2:01 am, September 30, 2014
Last night I managed to complete my Stardust Rod Nexus. I know I'm not the first and I surely wont be the last. But doing this part of the Relic quest chain led me to observe how people and th [..]
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2:01 pm, September 28, 2014
A friend of mine recently faced crashes in FFXIV every half hour. We googled, and found that problems like this were posted here before, for example this one: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/23 [..]
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2:01 am, September 17, 2014
For FFXIV Patch 2.38 we have an Open Google Doc Open Google Doc for Tracking the Nexus Soulglaze Light Ratings from each dungeon. Please note we have a high and low value to accommodate light ranges t [..]
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2:01 am, September 10, 2014
Hi, So I recently had to work out a plan for an FC mate to gear up quickly upon reaching level cap. Upon reaching level cap, many first time players (first characters) end up with an item level in the [..]
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2:01 am, September 5, 2014
Watched the "'Til We Fulfill Our Duty" video (found here, absolutely worth a watch) and got to the part where he provided the following descriptions of the dungeons: Satasha [..]
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2:01 pm, September 1, 2014
People ask about or bring up solo tanking almost every time Ramuh Extreme comes up, but there doesnt seem to be any real write-ups on the specifics of the method (probably because it just isnt that wo [..]
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2:01 am, August 30, 2014
So, as my static is going through trash mobs in turn 6 yesterday, I turned off the battle noise so I could listen to that fantastic coil theme I love. when I realized, that they altered the battle/out [..]
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2:01 am, August 30, 2014
I can't quite figure this one out.
Any time I'm in a small, enclosed area, my FPS will drop from 60 down to mid-40's. There could be no one else around, and it still drops. I could be facing a wall [..]
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2:01 am, August 28, 2014
X-Ether vs Hi-Elixir for healers? I find myself actually using them, especially if its in T8 or things have gone bad and I've had to blow a lot more MP than usual. Another one is right after g [..]
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2:01 am, August 13, 2014
Hey guys, I was going through the previous Letter Live Q&A and I found this answer a little strange and I'm not quite sure what Yoshi means in his answer. I've bolded the part [..]
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2:01 am, August 8, 2014
So since with all these weather dependent activities (sight seeing, fishing, etc.) I tried analysing the weather mechanic. Since Im just one person and dont have time to produce thousands of data set [..]
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2:01 pm, August 7, 2014
The only MMO I've really ever gotten into was Guild Wars 2. Ive tried a few other MMOs, but none of them really hooked me quite like GW2 did. Since getting used to GW2s action game kind of fee [..]
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2:01 am, July 31, 2014
my brother and I were discussing that it could be cool if we saw a dungeon themed toward the use of Chocobos. you would queue for the dungeon as a Light Party but with the exception that everyone brin [..]
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2:01 pm, July 29, 2014
Was sitting down in irc with /u/gahoo1 trying to see if we could figure out the formula for being able to successfully desynth something. Found out that each slot has a different success rate than oth [..]
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2:01 pm, July 28, 2014
I just recently started playing this game and so far, I think it is absolutely beautiful. However? I feel overwhelmed with all of the options as far as leveling and I want to level efficiently and qui [..]
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2:01 am, July 19, 2014
I'm not sure when it happened but it has been harder to pass through certain objects. I initially thought it was a bug with just that particular item, but testing with a few other items seems [..]
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2:01 pm, July 15, 2014
Hi. I find the ability to change camera orientation using left-click to not be useful for me. In fact it can end up preventing me from changing targets quickly in combat, I try to click on an enemy ot [..]
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2:01 pm, July 14, 2014
This coupled with the release of Frontlines should curb win trading as it has become less efficient. The nerf to amount gained is similar to the solution introduced when 3 man premades were burdening [..]
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2:01 am, July 10, 2014
This an updated and fancied up version of the ongoing 'So You Just Hit Level 50 in Patch 2.1' series of posts. Now all fancied up for 2.3! I decided to overhaul the post a little bit t [..]
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2:01 am, July 10, 2014
Randomly when I'm walking around the world my FPS will drop abysmally low, to the point where I try to move my camera and it takes 20 seconds to catch up. Once it does catch up, however, it's usually [..]
