No lies. I just spent 12 million on my first house and decorations and I'm never leaving it. It has a Summoning Bell in the family room, so I don't even need to.Glamour is the true endgame.
No shame in that. I love dressing up my character too.
No lies. I just spent 12 million on my first house and decorations and I'm never leaving it. It has a Summoning Bell in the family room, so I don't even need to.Glamour is the true endgame.
No shame in that. I love dressing up my character too.
No lies. I just spent 12 million on my first house and decorations and I'm never leaving it. It has a Summoning Bell in the family room, so I don't even need to.
First wave syndromeThe longer you wait to clear new content, the harder it gets, the increase in avg gear level+strats being widely available doesnt make up for the disparity in players doing content day one vs day whatever, sadly that's just how it is.
Also the skill level drop.The longer you wait to clear new content, the harder it gets, the increase in avg gear level+strats being widely available doesnt make up for the disparity in players doing content day one vs day whatever, sadly that's just how it is.
I formed my static because I was tired of all the PF crap. The way you always needed at least several pulls, if not the entire raid night to get everyone in a PF up to speed and on the same page just felt like a waste of time because you have to repeat the process every time you open a new session. Sure, I was probably helping people learn and that's nice, but it also meant I was stuck in conflag phase in T5 for months.The previous, unsure if still true in Shadowbringers, trend for JP has been they PF for the sake of practice and then being able to execute it in DF so you're right there. So this is where you end up with a more consistent strat base, better use of macros, and just generally a more willingness to simply "do as told" rather than people doing whatever split tanks/healers/DPS wise for positioning.
It's always funny when you PF something and someone only knows the fight from a specific position; literally no mechanics change but E instead of W or E instead of SE and suddenly they're griping.
There's a lot to be said about many people's suggestions are to practice in PF the phase ahead of where you are, the general trend of people assuming others are at fault, not pulling their own weight but thirsty for clears, etc. Hell, you can see it a lot with statics too where they limp into seeing X phase and it's suddenly "PHASE PROG NOW." Watching a lot of TEA prog and seeing people limp into BJ/CC or Wormhole or Exatrine and it quickly becomes Phase 2 / Wormhole / Clear prog despite another 20-30 pulls of previous phase prog to clean up to even get there again.
I pretty much only ever do any content with my static so most my observations are basically just the reactions here and on reddit so my take is mostly not really my take, I guess? So take it all with a grain of salt.
I'm hoping for some advice from other Dragoons on this. I really like this job, but I feel like I've hit a wall.
As a general rule I follow, always put on BotD before or as the fight begins and use your damage buff oGCDs first, then weave Jump, Mirage Dive, Gierskogul, and the other jumps. Upon your second Gierskogul your LotD should activate. Your priority is the same though. Weave Nastrond in and hit your other oGCDs as they pop. You'll have plenty of time to use all your Nastronds. The job plays essentially the same at 80 as well but with an added jump and dual finishers, and True Thrust transforms into a more powerful combo starter.But when I got Mirage Dive, I began to worry. Then I got to 70, and now the job feels so chaotic to me. I have no idea in which order I should use my OGCDs to get the optimal uptime on Life of the Dragon and make sure I get three Nastronds off. The rotation went from having a nice flow, to being a bit chaotic (for a scrub like myself).
I'm hoping for some advice from other Dragoons on this. I really like this job, but I feel like I've hit a wall.
It's a rite of passage.So you use Elusive Jump. You're gonna need to practice with it to get the aiming right. Every DRG has backflipped off a ledge or into an AoE at least a few times.
They already have 3: high jump Dragonfire dive and stardiverDRG needs an actual gap closer that isn't a death trap like all the other melees, tanks, and dancer. Elusive Jump is trash
E1S is perfect cuz Eden moves right when your Spineshatter comes off cooldown. E4S is alright cuz you can sit on your Stardiver for a little bit on Titan's knockback, but I'm not happy sitting on some decently potent abilities to gap close during potential burst while almost everybody else can just gap close with next to no issues affecting their dps.^
The key is to know when to save your jumps for when you need to gap close quickly. Eden 1 is a pretty good example.
The longer you wait to clear new content, the harder it gets, the increase in avg gear level+strats being widely available doesnt make up for the disparity in players doing content day one vs day whatever, sadly that's just how it is.
"I really need to start making back some of the Gil I spent on my house" I say, as I'm dropping 800K on a new hairstyle...
