I had enough for a 255 weapon after leveling my machinist from 30 to 50. So like... eight hours, maybe nine? This was with randoms and usually going from 51 to 100 so it should be faster with people you know.
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I had enough for a 255 weapon after leveling my machinist from 30 to 50. So like... eight hours, maybe nine? This was with randoms and usually going from 51 to 100 so it should be faster with people you know.
davidpdong
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BUT THEN HOW WILL U GLAMOUR THE AF2 STUFF?
Okay that's not bad at all. I'll be going in with a healer so we'll both be aiming for our weapons. Thanks!
Just read up a little on PoTD, so you can enter solo, fixed party or a random party. So would you able to enter as a party of say 2 and it would be scaled for 2 people? Or would be always scaled to max party. That's kind of interesting and it doesn't matter what your level is, that's pretty cool as well. Might try it out tonight.
Ah, so you can try it out at least though.
Yeah using centurios for company seals is a waste.
I use alliance seals. The rate is worse but I'm never going to use my alliance seals for anything so might as well.
Talk to the... OIC guy? And go for Promotions when possible.
If you need a seal dump, Ventures are pretty good if you're actually using your retainers.
Uh, up your rank so you can have more seals in case you ever need things that require higher rank or more seals.
Probably the big thing later on are the crafted items you need for the anima questline.
These are four crafted items that usually go for 50k on the marketboard and you need 4 of each, so that's something like 800k right there. But you can buy them with company seals for 5k each which saves you a lot of money. You can even buy them with seals to sell them on the market. Anyway this is only available at the... second highest rank? Second Lieutenant.
EndcatOmega
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What is the point of those hats?! Unsubscribing!
Will do. I've honestly just ignored Grand Companies in general, so I never really understood what they were to begin with.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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Done my relic.... and did the proto ultima fight. WHAT A JOKE.
Stone Ocean
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It's called Little Ladies day, you guys expect a big hat? That's sizeist
theosi
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Hey GAF,
Recently resubbed and just finished up the original HW content (soo good) and i'm feeling a little lost with the game opening up a bit more.
What I should be focusing on in regards to armor progression. Should I be doing clan hunts for Centurio seals trade-ins? Lore trade-ins?
Currently at ilvl ~160ish, got my 235 weapon from POTD (workin on 255)
I'm also capped on Poetics, is there anything useful I can grab with them? Where are those vendors? Idyllshire?
Recently resubbed and just finished up the original HW content (soo good) and i'm feeling a little lost with the game opening up a bit more.
What I should be focusing on in regards to armor progression. Should I be doing clan hunts for Centurio seals trade-ins? Lore trade-ins?
Currently at ilvl ~160ish, got my 235 weapon from POTD (workin on 255)
I'm also capped on Poetics, is there anything useful I can grab with them? Where are those vendors? Idyllshire?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/5p72tj/how_to_gearing_up_at_level_60_in_35/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HkWhxbEiTHXXaoTaHiCNQmVgwTXLrGchcqa3AeQCpG8/edit#
Poetics: Unidentifiable Bone/Shell/Ore/Seeds is a good poetics sink, particularly if you don't have access to the level 48 beast tribe quests. They're needed for one of the Anima steps.
Another one is Superior Enchanted Ink x 5 and Thavnairian Mist x 5, which, again is part of an Anima step.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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It was funny cause my whole alliance in Dun Scaith was saying the fight is so lame. Eh, it's such a letdown but I'm used to being letdown by SE these days. Heh, at least the relic is gorgeous I guess. They significantly made the design of the BLM one better as well but I just wish the glows could change colour.
UtterlyPerplexed
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They probably realised how eager people are to skip Zurvan's mechanics in 8-man groups, so were considerate and decided let's give them what they want and have a fight where 24 people can all skip mechanics!
/s obviously.
BossDarkseid
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*starts POTD because fuck doing a trillion sidequests to level up to 60*
Hey this is quite easy and from 1-20 I've gotten a good bit of XP.
*gets to 30 after a party of Dragoon (me), 2 Bards and a Rogue (i think) + wipe* ragequits
Man POTD is good for the exp but those resets can just make you snap
Hey this is quite easy and from 1-20 I've gotten a good bit of XP.
*gets to 30 after a party of Dragoon (me), 2 Bards and a Rogue (i think) + wipe* ragequits
Man POTD is good for the exp but those resets can just make you snap
*starts POTD because fuck doing a trillion sidequests to level up to 60*
Hey this is quite easy and from 1-20 I've gotten a good bit of XP.
*gets to 30 after a party of Dragoon (me), 2 Bards and a Rogue (i think) + wipe* ragequits
Man POTD is good for the exp but those resets can just make you snap
I'm actually really enjoying POTD, and the fact that it saves after every 10 floors means it never gets too frustrating for me.
