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  1. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    I really liked Forge of Darkness. No, there weren’t any soldiers bantering through the whole book, but I thought it was great world building. Fall of Light really dropped the ball, though.
  2. Valorath

    Monster Hunter Rise

    Picked this up last night and have been playing most of the day. Have finished all the three star village quests and started working on the four stars. This seems easier than World. I haven’t failed a quest yet, and only just got carted twice in a hunt for the first time. Got cocky against...
  3. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    When the Ministry of Truth decides that you aren’t allowed to read books on your e-reader because of some words you said on the internet, you’ll be glad you’ve got a shelf full of hard copies! Seriously though, some people collect cards, some collect movies, dvds, old vinyl records, or whatever...
  4. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    So I’m interested in these, but I’m not sure I want to have to fight the masses every time they’re released. If I get in on this 1000 copies, will I be grandfathered in for the rest?
  5. Valorath

    Monster Hunter Rise

    Where is @Jin_Furai to show us some super fast kills on hard stuff? Still on the fence with buying this one. Don’t wanna be the only one playing it amongst my friends, and was also hoping for a follow up to MHW/Iceborne, as that was my first MH title.
  6. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I've been watching llamatodd's stream for a few months now. He's on kinda late-ish EST. He never has that many viewers, and he's not the most entertaining of streamers. The stream is really chill though, and he does savage and ultimate raids. At the end of ShB he was running through savage...
  7. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Finished The God is Not Willing today. Erickson is back on form. No fucking idea what he thought he was doing with Memory of Light. This book was fantastic. Like many of you, im gonna go ahead and start rereading the series now that I’ve finished this.
  8. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I don’t think there’s really much in the way of tips on this one that are gonna make a big difference, the way the First Extreme tips seemed to help. For light wave 2, you are gonna make a Z around that center Crystal. That was the big thing that really made it click once I saw and understood...
  9. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Thanks for the info on the Sub Press release. I’d like to get matching copies of the books, so I’ll definitely be keeping my eyes peeled for when these go on sale.
  10. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Nice collection man! I see those leather bound Sanderson books down there. I wish I had gotten in on the Stormlight leather bound stuff when it started. At this point I don’t know that I want to shell out the money to buy them third party, and I don’t want half a collection. So guess I’m just...
  11. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Yea I think there were three or four out when I started the series. Imported the rest from England in their weird “big” paper back format.
  12. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Nice man. I spent an hour working on P1S in a PF group. Got to fourfold or whatever it’s called a few times but couldn’t quite figure that mechanic out. Can someone explain how the loot works in savage? I know the number of chests is reduced based on how many players in the party have already...
  13. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Finally tried the first extreme as a solo healer last night. Went pretty well on my end, got all the CDs for phobos and styx figured out. Got four kills. I think at this rate I’m gonna have 99 totems before I get the mount, been rolling poorly and only seen four of them. Chris, I think the...
  14. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Yea. I had to turn down non-party members spell effects when I started really grinding out there before EW.
  15. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    My brother mentioned something about warrior threat when he was tanking Pandemonium last night. I figured he was just drunk or playing badly. But he said basically the same thing.
  16. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    It can’t be said enough, Expedient is fucking baller in the current extreme trials. Do you need it? No. Does it help immensely while learning? Yes. I am also mostly pugging the ex’s and will be doing the same for the savage next week. Have got 6 RL buddies playing, but a couple don’t seem...
  17. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Has anyone done the first trial extreme with just one healer? I got my AST up to 90, 575 the other day. Healed six or so clears of the extreme last night. Man that Macrocosmos move is perfect for the six hit stack mechanic (styx). I felt like I was doing most of the healing. May try to 1 heal it...
  18. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Gonna be teaching my buddies the second extreme trial tonight. The only thing I’m confused on is the lightwaves (not 1 and 2). How does the tank decide which side of the arena to take the group to for the stack up followed by the spread during lightwaves toward the end of the fight?
  19. Valorath

