Ok thanks, was just wondering if it had any significance. It always causes me to stop dead in my tracks and check it out lol
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Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers |OT| First World Problems
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Ok thanks, was just wondering if it had any significance. It always causes me to stop dead in my tracks and check it out lol
you look like you're stuck on 1.0And 65! Getting there. To celebrate I spent nearly all my gold on a new outfit, I think I look super cute!
edit: I don't want to across as mean, your character is cute, I meant the drab background
In the last MSQ dungeon I got the minion of it and I was like "WTF why are even here".
Wait, why would dps north change anything? Wouldnt the boss just follow the tank who broke toward the south and change nothing?
They are talking about during the big add phase when they are stationary
Me: Is Shadowbringer's Dungeon boss them even gonna be as good as Stormblood's?
Soken: You dare question my greatness?
There isn't much correlation because you can do the add phase correctly and flub the actual Titania fight with lots of mistakes. Also people not stacking in the middle for Rune Frost or not prepping for the growth rune can severely tank dps output.
This is the DPS of a fight where we beat her with comfortable leeway (I think it was 1mn30 until enrage) and 4ppl died including me so it isn't that strict but if for example healers aren't dpsing for shit it can be a problem
A friend revealing to me that on Titania EX it was better to just have everyone stack in the middle for frost rune was something else because the thought crossed my mind but I thought people would think me crazy for suggesting it since I only play healers and that makes our job slightly harder.
It took a good few runs before people took my suggestion to stack for the middle for frost rune. As even with it, the pummels from Puck were no big deal.There isn't much correlation because you can do the add phase correctly and flub the actual Titania fight with lots of mistakes. Also people not stacking in the middle for Rune Frost or not prepping for the growth rune can severely tank dps output.
This is the DPS of a fight where we beat her with comfortable leeway (I think it was 1mn30 until enrage) and 4ppl died including me so it isn't that strict but if for example healers aren't dpsing for shit it can be a problem
I have a sneaking suspicion a couple of the DPS just weren't on their game.
I actually love deserts in Final Fantasy more than snowy climes, and it's clear the SB Area designers could cut loose with all the trappings and little bits in these zones. Coerthas Western Highlands felt empty.
Probably too many were blowing cd's there when they don't have to.
More often than not it's more beneficial to hold cd's there for a "reopener" when she is targetable again.
Any time I have a reason to go back to The Azim Steppe, I'm happy. I'm glad I figured out it would be a good idea to turn off mount music early into Stormblood.
If anyone deserves it, it's you.
Situation: I managed to snag the free Heavensward a few weeks ago, but my wife missed out. We both resubbed and want to play together, but we have to buy her Shadowbringers so we can go through Heavensward together. Money is a thing, so I'm thinking of holding off on buying myself Shadowbringers until we actually get through Heavensward (it may take us awhile, it may go on sale, we may get sick of the game before finishing Heavensward, etc.)
Is there any content I'll miss out on in the process of going through Heavensward if I don't own Stormblood and Shadowbringers? Or is content for those expansions basically just the main story stuff that you would go on to afterwards? Basically just wondering because if there's fun stuff we can do together that she'll have access to herself otherwise then I might consider just getting myself Shadowbringers now as well.
Is there any content I'll miss out on in the process of going through Heavensward if I don't own Stormblood and Shadowbringers? Or is content for those expansions basically just the main story stuff that you would go on to afterwards? Basically just wondering because if there's fun stuff we can do together that she'll have access to herself otherwise then I might consider just getting myself Shadowbringers now as well.
You won't miss out on any content together until she gets past HW and into Stormsblood and beyond. That said if you hit 60 you will stop gaining xp until you own shadowbringers and thus Stormsblood. Having the expac unlocked means you can continue to level a job past the cap and set you high on the xp curve reducing the chance of needing to run a dungeon more than once, etc. Entering an expac even 2 levels above, as post launch msq tend to get you, is something you'll appreciate. Luckily that's one thing that only effects you at the end and you will know it's coming and by then know if you want to invest further into the game
It's funny you said this because my next run it dropped and I won it! :D
Resubbed. Now to remember how to play this game.
I'm somewhere in the mid 30's level wise. Rolling with a main profession of Scholar / Summoner. Will play for the next month then quit due to some vacation plans. I have a spare 60 day card I might use in the fall though.
I'm somewhere in the mid 30's level wise. Rolling with a main profession of Scholar / Summoner. Will play for the next month then quit due to some vacation plans. I have a spare 60 day card I might use in the fall though.
