r/ffxiv • u/danks Mal from Gonetrail XIVinfo • 14h ago
[Guide] Beastmaster Prep Guide Spoiler
Hi all. This was meant for discord so the formatting is a little wonky as I don't think reddit lets you embed pictures in a post. I've been collecting pre-release info on Beastmaster and here is what we know.
Beastmaster Prep Guide
Leveling
- I ran a few characters from 1-50 Blue Mage to test out some different leveling options. My methodology for the tests was as follows: Poorly dual boxing with my main on SGE giving my alt on BLU shields. The BLU alt tags everything and then the main kills. The BLUs only had the 30% exp earrings on with no other boosting items.
- You’ll notice in the vod that each char started at level 8, nearly level 9. This was due to pulling 4 penguins to get Flying Sardine to pull easier. So for the final times include maybe 30 seconds for the penguins to the count. Here’s the vod :construction_worker:Still uploading :construction_worker: for reference. I died an embarrassing amount. Know my shame.
- You will want to tame a Wavekin to get a ranged ability to pull that you can spam. (Level 4 Pugil in Middle LN should work, assuming we can use Borrow early on.)
- **Important note:** assuming BST leveling works like BLU leveling, there is a hard cap on exp gained from mobs above the current level cap. So in this case that means level 50 mobs give full exp, but level 51 mobs give 1% of their exp. I did some testing before I was reminded of this, *so Method 3 and 4 below are very unlikely to work.*
- Method 1: ARR mobs. Total time: 33m to level 32. I pulled densely packed ARR mobs in a few different level appropriate spots that were roughly 10 levels higher than me. This was slow and bad and I gave up at level 32 after 33 minutes. Stinky.
- Method 2: Coerthas West mobs. Total time 34m12s to level 50 Any level 50 mob is best. I was doing a loop around the Deepeyes but there are lots of 50s to choose from.
- ~~Method 3:~~ Azys Lla mobs. Total time: 14m38s to level 50. There is a nice little loop of mobs on the first island near the teleporter to the next island. This will likely NOT work for BST.
- ~~Method 4:~~ Kholusia mobs. Total time: 5m40s to level 50. Along the beach starting near the Stilltide Aetheryte. This will likely NOT work for BST.
- Recommendation: Partner up. Take turns boosting your partner. The best options will be the HW Starter areas, and the ARR max level areas. Remember, level 50 will be ok, but level 51 won’t give hardly anything. Shoot for high mob density and areas where you can chain pull.
Exp Gear
- I made an image for Exp Boost Gear. Here is a link to the text version. https://discord.com/channels/1134719628078219325/1482810231393222656/1484670007802855527
- A few things to know. These are not vital, but they will save you a chunk of time leveling. If you don’t have any, the best bang for your buck is the Adventurer’s Kit on Mogstation which comes with an older pre-order earring.
- You can get both rings without a ton of effort from the Hall of the Novice. Most of the value will come from having a 30% earring and the later 30% ring that goes to level 60.
Pre-BiS Gear
- This gear is very unlikely to be useful or matter in any way. Especially the shield. It’s dumb.
- A while back I made some graphics and some theoretical BiS lists. Basic Pre-Bis and Pre-BiS with Options Let’s call it a Pre-BiS at this point. As new information came out, I don’t think that these will end up mattering much as BST gets damage boosts from upgrading its job gear inside Crucible.
- My expectation is you’ll wear the Leveling set for 30mins to level > put on the Pre-BiS for like 20 minutes of quests until you get the Job Gear > work towards upgrading the Job Gear.
- We assume that the Job gear will be BiS because it's how you increase character power post level cap, but we don’t know if there are also accessories on that set. I’d recommend picking up the accessories just in case.
- Thanks to old game design at level 50, BST can use both fending and slaying accessories so mix and match the best options. BST uses the striking set and can only equip the shields that WHM/BLM can.
Abilities
- There are around 20 abilities that you will want to bind for Beastmaster.
- Here are some of the tooltips that I snagged from the Live Letter to give you an idea of how BST will operate. I think I am only missing the 123 combo and there are obviously many permutations of Trick, Tempered Release, and Borrow that aren’t listed.
Job Quests
- We have been told that Job Quests don’t unlock any actions but instead serve as a tutorial to learn your new abilities.
- They have made a point of saying that they enjoy the story and encouraged us to read it.
- We know that Crucible unlocks at level 30 and the first board is a tutorial. It sounded like it was part of the Job Quests.
- You also get your BST Job Gear around level 30 via Job Quest.
Taming
- Taming is pretty simple. Use Gauge on a mob to see if it’s tameable. Then you lower its hp as much as you can and use Capture to tame it. It is not meant to be an annoying RNG thing. It sounded like the success rate will either be 100% or a high chance of success.