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2:01 am, July 5, 2014
TL;DR At bottom. Theory-Crafting ahead! Right now, Garuda's main attack does 100 potency each attack. Ifrit does 120 Potency for each of his attacks. They have the same cooldown and casting sp [..]
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2:01 am, July 1, 2014
I'm a dummy and bought the wrong timecard for my region. (Didn't even realize the timecards were region locked in the first place) Bought it from: http://www.cjs-cdkeys.com Looking for [..]
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2:01 am, June 26, 2014
So just as a forewarning this post is probably going to come off as being very whiny. That being said, does anyone think that SE should change the way drops come from endgame content? Just to use myse [..]
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2:01 am, June 22, 2014
I main healer but I do enjoy running caster for fun. Well I was in a Titan Extreme party and like most black mages, I manawall the first sets of landslides. I noticed that even though it does what it [..]
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2:01 am, June 22, 2014
Since the first time I played this game, I have always been encountering lag. I have done everything I can in order to make it better, but nothing has helped, though a VPN helped slightly.
Now, here' [..]
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2:01 am, June 20, 2014
I think I have a pretty good idea for how SE can alleviate the frustration people are feeling with the atma grind, but before I talk about that I think it&# [..]
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2:01 am, June 17, 2014
So we know that in 2.3 we are likely going to see a "Brutal" difficulty added for the Second Coil of Bahamut. They've said that they're doing this as a test, to gauge [..]
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2:01 am, June 16, 2014
I'm going to put this in a manner that I hope yo not offend anyone. Please forgive if I do. After reading a post about fail EX parties, I've just come to a conclusion that SE doesn& [..]
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2:01 am, June 13, 2014
Official Q&A: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/173393-Letter-from-the-Producer-LIVE-Part-XV-Q-A-Updates I'll probably end up overlapping some information already revealed abo [..]
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2:01 am, June 13, 2014
In the E3 liveletter, it was announced that the new alliance raid will drop i100 armor, as well as UnID'd Allagan Tomestones and eventually Oils and Sands of Time. The latest step of the Zodia [..]
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2:01 pm, June 10, 2014
This allows you to know where to place divebombs without having to memorize diagrams, and i found it useful myself so wanted to share: If there is a dragon to the north, first divebomb is NE, if there [..]
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2:01 pm, June 8, 2014
Hi all, I am never going to be a Paladin tank with the best gear or the ability that will set the world alight but I am ok. So really I am looking for some advice without too much over analysis of sta [..]
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2:01 pm, June 5, 2014
Hi, it's my first time posting on this sub so please forgive me if I make any mistakes! (-: I'm a new BRD (<1 month) on Tonberry who ran Garuda story mode with 3 Japanese player [..]
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2:01 am, June 5, 2014
So I trial roulette'd into Chimera the other day (okay, quite a few days), and for some reason it jived with me that the encounter almost took place in the "open world". It w [..]
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2:01 am, June 5, 2014
For fun (storyline), I would rank them: Amaljaa Sahagin Sylph Kobold For interesting quests: Kobold Amaljaa Sahagin Slyph Quest difficulty (hard -> easy) Slyph Amaljaa Sahagin Kobold So far, I [..]
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2:01 am, June 2, 2014
Specifically, the Drake, Elbst, and all the (non-sidesaddle) Unicorn variations use the same static riding animation (which I can only assume is their default placeholder for anything without an actua [..]
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2:01 pm, May 30, 2014
My static is working Turn 8 and we are currently really tight on the dps check so I am trying to see what I can do to help my group improve. Our summoner is averaging around 270ish dps with best runs [..]
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2:01 pm, May 30, 2014
I see everyone posting how their i90 BLM can go 350 dps on T8 and as a i100 BLM, I usually average 300, sometimes spiking around 330 or falling slightly into 290. I really don't know how I cou [..]
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2:01 am, May 30, 2014
Warning: This is not a gripe post, just one players opinion on things that ARR did better then 1.0, but what it could have done better overall. I'm not a video game developer (and lets face it [..]
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2:01 am, May 20, 2014
submitted by Mastercylus [link] [3 comments]
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2:01 am, May 18, 2014
As in, you know how it shows those slightly opaque squares if you don't have a spell on there? Well, how do you make them transparent? Noob question, please don't hurt me :( submitted [..]
