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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    Qanamil wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    The reddit thread on that is already full of stories of people who have been stalked by the same guy or been bullied by the same FC for ages. Glad the GMs can finally punish these kinds of toxic behaviour.

    And people complaining about it being "unclear" and yeah, just don't be a goose in game. Easy concept. "but what if I get reported for giving advice?" no, look, I know there are GM horror stories out there but come on people.

    Sorting by Controversial, I hope? I can't imagine many people sincerely jumping to that conclusion.

  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    Aldo wrote: »
    Qanamil wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    The reddit thread on that is already full of stories of people who have been stalked by the same guy or been bullied by the same FC for ages. Glad the GMs can finally punish these kinds of toxic behaviour.

    And people complaining about it being "unclear" and yeah, just don't be a goose in game. Easy concept. "but what if I get reported for giving advice?" no, look, I know there are GM horror stories out there but come on people.

    Sorting by Controversial, I hope? I can't imagine many people sincerely jumping to that conclusion.

    it's reddit, the concentration of silly geese is especially high

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  • NightslyrNightslyr Registered User regular
    Aldo wrote: »
    Qanamil wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    The reddit thread on that is already full of stories of people who have been stalked by the same guy or been bullied by the same FC for ages. Glad the GMs can finally punish these kinds of toxic behaviour.

    And people complaining about it being "unclear" and yeah, just don't be a goose in game. Easy concept. "but what if I get reported for giving advice?" no, look, I know there are GM horror stories out there but come on people.

    Sorting by Controversial, I hope? I can't imagine many people sincerely jumping to that conclusion.

    it's reddit, the concentration of silly geese is especially high

    Not to be outdone by YouTube, where there's already at least one "Is Square-Enix against free speech?" video because of this change. It's about 17 minutes long, which is a really long time to say that free speech doesn't apply in this situation since Square-Enix isn't the US government and playing XIV isn't a right.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    Hit 45 last night on NIN. Learned my last Mudra, and just had a bunch of new combos dumped on me.

    I tried all of them at least once. Obviously Huton is a big deal and is a killer buff, and I see tons of value in it. Plus the Huton pinwheel on the screen is cool.

    But I am having a hard time figuring out what I should be doing with these other skills. I got an AoE that creates a "heavy" debuff zone on the ground. Does this have any sort of PVE application or is this solely a PVP move? Likewise, I got an ice move that casts bind (root) on targets when it goes off. I fail to see any real PVE value in this skill.

    Lastly, I got a water move that gives me a buff that lets me cast Stealth-required moves out of stealth. I don't even have any stealth-required moves. I used to. But they were removed from the game so I took them off my bar because they had little red slashes through them. What good is a buff that lets me use stealth moves out of stealth when I don't even have any of those?

  • McMoogleMcMoogle Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Hit 45 last night on NIN. Learned my last Mudra, and just had a bunch of new combos dumped on me.

    I tried all of them at least once. Obviously Huton is a big deal and is a killer buff, and I see tons of value in it. Plus the Huton pinwheel on the screen is cool.

    But I am having a hard time figuring out what I should be doing with these other skills. I got an AoE that creates a "heavy" debuff zone on the ground. Does this have any sort of PVE application or is this solely a PVP move? Likewise, I got an ice move that casts bind (root) on targets when it goes off. I fail to see any real PVE value in this skill.

    Lastly, I got a water move that gives me a buff that lets me cast Stealth-required moves out of stealth. I don't even have any stealth-required moves. I used to. But they were removed from the game so I took them off my bar because they had little red slashes through them. What good is a buff that lets me use stealth moves out of stealth when I don't even have any of those?

    As with all things nin, makes you look cool?

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    i'm not sure that you even have mudra in pvp as nin

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  • IlpalaIlpala Just this guy, y'know TexasRegistered User regular
    Wait, isn't Trick Attack still a thing?

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Hit 45 last night on NIN. Learned my last Mudra, and just had a bunch of new combos dumped on me.

    I tried all of them at least once. Obviously Huton is a big deal and is a killer buff, and I see tons of value in it. Plus the Huton pinwheel on the screen is cool.

    But I am having a hard time figuring out what I should be doing with these other skills. I got an AoE that creates a "heavy" debuff zone on the ground. Does this have any sort of PVE application or is this solely a PVP move? Likewise, I got an ice move that casts bind (root) on targets when it goes off. I fail to see any real PVE value in this skill.

    Lastly, I got a water move that gives me a buff that lets me cast Stealth-required moves out of stealth. I don't even have any stealth-required moves. I used to. But they were removed from the game so I took them off my bar because they had little red slashes through them. What good is a buff that lets me use stealth moves out of stealth when I don't even have any of those?

    Trick Attack is a stealth move.

    As for Doton, you slap it on the ground and it deals damage to everything standing in it as long as it's there.

  • destroyah87destroyah87 They/Them She/HerRegistered User regular
    Ilpala wrote: »
    Wait, isn't Trick Attack still a thing?

