Final Fantasy 14 (FFXIV)

So it this good?

Bored of SWTOR and looking for something new, might give this a go (when they enable digital sales again!)

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

Gamestop still has copies for sale.

Online or in store?

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

In the store.
Mallow is where I pick it up a few days ago after they stopped the digital sales. They had loads of copies.

Ok cheers. Might take a gander up Graftan St after work then.

Goodbye life.

Odd. I had no problems today. Into a queue of about 50ish. Logged in about 15 seconds later..
They are still restricting logons though for a day or two.

Dcully wrote: »

Managed to get on last night, spent 90minutes running around to talk to a guy then another then another rinse and repeat none of these quests I involved combat :-(
Incredibly boring, I'm hoping I get back to combat soon.
I'm sticking to the main story quest as I heard I need to for the mount, no mount yet at lvl 21.

What quest was that? Can't say I remember it.
At 21 you are close to the mount quest but it is not quite as simple as that.
The quest will ask you to join a grand company. Or is THAT what you were doing? Visiting the three towns for the memorial service thingy?
Once you finish that, you join a grand company of your choosing, after which you need to save up 2000 of their marks to get a chocobo licence. Very easy to get this. Just do company hunts, dungeons or fates.
I managed to save about 3500 fairly quick (the extra was for a nice tanking sword that was better than anything else I had)

I'm still sitting at 23 on my Gladiator. Personal choice. I wanted to craft some nice heavy Iron armor that is available at level 25 so spent some time getting HQ materials. The metal is easy. The leather however is not so much. Plenty of regular leather, but the HQ stuff is pretty rare. I don't think I even need much.
Will hopefully have it all tonight. :pac:

Calhoun wrote: »

From the way things are going server wise it looks like im going to be setting up on Lich, actually managed to create 3x Chars there.

Think im going to main a white mage, and alt a dragoon or blackmage depending on what i think of the play style.

Beautiful looking game is all i can say, the place is jammed packed with people though. Does anyone know what the player limit per server is?

Was 5000 simultaneous connections per server, but it is now 7500 simultaneous per server.

For anyone looking for general tips or advice on leveling and other things!

There are spouts within the story where you will get extremely bored with typical fetch quests. Help x, go to y. These are pure filler for EXP gain to keep your character going until you get to the beefier parts of the story and new dungeons. Stick with it. The later Dungeons and Battles are worth it and challenging. Those of you wondering about Magitek Mounts these are re

http://eorzeareborn.com/leveling/ - Good reference and Wikia that is being updated regularly

- When you unlock Levequests there are NPCs nearby them at each camp for Guildhests. Make sure you guys do these. You get insane amount of EXP for first time runs so well worthwhile queing up for them through the Duty Finder. Need to initiate / unlock through the NPCs originally.

- If you have no quests get to an area that has FATES for your level. Get yourself into a party. General practice it to just shout in the Zone - 'Any FATE Partys?' 'FATE Party Please Invite Me' etc Your contribution bonus is shared amongst a party so you are way more likely to get Gold ratings and more EXP. Partys generally just roam the zone bouncing from FATE to FATE.

On a side note of FATES once you align yourself to a Grand Company you will also get GC Seals for any FATES you do so its also a good way to build up GC seals to get yourself gear / your chocobo etc. Also you can trade in old Dungeon gear you have outleveled depending on your rank.

- Make sure you are also doing your Hunting Log. Great source of EXP for each class.

Now iv had a chance to read over the few pages stick with the Dungeons guys. They are decent exp and best in slot gear for your level. First 3 Dungeons can be pretty much done by any combination once you have some sort of heals. Iv run them with 4 x Arcanists with 2 Tank Carbys and 2 DPS Carbys. While they are bland initially they are all stepping stones and introductions to different mechanics. Remember them because as you start getting up to the higher dungeons from 30+ onwards you will start seeing 2/3 mechanics per boss.

As you get further to the higher Dungeons this multiplies and there are some good challenging fights! Enjoy Stone Vigil, Temple of Quarn & Amdapors Keep. Try get yourself into a static or people you play comfortabliy with because the DF can be frustrating if wiping constantly with players that might not grasp the mechanics There are Dungeons that you get through the main story but others you get simply by accepting a quest and taling to the NPC at the entrance. Most of these are picked up in Vesper bay so talk to the NPCs outside the Walking Sands. Ill put up some more posts with other Info

Minions - Gotta Catch Em All

Baby Bat
Purchased from Junkmonger Nonoroon for 2400 gil in ??? (X?, Y?)
Note: Missing FATE/Area.

Baby Bun
Rewarded for completing the FATE "Lazy For You" with a Gold Medal rating in the East Shroud, by Castrum Oriens (X?, Y?)

