GARO Collaboration Set to End in Patch 5.1

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...97c59a7d1d9fb0

* Previously earned gear, mounts, and titles will remain usable after Patch 5.1.
* Gear you have previously earned can still be obtained from the Calamity Salvager after Patch 5.1.

Unusable is unusable. Which makes it seem kind of a Wolf Mark sink to just buy the items for screenshots. However, Calamity Salvager makes it sound like they "will" be provided we earned it in the first place.

So which is it? Is it weird wording for the first part?

Big edits for big dummies!
I completely misread usable as unusable. Where's the best place I can buy glasses?

Sounds like it's so that if you earned it and tossed it at some point you can still recover it.
But for people who didn't earn it during the event period, they won't be able to get it.

At least that's what the Calamity Salvager does for other things, right?

Even with this news I'm still hesitant to ever touch PvP.
Maybe I'll start doing a daily Frontlines run. Maybe.

It means if you already have it you can still use it aka we aren't deleting your items that you already earned. Just means the Priest NPC won't be there which means you can't buy the sets anymore, and you can't finish the achievements which means you can't earn the mounts making them missable.

IIRC the Salvager replacement items unlock when you actually buy the stuff with marks/get the achievement, but since you won't be able to buy the stuff anymore/get the achievements with the NPC gone whatever you unlock before they remove it is what is going to be on there indefinitely.

The Calamity Salvager will let you buy back any gear if you unlocked the equivalent Garo job achievement. The salvager only recognises the achievements so even if you bought all the gear, if you haven't talked to the priest NPC to unlock the achievement, the salvager won't sell it to you.

I hope this helps to make more sense?

Started working on these again about a week ago. Seems like I picked a good time to finish the achievements out.

If you are only aiming to get these for glamour and not the achievements,mounts, etc. You can just as easily get glamour versions of them at lvl1 in the golden saucer.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...&type=currency

Edit: Actually I just seen that in the post they are also removing those also. >_< That sucks.

Luckily I already snagged everything. From what I recall, it wasn't too bad a grind if embraced in short bursts.

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Originally Posted by Lumadurin

Even with this news I'm still hesitant to ever touch PvP.
Maybe I'll start doing a daily Frontlines run. Maybe.

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There is a means to get the gear and weapons at least while not doing PVP

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Originally Posted by Theodric

Luckily I already snagged everything. From what I recall, it wasn't too bad a grind if embraced in short bursts.

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Even if you don't like PvP it's not too bad, just embrace it in the bursts and take advantage of that roulette daily bonus. For the hardcore PvP this achievement is pretty easy to grind though, minus the part of having to level everything to 60 first if you're no where near that lol.

Basically if you see this and you don't have it start now and you'll probably get it relatively calmly over a long period of time (or quickly with a day or so pure binge of PvP).

If you don't like the mounts or look of the armor (mage/ranged looks distinctly different from the power ranger melee gear) make sure to buy the Heroic Spirit Shield as it's (I think) the only way to hide your Paladin shield if you had wanted to do that.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

Luckily I already snagged everything. From what I recall, it wasn't too bad a grind if embraced in short bursts.

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The wolf mark grind isn't bad at all, but the wins for the mounts was rough back when the event first went live and that's with a good chunk of the player base trying to get their things. I can only imagine how rough it might be now.

Meh, i will wait for the mogstation release. PvP is rly bad.

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Originally Posted by Taykawai

Meh, i will wait for the mogstation release. PvP is rly bad.

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You'll be able to get the mounts later on?

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Originally Posted by Taykawai

Meh, i will wait for the mogstation release. PvP is rly bad.

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They never added anything to the mog station that wasn't a crossover with their own company. Like how Yokai watch isn't on the mog station, but the FFXIII stuff is.

I wonder if the achievements are still able to complete for the mounts.

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Originally Posted by Bacent

They never added anything to the mog station that wasn't a crossover with their own company. Like how Yokai watch isn't on the mog station, but the FFXIII stuff is.

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That's what I was thinking. Getting wins would be absolute hell, not to mention queues take forever. Kind of sucks.

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

That's what I was thinking. Getting wins would be absolute hell, not to mention queues take forever. Kind of sucks.

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People might see faster queues when Shadowbringers goes live with some trying to get exp but it's really hard to say. PvP queues have been pretty dead for awhile.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

People might see faster queues when Shadowbringers goes live with some trying to get exp but it's really hard to say. PvP queues have been pretty dead for awhile.

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It took me forever to get just the Ginga!. Guess I'll start doing feast maybe I can scratch at least that one in.. If I can get queues..

It's times like this that I wish FFXIV has WoW's collection system. I completed everything, got all the gears and all the titles on my old character (and were there mounts involved or did I got those from pvp itself unrelated to Garo?). Aside from not touching MGP, not even for the car mount, this character is also not touching PVP except to unlock it for dueling purposes in FC-run tournaments. Oh well...enjoy your rewards for those who got them and those who will try to get them.

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Originally Posted by linay

It's times like this that I wish FFXIV has WoW's collection system. I completed everything, got all the gears and all the titles on my old character (and were there mounts involved or did I got those from pvp itself unrelated to Garo?)