I need to stop counting how many A Realm Reborn quests I have left, but this stuff is so. Damn. Boring. 43 quests to go!
Anyone have an opinion on what the most fun class is? Black mage bored the crap out of me. I am a Nina now at level 39, and I'm enjoying it more. But...I still feel like I need to kick it up a notch.
Anyone have an opinion on what the most fun class is? Black mage bored the crap out of me. I am a Nina now at level 39, and I'm enjoying it more. But...I still feel like I need to kick it up a notch.
I really want New Game + for FFXIV...I just want to revisit the story, the world, the characters. Ysayle, Haurchefant, Thancred's character development, Moenbryda. It all feels so far away for me now.
I can't believe I've been following this story for six years and it still makes me emotional. Shadowbringers felt like that release, that emotional conclusion out of six years of build up. That will always stay with me
I can't believe I've been following this story for six years and it still makes me emotional. Shadowbringers felt like that release, that emotional conclusion out of six years of build up. That will always stay with me
Have you finished the story? I guess it's a discussion better left for the spoiler thread
I resubbed for a month, finished stormblood (which was okaish), got to Shadowbringers and I am really bored to death not because the story itself is bad or anything (I know everyone is singing dithyrambs to the story but I just left Crystareum) but because I am just tired of the general framework of how it works. Go here, do padding until the story moment, rinse and repeat. And while some of the environments look great, I am tired of looking at the same wooden animations, the same general mission design and the same cast that I honestly don't give a shit about (yes, I have been following the story without skipping since ARR). And I am also tired of the vertical gear progression, the endless grind of the roulette for the tomes, dps checks and the rest of this crap.
I must be an anomaly, but I don't feel the purchase of the last expansion was worth it (I pretty much finished Stormblood nearly 2 years after I bought it back when it first came out) so maybe I will go back when the next expansion comes out in the next 2 years and finish Shadowbringers? We will see. I have as much motivation to continue playing it as I do about going to work every weekday - that is to say, none. And then the price of the entry-sub is still 17 canadian dollars which to me is pushing it way above the value it offers for me.
Or maybe I am just done with the MMORPG genre permanently.
I must be an anomaly, but I don't feel the purchase of the last expansion was worth it (I pretty much finished Stormblood nearly 2 years after I bought it back when it first came out) so maybe I will go back when the next expansion comes out in the next 2 years and finish Shadowbringers? We will see. I have as much motivation to continue playing it as I do about going to work every weekday - that is to say, none. And then the price of the entry-sub is still 17 canadian dollars which to me is pushing it way above the value it offers for me.
Or maybe I am just done with the MMORPG genre permanently.
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I've really been pushing myself to be positive and have a great time, which is why I asked above for a really fun class to play, because I'm tired of the same things. The general framework of this game and it's quests. The animations look pretty, but feel...weak? Just...I don't know. I think I let myself get sucked into hype of newest expansion, and for 3rd time in this game's life now, I've re-subbed. And feeling like it wasn't a great idea. And like most MMOs now-a-days, I feel like I'm playing alongside people, but...not really playing with anyone.
I'm going to at least push myself to finish A Realm Reborn and see how I feel by the end.
I think part of it is a love for FF plus the MMO combat.
For myself, I'm constantly enjoying tanking in dungeons, and learning encounters, as well as putting the pieces of my class together as I'm leveling.
For myself, I'm constantly enjoying tanking in dungeons, and learning encounters, as well as putting the pieces of my class together as I'm leveling.
It sounds like it.
No game in existence can have uniquely choreographed animations or mocap for how much dialog and story these campaigns have so that's not something that will ever get better in 6.0. Either you can appreciate the story underneath it's mmo trappings that have to support a dozen types of players sexes/races or you can't and move on.
That framework is the foundation of how they release an expac every 2 years and it's subsequent patches in such a regular schedule.
Not even the most expensive games ever made, like RDR2 can manage more than 5 or so hours of actually unique cutscenes and leave the majority of stuff to basic voice overs when traveling. An mmo doesn't suit that playstyle so they have to resort to their usual pan/cuts/emotes during regular dialog.
Looking back Black Mage was boring back then but it's gets much better at 60 on up.
Honestly one of the fun parts of the story is figuring out exactly when the WoL is going to nod or slam fists together or etc. I can predict it to a T
Truth. Bloodgauge just got unlocked and added another layer of juggling fun to combat (Bloodspiller)
Is it okay if the job is hard? Because I think current Ninja is easily the most fun DPS job the game has ever had (in my experience at least), but it demands a lot from you most other jobs won't
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