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Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers |OT| First World Problems
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The HW music is godtier. I know they used the same melody in like 500 different ways and that got old for some people but I love the theme.
ShB finally overtook HW as best OST for its big fights and more consistent quality, but there will always be a spot in my heart for the nidhogg theme.
I love when sprouts post 'first time here, anything I should know?'
My sweet, summer child. Little do you know this will be finished in about 16 seconds.
Agreed, Foundation is still my favourite zone music. But the main theme and dungeon boss theme of ShB are hot fire.
It's like when you have to fight the Chimera in A Relic Reborn. 15-second fight.
Don't even have time to drag it up the hill for the aoe dodging cheese before it explodes.
Ok beat the game. It was never brought up again lol. I can only guess that it's something that will be explained in the coming patches. I feel like they left me hanging.
Anyway the game was fucking fantastic. I feel like the team can do no wrong at this point. The wait for new patches is gonna be so goddamn awful.
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I turned off the battle music so I could hear the map music more.
Whoa I did this for mount music but never knew you could do it for battle as well.
Me: "Only played game 2 months in the past. Got to level 35. It's been 2 years. But I'm not going to be overwhelmed like some noob."
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Question, how's the performance with the latest content on the PS4Pro?
I want to get back into the game, but I don't have any means of playing it (was pretty much forced to stop mid-way through the base Stormblood content) and have been thinking of picking up a used Pro cheap by the end of summer to get back in and catch up on the story.
Is it possible to do big fancy end content or just the big alliance raids at a smooth framerate?
I want to get back into the game, but I don't have any means of playing it (was pretty much forced to stop mid-way through the base Stormblood content) and have been thinking of picking up a used Pro cheap by the end of summer to get back in and catch up on the story.
Is it possible to do big fancy end content or just the big alliance raids at a smooth framerate?
Should be next week, Eden normal is 2 weeks after the expansion 'officially' launches (which was on the 2nd), savage and the weekly tomes two weeks later.
Everything is as smooth as Alphinaud's rosy baby cheeks. The only time I have a tiny bit of drop is when entering a specific city in the expansion because it's BURSTING with people, but that might be much more on my connection than the game.
For the rest of the content, tho, consistently playing at 60fps as far as I can tell.
My favorite is when sprouts get to the 3.0 final trial, and then just go "wait that's it???".
I think it's because the whole time I was expecting
Expecting Emet-Selch to call you by your Ascian name or at least for others characters to find out and react to it.
Decided to start the trial edition. Currently playing WoW 8.2 but the hype was too much so juggling both.
Went Pugulist for Monk and I am currently level 18. It's actually not as bad as I was expecting from the comments about early levels and MSQs. Been basically skipping the story so far though until I hear about 35.
One question: How long does it take to level other jobs, a bit panicked about my Monk pick although I think Samurai starts at 50?
Went Pugulist for Monk and I am currently level 18. It's actually not as bad as I was expecting from the comments about early levels and MSQs. Been basically skipping the story so far though until I hear about 35.
One question: How long does it take to level other jobs, a bit panicked about my Monk pick although I think Samurai starts at 50?
You get a 100% XP bonus for any job lower than your highest one, so it's pretty quick if you're trying something new. Getting MNK to 50 and then going SAM won't trigger this since 50 is still your highest level.
Leveling secondary jobs is faster because you get an armory xp bonus for having a 50 character, then 100% if you have a 60 to all xp from dunegons for jobs that are Lower than your highest one. So doing the best level appropriate dunegon means you will be flying through levels.
You can play palace of the dead to try jobs up to level 60 to see if you like them.
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how the knights of the round attack is basically the end
The regular ol' Thordan fight in general, where the damage is made up, and the mechanics don't matter. I've seen plenty of sprouts be completely baffled at how easy it is.
And then the ex puts you over a barrel with a cattle prod.
I did my best to hold out but I'm jumping into the game next week when I get home to my PS4.
The Complete Edition the way to go? That includes the most current release right?
I found hotbar swapping on the controller cumbersome when I last played a few years ago. Any recommendations for keyboard/mouse that would be compatible with a PS4?
Finally... any recommended realm or data center? I figure population is booming due to new release, but I'm always worried about winding up on a dead server when I dive into MMOs.
The Complete Edition the way to go? That includes the most current release right?
I found hotbar swapping on the controller cumbersome when I last played a few years ago. Any recommendations for keyboard/mouse that would be compatible with a PS4?
Finally... any recommended realm or data center? I figure population is booming due to new release, but I'm always worried about winding up on a dead server when I dive into MMOs.
I played Vanilla WoW on a dead server and it was awful, I have no fond memories of it whatsoever. The only other people I ever saw were Level 60 AFKs in Ironforge.
I have been absolutely overjoyed seeing all the people on Ultros.
I remember those days. WoW on a dead realm really made an impression on me. But I didn't know any better at the time.
Thanks for the tip on Ultros.
