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Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood |OT| Y'all Need to Calm Down
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Delivered or shipped?
Edit:
Ahh, good to know. Yeah, I should have expected that.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
No wipes on Lakshmi but..... I did die a few times cause I didn't know how to
use the Vril or whatever. The controller said r3 and I tried and died. Turns out you gotta hold r2 first then r3, lol
Spells like Stone scale automatically with level now.
Good to know, thanks. More room in the hotbar, I guess.
Yeah; I'm torn on it from a PLD (Sword Oath swings!) and DRK (Blood Weapon triggers) perspective if only because it seemed neat. Not much testing done yet on Tenacity but it's basically looking like CHit-DHit future for everyone.
This is still true, which may actually make the SSPD auto attack thing a bigger deal for BRDs.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
I had someone told me that they do good damage now, tho. Was he full of shit?
Also,yeah, it does feel gutted. I was playing DRK before picking my class to MSQ with and kept trying to do the fuckin Delirium combo smh.
GodParticle
Member
Well this is annoying. I wanted to give this a try having not played in a couple of years. It keeps saying it doesn't recognize my email for a password reset, but it's definitely the right one
Robobandit
Member
where are you trying to log in? the launcher? a friend of mine had a similar issue the other night.. it turned out it was because her subscription wasn't active and she didn't have any game time left on her account. (she was doing this through the launcher)
Try going here -
https://secure.square-enix.com/account/app/svc/reminder
It's really hard to say since everyone keeps throwing out claims on both sides without some parses to back it up. The last set of tentative parses post-launch I saw had DRK>WAR>PLD for numbers which is a little hard to believe but I'm willing to put some stock in it for the time being. I'll try and do some parses when I hit 70 on DRK and see for myself.
I will say that I still think DRK's kit, on paper, at 70 allows for the most on-demand power and scaling with the expansion, though I really do hope they extend TBN's duration a few seconds or let it give Blood on expiration too. It's a little clunky as is since tankbusters either do all of the damage or not enough for the whole 5s / full use qualifiers. 60-70 is a fucking trainwreck of a power curve, though.
GodParticle
Member
Originally I tried the ps4 login, but didn't know the password reset, so it directed to that site you gave me. I tried forgot password there and it sends an email saying it doesn't find my email address. It's definitely the right one because I still have registration emails from them. My account expired ages ago, so maybe that's it? I sent them an email
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
When I say DRK seems gutted I am referring to their feel and kit rather than output. DOT removed, low blow (a cool kick animation) removed, shadowskin (another cool animation) removed, low blow reset similar to shield swipe removed, dark dance removed, blood price nerfed to near uselessness, dark passenger nerfed to near uselessness, and the mana management changes.
Other than the somewhat clunky feel of the new WAR and DRK, for tanks in general, I feel like an easy fix to some of the issues right now would be to make some weaponskills/abilities scale with HP. This way all damage doesn't have to scale with VIT and the extra HP isn't wasted.
Other than the somewhat clunky feel of the new WAR and DRK, for tanks in general, I feel like an easy fix to some of the issues right now would be to make some weaponskills/abilities scale with HP. This way all damage doesn't have to scale with VIT and the extra HP isn't wasted.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
If DRK is doing good damage and doing a decent job as a tank then that's likely what I'll level next. I can deal with it being more boring than before as long as I'm contributing
SomeRandomWeirdGuy
Member
I'm sure it's fine damage-wise. Even in 3.0 afaik, PLD was usable even if it wasn't optimal. A tank is a tank and is always needed. It just sucks that they took the job I spent 2 years playing and took out all the fun.
yukimeans_snow
Member
Gonna get back in soon to finish the HW story. Are there still server problems in NA?
For what it's worth, I feel slightly more active now, or at least more of a sense of chasing my GCD, with rotating DA on basically every GCD during the longer BW windows. Blood Price is essentially hot garbage now, however, and seeing _less than 100 MP triggers_ while leveling is fucking abysmal. I think I nearly let us die on the first long pull in the 61 dungeon because I just stared at "83 MP" and going what the shit at my monitor before remembering.
