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Hi Racoon, Wow, I didn't. So I took your advice and did "The One that Got away," (and I got beat up doing it), and now I'm a new "junior" bard. Thanks much!!!!! Cheers, Mongoose:D

Hi, I just achieved Archer lvl 33, and Pugilist Lvl 15 as rqd for Bard. I arrived at the Archer Guild Guildmaster and there is no "!" symbol, hence, no indication of the "Soul of the Bard Quest" awaiting. I have no crystals in inventory. I was advised, in the game chat, to first get the green crystal from Jehantel, located somewhere west of Quarry Mill, and then approach the guildmaster, but I can't find Jehantel. Any advice will be most highly appreciated. Thanks much Mongoose

Hi Haven's Fox, and thanks for replying, I re-looked under the account services, then subscription services tab, They have me down for Standard, 8 characters per world, 180 days with credit card payment method. When I click next the page just reloads. They have my credit card info on record from last month. The service history is blank for Aug, Sep and Oct. The World Transfer Service and Veteran Rewards did not happen. Question becomes, in light of a 180 day Account Status, there must be another step I should have followed to enlighten the SQ Enix staff that I desire to avail myself of the Veterans Rewards. Thanks again

Hi, I'll most highly appreciate hearing from anyone who successfully renewed FFXIV with a lump sum 60 days or more. I've been spending a lot of time on the Square Enix Mog Station Support Center in an attempt to renew for 90 or 180 days. All it allowed me to do is recurring 30 days which occurred upon my entering the credit card information. Searching all over the Mog Station website and derivative web pages hasn't yielded the magic page where I am to enter lump sum payment. There is a bunch of narrative of so-called "crysta" but the about Crysta web page reads "COMING SOON" in the block for FFXIV, so this seems to imply that the use of purchased "crysta" currency(?) is not yet applicable for FFXIV specifically. Please correct me if I'm wrong. A message posted to the Square Enix forum has gone unanswered. Any assist will be most graciously appreciated. Thanks much in advance, and thanks much for all the hard work and accomplishments of this, the roleplayers.com website. Mongoose

Seems interesting to be aware of, although not applicable (or is it?) to FFXIV. Article (with reader comments) from The Guardian

Hats off to RushOfNeon of the IGN Website. The survey is still active and contains over 3200 responses so far. FFXIV-ARR character & demographic multi-site survey The specific links for filling out the survey, and for seeing the results, are in the above URL. Hope this is useful. Cheers.

Hi Rhylund, Thanks for pointing things out. To clarify, I was not angry or mad at the gatherer or anyone when I tried to defeat the 2 adversaries, and that was when I was at a low level not long after Aug 27, when the game began. Not knowing the definition of griefing, I went to the Urban Dictionary, and found many interesting definitions for griefing, as they apply to video games. It appears I committed the griefing "violation" during that incident, although the gatherer didn't seem to notice. At any rate, I didn't intend to cause the gatherer any grief. As a low level novice, I was disappointed that I couldnt get him to assist, but that's it; I had no anger or desire to cause anyone any grief over that one time incident. On many later attempts, over several days, and finally success, he was always there, but I didn't go close to him any more. Hope this suffices, thanks for better knowledge of those who do things other than fight bad guys. When I get a chance, I'll briefly try one of those skills so I can see what they have to go thru.

Okay, gotta ask, if I may..... No offense to those who do crafting. How is it that there is crafting going, dead center in the middle of Fates, in areas where Fates are likely, and the enemies don't harm the crafters? They should be an easy target. When I was a below level 10 gladiator, I had to do a quest involving Central Thanalan, to deal with a demoralized gladiator down the hill. That's the one where 2 bad guys come out and beat me up; I finally defeated them, but got killed a lot before I figured out how. Nearby there was a craftsman chiseling at the rock wall; so before I triggered event, I got in front of the craftsman trying to get him to help me beat the bad guys. I tried every Emote, pointing toward the event, and he totally ignored me. He's there all the time. Next I lured the bad guys, and the fight, right next to the craftsman, hoping he would join in and help me. He moved over a few steps and ignored me and the bad guys. The bad guys just ignored him and beat me up. Again, no offense to crafting; just curious... 2nd query, why is there so much crafting in busy places, like right in front of merchants, etc?

