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So why are people so up on Fishing? Not having tried it, I've been assuming it's just like Mining and Botany, which are soul-draining hells. Is that not so for Fishing?
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Did anyone mention how great some of the music in this game is? 'cause it is. Butt rock with Titan! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmYFttdp-cY And hell, why not Garuda too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6QAF0Ydkig
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Sep 16, 2013 04:33
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xZAOx posted:I see that being a not-good-solution. Running something you're not geared for or good at, just to make a shorter queue time, is A Bad Idea. I'm not saying that's you, but when people start doing that, it'll just make those that sat in their DPS queue (because that's what they enjoy and what they're good at) have wasted their time when the tank completely sucks at his job, or is way under-geared. I'd be happy with multiple roles for a class just so I could play Paladin without wanting to harm myself when solo time comes. 
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Sep 16, 2013 20:09
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I've really gotta make up my mind on what to level. As of just now I have 40 lancer, 35 marauder, 31 gladiator, and 30 thaumaturge, with a smattering of the rest as required. Eesh!
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Sep 17, 2013 00:43
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boho posted:For EQ nerds, did anyone else think Coerthas Highlands had a very Marus Seru/Sanctus Seru vibe going, except for the fact that their city looks like Katta Castellum? Heretic spotted  Speaking of Ishgard, is their religion explained anywhere, like the nature of the Holy See and such, or do they just generally worship the twelve same as the rest of Eorzea? eta: i typed Isengard by mistake twice, damnit
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Sep 17, 2013 01:49
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Captain Oblivious posted:They appear to acknowledge the Twelve, but really only worship Halone. Cool, thanks. I always like it when gods/the "divine"/etc get involved in stories, Final Fantasy's included, so I hope your speculation bears out  On another note, does Square Enix sell 90 day timecards on their insane labyrinth of a site somewhere? I want that evil eye mount thing, and I'm going to be playing at least that long anyway!
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Sep 17, 2013 02:45
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I'm sure it's more of a historical analogue than anything else, but these explanations of Ishgard and what I've seen ingame really remind me of a slightly-less-horrible WH40K Imperium. Strict theocracy right down to an all-powerful Inquisition, constantly beset by war from an alien horde, distrustful of non-humans/any non-Ishgard humans (PC excepted; this is a JRPG after all), and things are a bit poo poo for the proletariat. Then again, I may be biased! 
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Sep 17, 2013 04:21
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Cabbit posted:Two questions: Race matters for approximately jack and poo poo, stat-wise, by level 5, and it only gets worse from there. Don't worry about it, be the steel-wearing lalafell you always dreamed of being! Did you pick Arcanist at creation? If so, your story quests keep you around there until level 15 or so, when you get an airship pass and get the grand tour (and the stories merge).
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Sep 17, 2013 04:47
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 Cavalry set. Man some of the gear in this game looks really loving good 
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Sep 17, 2013 05:52
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jerichojx posted:Oh poo poo son. I am on like run 10 or something for my Cav set. That looks awesome. I am just missing my chest piece. In the mean time, I have geared up sooooo many healers. Probably like
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Sep 17, 2013 06:01
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Terper posted:You get a sizeable boost to your stats with PLD. Go for that. If your healers actually need you to use that Second Wind every 2 minutes then it doesn't matter what you are, the problem is them. And yes, Sword Oath is pretty good. I presume for soloing you want to stick to GLA, since that nets you a bunch of DPS stuff (my choices: Internal Release, Raging Strikes, Blood for Blood, Venomous Bite, Straight Shot), right? Or am I badly underestimating Sword Oath/the extra PLD stats?
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Sep 17, 2013 15:48
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Wait, so full party fights aren't two tanks at all, they're "a tank and a totally bored stunbot"?
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Sep 17, 2013 16:48
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Or just make Gladiators more fun. Maybe improve Riot Blade to make it worth using; a small damage buff (or vulnerability debuff on the target), or something.
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Sep 17, 2013 20:05
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Valle posted:I doubt it. Had a pub tank pull every goddamn grouping of 3 mobs by running into the middle of them, so wherever he turned at least one was behind him, and he seemed to take a shitton more damage than any other tank I've ever played with. Not really a problem though, as you only turn to run out of circular AoEs. Is something wrong with this? I've always done that to make sure everyone gets the first flash (if I can't, I just shield lob then flash when they get to me) so that they don't even look at the healer funny. Then backpedal until they're all clumped in front of me. One of them starts an aoe, I strafe. Is something wrong there?  (edit) As far as running away from circle aoes, I turn so I'm facing almost 90 degrees from mob facing and strafe left/right to exit the red spot. That way other mobs in the pull are still technically facing my front, so parry/block still work. Mouse steering supremacy, I guess.
