Super General Discussion 2.0 - Always offering a happy, fun time~!

So once again like last year I have searched the cities for the elusive moogle birds...

Ul'Dah
http://i.imgur.com/r2fmeGc.jpg

Gridania
http://i.imgur.com/J8BGPep.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vAt6C41.jpg

Limsa
http://i.imgur.com/qik6wXn.jpg

The cat is amused =^.^=

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Originally Posted by NadienKirisame

So once again like last year I have searched the cities for the elusive moogle birds...
The cat is amused =^.^=

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Neat! Thanks for posting!~

*Peeks in*. This thread deserves to be resurrected a bit.

I haven't posted in ages. I don't even dare check when my last post was. I think I was supposed to draw something, and never ended up doing it. I lost interest in the game between 3.1 and 3.2, haven't been doing much except maybe logging once a month to poke retainers.

But now I seem to be back for at least a bit of time. That break apparently was what the doctor ordered or something!

Perhaps I'll even find time to draw Cloe-as-a-Au'Ra eventually. Come to think of it, I don't think I have picked up my pen since HW came out...

I'm currently trying to collect the High Allagan Healer set for my white mage and so far i got 2 out of the 4 items i'd like to get. But, since i couldn't wait, i started glamouring my White Mage into this:

http://i.imgur.com/ofEqpGV.png
http://i.imgur.com/FhwDWrC.png

And, while i was at it, i figure i'd test those 2 new poses with several of my classes. And, well... See for yourself:

White Mage

http://i.imgur.com/pj1u1Om.png
http://i.imgur.com/luqWCUj.png
http://i.imgur.com/DuxrINP.png

Paladin

http://i.imgur.com/NO5eBX2.png
http://i.imgur.com/zFnSPHi.png

Bard

http://i.imgur.com/2hFpUFP.png
http://i.imgur.com/BCzwRLV.png

Ninja

http://i.imgur.com/zLsIUjh.png
http://i.imgur.com/BNjIh5D.png
http://i.imgur.com/XE0lnTK.png
http://i.imgur.com/3M3wGjk.png

Black Mage

http://i.imgur.com/b4qtk2o.png
http://i.imgur.com/TGsB9jK.png

Summoner

http://i.imgur.com/A5wNKlX.png
http://i.imgur.com/DFh5Llr.png
http://i.imgur.com/6seZKkF.png
http://i.imgur.com/g1BUoSy.png

(Couldn't fit the last few in my previous post. They only allow 20 Images per post.) (^_^; )

Machinist

http://i.imgur.com/wn01TsH.png
http://i.imgur.com/nJWThBf.png
http://i.imgur.com/zkdBvZh.png
http://i.imgur.com/lXUEm3H.png

Sup guys :D My 3rd week in the game and first day on forum! Nice to meet you all :)

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Originally Posted by Aldora

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Victory o /bstance?

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Originally Posted by 11f3

Sup guys :D My 3rd week in the game and first day on forum! Nice to meet you all :)

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/offer cookies and smoothies.

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Originally Posted by 11f3

Sup guys :D My 3rd week in the game and first day on forum! Nice to meet you all :)

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Welcome! Feel free to throw yarn at the cats.

I smell...takes a deep whiff...TALENT!

Subscribed. :D

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Originally Posted by Deli

/offer cookies and smoothies.

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Lol thanks thanks. Love it mate :D.

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Originally Posted by Docent

Welcome! Feel free to throw yarn at the cats.

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/throw yarn

So what is going on in this thread :D

Working towards 3.0 content. 2.1 MSQ was very meeeeeeh. So much running back and forth, not that interesting. 2.2 was very interesting! Shame though my FC only has the same +- 15 members online :/
Looking forward to the rest of MSQ, maybe do a bit more on my relic weapon.

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Originally Posted by 11f3

So what is going on in this thread :D

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Pretty much what it says on the box. This is essentially a drama-free super general thread. Talk about your victories, your experience, ask questions from the old veterans, laugh at all of Nique's super cute chibi strips. (Optionally, make a fool of yourself. I'm good at that one, I think!)

