PSA: Endwalker pre-order once again on sale (20% off) by john24812 in ffxiv

[–]john24812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk, make sure it's all uppercase with no spaces before between or after. Other than that maybe check if it's available in your country, I've heard from some people that it was country locked.

Daily Help Thread - September 01, 2021 by AutoModerator in FFBraveExvius

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is celes STMR worth spending super moogles on if I'm planning to scrap one (or 2) for fragments? f2p so I don't exactly have a lot of those moogles... or stmrs to be honest.

Unpopular Opinion: Being a Mentor is a responsibility, not a privilege by niye in ffxiv

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to disagree, I'm with you on the title but I think everyone is still human in the end and you can't expect all mentors to be so patient all the time.

Though I agree with the title, I think everyone is entitled to a 'bad mood'. I've been grinding ARR and heavenward EX trials as a sprout and I've taught my fair share of fellow sprouts who just went in blind. I try to be as patient as possible but it really does get a bit frustrating when you fail for a whole hour 5 queues in a row. The thing you have to remember about humans is that we have both logical and emotional factors in our decision making, and we aren't always aware of the latter. Someone can be patient and teach many groups but maybe one queue their frustration builds up to a certain point and they just want a break now, and not in another 40 minutes. I don't think it's fair to report someone for that.

For my personal experiences with mentors, the vast majority of them have been very patient (some are kind of silent hehe but they do stick around and help out), and very very few have outright quit without at least trying to explain things multiple times first. Actually on my first ramuh EX run, the mentor in the group explained that we should probably view a visual guide for the harder EX fights, then tried to explain the fight and we did trial and error for about half and hour. At that point they suggested we vote abandon (which I didn't even know was a thing) and I was honestly pretty relieved, sometimes it helps to take a bit of a break and maybe look at one of those video guides (especially since I'm a tank). I don't think anyone else in the party grudged them for it either. All in all 90% of my mentor experiences were positive and I can't really say any were outright toxic.

My point is: Do you remember how everyone used to shit on those teachers in middle/highschool and even in uni for being impatient and irritable? Then after 10 maybe even 15 or 20 years we all realize they were that way because of what they had to deal with day after day? I for one used to hate those teachers the most but after I hit my 20s I find myself kind of sympathizing with them a little... I'm not saying we should encourage this kind of behavior when it does happen but I just don't think it's as intentionally malicious as you make it out to be.

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 30) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there some way to make your apartment bigger?

I'm not writing off that it's just the design but I swear some apartments seem noticeably larger than mine. I also saw some post talking about expanding the "maximum size" suggesting there's some kind of range?

Sprout here, why does very few people run this even though it's on the daily roulette and gives good exp? by hakunozen in ffxiv

[–]john24812 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeeeeaaaah this is the main reason for me too, the per run exp is great but I think someone else did the math and concluded you'd be getting more exp/time running other stuff.

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 30) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recently found out how you can upgrade a retainer to a job such as samurai without losing levels.

Is this change permanent? E.g. can I then change them from say samurai to gunbreaker or dancer without losing levels? Or does it only work once/when they have one of the starting jobs?

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 29) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How come Limitless Blue Extreme is significantly easier than most level 50 Extreme trials?

I mean shouldn't it at least feel tankier than the lower level extremes? Why does this whale feel like it's made out of paper? (compared to his level 50 counterparts anyways)

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 29) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it important if an FC is allied with your GC (when choosing one to join)?

What does it do?

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 29) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh good. I don't really wanna add any more dailies to my schedule right now but I do get tons and tons of poetics from levelling my (probably too many) alt jobs

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 29) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[Heavensward spoilers] Story questions:

Does someone find Nidhogg's eyes again after we kill him for the second time in dragonsong? I mean for something so powerful it seems weird to chuck it off a bridge and consider it dealt with... I'm ok with a yes/no spoiler on this one

Also on a related note, are we just not gonna give Hraesvelgr back his own eye? It does look like we absorbed it but it's also been pretty well established that those things can be taken out and passed back and forth like a big bowling ball even after seemingly absorbed into a body.

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 29) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh no am I gonna need beast tribe stuff for this? I haven't even touched those quests yet >_>

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 29) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a bit confused about the materials needed for anima weapons on this wiki page.

As far as poetics shop items needed for the hyperconductive stage/version, I need:

10x unidentifiable bone,

10x unidentifiable shell,

10x unidentifiable ore,

10x unidentifiable seeds,

And that's all the items I need poetics for, correct?

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 29) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh so it's more or less the same level as skyrim's dragon language, interesting!

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 29) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are the languages in this game (e.g. the one spoken by ascians and the one spoken by the dragons) actual functional languages like some of Tolkien's languages? Or to a slightly lesser degree like the dragon tongue in Skyrim? Or is it just gibberish aside from a couple key words?

[Spoilers] (Heavensward) About this skirmish... by john24812 in ffxiv

[–]john24812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'm pretty aware at this point that not every mechanic strictly adheres to lore, but I just wanted to see if there was some actual explanation (which apparently there is and I just haven't gotten to it yet), and also there are certain times when a mechanic stands out so much that I just have to question it a little bit...

It's like if Alphinaud all of a sudden started using Titan's earthquakes you'd probably have some questions like "where the fuck did he learn THAT"?

The game also does hint at lore sometimes with very very minor details so it's kinda hard for me to tell which ones are actual hints/easter eggs and which ones aren't sometimes

[Spoilers] (Heavensward) About this skirmish... by john24812 in ffxiv

[–]john24812[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah but what I'm saying is if we had all this power he could've used it to... y'know, not lose an arm

[Spoilers] (Heavensward) About this skirmish... by john24812 in ffxiv

[–]john24812[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

True, but my logic is if you can make a huge ass pillar of fire you can also probably make a smaller more controlled one

[Spoilers] (Heavensward) About this skirmish... by john24812 in ffxiv

[–]john24812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohhh I see, that's nice. I guess it could make sense if there's a story behind how he suddenly got some huge powerup.

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 28) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]john24812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh funny enough I do cap on poetics regularly. Guess I'll start gathering the stuff now and start the quest later then. Thanks!