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A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


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A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Marxalot posted:

I wanted to get in on this new expansion but now I have a vehicle that I need to do major surgery on this weekend :ohdear:


e: also don't forget father's day you nerds

Oh no! I hope your surgery goes well. Get well soon goon.

I got my dad an Echo Dot for Father's Day. I'm looking forward to his delight when he discovers you can ask it for dad jokes. And then the whole rest of the weekend, I am going to be a huge loving nerd.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Marxalot posted:

You missed the vehicle part, I'm fine personally :v:

Lmfao. Sorry, super baked.

PLEASE BE SAFE ANYWAYS

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Mazed posted:

So, exactly how do you pronounce "zwerchhau"?

Gesundheit

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009




not mine unfortunately

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


I got through both Walls, woo! Going to do the first dungeon tomorrow. And plenty of PVP, these changes looked weird on paper but it's so much more fun in game. Great xp too.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Did the first dungeon. I never get motion sickness, but for some reason the area on the first pull made me a little queasy. Just a warning for anyone with a sensitive stomach, since another goon mentioned one of the quests giving him problems, too.

I checked out the new housing area. It's really pretty, but I don't think it's necessarily better than the other ones. A lot of the houses are facing in weird directions (plots on the beach don't face the water, but the back of the house next to them, for example). It has a lot of fun details and a lovely atmosphere though.

Personally I'm going to stick with the Mist I think. Sorry Mara, if I change my mind you'll be the first to know so you can snag my old place.

Good luck to everyone on the walls. I played for a while, would stop for 30 mins to spam, then would play again. I eventually got through when I just sat my rear end down in front of Pippin for two hours while watching a movie. Don't spam if that's the only thing you're doing imo, it's going to drive you nuts that way.

That said, the amount of stuff that opens up after Pippin is pretty cool and it's a good "stopping point" as far as unlocking stuff now instead of waiting goes. I personally am going to stop here for a bit and do other things until the instance server is no longer getting hammered.

A Spider Covets fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Jun 17, 2017

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Haha wow the queue is up to 3.3k. It seems to move at a decent clip though.

If there's a rollback I think I'll be okay, I just did Susano but I'm pretty sure the cutscenes after alone took more than 5 mins. Good luck goons.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Shy posted:

What matters though is how many people the FC can attract. Sure Excalibur is big and cool, but it could lose everyone outside goon FCs and be as good if not better.

Goons are just pubbies who paid $10 to read a forum

Givin posted:

It's worth playing, but not right now. Come back in like a week or two, maybe.

When you come back, just pick a job that you think looks cool and do it. Do FATEs, dungeons, read up on Palace of the Dead. Tons of stuff to do. You have all that main story quest done so you don't have to slog through that. There is plenty more slog to do after that without having to go through 2.0 again.


This is good advice, if things with these bottleneck quests go as they have in the past it will take a little while for everyone to squeeze through and for the server to get back to normal.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


8-Bit Scholar posted:

2,476 person queue

what is going on with this game

Based on the last page they did a quick reset and a 5-min rollback maybe who knows? Excalibur went down and the Discord exploded with goons as we all shrieked in unison "404, 404" into the mid-afternoon sky

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Oxyclean posted:

I imagine that has to do with the thing they added that's supposed to return you to the previous emote or w/e after you come out of the queue.

ahem,

Lmao.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Can't deal with how cool xaela are in this expac, hello fantasia

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Saint Freak posted:

The dungeon 3, 2nd boss just publicly shames people who are poo poo at the game and that's rad.

Lol it's a fun boss, I like it

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009




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A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


I hope I still have the gear I won in Badam when I get back, I'm having a blast looking super cool in the new sets. Wonk wonk

Also now I'm going to have to do the tribes storyline finish a third time :japan:

Ah well, still having a blast. Good night goons!

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


super sweet best pal posted:

This is the summer of level 69.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


I'm gonna get really powerful

Strong Bee

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Ciaphas posted:

I can't do it, I can't play a non-DPS role. Gonna just have to find something to do during queues.

I wish you could at least hunt reliably during them, but being alone is no way to get hunt mob credit!

Hey ciaphas what level r u? I'm going to sleep but maybe I can help you queue this week. This is Bee.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


:chloe: I was just hanging out in my squadron room!

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009



oh you lucky fuggin duck

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Umbreon posted:

I want to get my brother into this game as he's been looking for an MMO he can play with his GF without her getting frustrated by how hard the combat is.The main issue is that he has a retardedly small attention span when it comes to videogame storylines, and I'm worried the MSQ will be a huge turnoff for him.

How far can he get in this game in terms of enjoyment while avoiding the MSQ? Is that feasible?

I would suggest a different mmo, to be honest. The MSQ is required and it takes up a ton of time. The combat is fine to me and most players in this thread will say it's sooooooooo easy you guys lol, but it can be challenging at higher levels and isn't what I would recommend to someone who wants nice, easy combat to coast along with.

Maybe they could try something like Diablo III? It's not a mmo and it CAN be hard, but you control the pace and it's a good game to play with your SO and friends in my experience. Story doesn't take up much time, either!

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Umbreon posted:

gently caress I'm dumb, I probably should have mentioned that he's ok with doing main questlines in other MMOs if he has to, just as long as there's plenty to do otherwise. I know He's going to love the crafting system for example, and he's not afraid to grind as long as he enjoys the combat.

