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HOOLY BOOLY posted:So if i use a fantasia, am i able to mess around with what my character looks like and then decide against it? Or am i pretty much stuck into changing once i use it? Still kinda on the fence of changing to either catgirl or maybe High lady after seeing all these beautiful glamors in the thread If you want to preview a different race/appearance you can always use a retainer fantasia on one of your retainers. You even have the option of decking your retainers out in your outfits/glamours to see how they look. Arist posted:I like AST AST owns. I was a SCH all throughout ARR and HW and I made the switch to AST as my main healer for SB because it's moveset looked awesome. I still like it a lot.
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HOOLY BOOLY posted:So if i use a fantasia, am i able to mess around with what my character looks like and then decide against it? Or am i pretty much stuck into changing once i use it? Still kinda on the fence of changing to either catgirl or maybe High lady after seeing all these beautiful glamors in the thread General tip before committing to any changes is to make a character on a different world and save their appearance, then run around with them a few minutes to test out emotes, run animations, that sorta thing.
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Sep 26, 2017 17:39
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AST is good! Just in random parties and duty finder, WHM is a tiny god.
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Sep 26, 2017 17:39
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BetterToRuleInHell posted:What body gear is that? Arachne set (or something using that same model anyway). It's a set that always seems to look good on other people's characters but not on my own.
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Sep 26, 2017 17:41
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Mr. Nice! posted:All ring of thorns was really good for was letting you know if you hit the flank right on heavy thrust. Bad DPS would just spam it during aoe when they should have been spamming doom spike. Phlebotomize is the real thing I miss. It was great for the exact situation Bolow was talking about, like when mobs are too spread out or too fat for them to all get hit by Doom Spike. No other DPS has the problem of their AOE lacking so much A.
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Sep 26, 2017 17:45
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vOv posted:you look neon as gently caress and I love it Thanks!  I do try.
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UHD posted:
But with ACN/SCH (and maybe SMN? still haven't really touched it) you get to be a mathemagician.
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Brainamp posted:General tip before committing to any changes is to make a character on a different world and save their appearance, then run around with them a few minutes to test out emotes, run animations, that sorta thing. I'd basically be switching over to cat girl just for the emotes. I'm not super thrilled about the tail but at least it can be color coordinated! Good to know i'm not locked into the fantasia change so i'll go ahead and use it later to get the option available at least.
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a kitten posted:Arachne set (or something using that same model anyway). The Arachne sets are pretty good in general. The Arachne Culottes of Casting are one of the few decent looking pairs of shorts in the game. The healer version uses the exact same model but the shorts are bright blue for some incomprehensible reason, and they keep a bluish cast even if you dye them.
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I just started playing this game, really enjoyed it and bought the complete edition. Made my character on Excalibur and after playing for a few hours, want to join one of the groups listed in the OP. Which one is still the most active or which one would be better for a new player? Also, should I bother with crafting as I level up or level up and then bother with crafting? I already tried the botanist class and leveling seems to take forever.
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ShowTime posted:I just started playing this game, really enjoyed it and bought the complete edition. Made my character on Excalibur and after playing for a few hours, want to join one of the groups listed in the OP. Which one is still the most active or which one would be better for a new player? Level up and then bother with crafting. You don't need it, it's a big time and money sink, and you have a ton of game content to get through before you reach the endgame where the rest of us are having fun so there's no reason to give yourself extra delays unless you super love crafting for crafting's sake.
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ShowTime posted:Which one is still the most active or which one would be better for a new player? All three are very active and TPT has the strictest no spoilers rule if you care.
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Any are perfectly good, but Third Party Tools was originally created for new players. I don't think it matters in the slightest though. I think you can level crafting while leveling, but if you're thinking if doing it because you can make your own gear or consumables or make money or anything like that you'll find it's not the case and really probably should just hold off.
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Leveling crafting is a gigantic time and money sink and really shouldn't be done before you have a max level combat class.
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Shy posted:All three are very active and TPT has the strictest no spoilers rule if you care. Yeah TPT chat rules are tailored specifically for newbies. Any of the goon guild will work but if you care about the story (and the ending of 2.0 onwards is really good), TPT might be your niche. You can always transfer between too.
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oooh, more glamour pictures: can't show it all cause I'm at work, but this is MCH using the Makai gatt.
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Are the Anima weapons worth it? Also, here's my tank glamour at the end of Heavensward, before getting my job armor of course.
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Lizard Wizard posted:Are the Anima weapons worth it? No, unless you REALLY REALLY like the glam. They are an insane amount of effort for a weapon you'll be able to eclipse with minimal effort.
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Lizard Wizard posted:Are the Anima weapons worth it? As someone with one, no. I only did it because that BRD glamour is to die for.
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whm is disgustingly overpowered in 4-man dungeons at level 70, to the point where you're kind of gimping the team not playing one. ast is kind of overpowered in 8-man trials and raids at level 70, to the point where you're kind of gimping the team not playing one, but it's not like you can bring two so the other healers have a place. ast/whm is more sound but at current gear levels you can get away with ast/sch pretty easily and it's a higher dps composition for most groups.
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a kitten posted:Arachne set (or something using that same model anyway). Yep, it's the Astral Silk Robe, same model but can be worn on any job.
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also, lol, who cares if you're gimping the team in exdr, play what you enjoy
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Wacky Delly posted:oooh, more glamour pictures: Missing the mustache but the freakish height is correct. I give your waluigi a 6 out of 10.
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DizzyBum posted:
Not only that, they also dye the Gauss barrel. Until Yoship makes /gbarrel serverside a dyable gun is basically mandatory for any MCH glam.
