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imo it would've been better if it was a solo duty. it'd let the game call out the line changes better and also give you a sort of measuring stick of how far you've come as the protagonist (this guy that took seven other dudes to take on last time? now you can basically handle him solo). ofc if they wanted to do that it probably would've come with the ARR msq touchups.
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Mainwaring posted:Making you do an old level 50 fight during Heavensward is just silly. If they wanted to do it like that they should have made it a solo duty or cut the whole fight bit. The whole point is you're fighting a weak version of Titan. You could easily unsync and solo the fight for that solo duty feel.
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Sep 26, 2023 20:29
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Haha yeah, it's a sad fight
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It's also just not a big deal to be asked to do an easy story trial again, something you've probably done on your own a few dozen times with trial rou.
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Sep 26, 2023 20:34
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Mainwaring posted:No it's still really stupid, a tiny bit of dialogue doesn't fix it Yeah I mean the actual mechanics of the fight could be improved. I was more speaking to the understandable reaction of "AGAIN?" when the game tells you it's time to fight Titan in patch 3.2 or whatever
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Sep 26, 2023 20:55
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Shadowbringers I don't think anyone had that reaction to Eden 4 though, lol. What a good fight
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johnny park posted:Shadowbringers I don't think anyone had that reaction to Eden 4 though, lol. What a good fight I'm still convinced Soken listened to a bunch of Prodigy albums before doing the music for that and the fights immediately before and after it.
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Urianger whips loving rear end lmao. I always liked him but THANK you for sacrificing Minfilia Absolutely based lmfao
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It’s crazy it took 200+ hours for the story to get good but I stuck with it lol
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That Little Demon posted:Urianger whips loving rear end lmao. I always liked him but THANK you for sacrificing Minfilia Absolutely based lmfao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v4p1Lg0Y9A&pp=ygUNdXJpYW5nZXIgbWVtZQ%3D%3D (spoilers for people who aren't in late HW) edit: broke the embed because thumbnail kinda spoilery too
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Yeah once you power through all the worldbuilding in ARR the story never really hits those gameplay and narrative lows again. Some people dislike Stormblood but tbh I like it better than Heavensward. Based on the stuff you've liked about FF14 so far I have a feeling you're gonna like SB, TLD
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Sep 26, 2023 22:38
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I had my issues with parts of StB but in hindsight I had a good time Also Eureka fuckin owns
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My biggest criticism of Stormblood at the time was that I felt Zenos' sudden appearance and unexplained overwhelming strength felt a bit forced/contrived and I didn't really like him, but they really knew what they were doing with that character
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johnny park posted:My biggest criticism of Stormblood at the time was that I felt Zenos' sudden appearance and unexplained overwhelming strength felt a bit forced/contrived and I didn't really like him, but they really knew what they were doing with that character I actually liked that Zenos was that strong, both because it makes the world feel bigger and cut down on the idea that the WoL is literally the strongest being in existence.
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That Little Demon posted:Urianger whips loving rear end lmao. I always liked him but THANK you for sacrificing Minfilia Absolutely based lmfao How about the fuckin' FACE reveal for Urianger, too. Pretty sure this plotline is the first time we see him without hood and goggles.
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Neo_Crimson posted:I actually liked that Zenos was that strong, both because it makes the world feel bigger and cut down on the idea that the WoL is literally the strongest being in existence. Sure but at that point we had (canonically) defeated the god-king Thordan and all of the transformed Heaven's Ward singlehandedly, so the story had definitely established that the wol was really really really strong. So for Zenos to show up with no foreshadowing and literally just toy with us was a bit jarring imo
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johnny park posted:Sure but at that point we had (canonically) defeated the god-king Thordan and all of the transformed Heaven's Ward singlehandedly, so the story had definitely established that the wol was really really really strong. So for Zenos to show up with no foreshadowing and literally just toy with us was a bit jarring imo That's the point though. The very fact that you're going "wtf how is he so strong" is exactly the feeling you're meant to be feeling at that point. I'm the Warrior of Goddamn Light! I eat Gods for Lunch! And this rear end in a top hat shows up and chumps me? Hax!
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I feel like I need to go back and NG+ the whole Heavensward experience now.
