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Blah, one more week until patch and I'm not sure I can muster any effort to play this week considering how many other games I haven't played but I've meant to.
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sword_man.gif posted:not as clearly as you think, since summoning stones only worked that way after burning crusade And before that there was nothing. They only added meeting stones in 1.3,, 4 months after release.
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Feb 16, 2016 14:58
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Jump should be on a cooldown, it's killing my immersion.
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Feb 16, 2016 15:03
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Meiteron posted:The two schools of thought on this: No, you're thinking of Pandemonium Warden. Absolute Virtue was the one that was originally meant to be unkillable.
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Feb 16, 2016 15:25
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Someone suggested I play this in another thread and I said I had tried it and hated it. I gave it another shot Friday and it clicked. I bought the game + expansion since it was on sale and blew through the whole weekend leveling. I learned all the jobs, except Conjurer, and all the professions. I have been leveling as an Archer, but don't like it, and the only reason I am level 24 is because I have been trying to get the stupid Chocobo mount so I can work on leveling as another class faster (you can use the mount at any level once you learn it, right?) The main story quest doesn't reset if you switch classes, does it? I want to level as a melee class, not sure which one, but don't want to miss out on a critical story line which halts my progression later on. I was planning to grind mobs and FATEs until I could do those Guild quests (I forget what they are called, the ones you have to go to an area to initiate), then pick up questing where I left off after getting my mount. Also, I did the materia (I think that's the name) quest, but it didn't unlock me being able to enchant my gear. Does that happen later? And for banking, do you unlock that before or after the hairstylist? Thanks EDIT - The last Final Fantasy game I played was the one with Kefka and Sabin back in 1990 or 92 when I was like 16. It's a trip seeing how this game has changed from then, but still has some familiarities.
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Feb 16, 2016 15:43
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If someone doesn't like DF, what prevents them from using PF all the time? e: I used to play DDO a bit in the past and there was no automagic dungeon finder, but there was a really good party finder (similar, if not identical functionality to FF14's, but a bit more readable). It worked really good, way way way way better than screaming in some chat. Truga fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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Feb 16, 2016 15:55
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Polegrinder posted:Someone suggested I play this in another thread and I said I had tried it and hated it. I gave it another shot Friday and it clicked. I bought the game + expansion since it was on sale and blew through the whole weekend leveling. I learned all the jobs, except Conjurer, and all the professions. I have been leveling as an Archer, but don't like it, and the only reason I am level 24 is because I have been trying to get the stupid Chocobo mount so I can work on leveling as another class faster (you can use the mount at any level once you learn it, right?) Your best bet is to pick a class and max it out. The main story quest doesn't reset at all so it's possible to run out of quests while leveling. Job classes are tied to progression in a class but aren't required for story progression. However, any classes lower than your highest get an exp bonus. Best way to level other classes is to do Leveling Duty Finder, Levemetes and FATE parties as far as I can tell.
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Polegrinder posted:Someone suggested I play this in another thread and I said I had tried it and hated it. I gave it another shot Friday and it clicked. I bought the game + expansion since it was on sale and blew through the whole weekend leveling. I learned all the jobs, except Conjurer, and all the professions. I have been leveling as an Archer, but don't like it, and the only reason I am level 24 is because I have been trying to get the stupid Chocobo mount so I can work on leveling as another class faster (you can use the mount at any level once you learn it, right?) Ok - question #1 - what server are you on? To answer your questions - mounts can be used by any class once unlocked. Main Story Quests never reset. The only things that are per class are class/job specific quests, class hunting logs, and guildhest bonuses go to each class as well. For materia, you need equipment with materia slots, the materia you want to meld, and the corresponding DoH class to meld it.
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Feb 16, 2016 16:00
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NIN's theoretical, most optimal rotation does a little bit less damage than a MNK's or DRG's. That small difference in damage is made up for by NIN's slashing debuff boosting tank damage, and trick attack increasing party wide damage output.
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Feb 16, 2016 16:00
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The only real glaring DPS difference right now that's of any significance is PLD lags far behind dark and war. The rest of the DPS are pretty balanced with their counterparts with maybe machinist lagging slightly behind bard.
