Back from a few months break. Need a briefing please.

I just came back from a few months break probably last time i played was in November. What all have i missed and what is the recommendation i should be working on. Im lvl 50 PLD i have relic armor when last on i was working on the sword trying to fight hydra. I have 1 piece of dark light armor and a few hoplite armor pieces. Can someone fill me in I feel like a lot has changed in a few months. When looking at character ilvl is 56. In case that helps with pointers.

Lalafells have taken over. Miqo'tes Males one are made into house pets.

The rest if us are either enslaved or went into hiding.

Please send help.

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Originally Posted by HumsterMKX

Lalafells have taken over. Miqo'tes Males one are made into house pets.

The rest if us are either enslaved or went into hiding.

Please send help.

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There is no hope :3

To answer OP - The first step would be to get your darklight armour and getting to i70. This can be helped along a little as once you have one or two darklight peices you can jump into the lovely chaos that is CT, hope for no trolls, and get one i80 bit of armour a week :3 If your in a good FC or can find a good one who will help you to catch up, it'll help a lot ^.^

Thank you for the pointers. Best way to get tomes for darklight at the moment still um CM i think it was. I cant exactly remember. Or something else

We didn't give you permission to speak! Back into your cage hume >:3

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Originally Posted by HumsterMKX

Lalafells have taken over. Miqo'tes Males one are made into house pets.

The rest if us are either enslaved or went into hiding.

Please send help.

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i refuse to be a house pet lol

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Originally Posted by HumsterMKX

Lalafells have taken over. Miqo'tes Males one are made into house pets.

The rest if us are either enslaved or went into hiding.

Please send help.

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Kneel before your adorable overlords and your resistance will be overlooked!

@OP - Welcome back for starters. You'll want to head to camp revnant's toll in mor dhona and flag the quest for Crystal Tower (Legacy of Allag or something I think) as well as Ultima's ballad and various other 2.1 quests. You have missed quite abit of changes and there are even more coming in the patch next month.

CT gives 200 Philo and 50 myth per run, You are allowed ONE DROP PER WEEK so pass on everything you don't want. The entry Ilvl is only 50 so you can enter as soon as you complete the quest.

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Originally Posted by Lethaltyrant

Thank you for the pointers. Best way to get tomes for darklight at the moment still um CM i think it was. I cant exactly remember. Or something else

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I would run CT if I were you. You get 200 Tomestones of Philosophy, and you get 50 Tomestones of Mythology. On top of that, you have a chance to get ilvl80 loot. Best way to play catch up, in my opinion.

I would say that crystal tower and wanderers palace are probs the best place for you to begin at collecting philo/myth :)

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Originally Posted by Keith_Dragoon

Kneel before your adorable overlords and your resistance will be overlooked!

@OP - Welcome back for starters. You'll want to head to camp revnant's toll in mor dhona and flag the quest for Crystal Tower (Legacy of Allag or something I think) as well as Ultima's ballad and various other 2.1 quests. You have missed quite abit of changes and there are even more coming in the patch next month.

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I have picked them up and waiting on the 2 fates i have to do for the earth and i think its water shard/crystal thing

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Originally Posted by Lethaltyrant

I just came back from a few months break probably last time i played was in November. What all have i missed and what is the recommendation i should be working on. Im lvl 50 PLD i have relic armor when last on i was working on the sword trying to fight hydra. I have 1 piece of dark light armor and a few hoplite armor pieces. Can someone fill me in I feel like a lot has changed in a few months. When looking at character ilvl is 56. In case that helps with pointers.

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I'd work first to get Philosophy gear (full darklight) ASAP, make sure nothing is below i70


Currently your 'Best in slot' gear is going to come from a mixture of Mythology gear from Rowena's NPCs in Revenenants Toll - Mor Dhona.
You purchase this with 'Allagan tombstones of Mythology' from doing your daily roullete (see below)

So if you haven't already unlocked The Binding Coil of Bahamut, now is the time, as your mixture of i90 gear will come from Rowena and The Binding Coil.

PLEASE CHECK online what is best in slot, don't get a full set of Mythology gear, it's usually a complete waste as some items are better than others.

Hard Mode Primals

You need to beat these to gain access to The Binding Coil of Bahamut, seek out a party to help you get through this ASAP!

Crystal Tower [Follow your main story line and pick up where that left off (try the waking sands)] once per week you can participate in the 24 man raid and get ONE item per week. Whatever you lot on and drops to you LOCKS YOU OUT from lotting on anything else will Monday 3PM GMT.

