[FFXIV] PATCH DAY! Mark ya spoilers!

AngelHedgie

Roegadyn

Javen wrote: »

Blankzilla wrote: »

I got up to the return to Ahm Araeng in the ShB MSQ

I like that Thancred is letting Minfilia make her own decision and accepting it as her choice to make. Hopefully he doesn't have a change of heart at the last minute like a jerk.

The scene with Ardbert watching the sin eater assault was real fuckin sad! I just want that dude to be happy!

Fucking...yeah.

Being an apparition for decades, probably longer, knowing full well that you're not going connect, but pleading to any god that will listen, just this once, be able to actually help

It got me pretty bad.

Edit: ShB endgame spoilers:

He gets his wish in the end though - and you get one of the most awesome lines to deliver as a result:

It ends today. One way or another, it ends.

turtleant

Roegadyn

I want the mount for getting everything to 80 but I don't have the patience/attention span for it so that'll probably happen sometime around 6.4 or something

Javen

Roegadyn

After I finish capping everything to 80 I'm probably going to take, like, at least a month break from the game.

BlankZoe

Au'Ra

AngelHedgie wrote: »

Javen wrote: »

Blankzilla wrote: »

I got up to the return to Ahm Araeng in the ShB MSQ

I like that Thancred is letting Minfilia make her own decision and accepting it as her choice to make. Hopefully he doesn't have a change of heart at the last minute like a jerk.

The scene with Ardbert watching the sin eater assault was real fuckin sad! I just want that dude to be happy!

Fucking...yeah.

Being an apparition for decades, probably longer, knowing full well that you're not going connect, but pleading to any god that will listen, just this once, be able to actually help

It got me pretty bad.

He gets his wish in the end though - and you get one of the most awesome lines to deliver as a result:

It ends today. One way or another, it ends.

Man!!!! Label your spoilers!!!

Aldo

Hyur

Yyyyep, spoiler'd as well here almost done with the msq avoiding all spoilers. Figured Blank was still slightly behind me so I could safely read his spoilers+replies.

Oh well, at least it wasnt one of the huge spoilers, so it could have been worse.

Adus

Zay wrote: »

Ghosts can’t eat

okay

Zay

If there’s one thing people love to do on this forum it’s spoil shit

One time someone spoiled danganronpa for me by calling out someone else who hadn’t spoiled anything lol

Aldo

Hyur

Zay wrote: »

If there’s one thing people love to do on this forum it’s spoil shit

One time someone spoiled danganronpa for me by calling out someone else who hadn’t spoiled anything lol

Well I'm sure no one does it on purpose.

Enlong

Lalafell

Well, I tried actually doing a PVP today. Specifically, the daily Frontlines mission.

And it was... a lot less stressful than I imagined. I lost 3 times in a row, sure, but it was a generally neat sort of thing, with a mission-based structure instead of raw focus on fighting the enemy team. It’s what I figure a MOBA is set up like, from what I’ve heard of that genre. I can see me going back to it, and using it to get the good dyeable versions of the Garo weapons before they go away. Not bad.

BahamutZERO

Miqo'te

yeah I'm not sure why it is but frontline is way less stressful to me than WoW PvP. I think it might be the simplified PvP ability set, and maybe the 3-way fight nature of it?

Kevin Crist

Roegadyn

Neat. Former Blizzard Dev visits Square, gives a gift from Blizzard to YoshiP

https://twitter.com/pedrothedagger/status/1178851024464777216

edit:

https://twitter.com/teddybear_toast/status/1178859393649016834

I needed anime to post.

BahamutZERO wrote: »

yeah I'm not sure why it is but frontline is way less stressful to me than WoW PvP. I think it might be the simplified PvP ability set, and maybe the 3-way fight nature of it?

personally, 3 way fights make it very easy to go "Oh well obviously we didn't win because the other losing team just spent all their time focusing us like fools, I couldn't possibly have done anything better, it's not my fault in any way"

which is good

turtleant

Roegadyn

Except when that definitely is why one team won, then it's very annoying. Like, end scores of 200/600/1600 and shit.

Anyway, I didn't think PvP was stressful till I started trying to get the Garo mounts which you have to get wins to unlock and now I hate it

Polaritie

Hyur

turtleant wrote: »

Except when that definitely is why one team won, then it's very annoying. Like, end scores of 200/600/1600 and shit.

