So, I finally have time to sit down and play. I kept myself from looking up any spoilers so I'm going into Shadowbringer blind and it has so been worth it. I'm guessing I'm about 40-50% through since I just finished Il Mehg and spoiler Solus (THE ABSOLUTE MADMAN) just walks in and wants to talk??? Fuck me, didn't see that coming at all and now i don't know where the hell the story is gonna go from here.
Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)
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khorum
Murder Apologist
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The real raids won't be out till the end of the month so you're good. The ex trials aren't really raids per se, and titty/inny ex are no different and the normal mode Eden due out on the 16th is gonna be LFR-tier. Though I kinda wish they did a better job breadcrumbing people to use the PF or made the high-end content tab on the duty finder more eye-grabbing.
Even EdenS is gonna be fairly accessible for folks who have raided in WoW. Outside of BA in Eureka, uwu or o12s with a pack of mouthbreathing retards, there hasn't really been a lot of hardcore raiding content since the devs got shit on for making Coils "too hardcore".
Kriptini
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A3S, A4S, A6S, A8S, A11S, A12S, O8S, O11S, and O12S were all pretty difficult IMO.
Thordan Extreme is probably up there, too.
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Noodleface
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Nola
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The MSQ was very good. I could actually sympathize with Emet reasoning for what he was trying to accomplish. Anyway anyone plays a dragoon and if so how are they in 5.0? I got an 80 tank and now I'm looking to level a melee and ranged dps job. Want to do dragoon as my melee and either mage or mch for my ranged. Still deciding which ranged I'll level.
Folanlron
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I remember thoose "hardcore" coils they were not that hard just took some brains too figure it out, other then Twintania(or Nael? minds a little fuzzy on it) wipe ability, it wasn't that hard..
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Macros are terrible and will potentially fuck up and use another Fan Dance instead of FD3 but it should work most of the time if you don't spam too much. You could try though with /ac "Fan Dance 3" /ac "Fan Dance" for single and fan dance 2 for aoe, will try the first in line then 2nd, then the usual /macroerror off at the start and /micon "Fan Dance" for the icon on it. I just have all of them near the same place, E for fan dance, R for fan dance 2(E being often single target oGCD and R for aoes on my layouts), and then Alt E is Fan Dance III, and everytime I use E or R, I follow with Alt E regardless. If it procs, I'll use it, if it doesn't proc, well nothing happens, but since there's no real reason to not use them as they proc it's a good habit.
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The timings haven't changed, so that'd just be lag.
I posted a few pages back a link for ShB macros if you're 71, they're much better than the old ones cause they're 1 button for full HQ. For endgame you'd probably want something different but for leveling/non starred crafts, shit's perfect. The Balance crafting macros shadowbringers leveling
Folanlron
Trakanon Raider
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hit 80 Alc early this morning, my issue right now is just getting resources, prices are all jacked right now sense everyone is grinding out there crafters, a few of the 80's I tried, macro bad.(just gonna have to look into redoing them I think.)
Fennin
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Raids have definitely been tuned down quite a bit from the earlier days. Here are the posted world first dates that I could find. (Days from release/days to clear).
List
A Realm Reborn:
T5: Released with the launch of ARR, August 27th, 2013. First clear posted October 26th, 2013. (59 days *) Blue Garter NA
T9: Released in patch 2.2, March 26th, 2014. First clear posted April 13th, 2014. (18 days/13 days) Blue Garter NA
T6 Savage: Released in patch 2.3, June 7th, 2014. First clear posted July 9th, 2014. (32 days. **) Lucrezia JPN
T7 Savage: Released in patch 2.3, June 7th, 2014. First clear posted July 16th, 2014. (39 days/8 days) Lucrezia JPN
T8 Savage: Released in patch 2.3, June 7th, 2014. First clear posted Jul, 26th, 2014. (49 days/10 days) Lucrezia JPN
T9 Savage: Released in patch 2.3, June 7th, 2014. First clear posted August 9th, 2014. (63 days/14 days) Lucrezia JPN
T13: Released in patch 2.4, October 28th, 2014. First clear posted November, 2nd 2014. (5 days/4 days) Lucrezia JPN
*Start of a realm reborn, days to clear do not really count.