Hi Aeslyn Grey, and others, Thanks very much for replying, and for boosting my morale! I updated my profile to indicate being a Novice, and Level-13 Archer, and I plan to avoid switching back to Gladiator for the rest of the levels. So far, I think that Archer is more fun than getting up close and personal with the enemies as a gladiator. Well, that's just me, everyone is different. There's a ton of stuff I should have read prior to Aug 27th, particularly the FFXIV Realm Reborn Dictionary. Prior to Aug 27, I casually played FF-13 in order to become a good FFXIV player, and ended up getting the crap beat out of me. Aselyn Grey, thanks for turning me onto Guildheists. I'll be looking for them. I did see a YouTube video about guildheists where it was stressed that "spam healing" causes bad things to happen. But I have to keep looking (for Guildheist examples and for actual Guildheists) to find out, step by step, how to engage in a guildheist properly. I have done individual Leves with mixed outcomes. Thanks again, Mongoose

Hi FreeLanceWizard, I'm taking your advice as far as I can, at both skills of my character (Lvl 20 Glad., and Lvl 12 Archer) and sticking to the Level 12 Archer for now. Instead of remapping targeting keys to E, F, etc, I mapped them to the M1 thru M5 keys on the left of the Razer keyboard for convenience,. It appears that the best way to prepare for future "tanking," is to fight as much as possible in Fates, and so I'm concentrating on fates. Even so, not all the targeting seems to work when needed. Target Next Enemy.. Partial success Target Enemy attacking me ... Works about half the time Face the target ... Usually works Tab key ... works when Target Nearest enemy fails to work. Target focus ... Not tested so far, well, I hit the keys during a Fate and nothing happened, probably because I'm not "tanking." Hotbar 1 for weapons choices ... OK after targeting success I really wish that Square Enix would provide a "non-retribution," practice scenario for "tanking," where players could go in, learn how to do it, practice, make mistakes, and get proficient, before going into a scoring situation. Well, that's not going to happen, so I'll concentrate on Fates and any other advice that turns up. I'll be searching around for a FFXIV "Novice" web forum site, if you know of one, I'd appreciate. Thanks much! The Mongoose

The other title: "I was an a--hole down in La Noscea." Hi, Character is Level 20 Gladiator and level 12 Archer. I recently transitioned from the Playstation to the PC with Keyboard and PS3 controller working in tandem. Using the keyboard and controller combo, I did well for several levels, beat up a lot of bad guys, solved enough quests to take Archer from level 5 to 12, with good success at doing well in fights and fates. Today, I seem to have lost the capability to fight bad guys. How I fight bad guys got me to level 20. I acquire the target, either by X on the controller, or F11 or he starts shooting me, or mouse clicking on the target. F11 has, until now, been the most reliable. As of today, solo fights became difficult to lock onto a target. Until today, F11 always worked, locking onto the nearest bad guy, then I watch my HP, beat him up, and win. But lately, when I know I'm in range, F11 does nothing. So, bad guy gets to beat me up. Fate, as of today, is much more difficult to get F11 to work, out of about a dozen attempts, either as archer or gladiator I might get one lock on. I did get into one fate, I was the only one there, and F11 worked perfectly, Later got into another fate with one other player, and F11 worked one time, and refused to work after that. Later, I got into another fate where I was the only player and F11 wouldn't work. Sometimes mouse clicking on the bad guy works, sometime, in the same fate, it fails. I'm watchful for error messages, like my level is too high or too low for a fate, and even when I'm not getting those errors, F11 usually doesn't work anymore. Confession time. Today, I got down in La Noscea and joined a 4 player group to enter a cave and beat up bad guys. So, I went in as Gladiator Level 20, and I ended up ruining the quest for 3 other players, made an ass out of myself. I hope the other players are reading this; I owe them apologies. I was standing around, hitting F11, pressing the X on the controller, Clicking on the bad guys, nothing. I managed to kill one bat, but the rest of time I was standing around pressing keys, getting right on the bad guys, and being worthless to fellow players. It was like all keyboard functionality to fight had ceased to work. F11 is supposed to always work; but even when I was bumped up right against a bad guy, it would not acquire the target. Finally one of the other players asked me to leave the game, and I had to log out. What I did was to become a nuisance and waste of time to other players. I am not here to ruin games for other players, my goal is opposite - to enjoy FFXIV and to help make it enjoyable to other players. My first step was to look around in settings, and I don't know what to look for. Odds are, I got sloppy, and did something to settings without knowing it. Therefore, I went to page 17 of the Killer Guide to Final Fantasy XIV, and I didn't do any good there. Next, I go here and look for a fix http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/benchmark/ Nope. Sorry about all this rambling, I'm not going to enter into another group effort and risk ruining the event for others until I get everything that has to do with acquiring targets, to be dependable. Meanwhile, I'll concentrate on Level 12 Archer and work on bringing Archer up to parity with the Gladiator. There is something stupid I'm doing wrong, and I'll really appreciate any and all advice, and even brutal advice. Thanks much, for indulging this long winded drivel. The Mongoose

