Here’s a list of things I wish I had known sooner as a new player on Final Fantasy 14. I hope these quality of life tips and tricks help you!
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Bah don't need spring on hot bar, sprint for me = type: /ac sprint
One minor point: I don't think you have to join a Grand Company before you can join a Free Company. According to consolegameswiki, you do have to be in a Grand Company before you can create a Free Company, but I think the only requirement for joining an existing FC is that you must be on a paid account — you can't join an FC when you're on the free trial.
One very useful thing that I found out as a healer main after 70 hrs of play, If you want to play dungeons as a healer, but healer queue isn't popping you can switch to another healer known as Warrior. This fixxing bugged healer dungeon queue 95% of the time and you can still play as a healer with anger management issues.
Also you can use Ctrl + arrow keys to change camera view.
Ctrl while using map will highlight Aetherites in the sea of side quests.
Ctrl mousing over items will show you the difference between NQ and HQ versions of that item (if available).
Casting any spell on RDM to trigger dualcast, will allow you to instant cast Sprint… Why is that still in the game, Yoshida-san?
You don't have to out yourself if you're new to something. The system message will pop up and let the group know there's someone new to the duty.
No one cares if you're doing it blind, no one cares if you die or get hit by things, just don't be the one to queue up for extreme trials. Use party finder for that.
you are quickly becoming one of my favorite FFXIV channels
I've had to yell at a sprout once because they were playing dancer and because of this were moving around like a kid that just got told they were going to disney world. they got me killed in Praetorium during the last fight and I was healing while the boss was still at 50%. needless to say it was a wipe because only the tank lived to the dps check
Yeah cept, lets counter retort "they are nicer" Only if you have a damn sprout icon.
If that thing is gone they switch to being less understanding.
Put Limit Break on your hotbar.
"You don't have to do every side quest" – Me: Does Every side quest available and even, I will not continue the MSQ if there are side quests available. TLDR – Over 1.4k hours and I am at shadowbrinders. Folks, sometimes is not good to take it too slow……
That mount music really helps! I’ve been wondering if there was a way to do that!
fyi for the food buff, you can in fact eat two pieces of food for a full 60 min which is the timer cap.
your voice is SO Angelic ^_^
Also, another little thing to get more lore out of your game, is when u highlight a picture with your mouse on a mount or minion on the minion/mount selection menu, u will get some surprise comments about them.
Usually when people make videos they had the fact they use mods lol
Game changers for me when I was new was
(I play on controller)
You can put a macro and sprint like in other games and you can just press the l3 button down to sprint
/action sprint
/mucin sprint
I think it has to be on 98 or 99 there’s a video about it on YouTube
I recently discovered this one you can change the 3rd person camera angle I played all through arr to endwalker with my camera being too close to the ground so happy I found that out 😂 easier to dodge mechanics now too. Also enjoy more of the Ffxiv world visuals now.
You can add a second hot bar on top of your original hot bar so you don’t have to keep flipping through your hot bars with L1 there’s a video about it on YouTube I forgot how to do it myself
You’re invincible right after you wipe just don’t press anything forgot how long it last too I think a lot of ppl know that one
This is for new tanks ALWAYS expect the dps or healer to run ahead of you don’t panic and even if they grab trash just pick them up and keep it moving usually your team will stop right before the enemies so you can pick them up. Also SPRINT before you pick up trash your sprint will last longer than when you’re already aggroed and just sprint in general before trash I use to just do the normal jog picking up trash made me whipe a couple of times doing that (not being aware that you had to sprint) and also while you’re pulling use one mitigation if you do decide to jog and if you’re taking damage (I also said to sprint befor trash because when you run pass the trash far enough they cant do ANY damage to you which is actually really stress relieving playing tank. Use aoe to pick up trash
Sprint
Gap closer
Aoe enemies
Run to next mob
Gap closer
Aoe enemies
Mitigations
It may change in certain dungeons
(Also don’t forget your tank stance at the beginning of anything you do playing that role)
You can auto change targets closes to you after defeating a enemy it’s in your configurations I forgot which exactly (I forgot a lot of things lmao)
New shield Healers cause I sometimes see some shield players say they guess when to put shields up the enemy on the enemies list has a bar that gets full right before they attack so make sure to put the enemy list somewhere you can easily see it. Focus target tells you too
If you want to get into crafting level your gathers first no kidding you’ll want to get mats by yourself so you don’t have to spend money on the market to get the mats. start with alchemist if you feel too overwhelmed trying to level all of them at the same time I leveled mine one by one starting weaver was not a good choice at all 😂 I say alch because it’s one of the easier crafters to lvl imo not too many mats to get (not too expensive on the mb if it comes down to you needing to buy something on there) and you can get a good groove on how to level your crafters I started doing level quest but stopped because it was expensive ishgard restoration at the firmament is by far way faster and collectibles from 70-90 will get you there quick .