I am starting to sell off a lot of the Materia I've been saving up from doing Hunt Trains regularly, though. Prices have skyrocketed now that it's near the next patch/Raid tier and people are starting to renew their subs again.
I am also trying to cash in on that materia market, I'm finally back up to 4 mil after my house purchase, which is still pretty broke"I really need to start making back some of the Gil I spent on my house" I say, as I'm dropping 800K on a new hairstyle...
I am starting to sell off a lot of the Materia I've been saving up from doing Hunt Trains regularly, though. Prices have skyrocketed now that it's near the next patch/Raid tier and people are starting to renew their subs again.
Savage Aim and Heavens' Eye were the most expensive combat materia VIIIs when I put my last batch up for sale, but I'd just check the MB before selling, there's only 7 combat materias to check through. Crafter and gatherer materias are almost always going for a higher price than combat materias, if you have any of those you want to offload
I am also trying to cash in on that materia market, I'm finally back up to 4 mil after my house purchase, which is still pretty broke
For me, it's much more like "I really need to start making back some of the Gil I spent on my house so I can actually furnish the house". It's not like I have anything else to spend GIl on besides glams. Last big gameplay related gil purchase was a set of crafted gear right before 5.0 (I finally finished 4.0 like a 2 weeks before 5.0 dropped, I needed to get my ilvl up to do Castrum Fluminis and I sure as hell wasn't going to grind out endgame tomes that would be useless in 2 weeks, so I bought the minimum amount of gear that got me over the min ilvl and then bought Scaevan with Poetics first thing after 5.0 maintenance ended). I'm not trying to save up for a large, because I honestly wouldn't know what to do with all that space even if I could get one (maybe if I was sharing the house with a partner or group of friends, but it's just me) and I really like the plot I'm at now (Lav Beds 16/46). There's nothing for me to really save up for anymore, but still I have the saving mindset and it feels bad to splurge on glams or house shit.
Savage Aim and Heavens' Eye were the most expensive combat materia VIIIs when I put my last batch up for sale, but I'd just check the MB before selling, there's only 7 combat materias to check through. Crafter and gatherer materias are almost always going for a higher price than combat materias, if you have any of those you want to offload
Are you talking about the main stat Materias (Int/Mind/Strength/Dex/Vitality)? Those were discontinued and only go up to VI, you should either transmute them or just sell them for the low amount of gil you can get for them.Oh wow I haven't even heard of these, I never dabbed into the endgame and don't plan to. I was more thinking of the general Materia of Magic VIII and such.
I said the same thing once... now I spend all my time leveling alt jobs, doing Hunt Trains, collecting minions/mounts/glamour, micromanaging Retainers, Savage raiding, getting married, buying a house, decorating the house, AFKing in Limsa, and just generally engaging in the more social aspects of it. This game just continually annihilates my expectations of what I would actually enjoy doing in it. It's been a weird and wonderful journey. FFXIV endgame has been the best gaming experience of my entire life.
I basically stumbled into over 20 million gil over the past two weeks just by selling all the excess materia from hunt trains and roulettes, along with selling the craft mats you can buy with goetia tomestones."I really need to start making back some of the Gil I spent on my house" I say, as I'm dropping 800K on a new hairstyle...
I am starting to sell off a lot of the Materia I've been saving up from doing Hunt Trains regularly, though. Prices have skyrocketed now that it's near the next patch/Raid tier and people are starting to renew their subs again.
Heaven's Eye is always the highest price most of the time. It's 29-30k a piece right now in Tonberry.
Are you talking about the main stat Materias (Int/Mind/Strength/Dex/Vitality)? Those were discontinued and only go up to VI, you should either transmute them or just sell them for the low amount of gil you can get for them.
There's a decent chance you already have some of the secondary stat Materias that are still being used. It's not an endgame exclusive thing, although the ones fetching high prices/the ones me and antitrop are talking about (VIIs and VIIIs) are the endgame ones. It's not like, super hardcore endgame stuff though, they're not hard to get, I don't do current Savage/EX and I have quite a lot of Materia VIIIs
Heaven's Eye is always the highest price most of the time. It's 29-30k a piece right now in Tonberry.
Also crafting and gathering VIII materia as it's harder to get --- from Wondrous Tails or White Scrip.
