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| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/28/21 7:15:11 PM #493 | KamikazePotato posted... I'd like to do 100+ in PotD but never had a group willing to do so. All my friends hated the idea. Same |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/27/21 5:08:29 PM #471 | Feast and Rival Wings are fun distractions from time to time. Frontlines are ass though. Lightning Strikes posted... Man it took me ages to queue for Susano.Stormblood is where they start making the trial fights more cinematic. They're pretty cool. I mean I guess technically the 3rd tier of Alexander is when they really started it but in so far as the MSQ fights go, its Stormblood. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/26/21 11:38:10 PM #459 | Alphinaud would still be my favorite character if Alisaie hadn't of come back! |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/26/21 10:10:11 PM #452 | LtMplusCATS posted... ... |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/26/21 8:46:01 PM #447 | Go hot pink instead imo |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/26/21 8:49:57 AM #432 | That fight was actually pretty hard on release. Pretty often you'd get trial roulette groups wiping to it. Sadly it being easy is just a casualty of how gear scaling works, especially the endgame stuff of each expansion. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/23/21 1:25:23 PM #363 | HeroDelTiempo17 posted... The stuff in the Steppe is well-liked, literally every other part of the story is fairly divisiveNah |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/23/21 6:42:54 AM #354 | You somehow lost yours I guess? But yeah Stormblood isn't bad at all. People just generally don't think the story is as good as Heavensward or Shadowbringers. Especially the Ala Mhigo stuff and anything to do with |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/22/21 3:56:59 AM #312 | Ya the patch stuff is just as high quality as the rest of the MSQ from here on out. |
| Topic | Rock continues playing the Dragon Age series with Dragon Age 2 *spoilers* |
| tcaz2 02/20/21 6:01:19 AM #24 | I can't agree with the combat at all I think it was one of the weakest parts of the game and an absolutely massive downgrade from Origins. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/19/21 1:45:37 PM #251 | It's really not harder than like the end Stormblood or Shadowbringers trials (or heck even Titania which I still see groups wipe on occasionally), which are in Trial Roulette! It's really weird its not in it imo |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/19/21 8:21:29 AM #243 | The only Dragoon guide you need is to find the nearest AoE circle, step into it, then proceed to lie down face first lul. Alternatively, find the nearest edge of the arena and backflip off it (Red Mage can use this technique too!) Seriously though Dragoon is the melee DPS I'm least familiar with so someone else will have to handle that if they know. There are probably youtube guides or infographics for it though if nothing else. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/19/21 4:55:02 AM #241 | Machinist was the hardest Job to play effectively in the game by far with the only real competition coming close being Summoner (mostly because Summoner required you to not die or mess up ~ever~ or else it screwed your rotation, and thus DPS, for the entire rest of the fight even if you revived). And yeah mechanically you pretty much nailed it. It was super tight burst windows on Wildfire timings, and also had an 'ammo' mechanic they got rid of that let you store 1-5 bullets that caused your attacks to do extra damage. Also the heat gauge existed but it used to debuff your damage instead of buff you when you overheated. Oh, and gauss barrel was a thing, which caused your regular attacks to have cast bars. The Shadowbringers rework was not only a mechanical rework to what it is now, but a thematic one as well. Machinist before really kinda just felt like a 'Gunslinger' that popped turrets down at the beginning of fights. Now they actually use gadgets like the drill, flamethrower, bio blaster etc in addition to the gun, so they feel more like how say Edgar did in FF6 (which a lot of people were kind of expecting when it first came out). |
| Topic | Rock continues playing the Dragon Age series with Dragon Age 2 *spoilers* |
| tcaz2 02/17/21 7:08:40 AM #20 | DA2 actually has some pretty good characters on the whole Its just a shame that everyone remembers the writing for the ending being a poorly thought out mess because the rest of it is really good. And frankly the ending is still better than ME3's lol |
| Topic | Were you a fan of any of joss whedon's tv shows or movies? |
| tcaz2 02/16/21 7:36:27 PM #12 | "Were" implies I'm not anymore, and I still am. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/16/21 7:34:14 PM #187 | Yes, balance was the only one that you wanted to play to play optimally. No, getting rid of the system entirely was not the way to go about changing it. It would have been far better to remove balance than to make every card into balance, which is basically what they did. There were two ways to fix it and they chose the way that removed the classes identity. Not_an_Owl posted... Anyone still complaining about the card rework is just whining to whine imo. OR maybe they don't enjoy how the job plays now and aren't solely concerned with how effective something is?? Don't be an ass hat. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/16/21 4:05:18 PM #175 | X_Dante_X posted... starting with provokesmh |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/16/21 3:55:32 PM #173 | It's the card rework + removing all of the interesting time/buff manipulation it had previously. Also I'd personally say the OGCDs are pretty bad on Astro compared to the other two but I'm not trying to say you shouldn't enjoy it if you don't, just my opinion. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/16/21 3:47:00 PM #171 | Dark Knight great stuff Astro not so much this expac imo, went from my favorite healer to least favorite, I hope they rework it again in Endwalker |
