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DRK 70 is one of the most cathartic quests in game. EAT poo poo ZEPHIRIN, HAURCHEFANT WILL BE AVENGED 
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Would you recommend DRK as a first tank job to level to someone who never played tank? Or is it safer to start with some other class?
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Jan 4, 2018 00:01
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Dwesa posted:Would you recommend DRK as a first tank job to level to someone who never played tank? Or is it safer to start with some other class? DRK only starts at 30, so you’d be diving right in without a gentle buildup. Maybe practice with WAR or PLD first.
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Jan 4, 2018 00:05
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Yeah if you've never tanked at all and then take a fresh drk into Brayflox it'll get pretty ugly. I'd at least level pld or war up to 15 or more first and dip your toes into a few dungeons. The rough basics are the same for all three, but drk's mp maintenance makes them more complicated to learn on top of learning tank 101 too.
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Jan 4, 2018 00:09
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I find DRK to be a bit less forgiving than the other tanks, but if you jump in at 30 and work your way up from Sastasha, et. al., you should be fine. No need to spend much time in there, but if you fly through a few dungeons and get the gist of things, they're not difficult.
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Jan 4, 2018 00:13
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I dunno, I just started yesterday and I think I'm getting the hang of it. I mean I'm far from the best tank yet, but.
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Jan 4, 2018 00:15
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any tips on what i should be w/r/t gear when I get a DoH class to 70? Looks like my options are twinsilk(i290), yellow script job gear (i300), ala mhigan (i320), augmented ala mhigan (i320 5 slot). I assume i should try for all ala mhigan if i have gil to burn?
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Jan 4, 2018 00:19
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Twinsilk -> Get Yellow Scrip MHes, don't bother with the job-specific yellow scrip gear. If you're a WVR specialist, you can work on making Ala Mhigan. Those recipes are currently gated to specialist-only at the moment, but may become ungated come 4.2X. Augumented Ala Mhigan are drops from WT, don't bother unless someone accidentally leaves off a zero. (I admit to being personally allergic to job-specific gear though. Ain't nobody got time for that.)
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Jan 4, 2018 00:47
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HQ i290 with yellow scrip mmainhands is perfectly adequate for gathering right now, though you'll want to meld it up a bit. You'll need to add a substantial amount of perception to get HQ palladium ore or torreya logs, though at the moment nobody who actually cares about crafting *needs* those to be HQ. It remains to be seen what might be added in 4.2, so the Ala Mhigan gathering gear might be a better investment then.
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Jan 4, 2018 01:04
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Cephas posted:Cecil is actually a "Paladin" in the Japanese ver. It's just that in FFXIV they took the liberty of renaming the job from Knight to Paladin. Knights pretty much are Paladins in FF anyways
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Jan 4, 2018 01:13
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Notably, FF1 knights casting White Magic, or knights in FFV gettin access to holy weapons exlcusively PLD used to require lvl 15 CNJ as a subclass Cecil is explicitly a paladin but he's also the only Knight archetype in the game when everyone still maps pretty directly Agrias Oakes was a "Holy Knight" which is essentially paladin flavor I think it's just more understood when they say Knight they mean a Holy Knight, the idea isn't as separated
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Jan 4, 2018 01:32
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GuyUpNorth posted:DRK 70 is one of the most cathartic quests in game. EAT poo poo ZEPHIRIN, HAURCHEFANT WILL BE AVENGED God yes. Also, the scene with Edmont at the very end of that quest, and the associated journal entry that you can only read by going into your completed quests, is probably my favorite bit of the entire game. You are still a good person. 
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Jan 4, 2018 01:42
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RME posted:I think it's just more understood when they say Knight they mean a Holy Knight, the idea isn't as separated What about Steiner? 
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Jan 4, 2018 02:14
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a crisp refreshing Moxie posted:What about Steiner? His last sword art is what this game calls Holy Spirit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubDNTzskZwY&t=283s
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Jan 4, 2018 02:19
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a crisp refreshing Moxie posted:What about Steiner? His armor doesn't cover all of his legs, so he's a Holey Knight
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Jan 4, 2018 02:19
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I don't know why they call 'em Paladins. I don't see no Charlemagne in this game.
