Any news on Anima Light nerf?

Just out of curiosity as we are a month ish away from expansion. Are we gonna be getting it anytime soon or are they done nerfing the Anima steps?

Cheers!

Based on 3.0, 4.0 will almost certainly nerf it to double light gained. And they'll nerf it once more in 4.1 or 2 to quadruple light gained.

So no light nerf before expansion?

very much doubt they'll do nerf pre-expansion. its something that can be done in a few hours if you get a good group going with some lucky bonuses.

They never increased light gain during 2.x, so it's unlikely that the anima weapon will be any different, in that regard.

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very much doubt they'll do nerf pre-expansion. its something that can be done in a few hours if you get a good group going with some lucky bonuses.

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Geesh, I've been on it for over a month with like, one and a half of the two runes glowing. Is there some sort of secret?

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Geesh, I've been on it for over a month with like, one and a half of the two runes glowing. Is there some sort of secret?

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Run A1S. Check if there's a bonus (sturdy instead of robust). If there is a bonus, spam the sh*t out of it until it's gone.
Alternatively, spam A9S with a competent party.

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Geesh, I've been on it for over a month with like, one and a half of the two runes glowing. Is there some sort of secret?

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Farming AS1 with bonus.

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Originally Posted by Driavna

Farming AS1 with bonus.

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Alexander Savage 1? Bleh, I don't really do raiding...

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Geesh, I've been on it for over a month with like, one and a half of the two runes glowing. Is there some sort of secret?

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Spam a1s or a9s when they have bonus. With bonus a1s is 24 light per 4 minutes including requeuing (unless bad queue time), so that's 360 light per hour. You need 2k light for all 10 runes. For a9s it's 48 light per 6-8ish minutes I guess, with no cd reset and wipes. Could be sub 5 minutes with competent groups, but not a realistic number to expect from average DF/PF.

Btw a1s is pretty much like a1 normal now, should have near 100% clear rate.

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Alexander Savage 1? Bleh, I don't really do raiding...

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Honestly? Try it, the thing melts like butter in the Sagolii desert, and you barely need to do mechanics

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Alexander Savage 1? Bleh, I don't really do raiding...

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That's the fastest (or less slow) way to farm. It's that or take 2 months or more doing Dun and roulletes

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Alexander Savage 1? Bleh, I don't really do raiding...

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A1S is extremely easy, particularly for range. It is simply don't stand in stuff, dps as hard as you can and kill both bosses as close to each other as you can. Seriously it takes usually about 4 mins to clear and the dps of geared groups these days mean that most mechanics are skipped.

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Alexander Savage 1? Bleh, I don't really do raiding...

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ATM is very easy so don't worry about it, if you don't want to bother with party finder que during prime time or while bonus. It's also a nice way to farm seals via tokens and drops.

Lol unless you get a few groups like I did. You can still wipe to that place often in DF. PF is a better bet to farm.

My concern with savage is more along the lines of, I never really bothered melding any materia. Pretty sure with my accuracy nothing would hit, you know?

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Honestly? Try it, the thing melts like butter in the Sagolii desert, and you barely need to do mechanics

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You honestly will have more trouble in a guildhest than you would in AS1 these days

I wish they would nerf Animus' books.

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My concern with savage is more along the lines of, I never really bothered melding any materia. Pretty sure with my accuracy nothing would hit, you know?

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In your current gear, you're 83 accuracy above the A12S accuracy cap, so you definitely won't be missing anything in A1S.

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My concern with savage is more along the lines of, I never really bothered melding any materia. Pretty sure with my accuracy nothing would hit, you know?

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What about doing some research then?

- Accuracy caps: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...accuracy_caps/

- AS1 Farming run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b22WsxkUiTw

Anyway at this point all you are doing is looking for excuses instead of solutions so suit yourself.

If you don't want to farm Alex, other good sources of light are Expert and 60 roulettes, the 24-man raids, and Frontlines Seal Rock/Fields of Glory as well as any HW bird farms.

A lot of my light came from pvp. So in addition to all my relic weapons, now I also have all the Garo mounts, a Storm cavalry horse, and a white ADS. (And pretty good pvp rank on my server!)

But yeah, Void Ark is quick and easy. Also, you can just spam level 60 dungeons. I got tired of A1S so I did most of my light through other methods and still finished up that step in about a week and a half for most.