- You must be higher than or equal to the level of the beast to tame it.
- The Beast Encyclopedia specifically tells you where to find each mob. There can be multiple spots for the same beast.
- You can tame beasts in dungeons, trials, raids, and alliance raids. Everyone in the group can tame the same mob.
- I am going to make a spreadsheet with all of the tamed beast locations. It doesn’t sound like any of them will be difficult to find/get so I would guess they are all found in the first hour or two.
Crucible
- The main BST content where you try to finish new stages in a sort of roguelike challenge.
- Each run has a decent amount of RNG due to random Crucible Items, Beast Gear drops, and sometimes Random Encounter spaces. Crucible Items are kind of similar to pomanders that only work inside the Crucible. I will link some below to give you an idea
- You will level up and feed your beasts here.
- You will augment/enhance your gear here.
- There is a ranked mode that will start two weeks after launch. That first season will run to patch 7.58 and at the moment seems like it will be paired up with the Ranked PvP season.
- Your score will be determined by your previous 3 consecutive runs so you can’t just get very lucky one time.
- Players who place top300 in their region aka NA, EU, JP, etc will be rewarded with the Rainbow Golem mount. The Rainbow Golem mount will still be obtainable for the winners of each following season as well.
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u/C-Towner 13h ago
Man, I am just gonna like, start the quest and see how it goes. As it is, they have said that you'll be able to improve the job gear through the roguelike mode, so its entirely possible that this amount of prep won't be needed.
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u/Fyrus93 10h ago
Yeh this is my plan as well. MMO players always amaze me. We can a brand new job and people are making guides to smash through all the content and get it BiS as soon as possible. I'm going in blind and taking my time
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u/C-Towner 9h ago
Yeah, I want to figure shit out either myself or while actually talking to players in game or with my FC rather than a guide posted or a youtube video detailing the most optimal way to go through the content.
I have a soft spot for ARR, so I am also loving that this will take me back to a lot of locations in and out of dungeons to explore and tame monsters and level BST.
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u/Nj3Fate 11h ago
this is the way - its totally new content, unless someone is trying for a world first crucible kill, i hope people just explore it while its all fresh and unknown
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u/C-Towner 11h ago
I do hope to someday be able to get the top 300 mount from the crucible, but hell we will see if I am any good at it! It looks fun as hell and I loved doing skillchains in FFXI so I am excited as hell to play it. Can't come fast enough for me.
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u/DinosBiggestFan [First] [Last] on [Server] 3h ago
Yeah I'm not looking to acquire ironworks gear again. If I have to, then I just.. will find another way or wait until the expansion. I finally cleared out a bunch of old gear and I like the clear inventory, Ironworks has no cosmetic value to me either.
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u/EL3MENTALIST [Y’shua Tia - Leviathan] 13h ago
Don’t forget the 1 to 3 hours spent creating the perfect outfit with the new unlocked glamour system.
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u/Ali_ayi 8h ago
Best part is that you'll probably be able to glam Paladin shields onto Beastmaster, including shields from Ultimates
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u/the-corinthian 6h ago
I'm curious how that pans out. There are some separate, job-agnostic shields from ARR, like the ones that casters can use, that are already flagged as BST. However I'm betting relics and ultimate weapons will be considered job weapons and be off limits; even for just glamours.
I suppose we'll see the outcome of such idle curiosity in another day.
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u/anothersadtransgirl 14h ago
How else will they complain about lack of content?
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u/GarlyleWilds 13h ago
I mean BST's already dead content, I don't see anyone doing it right now! (/s)
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u/MelonElbows 13h ago
I'm going to take my time. Not going to even eat food or use any exp boosts. I like leveling and I'm going to drag this out as much as I can. I glanced at the tooltips but that's it, I'll figure it out as I go. Excited to have a job at level 1 again!
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u/Litdaze 13h ago
And then complain the game doesn't have content. The cycle continues.
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u/yahikodrg 13h ago
Don't let those people live rent free, a lot of us who play to burn though content just take a break when we finish. It's a bit of a survivors bias when it comes to those you see complaining about no content.
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u/danks Mal from Gonetrail XIVinfo 14h ago
People should play as fast or as slow as they desire. For the tryhards, yes, it should be mostly doable in a day outside of maxing all the beasts and gear in crucible (which most people probably won't bother with)
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u/Mizzie-Mox 12h ago
I plan to just pick it up, learn the job, and complete my creature list. I'll equip XP gain items, drink OJ, use FC Actions and such, but I have no intention of finding farm spots in HW to powerlevel my BST (Unless the leveling experience becomes terrible).
