dark_chris
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Ill have to check it out then! Thanks mucho for the tip.
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Final Fantasy XIV |OT5| All You Need is Gil
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Ill have to check it out then! Thanks mucho for the tip.
There is a dyeable tabard that can be crafted by weavers called Hempen Tabard. It's low level and super easy to make. I made one for my PLD because I really like the way it looks.
Please no.
No.
These Ixal quests are getting wild.
Also, rehashing the joke for the quest name? Really? Cmon.
It would be simply splendid if the new crafting gear requires yet another garden product.
I've seen that one. The differences between this and the GC tabards is the lack of chainmail sleeves and a different chestplate, probably also cloth texture. Up to dark_chris what he wants to use after previewing.
Gardening's a great idea! It really is!
It's just too goddamn bad about the personal housing.
In about 10 hours 30 minutes.
Yep. Hoping he has some good stuff in store for the live letter but my expectations aren't very high.
crazygambit
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Me too. At least we should be safe on accessories for a while. I just finished penta-melding those. I've noticed, given current materia prices, that penta-melding is the way to go for pretty much every piece. It's pretty insane how they fluctuate though.
Optimal melds aren't necessarily obvious, it took me actually making a spreadsheet to realize that (after fully melding my CUL). I wasted way too much money on sub-optimal melds. The guides suck btw, very few pieces use tier IV materia and Control IV might as well not exist, I don't think anything needs it.
EndcatOmega
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2 hours about the Ixali dailies, get in.
irfaanator
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That's kind of the thing, there's no true optimal since prices fluctuate so much. Most guides should just be taken as possible combinations, not scripture.
I used Control IV in chest on two of my crafters iirc, due to the control III/IIs being way way more expensive then the craftmanship IIIs at the time. So I did Craft IV, Control IV, Craft 3x2 and control 1
crazygambit
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Maybe there's no true optimal since some materias could be easily interchanged, like Control II or Craft III I was looking at yesterday for a body piece. However there are certainly sub-optimal melds no matter what, since the prices of Control IV have been several times those of Control III for a long time.
I can tell you right now that you wasted the Control IV and probably spent at least 100k more than you should have melding your chest. I could tell you the exact number with today's prices when I get home if you want.
Right now the optimal body meld is Craft IV, Control III, Craft III, Control II, Craft III. I found the order interesting since Control II was a little more expensive than Craft III, but the correct position was Slot 4 given the variations of percentages between tier II and III materia. However given the major fluctuations in Craft III (which has gotten a lot more expensive recently) and Control II, this could easily change. What I'm 100% sure of though is that Control IV has no place in that meld.
Devilgunman
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Hunt hunt hunt hunt
Go on PF and find a Hunt Party. Join said Hunt Party. Hang around long enough to kill a full cycle of A ranks. Get myth and allied seals and soldiery. Seals can be used to buy myth gear, too. If you're max rank with your GC, make sure to do your weekly hunt bill too.
You can get myth from other roulettes and dungeons too, but hunting is the quickest way to boost your iLevel to the point of not needing to worry about minimum requirements for content. Them you can just focus on clearing stuff (get your relic!) without hitting iLevel walls all over the place.
Today's prices aren't applicable though. At the time, I got the control IV for around 180k, the control II/IIIs were around 30k each(wtf). If I would of failed 5 of the 35% IIs I'd of broken even, which while only being a 11% chance it is still a risk. There's also the fact that I could use the 1-2k control I for my final pentameld over a much more expensive II or III. The craft 3s were only like 15k at the time, but using my prices with your suggested meld order I'd need to fail at least 7 I melds to match even one failed III. The disparity could be better or worse depending on current prices, but that was my original point.
There is really no perfect, 100%, optimal or suboptimal meld order because the prices can vary that much. I have seen as much as 150% fluctuation on certain materia. It is pretty insane.
crazygambit
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That's close to yesterday's prices, except the Control IV is around 250k. I could run it with those prices if you want, though I agree with your premise that there's no 100% optimal meld for all time, there's certainly an optimal meld the moment you're doing it. And with the huge difference in price between Control IV and III using Control IV for the body is a pretty bad idea on the long term.