You can't actually get on Ultros right now. It's congested world (no new characters). If you want to join any world on Primal you will have to wait until non-peak hours. Crystal seems fairly open at the moment, though on the weekends basically no NA Data Central was open to new characters (as stupid as that sounds).
Lamia has been pretty great so far.
Okay. I played FFXIV 2.0 for around 11 months when it released, had a really good time. Quit a bit in advance of Heavensward, and despite hearing good things, I wasn't in a place to jump back in, so I didn't.
But everyone is talking about Shadowbringers like holy fuck, so...
...first off. I got a free copy of Heavensward a few months back. Is it good? Moreover, if I attempt to complete it, will I find able and willing souls to help me do so? (I am not on Ultros, it should be mentioned...it seems as though a transfer will cost me $18.) I don't even know if I'm near the end of MSQ 2.0; I have vague memories of fighting a scary armor man voiced by Richard Epcar in a fight with a shitton of lasers.
Or should I jump ahead to Shadowbringers?
I'm also a Dragoon and I remember being kind of a weaker job (or was it class?) so maybe I should consider upping one of the new ones. It might be tough for me to pick up Dragoon because I absolutely forget fucking everything about the job, and I won't have the first 50 levels to "learn" it, so maybe I should pick something else...but I remember 1-50 taking a not insignificant amount of time and the MSQ really helping, so how slow is it to bring something else up?
But everyone is talking about Shadowbringers like holy fuck, so...
...first off. I got a free copy of Heavensward a few months back. Is it good? Moreover, if I attempt to complete it, will I find able and willing souls to help me do so? (I am not on Ultros, it should be mentioned...it seems as though a transfer will cost me $18.) I don't even know if I'm near the end of MSQ 2.0; I have vague memories of fighting a scary armor man voiced by Richard Epcar in a fight with a shitton of lasers.
Or should I jump ahead to Shadowbringers?
I'm also a Dragoon and I remember being kind of a weaker job (or was it class?) so maybe I should consider upping one of the new ones. It might be tough for me to pick up Dragoon because I absolutely forget fucking everything about the job, and I won't have the first 50 levels to "learn" it, so maybe I should pick something else...but I remember 1-50 taking a not insignificant amount of time and the MSQ really helping, so how slow is it to bring something else up?
People are always running older content because of the Duty Roulette. I haven't had a single issue running stuff from ARR. As Tank or DPS. Most I've had to wait was like 10 minutes (which can obviously be filled by doing any of the other millions of things to do).
As far as getting to Shadowbringers... I was led to believe you had to clear all older content to access new expansions. Though I think there are skip items?
I'd say you're fine with Dragoon. It plays incredibly well in 5.0. The thing that helped me jump back in was clearing all your bars then putting things back on and reading all the tips as you go. Dragoon is really just alternating between two combos and doing jumps doing the cooldowns. You'll pick it back up much quicker than you think!
To answer the question of is Heavensward good -- It was lauded as the best part of FFXIV until Shadowbringers came out. It's fantastic.
Stormblood (which is between the two) is also very good, but doesn't hit the same highs as either HW or ShB.
Thanks! I'll definitely go through Heavensward, then. I did hear very good things about it.
Leveling NIN now that I've finished getting DRK up. It's such a mixed bag. TCJ not costing ninki feels awesome. Ration being better than Fuma feels awful. Meisui sounds terrifying. And this is dumb since this is how it originally was IIRC, but I'm having trouble remembering that spinning edge is a 2-hit combo now, so I keep using it and losing an Aeolian and the DoT.
Yeah, I usually tell them that the EX is the real deal.
Here's that old WoW developer gushing over it blog post.
Hey-o, Feep. I remember raiding in Coil with you. Honestly the game's story took a huge jump in quality after Heavensward. Go back and witness it!
How much harder is Titania EX then Innocence EX?
Also does Titania EX drop the weapons outright or do you need to get totems?
I beat A Realm Reborn 2.0! What a flashy finale. I do wish the bosses weren't basically instamelted by everybody lol.
Really enjoyed my time with this content, no where near the best FF has been but enjoyable. Played a Bard and had a good time with it, will probably stick with it going on from here. I like the Scions a lot when I actually got the time to spend with them. And the goddamn music, so damn good. Definitely continuing on with the game.
Now let me ask this, how rough is raid content? Do I need to research videos on encounters before attempting them? I would like to see Binding Coil and Crystal Tower. Also is it easy to get groups? Are there raid finders or is it a LFG thing?
Really enjoyed my time with this content, no where near the best FF has been but enjoyable. Played a Bard and had a good time with it, will probably stick with it going on from here. I like the Scions a lot when I actually got the time to spend with them. And the goddamn music, so damn good. Definitely continuing on with the game.
Now let me ask this, how rough is raid content? Do I need to research videos on encounters before attempting them? I would like to see Binding Coil and Crystal Tower. Also is it easy to get groups? Are there raid finders or is it a LFG thing?
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