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Cythereal posted:Yeah. It's explicitly part of the story that that kind of gruntwork and helping anyone who asks, no matter how humble, is just what the WoL does and a huge part of what makes her a hero. Yes, this was a good part of the story well told, but there's a line between storytelling and padding, and ARR steps bravely over the line into padding on nearly every possible occasion. I like playing someone who does whatever they can to help, I do not like a mission that asks me to travel to six different map points that i've already been to a dozen times to have inconsequential, one-line conversations with npcs i'll never meet again. I'm halfway through heavensward, which is as enthralling as everyone says it is and this problem has just about completely gone away, so hooray!
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SettingSun posted:You get that in game too. /playtime But I'm a weirdo with alts!
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You can add non-Steam FFXIV accounts into your Steam client as a non-Steam app and use it for uploading screenshots to your Steam account and such, so ultimately it's just a matter of picking an ecosystem and sticking with it.
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Aug 17, 2021 19:36
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Look I'm trying to justify my mistake of buying through Steam here!
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Aug 17, 2021 19:37
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Regalingualius posted:Is Machinist generally about as squishy as Samurai is for questing? All DPS generally have the same defense, except for dragoons who are slightly tougher. Casters are a little weaker than physical DPS, but tend to have better defensive abilities/self heals. It doesn't matter much unless you're trying to solo FATEs or something, generally it's better to do quests with a DPS of some sort so you can kill mobs faster.
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Leraika posted:There's no real benefit to playing on steam, tbh. 
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Begemot posted:All DPS generally have the same defense, except for dragoons who are slightly tougher. Casters are a little weaker than physical DPS, but tend to have better defensive abilities/self heals. It doesn't matter much unless you're trying to solo FATEs or something, generally it's better to do quests with a DPS of some sort so you can kill mobs faster. and every dps can do just fine questing if they got their Chocobo out! do not underestimate his power.
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Regalingualius posted:Is Machinist generally about as squishy as Samurai is for questing? Yes, but you can kite enemies pretty easily and questing enemies are never really difficult as long as you aren't underlevelled
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Aug 17, 2021 19:56
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post your chocobo names. mine's nugget
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Aug 17, 2021 19:58
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Thanks for the answers. Are there any deals for the Windows version floating around?
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. I don't think I was even aware you could name your chocobo...
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Aug 17, 2021 20:01
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. Mr Fluffy. Ms Feathery Mrs Cute. Sir Boko Esq Fluffles.
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Aug 17, 2021 20:06
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mine has always been Cirrus, he is a good boy   and now he has armor from the clouds to match his name
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Aug 17, 2021 20:12
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. Mine is named Birdie, but its named after my dog. I need some cool bird armor, how do I get that?
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Aug 17, 2021 20:16
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Hraesvelgr I was very surprised later on
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. Hainanchickenrice.
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Chocogno
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. Blast Buttstaek
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. Dodmono
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. Hcoboco
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nerox posted:Mine is named Birdie, but its named after my dog. I need some cool bird armor, how do I get that? there is a lot of barding you can craft, usually every trial boss has a themed barding you can make using a rare drop material (such as what my chocobo is wearing, it's from a shadowbringers trial boss), and there's some from achievements, gold saucer, FATE world bosses, grand company, etc. a lot can be found on the market board too. many many options! edit: also! if you have access to market board and a free company stable, you can change your chocobo's color! mine is Snow White, and while it's a bit of a complicated process involving stabling your chocobo, feeding it a specific selection of fruit, and waiting x amount of hours, there is a handy website for calculating the fruit you need for the color you want! https://ffxivchocobo.com/en Kerrzhe fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Aug 17, 2021 |
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Zurtilik posted:I don't think I was even aware you could name your chocobo... Don't you have to name your chocobo in order to use the whistle?
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Aug 17, 2021 20:28
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Mine was Ocob and then I changed it to Bobbycorwen. Kind of bummed you can't have spaces though, so I'll probably change it again. Was thinking Kwehtzcoatl.
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Aug 17, 2021 20:31
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I liked a quest later on when someone says that their plan needs a rat anus, a scoop of river mud, a bunch of rocks etc, and then says that they've been learning to be self-reliant so they'll get them themselves and you should meet them in the inn after they've done so.
