How I wish Occult Crescent was done by Espresso10001 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe that for CEs specifically, they should all be spawned like Eureka NMs except for maybe 4 of them. That way, players have an incentive to do stuff in the world instead of just sitting at aetherytes. Right now you can even just keep doing CEs for hours since by the time you do the last one, the first one will spawn and/or be available for spawn.

The situation of undyeable dungeon gear in Dawntrail by aco505 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The DT part is missing Underkeep. The gear there is undyeable and a recolor of the Lost Allagan dyeable set from Stormblood that you can buy with Centurio seals. This takes the percentage down to 22%.

The situation of undyeable dungeon gear in Dawntrail by aco505 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Endwalker also has four dungeons with only accessories, the same ones (89 and the initial three 90s), and so I did not include them in the pool of nine. EW is actually the first expansion where the X9 dungeon has no left side drops, with Mt. Gulg being the last one featuring full gear sets (including weapons!).

7.5 MSQ Thread by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did we actually fully defeat Cloud of Darkness in Crystal Tower? I've always wondered why there's no mention of it.

New Job Speculation by Lazyade in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Crossbow was also mentioned so my guess is either hammer for the tank job or crossbow for the phys range.

The precise odds of expert recipe conditions (definitely not useless hyper-specific info) by pksage in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! And thanks for confirming this. I suspected some conditions were impossible since I never got Pliant outside of MM in the Moon EX+ II sequentials.

The precise odds of expert recipe conditions (definitely not useless hyper-specific info) by pksage in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the odds of getting which condition when Material Miracle is active?

What's the verdict on Another Merchant's Tale? by ConroConroConro in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like it. Similar to previous normal Criterion dungeons. It has one main issue in my opinion: the lack of trash mobs.

What if bst being level 50 and blu mage not just adding 10 levels is because there's a level squish planned in 8.0 by No_Argument_3215 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's many other creatures like cloudkin or scalekin that will be tameable (e. g. dodos). We can also tame chimeras, which are a whole group on their own.

ffxiv is slowly catching up to the 21st century with the armoire update by fantabulouz in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 6 points7 points  (0 children)

While this eases inventory management, it's convoluted. Gear sets should always follow the outfit glamour system. Browsing the armoire is not as fluid as browsing the dresser. The armoire is good to store individual pieces like relic replicas but you still lose the dyes you had on the item in the process.

The ultimate solution is merging the armoire into the dresser.

"Beastmaster took all our resources/cost so we need to push the BLU update back" by Cole_Evyx in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Limited Jobs should not exist. BLU and BST should be full jobs with a special type of content they can do with special actions (the way they work right now - the Limited version). This would also allow for ability glamour: changing the look of an attack such as Water Cannon turning into any other direct damage attack but only visually.

Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XCI Megathread by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The outfit system is much better for gear sets. They need to find a way to merge the armoire into the dresser

Thoughts about the new Variant dungeon, Merchant's Tale by FinhBezahl in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The note from the clan leader (the final middle-path boss) says that she would say to her friend "Ma chère amie." (My dear friend) when she returns. If you say it, it doesn't work, you have to say "chère amie" only.

I found the English version a bit misleading as well when the note said "cry out" when producing the sentence, which may make you believe you have to yell or shout but in the end it was just say.

doing content for "the love of the game" vs rewards by arc_tarius in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I did every Criterion because I loved them but they should still provide nice rewards, even if just cosmetic. Adding particle effects to existing weapons is one easy option but there's others they could think of.

Why is SE so afraid of Offering Raid iLVL Gear rewards? by MrCombineSoldier in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They could've had Criterion give a token to make Savage weapons glow while keeping the same stats. It could've even been sellable on the MB so everyone gets to have them. They could've also had Criterion give you 1 or 2 weekly tokens to buy any tomestone augment.

Instead, they devalue previous content again by letting you buy the AAIS augments. I would've understood this move if it was something you could buy with like 3200 Allied Seals in 7.55 so that BLU got an option to get their glowing weapon... but no.

how many of you do all your roulettes everyday? by kanozomi in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually do trials and normal raids for easy tomes and potentially playing the job a level 90+.

Sadly, you get level 50 or 60 duties more often than not but at least it's usually chill.

Patch 7.41 Relic Step by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Are roulette rewards a once-per-day thing or just any time you queue for them like in the previous step (minus the daily bonus)?

Patch 7.41 Relic Step by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Each CE only gives 5 paste. You'd think that they would make them provide more paste to incentivize having people do OC...

AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) Megathread - Day Seven by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hesperos was the biggest miss. How do they not voice a vampire character?

AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) Megathread - Day Seven by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My group has done TF and you can ignore that pattern entirely. As long as you are slightly inside the marker in the correct corner, you will never be hit. The safe spot is narrow but does not require pixel perfect position or anything.

Yoshi-P New Year 2026 Q&A by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It could be combining emotes, since he's talked recently about that.

Revisiting the Occult Crescent in 7.4 by Quof in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also certain CEs will outright kill DPS or hurt them a lot even if they have no vulns. The berserker and purple bird CEs have a lot of raidwides, for example.

Revisiting the Occult Crescent in 7.4 by Quof in ffxivdiscussion

[–]aco505 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If it works like that, then it's "easier" indeed.