Target dummies: Please stop making them cap levels.

Cap level dummy furnishings are useless to players working out how to play a job they just unlocked. A cap level dummy furnishing can't be used as the one single dummy in a free company yard or a personal yard for a player who doesn't have everything at cap, because any target that is higher than the player's current job level has a miss chance which will prevent players from executing their job mechanics properly.

Please stop making dummy furnishings high level and forcing us to decide between using multiple furnishing slots on dummies of different levels or telling low level players they can't use the dummy because we like how the higher level one looks better.

All dummy furnishings should just be Lv1 so that all free company members or solo house owners can use them regardless of job levels.

Dummies in the world?

Just go to Summerford.

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Originally Posted by Endariel

Dummies in the world?

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Furniture dummies, specifically.

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Originally Posted by Rongway

Furniture dummies, specifically.

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Think they meant more so, "why aren't you using one of the numerous level 1 dummies in the world?"

Honestly, what I wish is that the dummy had a right-click menu to let you set what the level was, when it's not in combat.

Need a level 1 dummy? It can be that. Need a level 80 dummy? It can be that, too.

Then it comes down to just "which dummy do you like the aesthetics of" as the determining factor of which dummy (or dummies) you put in your FC house yard.

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Originally Posted by Videra

Just go to Summerford.

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i always go to scorpions crossing, summerford is too close to limsa and i try to stay as far away from limsa as possible

There is a level 1 dummy you can place.

https://en.ff14housing.com/itemview.php?id=85798020cb8

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Originally Posted by PredatoryCatgirl

There is a level 1 dummy you can place.

https://en.ff14housing.com/itemview.php?id=85798020cb8

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Yeah, my FC has a level 1 dummy and a level cap dummy in the yard. But it would be nice, if you're leveling a new job and are somewhere in the 60-something level range, to have the option to have an on-level dummy as opposed to the options there being "I will one-shot this thing." or "This is enough levels above me that most of my attacks will miss."

(Or, I suppose, "I will use many housing slots to have multiple dummies out.")

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Originally Posted by Packetdancer

Honestly, what I wish is that the dummy had a right-click menu to let you set what the level was, when it's not in combat.

Need a level 1 dummy? It can be that. Need a level 80 dummy? It can be that, too.

Then it comes down to just "which dummy do you like the aesthetics of" as the determining factor of which dummy (or dummies) you put in your FC house yard.

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Why would it need to be lvl 80 tho?
As far as I know it doesn't affect the damage you deal on the dummies?

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Originally Posted by Packetdancer

Yeah, my FC has a level 1 dummy and a level cap dummy in the yard. But it would be nice, if you're leveling a new job and are somewhere in the 60-something level range, to have the option to have an on-level dummy as opposed to the options there being "I will one-shot this thing." or "This is enough levels above me that most of my attacks will miss."

(Or, I suppose, "I will use many housing slots to have multiple dummies out.")

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But, it doesn't matter if you one-shot a dummy. They all have, effectively, infinite HP. Functionally, level 1 dummies have the greatest utility, and no player really gains anything by choosing one closer to their current level. They should all be level 1 dummies. The only difference they should have is aesthetics and visual appeal. Sure, level 1 dummies exist. But not in every style.