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Blast of Confetti
Apr 21, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Francis posted:

Buy a timecard or any other $20+ game on Amazon. It's an Amazon promotion not a ShB pre-order thing.

did the promotion just start? i got a 60 day card off amazon a week or two ago

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Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

Leal posted:

When will they put in a calculator item that will just tell me the answer like my cellphone can I was born after 1999

Cactbot can do that (and much more)

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
I love Cactbot. Punch in one two three get 10k MGP!

rantmo
Jul 30, 2003

A smile better suits a hero



Welp, had my first Extreme Primal try that ended up in a vote to disband after the Tanks dropped out. We wiped to Titan just over and over and it was really unfun. I feel like that should rid me of the damned sprout icon alone.

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

Vitamean posted:

they did math trivia in ridorana lighthouse and that didn't work out so good
The problem with that fight isn't the math, it's the really confusing language used to convey it.

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


Yeah it took me two runs before I realized you were supposed add your current health to the floating numbers to meet the criteria.

Emily Spinach
Oct 21, 2010

:)
It’s 🌿Garland🌿!😯😯😯 No…🙅 I am become😤 😈CHAOS👿! MMMMH😋 GHAAA😫

rantmo posted:

Welp, had my first Extreme Primal try that ended up in a vote to disband after the Tanks dropped out. We wiped to Titan just over and over and it was really unfun. I feel like that should rid me of the damned sprout icon alone.

For extreme fights, don't run them synced/through duty finder if you just want the clear/pony. If you open up party finder in the menu, you can find an unsynced party. Or ask in the FC or linkshell.

UHD
Nov 11, 2006


first time through i didnt even realize my health had changed

the hip thrusting lasers have a higher body count than the math tho

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

Definitely run Titan synced though because he's good

Emily Spinach
Oct 21, 2010

:)
It’s 🌿Garland🌿!😯😯😯 No…🙅 I am become😤 😈CHAOS👿! MMMMH😋 GHAAA😫

homeless snail posted:

Definitely run Titan synced though because he's good

Sure, but also don't run with randos if you can help it.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


The ARR launch primals tend to have absurdly quick attacks because square forgot that lovely cross-country barely-broadband connections are how most of the US has to play. It really only matters with Titan's knockbacks though.

Hogama
Sep 3, 2011
Some early Shadowbringers tracks extracted.

Overworld normal battle theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KwNQbbFsu0
Lakeland dungeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg85Hn3GVPE
Lakeland night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSD2YxpSBlc
Eulmore city: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08_TArAGt8
Dohn Mheg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF6Em0_-aIA
Crystarium "Lobby": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay78rc-v29k
Crystarium "Variation": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ9OZQJI_FY

There was a livestream yesterday that has some bits of 5.0 music in it at the beginning and end of the stream that I think hasn't been heard in full; at the linked time signature, there's a bit of "Variation" from above that has a vocal portion to it (main song?)
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/439758218?t=01h31m12s

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
Man 44-50 was completely miserable. 3 runs of Dzemael Darkhold and 3 runs of Aurum Vale, all of which were excruciating.

But at least I have a level 50 Dark Knight now.

Mordiceius
Nov 10, 2007

If you think calling me names is gonna get a rise out me, think again. I like my life as an idiot!

mikeraskol posted:

Man 44-50 was completely miserable. 3 runs of Dzemael Darkhold and 3 runs of Aurum Vale, all of which were excruciating.

But at least I have a level 50 Dark Knight now.

Why did you do it that way? The only one making you do it a miserable way is you.

An Actual Princess
Dec 23, 2006

that's the fastest way to get through that stretch :confused:

Zoig
Oct 31, 2010

Yeah but why be fast if it makes you miserable?

An Actual Princess
Dec 23, 2006

because then it's over quickly? idk, that's what i did every time to get through that stretch. it sucks, but then it's over before you know it

Magil Zeal
Nov 24, 2008

What exactly makes them miserable? If it's other players then GC squadrons can get you through those dungeons pretty painlessly. At least, that's how I got through them on my DRK and it didn't seem rough.