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Sep 18, 2013 01:18
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Rascyc posted:You're taking some free hits at the beginning of a pull when damage is usually at its highest because nothing is debuffed and everything is alive. Break the habit. Unless you overgear the dungeon like all leveling dungeons up to SV, then who cares just do what keeps you sane. I dunno, maybe I'm just picking nits. But I've found when I have to lob from max range (say in Haukke to pull back and dodge those patrolling succubi), by the time they're all close enough to flash, at least one's broken the line and started heading for the healer. Sometimes this has made the rest of the pull problematic, sometimes it doesn't, but I'm OCD enough to consider even a glance at my healer a personal failure v v(edit) Now that I think about it this was probably more of a "problem" with Overpower since you have to aim that. I'll have to play Paladin a while longer (I just switched yesterday--I prefer the sword/shield/holy aesthetic) to see if it's a solved issue. Ciaphas fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Sep 18, 2013 |
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Sep 18, 2013 01:25
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Valle posted:You misunderstood. He pulled the mobs, then stood in between them for the entire fight. He didn't clump them in front of him, he just stood there, right in-be-loving-tween them. Imagine if you will a triangle, with the tank in the middle of it, and a mob at each corner. Oohhh. Yeah, ew, that gives me fits just thinking about it. Learned that lesson a long goddamned time ago tanking in Burning Crusade. god damnit Illidan stop pathing through me and backattacking you son of a bitch
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Sep 18, 2013 03:15
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Vanilla Mint Ice posted:Tell us, was it worth it? Was it worth it? Dunno, you tell me.  Edit with a question: is it possible to buy exactly enough Crysta to get three months all at once of Entry level subscription, and get the 90 day veteran reward as a result? Ciaphas fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Sep 18, 2013 |
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Sep 18, 2013 05:10
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What the gently caress, I get 15 seconds of uncrittable out of 120 at level 34? I thought Gladiators were supposed to get good cooldowns, the hell is this thing. 
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Sep 18, 2013 06:11
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Aladar posted:Yes, there's an option to enter how much crysta you want to buy from 500 to 10,000, though I believe you have to wait for your free time to run out and your sub to kick in to get the rewards. It doesn't seem like if I select Entry level I can buy anything other than 30 days, 90 and 180 disappear soon as I change from standard.  I don't need standard, but I want eyeball mount. I'm conflicted.
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Sep 18, 2013 06:31
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Baldbeard posted:Running Bray with my 34 Dragoon with pugs. Scalemail chest drops, says item lvl 32 and includes LNC/DRG. Was it scale? I think it's a known issue right now that LNC/DRG can't roll on scale mail, i.e. gear one step below tank plate in defensiveness.
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Sep 18, 2013 15:56
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THE PWNER posted:I agree, in fact, this applies to everything. NO DUBS, only pure, original Japanese voice acting. I in the process of learning Japanese so that I may understand it, but I already know that it is far superior. Snark aside, Minfilla and that scion lalafell (Papalymo? something like that) (ed: and how could I forget whatsherface running Gridania, jesus christ) are rubbish and were enough for me to not want to listen anymore. 'least with another language, even if I don't understand it, I can catch some semblance of tone without groaning in empathetic embarrassment. 
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Sep 19, 2013 03:19
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Mr. Leonheart posted:Just so I'm clear and not missing anything, there is literally no reason to repeat the storyline Ifrit fight, correct? Besides it being kind of a fun fight (or at least pretty looking) or as a favor? Nope, just paltry XP.
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Sep 19, 2013 05:25
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Tiramisu posted:30-45 minutes. It'll go faster if you select all languages. Make sure you block out enough time too. The dungeon itself will also take 20-50 minutes but never more than 90. I've always been scared to check off more than English, 'cos if the "A Newbie Is Here" warning goes of I like to explain the boss fights. Don't think auto-translate's up to that
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Sep 19, 2013 06:02
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BLOG KING posted:Is there any sort of a tl;dr around for the story? I started playing this game and breezed through the story... but after Titan I realized what a bad idea I made! In any inn bedroom there's a book you can read to get a summary of the Story So Far and view cutscenes.
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Sep 19, 2013 16:20
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By the 50 endgame, do encounters require significantly more extra effort (beyond their usual jobs, i.e. damage and grabbing mobs) from the DPS or tanks, or is it a mix of the two? I'm thinking of examples like story Titan or Qarn here, where beyond the usual concerns of the roles, DPS have to be on the ball with gimmicks (landslide and gaols in the former, bees and verges in the latter) but the tank just kind of sits there and builds threat, maybe stunning or not.