Update on the use of MotionJoy. I found out the hard way, MotionJoy got corrupted and I had to reinstall. This has to be done sequentially or things will go bad. 1. Install Boot Camp. All BootCamp is, is a formatter utility, but it won't work unless a Windoze boot DVD or USB Ram is present. While running BootCamp, Windows-7 X4 will give you an opportunity to format the target partition; do so, otherwise Windows 7 X4 can't install. Windows-7 X4 installs and becomes operational in it's partition. 2. Install MotionJoy, plug in the PS-3 controller when it tells you to. Under Profiles tab pick Playstation 3. This will fail. Go to the Install drivers tab. This will fail, so pick the 2nd option to install anyway. It should succeed here, then go back to the profiles tab and test the controller (vibrate test). MotionJoy is flakey, installing it first should make it slightly more reliable. Leave the PS-3 game pad plugged in throughout, don't even think about unplugging it, until after you do a Windows 7 X4 shutdown. 3. Install Razer Synapse, and let it update if it wants to. 4. Install the RealTek Audio driver, provided by Apple in one of the bootcamp folders. 5. Lastly, install FFXIV. When FFXIV starts up, it will ask you to calibrate your PS-3 controller, this indicates success. Do the calibration and know that MotionJoy can cause problems later on. Note: If, while your windows partition is active, you accidently unplug your PS-3 controller. MotionJoy gets corrupted and crap gets written back to disk, so you'll end up either doing a rull restore from backup or a full reinstall of everything. Soon as I get a chance, I'll upgrade Parallels, and see if FFXIV will install then. Cheers.