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StB: We knew more foes like Gaius had to exist. He was one legion that was practically stranded and he was fighting an alliance of 3+ nations simultaneously and doing pretty well at it and when we fight him he empowers himself by sheer magitek/.. jokingly but not really sheer force of will into a raid boss. It's also an authority = rear end kicking setting so whoever was at the head of the Empire was going to be a big deal. I also appreciate that forces arose that the WoL can't assume narratively they'll always triumph over. Meta-narratively well yeah, it's a video game designed with success points to progress and no permadeath.. but you get the idea! The real point of contention is that Square writes very specific You Must Lose villain encounters for story building and if you don't like a specific one you never will.
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Did my first runs through a treasure map dungeon today. That's some fun stuff
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johnny park posted:Sure but at that point we had (canonically) defeated the god-king Thordan and all of the transformed Heaven's Ward singlehandedly, so the story had definitely established that the wol was really really really strong. So for Zenos to show up with no foreshadowing and literally just toy with us was a bit jarring imo "I defeated an impressive sounding enemy, therefore that should be the end of it and no other singular force should be able to challenge me" is an insane loving thought to have imo. Have you ever encountered like, escalation before?
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my brother in christ that isn't even remotely what I said lol. I said I don't like that he toys with the wol and that he defeats the wol with minimal effort, not that I dislike that the wol was challenged or defeated period I love this game but people get SO defensive of it that they literally don't even read lol
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Neo_Crimson posted:I actually liked that Zenos was that strong, both because it makes the world feel bigger and cut down on the idea that the WoL is literally the strongest being in existence.
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GilliamYaeger posted:The one thing I would change about Stormblood would be that we'd hear about Zenos in the leadup to Stormblood before actually meeting him. For example, Yugiri describing how they didn't lose to the Garlean army, no they beat their asses - but then this one guy showed up after the battle was almost won and just singlehandedly destroyed the entire Doman rebellion. Because I do like that Zenos is a thing and he makes the world feel bigger, but I also wish that he was part of the worldbuilding before Stormblood. It'd also make (post-Stormblood spoilers) Fordola an actually interesting foil, with both of them as Ala Mhigans who fell in with a larger power and got wrapped up in the politics. Make something of the primary difference between them being that Raubahn got the support of a good person like Nanamo while Fordola only had negative influences twisting her more and more, and not only do they make good foils, it also serves as foreshadowing for Raubahn's internal conflict about whether or not he's abandoning Nanamo by leaving her to return to lead his homeland. It'd also make Fordola getting a second chance in 4.1 actually make sense. Lyse doing it always felt paper-thin, but if Raubahn did it, it'd be very easy to make it about how he sees her as "how I'd have turned out if things had gone even slightly differently." girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Sep 27, 2023 |
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Shinjobi posted:Also Eureka fuckin owns  Krile Krew is still running! If you're interested in progressing through Eureka/Bozja with the help of experienced and knowledgeable folks, we're here to help! We can get you through Eureka from elvl 1-60 in about 9 hours total across 4 saturday evenings. We've also added BLU content to our weekly schedule! Saturday evening Eureka, Sunday evening BLU mage! No experience required to join and we're always happy to assist completely fresh people with forays or BLU mage! We operate on the Excalibur server on Primal, so you must be from a NA datacenter to participate! https://discord.gg/9FjjDQthhF
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Players new and old, if you want to do Eureka, get with Frida. Krile Krew is legit.
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When does the last tier of tome gear(augmented credendum in this case) become available for poetics? Does it usually drop with the expansion or sometime before/after?
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When the new expansion comes out. So when EW came out, we got aug cryptlurker.
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This was my first time playing the expansion as it was released, is the normal raid set the one that gets augmented? I haven't been running any savages, so the only pieces I've been upgrading are the relic set and the weird token thing they do for weapons. Though the poster above said augmented credendum, which means it's the highest end token gear right now? I've only got one role fully equipped with the credendum stuff, everyone else has normal raid gear.
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Duodecimal posted:This was my first time playing the expansion as it was released, is the normal raid set the one that gets augmented? I haven't been running any savages, so the only pieces I've been upgrading are the relic set and the weird token thing they do for weapons. Default token gear is 10ilvl lower than the gear that drops from savage raids released at the same time but you can augment the token gear to make it equivalent ilvl. Once the next expansion releases it's that augmented token gear that becomes buyable with poetics.