Also, <3 for the signature picture. Loved the movie, and all that attention to detail, so impressive @_@;;

Question: Does anyone know why I really almost never see people from Cerberus post? Is it one of the more dead servers?

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Originally Posted by Vidrian

Question: Does anyone know why I really almost never see people from Cerberus post? Is it one of the more dead servers?

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From what i’ve seen on the forums, the people who post it come from a wide variety of Servers, including Cerberus. However, the people i know from Cerberus aren’t really regulars on the official forums.

If i take a quick peek at the Cerberus World Forum section, i still see that people are posting there on a regular basis, either looking to join a raiding static or looking for members.

So, i don’t think that Cerberus is a “dead server”, based on the server their forum characters are located. There are plenty of players who have multiple characters on multiple servers (where they find the time to manage more than 1 character, i have no idea… lol).

In short, i think you’re safe on Cerberus. (^_~ )-b

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Originally Posted by Docent

Pretty much what it says on the box. This is essentially a drama-free super general thread. Talk about your victories, your experience, ask questions from the old veterans, laugh at all of Nique's super cute chibi strips. (Optionally, make a fool of yourself. I'm good at that one, I think!)

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That’s the good thing about this thread. We tend to take things not too seriously within this thread. (^_~ ) This has resulted into hilarious conversations, like “The Lalaball of Doom!”

You can read the entire history of that event by following the quote below (click on the little button next to my name in the quote):

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Originally Posted by Aldora

The “Lalaball of Doom” has quite the history in the Super General Discussion Thread. Funny enough, it’s even related to my current siggie. Hahaha. It all started with 1 small sentence that Crim Soukyuu said back in the day:

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Originally Posted by Soukyuu

Can I touch your tail please? It looks so fluffy *_*;;

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That little sentence started a whole chain of (hilarious) reactions… (^_^; ) For those interested (friendly warning… it’s quite long. But worth it! (^_~ ) )

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Originally Posted by Docent

Pretty much what it says on the box. This is essentially a drama-free super general thread. Talk about your victories, your experience, ask questions from the old veterans, laugh at all of Nique's super cute chibi strips. (Optionally, make a fool of yourself. I'm good at that one, I think!)

Also, <3 for the signature picture. Loved the movie, and all that attention to detail, so impressive @_@;;

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Shit =__= I have no experience victories or whatsoever yet. Except I won my friend in Card game =__+(y) It's cool ... it's cool ....

And ayeee thansk mate. AND YES, Makoto Shinkai anime movies are just masterpiece :)
Do you watch others than The Garden of Words? 5cm/s?

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Do you watch others than The Garden of Words? 5cm/s?

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Nah, I haven't seen 5cm/s yet -- I think the only other one I've seen so far is Hoshi o Ou Kodomo (Children who chase lost voices). I'm certainly interested in seeing more of his work.

But lately, the movie I am most curious to get and check out for myself is that crazy awesome-looking Kaguya-hime no Monogatari (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya).

can anyone on gilg craft me the items for relic? buying from MB add up to lik 2,8 mil and i only have 2 mil

A stupid scholar or summoner somewhere has cast virus on me, and I am not-literally dying of man-flu. BAHHHH. Well at least I get today off work to play some FFXIV... /tailswish

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Originally Posted by ErzaScarlet77

can anyone on gilg craft me the items for relic? buying from MB add up to lik 2,8 mil and i only have 2 mil

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I have to admit that i don't see a lot of people from Gilgamesh replying in this particular thread. So, i'm not sure if this would be a good place to look for crafters. Have you tried creating a party in the Party finder, asking for a crafter who can make the items you need for a set price? At least on Sargatanas, i see people shout in the major cities as well as creating parties in the Party Finder, either looking for crafters or offering their services to the public. Maybe that would serve as a good alternative?

