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HKR posted:-I can't seem to find a guide or article about how hard it is to start a new character and get to max level. I take it a lot of the pre Abyssea content is left unchanged and still a bitch to go through. Trusts. You can pick a dungeon and fight through it with your own personal army and gain 10 levels, then pick another dungeon and get 10 more levels (of course you need to stop for limit breaks on a first job).
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to elaborate further: There are 4 big changes that depending on when you started affect your leveling speed, with one small one. The small one: exp gains across the board were expanded and pushed up, so even easier enemies now give significant exp. the big ones: there are books across every non expac and zilart area that have repeatable training programs (called as a system fields of valor or FoV) that give you gil, increasing exp, and buffs for grinding sets of mobs in that area. In addition: in your quest menu (records of eminence or RoE) there's series of challenges you can set that give you even more bonus exp and points that can be traded directly for gear (as well as a sort of compass in the tutorial line to keep you pointed at what content you should be doing) trusts are free spells you get across all jobs that can be used any time you are not on a mob's hate list (some bcnms and instanced content are exceptions). They summon a computer controlled party member who are generally as effective as a player who wasn't just coasting back in the day. So you have a 4 man gank squad right out the gate. Need healers? you can have a whole party watching your health bar like a hawk. Tank? Yep. Want a bard and corsair so you do SICK dps? you can have it. Finally: rapsodies of vana'del has rewards that boost exp gained to absurd levels. It's reasonable on a high damage job to gain a level every 5 minutes up to around 55. With the changes to teleporting (home points and survival guides are cheap teleports once touched, as common sense dictates now) and mounting (you can quest for a 30 second cooldown chocobo stand-in once you have your license) it is 20 times faster to get around. So yeah, good time to restart.
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Jun 17, 2016 14:09
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Not that you really need them if you go in as thf/cor but can you use trusts in the ToAU place that lets you farm up the currency for a mythic weapon? Also can trusts be used in Abysea yet?
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Jun 17, 2016 15:51
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Holyshoot posted:Not that you really need them if you go in as thf/cor but can you use trusts in the ToAU place that lets you farm up the currency for a mythic weapon? Also can trusts be used in Abysea yet? Yes.
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I got the +1 reforged empy head for THF, which is a boon currently cause I'm still searching for more accuracy to get me over 1100 base without food. Yet, I've got people telling me I should pursue the adhemar bonnet abjuration as my goto head piece. I figure with its bonuses to attack and critical damage the adhemar would be a fantastic fit once I have better equip options available to me, accuracy-wise. But given my current set of options I feel like the empy head will be of better value for the time being. Am I just an idiot?
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I quit before WotG came out and I have an arbitrarily specific question! Back in the day I had BLM75 and a full set of HQ elemental staves. Given that they were +15% damage and also randomly +accuracy... how the hell did SE ever actually replace those? Sure, numbers go up as they raise the cap to 99, but weapon damage didn't factor into spells and a flat percentage buff is a difficult bonus to outperform. Did they add other things with better percentage buffs? Bite the bullet and remove the staves? Rework the spell damage formula? Add enough other gear with the same +potency buff that the staves were outclassed by better options? I'm just super curious because this thread was right above the XIV thread which I actually read because I play that game and I got all nostalgic for my Aquilo's Staff and I'm the kind of nerd who thinks real hard about formulas 
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Jun 17, 2016 19:08
