New Character Help!

Hello,

I just started final fantasy 14 last night. I started on Zalera, and was just wondering if there was anyone else on there on evenings I could join up with and get some advice? I'm not new to MMORPG's, as I played WoW and FFXI for years, but 14 just seems different. I tried to shout and ask for advice and whatnot but I could not see through the spammers trying to sell gil. I'm going to go ahead and apologize as I'm sure its a super noob question, but how do you blacklist them? I tried the /blist add name but it kept saying that I could not add them to blacklist while targeting this item or person and I made sure I didn't have anything targeted. lol as I said, I just played for like 30 minutes last night, but just looking for some (probably obvious) beginner advice/help.

Thanks!!

Also, thought it would help to mention im playing it on PS3. lol

Open the Social list, then move to the blacklist tab. After that just add them one by one. Unfortunately there isn't currently a way to right click/blacklist, supposedly square thinks we would accidentally blacklist our friends. I play on Cactuar otherwise I'd be happy to play with you sometime.

Lol yeah SE seems to have multiple ridiculous reasons for things. I know this is a noob question but how do I open the social list? I only ask because I open the chat log thingy but I didn't see the blacklist tab (im at work now and wont be on till tonight) but all I remember seeing was like... general, settings, and something else. I tried to find it last night cause I couldn't even see my chat after I typed it cause they spammed so much RMT.

while not on your server so can't help in-game, if you have a question post it here and I will do my best to answer it. I'll check a couple times a day for the email (thread subscription) so I should be able to answer within the same day.
Otherwise, Good Luck in the game and try to find a friendly Free Company (this game's guild) for help and other players to touch base with

start menu>social> if I remember right. also if they are spamming via /tell use /blist add <r> and a popup will ask if you're sure you wish to blist them

I believe it's select to open the menus and then it would be in the social drop down menu.

Ah okay thanks guys! I'll definitely try to check that when I get home. I tried to get a LS or guild or whatever it is they're called in this game lol, but I never got a response. maybe because of the RMT spams but who knows. Also, where can I see my current progress to next level? I can see my HP/MP/etc, but maybe im just missing it? I was just curious. Also, I noticed you can attack a monster that someone else also is attacking that isn't in your party, how does that work xp wise?

Also is it possible to create a new character on a different server? or are you just limited to 8 characters per account on 1 world?

By default, your XP bar is displayed below the HP/MP/TP bars. You can also see progress bars for each of your individual classes in the Classes tab of the Character screen. Edit: If you mean on the lodestone, look at the list of classes under your main stats. You're currently 225/300 on LNC.

If you or your party claim a mob (its name and health bar are red), you get full XP, quest and regular items it drops. If you do 30% or more damage to someone else's mob (purple name and health bar), you get full XP and quest items it drops, but not the regular drops. So it's possible for up to 4 players/parties to each get full XP from one enemy (player/party 1 claims, 2-4 each do 30% of the damage).

There are two account levels. The cheaper one allows 1 character per server, up to a maximum of 8 total. The more expensive one allows up to 8 characters per server, up to a maximum of 40 total.

ah that makes more sense, thanks! Also, I keep getting the error "you may have reached your daily post limit or your character is too low" when trying to post to other threads. I was only trying to post on the Zalera thread, any ideas?

It's a rather uninformative error message, yes. Your problem with blacklisting is that you're not putting the spammer's name in double quotes (required because there's a space in all names). The /blist add command should work if you do that, without having to walk through the social list windows, just a confirmation dialog box.

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ah that makes more sense, thanks! Also, I keep getting the error "you may have reached your daily post limit or your character is too low" when trying to post to other threads. I was only trying to post on the Zalera thread, any ideas?

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Posting lmitations.

ah okay great! i'll definitely have to do that when I get home. Does anyone have any advice on where to start/what to do? Any ideas what craft to start either?

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ah okay great! i'll definitely have to do that when I get home. Does anyone have any advice on where to start/what to do? Any ideas what craft to start either?

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The quests will lay out a path for you. Follow the storyline quests chain (these have a unique icon pointed out to you at the start), do your class quests (one right at the start, one every five levels thereafter), and sidequests to level sufficiently to keep the storyline chain going, and you should do fine. You won't be able to change classes until you do the level 10 class quest for your starting class. I'd advise holding off on crafting or gathering until you reach level 17 in the storyline and unlock retainers; the additional storage space and ability to sell things on the market will be needed. It will likely take you a few days to get that far, and you may have ideas of your own on what you want to craft by that point. And good luck! The new FFXIV is, in my opinion, a great game. I hope you'll enjoy it.

I definitely enjoy it so far! just a little confusing at times. So I have to do a quest every 5 levels to be able to keep leveling? and once I hit level 10 I can just change classes to any of the starter classes right?

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I definitely enjoy it so far! just a little confusing at times. So I have to do a quest every 5 levels to be able to keep leveling? and once I hit level 10 I can just change classes to any of the starter classes right?

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No, the class quests don't block you from leveling. The class quest at 10 (for your starting class) is what unlocks your ability to join the other class guilds and switch classes. The class quest at 15 rewards you with an ability you won't get any other way. So they're important. But not doing them doesn't keep you from leveling. (Personally, I don't worry about them on my additional classes until 15, for the ability; if I'm near the guild when I hit 5 or 10, great, I'll pick up the quest, but if I'm not, I'll just keep going until it's convenient to do the quests(s).)

