Dandy Crocodile
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You can play SCH fine with a controller.
Muscle memory can make even the hastiest of button presses accurate.
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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT2| RIP Bowmage 2015-2017.
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Muscle memory can make even the hastiest of button presses accurate.
All are workable on controller. SCH is kind of more work to get up and running, because the fairy's skills and each fairy having distinct action buttons makes getting everything mapped kind of a challenge, but creativity with macros on summoning can help here. Or just swapping between a ton of bars, I guess.
WHM is kind of to healers what monk is to melee in that it's very, very strong at its personal output but kind of lacking in synergy/utility stuff which makes it fall out of favor. It's my favorite for dungeons and PVP, though, because spammable Holy stun is great for huge dungeon pulls and the throughput comes in handy in PVP a lot.
AST is kind of like a less powerful WHM with a shield stance and the added card mechanic; the cards give you a decent Something Else To Do and provide utility, the stances letting you swap between regen and shields is nice for flexibility. But for the most part most AST skills map pretty directly to WHM skills. I like it for most eight-man stuff.
SCH is probably the hardest to really wrap your head around how it works because it's not WHM and you can't explain the skills as "like X WHM button". Fairy's passive healing is nice in a lot of stuff, and it's pretty solid for anything where you need sustained long-term healing and damage. PotD/undersized Aquapolis healer of choice for me.
All of 'em work, though.
Tragicomedy
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Good stuff.
I'll do some hunting tonight on Amazon, thanks.
Hi all. I got the FFXIV itch after seeing it on sale on PSN for PS4.
So, I got FFXIV back when ARR launched on PS3, and a little before since I also participated in the beta tests. I purchased the Steam version in 2015, but I started over since I couldn't remember my account for the PS3 version.
Now, when logging into the PS4 version, I noticed it automatically entered my PS3-era service account details, and I correctly guessed my own password... So basically I wasted the free upgrade and I don't get to carry on with my Steam version character. LOL
Anyway, both on my PS3 and Steam accounts I was mainly a healer, but I find that to be a really overall stressful situation when playing dungeons. What job do you guys recommend for me to main so I can quickly do story content? I'll miss my healing days, but honestly I just want to experience the storyline as stress-free as possible.
So, I got FFXIV back when ARR launched on PS3, and a little before since I also participated in the beta tests. I purchased the Steam version in 2015, but I started over since I couldn't remember my account for the PS3 version.
Now, when logging into the PS4 version, I noticed it automatically entered my PS3-era service account details, and I correctly guessed my own password... So basically I wasted the free upgrade and I don't get to carry on with my Steam version character. LOL
Anyway, both on my PS3 and Steam accounts I was mainly a healer, but I find that to be a really overall stressful situation when playing dungeons. What job do you guys recommend for me to main so I can quickly do story content? I'll miss my healing days, but honestly I just want to experience the storyline as stress-free as possible.
legendaryskitch
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Least stress is easily DPS, pretty much any of them are easy to pick up on. Tanks are fun and pretty easy but can be stressful when you're new. Any of the beefier DPS like Dragoon is really easy for all the story duties too which is always nice. I couldn't even imagine doing half of them as a healer
Or making the game more about the fight's mechanics than playing Dance Dance Revolution on a DualShock 4? Imagine that.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Hope they have some more human fights in the expansion.
A human sized primal would be cool.
A human sized primal would be cool.
This I agree with.
QisTopTier
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Hey ps4 supports mouse and keyboard. I played that way too for a long time on it til I got my upgraded pc
Controller is ass, the thoughts of stance dancing and micro managing my fairy on a controller is nightmare inducing
Hearing dps that complains about having to attack specific targets in clusterfuck situations and that they cant target them pisses me off too
Controller is ass, the thoughts of stance dancing and micro managing my fairy on a controller is nightmare inducing
Hearing dps that complains about having to attack specific targets in clusterfuck situations and that they cant target them pisses me off too
tiggerkiddo
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All a matter of preference, once I memorize where the buttons are, I can play SMN/SCH on pad just fine.
AuthenticM
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Is it possible to have Hilda's hairstyle?
I want it.
I want it.
SynthFetish
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I've been doing ninja on controller. I can't raid well at all though.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Controller is pretty easy to use after a while imo.
I tried playing this on keyboard and noped after a couple hours. I'm just too used to controller and my execution doesn't suffer with the proper crossbar setups.
Something like WoW I'll use keyboard but I'm too used to controller with this game.
I tried playing this on keyboard and noped after a couple hours. I'm just too used to controller and my execution doesn't suffer with the proper crossbar setups.