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Holyshoot posted:Not that you really need them if you go in as thf/cor but can you use trusts in the ToAU place that lets you farm up the currency for a mythic weapon? Also can trusts be used in Abysea yet? Trusts can be used in Abyssea but not in Salvage. For some reason you still can't use them in Salvage, Legion, and Burrows. DACK FAYDEN posted:I quit before WotG came out and I have an arbitrarily specific question! Back in the day I had BLM75 and a full set of HQ elemental staves. Given that they were +15% damage and also randomly +accuracy... how the hell did SE ever actually replace those? Sure, numbers go up as they raise the cap to 99, but weapon damage didn't factor into spells and a flat percentage buff is a difficult bonus to outperform. Did they add other things with better percentage buffs? Bite the bullet and remove the staves? Rework the spell damage formula? Add enough other gear with the same +potency buff that the staves were outclassed by better options? There's a whole big equation that calculates how you do damage with spells and basically it takes into account about a dozen different modifiers. The +#% bonus to damage is only one of those modifiers so the elemental staves easily get blown out of the water when you have new staves with 5+ modifiers on it like a decent chunk of INT, Magic Attack Bonus, Magic Accuracy (helps with resists and doing full v partial damage), and a new stat they've added simply called Magic Damage that is a flat boost added to your numbers. Weapon damage doesn't factor into spells, but caster weapons are covered in stats now that very much do. It's not unheard of to see well equipped mages hitting the damage cap (99,999) on magic bursts now. Male of the Century fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Jun 17, 2016 |
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Jun 17, 2016 19:57
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I quit before WotG came out and I have an arbitrarily specific question! Back in the day I had BLM75 and a full set of HQ elemental staves. Given that they were +15% damage and also randomly +accuracy... how the hell did SE ever actually replace those? Sure, numbers go up as they raise the cap to 99, but weapon damage didn't factor into spells and a flat percentage buff is a difficult bonus to outperform. Did they add other things with better percentage buffs? Bite the bullet and remove the staves? Rework the spell damage formula? Add enough other gear with the same +potency buff that the staves were outclassed by better options? This is a really dumbed down explanation of it all but should suffice since you've been gone so long. Basically all the new weapons make you the equivalent of a level 119 character by adding tons of skill even though the level cap is still 99. So 15% bonus damage/accuracy on a level 99 character doesn't beat the damage of a level 119 character without those. It's a bit more involved than that as the magic forumula has changed and so has a lot of the game, but that's a simple explanation to give you an idea. keep it down up there! fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Jun 17, 2016 |
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Jun 17, 2016 20:07
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I quit before WotG came out and I have an arbitrarily specific question! Back in the day I had BLM75 and a full set of HQ elemental staves. Given that they were +15% damage and also randomly +accuracy... how the hell did SE ever actually replace those? Sure, numbers go up as they raise the cap to 99, but weapon damage didn't factor into spells and a flat percentage buff is a difficult bonus to outperform. Did they add other things with better percentage buffs? Bite the bullet and remove the staves? Rework the spell damage formula? Add enough other gear with the same +potency buff that the staves were outclassed by better options? Stat vomit. On 119 level stuff, there is basically 20 levels of magic accuracy and damage on the weapon, and 20 levels of base stats on your main five slots. In most player to monster interactions you just need those boosts.
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Jun 17, 2016 20:27
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I quit before WotG came out and I have an arbitrarily specific question! Back in the day I had BLM75 and a full set of HQ elemental staves. Given that they were +15% damage and also randomly +accuracy... how the hell did SE ever actually replace those? Sure, numbers go up as they raise the cap to 99, but weapon damage didn't factor into spells and a flat percentage buff is a difficult bonus to outperform. Did they add other things with better percentage buffs? Bite the bullet and remove the staves? Rework the spell damage formula? Add enough other gear with the same +potency buff that the staves were outclassed by better options? To directly answer the question, they made two of these: http://ffxiclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Chatoyant_Staff That's the HQ version, there's an NQ version as well. You craft them by synergizing all 8 of the original nq or hq, and they have the properties of all 8 except for the damage reduction on earth staff. It's the inventory reducer pre-119 mages were clamboring for before ilvl gear totally outclassed it.
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is gear swapping still a big thing? When I played a year ago on my WHM I had a bunch of different gear depending on what I was doing. Like I had a set for pre cast. mid cast and when the heal landed. As well as for buffing and other stuff. Also I read they made assault tags reset after 10 mins and salvage cool down 1 hour. Did they adjust einherjar or is that still a once a day thing iirc and requires at least 3-4 people? And who do I hit up for an LS invite? IG name is Tonic once this game finishes updating.
