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seiferguy posted:Yeah, pretty much this. CT has fantastic music (FF3 was quite underrated), excellent glamours (Amon's set for bards and the Demon Healing set in particular), and has a variety of colors instead of Void Ark's brown and purple. The fights are enjoyable and people won't wipe easily because mechanically it's not too difficult. It's rough because the snake-killing phase is abnormally long in duration for a DPS check so the whole time you're doing it you're doubting yourself like "has this gone on too long, or is it always this long" and then you wipe with like 5% health left and your vote abandon gets declined and then you have to wait 30 minutes to do something else.
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Kwyndig posted:Ultros can at least be done with less than a full party of competent people. Bismark is just a nightmare when it shows up on trial roulette. I've only managed to complete that trial twice, since it manages to combine all the worst aspects of Leviathan (slams), Titan (an arena you can fall off of that tries to make you), and Steps (dragonkillers) with an additional gently caress you to ranged DPS by making you stand on the shell or do no damage.. Is it really that bad? Every time it's come up, I've completed it without issue.
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Xenoletum posted:Is it really that bad? Every time it's come up, I've completed it without issue. Get the right (wrong) group of people, i.e. ranged DPS that won't jump on Bismarck's back (despite being told to), two honest healers that won't DPS, people standing on the edge that actually get knocked off by the Vanu's small knockback technique, and yeah you can fail it. Most times I get it, it's usually 1 wipe, a "hey we did this wrong, do this instead" and it's fixed. I still don't get why people drop Ultros since that's super easy. 1 DPS can not do the mechanics and you can still clear Typhon's stacks.
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Feb 8, 2016 19:08
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Last week I got a Bismarck trial roulette that wiped on the first phase, before the Carapace was even dead. Sometimes the stars align and DF just finds a way to surprise you even more than usual.
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Everything in trial roulette can basically be saved by one good player in each role. My theory is it's far enough into the gear cycle that good DPS players now do their roulettes as healer/tank for fast queues. 
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Super Space Jam 64 posted:I am a WHM that has beaten everything in the game. This is what I have used for the last two years: Dumb question, but when I see peoples' keymaps with only four movement keys, I always wonder how they get by without strafing. Maybe I'm over-reliant on it? That being said I'm excited to try this ESDF business out.
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Feb 8, 2016 19:46
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Archyduke posted:Dumb question, but when I see peoples' keymaps with only four movement keys, I always wonder how they get by without strafing. Maybe I'm over-reliant on it? That being said I'm excited to try this ESDF business out. Usually A and D or S and F would be re-bound to strafe, and all turning is done with the mouse.
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Archyduke posted:Dumb question, but when I see peoples' keymaps with only four movement keys, I always wonder how they get by without strafing. Maybe I'm over-reliant on it? That being said I'm excited to try this ESDF business out.
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Ainsley McTree posted:I need some pretty princess advice. What would you wear if you wanted to dress up a dragoon as a Landsknecht? I had a Landsknecht-inspired glamour for a while:  You can't really see them, but the pants were those stripey rainbow heavensward leveling pants, and I believe the shoes were the patrician's shoes or something like that. The hat is one of the Maelstrom hats, but I'm pretty sure there's others than use the same model.
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Feb 8, 2016 20:15
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ilifinicus posted:I have A and D as turn, but the game turns these keys into strafing when you hold the right mouse button down. Well, this is a game-changer. Thank you.
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Feb 8, 2016 20:19
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So what are some really great side quests that I shouldn't miss, in terms of story, lore characterization or writing? Already heard that the Hildebrand quests are pretty fantastic.
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Feb 8, 2016 20:25
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The greatest story never told.
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Empress Theonora posted:I had a Landsknecht-inspired glamour for a while: Yeah, that looks like pretty much what I had in mind. The hat looks like it's about as good as I'm gonna get--I'd forgotten about the GC vendors, thanks for that tip. I've discovered that my hair clips through the back of that chestpiece pretty badly though, so that's annoying.
