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After looking through the jobs trying to figure out what to play Machinist caught my eye. How are they? I know I have a while to figure it out.
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Roughly how many quests is the level 50 ARR chain? I just started the Doma escort caravan.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:34
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Vargatron posted:Roughly how many quests is the level 50 ARR chain? I just started the Doma escort caravan. The post-launch content of ARR is exactly 100 quests.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:36
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I've heard the dungeon boss music a good dozen times at this point and while the second half is obviously the Stormblood motif my brain just made the connection that the first half is a dramatic version of the Garlean anthem  I'm never going to get tired of Soken coming up with awesome catchy themes and sticking them everywhere.
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Vargatron posted:Roughly how many quests is the level 50 ARR chain? I just started the Doma escort caravan. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/quest/?category2=0&category3=2 You have roughly 70 quests before HW.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:36
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Well gently caress I guess I'm going to be plugging away at that for the next few weeks.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:37
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The Hailstorm Rapier is pretty sweet, isn't it? Early MSQ minor spoiler: I was amused when shortly after I grabbed one, Urianger goes and gives a modified one to Alisaie Your glamour is... passable. No hat gaudy though 
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Jun 20, 2017 15:39
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Vargatron posted:Well gently caress I guess I'm going to be plugging away at that for the next few weeks. Yeah, have fun. I remember playing pretty heavy for a week straight, each night, thinking "tonight the night I get to Ishgard, right?" Consider taking a break from the questline to check out Hildebrand or something to preserve your sanity.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:40
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Oxyclean posted:RDM: Owns I did a roulette last night with a RDM and noticed that they were constantly slowcasting the 5 second spells. I looked at the parser afterwards and they had 45 uses of the first move of the melee combo, 15 of the second, and 3 of the finisher. all of this added up to less dps than my AST (and I didn't even have gravity because it was a level 50 dungeon)
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Jun 20, 2017 15:43
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Griz posted:I did a roulette last night with a RDM and noticed that they were constantly slowcasting the 5 second spells.  I'm pretty sure the trainer straight up tells you to use dualcast to cast long spells instantly in the initial combat quest. At least they didn't have more of the second or finisher?
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Jun 20, 2017 15:47
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Since I fukken love the azim steppes here's some au ra lore: (Lore book, Alex, and steppes spoilers) One of the dotharl NPCs makes an offhand comment that they fought the hotgo tribe. What they didn't mention is that when they win they kill the losing tribe, so the hotgo are gone, except for a few wanderers (like Mide and her group) who weren't with the tribe when the dotharl attacked. If you talked to slowfix after finishing Alex, he mentions that y'shtola found a reference to a creation myth by the hotgo that implies Mide and her bf were eventually sent back in time by Alex and started the hotgo tribe. So the dotharl believe heavily in reincarnation, yeah? That means you have a tribe that believes in reincarnation killing a tribe that reincarnates itself through time. hihifellow fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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Jun 20, 2017 15:53
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Oxyclean posted:Dungeon 4 / level 67: Owns I was expecting who the boss was from the cutscene before the dungeon, but I was not prepared for CHAOS SPACE MARINE Grynewaht. That was a fun fight.
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Oxyclean posted:
Eh. Even after 4 days of practice I'm still getting my muscle memory sorted out for weaving the short-cast and long-casts without loving up at some point. I can totally understand people fumbling RDM badly, especially when it's still the new hotness that people are trying out for novelty sake. I assume the job will sort itself out as the weeks go on.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:57
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Ouhei posted:Enjoying SB so far, missed 2 days due to being out of town, but that gave them enough time to unfuck the instance servers which is nice. My only complaint is the same complaint I have in any RPG: Sidequests always feel weird when you're putting off story missions for them. I don't know what a good way to get around it is, but it always feels weird to go fetch some shark meat for some guy when the story feels like timing matters. The story stuff is pretty well done (they've gotten progressively better at it over time) and with that comes a sense of urgency that sort of gets thrown out the window as you run around doing side quests. I'm still doing all the ones I can find since they're decent XP and can usually be done really quickly, but it still feels weird sometimes. I've done no sidequests beyond ones that unlocked something and I'm still a level ahead of the main quest. Unless you completely ignore roulettes, I'd imagine much of the exp you gain will end up wasted when you hit 70 before the MSQ requires it. There's an absolute crapload of sidequests in SB.
