Why is there so little information on this game?

[Sephrinxx]

Well, knowing the exact formula for figuring out exactly how much hp Cure will heal for just isn't necessary.

Experience/using it gives you a ballpark value. You know it will go up with gear ilvl. Potency gives you its strength relative to other abilities. There's not really a need to do the heavy datamining and statistics collection needed to determine "This combination of stats will restore exactly 20k hp" or whatever.

And for comparing jobs' performance, we have FF logs.

I don't know, it seems like it's pretty necessary to me honestly. I understand that "Bigger potency = bigger heal" but I want to know why and how that works If I have 2190 healing potency and an item gives me 2 other competetive stats, is it worth sacrificing say, 80 potencty for more piety and skill speed? Or should I just stack the potency? For example. I strongly disagree with you saying that it's not necessary.

The short of it is because not every game wants to give players access to the raw data calculations. Obfuscation is hardly anything new in the genre.

It's definitely new to me. I've not had this much trouble trying to find information on basic things in a game before. I mean, I could understand if it were a new game that not man people played, but it's pushing 8 years old now, and supposedly has tens of millions of players between then and now. There's no reason for obfuscation, it doesn't do anything but frustrate players, self as an example.

It really is short-sighted to not have potencies on things like Peloton, you do NEED to know how it stacks with Sprint or the various mounted speeds. That's just common sense. Sadly, when I need info like that, I have to google or wiki it, since the in-game resources are very lacking, like you said.

Yeah I don't understand it. It's such basic rudimentary stuff here. Imagine giving players information in an MMORPG so they can better understand and better optimize their character.

Even when I DO google something, there's no information on it at all pretty much no matter what it is. It's like there is a black hole of information on this game that just gets sucked away into a void, or there are 3 pages of results, and only 3 of them are relevant but they're from 2014 and outdated or incorrect. It's insane.


For some reason Squenix thought it was a good idea to limit people posting on the forums based on the levels of their characters (WTF???LMAO?) and I can only make 5 posts a day. So stupid.

I hope, I could help. But a little warning. You should read the two sources and plan your time. However, these sources help to build an understanding of the mathematical side of FF14

Wow, why isn't this stuff just included in the game?
I can't believe they thought it was ok to not show basic stats such as your crit chance and mp regen and what not. I think I'm just going to call it quits tho. There is just too much convoluted nonsensical stuff in this game that builds up and makes the game just not enjoyable to play. Thanks.