Current Status of Running FFXIV on a Mac The Macintosh Client by Lodestone Radio Status as of Sep 2013 - It works, it's free, there are some launch issues caused by the ESRB warning. Use of Crossover 12.5 Status as of Sep 2013 - Not yet compatible. Use of Parallels ver. 8.0.18100 Status of version 8.0.18100 with Windows 7 X4, FFXIV will not install to Windows 7 X4 under this version of Parallels. Higher versions of Parallels not yet tested. Update/Edit: Oct 1, Parallels 9, Windows 7 x4, and Realm Reborn are compatible. Use of VM Ware Fusion Status, Not yet tested Use of Virtual Box (Public Domain) Status, Not yet tested Use of Apple Boot Camp and Windows 7 X4 Status, Compatible. Boot camp can be a pain in the ass to install, and the drive you dedicate to Boot Camp needs to be in Bay 1 during the install, but you can move it to another bay afterwards. Remember that while in Boot Camp, the step to format the target IBM volume to NTFS, not Fat32. Apple's instructions are not clear about this. Do all this on another drive, I don't recommend messing with your primary boot drive. FFXIV installs to and runs perfectly under Windows 7 X4. Hardware: Use of the MotionJoy Playstation Gamepad Controller (public domain) in tandem with Apple Boot Camp and Windows 7 X4 Status: It works perfectly provided you use a high quality USB cable, and provided you follow all the MotionJoy instructions, not just half way. When you launch Realm Reborn and attempt the calibration test, it doesn't always work, but when you get into the game it works fine. You still have use of the keyboard and mouse. While using your playstation game pad plugged into USB port, don't let it accidently come unplugged, if you do you have to reboot and re-setup Motion Joy. [/color] Update Oct 1: Install Motion Joy first, after installing Windows X4, Achieve success with the Playstation controller. With each bootup of Windows X4, always launch Motion Joy and do the vibration test prior to launching Realm Reborn Use of the Razer Black Widow Gaming Keyboard in tandem with Apple Bootcamp and Windows 7 X4. Status: Compatible. Under Windows 7 X4, just install and run the upgrade. Caveat: If you use the Razer Synapse Mac driver on your Mac boot volume, use version 1.10.30. If you attempt to install version 1.13.01, you're in for pain and suffering. Version 1.13.01 will disable your finder and system prefs until you uninstall Synapse. Stick with version 1.10.30 and it works perfectly. On your Mac boot volume, you can remap the Command and Option Keys to where they belong. Yes, I did send a bug report to the Razer Corporation. Applicable system for this message: Mac 2.8Ghz Quad-Core, 16 Gigs Core Ram, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 (400 watts), Dedicated hard drive to Apple Boot Camp and the NTFS partition for Windows-7 X4. While running FFXIV, the GTX 285 spools up both fans on high, while it ramps up to full 400 watts. FAQ: Mongoose, why didn't you test Fusion and Virtual Box, and the newest versions, really, now, this is lame! Ans: There is this addictive game that's taking up my valuable Mac time, it's called FFXIV, Realm Reborn. FAQ: Mongoose, why didn't you test your Playstation Controller under bluetooth? Ans: Because I can't find my USB Bluetooth transceiver, and, on account of Realm Reborn, I don't have time to look for it. Reason for Edit: Added applicable system paragraph

Ahem. Then Miqo'te's ears are backwards.:roll:

Hi, Since I just made level-20 and don't yet know what "Garuda" is, upon reading about Garuda, this is what comes to mind... Garuda my brother was a Garuda captain, so there you are. Cheers

Hi Naunet, I think it would be useful to have a picture of a keyboard with the keys labeled with the Realm Reborn commands, in order to look at the chart and not the keyboard, I'll try it both ways, with a drawing and with just the letters Whatever = A and so on. Thanks much Hi Roda, Yikes, I embarrass myself, I should have known.:blush: I can use that to make a quick reference chart. Yeah, I should have known, there's a lot I don't know yet. I have no idea what "bard" means, what "tank" means, but it's fun finding out. Thanks for taking time to reply

Hi, I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has transitioned from a PS-3 game controller to a FFXIV Keyboard. I launched the Mac Client for the first time. It works great, but I was DOA soon as the game launched. I failed to have a keyboard layout to look at. Had to pull a web page with the layout just to exit the game. I can type over 100 wpm, but, it looks to me, like this will be like learning to type all over. Maybe a FFIXV key chart on the other monitor or printout is best. For what it's worth, I'm a new level-20 gladiator, and decided to acquire archer skills; so I'm also a lowly level 4-Archer. Maybe the less challenging level 4 is best for transitioning to a keyboard. If there is a good FFXIV keyboard chart already published, I'd appreciate a link. The one I found so far has arrows all over the place and surely there's something better out there. Thanks again, for a fantastic web site!!! The Mongoose

Hi Salty Lake and Penniless, Thanks for replying,. The patch instructions that you download with the Mac Client contain instructions on how to apply the patch by copy/paste the contents into the FFXIV file residing in the applications folder and by using Apple's "Keep Newer," option. "Keep Newer" is inadequate. Instead, the instructions posted by Waffles Rule at this link should be used. http://www.lodestoneradio.com/forum/m/7398450/viewthread/8795455-september-16th-client-feedback/page/9 I tried both, the "Keep Newer," fails, but the recommendation from Waffles Rule works fine. Probability is reasonable that a newer Mac Client release may not require patching after installing. The developers are exceptionally attentive and responsive. Hi Salty Lake, Uh, you have my condolences on getting a PC. :angel: I think the MacBooks may not be graphically capable of meeting the demands of the application. I'm running a Mac Pro with 16 gigs core ram, SSD boot drive, and a 400-Watt NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 Graphics Card. Even though the graphics card has 2 fans, I added an external fan to the back of my mac to increase the air flow. When the graphics card goes to full power, the Mac becomes a room heater. So, the Mac Client works quite awesome, either full screen or in a window. Cheers

