guybrushfreeman
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I'm very mixed on the WHM/healing in general changes but not having to toggle Cleric Stance to DPS all the time is soooooooo good
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Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood |OT| Y'all Need to Calm Down
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AuthenticM
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Thank you very much!
HelloNewman
Member
There's alot of filler at the end the quests are just busywork back and forths for free xp and maybe one or two mobs to nuke down.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
For some reason Titan Hard isn't showing up so I can't progress.
The real battle is finding eight people that know when to jump so your entire team doesn't wipe. Casters being selfish with "lemme just finish this cast before I move so you all don't get hit" are the absolute worst for it tbh.
Both the EX primals are easy, but based on the fact that Susano has a near constant mechanic requiring every member to pay attention or the whole group suffers, Lakshmi is a much easier farm IMO. I say this as a person who farmed Susano for the weapon before I even cleared Lakshmi. Farming Lakshmi for all the accessories I needed legitimately took less than half the time it took me to farm Susano for the weapon purely because of the groups.
Groups should be getting a lot better now though with gear etc, I finished farming for BiS on day three in early access and haven't dipped back in to the EX primals since.
hosannainexcelsis
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I'm not too far into the story - only got up to the level 63 trial - but there have been two places so far where the main story goes "We need to do some mundane chores to win the locals' trust!" and gives you three fairly straightforward quests to do before continuing with the largely linear narrative. That could be considered filler. It's not too bad though, and on the other hand there are some narratively substantial sidequest chains you can follow.
I think there's just a lot of meme-worthy stuff, even if it isn't a big deal.
"Gather dung 0/4"
etc.
I pray we go back there in the patches for some reason. Tons of potential for stories.
I pray we go back there in the patches for some reason. Tons of potential for stories.
We are gonna have to help Magnai court Sadu at some point and it will be magical
It's only minorly negative when it generates blood so it's still the best on-demand mitigation skill for what it does (at least compared to, say, Sheltron or Inner Beast); if the timer was wider or if it gave the blood even when it timed out then a lot of the clunk in it would be dealt with.
If we could meld STR on left side, I'd pentameld that shit no matter the cost.
But, no, we can only do them on VIT accessories since no innate STR. It's part of why the whole still using i270 STR pieces we're allowed access to: They're the best source of damage in the slot and losing the HP isn't the end of the world.
There is a fair bit of filler. The number of 'go speak to x number of people for x thing' is getting ridiculous. I'm actually enjoying the story but it's a shame they use the MSQ to force-feed people XP because it leads to all the quest padding.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Some guy on reddit said that he has a tenacity/crit heavy build and hits 15k crits with Bloodspiller.
I don't have a link as I read it days ago and the guy didn't provide any details on materia or anything like that.
I like the concept of tenacity as a tank stat so I hope it's something that becomes worth it to invest in if it means more DPS-lite time.
Seems like they gutted one of the interesting parts of their kit although they kind of did that to all 3 healers. I see people complain about the simpler damage rotation and apparent nerfing of the fairy. And increased Adloquiem cost.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Vendors in Rhalgar's or the last zone?
Pretty sure I've talked to a merchant that had them.
Chie Satonaka
Member
Why the fuck did they nerf Monk potencies again when Samurai exists?
Not at all, those are extremely tiring to obtain (taking days if not weeks), and you'll get a better one in a few hours as you go through the quests.
Its purpose today is but glamour.
Good to know, thanks. Yeah, I didn't want to do it either LOL
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I'll say that I do kind of like using the Blackest Night shield.
I've nailed down the timing, since the shield becomes active part way through the animation when your character swings the sword behind them.
I think they should change the effect to extending Blood Weapon/Blood Price time when broken.
So that way you could stack Delirium and Blackest Night together for Unlimited Dark Arts Works.
I've nailed down the timing, since the shield becomes active part way through the animation when your character swings the sword behind them.
I think they should change the effect to extending Blood Weapon/Blood Price time when broken.
So that way you could stack Delirium and Blackest Night together for Unlimited Dark Arts Works.
do you remember setting the table before you could even fight Titan?
Note I did say leanest they've done
I can't speak too much around SAM since I have barely played it, but RDM has a simple charge system of building up White/Black mana evenly to either unleash enhanced single target attacks (those fancy sword moves from the benchmark trailer) or an enhanced conal AoE when said mana is high enough. Every spell with a cast time they have will proc an instant cast effect when said spell finishes that will work on any of their other spells, so you get the feeling of chaining spells together in rapid succession which is pretty fun, makes them decently mobile too.
