nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Probably going to get on Sunday evening for a bit if anyone wants to play with a noob for a bit. 
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Final Fantasy XIV |OT| ARR: Alpha Closed. Beta mid-Feb
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Black Zatoichi:O Id help, but you folks play too early
Who are you again? XD We did form a new Red Dot.
Any Chance we can do CC or AV run tonight, not been much activity raid wise in the guild lately
http://reddot.guildwork.com/schedule#?event=4f660d73205cb2137b041905
http://reddot.guildwork.com/schedule#?event=4f660d73205cb2137b041905
Any Chance we can do CC or AV run tonight, not been much activity raid wise in the guild lately
http://reddot.guildwork.com/schedule#?event=4f660d73205cb2137b041905
We did AV last night... Where were you? I pretty much try to get something going every night
We did AV last night... Where were you? I pretty much try to get something going every night
Yea I heard, I was tucked up in bed as usual lol
staticneuron
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Hard to believe this game has been out for almost a year and half.
Hello everyone. Patch 1.21 has come and gone and I have lots and lots and lots to report on.
As usual the full blog post can be found here. ^_^/
http://buttons-tarutaru.blogspot.de/2012/03/patch-121-fun-galore.html
As usual the full blog post can be found here. ^_^/
http://buttons-tarutaru.blogspot.de/2012/03/patch-121-fun-galore.html
From the monk quest some info regarding the crystal tower.
Sounds exciting.
Silvertear Falls
The aether of the area is in an extremely chaotic state. I had long thought this to be a result of the Battle of Silvertear Skies, but have learned that this is not the case! The disturbances I have observed do not all derive from a single source. Beyond the imperceptible aether emitted by the Keeper of the Lake, there are even stronger aetherial waves coming from deep below the earth to the east.
I have studied these waves in great detail, and discovered that they can be used to reconstruct an image of their source. And I believe their source is a tower! An enormous, vast, gigantic, underground tower! Do you not see? <sigh> Of course you don't... It could only be the lost tomb of Xandes─the first emperor of Allag of whom I spoke mere moments ago. But wait, there it more to tell! You see, it is impossible that a normal building, however large, could release so much ethereal energy. An immense crystal on the other hand─that most certainly could. Putting these observations together, I had no choice but to conclude that the ancients' seemingly fanciful references to the tomb being wrought of crystal were not so fanciful after all!
The aether of the area is in an extremely chaotic state. I had long thought this to be a result of the Battle of Silvertear Skies, but have learned that this is not the case! The disturbances I have observed do not all derive from a single source. Beyond the imperceptible aether emitted by the Keeper of the Lake, there are even stronger aetherial waves coming from deep below the earth to the east.
I have studied these waves in great detail, and discovered that they can be used to reconstruct an image of their source. And I believe their source is a tower! An enormous, vast, gigantic, underground tower! Do you not see? <sigh> Of course you don't... It could only be the lost tomb of Xandes─the first emperor of Allag of whom I spoke mere moments ago. But wait, there it more to tell! You see, it is impossible that a normal building, however large, could release so much ethereal energy. An immense crystal on the other hand─that most certainly could. Putting these observations together, I had no choice but to conclude that the ancients' seemingly fanciful references to the tomb being wrought of crystal were not so fanciful after all!
Sounds exciting.
There is actually a pre-sidequest to the WHM quest Jinko. It's not needed in order to start the quest, but the story it tells happens before the WHM storyline. You can get it from a NPC inside the Conjurer's guild, to the left of the exit.
It's the first time you see Raya-O Senna and it also shows Kan-E Senna.
Unfortunately not, my home is Palamecia and I will be staying. So after the merge I'll be on Excalibur. Just have way too many friends to want to leave.
staticneuron
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Buttons your pics are great! I love your pose in the "duty complete" one.
Ahh the one about the thefts from lifemend stump? I saw her too.
Ahh the one about the thefts from lifemend stump? I saw her too.
Yup that's the one. Ties into the beginning of the whm storyline.
Ooh yay.
I renewed recently myself and just unlocked WHM. Kind of disappointed to see it is more of an "addon" than an actual job switch from CONJ. Though it is pretty nice and I am starting to enjoy more and more, hopefully will be better with the server merges. I didn't see any red aetherites though.
Yea and ARC/BRD
staticneuron
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If you are talking about my screens, they are ranging from the times I started playing till now. Easiest way to tell how old they are is to look at my equipped LS. All 3 are represented.
staticneuron
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We had 4 though!
Well, 6 actually but 2 didn't last long. lol
lol Red Dot and Red Dot II have same emblem. So I count em as one.
Thought I'd put this here.
Basic strategy positions for Coincounter.
Ideally you don't want to be using melee in this fight.
Hopefully they do some adjustments to that then...even though i'd be serving as tank ( Paladin or Warrior) in the fight, that really limits others who just went with melee classes/jobs.
Relaxed Muscle
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Thought I'd put this here.
Basic strategy positions for Coincounter.
Ideally you don't want to be using melee in this fight.
