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[FFXIV:Stormblood] Rise of a New Sun (Patch 4.2) rises Jan 30th [Prelim Patch Notes]
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If Ninki is meant to be a major part of a Ninja's damage now, it might be better for it to have an easier time of gaining it.
Rarrggghh!
*flips over table*
At least now they've introduced something that explains it. He's on magical katana steroids.
There are characters that would have made convincing defeats like Nidhogg or the Ascians but Zenos being the first to beat the WOL in a duel just doesn't sit right with me. It doesn't feel earned or believable.
The sword being introduced could go a long way towards explaining it being the source of his powers though so we'll see where they go with that.
What would be great is if someone just stole the fucker's golf bag before a fight to see what he'd be like with just his fists and the absurdly large suit of armor he wears.
It'll open with the Tuesday patch
I would have expected a reference to Cyan, from FFVI, as the heir to Doma. But I don't think I ever would've expected them to use Cyan's name for a character who died in the backstory to this expansion, and for us to rather get to know a character who is a reference to Cyan's son. I like them being able to turn that sort of reference on its head, and I like seeing the story dynamic for those two characters get flipped in such a manner.
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One cutscene reveals that Hien's childhood name is Shun, and his mother was Mina. Those are the Japanese-version names of Cyan's son and wife.
@Sorce it is usually the former.
Turns out there's a lot more leeway than I thought. Every quest gives tiny XP and the only big chunks of leveling progress come from the few 4-man dungeons.
But it seems there's a bit of a tone shift between "Epic Endgame Movielength Cutscenes!" and "Okay I'm just gonna grind XP on these three jobs for a while."
I think with both events combined that's a pretty sweet deal for people wanting to get back in (and also maybe change servers since the fee is waived depending on the server).
Comfort Zone
Inner Quiet
Steady II
Name
Brand * 4
Careful III
Manip II
Specialty: Reflect
Comfort Zone
Steady II
Prudent Touch * 5
Steady II
Basic Touch * 2
Great Strides
Byregot's Blessing
Careful III
Wondering if firing Piece By Piece a couple times works out better than Name Brand at this point too, since it's still under Steady II... but to get 3 is 45 CP versus the 39 for Name-Brand there. But the spare dura lets me move two prudents to basics to save 6 CP so it's a wash?
Edit: 449 CP is achievable without Name-Brand by using Piece by Piece, and I can hit that with food easily.
Comfort Zone
Inner Quiet
Piece by Piece
Careful II * 3
Obs>Focused Synth * 2
Manip II
Comfort Zone
Steady II
Prudent * 5
Specialty: Reflect
Steady II
Prudent * 2
Great Strides
Byregot's Blessing
Careful II
This is hard.
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Edit:
Correction. There's a forked update:
https://ermad.github.io/ffxiv-craft-opt-web/app/index.html#/simulator
It's enough that I can HQ 70* recipes with food 100% of the time now. And that's before I HQ'd more of my gear. As soon as I get other crafts to 70 the rotation will work fine on those too anyways.
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This localization team, I swear.
Really wish I'd checked the vendor first :?
Depending on what job you are, the centurio hunt gear is going to look better than the 255 vendor.
And everybody knows that glamour and looking fabulous is the true end-game.
Ah yeah, I didn't specify. I was leveling samurai, and was sad to learn that there is no samurai AF gear on that vendor
edit: Apparently just have to use elusive jump at a specific instance.
This is especially dumb, because Elusive Jump is an aggro dump - the opposite of "a distraction".
Yes you did.
why tho
this is because it was translated badly
As someone who played XI for the first time in a long time just recently, I'd say it's worth dropping a sub on for a month or so and toying around with the story, abusing Trusts as far as possible.
It's still pretty fun in its way.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
Naturally there are all the A-Rank and S-Rank hunts (along with the achievements for killing each of them at least once), but there are also some notable FATES to be on the lookout for.
The big two are of course "Foxy Lady" (in Yanxia) and "A Horse Outside" (in the Lochs). A Horse Outside will probably be farmed for quite a while, but you only need to get a gold rating on Foxy Lady once in order to afford all the rewards, so interest in it will probably drop off as more people obtain them (unless they add more). Foxy Lady also has some prerequisites that have to be completed before it will even spawn, detailed in spoiler.
After completing Outfoxed, there will be some NPC dialogue, and if she says something like "Come find me" you can fly around and look for her human form to trigger the "Foxy Lady" FATE (which, like Odin and such, will not show up on people's maps unless they get close to it). Obtaining a gold rating will net you 15 of the Fox currency. Foxy Lady seems to have a 12-24 hour cooldown before it can spawn again in that instance.
Outside of the above two Mega FATEs, each of the six Stormblood zones also has a special 30-minute boss FATE that will give you an achievement and an item for obtaining a Gold rating. A decent sized group will be needed to clear any of them.
Finally, there is a very long series of FATEs in the Azim Steppes called "The Dataqi Chronicles." There are like a dozen or so of these, with the first being "The Dataqi Chronicles: Departures" and the final one being "The Dataqi Chronicles: Dominion." If any of the FATEs are failed, the chain ends and you have to restart at the beginning. If you get a gold rating on the final one (Dominion) then you get an achievement and a large outdoor furnishing item.