This gear is i80, it's a fantastic stepping stone for getting into The Binding Coil of Bahamut and extreme primals, chose

Extreme Primals

Extreme versions of the primals are avaliable;
Ultima, Garuda, Titan, Ifrit. You're going to need at least full darklight for this is pretty much a nessecity as a minimum.

Dailies & Daily Roullete!

Daily Quests are now avaliable from the Amaja'll and Sylphs, check the Grand Company HQ's in Ul'dah and Gridania for the quest-line

Daily Roulette is simply a random low or high level dungeon for a daily tombstone reward, you can get an extra chunk of philosophy/mythology everyday doing your high level dungeons, and philosophy from low level dungeons and your main scenario. (Guildhests are great for gil+GC seals)
The reward is once a day and resets at 3PM GMT.

PVP!

Go to the Maelstrom Command in Limsa Lominsa for a breifing on Player Versus Player and the quest-line to unlock it (fairly short).

It's a fairly bog-standard arena based fight 4x4 parties works quite nicely (except for the gear issue)

I recommend if you really want to try this to craft some pvp gear and do the low level 30-40 ones.

I just came back from a break myself. It can be a bit much to take in at first, but you'll get back into the swing of things pretty quickly. Another nice addition that helps with tome farming is the duty roulette.

Edit: aaand Shioban beat me to it. Such is life. :P

thank you Shioban that def laid out a lot of the info. Looks like i def got some work ahead of me lol

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Originally Posted by Vies

I just came back from a break myself. It can be a bit much to take in at first, but you'll get back into the swing of things pretty quickly. Another nice addition that helps with tome farming is the duty roulette.

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I am going to have to try these tonight after work i guess looking inot there is like a bonus or something if your class is in high demand.

As a tank you will have almost instant queue times! I would suggest getting back into the feel of the game by doing duty roulettes for low level dungeons and main scenario. These do award some tomes which will help you as a tank upgrade your gear to ilvl 70 stuff. You can also use the party finder feature to look for groups to work on that relic, or take a chance and try the duty finder. They just added chimera and hydra to it. One more suggestion, if you use duty finder let your party know you have been away for awhile. While there are some toxic types out there most people will be helpful and offer tips of the trade, or make suggestions on which to kill first or where to pull to. Also, with regards to main content. Try not to unlock pharos Sirius yet. You will thank yourself later =p Its supposedly a lower lvl dungeon but its one a lot of players hate because the reward doesn't match the risk. By not unlocking it you prevent it from coming up on your roulette. Wish I had known that.

Yeah there is a lot of work but if you have people to run content with it can make things a lot easier. Sorry I couldnt write up a full detailed list, I'm at work at the moment xDD

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Originally Posted by Mirakell

Yeah there is a lot of work but if you have people to run content with it can make things a lot easier. Sorry I couldnt write up a full detailed list, I'm at work at the moment xDD

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This! Except I am lazy as shit so I just didn't feel like typing up a huge wall of stuffs. :P

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Originally Posted by Shioban

Crystal Tower [Follow your main story line and pick up where that left off (try the waking sands)] once per week you can participate in the 24 man raid and get ONE item per week. Whatever you lot on and drops to you LOCKS YOU OUT from lotting on anything else will Monday 3PM GMT.
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The wording of this is a bit misleading. You may participate as many times as you'd like, but only get one item per week.

Thank you Kelvani and Mirakell thank you to and its ok i am working as well and figured id post and most of it when i got home. Its all very helpful and good to know and i know where to start exactly what i was looknig for

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Originally Posted by Lethaltyrant

i refuse to be a house pet lol

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Run while you still can. The others.... they are brainwashed and trying to lure you in. Run away!



Alternatively you can buy this safehouse pass for only 299,999.99 gil. If you call right now.

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Originally Posted by Mordermi

The wording of this is a bit misleading. You may participate as many times as you'd like, but only get one item per week.

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ah ok i think i get how it works then i only want to flag stuff i really really need and can use. Do not waste on something that is not going to benefit me

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Originally Posted by HumsterMKX

Lalafells have taken over. Miqo'tes Males one are made into house pets.

The rest if us are either enslaved or went into hiding.

Please send help.

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The only thing lalafells took over on Balmung is the lawn gnome business.They charge 5k gil an hour to stand on your front lawn.