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I would absolutely love to have a collection system like that. Despite WoW currently tailspinning they at least have that going for them. But anyway, the mounts were Ginga, Goten and Raigo. You had to win 10 Frontlines for Ginga, 30 Feast matches for Goten and 60 Frontlines/Feast matches (combined count) for Raigo. But you had/have to have a Garo title equipped from completing any set. No idea if that's what you got but wanted to at least provide some information.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

I would absolutely love to have a collection system like that. Despite WoW currently tailspinning they at least have that going for them. But anyway, the mounts were Ginga, Goten and Raigo. You had to win 10 Frontlines for Ginga, 30 Feast matches for Goten and 60 Frontlines/Feast matches (combined count) for Raigo. But you had/have to have a Garo title equipped from completing any set. No idea if that's what you got but wanted to at least provide some information.

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Yeah, I got all three of those mounts on my old character. So they are related to Garo? Nice. And man, I did a lot of PVP back in those days, even did it to complete farming light for my HW anima, which is another thing I'm not doing on this character, lol. I guess I gave up a lot of things when I gave up my old character, still enjoy the game though.

Feels a little odd that they're removing it this long after. I'm sure there's some reason for it but it's been there for like half of HW and all of SB only to go away in the first major patch of ShB? I'd normally expect a collab to be permanant like monster hunter or list like a couple months like the FFXIV one.

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Originally Posted by Bright-Flower

Feels a little odd that they're removing it this long after. I'm sure there's some reason for it but it's been there for like half of HW and all of SB only to go away in the first major patch of ShB? I'd normally expect a collab to be permanant like monster hunter or list like a couple months like the FFXIV one.

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Guessing their business contract with the GARO tv show is ending and not being renewed.

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Originally Posted by disturbedcobra

If you are only aiming to get these for glamour and not the achievements,mounts, etc. You can just as easily get glamour versions of them at lvl1 in the golden saucer.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...&type=currency

Edit: Actually I just seen that in the post they are also removing those also. >_< That sucks.

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They're also undyeable versions.

It's a shame they never added any new items to the Garo event. I was hoping they'd eventually add a 4th Mount, since we had 4 Makai Knight armors.

https://i.imgur.com/hI3xWi1.jpg

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

It took me forever to get just the Ginga!. Guess I'll start doing feast maybe I can scratch at least that one in.. If I can get queues..

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Tip: it's easier to get wins in the Feast because everyone has to carry their weight, and thus your chance of getting screwed by randomness is lessen.

Finally got all 3 mounts so I'm done with this.

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Originally Posted by AriaFairchild

Tip: it's easier to get wins in the Feast because everyone has to carry their weight, and thus your chance of getting screwed by randomness is lessen.

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Feast ranked is frustrating as hell. That really isn't the case you have tons of healers who shouldn't be queuing ranked as healers. I tried it a couple times, decided I wasn't ready and stuck with what I was actually decent at.

If you spread this out until 5.1, I think anyone who tries can get this done relatively quickly, with minor headaches. After all of it I think the Ginga is still the hardest mount of them to get (if you are starting from scratch). Frustratingly, I should have already been over halfway to the 60 win mount, but most of my Frontline wins were without the Makai title on.

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

Finally got all 3 mounts so I'm done with this.

Feast ranked is frustrating as hell. That really isn't the case you have tons of healers who shouldn't be queuing ranked as healers. I tried it a couple times, decided I wasn't ready and stuck with what I was actually decent at.

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Hi, I was one of those "healers". Guess what? By the end of my horse grind, I was doing very respectable in ranked PvP. You can't get better if you don't try.

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Hi, I was one of those "healers". Guess what? By the end of my horse grind, I was doing very respectable in ranked PvP. You can't get better if you don't try.

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Yeah, but the horse grind is a means to an end. I personally don't have any intentions of playing anymore of that crap. I highly doubt I'll ever get top 100 unless I really try to grind ranked. Anyway, as a means to an end - the end getting wins - and if you are playing a class you aren't amazing at all you would be doing is dragging you and your team down, and getting no wins. I lost the couple times I played my WHM. I definitely wasn't ready for the high paced burst having hardly ever healed anything PvP wise other than frontline. Knew I was dragging my team down and gave it up. Yeah, the only way to get better at a specific role is to practice, but is ranked PvP really the place to be practicing a role? I mean, I guess you won't get any feast queues for anything but ranked..

I played with you? I don't think you were a bad healer if I am remembering correctly. :p I think I remember a decepticon not sure if it was you though.

Sad thing is, I usually main PvP in mmorpgs that I play. It's just ass in this game. Like really ass. Feast in particular has a gigantic focus on the healer, and if the healer isn't up to par you are just gonna lose doesn't matter how good the rest of the team is, literally... unless the other team's is somehow worse, or equivalent. Yeah, there are other factors like positioning, and tank cc, amount of burst your team's dps can push out, but a healer who knows when and how to heal in any given situation is paramount, and seems to be the most important role in FFXIV's 'The Feast' ranked, bar none.

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

if the healer isn't up to par you are just gonna lose doesn't matter how good the rest of the team is

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Meanwhile, my experience is no one bothers to actually protect their healer, so we lose because I'm too busy dealing with an obnoxious tank or NIN no one is paying attention to whatsoever.

Just a heads up tho for those who do dislike PvP they are available in the Gold Saucer tho you won't be able to buy them back from the salvager.

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Originally Posted by AlphaFox

Just a heads up tho for those who do dislike PvP they are available in the Gold Saucer tho you won't be able to buy them back from the salvager.

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Also the Gold Saucer versions can't be dyed.

But on the plus side, they are Lv1 glamour gear instead of Lv60 armour, so more versatile in other ways.