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2:01 pm, May 17, 2014
This method will get you from 15-50 using HQ turn-ins for Levequests. Also included are all mats needed for the Blacksmith class quests from 1-50 and mats needed for crafting the Blacksmith specific l [..]
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2:01 pm, May 15, 2014
This method will get you from 15-50 using HQ turn-ins for Levequests. Also included are all mats needed for the Leatherworker class quests from 1-50 and mats needed for crafting the Leatherworker spec [..]
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2:01 am, May 15, 2014
This method will get you from 15-50 using HQ turn-ins for Levequests. Also included are all mats needed for the Weaver class quests from 1-50 and mats needed for crafting the Weaver specific level 50 [..]
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2:01 am, May 15, 2014
This method will get you from 15-50 using HQ turn-ins for Levequests. Also included are all mats needed for the Carpenter class quests from 1-50 and mats needed for crafting the Carpenter specific lev [..]
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2:01 am, May 15, 2014
Per request, if you don't like the running of the Courier and Reverse Courier Levequests and don't mind spending a few more Leves and gil (to make a few extra items for turn-in), this [..]
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2:01 am, May 15, 2014
This method will get you from 15-50 using HQ turn-ins for Levequests. Also included are all mats needed for the Culinarian class quests from 1-50 and mats needed for crafting the Culinarian specific l [..]
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2:01 am, May 15, 2014
So my static's T7 party setup is WAR, PLD, WHM, SCH, BRD (me), SMN (kiter), MNK, and DRG/BRD. For reference, we've been clearing T6 for 3 weeks now, and 3/6 of the i110 items have gone [..]
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2:01 am, May 13, 2014
This method will get you from 15-50 using HQ turn-ins for Levequests. Also included are all mats needed for the Armorer class quests from 1-50 and mats needed for crafting the Armorer specific level 5 [..]
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2:01 pm, May 9, 2014
Hello! Sorry for the misleading title, as this is actually quite a small life hack that applies to Big Fishing. I didn't notice it posted anywhere else, but sorry if it's been mentione [..]
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2:01 am, May 9, 2014
As requested! Requires 129 Leve Allowances. Grab a friend to make you these HQ items for leve quests and get your Culinarian leveled quickly! :) 15-20: XP Needed = 203,100 Levequest: A Total Nut Job L [..]
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2:01 am, May 5, 2014
I searched and didn't see anything like this. Is my first post that I make without responding to someone else. I just thought it be fun to have a free discussion about general things for the f [..]
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2:01 am, May 2, 2014
In my endless quest for a Mirror of the Whorl, I've had hours upon hours to think about how to improve my performance in Leviathan EX, and how to push my DPS as a DRG as high as possible. Fran [..]
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2:01 pm, April 30, 2014
Finally beat it the other night, damn near had a heart attack while 7 part members (including me) were all watching our tank break his back carrying us while Twin had 2% health left haha. I was curiou [..]
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2:01 am, April 29, 2014
So I was just thinking about how Square Eenix could make new primal fights interesting and new (such as the upcoming Ramuh fight) and a couple things came to mind that I figured I would throw on here [..]
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2:01 pm, April 28, 2014
Http://lalafell.xxxblog.jp/archives/38512358.html http://www.famitsu.com/news/201404/27052460.html Patch 2.28 to be released in May. Additional housing areas to be added in 2.3. There has been many r [..]
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2:01 am, April 28, 2014
Hey guys, I just started ARR last week and am almost level 50 on my first class, Bard. I am loving the game and am loving Bard, but I want to also take up tanking (Paladin) However, I have an issue.. [..]
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2:01 pm, April 19, 2014
Hey fellow FF14 buddies! my group just downed T7 earlier tonight and my dps as a blm is around 240... after browsing around this subreddit and saw all those blm that are pulling something like 380+ dp [..]
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2:01 pm, April 10, 2014
I participated in the recently conducted Phase 2 beta test. Since then once I saw the new client on the PS Store this Tuesday I deleted the beta client and downloaded the new one instead. The reason I [..]