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Feb 8, 2016 20:27
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theblackw0lf posted:So what are some really great side quests that I shouldn't miss, in terms of story, lore characterization or writing? Postmoogle quests, Tam-Tara hard mode.
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Feb 8, 2016 20:32
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theblackw0lf posted:So what are some really great side quests that I shouldn't miss, in terms of story, lore characterization or writing? The DRK quests are pretty fantastic from 30-50 and the level 60 quest has a pretty  moment too. Bahamut coil is pretty good, and on the plus side you'll have a lot of people willing to run through coil with you for poetics and the (mostly) fun fights.
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Feb 8, 2016 20:45
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seiferguy posted:I still don't get why people drop Ultros since that's super easy. 1 DPS can not do the mechanics and you can still clear Typhon's stacks. I'm lucky if I can get more than one DPS who CAN actually get full stacks with imp. The fight's still pretty easy because you can cheese the knockback even if DPS screw it up by jumping out of the arena early, and jumping back in after Typhon casts it. If you're fast enough the fight doesn't wipe.
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Feb 8, 2016 21:12
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Ainsley McTree posted:Yeah, that looks like pretty much what I had in mind. The hat looks like it's about as good as I'm gonna get--I'd forgotten about the GC vendors, thanks for that tip. Velveteen Beret is a crafting hat (stats-wise, it is all-class wearable) with that model that's dyeable, that'd be a good one to grab if you're looking at that one. Best other option I can find digging through my copy of Eorzea Collection is Felt Cavalier's Hat, I think - the hat shape isn't right at all but its feather is nice and big. EDIT: Scratch that, Woolen Beret and Felt Beret have bigger feathers than Velveteen. Same deal otherwise.
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Feb 8, 2016 21:28
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Ryanbomber posted:I'm lucky if I can get more than one DPS who CAN actually get full stacks with imp. This. I don't ever do the fight normally anymore, I just go in fully expecting people to fail stacks. It's a nice surprise when I find that I jumped out of the arena needlessly.
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Feb 8, 2016 21:29
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vOv posted:Postmoogle quests, Tam-Tara hard mode. Postmoogle quests are good because it has you talking to a lot of minor/inconsequential/job quest characters you might have missed that fleshes out the world a decent bit.
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Ryanbomber posted:I'm lucky if I can get more than one DPS who CAN actually get full stacks with imp. My usual strategy is to stick a triangle on the head of whoever's tanking Ultros and tell the DPS to "stack on the triangle" instead of "stack in front of Ultros". It tends to work better. When it doesn't, it's because the DPS took too long to notice that they got imped (or didn't understand the mechanic at all), or because they thought they knew better and weren't actually trying to stack on the triangle.
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Feb 8, 2016 21:37
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Something of note for the frequent LotA runners out there, platinals are no longer a mechanic that you have to deal with. OTs still need to grab them to keep healers from getting munched and pulling them away is helpful, but killing them or keeping them separate is not. Everyone just needs to stay on the center platform while the healers do a few aoe heals. They won't hit all at the same time and it isn't too hard at all to heal through. The dragon dies too fast without holding back massive DPS to even worry about the mechanics. Just make sure to explain that ahead of time to people if you're in a mixed group.
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theblackw0lf posted:So what are some really great side quests that I shouldn't miss, in terms of story, lore characterization or writing?  e: and right after I post I remember The Greatest Story Never Told, which is right by the Horizon telepoint (between it and the Waking Sands) and is one of the few quests that doesn't give you red circles and arrows in the quest log.
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Feb 8, 2016 21:43
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Belzac posted:I'm pretty sure the snakes do not have a knock back, I think you're thinking of the vanus who might have a knockback but you got to be real dumb to get hit by them and the knock back is very minor from what I recall. The only people I've seen get knocked off are tanks. I also never understand why the tanks never stack the vanus. For people that want to run towers, Reddit has been organizing weekly tower runs Sunday afternoon/evenings. Just queue up 4 EST (different start time for Chaos). I'm always busy so never got to queue myself but people say it's successful.
