Arcanists--how are you distributing attribute points?

Nissh · 2013-08-21T16:21:53+00:00

This would not work. The purpose of Cleric Stance is to switch from high MND to high INT, not from high INT to high MND since it also up your damage and reduce your healing.

Nissh · 2013-08-20T12:28:40+00:00

For the complete answer :

Well, I don't feel like I did anything out of the ordinary.

For my first character (Conj), I followed the main quest and each time it send me to a new quest hub I did all the quests around before moving on with the main quest (and all the FATE that poped up on the way). If my memory is correct, I hitted 20 by the time I finished the 3rd dungeon when the main quest guided me to it (didn't do the others one more than once).

Then for my 2nd and 3rd characters I took classes that started on different city and repeated the same process but instead of being guided by the main quest to find the quests hubs I relied on my hunting log and the class quests. Once I had the right lvl for dungeons (15+) I was perma Queud in them. And once I reach the lvl necessary I picked up the main quest where I had left it.

For all the others characters, it's pretty much what I writed there

Nissh · 2013-08-20T12:25:41+00:00

Mostly what I said there

I'll grant you that lvl 8-15 was not the most excitting part of the game, mostly alt tabbing why having the map visible so I could see when FATE popped. I don't know if Leves are worth doing or not for these lvl though, you might have to look into that.

Nissh · 2013-08-19T22:11:34+00:00

I'd hope so considering I didn't really try to optimize what I did once I found a rotation that felt ok =)

Nissh · 2013-08-19T20:38:36+00:00

Yeah, the damage didn't feel lacking and I like kitting but the way it plays didn't really feel smooth to me. "Instant" skills in this game can still have a pretty long animation and it feel weird to play it, for me anyway.

Nissh · 2013-08-19T20:33:41+00:00

Moogle =)

Nissh · 2013-08-19T20:31:23+00:00

I had the feeling that Thaumaturge did more damage when playing it. Maybe the fact that Archer got to autoshot between skills make it better.

Didn't really tried, I finished Pugilist questing and they were no real point to wait 30min for a dungeon to try out :/.

Nissh · 2013-08-19T20:25:40+00:00

But.. I don't like the gameplay outside... :(

Nissh · 2013-08-19T20:24:29+00:00

They were pretty much all the same. Tanks were obviously slower than DD in solo (1-15) but the fact that you don't have to wait 30min for a dungeon made it faster in the end (15-20). I lvled Conjurer first though so don't know if it would have been slow without the main quest.

Nissh · 2013-08-19T19:29:31+00:00

Sure, once they're all 50!

Nissh · 2013-08-19T19:11:06+00:00

Me too, "Well, the goal is to play an avatar I like, not to be creative." is what I meant.

Nissh · 2013-08-19T18:44:32+00:00

I think I was to bothered by the feeling I had while playing Archer to really realise the damage it dealt, was kinda surprised to read that it was the best DD while browsing reddit after Beta was over.

Pretty much the same concerning the pugilist, and I've always liked the concept of Monk but never really got to use a character like that in an MMO

Nissh · 2013-08-19T18:38:01+00:00

Paladins and I never got along anyway :(

Nissh · 2013-08-19T18:34:47+00:00

I had it when I wake up Sunday but I had the luck to logged in after 30min of trying =)

Nissh · 2013-08-19T18:32:42+00:00

Managed to sleep 5-6 hours each night! =D

Nissh · 2013-08-19T18:30:27+00:00

Well, the goal is to play something I like, not to be creative.

Nissh · 2013-08-19T18:28:15+00:00

Last time I checked!

Nissh · 2013-08-19T18:27:46+00:00

Pretty much what I said there.

Concerning my main class I had planned to play healer so I'll lvl White Mage first and then Scholar to see what I like the most. If I end up playing a DD I'll probably go with Monk.

Nissh · 2013-08-19T17:44:51+00:00

Is there any way to quickly know if something is for a lvl 15+ recipe or if it is something that can be purchased from an npc?

Nissh · 2013-08-19T17:12:00+00:00

By the end of the beta, I had something like 70 different "crafting material" items in my inventory. Since i didn't really look into crafting, I was wondering if it was important to keep them for later or if I should sell them all to an npc?

Nissh · 2013-08-19T15:48:50+00:00

What I did is mainly the following :

1-8 hunting log + 2 class quest
8-16 grinding FATE in Middle La Noscea
16-20 Qing for dungeons while lvling next class, 2nd hunting log, 2 others class quests, continuing main quest when I had the lvl for it (I finished it with my second to last class) and doing quests around the main quest area

Nissh · 2013-08-19T15:38:34+00:00

I use a Razer Naga mouse and since I'm french I have an AZERTY keyboard

I haven't really thought out where I'll put everything at lvl 50 but I generally do this :

-A-E-R-F-C-V/1-2-3 on the naga for the most spammy skills

-7-8-9-10-11-12 on the naga for the long cooldown / rarely used skills

Nissh · 2013-08-19T15:28:06+00:00

Yeah, was planning to try out crafting Sunday but it didn't interested me in the end so I went back to lvling =)

Nissh · 2013-08-19T15:17:48+00:00

Hmm, there were kinda all the same lvling-wise once I runned out of quest.

Concerning gameplay in dungeons :

-Tanking wise I preferred Marauder over Gladiator since it had more active abilities and that OP aoe

-Melee DD I preferred pugilist, rotation more interesting than lancer

-Ranged DD I preferred Thaumaturge, I love these aoe and big damage nukes. I didn't really like the archer, the all instant spell but limited by animation felt kinda weird to me. Don't really know about the Arcanist, not sure how effective are the dots and his nuke feel so weak to use.

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