| Topic | You must now play every game with a character that matches your pets' names |
| tcaz2 02/16/21 1:57:06 AM #19 | The game Celeste |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/16/21 1:15:11 AM #159 | It's amazing how much good presentation and writing help! Neither of which WoW has, especially by todays standards. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/16/21 12:05:33 AM #154 | HeroDelTiempo17 posted... Man I forgot about HildebrandRecent interview said the reason he wasn't in Shadowbringers is they didn't have any good ideas for him. But did confirm he will be back for Endwalker! |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/15/21 8:25:08 PM #144 | KamikazePotato posted... Unless I'm forgetting something, you've now cleared/experienced every piece of major content in ARR outside of the main story.Hildibrand!! |
| Topic | B8 Hadespinions Day 9: Favorite romance option |
| tcaz2 02/15/21 2:21:15 PM #3 | Not fond of any of them When can we romance Persephone |
| Topic | Rock continues playing the Dragon Age series with Dragon Age 2 *spoilers* |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 11:09:49 PM #13 | Varric is definitely the best thing DA2 did Also the only mod I ran in my playthrough was one that made Aveline's face not look like an alien doing its best attempt at being human |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 12:33:01 PM #111 | Also if you think Au'ra are out of place because they don't show up much in ARR boy do I have some news for you about Viera... |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 10:07:15 AM #101 | Just FYI "Hard Mode" dungeons don't actually mean 'the same but harder' in FF14. They're actual, canonically later revisits of dungeons that feature completely new story, monsters, bosses, and you often take new routes through the place. So just because you didn't like the earlier instance of the dungeon doesn't mean anything really (conversely, sometimes the hard mode is the one that isn't as good, but that's not the case with Tam Tara). |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 9:38:31 AM #98 | Yeah Cutters is also required for max rank in GC because the GC log includes enemies from it |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 8:17:39 AM #96 | LordoftheMorons posted... Halatali was optional? I think you are eventually made to do it in the 2.X series of MSQ. Qarn as well. It's optional up to that point, though. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 7:58:31 AM #94 | Yeah I really don't recommend doing all of the level 50 dungeons, its not really worth it. Or at least, don't go out of your way to do them right at 50 and spread them out. The only one I'd say is the exception to that is Tam Tara (Hard) because it has quite a good story. |
| Topic | How is AI: The Somnium Files? |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 6:05:23 AM #13 | azuarc posted... I liked 999, but found VLR unbearable within the first hour and bailed. But I like Danganronpa. Verdict?You have bad taste. Verdict rendered. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 6:03:31 AM #92 | Yes, the raids are story heavy content, which is why its kind of annoying that Coil doesn't have a normal mode. Also because the Coil fights are quite cool and there's really not a way to experience them now unless you can find a pre-made party of people that want to do them synced for the challenge. IMO Turn 9 is still one of the best fights they've ever done. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 12:45:41 AM #86 | UshiromiyaEva posted... Wow, I know you guys already said to expect it, but was the playrate for this Bahamut raid so bad that they straight up broke it up into 5 smaller chunks...and it still has a 30+ minute wait for the first one? It was always broken up that way. All 8 man raids are 3 sets of 4 bosses (Coil has an extra though because Turn 3 isn't actually a boss but is a weird platforming thing). The only difference is the later ones have a normal and savage mode with the normal mode being possible for pubs to do so everyone can see the story, and Coil doesn't have that. You are not going to get a group on-level to do Coil. It's old content so nobody is actively queueing for it and its almost never included in incentives to play old content because It's harder than you can realistically do in a pub. The only way you're likely going to get a group to do it is if you use Party Finder to find some high level players to carry you through it unsynced. |