Hats off to the Lodestone Radio staff! The Mac Client is now available! Requirements are: System 10.6 or above. Nvidia or AMD/ATI GPU. Minimum resolution 1024x720 Download Final Fantasy XIV.dmg from the Lodestone Radio website Your download volume needs at least 10.6 gigs free. Your IBM-PC disk registration info needs to have already been entered on the Square Enix website in your account. PS-3 registration won't work for this. The password for the .DMG file (obtain from the Lodestone website) The patch file Read the Patch file's Readme file, and follow instructions precisely. You have to copy the application straight from the mounted DMG file into the applications folder. You do NOT need any Microsoft products You do NOT need VM Ware, Parallels, Crossover, or a "bootcamp" volume. Mac users, here it is!!! Lodestone Radio

Hi, Level 17 Gladiator from Ul'dah. Experienced lots of fun, got the airpass, made lots of mistakes, made bad decisions, didn't know what I was doing, didn't interact with other players, but still learned the game a lot. If I re-start with a new character, I'll probably work up toward Level 20 and beyond, with far better skills, and able to get into stuff like chat, companies, and things I didn't bother with. Has anyone else, here on the Hydaelyn website, re-started over with a new character? If so, is it worth it (in terms of enjoying the game, and being a better player)? Thanks much, for a great website!!! The Mongoose

Thanks much, Nimarhie, I'll give your advice a try. I'm on a Playstation-3, so I'll need to figure out the right-click equivalent on the PS-3. Or, perhaps I can build a FFXIV Macro to enter either /blacklist add or the /blacklist add and then the macro stops and I enter the spammer's name. As the spammers get more pervasive, perhaps someone can build a consolidated gilspammer blacklist and a macro for entering all known gilspammers with one entry. Such a "consolidated" blacklist would have to be updated, but it's better than letting them run all over us. Thanks

Uh, okay, I should have clarified better. There is no spirit binding with any of my stuff. I didn't even know what it is until now. I tried giving him a variety of items, from battle gear, potions, clothing, and mundane stuff, and was unsuccessful each time. There must be a step I'm omitting. Thanks much

Hi, So far, this works about half the time. /blist add I key it in right under a gil sellers spam, sometimes it works, sometimes the spam keeps on rolling. When I enter it again, an error returns that "So and So" is already blacklisted, then his messages continue. Is there a better blacklist command to blacklist individual gil sellers? I still do /blist add because it works enough to be worth doing. Thanks, TIA.

Hi, I did quite a bit of searching, and having found nothing definitive, here goes... At level 15, I attempted to give some lower-level items that I no longer need, to a Level 4 character on the PS-3. I could set it up for trading with the other character, then go to my inventory and "X", and the item moved to the Level-4 character. But, nothing I could do would allow him to retain what I gave him; When I clicked the "Trade" button on his window, the item disappeared. When I did nothing but click the "O", the transaction failed. No matter what I did the emote box read something like "Trade cancelled." I continued to experiment around for about 30 minutes, trying to give stuff to the level-4 character, and finally gave up. So, I ended up wasting his valuable game time. Is there a trick to making the transfer work? Thanks in advance, and thanks for making this the greatest FFXIV website.

Hi, After a lot of search engine searching, I couldn't locate a definitive answer, so here goes. Okay, I am new, level 5, and catching on adequately so far. Already, there're lots of excellent costumes and attire out there, so the question becomes how to look more presentable than the character-default. The beta testers manual, on page 48, states, "Completing the level 10 class quest for any Disciple of War or Magic will unlock the Armoury system, allowing you to undertake the initiation quests for guilds of other disciplines. ..." So, if the beta test manual is still correct, for the full implementation version, and if Armoury system includes costumes, then character default prevails until level 10, or so it seems. Anything you can share (tips, and advice) on how to improve costume, appearance, etc, over game default, will be most appreciated. Thanks much, Keywords: Clothes, Clothing, Costume, Costumes, attire, wardrobe, dress, gear.