    It is.

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  • IlpalaIlpala Just this guy, y'know TexasRegistered User regular
    Sorry, wasn't attempting to be snarky; it's been a minute since I leveled Ninja and was legitimately unsure if that move had gotten patched out or something. But yea, the no-stealth-needed mudra is pretty much solely to be an enabler for trick attack on cooldown.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited February 2019
    reVerse wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Hit 45 last night on NIN. Learned my last Mudra, and just had a bunch of new combos dumped on me.

    I tried all of them at least once. Obviously Huton is a big deal and is a killer buff, and I see tons of value in it. Plus the Huton pinwheel on the screen is cool.

    But I am having a hard time figuring out what I should be doing with these other skills. I got an AoE that creates a "heavy" debuff zone on the ground. Does this have any sort of PVE application or is this solely a PVP move? Likewise, I got an ice move that casts bind (root) on targets when it goes off. I fail to see any real PVE value in this skill.

    Lastly, I got a water move that gives me a buff that lets me cast Stealth-required moves out of stealth. I don't even have any stealth-required moves. I used to. But they were removed from the game so I took them off my bar because they had little red slashes through them. What good is a buff that lets me use stealth moves out of stealth when I don't even have any of those?

    Trick Attack is a stealth move.

    As for Doton, you slap it on the ground and it deals damage to everything standing in it as long as it's there.

    Yep. Sneak Attack was removed because Trick Attack was strictly better. You want to use Trick Attack on cooldown during boss fights because 10% more damage from all sources is huge.

    Doton actually outdamages Katon over the full duration, so its good to use on big pulls.

    You are correct that the ice bind move is completely useless since Raiton hits harder.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Hit 45 last night on NIN. Learned my last Mudra, and just had a bunch of new combos dumped on me.

    I tried all of them at least once. Obviously Huton is a big deal and is a killer buff, and I see tons of value in it. Plus the Huton pinwheel on the screen is cool.

    But I am having a hard time figuring out what I should be doing with these other skills. I got an AoE that creates a "heavy" debuff zone on the ground. Does this have any sort of PVE application or is this solely a PVP move? Likewise, I got an ice move that casts bind (root) on targets when it goes off. I fail to see any real PVE value in this skill.

    Lastly, I got a water move that gives me a buff that lets me cast Stealth-required moves out of stealth. I don't even have any stealth-required moves. I used to. But they were removed from the game so I took them off my bar because they had little red slashes through them. What good is a buff that lets me use stealth moves out of stealth when I don't even have any of those?

    Okay.

    The ice skill, you will never use. Just forget it exists.

    Huton is the most important skill for you to keep up as NIN. Right now, you have to recast, but once you can complete the 54 NIN quest, you'll get a combo finisher (Armor Crush) that lets you reset the timer through combat.

    Doton, the AoE, is used when dealing with packs of mobs. Don't use it against single targets, as its potency is less than that of Raiton.

    Right now, Suiton is useless. But at 50, you'll get Trick Attack, which when landed from the rear (or under the effect of True North) will apply a 10 second Vulnerability Up debuff. This is massive for party damage.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    Trick Attack is level 18. Kassatsu is 50.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    reVerse wrote: »
    Trick Attack is level 18. Kassatsu is 50.

    That shows you how long its been since I leveled NIN - when I did it, they were both 50 (Trick Attack was the ROG skill, Kassatsu the NIN skill.)

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    I'll check my spellbook tonight and see if I have Trick Attack. I remember reading all my tooltips looking for something that says it has special modifiers from stealth and I didn't see anything, but I'll check again.

    Thanks for the info everyone. Y'all are great!

  • QanamilQanamil x Registered User regular
    edited February 2019
    For big pulls now you want to
    1. Drop Doton (the AOE field) as soon as the tank settles the mobs.
    2. Spam Death Blossom.
    3. Cast Katon on CD.

    Trick Attack is level 18. You have to hit the back of the enemy to gain the buff of increasing damage to that enemy by 10% for 10 seconds. You do this via Suiton as people have said; up until you get your third mudra it's impossible to cast TA outside of stealth. You can use the role action 'True North' (level 48) to turn off positional requirements if a particular enemy is doing cartwheels for whatever reason.

    Talking about stealth--I don't know if it's obvious, but casting stealth resets your mudras. So after a fight you can instantly get your mudras back by stealthing then clicking off the buff (I don't know how viable this is on controllers).

    At 54 you'll get Armor Crush, an attack that extends Huton by 30 seconds, which makes life much easier.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Thankfully, NIN's weaponskill combo only changes in the finisher, and you only use shadow fang and armor crush to maintain their effects. No cycling routes like the other three.

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    Let's say Dancers are real. Since in XIV every class has a unique weapon type, what do we think Dancers will use for weapons? Fans? Batons? Dirks?

  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I want castinettes!

    All kidding aside, ffxi used a knife, and later you could dual wield daggers.