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I was wondering if it there was any advantage to spending months gearing up/augmenting all my favs leading up to Dawntrail, though now it looks like I'll prob just stick to 2 or 3 jobs. on that note, I'm looking forward to corsair #ninjaproblems
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Duodecimal posted:This was my first time playing the expansion as it was released, is the normal raid set the one that gets augmented? I haven't been running any savages, so the only pieces I've been upgrading are the relic set and the weird token thing they do for weapons. Normal raid gear cannot be upgraded. The upgraded, dyeable +20IL version drops in Savage. This will not change with patches. Once 6.5 hits on Tuesday you'll be able to upgrade a single Credendum piece to Augmented Credendum every week by using Alliance raid coins. E: You can also get upgrade tokens in Savage, which is how people get them currently. In 6.58 the one/week restriction on Alliance and Savage raid drops will be removed and you can farm coins and other drops freely. In 7.0 you'll be able to buy Augmented Credendum for poetics. Xerophyte fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Sep 27, 2023 |
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Speaking of gear and getting ready for 7.0, I'm coming up on finally hitting level 90 omnicrafter but probably won't bother doing any of the grinds for splendorous tools since I'm pretty far behind. What's the deal with 6.x crafting gear carrying over to 7.0, will purple scrip gear be sufficient for leveling or is there something else I should be aiming for like a crafted set?
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Xerophyte posted:Once 6.5 hits on Tuesday you'll be able to upgrade a single Credendum piece to Augmented Credendum every week by using Alliance raid coins. E: You can also get upgrade tokens in Savage, which is how people get them currently.
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iPodschun posted:Adding to this: The upgrade materials for armor and accessories will also be available for Sacks of Nuts, the hunt mark currency. The upgrade material for tomestone weapons will be available via alliance raid coins in a later patch, probably 6.58 when the alliance raid drop restriction is lifted. Right, thank you. I always forget about the hunt path to upgrades, since I never use it myself. In total the "endgame" gearing ladder in 6.5 and after is going to look like this, if I didn't forget anything: Armor 640: Crafted, Normal Raid Set 650: Augmented Crafted (Crafted + Causality), Credendum (Comedy), Alliance Raid Set (leftside only) 660: Savage Raid Set, Augmented Credendum (Comedy + Savage, Alliance or Hunts) Weapon 640: Crafted 645: Relic 3 (Causality), 6.4 Extreme Trial 650: Augmented Crafted (Crafted + Causality), Normal Raid + Comedy 655: 6.5 Extreme Trial 660: Augmented 650 raid (Savage. Alliance & Hunts in 6.58) 665: Relic 4 (in 6.55. Causality), Savage E: quiggy posted:Speaking of gear and getting ready for 7.0, I'm coming up on finally hitting level 90 omnicrafter but probably won't bother doing any of the grinds for splendorous tools since I'm pretty far behind. What's the deal with 6.x crafting gear carrying over to 7.0, will purple scrip gear be sufficient for leveling or is there something else I should be aiming for like a crafted set? The scrip gear will be more than sufficient for leveling in 7.0. The crafted set is only better than the scrip stuff if you overmeld it, which is only worth doing at this point if you intend to craft a lot of end game equipment in 6.5. Or if you really like more numbers and don't mind spending a few million on them, I guess. Xerophyte fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Sep 27, 2023 |
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quiggy posted:Speaking of gear and getting ready for 7.0, I'm coming up on finally hitting level 90 omnicrafter but probably won't bother doing any of the grinds for splendorous tools since I'm pretty far behind. What's the deal with 6.x crafting gear carrying over to 7.0, will purple scrip gear be sufficient for leveling or is there something else I should be aiming for like a crafted set? The latest scrip gear will be more than ample to cover the entire 80-90 range, and still be good enough for you to craft your 90 set.
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Poppers posted:Anyone play on a new Mac? I don't really want to get a PC to play but my home computer is due for an upgrade at some point. Only new-ish, but I play on a 2021 Mac mini with Ventura (haven't upgraded to Sonoma yet) and it works just fine. You'll want to look for XIV on Mac, which I've found more stable and easier to use than the official Mac client. Also, (StB and EW spoilers related to the discussion in the last few posts) my main objection to Zenos is not that he's stronger than the WoL, but that he's so goddamn boring as an antagonist. He's got no personality beyond "me strong, fight me WoL." My favorite Zenos scene is the one in EW where Jullus calls him out for being completely useless as Emperor and Zenos just stares at him like a golden retriever being scolded.
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I think that one's a bit too recent for this topic, spoiler tags or no, really.
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johnny park posted:my brother in christ that isn't even remotely what I said lol. I said I don't like that he toys with the wol and that he defeats the wol with minimal effort, not that I dislike that the wol was challenged or defeated period I have no idea how your complaint is any materially different from what I said.
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