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Jan 4, 2018 03:29
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Solo Wing Pixy posted:God yes. Also, the scene with Edmont at the very end of that quest, and the associated journal entry that you can only read by going into your completed quests, is probably my favorite bit of the entire game. I think my favourite line from that quest is Do not ask for forgiveness. It will not ease your burden. It weighs as it should.
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Jan 4, 2018 03:54
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How's the Ivalice raid these days? Do most people have a handle on it? I'm behind on that stuff and I want to try to run it before the patch and everyone (probably) focuses on the big new thing for the relic weapon.
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Jan 4, 2018 04:55
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In general most runs are good. Boss two still causes a wipe now and then, but it's smooth sailing after that. A lot of people like clearing or moving party markers during the fight. You'd think this wouldn't be a huge problem, but a lot of people still depend on them and this causes a lot of wipes.
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Jan 4, 2018 05:11
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Jimbot posted:How's the Ivalice raid these days? Do most people have a handle on it? I'm behind on that stuff and I want to try to run it before the patch and everyone (probably) focuses on the big new thing for the relic weapon. Most, yeah (mechanics): 1) If a boss jumps, move to your group marker to kill an add, get ready to heal/mitigate, or find the boss outside the arena and dodge it. 2) Generally stay near bosses in case you need to move around them quickly. Don't stand in front (most have a cleave tankbuster). 3) Rofocale's Trample isn't like most other mob spells where you're safe if you're out by the time the spell graphic expires. Avoid him when he's moving. 4) Bring Argath's adds to the center for AoE. isk fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Jan 4, 2018 |
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Jan 4, 2018 05:18
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isk posted:Most, yeah. For the most part (mechanics): God drat I wish people would do this.
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Jan 4, 2018 05:18
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Orcs and Ostriches posted:God drat I wish people would do this. Yeah, being able to nuke them all with a caster LB1 is handy.
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Jan 4, 2018 05:24
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TheHeadSage posted:Yeah, being able to nuke them all with a caster LB1 is handy. gently caress that; the other day this magically happened while I was on BLM and i got the most ridiculous padding done with 3x triplecast flare foul. the crystals afterward all spawned in the center too; are these based on the adds death locations?
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Jan 4, 2018 06:18
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Sarrisan posted:gently caress that; the other day this magically happened while I was on BLM and i got the most ridiculous padding done with 3x triplecast flare foul. the crystals afterward all spawned in the center too; are these based on the adds death locations? That is correct. Though probably not the way the devs intended, I think. When the adds are there, they have tethers if they're too close to eachother. If they're close to eachother, then when the crystals spawn from their corpses, they pump aether into the boss faster than ones that were not tethered to eachother. So you're kind of fighting efficiency vs. dev intent. In other words: Bone Zone rev.C.
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Jan 4, 2018 06:25
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Sarrisan posted:gently caress that; the other day this magically happened while I was on BLM and i got the most ridiculous padding done with 3x triplecast flare foul. the crystals afterward all spawned in the center too; are these based on the adds death locations? Yep, that's why they should be stacked in the center (anywhere really but center is easy)
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Jan 4, 2018 06:26
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SwissArmyDruid posted:That is correct. i can't imagine whatever mechanic going on matters much if people are paying attention; in that run i mentioned, the adds and crystals were both dead in 3 GCD's max from the aoe unloaded on them.
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Jan 4, 2018 06:31
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Sarrisan posted:i can't imagine whatever mechanic going on matters much if people are paying attention; in that run i mentioned, the adds and crystals were both dead in 3 GCD's max from the aoe unloaded on them. Exactly, but people still drag the mobs away from the center because "that's what you're supposed to do" as opposed to what's efficient.
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Jan 4, 2018 06:32
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At least people seem to be realizing you can run away from Rofocale's ultimate.
