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Look, what Cid’s into is his own business. I don’t recommend sleeping with your ex as a general rule, but it’s not like I can stop him.
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IMO every time you meet Nero you should remind him of his Prae speech. He should die of embarrassment
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Relyssa posted:I still don't understand why anybody tolerates Nero being around them, let alone actually working with the dude. Everything bad he did was the result of petty jealously and "why won't senpai notice me" tantrums so he's not really Evil, just pathetic.
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Ibram Gaunt posted:He's cool. this, have you SEEN his sunglasses???
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sassassin posted:Everything bad he did was the result of petty jealously and "why won't senpai notice me" tantrums so he's not really Evil, just pathetic. "Once the Weapon goes off who cares about the area? That's not my department" says Nero tol Scaeva.
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Nero can do whatever they want because if I have to I'll kick their dumb rear end again. Give me an excuse, ya gaddang ding dong.
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So (early Endwalker spoilers) does the big team-up scene before going to Garlemald add more and more NPCs depending on the content you've done? I've done some leveling for White Mage, Warrior, and Black Mage and got specific little dialogues for each, I'm just wondering how crazy SE got with it.
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1stGear posted:So (early Endwalker spoilers) does the big team-up scene before going to Garlemald add more and more NPCs depending on the content you've done? I've done some leveling for White Mage, Warrior, and Black Mage and got specific little dialogues for each, I'm just wondering how crazy SE got with it. Yes, pretty much all the non-generic characters in the scene are people you've had the chance to interact with depending on jobs and questlines and basically all have something brief to say if you've done their related content.
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1stGear posted:So (early Endwalker spoilers) does the big team-up scene before going to Garlemald add more and more NPCs depending on the content you've done? I've done some leveling for White Mage, Warrior, and Black Mage and got specific little dialogues for each, I'm just wondering how crazy SE got with it. To my knowledge they don't add more based on which content you've done, but they do acknowledge your progress in each for the ones that do show up. It's cool.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Yes, pretty much all the non-generic characters in the scene are people you've had the chance to interact with depending on jobs and questlines and basically all have something brief to say if you've done their related content. Arist posted:To my knowledge they don't add more based on which content you've done, but they do acknowledge your progress in each for the ones that do show up. It's cool. Ah, neat. Man, I wish I'd been playing this game for longer so all the "Things are wrapping up" points would land that much more impactfully.
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Onto Heavensward! Wait, I just walk into the new place? That's it? No obtuse quest to unlock access? FFXI, you were a right bastard.
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The obtuse quest was all of 2.x.
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I imagine most thread regulars are past the point, but for anyone just starting up the game, SE released an animated Starter Guide that details some of the important elements of early gameplay that could come in handy.
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Vermain posted:I imagine most thread regulars are past the point, but for anyone just starting up the game, SE released an animated Starter Guide that details some of the important elements of early gameplay that could come in handy. Yo these are pretty rad.
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Compared to ARR, if I'm sprinting through HW MSQ how long should it take?
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Shinjobi posted:Compared to ARR, if I'm sprinting through HW MSQ how long should it take? It should take a little longer. There's more quests in 3.0 than the 2.X series after they removed a bunch of the latter.
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so the FFXIV youtube channel has a new pretty well-made starter guide series that goes over basic newbie stuff which i thought was really cute! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCMxiSH1Otw&list=PLrFWly2wJzL6DCI0avioUiokaD8RwMmsw
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currently at 26 days at the end of 4.0. take about 5-6 off that for idle time (i get lazy and forget to log out) aaaaaanyways i just unlocked sage. what the gently caress is going on. theres lasers and needles everywhere this is awesome. be your own disco ball
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sage is like scholar if your fairy was a laser gun
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Sage is almost identical to scholar, except it has better spell effects and lacks irritating poo poo like energy drain, dissipation, and button bloat.
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Sage doesn't explain itself very well, I only feel like I started to get the hang of it doing a few solo fights and FATEs.
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Yeah, Sage has a bit of learning curve. I failed the intro quest duty once or twice, and it definitely took some screwing around with FATEs (and a couple mediocre LDR runs -- sorry, pubbies) before I felt any level of confidence with it.