Well, thanks for the help guys. If my current gear seems to work, I'll give it a try! I've just never wanted to even try because I hate the idea of bringing a party/group down.

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A1S is extremely easy, particularly for range. It is simply don't stand in stuff, dps as hard as you can and kill both bosses as close to each other as you can. Seriously it takes usually about 4 mins to clear and the dps of geared groups these days mean that most mechanics are skipped.

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So A1S is like Garuda (HM) during 2.x light farming?

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Alexander Savage 1? Bleh, I don't really do raiding...

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It's pretty much place face on keyboard and roll now. Faust is an absolute joke. I solo heal everything on SCH and by solo heal I mean I spam broil while watching YouTube (for Faust anyway) and then on the boss itself all you have to do is avoid the green puddles and go ham. I literally never have to heal unless someone stands in a puddle or gets hit with his big beam. The whole encounter can be solo healed / tanked now. Heck Faust doesn't even need a tank. Had a run where tank said brb but no one wanted to wait so we locked the tank out and smeared Faust across the floor. I got 5 runes completed within maybe 10-12 hours of grind.


TL;DR sorry for long post, it's easy. Just do it xD

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Geesh, I've been on it for over a month with like, one and a half of the two runes glowing. Is there some sort of secret?

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What have you been doing for it to take so long? O_o I been doing A1s, A9s, A10s as an alt (for gear and lights) and within 3 days out of this week (cept for the dailies, did them daily) getting lights doing lights casually net me 7 runes. I should be done today, depending on other things. Alts come second after all

You need 488 as a caster for floor 1as and 592 (or was it 3?) 593? for 9-12. It is not hard esp for 9. If I can do them as an alt then.... I do not see the issue

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What have you been doing for it to take so long?

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Daily Roulettes. I wasn't really focusing on it, figured I'd earn it at a gradual pace like the other parts, but really, that just was not the case when it came to the Light farming. I did some AS1 this morning and that went pretty well. I'll do that a few more times for sure now. Thanks everyone!

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Well, thanks for the help guys. If my current gear seems to work, I'll give it a try! I've just never wanted to even try because I hate the idea of bringing a party/group down.

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Don't worry about it at all. I have been in groups where the healers pull well ahead of the DPS and it still melts like butter. A1S is a complete joke nowadays. :)

As for the OP. I suspect we may see one final patch update when the NA datacenters relocate. This will only uncap Scriptures, allow Sophia/Zurvan/Proto-Alex stuff to be turned in and probably nerf the light step. Just speculation on my part though!

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Daily Roulettes. I wasn't really focusing on it, figured I'd earn it at a gradual pace like the other parts, but really, that just was not the case when it came to the Light farming. I did some AS1 this morning and that went pretty well. I'll do that a few more times for sure now. Thanks everyone!

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Keep track of the bonus windows via reddit's live thread. Without bonus a1s is 12 light/run, with bonus it's 24 light/run (double). I'm usually too lazy to do it outside bonus windows, but if you're up for the grind, it's still one of the fastest method even without bonus.

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Daily Roulettes. I wasn't really focusing on it, figured I'd earn it at a gradual pace like the other parts, but really, that just was not the case when it came to the Light farming. I did some AS1 this morning and that went pretty well. I'll do that a few more times for sure now. Thanks everyone!

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Go get!
i did do it today!

https://i.gyazo.com/d514981935659ee6...9648a4ae7a.jpg

not bad for an alt :p

How difficult is it to mt a1s as a pld and drk? I managed to get my war 275 through groups having me ot only.

Not difficult at all. Just boop the Dolls during Faust to keep them from punching other people. Works out nicely for DRK because Blood Price and Dark arts+Dark dance for some Reprisal/Low Blow procs for Faust. And Expert dungeon bosses hurt more than both the Oppressors nowadays. So super easy.

Ha! One of my guild officers half-jokingly told me A1S is mandatory, and will take me in there kicking and screaming if he has to. He compared it to Cape Westwind, just 4 minutes instead of 2 in order to calm my nerves. I still think I'm going to blow it :p

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How difficult is it to mt a1s as a pld and drk? I managed to get my war 275 through groups having me ot only.

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Is just tank and spank, just remember to go under the boss while he is casting resin bomb and thats about it.

Anima light farming is way more tolerable than grinding for lore in the earlier steps.

It was probably the fastest step just below the lux upgrade.