Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn - Out Now on PS3 & PS4 - 4/11: PS3-to-PS4 Transfer Live!

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Nope havent beat T5 yet, I'm a christmas noob.

Will the ACC drop not be evened out with HQ Eggs?
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Sadly no, the loss is pretty big. Technically you 'can' get away with not being hit capped for t1-t4, especially since everyone uses the enrage method on t2 now. But for progress on t5 to get the pants, acc is non-negotiable; absolutely must be capped.

 
Patch notes for 2.15.  Nothing really interesting unless you pvp or do gathering.  The GP change is a huge quality of life improvement at least.  The crafting item added to CT will at least give me another reason (other than tomes) to spam 'in progress' CT runs in hopes of a 2/4 or 3/4 queue.  Pretty funny about them changing in progress queues to only show 0/1 instead of the actual boss the run is on.  All this means is people will join, see it's not what they want and leave.

SE is really new at this despite all of XI. : \

 
Jodou said:
Patch notes for 2.15. Nothing really interesting unless you pvp or do gathering. The GP change is a huge quality of life improvement at least. The crafting item added to CT will at least give me another reason (other than tomes) to spam 'in progress' CT runs in hopes of a 2/4 or 3/4 queue. Pretty funny about them changing in progress queues to only show 0/1 instead of the actual boss the run is on. All this means is people will join, see it's not what they want and leave.

SE is really new at this despite all of XI. : \
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Thrn you get locked out for 30 minutes.
 
Deader2818 said:
Thrn you get locked out for 30 minutes.
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Not for in progress runs, which is the only thing they're changing. Once anyone leaves from a party, new joiners or anyone else from the original party can leave with no penalty.

Decided to film the cutscene from the DQX cross-over event because it's too hilarious to miss. Slight NSFW warning; play with headphones at least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNOWeegrsjc

 
Dat puff-puff!

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It's frickin' embarassing how shitty people are at this game. I'm doing a WP run in ilvl 55 and the WHM in ilvl 75ish complains to me that because of my lvl 40 shield I'm impossible to heal on the Tonberry King fight.

Grudge does ~70% of my max health w/ 3 stacks and I rotate CDs for every one. This idiot had no concept of pre-casting and would only start casting the slowest goddamn heal AFTER I took the damage. Where the fuck is the Stoneskin or the heal that lands as soon I take damage.

IDK if this game is many people's first MMO or what but goddamn they're bad, and they love to point fingers too. Gear > skill, like always right?

Running the FFXIV App and looking at DPS meters on Ifrit HM made me super depressed, but at least I got my weapon. I seriously just need to recruit the rest of my raid group and stop pugging before I lose my sanity.

 
I rarely see other healers that can pre-heal, but TBH in this game it's pretty shit unless you absolutely know the timing on an attack.  Interrupting a heal in this game gives you an error if you queue up a new heal too fast, which then makes your heal an entire GCD late.  You've probably noticed if you use instant cast abilities off the GCD it can interrupt anything you cast afterward if you're too quick.  For that reason if I cast a heal that will go off before damage is done, I'm pretty much fucked either way so I have to let it go off and quickly pop off another heal.  But yeah, if your HP is too low with 3 stacks it can one-shot you in there without virus or eye for an eye up.

 
This game is so goddamn bad with animation locking, to a point where it's almost unplayable for me. I'll suck it up, but coming from WoW where the GCD is way lower and instant casts are actually... well, instant; this game feels kinda broken.

I OT'ed Ifrit HM and was on interrupt duty. I just changed to Sword Oath cause I'm not taking any damage. That's fine and all, but I could not even do a proper rotation because I have to have nothing queued up just so I can stun. If I press any attack that's on GCD even a split second before he casts Eruption, I can't interrupt it. That is absolutely fucked up.

I haven't read up on many of the other fights, but I mean I hope raids don't emphasize stun or silences because I don't raid just so I can sit there auto-attacking 90% of the time.