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Ouhei posted:Enjoying SB so far, missed 2 days due to being out of town, but that gave them enough time to unfuck the instance servers which is nice. My only complaint is the same complaint I have in any RPG: Sidequests always feel weird when you're putting off story missions for them. I don't know what a good way to get around it is, but it always feels weird to go fetch some shark meat for some guy when the story feels like timing matters. The story stuff is pretty well done (they've gotten progressively better at it over time) and with that comes a sense of urgency that sort of gets thrown out the window as you run around doing side quests. I'm still doing all the ones I can find since they're decent XP and can usually be done really quickly, but it still feels weird sometimes. A level 65 main story quest has you fetch piles of dung. I've never read a piece of text in this game and skipped every cutscene but I'm pretty sure at this point my character has killed at least one god if not more and he is straight up just collecting poo poo
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Jun 20, 2017 16:05
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Even Hercules had to clean up poo poo.
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Wangsbig posted:A level 65 main story quest has you fetch piles of dung. I've never read a piece of text in this game and skipped every cutscene but I'm pretty sure at this point my character has killed at least one god if not more and he is straight up just collecting poo poo Not every quest can be as grand as stealing pants.
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Jun 20, 2017 16:09
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Wangsbig posted:A level 65 main story quest has you fetch piles of dung. I've never read a piece of text in this game and skipped every cutscene but I'm pretty sure at this point my character has killed at least one god if not more and he is straight up just collecting poo poo Ahh so they're taking the "WoW ca. Burning Crusade" route of quest design.
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Jun 20, 2017 16:09
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Wangsbig posted:I've never read a piece of text in this game and skipped every cutscene Please dont troll the final fantasy 14 stormblood thread
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Trasson posted:Not every quest can be as grand as stealing pants. I am ashamed to admit that I don't remember the pants stealing episode even after it was mentioned in passing during the msq.
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Jun 20, 2017 16:10
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They lampshade it once or twice. I had one dumb trivial task quest and when it was done the NPC apologized because they didn't realize who I was. Obviously canonically the WoL will just do anything they're asked so people take advantage of it.
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Wangsbig posted:A level 65 main story quest has you fetch piles of dung. I've never read a piece of text in this game and skipped every cutscene but I'm pretty sure at this point my character has killed at least one god if not more and he is straight up just collecting poo poo Pick up the drat rocks
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Jun 20, 2017 16:12
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I only read text if it's Hildibrand, and I guess Alisaie now as well
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If you didn't pick up poo poo for every person that asked, we wouldn't have Dark Knight. Whether that's a good trade or not is up to you.
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Jun 20, 2017 16:14
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Glagha posted:Did summoner get hit all that hard? It seemed like there was a lot to make up for the loss of aoe which seemed to effect a lot of classes.
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Conskill posted:Eh. Even after 4 days of practice I'm still getting my muscle memory sorted out for weaving the short-cast and long-casts without loving up at some point. I can totally understand people fumbling RDM badly, especially when it's still the new hotness that people are trying out for novelty sake. I assume the job will sort itself out as the weeks go on. Oh don't get me wrong, I make mistakes and fumble my dualcast all the time, wasting it on jolt and verfire/stone, mistakes since getting impact have pretty much doubled.  Not to mention the times I miscalculate my mana and dive in too soon, or gently caress up the melee combo because I was still in GCD when I hit the first action of the combo. Oh, and plenty of displacing into AOEs. Don't displace on Zurvan. I'm just more surprised someone would hard cast the slow spells consistently. There's no reason to do it, even if you messed up the rotation, you're probably better off interrupting the cast and starting back with a short spell.