Still in the process of getting it to 70 but the pains have been there for some pulls compared to PLD/WAR leveling; at the same time, the damage side of it and out-of-Grit feels better as Delirium'd BW is an extended "I have too much MP please help me spend it all" mode. I do wish they kept one other oGCD, simply for the sake of the occasional non-DA'd GCD window needing a button press.
where my bloodbath go
I can take a step back and recognize Warrior is in an overall better defensive position with gaining Rampart, having more fights working well with their timers (60s, 120s vs PLD/DRK 180s), and getting to bank IBs if the situation calls for it (even if I secretly hope to never touch that button). We still have probably the best threat generation, albeit we're loathe to ever go that route unless absolutely forced into it. But goddamn if there's something off about the lack of Bloodbath and some better sense of self-preservation and I hesitate to Defiance-Equilibrium-Deliverance more than I've ever before.
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
At least for mine things are perfect now.
Stone Ocean
Member
Wait, someone actually misses Dark Dance?
Almost have DRK to 70 now and I'm really starting to feel it all come together. The combat flow is a lot better than I thought it would be, playing with enhanced blackblood is a huge gamechanger. And dropping grit and going ham with enhanced length blood weapon has never felt so good.
How are you running him?
Stone Ocean
Member
The new weapons can't be bought with tokens?
BossDarkseid
Member
I know Verity is gonna become outdated (sad lol?) in a few weeks...but what's the rate via level 70 activities? Like I think its 15 for the EX Primals? But what about the 70 Dungeons.
Just a note, the email is case sensitive. I learned the hard way that they have mine with a capital C for .Com.
80 per dungeon; EXDR has an 80 bonus, 50/60 roulette has 120, leveling has 100,trial has 60. Gear is cheaper in general too--chest and pants are 425, ring is like 180, gloves etc are somewhere in the 200s.
Verity is super easy to come by and depending on if/when you plan on hitting the primals you potentially only really need to fill the six left-side items and one ring, since you can get all the other accessories from Lakshmi and the weapon from Susano.
Good for outfitting alt jobs or just stockpiling it to see if they add anything that uses mats that can only be bought with Verity when they add the other tomes in.
BossDarkseid
Member
Ah, cool. Doesn't sound too bad at all. I'm only 65 at the moment (just hit Azim Steppe) but I'm kinda cautious on that part of the end game gearing being too grindy (i know its subjective) because I get burnt out on that suuuper quickly.
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k1t4j
Member
They don't seem to have the fancy glow of the ones that drop, at least not when you try them on?
Please... don't tell me I'v been silly
They don't seem to have the fancy glow of the ones that drop, at least not when you try them on?
Please... don't tell me I'v been silly
The glow is from the crafted ones (and exist as basically glamour options); the drop one and the token one are the exact same version without the glow.
If you get a Hive Forewing, the rest of the mats to get one made are probably pretty easy / cheap to get.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
It was always good for large trash pulls in dungeons and free DPS from low blow resets.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
I forgot to mention some of my thoughts on the level 67 dungeon . Spoilers so you've been warned etc
On Yotsuyu: SPOILERS
Doma Castle.
Are SE following some sort of template here? Haurchefant was killed in a level 57 dungeon and Gosetsu in a 67 dungeon. Does this mean new potential cool characters will keep being killed off every expansion? It kinda did hit me... I was starting to really like Gosetsu and his stuff with Hien
Are SE following some sort of template here? Haurchefant was killed in a level 57 dungeon and Gosetsu in a 67 dungeon. Does this mean new potential cool characters will keep being killed off every expansion? It kinda did hit me... I was starting to really like Gosetsu and his stuff with Hien
On Yotsuyu: SPOILERS
I still dont really like her, tbh. Her motives aren't that great but her voice actress is really damn good. However, I saw her coming from a mile away.
