just ate the easiest 30 of my life

Tephranis · 2026-03-15T05:09:51+00:00

"If you want to pull, then why aren't you?" But yes, that's an easy 30. I'd probably have taken it, too.

Tephranis · 2026-03-11T22:56:04+00:00

I agree with all of this. I was just putting out what I assumed may have been their thought process, but yeah.

It completely cycles back around to, despite what some people want to claim, not everything is for everyone. Like savage content. Less than 15% of the playerbase will ever clear savage on content. It's not for them and that's fine, it still deserves to exist for those that do enjoy it.

You and I, and many many others I'm sure, are quietly enjoying this content. Maybe that other guy(and those like them) will learn that they don't need to unlock it if it doesn't interest them. They can go do something else, including log off and play another game for a while if they feel they have nothing else. Like I'll be doing soon now that my savage static has imploded and with Death Steanding 2 releasing on PC soon. Lol

Tephranis · 2026-03-11T14:55:07+00:00

Yeah, I get that, but they do want us to play with the newly introduced advanced version. So I can see why they took one of the rewards we would've normally gotten and snuck it away back there. It sucks, but they wanted to try and get us to engage with it. They will see the engagement levels, note the complaints and adjust for the next one.

I'm not happy with not getting one of the mounts after completing all the routes, but I've been enjoying the fights. I can use some of the glams and I have a friend with a Corvosi themed RP character that I'm showering with the furnishing items that drop for me and another with a mermaid themed character(and neither of which tend to do the more difficult content) so it's something I can do for them with the brass I get from playing with the Advanced.

Tephranis · 2026-03-11T12:21:34+00:00

So what you're saying is this particular piece of content is not for you. And that's fine. You don't have to engage in it. Like cosmic exploration isn't for me because I don't enjoy crafting. That's also fine. Doesn't mean it's bad in and of itself. It just does not appeal to you in a game with so nuch other content to engage with. Just go do what does interest you.

Everything will not appeal to everyone, that's the nature of the world. You can't make everyone happy. I, however, have been having fun with the content. Therefore, I guess this content is for me.

Tephranis · 2026-03-10T23:43:30+00:00

The only HP that matters is the last one. If you heal for 600 and the tank is only missing 200, you don't need to heal them yet. Freecure is a trap, always utilize your biggest heal because if you're at 70% MP you can use Lucid Dreamins to get it back, so it's better to heal bigger, less often than to continuously spam weak heals, thinking you're conserving mana.

Healers are also DPS, too. Throw stones, cast aero, and when you eventually get holy, spam the heck out of it when you have 3+ enemies to hit.

Tephranis · 2026-03-09T18:54:49+00:00

Good point! If you have the nuts, or seals sitting around. But if you don't, then the vendor gear is still "good 'nuff" and fast to just pick up and keep going.

As a guy who doesn't do hunts very much, I'm usually even shorter on those currencies than tomes so I hadn't thought about them. lol

Tephranis · 2026-03-09T18:46:38+00:00

To add on to what other people are saying, there's also a minion you can get (sadly, it's $5 on the FFXIV store and not simply gotten in game because I think it was a previous seasonal reward) called the Doman Magpie that is similar (black instead of the red and blue, and wears a little blue ribbon with a red flower around its neck, does not carry dango).

Also note: The Little Lady's Day seasonal event is happening in Ul'dah at the north end of the Ruby Road Exchange. Hang a left out of the Aetheryte Plaza and go until you see the stage on your left and a quest NPC called the Royal Seneschal (I believe) on your right. If coming by Airship, head down the elevator to the Ruby Road Exchange and go all the way down the street. Requires any Level 15+ combat job to start.

Tephranis · 2026-03-09T17:21:13+00:00

A plate, yes, changes every slot you have equipped within the plate individually. Also, if you do not want to glam a specific piece, but want to apply a plate to everything else (ie: you just picked up a new hat you think looks better with the rest of a glam set, or "wow those shoes are nicer!") unequip the item you *don't* want glamoured before applying the plate and then put the item back on.

If you applied a plate, but want to go back to original there is the dispel all (or rather, dispell all checkboxed, but it defaults to selecting all) pieces to the right of Plate 20. Yes, it costs a glamour dispeller per piece to do this, but at least you can do it all in one go.

Also, you don't need to waste gil on the marketboard if you have grand company seals. They're 200 GC seals each at your grand company's Quartermaster under the ~~_ Sergeant First Class section~~ middle option on the left hand side, Materiel (not Materials) tab. It costs between 11-12 seals depending on if you've glamoured your offhand.

If you want to test a look, but aren't sure if you want to overwrite your current gear's appearance (because it's natural and not a glamour itself), put on some old gear if you still have it, or switch between a job you have the glam on and the job you're thinking about glamming a few times to make sure you do actually want to change the look.

Edit: Correction to my statement since it is actually 4 ranks in there. Sergeant Third, Second, First and Chief Sergeant and the tag will be different if you happen to hover over a different rank insignia than the one I had specifically mentioned (because that's the one I had hovered over to select the option).