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Originally Posted by Kyan

A stupid scholar or summoner somewhere has cast virus on me, and I am not-literally dying of man-flu. BAHHHH. Well at least I get today off work to play some FFXIV... /tailswish

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Hold on... Lemme find my Esuna. It has to be around here somewhere...? /rummaging_through_her_skills

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Originally Posted by Aldora

Hold on... Lemme find my Esuna. It has to be around here somewhere...? /rummaging_through_her_skills

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Ok so I usually play Scholar but I level White Mage on the side sometimes, and no joke I forgot where I put Esuna cuz it's not in the same place I put leeches. I almost let the tank die cuz I was frantically going through my crossbar looking for Esuna XD

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Originally Posted by Docent

Nah, I haven't seen 5cm/s yet -- I think the only other one I've seen so far is Hoshi o Ou Kodomo (Children who chase lost voices). I'm certainly interested in seeing more of his work.

But lately, the movie I am most curious to get and check out for myself is that crazy awesome-looking Kaguya-hime no Monogatari (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya).

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Totally! That's a great one with unique art style and amazing story (y) DO IT MATE!

AND SERVER IS MAINTENANCE AGAIN TT_TT I TRY TO GET TO 60 ASAP

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Originally Posted by Dualgunner

Ok so I usually play Scholar but I level White Mage on the side sometimes, and no joke I forgot where I put Esuna cuz it's not in the same place I put leeches. I almost let the tank die cuz I was frantically going through my crossbar looking for Esuna XD

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This is why I have all my WHM and SCH abilities that share the same function occupy the same spot. Otherwise it ends up messing me up way too much. :D

Also, I am sorry to all ASTs out there: I used to mock you when I was Warrior-Cloe, but now that I run around with an astro globe, I am actually really liking the job. I think it has my favourite toolkit out of the three healers.

That said, I don't really like to cleric stance dance on that job. Awful from 30 to 52 (until Gravity), and at 52+, the dungeons hit hard enough that I often find myself focusing on healing through most of it anyway.

But if all I have to do is main heal? I really like their cooldowns and cures.

I am summoning king carbuncle pet and love him or become his dinner lol.

I've always read the title as "Super generic discussion"

Yeah, i don't have much to add to this thread. Slow day at work \_(ツ)_/¯

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Originally Posted by Vurtney

I've always read the title as "Super generic discussion"

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"General", adjective: not specialized or limited in range of subject, application, activity, etc.
"Generic", adjective: characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific.

I don't think either are that bad to define what goes on in here, although "generic" does a pejorative connotation of inferiority.

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Yeah, i don't have much to add to this thread. Slow day at work \_(ツ)_/¯

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Same here.

I wonder if I can ask the company's hardware department for a Wacom tablet for... brushing up my artistic skills. Surely it has some value for programmers?
Might as well ask for those fancy Wacom monitor! I'm sure they'll okay the expense!

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Originally Posted by Dualgunner

Ok so I usually play Scholar but I level White Mage on the side sometimes, and no joke I forgot where I put Esuna cuz it's not in the same place I put leeches. I almost let the tank die cuz I was frantically going through my crossbar looking for Esuna XD

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I know exactly what you mean. That’s why i’m trying to make sure that i put skills for each job within the same slot, so i can find them without thinking. When running dungeons multiple times with the same class, you tend to do things through muscle memory, so that you can focus on other things like mechanics or where your party members/enemies are within the battle field.

In order to give you an example how i arrange my hotbars for each class, here’s my White Mage one:

http://i.imgur.com/pWlprBA.png

Since i play my White Mage 99% of the time when i’m healing content, i try to position of the Astrologian as well as the Scholar skills within the same slots, based on the type of skill/spell it is.

For example:

[Num 1] Reserved for basic healing spell, meaning:

• “Cure 1” for White Mage
• “Benefic” for Astrologian
• “Physick” for Scholar.