Anyway, I didn't think PvP was stressful till I started trying to get the Garo mounts which you have to get wins to unlock and now I hate it

Yeah, the frontlines wins part of that always sucked. The feast wins weren't bad back when it was an 8v8 battle on a tiny map - sheer chaos and basically flipping a coin. And no queue times that first week of Stormblood when everyone was spamming it for xp.

Enlong

Lalafell

I’m going to not worry about getting the mounts, and just do it for the dyeable gear (I want to paint that gun), so I should be fine on that front.

turtleant

Roegadyn

The problem is I got one so now my brain is like "well, I should probably finish the set"

But I'm barely playing at all while waiting on the patch as is, idk when I'd ever get 23+ Feast wins.

AngelHedgie

Roegadyn

Enlong wrote: »

Well, I tried actually doing a PVP today. Specifically, the daily Frontlines mission.

And it was... a lot less stressful than I imagined. I lost 3 times in a row, sure, but it was a generally neat sort of thing, with a mission-based structure instead of raw focus on fighting the enemy team. It’s what I figure a MOBA is set up like, from what I’ve heard of that genre. I can see me going back to it, and using it to get the good dyeable versions of the Garo weapons before they go away. Not bad.

Frontlines is more structured RvR PVP. There are actual MOBA format PVP fights, and one of them is currently mogtome certified.

I needed anime to post.

the queue times for rival wings are a fucking nightmare tho

Polaritie

Hyur

I needed a gnome to post. wrote: »

the queue times for rival wings are a fucking nightmare tho

Yeah, it needs to get added to the frontlines rotation.

TheySlashThem

Roegadyn

the problem with rival wings is that, from what I understand, the queues for it are just fine in japan, so the devs don't really see it as an issue, though they've never explicitly confirmed this

I needed anime to post.

it is a fact that the queues are totally chill in japan yeah

Caedwyr

Miqo'te

There is a community effort to breathe some life back into Rival Wings called Revival Wings. Games are scheduled for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

BahamutZERO

Miqo'te

https://twitter.com/delight_2525/status/1177899090543177734

https://twitter.com/delight_2525/status/1178981119296884741

I love this meme so much

Caedwyr

Miqo'te

Caedwyr wrote: »

There is a community effort to breathe some life back into Rival Wings called Revival Wings. Games are scheduled for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Latest announcement regarding Revival Wings:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/dbv9sb/revival_wings_community_announcement_10119/

Revival Wings wrote:

Hello everyone! Kiria here from the Revival Wings discord with the "monthly" community update. Majority of our gatherings were very active yesterday with queues lasting for roughly 8 hours from their initial start time. The Moogle Treasure Trove event has begun allowing players to obtain a plethora of prizes by collecting and exchanging special tomes. Along with many other activities Rival Wings happens to be one of the activities that will reward the tomes for players that participate. With the Garo event soon coming to an end and the launch of The Moogle Treasure Trove event there isn't a better time to participate in Rival Wings to get all of the rewards.

Queue Times

NA Data Centers (Aether/Primal/Crystal) - 8 PM EST

EU Data Centers (Chaos/Light) - 6 PM ST/GMT

JP Data Centers (Elemental/Gaia/Mana) - 8/9 PM JST

GUIDES
Official Hidden Gorge Play Guide

"Avoiding Train Wrecks" An In-depth Hidden Gorge Guide

Rival Wings Guide: Primary Objectives and Mechs

That's all I have to share for this community's "monthly" update. As always if you have any questions feel free to ask! If you'd like to stay up to date with all our announcements and other news I'd highly recommend joining our discord. With over 6800 members newcomers and veterans alike are all welcome to join!

Revival Wings Discord

https://discord.gg/WYMpfYp

Frequently Asked Questions

“What is Rival Wings?”

Rival Wings is a large-scale PvP battle with powerful goblin-made war machina involving up to 48 combatants. Participants are divided into two teams “The Falcons” and “The Ravens” both comprised of six light parties each.

The first team to destroy the core located on the opponent's base will be declared the winner.

“How do I unlock Rival Wings?”

Players can unlock the mode “Hidden Gorge” by completing the quest “Earning Your Wings” which can be obtained from the NPC Softknox at the Wolves' Den Pier (players must be at least level 30 and have unlocked a job to start the quest).