Francis
Jul 23, 2007

Thanks for the input, Jeff.
I took the handful of lowbie jobs I had from 41-50 off of stone vigil runs for mogstones. The only bad part was the warrior who tried to door-to-door pull without tank stance, cooldowns, or appropriate armor.

aers
Feb 15, 2012

Asimo posted:

The ARR launch primals tend to have absurdly quick attacks because square forgot that lovely cross-country barely-broadband connections are how most of the US has to play. It really only matters with Titan's knockbacks though.

The netcode was also far worse at 2.0 launch and some people who could dodge everything else in the game no problem couldn't get out of landslide. It was great!

Mordiceius
Nov 10, 2007

If you think calling me names is gonna get a rise out me, think again. I like my life as an idiot!

Overwatch Porn posted:

that's the fastest way to get through that stretch :confused:

Run daily leveling roulette. That is the fastest way to get through the stretch.

a witch
Jan 12, 2017

Hogama posted:

Some early Shadowbringers tracks extracted.

Overworld normal battle theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KwNQbbFsu0
Lakeland dungeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg85Hn3GVPE
Lakeland night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSD2YxpSBlc
Eulmore city: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08_TArAGt8
Dohn Mheg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF6Em0_-aIA
Crystarium "Lobby": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay78rc-v29k
Crystarium "Variation": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ9OZQJI_FY

There was a livestream yesterday that has some bits of 5.0 music in it at the beginning and end of the stream that I think hasn't been heard in full; at the linked time signature, there's a bit of "Variation" from above that has a vocal portion to it (main song?)
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/439758218?t=01h31m12s

Man the night time themes are always so good.

CuddlyZombie
Nov 6, 2005

I wuv your brains.

I can’t wait to hear the full version of Titania’s theme.

rantmo
Jul 30, 2003

A smile better suits a hero



small bird pudding posted:

For extreme fights, don't run them synced/through duty finder if you just want the clear/pony. If you open up party finder in the menu, you can find an unsynced party. Or ask in the FC or linkshell.

homeless snail posted:

Definitely run Titan synced though because he's good

Ok, I've seen a lot of talk of synched and unsynched stuff but what does it mean?

Veev
Oct 21, 2010

K is for kid.
A guy or gal just like you.
Dont be in such a hurry to grow up, since there's nothin' a kid can't do.

rantmo posted:

Ok, I've seen a lot of talk of synched and unsynched stuff but what does it mean?

You can lower your level and item strength down to where the content was designed for, that's synched. Unsynched you just go in as what you queue as, so you can run a level 50 dungeon or trial at 70.

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

rantmo posted:

Ok, I've seen a lot of talk of synched and unsynched stuff but what does it mean?
Synced means you run it at whatever level it was intended to be run at, and its the default. Choosing the "undersized party" option in duty finder disables level sync and lets you go in at whatever you are currently, and also skips matchmaking so that's how you go into instances solo or with fewer players than required. There's also min ilvl which syncs your gear down to whatever is the minimum ilvl required for the duty.

SirSamVimes
Jul 21, 2008

~* Challenge *~


I don't understand why people say "don't do EX stuff unsynced", that's when they're actually fun.

Red Red Blue
Feb 11, 2007



Mordiceius posted:

Run daily leveling roulette. That is the fastest way to get through the stretch.

if your goal is to get through those levels as quickly as possible i don't think running 1 roulette and then nothing else until the next day is the solution

smokestersky
Aug 30, 2007

This is the song that never ends
It just goes 'round and 'round, my friends
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was
And we continue singing it forever just because

Stagger_Lee posted:

Hell her life must be.

Page late, but I just wanted to make sure this was appreciated.

That poor, chubby, kookoburra

rantmo
Jul 30, 2003

A smile better suits a hero



Thanks, that actually makes a lot of sense. I'm only 53 so I don't know that it makes much of a difference for me and also I'm really loving bad at that fight so I'm not sure how best to power through this poo poo.

Mordiceius
Nov 10, 2007

If you think calling me names is gonna get a rise out me, think again. I like my life as an idiot!