Ran Haukke Manor HM for the first time today and that was but a glimpse at the type of difficulty I was expecting from end-game content. Seemed like the DPS and healer in my group knew what they were doing, and it was still pretty tense at times. Looking forward to harder content! (ilvl 60 now)

(Being bogged down by all the "daily" activities in this game already, lol. I mean they're very rewarding vs. running WP a billion times, but man there's stuff to do for crafting, philos, myths, beast tribes... The time requirement if I want to be efficient is pretty high :/)

 
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Ifrit HM you have one job: stunning and auto-attacking.  They changed diminishing returns too, so now people need to expect plumes and not count on you anyway.  I always played that way regardless and it saved me plenty of times while idiots would stand there and eat it.  You'll be expected to silence ADS in coil unless you're running with two bards, but IIRC that's off the GCD.  I say off GCD but you can still get screwed by the timing if you're swinging at the time.  Same issue for bard since I've missed my silence because the cast bar came up the second I fired off a shot and couldn't weave the silence fast enough.  When I know it's coming, I just sacrifice DPS to make sure I get it.

And Haukke HM is pretty easy, so you have no idea lol.

HUGE PSA: if you roll need/greed on the Dimensional Fragment in CT and win it, that will be your weekly loot lockout.  Pretty stupid of them to make a rare crafting mat only available to those willing to sacrifice their loot or don't need anything from CT.  Helps me out if I see it next week (capped my myth and got mnk chest on greed lol) since not many players would roll on it but sucks for everyone else who might want it.

 
I've cancelled my auto-renew and am not sure I am going to continue playing once my current subscription runs out.

Since 2.1, I have had atrocious lag spikes that last for a few seconds and then everything speeds up and regulates.  This is a serious problem in the extreme primal raids and coil.  There are huge threads on the forums regarding these issues and it appears as though there is a level3 hub in Montreal that is causing massive packet losses for certain ISP's, including my Verizon Fios out of the NE.  Individuals have cited a third party program called WTFast in correcting their problem.  I play on PS3 so I am unable to use these programs.  SE cannot do much to correct this issue so unless there is a legit solution for PS3 users, I am probably going to move on.

 
I was hoping my issue would be resolved since the update as well but alas, they have not.

It is a real shame because I really enjoy this game.  I just refuse to be hamstrung by lag issues that are out of my control.

 
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they are both droolworthy i am totally waiting for the damn PS4 version hoping *crossing fingers for this* they will offer another CE edition with Yoshi Amano's work.

PS thanks Jodou
 
Honestly I don't feel any stronger as I'm getting gear. I had DPS doing less than me with their ilvl being about 15 higher than mine so... I just want to do Coil, all this other nonsense seems irrelevant.

But, seeing how many FCs on the server have cleared T5 already, I'm not really expecting that to be hard either.

 
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This game really is part gear and part knowing your rotations. If you have really good gear while doing the right rotations, you will see a big difference. If you have ok gear and do the right rotations and someone has great gear but don't do the right rotations, you will do more damage than them.

 
So no player housing in 2.2 so far, which is all I cared about.  Coil will be dumbed down for LFR and probably just have a weekly loot lockout since they're removing being saved to it.  New HM/EM stuffs, Leviathan, new coil and dungeon meh.  At least crafters will have something new to make, so hopefully I can make money again for when player housing is finally put in.

 
PSA: PC CE digital copy is only $17.99.  This will get you the existing CE items and the new ones coming if you wanted to upgrade.  If you're coming from PS3, it will also include a free month so in reality you're only paying an extra $3-5 depending on your sub.  I did the reverse when PS3 digital copies were $10, saving myself a couple bucks on a month of gametime.