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Is it worth leveling Grand Company rep prior to cap? I may have to divert and do different things due to MSQ fatigue this weekend. Also, where do the Hildebrand quests start? I heard those were very good.
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Jun 20, 2017 16:17
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Saint Freak posted:I only read text if it's Hildibrand, and I guess Alisaie now as well PLEASE do not troll the final fantasy 14 stormblood thread
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Vargatron posted:Is it worth leveling Grand Company rep prior to cap? I may have to divert and do different things due to MSQ fatigue this weekend. Also, where do the Hildebrand quests start? I heard those were very good. Second lieutenant allows buying houses and the first Hildibrand quest is 'The Rise and Fall of Gentlemen ' in Uldah e: second lieutenant
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At least they don't have a whole zone of patronizing rear end moogles who need your help remembering how to breathe as a nod to how dumb side quests are, the way we did in the churning mists. Im actually having a good time with the side quests in SB. They're very revealing of the lives of the npcs in ffxiv and it feels good to make a difference before moving on, even if it is a bit "oh i know where this is going" anytime we get to a new area where we receive a cold welcome.
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orcane posted:Late, but on top of what Jinh said, my biggest issues so far are: Yeah, pretty much. I'm leveling as summoner mainly so that I can play scholar and it takes scholar infinity to kill anything, but it's really kinda lackluster. I do very much appreciate aethertrail attunement never going away and such, but the class feels a lot more anemic than it was in HW. I haven't gotten my last 2 abilities though, so we'll see. I doubt Bahamut egi will make up the difference compared to what they did for BLM and RDM looks great.
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Saint Freak posted:I only read text if it's Hildibrand, and I guess Alisaie now as well It's true, Alisae is the very best. Always read Alisae text in 4.0.
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Vargatron posted:Is it worth leveling Grand Company rep prior to cap? I may have to divert and do different things due to MSQ fatigue this weekend. Also, where do the Hildebrand quests start? I heard those were very good. Hildibrand stats in Ul'dah - The Rise and Fall of Gentlemen. I wouldn't say you need to sit down and grind your GC rep. Just turn in spare dungeon drops and use whatever seals you make to rank up.
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Control Volume posted:PLEASE do not troll the final fantasy 14 stormblood thread i also don't glamour anything and play a big hideous muscleman and have never taken a screenshot
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Orcs and Ostriches posted:I wouldn't say you need to sit down and grind your GC rep. Just turn in spare dungeon drops and use whatever seals you make to rank up. Also if you want to level crafters at all it's worth it to just buy HQ gold starred turn-ins for your GC once they're available. Seals and piles of experience.
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orcane posted:Late, but on top of what Jinh said, my biggest issues so far are: Of course you don't get bahamut until 70 and you're going to spend a lot of time level synced to content that was designed assuming reasonable AoE damage.
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I gotta do the GC log apparently to continue even though I have beaucoup amounts of seals from tank LDR. I can still do LDR with goons so I really don't feel like I need to level super fast.
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I'm eyeballing one of those 8bitdo controllers I saw that is an SNES controller with a modern number of inputs. Anyone else try these with this game before? It says it supports x-input so sounds like it would work great, plus I could always use it for my Switch/etc
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LethalGeek posted:I'm eyeballing one of those 8bitdo controllers I saw that is an SNES controller with a modern number of inputs. Anyone else try these with this game before? It says it supports x-input so sounds like it would work great, plus I could always use it for my Switch/etc I have a NES 30Pro that I use with my Switch occasionally and it's pretty nice. Switch Pro controllers are better but they cost twice as much too.
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The final boss of Kugane Castle had me grinning from ear to ear, especially his entrance. Yojimbo won't even move for you unless he gets paid, so they have to cart him into the arena with an elevator.
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