Starting City Quests

[Iscah]

... I also regret my choice that gave me no second ring at the start, those two rings are irreplacable, and you can only get one.

I don't think there is any choice that makes you miss out on receiving a unique ring at the beginning. There are four dialogue choices and four types of rings.

[DPZ2]

I don't think there is any choice that makes you miss out on receiving a unique ring at the beginning. There are four dialogue choices and four types of rings.

The poster to whom you responded may be under the impression that they received no ring because it doesn't automagically appear on your finger at the end of the quest, you have to equip it.

Ring of Fortitude for answering "go gain power"
Ring of Fidelity for answering "to win glory"
Ring of Fortune for answering "to amass a fortune"
Ring of Freedom for answering "..."

There is one ring that can only be received by someone from a starting city. It is awarded after that level 14 quest that brings you to the attention of the City Leaders. You can equip it at level 15.

You won't wear it long. The ring awarded at the end of the Hall of the Novice quests is more powerful with the +30% XP.

[Enkidoh]

There is also the special item gained as part of the last citystate quest at level 14 (before you're sent on the ambassadorial mission to the other two cities) which differs depending on what city it is - Limsa gets a pair of fancy dress shoes, Ul'dah gets a special earring with a unique name, and Gridania gets a wooden face mask, but they're just for glamour and have no real stats. And you can only get one of those items.

It's moot though as their designs are not unique and can be found on other gear, but they are classless and so have no glamour restrictions which is one benefit at least.

[Iscah]

Ul'dah is definitely the winner on the level 14 story items. We get so few level 1 earrings that can be glamoured over the EXP-boosting ones.

[EaraGrace]

Ul'dah is definitely the winner on the level 14 story items. We get so few level 1 earrings that can be glamoured over the EXP-boosting ones.

The voice of the just will forever remain in my characters inventory purely for the rp value.

[SentioftheHoukai]

Also remember you're not actually the Warrior of Light at that point, you're just a regular adventurer out of thousands in that city, so therefore it makes sense that the sidequests in the other cities were taken care of by other adventurers.

Good point. They DO bring up the Free Companies late in ARR, don't they? So them existing is canon. Of course, they only bring them up to diss them and that was insulting. Like, I don't know if you've heard Raubahn but my FC is badass. Also, Bot/Derplander is seen getting the intro speech from Momodi during the Copperbell quest yes?

The poster to whom you responded may be under the impression that they received no ring because it doesn't automagically appear on your finger at the end of the quest, you have to equip it.

Ring of Fortitude for answering "go gain power"
Ring of Fidelity for answering "to win glory"
Ring of Fortune for answering "to amass a fortune"
Ring of Freedom for answering "..."

There is one ring that can only be received by someone from a starting city. It is awarded after that level 14 quest that brings you to the attention of the City Leaders. You can equip it at level 15.

You won't wear it long. The ring awarded at the end of the Hall of the Novice quests is more powerful with the +30% XP.

Did not know this. Learn something new every day. I suspect the uselessness of said ring made me not notice it could be four different rings. That and I choose the mute option in dialogue A LOT.

At that point, the player is also a fledgling adventurer barely arrived in town, while the Archons are experienced fighters. The main reason they take an interest in you early on is because of the Echo. You don't grow into the god-slaying nigh-unstoppable Warrior of Light for a long time after that.

Really? The way I remember it, I became a god-slayer in like.... 10 levels after meeting Thancred.

The voice of the just will forever remain in my characters inventory purely for the rp value.

You talking Pally RP, I assume? With a name like Voice of the Just....

[TheMightyMollusk]

Really? The way I remember it, I became a god-slayer in like.... 10 levels after meeting Thancred.

And it's treated as a huge, major event that you're able to defeat Ifrit, by far the weakest of the ARR primals. Think of the long preparations it takes us later to defeat Titan and Garuda, because we're not the Warrior of Light yet. Even in post-ARR, aside from the Hard Modes of the above three (which were originally optional), it's still treated as a major endeavor when we have to fight Moggle Mogg, Leviathan, Ramuh, and Shiva. It's really not until Thordan that people just kinda start realizing that, yeah, the WoL is just a professional godslayer.

[DPZ2]

Yeah, in ARR you were, basically, "Adventurer X" first and "Scion #346" second. Somewhere in there you get tagged with "Eikon slayer" by the Garleans. I prefer "Best Boy".

[TheMightyMollusk]

"Eikon-slayer" comes up after Nero and Rhitatyn witness our fight with Titan and Gaius sees us defeat Garuda (although he kill-steals her with the Ultima Weapon right afterwards). Even then, they're plainly more interested in the Echo. Livia and Nero even say so outright before their fights in the MSQ dungeons.

[ICountFrom0]

The poster to whom you responded may be under the impression that they received no ring because it doesn't automagically appear on your finger at the end of the quest, you have to equip it.

Ring of Fortitude for answering "go gain power"
Ring of Fidelity for answering "to win glory"
Ring of Fortune for answering "to amass a fortune"
Ring of Freedom for answering "..."

There is one ring that can only be received by someone from a starting city. It is awarded after that level 14 quest that brings you to the attention of the City Leaders. You can equip it at level 15.

You won't wear it long. The ring awarded at the end of the Hall of the Novice quests is more powerful with the +30% XP.

Don't mean I don't want it in my collection of rare things in my dresser