Soldato
This is pretty much true, but for what it's worth out of both of them i would say FFXIV:ARR is the better MMO.
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Final Fantasy XIV - A Realm Reborn
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This is pretty much true, but for what it's worth out of both of them i would say FFXIV:ARR is the better MMO.
yea it's just sad that ffxi had so much awesome stuff about it and they pretty much ignored everything that made ffxi good and instead tried to make another wow clone but with even more solo than wow has.
even the combat in ffxi is boring as hell to me almost every caster class feels pretty much the same.
even the healer class seems to do as much dps as some of the caster classes
no **** even when it was hard to get on and you would have expected the hardcore players to be online it was ****
in one sunken temple run we wiped 11 times on the boss the first one...
someone left
we killed it the first time without them.
second boss 5 more wipes
last boss 3 wipes from tank being to stupid to read the warnings telling you what to do...
there seems to be so many bad healers and tanks
with the so many mmos using multi server dungeon finders they need to start using an elo system so the good players don't have to put up with the idiots
Yep. Garuda was definitely fun when no one felt the need to hide behind the rocks and then think it was down to an error on my (the healer's) part
I play healer so there not generally any trouble there but its mainly DPS who don't even try to move out of AoE on Ifrit HM, accept combat res without thinking about the AoE that will go off on their face as soon as they res or people interrupting when they shouldn't be or blowing all DD cooldowns at start and pulling agro etc etc
It's really doing my head in. The only saving grace is the occasional group you get that goes smooth as you need and one shot the encounter.
Yep. Garuda was definitely fun when no one felt the need to hide behind the rocks and then think it was down to an error on my (the healer's) part
Yeah some people just don't get fight mechanics at all. You can forgive it the first couple of attempts if the person failing is new to the dungeon but when they fail on the same thing over and over and over its just unacceptable to me. I wouldn't mind if it was something complex but simply moving your character is childsplay.
So many people stay silent instead of admitting it's their first time in a dungeon too. First time I join anywhere new I always say "Hi, first time here. Any tip appreciated" and generally people are kind enough to explain things.
Not at all, I don't ask that they play at my pace but how about some patience when it comes to doing their first dungeon run on a certain end game dungeon instead of just continuously whining about how slow their run is going to be because someone doesn't know what to do, instead of explaining what to do. As far as I imagined if you want to do the dungeons with people who potentially may not know what to do, use the duty finder otherwise stick to server local free companies or shouting.
In fact I am more perplexed at why these people are using the duty finder to do speedruns as a DD they must wait about 20-30 minutes before even getting a run, most people on my server do it internally through shouts as you can then exit and re-enter the dungeon with no downtime in-between.
Pretty much this.
The game looked fantastic on the surface, and may very well be getting some great ongoing support... But I am well and truly out. Boring game.
I used the ingame macro function to write a quick guide to each boss people still failed hard probably idiots that don't even read chat and I don't think it's possible to kick nobheads from duty finder parties you didn't make
Soldato
Still enjoying this although progressing slowly due to time constraints! - Will probably have a bash at it tonight for a few hours though!
Still enjoying my archer, even nicer is the fact that I can heal myself now when the rubbish healers in dungeons forget
Is there any sort of Damage Meter available in game? i'd quite like to see how I compare with the other DD's
Still enjoying my archer, even nicer is the fact that I can heal myself now when the rubbish healers in dungeons forget
Is there any sort of Damage Meter available in game? i'd quite like to see how I compare with the other DD's
Any tips for crafting please?
Some bits you should pick up as you go along since it unlocks the skills quite slowly to begin with.
Levels 1-4, bugger all will happen. All you have is the Synthesis skill. Unless you get very unlucky (90% chance of success) or try something a bit too hard for your current gear you shouldn't fail anything.
Levels 5-6(?) you'll have the Basic Touch skill but all that will really get you is extra experience at this point unless you get lucky and it turns out HQ. Try to use it twice for each craft (more for 60/70 durability items) as this can boost your exp gain up to 100-250% easily.
Level 7-8 you'll have Masters Mend but you are still quite limited on CP.
Level 9-10 make sure you pick up a Leather Choker (I think thats the one) for a boost to your maximum CP at level 9. Steady Hand makes your Touch skills much more likely to succeed and guarantees the Synthesis skill. Very important when you're going down to 10 durability.
Level 11-14 you'll have Inner Quiet so you'll have to use your own judgement as to whether or not you're better off using it or not as it costs the same as a Basic Touch.
Level 15 is where you unlock your first unique skill. You should have enough knowledge of the system to work out how to best use it.
At some point, I think its level 10, it unlocks 'Condition' of the item being Normal, Good, Excellent, Poor. Read the tutorial and it'll begin to make sense after a few crafts.
Always worth knowing just how much Progress you can get per use. That way you know just how many turns it will take you to finish the craft so you know how much you have to use on Quality.
Quality ramps the chance up massively towards the last 25% of the bar. It does go to a maximum of 100% chance of HQ but only at full. Even being 1 point off drops it to 98%.
Sods law is ALWAYS in effect in crafting.
If you go down to 10 durability, the next condition is always going to be Excellent.
Without Steady Hand, all touch skills chances of success are reversed, if it goes to Excellent its an almost guaranteed failure.
If you ever let it get to 10 durability with 1 Synthesis left, it'll probably fail without Steady Hand.
One thing to note is that the unique skills you unlock at level 15 (and 40/50) are usable by all other crafting classes. These skills can be seriously powerful when you unlock more of them. Carpenter gets a skill to convert the bonus' of Inner Quiet into CP. Alchemist gets a skill to gain 20CP if you use it when the condition is 'Good'. These are utterly invaluable for me at the moment.
Also regarding HQ components. The bonus exp is based on how much Quality YOU increased it by and disregards any HQ components. HQ components increase Quality to a maximum of 50% of the max. These are weighted in some bizarre fashion such that higher level ingredients are worth more quality but sometimes there is just no way to know what it classes as 'high level' ingredients.
Soldato
Thats a great summary of the crafting experience of the game... which I think is probably the best I've had in any MMO.
At least they didn't copy Vanguard's
to similar to be a coincidence
weird because most people didn't like the crafting in eq2 it made the people who did craft pretty rich though
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I'm hooked on carpentry now. Reached level 11 in about an hour and a half heh
It is my first experience of any crafting of any form (this is my first MMORPG) and I've yet even to discover the other forms of crafting. FML there goes my social life :|
Ah well, at least my fiancée plays too
It is my first experience of any crafting of any form (this is my first MMORPG) and I've yet even to discover the other forms of crafting. FML there goes my social life :|
Ah well, at least my fiancée plays too
Soldato
It's almost a rip off from everquest 2
Didn't play EQ2. Only really played the more recent like Aion, Rift, WH etc.. but yes, even if it is a rip-off, its very enjoyable