Final Fantasy XIV Video Game • Page 34

I still like Keeper more than almost every Heavensward 60 dungeon though

Heavensward is much better plot wise but the dungeons are pretty iffy IMO

 

Stormblood dungeons are very good and Shadowbringers dungeons are phenomenal

 

I can’t wait to get caught up

 

Mainly talking from a tank standpoint btw cuz good tanks can make SB/SHB dungeons quick as hell with larger pulls and both expansions have the dungeons broken out in way to allow that very effectively

Versus Heavensward and ARR where there's more stop-and-go

 

Yeah I’ve been trying to make bugger pulls happen when I do the leveling roulette, but those still max out at like 4-5 enemies

 

Leveling roulette is pretty tough to do bigger pulls in just cuz of the lack of abilities, except for Dzemael Darkhold where you can pull almost the whole first 3rd of the dungeon at once

 

ARR was weird cuz they made half the dungeons really flexible and then people started doing massive pulls in Brayflox's Longstop Hard to farm tomes and SE didn't want any of that, so they restricted their dungeons further like Tam Tara Hard and Keeper Of The Lake and all the Heavensward dungeons, till they realized they could let people do small pulls while still having the option for long pulls that don't rush dungeons, and did Stormblood with different types of blocks.

 

I’m honestly shocked Nomura had nothing to do with this game, shadowy hooded organization kidnapping people and using shadow portals? the KH vibes are strong

 

Yesterday was ROUGH on FFXIV

Had a healer that ran straight into mechanics on my expert roulette, healers that ignored mechanics on trial roulette, and 2 tanks that trolled and redirected attacks into the party in Eden 1

Tip for anyone who's new on endgame content or even Stormblood forward: it's perfectly okay to be like "hey I've never done this before" or "I've done this but don't have a handle on the mechanics yet", no one will be upset about it

 

I love to be helpful when someone hasn't done anything or isn't as solid on it but when they try to rush the dungeon and kill me and others repeatedly and don't accept help it's very frustrating

I won't call it out because I'm timid but it's an internal frustration

 

Yeah I probably drive people nuts at first ranking because I prefer to take things slow especially when it’s dungeons I’ve never done

I always try to make sure to say I’m new just so it’s known

 

I think people's obsession with HAVING to do every run fast is weird

Would much rather go slow and clear methodically than go fast and have repeated wipes cuz it's somewhere new

 

the hard version of the library dungeon is neat (and that music rules)

 

Great Gubal Library is great, love the normal mode too

There's a Shadowbringers endgame dungeon that reminds me a lot of the Library

 

it's extremely kingdom hearts to the point where if they did a KH raid series and revealed that the ascians were some alternate universe form of the organization i wouldn't bat an eye

 

Recently in Heavensward I've run Sohm Al, Sohr Khai, and Dusk Vigil, all of which I hate

Gubal and Mocciane's (sic) I like amongst others

 

anyway i'm a little into stormblood right now (on a ship), like it so far. major players of the plot are a great crew - alisaie's interactions with alphinaud are wonderful, lyse is a great character (and i like her more than i ever liked her in ARR/as yda), plus i'm never going to complain about raubahn coming back into the spotlight. as always, excited to continue to play more and inch closer to finally catching up.

 

I see SO many people complain about Lyse and I'm glad I'm not the only one who really liked her

 

My FFXIV dungeon rankings (spoilered some Shadowbringers/Stormblood/Heavensward names to try and avoid certain plot spoilers)

Amaurot
Akadaemia Anyder
The Twinning
Wanderer's Palace (Hard)
Pharos Sirius
The Lost City of Amdapor
The Great Gubal Library
Doma Castle
Kugane Castle
Holminster Switch
Tam Tara Deepcroft (Hard)
Mt. Gulg
Dzemael Darkhold
Stone Vigil
Snowcloak
Ala Mhigo
Hells' Lid
Pharos Sirius (Hard)
Malikah's Well
Dohn Mheg
Amdapor Keep (Hard)
The Great Gubal Library (Hard)
The Qitana Ravel
Brayflox's Longstop (Hard)
The Vault
The Ghimlyt Dark
The Burn
The Temple of the Fist
Shisui of the Violet Tides
The Wanderer's Palace
Saint Mocianne's Arboretum
The Drowned City of Skalla
Castrum Abania
The Lost City of Amdapor (Hard)
The Swallow's Compass
Cutter's Cry
Fractal Continuum
Saint Mocianne's Arboretum (Hard)
The Sirensong Sea
Aetherochemical Research Facility
The Antitower
Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)
Baelsar's Wall
Fractal Continuum (Hard)
Halatali (Hard)
Sunken Temple of Qarn
Amdapor Keep
Bardam's Mettle
Keeper of the Lake
Sohm Al (Hard)
Sastasha
Xelphatol
Dusk Vigil
The Aery
Sastasha (Hard)
Haukke Manor (Hard)
Halatali
Hullbreaker Isle (Hard)
Haukke Manor
Brayflox's Longstop
Tam Tara Deepcroft
Neverreap
Hullbreaker Isle
The Praetorium
Aurum Vale
Copperbell Mines
Sohr Khai
Copperbell Mines (Hard)
Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak
Sohm Al
Castrum Meridianum
The Stone Vigil (Hard)

 

I always try to look up overviews if dungeons/trials to make sure I’m aware of any weird mechanics, and that usually does me fine. I don’t wanna bone anyone over since I’m the tank haha

 

Something I learned to do today: you can set your controller to where when you press L3 it automatically activates Sprint for you so you don't have to have it on your hotbars.

1. On the menu, go to System > System Configuration
2. Under "Controller Settings", locate "Button Configuration" and press "Begin"
3. Change the "L3" option to "Execute Macro #98 (Exclusive)" and apply
4. Close out and go back to System > User Macros
5. Open up user macro 98 and enter this macro:
Name: Sprint

You can now use L3 to sprint at any time this is available. This macro is multipurpose and you can also use L3 to cancel any other ongoing macros (if you have them set up).

Just a quality of life thing I had never considered that I figured I'd share in case anyone's interested! I'm working on some QOL stuff today so if I find anything else I'll report back.

 

After trying this out I might actually advise using R3 instead of L3

 

Definitely doing that when I get home

 

Haven't used it in a combat situation yet but I bet it's a game changer

 

The whole time I’ve played I’ve wanted to map it to a thumbstick but have been too lazy to see if it was possible haha