Completely new and learning

[Shougun]

Welcome to the community!

Lots of great tips already and I'm sure people would love to help on a specific issue if you had one. So here are just some random thoughts:

• I see provoke used awkwardly quite a bit and I think it's due to the fact in other MMOs it tends to work differently. Here you are put to the top of the emnity (aggro/hate) list by 1 point. This means if you do nothing afterwards that your healer breathing towards the monsters will cause them to change targets again. So provoke is not a great pulling tool when you want to actually keep the monster on you (you have a ranged aggro move (shield toss) and aoe aggro move like (flash / circle of scorn)). Provoke is your amazing gap closer (since it puts you above the top by 1 point), just make sure to broaden the gap after closing it by using some more aggro tools~
  
• Shirk is pretty nice when you get into duo tank moments, don't forget to use it . It gives your target (hopefully a tank lol) 25% of your aggro. This tool can help when both tanks might be new and possibly lose aggro (you're helping their experience be smoother) and can really help when the other tank is comfortable and wants to sit in damage mode all day and not use aggro tools often. You can also provoke to gain your co-tank's aggro and then give them 25% of that back to them (making it basically impossible either one of you will ever lose aggro lol), just make sure to keep in mind the boss can rotate to you so you should do this while they're casting spells or in a mechanic where they don't move (you don't want a spell to shy your way and mess everyone up). Also if you're going to use provoke like that it is good to know if you're going to have to tank swap or not (shirk is really helpful for tank swapping too) but you don't want to give them an enmity boost and then find out you're not ready to swap smoothly lol.
  
• Tanking gear can get exceptionally important, especially when item power level creep happens. For example you could be in shire gear and get into some of the later stormblood dungeons (meets ilvl req.), but you will melt faster than your damage dealer as the defense on gear grows very quickly during that heavensward to stormblood period. You don't always have to be in the tip top gear, but just be mindful of this as you can suddenly go from smooth sailing to WOW WHAT IS HAPPENING EVERY SO STRONK.
  
• Paladin is by far the easiest to start out with but will get more complicated later, and I think becomes one of the more difficult to "master" but is still fairly generous throughout it's leveling experience. Warrior I think is actually easier later once you understand the core mechanics, something just really nice with their adaptability and oGCD tank stance lol. Dark Knight is getting a lot of changes (every job to some level but they said Drk will be changed quite a bit) so.. who knows, but right now I hope you like Dark Arts if you want to give them a go lol. There will be a new tank soon too .
  
• Abilities are not just for bosses, you can use defensive cooldowns to help the healer go into damage mode while pulling trash mobs (non-boss monsters in dungeons). Of course you don't (and shouldn't) use them all at once because you want have any for the next wave without waiting but.. definitely do use them lol.

Here are a few neat websites you might use:
http://www.ffxivgardening.com/planner.php
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/HuntTracker/
https://apkallufalls.com/
https://xivstyle.com/
https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Main_Page
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Text_commands
http://www.ffxivhuntspath.com/home/
https://www.ffxivtriad.com/
http://ffxiverminion.com/

(lots more websites to share)

Also once you complete the level 50 quest The Ultimate Weapon don't forget to nab your free four person mount as it is a limited time event:
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/ffxv/

Here is an image with some nice easy ways to make MGP to buy the item (you need 200k to get the car, as soon as you can get into the golden saucer I'd recommend you do the weekly challenge log for easy points). Unlock quest: https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/I..._Happen_to_You


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