Thread: FFXIV 2.0 Random Speculation/Question Thread XII: End Of An Era - ASK YOUR QUESTIONS HERE!    

The DoH lumis are pretty good as they all have the same stats and they're well balanced (the line of R48 tools fall into like ~3 different templates + GSM for stat distribution, which can make gearing for different crafts more complicated depending on how much you like to micro).

The DoL lumis.....idk, DoL stats just don't matter as much in general. You only need 114 output, HQ rate from perception seems to cap fairly early, and gathering just saves a bit of time on high level materials (sometimes). Everything having to do with DoL can be predicted and controlled. It's a good thing they're not that useful considering they're much harder to get than DoH lumis.

If you can get your hands on a cheap copy before they are destroyed, you're good to go. All preexisting accounts will carry over to the re-release once the character information is saved on November 1st.

do 2 miners on node interfere with each other? sometimes it seems no, but other times it goes "5 attempts remaining ....exausted!"

Originally Posted by Jamison

Only in the somewhat rare situation where the node is about to be exhausted, which happens approximately one hour after it spawns.

that was a node i had been to about 10 minutes before

Not sure what you're saying, just because you were at it 10 mins before doesn't tell you how long it was up since it appeared.

I was pretty certain that gathering nodes do not exhaust on their own, but rather naturally degrade over time only down to a certain threshold where a small handful of attempts (5 or so?) is enough to exhaust it.

As for documentation of changes since launch... whew... you could dig through all of the patch notes, but that is a ton of work. I don't know where to look otherwise as there have been tons of changes since, especially the skill/trait arsenal of each class (and the addition of jobs).

Originally Posted by miokomioko

I was pretty certain that gathering nodes do not exhaust on their own, but rather naturally degrade over time only down to a certain threshold where a small handful of attempts (5 or so?) is enough to exhaust it.

Idk how they degrade either really, there may be a time element if they remain long enough (if there isn't there should be, lookin at you Thanlan mining points) or just a set # of gathers than can be done before they expire or both.

Can't say I've ever payed close enough attention to purport either possibility but I can say I've never seen a gathering point spontaneously disappear.

They are affected both by time and number of gathers. That said, it will always require that someone come by and collapse the node before it moves.

Originally Posted by Raldo

it will always require that someone come by and collapse the node before it moves.

This was what caused the problem with the Black Shroud's Grade-5 mining nodes being right in the middle of a bunch of Lv.50 Ixali before they added COEURLSTEP (lol). Once the node would move there, it would stay there it since no one could get at it to collapse it.

Three short questions (sorry in advance since i'm sure they have been asked a million times before):

One, is it worth it for me to start playing fresh before 2.0 or should I just wait? I am one of those who bought the game right away and lasted barely more than a week. I'm willing to give it a another shot especially at 2.0.

Two, Are people going to be able to switch servers at the 2.0 relaunch or are you stuck on the same server (if this is even known yet idk)

Three, Can anyone explain the lore the that explains the 2.0 relaunch as far as the FFXIV world is concerned or can point me in the direction of somewhere that does?

Thanks all!

i know +1 gear gives you a higher chance to meld.. but do +1 items sb into better materia?

Originally Posted by Seigfried of Pandemonium

Three short questions (sorry in advance since i'm sure they have been asked a million times before):

One, is it worth it for me to start playing fresh before 2.0 or should I just wait? I am one of those who bought the game right away and lasted barely more than a week. I'm willing to give it a another shot especially at 2.0.

Two, Are people going to be able to switch servers at the 2.0 relaunch or are you stuck on the same server (if this is even known yet idk)

Three, Can anyone explain the lore the that explains the 2.0 relaunch as far as the FFXIV world is concerned or can point me in the direction of somewhere that does?

Thanks all!

1- I'd say no, just wait.

2- Not at launch as far as we know, new servers will be open for new players (or old ones that want to start new characters) but current characters will stay where they are for now.

3- Moon (Dalamud) created by the ancient Allagans to banish some seriously bad mojo from the world, said mojo corrupts/possesses a fanatical Garlean general who goes about trying to impact it with Eorzea (ie. meteor), 3 nations get together and work out a plan to stop him, they do, moon still comin down tho, secret/mysterious foreign organization that's been guiding the PC along comes up with a last resort plan to send certain people to the near future to ensure they survive the meteor impact, and thus 2.0 begins.

Setting up the backstory for the Garleans to continue to be antagonists in 2.0, the non-posessed Garlean general, Gaius van Baelsar the Black Wolf, repeatedly chooses to spare you (but making sure to let you know he's watching) so you can stop psycho Nael van Darnus the White Raven from using Dalamud to wipe Eorzea from the face of the planet so there's literally "something left for him to conquer."

Also, almost all Garlean soldiers have actually retreated out of Eorzea (at least off the ground) due to its impending doom from above except for the White Raven's division who believe him to still be alive and successful in his mission. They blindly follow him as a god of sorts and will continue to fight us despite their actions going against the Emperor's orders.