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Jan 4, 2018 06:40
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Doing what you're supposed to do ends up with everyone eating a vuln stack half the time. AOE in the centre is just more reliable.
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Jan 4, 2018 06:40
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I wish I had more reason to hang out in the Japanime side of Stormblood. The areas have good music and good lighting. I never thought I'd be putting my male catgirl in a midriff, but here we are.
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Jan 4, 2018 07:58
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I tell people before Argath to bring adds in to the boss's rear end every time before pull and you still get eejits pulling them to the corners. Nice of Square-Enix to formally acknowledge that they're not going to do anything about GM calls in the EU too.
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Jan 4, 2018 08:31
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Is there a beginner's guide to the game somewhere? Like helpful tips and what to do/what not to do? I'm still below level 10 and would like to play more after my laptop gets fixed.
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Jan 4, 2018 10:05
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Schneider Heim posted:Is there a beginner's guide to the game somewhere? Like helpful tips and what to do/what not to do? I'm still below level 10 and would like to play more after my laptop gets fixed. When you hit level 15, just as you unlock dungeons, you'll be introduced to something called "Hall of the Novice" which teaches you the basic tenets of the role you've chosen (Tank, Heal, DPS). Pay attention to it and it'll put you on a good footing for the rest of the game, give you a nice set of armour for your level and a ring iirc which boosts exp gained. You'll learn a lot of what you need to do from there through osmosis of playing. So basically, yes, there is, and the game will give it to you real soon. It'll probably help you give more pointed questions for specific help you might need too.
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Jan 4, 2018 10:31
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Josuke Higashikata posted:When you hit level 15, just as you unlock dungeons, you'll be introduced to something called "Hall of the Novice" which teaches you the basic tenets of the role you've chosen (Tank, Heal, DPS). Okay! I'm wondering more on the likes of tips like "don't use this item right away, it's rare and valuable", things that could trip a new person up...
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Jan 4, 2018 10:43
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Schneider Heim posted:Okay! Also once you hit level 15, head to the Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks and complete the quest "Rising to the Challenge." This'll unlock the challenge log which can give you a fuckton of bonus XP, but it can be kinda easy to miss.
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Jan 4, 2018 10:46
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Schneider Heim posted:Okay! If you check the character settings menu, under camera settings you should be able to switch between Legacy and Standard camera. They affect the way your character moves dramatically. Generally, people who move with the mouse prefer Standard and people who move with the keyboard prefer Legacy. You should try them out and find out which one you like better before you get stuck doing it one way. Similarly, I would suggest unbinding Q and E (strafe left and strafe right) right now and learning to move laterally via camera rotation. You'll want those hotkeys later and it'll be a pain to unlearn 50 hours of muscle memory at that point.
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Jan 4, 2018 11:00
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Speaking of settings, go in there and set it to automatically skip cutscenes that you've already seen. Nobody wants to sit there while you watch the opening to Copperbell for the 10000th time.
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Jan 4, 2018 11:56
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Reiterpallasch posted:If you check the character settings menu, under camera settings you should be able to switch between Legacy and Standard camera. They affect the way your character moves dramatically. Generally, people who move with the mouse prefer Standard and people who move with the keyboard prefer Legacy. You should try them out and find out which one you like better before you get stuck doing it one way. Slight modification: Rebind strafe left/right from Q/E to A/D, turn with mouse. Irrelevant if controller, though.
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Jan 4, 2018 12:07
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Josuke Higashikata posted:I tell people before Argath to bring adds in to the boss's rear end every time before pull and you still get eejits pulling them to the corners. Mentioning that before the phase starts seems to help, even if you'll always have stragglers.
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Reiterpallasch posted:Similarly, I would suggest unbinding Q and E (strafe left and strafe right) right now and learning to move laterally via camera rotation. You'll want those hotkeys later and it'll be a pain to unlearn 50 hours of muscle memory at that point. Terrible advice. Rebind your left/turn right keys and exclusively use the strafe keys for movement. Strafing is always useful, but there's never a reason to keyboard turn.
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