Patch 6.1: Newfound Adventure (April 12th, 2022)

[The Stig]

UWU and UCOB are also very forgiving (these days, not sure how it was during its initial run) in that even if one or two person messes up, it's still possible to recover and keep going (this was observed from Rich Campbell, one of the WoW refugees, clearing it with a dedicated group of ultimate players (some would say carried due to the raid leader telling him exactly what to do in some scenarios, though I'm not here to argue or discuss this. There's a very divided opinion over it)). In TEA a screw up did mean there's a high if not gauranteed possibility of hitting the enrage at the end and naturally TEA took the most attempts/longest for Rich to clear. I would expect the same for this latest ultimate.

The checkpoint thing is neat though, previously it was basically impossible to practice later phases. So that's a bit of frustration prevention.

[Anoat]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...4efa39f992435a

tldr: non participation/taunting in PvP is now a bannable offense, examples cited include spamming quick chat phrases like Good job! or Nice match! excessively, emoting or shooting off fireworks over a downed player, etc.

[Anoat]

Some public groups are up to phase three. If you are curious:

Spoiler: show

Phase 1: Heavensward Knights, Haurchefant dies
Phase 2: Thordan (Primal form)
Phase 3: Nidhogg/Estinien

Complete speculation/theory at this point:

Spoiler: show

After defeating Nidhogg we get a “what if…” from the minstrel, who restarts the fight, this time with Haurchefant surviving phase one, which leads to a Nidhogg/Thordan alliance where Thordan captures Hraesvalgr and uses Allagan shackles to force him to fight us, with the final phase being against God Thordan that has consumed both the eyes of Nidhogg and Rhaesvalgr

[Lokus]

Those actions were always always bannable. This just a gentle reminder from Yoshi-p.

[Corrderio]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...4efa39f992435a

tldr: non participation/taunting in PvP is now a bannable offense, examples cited include spamming quick chat phrases like Good job! or Nice match! excessively, emoting or shooting off fireworks over a downed player, etc.

Well I'm screwed. With how bad I am people probably think I'm intentionally throwing.

[Prothescar]

Those PvE gunbreaker buffs are kinda nutty

[Lucavi]

Too bad they're on a tank that can't tank at all, DPSes sub-optimally (little bust and lots of ramp-up time) and has no CC in a game mode all about bursting down people during a CC period.

I guess it'll be cool for 1v1s in Frontlines???

[Prothescar]

you seem a little confused about what I said

[The Stig]

Well I'm screwed. With how bad I am people probably think I'm intentionally throwing.

Don't worry about it. Just play, don't do any weird emotes on dead bodies, don't afk/appear like you've given up and don't talk to anyone that tries to talk to you outside of a match. Report them if they do (unlikely, but you get the odd salty one) because it usually means they got a bag of aggro to drop on you.

[Corrderio]

you seem a little confused about what I said

TBF I agreed with them til the 2nd half and was wondering WTF they were talking about.

Don't worry about it. Just play, don't do any weird emotes on dead bodies and don't talk to anyone that tries to talk to you outside of a match.

It was a joke but the part about sucking since PvP feels like a completely different beast. I've been going on DNC and I'm not sure if they're OP in some way or if I'm supposed to stay way the hell in the back but wow DRGs love to bully me.

[The Stig]

I see. Well don't worry. It's PvP. It's natural to really suck at the beginning especially if you spent all these years playing against the computer/game (PvE). Happens with every game out there. I still remember going online for the first time back in 1999 thinking I was hot shit at Age of Empires 2 only to get my ass kicked over and over lol.

Yes it's a bit demoralising to die over and over, but over many matches and deaths you'll gradually learn what to do and not to do and adjust accordingly. Just know that there are just people out there who are either really good and enjoy stomping in normal games, or can sense prey that are new or not good and want to style all over them. Once you feel really comfortable in general, you can play ranked where ideally after like 30 or so games you'll be matched somewhat ideally to someone of similar skill to you.

This video is somewhat relevant if you got 11 mins to burn:



Slightly off topic, but it applies I feel.

[Anoat]

Dragonsong Ultimate victory cutscene has been leaked. I have no idea how, it would be ridiculous if someone has cleared it already and not reported it. But here ya go if curious. Spoilers, obviously. https://streamable.com/6n89l0

[Gokulo]

Considering the naked WoL it's probably datamined somehow

[Anoat]

I didn’t think it was possible to datamine whole ass cutscenes like that, assets sure, but full on fully animated stuff? That’s wild.

[Gokulo]

I'm not up to date with that stuff, I just remembered the transition scene for Pandemonium savage 4 was partially datamined when this came out so I thought maybe?

[Shenrien]

yeah the transition scene was datamined before the fight made it into the game, but it was largely incomplete just more or less confirmed that there would be a savage only phase.

[Kaslo]

https://twitter.com/Kaslo25/status/1...p6-4uyOdcrMA2A

[Corrderio]

Speaking of datamining, is there a gallery anywhere to show the job plates/emotes/etc. you can buy with Crystaline Conflict currency?

[AoE]

I got to Platinum today. Definitely see the change in gameplay because I had a lot of good games today.

[Kaslo]

So these are the hints we are getting from TPS regarding later phases (where public teams haven't made it yet):


TPS's 9th man:



https://twitter.com/RadianceXIV/stat...Xxu_3Erram59tQ