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Kite Pride Worldwide posted:Yes! They could finally afford to hire actual British people instead of just randos off the street putting on silly voices. They're by and large a substantial improvement (oh god ARR Alisaie) For the most part the primary ARR cast are extremely high profile, well known voice actors. They probably didn't skimp on the budget or casting, but the direction is well, we hear the results.
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FuturePastNow posted:They were given basically no direction. The story goes that the guy playing Gaius had nothing to go on but a picture of the character so he just did his best Darth Vader impersonation What a champ. 
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Richard Epcar was told he was voicing the main villain of a Square game and figured that the Xehanort's Hearless voice would do the job, and he was right.
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I just unlocked Grand Companies. Is there any reason to pick a particular one other than fewer loading screens or something? Or are they just all pallet swaps of each other?
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Nitrousoxide posted:I just unlocked Grand Companies. Is there any reason to pick a particular one other than fewer loading screens or something? Or are they just all pallet swaps of each other? They're basically all the same. You can get gear from them which looks different (not just a pallete swap) but the mechanically they're identical. Go for whoever is coolest. Or go for the Flames because they're closest to their city's aetheryte. Also you can change your mind later if you want. Qwertycoatl fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Feb 8, 2024 |
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Only difference other than the appearance of their gear is that you’ll occasionally have your rank get referenced by NPCs in quest dialogue.
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Nitrousoxide posted:I just unlocked Grand Companies. Is there any reason to pick a particular one other than fewer loading screens or something? Or are they just all pallet swaps of each other? There is a specific set of pvp achievement unlocks for each company, i.e. I'm a Maelstrom kid so I got <Storm Howler> which has been my Zinogre branded Au'ra's title since I hit level 40. There's also specific drip, each company has a little shop in the capital city. Changing companies isn't a big deal thankfully.
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Getting pvp rank 50 with the Maelstrom makes you a Storm Chaser
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Woodywoo01 posted:I got Lancer/Dragoon to lvl 50 after starting as Arcanist, to go through Heavensward, it seems like the job most thematically appropriate, but I might change to Machinist or Astrologian later. I plan on saving Dark Knight for Shadowbringers, is that a good idea, or should I start it earlier?
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Nitrousoxide posted:I just unlocked Grand Companies. Is there any reason to pick a particular one other than fewer loading screens or something? Or are they just all pallet swaps of each other? I picked the Flames because you get a cool exclusive helmet.
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Which do you like best out of piracy, capitalism or racism?
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Trick question. They're all racist.
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I'd switched to Japanese VA, and Raubahn's actor did the best job by far so I'm gonna go with him. Plus its really close to the teleport crystal, and my class, the Gladiator is in the city too. Kan-E-Senna kinda sucks in both English and Japanese. I don't really like that city, and the questlines there are carbon copies of each other. Merlwyb was alright. Didn't really stand out. I usually port to Limsa Lominsa as my home base though since it's connected to The Rising Stones, though since I got pager from them, I get the feeling I might not need to go there much anymore. I also just like the vibe of Limsa Lominsa more.
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GilliamYaeger posted:At the very least, levelling Dark Knight to 50 right now would be an excellent idea. Dark Knight has what is considered the best job storyline in the game, and due to the storyline's themes doing the first act (30-50) when you're fresh off the end of ARR is the ideal time to do so. Kite Pride Worldwide posted:Dark Knight is by far the best job storyline in the game and worth doing just for that (specifically right now, even). Also it's probably a good idea to level it sooner than later considering it'll be 40 levels to gain by the time SHB starts, and I guarantee going back to jank-rear end ARR content will be very low on your list of priorities by then. iPodschun posted:I think switching around jobs for each expansion could be fun but also exhausting as you deal with leveling, gearing, and job quests every time. My choice would be to figure out what role/roles you like best and focus on that/those. Like, playing Dark Knight for Shadowbringers is thematically appropriate but if you don't like tanking that's just another burden to deal with. Thanks for the replies. I'll check out DK as soon as I hit the city proper. Also, Coils of Bahamut. Is that something I should start now and slowly go through, or something to tackle all at once immediately? I know from the 30 min wait time I need to use the Duty Finder for Unsync runs, do people do that often enough that it won't be an issue finding a group?
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Woodywoo01 posted:Thanks for the replies. I'll check out DK as soon as I hit the city proper. You might get some traction if you throw up a pf for an unsync group with newbie bonus. Even one level 90 will clown the fights themselves so if you can grab a single interested person, you're home free. It's broken into three coils of 4 or 5 fights each, that were released over three patches, so you might as well knock out each coil whole. It's a lot of cutscenes so it might be a bit of a marathon to do all three at once, but if you're down for it and have the help go ahead.
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It's also worth noting that Coils isn't mandatory--it's a good story that wraps up some major ARR threads, but knowledge of the plot isn't necessary to keep going and you don't need to have completed the content to unlock any other content. When I got up to Coils I watched all the cutscenes on YouTube and never looked back.
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It might unlock random extra dialogue choices in a quest or two several expansions later though, which is the real prize. It might. I don't know if it actually does
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Woodywoo01 posted:Thanks for the replies. I'll check out DK as soon as I hit the city proper. I don't think that party finder unsync runs are all that common for Coils. I'm sure it happens and you probably can find someone to help you that way if you keep at it, but it will likely be much easier to ask in your FC if you're in one or in one of the goon discords instead. A max level character can solo the actual fights in Coils no problem, and gets a bunch of tomestones for doing so if there's a newbie along. Going through the plot takes ~3 hours, however. It's enough of a project that it helps to have it scheduled. In the future the various 8-man raids will have their own roulettes, much like the 24-man raids and 8-man story trial bosses. Coils are an exception. Nonroulette fights will instead be the Savage version of the 8-man raids and the Extreme versions of the 8-man trials.
