Hello. I started Nov. 5 and just finished the Seventh Umbral Era. I only have one main job, and that's Summoner.
The list below are some of the things I have learned and still don't know through trial and error to just about... yesterday. Please bear with me while I share my embarrassing moments and be patient with us Sprouts.
1. I can use Legacy and move around like a real person. I struggled so much at the very start with just moving around the map and going backwards awkwardly. I found out about Legacy on day 5.
2. Skipping dungeon cutscenes is a thing? Thank you, configuration. I can also hit esc.
3. Oh, I can target by hitting Tab.
4. Oh, I can set a keybind to Target closest enemy. Found that out a week ago.
5. Before I went into Titan for the 1st time for my MSQ, I watched a video to know how I should proceed. I still failed. Got hit with the blue line thingy in the 1st minute of entering and fell off the edge. I could have sworn I hit strafe in time. I apologized, and everyone was so nice about it I couldn't believe it. I was too afraid to ask for a rez. So I just watched.
6. Realized later that there is no rez in that situation.
7. One guy in a dungeon said return. Everybody left. I was like, where's the return button? Do I have to walk all the way back?So I timidly asked, how do I return? Oh, I need to type /return. Okay. That was neat.*That was 1.5 weeks ago.
8. Was trying to fulfill requests in Grand Company by buying the required items in the shop when I realized, I can make this stuff myself. Why are people selling them so high?
9. Wait, I have to kill mobs in dungeons to fulfill my Grand Company Hunt Log? There's a log for that? Where is it? I looked and then, oh, that's where it is. I didn't know I can click that. That was 4 days ago.
10. I recently went into a lv 27 dungeon as a Summoner and encountered level sync. It was kinda a nightmare and I was struggling since my Garuda egi couldn't do anything. I wonder now and greatly appreciate those who do duty roulette, not knowing what dungeon you'll end up in.
11. I was recently in the Qarn dungeon and tried my best to stay away from red lines and mobs and such, but one moment I'm at full health and then 0. Still dunno how that happened. My apologies to the AST.
12. I thought I had to stay and wait at the spot where I got the MSQ Duty. I don't actually have to.
13. So I can die in a dungeon and just restart after my PT blazed past me with all the mobs and go back to them by clicking yes? I was told to leave duty all this time. I figured it out by being curious and clicking yes one day, that was yesterday.
I have more but I don't remember them all right now. Share your own newb/Sprout discoveries. I try my best to read up on things. But the information out there is so much and then not enough and they don't exactly apply to a particular situation. Thanks for reading.
Things for Sprouts as a Sprout
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11-30-2021, 06:05 AMSinavieThings for Sprouts as a Sprout
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11-30-2021, 06:10 AMMaxilor
The /return thing in Haukke Manor always bothered me. It's literally the only Dungeon in the game you need to do that (unless you like walking all the way back).
Which is a shame because other than that I really love that spooky dungeon. -
11-30-2021, 06:29 AMJojoya
One thing you might want to add to your list that frequently gets overlooked by new players: retainers are both your bank and your way to sell items on the marketboard (auction house) - will not apply to players using the Free Trial.
As soon as Minfilia says she's setting you up with approval to hire retainers - go do it! -
11-30-2021, 06:58 AMBrightamethystIf you're talking about the first boss, the room wide AoE applies Doom. You have about 10 seconds to run to a glowing floor tile or you automatically die.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinavie
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11-30-2021, 07:08 AMJeeqbit
There are so many little things like this that it can help being in the novice network to ask these questions. You can ask anyone with a crown to invite you to it if you are not in there. You can also join a free company that is aimed at new players.
Don't worry about being confused about these things. Most new players are confused by the same things so we are very used to it. When a sprout dies it's normal and expected and we just res them. Confusion about /return is normal too in that dungeon. -
11-30-2021, 07:12 AMLunalepsy
Welcome! Enjoy the game~
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11-30-2021, 07:26 AMRitsukoSonoda
In regards to things like system config and options it could atleast direct people to look there to customize settings and UI.
