FFXIV Random Speculation/Question thread VI: Phase 3, FFXIV is still on the rag!

[Lucavi]

Was there a max on crafting jobs in FFXI? I can't remember, as I never took a crafting job past 20.

[Alkar]

Was there a max on crafting jobs in FFXI? I can't remember, as I never took a crafting job past 20.

You could only have one craft at 100. All others could only be at 60 in that case except Fishing and Sinergy.
And chocobo digging if you consider that a "craft".

[YukonWildAss]

One craft could be taken to 100, all others to 60. (Fishing was the exception and could also be taken to 100).

[Kurokikaze]

Was doing Behest and noticed my surplus was low. Now I'm not getting any at all. EXP/Skill are white. Fucking stoked. Grinding time!

[Zubis]

It wouldn't make sense to limit how many crafts you can have at max level seeing as they're considered to be classes, just like Lancer or Conjurer. I haven't done much crafting myself but they seem to be very dependable of each other at that.

(I'm jealous of all the people losing their surplus.)

[Hyan]

One craft could be taken to 100, all others to 60. (Fishing was the exception and could also be taken to 100).

To add to this, you actually had 40 levels to "spend" after 60.

[KarlHungus]

Didn't see a random question thread so I figured I'd give the 40 page thread a shot......


I've been trying to avoid 14 news to keep it 'fresh' on release. However, a buddy of mine called me today and said it was his impression that if you 'maxed' a crafting job then you couldn't 'max' a combat job? Is this true? In this same line can you not max two combat jobs? What exactly are the restrictions here?

There are no restrictions. Tell your buddy to get his head out of his ass.

[Destinye]

Was there a max on crafting jobs in FFXI? I can't remember, as I never took a crafting job past 20.

In the way XI worked (Player ran and central AH), it originally allowed you to take all crafts to 100, but SE eventually capped it off to 1 100 main craft and 1 100 sub craft (Fishing) and i forget where chocobo digging fit into that (its hidden skill level)

[Loaar]

if they do limit crafts, i think that would kind of suck. kinds of goes against the system. though i imagine in a worst case scenario maybe they would have to, but ehhhh

You've already had a few replies, but Hyan is the most accurate one.

You could take any "main" craft to 60, but then you only had 40 levels beyond that.

So, you could take them all to 60, the one to 100, or take 2 of them to 80, one to 90 and one to 70, etc.

I can see them doing something similar down the track. If they raise the level cap to 100, they may let you take all crafts to 80, but only take 1-2 to 100 or something like that to limit the amount of true "master crafters".

Who knows.

(I'm jealous of all the people losing their surplus.)

I'm feeling you there....

[BlackheartX]

The miss rate in this game is pretty ridiculously stupid. 4 weapon skills all miss one with hawk eye up.

[Chrystolis]

The miss rate in this game is pretty ridiculously stupid. 4 weapon skills all miss one with hawk eye up.

I made a new Marauder last night and missed about 50% during the intro fights on the boat. I laughed. It wasn't so bad later, but ugh did it have me second guessing Marauder right off the bat

[GavinBandura]

I think it's because dex isn't working properly.

[Destinye]

The miss rate in this game is pretty ridiculously stupid. 4 weapon skills all miss one with hawk eye up.

Welcome to FFXI before sushi. xD

[Dein]

My surplus skill also went away during a leve on my gladiator but it only helps a little. I still only got about 300-400 tops in skill with guardian's aspect up when I soloed things on the 3 star difficulty. I'm going to try and grind the rest of my rank since I have the day off but I dunno how long I can stand grinding out mobs that give me 50~120ish skill now.

[Katlan]

The reason AION failed wasn't only because of the insane grinding, it was because their main selling point, which was raid vs raid fortress PVP, utterly failed because of their horrible programming. When I played it, everyone in my guild (even those with top-end PC's) had their FPS drop to about 2-13 FPS during raid vs raid PVP. Hell, the game lagged up the second a single member of the opposing faction even came within radar view, which was just absurd. The grinding was just icing on the cake, at least for everyone I know that quit the game (me included).

Aion, grinding aside, the problem was no end game content and horrible PvP that 75% of the time turning into zerg vs zerg. That, and the Dev's have shown they are incapable of running o mmo as they fuck stuff up over and over again to make the game worse.

WAR, problem was no end game content and a pvp game forcing ppl into BG's. Can't have BG's and real open world pvp, they don't go together since ppl will always go to BG's since they are typically easier.

[Zubis]

Welcome to FFXI before sushi. xD

I second this.

Even then accuracy isn't super horrible in my eyes. Sure you sometimes get some crazy whiffs but personally I've never seen it as a huge issue.

[YukonWildAss]

So I've been told you get your retainers from a Female Elezen behind the counter in the Drowning Wench. She just tells me to come back later whenever I talk to her, so I was wondering if there was anywhere else to store your gear/items? I've been on inventory since I started a few days ago but have been doing more mining/botany and am quickly running out.

[Frein]

So I've been told you get your retainers from a Female Elezen behind the counter in the Drowning Wench. She just tells me to come back later whenever I talk to her, so I was wondering if there was anywhere else to store your gear/items? I've been on inventory since I started a few days ago but have been doing more mining/botany and am quickly running out.

Numerous people have reported that problem, however, I haven't had any trouble getting retainers from her. Has anyone who got this been able to get around it? There is no other way to store items.

In other news, I just discovered you can only equip four accessories at a time. Seems like each accessory takes 3/12 equip points similarly to abilities taking up action points. I wonder if we can get more of them later on.

[Kurokikaze]

The miss rate in this game is pretty ridiculously stupid. 4 weapon skills all miss one with hawk eye up.

Fuck Hawk's Eye (only next hit). Still Precision is much better since theres no such thing as RACC.

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Edit: Ding! 22 Archer / 25 Physical.

[Greedouw]

wish I'd get an invite so it could make the preorder decision that much easier