Red Metal posted:

Hey I just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS (p8s was harder in 6.2) on the THE ABYSSOS EIGHTH CIRCLE SAVAGE 6.21 (it was harder in 6.2) CLEAR. I know you've been working really hard (p8s used to be harder) at it, and I'm happy that you've (p8s used to be harder) achieved your goal of completion. I know your journey through (p8s used to be harder) the content was filled with ups and downs, but you and (p8s used to be harder) your group stuck (p8s used to be harder) together through them all, and you were rewarded for your patience and (p8s used to be harder) tenacity. Congratulations (p8s used to be so much harder) once again, and here's to more success in your future (p8s used to be harder) endeavors!!!

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An issue on the island sanctuary wherein certain animals did not appear despite meeting the requirements to find them.

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An issue when using the glamour dresser wherein executing the /isearch command with a large number of items in the dresser and Armoire forcibly closed the game client.

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An issue wherein equipping Isle Farmhand's Boots together with certain other gear caused their graphics to display incorrectly.

Countblanc posted:

oh nice theres potency buffs this patch, can't wait to see the mch changes.

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Following an investigation, we have identified the original player who illegitimately placed the waymarks and will be issuing an account penalty for illicit activity.

Countblanc posted:

oh nice theres potency buffs this patch, can't wait to see the mch changes.

MadFriarAvelyn posted:

Jabbering Idiot posted:

I dunno why the thread went off on a tangent bashing Enmity or stance dancing like someone defended it as a system; all I said is that I miss having threat dropping tools because I now unavoidably die all the goddamn time where I wasn't before because they put Enmity entirely under the control of the three tanks out of 24 players, instead of a little bit in everyone's hands. It's a copy of Vanilla and TBC WoW, where the only way to control threat was to stop. Oh, unless you were playing one of the few classes that occasionally manage its own aggro, so, right, I guess it's worse than that version of WoW.

It's the same when they moved Virus and Disable off of healers and put it on dps: they were reworking the system of party mitigation from primarily a healer concern to including tanks and dps evenly (tanks had one option to affect it in ARR and HW; SMN could also contribute and MNK did so naturally via their combo). They reworked enmity in StB to be more evenly under everyone's control (and even more trivial with the addition of Shirk and STR on tank accessories) before choosing to try and do away with the system in ShB. As a side effect, they didn't consider how those tools that existed since ARR and were made more available in StB weren't only tools that top-end raiders were using to thread the needle between tank dps and tank aggro, but also tools that were usable in every other content in the game.

Sometimes, balance changes should be made for the normal game, because that's actually most of the game. I don't think it's selfish of me to want to have more control over my fate in a group just because I've been playing the game for a long time and can tell when a tank's going to die and I'm on deck for a tankbuster.

I shout something in chat and start kiting, but that just pisses people off because I'm moving the boss or telling them how to pay their sub or whatever. Meanwhile, I don't get heals because the healers are too focused on their simple two-button rotation anyways (don't want it to be too complex, or else they might miss something important happening in the fight!), the offtank(s) don't provoke because they're blissfully unaware that the boss is hitting a new target (let alone that it's not a tank), and then I die when the boss stops moving to wind up the tankbuster that's a ranged attack that puts a giant bouncing crosshair on my head to, y'know, let others know something's happening. Anyways, I get two rezzes just in time for when I'm dead, and a third one after I've already accepted one and am getting back to my feet. Good to know there are healers watching the UI frames at least. Actually, this sounds pretty hilarious picturing it now. It's like whoever said letting the boss just apply a damage down to whoever's dealing the most damage every minute.

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If they're trying to make changes that are good for the longevity of the game, having jobs that players can really dig deep into and take time to master aren't a bad thing. There are players who like to learn the ins and outs of everything, and they're more likely to be the kind that stick and try all of the stuff you add anyways, including the hard stuff.

