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Bourgeoisie
Nov 19, 2007

One ticket, please.

Phone posted:

End game crafters! For those of you who melded to 1676/1708/493 and could reliably HQ with minimal starting quality, have you found that the old 35 durability and 70 durability macros still work bumping up craftsmanship to 1706+?

HQ Matcha + HQ Cunning Tea, of course.

You should be ok? I am around 1720 craftsmanship and can still use the old 35 durability macro with just switching out a careful synthesis 2 with a 3 at the end. I can get away with using a careful synthesis 2 on my specialist with the extra 20 craftsmanship. I was consistently getting 98%+ quality with all normal quality mats.

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Monathin
Sep 1, 2011

?????????
?

Kaubocks posted:

how do i make markers, i want to start doing this

party menu > waymarks, you'll enter ground targetting mode when you click the letter/number of your choice.

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


Kaubocks posted:

how do i make markers, i want to start doing this

It's under Party>Waymarks

Jose Valasquez
Apr 8, 2005

"remember this game we made?" is the plot of FFXIV and the reason I play

Monathin
Sep 1, 2011

?????????
?

Jose Valasquez posted:

"remember this game we made?" is the plot of FFXIV and the reason I play

:emptyquote:

KoB
May 1, 2009
5 and 6 are the best ffs so Omega is cool af

e: 4 is good too

SwissArmyDruid
Feb 14, 2014

by sebmojo

Monathin posted:

party menu > waymarks, you'll enter ground targetting mode when you click the letter/number of your choice.

alternatively, ctrl + M by default on your keyboard.

Not shift + M, those are above-the-head marks.

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!

Jose Valasquez posted:

"remember this game we made?" is the plot of FFXIV and the reason I play

I like the original XIV stuff a lot, but nods to older games make me happy. Like the final boss of The Burn!

Monathin
Sep 1, 2011

?????????
?

ffxiv's "references" also never map 1 to 1 with the original and as such i consider them fine because its, by necessity, putting a new spin on old ideas, which is cool.

Also the actual original ffxiv poo poo lets them neatly wrap older stuff into existing alongside that stuff.

ffxiv is good.

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
Apparently, if you use knockback mitigation on the wind in O9S, you get instantly killed by a debuff.

Rude!

Thundarr
Dec 24, 2002


Hobgoblin2099 posted:

Apparently, if you use knockback mitigation on the wind in O9S, you get instantly killed by a debuff.

Rude!

Only if you're facing the wrong way! (which you probably are, since the main reason you used Arms Length is to ignore a knockback mechanic)

Leal
Oct 2, 2009
Just in time for SE to just let you have every cross class ability :v:


I actually like being able to have erase.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.



Delta 3.0 was a really fun fight. Just went through the 4 of them and had a good time, hopefully the next 4 keep it up.

Leal
Oct 2, 2009
Can I send dick picks with /tomestone?

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
You need to collect 2000 Allagan Tomestones of Vulgarity first.

Thundarr
Dec 24, 2002


Leal posted:

Can I send dick picks with /tomestone?

Every dick pic you send via tomestone winds up in a database Rowena runs. As long as you're down with that.

dmboogie
Oct 4, 2013

Monathin posted:

Also, Alex's story was a giant wet fart, whereas at least Omega feels somewhat satisfying to conclude.

hey, alex's story gave us my favorite moment in any fight i've done thus far, time paradoxing to save your past self from a huge fuckoff laser beam, so it wasn't all bad

also the goblin kid was cute

Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



I can't help but wonder if Alex as a whole would've been better received if Gordias wasn't such a hot pile and didn't serve as the only major content for the massive 3.0-3.1 gulf. I got so soured on it that I actually still haven't done the other two wings.

Kaubocks
Apr 13, 2011

hit 62 on DRK recently and i have Questions

is soul eater the only ability i have that builds blood gauge? is the only ability i currently have that spends it delirium? is carve and split better used with dark arts for damage or without to regain mp?


where da fak am i supposed to find room for all these ding dang abilities on my hotbars

Brainamp
Sep 4, 2011

More Zen than Zenyatta

Kaubocks posted:

hit 62 on DRK recently and i have Questions

is soul eater the only ability i have that builds blood gauge? is the only ability i currently have that spends it delirium? is carve and split better used with dark arts for damage or without to regain mp?


where da fak am i supposed to find room for all these ding dang abilities on my hotbars

Soul eater builds the most, but it's not the only one. Blood weapon give you a lot of blood as well. Yes, delirium is your first and you'll get your other two in the coming levels. Just make sure to always use delirium while either blood weapon or blood price is up. Always dark arts carve and spit.

Three bars should be enough for everything. If you're on controller vOv.

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
With all 10 cross class actions 3 bars is pretty much exactly enough on PLD on mouse & keyboard. With only 1 slot for potions and 0 macros :v:

Oh also delegating Holy Spirit and Royal Authority to a hidden shift bar :shepicide:

I'm getting a kick out of finally using feint, arm's length and goad on SAM at least.

LITERALLY MY FETISH
Nov 11, 2010


Raise Chris Coons' taxes so that we can have Medicare for All.

Everything about Suzaku is amazing and makes byakko look like a wet fart. 11/10 boss on both modes, would definitely get flushed down that toilet again.

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!

LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:

Everything about Suzaku is amazing and makes byakko look like a wet fart. 11/10 boss on both modes, would definitely get flushed down that toilet again.

"Why do you do this?" - Suzaku

Thundarr
Dec 24, 2002


LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:

Everything about Suzaku is amazing and makes byakko look like a wet fart. 11/10 boss on both modes, would definitely get flushed down that toilet again.