“What are the rewards for participating?”

Players will receive EXP, Wolf Marks, and Allagan Tomestones for participating. Those who emerge victorious in Rival Wings campaigns earn double the reward along with achievements that reward unique titles and special mounts.

Kevin Crist

Roegadyn

Got BLM to 80 and blew up a bird lady to celebrate.

SabreMau

It suddenly occurs to me that 1/6th of my inventory is currently taken up by lugging around various fishing lures on a "just in case I need this one" basis.


Are some of these made completely redundant by higher-level baits and I can trim this down to just 1-2 per fishing hole category, or are fish out there extremely picky and only want the exact bait they like?

Donnicton

Au'Ra

SabreMau wrote: »

It suddenly occurs to me that 1/6th of my inventory is currently taken up by lugging around various fishing lures on a "just in case I need this one" basis.


Are some of these made completely redundant by higher-level baits and I can trim this down to just 1-2 per fishing hole category, or are fish out there extremely picky and only want the exact bait they like?

Some fish are so impossibly specific to certain conditions that I can't imagine anyone would have ever found them without the game's fishing log to have pointed them towards it - especially the white scrip fish. Like, this fish only shows up between 8AM-4PM Eorzea time and only if it also happens to be stormy and also only if you Mooch off of another fish that only bites baits that you can only get with white scrips.... yeah fuck off mate I'd rather just set ffivclock to tell me when the next Petalite spawns.

But for all practical purposes you are just fine tossing anything that isn't a scrip bait/lure or ones you use frequently. Vendor baits are dirt cheap enough you can just buy them as you need them - if you ever end up needing them.

AngelHedgie

Roegadyn

Upcoming changes to mentorship are coming:

* Battle/trade mentors will be separate categories, and trade mentorship will not qualify you for the mentor roulette.
* Battle mentors will be required to have 1.5k commendations.
* All current mentors will have to requalify when 5.1 releases.

Ilpala

Miqo'te

BahamutZERO wrote: »

https://twitter.com/delight_2525/status/1177899090543177734

https://twitter.com/delight_2525/status/1178981119296884741

I love this meme so much

tweets unfortunately deleted

BahamutZERO

Miqo'te

they were videos of dance routines set to the intro to the twinning's BGM, with the dance getting really energetic when the full instrumentation hits

TheySlashThem

Roegadyn

preview of 5.1 UI changes (with a small hint for future blue mage stuff)
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/002862.html

additional housing added to 5.1
https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/5793bca16295d1553d7c3a428de225f833b8c3e6

and the next live letter has been announced for the 18th, which more or less confirms 5.1's release as the 29th, since patches traditionally drop 11 days after the second live letter about them

https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_JP/status/1180030312958459904

AshtonDragon

Miqo'te

SabreMau wrote: »

It suddenly occurs to me that 1/6th of my inventory is currently taken up by lugging around various fishing lures on a "just in case I need this one" basis.


Are some of these made completely redundant by higher-level baits and I can trim this down to just 1-2 per fishing hole category, or are fish out there extremely picky and only want the exact bait they like?

I jam all my fishing stuff in the saddlebag, so it's still always handy if I need it without taking up any "regular" inventory space.
Still takes up a lot of space that could be used for other stuff, though.

Skeith

Miqo'te

So it looks like one of my favorite memes has been recreated with FF14 staff. Spoilered for big.

AngelHedgie

Roegadyn

Skeith wrote: »

So it looks like one of my favorite memes has been recreated with FF14 staff. Spoilered for big.

Glamour is the true endgame.

Javen

Roegadyn

This Fantasia has been burning a hole in my inventory for months

Everytime I see a Viera I almost do it

But I love my giant buff femroe so much...

SabreMau

https://twitter.com/SabreMau/status/1180779226271584261

Also, I now have The Professional title unlocked on two separate characters.

BahamutZERO

Miqo'te

god damn it sabre

Javen

Roegadyn

I don't know if I'll ever want to level 2 characters, as much as I like the look of multiple races.

BlankZoe

Au'Ra

Javen wrote: »

I don't know if I'll ever want to level 2 characters, as much as I like the look of multiple races.

Yeah I have done alts in WoW but the idea of going through the entire giant levelling process would drive me nuts

BahamutZERO

Miqo'te

and the job system renders it pretty pointless mechanically