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2:01 am, April 2, 2014
Just a small PSA the new version is available for download, however at the time of this post it's slightly hidden. In the playstation store look under games ---> New -----> New t [..]
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2:01 am, April 1, 2014
submitted by Yeargdribble [link] [9 comments]
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1:01 pm, March 29, 2014
I think that the Zodiac weapons quest is a very interesting one, one that is both brilliant and at the same time one of the most disappointing experiences I have had with the game. Here's why. [..]
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1:01 am, March 27, 2014
Now, please remember that these are early sets. These sets are made for different accuracies, and will slightly alter depending on the Accuracy Requirements needed for Turn 9 and below, hence why I wi [..]
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1:01 am, March 25, 2014
I'm a i80 Dragoon and for a long time, I've been using macros to make it easier on me. Each macro consists of two skills, and I made them so that if I tap a macro twice with .5 seconds [..]
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1:01 am, March 24, 2014
So, in another thread I mentioned that I mysteriously don't seem to run out of cool-downs for ***** Sentence tanking Twintania on PLD and started thinking about it. If your cool-down rotation [..]
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1:01 pm, March 23, 2014
Hello! This is something that's been just slightly bothering me since the start of the game and just thought I'd ask if people feel it too. The chat box, to me, is too transluscent and [..]
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1:01 pm, March 20, 2014
I've been working on Titan EX on my MNK and today I had a particularly good run. I want to save this parse but it includes the wipe we had prior to the ****. Is there a way to fix it so when I [..]
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1:01 am, March 12, 2014
Hello there,
I'm having some problems with the game. It seems that the game is al so slightly sped up, although it could be a different problem.
Here is what I'm experiencing:
- Voice overs are cutt [..]
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1:01 pm, March 10, 2014
Current Setup: 5040x1050 Resolution (3x22'' monitors) I5-4670K @ 4.7Ghz Stable on Custom Liquid Cooling AMD HD6990 4GB slightly OC'd 16GB Patriot Sector 7 @ 2000Mhz Asrock Extr [..]
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1:01 am, March 10, 2014
So after bashing our heads against the wall on Titan EX for 4 hours yesterday and two of our members consistently eating plumes and landslides we finally changed something that helped. We tried increa [..]
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1:01 am, March 3, 2014
While playing FF14 on PS3 the market board menu and certain other menu/info boxes such as the dye preview box appear slightly off-screen. It appears the only way to fully present these boxes on screen [..]
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1:01 am, March 2, 2014
I have a quick question for fellow dragoons concerning the optimum use of our jump abilities. The problem has to do with Jump and Power Surge especially. Since Power Surge has a slightly longer cooldo [..]
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1:01 am, March 1, 2014
Not sure if this is the right thread or not for this, but I guess it's technical.
Since today, everytime I log in, or zone, the camera moves right underneath my character. This has gotten to the po [..]
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1:01 pm, February 28, 2014
I'm at the stage now where i've just got my Relic and now i'm aiming to get all of my Darklight Gear. So, should I be running the Quickish WP runs which are 100 each or Do CT [..]
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1:01 am, February 19, 2014
True to be told I only change my characters look and name but never play again till few weeks ago for FFXIII event
but from what I notice my 1.0 characters have same intro as 2.0 characters
Time: 2 [..]
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1:01 pm, February 14, 2014
So I'm just wondering if anyone else does this for their rotation, or if I'm just wrong headed in this idea. I always see people say how you should do your regular fire rotation until [..]
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9:00 am, February 14, 2014
I've been kind of behind on leveling because of work and wished I was able to already be 50 and done with story missions. However, last night I used Duty Finder for Garuda and was paired with [..]
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12:53 am, February 9, 2014
Last night I was in The Aurum Vale and got caught by surprise on the last boss while using Jump. He was charging up his Morbol AOE (the status effects cone) and I moved well out of the red zone before [..]
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1:01 am, February 8, 2014
Hey everyone, I promised Id introduce myself, so here goes nothing, I guess! Tl;dr Hi, the names Kahuna, I work for SE as a community person, I played FFXIV even before I started, and now Im here. Kt [..]
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1:01 pm, February 7, 2014
I know some people have no problem with Titan Extreme, but some people also probably aren't affected by the lag problems that more than "a few" people seem to be having.