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Skaw posted:Postmoogle quests are good because it has you talking to a lot of minor/inconsequential/job quest characters you might have missed that fleshes out the world a decent bit. The postmoogle quests are almost all good bits of world building. Several of them do require you to have done some other quest as a prerequisite though so if he stops handing out quests you may want to look up a guide to see what you'll need to continue. Before those quests I never even realized Ratata existed. She's usually hiding behind a rock when she isn't buried in coeruls.
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theblackw0lf posted:So what are some really great side quests that I shouldn't miss, in terms of story, lore characterization or writing? You have to put in quite a bit of time (and long runs through the Sylphlands that make me want to kill myself) doing the dailies but the beastmen tribes have some good story to them. My personal favourite is Sahagin but they all have their charms, and the capstone questline you get for maxing reputation with all 5 of the ARR tribes is something to behold.
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I never have understood why WASD is the default for movement keys anyway. Was it really just W=walk like I've always suspected?
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ActionZero posted:You have to put in quite a bit of time (and long runs through the Sylphlands that make me want to kill myself) doing the dailies but the beastmen tribes have some good story to them. My personal favourite is Sahagin but they all have their charms, and the capstone questline you get for maxing reputation with all 5 of the ARR tribes is something to behold. Yea I like the Sahigan storyline so far. Only frustrating thing is you're limited to the amount of quests you can do each day. I really don't understand the rationale behind that decision.
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Pretty standard time based content gating, to give people reasons to log in on a regular basis instead of poopsocking it for two days to complete the whole chain. It used to be 6 beast men quests per day in total instead of the 12 it is now.
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The capstone of the Vanu tribe is literally Bring It On: Eorzea Edition. I haven't touched Amal'jaa or Slyph quests yet. Sahagin is annoying enough with how long it takes to get from Aleport to the quest giver. 3.2 should make it easier for beast tribe quests since they're supposedly fixing how often beast tribe related FATEs respawn.
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a kitten posted:I never have understood why WASD is the default for movement keys anyway. It's on the side.
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seiferguy posted:3.2 should make it easier for beast tribe quests since they're supposedly fixing how often beast tribe related FATEs respawn. What, again? That would be, what, the third or fourth time they're going to "fix" this issue?
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Xenoveritas posted:What, again? That would be, what, the third or fourth time they're going to "fix" this issue? The kobold FATEs aren't bad at all and most of the sahagin FATEs are manageable. It's really just the top end FATEs for sylphs and amalja'a that can go literally 45+ minutes between appearances that are the ballbusters. As long as those get some love I figure it'll mostly be settled.
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a kitten posted:I never have understood why WASD is the default for movement keys anyway.
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Thundarr posted:The kobold FATEs aren't bad at all and most of the sahagin FATEs are manageable. It's really just the top end FATEs for sylphs and amalja'a that can go literally 45+ minutes between appearances that are the ballbusters. As long as those get some love I figure it'll mostly be settled. Boar Wars is literally Satan. I honestly recommend getting Soundwire and just use your phone to listen for the fate start sound while you do housework or something. Also do the fates if they're up even if you don't need them for the day just to bank the turn in items.
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It's a shame my schedule hasn't afforded me being able to join the reddit LotA runs. I really want to try to get a full set of the WoL tank gear.
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Man, is it worth risking LLR for post-50 classes, or should I just burn them on my sub-50s and go for HW dungeons post-50? The levelling roulette bonus doesn't make much of a dent when you're like mid-50s. In other news I'm sick of the Aery.
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ApplesandOranges posted:Man, is it worth risking LLR for post-50 classes, or should I just burn them on my sub-50s and go for HW dungeons post-50? The levelling roulette bonus doesn't make much of a dent when you're like mid-50s.
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