Baby Raptor
Purchased from Auriana for 125 Allagan Tomestones of Philosophy in Revenant's Toll, Mor Dhona (X22, Y8)
Purchased from Boughberry Trader for 2400 gil in Redbelly Hive, South Shroud (X22,Y17) after the successful completion of the FATE chain "Clearing The Hive"

Cherry Bomb
Purchased from Bango Zango for 2400 gil in Limsa Lominsa Lower Docks (X9, Y11)
Purchased from Maisenta for 2400 gil in Old Gridania (X?, Y?)
Purchased from Roarich for 2400 gil in Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (X10, Y9)

Chigoe Larva
Rewarded for completing the sidequest "Occupational Hazards" from Yoenne in Quarrymill, South Shroud (X?,Y?).

Coblyn Larva
Gathered by Miner. Level46-50 Log Entry. Northern Thanalan, Blue Fog. Details

Dust Bunny
Purchased from Auriana for 125 Allagan Tomestones of Philosophy in Revenant's Toll, Mor Dhona (X22, Y8)

Flame Hatchling / Serpent Hatchling / Storm Hatchling
Purchased from their respective Grand Company vendors for 20000 seals.

Fledging Dodo
Purchased from Auriana for 125 Allagan Tomestones of Philosophy in Revenant's Toll, Mor Dhona (X22, Y8)

Gobbue Sproutling
Rewarded for completing the level33 Main Scenario Quest: ??? (in Costa Del Sol).
Note: Missing quest name

Gravel Golem
Crafted by Goldsmith. Level46-50 Recipe. Difficulty: 93. Durability: 80. Wind Shard x99, Astral Rock x3.

Wind-up Aldgoat
Crafted by Weaver. Level 46-50 Recipe. Difficulty: 93. Durability: 80. Lightning Shard x99, Vanya Silk x1, Twinthread x1, Chocobo Feather x1.

Wind-up Dullahan
Crafted by Armorer. Level46-50 Recipe. Difficulty: 93. Durability: 80. Water Shard x99, Darksteel Nugget x3

Wind-up Qiqirn
Crafted by Weaver. Level 46-50 Recipe. Difficulty: 93. Durability: 80. Lightning Shard x99, Vanya Silk x1, Twinthread x1, Chocobo Feather x1

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Special Minions
Here are the minions that you can't obtain normally while in the game, as they require codes or extra purchases of some kind.

Cait Sith doll
Pre-order bonus.
Note: Some retailers are running low on codes - make sure your preorder code is sent right away.

Baby Behemoth
Collector's Edition bonus.
Note: If you are a 1.0 player and your account is NOT CE you will have to purchase the ARR PS3 CE or PC Digital Upgrade.

Wind-up Dalamud
"Before Meteor" OST preorder bonus.
Note: The code is supposed to be region-free, but the OST will eventually be available in all regions.

Wind-up Cursor Minion
30-day Veteran Reward.
Note: You should get this pet after your first monthly charge.

Black Chocobo Chick
60-day Veteran Reward.
Note: If you pay for 60 days in advance you will obtain this pet right away.

Beady Eye
90-day Veteran Reward.
Note: If you pay for 90 days in advance you will obtain this pet right away.


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Notes
-You can purchase the old Hamlet items (coke, potash, etc) for 100 Allagan Tomestones of Philosophy each in Revenant's Toll (Mor Dhona) or run Amdapor Keep or other high level dungeons.
-You can get Allagan Tomestones of Philosophy by trading gear with cracked materia on it to the Calamity Salvager. Doublemelds and triplemelds give the most tomestones.
-Planning on adding in-game pictures eventually, feel free to post yours
Unknown/Unconfirmed Sources
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This is an ongoing post over on www.Bluegartr.com which has been compiled by a user Solracht and many of the forum posters mentioned above.- http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/117575-Minion-List

Credit goes to xivdb.com for many of the pet icons. Check out the datamined pets here

This game looks pretty... Gonna get it when I get home from my holidays!

One of the more important issues i find is, how the **** do you easily ignore gold farming baxstards , blacklist sucks the big one.

Anyone wrote: »

Does this come with the 1st month free?

As far as I know, yes.

Guys there is a blacklist system. Its the social section under Black list. Just type their name and add it in. You can right click on peoples names in the chat list but they havnt added in Blacklist as they felt people would accidently add others and it would lead to problems.

MarkJD wrote: »

Guys there is a blacklist system. Its the social section under Black list. Just type their name and add it in. You can right click on peoples names in the chat list but they havnt added in Blacklist as they felt people would accidently add others and it would lead to problems.

Quite stupid of them most mmo's have this functionality , especially as there doesn't seen to be a distinct way of filtering chat . Blacklist is ****e as you have to manually type the name .