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drat Dirty Ape posted:I think this is every cone attack. It's been a WAR complaint forever. blue mage cones don't require a target
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Ibram Gaunt posted:It's cool how they rushed to make the viera male meme voice quieter yet leave this and the lalafel one insanely loud and noticeable. There was a female Viera voice for ShB they changed quickly, too.
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hazardousmouse posted:Wait, are you telling us that your settings are such that if you use an ability and you're not facing an enemy, it just doesn't go off? I think they're saying that the problem is that they can't use cones if they're not targeting an enemy, not that they're having trouble with facing.
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It doesn't just turn you to face the enemy automatically on ability use? Why are you intentionally making things harder for yourself?
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Begemot posted:Yeah, it's equally annoying with samurai, where some of your AOEs are cones and some are circles. Man, I wish ranged AOE other than dancer was nearly as easy as melee. You're either stuck with cone attacks which have all the exact same issues melee does or you have the awful "Hits a circle around the target" abilities which require you to both have a target (same problem as cones) and the targets needs to be within 5 yalms of every other enemy, which means there is at most 1 correct target per pack, which will of course die first because it's the target of all your AOEs that deal more damage to the main target. And sometimes not even a single target will be positioned correctly if the enemies have collision boxes that are too big, meaning it becomes literally impossible to AOE the whole pack. Caster AOE is by far the worst; cones are worse than point-blank circles but still the lesser evil. Clarste fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Jan 22, 2022 |
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Leraika posted:I think they're saying that the problem is that they can't use cones if they're not targeting an enemy, not that they're having trouble with facing. While that is true, I also have the "automatically face target when using action" turned off. It messed with me too much when trying to run around for mechanics becasue it would suddenly cause my character to run toward the boss instead of the direction I was going. I'm not "intentionally making things harder for myself", I find it way harder to play with that setting on. That being said I've only played ranged up to this point. Maybe that setting is better on for melee
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Onean posted:There was a female Viera voice for ShB they changed quickly, too. So the lesson here is that the staff hates rabbits
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Ibram Gaunt posted:So the lesson here is that the staff hates rabbits Nonsense, they made the best new race ever introduced outside of the Namazu a race of tiny rabbits
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Macaluso posted:While that is true, I also have the "automatically face target when using action" turned off. It messed with me too much when trying to run around for mechanics becasue it would suddenly cause my character to run toward the boss instead of the direction I was going. I'm not "intentionally making things harder for myself", I find it way harder to play with that setting on. if you use legacy controls it doesnt make you run back at the boss when you attack
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Awesome! posted:if you use legacy controls it doesnt make you run back at the boss when you attack I just tried that out and I... do not like how that feels. Anyway, I'm done talking about that, I'm not interested in getting into a back and forth over how I move my character, I just wish the two aoe abilities just shot out in front of you without needing to be targeted.
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cheetah7071 posted:does one of the settings make you run in the direction your character is facing when you press forward Yes, but it's exclusive to tanks
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Help Im Alive posted:Yes, but it's exclusive to tanks Boooooooooo
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I still think they should add combat sounds to the voice previews on character creation since you're more likely to hear those than the ones they play for you.
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Chillgamesh posted:Just got GNB to 90 last night and going into a No Mercy window with 3 charges loaded and Bloodfest off cooldown is now my favorite poo poo in the game Don't forget having two steps of your combo done so you can load an extra charge in one gcd!
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Mainwaring posted:Don't forget having two steps of your combo done so you can load an extra charge in one gcd! I think there literally isn't enough time to do this in No Mercy any more if you're 3/3 and Bloodfest is ready. I haven't looked up a guide, are you supposed to hold using NM until before Savage Claw so you can fit in a Burst Strike later
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Regalingualius posted:Just wondering: if I paid for an extra retainer, would that be a permanent uptick on my sub? Retainers are an extra sub fee, but you can stop paying it. You just lose access to said retainer(s) until you pay the monthly fee for them.
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Regalingualius posted:Just wondering: if I paid for an extra retainer, would that be a permanent uptick on my sub? https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/option_service/additional_retainer/
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Any suggestions on what is a solid starter job for somebody who has never played a video game, let alone an MMO? I ask because I've been playing for years and recently suggested that my gf and I try this as an alternative to simultaneously watching TV shows over long distance because we can actually shoot the poo poo whilst doing something together. She's keen to sign up when the trial accounts open up again next week. I love playing BLM but its probably not a good steer to give a first timer. The way that SMN has been reworked makes it feel like the gateway drug that got me hooked in the first place. My feeling is recommend picking up a DPS job to start and see if she likes the game at all, but I'm interested to see what the collective wisdom of the thread is in terms of which red job to pick?
