Level 35 Paladin quest is literally impossible

[Frizze]

Actually that's more believable than this one, if the player doesn't swap to topaz.

Because emerald will hit everything with 1 spell, and you get the threat, meaning you're instantly bombarded with 20 mobs in your face hitting you hard. I did that with an alt and even on very easy I couldn't do it without changing pets just due to the sheer incoming damage.

Of course if you just used topaz you never get hit.

So i may be a bit of a masochist. I recently started working on SMN in my down time. For reasons i couldnt rightly explain, i decided that i wouldnt summon any carbuncles until i had a summoner soul stone. So i can report that you can actually get through the entire arcanist line using ruin, DoTs, energy drain, and fester. I had a combination of brand new gear and crafted. And while i have some understanding of caster play(being a BLM main), i was figuring the class out as i went. So yeah, is perfectly doable.

[Kes13a]

the level 5 archer quest is literally IMPOSSIBLE

do you people all overlevel this garbage? I mean the targets are IMPOSSIBLE! they are hard to find and and... I have primo gear and DONT TELL ME TO USE ME CHOCOBO! if I had it, wouldnt even attack the stupid targets

expecting me to be able to point an shoot after 5 levels is unrealistic!!

(figured I would use my prediction abilities for the next topic by the OP)

[lezard21]

The community here is very nice and helpful, which sadly leads to certain people abusing that kindness with bait topics.

[ItMe]

The community here is very nice and helpful, which sadly leads to certain people abusing that kindness with bait topics.

Yeah, but like...
If it's not a troll then it's a person who needs help.
If it is a troll then they baited us into answering simple "what am I doing wrong" questions. Oh no.

[Jijifli]

So i may be a bit of a masochist. I recently started working on SMN in my down time. For reasons i couldnt rightly explain, i decided that i wouldnt summon any carbuncles until i had a summoner soul stone. So i can report that you can actually get through the entire arcanist line using ruin, DoTs, energy drain, and fester. I had a combination of brand new gear and crafted. And while i have some understanding of caster play(being a BLM main), i was figuring the class out as i went. So yeah, is perfectly doable.

I wasn't saying that it wasn't. In fact, the potency for emerald carbuncle is so horribly bad (20 potency auto attacks) that isn't barely a loss to not have a pet at all before 30's ifrit egi.

I was only saying how, in that scenario of a quest, the emerald carbuncle ends up hurting you, due to changes to how pets work. It's painfully easy if you don't use emerald carbuncle (which funny enough, the game gives you topaz right before to promote using that anyways for it)

[Frizze]

I wasn't saying that it wasn't.

I may not have typed my message as clearly as i wanted to. I could tell you werent saying it was impossible. You explained a way that someone may commit unintentionally self-sabotage. I was just further explaining through my own example of being crazy that its even easier then people may think, and you dont need a pet at all. I guess i could have replied to the other guy instead, but i felt like i was adding on to your point more then i was countering the fake-example of the 15 acn quest being impossible. So... it is what it is. We both understand that this quest(and every other class and job quest) is completable.

[Ftail]

So i may be a bit of a masochist.

My Balmung senses are tingling.

[Violyre]

Oh hey, I think this guy is in one of my XIV Facebook groups. Posting the same kind of posts as this there. The Pokemon name gives it away.

I can’t quite remember the full details, but I think he’s some kind of well-known troll even outside of FFXIV. I’ll see if I can get the details if anyone actually cares.

[Axxion]

Oh hey, I think this guy is in one of my XIV Facebook groups. Posting the same kind of posts as this there. The Pokemon name gives it away.

I can’t quite remember the full details, but I think he’s some kind of well-known troll even outside of FFXIV. I’ll see if I can get the details if anyone actually cares.

sounds like we need to public blacklist them >_<

[Iscah]

Yeah, but like...
If it's not a troll then it's a person who needs help.
If it is a troll then they baited us into answering simple "what am I doing wrong" questions. Oh no.

In general, yes, it's better to take the post at face value and be helpful.

When you see the same person repeatedly posting exaggerated requests, not taking the advice they were given last time, never coming back to confirm it helped them or to say thankyou, and making ridiculous complaints like that he is being maliciously grouped with the worst Frontline players in the roulette? Nope, sorry, I'm not playing. If he does happen to be genuinely in need of help despite all indications, he's used up all his goodwill.