    The Video Thread

    Anyone know where I can buy something like these? I think it'd be a cool gift for my mom for Christmas.. I'm late buying stuff as usual, kinda figured I could just order it and tell her it's in the mail.
  20. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Anyone tried leveling 80-90 in Zadnor or Bozja? One of my buddies says people are leveling that way. My AST is 83, was planning to just spam dungeons, but if Zadnor is faster then that’s what I’ll do.
  21. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Lol my go to is “hey boys and catboys”
  22. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Couple of tips for those: on the second lightlwave, you’re going to make a Z pattern around that center Crystal. You can identify which side to start on by looking to see which wave spawns first as she finishes casting lightwave. For the chakrams, you’ll want to position yourself between the...
  23. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Looking forward to data center visits so I can play with y’all. I’m oh Crystal, which kinda sucks, but at least the queues aren’t like the other data centers.
  24. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I spent a few hours yesterday learning the second primal extreme. The group I got the clear with took about 4 hours to do it, but we weren’t on discord. I’m not sure which of the two I think is harder. Second one requires quite a bit more individual responsibility. First one you can just follow...
  25. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I put some time in on the first trial extreme today. Any tips for finding the safe spot when the snakes are in play? That seems to be the last mechanic that I can’t quite figure out fast enough. Maybe the snakes are visible earlier than when I’m looking for them, I dunno. Spent 3 or so hours...
  26. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Role quests unlock at level 85 in the MSQ. You can’t miss them, it takes you right to them and has a dialogue box to click through about them.
  27. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Yep same here. I hit a roadblock at 88, needed to do one dungeon to hit 89 and continue MSQ. Otherwise just mainlined MSQ
  28. Valorath

    Blizzard dies and Bobby rides

    It’s incredible what quality music can do for player enjoyment.
  29. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Really glad to hear that. I’m going to finish up MSQ tonight, leveling AST is next on the list.
  30. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    First trial is awesome. Pretty challenging for a first trial, too. The dungeons have had a lot going on in them as well. So far it's all been fun, engaging content. (edit: except as pyros said, the "follow without being seen" crap) Looking forward to doing the dungeons with my buddies, they're...
  31. Valorath

    Wheel of Time

  32. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I’m on the fence about BLM or RDM. Played BLM since ARR so it’s my most comfortable job. But I’m trying to get my buddies to do extremes and savage when they come out. Leaning toward RDM so I can res on our progress stuff. Only played RDM in Palace, HOH, and Zadnor though. Not sure I’m as good...
  33. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I’m hopeful they’ve used the extra two weeks to ensure it will be playable. When SB launched there were a couple of solo duties early on that caused people to stall out. You had to talk to Raubahn to start the first, and Pippin to start the second. The instance servers got overloaded and people...
  34. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    When you buy endwalker you’ll get two codes. One for early access, one for endwalker cd key. You can go ahead and plug in the early access code at the mog station. Have to wait until later this weekend (I think) to apply the cd key. Edit: if you have your level 80 exp earring, then you already...
  35. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Early access starts on the third.
  36. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Shiiiiiiiit I’m 6/6/0 and I’ve spent a ton of time in there for my relics and my brother’s grind as well. I think I’ve only ever had the duel buff twice though, and once I wasted it in a Dalriada. Stupid Crystal data center.
  37. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I didn’t mind that step so much. I leveled one job to 80 and another about half way from 71-80 doing that step of the quest. I really like how you can use Zadnor to level other jobs while working on the resistance weapon(s). Think I only had to run a handful of raids to finish up the memories...
  38. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    DR has a mechanic where getting hit by any two mechanics within a minute will result in death. First time you get hit you get a debuff called twice comes ruin, second time you get hit you get doom and die. Lot less forgiving than CLL.
  39. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Well, I hope it's not too late to change my PTO for expansion launch.
  40. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Level two or three jobs up as you do MSQ. Otherwise you’re “wasting” exp.