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Mordiceius posted:Also - what the gently caress. I have so far received FOUR male au ra recruits. No female au ra. No highladies. One catgirl. No roegadames. I had 5 potatos at one point. I am only now getting rid of them
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What exactly is this thing you're all recruiting for? I haven't run into it yet.
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Oct 7, 2016 17:38
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Grand company squadrons. You have to be a 2nd Lieutenant in your GC (max rank before this patch) to unlock them, so it will probably be a while for you.
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Oct 7, 2016 17:40
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Does anyone know what happens to your squad if you switch GCs? They wouldn't be so cruel as to wipe all your progress even if you switch back would they?
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Oct 7, 2016 17:52
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Eopia posted:Does anyone know what happens to your squad if you switch GCs? They wouldn't be so cruel as to wipe all your progress even if you switch back would they? You keep your squad but you need to hit 2nd Lieutenant in your new GC to access the squad agian.
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Oct 7, 2016 17:54
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Mordiceius posted:Also - what the gently caress. I have so far received FOUR male au ra recruits. No female au ra. No highladies. One catgirl. No roegadames. Lucky.
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Oct 7, 2016 17:56
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Whats the general streotype for Au Ra players?
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Oct 7, 2016 18:08
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Whats the general streotype for Au Ra players? they taste their own poop but only for a good reason/cause
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Oct 7, 2016 18:10
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The stereotype for all race players is "Wow! This person plays a cool race, nice!"
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Oct 7, 2016 18:11
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I feel dumb about squadrons because it took me this long to finally realize, "Wait....I can send just 4 dps on a mission instead of the usual tank/heals/2dps?"
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Oct 7, 2016 18:25
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Merrill Grinch posted:I feel dumb about squadrons because it took me this long to finally realize, "Wait....I can send just 4 dps on a mission instead of the usual tank/heals/2dps?" Between this and PoTD it seems like they are trying to edge away from the standard comp in a lot of side content.
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Oct 7, 2016 18:28
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Finally the game will devolve into the one true party composition: four healers
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Oct 7, 2016 18:29
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Saint Freak posted:Finally the game will devolve into the one true party composition: four healers
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Oct 7, 2016 18:35
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My raidfinder for SophEX finally popped last night, got five or six attempts in before people started leaving. Fun fight up to where I got (though I'm assured I didn't get to the real shitshow part of the fight) but I can't help but notice that healing it was not even remotely hard until people started loving up. Hell, healing A11 and A12 normal was a lot harder. I assume previous EX modes weren't really like that? I've only beaten bug and whale dads, and those as DPS, not heals.
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Oct 7, 2016 18:36
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Ciaphas posted:My raidfinder for SophEX finally popped last night, got five or six attempts in before people started leaving. Fun fight up to where I got (though I'm assured I didn't get to the real shitshow part of the fight) but I can't help but notice that healing it was not even remotely hard until people started loving up. Hell, healing A11 and A12 normal was a lot harder. The thing about Sophia is all healing for it kind of snowballs one way or another. If you can stay on top of it with good regen/shields Cincinnati isn't really scary and you can breeze through any tank buster. However if you mess up, say someone doesn't position right and gets a few stacks of vul, or your tank doesn't know how the swap works and the buster target retains aggro for too long or people get thrown off by the various pushes or pubbies won't stack for Black and White correctly it slowly becomes impossible to pump out heals fast enough. Basically do the dance correctly and she's a joke but a few mistake in the middle of the fight can compound real bad. ZenMasterBullshit fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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Oct 7, 2016 18:42
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Unrelated but equally stupid question: Is there some site that is like a Wondrous Tails calculator? I really just need odds on rerolling a 7 better than an existing 7, because that is too much combinatorics for me. I'm pretty sure this all works right. The button doesn't do anything unless you have exactly seven boxes marked. I'll make it not look like poo poo later.
