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Hopefully this isn't a dumb question, but my buddy roped me into trying this and I've never played before. I got the free trial installed yesterday and was finally able to make a character on his server today. I'm probably gonna play that till I hit the wall of whatever the limit on the trial is. But if I want to be playing the newest expansion and have never owned any version of the game -- is there like a "everything you need to play" version of the game, or do I need to buy all of the previous content separately? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Ainsley McTree posted:I'm curious about mechanical keyboards but my computer is in a room I share with my fiancé as an office and I don't want her to leave/kill me http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/keyboard-accessories/cherry-mx-rubber-o-ring-switch-dampeners-125pcs.html (ignore the pricing there, just the product) The different mech keys have different sound profiles, I have a keyboard at work with zero resistance (no 'click') keys that have O rings and my office mate doesn't want to kill me (so far anyway). Renegret posted:*climbs back on soap box* Some years back I had a lovely laptop that had the most amazing micro-switch keys I've ever used in my life. I would absolutely love a full size keyboard with low profile keys that had those switches, it was so comfortable to use. The craptacular apple keyboard does not count.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:20
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Sinteres posted:I did this until the start of Azim Steppe, but letting go and just sticking to the MSQ made the game a hell of a lot more fun. I'm sure I'll go back and do the rest of the side quests after I finish the MSQ, but being overgeared and having flying will make them a lot less irritating, as will not feeling a time crunch to finish them all ASAP. There are some cute stories in the side quests, so imo it's better to enjoy them for their own sake later instead of feeling pressured to rush them all now. FWIW the only thing that actually annoys me about all the sidequests is I still only have the one dungeon unlocked, and I really like doing dungeons (especially since as a DPS it means I can queue and still get world stuff done while I wait)
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Jun 19, 2017 19:20
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Ainsley McTree posted:I'm curious about mechanical keyboards but my computer is in a room I share with my fiancé as an office and I don't want her to leave/kill me Yeah well it should have corrected it to fiancée. Libertine posted:Hopefully this isn't a dumb question, but my buddy roped me into trying this and I've never played before. I got the free trial installed yesterday and was finally able to make a character on his server today. I'm probably gonna play that till I hit the wall of whatever the limit on the trial is. But if I want to be playing the newest expansion and have never owned any version of the game -- is there like a "everything you need to play" version of the game, or do I need to buy all of the previous content separately? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. From a trial you'll want to get the Complete Edition. Aphrodite fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Jun 19, 2017 |
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Jun 19, 2017 19:21
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Libertine posted:Hopefully this isn't a dumb question, but my buddy roped me into trying this and I've never played before. I got the free trial installed yesterday and was finally able to make a character on his server today. I'm probably gonna play that till I hit the wall of whatever the limit on the trial is. But if I want to be playing the newest expansion and have never owned any version of the game -- is there like a "everything you need to play" version of the game, or do I need to buy all of the previous content separately? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. There is a complete edition you can buy, which is the whole deal.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:22
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Libertine posted:is there like a "everything you need to play" version of the game, or do I need to buy all of the previous content separately? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. There is a complete edition of the game that includes the two major expansions, including the one that just came out, and the OG game. It's up at the Squenix online store for 60bucks, and probably available on steam or something.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:22
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Do the blue icon sidequests. Those are your unlockables. Dungeons, currents, Hunts. Also yeah theres a boatload of exp in SB, Yoshida wasn't kidding. 67 Bard at Azim Steppes as of last night, and 64 Paladin from just farting around with roulettes and running dungeons with other people so they don't need to deal with queues and picking up side quests to knock out when queued on the higher level stuff as Bard. Skaw fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jun 19, 2017 |
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Jun 19, 2017 19:22
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Any ideas when green man gaming will be sending out the actual game key?