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Sep 19, 2013 23:48
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Cabbit posted:I just got level 20 and the ability to stack a second level of Astral Fire. Unbridled, wanton destruction has help me come to terms with playing a catboy in a dumpy frock. Oh, for a muse of fire.. Near as I can tell it gets only better from there. Mine's level 32 after I've given up on tanking (tiresome) and Dragooning (melee on moving targets/flank/back detection  ) for a while, and burning things alive is still amusing.Not to mention the class and job quests. The whole Thaumaturge chain was, I thought, quite fun and well done, especially the one duty that beats you over the head with SLEEP IS IMPORTANT CHUCKLENUTS by killing you if you don't. Not to mention the quest to pick up Black Mage has me wondering what the hell is coming at 35. Can't wait to find out. you shoulda rolled a lalafell, cats drool
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Sep 20, 2013 03:25
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Cabbit posted:Without spoiling things, does the whole urn thing from the sleep duty come up at 30? I've got a theory. Yes indeedy. (edit) victrix posted:You're telling me there's a loving class quest that teaches you to use sleep? Yep, the level 20 Thaumaturge quest pits you in an alley of like seven Level gently caress You archers and casters in ones and twos. Gotta sneak by some, sleep the rest, and book it for the objective before they wake up. It was quite interesting! I failed twice 
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Sep 20, 2013 03:32
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quote:[9:24 p.m.]From 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (PDT) / 5:00 to 6:00 (GMT), emergency maintenance will be performed on FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. The exact hour I can reasonably play the game on weekdays with my work hours. 
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Sep 20, 2013 05:30
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KaneTW posted:Yeah, I'm pretty much doing the same thing. Considering the Fire I usually needs ~1-1.5s to hit and potentically proc a Firestarter, cancelling the cast for Fire III is pretty much a DPS loss -- Fire 1 (proc) + Fire 1 + Fire 3 is 520 potency over 7.5s (not counting spell speed) as opposed to 370 potency over 6s. And the chance that you can overwrite a Fire 3 proc is just 16%, so definitely not worth cancelling a cast over if you consider the potency per second. If Firestarter procs (or not) at impact, couldn't the result possibly be something like this, assuming you see the proc in time? Cast Fire I 1->Fling Fire I 1->Cast Fire I 2->Fire I 1 impact->Firestarter Proc 1->Fling Fire I 2->Instant Fire III 1->Fire I 2 impact->Firestarter Proc 2->Instant Fire III 2 Maybe I'm just confused but I'm not really seeing where the loss is, assuming you're on the ball enough to see the proc while casting the second Fire I but before you start casting the next spell in line. I don't see where a second proc is "given up".
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Sep 20, 2013 06:12
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Hokuto posted:In the order you listed the casts, the Fire III proc will not land before the second Fire I spell does, when popping the proc directly after finishing the second cast. I have never gotten a second proc that way. It has nothing to do with how quickly you notice the proc, either; There's simply too much lead time between when you can cast your second spell and when your first spell hits. You can't make the second Fire I go any faster. Oh, makes sense. I was operating under the assumption that Firestarter would clear itself as soon as you started casting your instant Fire III, but that's not the case I guess? Hence my confusion.
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Sep 20, 2013 06:31
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BadLlama posted:I would love to see a video of this. I have not had any mobs turn red when using flash on my War for the past 50 levels. The only time Flash has not worked for me on any class is when someone actually already got the tag but my UI didn't turn the nameplate purple yet. Might be similar, FATEs are pretty crowded and therefore laggy.
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Sep 20, 2013 18:46
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Up to BLM 34. Not sure yet if I really prefer playing it over my 40 Dragoon. Nice to not have to deal with odd melee range/flank/back detection, though, especially with mobile targets. Definitely more fun than Paladin at least, even if it means long queues
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Sep 21, 2013 17:37
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quote:-- following wipe #5 on story titan -- Maybe I'm just being stupid but how does that logic stand up? 
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Sep 22, 2013 05:00
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He was pretty awful as a whole, to be honest, I just wanted to cherry pick some really odd-seeming logic . Every wipe was a lack of healing, 'cept one where a clear lagout got the tank knocked off somehow. (I was BLM, and I tried to help, but Physick can only go so far, drat it) It does make me want to level CNJ a little bit, just to see how hard it could really be, but wow I can't think of anything less appealing than casting Stone forever when solo.
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Sep 22, 2013 05:13
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Aladar posted:I have to admit I have literally never found a reason to quest in my class instead of my job; I guess you could make the argument for some classes getting dps cooldowns that their jobs don't, but having unlocked paladin, bard, scholar and summoner, I would always prefer job over class. v Even as Paladin? I'd go slightly stir crazy without Internal Release, Raging Strikes and Blood for Blood.
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Sep 22, 2013 21:00
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The first boss of Cutter's Cry is going to be the death of me
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Sep 23, 2013 04:57
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I've got Weaver and Culinarian at 15 now. Are there any other good cross-class abilities I should work on picking up before  settling on a crafter?Also I am now THM and LNC 40. What the hell. 
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Sep 23, 2013 16:20
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BLM question now that I have Astral/Umbral III. When I need to regen MP I do Blizzard III, Thunder II (later III), Fire III, I got that much, but if I happened to get a Thundercloud proc recently or along the way, should I skip the Thunder for something else or just cast it again anyway? I don't get full mana if I don't wait at least a second or two.
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Sep 24, 2013 01:21
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 Has anyone else said the writing in this game owns? 'cause it does.
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Was there even a reason they decided to link bonus stats to class only, instead of class and job? (So you'd have separate bonus choices for ACN, SMN, and SCH, as well as GLA/PLD, etc)
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