IIRC their DPS is a bit lower than the other 2 casters but (in theory anyway) their mobility, fairly simple rotation, and utility make up for it. I really enjoy the class, finishing it before I level SCH/SMN (though I'm 70 AST already)
Prepare for another round of monthly monk buffs.
I agree with you, just pointing out why people still say "filler" or whatever.
There is an extreme amount of bloat to questing in Stormblood. I can't really remember other eras of XIV well enough to compare but I feel like there is a fundamental misunderstanding of how the gameplay should be paced that plagues general questing. Maybe it's just that the formula feels increasingly dated at this point, or maybe it's related to how rare basic kill quests are. I could never really get into a groove because the game would send me somewhere, have me look for a purple hotzone, and initiate combat with one or two enemies before sending me somewhere else far away. The amount of time spent traveling versus the amount of time engaged with the combat is completely misaligned. It plays especially poorly against major cooldowns and long term builders...there's no real management aspect to them in the questing experience. I would not really call it filler because it isn't as though the quests have no meaning, but the pace they take puts a heavy emphasis on just walking back and forth and it feels very mindless. It becomes even more egregious with the poor travel options and linear choke points in zones that send people back and forth on long loops.
There are two in Azim which are basically "dude feels weak and looked down on, help him discover that the true strength was inside him all along!"
But they were both good!
Nothing in Stormblood is even as close to the worst examples from ARR, which would be the Titan and Garuda questlines. I didn't feel like I was doing "filler" in Stormblood at all, but obviously everyone has different tolerances for stuff.
The two examples would be the ones used from the Azim Steppe (hunting for the sheep and dung gathering ) although the dung gathering provides a good character moment.
Regarding storytelling and its presentation I'd have to give FFXIVARR+ a big whopping F.
No matter how you try to look at it the first words that spring to mind are Arduous, Constrained and Extremely Dated. Stiff standing and endless chatbubbles, and neverending running/teleporting.... *sigh*
I had something like 20 MQ left before I thought frack it and threw monies at SE.
Because almost everything else in the game is so, so good.
PvE heaven for this tank.
No matter how you try to look at it the first words that spring to mind are Arduous, Constrained and Extremely Dated. Stiff standing and endless chatbubbles, and neverending running/teleporting.... *sigh*
I had something like 20 MQ left before I thought frack it and threw monies at SE.
Because almost everything else in the game is so, so good.
PvE heaven for this tank.
Liabe Brave
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Hey, if anyone here is playing on a PS4 Pro, could you post some 4K screenshots? I'd like to confirm the native resolution for my Pro enhancements thread. It would be very much appreciated, thanks!
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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Do you not remember ARR? lol... SB is nothing filler in comparison.
It seems they have no idea what to do with gathering/crafting in this game. It's just like, there.
I'm currently stuck on
Shinryu.
Chance Hale
Member
First time playing in years. Had a level 25 Arcanist, should I start over with a new class or are they still ok?
Snapshot King
Member
HQ up? Am I blind? What ability are you talking about?
okay...I now I give FFXIV a lot of shit usually. But as someone that played the game non-stop from the beta for 1.0 until HW patch3.2
I can't be anything but interested in coming back.
Would someone be so kind and tell me how the progression to lvl 70 changes the brd?
thank you
I can't be anything but interested in coming back.
Would someone be so kind and tell me how the progression to lvl 70 changes the brd?
thank you
Squall ASF
Member
Hey guys, I know most of you are enjoying SB so no worries if no one is down to do this but I'm trying to start the first of the two level 50 MSQ dungeons in ARR and am wondering if any of you guys would want to help me so I can watch the cut scenes without having pubs just run straight through and kill everything while I'm watching.
I'd prefer to not run the dungeon and watch them later so that the dungeon actually makes sense while I'm doing it. If any of you are interested, my character name is Squal Asf and I'm on the Ultros world. Not sure if you can just send my name an invite or what but I'll keep an eye on this thread just in case if you can't send me something in game.
I'd prefer to not run the dungeon and watch them later so that the dungeon actually makes sense while I'm doing it. If any of you are interested, my character name is Squal Asf and I'm on the Ultros world. Not sure if you can just send my name an invite or what but I'll keep an eye on this thread just in case if you can't send me something in game.
i would Spoiler that stuff .