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It's all good! We all need to support our cool and helpful Tataru!
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Aug 14, 2021 06:29
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Tataru being front and center on the Endwalker cover art is good and right
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Aug 14, 2021 06:31
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I guarantee you the only reason they didn't cut the Tataru questline entirely is because of that one duty in the Four Lords quest line where she brings the carbuncle out again. But even then, yes, I'm not sure if you really need to go clam digging with her.
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Aug 14, 2021 06:37
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Speaking as someone who first leveled through that stretch in late Stormblood and experienced the pre-trim pain, imo they cut too much. Tataru's quest didn't need to be truncated and the doppelganger Scions in pre-Ramuh should absolutely not have been cut. SirSamVimes fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Aug 14, 2021 |
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Aug 14, 2021 06:51
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So how much further am I from finishing ARR’s post-launch endgame? I’m currently at the point where you’re helping Alphinaud with creating a second neutral organization.
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Aug 14, 2021 08:16
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Regalingualius posted:So how much further am I from finishing ARR’s post-launch endgame? I’m currently at the point where you’re helping Alphinaud with creating a second neutral organization. That sounds like you're on the tail-end of the 2.3, so bit over the halfway mark. That's of course, when ignoring all the optional lvl 50 content. There's lot of dungeons and raids to unlock.
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Aug 14, 2021 08:29
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Yeah, I just finished the whole Crystal Tower line tonight
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Aug 14, 2021 08:44
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You're also at the point where they ramp up the plot quickly for HW so it's probably going to be more engaging than what you've done on the way.
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Aug 14, 2021 14:48
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Hearing the name 'Iceheart' referenced is basically your cue that the post 2.0 content is going to start being really plot-relevant again.
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Aug 14, 2021 15:01
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Is there a way for a hotbar to be temporarily shown when I press shift and then it disappears when I stop pressing shift? From what I've found, the appearing and disappearing have to be separate presses entirely. I'm starting into the 2.x content and I feel like I need to reorganize my hotbars again or it'll be a real mess come HW
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Aug 14, 2021 17:51
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So is there basically no reason to do NG+ unless you want to get whatever rewards you didn’t pick for glamours?
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Aug 15, 2021 08:27
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Pretty sure NG+ doesn't give quest rewards at all, it's to repeat story content. Unique quest rewards colors/models are also on the calamity salvager, except for a few weird pieces like the shepherd tunic and maybe Garlean conscript sack you wear for quests instead of being quest rewards. Otherwise pretty sure the vast majority of quest reward gear is just craftable/vendorable whites.
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Aug 15, 2021 08:29
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NG+ gives nothing at all. It's purely to re-experience the story.
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Aug 15, 2021 08:34
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And if you have extra character slots an alt is still a better way to re-experience the story in whole. NG+ is great to redo select content but it gives literally nothing else. An alt at least has marginal value when you've done the story.
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Aug 15, 2021 09:54
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Only if you want to reexperience the entire story. NG+ allows you to repeat one specific arc.
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Aug 15, 2021 10:06
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That said NG+ has been expanded to cover a lot of side stories as well as just the MSQ, so it means you could replay, say, the Dark Knight quests without taking a brand new alt all the way back into Ishgard. Also you keep access to teleports, flying, etc so you're not missing convenience features or hitting level walls or whatever. The other thing to keep in mind is the entry subscription only lets you have one character per server, so it's quite possible that your sub doesn't let you have an alt that would be able to do stuff like join your same FC.
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Aug 15, 2021 15:33
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Got the polar bear mount for... not really doing anything. Kind of cool they just hand them out instead of an insane grind or cash purchases.
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Aug 15, 2021 15:38
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Not every seasonal event has a mount but they tend to give two or so out a year that way. If you look on the mogstation you can see the scope of stuff from seasonal events that was free when they first ran; mounts, minions, outfits, etc. The FFXV crossover next month will let you buy the Regalia car mount (it transforms! It's a four seater!) for 200k MGP so it's a little more work but nothing cactpots and fashion report can't solve.
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Aug 15, 2021 15:44
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Tortolia posted:Not every seasonal event has a mount but they tend to give two or so out a year that way. How long does the crossover event last? I fear that there may not be sufficient time for me to accumulate both 200k MGP and complete MSQ given that I've only recently began playing.
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Aug 15, 2021 16:51
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shoc77 posted:How long does the crossover event last? I fear that there may not be sufficient time for me to accumulate both 200k MGP and complete MSQ given that I've only recently began playing. It lasts through september, I think? And taking advantage of the Make it Rain campaign going on will make things go a lot more quickly; you can get almost 100k MGP a week just doing the fashion show, and there are guides on how to do it cheaply put up every week.
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Aug 15, 2021 16:57
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Make It Rain ended on Tuesday.
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Aug 15, 2021 17:02
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The 15 crossover starts on September 13th. Last time they ran it they left it up for a month. The only other in game event they have between FF15 and Endwalker launch is a Mogtome event starting on October 19th, so the crossover going a month again seems reasonable to assume. If nothing else you have at least 5-6 weeks to work on getting MGP. Mogtome events, for the newer folks, are something Square started doing about 2 years ago as a way to keep people running content during patch or pre-expansion lulls. They basically add a special tomestone drop on specified instanced content (on top of everything else you get normally). The reward pools always feature a unique glamour accessory, multiple mounts (including ones that drop from EX fights), music rolls, minions, etc. It's a pretty low impact way to get some bonus goodies.
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Aug 15, 2021 17:03
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shoc77 posted:How long does the crossover event last? I fear that there may not be sufficient time for me to accumulate both 200k MGP and complete MSQ given that I've only recently began playing. I don't know when the crossover will start (and how long it will last), but in general you can get 10k to 60k per week from the Fashion Report (and more if you have a bonus to MGP). If you do that as well as the weekly/daily Cactpot (and maybe the Challenge Log) you should probably not have much of an issue getting to 200k MGP.