[Num 2] Reserved for supplement/stronger healing spell, meaning:

• “Cure 2” for White Mage
• “Benefic II” for Astrologian
• “Adloquium” for Scholar.

[Num 4] Reserved for removing status effects, meaning:

• “Esuna” for White Mage
• “Exalted Detriment” for Astrologian
• “Leeches” for Scholar.

[Num 5] Reserved for Cleric Stance to switch between healing and DPS Stance

[ALT+Num 1]Reserved for Regeneration spells, meaning:

• “Regen” for White Mage
• “Aspected Benefic” for Astrologian
• Since Scholar doesn’t have a Regen spell, i’ve allocated “Aetherflow” here for Scholar (which regenerated 20% of my MP).

The DPS Skills (like Aero, Stone, Bio, Miasma, Malefic and Gravity) always go to the [SHIFT+Num 1 through 6] keys, so i’ll know they are there.

You get the drift. (^_~ )

110 times bishmach ex and seen 14 whistles and won none :( I want my birdy already plz :(

Yeheeee! WHM 60! Finally I can become a mentor (even if it's useless, but who cares?)
And I don't have any fancy screenshot due error 90000.

But I have an idea for a new doodle: a DRK try to convince an Imperial Legatus (or a PLD for the sake of corruption. ) to become its pupil so "together can rule Eorzea".

Well, it's been a long time since I last posted a pic in here, I think. To commemorate the momentous event of my reaching level 60 on Machinist on Cloe and getting the most awesome /visor'd goggles of foreheadness, I present to you:

http://www.nivicare.com/doh/CloeMch.png

It's not very clean, and I was poking around Krita for the first time, so the brushes and such are all over the place, and poorly used. Still, I kinda like the end result. /shrug.

I was updating my achievement spreadsheet and I realised I only have 2 achievements from the original 1.0 left, melding 1000 materia and 10M from leves. I'm close to finishing the materia one but only about 2.75M into the leves.

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Originally Posted by Magnesium02

I was updating my achievement spreadsheet and I realised I only have 2 achievements from the original 1.0 left, melding 1000 materia and 10M from leves. I'm close to finishing the materia one but only about 2.75M into the leves.

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Wow!
Congratulation.

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Originally Posted by Docent

Well, it's been a long time since I last posted a pic in here, I think. To commemorate the momentous event of my reaching level 60 on Machinist on Cloe and getting the most awesome /visor'd goggles of foreheadness, I present to you:

http://www.nivicare.com/doh/CloeMch.png

It's not very clean, and I was poking around Krita for the first time, so the brushes and such are all over the place, and poorly used. Still, I kinda like the end result. /shrug.

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Looking good Cloe! (^_^ )-b I still have quite some way to go before I'll have my machinist at 60. Right now, I'm going Full Swing on the new Relic tier (for my Paladin).

As it stands right now, I have 2 out of 5 Aether Oils with roughly 4.4k Esoterics left to go. By the looks of it, I should have it ready in roughly 9 days from now.

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Originally Posted by Magnesium02

I was updating my achievement spreadsheet and I realised I only have 2 achievements from the original 1.0 left, melding 1000 materia and 10M from leves. I'm close to finishing the materia one but only about 2.75M into the leves.

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(O_O! ) By the Twelve... You've been busy.

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Right now, I'm going Full Swing on the new Relic tier (for my Paladin).

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Same for me, but I'm still farming the unidentifiable item. I'm at 20/20/20/7 right now.

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As it stands right now, I have 2 out of 5 Aether Oils with roughly 4.4k Esoterics left to go. By the looks of it, I should have it ready in roughly 9 days from now.

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I have only 1, but with may rate i can complete it by farming towers and not have completed the base Nothung yet.

Was having a chat with the darling wife about the current JP event everyone has been talking about and how crazy it is JP hasn't just given in and put it in cash shop. srsly. Just put everything in cash shop like China events and anything else they have in store for exclusives. _-_ So I made this.. thing.
http://i.imgur.com/hP9dAAl.jpg

Has anyone checked out the new(ish) trailer for XV. The one with the "Stand by Me" cover?