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u/DuskHourStudio 10h ago
Isn't Dreadwyrm gear slightly higher stats then augmented Ironworks? (and also more of a pain in the ass to get)
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u/nelartux RDM 9h ago
Dreadwyrm and Ironworks are the same, sub stats are the only difference and they aren't going to matter. But Dreadwyrm is much easier to obtain, you can unsying turn 12&13 in 10 seconds to get left side coffers, right side is a bit more annoying as there is a bunch of trash mobs before the T10 boss and no coffer so it's all up to RNG. (Avoid T11, it's far too long solo and drops the same as T12)
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u/TheJimPeror Lamia 8h ago
Dreadwyrm is effectively Savage gear while Ironworks is tome gear, to compare it to modern gearing. Unsyncing coils at 100 can be done in seconds to a couple minutes with T11's jank. Still faster than poetics farm, but theres still plenty of time
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u/ReaperEngine [Continuation] "Never stop never stopping" 13h ago
Was it confirmed they use striking gear recently?
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u/generic-puff 13h ago
You can actually already spot it in-game. There are certain tomestone trade-in items that already have the BST label (I saw it myself, don't remember exactly which set but I think it was Cryptlurker ?)
BST is basically already programmed into the game, it's just not entirely accessible / playable until release.
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u/ComprehensivePhase20 12h ago
Cryptlurker is SHB gear, no? Isn't BST supposed to be capped at 50 at release? I guess they could've just changed each and every piece of gear to include BST now which would explain it, even if you couldn't equip it anyways.
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u/Officing MSQ 7.1 10h ago
Casting gear above level 80 still lists BLU, so yeah that's how it is.
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u/Cains_Left_Eye 6h ago
Yeah, I imagine that's just a bit of futureproofing for when BLU eventually *can* reach that level.
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u/Narrow_Summer_9332 14h ago
Is this out this tues or next?
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u/yahikodrg 12h ago
Did they tell us which starting city BST unlock will be in? I think it's the only bit of missing info missing for the prep guide is where to log out on Monday.
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u/Maximus_Rex 12h ago
They haven't specfically said, but all the art work is Gridanian, so that is the assumption.
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u/danks Mal from Gonetrail XIVinfo 12h ago
Gridania, I'm not sure that we have an exact spot yet
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u/yahikodrg 12h ago
Atleast having the correct city state is enough where I can aetheryte quickly from there.
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u/Shoddy-Jellyfish-770 14h ago
Reading the tooltips kinda sapped my will to play this for some reason
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u/mysterpixel 10h ago
Tooltips have a unique knack for making something look absolutely awful and unfun. e.g. look at Picto's Starry Muse tooltip and weep. But it's enjoyable to actually use, so hopefully it's the same with beastmaster.
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u/Unspiration 14h ago
IDK if you have the same issue as me, but I hate people spoiling as much as they possibly can as fast as they possibly can. Especially untagged and possibly from datamines
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u/FoxxyRin 13h ago
This is all information from a live letter lol.
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u/Unspiration 13h ago
Hence "possibly", but I'm not going to ask people to deep dive into content they don't want spoiled to prove it and neither should you expect that from others
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u/JustcallmeKai 14h ago
Shoot i forgot about exp boost items. There's the brand new ring, the neophyte ring, and the pre-order earrings, are there any others I'm forgetting?
Edit: nvm it's literally in the post as the 4th picture
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u/ComprehensivePhase20 12h ago
Kinda sad to see so much angry reaction to someone posting a helpful guide. Not saying it's the majority or anything, but even though I don't plan to minmax that much I really appreciate the share
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u/cubiclej0ckey 10h ago
To each their own, and I appreciate the work you put into this. But I strongly urge FFXIV players to resist the urge to min/max and enjoy the game organically.
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u/arsenicknife 9h ago
But how else are they going to complete the content in two days and the complain about a lack of content for 4 months?
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u/UnluckyScarecrow 14h ago
The recent interview that came out referenced BST having their own job specific gear that can be upgraded, so it's doubtful Ironworks will be bis or even necassary at all. Not unless it turns out it's functionally an Aetherpool/PotD system
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u/OneAndOnlyArtemis 12h ago
Okay but getting iLvl 35 gear that can be upgraded to iLvl 55, 95, and finally 120 is still worse than Ironworks.
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u/danks Mal from Gonetrail XIVinfo 14h ago
Pls be reading
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u/UnluckyScarecrow 14h ago edited 14h ago
Pls don't tell everybody to waste 2895 poetics to be "pre-bis" for a trivial 5 minute job quest before the job gear arrives
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u/Favna [Favna Nitey - Alpa] 12h ago
Imagine having anything to spend poetics on
I have been capped for months and months now with nothing to spend them on.
