I like to imagine that the ffxiv devs are watching this and taking notes, trying to understand more deeply the spaghetti code they've been saddled with

12:26 eureka actually doesnt normalize gear. its best in some activities in eureka to actually equip a level 1 weapon when stripping naked to get the minimum stats.

Have a like just for the DragonForce joke, gave me a good laugh.

A funny interaction with the Towering Oliphant that was using rout on my friend. As a paladin, I stood next to them, but outside the telegraphed zone, and use cover on my friend. Since I took the damage, I ate the knockback, while my friend remained in place. weeeeeee

Spoken like a "pure healer" 😂

Why are you trying to have sex with my ears with your voice. I didn't consent to this...

I’m wondering, diamondback cancels any time you are forced to move (knockback etc). The fact that you stay in DB while in his hand is weird. Are you actually not moving on the server and your computer is just drawing an animation? Kinda like Ifrits dash. He’s not dashing, it’s a line aoe that flashes and your computer is just drawing something for you, basically unrelated.

Such a great video. Thanks for everything you do!

I really have no idea where this myth came from. For the two years or so I've been playing, everyone just dps'd him down and healer had to heal the person being bullied (usually the blm lol) and then all of a sudden I had an influx of people trying to stack the line aoe saying it shared damage?

This is high-quality content

Good to know the bard songs pulse every few seconds. Kinda wonder why they went that route with their party buffs, instead of just letting them stack. But I suppose that's something we'll never know unless they tell us. Guess it really does mean: use the same song, or fight with other bards over which buff the party has the longest. Who can turn their volume up loudest?

5:37 You Fogot Zoe "Increases healing magic potency of your next healing spell by 50%."

The fun fact on this answered the question I had about bard songs after hearing that one. I was wondering what do you do if you have two bards? I guess ideally play different songs, as you’re probably only likely to see that in casual content? If not, then I guess wanderers minuet is the one you want to run under raid buffs and otherwise run the opposite song? This is way outside of my skill level for playing bard but it’s interesting nonetheless!

I love these videos They're like FF crack

#1: I just always assumed I was messing up a mechanic! Wow, good to know!

Wait, Rout is a line stack? Looks like they missed something when they want back and updated a bunch of the old dungeons with standardized mechanic markers.

Different bard songs dont stack? Booo that is dumb

Me: "Awesome! I don't need to memorize names." Also me, a colorblind fuck: "Oh..."

I've always said the worst DPS pairing in dungeons (and pretty much anywhere) is two bards. Although the songs alternate, I don't see it really changes anything.

Im sure its probably not the case, but could the bard song swapping be related to your auto attacks somehow? And Im only basing this off of the fact the songs require a target (for now, thank you Dawntrail)

Actually, one of those mechanics in dusk vigil (90% sure its the stun, but it could be the knockback) only go off if the person targeted by them takes damage, a lucky crit adlo can stop the chain stun.

My least favorite thing to think about is that Warrior was stripped from hardest tank to easiest tank in the stormblood and it’s kind of sad honestly lol. The old inner release halving gauge cost was wild

That made me wonder if Haste affects pets... *le sigh*, I'mma have to science it, huh

So, after your opener, do you only use Mudras to keep up Huton and Suiton? You don't use any Raitons unless the target is debuffed by Trick Attack or Mug?

does being in diamondback count as a stun (since you cant move or do other actions) so when byakko removes the stun effect of its grab it also removes the diamondback effect?

I was doing Dusk Vigil the other day on astrologian. That boss stunned me for every single hit. I had just enough time to get myself with an oGCD to avoid dying before being immediately stun combo'd again.

I like AST because of how busy it is. Earthly Star is a ton of fun to use because it's both a heal and an attack. Macrocosmos, while having a milquetoast animation, is also really cool because it's an AOE attack that banks damage taken to be restored later. My biggest issue with it is that it has a 180 second cooldown, which means you don't get to use it that often. I'd rather my abilities be weaker in terms of impact, but I get to press them more often. Its the same value, but it's just generated differently. It would be like 2+2+2+2+2 = 10 instead of 5+5. More single target attacks would be appreciated too. I'm not asking for a lot more, just a few more "core" attacks that may or may not be oGCD. The amount of tools AST has, for example, to heal is incredibly dense. Numerous oGCDs, mitigations and delayed heals like Earthly Star and Horoscope. Adding more healing tools just feels silly to me, since you'd be encroaching on design space that's already taken. I feel like finding time to use your attacks in dungeons and trials is a big part in healer skill expression, as it can be risky, particularly in big pulls, where a single greedy GCD is all it can take to drop your tank on the floor.

i could have sworn different bard songs stacked in the past, but maybe i'm just misremembering

Is the Byakko thing because it's a flat purge effect, removing any buff/effect that would specifically prevent you from dying? (i.e. tank invulns)

2:04 to be fair everybody is dead through that combo unless he gets heal or other support like shields ... scholar has "the best" chance to survive cause of the fairy ... maybe the barrier from scholar or sage could also deal with the problem never tried that just came in my mind now ;D but never knew the last one is a stack mechanic ... nobody use it like one ... and the game doesnt tell you at all ..

it gets worse if you think about it as not a "turn people into a frog" spell, but rather a frog transformation toggle, is this a person? become frog. is this a frog? become person. the better question comes in when a normal frog steps on the platform, what happens?

Byakko holding blue mage Cae while In DB looks hilarious

The mammoth is the funny way it is thanks to the powercreep over the years. It does its stun mechanics based on HP percentages, and as a result while one person is getting stunned, the others can bring it down enough that it instantly starts another stun attempt. I think it's supposed to be random target, but it does tend to chainstun people xD (Here's a myth for ya: The RNG in this game favours chains of outcomes)

What the F is a healer? You mean green DPS?

In deep dungeons, a pomander of strength DOES only boost healing magic by 30%, not all healing actions. Might be helpful info for testing things related to this! (More noticeable difference than needing to grab a SCH buddy every time testing healing magic boosts)

They should put these in the aar and heavensward solo content, that would've made those quests much more interesting

none of them lol but maybe gunbreaker because there is so much weaving defensives and offensives in between gcds

Well that aged well lol

i just run Dusk Vigil for the first time as a white mage and the mammoth stun-locked me with no other players in the stack and i still survived(i was also minimun lvl)

Things I learned, having played since the late HW days.... The Mammoth Rout is a stack. o.O I had always wondered WTF you were supposed to do if the healer just happened to be unlucky and got hit with everything. As a tank I would toss what mitigation I could at them. As the healer being hit, I would try to have shields up first. Never knowing it was a stack on the Rout before, it suddenly makes sense and doesn't feel as completely unfair as it did. XD

The removal of Diamondback by the slam makes sense because your physical location changes when the effect resolves, and the effect of Diamondback is supposed to root you in place, sorta like AST's Bubble. Its been a while since I last played BLU, but I remember there being an issue where if you try slidecasting Diamondback, it breaks. Try Testing if AST's bubble breaks to state of shock and we'll have an answer.

hate that mammoth boss, some times it just stun locks someone for half the fight

Hey that's me lol. I do believe the stun negates diamond back from effectively blocking the damage. Even gobskin gets negated cause he still does the same damage on the second slam. I'm wondering if the slam is fixed damage.

Byakko interaction doesnt seem too weird, diamondback seems to be stun and Byakko just removes all kinds of stuns from you

that mammoth in dusk vigil is a true asshole

Ok saving for later because I want to sleep and I'll be listening too intently lol. Thank you for the content you put out.

or main character syndrome.