two. Hasn't been a thing for a long time, though.
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Fister Roboto posted:And the healer can just heal themselves between grabbing balls. It's easier for the healers because obviously they're expecting the damage, rather than having some jerk running around taking a ton of damage trying to be a hero. And, invariably, grabbing Nisi off of you while trying to be a hero, then passing it back to you.. and everyone else. Here's to you, lovely offtanks.
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seiferguy posted:Why? An OT can pop a cooldown and usually eat 3 of them. Oh hey, I just crit adlo, I can DPS while I eat these 3 b.. Oh, this brutard decided to eat them instead, I guess I'll waste some more GCDs/MP and/or stacks now. This is especially fun in phase 3 with healer aids.
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Ok, great advice. I have to tackle my first 8 man tonight.
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