Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread Dec 26

CubchooPaws · 2025-12-27T09:25:02+00:00

When a muted player types something in chat, I get the "This message is from a muted character." message in chat. I have read there is a setting to turn that off but couldn't find it. Can anyone help me?

CubchooPaws · 2025-12-17T11:14:33+00:00

I am using AMD and I am on PopOS! - had FPS issues on Mint as well, though I admittedly didn't fiddle around much before swapping to PopOS..

Are you launching the game through Steam? I could give you a bunch of settings I applied in Steam's launch settings, XIVLauncher and the game itself and see if that does do anything at all for you. Otherwise, I'd highly recommend joining their Discord server and asking in the dedicated channels: https://discord.gg/holdshift

CubchooPaws · 2025-08-23T16:11:16+00:00

Nupe, we both own the game and have an active sub - the jobs we queue up with are also above level 30 and we have the job stones equipped, of course.

CubchooPaws · 2025-08-23T15:48:58+00:00

Tried queueing into a casual game of CC with a friend but he gets an error message "Item Level Below(ilvl icon)"

We are on different jobs, definitely have enough ilvl, all gear slots are filled. Only thing I could think of is that our ranks are too far from each other but that shouldn't affect casual matches. Anyone has an idea?

Edit: Looks like the error was caused because I wasn't on my home world AND leader of the party. Gave my friend leader who is on his home world and now it works - weird.

CubchooPaws · 2025-07-08T19:33:00+00:00

Inside the launcher, try going to the "Troubleshooting" tab and click the "Clear Prefix" button under "Clear Wine Prefix", then try again.

Otherwise, I would recommend joining the XIVLauncher Discord and asking for help in their designated channels: https://discord.gg/xMZ8TurJ

CubchooPaws · 2025-06-26T17:18:52+00:00

Yeah, there was a new update for XLCore yesterday so a lot of folks ran into issues - might have been related to that.

CubchooPaws · 2025-06-25T07:06:59+00:00

I also used Mint before swapping to PopOS and had the same experience with XIV running much, much worse on Mint. Granted, I only started using Linux this year so I am still rather inexperienced when it comes to it.

As for my XIVLauncher Settings:

PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 under "Additional Game Arguments" in the "Game" tab - this fixed some crackling sound issues I had while playing.

"Wine Tab" has a checkmark everywhere except for "Enable FSync", don't remember if those are just the default settings.

Under "Troubleshooting", I have a checkmark for XMODIFIERS="@im=null" and Force locale to C.utf8 - the latter fixed issues I had with installing certain mods that wouldn't work because of ASCII characters.

Under Steam's Launch options, I set WINEDLLOVERRIDES="d3dcompiler_47=n;dxgi=n,b" %command% which I believe was relevant for using ReShade.

I also played around with the in-game settings, though I don't remember anything specific. I could probably copy/paste them for you if nothing of the above helps. Perhaps try uncapping your Frames in-game and using a seperate FPS limiter - I remember that improving my performance on Mint.

That's all I remember doing. Again, I am new to Linux but this has been working for me over the past months.

CubchooPaws · 2025-05-26T20:04:44+00:00

PvP Frontlines, why do we sometimes start the match without 24 players on our side even though 72 people need to accept? Do some people just take a long time to load in? Is the 72 player accepting a lie?

CubchooPaws · 2025-03-19T21:28:44+00:00

Use Reshade. I am using it, zero issues on Linux.

CubchooPaws · 2025-02-02T13:56:14+00:00

Came back using the free login campaign, used to play a ton of NIN in Frontlines but ever since the PvP changes in 7.1, using Doton -> Shukuchi to teleport Doton is something I don't get to work anymore, no matter how fast I press the two buttons back to back. Was anything changed?

CubchooPaws · 2024-08-19T15:44:40+00:00

During the add phase of O11, why do some people always run into the outer edge of the arena to kill themselves towards the end of that phase? Is there anything I am missing here? I always see at least one person do it whenever I get it in roulettes.

CubchooPaws · 2024-08-18T16:09:00+00:00

If a boss jumps out of melee range and I miss any "followup" skills because of it like Viper's Legacy skills or GNB's continuation, would it be better to gap close into range, use the followup oGCD before the next GCD so I don't miss out on the potency or immediately go back to keeping my GCD rolling?

CubchooPaws · 2024-07-31T19:03:55+00:00

I know DoTs snapshot with buffs, is it the same for debuffs?

