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Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers |OT2| The Zodiark Killer
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Welcome to FFXIV.
You get 30 days for free when you buy the game. You can check your subscription information on MogStation. That's also the place you'll need to go to pay for your sub when your initial 30 days run out.
Consider joining the Era Free Company if you're on Ultros.
Use someone's referral code before your free 30 days runs out to get free stuff after you pay for your first month.
I started on Famfrit so I'd get the XP bonus, am I able to switch to Ultros later?
You can switch servers at any time, but it costs 18 of your finest American dollars (or your regional equivalent) to do so
You can also visit other servers on your Data Center, but you can only join FCs that are on your own server. So, hypothetically, if you wanted to play with someone in the Era FC, you could, but you still can't join the Era FC unless your character is on Ultros
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Okay I understand thanks. I'll definitely switch over when I've gotten my bearings.
I started on Famfrit as well. Still having a lot of fun with it. I'm still just following along with the MSQ. My BLM is 56 currently and I still can't get the new abilities post level 50 because I need to move the story along more, lol.
I got bored of Shadowbringers main quest at the trolly bollocks so I got distracted power levelling Miner. Went back to MQ and what the fuck is this writing
in short Thancred is cool again and Ranjit sucks
Ranjit just kicks the trolley you spent wasting time getting to work then you get a cool Thancred moment and fight. Now this should be where Ranjit dies as his plot is done and it helps Thancred finishes his plot also. They both are fathers to Minfillas and Thancred is the new better replacement. Instead he teleports away just so obviously we can kill him later. If this was a single player Final Fantasy or any other RPG Ranjit would have died then. Doesn't help his music sucks you know he appears when hear that shitty intro.
in short Thancred is cool again and Ranjit sucks
Yeah Zenos' power level was perfect. The WoL thinks they're hot shit and then Zenos comes along and tells them to sit the fuck down. Then you're a bit more even on the second encounter until finally you've surpassed him in the third. Ranjit felt like he was strong for no reason.
To me, Ran'jit is one of those characters that's interesting on paper, but the execution was lacking. He seemed like a badass when I first saw him in the game, and his fighting style is pretty neat. But none of the fights with him are particularly interesting or challenging. They just felt tedious to get through. One of the very few things I didn't like in ShB. Felt like there was a better version of the character we didn't get to see.
Ranjit was fine. His story is pretty interesting, though I wish they did more with it. He isn't really Zenos 2.0. You only fight him like, twice as the WoL. The first time you're caught off guard more than anything. The second time you deal with him without too much trouble.
I assume most people mean it as in a recurring antagonist, but I think you needed someone like that in this expansion. Vauthry sure wasn't going to be that and Emet had a very different role in the story.
I assume most people mean it as in a recurring antagonist, but I think you needed someone like that in this expansion. Vauthry sure wasn't going to be that and Emet had a very different role in the story.
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I did it all for the Moogle Dance
Those are transformative levels for BLM. Ley Lines at 52, Enochian at 56, and Fire IV at 60 and shit starts getting real. It's when things finally get more interesting than casting Fire 1 over and over again hoping for a Firestarter proc.
Tanked a bit today for the first time in years (might as well have been the first time ever, only tanked a handful of times when I last played a couple years ago). Honestly went better than I expected. Did Aery, Dusk Vigil, and 2x Sirensong, and they all went off without a hitch. Even had two people in the party for the last Sirensong run thank me for interrupting the scream move of the mid-boss thing just before the end boss. So that felt pretty good.
So yeah, slowly getting over my fear of tanking, heh.
So yeah, slowly getting over my fear of tanking, heh.
Nobody ever interrupts that shit, so that is legit. Or if anything they use their interrupt on the significantly less important attack she does right before the charm.
Zenos was fine in stormblood he was first person to casually defeat the WoL after 2 storylines of us easily winning. Then the second fight is a botched assassination attempt and then you overcome him 3rd time it actually progressed well.
the dumb part of Zenos is the whole he was a badass gunblade user then during Doma invasion he tried the katana for fun but because he so badass he was able to master it easily. Best thing about him is the VA and armour the whole body swapping plot is some Kingdom Hearts eye rolling stuff.
ranjit is just not a threat that makes sense he badass because he being fighting for 50years training minfillas and something about a snake. We had Sin eaters having a try hard villain was not needed what's worse is plot wise he could been fine. Have him win first fight because the group was tired from the battle for minfilla. Keep the dungeon fight and him being trapped then introduce the snake dragon thing for the Thancred fight which ends with his death. Explain his motives during it to cap it off like they was doing before they coped out can't have a enemy die not by the WoL hands for some reason.
god admit I turned around on the Thancred plot he started out bleh but grew on me hopefully we keep confident fun Thancred now instead of broody one.