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Jun 19, 2017 19:23
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Libertine posted:Hopefully this isn't a dumb question, but my buddy roped me into trying this and I've never played before. I got the free trial installed yesterday and was finally able to make a character on his server today. I'm probably gonna play that till I hit the wall of whatever the limit on the trial is. But if I want to be playing the newest expansion and have never owned any version of the game -- is there like a "everything you need to play" version of the game, or do I need to buy all of the previous content separately? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Stormblood has Heavensward, but there is a complete package that has all three (this one I think: https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-XIV-Online-Complete-PC/dp/B071CMXD5H?th=1) There's also a new player referral bonus that I think your buddy can get that will give both of you some helpful stuffs. If you want to play with gunes, you'll both need to transfer to excal (unless there's some hiding on his server). Worth it if you love doing group content imo, plus friendly group chatter.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:23
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Beaten hard to the punch
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Jun 19, 2017 19:23
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My only real 'fear' re: sidequesting and lots of dungeons is that I might hit 70 before I finish the majority of the MSQ and 'waste' that XP
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Jun 19, 2017 19:24
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Mr E posted:Any ideas when green man gaming will be sending out the actual game key? Probably only tomorrow at some point. Early access covers you until Friday though.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:24
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victrix posted:Worth it if you love doing group content imo, plus friendly group chatter. Is it though? Ever since cross-server group finder became a thing.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:24
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Thanks guys, looks like that's what I need.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:26
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Aphrodite posted:Probably only tomorrow at some point. Their twitter page says they are going to start sending them out sometime tonight. So we'll see what happens.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:29
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OWLS! posted:Is it though? Ever since cross-server group finder became a thing. Goons helped me burn through the entirety of 2.x, HW, and 3.x in the ~3 weeks leading up to SB, not to mention a heroic goon effort to gear people up at 60 to blast through 3.x. Could I have gone through all the DF content alone? Probably. Would it have been nearly as much fun? I doubt it. I don't think the speed thing is really a concern now, but that was also a factor. Plus completely patient shepherds who were chill about waiting for the mountain of cutscenes I had to watch. I got to do Coil and CT in one night, Alexander and Warring Triad on another, shitloads of trials, and had goonbros and broettes providing color commentary on a range of dungeons, trials, and raids. ymmv, but I'd rather be chatting with names I recognize after a few days or weeks than the faceless masses that make up DF. Anyway, FF14 is a cool and fun game and I did actually play it solo at 2.0 launch, so if he likes FF/mmos at all I'm sure he can have fun with it regardless, just consider it an advertisement for the goon FCs 
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All 3 of the Excal goon FCs are cool and good and have greatly enhanced my experience of the game when I transferred there. 100% worth it.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:31
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Skaw posted:Do the blue icon sidequests. Those are your unlockables. Dungeons, currents, Hunts. Yeah but blue quests are still gated behind MSQ, right? Most hubs don't have quests on them until you progress the MSQ through that hub, at least in the early SB areas.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:32
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Ciaphas posted:My only real 'fear' re: sidequesting and lots of dungeons is that I might hit 70 before I finish the majority of the MSQ and 'waste' that XP Just do the MSQ until you hit a wall, then go back and do sidequests starting from the highest level ones. Definitely do sidequests that award aether currents ASAP, though, and fortunately it looks like none of those are hidden behind long chains now.
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Jun 19, 2017 19:37
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Fister Roboto posted:Just do the MSQ until you hit a wall, then go back and do sidequests starting from the highest level ones. Definitely do sidequests that award aether currents ASAP, though, and fortunately it looks like none of those are hidden behind long chains now. I've just been grinding rdm and haven't started stormblood content yet and I must say that I'm thrilled to hear this (and also that the quest markers are blue now). I followed a guide for HW so it wasn't too bad, but how cruel it was to hide those quests behind chains for anyone trying to figure it out on their own.
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Ciaphas posted:My only real 'fear' re: sidequesting and lots of dungeons is that I might hit 70 before I finish the majority of the MSQ and 'waste' that XP gently caress, I was planning to do every side quest this time since there weren't at least they aren't moogles. this is gonna bug me now. I've been lucky enough to be able to just do every story quest so far, it feels good not seeing that level lock so I think I'll just keep questing and whatever's wasted is wasted. 50 quests are like 2 dungeons runs anyway lol
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Pryce posted:Yeah but blue quests are still gated behind MSQ, right? Most hubs don't have quests on them until you progress the MSQ through that hub, at least in the early SB areas. Yeah that's right. Definitely go through the MSQ immediately, then peak at the unlockables that become available and do currents, and then immediately move on to the next MSQ. Any others would be up to you, but I definitely recommend Hunts so you can use those as daily experience injections while waiting on roulettes. One stars unlock at 63, two stars at 65, three at 67, and then B ranks at 70. The queats are available in Kugane at the Holstery, with the Hunt Board outside on the side facing the main aetheryte. There is NOT a new seal, for anyone wondering. Veteran Hunts reward Centurio Seals too. Skaw fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Jun 19, 2017 |
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Jun 19, 2017 19:43
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Euro PS4 code for early access, earrings and minion here! M8G9-ANNK-DHH4
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Is there any trick to executing Dragon Sight (and Goad I guess) quickly on a controller? After selecting a party member, pressing the button, and then selecting the enemy again the execution time is long enough I'm lucky if I don't clip a GCD
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victrix posted:Goons helped me burn through the entirety of 2.x, HW, and 3.x in the ~3 weeks leading up to SB, not to mention a heroic goon effort to gear people up at 60 to blast through 3.x. I meant as more of a "Goon cross-server DFs are possible if you have IRL friends on another server" rather than "Don't play with goons"
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Fister Roboto posted:Just do the MSQ until you hit a wall, then go back and do sidequests starting from the highest level ones. Definitely do sidequests that award aether currents ASAP, though, and fortunately it looks like none of those are hidden behind long chains now. I think they're used to signal the start of chains now, which is nice if you want to do the side quests with the cute stories.