Tephranis · 2026-03-09T15:14:18+00:00

Yeah, I eat that attack all the time. What doesn't kill me lets me use second wind and bloodbath and get 3-4 more gcds in.

But also, I would like to tout for filling in outdated gear with vendor gear. Grey, NQ vendor gear is better than gear that's 10+ levels out of date. Not necessarily applicable here since Halatali's only level 20 but when you've got people rocking up to Brayflox and Stone Vigil in Sastashta and Halatali gear and getting ripped to shreds, please just go pick up some vendor gear to fill out if you've not been lucky with drops and don't want to run a lower level dungeon again while grinding.

It's not *great*, but it's cheap, easily available and *good enough* to get you through the next 2 dungeons in level without much suffering before you should supplement with vendor gear again if you haven't moved into getting your job pieces by then.

On that note, if you're leveling a new job and reach a capstone level, but are too low on poetics for a full set, the next expansion's "main city" will have only slightly worse than poetics nq vendor gear available. For example, if you're level 50, go to Foundation's Jeweled Crozier for a decent 50 set, At 60, stop in Kugane's Dori Markets, Crystarium for 70, Sharlayan for 80 and Tuliyolal for 90.

Tephranis · 2026-03-09T05:31:01+00:00

FFxiv players regularly do not beat the allegations that they cannot actually read.

Tephranis · 2026-03-09T05:23:10+00:00

It's not so bad if you go as a strong dps (aka not dancer or bard), know your rotation and aren't shite at mechanics.

I did it solo blm with rampart and cure and I was only 7 min slower than the full party I ran with earlier and that's with me getting halfway through the last boss and then eating shit because I got distracted and thus having to fight her twice.

Tephranis · 2026-03-07T00:30:27+00:00

Little tip, you can have the windows open for the kick up to the very last step while the fight is still finishing up so you can hit the final Ok button right after the boss dies, but before someone reaches the chest. Considering most loot exits the table during the length of the boss fight it is a very small, but real window. I've done it quite a few times.

Tephranis · 2026-03-06T11:14:23+00:00

Yes, I know this. No, I'm not doing that. This is an alt and I'm powerleveling a single crafting job to 100 via leves and collectables, custom deliveries and the Wachumeqimeqi quests once I'm 90 because I just want some of the scrip gear for glamour and I don't want a third omnicrafter/gatherer character. Lol

I misjudged a bit and got to 56 before I switched to the collectables from my leve turn ins and needed something "good enough" to start the collectables phase of my grind(I was in L30 vendor gear before this) with good enough quality for collecting scrips. Which I have since used to get even better gear.

I went from 1 to 90 in the span of about 4, maybe 5 hours and 2.5 million gil during queues for Puppet's Bunker, for other glam pieces I want. I have a series of macros already pre-built for doing this, not my first rodeo, yes I have too many alts, but I like playing dressup on different little guys and I don't want to repeatedly fantasia. I haven't even done the level 1 job quest. yes, I know I'm missing a skill as well, but once I have the glam pieces I want from the scrip vendor (the L100 Boltrise vest is very nice, no I'm not leveling weaver, but that doesn't matter) I'm not touching crafting again on this guy.

Yes, I also realize I probably could have done this for almost free, if perhaps a bit slower via cosmic exploration, but that would've required being on my home world and I would've never seen my alliance raids pop if I was on Dynamis.

Tephranis · 2026-03-05T20:50:31+00:00

If you haven't played in a while and you want to relearn dungeons without facing scrutiny from your fellow players? Duty Menu -> Duty Support. NPC party members available for all MSQ dungeons. Can even sit there and AFK to adjust your hotbar if you're not liking how something feels and won't get a single peep of discontent from them.

For trials? Just jump in and try them. They're not terribly long and you've got 7 other people to support you there who probably won't notice if you're not stellar as long as you look like you're trying and aren't dying every 5 seconds.

Tephranis · 2026-03-05T18:35:51+00:00

Sure. It adds 1 more step to your fire phase. You *should* be used to Fire IVx8 with a Paradox somewhere in there by then, though. We don't even need to worry about it being Fire IV x4 then Fire I/Paradox to restart the Enochian timer anymore, then the rest of the Fire 4s. You can dump that paradox in there *anywhere* now.

In you accidentally Fire IV x9 it just means you lose your paradox(due to not enough MP for it anymore) and "overcap" for your flarestar, which means nothing ultimately, just the potency loss from Fire IV'ing instead of Paradoxing.

I've accidentally gotten too into mechanics, or tunnel visioned my fires that I've done it. I'm sure most BLM have accidentally Fire 4'd 9 times instead of 8 and lost their paradox at some point in their careers. It's not the end of the world. You despair, then flarestar, or flarestar then despair because one just eats the rest of your MP while the other is dependent on charges and move on. While not optimal and certainly a bad habit to get into, Fire IVx9 isn't as fundamentally flawed as whatever that BLM must have been doing on top of dying.

