Mine was the very first one read, but I forgot to sign my character name like a dummy xD
Happy New Year, SGD!
Have a great 2016 and keep up the good work!
I, for myself, have decided to leave XIV for an uncertain amount of time when my subscription runs out mid-January as I don't really enjoy the game anymore.
I'll clearly miss the SGD, even though I haven't posted a lot in the last weeks/months I still checked the thread every now and then.
Stay awesome! See you around <3
It's always a sad thing read something like this.
But I feel in the same way. I just tired to look for a static only to find something that will be disbanded two week later or I must leave, I changed too much party and now I was forced to give up with the raids. The patch 3.1 was a big misstep for SE and it didn't give nothing worth to play, the anima weapon is... Too much, just too much.
So, I'm wondering if leave this game or just lay an alt in order to wait better patch.
I saw a very clear and pretty sky in the Churning Mists today. Here, take a look:
http://i.imgur.com/tpKnFq7.png
http://i.imgur.com/RocA5WB.png
http://i.imgur.com/yRiVwTy.png
http://i.imgur.com/kuLbIUC.png
http://i.imgur.com/kn73279.png
http://i.imgur.com/JBEXiQI.png
http://i.imgur.com/bIqK96A.png
So many colors!
I'm looking for some people to argue against my point for horizontal progression - the best way to test something is to ask people to break it for you. Can reply here or in the original thread, but I might miss it if its in the original thread (expecting it to blow up with unrelated stuff)
Quote:
It's not that I disagree with the premise entirely... but rather I can't help but ask the obvious question that comes out of it.
"If not this, then what?"
What else is there? I'm no game designer, I dunno how this stuff works. What would be a better system, and can you point to some examples where it worked?
Quote:
Originally Posted by http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/278968-Why-vertical-progression-is-poorly-implemented?p=3532685#post3532685
Just saw Star Wars this week end. Holy catnip it was awesome.
Whew! I've been back at work and just crazy times. Apparently my subscription ran out, whoops! I didn't really get to play over the Christmas period like I wanted to. So, I am going to just focus on levelling my gathering/crafting jobs which have been long neglected. That seems like something I can manage over my limited play time.
How are you all?? :)
Word up Aldora in The Praetorium!
Still trying to get my Gaius card :(
I read your message just now and i was like: “(O_O! ) Wait… What? W-when?” and then i suddenly remember seeing a “Fiery Mojo” in The Praetorium earlier.
Why didn’t i connect the dots back then… (o_o; ) /blush
I’ve been extremely busy running dungeons for my relic. (^_^; ) I’m “almost” there… Only 8 more Unidentifiable Shells and 4 more Unidentifiable Seeds to go before my Paladin Relic is complete. If i can get roughly 360 Poetics and 180 Law Tomes a day, i should be able to finish the relic before 3.2 is release. hehe.
After that, i can start working on my White Mage / Bard Relic. Chances are that i’ll work on the White Mage one next (at a much pace of course).
Talking about dungeons for the relic… I’ve seen in increase of “Odd” MSQ Roulette’s. (^_^; ) The most peculiar one i had was the The Praetorium one i was in yesterday. It’s normal that every single group you have in there wants to speed run the place. Which is fine and all, as long as you do it properly…
There was a tank in that run, who simply ran through each mob, without as much as a single Flash. This resulted in some “interesting pulls”. (^_^; ) Especially after opening the first big door, where we need to go around the outside, down a few ramps and through the teleporter to get to the first boss. Since no Flashes were given, the tank jumped through the portal and the enemies scattered through the rest of the group swatting them like flies. /sigh
Then, after the first boss, you need to grab a key item from the console in order to use Maggie at the top floor. Since we got a “New Player bonus”, i figured i’d ask the party if they got the key item from the console (while pointing at it). Someone replied that they did, as the lift was going up. However, i decided to wait until everyone had gotten into Maggie before jumping in myself. Sure enough, 2 people weren’t able to hop onto Maggie, so i waited for them to get the key item from the console down the elevator.
