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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Don't forget the Lucis tools as crafting and gathering "relics"!
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Really, if they really want to make BLM "better" without it being so turrety, they can just lower the cast time (not the recast) of Fire and Blizzard and call it a day.It would also implicitly help the Firestarter proc issue. The other thing I want them to do for THM/BLM is give the Thunder...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    You have to buy the expansion via Steam, from what I was reading. (EDIT: This is if you registered your account via Steam or something; I don't use Steam nearly at all, so not clear on the semantics. =p) Source:Letter from the Producer LIVE - Special Edition Digest
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    It was similar to the room the eyeless Inhuman was manifesting his teleportation powers when Dichen Lachman was observing. Certainly has to be the same location, anyway. I think you could be right that 'Mom' is the one calling the shots Inhuman wise, but they may well be letting Raina decide...
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    Pixels

    I think 'lolwut' pretty much sums up a lot of people's opinions~
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Huh. I knew the store was slammed, but I did mine at around midnight PST and had zero issues start to finish, including pre-order code redemption. One advantage of working late, I guess.
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    I think S.W.O.R.D. is the likely trajectory, too. Why else would they be wanting Fury's Toolbox unless it was for the keys to kingdom, so to speak? (The infrastructure and contacts for building a new organization.)
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    [Manga] Bleach (spoilers to current)

    I got the impression our big-bad partially released Aizen when he paid the house call all the way back before the old man got waxed.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I was a 4th place today, myself. My next two numbers were each 1 off the target. x.x That said, Ireallylike the WHM, PLD and SMN AF3.0 looks, but I'll be damned if the WVR ones don't make me feel like I'd look like the bad kind of pimp.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Tomorrow, 9am (PST), we talk 3.0. Anyone want to wager on the release date announcement? Live streaming it at:Twitch
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Cue the horde of Triple Triad spammers in /shout, to go with "casino" spam in Gold Saucer.
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    Grimm

    Given the source, I'm taking it with some salt, but it didn't strike me as implausible: 'Grimm' is shaping Juliette up to be the new big villain - Zap2it | News & Features
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    Grimm

    So I read an article where they were saying...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Except for the "end game" story that unlocks Leviathan, Ramuh, Shiva, Thornmarch, and two "required" dungeons (Snowcloak, Keeper of the Lake) if you're trying to get caught up.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I love some of the custom animations they did that I really wish they'd make emotes:
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    If they keep Dark Knight 'true to form', it'll have Warrior's HP if not higher, but it'll use that higher pool to power abilities for +threat, etc. Maybe even a stance or two that draw on HP for +enmity, damage, etc. etc.
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    Grimm

    However, it's kind of silly that the writers are going back to the "SOMEONE HAS A SECRET" thing between them (Nick+Juliette), after they supposedly reconciled to this lifestyle.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Honestly, with how the patch cycle has been for 14, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. If 3.0 is as big as 2.0 as reported by sites, then it's really safe to say they've invested in labor for content delivery and are arguably setting the MMO standard for...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I'm asking about getting caught up to 4-star with respect to the fact I can make my own crafting AF/i55 gear as HQ successfully. I wasn't sure if I had to start by melding that gear and working LTW and/or WVR to be able to HQ 2-star so that I can get the master books to start thinking about...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    So is this where I ask how much am I begging to be bent over and buggered if I want to try to get to 4-star crafting when I'm finally managing HQ 1-star frequently? =p (Depending on Hasty Touch being a bitch.)
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    @Pyros: That's kind of why I want them to change the progression on Novus with how materia is infused. The alexandrite quantity would drop as an indirect result, while not necessarily messing with the materia market. Grade IIs are easy to get, and would become the 'pauper' version by far, with...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Things I wish they'd change, relic wise: ANIMUS - Set <Relic Atma> to i95 in weapon damage, so that it's actually an upgrade from Zenith. - Make the Trials of the Braves/Animus step just one big catch-all book, only they pare down the total requirements. Also would change the "must be...
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    Grimm

    To my recollection, she already ingested Nick's blood during season 2 as well, during the whole Juliette-Captain crazy-love-potion event. Blood of a Grimm was one of the ingredients involved in breaking that particular curse. It could be the contributing factor as to why she suddenly developed...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Get caught up on your main scenario and work on getting your roulettes open. Plenty to do just with that, imo, since you're i90+ so you won't have to worry too much about gearing up unless you feel like doing Second Coil+.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Only as "Spring 2015", but I was reading an interview(?) yesterday, that suggested the expansion will be hot on the heels of 2.55, which is scheduled Late March. The wording used was that they didn't want to release all of the 2.5 Main Scenario and then leave us stewing for 'a few months'...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    So, World of Darkness gets a B+ grade for boss design, particularly Cerberus and Angra Mainyu (3rd and 1st, respectively). Cerberus especially was interesting to figure out. Laughed my butt off at the possibility of an alliance wide Doom counter going out from Angra Mainyu, though it's easy to...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I know I'm out of the loop on WoW since I quit, but World of Logs effectively died? What caused that? I assume it was a "better" site, based on other posts, but it still seems almost incomprehensible.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Man, the Mastercraft Demis were an interesting statistic to track when 2.4 went live. That said, there will be 3am World of Darkness going on here. Or so.
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    Grimm

    I'm still wondering how the writers are going to explain Juliette becoming a hexenbiest without Wesen genetics at all. They can claim supernatural all they want, but I'm wanting details, damnit.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Your weapon is the biggest favor you can do for yourself, as far as enmity generation goes, since weapon -> damage -> enmity multiplers. I don't really have a huge list for you, but I can say that much.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    As of 2.5: - 17 Lv50 dungeons (counting 'Hard' modes but not Main Scenario) - 6 raids (3 Coils, 3 Crystal Tower) - 20ish trials ("8" primals each with Extreme*, Ultima Weapon, Gilgamesh x2, Ultros+Typhon) - Frontlines (24-72 player PVP; each GC fights), and various level-ranged 4v4 arena...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Did you tell them you live in Syria too?
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Krassus was holding out during his FF14 days, then. All I ever heard come out of his mouth was "I got abs, bro." =p Nunca hablaba palabras en espa?ol.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    @Droigan: It's not too hard to make money at 50. To use myself as an example, I'd say I had about 300k going into 2.1. By no means am I a crazy crafter, nor do I saturate the market with stuff. Just strictly from making gear to fill out crafting logs, and 6+ months of doing duty roulette...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    That's what the Cloud of Darkness looked like in the original FF3 and remake. Yunalesca's final form is more a throwback to her/it if anything.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I'd say mid-late April is all but confirmed for 3.0 now, if the main scenario concludes in March.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    So here's my snarky question of the quarter: - How many people from 2.0/beta are going to come back when Dark Knight is about to go live?
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    Person of Interest

    lol:
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Still tempted to just mass-invite people to the one I'm in that Alkorin knows about, since we're the only ones that technically have been online in it for the past 4?+ months.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Yeah Atma is almost trivial to do now. The fun parts are Animus and Novus, because they're based on a schedule other than your own. Even the Hunt has dropped down in activity since 2.4 rolled in, so Alexandrite acquisition is probably a lot slower now. I'm half expecting them to raise...