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| Not_an_Owl 03/09/20 2:34:21 AM #479 | If by "most annoying" you mean "best", we're on the same page here! --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 03/07/20 12:57:00 PM #471 | Fishing is bullshit. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 03/06/20 2:57:04 PM #468 | Zenos is like Vegeta with all the interesting parts removed. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/26/20 2:01:34 PM #431 | ShatteredElysium posted... Also it seems they butchered / over simplified a lot of things. Seems like lots of stats have disappeared along with some game mechanics. They already took the minor nuance out of gear choice mattering at the start of Heavensward but it seems they have dialed up the over simplification of the game to 11. I am assuming the difficulty of things has decreased and they have gone the route of everyone can do everything rather than having a decent chunk of difficult content and some content for the hardcore people?Regarding the first part, pretty much everything that's been removed from character "customization" over the years is just things that had a pretty obvious right and wrong answer. It was possible to level a tank and never learn Provoke, or level an Intelligence-based DPS and put all your level-up stat points into Strength, or wear Mind-based accessories on a Dexterity-based class. These options didn't really promote any interesting choice or variety of character builds, they were just clearly suboptimal and griefed your groupmates. There's still difficult content in the game. Go clear a Savage tier week 1 or do any Ultimate fight. Hell, E8S is still going to be hard months from now because even after you have all the best gear you still have to do mechanics. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/24/20 10:05:35 PM #416 | My issues with PotD are a) it's boring as sin, b) the experience it gives per run is far worse than a dungeon run, and c) there's way more variance in how long it takes versus dungeons. It pretty much always takes multiple PotD runs to get a level, while below 50 you can guarantee a level just by queuing for the highest dungeon you qualify for. To me it's a no-brainer, but your tastes may vary. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/24/20 8:40:20 PM #412 | Pirateking2000 posted... Hmm alright. Also the general idea to get to 1-20 fast (to unlock dungeons) is to do that monster journal thing and some of those monster based quests that use points right?The hunting log is very good to get to 16 (where the first dungeon unlocks), yes. Leves are not worth your time on combat classes, but any FATEs you encounter that are in your level range are worth doing. 1-16 takes maybe an hour or two, it's by far the fastest stretch of levelling. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/24/20 8:25:35 PM #410 | Pirateking2000 posted... Hmm roughly how long would it take to level from 1-50 if you already went past that and also leveled the squadrons?Depends how hard you want to go. From about 16-30 dungeons grant multiple levels per run, and from 30 to 50 it's about one level per run. If you nolife it you could be done in a day or two, but on a more relaxed schedule you could do it inside a week. The longer you take the more levelling roulette bonuses you can get, and that also decreases your total dungeons required. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/22/20 2:19:36 PM #407 | Oh yeah, I killed E8S last night. Very fun fight, but it's going to be a nightmare in PF. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/21/20 5:03:48 PM #403 | SomeKindOfJoke posted... Our poor Dragoon got obliterated in E6S last night (E6 spoilers, I guess)It's even better when you see it from an outside perspective. This happened to me during my group's E6S prog: https://streamable.com/0ayws --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/15/20 4:15:37 PM #360 | BK_Sheikah00 posted... Stormblood. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/12/20 1:42:49 PM #343 | The first savage tier of an expansion drops 4 weeks after expac release. The next two are day one of the X.2 and X.4 patches. Ultimates thus far have been released 2 weeks after X.1 and X.3 patches, iirc. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/11/20 4:22:49 PM #337 | More than any other job, BLM rewards encounter knowledge and punishes ignorance. It's incredibly powerful in the right hands and feels amazing when you know what's coming and can pre-position to keep casting the entire time, but it's also very frustrating to play when you're new to a fight. I personally really enjoy it, but I can see why other people wouldn't. