New player introduction/questions

[Sucuri]

Playing melee classes in dungeons always drives me crazy, mobs seem to be a lot harder on anything close to them over ranged classes. It might just take you a lot more practice to get down boss patterns and the such. Don't be afraid to tell your group it is your first time in there either. Most people are really understanding, and will give you tips on the fights, so you don't go splat to mechanics

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/2497062/ <-- monk rotation talk

[Shock__]

Whoooo! Tyvm ^^

[dustbunny]

Mizzteq is your dungeon bff: https://www.youtube.com/user/MTQcapture She has concise guides to every dungeon.

I switched classes shortly after I started Heavensward, so I don't know much about chakra and lvl 60 monks, but this is the main 3.0 advanced monk guide thread for when you get to HW: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...AKRA-UNLEASHED (gets updated often)

For another perspective and a very neat and easy to read 3.0 guide: http://angered.guildwork.com/forum/t...guide-by-akame

[Sida]

One thing that might have happened on the last boss of stonevigil is that you did dodge the circle aoe, but then returned to their position after it looked the attack was over. However the circles leave an ice pool behind them which kills person standing in them quickly. And being white on nearly white it can be hard to notice if not knowing what to look for.

[Ultear_Milkovich]

Hi little guy and greetings!

Of course it takes time to improve but there are some generic tips which could help in any situation

- if a boss is tanked properly but suddenly starts to come to the middle of the arena: he' s preparing something bad.
Be aware of his cast bar (you should use focus target), or if he s looking at you with insistance you re probably going to have a mechanic to deal with.

- most of the time when a boss disappears during a fight that could mean i) it will be time for AOE circles on the ground, be ready to dodge; 2) he may attack you from above so dont hesitate to rotate your camera.

- adds should always be your top priority in 99.99% of the situations. It s always safer to kill adds fast even if you dont know whats going on.

- keep an eye on your debuffs and/or boss buffs. Remember the doom debuff from the 1st boss of Qarn? This kind of stuff often happens.

- always give priority to mechanics 1st unless you re dramatically overgeared and the team is looking to burn the boss (not in leveling phases!)

- each type of mobs tend to share the same behavior: most golems have large conal AOEs, giants/cyclops all tend to have large circular swings, snakes = probably willing to hit you with the tail (aka caduceus tail whip), dragons tend to suck, bees / bombos have long cast spells with a lot of damages, they generally deserve to be killed asap etc.

Hope this could help you!

[Shock__]

Wow, thanks for all the replies, help, and advice guys, I really appreciate it! The links have also been very helpful! When I get to Lv 60 I'll be able to make full use of all the guides, and tips within. Until then, story and dungeons ^^.

[Jo_ker76]

Also in stone vigil the boss does an attack if i remember right its called "rime wreath" anyhow its a roomwide aoe not big damage but if your not getting heals that will hurt you as well. Gearing also helps and if you check the side quests they always offer at least one set of gear for your current main class. lvling up the rotations you use will also change since you have new skills and new ways to work with them. I know when i lvled monk was sort of frustrating when i got to fifty basically had to rearrange my entire hot bar since i play on controller and had to set it up to a much easier to muscle memory set up lol. Ps I'm on leviathan too so feel free to send me a /tell to Joh Kehr if you need some help with something

[Fri]

I found the thing I used back then.

https://ff14guide.com/

this thing have short point-to-point easy to find guide for each dungeons/trials.

[Taika]

You really don't have to study any leveling dungeons or other instances beforehand, they're simple enough that you can figure out the mechanics when you see the fight. It's not commonly expected for first timers to know what to do beforehand until very late endgame at level 60. If you want to, when you enter an instance for the first time, you can type in party chat that you're new and would appreciate if your party members would tip you about any mechanics that might instantly kill you or make you wipe your party. Remember leveling dungeons and instances are meant for practice.

[Zadocfish]

Hey, I guess level 49 is technically new! Anyways, I wanted to know: How much content is there for a player who can't afford Heavensward? Because it's going to be a very long time before I can buy a $30 game...