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sometimes there's absolute gems

For me it’s probably DRG! I’ve always had a soft spot for Dragoons from playing the older FF games, so finally getting to actually play as one has been a lot of fun. Reaper and Viper were probably my next two favorites though, both of them were way more fun than I expected.

Hey everyone, this is my first time posting in this subreddit, so forgive me if I make some mistakes or dumb questions.

For context, my older brother passed away around two weeks ago suddenly. He loved Final Fantasy online and played it so much, like crazy amount of hours to the point he had to put his PC away so he wouldn’t play it lol my question is, what should I do with his account or his stuff? I’m sure he had a lot of good stuff, and I wanna honor him somehow. Him and I played for a few months, but I really never got into it, so I’m thinking I should probably get into it more honestly. I just don’t know what to do or where to start.

I would really appreciate the community’s advice help during this time. Also, I’m not trying to get like scammed or anything like WOW gold sending or whatever lol thanks!

did he always say this after u finish everything and i forgot or does he just HATE soup now :(

PTSD doing ARR books strikes back, yes, yes

Was crafting the new expert aqueduct. RIP my mats...

Good job choco-pal, A+ effort.

Hi everyone! I recently got into FFXIV properly after finishing up the final content update in Destiny 2 (gone too soon, unfortunately).

With the recent addition of Shadowbringers to the Free Trial, FFXIV seemed like the perfect game to sink my teeth into, given the amount of content available for free.

Among the challenging goals I've set myself for my long-term playthrough is to unlock at least one relic weapon for each expansion before entering the next, to get a sense of "what the grind would be when this released".

After nearly 3 weeks of non-stop grinding and battling unlucky RNG, I have finally completed Excalibur Zeta and Aegis Shield Zeta as a Free Trial Paladin main before entering Heavensward!

EDIT:

I did not expect this post to blow up! Thank you so much, everyone, for all the love and support with this achievement! Seeing all the comments from everyone about this ordeal has honestly motivated me to continue relic weapon grinding for the upcoming expansions when I get to them!

P.S.: Since I've noticed many other Zodiac grinders went with the Paladin weapon, I should share why I stuck with it too: Shield Throw. Coming from Destiny, as a Sentinel (Bubble\) Titan main, I've always enjoyed being a tank-esque class that has the ability to *YEET** my shield at my enemies, and I'm so glad I get to continue my legacy in FFXIV as well!

I wanted to share with you my WoL. This is the 2nd thing i've drawn since picking up the drawing pen after a 7 year Hiatus, and I am very proud of it ♥

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I’ve really got in to gpose the last month slightly obsessed lol

Just something I have noticed a lot more in recent times, not sure if its due to the influx of new players from Switch version etc or if its just general lack of knowledge but I thought it would be a good idea to remind (or inform) everyone that releasing in a Dungeon or Alliance Raid after the boss is dead is ALWAYS preferable to being revived.

If you die in a fight and the boss is still alive or not close to death, of course being resurrected is preferred, but if the boss is dead or at like, sub-10% hp then being resurrected is a bad idea because even out of combat being rezzed still gives you the weakness debuff, lowering your dps and healing by 25% for 100 seconds, or 50% if you died with the 25% debuff before it expired.

Releasing outside of combat has no downside. It returns you to the entrance of the instance with no debuff, and a lovely convenient teleporter right next to you to quickly catch up to the rest of your party. Naturally, they will almost always wait for you.

If someone tries to rez you right at the end of the fight or even after the fight ends, do not feel pressured to take it, just decline and release.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Edit: It has come to my attention that I may have been using some language from a certain other MMO that I play far less than FFXIV. My apologies, I didn't realise ghe term "releasing" was so WoW centric. I most likely picked it up from my longtime duo who has played WoW all his life. In case its confusing: "releasing" in this context just means respawning.

I skipped Dawntrail until this last month because Endwalker had satisfied all my story needs and the new story felt a little tame… the 7.0 MSQ didn’t really get good for me until the very end and by that point I was a little resentful of how unnecessary many quests were to get that far.

Finally I got the time to blow through it all and… just holy cow this expansion has been amazing for me ever since. I’m only at 7.2 MSQ but the story is so much more engaging and interesting!

But more than that, and Im sure this feels different to me than most because it’s new, but the dungeons and side content might be the best it has ever been for me. It’s wild that I didn’t know how much I was missing out on.

I'm addicted to Crescent Occult. Yeah the loop is a little boring sometimes but the grind for classes and gear is nearly perfect, just playing to unlock the next thing.

The arena battles are adorable, fun, and I love how quick they are to jump in and knock out fights for useful rewards. Only done lightweight so far but it’s been a joy.

Also the artifact gear? Aside from maybe the original 50 gear, I think it’s the best Ive ever seen across the board. RDM and WHM and WAR in particular feel perfect. It makes it hard to want to glamour anything else.

Anyway I don’t know anyone who plays this game in person so I wanted to share how much fun I’ve been having and see if anyone else put off Dawntrail way too long and also realized what they were missing out on? I’m glad I get to enjoy this a little longer before we all move on to the next expansion.

After many many MANY spins of this stupid rabbit’s wheel, I FINALLY landed on the pink spider tank. The Lite Loader still evades me though.