Final Fantasy XIV

[holybell84]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

Wow apartments are literally boxes with a window.

Also confirmed new 4 star crafts pop out if you have the latest book. Also they need 995/955 to even craft...

It requires Ironwork to be fully melded (minus tier v materia overmeld) to meet the stats. For the current 4 stars, you can only hit 100% quality only if you are using hq ingredients or you hit 11 inner quiet stacks early; I use all nq ingredients, hit 11 stacks on my last touch, only garnered 80+% quality.

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Out of the new instances that I have play (Creators Norma, Gubal Hard, and Xephatol) the amount of mechanics you can ignore with simply high DPS is a little ridiculous.

Spoiler for Alex Spoiler:

I did like that A12 essentially forces the party to use a lv3 Tank LB. It's the only occasion I have seen it being use.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

Back in T13 when everyone was lvl 50, the only way to survive Bahamut's teraflare was to pop tank's LB 3 + the usual shields + standing in the neurolink puddle

[MeoTwister5]

I'm going to wait for the next set of crafter gear before I even attempt the new 995/955 crafts. I have full IW gear, augmented scrip main hand and i195 offhands but I can't afford the overmelds which is the only thing keeping me from the new set.

[Asuras]

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Out of the new instances that I have play (Creators Norma, Gubal Hard, and Xephatol) the amount of mechanics you can ignore with simply high DPS is a little ridiculous.

Spoiler for Alex Spoiler:

I did like that A12 essentially forces the party to use a lv3 Tank LB. It's the only occasion I have seen it being use.

My static blew through A10N in one try, completely oblivious as to how any of the mechanics worked. Brute force healing and high enough dps basically just got us through, laughing all the way.

[MeoTwister5]

A10 is easy as long as people don't mistakenly step on the panels and can pass the dps check.

A9 is also easy as long as the OT is competent on the adds and the dps kills them on the correct floor panel.

[Jan-Poo]

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Spoiler for Alex Spoiler:

I did like that A12 essentially forces the party to use a lv3 Tank LB. It's the only occasion I have seen it being use.

T13 and Ultima also required you to do that when they were still relevant. People also used it at T11 before they realized that using every single protection skill from Scholar you could barely survive the nerve cloud.



The new Alex iteration isn't really much different from the past one in my opinion. It's more or less the very same difficulty. I did it all on day one back then, and I did it all on day one this time, with very few wipes.

Sophia normal is on the same level of Sephirot normal. Nidhogg normal was a bit more difficult.

[MeoTwister5]

Sophia was kinda easy. Wiped once with a full newbie group and cleared it the next one without people falling to the big mechanic.

Just finished the 3.4 storyline...

Spoiler for Spoilers:

The setup for the next expansion is in motion. You have Nero, who we last saw at the end of the CT line, finding a weapon of untold power and the Ala Mhigo resistance being given a pair of objects we thought we already tossed aside.

I'm very excited for 3.5 and the lead in to the next expac.

[Kyero Fox]

So yea the new Mogstation outfits pretty much solidify Eastern setting for expansion and Samurai.

[SilverSyko]

Both new primal themes are so gooooood.~

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I wouldn't have expected Alexander's theme to be so funky, but I guess it suits a giant mechanical fortress.

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

So yea the new Mogstation outfits pretty much solidify Eastern setting for expansion and Samurai.

They give off a dancer feel to them as well.

[R.LocK]

Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

So yea the new Mogstation outfits pretty much solidify Eastern setting for expansion and Samurai.

I am not sure why you'd say so, since they're simply the outfits brought over from either Chinese or Korean client.

[Asuras]

Originally Posted by Jan-Poo

T13 and Ultima also required you to do that when they were still relevant. People also used it at T11 before they realized that using every single protection skill from Scholar you could barely survive the nerve cloud.



The new Alex iteration isn't really much different from the past one in my opinion. It's more or less the very same difficulty. I did it all on day one back then, and I did it all on day one this time, with very few wipes.

Sophia normal is on the same level of Sephirot normal. Nidhogg normal was a bit more difficult.

They kept the normal mode difficulty about the same, and very clearly nerfed the savage mode difficulty. In the span of 24 hours, A9-11S were cleared. My static and I cleared A9S and A10S yesterday ourselves.

[Kismet-chan]

Originally Posted by R.LocK

I am not sure why you'd say so, since they're simply the outfits brought over from either Chinese or Korean client.

^This. If anything, I'd say what we saw in the MSQ points more to the expac taking us to Ala Mhigo -- which is what tons of players have speculated for quite some time.

This is further backed up by the trademark that SE purchased. We don't know for sure if that's actually the expac title until they confirm it, but if it is... Stormblood sounds a LOT more apt for Ala Mhigo than it does for Othard.

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by Kismet-chan

^This. If anything, I'd say what we saw in the MSQ points more to the expac taking us to Ala Mhigo -- which is what tons of players have speculated for quite some time.

This is further backed up by the trademark that SE purchased. We don't know for sure if that's actually the expac title until they confirm it, but if it is... Stormblood sounds a LOT more apt for Ala Mhigo than it does for Othard.

Plus it is a major territory on the continent still under complete control of the Garlean Empire rather than being just a base. Before they focus on other continents they are going to need to take that back. and get the 6 city states secured.

[Kyero Fox]

I just want Samurai that's all. XD

[MeoTwister5]

A11 theme is my new orchestrion jam.

[Sixth]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

Sophia was kinda easy. Wiped once with a full newbie group and cleared it the next one without people falling to the big mechanic.

Just finished the 3.4 storyline...

Spoiler for Spoilers:

The setup for the next expansion is in motion. You have Nero, who we last saw at the end of the CT line, finding a weapon of untold power and the Ala Mhigo resistance being given a pair of objects we thought we already tossed aside.

I'm very excited for 3.5 and the lead in to the next expac.

Sigh..why are they keep milking the "object"? The "object" story was done, and should have left it alone forever.

[Asuras]

Originally Posted by Sixth

Sigh..why are they keep milking the "object"? The "object" story was done, and should have left it alone forever.

The story behind them is indeed over, but that's not why they're present again. You've got to remember they're

Spoiler:

the eyes of a dreadwyrm, which canonically are a source of almost unending, condensed aether. As a source of power for summoning any other primal/god, they're invaluable compared to a big box of mundane crystals.

[MeoTwister5]

[cyberdemon]

only a few more days till the reveal of the next expansion

[Galaxian]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

only a few more days till the reveal of the next expansion

It better me Ala Mhigo... Otherwise I wasted all that time leveling up Monk for nothing...