**Unknown exact start date of second coil savage.
Heavensward:
A1S: Released on July 21st, 2015. First clear posted July 21st 2015. (0 days) Lucrezia JPN
A2S: Released on July 21st, 2015. First clear posted July 21st 2015. (0 days) Elysium NA
A3S: Released on July 21st 2015. First clear posted July 28th, 2015. (7 days/7 days) Elysium NA
A4S: Released on July 21st, 2015. First clear posted August 23rd, 2015. (33 days/26 days) Elysium NA
A5S: Released on February 23rd, 2016. First clear posted February 23rd, 2015. (0 days) Elysium NA
A6S: Released on February 23rd, 2016. First clear posted February 27th, 2015. (4 days,/4 days) Elysium NA
A7S: Released on February 23rd, 2016. First clear posted February 28th, 2015. (5 days/1 day) Elysium NA
A8S: Released on February 23rd, 2016. First clear posted March 10th, 2015. (16 days/11 days) Elysium NA
A9S: Released on September 27th, 2016. First clear posted September 27th, 2016 (0 days) Angered EU
A10S: Released on September 27th, 2016. First clear posted September 27th, 2016 (0 days) Elysium NA
A11S: Released on September 27th, 2016. First clear posted September 27th, 2016 (0 days) Angered EU
A12S: Released on September 27th, 2016. First Clear posted September 29th, 2016 (2 days/2 days) Angered EU
Stormblood:
O1S: Released on July 18th, 2017. First clear posted July 18th, 2017. (0 days) Legacy NA
O2S: Released on July 18th, 2017. First clear posted July 18th, 2017. (0 days) Angered EU
O3S: Released on July 18th, 2017. First clear posted July 18th, 2017. (0 days) Angered EU
O4S: Released on July 18th, 2017. First clear posted July 18th, 2017. (0 days) Angered EU
O5S: Released on January 30th, 2018. First clear posted January 30th, 2018. (0 days) Elysium NA
O6S: Released on January 30th, 2018. First clear posted January 30th, 2018. (0 days) Elysium NA
O7S: Released on January 30th, 2018. First clear posted January 30th, 2018. (0 days) Tiamat LS Group NA
O8S: Released on January 30th, 2018. First clear posted January 31st, 2018. (<1 day) Elysium NA
O9S: Released on September 18th, 2018. First clear posted September 18th, 2018 (0 days) Elysium NA
O10S: Released on September 18th, 2018. First clear posted September 18th, 2018 (0 days) Elysium NA
O11S: Released on September 18th, 2018. First clear posted September 18th, 2018 (0 days) Entropy EU
O12S: Released on September 18th, 2018. First clear posted September 20th, 2018 (2 days/2 days) Entropy EU
Ultimate Bahamut: Released on October 23rd, 2017. First clear posted November 4th, 2017 (12 days) no name (partial Lucrezia) JPN
Ultimate Ultima: Released on June 6th, 2018. First Clear posted June, 10th, 2018. (4 days) Entropy EU
Top 5 Based on days to kill:
1. A4S 26 days
2. T9S 14 days
3. T9 13 days
4. UcoB 12 days
5. A8s 11 days
A Realm Reborn:
T5: Released with the launch of ARR, August 27th, 2013. First clear posted October 26th, 2013. (59 days *) Blue Garter NA
T9: Released in patch 2.2, March 26th, 2014. First clear posted April 13th, 2014. (18 days/13 days) Blue Garter NA
T6 Savage: Released in patch 2.3, June 7th, 2014. First clear posted July 9th, 2014. (32 days. **) Lucrezia JPN
T7 Savage: Released in patch 2.3, June 7th, 2014. First clear posted July 16th, 2014. (39 days/8 days) Lucrezia JPN
T8 Savage: Released in patch 2.3, June 7th, 2014. First clear posted Jul, 26th, 2014. (49 days/10 days) Lucrezia JPN
T9 Savage: Released in patch 2.3, June 7th, 2014. First clear posted August 9th, 2014. (63 days/14 days) Lucrezia JPN
T13: Released in patch 2.4, October 28th, 2014. First clear posted November, 2nd 2014. (5 days/4 days) Lucrezia JPN
*Start of a realm reborn, days to clear do not really count.