What makes a game easy or hard is its content, and that's already divvied up by difficulty. The jobs could be incredibly complicated, but if it only requires that the tank puts on a stance and provokes the boss and the healer heals the group once every 30 seconds, eventually the group would win. Once you get past the spectacle and the story, all that remains on the repeat viewings is the game you are playing are the people you're playing with. When you play with random people, only one of those things remains. Why not make that thing more interesting across ALL content?

If your dps as a healer isn't perfect in any content, that's fine. No encounter in this game, even the hardest ones, ever required healer's dps to be perfect, even for the very first clear. Right now, the PVP version of every healer is more interesting. WAR is the most interestingly designed healing job right now.

If you're worried about role representation, keep one each simple enough for the players both simultaneously intimidated by and unwilling to believe that they can improve enough to enjoy a certain job. They did this in ARR.

And to players that worry about it, it's ok to mess up, and it's satisfying to improve. You letting people down and making their day worse is just in your head. The game's designed for everyone to die a whole lot, and it minimizes frustration by putting you right back at the boss. Hell, wiping in dungeons is more stressful than anywhere else, cuz you have to walk farther, but at least you get to take in the scenery that everyone just blazes past! That one guy grumbling in chat is a dumbass and doesn't really understand why the group wiped anyways; gently caress that guy.

Hyper Inferno posted:

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/9f7fc966eaf0751728dedd909221983d9208a7c5

Third party tools under attack.

Vermain posted:

Interesting that they were able to ID the originator even without any serverside verification. Must've taken a bit of detective work.

derra posted:

The first day has no demand modifiers. You should always be crafting something with a demand modifier (or something to combo into something with a good demand modifier) so the first day should always be a rest.

The second rest day varies week by week.

Thundarr posted:

If the second day of the week is a strong day for a particular item, having rested on the first day means you'd be making it with basically no groove. Or has the meta moved towards groove building being wasteful compared to maximizing the output of strong days?

RME posted:

smite their rear end

Offkorn posted:

Question: How exactly does placing waymarks in non-grounded locations give anyone an unfair advantage in any way?

Waymarks have no in-game effect whatsoever. They don't allow you to do more damage, take less, or provide any sort of hidden information. They're just simple graphical reminders for people with poo poo memories.

RME posted:

Alternatively, they just edited the preset directly somehow.

derra posted:

workshop stuff

Offkorn posted:

Question: How exactly does placing waymarks in non-grounded locations give anyone an unfair advantage in any way?

Waymarks have no in-game effect whatsoever. They don't allow you to do more damage, take less, or provide any sort of hidden information. They're just simple graphical reminders for people with poo poo memories.

Mainwaring posted:

Island sanctuary craft optimisation is one of those in game things where I've just decided I won't dedicate any brain space to understanding how any of it works and that's fine. I show up at my island every few days, my animals are miserable, I queue up about 3-4 crafts based on what I already have materials for that has high ish demand right now and then I leave.

My groove is always zero I do not know how groove works and I do not care to find out.

Thundarr posted:

Thanks, that's pretty helpful. It does make the ideal workshop rotation more complicated though if you're trying to maximize the peak days of even filler items and trying to make combos out of them.

Also, if you're making all five of the big money crafts in a week (possible if unlikely), you'll start running through rare mats faster than the granaries can obtain them. Even making just four in a week can make the rare mat logistics kind of fiddly if you aren't really careful with them.

And full disclosure, I still had a nearly 20k week using the previous "build groove the first two days, plan the next three based on Insufficient+Skyrocketing tags" method, so if anybody is just shooting to get that title you can still definitely do it while just sticking to a simpler routine.

Regalingualius posted:

So just to be clear: is the idea w/ groove building just “spend your first day chaining the most valuable 4-hour crafts you can”?

Grayshift posted:

Sauerkraut -> Corn Flakes x3 seems like it'd be the best; Squid Ink -> Tomato Relish x3 might be almost as good, but Squid Ink has a high popularity this week so I'll avoid contaminating the supply on that one in case it peaks day 3.

I'll have to get some more rock salt though, ugh.

Algid posted:

Just follow the recommendation channel in the discord imo, it updates everyday to the optimal choice for that day.