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If I wasn't at work right now I'd actually take a screenshot of mine!
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ShowTime posted:I just started playing this game, really enjoyed it and bought the complete edition. Made my character on Excalibur and after playing for a few hours, want to join one of the groups listed in the OP. Which one is still the most active or which one would be better for a new player? All goon groups are cool and good, though I get the impression that TPT is a lot stricter about spoilers in chat than the other two groups. You probably won't see a bunch of Stormblood spoilers in PBC chat, but no one's going to think twice about talking about that bit at the end of 2.5 where Thancred stabs Minfilia and Papalylmo to death while singing the Garlean national anthem backwards*. I'd focus on getting a combat class up to 50 before messing around with other stuff. Leveling crafting while you're below 50 or so is a pain since you'll be 100% dependent on the market board for ingredients, and it's going to be a money sink until you can consistently make HQ stuff from NQ components unless you get really lucky with the market board. Gathering isn't quite as bad of an idea, but it still isn't going to make you giant profits in the early going, plus quests, leves, and finishing your log are all going to require you to go places that you need to unlock via the main story. *not really TheHeadSage posted:Welcome to the Unicorn club. Also I straight up stole your tank glam. I'm not sorry.  -teleports behind u- "nothing personnel kid" -drizzt do'urden i fixed my makeup, also I think I'm required by law to fake-quote Drizzt constantly now
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Saint Freak posted:Missing the mustache but the freakish height is correct. I give your waluigi a 6 out of 10. Was going more for Naoto Shirogane, but I'll take it.
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Arist posted:As someone with one, no. I only did it because that BRD glamour is to die for. Longinus Zeta looks so goddamn good, so I've been chipping away at these Zodiac Braves books in between dps queues 
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I'm gathering and doing simple crafting but I do that in every drat game where it's available. I started this character by happenstance in Gridania so I'm not even fishing yet! I'm not obsessive about it, I just like to switch off between questing, gathering and crafting based on what I want to do for the next 30 to 60 minutes. When I'm up in the middle of the night it's nice since it doesn't require much thinking or reacting. Ask me about crafting CDEF pistol parts in SWG... 
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Welp, had a luminous crystal drop from the first FATE I attempted. gently caress it, I'm doing this.
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Lizard Wizard posted:Welp, had a luminous crystal drop from the first FATE I attempted. gently caress it, I'm doing this. The first ones always free, that's how they get you hooked
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With TPT and their beach house, I kinda forget they exist/a and don't interact that much. DGKK and PBC houses are right next to each other. I can admire the chaos that is DGKKs house from the relative peace and cleanliness of PBCs McMansion.
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Lizard Wizard posted:Welp, had a luminous crystal drop from the first FATE I attempted. gently caress it, I'm doing this. I was farming Yo-kai medals while doing the atma portion and I did like 50 fates in Outer LN before I got my last atma to finally drop, right as I got my last Yo-kai medal I needed for all the minions 
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AST feels as solid as WHM in AoE situations, but it still does less damage when all is said and done, and it definitely does way less damage in single target situations compared to both healers. Players probably don't notice this, or think their cards are making up for it. Unfortunately, it's difficult to really assess the DPS cards are bringing to your group. While they probably are making up for the DPS gap and more in a strong 8-man group, they're most likely not in a weak group. Which is to say, AST's strengths like in the strengths of your group, which isn't a bet I really want to take while pugging. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy AST; it still gets the job done and if you like it, go for it.
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The first few anima steps are super easy, especially since unsyncing the dungeons at 70 means you can just blitz through most of them. And then you start hitting the steps that require a ton of resource investment.Bolow posted:Longinus Zeta looks so goddamn good, so I've been chipping away at these Zodiac Braves books in between dps queues It's probably my favorite spear in the game and it goes so perfectly with Life of the Dragon. 
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Brainamp posted:The first few anima steps are super easy, especially since unsyncing the dungeons at 70 means you can just blitz through most of them. And then you start hitting the steps that require a ton of resource investment. Well poo poo, looks like I need to start the book grind.
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I guess if we're posting character pics, I'll fetch my most recent one.
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ruta posted:AST feels as solid as WHM in AoE situations, but it still does less damage when all is said and done, and it definitely does way less damage in single target situations compared to both healers. Players probably don't notice this, or think their cards are making up for it. Unfortunately, it's difficult to really assess the DPS cards are bringing to your group. While they probably are making up for the DPS gap and more in a strong 8-man group, they're most likely not in a weak group. A crazy idea I have been throwing around: Being able to swap between stances on the fly during combat. Alt: A button that does both effects for fifteen seconds or so Alt alt: a cooldown that inverts the effect of your next spell cast.
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The Grimace posted:I'm Knives Jonquil from PBC and I have friends in all three goon free companies. I don't wanna recommend any over each other because each one is just a different flavor of chill. I'd probably regularly switch between the three for a change of pace if it weren't for the fact that I'm nicely settled in PBC's house. But basically, don't over think things and don't worry about choosing the 'right' FC. Everyone is generally very helpful. You are a cool dude. I was going to transfer pretty soon (might make an alt for the old world to keep in touch with some old NN buds), and I just unlocked Crystal Tower! I'd was thinking of joining PBC, and would love to have a chance to run a raid. It's my first real mmo game, and I hope taking on (outdated) endgame content is pretty fun! Oh, but does it matter if my GC is different to the FC's? I can change it if I need to.
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Rastan Beeza posted:Oh, but does it matter if my GC is different to the FC's? I can change it if I need to. No, pick the one you like.
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