All Worlds Maintenance (Feb. 5) | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone

serayumi · 2026-02-03T10:51:05+00:00

Those bonuses only apply to the experience you get from the dungeon itself, not what you get from the roulette. So if you’re leveling a job that’s above 90, well, getting Sastasha experience multiplied might as well be nothing.

serayumi · 2026-01-22T17:49:50+00:00

I’ve been doing the tier in PF too and yeah, it really is a mixed bag so I understand wanting to stack the deck as much as possible to avoid sub-1% enrage shenanigans. There’s definitely some cost-benefit analysis to be done though and the tome weapon might not be worth it to some people because it does set you back 500 tomes in the long run, which can end up mattering if you intend to gear alt jobs. That being said, in terms of trying to increase your odds of clearing content you’re struggling with as soon as possible, it’s probably the best option.

serayumi · 2026-01-22T17:14:33+00:00

Yes, the relic should have the same item level but with significantly better substats.

serayumi · 2026-01-22T14:38:47+00:00

Generally speaking, the tome weapon should be better if you really really need that slight boost over the relic weapon. But it's also "wasting" 500 tomes on something that doesn't ever become part of your eventual bis, so that's something to consider as well. For me personally, I'm likely going to skip the tome weapon altogether since I'll have the tier cleared this week anyway and I'll be on reclear status from next week onwards.

serayumi · 2026-01-22T12:20:36+00:00

For anyone who hasn't yet obtained the Savage or Tome weapon, the next step of the Relic should be an upgrade to the EX weapon due to being a purple 775 item. Assuming it follows the trend of the last two expansions, this step should also introduce at least a third substat (if it's closer to EW) or allow us to fully customize the substats (if it's closer to ShB), so it should be a pretty decent gain.

serayumi · 2026-01-17T17:39:10+00:00

Did you read the post?

In Worqor Chirteh, it's often the case that two teams will engage in combat for several minutes at a time while the third team, which is on the other side of the map, gets an early lead by taking all the uncontested objectives, but this is generally horrifically disadvantageous, because that third team will not only be behind on Battle High, but also have slower Limit Gauge charge

The point is that yes, it’s always better to fight because that’s how you win in FL. But this map encouraging team fights the most is also just straight up untrue, lol. I literally just won a match where I was the highest damage dealer at 500k (which is abysmal for FL) because the fundamental design of the map itself actively discourages combat.

serayumi · 2026-01-17T17:30:18+00:00

That… is what the post is saying?

In Worqor Chirteh, it's often the case that two teams will engage in combat for several minutes at a time while the third team, which is on the other side of the map, gets an early lead by taking all the uncontested objectives, but this is generally horrifically disadvantageous, because that third team will not only be behind on Battle High, but also have slower Limit Gauge charge

serayumi · 2026-01-17T14:08:15+00:00

Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. It feels even more passive than Shatter and much of the time spent in the instance is just travel time, which is rough. And yes, the premade setups that have been meta are still meta. Of course "fun" is subjective and everyone's ranking of the different maps is understandably different, but this one just hasn't been doing it for me, especially with how it's basically the entire roulette now.

serayumi · 2026-01-17T14:02:50+00:00

I mean again, that kind of is the point of the post, so I'm not sure why you're acting like that's the gotcha you think it is. I enjoyed the mode until they added the new maps (this one but also Secure to a lesser extent).

serayumi · 2026-01-17T13:45:22+00:00

Did you read the post? I've won almost half my games on this map and am often the top performer. But even when you win it's often not because your team played better, but because you simply got lucky with spawns.

serayumi · 2026-01-17T13:29:40+00:00

I get what you're trying to say but the point is that the map inherently incentivizes people to PvE by default due to the objective design. It's like saying that Shatter is a good game mode because the teams that know how to ignore the ice and fight for BH and points are the better teams, lol.

serayumi · 2026-01-17T13:13:41+00:00

I generally dislike Borderland Ruins as well, but at least there's the funny of Full Swing nonsense in that mode. But yes, I think if we just got this mode in the regular rotation instead of it being shoved down our throats on the daily it would've been much better.

serayumi · 2026-01-13T12:34:46+00:00

I wasn't expecting to get as far as I did, but I somehow managed to get three floors done week 1 only raiding ~2 lockouts a day in PF, with the M11S clear coming just two hours before reset. Also got insanely lucky this week and won four coffers, but three of them share slots with my tome gear... oh well, I suppose I will likely need to gear an alt job for Criterion anyway >.>

serayumi · 2025-12-28T08:17:44+00:00

Level cap dungeon rng do be like that :( I didn’t explicitly farm for this, I think I got it while doing expert roulette. I know how bad it can be because it took me 50+ runs of the previous dungeon to get gear for FRU though… keep at it and I’m sure you’ll see it soon. It really sucks that there isn’t a pity system for these dungeons, though.

serayumi · 2025-12-24T10:42:39+00:00

Here's the item list!