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Chillgamesh posted:I think there literally isn't enough time to do this in No Mercy any more if you're 3/3 and Bloodfest is ready. I haven't looked up a guide, are you supposed to hold using NM until before Savage Claw so you can fit in a Burst Strike later yup, 3 minute window is what you're asking about i believe 
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Theophany posted:Any suggestions on what is a solid starter job for somebody who has never played a video game, let alone an MMO? Marauder. Because it's a tank they'll never want for safety in overworld or worry about queues. Actually tanking is braindead simple, and they'll fly through the game feeling like the actual main character the monsters are fighting. I say marauder of gladiator to start because warrior owns and pld is good but isn't as loving baller as warrior.
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Regardless of actual difficulty tanking breaks a lot of new players with undeserved anxiety and it is by no means a guaranteed new choice I think bard might be a decent choice, because it's the only ranged phys that starts at level 1, and being ranged phys means that you don't have to worry about moving or positioning, at all. In the 30 levels or so it takes to reach the point where bosses have real mechanics, she can move or stand still however she wants without worry, which will be one less bit of mental load
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Theophany posted:Any suggestions on what is a solid starter job for somebody who has never played a video game, let alone an MMO? Trial accounts aren't starting up again next week, just sales. They are going to 'monitor' the situation after that regarding starting the trial back up.
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Ibram Gaunt posted:It's cool how they rushed to make the viera male meme voice quieter yet leave this and the lalafel one insanely loud and noticeable. Does that voice do the goofy laugh that I always hear whenever there are more than 8 people in the overworld (so always at limsa)?
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Yeah I think if you're the literal never-played-a-video-game-before newbie ARR's tutorial is designed to onboard, Archer or Arcanist would be the pickaers posted:yup, 3 minute window is what you're asking about i believe Thanks for this; It'll probably take a while before I can do this properly without thinking but "hit No Mercy before Double Down if Bloodfest is ready" will probably be a good shortcut in my brain to not loving it up.
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if you're playing alongside her, that tankxiety will be a lot easier to manage and i also recommend marauder/warrior. you'll get much faster queues than doing double dps too. its what i started with and i've always been glad i did.
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I run MSQ duty roulette daily and haven't seen Prae in over twenty days. Is this just a very unlikely string of repeats or is there something else to explain this phenomenon?
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Theophany posted:Any suggestions on what is a solid starter job for somebody who has never played a video game, let alone an MMO? I would say for her to go dps at least at first, especially if she will play alone at all. Least responsibility in groups so she can learn the dungeons and see how other tanks and healers do things before trying those roles out. Diving in headfirst as a tank seems like an extremely bad idea t me. Archer/bard as mentioned above is probably tje easiest early dps to go with.
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Theophany posted:Any suggestions on what is a solid starter job for somebody who has never played a video game, let alone an MMO? Arcanist, it has like 4 buttons. Edit: although, arcanist storyline spoilers The arcanist storyline is written in a way where it's fairly easy to interpret that the villain has sexually assaulted the cat girl npc you spend most of the quests with in the past so if that would be a problem, stick with archer I would say. Failboattootoot fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Jan 22, 2022 |
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Theophany posted:Any suggestions on what is a solid starter job for somebody who has never played a video game, let alone an MMO? Arcanist would probably be perfect, yeah. It's very simple, only has a few buttons, and you don't have to worry about positioning, which is good for someone new to games like this. Archer might also be good, but managing DoTs could be annoying.
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aers posted:yup, 3 minute window is what you're asking about i believe Note that this is only because your GCD will naturally end up in the right spot for this to occur on a full uptime fight. You definitely don't want to hold No Mercy for your GCD to be lined up so that you can use a Solid Barrel, as it's a very small potency gain and delaying No Mercy means you start drifting your burst out of party buffs and potentially losing a use on some of your cooldowns.
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bi crimes posted:I run MSQ duty roulette daily and haven't seen Prae in over twenty days. Is this just a very unlikely string of repeats or is there something else to explain this phenomenon? Time Elapsed: 0m
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Tanxiety is a real thing and being forced to tank content on your very first time through can really bother people. IMO the best choice is Arcanist. The new SMN is very mobile and pretty fun, and the rotation is dead simple with relatively few buttons, which is great for somebody who has no gaming or MMO experience. No dots to watch or really picky buff windows or anything like that, and nothing like Bard's 6 different flavors of oGCDs to worry about. And best of all it also comes packaged with SCH which means that if she gets comfortable with things later on she can get healer queues for things. And while it's not the easiest healer in higher level content, it's amazingly easy to use in early stuff because the fairy can solo heal most ARR content as long as the tank is competent. I've done a lot of leveling roulette dungeons as SCH where I've never had to cast a single heal.
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