CotP Sentinel Elric Posted August 20, 2013 CotP Sentinel Share Posted August 20, 2013 (edited) After quite a bit of research, I finally have a working draft for my "FFFXIV Beginner's Guide". You can find it listed in our Tutorials section at: http://www.covenantofthephoenix.com/forums/tutorials/article/141-ffxiv-beginners-guide/ Please let me know if you have any suggestions or comments regarding the guide. I will continue to add more content to it this week, but I wanted to at least get this much of it posted for review. There was a lot of information out there that I tried to confirm with the official sources whenever possible. It's worth a look even if you aren't a new player in FFXIV, as there was a lot of information out there that I didn't know about before I read it. Edited August 23, 2013 by Elric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanulak Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Looking good so far. But this brings me to a few questions that are not mentioned in the guide. Once you have a job, can you obtain another job? Is there a slot on the armor sets for the "soul crystal"? (did not notice) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotP Sentinel Xugrel Posted August 20, 2013 CotP Sentinel Share Posted August 20, 2013 yes you can do all of the Jobs(classes) on a single toon, and a mixture at level 15 you would start to notice materia slots in armor, not sure where to get them yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanulak Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Some info for the guide: How to obtain your Chocobo mount. Mount process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanulak Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Currently looking at a few more items for the guide. Namely: Combo points Limit break system Gear sets Rest xp Grand Company's Hunting Logs Macro's Nothing concrete yet but still researching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotP Sentinel Elric Posted August 21, 2013 Author CotP Sentinel Share Posted August 21, 2013 Made a few new additions and re-organized the sections to make the "walls of text" easier to look at. I am hoping to wrap up the remaining sections tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotP Sentinel Elric Posted August 21, 2013 Author CotP Sentinel Share Posted August 21, 2013 Work has been a bit slow this week, so I took a few hours off this morning to knock out more sections of the guide. The only sections left to do are: Primals Information & Dungeons Rested EXP Combo Points & Limit Breaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouhet Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 wow, very comprehensive! hopefully this turns out to be a good recruiting tool too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotP Sentinel Xugrel Posted August 22, 2013 CotP Sentinel Share Posted August 22, 2013 Work has been a bit slow this week, so I took a few hours off this morning to knock out more sections of the guide. The only sections left to do are: Primals Information & Dungeons Rested EXP Combo Points & Limit Breaks here I found pretty good site, well Nanulak found the article and this site was gem found inside Limit Breaks - http://eorzeareborn.com/limit-break/ Primals - http://eorzeareborn.com/part-content-in-ffxivarr/ Dungeons - http://eorzeareborn.com/part-content-in-ffxivarr/ good little image they made, http://eorzeareborn.com/final-fantasy-xiv-game-systems/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanulak Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 LOL, I could not figure out how to place that image in my post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotP Sentinel Elric Posted August 22, 2013 Author CotP Sentinel Share Posted August 22, 2013 Sweet, I'll try and get that added to the Beginner's Guide. I had to bug Throne this morning to raise the maximum number of images allowed in a Tutorial, but I think even the new maximum might not be enough to hold everything I've been adding to that guide. I'm trying to also add in the PDF file that Rouhet put together for crafting, because that thing is awesome too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouhet Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Sweet, I'll try and get that added to the Beginner's Guide. I had to bug Throne this morning to raise the maximum number of images allowed in a Tutorial, but I think even the new maximum might not be enough to hold everything I've been adding to that guide. I'm trying to also add in the PDF file that Rouhet put together for crafting, because that thing is awesome too. Although that pdf is more of a reference than "beginner guide" material, so you could always stick a "go here for more info" type of link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotP Sentinel Elric Posted August 22, 2013 Author CotP Sentinel Share Posted August 22, 2013 Although that pdf is more of a reference than "beginner guide" material, so you could always stick a "go here for more info" type of link! Sounds like a plan to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aziler Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 wow guys that is a ton of work !!!! \bow to you guys thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotP Sentinel Elric Posted August 23, 2013 Author CotP Sentinel Share Posted August 23, 2013 Added link to Rouhet's Crafting Reference Sheet Added Inn & Rested EXP section Updated information for Job requirements (some classes have changed) Updated information for Dungeons / Raids Added Limit Break section Corrected a few formatting issues Added the game overview pic from EorzeaReborn.com Thank you everyone for your suggestions and additions to the guide. I think I finally have it to the point of "done for now", at least until more information is released about the housing and PVP systems. Since those two topics do not have a lot of up-to-date testing that has been done, I want to wait until after launch to add that info. In any case, the guide seems to be doing well. It has gone from 200 views a day or two ago to over 2,100 when I last checked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skdraco Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Are you able to bring your harvesting tools with you and switch to them when you find a collection point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanulak Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Are you able to bring your harvesting tools with you and switch to them when you find a collection point? Yes. But more importantly unless you have the harvesting tool equipped you can not even see any nodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotP Sentinel Xugrel Posted August 24, 2013 CotP Sentinel Share Posted August 24, 2013 Awesome work Elric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArsenixTG Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 this is the one from the new lodestone website. If you're missing anything from here I would recommend adding it. Gonna give it a quick read through right now to see what it misses or doesn't explain well enough to improve the usefulness of our guide http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/win/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nok Knok Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 This guide helped a lot! Thanks, Elric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodo Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Minor mistake under Part Four: "For example, to become a "Black Mage", you have to be level 30 in Thaumaturge and level 15 in Arcanist." You correctly mention Archer later on though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotP Sentinel Elric Posted September 18, 2013 Author CotP Sentinel Share Posted September 18, 2013 Ah good catch Jobo, thanks! I'll get that corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carn Astrael Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 thanks for doing this i need to understand Materia more...just got that starting quest a while ago and need to go get the next part and learn to start doing things..do we have to be blacksmith armorers to add materia to armour? You prob cover it in the guide, i will read it over very soon and thanks for all the effort and work to help us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotP Sentinel Elric Posted October 28, 2013 Author CotP Sentinel Share Posted October 28, 2013 thanks for doing this i need to understand Materia more...just got that starting quest a while ago and need to go get the next part and learn to start doing things..do we have to be blacksmith armorers to add materia to armour? You prob cover it in the guide, i will read it over very soon and thanks for all the effort and work to help us all. Actually Materia is something I need to add to the guide yet. In general, you can convert any item to materia if you have 100% soulbound with it. That goes up simply be having the item equipped for a certain length of time. As for adding the materia to an item, you are correct that it takes a crafting class to do so. However, they are different for each type of item. For example, it will take a blacksmith to add materia to DoW armor, but for DoM armor it takes a weaver. Goldsmith to add materia to accessories, and so on... Also, the higher the level that the materia is being added to = the higher the level needed of that craft to "meld" the materia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carn Astrael Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 OK thank you very much. I will be doing most of the classes so that will be ok, i want to see everything as much as possible..and it is really wonderful to have somewhere to ask nice people for advice and help the game forums are a bit scary and have some snappy nasties on them. thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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