(Yeah this changed from game changing tips to tips overall lmaooo)
Tomestine gear is way easier to get than mb gear when leveling your classes if you don’t have the gil I think you can start getting them at lvl 50 someone correct me if I’m wrong
For new MMO players this play style consist of a tank healer and dps
🟦Tank collect trash (enemies) keeps the boss distracted while dps does damage and healer heals every one
🟩Healer keeps the tank and the rest of the party alive (ALSO DOES DAMGE lol)
🟥Dps does dps they can also have party buffs
(Don’t be like me playing dps and running ahead of the tank just grabbing trash thinking it was like any other game my ARR sprout days were ROUGH🤣🤣🤣🤣)
You can turn mount music off In configurations
You can use your retainers to sell things that you get to sell on the mb I didn’t know about that until mid heavenswards 💀
Healers aren’t the only ones with raise summoners and red mage I think can also raise you so don’t lose hope when you accidentally wipe to something with them in your party new healers.
You can visit other worlds and get things way cheaper than your server if it is cheaper use universalis to check other servers markets on something you’re interested in.
There’s a whole lot more I’m missing but this is already long enough if anyone comments they can add to this or correct me
This is actually the best ffxiv channel
That Food Exp Buff always annoyed me. Yes, more Bonus is always welcome but it's so extremely small, also not affecting Quest or Roulette Exp, that those +3% (yes, plus. it's not a multiplier of 1.03) likely barely affect anything unless you deliberately just grind mobs and dungeons all the way through. Even then, Armory Bonus is +50% to 100% already, not to mention Rested and special Items.
I am honestly entertaining the idea the real reason people keep recommending it anyways is more about supporting the Boiled Egg and Orange Juice Industries of Eorzea
I 1st started playing FF14 back at the tail end of 2021 and everyone told me that I just had to make it through the ARR part of the game to get to the good stuff so my expectations for ARR was rock bottom simply bc everyone told me it was bad. Then when I actually started playing it I was honestly blown away by how good I thought it was. I even go as far as saying that I enjoyed ARR more than I enjoyed Stormblood
back in old prae the most important thing a friend told me was to use numpad 0 to interact with the teleporters… saved me from a lot of deaths
i started in SB, now have over 350 days of playtime and the game as changed a lot but ill give on tip….just do msq and blue quest…and dont stick to some blue quests…i almost had a relic weapon before i entrées hw…and this was before the free trial and such…i was almost max level(which was 70 back then) before i even entered sb… leave the side quests for leveling, and dont do EVERY blu quest…. like the relic weapons, i do own every ARR weapon now…but took ages of grinding at max lvl so pls dont do that untile after you finished the game
That stock footage of the aura/elf bartenders gets lots of use. XD
That's it, its official, you're my favorite FF14 creator.
did you forgot you can't join a free company if you are free trial player?
Results may vary on point 1 I suppose. Ended up quitting 3 times from MSQ because ARR kinda just feels like the most boring narrative possible >< Would highly recommend a story skip, but only to get ARR out of the way, or ya might just end up quitting by the time ya reach Titan
Yeah absolutely don’t power through MSQ
It’s potentially upwards of 200-400 hours and WILL burn you out.
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There were way too many WoW refugees last time I used the Novice Network.
As a former WC3 player, I found the multiple streams of Trash Talk, Toxicity and Trolling a bit nostalgic, but that's just not what the Novice Network's for.
As it stands, new players should avoid the NN as much as possible.
I wish I knew about holding down the Ctrl button to make aetherytes come to the foreground on your world map. It makes keeping up with Hunt Trains so much easier.
3:21 I can’t breathe 😂
Your adventurer plate killed me!
To elaborate on the resurrection, if you see a knock back aoe that might knock you off the arena hold onto your rez until it resolves. There is a 60 second timer for some wiggle room. Just remember, immune to damage unless you use a skill, but not to knock backs 💞
Ultros Novice network is actually really nice and helpful. Its extremely rare that there is some cringe ass argument in there and is usually just used as a general chat. There are so many 'regulars' that a lot of us just know everyone. I hate that mentors have the rep they do, but some of us genuinely like helping new players out.
I agree be careful on rushing MSQ once your done and you don't intend on raiding you will just be afking in Limsa lol.
Something I wish I knew:
FF14 is Alphinaud's story. You're here to help. You're important, but he's the center of the setting.
Also:
Don't criticize the Twins. Nobody wants to hear that. Period.
Also also:
this also extends to Yoshi P. The P is for Pastor, the anointed leader of the congregation. He is holy. Criticism is unwise.
her miqote is very interesting looking in a good way
I’m really loving my new journey in this game.
/bgm turns off music. its much faster than searching for the vollume bar seperatly. its also cool if you wanna hear a podcast or something in the background :3
Focus target, it gives you a big arrow above the target that can be seen through walls. I usually focus the tank to know where they went. (Or focus the healer when playing as the tank)
Related to both mounts AND the end of the video: you can turn off the altitude warning for flying too high in your settings. Handy if you find yourself in Outer La Noscea especially, but other areas where the ground is really close to the upper limit, too.