She never really liked the empire... just forced to be there. In the end, she killed Gosetsu and herself and she broke down crying. I didn't really like her motives and as far as I'm concerned she's just a disappointing character since she was killed off super fast.
I expected more buildup by seeing her as a creepy child in that flashback but there she goes... not even a fight with her? Meh, she's just meh. I can see why people like her but her motives have been done a zillion times in the ff series.
She never really liked the empire... just forced to be there. In the end, she killed Gosetsu and herself and she broke down crying. I didn't really like her motives and as far as I'm concerned she's just a disappointing character since she was killed off super fast.
I expected more buildup by seeing her as a creepy child in that flashback but there she goes... not even a fight with her? Meh, she's just meh. I can see why people like her but her motives have been done a zillion times in the ff series.
On the level 67 dungeon
To be fair the Gosetsu death was telegraphed miles away (in Azim Steppe even lol). I don't think Haurchefant was as obvious.
I agree on Yotsuyu.
I think they could have used her better. Not sure if they could do additional backstory in the patch story though.
King of Custard
Member
EPIC NEWS I AM NOW A LVL 5 GLADIATOR!
THIS HAS BEEN AN EPIC NEWS BROADCAST!!!
THIS HAS BEEN AN EPIC NEWS BROADCAST!!!
Are you sure about that? To me it feels like the Framerate is much higher and it feels smoother to play. I thought it might be placebo, but when I played on my brothers regular PS4, it didn't feel as good, wnd he said the same. No actual tests though
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
I'm not exactly sure but that is what someone on reddit said here https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/6hg5zv/stormbloodpatch_40_denies_1080p_ps4_pro_access_to/
For trash pulls: Grab aggro, use BP, spam AB, use Carve and Spit for more AB's, occasionally siphon strike if oom. One I have a solid lead drop grit, pop BW, and use as many Quietes's as I can. Only using DA DP if I have a mana overflow. Use delirium nn BP instead of BW if there are more than 3 adds.
For solo targets: Use all the mana I have on DA Power Slash (only DAing because pugs can't be trusted to use anti-enmity tools). At about four DA power slashes drop grit, pop BW, Use delirium, go CURHAZYYYYY (and use cooldowns constantly). Use BS whenever it's up unless delirium comes up again.
This is just what I've been using to level up, it seems to make dungeon runs go way faster if I drop grit frequently.
I'm levelling my PLD now and it feels so strange in that WAR feels so much more tanky in comparison now. Well in dungeons anyway. The shorter cooldown means I csn use several on each pack of monsters since PLD has an extra 30-90 seconds on the timer for their defensive kit. The addition on Rampart makes tanking bosses and Extreme Primale so much easier in Deliverance. I do miss Bloodbath though.
In an eight man threat generation only really matters for the first 10 seconds anyway. Provoke + Shirk is overpowered to heck and back amd can give some monstrous aggro leads without doing a single aggro combo and never entering tank stancebafter the opener. Wouldn't be surprised if it gets nerfed.
GodParticle
Member
Ah, i'll give that a try
SynthFetish
Member
At level 62, I'm finding SAM much easer to play then NIN. People are telling me I'm wrong and SAM is way harder. Am I misssing something here, or just personal prefrence?
Preference. They're about the same difficulty-wise I think.
Allright, the Naadam was kind of cool.
There still seems to be no impactful story beats so far. Bad guys show up, everyone lets everyone live for ??? reasons, then you or the bad guys then go on to create more trouble for the other until you clash again and let each other live again.
Like, wtf?
There still seems to be no impactful story beats so far. Bad guys show up, everyone lets everyone live for ??? reasons, then you or the bad guys then go on to create more trouble for the other until you clash again and let each other live again.
Like, wtf?
Stone Ocean
Member
Very fun to play. Kind of on the low side balance-wise.