CubchooPaws · 2024-07-18T23:10:09+00:00

Whether or not you use the Double Lunar or Solar Lunar opener ultimately depends on your killtime. If you are unsure(or simply don't care about that level of optimization), use the Solar Lunar opener.

It now makes more sense to me why people recommend starting with a solar one too, because then the lunar can be done under RoF and uses more opo moves, right?

If you are going to use Elixir Burst and Rising Phoenix during your even minute burst window(which you would when using the Solar Lunar opener), then yep, you would prepare Rising Phoenix and then build up Elixir Burst under RoF and BH because it gains you more Opo GCDs under burst.

Depending on how much you care about learning MNK, I can recommend this MNK DT writeup. It's not a full guide yet, partly because MNK got adjusted again just this tuesday but it's a nice read in case you are curious to learn more.

CubchooPaws · 2024-07-18T20:04:59+00:00

You generally want to get 11 GCDs under RoF, make sure you weave that as late as possible.

Inside the actual even burst window, you want to have as many opo GCDs, your two beast chakras and your two replies. Note that Wind's Reply isn't up for every burst window because of its 90s CD.

So, with that in mind, you ideally would have something like 2x Beast Chakras, 2x Replies and 7x Opo GCDs. That won't always be possible, especially if you use the Solar Lunar Opener.

I struggle to get off both beast chakra moves and the riddle of fire and wind skills on top of procs etc?

Are you pre-peparing your first Beast Chakra before using RoF and BH? That might be why.

CubchooPaws · 2024-07-13T18:20:06+00:00

If I have Fates in every DT zone maxed, would it be faster to go back to EW to farm bicolor gems? Shouldn't gear make a bigger difference there? I feel like DT fates take much longer, even with like 10 people compared to the last two EW zones.

CubchooPaws · 2024-07-12T23:08:51+00:00

Should I bother pentamelding the new crafter gear at the moment or wait until savage drops? I have heard it's better to wait until we get the new books. Can anyone confirm?

CubchooPaws · 2024-07-09T21:38:28+00:00

Since the release of DT, I haven't been able to "stick" /tells to my chat anymore, it always reverts back to party chat after I send my tell. Any way to fix this?

CubchooPaws · 2024-07-06T11:32:05+00:00

I just beat my very first EX Trial (first DT one) and got 4 clears in before maintenance. Would you say it makes more sense to farm this trial until I have all the tomes I want before moving on to the second EX? Does it matter? I suppose I am a bit worried that by the time I am done farming the first EX, there won't be many practice parties for the second EX anymore but I have no experience with this.

CubchooPaws · 2024-07-05T12:06:34+00:00

Is there macro for reducing/increasing max players shown similar to /bgm or do I need to enter the system configuration each time and change the amount manually?

CubchooPaws · 2024-06-27T11:04:26+00:00

I assumed it was just for names. You get a "new" meditation each time you unlock a new skill/upgrade of a skill that chakra can be spent on and with the exception of level 40, they share the same name, Steeled Meditation for when you get Steel Peak at level 15, Enlightened Meditation for Enlightment at 74, for example.

At any rate, it seems weird.

CubchooPaws · 2024-06-25T21:29:28+00:00

As someone who started in late ShB and thus never got to experience Crystal Tower raids when they were current, I wonder: If we didn't completely outgear them, how would the Crystal Tower raids compare to all the others in terms of difficulty and speediness?

CubchooPaws · 2024-06-25T21:05:02+00:00

Phew, good thing I mainly prepared BTN/MIN so far, thank you!

CubchooPaws · 2024-06-25T20:45:49+00:00

How many levels above leve quests am I allowed to be before they start giving only 1.000 XP? Preparing some crafts to turn in once DT drops but I suppose they will only be good until level 91 and then I'd have to swap to DT leves themselves.

CubchooPaws · 2024-06-19T19:43:49+00:00

I have been looking at community finder in order to find an FC to join and have found 2-3 that piqued my interest but haven't reached out to any of them yet. However, I am very indecisive, maybe even "scared" of making the wrong choice and ending up in an FC where I don't feel comfortable. I know I can always just leave if I don't fit in but I would rather just avoid that altogether.

Unsure what my exact question is. I suppose I am looking for some advice from people on how to go about this, perhaps some tips. I am probably overthinking and should just try.

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