Beginner's Guide to FFXIV – Combat Fundamentals



A nice little guide for new players explaining the core concepts of combat in Final Fantasy XIV.

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6 thoughts on “Beginner's Guide to FFXIV – Combat Fundamentals”

  1. omaigod thank you so much for explaining both GCD n OGCD, im fairly a week old trial player just started n i tried finding easier explanation videos bout it, cant believe i found this one new in my timeline

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  2. this was a good video, wish it had been around when i started new! one thing that would have been really nice though is showing that really good gcd animation lock diagram to include a version for 1.5s spells. It's easy to forget how it feels to be a new player, but a lot of magic class players don't realize what the cast bar means in relation to the gcd (especially black mage players), so having it pictured out could be very helpful. it's a common mistake for BLMs to think the cast bar IS the gcd for example!

    Another unintuitive thing to point out with cast time gcds is that the gcd starts rolling the moment you start casting, before the spell has gone out. i.e. the gcd starts rolling the same time as an instant gcd like weaponskills, and that if you interrupt the cast time, the global cooldown resets, and it basically turns that section of casting into something equivalent to downtime

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