FFXIV Random Speculation/Question Thread XI: "How you liking that Beta Phase 5?"

[Jojimbo]

Blindside [pgl] produces noticable hate, not sure if it works on multiple mobs though (but is stam-less which is a plus)

[The Q]

Question: I wonder what big news tomorrow will bring!?

Speculation: Not a damn thing.

[Hyan]

It'll come when it's ready, lol.

Is this just me being ignorant or have you guys known about this blog?

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=6441256

Kinda interesting stuff in there regarding food effects.

[Riposte]

Wonder what are the chances we will hear any elaborate plans in the SE conference planned today.

[Lucavi]

I'd say so, given that we haven't heard anything yet, and we have to hear something at some point.

Its throwing darts at a board at this point, though. Whatever sticks, sticks.

[Aratharn]

Is it confirmed leve linking caps at 3 links?

[sruon]

Someone said here that they were still getting bonus after 3 links, and few persons I partied with said it was 4 links to cap

[Cooleko]

you can link after the first kill. anyone who has more than two links to test can just link kill link kill link kill and continually see the exp increase until w/e cap and then report back. I only have 3 characters so cant test.

[Callisto]

Did they ever end up adding a non-mouse way to toggle AoE on and off yet?

[Lucavi]

Yeah, the Z key. Its been there from day 1, methinks.

[Jojimbo]

Ctrl + Z if you have chat specific keyboard on, if using a controller the emote/stack commands button works.

[Callisto]

Awesome, thanks.

[Caerith]

Yeah, the Z key. Its been there from day 1, methinks.

Used to be the space bar, got changed in one of the updates. But yeah, Z.

[Corrderio]

Has anyone been crashing lately since the last maintenance? My monitor just went to sleep on it's own earlier today and just now my entire PC just froze and all I seen was the default teal background when I clicked somewhere. No bar, background, icons, or anything.

[Gulkeeva]

nope no crashing errors

[sruon]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/phot...6Jk0R2UKb4M%3D

Tanaka's gotten his old job back.

[Jamison]

Has anyone been crashing lately since the last maintenance? My monitor just went to sleep on it's own earlier today and just now my entire PC just froze and all I seen was the default teal background when I clicked somewhere. No bar, background, icons, or anything.

This started happening to me, and I think it coincided with an update to my ATI graphics drivers. Could have been a game update near the same time, though. For now, I've just turned off Windows controlling when the monitor goes to sleep and I do it manually. Been meaning to try and troubleshoot the problem but haven't had the time.

[Corrderio]

This started happening to me, and I think it coincided with an update to my ATI graphics drivers. Could have been a game update near the same time, though. For now, I've just turned off Windows controlling when the monitor goes to sleep and I do it manually. Been meaning to try and troubleshoot the problem but haven't had the time.

My friend said it's something about the ATI drivers having an issue switching power modes or something like that.


Anyway as for another question, this may sound odd but it's something I'm wondering about. Do stats on weapons/armor get lowered if you're past the optimal rank? Reason I ask this is because someone says a Iron Halberd can do more damage than a Banneret Lance, which seems odd to me since the Banneret Lance has 100% pierce damage and more Attack.

[Callisto]

nvm, found what I needed right after posting

[Gulkeeva]

My friend said it's something about the ATI drivers having an issue switching power modes or something like that.


Anyway as for another question, this may sound odd but it's something I'm wondering about. Do stats on weapons/armor get lowered if you're past the optimal rank? Reason I ask this is because someone says a Iron Halberd can do more damage than a Banneret Lance, which seems odd to me since the Banneret Lance has 100% pierce damage and more Attack.

If you aren't at or above the "optimal rank" yes its weaker... BUT if its way above what you got, it may be higher (for instance a lv 46-50 weapon may be stronger then a 12-20). Also why whoever mentioned iron lance > banneret is possibly because of higher accuracy... less misses = more damage! be best to try both see which does better to you.


Also I'm still using ATI Drivers 10.4, they perform currently the best out of all the drivers released (even 11.1a) and overall no issues running the game I've seen yet.