Currently in a group that is working on Suzaku Ex and we were all proud that we'd survived to the second color tiles part. So while we're all looking at the balls to determine where the safe spot will be, nearly all of us failed to notice that she was also casting Mesmerizing Melody. :negative:

e: even without a guide I just *knew* she would do that at some point and I fell for the troll move anyway!

Argas
Jan 13, 2008
SRW Fanatic




It seems pretty clear at this point that the other Ascians just kind of faff about with no plan or action in mind other than "Hahaha Darkness!" and expect Elidibus to fix their gently caress-ups because that's sort of his job. They don't care that they could accidentally cause another World of Darkness, that's on Elidibus to prevent from happening.

Kaubocks
Apr 13, 2011

Brainamp posted:

Soul eater builds the most, but it's not the only one. Blood weapon give you a lot of blood as well. Yes, delirium is your first and you'll get your other two in the coming levels. Just make sure to always use delirium while either blood weapon or blood price is up. Always dark arts carve and spit.

Three bars should be enough for everything. If you're on controller vOv.

thanks friend :)

and yeah i have three bars on keyboard just i hate going down into the third one because that's spilling over into "abilities i use so rarely i forget to press them"....... gonna need to reorganize some poo poo to figure out where i want to put everything...

Gruckles
Mar 11, 2013

Regarding the end of the Omega styoryline.

Alpha setting off on his own adventure makes me really wish there was Companion glamour or some other expansion to that system that allowed replacing the Company Chocobo as your combat buddy. The Palico minion also made me think that would be a neat feature, but Alpha is my precious son and I desperately want to travel alongside him.

WrightOfWay
Jul 24, 2010


Salted Earth also gives blood. It's only 1 per tick but it applies to every enemy hit so in large groups it will add up fast.

MadFriarAvelyn
Sep 25, 2007

You can rescue people into the hole during Suzaku. :ssh:

Edmond Dantes
Sep 12, 2007

Reactor: Online
Sensors: Online
Weapons: Online

ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL
I just said it in like 3 Discord servers, but I just got Empyreal Arrow and Wanderer's Minuet (which in turn unlocks Pitch Perfect) and holy poo poo, Bard just went from being fun to a strong "I just found my main" contender.

I'm starting to get procs more often when I pop the songs, Pitch Perfect feels (and looks) amazing to fire off, and Empyrean being on a cooldown of its own means I can do something besides waiting for GCD so I can heavy shot.

I know I still don't have the full kit, but I can feel the class coming together and I'm loving it.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
that omega end cutscene :negative:

isk
Oct 3, 2007

You don't want me owing you
For the first time in FFXIV I've got myself fully kitted out in endgame DoL/DoH gear (at least without VI overmelds) and mostly in combat gear - and days after the patch, no less. While there are some missteps in Stormblood, I like what they did with gathering & crafting.

isk fucked around with this message at 06:36 on Sep 20, 2018

Hogama
Sep 3, 2011

Gruckles posted:

Regarding the end of the Omega styoryline.
After you've completed it, you can find Alpha randomly in the world. At the very least, he's been spotted hanging out with his OMG at the fireplace at Camp Overlook.

Kuvo
Oct 27, 2008

Blame it on the misfortune of your bark!
Fun Shoe

MadFriarAvelyn posted:

You can rescue people into the hole during Suzaku. :ssh:

:yeshaha:

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
So, does Varis actually secretly care about Zenos and he was just lying about not feeling anything? Because his reaction to Elidibus having Zenos' body is just shy of anger. I have to wonder how often he's on guard just so they don't take over his body or something.

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

I beat Suzaku Ex yesterday and it's such a good fight. Doing my wildfire combo whilst running around the circle during karaoke is one hell of a thrill.

Brainamp
Sep 4, 2011

More Zen than Zenyatta

Phone posted:

that omega end cutscene :negative:

First time I've cried over the game since the end of HW.

Blockhouse
Sep 7, 2014

You Win!
I'd like to revisit what I said about not minding if the content was predictable as long as it was good.

The content in this patch? It's very good.

Hommando
Mar 2, 2012
I've been running Suzaku ex for a few hours and trying to heal and dodge during geomancy is hell.

Then it only gets worse during geomancy 3.

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ActionZero
Jan 22, 2011

I act once more in
imitation of light

Edmond Dantes posted:

I just said it in like 3 Discord servers, but I just got Empyreal Arrow and Wanderer's Minuet (which in turn unlocks Pitch Perfect) and holy poo poo, Bard just went from being fun to a strong "I just found my main" contender.

I'm starting to get procs more often when I pop the songs, Pitch Perfect feels (and looks) amazing to fire off, and Empyrean being on a cooldown of its own means I can do something besides waiting for GCD so I can heavy shot.

I know I still don't have the full kit, but I can feel the class coming together and I'm loving it.

For real Bard's current form might be the best thing to come out of Stormblood for me. Its personal damage isn't that high but its raid damage and party support actions make up for that dramatically and unlike ARR or HW the Bard stuff feels central to what you do rather than being an Archer who sometimes sings songs. I think that its entire toolset is one of the most cohesive of all the jobs (only Repelling Shot feels like chaff to me as there's nothing stopping you running to places ahead of time) and as you've noticed the Minuet phase of your rotation feels glorious (look forward to when you do your 70 opener while buffed with Spear, Battle Litany and Chain Strategem and Pitch Perfects flow like water).

The only things I would change if I could would be to make Battle Voice affect the user (its just weird that it doesn't) and get rid of the damage type debuffs from the game so that you're not permanently hoping that your melee friends will suddenly really like DRG. My real concern is that BRD's been dramatically reworked for both expansions and I'm really hoping that they don't do that again for 5.0 and instead just enhance what's already there.

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