FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood

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Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Ground floor in this fractureless mmo

# ¿ Jun 16, 2017 02:55

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# ¿ Apr 30, 2024 08:25

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

SwissArmyDruid posted:

Play-by-play of the SB WAR job quest:

Hey, it's a regular Roe-town Bro-down Showdown! (It helps that I too, am a Roe. =D )

Oh wait, it gets *better*.

....oh wait, it gets *worse*.

....can we please stop doing AoEs that I have to dodge so I can get back to Fell Cleaving you in the face?!

OKAY, STOP WITH THE AOEs.

AND THE HITTING. =E

JESUS, making me have to switch to Defiance to top off....

Oh god, it got *worse*.

She thirstyyyyyyyyyy

xD so le epic

# ¿ Jun 20, 2017 01:51

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

TheRagamuffin posted:

Super late to this post, but I think that it's because, faced with many different ways to tone down SCH performance, the dev team elected to go with the option: "every single one of them at once".

Ah yes, the DICE method

# ¿ Jun 23, 2017 10:48

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

World War Mammories posted:

it's an upcoming zone or series of zones or something that's intended to fill a similar niche to diadem, except presumably not boring/awful, and it'll be involved in upgrading the relic weapon - that's all we know right now

Have I got a bridge to sell you

# ¿ Jul 7, 2017 05:56

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Lemon King posted:

After a few months of grinding, I finally have the Archon Throne.

It's a good mount but it would be even better if it played either gubal theme :argh:

# ¿ Jul 8, 2017 02:37

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

SonicRulez posted:

Is there a massive cheevo at the end or is it just for the satisfaction? I mean I must do it either way, but that sounds insane.

There's a housing item

# ¿ Jul 12, 2017 10:24

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Toshimo posted:

Since someone asked about this in fcchat:

The CRP leve with the highest possible xp/leve is making Zelkova longbows which take 4 advanced items from 3 different classes. It's a level 68 leve, and if you could do it at 60, it would take 41 leves @ 1.62mxp/leve to go from 60-70.

The level 60 CRP leve for Beech Lumber takes... Beech Lumber and is worth 1.36mxp/leve. It takes 49 leves to go 60-70.

This actually makes a lot of sense because

How many logs / lumber does it take total?

# ¿ Jul 13, 2017 01:10

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Orcs and Ostriches posted:

People get really loving weird over protect, and they should just take it out of cross-role entirely or make it a WHM CD like in pvp.

B-but it's not a FF game without protect! What will I do without my 30 minute buff? :ohdear:

# ¿ Aug 5, 2017 21:49

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Reiterpallasch posted:

actually, they don't value human life as highly as european cultures do, which is why summoner's mp efficiency is so bad

But would having a PTR be using human wave tactics :thunk:

# ¿ Aug 9, 2017 03:59

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

HOOLY BOOLY posted:

Had a Red Mage just now in Shisui complain that i shouldn't be stance swapping because he kept ripping aggro off me in Deliverance. Once i told him i'm going to keep doing it because i like to do damage, he spent the entire next pull AFK typing out some long diatribe on how it's a leveling dungeon and it doesn't matter and i should learn how to "weave" Overpower into my DPS The pull he sat out was slightly slower, but suddenly there were no issues, no problems with the ninja or the healer taking aggro at all.

Why he waited until the last pull before the final boss is a bit of a mystery to me. Correct me if i'm wrong but it seems like just randomly throwing in overpowers while in Deliverance is a bit of a waste since aggro gain sucks dick while you're in Deliverance and that is time that is better spent Fell Cleaving/Decimating.

No you should for sure still be using overpower in between combos. I usually start a pull in defiance by throwing out an overpower or two, build gauge to 50, swap to deliverance, berzerk, infuriate, decimate x2, then spam overpower until berzerk ends. Also as much as it is on your dps to use their enmity skills, it still falls on you to actually hold aggro, and that might mean swapping back to defiance if they're really on point.

# ¿ Aug 24, 2017 17:53

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

HOOLY BOOLY posted:

From what i understand, the dungeon finder will always try to find one ranged/caster DPS and one melee so technically it's doing its job. Although it's a shame you never seem to party up with a BRD or MCH then, since they are the only ones that could possibly do anything goad-ish for you.

This is simply not true

# ¿ Aug 26, 2017 05:21

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Brainamp posted:

Fake edit: Yo, where the halloween glams at?