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Originally Posted by Lethaltyrant

ah ok i think i get how it works then i only want to flag stuff i really really need and can use. Do not waste on something that is not going to benefit me

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Yep. Run it as many times as you like, collect philo and myth, and only roll on gear that you really want since you can only get one piece per week. Depending on your luck, you could end up capping philo before you get a drop, so you'll be getting plenty of Darklight gear while you're at it.

Read this for CT:

And yes my previous statment was written too quickly. You can access it as many times as you want, only the loot gets locked out.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...rlabyrinth_of/

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Originally Posted by Lethaltyrant

ah ok i think i get how it works then i only want to flag stuff i really really need and can use. Do not waste on something that is not going to benefit me

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Hey Lethal - Look me up if you can when you are on, we are on the same server. I have a few higher leveled characters and I'd be happy to do some runs with you and help you get back into the swing of things. My MNK/PLD/SCH is Ehayte Feytes, and my BLM is Nyne Feytes. I'll try to shoot you a tell or something to see if you need any help or anything.

Welcome Back! : D

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Originally Posted by Lethaltyrant

Thank you for the pointers. Best way to get tomes for darklight at the moment still um CM i think it was. I cant exactly remember. Or something else

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The best way to get philosophy tomes now-a-days is:
1.) Storyline duty roulette - this will get you 300 tomes, and some gil by randomly putting you into either praetorium or CM, repeatable once per day.
2.) Crystal Tower - completion of the Crystal Tower (30-ish mins in a good group, 45-ish in a not so good one) rewards you with 200 philosophy tomes and 50 Mythology tomes, plus you have the added bonus of being able to lot on ilvl 80 gear pieces as well. You're allowed to win one piece per week, resetting monday mornings, though you can continue to run it for fun and tomes after you get your weekly piece.
3.) Low level duty roulette - this will randomly throw you into any of the instances below level 50, usually whichever one has someone already queued up for it in need of progression. It awards 100 Philosophy Tomes, 10 Mythology tomes, and a decent chunk of gil for completion on a level 50 job, or a huge xp bonus instead of the tomes on a job below level 50, repeatable daily.
4.) High Level duty roulette - this will randomly toss you into one of whichever level 50 dungeons you have unlocked. The roulette itself does not award philosophy tomes, but all of the level 50 instances do give 100ish for completion. I would probably recommend that you get a few more pieces of darklight and maybe an ifrit/garuda/crafted ilvl 70 weapon before doing this though.
5.) AK/WP/whatever spam - you get 100 philosophy tomes for AK/WP and 30 mythology tomes. Depending on the group, either of these dungeons is usually pretty easy to clear quickly, and gives the added bonus of accumulating mythology tomes for your lvl 90 gear while you're at it. AK was recently made a lot easier by removing some of the mobs and lowering the HP of the rest of them, and most DF groups can finish it up pretty quickly and easily.
6.) Beastman daily quests/treasure hunts - okay, these don't exactly give a ton of tomes for completion, especially before you rank up with the beastmen some and gain access to higher tiered quests with better rewards, but they do give tomes, gil, and a crapton of shards as rewards. I don't remember exactly, but I believe the quest to start the sylph dailies is in the twin adder HQ in gridania, and the one for the amal'jaa is in the immortal flames HQ in Ul'Dah, but don't quote me on that, it's been a long while. The treasure hunts can be completed I believe it's every 18 hours, correct me if I'm wrong, you can do solo hunts and party hunts, can buy maps or farm them yourself on a gathering job. there's a quest that gives the ability to dig for treasure and decipher maps but I don't remember where it was, I think maybe camp bronze lake somewhere? You dig up a treasure chest, kill some mobs guarding it and get gil, items, shards, and tomes. The most I got from one chest was 30 philo tomes.

the roulettes will be in your duty finder menu at the very top of the list. As you can see, there's a lot more variety now than there was on the game's release. I suggest doing a lot of different things to farm your tomes rather than spamming just one thing, it's a lot more fun that way, and you don't get driven insane by spamming the same instance over, and over, and over, and over again.

Hope this was helpful =)

A warning though for CT in terms of the type of people who tend to go there most of the times, lots of elitists, and trolls, so use that stoneskin on yourself in real life when going in there. Also welcome back.

I am not sure if CT loot still drops to people that don't do anything once the loot timer runs out, but better be safe than sorry and remember to pass on anything you don't want so you don't accidentally get locked on gear for the week.

Thank you Marael for all that info and taking the time to type that all out lol i will take the advice and use it well im close to my body piece for dark light :)