**Unknown exact start date of second coil savage.
Heavensward:
A1S: Released on July 21st, 2015. First clear posted July 21st 2015. (0 days) Lucrezia JPN
A2S: Released on July 21st, 2015. First clear posted July 21st 2015. (0 days) Elysium NA
A3S: Released on July 21st 2015. First clear posted July 28th, 2015. (7 days/7 days) Elysium NA
A4S: Released on July 21st, 2015. First clear posted August 23rd, 2015. (33 days/26 days) Elysium NA
A5S: Released on February 23rd, 2016. First clear posted February 23rd, 2015. (0 days) Elysium NA
A6S: Released on February 23rd, 2016. First clear posted February 27th, 2015. (4 days,/4 days) Elysium NA
A7S: Released on February 23rd, 2016. First clear posted February 28th, 2015. (5 days/1 day) Elysium NA
A8S: Released on February 23rd, 2016. First clear posted March 10th, 2015. (16 days/11 days) Elysium NA
A9S: Released on September 27th, 2016. First clear posted September 27th, 2016 (0 days) Angered EU
A10S: Released on September 27th, 2016. First clear posted September 27th, 2016 (0 days) Elysium NA
A11S: Released on September 27th, 2016. First clear posted September 27th, 2016 (0 days) Angered EU
A12S: Released on September 27th, 2016. First Clear posted September 29th, 2016 (2 days/2 days) Angered EU
Stormblood:
O1S: Released on July 18th, 2017. First clear posted July 18th, 2017. (0 days) Legacy NA
O2S: Released on July 18th, 2017. First clear posted July 18th, 2017. (0 days) Angered EU
O3S: Released on July 18th, 2017. First clear posted July 18th, 2017. (0 days) Angered EU
O4S: Released on July 18th, 2017. First clear posted July 18th, 2017. (0 days) Angered EU
O5S: Released on January 30th, 2018. First clear posted January 30th, 2018. (0 days) Elysium NA
O6S: Released on January 30th, 2018. First clear posted January 30th, 2018. (0 days) Elysium NA
O7S: Released on January 30th, 2018. First clear posted January 30th, 2018. (0 days) Tiamat LS Group NA
O8S: Released on January 30th, 2018. First clear posted January 31st, 2018. (<1 day) Elysium NA
O9S: Released on September 18th, 2018. First clear posted September 18th, 2018 (0 days) Elysium NA
O10S: Released on September 18th, 2018. First clear posted September 18th, 2018 (0 days) Elysium NA
O11S: Released on September 18th, 2018. First clear posted September 18th, 2018 (0 days) Entropy EU
O12S: Released on September 18th, 2018. First clear posted September 20th, 2018 (2 days/2 days) Entropy EU
Ultimate Bahamut: Released on October 23rd, 2017. First clear posted November 4th, 2017 (12 days) no name (partial Lucrezia) JPN
Ultimate Ultima: Released on June 6th, 2018. First Clear posted June, 10th, 2018. (4 days) Entropy EU
Top 5 Based on days to kill:
1. A4S 26 days
2. T9S 14 days
3. T9 13 days
4. UcoB 12 days
5. A8s 11 days
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Iirc A4S caused a huge drop in subs due to how hard it was, so they made sure never to repeat that mistake. The top tier team still clear shit pretty quickly but most people still take weeks to get through each tier so it's kinda whatever I think. Also the big difference compared to 2.x is people have gotten used a lot more to raiding undergeared and the patterns for gear release have helped a lot(especially melded crafted gear to get the vitality requirements).
Folanlron
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They have diffenetly learned there lesson after the XI fiasco... a 18hour raid ? fucking serious(and the LS didn't even pop the final stage.) I think they have found a good middle ground with everything, and more Ultimate's please, I want more 1 shot or your fucked moments.
Kriptini
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T5 was super difficult to clear due to a bug (although Bluegartr cleared it before the bug was patched, the absolute madmen), and T9 Savage had something crazy like 12 different dragon patterns. A3S and A4S were just totally completely overtuned (and A4S was cleared using the sacrifice trick anyways, not sure when it was actually cleared legit).
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