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Feb 16, 2016 16:06
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Mr. Nice! posted:Ok - question #1 - what server are you on? I am on the Behemoth server. I guess level 24-25 won't be too hard to get to, especially if you get an XP bonus, so switching classes at this point shouldn't be too painful. I wanted to play as a Rogue, but the class had to be unlocked first, and by the time I got to Limsa Limonsa I was almost 18. I figured at that level I might as well push to 20, since I thought you got a mount at 20. But now here I am, almost 25 and mountless. I need to save up some new currency in order to buy one. At least I enjoy the questing and have been having fun.
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Mr. Nice! posted:The only real glaring DPS difference right now that's of any significance is PLD lags far behind dark and war. The rest of the DPS are pretty balanced with their counterparts with maybe machinist lagging slightly behind bard. How do bards compare to the rest of the DPS in general now (specifically BLM and DRG which are my current 60 dps)? I've had the itch to level mine again.
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Ainsley McTree posted:How do bards compare to the rest of the DPS in general now (specifically BLM and DRG which are my current 60 dps)? I've had the itch to level mine again. Still at the bottom (but above MCH) overall but they've got some decent burst with Emp Arrow and of course still wanted in raids because, you know, Foe Requiem and support songs. edit: Bard will never get above middle tier DPS as long as the devs keep setting their weapon damage below everybody else's at the same ilvl and rarity. Kwyndig fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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Feb 16, 2016 16:27
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Duty finder is now going to tell you the actual number of people in front of you now. https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/46237t/patch_32_duty_finder_will_have_a_new_queue_order/ Oscar Wilde Bunch fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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Polegrinder posted:Someone suggested I play this in another thread and I said I had tried it and hated it. I gave it another shot Friday and it clicked. I bought the game + expansion since it was on sale and blew through the whole weekend leveling. I learned all the jobs, except Conjurer, and all the professions. I have been leveling as an Archer, but don't like it, and the only reason I am level 24 is because I have been trying to get the stupid Chocobo mount so I can work on leveling as another class faster (you can use the mount at any level once you learn it, right?) I, too, disliked the gameplay when I played this in open beta. I picked this back up on a whim during the humble bundle a month ago for cheap and somehow it just clicked and I really enjoy the game now 
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Polegrinder posted:I am on the Behemoth server. It would really be in your best interests to transfer to excalibur and join a goon guild, just so you know. To get your mount you have to get to the main story where you join a grand company. If you did, then the mount quest is a sidequest that starts at the grand company you joined. If you haven't joined a grand company yet, you haven't advanced the main story far enough. Stop leveling and just do the main story quests until you do.
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Iron Tusk posted:Duty finder is now going to tell you the actual number of people in front of you now. This will be depressing.
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Ainsley McTree posted:How do bards compare to the rest of the DPS in general now (specifically BLM and DRG which are my current 60 dps)? I've had the itch to level mine again. Bards are support DPS in this game and will always be on the bottom tier of overall DPS, however the gap between bard and other DPS isn't as large as the gap between PLD and WAR/DRK.
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Mr. Nice! posted:It would really be in your best interests to transfer to excalibur and join a goon guild, just so you know. Is transferring free? I tried to make a character on Excalibur, but it was locked every time I tried. And yes, last night I just skipped every quest except the main story line and have gotten the chocobo quest, but it won't let me turn in. I need to earn some form of currency that I get from helping Limsa Lominsa, I'm assuming the Levemetes and Duty Finder will award those. EDIT - If transferring isn't free, then I am not opposed to rerolling on Excalibur as a class that starts in Limsa Lominsa so I can unlock Rogue right at level 10. flirty dental hygienist fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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Feb 16, 2016 16:50
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Mr. Nice! posted:Bards are support DPS in this game and will always be on the bottom tier of overall DPS, however the gap between bard and other DPS isn't as large as the gap between PLD and WAR/DRK. Can paladin at least hold threat at 60?