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https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Returning_to_Vana%27diel
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Holyshoot posted:is gear swapping still a big thing? When I played a year ago on my WHM I had a bunch of different gear depending on what I was doing. Like I had a set for pre cast. mid cast and when the heal landed. As well as for buffing and other stuff. Also I read they made assault tags reset after 10 mins and salvage cool down 1 hour. Did they adjust einherjar or is that still a once a day thing iirc and requires at least 3-4 people? Gear swapping is still a thing. There is even a windower4 addon called Gearswap. You write or copypasta a lua file and then you can easily swap gear like a professional. Your best bet to get a linkpearl is to post in this thread when you are done downloading the game. Tell us the time you are going to play. Or you could just bug Frod. He loves to give out linkpearls. Just make sure to bug him as much as possible. He is often afk and only responds to /tells.
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Jun 18, 2016 05:16
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Apparently if you play this game on a 1440p monitor you're not getting above 15fps. Changed it to 1080 and I can get 60 fps with the config plugin from windower 4.
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Holyshoot posted:Apparently if you play this game on a 1440p monitor you're not getting above 15fps. Changed it to 1080 and I can get 60 fps with the config plugin from windower 4. PS2 Limitations and working as intended
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Paladine_PSoT posted:To directly answer the question, they made two of these: (also, stat vomit makes a lot of sense, thanks for the explanation!)
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I'm looking at endgame stuff and I can't decide which ultimate weapon to get for BST. I always wanted an Aymur for the ridiculous pet bonuses on it, but Tri-Edge has the highest damage and lets you do Level 4 skillchains... At least I know if I take PUP all the way to 99 again I can just get Kenkonken and be done with it.
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DizzyBum posted:I'm looking at endgame stuff and I can't decide which ultimate weapon to get for BST. I always wanted an Aymur for the ridiculous pet bonuses on it, but Tri-Edge has the highest damage and lets you do Level 4 skillchains... For bst/pup boost your pet. The new aeonics are largely out of reach for most/all players, they need very difficult nms killed.
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frodnonnag posted:For bst/pup boost your pet. The new aeonics are largely out of reach for most/all players, they need very difficult nms killed. Aymur it is, then. Thanks! Actually, when I was leveling in Onzozo a couple days ago, I saw my old buddy Mysticmaker Profblix. Then I remembered I wanted to build a MAB+ set for buffing Primal Rend, so maybe I can finally do that. ...Fucker still hasn't dropped that earring. 
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I tried playing again can't do it. Sorry. On the plus side however I have around 2300 alexandrite and 9 million gil up for grabs. I'll sell it for a bit under player auction prices. Hit me up on PM if anyone is interested.
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I'm gearing up my Scholar and am almost done with getting the best non-escha gear I can get (fast cast, MAB/MACC/MBD stuff), mostly just missing AF3 feet and the Tenzen necklace, and maybe a few macc pieces that I'm still looking over. That being said, as a 8 JP holder, what all am I gonna be expected to juggle in an Apex party? I figure I'll at least be spreading storm spells, either Thunderstorm because Thunder V/VI is the strongest, or Hailstorm for the INT bonus, but anything else? Are kills slow enough to where I'll actually be getting stratagems back mid-fight? Am I going to be the sole MB maker? AoE regen?
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Eight-Six posted:I'm gearing up my Scholar and am almost done with getting the best non-escha gear I can get (fast cast, MAB/MACC/MBD stuff), mostly just missing AF3 feet and the Tenzen necklace, and maybe a few macc pieces that I'm still looking over. That being said, as a 8 JP holder, what all am I gonna be expected to juggle in an Apex party? I figure I'll at least be spreading storm spells, either Thunderstorm because Thunder V/VI is the strongest, or Hailstorm for the INT bonus, but anything else? Are kills slow enough to where I'll actually be getting stratagems back mid-fight? Am I going to be the sole MB maker? AoE regen? That depends on the party. You can be soloing all the way 6manning apex mobs. Usually a sch will be making skillchains so all the mages can magic burst. Sch can heal, enfeeb, nuke, aspir, buff, etc. The better you are at doing your job as sch the better the group will be. Just hope that you do not group up with someone named Concise on the Asura server. That guy had his head kicked in by a donkey.
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Ok, I'm finally picking up the game again since I last played it when I was like 16 or so. Steam has a sale on the ultimate edition and I grabbed it. I've been aching to play it for like the past 5 years for nostalgia reasons. I'm just gonna go ahead and grab my trusts gw1 hero style and actually complete content this time around.