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Oct 7, 2016 18:45
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Cincinnati noice also the scariest part of soph ex is when your high ilvl dps gets zombied and starts critting the party during the phase change
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Oct 7, 2016 18:51
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boy are my arms tired posted:noice Look it was too abnormal a word to figure out how to pronounce it in our first runs so we just called it that and it's unfortunately stuck. Also yeah the zombie target going to your Gunner is pretty scary, especially since one of our best DPS players is ours and I tend to throw balances their way. I almost killed a pubby black mage doing that. ZenMasterBullshit fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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Oct 7, 2016 18:53
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Sophia EX feels a lot like the Shiva of this expansion in that it's totally doable by RF (and probably DF in time) and fun and not really very hard until enough fuckups snowball together that and you can healer LB3 it and clear
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Oct 7, 2016 19:11
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shas posted:that and you can healer LB3 it and clear poo poo you dont even need that, really when we were learning our other tank + myself would just get chain raised and taunt off each other. the only thing remotely dangerous without cooldowns is the tankbuster, everything else is either avoidable (t2/t3), an autoattack, or cintimati, and none of those come close to killing you unless your healers were asleep i think our first night learning it we did a full 25? 30? percent of damage purely off of chain raised tank swapping
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Oct 7, 2016 19:14
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ilifinicus posted:AFAIK mission affinity only affects the chemistry bonuses (it doubles it) and not your chances of receiving chemistry? That's possible, though so far the ones I have gotten chemistry on have been the ones that match the affinity of the mission. I'll check again this evening, assuming they succeeded at it.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:24
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Whats the general streotype for Au Ra players? F: weeaboo M: fuckboy
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Oct 7, 2016 19:33
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boy are my arms tired posted:poo poo you dont even need that, really Yeah, it's really easy for the tanks to get into a death spiral, especially if they don't know when to anticipate the tank buster. If you wait for the tell, it's usually too late.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:33
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Look it was too abnormal a word to figure out how to pronounce it in our first runs so we just called it that and it's unfortunately stuck. Also yeah the zombie target going to your Gunner is pretty scary, especially since one of our best DPS players is ours and I tend to throw balances their way.  Saint Freak posted:Finally the game will devolve into the one true party composition: four healers Nintendo Power recommended, multi-year joke payoff confirmed.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:34
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Had a chance at 3 lines but I didn't even get two. I think I'm going to end up hating the rng o Wondrous Tails.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:38
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Fister Roboto posted:Yeah, it's really easy for the tanks to get into a death spiral, especially if they don't know when to anticipate the tank buster. If you wait for the tell, it's usually too late. Sophia Ex is one of the only fights where you can have multiple "welp, tanks are dead, we're boned" moments and still pull through somehow. It's kind of fun monk tanking her as the panic slowly rises and you hope a tank gets raised and takes aggro before the next TB.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:39
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Yeah, I called Sophia Ex "fair, but difficult" to a friend the other day. As long as you're doing what you should be, there's nothing to fear so it's completely fair. There are no surprises. The difficult part comes from relying on 7 others to do the same.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:50
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Still getting caught up on relic poo poo. Doing the grind for the Unidentifiable Bone/Shell/Ore/etc now.  
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Oct 7, 2016 19:55
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Saint Freak posted:Finally the game will devolve into the one true party composition: four healers 8 WHM mogex parties are the best.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:55
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Gally posted:Between this and PoTD it seems like they are trying to edge away from the standard comp in a lot of side content. I mean it's pretty easy and casual content. Standard party comp makes sense for content that is meant to be challenging or have complex mechanics because they can balance the battle around a fairly reliable range of player abilities. For simple stuff you just burn your way through or is even just plain automated? Yeah might as well just let people run in with 4 dragoons, why not.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:58
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Saint Freak posted:Finally the game will devolve into the one true party composition: four healers It'll never work.
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Oct 7, 2016 20:01
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shas posted:that and you can healer LB3 it and clear Protip: if your party is on teamspeak, healer LB3 just before a big tilt.
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Oct 7, 2016 20:02
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AweStriker posted:It'll never work. you weren't there when white mage, priest, shaman, and healer killed chaos i guess
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Oct 7, 2016 20:03
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hobbesmaster posted:Protip: if your party is on teamspeak, healer LB3 just before a big tilt. I did this by mistake in my RF yesterday It was embarrassing but also really funny so I'm calling it a net win
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Oct 7, 2016 20:05
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Countblanc posted:The stereotype for all race players is "Wow! This person plays a cool race, nice!" Except for elves.
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Oct 7, 2016 20:17
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VHGS posted:I'm pretty sure this all works right.  Seriously though, the numbers seemed to match with what few probabilities I had done out by hand, the odds of better shuffle I didn't have but the row probabilities are right-looking. Can probably just make the button say "don't shuffle until seven/can't shuffle with eight" and call it a day. Big fan, thank you so much!
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Oct 7, 2016 20:24
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I play a Lalafell in part because of how mad the rest of you get over them  .As for squadrons, the only guideline that I've had for selecting members is to not double up on a single class. Anything wrong with doing that?
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Oct 7, 2016 20:29
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SirPhoebos posted:I play a Lalafell in part because of how mad the rest of you get over them I have found one chemistry that gives +10% mental stat if matched with another character of the same class. Unfortunately the guy who has it is a gladiator. For some missions it may be easier to double up on classes to meet prerequisites. In general I think you are probably better off with characters of different classes at least until you can freely buy the class change books?
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Oct 7, 2016 20:43
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Thundarr posted:I have found one chemistry that gives +10% mental stat if matched with another character of the same class. Unfortunately the guy who has it is a gladiator.
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The books are listed as requiring 2nd Lt rank to buy, just like the new jackets and hats. So good luck doing things the hard way first!
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