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The best way to learn Sage is to set up your hotbars so that, as close as possibly, you have the skills in the same place as the equivalent Scholar one
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Sage doesn't have the most important part of Scholar, which is arguing with other SCH players about which faerie is better. it's selene, don't @ me
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Qwertycoatl posted:The best way to learn Sage is to set up your hotbars so that, as close as possibly, you have the skills in the same place as the equivalent Scholar one I did exactly this https://twitter.com/jonny290/status/1556751015734456323 really liking it so far, i mean, i'm an hour in, but it's super cool and the aesthetic is great Relyssa posted:Sage doesn't have the most important part of Scholar, which is arguing with other SCH players about which faerie is better. i mean what else would you do lol, summon eos like a chump? Jonny 290 fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Aug 8, 2022 |
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Jonny 290 posted:i mean what else would you do lol, summon eos like a chump? 
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Jonny 290 posted:I did exactly this I've been enjoying Sage as well, the leveling experience is pretty good because you get Kardio right away so you never have to stop blasting unless the tank is in serious trouble, and you've got your OGCDs to handle that.
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So how much of the main story quests are cutscenes? I'm on the free trial and just took out the Ultima weapon and am moving the scions to their new base. Feels like I've been watching TV instead of playing a MMO. Just curious how the later MSQs are handled, cutscenes are fine but it feels like I'm just walking around and watching people talk for like 60-80% of the time spent playing right now.
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Mr Newsman posted:So how much of the main story quests are cutscenes? That's how most the MSQ is. The cutscenes in later expansions get much better (better character animations, direction, camera work, etc), but the MSQ always leans heavy on them. The grand majority of combat in the game is in duties, be they dungeons, trials, raids, or sometimes neat solo ones.
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I love the cutscenes so this has never been an issue with me. You can usually read your journal to find out where you are in the story even if you skip the cutscenes. And you can always go back in your inn room and access the Unending Journey to see cutscenes you skipped.
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This is all what I figured - thanks!! It's just been feeling a bit like cutscene - travel / minor busy work - cutscene - travel - cutscene lately and I'd rather they just showed me four of them at once than make me trek all around in between. Glad to hear I can just rewatch stuff/ read the journal later. I really liked the stuff towards the end of the content I just finished and I like the gameplay so I guess maybe I should just take a break and run some duties or whatever to get some action going.
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Yeah, it's okay to take breaks from the MSQ and other cutscene-heavy parts of the game and do stuff that's more gameplay-focused, like multiplayer instances, hunts, FATEs, or what have you. People emphasize getting through the ARR MSQ quickly because it gates a lot of content and QoL stuff like mounts and retainers, but it's fine to take your time, especially after 2.0 wraps up.
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Yeah there’s a LOT of ARR postgame stuff (because making Heavensward was also done on the schedule from hell and they wanted to be sure nobody ran out of poo poo to do before it was ready.) As someone who charged through most of the MSQ I’m enjoying going back to a lot of the earlier content I skipped.
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When I've been pushing, whether it's MSQ or sidequests or whatever, I definitely keep an eye out for when my brain hits "get on with it" mode and that's my sign to change things up or take a break entirely.
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I would like to reiterate that eventually solo duties become cool and fun too, instead of whatever they are in ARR.
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Also if you are in ARR patch content don't put off the crystal tower. When they finally force you to do it, it will be at a point in the story you really won't want to stop and do several hours of a raid. My advice would be any time the MSQ tells you to take a rest, go do some kind of side content. Crystal Tower, new dungeons and trials, give crafting or gathering a try, anything really.
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crystal tower is fun and good and will teach you basic 24player raid mechanics also, uh, theres gonna be this point at the end of 2.0 where it gives you this really weird `several cutscenes are about to play in order. dont skip them` message. Heed. it's a really good 45 minute film. Grab a beer, load a bowl, whatever, kick back and put on autoadvance and just enjoy that. It's really good. e: oh im not sure if you got past that or not, anyways, my advice remains for any other sprouts. soak up the 2.0 end movie. it's so good.
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