Oh, I know that. But I really enjoyed using the Corsair mouse with the extra buttons for my little jaunt on WoW, so want to go that route for FF14.
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Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood |OT| A Realm Reset
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It's generally Dhit > Crit > Det; if you're running in a group that doesn't have a SCH or a BRD or a DRG the current stat budget flips Det into second place, but it might lose that spot in 4.2.
Here's a really long ninja guide, complete with links to a couple of options for BiS. What specifically you meld will in part depend on the gear you have access to and your near-term plans for it (since it's all going to be 100% obsolete by the end of the month), but it's probably not worth breaking the bank this late in the tier since getting the VIs back is only a 40% chance when unmelding.
Hey, started back when Stormblood launched, figured now would be a good time to jump back in with the patch hitting fairly soon.
Been levelling a White Mage as an alt, never played a healer in any mmo before, so was nerve wracking as hell at first, but it makes dungeons interesting again after I'd gotten used to running everything on autopilot (though some runs are a little too interesting, I've already found myself yelling at the screen, I now understand why healers become such cynical bitches :P)
Been levelling a White Mage as an alt, never played a healer in any mmo before, so was nerve wracking as hell at first, but it makes dungeons interesting again after I'd gotten used to running everything on autopilot (though some runs are a little too interesting, I've already found myself yelling at the screen, I now understand why healers become such cynical bitches :P)
I'm a guy and play a catboy... then again I'm also gay af and dress in the most ridiculous slut glamours I can find, so maybe they have a point >.>
Unique/Untradeable gear can typically be turned in for GC seals (Garo gear is about the only exception off the top of my head), its generally better to do that than sell it to an NPC vendor.
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I'm so excited for the glam system. True endgame.
Also, I will be so happy to have retainer space again.
Also, I will be so happy to have retainer space again.
To be fair, a significant portion of the dedicated player base is female. You're likely to bump into a lot of women playing as male Miqo'tes based on that fact alone. There are also a lot of LGBT people playing this and I'm sure you're not alone in finding the male Miqo'tes attractive. I mean, they clearly are. Most of them, anyway. As far as male characters go, I feel like the character creation tools are more favourable towards the Miqo'te in that regard, whereas the Roegadyn clearly get the short end of the stick.
But there are of course straight guys playing as male Miqo'tes too. Like Larryzaur.
Honestly, I only play as male miqo'te because it was the only race that interested me, though I'm not gay. Plus I didn't find playing as a female avatar just felt generic and what 95% of male demographic does in any MMO. So that's just me.
Any suggestions on what do with GC seals? I've just bought the attention and at ease emotes and I believe I bought most of the furniture ages ago. I know I need it for my squadron missions but it doesn't seem like you need a ton for those. I suppose I could down the craftables list and see if any of it sells for something semi worthwhile still.
There is a possibility that with the upcoming patch, the price of GC mats will go up. If you have excess and would like to make some gil, you can start stocking on some of the GC mats.
GC seals can also be used to purchase ventures (tokens for your retainers to go out and steal stuff), or some minor replenishing potions like Cordials, which can also be sold on the market.
You know what they say.
Manly Men Online Role Playing as Girls.
There are some things that can sell decently well on the marketboard. Check your server's board.
You might also want to use seals on Moonstones to trade for Crystal Sand if you're doing Anima weapons.
GC seals can buy some other Anima-related items, like Kingcake and whatever the other two things are called.
Thank you both for the suggestions. I think I may actually go with the moonstones since I'm still working on getting crystal sands for an old relic. Didn't even think of that!
White Mage is the easiest healer job to learn, isn't it? I'd rather have a good White Mage in my team than someone who is biting off more than s/he can chew with any of the other two.
before SB was coming a lot of players on reddit were freaking out about whm i don't even remember why lol.
not sure where they stand for raiding this patch.
yep whm is the easiest to learn out of the 3.
Easy is good. I'm not a smart person. I need classes that are simple to learn. My biggest problem is that I start fumbling around with skills and hit the wrong thing. I don't know how many times things start getting hairy in a fight and I start panicking and hit the wrong button. I would rather learn something that doesn't have 100 abilities and buffs/debuffs to juggle around. There's also the fact that targeting on controllers is awful.
If you want to learn the role, WHM is the best start because it's straightforward and easily mapped to controller.
What I do is split the controller between heals and DPS like so:
What I do is split the controller between heals and DPS like so:
bread button is danger bongos
It's the only part about playing with a controller that bothers me. Everything else is fine. But I end up targeting the wrong people all the time. It would be cool to have some kind of Gambit system in place if you're playing with a controller.