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Feb 16, 2016 16:54
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Polegrinder posted:Is transferring free? I tried to make a character on Excalibur, but it was locked every time I tried. And yes, last night I just skipped every quest except the main story line and have gotten the chocobo quest, but it won't let me turn in. I need to earn some form of currency that I get from helping Limsa Lominsa, I'm assuming the Levemetes and Duty Finder will award those. It costs eighteen dollars
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Feb 16, 2016 16:55
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Transferring an existing character is $18 but usually isn't restricted like a new character. You have to get 2000 grand company seals and then buy an item from your grand company quartermaster to give to the stable chick. You get those seals by completing fates, guildhests, grand company supply and provisioning missions, some daily duty finder roulettes and your grand company hunting log. You can see how many seals you have by bringing up your currency screen with ctrl+c. You can see your GC hunting log by hitting H and clicking on your grand company's icon on the left. You will get a substantial number just from doing a full clear of the dungeon Halatili.
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Iron Tusk posted:Duty finder is now going to tell you the actual number of people in front of you now.  What is reddit smoking?
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Feb 16, 2016 17:00
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Truga posted:
He's not wrong.
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Feb 16, 2016 17:02
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Polegrinder posted:Is transferring free? I tried to make a character on Excalibur, but it was locked every time I tried. And yes, last night I just skipped every quest except the main story line and have gotten the chocobo quest, but it won't let me turn in. I need to earn some form of currency that I get from helping Limsa Lominsa, I'm assuming the Levemetes and Duty Finder will award those. Do the Hunting Log for your grand company, and run fates. Leves are slow.
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Feb 16, 2016 17:03
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Truga posted:
VAPE LIFE! But seriously, who the gently caress knows. How do you even implement 'there is X number of people in front of you' incorrectly?
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Feb 16, 2016 17:05
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Fister Roboto posted:He's not wrong. Whats wrong with a counter that says you're 150th in line for exdr as a dps?
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Feb 16, 2016 17:06
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Even if the number is completely wrong, it doesn't change how everything already works so who cares?
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voltcatfish posted:Can paladin at least hold threat at 60? Yep. They're perfectly competent tanks that are capable of clearing all the content in the game, they just don't do as much DPS as DRK or WAR. Supposedly they're getting some changes in the next patch but I don't know if they've revealed any details about it (apart from VIT becoming the new tank mainstat which will also affect DRK and WAR so that's not relevant I guess).
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Mr. Nice! posted:Whats wrong with a counter that says you're 150th in line for exdr as a dps? There's nothing wrong with the idea, that's the point.
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Kwyndig posted:VAPE LIFE! There was a couple weeks where the duty finder choked if two groups of 3 people were at the head of the queue. There's also how it will handle displaying partial groups that may end up in front of you because they have a role that's more in demand.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Whats wrong with a counter that says you're 150th in line for exdr as a dps? They managed to implement the duty finder in such a way that it would attempt to create impossible parties and stalled out the entire thing in 3.1. I'm sure they can find a way to make the number wrong or otherwise useless. Not that it will be all that useful anyway, since the speed at which the queue clears has more to do with the rate of other people entering it than how many people are in front of you, and that's not going to be constant anyway.
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It will be in percent.
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Ohtsam posted:There's also how it will handle displaying partial groups that may end up in front of you because they have a role that's more in demand. The uh... The counter will move for less than 2 DPS for your dungeon?
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Everything in XIV must first be implemented wrong, and then later fixed to be right. Also don't play ninja if you have any self respect.
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Technogeek posted:No, you're thinking of Pandemonium Warden. Absolute Virtue was the one that was originally meant to be unkillable. I don't think AV was meant to be unkillable, just really really loving hard. In fact, they made it so hard that for years nobody could kill it without exploiting some glitches and poo poo. Which, if found out could get them banned, because exploit. So after several years they released a video of devs killing it to prove it could be done and give some hints. AV pops 2min into vid, the hints were basically zooming in on the log at moments and nobody understood wtf they were supposed to see. Then they eventually upped the level cap and that let people kill it!
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 The prepatch madness is setting in.
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Belzac posted:Everything in XIV must first be implemented wrong, and then later fixed to be right. Finally a Belzac post I can agree with without reservation
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When did you have self-respect?
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Speaking of poorly implemented ideas, did they say that Feast participation is going to be tied to your GC? Because that's the dumbest part of PVP for me.
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