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There is a line in the Heavensward patches. It's not significant in the least but there will be an acknowledgement of it.
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One thing to note: Coils has some large mid-dungeon cutscenes, especially on the first floor, so however you do it try to make sure you're on the same page with whoever you're going with about whether you're waiting for people to watch them or not. If you're fine with other folks completely wiping the whole place out and you just watch back-to-back movies for ten minutes and then run through an empty world, that's fine, but it's frustrating to have forced upon you.
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Nitrousoxide posted:Merlwyb was alright. Didn't really stand out. I usually port to Limsa Lominsa as my home base though since it's connected to The Rising Stones, though since I got pager from them, I get the feeling I might not need to go there much anymore. I also just like the vibe of Limsa Lominsa more. Merlwyb's English VA was Skyrim's Meridia (the amazing Jean Gilpin). A soon as she spoke I heard "A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!" in my head. One of the few downgrades of the new voice crew. Not that the "new" Merlwyb is bad, but ARR's version was fantastic.
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Nitrousoxide posted:I just unlocked Grand Companies. Is there any reason to pick a particular one other than fewer loading screens or something? Or are they just all pallet swaps of each other? when you rank up all the way to Captain you can buy aetheryte tickets with company seals that take you directly to your GC, giving you the option of treating your GC's city like a home aetheryte and assigning your actual home aetheryte somewhere else so there's that to consider, itll be a while before you ever rank that high tho and like others have said it's easy enough to change GCs
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Unsynced coils pf's go up regularly and don't take long to attract a lvl90 looking for tomes, second chance points, or just help a sprout do a story thing. Just let them know if you're planning to watch cutscenes. Most people are happy to do other things while you do
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Sunday Morning posted:Merlwyb's English VA was Skyrim's Meridia (the amazing Jean Gilpin). A soon as she spoke I heard "A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!" in my head. One of the few downgrades of the new voice crew. Not that the "new" Merlwyb is bad, but ARR's version was fantastic. I was wondering where I'd heard that completely unplacable British accent before.
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Sunday Morning posted:Merlwyb's English VA was Skyrim's Meridia (the amazing Jean Gilpin). A soon as she spoke I heard "A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!" in my head. One of the few downgrades of the new voice crew. Not that the "new" Merlwyb is bad, but ARR's version was fantastic.
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Funky Valentine posted:I was wondering where I'd heard that completely unplacable British accent before. ARR Merlwyb also actually voiced Amanra in Age of Mythology, if you've ever played that. I recognized the voice instantly, but couldn't quite place it at first. Figured it out pretty quick though. She is the one voice I truly regret losing in the Great Voice Migration of Heavensward.
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girl dick energy posted:It doesn't help that new Merlwyb barely gets to even be on-screen, aside from that little bit of 5.4, so she hasn't gotten many chances to find her own take on the character. New Merlwyb is festering human garbage, so the less opportunities for her to get paid, the better. IMO
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Veotax posted:New Merlwyb is festering human garbage, so the less opportunities for her to get paid, the better. IMO
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What's up with her? I haven't heard this bit of drama before. Is she a TERF? Right wing freak? Tech cultist?
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Wow, these supply missions provide a TON of experience for a crafting class even medium levels. And they barely cost any gil for the resources while getting you a lot of grand company space bucks to boot. That daily roulette: leveling thing also gets me a whole rear end level for like 10 minutes of play. I think it gave my Level 33 character like 80k bonus exp for completing it.
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Nitrousoxide posted:Wow, these supply missions provide a TON of experience for a crafting class even medium levels. And they barely cost any gil for the resources while getting you a lot of grand company space bucks to boot. GC supply's a cheap, low effort way to get crafters/gatherers up, and it's how I got mine to 50 with little issue. You'll eventually be able to access tribal quests for various crafting/gathering oriented tribes that also give a good chunk of EXP per day, so it's a simple way of getting them all to max without having to spend much gil or time compared to stuff like Firmament crafting. Roulettes are, in general, your best way of leveling up jobs, especially if you don't have access to ultra fast queues for popular roles like tank. Leveling is the big one, but Main Scenario Quest roulette and Alliance Raid roulette will also give a big chunk once you unlock them at level 50. The Challenge Log is also a good and mostly overlooked boost: you'll be doing most of the big EXP granters anyways (handing out commendations, doing FATEs, etc.), and it can easily get you a couple levels worth of EXP if you're thorough in completing them.
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Nitrousoxide posted:Wow, these supply missions provide a TON of experience for a crafting class even medium levels. And they barely cost any gil for the resources while getting you a lot of grand company space bucks to boot. You can easily level all of your DoH/DoL to cap using daily GC turn ins and nothing else over a few month’s timeframe. Often you’ll profit off of buying turnins from the MB. I preach this as much as I can because it’s great.
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I do recommend checking out the tribal quests for crafters/gatherers once you get there even if you mainly level via GC, since the majority have very charming storylines and are easy to plow through even with suboptimal gear.
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leveling my FSH was like a 3 week ride of laughs and no effort and ocean fishing. it was basically free after i did my daily dow/dom roulettes. does anybody else switch to their lowbie job when its time to discover new zones as you fly to a quest or w/e? i've probably gotten a half level for free just by hitting the WAR button as i do msqs or whatever. then again i did that out in an EW zone the other day and aggroed four mobs as a 66 warrior and was like oh gently caress i did the thing and i ran, ran, as fast as i can Jonny 290 fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Feb 9, 2024 |
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I swear one of these days I WILL pick up all the sightseeing log entries on a class that can actually benefit from the piddly exp you get
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