After the 3 of us jumped onto Maggie and started walking towards Nero, all of the enemies you come across before the taking the elevator to the Research department (with the Protos Arms) were walking back to their original spawning location (attacking us and almost killing us in the process). So, the main group didn’t kill any of these mobs with Maggie. /sigh_number_2
At last, we’ve defeated Gaius and arrived at Ultima! \(^_^ )/ (Speed wasn’t a problem, but the journey there was pretty troublesome)
So, before we jumped in and fought Ultima, i said “Don’t attack the boss until the big white flash.”, hoping that the new guys didn’t go <Full Attack!> on the boss and having Ultima jump around the party like a pinball table. The non-flash-Paladin replied with a “?” and literally no one was attacking the boss. /sigh_number_3
My co-healer eventually pulled by walking towards Ultima and starting the fight.
So, guys (and gals)... What’s happening to our community? (^_^; ) Are we that lost in brute forcing content that people simply don’t know any of the mechanics or simple don’t bother with it anymore?
It makes me a little sad and i think i died a little inside. /cry
So, on that note… Who else here is going to enlist for the Mentor job opening which will be introduced in 3.2? Any thoughts on that?
(o_O?) Really?
I’ve been getting “Rhitahtyn sas Arvina”, “Livia sas Junius” and “Gaius van Baelsar” cards almost every other run. (^_^; ) I’m sorry… m(_ _ m)~ /grovel
If i could trade them with you, i would. Honestly!
If I have my baby son on me, it's Triple Triad vs the Indolent Imperial, else I'll do a Praetorium if I have 20mins to myself. So far, after 10x Praetoriums in a row, not a single card has dropped (didn't even know you could get the other two there lol). I've probably done over 500 TT games over the last week against the Imperial, getting 50x of each of the Livia, Rhitahtyn and Nero cards, but no Gaius. But I'm gonna fight RNGesus to the death on this one!
I didn't go for the new relic. Geez, that's a total waste of time! ... uh...
Well… Not exactly. “Rhitahtyn sas Arvina” drops during the “Cape Westwind” Trial, “Livia sas Junius” drops from the “Castrum Meridianum” dungeon and “Gaius van Baelsar” drops from The Praetorium. I’m just getting Cape Westwind a lot recently (most of the time with the new player bonus).
Don’t kill RNGesus too hard though. I still need some of that <Good luck!>
Farewell we call to hearth and hall!
Though wind may blow and rain may fall,
We must away ere break of day
Far over wood and mountain tall.
To New Gridania, where Twin Adders yet dwell
In glades beneath the misty fell,
Through moor and waste we ride in haste,
And whither then we cannot tell.
With foes ahead, behind us dread,
Beneath the sky shall be our bed,
Until at last our toil be passed,
Our journey done, our errand sped.
i rewrote lotr song
I wish we could summon more than one minion at once, would have both my carbys out always :)
lol these writers
http://i.imgur.com/Ncq653i.png
so looking at over half the pages of this thread and I wonder whats this all about again?
This thread has basically about anything related to FFXIV, be it things you seen and done in the game, but also things like artwork, video's and songs inspired by the game and the people who play it. (^_^ ) Artists like Niqote, VergilRenate, Docent, Rester, Myranda and many more, love to post their creations here.
So, in short... If you've experienced, witnessed, done, completed or created something FFXIV related, feel free to post it here. (^_~ )
Well... That, and Antanias. /pointsdown
/pet Antanias on the head.
(^_~ )
And on that note, i finally have something to share again. Just finished the Anima Relic for my Paladin! \(^_^; )/ <- Sweatdrops
http://i.imgur.com/uGzJZcn.png
I started working on it since patch day, but man... The 3rd phase took a lot of work to complete.
http://i.imgur.com/yZLj6B4.png
http://i.imgur.com/fAyEqRb.png
Just dropping by here, as I can't get ingame where i am now. I'm a new player who'll buy the full game next week, on Cerberus (hoping that's a good and populated server), and loving the game so far and the prospect of Dragoon and Bard. P.s. not much of a FF expert. Only played crystal-something on DS, and another one, also FF3 and started 4 and 11 on DS i think :)
Happy to meet ya'll and see everyone ingame :D
I've been struggling to level WHM but that Shiva gear has given me the motivation I need.
I've read that the Shiva gear is called the "Hailstorm Attire of Casting" (source: (Dengekionline) Preview for patch 3.2.), meaning that it would be used for Black Mage and Summoner. I haven't really seen a set for Fending, Aiming and Healing yet. Although, i'm guessing that we'll get the "Landslide Attire of Fending". (^_~ )
But, in that same thread i also read contradictory things as well. Ow well, only a week or so to go till the patch. We'll know for sure then. (^_~ )
Welcome to the game Vidrian! \(^_^ )/ You don't have to be an Final Fantasy Expert to enjoy what the game has to offer you, so take your time and explore the possibilities the game has to offer.
