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

[Aozora]

Is it worth it to use elemental potency gear for THM? or use potency materia, or should i go all magic attack potency? Also, what should i do about magic crit rate stuff?

[Corrderio]

Eh, I never bothered with it. I focus more on M.Acc/M.Atk/INT for my BLM since I really don't want to boost a stat that only fires off every now and then.

Besides that, crit rate/crit rate bonus damage is kinda lackluster ATM.

[Aozora]

Alright thanks, should i follow the same guideline for solo CON? Speaking of CON, is it worth it for THM to use up a bunch of leves to burn CON from 22-26 for stoneskin?

[Carraway]

Is it worth it to use elemental potency gear for THM? or use potency materia, or should i go all magic attack potency? Also, what should i do about magic crit rate stuff?

You should try to get HQ Spinel and Rubelite Chokers. If you're super-wealthy, you can try double-melding some Lightning and Fire to different Pattens, but a double meld m.atk is about as good as a single meld elemental potency. A Lightning Brand is also a great choice for a MH weapon.

[Raldo]

Anyone able to snap a picture (or know of one out there on the internet) of Dalamud now? I'm curious of what it looks like, but I'm at work.

[Hellfury]

Anyone found coke?

[miokomioko]

I scored an 8-ball of coke from the merchant NPC in Hyrstmill (Oscarlet). He only made me give him 100,000 gil (and a BJ).

[Corrderio]

Anyone able to snap a picture (or know of one out there on the internet) of Dalamud now? I'm curious of what it looks like, but I'm at work.

Bit bigger, but not a significant change like it was from 1.20 to 1.21.

[Aozora]

i think its alot bigger, heres a pic i took earlier

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(is safe for work, just didnt know how else to minimize it lol)

[miokomioko]

It has slightly glowing circles/lines on it, as you can see in the FFXIV Legacy Campaign logo. You get a nice close-up of it or two after you beat easy-mode Garuda.

Some Roclspeculations were confirmed in the new quests.

[Corrderio]

Well it might be, easier to see the surface of the moon now. I only took a quick glance at it since I was doing company quests then tried to see if I can find a group for Easy Mode Garuda.

[Aozora]

is it worth it for THM to use up a bunch of leves to burn CON from 22-26 to get stoneskin? how long is stoneskin a useful spell?

[Raldo]

Stoneskin is always useful. If you're talking solo, it would be good to have. If you're in parties, you probably don't need it. I don't know how long it takes to go from 22-26 solo on leves anymore, so I can't really answer whether it's "worth it" or not.

[miokomioko]

Uhh... did they move the Output effect cap to 10?



(Fishing at a Bald Knoll school of fish, with 126ish Output)

Also, I caught 10 Indigo Herrings at once... that seems kinda' broken since every other fished item is capped at 3.

[Niiro]

is it worth it for THM to use up a bunch of leves to burn CON from 22-26 to get stoneskin? how long is stoneskin a useful spell?

I would recommend toughing it out and going all the way to 34 CON for Sacred Prism.

If you're serious about THM the ability to AoE a -25%DT Sanguine Rite can be very useful and sometimes invaluable.

[Raldo]

Uhh... did they move the Output effect cap to 10?



(Fishing at a Bald Knoll school of fish, with 126ish Output)

Also, I caught 10 Indigo Herrings at once... that seems kinda' broken since every other fished item is capped at 3.

If I had to guess, I'd say they just did a simple [attempts]+2 for Schools of Fish. Fishers generally have little incentive to run around (plus it doesn't make much sense), so it's probably there to just help people out.

I haven't heard any other reports of 10 attempts, so I assume it only applies to schools.

Also, yes, the items to turn in for Hamlet Defense seem to cap at 10. You can't use them for anything else, so I guess they're not worried about market flooding.

[Aozora]

THM is really to get a character to 50 relatively quickly that i can use to fight moogle/ifrit/garuda and get some weapons before 2.0 removes them from the game.

[Raldo]

THM is really to get a character to 50 relatively quickly that i can use to fight moogle/ifrit/garuda and get some weapons before 2.0 removes them from the game.

I'm sure that was in defense of you accomplishing as little as possible in order to get what you want, but that reasoning adds even more weight to what Niiro said; AoE Sanguine Rite is great for those battles.

What I always tell people is that you're not obligated to get any sub skills, so just do whatever you feel like.

[miokomioko]

THM is really to get a character to 50 relatively quickly that i can use to fight moogle/ifrit/garuda and get some weapons before 2.0 removes them from the game.

AGAIN, they never said primal weapons/battles were being removed from the game. Stop spreading this crap.

All they ever said is that "some content" will not be available after 2.0. Whether that means cutscenes, quests, etc. (darkhold/totorak) we don't quite know yet. It's probably not in their best interest to make some of the most uniquely designed weapons in the game completely unobtainable to the mass influx of new players come re-release.

Also, they spoke about Free Companies' future ability to one-time-summon primals such as Ifrit, so the primals and their fights are obviously not going anywhere.

[Jamison]

I've gotten up to 8 of the Kidney Ores from Nanawa; and normal mining at Iron Lake I only get the normal 8 attempts.