    ...and when you are done with that; take a folding
    chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    I actually looked up XI before I posted my question and saw that dancer in XI used knives. But that game also did not have unique weapon types like XIV does. And there's not really much distinction between knives and daggers, and rogues/ninjas use daggers.

    My guess is fans.

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  • IlpalaIlpala Just this guy, y'know TexasRegistered User regular
    edited February 2019
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Let's say Dancers are real. Since in XIV every class has a unique weapon type, what do we think Dancers will use for weapons? Fans? Batons? Dirks?

    Yo they could get some sick glamours if the answer was fans.

    Even real dumb ones like pom-poms.

    Or MOG-poms.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Tambourines, built like monk knuckles?

    ...and when you are done with that; take a folding
    chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
  • IlpalaIlpala Just this guy, y'know TexasRegistered User regular
    Just a fan with bells! Smack 'em and make some music!

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    it could just be knives again

    they didn't shy away from making blue mage the third job with a cane

    and on the subject, FUCK AZULMAGIA

    my only remaining job/class quest in the whole entire game is locked behind beating this super hard boss fight three times in a row

    any tips would be appreciated

  • CaedwyrCaedwyr Registered User regular
    Dancers should use parasols and canes. You can conceal a sword and gun inside the parasol/cane and use for the finisher moves. I am totally serious about this.

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  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    it could just be knives again

    they didn't shy away from making blue mage the third job with a cane

    and on the subject, FUCK AZULMAGIA

    my only remaining job/class quest in the whole entire game is locked behind beating this super hard boss fight three times in a row

    any tips would be appreciated

    ???

    You have to beat him once. He has no auto attacks, so it's just learn the pattern. You could watch a video and just mimic it.

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    The only Dancer class I know of from previously (XIV is my first and only FF so far) is the one from Ragnarok Online that used a whip as a weapon.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Let's say Dancers are real. Since in XIV every class has a unique weapon type, what do we think Dancers will use for weapons? Fans? Batons? Dirks?

    in FFT they used rolls of cloth that they could unroll-whip out at things far away

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited February 2019
    Poles would work for a dancer weapon, if we go by A2.

    Though yeah, daggers/swords have been the traditional weapon for them.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Red Cat puts forward the idea of small clubs that are maracas.

    ...and when you are done with that; take a folding
    chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    Hit 50 on NIN tonight. Learned the move that lets me reset my Ninjutsu. So that's neat. Plus completed 2 armor sets as part of the quest.

    Jumped right into the HW class quest, met a new class-story character, Princess Yuki. She seems like she'll be a fun character to pal with.

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited February 2019
    The level 45 armor can be stored in the armoire, it's the original capstone set for each job. At some point in HW they went and added the second set so that your gear would be at a better spot for content (it existed before that I think, there's a lot of free catch up gear available at level 50 to bridge the gap in power between 2.0 and 3.0 stuff)

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    Finally hit 70 on BLM.

    BLM is very, very fun and I am very, very bad at it.

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  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    The original set is also the one that can be augmented, which allows you to dye it (no gameplay benefits, strictly fashion).

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  • KiTAKiTA Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Let's say Dancers are real. Since in XIV every class has a unique weapon type, what do we think Dancers will use for weapons? Fans? Batons? Dirks?

    Fans, yeah. Or Dirks.

    The thing is, Everyone assumes it's Dancer, but... has there been any hint of that so far? I've heard people say it's going to be a tank and a healer, but I don't know where they're even getting that.

    Can you imagine the scene inside of the Devteam's offices if they're really planning like, Geomancer or uh... Chemist? Instead of Dancer? Poor guys.

  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    KiTA wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Let's say Dancers are real. Since in XIV every class has a unique weapon type, what do we think Dancers will use for weapons? Fans? Batons? Dirks?

    Fans, yeah. Or Dirks.

    The thing is, Everyone assumes it's Dancer, but... has there been any hint of that so far? I've heard people say it's going to be a tank and a healer, but I don't know where they're even getting that.

    Can you imagine the scene inside of the Devteam's offices if they're really planning like, Geomancer or uh... Chemist? Instead of Dancer? Poor guys.

    An early leak mentioned Blue Mage, Gunblade job and Dancer. Been right so far.

  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    KiTA wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Let's say Dancers are real. Since in XIV every class has a unique weapon type, what do we think Dancers will use for weapons? Fans? Batons? Dirks?

    Fans, yeah. Or Dirks.

    The thing is, Everyone assumes it's Dancer, but... has there been any hint of that so far? I've heard people say it's going to be a tank and a healer, but I don't know where they're even getting that.

    Can you imagine the scene inside of the Devteam's offices if they're really planning like, Geomancer or uh... Chemist? Instead of Dancer? Poor guys.

    There's been no hints to a new job like there has been for GUN, though? Nobweird weapons or new NPCs with cool skill FX?

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Geomancer is highly unlikely for lore reasons, if you play AST to 70.

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