You mentioned that you liked the prospect of the Dragoon and the Bard. I see that you've leveled Archer and Lancer to 20 and on top of that you've already unlocked Pugilist and Marauder as well. It seems to me that you've already done some research. Good job! (^_^ )-b
Once you get the Lancer to 30 and the Marauder to 15, you'll be able to unlock the "Dragoon"-job. However, if you haven't read about it already, but as a dragoon you can also use skill from the Pugilist. You can find the cross class skill you can use from both classes here:
http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Dragoon
Once you get the Archer to 30 and the Pugilist to 15, you'll be able to unlock the "Bard"-job. Like with the "Dragoon" Job, you can also use skill from the Lancer. You can find the cross class skill you can use from both classes here:
http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Bard
Take your time to familiarize with the classes and pick the class you find the most fun to use. However, i would like to suggest that you pick up the Conjurer class as well (located in Old Gridania). If you level that class to 8, you can use both "Cure" and "Protect" while leveling your classes. This will make it a lot easier, since you will get less damage due to "Protect" and you can heal yourself in sticky situations with "Cure".
ummm why bard when you can become a monk instead?
Because the bows in FF14 look AMAAAAAZING, and I read somewhere that instead of pure dps, it also offers multiple buffs to support their party, and I'd like to be, for once, something else than pure dps ;)
Also, Aldora, If i unlock bard and DRG at 30, I lose the ability to use Cure and protect on them, right?
Well, that's easy. We can kick butt and sing about it afterwards. (^_~ )
Yes, that is correct. (^_^ ) That's because a Dragoon can only use the cross class abilities from the Marauder and Pugilist. When you are not equipping a Soulstone, you can use the cross class skills from all available classes, while being able to equip more them at the same time.
This will make the leveling part from 1 to 30 a lot easier if you have Cure and Protect available. (^_~ )-b
If we are reaaaaaaaaaaally lucky there will be one of each set for every class type.
Hello Cherubs, I've been having some computer issues! Somethings messed up and my team (Rubi ... w/ Maki on Line Support) of Computer (experts?) are pulling it apart to see why its doing that weird pixel buggy spuzzy thing.
...The tests are inconclusive.
Also I've been sick >< I am better other then this cough! Blah!
I'm looking forward to the new patch, I'll need to level a tank to get into the mentor system though!
How is everyone going with their relics? I have saved up 2000 Esoteric Tomes, predicting that we can buy Relic items with it since they are introducing a new Tome.
I'm 11/11/15/15 ... getting close! (though have been lazy regarding the weapon)
Now for some Patch Spoiler discussion that was shown in the trailers/media
I do wish that SE had not spoiled this patches Scion appearing >< ... surely they could have hinted at her instead of showing us completely?
And I very much would have rathered see a certain someone getting punched in the face during the heat of the moment rather then in a trailer...
I suppose its a difficult balance between showing off great content and keeping things hidden for the players to experience first hand...
So do i. Really want to see what a tank would look like in a Titan themed outfit. Hehe. But, by the looks of it, that’s not gonna happen. /cry (T_T )
/comfort. I know the feelz. A lot of people in my vicinity are either sick or having a cold (like me). Hopefully we’ll all be healthy and ready to go when the patch is being released on the 23rd.
I had the trinity ready for quite some time now. (^_^ ) I’ve been Playing with the Paladin, White Mage and Bard since 2.x and those were the classes i got to 60 first. But, i know what you mean. A good friend of mine wants to give the mentor system a go as well, but he doesn’t have a healer leveled to 60 yet.
I finally finished my Paladin Relic this weekend! Yay! Next to that, i have a Bard bow, ready to enter the 3rd Phase and a White Mage Staff which needs the Heavensward Dungeons in order to finish the 2nd Phase.
I’m not really planning on keeping up the same pace for these relics, but i’m still doing the Beastmen quests as we speak. Trying to collect the currency for the Unidentifiable items.
I’ve been watching the trailer several times now and i’m really stoked to get my hands on the new dungeons, Alexander floors, Main Story quest and side quests! In regards to the Main story trailer, every time i watched that part, more question pop up in my head. Even though they spoiled *that*, i’m dying to know where it is heading!
