A newbie's impression after leveling to 50

[Lemuria]

I think there needs to be more poses to switch between, and they need to replace the default idle position. Rather than just randomly switching to them after a few seconds of standing still. For example, I like male Miqo'te, but i won't play one because their legs are 3 yards apart when they stand.

There are multiple choices for idle positions. Use the /changepose command to give yourself a new default idle animation.

I picked out the cutest idle pose for my Lalafell that I could find

[nuyu11]

Kewl = cool

Androgyny is the combination of masculine and feminine characteristics. Sexual ambiguity may be found in fashion, gender identity, sexual identity, or sexual lifestyle. It can also refer to biological intersex physicality, especially with regard to plant and human sexuality.

Dunno about bae.

Oooo..... J-Style can be related with the Androgyny because most of them have mixed fashion I think.

[Averax]

There are multiple choices for idle positions. Use the /changepose command to give yourself a new default idle animation.

I picked out the cutest idle pose for my Lalafell that I could find

I know, but i want more.

[BreathlessTao]

Hm.. sorry if this off topic.. Old player here.
Just want to know what does "kewl", "bae" & "androgynously" mean?

bae
...I'd say the 'before anyone else' meaning is kewl, but on a general level...yeah, way too obnoxious a word. (Especially on tumblr.)

[Snugglebutt]

You will learn to love leves if plan to make a crafter or gatherer class at some stage, they only really have leves, a daily GC provisional and making/gathering things to gain EXP since they do not get to do hunts, dungeons or fates to gain EXP. As such leves grant a lot more EXP on DoL/DoH than get on battle classes DoW/DoM and trust me when I say you will appreciate that.

[Felis]

You will learn to love leves if plan to make a crafter or gatherer class at some stage, they only really have leves, a daily GC provisional and making/gathering things to gain EXP since they do not get to do hunts, dungeons or fates to gain EXP. As such leves grant a lot more EXP on DoL/DoH than get on battle classes DoW/DoM and trust me when I say you will appreciate that.

Crafters also have Ixal daily quests.

[Fenral]

Ahem. >.> Yeah, male Miqo'te hands in default idle stance - irking everyone and their grandmas since before launch. \: Mentioned quite a few times in several threads, I don't think the devs even noticed. \:

They're supposed to look like claws. As in "I'm gonna scratch something!" Because catmen are, you know, beasty. It's a good pose for screenshots in how it accentuates certain... assets, but it's definitely not the way someone would just stand all the time.

OP should join the catman legion. One /joy is all it takes to never want to go back.

[AlexionSkylark]

-I'm still not quite sure what to do after i get caught up on the main story up to patch 2.5.

You need to get tokens (tomestones) to get new equipment. Tomestones of Soldiery buy iLvl 100 equipment, and Tomestones of Poetics buy iLvl 120 eq. For that you need to unlock your roulettes, specially the "Dungeon Roulette: Expert" and "Dungeon Roulette: High" ones (since you'll be needing some soldiery tomes too). For that you need to do all lvl 50 dungeons at least once. Bear in mind that the 3 last dungeons (Keeper of the Lake, Amdapor Keep Hard and Wanderer's palace Hard) also drops iLvl 100 eq.

If you want to unlock the Trials roulette (quick soldiery, whoohoo), you need to do all "Hard Mode" primals once (Ifrit, Garuda, Titan, Leviathan, Ramuh, Shiva) plus you need to finish the entirety of the Hildibrand storyline (for Gilgamesh and Typhoon fights), plus the Chrisallys (but I figured this one is done, since you finished the 2.5 storyline)

Another thing that helps a lot getting more equipment is the Crystal Tower. You get the starting quest at Saint Coinach's Find, and it has 3 sections. Each section drops equipment, iLvl 90 (first), iLvl 100 (second) and iLvl 120 (third). Bear in mind, you can only get 1 drop per week on the third section, World of Darkness. The other ones, however, are farmable.

Now, that all above covers armor. Weapons, on the other hand, are another thing. Now, you MAY want to chase your Relic Weapon, but bear in mind that's a really excruciating grind (I'd say about 150 hours of playing, if not more). If you're a fresh 50 you might be better off with another weapon. I'd pass that out entirely. If you want to try, tho, get the "A Relic Reborn" quest in Mor Dhona and start grinding

The other ways to get weapons are:
- The Extreme version of Primals, most of them drop iLvl 90+ weapons
- Tomestones of Soldiery. 10 Rowena's token (bought with 130 tomestones of soldiery each, totalling 1300 tomestones) + an item that drops in the 2nd section of Crystal Tower = iLvl 100 weapon

After you get yourself a nice set of equipment (let's say, average iLvl 110 with a good weapon) you can start looking for a static to clear the Coils of Bahamut, the ultimate content of the game, akin to Heroic Raids in World of Warcraft. After you did that... well... you're pretty much set till the expansion. Maybe try some crafting? heh.

[Averax]

They're supposed to look like claws. As in "I'm gonna scratch something!" Because catmen are, you know, beasty. It's a good pose for screenshots in how it accentuates certain... assets, but it's definitely not the way someone would just stand all the time.

OP should join the catman legion. One /joy is all it takes to never want to go back.

I'm gonna do it, then i'm gonna regret it, but i'm gonna do it.

[Wobble]

-I find it difficult to tell whether or not Lalafel are to be taken seriously.

We DEMAND you take us serious! :P