# ¿ Nov 1, 2017 02:34

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Dick Trauma posted:

Which one of you was riding around on that goofy Easter egg late last night?

It was me Austin, it was me all egglong!

# ¿ Nov 5, 2017 21:57

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Fister Roboto posted:

I've said this before, but it would be really cool if you more or less had a full rotation by the time you step into Sastasha, and further levels just add minor OGCDs or traits that improve your rotation.

Or at least give everyone aoe by level 15

# ¿ Nov 15, 2017 21:53

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Vermain posted:

What's the level 70 PLD opener supposed to look like? Been trying to puzzle it out on my own, and I'm thinking it's something like: Fast -> Riot (FoF) -> Goring, spam Halone/Royal Authority, fit in one last Goring Blade with Requiescat before FoF wears off, then spam Holy Spirit until Req is gone. Is that about right?

Pretty sure you go into holy sprit spam right after doing your first FoF goring blade, and by the time you're out of mp you'll have enough time to fit in one last FoF goring blade combo.

# ¿ May 28, 2018 01:54

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

The Chairman posted:

The smartest fish in all of Doma

# ¿ Jun 4, 2018 20:50

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

oh no blimp issue posted:

How do ACT overlays work? There don't seem to be any useful tutorials and only a million githubs with uncertain prerequisites.

https://gist.github.com/TomRichter/e044a3dff5c50024cf514ffb20a201a9

This is the guide I followed, although I haven't bothered to go looking at any other overlays yet.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2018 03:04

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Brainamp posted:

https://twitter.com/HJZ_artemi/status/866202803269648384?s=19

I remember really liking this idea but upon re-reading it I've noticed they want you to collect 99 fibers before you're allowed to buy the Nier items and you get 3 fibers from Golding a FATE. That's a lot of grinding, even with the 5 fibers you'd get each day from EXDR (without doing any FATES it would take 20 days worth of EXDR to get enough fibers). So while I really like the look of the fictional event I'm really glad they aren't on the ff14 design team :v:

# ¿ Jun 14, 2018 13:01

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

kirbysuperstar posted:

Lest we forget the Yokai Medallions

I heard that event was designed by people from Level-5 and not the ff14 design team, however it's not like the ff14 team hasn't made dumb decisions about how fates should be used.

# ¿ Jun 14, 2018 16:19

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Cabbit posted:

I can't believe Triplecast is only a 60 second CD.

Mother of God, two more levels and I'll be able to cast four instant Flares back to back if I pop an Ether and Convert.

Is there an ether this tier that gives you enough mp to cast another flare?

# ¿ Jun 21, 2018 11:32

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Alder posted:

A11n is the new pug killer.

A11N was always the worst pub killer of that raid tier I feel

# ¿ Jul 1, 2018 03:54

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

victrix posted:

Since the last time I played was 4.0 and I didn't finish the msq (level 68), is there a handy catchup guide for things I should be doing/seeing/not doing when I get up and running again?

Also you can just ask in FC chat if someone will make you i350 gear or at least a 350 weapon and they'll probably do it.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2018 00:32

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

ImpAtom posted:

What's the best way to level gathering classes anyway if money isn't really a concern? Are there levekits for them?

As someone who recently got everything to 70 :shepicide:

if money's not a concern you'll still do the gathering leves, but make sure to buy (or gather I guess :v:

) your GC turnins every day, with HQ giving double exp. Other than that I guess you can go buy or craft HQ gathering gear to make doing the leves and class quests less painful, but yeah there's no real leve-kit option like there is for crafters.

oh yeah all those seals you'll get for doing gc turnins? buy cordials, you'll need them

# ¿ Jul 15, 2018 07:48

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

MadFriarAvelyn posted:

If you teleport to Ceruleum Processing Plant you can see it being vented by the machinery around the outpost.

Unfortunately the exact color is up for debate as half of the people that view the exhaust swear it's blue and the other half swear that it's gold.

There are giant puddles of it in Cutter's Cry, they like to suddenly explode in blue flames.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2018 06:40

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

You don't have to pull fast if you pull everything

# ¿ Jul 20, 2018 07:52

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

M.c.P posted:

Chrysalis hack:
You know that DoT everyone gets in the tear? It actually gets applied before you go in, and then gets multiplied by the 10x duration thing. If you don�t get pulled in for as long as possible, the DoT will fall off and won�t be applied while you�re inside.