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Jun 19, 2017 20:02
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Goddamn, gently caress the 70 monk quest. The target list and controller targeting in general is not remotely good enough to support a solo fight like that.
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Jun 19, 2017 20:12
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My god, the Azim Steppe is gorgeous.
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I played this game a long time ago around ARR launch and got a Black Mage to max level and killed Ultima Weapon, Garuda, Titan (hard mode), and Ifrit (hard mode)( About how far behind am I? Could I come back and pick this up and not feel like an idiot? I didn't really level any other classes/jobs while I played besides what was required for Black Mage. Thanks
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Dick Boat posted:I played this game a long time ago around ARR launch and got a Black Mage to max level and killed Ultima Weapon, Garuda, Titan (hard mode), and Ifrit (hard mode)( Good news! You no longer need to level other classes for cross class skills. You should be just fine picking this back up and playing through Heavensward & Stormblood.
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Fister Roboto posted:My god, the Azim Steppe is gorgeous. Too bad that's where the plot takes a turn for the kinda dumb, and, as of finishing the level 67 story, it hasn't really recovered It is gorgeous though
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cheetah7071 posted:Is there any trick to executing Dragon Sight (and Goad I guess) quickly on a controller? After selecting a party member, pressing the button, and then selecting the enemy again the execution time is long enough I'm lucky if I don't clip a GCD Can you do macros on console? I was browsing through the commands earlier (though I haven't made one yet) and noticed that there's a "/target last target" option so you could do something like /target x /action Dragon Sight /target last target and do the whole thing with one button press. At least that's how they worked when I played WoW so I'd hope it works the same in XIV
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Dick Boat posted:I played this game a long time ago around ARR launch and got a Black Mage to max level and killed Ultima Weapon, Garuda, Titan (hard mode), and Ifrit (hard mode)( Sounds like you have all of the post launch content to go, so that's 100 quests before Heavensward.
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IcePhoenix posted:Can you do macros on console? I was browsing through the commands earlier (though I haven't made one yet) and noticed that there's a "/target last target" option so you could do something like /target x /action Dragon Sight /target last target and do the whole thing with one button press. Controller on PC actually but yeah macros work fine. Target last target is a good idea--I have three empty buttons right now so I could even put that in it's own dedicated slot to avoid the issues with macro queueing.
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For those asking about the G13, I bought one on impulse a few weeks ago when someone posted here they were on sale (Thanks Someone!) and have a hard time imagining going back to the keyboard. I have no idea why people hate the thumbstick aside from maybe the fact that it's angled to the side rather than being a straight top-down thumbstick. I have no problems with it and like the way it fits ergonomically so that my other fingers are in a natural typing position. Being able to make a 4x3 layout for my hotbars with a 2nd and 3rd mapped to an alt- and shift- so that I've got a pretty easy 36 buttons available is incredibly baller and while you could conceivably do the latter with a keyboard and have it be just as smooth on the fingers, being able to move with a thumb-pad while also executing those commands is what sets it apart. Okay, that's my last shill for G13 this month.
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SettingSun posted:All 3 of the Excal goon FCs are cool and good and have greatly enhanced my experience of the game when I transferred there. 100% worth it. This.
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cheetah7071 posted:Too bad that's where the plot takes a turn for the kinda dumb, and, as of finishing the level 67 story, it hasn't really recovered The solo duty there was possibly my favorite one in the game so far, and I'm fine with dumb as long as it's fun. I liked the 67 plot better than you did too though, so ymmv.
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FactsAreUseless posted:What's the most fun tank? I think I'm done with healing for a while. The "drop a dot or two and spam one attack spell" pattern all three healers use now is boring. I'm thinking DRK so I can level from 30, but I could be persuaded to try PLD. DRK is still fun for me but I'd say it's taken a hit since SB - I think mostly because a lot of the interesting choices (when to Delirium vs. Souleat, being on top of the Reprisal button waiting for it to proc, dropping your DoT and maintaining it) are gone. It's a pretty simple class now, with nigh-infinite mana if you play it with half a brain, a special gauge that doesn't really mean a lot, and the only truly important decision being when to drop Grit so that you can maximize DPS with Blood Weapon -- you might put it back on again if you start needing more HP or MP regen, but otherwise, it's pretty static. I liked it initially because it felt like the most complex of the Tanks; not sure how I feel about it now, although I'm waiting to decide at 70 (only at 62 atm).
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