Final Fantasy XIV: ARR, a Thread Reborn

[Annubis]

Linkshells are chat channels pretty much.

[Alisha]

i posit a question. should anything be done to help DD's get into dungeons faster with duty finder? the best solution i can come up with is to add an additional DD spot and maybe reserve one of the DD spots for DoM DD's. as a tank i hate tanking multiple mobs in later dungeons due to the complete lack of crowd control.

[Cyril]

Oh I know darkhold is easy. I've run it a solid 7 times now, and only when people who "blame lag" have caused failures for the run.

Eh, I have lagged once or twice on that boss.  I was four steps away from the red line during the second part of the battle where he just spawns everything he has and still got hit.

Unless they're messing up over and over and over, in which case it's not lag, but there is that annoying delay and latency issue where you get hit when clearly being out of the red sometimes.

Edit:
Alisha, about the Crowd Control,  if you have a WHM, teach them to Repose.  WHM should be Reposing, in fact.  It's not hard, I think some just want to be lazy.  SCH just has to brute force it, though.

[Esper_Crusader]

I ran Tam Tam and Copperbell  with a friend and some really good people tonight. Got a good drop from both. My archer on Behemoth is now on par with my alt over on Diabolos. Question: Is it wise to switch to Bard as soon as I have the required levels or should I level my classes more? Does it matter efficiency-wise?

[Agent D.]

I ran Tam Tam and Copperbell  with a friend and some really good people tonight. Got a good drop from both. My archer on Behemoth is now on par with my alt over on Diabolos. Question: Is it wise to switch to Bard as soon as I have the required levels or should I level my classes more? Does it matter efficiency-wise?

Bard level directly correlates to archer level. Level 40 archer=level 40 bard.

[Daggerstrike]

I find it hilarious that they are opening up character creation on servers again...EXCEPT for the server I have characters on or want to make a new character on!

[Klutz64]

EDIT: Nevermind, found the information I was looking for.

[Daggerstrike]

How many retainers can you have?

[Parn]

I have two at the moment.  I haven't made an attempt to get a third.

[Daggerstrike]

Follow up question. When do I get my second? I need more space! or I need to stop being an obsessive crafter. Haha...like the second is ever going to happen...

[Parn]

Just apply for one the same way you did your first.  If there's a level requirement, I'm not aware of it.

[Agent D.]

Level 50 warrior get!

[Cyril]

Aaaaand they're adding iLevel requirements to dungeons.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/86522-All-Worlds-Maintenance-%28Sept.-11%29?p=1232837&viewfull=1#post1232837

I'm out once my trial period is up.  As much as I enjoy this game, this is a hard line I draw.

[Hathen]

I can only imagine that being a good thing so you won't get people with crummy gear in your group. Just don't have time for the gear ladder?

[Cyril]

I'd rather not get into a huge rant and make an attention whore of myself, but I'll go with a small one.  

I actually have decent gear at the moment (Darklight healing set) and tend to keep up with upgrades, so it's not really about how it affects me.  It promotes carrying by friends.  If a group wants to get someone built up, they'll just run them through the dungeons to get them gear, no matter how bad the player is.  It's not a wall; it doesn't prevent bad players from entering areas at all and bad players are the problem, not good players with bad gear.  In fact, since everyone was complaining about badly geared DDs in AK, I ran with a DRG with a 44 weapon equipped (even the tank pointed it out and laughed) that did more damage, and avoided attacks better, than one two runs later with a Garuda weapon equipped.

tl;dr
It's pointless. It does nothing.  It's a policy I utterly despise.