Since the lag [..]
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1:01 am, February 6, 2014
Disclaimer: This is my first MMO and I'm not a very active video game player in general.. I'm talking about minimal playing (I have a blog outlining just how bad I am). I could be deem [..]
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1:01 pm, February 1, 2014
Dear SE and moderators :
Ive read alot into this an everyone that I read or talk to about this issue are having similar or slightly different experience with this problem
This is in regards to a bug [..]
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7:49 pm, January 30, 2014
I think it'd be awesome if there was a PJ vanity set to put your characters in when you go to sleep in an inn. Maybe have it give you a slightly better rested exp bonus when you log out in an [..]
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1:01 am, January 25, 2014
Hi all, I spend a lot of time on /r/ffxiv, especially when I have downtime at work throughout the day. I often crave to read as much as I can about the game when I'm not in it, and I'm [..]
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1:01 am, January 25, 2014
I just wanted to offer my perspective as someone who plays a DRG main and has been running tons of dungeons in order to level up his WAR. While tanking, I see a lot of players in the 35+ dungeons cast [..]
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1:01 am, January 24, 2014
Twintania is dying weekly to numerous people all over the world already, but I've noticed people have taken the initial ideas and video from BG and adapted it as their own thing as the months [..]
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1:01 am, January 23, 2014
Hello All! I PvP with my Dragoon. I had hit it pretty hard in the beginning, but slowly fell off and got burned of pvp. I mostly solo queue, but have done 3-man pre-mades, duo's, and even 4 pr [..]
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1:01 am, January 21, 2014
Been having alot of problems with getting 90ked again and then u cant log on for about 1-5min or even more sometimes.
Kinda getting bored of the constant DCs in every instance and on the world server [..]
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1:01 pm, January 18, 2014
Stick to lvl 30/40 brackets! You get slightly less xp/marks, BUT! you can use you pve gear. You won't have to worry about being roflstomped in lvl 50 brackets for not being geared. It' [..]
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1:01 pm, January 17, 2014
I've encountered these a few times but I've noticed they are getting more frequent and so far they are almost always Tanks (usually Paladin). How spot a Tank Bot Modified from origina [..]
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1:01 am, January 17, 2014
Hey all. I wanted to make sure I was doing the best I could so want to gather information just in general from you all. For those who parse, what is your DPS? Please include gear/food/enemy. as Bard i [..]
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3:47 pm, January 16, 2014
I am thoroughly enjoying the game so far but I just have a question about the subscriptions. I've seen that there is an 'entry' level subscription which is slightly cheaper, it [..]
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6:58 am, January 15, 2014
So I see lots of people asking what they should upgrade first, or asking if the relic+1 is even worth it since it "only adds 1 weapon damage". The answer to all of your questions can [..]
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3:11 pm, January 14, 2014
Everquest 1 or 2
Ass_hat-Platinum-Seller : buy game gold/Platinum
either by General Chat yelling /tells Auction or other global chat.
Right Click <Report As Spam>
soon [..]
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11:15 am, January 10, 2014
I'm holding out hope that I'm missing something here, but I really don't think that I am. I hope that this post can spare some other potential craftsmen some frustration. When [..]
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9:26 pm, January 9, 2014
I'm in the process of grinding Ifrit's to get his Bow but until that time comes, which one would be the better option to use? Shadow Bow has +Crit stat but Flame Sergeant has slightly [..]
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9:57 am, January 9, 2014
After being 50 for about 2 days, I've decided to hold off on progressing further with my paladin. I knew I wanted to craft after hitting 50 with a battle class, but the culture at capped level [..]
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3:27 am, January 9, 2014
I didn't search the web, and there is probably better guides already, but let's be honest, the one that were posted lately were far from optimal. They aren't horrible by any me [..]
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1:01 am, January 7, 2014
So I got bored a few days ago and started writing down numbers from random dungeon and FATE runs to try to guesstimate how long it would take to hit the next level, theoretically so I could keep my sa [..]
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1:01 pm, January 6, 2014
Upgrading gear is probably my favorite thing about MMOs. Constantly progressing your character is fantastic. However, there is something unsatisfying when you upgrade to BiS in FFXIV. Because in a nut [..]
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