FFXV Trailer

Wonder if we're getting Noct or the Bros' outfits/hair when it launches.

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Was having a chat with the darling wife about the current JP event everyone has been talking about and how crazy it is JP hasn't just given in and put it in cash shop. srsly. Just put everything in cash shop like China events and anything else they have in store for exclusives. _-_ So I made this.. thing.
http://i.imgur.com/hP9dAAl.jpg

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I read the forums on a daily basis and i must say... I find it alarming that there are so many people asking/requesting/demanding the FFXIV Team to put the items they want (or cannot get through regular in-game means) for sale on the Mogstation, whilst pulling out their wallets.

Truth be told, i’m not really the one to talk, since i’ve bought my fair share of DLC content for different kinds of games. I mean, my Rockband Song Library contained 404 songs at one point. I’ve bought more than just a handful of songs for Rocksmith. I also bought “DLC” for League of Legends, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Little Big Planet and more. But, I thoroughly enjoyed the “Old Hunters” DLC for Bloodborne with my FFXIV friends. Not to mention that i still have a stack of games for both the PS3 and PS4 (Heck, even the PC!) that i haven’t even touched yet.

But, when i see how far people would go to get that one specific mount or glamour piece… Well. It makes me feel “old”. (For a lack of a better description)

I can totally understand that there are people out there who put a great deal of importance to their appearance, but i also believe that you can go “too far” as well. We are still playing a game and while we use it to “escape reality”, we shouldn’t go overboard with it. Throwing money at everything we want, purely for the sake of having it.

I’m not a fan of the Cash shop. I don’t like it one bit. But, i did get the Platinum Wedding pack in order to “pull a prank” on my friends. You guys have probably seen the screenshots in this thread. It started out as a prank, but we had a lot of fun putting up that “show” and it was worth every single penny of it!

So, will i accept its existence? Well, yeah. Sure. It’s their money, so they’re the ones deciding on how to spend it. If they want to spend 25+ bucks on a mount, that’s their choice (as much as i dislike it being there in the first place).

In the end, i’m the one who determines if i want to spend money on vanity items or not.

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Originally Posted by Aldora

In the end, i’m the one who determines if i want to spend money on vanity items or not.

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I like harmless options like glamour/mounts.
I like convenience options like extra AH slots or bag spaces (esssentially, Retainers in this game, which I gladly pay).

I just think most of the stuff on mogstation overpriced, and it would make more business sense to me if they were charging less. If 1% of the people got the 20$ minfillia outfit + haircut, would they have sold it to 10% of the playerbase at 2$ instead? What iTunes have showed is that when you lower the price enough (0.99$ or less), it becomes "free" in the eyes of most people, and then they end up spending 50$+ frivolously.

The downsides to this is that you reduce the "rarity" of your goods (and thus their desirability for some player types) and you also create an alarm "They're trying to pull the wool over my eyes!" for people who are more savvy about these kind of business practice.

In a way, by having it expensive and rare, my impression is they're purposely making it a "collector's" item. They get the same amount of money as high-volume, low-price item but they limit their transactions and keep the special snowflake nature of the item for those with disposable income.

At least they have drawn the line and haven't offered XP boost, superior items or consumables on the mogstation. That would be where I draw the line.

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Originally Posted by Aldora

In the end, i’m the one who determines if i want to spend money on vanity items or not.

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Personally I dislike cashshop in a game I already pay for >.> srs. wut. my main issue is that content is being released for specific regions .. content than has no reason to be exclusive. and that bugs me.

I figured it was time to change my White Mage glamour to the more traditional look. I really like the Elegant Rimless Glasses with this outfit. What'd you guys think?

http://i.imgur.com/WofbFmK.png

http://i.imgur.com/QDbAcIg.png

http://i.imgur.com/jD0aPCQ.png