Duty mechanics however are something that doesn't get a tutorial in regards to individual bosses. The people running them the first time when the content was new had to figure them out by observing everything around them. Taking the first boss of Qarn as an example. The 3 tiles in that room are completely inactive until it uses the room wide attack that causes doom for the first time. Then 1 tile will light up and it will switch every few seconds for the rest of the fight. So tip I'd give is to keep an eye out for details during boss fights. There's a number of them that have visual queues to let you know what is coming. -
11-30-2021, 07:44 AMTheMightyMolluskIt's worth noting that, on Titan (as well as three other trials you'll encounter in Heavensward), if you fall off the edge, you can't be raised. Your body is still down in the pit and out of the healer's reach. Eventually, the developers realized this was kind of a bad idea, and later trials will put your body back up on the platform after a few seconds, allowing you to be raised to rejoin the fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinavie
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11-30-2021, 07:51 AMSinavie
Oic, thank you!
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11-30-2021, 10:16 AMTaleraRistainHaha, I remember when our camera view was down there, too. That was impetus to learn to avoid Landslide ASAP. I was happy when they changed it later so you could at least watch the fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk
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11-30-2021, 10:50 AMArazehl
I remember all this when I first started playing. Today I'm still learning stuff. You are not alone. You'll look back on it and smile at those times. At least I do.
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11-30-2021, 11:39 AMRyvick
Regarding number 11, I think in addition to the already mentioned Doom effect of the first boss, don't the bees or wesps in there also do Final Sting which is a 1 hit K.O. effect?
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11-30-2021, 12:14 PMBrennus
I was a Sprout as of April of this year. I still don't know many of the mechanics of many of the MSQ dungeons, trials, alliance trials, let alone the more advanced and extreme instances events of the game. My recommendation is to *always* check out a guide before going into one you haven't seen, or that you don't remember. Typically I get those guides from YouTube, and most of the time from this very, very helpful and informative FFXIV streamer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5B...E-JI6KA/videos
Enjoy the game! -
11-30-2021, 12:29 PMFloortank
Welcome to FFXIV, hope you have a great time. :]
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11-30-2021, 12:33 PMCanadaneYou can speed up [spoiler]'s Relict if you return as soon as you hit the pot in the third area. No need to wait for the portal to spawn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxilor
But overall I wish more dungeons were windy and twisty and had dead ends, giving a good use for the return function.
Also I never really type our /return, I just have it set up in keybinds. Same key as teleport but with ctrl. I'm controlling my teleport >_O -
11-30-2021, 02:23 PMGothicsharkUmm, I'm going to make a few suggestions, 1st read your tool tips and pop-ups, many of the mysteries you are facing could be solved by just reading the text pop-ups, as these things were fully described early in the game, and each time a new system is unlocked you get a pop-up letting you know what's new and unlocked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinavie
2nd, next time you log in, if you are on PC (PlayStation is different, and I don't know if this works in PlayStation), go through every menu, read and play with them all, Play with your Hud, unlock all the Hotbars, and put all your abilities on it, read the tool tips, change the hot bar size and locations, as needed. Look up "Hotbar Customization with Macros" Make full use of them, be sure to have a Job with a Soul Stone unlocked when you start this.
Make sure you have, Return, Teleport, a Mount, Limit break, Duty Action 1, Duty Action 2, and any Menu item you want to use regularly ie Hunt Logs on a always seen Shared Hotbar.
Don't Skip cutscenes, and read the quest dialogue, the game is better if you play the story, unless you just want to raid with friends, then just buy a skip (Not recommend), you are hurting yourself if you don't slow down and enjoy the game. I Guarantee you've missed a bunch of content, minions, and quality of life things by not reading the pop-ups, and rushing though the game.
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11-30-2021, 02:25 PMGothicsharkNaa my take away is they don't have return on their hotbar, probably doesn't even have teleport on it either. I can just imagine the levels of frustration they are going through trying to get around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxilor
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11-30-2021, 04:55 PMRobynDaBank
Also one more thing you could add: if you're practicing on a striking dummy, no need to run faaaar away to reset it - right click it and select Reset Dummy Enmity. :D
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11-30-2021, 05:42 PMvan_arnThey should put a portal in that boss room that leads to the entry of the dungeon because every time I run that dungeon there’s a bewildered sprout asking where everyone ran off toQuote:
Originally Posted by Maxilor
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11-30-2021, 07:30 PMTheMightyMolluskFinal Sting does like 80% of your max health in damage. It's not necessarily a one-hit KO, but if you weren't at full health before, it could murder you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryvick