Am i the only one who thinks early game is too hard?

[Shioban]

I have been struggling on my lancer to level it up, everytime i try i die repeatedly, ive tried using potions to keep my HP numbers up but it just doesn\\\\'t work. No matter how hard i slam my head against the keyboard i cant seem to hit the right buttons fast enough and the monster just destroys me.

1. Keep on top of your gear.

Gear matters more in this game than it ever did before. If you don't have the right gear, you're going to die.
Gear is available from; Vendors, Market Boards, Quests and Dungeon Drops, ALWAYS try and keep it within 5 levels of your current level, or you'll suffer for it.

THAT MEANS EVERYTHING. Body, Weapon, Accessories. It all matters.

2. Keep that gear repaired!

Your repairs, albeit expensive at times to repair you really need to keep on top of it.

3. Check your rotation!

Are you doing your abilities right? Are you using all of your potential abilities to help evade attacks or perhaps stun/silence enemy attacks? Try googling 'ARR Dragoon Rotation' for some tips.

4. DO NOT grind monsters on the field.

FATES > Hunting Log > Quests > Dungeons > Guildhests, Leves and more are all available to you. These gives you EXP much faster and much more consistently. Yoshi-P specifically noted that he didn't want anyone grinding on the field, so they lowered the EXP yield for open area monsters to make it a 'less viable' option.

5. Have you tried partying?

It may sound a little old fashioned, but for things such as a hunting log, FATES and certain quests partying up with other people helps ease the burden, give it a go sometime.

[Raxion]

Make sure you're fighting the right-level mobs.
Make sure your gear is on-par with your level.
Make sure you've read your abilities, and understand how and when to use them.
Make sure you're not pulling 3-4 mobs at once.

If you're doing all of those things, and still getting destroyed, I really don't know what to say. I don't think it's even possible to fail if you follow those 4 steps, honestly.

[Arcturius]

I'm pretty sure I'm being trolled. And the I've played wow for 30 years just kinda convinced me. The game hasn't even been out 10 years XD

[lyse20]

i must say Gear early game doesnt matter to much.

if you die all the time your doing prety much everything wrong.
i played Lancer in Beta with 300-400 ping and must say i never had problems other then when i pulled 3 or more mobs or trying on 5+ levels higher then me.

healing on lancer you can prety much just drop, but getting protect you should.
give you some more defence for soloing.

other then that i must agree with Raxion's post.
good gear, Fighting Right level mobs, dont pull groups and understand how to use your ability and you should have no problems fighting.

[Genjisamurai]

Because you need cure from conjurer and Bloodlust from Marauder...

Gear doesnt matter at all I wore Hyuur gear until level 10.

[BedroomRockstar01]

The fact that there are this many people taking the bait is insulting. The forums deserve a better class of troll.

[Teroril]

I can't fathom how people fail so badly on mobs, the fact that I see raise requests (why do people even request raises? Is it because they're doing battlecraft leves, and don't want to fail? - I see no other reason to, and that reason is pretty terrible too, as battlecraft leves are the worst use you can get out of your leves).


Either way, playing drg:
Get bloodbath and fracture from marauder, second wind, featherfoot and internal release from pugilist.

Make sure you make use of your cooldowns. You have Life Surge, and Keen Flurry for a reason. Getting Second Wind (which scales with attack power) can help you, but generally you shouldn't have a problem killing one mob at a time (which is what you will be doing most of, if not all the time).

I think the main reason that people die when soloing in this game, if fighting the appropriate number and level of enemies, is because they can't dodge red circles.

So, the best advice I can give to everyone is: Sidestep cones. Interrupt or move out of circles. And while latency can be an issue, it's probably not the main problem you're failing it. It's about getting a feel for how the aoe acts in this game, and when you have to start dodging. I'm not denying that latency can be a problem, but I've yet to experience it as a serious problem - and I live in the EU.

[lyse20]

meaby becuse its cheaper and faster to get a raise then have to go back to the same zone if your home point isnt in the same zone

[Awowrecloned]

Thanks alot guys, i have finally figured out exactly how to kill those mobs and now im leveling up quite nicely

If anyone else has this problem see below:

First you click "Start" on your windows desktop screen.

And then you go to "Control panel"

Then under "programs" click "uninstall a program"

You then go through the list of items and find "Final fantasy: a realm reborn"

You right click and select "uninstall/change"

You and finally you just select Uninstall and "next" as it prompts you to.

Congratulations, you finally defeated the evil hotkeyspamicus XIV, (took me quite a while surprisingly, guy has a lot of health ).

Anyways, laughs were had, low IQ was found, i bid you all adieu, as this will be the last time i post here, and the last time i will play Final fantasy XIV.

Note: I would consider all who took this thread seriously, to question your own comprehension and reading capabilities.

[1Logic]

got to be a fuckin troll