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/11/20 11:26:04 AM #328 | LordoftheMorons posted... Dravanian Forelands finished and level 60 BLM getCongratulations, your new purpose in life is casting Fire 4. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/10/20 4:18:17 PM #324 | I believe the canon explanation is that the WoL does all the job and class quests before the storyline of that expansion ends, and if the player happens to do them later it's just all happening in a time bubble. This is especially obvious in things like doing the ARR DRG quests after you've already gone through Heavensward, or doing the 1-50 Culinarian questline --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/09/20 8:20:28 PM #303 | LordoftheMorons posted... Is everything obtainable elsewhere in-game?The only thing you can't get elsewhere in the game is the Namazu necklace, I believe. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/09/20 7:29:02 PM #301 | BK_Sheikah00 posted... When is 5.2 out and what should I prioritize with this moogle currency? I'm not gonnna grind for it.February 18, and probably any mounts you don't already have. I certainly wouldn't want to grind ARR beast tribes to get one of their mounts, for instance. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/09/20 2:31:59 PM #298 | HeroDelTiempo17 posted... That fight was hell on release fyi. There was no echo and everyone was at gear or undergeared. It was the biggest "git gud" moment in the entire MSQ on release. Now it's a breeze!It's also the very first time the stack marker AoE appears --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/04/20 10:45:37 PM #289 | ZaziGuado posted... So there's no etiquette and I can feel free to use LB when it becomes available except in that isolated incident? I always forget that Limit Break is a thing, and when I actually remembered to do it this time, I was disheartened to have been scolded for it. I still don't have full confidence in my skills when it comes to duty finder missions.In dungeons, anything goes - if you're melee use it on the boss, if you're ranged/caster use it on a large trash pull. For trials and raids, there are occasionally mechanics that require tank LB to survive (usually the big, flashy "ultimate" attacks). If it's your first time in a duty and you're not sure whether to LB or not, err on the side of not using it until the boss is under 10%. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/04/20 10:19:48 PM #285 | X_Dante_X posted... that trial in particular is different - you want to save the LB for a particular point thats harder than the rest, since a lot of parties can't handle it without LB skipping it. and people can't fathom people not knowing that.Translation: There is an actual, honest-to-god DPS check that you must pass or wipe about 3/4ths of the way through the fight, and the troglodytes in your average DF party aren't capable of pressing their buttons well enough to do it without LB. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/04/20 1:15:56 AM #269 | LordoftheMorons posted...
--- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 02/02/20 11:42:22 AM #263 | You can't even queue for Ultimates without a pre-made party of 8, so that's kind of a moot point. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/30/20 1:51:15 AM #255 | trdl23 posted... Okay, made a spreadsheet of everyone who's responded so far in topic. Hopefully this will be a recurring topic so we'll keep the spreadsheet at the top of any subsequent ones. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/29/20 5:08:16 PM #250 | You are actually required to do Ifrit Hard, Garuda Hard, and Titan Hard to progress to Heavensward. If all you want to do is go straight to Heavensward, don't bother with any of the other blue quests. There are a couple of fun ones you'll be missing, though (Tam-Tara Hard is one of the best dungeon storylines in the game) and it's very strongly recommended you do the Crystal Tower raid series before getting to Shadowbringers. Everything else you can safely skip. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/28/20 12:30:24 PM #239 | Shadowbringers is legit one of the best JRPGs in years and its only real flaw is that it's locked behind hundreds of hours of less good (but still pretty good) video game. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/26/20 2:19:41 AM #226 | So uh, protip - don't try to queue for Extreme-level trials normally, the queue will take ages to pop and you'll be thrown in with 7 angry mentors who probably don't remember how to do the fight. If you really want to do it put up a Party Finder group and do it unsynced, or just wait until you're level 70 or so and solo it. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/26/20 2:15:46 AM #224 | LordoftheMorons posted... Titan extreme:Oh, you sweet summer child. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/23/20 11:47:24 AM #211 | metroid composite posted... Finally cleared TEA.Grats! It's always hard coming back after a big break. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/22/20 10:20:10 AM #198 | "Hard" dungeons aren't actually any more difficult, they're just additional stories that take place in a familiar location. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/17/20 12:00:21 PM #191 | The order of importance for gear is: Weapon > Pants and Chest > Head, Gloves, Boots > Belt > Right side Also, the stretch of MSQ you've just entered is probably the worst in the game, but it introduces plot hooks and stuff that are still getting used in Shadowbringers. Take your time, space it out with all the dungeons and trials that are opening up now. Worst case you'll end up with enough tomestones to enter Heavensward with a full set of Augmented Ironworks gear. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/16/20 12:21:27 PM #184 | LordoftheMorons posted... Level 50 get!grats Since it isn't really explained anywhere in game here's how gearing works at old level caps. Whenever you do an instance at a level cap (50, 60, or 70) you'll get something called Allagan Tomestones of Poetics. You can check how many you have by opening the Currencies window (by default it's control+C) and click to the Battle tab. You can then use Poetics to buy Ironworks armor and accessories from Auriana in Mor Dhona. Weapons work a little differently - you buy an Encrypted Tomestone and 10 Rowena's Tokens (Poetics) from Auriana and then trade them to Aelina for your weapon. Ironworks gear is noteworthy because it's the best stuff you can get before gaining access to Ishgard (without spending money on the market board, at least). If you Augment it (by buying Carbontwine and Carboncoat from Auriana, then taking those and the gear you want to improve to Drake in Hyrstmill in the North Shroud) it'll be item level 130, better than anything the MSQ will give you until roughly level 55. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/14/20 1:06:30 PM #176 | HeroDelTiempo17 posted... Yeah and also when you get to an expansion cap (50/60/70) you can buy gear with tomestones that will last you for the next ten levels, and then you do it again.Stormblood in particular has wacky defense/magic defense scaling on gear starting around level 65 - if you're just dungeon spamming to level your tank you'll suddenly notice you're taking a ton more damage starting in the 65 dungeon. From 65-70 it's much more important than usual to keep your tank gear up to date than any other levelling stretch in the game. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/13/20 6:13:45 PM #167 | WhiteLens posted... Last night I cleared The Vault, then saw the cutscene afterwards.... --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/11/20 4:04:54 PM #150 | trdl23 posted... Ravana is metal as fuck and I adore that fight.FURIOUS AS A BLAZE --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV Topic |
| Not_an_Owl 01/07/20 3:42:23 PM #138 | 2.X might as well be called One Hundred Goddamn Quests To Ishgard. It is by far the lowest point of the MSQ. The good news is, it's all uphill from there. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Did anybody like Mallow more than Geno? |
| Not_an_Owl 01/02/20 2:49:51 PM #18 | Mallow is a scrub. The instant I get to Booster Tower he gets booted out of my party, never to return. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi |
| Not_an_Owl 12/30/19 7:45:21 PM #309 | foolm0r0n posted... Trump/Pence was a dem/rep combowho exactly was the democrat in this situation --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi |
| Not_an_Owl 12/26/19 2:44:34 PM #162 | DoomTheGyarados posted... Meanwhile.Polling on impeachment is irrelevant until and unless a majority of Republicans favor removal. Elected Republicans really only fear potential primaries; the vast majority of R Senators are in safely red states. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi |
| Not_an_Owl 12/23/19 1:13:01 PM #64 | RaidenGarai posted... I never said they werent, I just said that the people who work in the industry arent. Well, an overwhelming majority of us at least.If a man voluntarily serves an organization he knows to be evil, can he truly claim righteousness? --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi |
| Not_an_Owl 12/23/19 12:45:47 PM #59 | DoomTheGyarados posted... To me it all begins with M4A as the groundwork, then we can fill in what M4A means in terms of the details and how it impacts regular folks.Yeah, the most important part is making a societal commitment to not let people die because healthcare is too expensive. There's no reason for people in the richest country in the world to not be able to afford seeing a doctor. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 254: Pete's Whine Cave |
| Not_an_Owl 12/22/19 7:26:30 PM #485 | red13n posted... Starting at the unrealistic path also gets you...nothing.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window The point of starting at unrealistic is that you shift the discourse so that things that were previously unthinkable are now merely fringe ideas, not unfathomable crazytalk. If the right can do it with... fuck, everything, why can't the left do it with healthcare? --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 254: Pete's Whine Cave |
| Not_an_Owl 12/21/19 3:29:57 PM #401 | God I hope Tulsi gets primaried. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 254: Pete's Whine Cave |
| Not_an_Owl 12/21/19 2:24:45 PM #392 | HeroDelTiempo17 posted... The obnoxious thing is that no one wants to defend nepotism. Hunter Biden's appointment is clear nepotism in a way that is "normal" for politics and every other wielder of power. And that sucks but it's also an extremely minor issue in the grand scheme of things because the conflict of interest was never acted upon.Also, if you want to make a point about nepotism, then Hunter Biden getting a job in Ukraine because of who his dad is is assuredly not as bad as Trump's kids getting jobs in the White House that they are manifestly not qualified for. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 254: Pete's Whine Cave |
| Not_an_Owl 12/20/19 4:20:42 PM #222 | Admit DC and Puerto Rico, abolish the Senate, implement the Wyoming Rule in the House, and swap to ranked choice voting for all federal elections. Huzzah, we now have a more democratic country. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Star Wars Episode 9 Discussion SPOILERS |
| Not_an_Owl 12/20/19 2:39:59 AM #4 | I am really mad they made Rey a Palpatine. Literally the best thing about her character is that she's nobody, related to nobody important. That makes the galaxy feel bigger, because it conveys that anyone can be important, anyone can be a hero. Instead we have this galaxy-wide war being reduced to a soap opera spat between the Skywalkers and the Palpatines. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 253: Scot Free |
| Not_an_Owl 12/19/19 11:22:18 AM #380 | Reg posted... No, I'm totally serious here. When was the last time the Republicans had an actual grassroots, and not a Koch/Murdoch/etc operation masquerading as one?Are you counting the anti-abortion fanatics? --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 253: Scot Free |
| Not_an_Owl 12/18/19 4:46:48 PM #197 | LordoftheMorons posted... The only (non-Amash) R vote for impeachment that seemed even vaguely possible isnt happening:Spoiler alert: If you don't vote to impeach, you are tacitly agreeing that the behavior in question was appropriate. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Game of the Year presented by B8 and... |
| Not_an_Owl 12/18/19 1:18:17 AM #85 | I'm a million years late on this, but Shadowbringers absolutely deserves all the accolades it has gotten and more. Above and beyond being a fantastic MMO expansion, it's probably one of the best story-based JRPGs released this decade. Fantastic presentation of a top-to-bottom excellent narrative and very much worth your time (assuming you also have the time to get through the rest of FF14's story, which is like 3 full-length JRPGs at this point). --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Pre-Episode IX Star Wars ranking topic |
| Not_an_Owl 12/17/19 5:09:05 PM #41 | 5 > 6 > 8 > 7 = 4 > 3 > 2 > 1 If we're considering spinoffs, R1 > 7 and Solo = 4 --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 253: Scot Free |
| Not_an_Owl 12/16/19 5:21:03 PM #35 | LordoftheMorons posted... Trump would probably get hurt either way, but it might be better for him to look like a coward than to decisively lose three debates.Would he actually lose debates against Biden though --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 253: Scot Free |
| Not_an_Owl 12/16/19 4:03:20 PM #27 | Trump will 100% debate the Democratic nominee. Why would he not? It's two hours that he gets to be on TV with a significant portion of the U.S. watching. His narcissism won't let him pass up an opportunity like that. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. |
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