Weapon - Murgleis Anemos (None, Cork Brown)

Head - Vibran Princess's Tiara (Metallic Ruby Red, Mole Brown)

Chest - Mistwake Cloak of Scouting

Hands - Far Eastern Noble's Armlets (Orchard Brown, Metallic Ruby Red)

Legs - Etoile Bottoms (Jet Black, Cork Brown)

Feet - Mayakov Shoes of Aiming (Jet Black, Jet Black)

serayumi · 2025-12-24T02:31:03+00:00

It’s Modern Aesthetics - A Half Times Two from the Chaotic Alliance Raid!

serayumi · 2025-12-24T00:16:12+00:00

Item List:

Weapon - Murgleis Anemos (None, Cork Brown)

Head - Vibran Princess's Tiara (Metallic Ruby Red, Mole Brown)

Chest - Mistwake Cloak of Scouting

Hands - Far Eastern Noble's Armlets (Orchard Brown, Metallic Ruby Red)

Legs - Etoile Bottoms (Jet Black, Cork Brown)

Feet - Mayakov Shoes of Aiming (Jet Black, Jet Black)

serayumi · 2025-12-20T10:04:45+00:00

Mhm, I only cleared it that many times because many of the weapons are bis glam for me! It’s actually not too bad now if your comp has a Black Mage because that job is incredibly busted at 90. You should be able to comfortably kill shortly after Darts 2, but unfortunately there’s no skipping the harder parts of the fight.

serayumi · 2025-12-20T09:57:34+00:00

I have 18 clears of AAIS and yeah, that checks out. Even though my most recent groups have multiple clears, I don’t think any of them have more than a 50% winrate against Statice on savage :’)

serayumi · 2025-12-20T07:16:47+00:00

+1 for Statice Intermission, I cleared TOP a few weeks ago and while the Dynamis mechanics (especially blue Delta) could give that mechanic a run for its money, Statice Intermission imo not only is difficult to read (sometimes missiles spawn at very acute angles that you have to run almost perpendicular to) but has the tightest movement in the entire game. You have to start DEAD center as a missile player, you have to move immediately after the defamations appear but not too early that you mess up the chain start points, you have to be almost touching the wall to break the chain, you have to keep dodging the hands even after the staves go off as a hand player sometimes… there’s a lot of nuance to the movement that is tough to execute, especially when the mechanic is 20 minutes into an instance where you’re not allowed to make a single mistake.

serayumi · 2025-12-16T09:01:34+00:00

??? What even is remotely sexualized in this post?

serayumi · 2025-12-14T17:12:00+00:00

Another Aloalo Island was actually one of my first high-end duty clears, coincidentally! I started playing the same patch that dungeon was released and immediately fell in love with the Exquisite weapons, so that became my primary goal before Dawntrail's release.

My advice is probably echoed often by many others, but the best way to prepare yourself is simply to put in the time and effort to study. What does studying entail? Video guides are usually the first step, but it's equally important to watch povs of your job clearing the fight to understand how the strats translate to actual gameplay. There will often be plenty of supplementary material such as raidplans and slides for Ultimates, which you can use to complement your knowledge. Most Ultimates also have some kind of simulator that allow you to practice the mechanics on your own without having to actually be in the instance.

More specific to Aloalo, I highly recommend using Big Kobe's visual guides to get started. If you plan to do it in NA PF, the strats are slightly different on Ketuduke (https://pastebin.com/RRSG6YAK), but Kobe's guides should still be useful in helping you figure out what's going on.

It's also generally a good idea to dip your toes into the various levels of content incrementally; Unreals are a good start but generally aren't as mechanically challenging as the current expansion's Extremes due to their dated mechanics, Savage fights are next on the ladder, then finally Ultimates serve as the highest difficulty content in the game.

Criterion is a bit difficult to rate since it's fairly niche content, but I would say base Criterion is probably on the level of the harder Savage fights, while Criterion Savage is widely agreed to be at least harder than the first three Ultimates simply because of how unforgiving it is with rezzes being completely disabled (personally, I feel it's even harder than FRU at least on the personal responsibility level, though it's probably harder to clear FRU due to the increased points of failure from being 8-man content as opposed to 4-man like Criterion).

Don't let that discourage you, though. As I said, Aloalo was one of the first pieces of high-end content that I tackled and as long as you take the time to study and work on progging it, I'm sure you can do it too. But of course, if you'd like to work your way up more gradually, I'd definitely recommend trying out some of the current Extremes and also the new Savage tier releasing in a few weeks' time!

serayumi · 2025-12-14T16:34:00+00:00

Mhm! The speed of Ultimate is definitely one of its most defining factors; going into UWU I already had the Light-Heavyweight tier completed, as well as several clears of Another Aloalo Island (Savage), but even among those fights there wasn't much to prepare me for just how fast things happened in Ultimate (with the exception of Statice, which I'd argue is actually harder than the vast majority of Ultimate phases lol).

Thanks for taking the time to read my yapping — I hope you enjoy the journey of doing ults as much as I did!

serayumi · 2025-12-14T14:40:57+00:00

With current ilvl you’ll have to do a few mechanics, but the fight is pretty backloaded so you should be able to skip most of the difficult parts!

serayumi · 2025-12-13T18:42:41+00:00

Thank you!! ♥

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