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Aug 17, 2021 20:33
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My Chocobo's name is Goku People get a li'l upset when his timer runs out and "Goku withdraws from battle." appears in their chat logs. The real Goku would never withdraw from battle.
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Aug 17, 2021 20:34
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. Groinblast
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Aug 17, 2021 20:39
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Warkington is a good and faithful companion.
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. Minolta. I named him after the printer at work.
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. Fethers
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Kerrzhe posted:there is a lot of barding you can craft, usually every trial boss has a themed barding you can make using a rare drop material (such as what my chocobo is wearing, it's from a shadowbringers trial boss), and there's some from achievements, gold saucer, FATE world bosses, grand company, etc. The depth of all the systems in this game is insane.
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. Anzu, after a chicken I know through the internet, which is named after a chicken-like dinosaur, which is named after a Mesopotamian demon, and thus is also the name of a monster in this game 
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My chocobo’s name is pretty boring: Bedwyr
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Choco bar but I'm gonna rename him at some point, dunno what yet
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Parthimal, I wanted something knightly. I also dyed him slate gray and decked him out in armour.
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:post your chocobo names. On my main server: Khamsin (Othard Blue) Myrgansunn (Rose Pink) Charakha (Royal Purple) Janremi (Gloom Purple) Monsoon (Slate Grey) Mistral (Apple Green) Jetstream (Snow White) Sundowner (Dalamud Red) I also have an alt I made on a different server to attend a friend's wedding that I named Companion Cube, so naturally I had to name his chocobo Chell.
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Qwertycoatl posted:I liked a quest later on when someone says that their plan needs a rat anus, a scoop of river mud, a bunch of rocks etc, and then says that they've been learning to be self-reliant so they'll get them themselves and you should meet them in the inn after they've done so. There are also times you talk to people with your fellow Scions and they say “we’ll take care of the rat ani and rocks, so that just leaves the mud” and it always makes them feel like total bros.
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Ruzihm posted:Don't you have to name your chocobo in order to use the whistle? Ah, I played through ARR a couple years ago and when I rejoined I made and story boosted through ARR on this character, so that might be what the deal is there.
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I'm somewhere in the beginning of Stormblood and I've decided to try my hand at tanking with gunbreaker. My understanding of tanking when there are multiple tanks is that one is the main tank, and the other(s) will be second on enmity list and pick up adds, ready to swap in when needed. And in order to stay second on enmity, I'd just keep tank stance off for a few gcds in the beginning, and shirk the main tank if I ever start getting too close to them. But when do I know when to provoke and swap with the main tank (besides when they die)? And in terms of defensive cooldowns, I should be using them when there are a lot of adds or a tankbuster-esque attack is about to hit right? The ones with a longer cast time... It's been pretty fun so far!
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I called my Horsebird Steve. I like giving my pets mundane names in games. When I played around with a demon summoning Master Mind in City of Heroes I renamed all my demons stuff like 'Bob', 'Steve' 'Alan' and so on.
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whalestory posted:I'm somewhere in the beginning of Stormblood and I've decided to try my hand at tanking with gunbreaker. knowing when to tank swap is pretty much reserved for end game fights like extremes and savage, where you'll be expected to have at least watched a video guide first most likely, either pugging or in a static. going through story mode raids i don't remember a case where a tank swap was necessary. you're totally correct on how to stay 2nd on aggro! if you do need to do a tank swap, usually the boss will be casting something, and you just provoke during the cast, and the other tank will shirk afterwards. very simple. for defense you're right on the money again. part of the game of learning how to tank is figuring out which of the boss's moves are a tank buster as you're fighting. it's just a matter of remembering the name of whatever just hit you hardest. if you're doing big dungeon pulls, you'll want to spread out your defense skills over time, to maximize efficiency while having at least something up most of the time. Arm's Length, Reprisal, Rampart are universal for all tanks and great for this. I don't play gunbreaker so i dunno what their class specific buttons are other than Superbolide which is the big oh-poo poo button which then makes the healer go oh poo poo
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