 
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Jodou said:
PSA: PC CE digital copy is only $17.99. This will get you the existing CE items and the new ones coming if you wanted to upgrade. If you're coming from PS3, it will also include a free month so in reality you're only paying an extra $3-5 depending on your sub. I did the reverse when PS3 digital copies were $10, saving myself a couple bucks on a month of gametime.
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Apparently i had a $5 credit in my Amazon account so this basically cost me nothing except an early payment for a month of game time. Thanks!

 
I'm all set on the CEs, but my friend who has the PC version alrrady is looking to buy the CE for $18 for the extra stuff. Would he get the bonus month too, or no?

 
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/01/27/final-fantasy-xiv-ps4-coming-april-14th-collectors-edition-revealed/

The PS4 version of FFXIV ARR will be out on April 14 with the beta starting on February 22 and it'll have a CE of its own:

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And instead of the standard version, which gets you the game and 30 days of game time, there’s also a unique Collector’s Edition, which will look great in your collection. It features art, music and movies you can proudly show off to your friends, but also offers you the support every professional adventurer needs in the form of in-game items!

The Collector’s Edition contains these physical items:

  • Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn exclusive box
  • Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn artbook — The Art of Eorzea: A Realm Reimagined
  • Final Fantasy XIV Seventh Umbral Era movie disc — The Waning of the Sixth Sun
  • Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn soundtrack — The Sounds of Eorzea
  • Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn art card set
  • Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn themed security token
As well as some sweet, sweet in-game items:

  • Fat Chocobo Mount
  • Coeurl Mount
  • Behemoth Barding for your Chocobo Mount
  • Wind-Up Moogle Minion
  • Baby Behemoth Minion
  • Helm of Light (increases your earned experience by 20% until level 10!)
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Not FFXIV related, but still FF:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQrBSO74DzA

Seeing this makes me wish they made it a playable game.  It also illustrates how absolutely retarded the story of XIII-2 was lol.

 
Wow, glad I picked up a couple. PSA, you can only pay your account up to 180 days in advance. I bought two cards the other day but I have to hold on to one of them until my sub drops back below 120 days.

 
Such a relief to finally be rid of dailies.  Since they're determined to copy one of WoW's shittier 'content' models they need to make these less terrible in the future.  People tell me all the time dailies are optional, but as a completionist we all know that's impossible.

At least Loonh Gah's questline is pretty awesome; just sucks most players won't see it since they have to waste a month of their time to see it.  Mild Spoiler Warning:

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Jodou said:
10 days per reputation tier to complete. 3 tiers to complete. 30 days = 1 month.
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Yuk!

Jodou said:
Not for in progress runs, which is the only thing they're changing. Once anyone leaves from a party, new joiners or anyone else from the original party can leave with no penalty.

Decided to film the cutscene from the DQX cross-over event because it's too hilarious to miss. Slight NSFW warning; play with headphones at least.

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Jodou said:
I must say, I've caught myself looking quite a few times lol. . .

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I feel you should just turn this thread into pics at various locations in a bikini.

 
I'm thinking of picking this up. Havent pkayed ff since ps2. Hows this game presented? Oblivion or turn based? Cost to play per month?
 
think FF12 turn based you have a wait time on abilities. 12.99 a month for 1 character or 14.99 a month for 7? unless you are a legacy player then it is cheaper.

basically create a character and main vocation then get to level 15 and continue with said vocation or try others. Main quest line and a ton of side content plus vocation missions.

 
finally just about to get my chocobo grinded out my last few story missions before getting into the grand company. One thing I really dislike is duty finder I sat at the Ifrit Primal Trial not able to do anything else for about an hour before some people finally queued up. 

Really enjoying the game now started out as archer and then tried arcanist now thinking I will probably tank as Gladiator > Conjurer > Paladin.

Am wondering how valuable the mixed class jobs are  Bard/Dragoon/Paladin  end game content wise. Wondering if it is better to be just a gladiator or a Paladin if in like a month or two when I have sunk enough time to finish the story and level my jobs up enough. 

 
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