BossDarkseid
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Oh, yeah, I enjoy it. Just I took the wipe as a sign to take a break for the night. Even with a wipe it's still nicer than going from A to B to C to B to A to C for a sidequest...I really hope in Stormblood they just abuse linkshells and do that WoW thing where some quest chains continue with the walkie-talkie thing. It'd just make it more convenient...
the_sun_king
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Spoilers: It doesn't take long to amass Centurio Seals if you do your weekly, all the daily, and go after A rank marks. Take away the A ranks and it still doesn't take very long.
How exactly are you expected to upgrade your armor and weapons throughout the game? I've sort of been able to coast so far because I had some lvl 30 armor gifted to me when I started playing, but I'll probably need some better stuff soon. Are you supposed to just buy gear from shops whenever you level up? Or are there quests specifically for getting armor/weapons?
the_sun_king
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If you're still under level 50, buy gear from vendors (or the market board, but always check vendors first), roll on loot from dungeons, and/or pick gear as your quest reward in those that give them.
Dandy Crocodile
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You're in Coerthas right? You should have had plenty of Stoey quests by now that offer gear upgrades. Are you choosing them as rewards?
Stone Ocean
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Plus AF2 is dirt cheap, one A rank hunt is enough for like one or two pieces
Usually you'd go to sidequests to get better armors for your current level while you're leveling up.
Up until level 50, you can use your Grand Company seals to buy nice armor at your Grand Company Quartermaster. At level 50, the main quests give you some pretty good armor, but after that the gear is found in sidequests again.
If you're not doing sidequests or saving GC seals, dungeons give good equipment for all levels.
Don't worry about it until 60. Gear up with dungeon drops as you go; they patched the ARR quests in general to hand you more gear than you'll ever need. You level through stuff so quickly on the path to 50 that buying anything is kind of a waste, and you'll get handed gear high enough level to carry you into Heavensward as part of the job/main story quests. You generally want to be within 10 iLevels of your character level while leveling, but it's not a huge deal.
The only possible exception is if you're tanking, it might be worth making sure you keep your weapon fairly current to help make holding threat easier when you don't have all your skills. But beyond that, don't sweat it.
There are a bunch of different ways. You can buy gear from vendors, but HQ crafted gear or dungeon drop armor is generally better. I leveled Armorsmith alongside Gladiator, so I never wanted for gear. However, dungeon dropped armor lasts for a good length of time. A level 30 set of dungeon armor is slightly better than a level 35 set of vendor-bought armor. If you get lucky, you can keep up on equipment pretty decently with dungeon drops.
Other good, if inconsistent, sources for armor and weapons are the Grand Company vendors. They don't give full sets all the time, but you can get some decent armor, weapons, and accessories at a wide range of levels for 1-50 content. If you are playing a mage or other lighter-armored class, the level 20 GC uniform is pretty decent gear til you reach level 30 or so.
Guildleves can also be a source of armor. They can give some NQ armor as rewards, but you also have a chance to get Aetherial armor from the random chests.
You can get a full set of level 15 armor just from doing the training hall quests in Western La Noscea.
Importantly, you get a great set of armor from your Job questline at level 45 and 50. That is what served as the original entry-level endgame gear at launch, when paired with the level 50 GC weapon.
As other people have said though, the main scenario quests give plenty of armor to gear your first class. It doesn't hurt to grab some dungeon drops for any alternate jobs you want to level in the future though. The level 15 dungeon armor and level 30 Brayflox armor lasted me across a lot of jobs.
Usually the "merchants and menders" NPCs in whatever town hub you're in will sell level appropriate gear for that zone. For example, if you're level 30 you'd shop in costa del sol. Wineport for 35. Maybe Dragonhead or Whitebrim for 40?
I unlocked the Umbrite relic step that just got nerfed, and through the internet I saw some people talking about farming Amber Vilekin for the Sand via levequests, and some others saying that such method was not working for them.
Could anyone please confirm if it is a viable approach?
Could anyone please confirm if it is a viable approach?
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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Gosh, blm with all the new spell speed accessories is crazy. The BiS has just changed for all the right side I assume?
empressdonna
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It comes down to luck with treasure chests really. I ended up spamming 'Dance, Magic Dance' and only got 11 chests from all 100 leve allowances.
Stone Ocean
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yes and for melds on WAR left side CRIT > DET > SS / right side STR
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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And what ring does it replace? Alex or Augmented shire?
Stone Ocean
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I'd replace the Alex one if you can get more crit elsewhere like swapping the Alex belt for the Shire one. New BIS should have the same SS but more crit or det, need to think it through, maybe swap a couple extra pieces if the accuracy allows it.
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