| Topic | How is AI: The Somnium Files? |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 12:41:11 AM #8 | On par with Zero Escape story/characters wise, but definitely not gameplay wise. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/14/21 12:20:02 AM #83 | LordoftheMorons posted... I read up on his mechanics the other day. Kinda weird that now its literally only dodge cone/circle aoes!Get a load of this guy he dodges things in CT Healers adjust |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/13/21 9:50:38 PM #75 | You may want to consider turning down spell effects for other people in the menu. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/13/21 8:54:39 AM #34 | Mac Arrowny posted... Definitely disagree with this! ARR's story is better than Stormblood's.How to tell someone that hasn't played ARR's story since it came out in 1 post |
| Topic | I started playing Danganronpa. (Spoilers) |
| tcaz2 02/13/21 6:24:37 AM #78 | But how can Hiyoko be one of the worst characters in the series when she is one of the best |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/13/21 1:26:42 AM #25 | UshiromiyaEva posted... I haven't done a single sidequest since level 30, other than the blue ones, so the streamlining must be insane. Pretty sure you get like 8x as much EXP from ARR quests now as you used to when it came out, too. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/12/21 11:51:25 PM #18 | Yeah the end levels of ARR are paced weirdly level wise. Playing back when ARR first came out (before the many multitudes of EXP buffs) you actually hit a wall around the mid-to-late 40s where you couldn't progress the MSQ unless you stopped and leveled for a bit if you were mostly mainlining it. Even now its where you catch up in levels for awhile because there's so few quests between level gaps. You'll be ahead again soon though because of the post ARR patch story. |
| Topic | FFXIV Topic Part 2 - Yes, People Are Playing |
| tcaz2 02/12/21 10:50:05 PM #12 | Lewena Covey - Excalibur - Primal Also willing to help out on queue times any time! |
| Topic | Darkest Dungeon Playthrough Topic (+ Sign Up) |
| tcaz2 02/12/21 6:46:20 PM #64 | Radiant mode changes it so the cutoff is level 4 for novice dungeons. Radiant mode isn't actually any easier, really. It's just less of a grind because all of the gold/trophy costs are scaled way down. Enemies have the same stats, etc. I've played both and there's not really a discernible difference in difficulty. |
| Topic | Anyone playing Final Fantasy XIV? |
| tcaz2 02/12/21 5:01:37 AM #462 | Any Red Mage that doesn't wear red or have an overblown hat on is not a real Red Mage. |
| Topic | I started playing Danganronpa. (Spoilers) |
| tcaz2 02/11/21 10:34:06 PM #10 | MrSmartGuy posted... Alright team, reminders that if you absolutely can't help but talk about a part of the game that Chris hasn't made it to yet, there is a dedicated Danganronpa spoiler topic to post in. No the people in that topic smell |
| Topic | Anyone playing Final Fantasy XIV? |
| tcaz2 02/10/21 12:30:42 PM #380 | I don't agree with that because emergency healing is part of the job but okay |
| Topic | Anyone playing Final Fantasy XIV? |
| tcaz2 02/10/21 12:23:18 PM #377 | The cure isn't bad on Red Mage. It's quite potent. It's not really the same as Summoner because Summoner's heal doesn't scale while Red Mage's does, so Summoner's heal actually IS bad. I would compare it more to Paladin's heal. You just generally don't want to cast it unless things are going to absolute hell because your job is to DPS (or to pre-set up dualcasts when there are no targets, but yeah) |
| Topic | Anyone playing Final Fantasy XIV? |
| tcaz2 02/10/21 12:09:43 PM #374 | Yeah sadly that happens from time to time It doesn't help that particular dungeon is notoriously not looked favorably upon so people that get it in roulette just want to get it over with asap. Most people will wait, though, in my experience. Just got unlucky. |
| Topic | How are the middle Yakuza games? |
| tcaz2 02/10/21 2:25:54 AM #30 | Yeah arcades are super big in Japan to this day. |
| Topic | Darkest Dungeon Playthrough Topic (+ Sign Up) |
| tcaz2 02/10/21 2:23:13 AM #51 | ShatteredElysium posted... Wait. One of the stages is offering Book of Holiness (-20% Stress, -10% Deathblow resistance) which is uncommon but seems to be better than Solar Crown (-20% stress if Torch above 75)? Not suffered a Deathblow yet so don't know how bad dropping Deathblow resistance is. You do not necessarily always want your torch above 75. You get more loot from everything at low light. If you can handle it, its actually generally a good idea to have light as low as possible for more moneyz. It does take a pretty big toll on sanity though, and you're more susceptible to getting ambushed. Plus everything is just, in general, harder. But advanced players will do 'no light' runs a lot. Also deathblows are when you get to 0 HP, you don't necessarily die immediately. It puts you on deaths door, and from that point on any damage you take has a chance to kill you. 33% at base, I think. So while it is a demerit to have -20%, it actually doesn't do anything unless you're already in a bad spot, but it will make that bad spot riskier. So IMO the Book is straight up better than the Solar Crown, personally. |
| Topic | How are the middle Yakuza games? |
| tcaz2 02/09/21 6:37:34 PM #9 | kevwaffles posted... I assume a lot of the bad bosses are holdovers from the original 1, but I have no intention of finding out if that's true or not first-hand.They actually improved the bosses from what I've heard! Yakuza 1 was not a very balanced game. Kiwami 2 is much better on the whole. |
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