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

[TStupified]

Is Impish Incantations generally a low-accuracy move to balance out the stupid damage it does?

I noticed on any normal rank-range leve, it always missed me, but when I tried a Rank-30 leve at Rank-21, it ripped me a new bootyhole for about 1100~1200 and hit every time.

I always had the impression that Imp. Incantations was a frontal cone AoE ability.. at least I could pretty much 100% of the time avoid the move by just moving to the side of the mob (or by keeping moving constantly), but this was the case with Firestarters only.. I've tried to avoid one from Darkwing Devilets with a very little success.. so I don't know, it's a weird ability all in all.

[Nevex]

On that note, STOP PUTTING YOUR FUCKING RETAINERS IN THE BATTLECRAFT WARD.

Not going to happen. With the retainer system, the first priority is ensuring that the highest number of people check your retainer. Nobody is going to cycle through all the wards, so guess which one is usually the most viewed one? That's right, the "first one on the list".
I agree it's terrible, but good luck telling that to 900 lazy people.

[solracht]

I always had the impression that Imp. Incantations was a frontal cone AoE ability.. at least I could pretty much 100% of the time avoid the move by just moving to the side of the mob (or by keeping moving constantly), but this was the case with Firestarters only.. I've tried to avoid one from Darkwing Devilets with a very little success.. so I don't know, it's a weird ability all in all.

The conclusion I reached is the devilet one is a real aoe (it's easy to tell with other people, everyone dies if they're around the devilet), while the imp one is just conal. Maybe whether it lands or not has to do with the stardust they drop during the battle too, I don't know.

[bruiser]

Not going to happen. With the retainer system, the first priority is ensuring that the highest number of people check your retainer. Nobody is going to cycle through all the wards, so guess which one is usually the most viewed one? That's right, the "first one on the list".
I agree it's terrible, but good luck telling that to 900 lazy people.

Those lazy people are stupid then, because I guarantee you they aren't getting as many looks as if their bazaar was appropriately positioned. Most people in my shell, myself included, won't even set foot in the Battlecraft Ward even if they know the name of the retainer that has the item they're looking for.

[Sephiroth]

Does that mean you throw rocks with your lancer or whatever? Good luck tracking down DoW weapons outside the battle ward. If you don't play DoW then it's a stupid argument to begin with because why would you set foot in there?

I guess your server is different to mine, but my DoW weapons just won't sell at a decent rate anywhere except the battle ward. Probably the only sales come via YG and there's always an undercutter on there selling shit 10-25% lower than everyone else.

[Ruin]

what are eye of fire etc items used for?

[Nevex]

You have to consider that the vast majority of a server's population is made of random casual players who are ignorant about economics and want to sell random trash, outdated gear and the occasional rare material all at once and don't have the patience to deal with multiple wards.

It's also stressful to set foot in a specific ward when you're looking for something, only to find troll retainers who are selling garbage like Gridania Walnuts or purchasing a set of 500 Wind Shards for 500 gil (it's a very common form of scam on my server and lots of people fall for it, made only worse thanks to retainers being anonymous).

It's a vicious cycle that discourages people from even using the retainer system, in fact most "serious" crafters sell their most expensive items using the search function now. Likewise people who're looking for important items do so using the search function as well.

[Elcura]

what are eye of fire etc items used for?

I think they're used for THM weapons, Fire Brand, Water Brand etc.

[miokomioko]

Are the drop rates for Necrologos pages normally really low? It was my first time doing a Necrologos leve (Lightsome Verdure - Cedarwood) and I had no trouble killing the pairs of Vile Gnats solo as 21-Pugilist , but god damn... I think I killed a good 40 of them before I got 5/5 pages and the Uncommon Cactuars popped with 1minute left on the clock.

[Elcura]

Yeah, they have an awful drop rate, sometimes you'll get lucky enough to finish in 10 minutes, but the ones you have to run all over (Nanawa mines and Coblyns) are terrible.

I'd just avoid them unless they give good rewards.

[miokomioko]

If I had Guardian's Aspect on during that leve, I think I would have got a good 10k skill... I'm thinking they might be amazing for pure 30-min skillups with bad luck.

[Elcura]

Best I've done is Nophica's Well with the goats. They're easy to kill, close together and good skill. Otherwise, I find the majority too frustrating to deal with lol.

[Sephiroth]

I was just going to say how awesome that goat leve is. You don't even mind the poor drop rate. That's how all the necrologos leves should be. It's even better when your elementals at the end drop crystals or clusters.

[Manako]

they really should have made the first ward just be "random" and offer no bonus instead of making it DOW ward, it seems pretty obvious it would be very full just because it is first. Also just having a ward for people seeking repairs. Much more helpful than hat, glove, leg and shoe wards being separate.

[goodr]

SURPRISE. Yet another, not-well-thought-out thing.

Each of us can do what we can to help support the retainers in the most convenient areas for everyone. That's about all we can do.

[Yoli]

One thing to keep in mind when complaining about the battle ward is that a lot of people (or myself, at least) will set up retainers there one day with even just one or two pieces of weaponry/armor to sell, and we'll have some other assorted junk in our bazaar. If we don't play the game too much though, or simply don't check in on our NPC regularly, the NPC keeps hanging around the ward. It's quite possible they /were/ set up in the right ward, but just had the gear sold off long before you got to check. I know that happens with my npc.

[Sephiroth]

One thing to keep in mind when complaining about the battle ward is that a lot of people (or myself, at least) will set up retainers there one day with even just one or two pieces of weaponry/armor to sell, and we'll have some other assorted junk in our bazaar. If we don't play the game too much though, or simply don't check in on our NPC regularly, the NPC keeps hanging around the ward. It's quite possible they /were/ set up in the right ward, but just had the gear sold off long before you got to check. I know that happens with my npc.

People who don't craft are incapable of figuring this out and expect everyone to only sell one type of product at once and leave half your bazaar slots empty. It especially sucks for weavers and leatherworkers who they whine at for not sticking ten pairs of gloves or shoes on their retainer instead of full sets of gear.

Until they allow multiple retainers there's no reason to bitch about stuff appearing in the wrong ward. Even then I'll need four before I sell nothing in the wrong ward because I'll have one parked permanently in battle, spell and jewellery and then one more for junk that can move whenever. Thing is I won't need 50 bazaar slots or 400 inventory spaces. Not to mention they are increasing inventory capacity and other things to make life easier. Will I pay $1-2 per month more than needed just to stop people whining about where products appear? Probably not.

[goodr]

<sarcasm>
If only we had a concept or technology that allowed us to solve this. Too bad no other MMO has ever solved such a problem presented to the in-game economy.
</sarcasm>

[miokomioko]

Does leve difficulty affect Faction Credits earned? (I know leve rank does.)

[Jojimbo]

I believe it's just placement of factions at that camp and leve rank, someone tested difficulty and there was no increase.