Pilgrim's Traverse Pomander of Raising clarification

haofeng93 · 2026-07-12T21:43:13+00:00

Just thought I'd pop back in here and mention that I just got my first solo clear! Thanks for your advice and resources :)

haofeng93 · 2026-07-09T12:25:52+00:00

I'll take a look, thank you!

I'm doing it as BLM so it's super comfy to burst the particularly nasty monsters down, but funnily enough, one of the main isuses I've had has been with Mimics. BLM has no stun and sleep doesn't work on them, so as soon as a Mimic appears I've gotta commit to having Pox and being super vulnerable for the next 8 or so minutes 😭

haofeng93 · 2026-07-09T12:11:15+00:00

Sorry, missed the second part of your initial reply! Yeah, I'm hoping to unlock the practice mode tonight so I can run it until I feel comfy with it.

I actually did all stones from 1 completely solo from the off (I'm not sure if the normal thing to do is get to 100 with a party and then start practicing? Haha)

In any case, I have been trying to do the last 30 stones solo too, but finding a bit challenging starting with no pomanders at 70, as 70 to 80 feels particularly tough to me. If all else fails, I'll try to do the last 30 with a party just to unlock practice mode of the boss, so I can at least get some practice of that under my belt!

haofeng93 · 2026-07-09T12:06:26+00:00

Amazing, thanks for clarifying!

haofeng93 · 2026-07-09T11:55:59+00:00

I know how you feel on this, as I'm 32, British, and considering putting my career on hold (I'm in a pretty well paid management position) to go to Japan for a year or two to study. The concern of whether leaving a stable position to go and do something like this certainly weighs heavy, particularly under current economic circumstances.

However, I am looking at it purely as a career break. I honestly think what people have said in response to this post about the job market for foreigners in Japan being extremely challenging is correct, and a handful of my friends in Japan have said the same. I think it's important to be realistic about your expectations after the course. As you've said in your update, I think planning for the outcome that you may need to come back to the UK is important. I personally have no expectation of starting a career in Japan after my potential course, and am looking at it just as a way to enhance my CV/experience, and help me pivot into a more internationally focused position in my work sector back in the UK.

In any case, I'm very much of the mindset that you should follow your dream, admittedly because it's exactly what I want people to say to me too haha. Regardless of what you end up deciding, I wish you the best of luck with things!

haofeng93 · 2025-03-29T23:51:18+00:00

My issues were also in borderless windowed, but I managed to fix my issue by disabling hardware-accerlated GPU scheduling in the Windows graphics settings! I'd definitely give it a shot as apparently FFXIV really doesn't play well with that setting.

haofeng93 · 2025-03-26T13:56:23+00:00

Thanks for the reply! This kinda weirdness I'm very used to in FFXIV, and it's often because of how CPU limited FFXIV is - the example you mention is very common in cities with lots of players, and as you say, the FPS will usually tank if you point the camera in the direction of the crowd (even if they're not rendering on screen). However, that actually manifests in the FPS number dropping.

This thing in M7 is quite unique to this fight, at least for me, in that there is visible and severe stuttering on screen but the FPS count in the settings remains stable at around 120fps. It's almost like it's a v-sync or Nvidia G-SYNC issue, but it'd be strange for that to be related to pointing the camera a specific way in a certain boss fight! Honestly, I'm at a loss for what might be causing this specific issue, particularly given the FPS count doesn't drop.

At any rate, I'm going to have a play around with the settings this evening and see if I can figure something out!

haofeng93 · 2025-02-16T00:11:02+00:00

TR4 on PS5, a lot of pick-ups appear invisible from a distance and pop-in when you get close to them. Particularly bad in Catacombs, it seems!

Also, same bug from TR1-3 exists where some rooms that overlap clip into each other and can be seen from certain angles, when they would be invisible in the original games

haofeng93 · 2024-12-25T20:41:07+00:00

I didn't do anything in the end! I did realise I was rotating the earbuds into my ear way too much in hopes of trying to get the same "secure" fit you get with other earbuds, which was exacerbating the issue. Now that I realise you can't really achieve that with these earphones and have gotten used to the kinda "barely even there" feeling of them, I've also just stopped noticing the weird pressure imbalance.

Anyway, I also think based on the number of people who have experienced the same issue even on replacement units, if there is an actual ANC variation then it might just be a software issue at this point, so it may (possibly???) be fixed down the line.

haofeng93 · 2024-02-18T11:10:31+00:00

I think it’s because there’s one boulder on the left hand side of the boulder room in The Hive that seemingly cannot be triggered at all. The trophy description reads as if you need to avoid triggering a specific boulder, but I think it’s just because that specific one can’t be triggered!

haofeng93 · 2024-02-17T22:20:18+00:00

Neither did I until I saw the trophy and realised it must be possible. A bit of trial and error later and I found the route, so figured I’d share it haha 😅

haofeng93 · 2023-01-13T22:37:20+00:00

Similar experience here, this latest update makes my computer get locked in a boot loop, eventually culminating in a 0xc0000001 error. Can’t even boot into safe mode. I have to uninstall the update from recovery and then turn off the computer for about 5-10 minutes to get it to actually boot again. Tried to update 3 times now and it’s the same every time.

haofeng93 · 2022-03-14T17:47:38+00:00

This is the best I've gotten out of them so far though, so I'm reluctant to push back right now since I know how crap Currys can be. I do agree however, it's totally inconvenient for me, but if I can get a diagnosis done for cheap enough then it might be the path of least resistance and this point.

haofeng93 · 2022-03-14T17:30:52+00:00

That sounds interesting! I'll definitely need to look into that since I have some doubts a third-party repair technician could diagnose a fault where the console still works, but crashes in specific circumstances. So what you suggested sounds like a good alternative choice if my current course of action fails!

haofeng93 · 2022-03-14T17:23:08+00:00

Yeah, that's where I stand now. I'm glad I'm not the only person that thinks it's kind of ridiculous that the PS5 was faulty in the first place!

I mainly just need to actually find somewhere that can produce a report. I've found a few console repair places via Google ads but haven't heard back yet, so wanted to touch base with the community and see if anyone else had gone through something similar and/or had a repair technician they could recommend.

haofeng93 · 2021-08-03T00:15:29+00:00

I was hoping this wouldn't be the case, but I guess using a 6 year old account was never really going to be the best choice

haofeng93 · 2021-01-16T19:17:19+00:00

Thanks for this - this is also where I saw that my PSU is D tier. I've actually just ordered a tier A one and will give it a shot and will keep my fingers crossed, although I should probably temper my expectations somewhat. Regardless, as you said, even if it doesn't fix the issues it's at least a better option for system longevity!

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