I want to add two things I discover after reading more info in the forums and looking to some videos.
There's is two 100 ton attacks:
- Swing: Is the AoE one, is the one that takes longer
- Swipe: Is considerably faster and it's a cone range attack, so you want to run to his side or back for this one. You'll have high chances of getting hit if you try to run back from his front. (although seeing some videos, lag server may still fuck you up)
Also when any of the two fails to hit a single target he falls and you should go full attack since he is vulnerable.
I hope this helps poor melees that have to deal with 1 hit kills attacks while range users are safely in the other side of the room (thanks SE for that)
Its strange because this is my log for the same fight.
There must be something up with the way the log is updated. (I'm wondering if being dead effects the log updates)
Edit:- I am getting the feeling eye of the beholder isn't a counter but more like a ranged attack, so if a far off player has hate he will use it on them and whoever is close by just happens to be unlucky.
(it would explain your log Vice because if the tank was dead he would only be targeting ranged classes and after animal instinct if someone pulls hate he would do the same.)
Maybe it was SE's way of having some balance.
Eye of the beholder requires players to be closer. (seems it didn't really work like that though)
100 tons requires players to run out.
There must be something up with the way the log is updated. (I'm wondering if being dead effects the log updates)
Edit:- I am getting the feeling eye of the beholder isn't a counter but more like a ranged attack, so if a far off player has hate he will use it on them and whoever is close by just happens to be unlucky.
(it would explain your log Vice because if the tank was dead he would only be targeting ranged classes and after animal instinct if someone pulls hate he would do the same.)
Maybe it was SE's way of having some balance.
Eye of the beholder requires players to be closer. (seems it didn't really work like that though)
100 tons requires players to run out.
Yay we got the Cutter's Cry speed run yesterday and today Aurum Vale. No Darklight bodies though, but did get the War boots. I also finally got my WHM staff and ring. ^_^/ And we used both Dragoons and Monks to kill the Marlboro fast enough, sadly Coincounter still needs ranged DD.
http://buttons-tarutaru.blogspot.de/
No Darklight bodies though, but did get the War boots. I also finally got my WHM staff and ring. ^_^/ And we used both Dragoons and Monks to kill the Marlboro fast enough, sadly Coincounter still needs ranged DD.
http://buttons-tarutaru.blogspot.de/
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Realistically speaking, how long would it take a level 10-12 to hit max rank and join in the fun?
There hasn't been any delays 'yet' on 2.0 coming so assume Late September to early November since they gave a pretty wide release window on their outline. The 'official' release of 2.0 is supposed to happen in early 2013 when the PS3 version is being sold, but anyone that bought the 'original' release of FFXIV on PC or bought the download option will automatically get access to 2.0 when they put the client out in that september to november time frame.
Also for clarification on the 2.0 in the next producer letter, he actually meant 2.0 will be the major subject of the next "Live" producer letter. The eta for that isn't known yet and unless the next producer letter on Monday will be one (Which I doubt given the last couple live letter gave a pretty nice heads up) we probably will need to wait a bit for it. Hopefully we still get some 2.0 stuff on Monday (or whenever it releases) but its not as certain as before
Xux
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Probably less than a month now that the Resting EXP bonus from Inns is in the game.
Xux
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Yeah, a month solo, I mean.
staticneuron
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Xux
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The buff to those probably sped it up, too. All this crap was added while I was in the forties. Not to mention days I skipped or leveled crafting or another job.
The mainline quests are huge, too, if you do them as you level.
So yeah. Probably closer to two to three weeks solo playing a few hours everyday.
Also for clarification on the 2.0 in the next producer letter, he actually meant 2.0 will be the major subject of the next "Live" producer letter. The eta for that isn't known yet and unless the next producer letter on Monday will be one (Which I doubt given the last couple live letter gave a pretty nice heads up) we probably will need to wait a bit for it. Hopefully we still get some 2.0 stuff on Monday (or whenever it releases) but its not as certain as before
Chances are it will be him speaking about the latest poll as that ends on the 26th, If we hear nothing about 2.0, I hope they give us more info on hamlet defence at least.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Well, I may try and see what I can do. I will be re-subbing this weekend I think...If anyone wants to help out, I'd love it. If not, no worries, I'll just chain leves to keep me busy.
Do we still have to add stat points or are they auto-assigned now?
I will be re-subbing this weekend I think...If anyone wants to help out, I'd love it. If not, no worries, I'll just chain leves to keep me busy. Do we still have to add stat points or are they auto-assigned now?
Well, I may try and see what I can do.
Do we still have to add stat points or are they auto-assigned now?
Most points are auto-assigned you get something like a total of 49 points @lvl50 now to assign yourself on top.
Stats are pretty weak in this game, they don't tend to make much difference unless you stack them in the 100's
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Great news
I see xivpads are setting up forums for each linkshell now, might be worth a look.
Edit:- More news, in 1.21a Counter moves such as Haymaker, Fient, Fracture, Overpower will blink when you can use them.
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