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lazybones18
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I see the server decided to blow up...I think
Okay, I asked a variant of this question awhile ago, (last November) but I figure the equation has probably changed now. How much time should it take to level a miner, specifically, from 19 to 50? I'm reaching the point where I'm wanting a steadier supply of Gil. What, with all the food, crunchberries, housing, armor augments and such I've been known to buy.
I'm going to start leveling crafters too, but mostly so I can affix junk materia and spiritbind faster. Ixali dailies are proving hecka valuable for this. I'm nearing 20 on my Blacksmith, and I'll probably switch out and repeat these dailies with other classes, so I can get that leveling bonus without having to spend Gil on HQ Turn In's.
I'm going to start leveling crafters too, but mostly so I can affix junk materia and spiritbind faster. Ixali dailies are proving hecka valuable for this. I'm nearing 20 on my Blacksmith, and I'll probably switch out and repeat these dailies with other classes, so I can get that leveling bonus without having to spend Gil on HQ Turn In's.
With leves? Probably around ten hours. Without? A few days maybe. And all of your remaining sanity.
crazygambit
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I'm a little torn on Ixali quests. On the one hand, if you've already leveled your crafters, it devalues the work you've done, since it's now much easier to level up. On the other hand, really the only way to make money with crafting is to sell stuff to crafters that are lower level than you. My sales have gone way up since the Ixali quests started (and for ridiculous prices too). Stuff that costs about 100 gil to make (including the shard) can sell for 8-9k. Just crazy.
Not too long if you have leves. If you don't want to grind it all at once, there's also daily provisions / turn ins at your GC and the challenge log.
I'm not buying any stuff for turn in's or whatnot when it comes to crafting. I'm a cheapskate, and need all the Gil I can get. XD
I have full leves right now, so, I guess it's mainly a matter of when I can get away from leveling my alt to work on miner. <_<;;
And it comes back to GC Seals. *sigh* Gadzooks, now that I'm not doing Animus or Novus I never have enough GC seals. They were constantly overflowing before. D:
One thing to keep in mind is that if you level mining using leves, try to stick with doing evaluation leves. These leves will assign a point value to the stuff you gather, and by getting above a certain number of points, you will get huge exp bonuses.
Oh, so, I guess I'll have to let my Bro-in-law copy my game files, if he's going to take advantage of the free log in period. Erf.
tiggerkiddo
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Are the augmented pieces you make to dye the AF armor difficult to make? If not, I'm gonna just gear up ALC next so I can knock them out.
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Healer%27s_Attire_Augmentation
Mastercraft, 3-star, and mats aren't cheap either.
Pellegri Testament
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Honestly wondering how anyone could have thought differently. The moment they took out the old tomestones and made myth the new base tomestone was when it became clear that they wanted to go with the WotLK model of dungeon currency, where every new tier there is always a new high end currency and then the old currency gets replaced with the high end currency from the tier before.
It prevents stockpiling so that people can't just load up on the new gear the moment the new patch comes out. Because it's either they allow stockpiling and make it known that if you are not capped before said new patch goes live, then you will be behind right off the bat, or they make a new high end currency so everyone starts off on the same footing as far as gear progression goes. There would be more drama if people were behind the moment a patch went live because they didn't cap an old currency than there would if everyone had to start from scratch again with a new currency.
does that mean your subbing? :O
Well it's more like
OH IT'S DIFFERENT NOW? WHAT DEVIOUS SCHEME YOSHIP HAS IN MI--- oh it's just a new tier of the same progression what a shocker, carry on.
Eh, we knew there was a new AF tier like at the start of the year, so it doesn't surprise me if they add another tome or some other gate. It's all the same in the end, themepark gate general.
Least they look nice I guess.
Just google FFXIV AF2, WAR/SMN/DRG/MNK/BRD were all shown already.
AF is always job specific. Hope you all have enough storage room.
Supposed WAR AF2 looks like some MH gear, idk how I feel about it.
I know yoship has a MH boner, so who knows.
armoire
None of these are classes I play (healers).
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