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Jun 25, 2016 03:07
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CoP is still the best and most Final Fantasy story
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So the Stockholm syndrome has relapsed on me again and I bought the newest expansion on steam. Getting the game to work with Windows 10 was dumb, but it works now. And my past self was smart enough to save my macros to the server. I would really hate to redo all those Bard / Whm macro books for every level range. Is everyone still on Asura server? My characters name is Muris and I need a linkpearl.
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I'm a day away from my chocobo chick turning into an adolescent and I'm confronted with a slight problem: There aren't any vomp/zegham carrots on the AH. My rush to chocobo racing has hit a snag. Time to bust out the old style gardens, I guess.
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Jun 25, 2016 18:12
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Shinjobi posted:I'm a day away from my chocobo chick turning into an adolescent and I'm confronted with a slight problem: Check the stables in each city. There might be an npc that aells that poo poo, or mule with them for sale.
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Ok so I'm just getting crap installed and getting windower setup. Everyone is on asura, right? It'd be poo poo to not play with goons is all. Edit: Eh gently caress it I'm jumping in. I'm spritemage in game, asura server ect. Someone a bit back said bug frod for a linkpearl which is exactly what I will do. Sprite141 fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Jun 25, 2016 |
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Sprite141 posted:Ok so I'm just getting crap installed and getting windower setup. Everyone is on asura, right? It'd be poo poo to not play with goons is all. Its not just goons on asura, the vast majority of US players are there too. Average night on most other servers is about 400. Asura is 1000.
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frodnonnag posted:Its not just goons on asura, the vast majority of US players are there too. Average night on most other servers is about 400. Asura is 1000. Oh drat, that's pretty heavily stacked!
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Sprite141 posted:Oh drat, that's pretty heavily stacked! Its pretty nice though, as it feels like a standard busy server from the toau era. Speaking of poo poo, i really need to overhaul the op, should i just edit it or do a new thread?
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Majumbo posted:CoP is still the best and most Final Fantasy story Necrosaro posted:So the Stockholm syndrome has relapsed on me again and I bought the newest expansion on steam. Getting the game to work with Windows 10 was dumb, but it works now. And my past self was smart enough to save my macros to the server. I would really hate to redo all those Bard / Whm macro books for every level range. Sprite141 posted:Ok so I'm just getting crap installed and getting windower setup. Everyone is on asura, right? It'd be poo poo to not play with goons is all. frodnonnag posted:Its pretty nice though, as it feels like a standard busy server from the toau era. Overhaul the OP sounds like a good idea. Making a new thread is also a good idea but more work. You have to press the make new thread button instead of the edit button on this thread's OP. Sprite141 posted:Oh drat, that's pretty heavily stacked!
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Bug anyone else. I wont even be able to sign on until some time tomorrow, it being my first day off in over 2 weeks. Speaking of the linkshell, everyone should have a sack, and everyone is highly encouraged to fondle said sack and share those bright green balls within with every cool person they meet.
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Necrosaro posted:So the Stockholm syndrome has relapsed on me again and I bought the newest expansion on steam. Getting the game to work with Windows 10 was dumb, but it works now. And my past self was smart enough to save my macros to the server. I would really hate to redo all those Bard / Whm macro books for every level range. Congratulations, you beat the first boss.
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Jun 26, 2016 00:49
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Who should we search for to get into the linkshell?
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Well, nice to see that the auction house is completely loving useless. I guess I'll have to vendor my gear from npcs.
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Sprite141 posted:Well, nice to see that the auction house is completely loving useless. I guess I'll have to vendor my gear from npcs. Yea, pretty much everything not 99/119 or extremely niche is dead. Check it on ffxiah.com and usually chuck it.
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Related, don't bend over backwards getting gear for yourself on the way to 99. Your trusts can easily carry you even if you're mostly naked, since they are treated as decently geared for their level. Only worry about gear upgrades on the way, if their gil or spark cost is trivial to you.
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Feel free to /tell Shinjobi if you need a pearl
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Gruknor posted:CoP, WotG, SoA, RoV, ToAU, are too Final Fantasy. I like the cut scenes but they are pure cheese and verbose. Do you wanna fight?!? CoP is amazing and if you are about to rag on my Prishe i will make you an appointment for the icehouse
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