Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

Aazrael

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Set up an autohotkey script that hits the 'w' key every minute (60000) - then, hit enter into a chat window. You will type w's endlessly, but it won't log you out.

Went afk for like 6 hours earlier on Sunday because fuuuuuuck dealing with 9k queues when I can actually play after passing out on Gilg. Worked without issue. But make sure you are not doing other shit or changing focus, as if you miss the logout timer, you are fubar.


Code:
#MaxThreadsPerHotkey 2
F12::
    toggle:=!toggle
    While toggle{
      Send w
      Sleep 60000
    }
Return

You hit f12 (after starting autohotkey) to start the script, and f12 to stop it.
Would not need chat I bet. W should make you step forward and break afk.
 

Rezz

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Didn't seem to make me step forward, but I didn't test it extensively. I just know I bit the bullet with it trying to chat to a linkshell and came back several hours later still online.

So on the MSQ, the whole bit with
Urianger and Moenbryda's parents{/SPOILER] was very much a tear jerker. Helluva callback, even if inferred previously in the xpac.
 
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Aazrael

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Didn't seem to make me step forward, but I didn't test it extensively. I just know I bit the bullet with it trying to chat to a linkshell and came back several hours later still online.
Will probably try make a looping macro instead of having to remote view every 25 min. Maybe tie it to a few abilities every few minutes.
 

Chris

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Without spoilers, I'm level 88 in the 5th zone currently. Right now I can't say if this won't be the greatest game I've ever played, or a mad tale they have no way of tying up in a satisfying way. I never would have been able to predict where this went in a million years, though.
Well don't reply to me about the answer but after zone 4 I can narrow it down to probably two places and one of the region maps has a huge suspicious space next to the lower level zone, so I think I know which. I'm scared lol.

I have faith, throughout the game there are multiple shark jumps (someone literally jumps over and kills a shark) and plot inconsistencies.

The shark jumps are carefully telegraphed and explained zones and even expansions earlier, pay attention to the boring Sharlayan stuff!

The plot inconsistencies are always pointed out by the characters and carefully integrated into the story, see Einstinien's storyline in Radz-at-han for example.

Characters act intelligently. At one point you investigate a mystery and the answer is pretty obvious. When it's time for the reveal Y'Shtola says exactly what you are thinking and she's right.

There are themes and concepts I never thought I'd see in a video game, never mind a fantasy game. Comparing this great piece of work to anything Blizzard have put out since Warcraft 3 is embarassing. There are several parallels to recent WoW plots and it's not even close who has won.
 
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Aazrael

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Well using Anydesk every 20 mins worked fine allthough a bit annoying. I could always set up a spam macro on my logitech keyboard and stay in the Inn room but not sure if thats detectable or not. Would like to make a macro that repeats every 20-25mins and not constantly spamming but I have no idea how to do that in Ghub. I only find "record buttons press" and it loops instantly.
 

Pyros

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For the afk talk, don't be stupid and do it in a personnal instance area(like any inn or your GC HQ or something like that). While unlikely you don't want to get reported for afking, even if you don't get any penalty you'll likely get kicked out and eat the queue.

Logged in this morning to a 25 queue though, so didn't even need to stay logged in yesterday.

Well using Anydesk every 20 mins worked fine allthough a bit annoying. I could always set up a spam macro on my logitech keyboard and stay in the Inn room but not sure if thats detectable or not. Would like to make a macro that repeats every 20-25mins and not constantly spamming but I have no idea how to do that in Ghub. I only find "record buttons press" and it loops instantly.
That's what I did for the first 2 days, no issue. Could in theory be detectable if they check people who have been logged in for way too long, but apparently they don't. Logitech macros let you add delays btw, I had mine at 20secs, can be a lot longer but that was better to figure out if it was working and didn't bother changing it after that.
 

Grizzlebeard

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I guess for PS5 you could tie a rubber band around L3 or R3 or if you use a keyboard just tape down one of the cursor keys.

Would either of those work?
 

Janx

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I want to shoot whoever thought this many escort/sneak quests should be allowed.
 
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Ukerric

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Prime time in EU isn't the right time to try.

It's not the 4k+ queue that's the problem. It's the disconnect, and by the time you managed to relaunch twice the client (because the first time gave you a 2002), you're at the back of the queue, 500 places further away than when you started.

Not going to play much this week, I think.
 

xmod2

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Got through nice and early and had a bug where no abilities or voices were audible. Restarted my client and back in a 2400 queue. :cool:
 
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Springbok

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Got through nice and early and had a bug where no abilities or voices were audible. Restarted my client and back in a 2400 queue. :cool:
Definitely something fucky going on with the sound sometimes - I have been solid all weekend and yesterday afternoon switched from speakers to headphones mid-cut scene and the game errored out and wouldn't let me log back in for like 20 minutes. Finally got back... to a 4200 queue. Sucks
 

Cinge

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Hmm two days in a row. I go to log in, sitting in a big queue, and game just loads a few minutes afterwards. Was just at 3.5k and boom in game.
 
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pysek

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I get world is full come back later errors. Then I come back to 5k queues.
 

Xerge

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I pretty much only have tolerance to sit through the morning queue. After lunch the queue starts to grow to some shit level
 
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Aazrael

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Well stuff started getting wierd at 83...

Is Fandaniels changing of voices explained later or did I miss something? Is one his Amon voice and the other Asahi or is it just RAFO.
 

Chysamere

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Well stuff started getting wierd at 83...

Is Fandaniels changing of voices explained later or did I miss something? Is one his Amon voice and the other Asahi or is it just RAFO.

It's never explained and the original voice actor comes back later so I have no idea what happened there. Some kind of RL issue I imagine. Or you could be right on the one is Amon and one is Asahi but since it's spoken by the same throat, that would be weird
 
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Koushirou

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It's never explained and the original voice actor comes back later so I have no idea what happened there. Some kind of RL issue I imagine. Or you could be right on the one is Amon and one is Asahi but since it's spoken by the same throat, that would be weird

I could be wrong, but I'm running the JP VA and it seemed like for a while it was just a difference in tone, but not the VA itself. Might just be me having shit hearing, though.
 
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Tarisk

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I could be wrong, but I'm running the JP VA and it seemed like for a while it was just a difference in tone, but not the VA itself. Might just be me having shit hearing, though.

Yeah it's the same VA using a different tone. Also an awesome VA at that. Same one who did Kirito and Beetelgeuse (or however the hell you want to spell it, From Re:zero)
 
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Chysamere

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Yeah it's the same VA using a different tone. Also an awesome VA at that. Same one who did Kirito and Beetelgeuse (or however the hell you want to spell it, From Re:zero)

aww man I'm missing out on Yoshitsugu Matsuoka by playing in English? That guy does the best crazy....
 
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Tarisk

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aww man I'm missing out on Yoshitsugu Matsuoka by playing in English? That guy does the best crazy....

Yeah. I feel if you have an ounce of weeb in you, you're doing yourself a disservice not playing with Japanese audio in FF. A stupid amount of recognizable voices/characters.
 
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