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I definitely enjoy it so far! just a little confusing at times. So I have to do a quest every 5 levels to be able to keep leveling? and once I hit level 10 I can just change classes to any of the starter classes right?

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Once you've done the level 10 class quest, you will be able to unlock another class by going to that class's guild. Since getting to the other cities is not practical until the level 15 storyline quests unlock airship travel, you won't be able to access the classes that aren't in your home city until then. Once a class is unlocked, you can switch to it simply by equipping the weapon/tool for that class (spear for Lancer, bow for Archer, saw for Carpenter, hatchet for Botanist, and so on), which you can do whenever you're not in combat.

I'm on Zalera. Not sure how much I'll be on tonight but you can send me a tell. I'm also on PS3. Name is Inari Silverfox.

Another reason you want to do the class quests every 5 levels is that they give a free upgrade to your weapon and another free piece of gear you can choose. If you're good about doing quests, you'll have to buy very little in the way of gear.

This Forum is not like any Forum that you have ever used. Your character has to be L25 to post in the World forum, and you can only put up a couple posts per day. As your toon levels-up you can post in additional forums. In each case, you have a posting-limit. UTTERLY and TOTALLY unnecessary.

Thanks!! And Naberrie I'm not sure how long/when i'll be on tonight either. But my PS tag is: SynergyLS1. just add me and we can catch up some other time if not tonight. :) i'll write your name down and send you a /tell in game as soon as I get on. I think i'm starting to understand, so I just do the quest at 10, and then every 5 levels? and I just go to the class guild for LNC's to get the level 10 class quest to switch classes?

At 10 go to the LNC guild to get your level 10 quest. Once you finish it you'll be given the ability to unlock other classes.

ah okay! seems simple enough. Now, has anyone done the Archer class? I was debating between it and Lancer when I started, but now I'm leaning more toward Archer. Is it super expensive like in FFXI or is it reasonable to level?

The expense in FFXI was due to having to buy ammo. There's no ammo to buy in this game. You just equip a bow the same way a LNC equips a lance.

Wow, that's an awesome upgrade. So damage I guess depends solely on the bow then instead of bow and various arrows? That's pretty sweet. If I knew that before I would have picked Archer lol! So once I get level 10 and complete the quest for LNC, I just have to buy a bow and I get to be Archer? Or do I have to go unlock their jobs from their guilds as well?

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Wow, that's an awesome upgrade. So damage I guess depends solely on the bow then instead of bow and various arrows? That's pretty sweet. If I knew that before I would have picked Archer lol! So once I get level 10 and complete the quest for LNC, I just have to buy a bow and I get to be Archer? Or do I have to go unlock their jobs from their guilds as well?

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You have to go to the Archers' Guild. Luckily, it's right there in Gridania. No need to buy a bow; they'll give you one.

double awesome. Knew I picked right with Gridania XD Is there anywhere I can see what the quests actually entail? (not only class quests, but everything) I have the FFXIV Libra app on my phone and it says who the quest giver is, what the follow-up quests are, and related NPC's, but doesn't say what you actually do. Is there a website for 14 that does? kinda like ffxiclopedia I guess.

Not really sure you need one; when you take a quest it lays everything out pretty clearly, unlike the vague hints you got in FFXI. It'll even clearly mark locations on your map. BTW, while you're exploring other jobs, note that the Conjurers' Guild is *also* in Gridania; that's the main healing class. Unlock it and go to level 2 and you'll have the Cure spell, which is eligible to add to other classes' cross-class action lists. Having Cure on tap is wonderfully handy, especially when you're soloing.

ah okay sweet! Oh! that's a great idea! im gonna have to do that. so is there a log I can go back to and see where I am supposed to go? like say I log out halfway through a quest and forget where I am supposed to be going? Also, is there subjobs in 14 or is it all just cross class? or how does that work?

No subjobs, but jobs (advanced versions of classes that you can unlock at level 30) do have a secondary class requirement. For instance, I'm a BRD, which is the job version of ARC. To unlock it I needed a 30 ARC (with the level 30 class quest done) and a level 15 PGL. Then you can get the quest to unlock BRD. BRD is a support / DD job that deals ranged damage and sings songs.

Your duty list, on the right of your screen, will always show your current quests and the next objective. If there's nothing there it means you missed something somewhere.

oh I see, so now you just need 2 classes leveled to 15 to unlock a "advanced job"?

One. I would look here. Pick a job from the sidebar on the left. It will tell you what the requirements are for each job. You need one at 30, another at 15.

Each job can pull from two classes, though only one is actually required.

As a lancer, you want Lancer to level 30 and Marauder to level 15 to unlock the Dragoon Job; though leveling pugilist will also give you usable abilities on Dragoon. As Archer, you need level 30 Archer and level 15 Pugilist to unlock Bard, though a few abilities come from Lancer.

To questing, Follow the Main Storyline Quests (the ones with the Fiery Quest Icon) and do all the quests that are around it as you go through. Some of the MQ will be instanced battles, some simple kill/gather quests, some are just go talk/listen to someone, others require you to go through a dungeon. The dungeon ones require a 4-man party 1 tank, 1 healer, 2 dd/dps: queue times can be pretty intense so see if anyone needs or is willing to run with you if you can.