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Aug 15, 2021 17:08
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SettingSun posted:Make It Rain ended on Tuesday. gently caress
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Aug 15, 2021 17:20
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There's also generally a Lord of Verminion tournament every Thursday/Friday and the MGP rewards for that are staggering. You play your 15 matches against NPCs and that's like 60k MGP guaranteed. Even a few matches is like 30k. Placing top three or so nets 80k.
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Aug 15, 2021 17:29
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Sunday Morning posted:I'm sorry did someone say they want LESS interaction with Tataru??? They already sinned in cutting her mining expedition. They did w h a t
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Aug 15, 2021 17:53
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I just went and unlocked Samurai, and, uh How the hell do you play it? Like, is there any WoW class it’s roughly equivalent to so I can get in the mindset for setting up my hot bars? Regalingualius fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Aug 15, 2021 |
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Aug 15, 2021 18:12
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Either check Weskalber's YouTube class guides or the SaltedXIV site for rotations, I think they're the most recommended around here? Generally throw up your buffs + dot, and then midare setsugekka (3-widget iaijutsu). From my understanding (only played it to 58 or so) it's pretty straightforward on the ground floor but challenging to fully optimize. Can't help you re: wow comparisons though. I haven't played since WoD and the FFXIV rotations all seem far more complex than anything WoW had at the time. E: to clarify, Weskalber should be for starting fresh and for 50/60/70/80 rotations. SaltedXIV is for max level optimizing usually. acumen fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Aug 15, 2021 |
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Aug 15, 2021 18:18
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Regalingualius posted:I just went and unlocked Samurai, and, uh I don't know WoW, but I can tell you the basics, since the game doesn't do a good job of it. You have three melee combos that all start with the same attack. Two of them are three parts, one of them is two. Competing these combos gives you a sticker, each one gives a different color/type. One gives a moon, one gives a flower, and one gives a snowflake. The stickers are used for your iaijutsu. All that matters is the number you have, not the type. One sticker is a single-target DoT, two is an AoE, three is a single-target nuke. You want to keep that DoT up on bosses, but it lasts 60 seconds so that's not too hard. Your combos also give buffs! Flower combo is the most important, it's a big bump in attack speed, so always do that first. Moon is damage, and snow is nothing, but it's the shorter one, so you use it to refresh your DoT more quickly. So basically you rotate between combos and do iaijutsu when in between. There are also two AoE combos that give moon and flower stickers, so you can do those and then the AoE iaijutsu for dungeon trash. They don't give the buffs though, which is annoying. It gets more complicated later on when you get your special resource, kenki. That will allow you to buff your iaijutsu and get in extra attacks, but you can figure it out as you get it. The basic rotation doesn't change much. For my bars, I have the combo starter on 1, then the moon combo on 2 and shift-2, flower on 3 and shift-3, and ice on 4. The rest goes wherever is comfortable.
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Aug 15, 2021 18:26
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One thing to note is that while using Iaijutsu doesn’t break your combos, enpi, your ranged attack, will. So if you’re on the move it’s usually better to just not be attacking than break your combo.
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Aug 15, 2021 18:33
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I can’t really think of a close WoW equivalent. It’s like Windwalker Monk, if you had to use different abilities to generate different types of chi, and you only had one chi spender, but the effect changed based on how much you spent.
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Aug 15, 2021 19:14
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Deathlove posted:They did w h a t Spoiler for removed Tataru content that was pruned last year.  
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Aug 15, 2021 19:22
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Isnt she one of those creepy haunted doll baby race people? If so she can go to hell, along with the rest of that demonspawn
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Aug 15, 2021 20:25
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I won't abide Tataru slander in this thread < >
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Aug 15, 2021 20:34
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Lalafell are a delight! Tataru is the best character and if you don't like her maybe this game Isn't For You.
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Aug 15, 2021 20:35
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I jump out of my seat every time I see Tataru doing an emote while standing on top of her chair in the Rising Stones. there she goes! there she loving goes also, gathering and crafting are a lot of fun! so many buttons!!! and there's combos???? but oh God I'll never finish the MSQ if I get lost in the weeds of trying out everything. I think I'll stick to Botanist and Carpenter and maybe Culinarian. I'm a bit of all three of those in real life so it's nice to indulge.
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Aug 15, 2021 20:40
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Putting my DoL/DoH sets onto a hot bar made me way better about remembering and using them as I was running around. What’s a good DoH if I’m just gonna dabble? Culinary? GSM is cool but it’s so far behind my main level that I don’t know it’ll ever catch up to the point of usefulness. Also does anyone else read the abbreviations as Department of Health/Licensing or is that just me
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Aug 15, 2021 21:16
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Sixto Lezcano posted:What’s a good DoH if I’m just gonna dabble? Culinary? GSM is cool but it’s so far behind my main level that I don’t know it’ll ever catch up to the point of usefulness. A good idea is whatever crafting class matches the weapon or armor you're wearing so you can pick up the ability to repair your own gear.
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Aug 15, 2021 21:30
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Leveling the crafting classes is ludicrously simple. Just turning in HQ items to the Grand Company will shoot you up several levels per item. If you're impatient, you can also do levequests to get even more ludicrous XP.
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Aug 15, 2021 21:30
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Cythereal posted:A good idea is whatever crafting class matches the weapon or armor you're wearing so you can pick up the ability to repair your own gear. ah see but this is my problem i am rdm but also pld but also whm but also maybe i'll wanna be sam some day ergo the culinarian thing - errbody needs to eat.
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Aug 15, 2021 21:42
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