Also great is that beneficial CDs are increased too, enjoy that 1m long Hallowed Ground

# ¿ Jul 21, 2018 01:26

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

Someone help. I want to level up my Crafters, but they feel so lame and ineffectual aside from Culinarian, so I've only been doing Beast Tribes. But at that rate, it'll take me forever to hit 70 with everything. What do I need to do to level up quicker and also improve my stats?

Get someone to make you leve-kits and/or make you hq crafting gear that you meld materia on

# ¿ Jul 23, 2018 04:41

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Safeword posted:

Worst argument I've seen so far is whether Scholar or Arcanist are better. I just nodded along with it.

Is it worth levelling armour and weapon smithing alongside gladiator by the way, or should I just focus on the gladiator for now? The game seems fairly steady about giving me item upgrades so far, but having a bit more control over my equipment seems smart.

Trying to level crafters as you level your combat classes is fairly pointless since you'll be getting gear from quests anyways. On that note though, if you think you'll appreciate the sword more if you craft it yourself it's not very hard to do, but you just really won't be holding on to them for very long anyways.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2018 11:26

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Ytlaya posted:

Yeah, I was disappointed to find that the armor I got wasn't the same armor that my...opponent was wearing during the quest.

That was a cool quest, by the way. Were all the other characters seeing the animated corpse of the person, or what? Other scenes implied that I was just speaking all the lines Fray was saying, but apparently I actually fought stuff with Drillemont and others during this quest.

edit: These guys in the follow-up quest are referring to me murdering knights of the Holy See. What are they talking about?

Fray is wearing a crafted lvl 60 set, I think it's called the Chivalry set or something.

Ytlaya posted:

What's with this adventurer squadron stuff? I just got Second Lieutenant with Maelstrom and unlocked some squadron thing, but I don't know how to send them on quests or get more. I read that you need at least 4 to send them on quests, and I only have 3, but it's not clear how to get more. Do you just randomly get applications as you do challenge log stuff?

If you complete your challenge log stuff, there's a chance you'll get new recruits showing up at your barracks. There are specific recruits for different parts of the challenge log but the Gold Saucer challenges can get you any recruit.

Oh yeah, and you can use http://ffxivsquadron.com/ to track your squad and help you figure out what training to send them on and what team comp will let you beat a mission.

Drizvolta fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Aug 1, 2018

# ¿ Aug 1, 2018 06:22

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Do note that when they say "a bit" of time investment they really mean a pretty decent amount of time.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2018 03:35

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Brainamp posted:

They still throw snowballs at you.

At least they probably removed the rocks inside now :v:

# ¿ Oct 1, 2018 00:08

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Vargatron posted:

I'm putting together a O9S learning party group this Saturday at 8:00PM EST.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MR8tSmkvB6cVRYnZHJAqS7hlnPykVkQEvsgv4Ni_1rw/edit?usp=sharing

Only requirements are the ability to clear the O9S dummy and a good attitude.

Guess I should go hit that dummy

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 18:50

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

jalapeno_dude posted:

Ravana has the worst music of any HW primal by far; it's repetitive and grating.

# ¿ Nov 26, 2018 03:34

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

How do you do, my fellow Samurai

# ¿ Nov 26, 2018 18:14

Drizvolta: Oct 31, 2011

Zack Ater posted:

That is more or less how it tends to go, but yellow scrip can get you level 70 gear that's Good Enough for most stuff; HQ crafted, fully overmelded gear is the best, but if you don't plan on doing lots of endgame crafting, or don't want to deal with overmelding, or want some better gear to help you manage to craft the best HQ crafted gear by yourself (though if you're in a goon FC or otherwise have crafter friends, don't do this, get help obtaining the crafted stuff), then the yellow scrip gear is fine. The actually decent yellow scrip gear takes a ton of yellow scrip, though.

e:

You can have three at once, but you can switch them out a certain number of times (3?) a week by buying another with red scrip. Some recipes are specialist-only, and being a specialist gives you some powerful actions to use while on that class.

Most endgame recipes are no longer specialist only (there's a few housing or glam items as exceptions) and I'd argue that the 20cp you get at the start of a craft as a specialist is worth way more then the finicky actions it gives you.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2019 00:39