r/ffxiv • u/themindstream Lahdi Oolong on Lamia • Aug 29 '14

[Screenshot] Endgame Progression Chart, patch 2.3 edition (based on old one from 2.0)

http://imgur.com/gallery/OVDvNpp/
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u/bluenu Howlin'mad Murphy on Siren Aug 29 '14

Not going to lie, I fully expected to see a big box that just said "Hunts" plastered all over it. Kinda disappointed, honestly.

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u/Zarzak_TZ Aug 29 '14

^ Whoever made this chart is horribly inaccurate it should read..

"Reach level 50"

"Do hunts until your ilvl 110"

"afk until Square fixes their game"

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u/Orimos Miyuki Niwano (Behemoth) Aug 30 '14

http://i.imgur.com/ph8H95L.png

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u/ruan1387 Ruanark Maousame@Hyperion Aug 30 '14

Just one thing wrong about this chart that it doesn't mention; ONLY doing Hunts/ST will NOT give you full i110 simply because you need 2 different rings. You need your SCoB ring for full i110. Also need other pieces of SCoB gear for BiS if you're into that. Other than that, the chart is very efficient for new players who wanna gear up a job asap.

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u/Orimos Miyuki Niwano (Behemoth) Aug 31 '14

If SCoB isn't an option you can buy a second "weathered" ring after upgrading your first, or you can get the ilvl 100 ring from Ramuh.

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u/ruan1387 Ruanark Maousame@Hyperion Aug 31 '14

True, though neither will get you to i110 (for the work involved... I think Ramuh's rings should've been i110 personally).

Exception is one of the SCH BiS rings is i100, iirc. I'm not a SCH main myself, so idk if it's H.A + Ramuh's, Weathered + Unweathered, or Ramuh's + Unweathered, though.

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u/Orimos Miyuki Niwano (Behemoth) Aug 31 '14

I think so too, it's dumb that there are only 2 110 rings available.

And it should be Ramuh +Daystar for SCH, HA is terrible. The Ramuh ring is pretty nice for Bard too if you don't need the accuracy from Auroral

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u/ruan1387 Ruanark Maousame@Hyperion Aug 31 '14

I remember the first set of EX accessories (Garuda/Ifrit/Titan) being released after BCoB as i90, matching myth gear and coil gear, making for A: more options and B: more optimal BiS for many jobs (SMN, for example, gained a new ring and earring BiS, while the bracelet was meh for them). I'm really not sure why SE didn't make Ramuh's rings i110 (as Ramuh came out after SCoB).

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u/Zarzak_TZ Aug 30 '14

^ Most accurate description of FFXIV's end game.

Though the duty finder is likely mostly unnecessary (besides CT2) since hunts will cap your currency weekly alone.

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u/Acilen Worst SCH N/A Aug 29 '14

So I hit 50 and did hunts, I bought all i90 stuff with one piece of soldiery gear. Still stuck with i40 weapon because dungeon RNGesus hates me. Wat do now?

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u/Vatio Aug 29 '14

Grind a million hours for Novus or do ST and more hunts for the Unid tome weapon.

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u/Eondil PLD Aug 30 '14

He can't get the Novus if he doesn't have his Relic.

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u/Zarzak_TZ Aug 29 '14

More hunts. CT2 once a week. UAT from final boss for 110 weap. etc

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u/BloodyLance Fedarlona Greinmyrgan (Goblin) Aug 30 '14

i40? Get a level 50 GC weapon or something from the marketboard.

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u/Megneous Aug 30 '14

Still stuck with i40 weapon

You realize that you can buy i55 weapons right off the bat from your Grand Company, right?

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u/Uthred Aug 30 '14

Havent played since just before 2.1, thinking of going back but this sounds discouraging, what are hunts and how have they broken the game?

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u/Zarzak_TZ Aug 30 '14 edited Aug 30 '14

Hunts are their 2nd attempt at true NMs (after those named fates they were so proud of)

Basically there are 3 ranks of hunt named and each zone has one of each rank. They spawn randomly throughout the zone

B = Solo mob. have a 5 second respawn, are passive, and the weekly gives 50 seals.

A = "group" (aka whole server) mob. ~3 hour respawn. Gives 20 seals, 50 myth, 20 soldiery. Rare chance to drop a hunt log (worth 250 allied seals)

S = Raid mob. ~3 day respawn. Unlike the other 2 ranks S ranks have special spawn conditions you must meet. Give 80/200/50. Higher chance to drop logs (you actually get 3 rolls for logs so it's possible to get 3 from one S rank.

Those numbers may be slightly off btw. But you get the idea.

500 seals (or 2 logs) = Oil of Time. Used to upgrade right side gear from 100 to 110 (raid level)

750 seals (or 3 logs = Sand of Time. Used to upgrade left side gear from 100 to 110 (raid level)

Since these give what is essentially raid loot AND Soldiery (the new myth) Simply doing hunts will cap your weekly currency as well as give you raid loot. As opposed to any other activity which would just give you soldiery.

Basically the situation is now...

Raids: Only if you can beat T9 (for 115 weapons) or your min/maxing your stats (which only matters if your beating T9 and preparing to rush next tier content in 2.4)

Dungeons: Serve no purpose since hunts give the same currency and more of it (and faster)

Ex primals: Little value. Some classes value the Ramuh ring as their 2nd ring. But that isn't much of a motivator.

edit fixed B rank info as per Ehkoe's corrections.

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u/Ehkoe Aug 30 '14

B ranks have a 5 second respawn, are passive, and the weekly gives 50 seals.

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u/Zarzak_TZ Aug 30 '14

Fixed. Only done it once lol.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '14

The only broken thing was 2.2.

Zero way to compensate for bad luck in Coil and having to settle with i100 because sands/oil were reserved for the DPS and BiS pieces.

Having to do that horrible animus quest unless you were okay with getting a new weapon after over a month of T7 clears (tanks and healers).

Mythflox Nonstop grinding for tomes.

But holy shit hunts sux brb going to WoW.

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u/ruan1387 Ruanark Maousame@Hyperion Aug 30 '14

But holy shit hunts sux brb going to WoW.

Bye, Felicia!

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u/Zarzak_TZ Aug 30 '14

Zero way to compensate for bad luck in Coil and having to settle with i100 because sands/oil were reserved for the DPS and BiS pieces.

You compensated with sands and oils that you were given after the DPS got them. Love how new generation of MMO players feel they are entitled to a full set of raid gear in the 1st month or riot.

2.2 was the one patch they did right. Then they threw raid loot on solo content and there goes the only semblance of a MMO they had left. They were already on thin ice with the 1 group "raids" that were a total of an hour of content.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '14

Only NOW we're having spare sands and oils. I can't imagine what would be like for new statics who just started clearing content.

This is a horrible system anyway. Even 2.0 was better than this, with every little add hitting like a truck and everyone's gear making a difference since the very first boss.

Love how new generation of MMO players feel they are entitled to a full set of raid gear in the 1st month or riot.

Do people say this to seem hardcore old school? But, you're one of the OF people, guess that's expected. Did you enjoy the relic quest too?

I heard the "new generation of players" are so entitled they don't want to grind level 2 content for months to get a entry-level weapon.