the dumb part of Zenos is the whole he was a badass gunblade user then during Doma invasion he tried the katana for fun but because he so badass he was able to master it easily. Best thing about him is the VA and armour the whole body swapping plot is some Kingdom Hearts eye rolling stuff.
ranjit is just not a threat that makes sense he badass because he being fighting for 50years training minfillas and something about a snake. We had Sin eaters having a try hard villain was not needed what's worse is plot wise he could been fine. Have him win first fight because the group was tired from the battle for minfilla. Keep the dungeon fight and him being trapped then introduce the snake dragon thing for the Thancred fight which ends with his death. Explain his motives during it to cap it off like they was doing before they coped out can't have a enemy die not by the WoL hands for some reason.
god admit I turned around on the Thancred plot he started out bleh but grew on me hopefully we keep confident fun Thancred now instead of broody one.
Ah damn, didn't know the Ranjit stuff. Haven't gotten too far into Shadowbringers, a bit bummed by spoilers now. Guess I should be more careful with what posts I read in here.
Yeah, its why I decided to stop popping in until I'm finished with SHB.
Finally finished the main story for A Realm Reborn! Now I've got a billion blue quest markers on the map. I'm going to assume that most of them are for unlocking dungeons, lol.
Speaking of dungeons, most people have been very helpful and understanding so far. I just died twice in a row against a certain enemy in a dungeon and after the fight was over someone explained the mechanic that was killing me. It feels bad having no idea what to do in a given situation but like I said, everyone has been understanding and helpful.
I felt pretty good a few minutes later too. The tank pulled a ton of enemies (which we had been doing with no problems up to that point) but the healer was too far behind to heal him. I saw what was happening and used sleep right as the tank died which stopped all of the enemies long enough for the healer to revive the tank and we didn't wipe. I might have been able to stop the tank from dying in the first place if I wasn't still fumbling with the controls, lol.
Speaking of dungeons, most people have been very helpful and understanding so far. I just died twice in a row against a certain enemy in a dungeon and after the fight was over someone explained the mechanic that was killing me. It feels bad having no idea what to do in a given situation but like I said, everyone has been understanding and helpful.
I felt pretty good a few minutes later too. The tank pulled a ton of enemies (which we had been doing with no problems up to that point) but the healer was too far behind to heal him. I saw what was happening and used sleep right as the tank died which stopped all of the enemies long enough for the healer to revive the tank and we didn't wipe. I might have been able to stop the tank from dying in the first place if I wasn't still fumbling with the controls, lol.
Don't feel bad. The game is pretty consistent with its visual mechanic markers and introduces them at a pretty even pace, so you will get caught off guard by them less and less often the more you play.
Good stuff with the sleep. It's that kind of quick thinking that makes the game's combat fun. Sometimes a team can really bullshit their way of horrible situations, and it's imo one of the most rewarding parts of the game when you manage it.
I'm finally finishing up Shadowbringers and do I really have to do all the side-quests in Kholusia without flying? I'm level 78 and I found all Wind Currents and did all quests for currents thought I lack one Quest Current and I don't see any !+ quest on my map anywhere o.o
MSQ has air currents also. I mean, so did the previous expansions, usually the dungeon quests.
I'm aware but I'm currently locked out of the MSQ till I'm level 79 and I could do the previous areas with side-quests also with flying unlocked first and... oh wait I think I get it...
It's story/lore based right? You can't unlock flying till you defeat the warden as then the whole efforts in Kholusia would make no sense story-wise, is that it?
probably. Again, it's not the first time flying is locked out until you finish the zone, I'm pretty sure.
Yeah, it's been that way since they introduced flying in Heavensward. It's mostly just to make you actually travel through a zone and explore it, rather than simply give you the ability to zip through and ignore half of it right off the bat.
Issue with Shadowbringers is when on a mount you move slower then not being on one. Even heavensward was not that bad. It feels like you riding in cement until you grind out those currents even then you don't get half speed boost like previous expansions for finding half currents so it takes forever as you still not moving as fast as older zones
Checking on Alisaie first should be scripted in, that was an amazing intro to the expansion and the First.
This is where I'm thankful a friend gifted me the SDS Fenrir mount halfway through ShB, which has the riding map speed boosts built in by default.
Though, after I finished ShB I did enough FATE grinding while leveling RDM that I was able to buy all the riding maps anyway.
Yeah, it scales depending on your level. Very nice for multiple jobs.
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I think Alphinaud's questline is totally valid as a "The First 101" educational experience as well. Learning about the power dynamic of Eulmore is pretty key to getting the lay of the land, and Alis' more horrifying story beat serves to reinforce the queerness of Eulmore's Sineater cooperation in retrospect.
Either quest works great as an intro I think.
Either quest works great as an intro I think.
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