Phase 4 impressions / discussion thread

**Shuichi** · 2013-08-17 14:59

Originally Posted by Purrrfect

Is carbuncle twerkin in his idle animation? ...

Why yes, yes he is...

**Hellfury** · 2013-08-17 15:00

Both my "mains" have gone down with the 90k bug, I is sad

**Kiarax** · 2013-08-17 15:02

Originally Posted by Doombard

Havin a really hard time leveling a second class after getting first to 20.

You get +50% EXP passively on alts, I dunno how anyone can struggle. 3 classes pretty much get a free ride to 20 from nation sidequests + hunting logs. Pad out any gaps with some instance runs.

**Shuichi** · 2013-08-17 15:03

Originally Posted by Doombard

Havin a really hard time leveling a second class after getting first to 20.

A good way to help with leveling another class is to save your Behests for a second class. That first time exp bonus is nice. Also, Free Companies get access to actions at Rank 5. The exp buff lasts for 24hrs. On a whole all of the FC boons seem to be pretty nice and handy.

Vuitton · 2013-08-17 15:04

Fates give tons of exp, and make sure you eat food for the +exp% bonus too.

**luxv** · 2013-08-17 15:05

Originally Posted by Kiarax

Pad out any gaps with some instance runs.

Yeah, that where the meat of most exp comes from and it's only going to be better with a 50% bonus.

**luxv** · 2013-08-17 15:05

Originally Posted by Vuitton

Fates give tons of exp, and make sure you eat food for the +exp% bonus too.

Does the bonus apply to FATE exp? I thought it was just for kills.

**Ratatapa** · 2013-08-17 15:07

The XP bonus is way too potent imo

**Kiarax** · 2013-08-17 15:07

Originally Posted by luxv

Does the bonus apply to FATE exp? I thought it was just for kills.

FATE and kills, but not quests.

**luxv** · 2013-08-17 15:10

Originally Posted by Kiarax

FATE and kills, but not quests.

Well shit, there's nothing to worry about then.

**Zzsark** · 2013-08-17 15:10

Fate exp gets ridiculously good. At 20 I was pulling in more exp than a main story quest so I can't say I'm concerned about 2nd/3rd classes.

Question: Is it possible to assign 2nd hotbar (or 3rd) to be alt + # rather than ctrl?

**Kelenae** · 2013-08-17 15:12

Originally Posted by Kaelan?

I don't think you can

Well that is stupid. Only thing on the market wards are stacks. I just want one item from the stack.

**luxv** · 2013-08-17 15:16

Originally Posted by Zzsark

Fate exp gets ridiculously good. At 20 I was pulling in more exp than a main story quest so I can't say I'm concerned about 2nd/3rd classes.

Question: Is it possible to assign 2nd hotbar (or 3rd) to be alt + # rather than ctrl?

Yeah I just finished doing that. In the keybind menu, you can change the hotbar from crt+ to alt+. You have to manually set each one though.

**Elcura** · 2013-08-17 15:21

So ACN is (so far) a very good class. It isn't particularly powerful in terms of damage, but what it lacks in straight power (that I'm sure SMN will cover) it makes up for in pure versatility. The good kind, that allows you to heal decently and tank well (healing I suspect will taper out naturally due to SCH, tanking due to Jobs). ACN attacks allow you to focus on other things, like pet targets/actions or just do good DoT to multiple enemies.

As a tank it's very good, Topaz barely takes any damage, even from WS that normally 1HKO tanks. Sustain is a very powerful ability for Topaz, giving it 50-60+ HP a tick along with single target cures to allow it to tank indefinitely. The main issue is that Topaz has trouble tanking multiple opponents, especially with a PT going all in with damage. I also have issues protecting myself with Topaz as well as healing myself with everything else, it's pretty tricky to target and command while healing and throwing out DoTs.

I think with a patient party focusing on single enemies, Topaz is more than adequate for a tank. As a healer ACN can keep up with damage on the tank, but doesn't do well with damage on the entire party so it's up to the DDs to not take that much damage. All in all, if ACN and the party can control the situation then it does stupid well.

Emerald is a decent source of damage, but I much prefer Topaz for tanking off hand and generally keeping shit away from DDs and healers. THM skills are useful, Swiftcast and Thunder mostly, Swiftcast allows for instant summoning so it's good for quickly switching summons.

It's really annoying you can't rearrange the pet bar.

**Kiarax** · 2013-08-17 15:27

Originally Posted by Elcura

It's really annoying you can't rearrange the pet bar.

Turn it off and make your own? I just put skills on my ACN bar.

**Kuishen** · 2013-08-17 15:32

I wish fishing was a bit more interactive but I appreciate that it's super fast compared to XI.

**Spider-Dan** · 2013-08-17 15:34

Originally Posted by Eragon

This is really preventing me from buying mats to do any kind of high level crafting because I don't want to buy a stack of whatever for 100k, I just want to buy a single item for 1k...and not spend an arm and a leg for the ones that people did list individually. It's also going to selling things a real pain. I hope more people catch on to this.

I don't know if it was also like this in previous betas, but this singlehandedly (and instantly) makes the market wards worse than 1.0.

By a large margin.

**Maaglin** · 2013-08-17 15:52

Originally Posted by Avarice

Looks like someone wasn't paying attention entirely.

Spoiler: show

Yeah, just saw that too on my GLD quest.

**Headspace** · 2013-08-17 16:09

So I guess I won't be playing this beta since I can't get on the server all my bffs are on.

woop woop

**Kuishen** · 2013-08-17 16:14

Old news I'm sure, but two pop culture references within the same breath of each other is a bit much. MGS reference right into a Planet of the Apes reference. C'mon son.

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