I said the same thing once... now I spend all my time leveling alt jobs, doing Hunt Trains, collecting minions/mounts/glamour, micromanaging Retainers, Savage raiding, getting married, buying a house, decorating the house, AFKing in Limsa, and just generally engaging in the more social aspects of it. This game just continually annihilates my expectations of what I would actually enjoy doing in it. It's been a weird and wonderful journey. FFXIV endgame has been the best gaming experience of my entire life.
I guess I should explain my stance, it's not that I don't do endgame stuff, I just don't do it while it's relevant and just do it when new things are out, heck I finished Shadowbringers half a year after I bought it! :P
Good choice. I feel like I made a mistake choosing to meet with Alisae first.I'm getting some HARD Shin Megami Tensei vibes from Shadowbringers. Right now in Eulmore. Damnnnn.
This is SO good.
Same lol. Mostly because I like to chill and do things at my own pace.
I really like some of the bosses, dungeons, raids and what not in this game but the player base takes a sharp ass left turn when the bosses are new. I get that the gear being of level makes there no room for big errors and what not but geezuz. The people running around Titania, Eden Savage and what not really just made me say no thank you to it all.
"watch a vid, read the documentations, gear above what it drops, practice it with people not us, THEN! come join our group for a single clear"
My current FC was a bit disappointed that I refuse to tank these things with them because of it but generally they understand my reasoning. I just wanna have fun when I play and no be stressed even if it wasn't a mistake I made, I don't like seeing a group get frustrated for any random reason. Doing Eden and the other raids blind made them 100% more enjoyable personally and once I realized that I stopped watching vids on stuff unless I was truly stumped by something. (also because mechanics generally arn't that confusing)
Doing raids, not Savage difficulty, blind as soon as they launch is a pretty happy medium between chill at-your-own-pace play and the hardcore raiding scene. Day one parties, whether an FC group or Duty Finder, for raids will probably have a handful of wipes from learning mechanics, but no one really stresses about it and you're gonna clear that boss after a few tries without any salt or people abandoning the group. And it's quite a bit of fun to learn content with a bunch of people who are also learning it at the same time you are.Oh wow I'm super happy to hear I'm not alone with that! Yeah exactly, like said I might feel different about it doing bleeding-edge content with close friends as then I know everyone will be chill about it no matter what but this whole watch videos and learn thing isn't why I play MMOs, it's not for the challenge and all but for the world, story, experience and social-aspect. Good that your FC understands that too. I mean if I want to challenge myself I look more at Rocket League, Fighting Games or MOBAs really.
And yeah doing things blind at ease is super fun! Copied Factory was nice to explore knowing NieR Automata and the first Eden fight and especially Eden Leviathan was super fun also mechanically! I didn't die even once and the music and all got me pumped.
One week to go! I feel like maybe I should have used a few of my vacation days since we're getting quite a bit of new content all at once, but it's too late for that now. Hope I have enough spare time on day one to at least get through Eden.
Doing raids, not Savage difficulty, blind as soon as they launch is a pretty happy medium between chill at-your-own-pace play and the hardcore raiding scene. Day one parties, whether an FC group or Duty Finder, for raids will probably have a handful of wipes from learning mechanics, but no one really stresses about it and you're gonna clear that boss after a few tries without any salt or people abandoning the group. And it's quite a bit of fun to learn content with a bunch of people who are also learning it at the same time you are.
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The new Minions are so good.
I mean in Eureka he cleaned it but had ordered something that put him back in the same debt he was in.
Personally I find both to look great, crafted has a steampunk-vibe to it. I like!Tomestone gear:
Crafted gear:
I can't say I'm a fan of any of the gear this patch. They really need a new gear designer. None of the Shadowbringers gear is very good looking.
Play Eden 1-4 Normal. The starting quest is called "In the Middle of Nowhere" in the Crystarium.So I haven't done any Shadowbringers raids since finishing the MSQ, which one should I start with? I'm confused as I haven't done a single raid in FFXIV.
So I haven't done any Shadowbringers raids since finishing the MSQ, which one should I start with? I'm confused as I haven't done a single raid in FFXIV.
Play Eden 1-4 Normal. The starting quest is called "In the Middle of Nowhere" in the Crystarium.
But also, does that mean you didn't do the Crystal Tower alliance raids before doing ShB MSQ? You really should have done that before, but there's no better time than the present
You really need to do the Crystal Tower raids from ARR. They're very important to the Shadowbringers story. You probably want to do the first four Eden raids this week, too, so you can unlock E5-E8 next week.