Red Red Blue posted:

if your goal is to get through those levels as quickly as possible i don't think running 1 roulette and then nothing else until the next day is the solution

What's the rush? The post said it was for DRK, so it's not the only job that person has leveled. So if your feeling is "I *must* powerlevel this class to level cap." well then, yeah, it's going to suck no matter what you do. If you're thinking that way, once again, you're the only person making yourself suffer through it.

SirSamVimes
Jul 21, 2008

~* Challenge *~


Maybe they wanted to see the conclusion of the 30-50 storyline? Job quests are a thing.

Draxion
Jun 9, 2013




rantmo posted:

Thanks, that actually makes a lot of sense. I'm only 53 so I don't know that it makes much of a difference for me and also I'm really loving bad at that fight so I'm not sure how best to power through this poo poo.

What are you doing Titan Ex at 53 for? Story progress isn't gated behind it and it doesn't drop anyrhing you'd want to equip for more than a level or so, just leave it and come back later.

It's of course possible to do at that level, but if you're not having fun with it there no real reason to either.

Draxion fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Jun 17, 2019

Stagger_Lee
Mar 25, 2009
I don't know if Titan is one of them, but a few of the EX fights in ARR are blue quests that only complete when you actually defeat them, instead of just like touching the entrance and getting it added to the duty finder. When I was leveling a month ago I misunderstood that to mean that there was some reason to do them, as was true of most of the blue quests I had come across.

Fister Roboto
Feb 21, 2008

FactsAreUseless posted:

The problem with that fight isn't the math, it's the really confusing language used to convey it.

It took me like five runs to figure out that I had to stay in the circle.

rantmo
Jul 30, 2003

A smile better suits a hero



Stagger_Lee posted:

I don't know if Titan is one of them, but a few of the EX fights in ARR are blue quests that only complete when you actually defeat them, instead of just like touching the entrance and getting it added to the duty finder. When I was leveling a month ago I misunderstood that to mean that there was some reason to do them, as was true of most of the blue quests I had come across.

Yup, it's a level 50 Walking Sands quest.

Algid
Oct 10, 2007


Leal posted:

Final Fantasy XIVR when
Now I'm wondering what irl bodycount a FFXI-VR Pandemonium Warden would have racked up.

Mordiceius
Nov 10, 2007

If you think calling me names is gonna get a rise out me, think again. I like my life as an idiot!
Gamer Escape: From what we’ve seen, it looks like the majority of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers will take place on The First. Will there be any new content or areas on The Source in 5.0?

Naoki Yoshida: Once you finish the Main Scenario Quests, the role quests at level 80 will take place on The Source. That may be the only content that’s going to happen on The Source. This was a deliberate choice, so that we have our players concentrate on the realm of The First throughout the Main Scenario Quests in Shadowbringers. If we reveal more it could potentially spoil the story, so we will leave it at that.

An Actual Princess
Dec 23, 2006

Mordiceius posted:

What's the rush? The post said it was for DRK, so it's not the only job that person has leveled. So if your feeling is "I *must* powerlevel this class to level cap." well then, yeah, it's going to suck no matter what you do. If you're thinking that way, once again, you're the only person making yourself suffer through it.

they wanted to get to 50, clearly. the fastest way to do that is exactly what they did. not sure why you're chiming in with "um but if you did a thing that made it take days instead of two hours, that would totally be better"

doing leveling roulette and nothing else would make it take way way longer and be a hundred times more miserable, at least for me. some people would rather just get the poo poo dealt with so they don't have to worry about it anymore.

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Mordiceius
Nov 10, 2007

If you think calling me names is gonna get a rise out me, think again. I like my life as an idiot!

Overwatch Porn posted:

they wanted to get to 50, clearly. the fastest way to do that is exactly what they did. not sure why you're chiming in with "um but if you did a thing that made it take days instead of two hours, that would totally be better"

doing leveling roulette and nothing else would make it take way way longer and be a hundred times more miserable, at least for me. some people would rather just get the poo poo dealt with so they don't have to worry about it anymore.

What I was trying to say is - if something is miserable, just don't do it?

Like, there are numerous different ways to get from 46-50. If your choice is to grind DD/AV, even though you hate it, you're only inflicting that pain on yourself and complaining about your self-inflicted pain is just stupid.

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