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Any Up To Date Wiki?

RollieJoeRollieJoe Member UncommonPosts: 451
in Final Fantasy XIV
EDIT: So apparently the Lodestone is completely inaccurate and outdated.   Is there any wiki-style webpage with accurate info for FF:ARR up yet?

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  • MuruganMurugan Member Posts: 1,494
    Originally posted by RollieJoe

    So to prepare for the open beta I've been reading through the Lodestone and come across some questions.   I'm only about half way through so I may add more questions later, and others can also contribute theirs.

     

    1) The Lodestone says the first person or party to hit an enemy gets XP, loot, and quest credit for the kill.  Does this mean powerleveling will be popular?  Where a low level hits a monster 1 time, then a high level quickly insta-kills it?  If not, does anyone know the mechanism that prevents this?

     

    2)  The Lodestone says that an item called Keeper's Hymn is needed to reset your attribute points (stat points gained on leveling) and that stat point gain is 1:1 ratio with points spent.   Other websites say that you can freely reset your attribute points on a cooldown, and leveling up stats higher uses more attribute points.   Which is correct?   Follow-up: if you can't somewhat freely redo your attribute points, doesn't that stricly limit the classes and jobs you can *effectively* play? 

     

    3) Party and dungeon loot is assigned randomly according to the Lodestone, no mention at all of rolling for loot.   Is this true?

    None of that is true, don't go to the lodestone for information all of it pertains to 1.0 (and most isn't even up to date for that) they should really shut that site down as the game no longer exists.

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  • RollieJoeRollieJoe Member UncommonPosts: 451
    I see!  Thanks Murugan.   Is there any up-to-date wiki-style website for FF:ARR out yet?!
  • Snowdon_CloudripperSnowdon_Cloudripper Member CommonPosts: 584
    Originally posted by RollieJoe

    So to prepare for the open beta I've been reading through the Lodestone and come across some questions.   I'm only about half way through so I may add more questions later, and others can also contribute theirs.

     

    1) The Lodestone says the first person or party to hit an enemy gets XP, loot, and quest credit for the kill.  Does this mean powerleveling will be popular?  Where a low level hits a monster 1 time, then a high level quickly insta-kills it?  If not, does anyone know the mechanism that prevents this?

     

    2)  The Lodestone says that an item called Keeper's Hymn is needed to reset your attribute points (stat points gained on leveling) and that stat point gain is 1:1 ratio with points spent.   Other websites say that you can freely reset your attribute points on a cooldown, and leveling up stats higher uses more attribute points.   Which is correct?   Follow-up: if you can't somewhat freely redo your attribute points, doesn't that stricly limit the classes and jobs you can *effectively* play? 

     

    3) Party and dungeon loot is assigned randomly according to the Lodestone, no mention at all of rolling for loot.   Is this true?

    #1 There is no penalty, this is an intended gameplay feature to promote cooperation . Person who claims gets full credit and drops. Anyone else who does at least 1/3 of the damage gets credit but no loot.  You also get hunting log credit for the kill  if the mob is a target in your log . IIRC that is

    #2 you can rest your stats but there is a cool down to doing it . Also i do believe that each class/job has there own set ability scales . So if you play as ARC and focus all points in DEX then switch to MRD you have new points to set up the points are not limited to one class or job .

    #3 loot in dungeons is like this . regular chests ( brown ) the drop is random and is typically just crafting items or coins pieces . Blue chests witch hold gear are dropped like this . You have 3 options in the loot pool NEED , GREED , PASS . NEED is for a piece of gear you need now as in you are playing that class/job right now in that dungeon and you need that gear . Your NEED makes your outcome for that gear a little better but you still have  a chance to lose it to someone else . GREED is where you can or cant use the gear but you want it for one of 2 reasons . 1 you can use it for a class/job you are leveling up later or have leveled but your not on that class/job at the moment of the drop . OR 2 you want to turn the gear into Materia for crafting . GREED has a less of a chance of getting the gear then someone who casted NEED but there is still a chance you could win it . PASS is just that you passed on the item .

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  • DulthisDulthis Member UncommonPosts: 28

    More like a database (It will be updated once NDA drops) check: http://xivdb.com/

    besides that you got the portal website: http://xivpads.com/

    and the model viewer (which will open once NDA drops): http://xivmodels.com/

  • RollieJoeRollieJoe Member UncommonPosts: 451

    Pretty sure NDA has been dropped for a long time, at least on non-video footage.

    EDIT: Nm I see they had data-mined some stuff and had to remove it.

  • SamuraiXIVSamuraiXIV Member Posts: 354
    Originally posted by RollieJoe
    Pretty sure NDA has been dropped for a long time, at least on non-video footage.

    Don't ask for something that isn't possible yet. What you're asking for is only available to released games and FFXIV ARR is not released yet.

    Wiki and data will be available after open beta I believe since progress will be saved then, also many including myself have applied to change servers cause of time zone cause current server for my character is going to be Japanese time zone.

    Once characters are transferred and open beta or beta 4 starts I'm sure data and wiki will be accurate.

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    My opinion

  • SamuraiXIVSamuraiXIV Member Posts: 354
    I would like to ask if anyone knows of any lined up lore about FFXIV cause would like to read and know more about it while we wait. I did play throughout 1.0 and did main storyline but any extra information would be appreciated.

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    My opinion

  • free2playfree2play Member UncommonPosts: 2,043
    Originally posted by RollieJoe
    EDIT: So apparently the Lodestone is completely inaccurate and outdated.   Is there any wiki-style webpage with accurate info for FF:ARR up yet?

    http://www.ffxivinfo.com

     

    Use the drop down bar at the top, it will provide you with pretty much everything that is public at this time.

     

    Some stuff we just don't know,

    http://www.ffxivinfo.com/job/scholar.php

    but most is detailed info.

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