Mah bodeh is readeh...
http://www.catgifpage.com/gifs/318.gif
Dunno, lately the new patches' contents lacks of variety.
I don't know the feels, because I'm sick rarely :P
So I'm lazier than you because my progress is: 19/9/2/0. I don't know if I can complete my Nothung before the new step, but with only a roulette and a handful of beast tribe quest my progress is very very very slow.
About the Main Story, I just hope there will be nothing like heartbroken tragedy, despair and darkness. After the season finale of RWBY I cannot endure any more for some time.
After finally managing to get the fending pants from Pharos Sirius Hard Mode today, i figured it was time to update my Paladin glamour (so that i can make all of my tanks look the same at one point. (^_~ )
I really like how it turned out!
http://i.imgur.com/soQlby2.png
http://i.imgur.com/jMYS2Yo.png
http://i.imgur.com/vosU1ZQ.png
These screenshots give me a little bit of a "Jihl Nabaat"-atmosphere. Hehe.
http://i.imgur.com/g47qINW.png
http://i.imgur.com/egJkPfx.png
(for reference)
You look great - though I don't want to punch you in the face like I did Jihl~!
I'm not having a fun FFXIV time lately. :(
My internet connection continues to be bad to the Japanese servers, and there is not much I can do (have had technicians etc looking at the connection, but I live in a remote part of Australia), so I do not play as much as I used to. I still enjoy the game though! I am looking forward to more storyline and stuff I can do solo - my in-game husband gets upset with me that I won't do dungeons and things, but I lag so horribly lately that I am scared people will die/I will die and get mad at me. :(
Hopefully this time next year I will be moved into a major city, as next year marks 10 years of living in the remote tropics! I miss my home of Sydney!
why when they make a new relic is it totally replaced next patch by the new trial entry weapons after it took forever to even make one.... let alone some people have made 3+ not sure how they did it but thats some major motivation some people have
Tomorrow will be the patch day, so I ask: how many people will become mentor?
I think to try it, even without a padawan, too much dark side and not enough lightsaber. :P
I sure will. Maybe not on patch day ('cause i'll be too busy doing the new MSQ and the new dungeons for the first time), but yes. I will apply for the mentorship. (^_^ )
Thank you! \(^_^ )/
\(^_^; )/ ... i think?
/comfort. It's going to be OK.
Have you tried WTFast? Just to see if it makes any difference, what so ever? I'm personally not fond of such solutions, but it helps you sort out your connection issues, you can at least try that until you have a better connection next year. It did help a few of my friends.
She had a certain charm/elegance about her. It was a shame she picked the wrong side. (^_~ ) Personally, i didn't fight her in XIII-2 because i thought that the Arena battles were too hard to be considered "fun".
I hope when 3.2 comes online to see many many many new glamor choices cause I kinda have super high hopes for this patch glamorwise reading the prelim notes :)
C'rysta!!! I was on Sarg a while ago for the Love Love Star Maid Cafe and was super QQ that I couldn't find you!
Nevermind... I don't have any healer job at level 60.
I can only try the new hairstiles:
(under spoiler because there are a lot of screen)
http://i.imgur.com/EL08F6D.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/DBjeWiH.png
(not bad. just some little glitch with the dreadwyrm coronet. the lock cover her "scar" but it not so "emo"...)
http://i.imgur.com/Ci5saZo.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/35YjKvp.png
(more feminine but not so much. Not so fond about the back, too lifted, maybe)
http://i.imgur.com/8QNRED0.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/kN3Ulyd.png
(no... just no. meru is a Dark knight, not a punk...)
http://i.imgur.com/i8H6bMy.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/CQ1yiBD.png
(worse than above...)
http://i.imgur.com/OZfIoHj.png
(a braid!? really!? I want this since the beginning of the 2.0, because "pure" meru need a braid. but...
http://i.imgur.com/qN7EtVy.png
(Damn drills. why drills, why? too feminine... dropped...
Conclusion: return to the usual dreadlocks. (I think it will be herr iconic hairstyle.)
and I finally delete all glamours on my DRK to show her AF gear (totally dyed)
http://i.imgur.com/EJ2ko40.png
(with helm)
http://i.imgur.com/Lf6mn1A.png
(helmless)