Something like WoW I'll use keyboard but I'm too used to controller with this game.
Nestled_Grizzly
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I play scholar with the controller. It was a nightmare at first but you get used to it.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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I have a macro set so when I summon Eos or Selene it replaces my first crossbar with one that has the appropriate pet skills.
Scholar and Summoner are really the only jobs I've found need something like this.
Pyros_Eien
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The part that looked crazy to me was placing Sacred Soil or repositionning the pet mid fight, but with a proper setup you can kinda do it simply, basically you look at the ground a bit in front of you, so you just turn your char to position it there, instead of trying to aim the ground effect, but that requires proper positionning before the act. Well that and SCH has a lot more buttons than the other healers due to pets I find.
On the plus side, you can do most dungeons without caring about much at all due to fairy healing being OP. It only becomes relevant for like harder content.
Also haven't seen it here but didn't go far enough in pages maybe, but they said at 70 they're aiming for roughly the same amount of abilities as now(with the new ones added), so it seems they're not cutting that much. That or they're adding a lot. Not even sure there will be 5 more like HW.
On the plus side, you can do most dungeons without caring about much at all due to fairy healing being OP. It only becomes relevant for like harder content.
Also haven't seen it here but didn't go far enough in pages maybe, but they said at 70 they're aiming for roughly the same amount of abilities as now(with the new ones added), so it seems they're not cutting that much. That or they're adding a lot. Not even sure there will be 5 more like HW.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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Man, when you don't get a trap a12s party in cross pf you actually progress far. I've seen the whole fight now with a random pf.
Just realized there are 2 subscription types - Standard and Entry. This game lets you play any class with a single character right, so is there any point to going for a standard sub over entry since the only benefit seems to be being able to create multiple characters? Seems like a weird way to split up subscription tiers.
Also, sorry if this isn't the place to be asking these super basic questions.
Also, sorry if this isn't the place to be asking these super basic questions.
I've been using an Entry subscription for almost four years now. Since I only play with a single character, it works fine for me.
The only reason I can think of to pay for Standard is if you want to level an alt to see the story again but still want to play with your FC friends.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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So they're going to cut/modify/combine skills so with the new SB additions each job will have roughly the same number of actions as they do currently.
Unknown Soldier
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I guess it really was too much to ask that they reduce the total number of skills you needed to bind to play your job.
Thanks, I think I'll be going with Entry too if multiple chars is really the only major difference.
Btw, how's the gaf FC? When I was on my free month last year, I had joined a FC run by a youtuber I follow (Storm Feelers) but I'm considering a different FC if I jump back in. Something very noob friendly would be nice, and I'm assuming you can only be in one FC at a time right?
The voice acting in Heavensward is so much better than the original game. I liked Alphinaud's original voice actor but the new one is great too and fits the appearance much better. Everyone has been such an improvement for the most part (except for Merlwyb but the replacement ain't bad).
Dandy Crocodile
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Just did the Titan fight in the story.
I was SCH and the only person who died was the SMN who fell off the cliff at the beginning. ✌
I was SCH and the only person who died was the SMN who fell off the cliff at the beginning. ✌
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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It would be funny if the voice acting changes again in Stormblood but that probably won't happen.
I liked the old VAs in ARR but the Heavensward ones are good too.
Especially Aymeric (although his VA didn't change from ARR).
Did you do Coils yet?
No. I haven't unlocked anything in weeks. I've been trying to get to Heavensward.
Oh shit, we're at the same place in the story then since I beat Titan today as well. Are you on the Ultros server?
BadenBadenLily
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Finally got my Ravana bird after like two weeks. I was 15 totems away from buying it outright. -_-
Better late than never.
Better late than never.
Dandy Crocodile
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Yep! Dandy Crocodile in game as well.
BadenBadenLily
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Yep! Dandy Crocodile in game as well.
I think I saw you in Maelstorm Command earlier, hah.
Unless there is another GAFer who is a sprout and has crocodile in their name.
Dandy Crocodile
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Definitely me, haha. Idk why but I tend to idle near there.
YoshiP wearing mog slippers for the Q&A live letter because of course
First question is about a bum slider, god bless the forums
First question is about a bum slider, god bless the forums
SynthFetish
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Which cutscenes? Link?
SliceSabre
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Give us the butt slider!
First fucking question.
First fucking question.
The one with the Midgardsormr flashback after Darth Vader lands on his ship, and Nero being a badass after all the not-Judgemasters finish posing.
SliceSabre
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Fucking yoshi, I love him.
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