Another week of achievements in Final Fantasy XIV. This time we’re going back to Blue Mage and cleaning up some Masked Carnivale achievements. What’s the worst that could happen?
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I truly can't tell whether you had a better time puzzling this out with about half the blue mage kit or would have been happier with the full kit first
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seeing Cider do these fights with out mimicry is killing me
the slap edits are a+++ lmao
Diamond back is the new Spearer
If you refuse Diamondback, does that mean you prefer Bareback? kbai
yah have fun with the true blue one that one is virtually impossible i have tried an failed everytime. you need to use every physcial based spell and element spell at the appropriate times on the last boss then kill the boss
BLU is this weird thing where it has its own game mechanics that don't really apply to the rest of the game. Like it's great to learn BLU on its own for its own content, but you can't bring that to Arcadion.
i have fully finished the carnival, love my blue mage stuff~ and seeing you brute force it was both very entertaining and very frustrating
I always love it when cider says "oh this is bad" then dies lol
Need to watch some Jo cat vids to understand the whole "Oh, that's the way a trials boss used to work in realm reborn" Cider :p
If you were genuinely curious the gimmick with the ball is being hit with high voltage to learn it 😑
Whatever about Diamondback, try to get Mimicry, it will help you to speed up things and cheese a bit !
I've finished all the blue mage content including the EX/Savage raid stuff and all the secret achievements. If you want some tips on any of them just ask. Although IDK if your read comments or not. Just uh… have fun when you do Brute Justice, Omega 2 or E12 savages.
36:21 no way is the lightning area tick called "Dad joke" lmao
So fun fact, you are immune to gaze attacks if you're blind, so if you want to ignore the mechanics in this fight, intentionally blind yourself and go nuts.
Even though you can get poetic tomestones through your dailies
You always seem to remind me what achievements I'm currently neglecting
Congrats on clearing 30 stages. You can also get bonus spells from totems for clearing a specific number of stages (and you got them all, since the last one requires 30)
I appreciate the commitment to not learning Diamondback and clearing stages without it.
Other BLU Carnivale achievements you're missing are all tied to story Boss battles, i.e. stages 25, 30, 31 and 32 and their requirements are very very obscure and i think they are pretty much impossible to just stumble into on your own. I.e. originally it took the community effort to discover them.
Cider doing every one of these the hardest way possible lol
Assuming it's not totally unfun, do you plan to do Beastmaster on content?
Your dedication to avoiding Diamondback at all costs is impressive
Blue Mage… I cant be bothered anymore ^^° I did the first stage for the ARR fights. Yes, they are the easiest and simplest, and thats more then enough for me.
Well done. I love how you went about solving these on your own. I did the same thing when I unlocked the masked carnivale, though I also did all the fights in order. People need to calm down with their reliance on guides, enjoy the content for what it is: a puzzle.
This week I finally had a bit more time to game, so I caught up a little bit on lalachievement score: 18655 vs your 19140. It's mostly been ARR luminary tool-related achievements, though I did finish off my DT shared fates and the DT 500 orchestrion roll achievement too. Funnily enough, I'm in the process of stocking the remaining mats I need for the anima weapons, just as you seem to be for the manderville weapons, but I'm only passively grinding poetics from daily roulettes, so it'll probably be another few weeks before I can get into those. Also, I'm nearly done with Shadowbringers big fishing. I even caught the infamous cinder surprise just yesterday. Only 3 fish left and I'll be moving on to ShB ocean fishing or EW big fishing.
I have finished the Masked Carnivale, I got the "G——— than G—–" title to show it (Stage 32 with particular feats), and I am never, ever going into that fight again. That one took me an embarrassing number of attempts to complete, even with a guide. If you want "too many things going on at once," that is the fight for you.
stage 32 will be so funny.
lol you did Eye Society the hard way. The easy way is to allow yourself to be blinded. Being blinded makes you immune to vision attacks.
And Plant-om of the Opera. The plants basically have single-digit health; you can make them one-shot themselves by casting Ice Spikes.
Ultravibration doesn't meet the requirement for Advanced Spellcasting, but Level 5 Death does.
Color me impressed: you nailed the cheese strat on On a Clear Day You can Smell Forever! The intended strat is to use Ink Jet on the boss to blind yourself, but looking between the vision attacks like you did is a known cheese strat for it, too.
I recently decided to get into masked carnival, cause of the downtime between updates, and honestly? It was a great time going out revisiting places for spells and doing the challenges, was a nice change of pace!
My only gripe was not being able to get certain spells yet cause I gotta get my FC friends together to do some trials.
I love the idea that the enemy is so bewildered by having a sardine thrown at them they have to take a second to process what just happened which interrupts their cast.
"I know they have puzzles hope nothing too tricky in them" I BURSTED out laughing. GL Cider LOL
You really wanted to suffer did them without aetherial mimicry or basic instinct which was why damage seemed lower at the end cause basic instinct will negate mighty guards dps loss but I just gotta give you props for making it that far
The slap sounds are SENDING me