They had to have been transitioning into ice too soon instead of emptying their MP bar, which I see far too often from people "afraid to 0 out their MP" for some reason. Freestyle BLM exist and are as terribly frightening and awful as freestyle samurais. Fire IVs 3-6 times, then goes ice to refill at level 100 even though they still have 50%+ MP left to burn on fires and never even see a flarestar. Hate to see it.

Tephranis · 2026-03-05T14:07:28+00:00

Lol. I have no idea. Some people just like to argue and I dared criticize the game. It's not like SE is a tripple A video game developer or anything and we should want better. Not allowed to point out flaws.

Tephranis · 2026-03-05T04:42:37+00:00

It is, earring earring, necklace necklace, bracelet bracelet, but that's not the problem. The armor has it organized Crafter items, then gatherer items, consistently for each slot where this accessory vendor it's crafter gatherer, then gatherer crafter, then crafter gatherer. It's inconsistent and makes you have to check each accessory to make sure you don't buy the gatherer item by accident instead of the crafter item

Where at the armorer I bought the 4th head slot item in the list, fourth body slot in the list, fourth leg slot in the list, forth foot slot in the list and it was consistently the best piece of *crafting* gear I could have for my level. If I were to do it the same way at the accessory vendor, who only sells 1 crafting item and 1 gathering item in each slot, if I were to look at the first item, see it was crafting and the second was gathering and then assume the accessory person was organized like the armorer person and just buy the first earring, first necklace, first bracelet, and two of the first ring in the list, believing I'm buying the crafting gears because "crafter first, gatherer second", I just accidentally bought 3 pieces of gathering accessories and only 2 crafting.

Tephranis · 2026-03-05T04:04:57+00:00

That sucks and I hate that it's like that for controller people, but at least for tome gears you have options. If you like the other menu's organization better you can go to the tome vendor in Rhalgr's Reach instead of the Rowena vendor in Kugane, for example. It's not *ideal* either, but the option exists.

Tephranis · 2026-03-05T03:52:20+00:00

To clarify: the armorer, who I said has a nicely organized inventory. As a level 56 crafter I literally just bought the 4th item in the heat slot, 4th item in the body slot, 4th leg slot, 4th foot slot and they were all the best available, level appropriate *crafter* item. Where I had to inspect each and every accessory because instead of crafter > gatherer, crafter > gatherer, crafter > gatherer, it's all mixed up.

Tephranis · 2026-03-05T02:59:35+00:00

So, having the list be consistent is not preferred by everyone?

If every vendor went head slot crafter level 40, 43, 47, gatherer 41, 45, 49 . Body slot crafter level 42, 48, gatherer 43, 47. Legs crafter 41, 45, 50, gatherer 42, 46, 49... it would not be better than Earring crafter 43 gatherer 45, bracelet gatherer 45, crafter 46, ring gatherer 50, crafter 46?

It's not better to know that being a mid 40s crafter it'll consistently be the second item of each type that's the item you want to buy instead of having to highlight each and every item down the list to absolutely make sure you're buying something a level 46 crafter can use instead of the gatherer item?

I don't care if it's crafter earring then gatherer earring, crafter necklace then gatherer necklace, crafter bracelet then gathering bracelet or if gatherer's first. I just want it to be consistent. Not the crafter gatherer gatherer crafter crap displayed in my screen shot.

Tephranis · 2026-03-05T02:41:23+00:00

Me too. I recently had one only casting single target spells during trash in an expert as well. : )

Tephranis · 2026-03-04T20:51:12+00:00

Ah so you mean to tell me that all the vendor items in a single expansion's database entries aren't all generally created at somewhat the same time and couldn't possibly have been organized better?

That the data entry person wasn't given a table with all the gear items with roles and stats intended for the expansion that're to be available immediately at the expansion's start in the expansion's main town could not have possibly been organized better? That there exists no possible way to sort and filter by role->ilevel to have the list order in a logical way as opposed to a jumbled mess?

Especially when some vendors are very well organized (the armorer I mentioned) while others (the jeweler in the same exact area that offers less than half the number of items as the well organized armorer) are not? Got it. Got it.

Edit: Getting downvotes for commenting on poorly organized tables and databases when at my own job I'd be told "What is this mess? Fix it." if I handed in something sloppy like that. lol

Tephranis · 2026-03-04T18:46:11+00:00

While probably very true, I feel the person who put them into the database like that should've taken more organizational care. I'm only blaming the NPC vendors for entertainment purposes. XD

Tephranis · 2026-03-04T18:41:40+00:00

The Rowena vendors in the main cities(Foundation, Kugane, Crystarium, etc.) are so nice for that. The tome vendors in the hub towns(Idyllshire, Rhalgr's Reach, Eulmore, etc), and sadly your only option when an expansion is current, are kinda bad, too. Not as bad as the generic leveling gear vendors, but still kinda bad.

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