Let's say I want to upgrade my rings.
I have 4 silver rings right now. Slot cost is 3 per ring, thus 4 rings rounds out my jewelry "Slot Cost" at 12.
Here are my stat bonuses:
Accuracy +4 x 4 = 16
Defense +4 x 4 = 16
Attack +5 x 4 = 20



The upgrade for accuracy rings is electrum rings. For the sake of simplicity lets say I've leveled my goldsmith to 38 and I'm swimming in electrum nuggets so I can easily fix the rings when necessary. The "Slot Cost" is 4 per ring. Thus I can equip 3.
Here are my upgraded stat bonuses:
Accuracy +5 x 3 = 15
Defense +6 x 3 = 18
Attack +5 x 3 = 15



Thus, in upgrading my rings, I have downgraded my stats. Slot Cost = fail.

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wow, thats pretty bad.

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COBRA KAI DOJO NEVER DIES
RIP Shiloh

THERES NO REASON FOR ANYONE TO EVER OWN THIS ITEM:
Garnet Choker

because this item exists
Garnet Ring
for the same slot cost,
more than double the STR+
easier to make
lower level requirement
wtfness

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im starting to think the majority of people left in ffxiv are just desperately wanting to relive the glory days of ffxi in what most would consider one of the worst designed online games of all time

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i think the fact that a new dev team is maybe gonna turn this game inside-out...is the only thing really keeping me playing right now.

here's something funny to watch. ff14 being announced at E3 2009. and read the comments on the youtube page. funny.

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whats up with the "quest" aspect of levequests? they seem like something thrown together at 4am the day of release.

for instance
Thwack Ye Mole
* All you get is a block of boring text
* No matter how varied and diversified the text is, all it makes you do is kill X number of Y enemies
* WHAT DOES BLOTCHED MONGREL x2 (DOG MOB) HAVE TO DO WITH THE TEXT?????? NOTHING!
* Who even reads the text anyway?
* They talk about groups like Brass Blades? Who are they?
* They sometimes mention "residents of camp so-and-so." I don't see any habitable places near these camps.
* Wtfness

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I'd have really liked if the camps were mroe like the hamlets; you know, with an Inn and some shops and NPCs and stuff, like WoW did I think. The hamlets are all tucked away in akward to get to places with next to nothing of interest there, such a waste when they could have been placed where the camps are.

I have one...

Gathering fatigue. Equipping a gathering tool (hatchet/fishing pole/pick axes) seems to be all that's needed to start the gathering fatigue timer. It appears to be completely time-based. Fished up 5 fish and then went afk to go have dinner. Well, when you come back, your ass is fatigued, because as far as the game is concerned, you've been fishing for 2 hours.

So basically, if you're gathering you better be focused and not slack off. If you do slack off, make sure you unequip your gathering tool, because idle time counts against you.

Retarded.

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It's called final fantasy but there are no black mages or paladins.

dat's pretty dumb yo

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Yeah I agree. It's a Final Fantasy game. It should have white mage, black mage, red mage, paladin, dragoon, etc as the jobs. Not conjurer, thaumaturge, lancer, etc. Hopefully they add some better jobs in the future.

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ok here's another.

Fish stock

heh.
ok.
here we go.
they make a new years event and take the time to create an item such as this.
what does it do?
it's 1 of 8 (yes 8) ingredients, random annoying ingredients mind you, that go into making Zoni

lets say you took the time to prepare yourself some Zoni.
and ate it.
you gain 5mp.
and you gain 5 elemental resistance.
for 30min.
do you know what those two stats will do for you?
not a damned thing haha

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It was one big thing that came to mind when I read that survey. The question about possibly drastically changing the rules of the realm. As if a few guys high on the chain really want to say "Fuck this weapon bullshit, this is Final Fantasy" and overhaul/reconstruct the core job system of the game. The jobs don't sound very fun or unique, FFXI's job system was basic and great. Some may have definitely been more/less powerful than others but in the end all the jobs had a role to play.

If I am holding a spear, I should be jumping. It's nice that they included Cover and didn't even try to go for a cheap name change but still. This could have just as easily been called Armored Core 14 online because it's got about as much in common with that as it does with FF.

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Some stories can't be told with words, some legends are meant to die

provoke was almost named "Rousing Provoke"

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I'm getting so sick of the stupid shit in this game. I've dc'd around 4times total since installing. Every gd time its during an lq and even if i log right back in 15sec later its an autofail. Today, it was during a faction lq and im just starting out so it took me nearly 2 weeks to get the points needed for the lq. Who is the genius that decided a disconnect or fatal error should be so harshly penalized? Its not just tanaka's fault, the whole goddamn team must have been made up of underqualified nephews of someone important in SE.

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"It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail."

I agree that disconnecting and failing a leve because of it is annoying, but not all is lost!

Just so you know, a failed leve (including one you failed because of a disconnect) is kept in your inventory, and next time you visit the leve counter after a leve reset, the guy at the counter will refresh any failed leves in your possession. So if you fail a leve (or fail one because of a disconnect) just make sure to not trade it back in, and in a day or so the leve will become usable again. It's original reward will be kept intact, and you won't have to pay any more points for it. The refreshed card won't even count towards your next 8 leves either.