Oh sure, then I'd say he should give it a shot. There is an absolute ton to do, and if the story drags for him but he really enjoys the game, he can clear the MSQ up to the new expansion by throwing money at Square. I'm not sure about combat in later dungeons and raids for his GF still, but I don't know if she like, enjoys a fun challenge, or wants to have a good time just mashing buttons. If it's the latter, I'd tell her to avoid EXDR, extreme trials and raids, and maybe play an easier DPS class (I hear MNK is very simple now, but I haven't tried it post-SB myself).

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Xaitil posted:

We do, I assure you!



I never knew how much I needed dad stache elves until now

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Lemon King posted:

So as of Stormblood, I can confirm the bug used to modify any characters in the following way is now fixed and can no longer be reproduced.
Plus I can finally share some character creation findings. :toot:

Cutscene Only Skin Tone
Used early on in the Black Mage class quest starter and the Hildebrand questline for the unknown antagonist.
A grey skin color also exists.


Crystal Tower Red Eyes
Only seen during the Crystal Tower Questline on G'raha Tia and the Royal Clones.


Mide's Blue Eyes
Bright blue eye color unique to Mide.


Bright Red Hair
Debug Color? Never seen ingame.


Hidden Highlights
Never seen ingame, however 16 unique highlights could be found.
Pictured is Bright Yellow on White, more can be seen in other photos in this post.


Unique Lipcolor
A very dark red lip color could also be found, most likely for a cutscene NPC.

If people did this before it was fixed will they still have those features? So cool and I'm jealous I never knew.

E: also I'm guessing you can't replicate them by downloading the appearance data of a character that has any of these features and loading it in the creator? I love messing with chargen.

A Spider Covets fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Jun 30, 2017

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Brainamp posted:

Basically everything about the Black Shroud is how you shouldn't piss off the trees cause the trees will murder the poo poo out of you and yours. And then probably anyone else that happened to be in the area, including the Gridanians.

murder trees are best trees

I legit enjoy nature as an antagonist in stories, though, so I do really like the lore behind Gridania. I agree with people calling for more Limsa, though, that definitely feels like the least-developed city, although it's got the best design to make up for it.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009



Goty

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Fortuitous Bumble posted:

Does anyone on Excalibur want to do Susano Ex some time today or tomorrow? I haven't had very successful experiences with trying to clear in Party Finder so far. In game name is Ross Perot

It wouldn't be as frustrating if it was just someone misaligning the stormclouds occasionally, but instead it's things like repeatedly dying to churn, or failing the DPS check on the sword.

I'd like to try it again tomorrow. I'm a SCH. I have it down to farm status, but party finder is giving me super crappy groups. If goons are doing either ex primal, I'll join. Sweet Bee is my character.

Give dog

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


cathead posted:

Mods please change thread name to WILD AND PURE AND FOREVER MAD!

I still love him he's so good

Can't get over the fact that he's a loving sentient sword that wields himself lmao.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Astroniomix posted:

That's Odin's thing too.

otp

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Orcs and Ostriches posted:

On Susano Ex, during the shuffling cup rock breakers, is it always the 4th rock on the emnity list? In each of my 24 clears we've just mass targetted the fourth and it's always worked, but I'm being told otherwise now. Early rumour and just lucky, or is that how it works?

That's what I've heard so far. I haven't been paying too much attention to it though, usually I'm dropping a heal right when it stops and then I just DPS what everyone else is hitting.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


I suck at screenshots and I'm not a laddie but here's the look I've been rockin' lately



strong bee indeed

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Minrad posted:

I feel like that top would go well with actual pants

They do, or the skirt to that one cash shop set. Here's a glamour I made mixing Shisui with other pieces before I went to the au ra that goons like less (I like lighter colors and pastels, generally, and the horns clashed with all of it).

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


SonicRulez posted:

Next time I get a bad PF group for Susano, I'm just gonna go for the sword. I want the picture for my photo gallery and I'm not gonna waste good people's time.

Do it as a SCH for the most ultimate results imo

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


e: blech nevermind it started working as soon as I posted.

A Spider Covets fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Jul 3, 2017

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009



hahahaha I've never seen this before, nice

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Farmed a whole ton today and got the Lakshmi dog. I have 3 full sets of accessories now, too. Oof.

Omega was pretty fun, I think I got lucky though. Only one wipe during all 4 bosses.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Man, you can really confuse the game with the saved character appearance .dats. I just made it change species in the creator (it reverts to default appearance).

Weird and not useful in any way, but cool to see how it works.

I'm also joining the "how did SE miss this" crowd, although I haven't found the color values yet. I wonder how they're planning on fixing it. :psyduck:

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


TT is the best casino addiction.

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


Thumbtacks posted:

They probably can't.

Lol, maybe not. I don't know, I'm basically a kid looking inside a calculator and going, "Oh, so it doesn't ACTUALLY have tiny hamsters inside making it work..."

My knowledge of coding extends no further than like, CSS, a bit about hex, and using CE on single player games.

MotU posted:

actually mini cactpot is but they limit me to 3 of my scratchers a day, the fucks

It's very cruel to spare us a gambling addiction with fake money wtf :colbert:

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A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


That would make sense yeah. It doesn't seem like you can do too much that's a) permanent and b) visible to other players, and none of it affects game play.

I think I've stopped rising to the occasion as of tonight unrelatedly, PF Susanex is a total slog. Yesterday and today I ran into like three groups where they lied about something or another before queueing (if someone hadn't cleared, farm when they actually were looking for a clear carry, etc).

Been leveling DoL classes, are there any particular mats that sell well so far? I noticed fish sell for basically nothing. Koppranickel mats fly off the shelves, but not for mind blowing numbers.

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