WHM remains good at what it's always been good at (raw healing throughput, which is overkill in basically everything in the game barring Ultimate), and lacking in what it's always been lacking in (no meaningful raid buffs, no meaningful mitigation options, not a lot of nuance to it.) SB didn't grow the class in any meaningful way, but the massive nerf to Balance + AST's pathetic personal DPS + WHM's raw DPS potency has floated them ok so far for prog. The raid meta will probably swerve against them again by the end of the expac, but we'll see. SB's relaunch of WHM was and remains a trash fire, but it didn't make them incapable of healing, it just didn't grow the job and was disappointing for anyone who wanted them to make SB WHM not just HW WHM with a couple extra buttons. The upside is getting level synced to 60 on WHM is considerably less annoying than the other two healers, since all the good buttons still work.
They're far more streamlined than the other healers, which means both that there's less to worry about and that there's more time where you're left throwing rocks because there's nothing more interesting you can do. EXDR is WHM territory by far, because Holy is the best dungeon mitigation in the game. Paired with a good tank you can basically wreck dungeons and get through super fast because you can destroy packs during the Holy stuns and have to do minimal actual healing. In 8 mans it's probably the job most prone to feeling boring, but whatever.
WHM's a solid starter healer, and if you do that and then want a few more extra buttons a lot of it maps pretty nicely to the Diurnal AST toolkit. SCH remains grossly overpowered, but accessing its ridiculous OPness requires a lot more situational button pressing than the others.
And targeting on controller for healer is pretty easy--up/down to scroll the party list. In raid environments I usually hard target the boss and then scroll up/down to soft-target party members to spot heal. Dungeons I'll usually go WHM, hard target the tank, and then just spam Holy forever. The only time controller healing is annoying is cross-group raising in 24 mans or PVP since it's using button combinations to target I usually don't have to deal with.
They're far more streamlined than the other healers, which means both that there's less to worry about and that there's more time where you're left throwing rocks because there's nothing more interesting you can do. EXDR is WHM territory by far, because Holy is the best dungeon mitigation in the game. Paired with a good tank you can basically wreck dungeons and get through super fast because you can destroy packs during the Holy stuns and have to do minimal actual healing. In 8 mans it's probably the job most prone to feeling boring, but whatever.
WHM's a solid starter healer, and if you do that and then want a few more extra buttons a lot of it maps pretty nicely to the Diurnal AST toolkit. SCH remains grossly overpowered, but accessing its ridiculous OPness requires a lot more situational button pressing than the others.
And targeting on controller for healer is pretty easy--up/down to scroll the party list. In raid environments I usually hard target the boss and then scroll up/down to soft-target party members to spot heal. Dungeons I'll usually go WHM, hard target the tank, and then just spam Holy forever. The only time controller healing is annoying is cross-group raising in 24 mans or PVP since it's using button combinations to target I usually don't have to deal with.
Also keep in mind that you can hold L1 (or equivalent) and the D-Pad to scroll through the enemy list.
You honestly get used to controller targeting after a while.
You honestly get used to controller targeting after a while.
Also, hold down L2 and press R1 to tab target through enemies only. That's always worked fine to me.
AST is unplayable for me after I got my SCH to 70.
I live for indom and having things to do aside from playing solitaire.
I live for indom and having things to do aside from playing solitaire.
Interesting video. Haven't watched all of it yet but it might be worth showing to people who haven't played the game or are interested in learning more.
I guess they still put up the 4.2 release date at the next live letter?
Wonder if it's going to be before or after Monster Hunter World comes out.
Wonder if it's going to be before or after Monster Hunter World comes out.
NovaCrystallis Catching up with Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood producer/director Naoki Yoshida
Yoshida: There are currently no plans for a NieR: Automata collaboration. However, the FFXV collaboration is still happening.
that sucks :(
Yoshida: There are currently no plans for a NieR: Automata collaboration. However, the FFXV collaboration is still happening.
that sucks :(
rip me
i wanted some music scrolls and a side quest by yoko taro.
really good video going add it to the OP
Small update to Patch 4.2 special site ahead of the Live Letter:
- "Fashion Report" - some sort of fashion-based Gold Saucer game
- Piano, Lute, and Fiddle confirmed for Bard's Performance action (pulling out a lute or fiddle i could understand, but who'd lug around a piano)
- More mounts in the forms of: Magitek Claw, Auspicious Kamuy (from the new trial?), and True Griffin (the all-white ones from The Peaks)
Need pictures of a roe boy dangling from a magitek claw like yesterday.
Relic weapons and armor are tied to Eureka. It's coming in 4.25, until they delay it again.
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