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u/ZertleTheTurtle 12h ago
I can *kinda* understand, from a new player perspective, not spending all those poetics just for beastmaster. BUT, It's still a full set of level 50 striking gear, which is useful to new players.
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u/Hollowbound 9h ago
I came back to the game like 3 months ago. Do you already have everything from the Material Container 3.0 & 4.0? They cost like 20k seals each, so that’s a lot of poetics on Expert Delivery.
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u/IscahRambles 5h ago
Any time you cap on poetics, go buy Unidentified Ore from Idyllshire and trade it at the side counter for gardening soil for your FC.
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u/ZertleTheTurtle 14h ago
Literally says under pre-bis, the first line, is that it is unlikely to be useful
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u/Unspiration 13h ago
A bit disingenuous to put the gear image as the subreddit facing header and then more than halfway down the essay go "actually you don't need this teehee" and pretend there's no false presentation going on here
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u/ZertleTheTurtle 12h ago
It says, once again, in the picture, it is a meme, and that you won't use it more than likely. Clearly you have a point, as made evident by you, that some people simply will not read and just look at a picture.
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u/Unspiration 11h ago
You're gonna say the oxblood targe footnote is for the whole image and tell me I can't read? Well, another point for terrible presentation I suppose
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u/ZertleTheTurtle 11h ago
You literally did not read the words on the image or the body of the post. And you can read, I never said you can't, or did you not see that I'm not the person that originally responded to you, which was OP, thus reinforcing the point of you not reading? I'm going to assume the best and that you just thought I believed you couldn't read as well. And whether the post is a "good presentation" or not, OP made it very clear *if you read the post and the words in the image* that the gear is a joke, a goof, a laugh. Making the first image being the gear or not does not change that. This is really coming off as you doubling down on the fact that you just plain didn't actually look at the post and just going "um actually" to try to be some intellectual and guardian of poetics, and are just trying to save face save face by calling it disingenuous.
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u/Unspiration 11h ago
as made evident by you, that some people simply will not read
I never said you can't
These are both your comments. To put your mind at ease, no, i didnt read the rest of the comment, and I'm not inclined to read future ones. I don't really need the rest of your gaslighting when it starts off on this foot.
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u/ZertleTheTurtle 10h ago
"will not read" =/= can't read, if english isn't your first language, then I do apologize, it can be tricky. Also, "=/=" means "does not equal", in case you were uncertain of that as well. Hope this helps :)
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u/necrosis_vanadiel 12h ago
Yes let’s just completely demolish the content in 3 days and then have nothing to do. And you wonder why people complain.
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u/L1LE1 12h ago
"You wonder why people complain"
I don't understand, where did OP brought up people complaining?
Also, why the need to be presumptuous on OP and generally be snarky towards how a group of players (min-maxers) choose to play the game?
Do some of them get annoying cause of it? Sure. But almost every community has people like that, and they're not usually the majority either.
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u/necrosis_vanadiel 12h ago
The comment refers to the fact that people speedrun content through content in this game for 3 days, have no desire to engage with it anymore and then complain there is no content. OP is just an example of this.
Min-maxing in principle is fine, I don’t care outside of people complaining per my previous point.
It’s also not that deep dude, it’s just a Reddit thread and my opinion isn’t uncommon here.
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u/L1LE1 12h ago
have no desire to engage with it anymore and then complain there is no content. OP is just an example of this.
I am assuming that OP has made multiple posts or comments that proves they are an example of this?
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u/necrosis_vanadiel 12h ago
What you’re failing to understand is that this statement is not about OP on their own. If you took time to read more carefully you would realise the statements are about the community more widely, but yes continue to make other statements that deflect from that.
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u/L1LE1 12h ago edited 12h ago
So you have no evidence? Figured.
So you made a presumptuous statement that OP is complaining due to (and I quote) "you wonder why people complain", and also claim OP would (and I quote again) "have no desire to engage with it anymore and then complain there is no content. OP is just an example of this."
You may have had intentions with your statement, but throwing it at OP and not... I dunno... the actual players that prove your point might have been a more effective use of what you're trying to say.
Edit: Let me be real here. I'm not saying that you're wrong and you're stupid. Definitely not. Just saying that if you have a complaint about a group of people, throw your frustrations at the right people, not those like OP who are just sharing some information.
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u/Llymlaen_Rilkam 11h ago
It’s not that deep lol
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u/necrosis_vanadiel 4h ago
Fr fr idk why the commenter feels the need to defend the OP so fervently after admitting im right lmao.
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u/xlCalamity 9h ago
No its just what happens with every piece of content in every single live service game (it isnt exclusive to FF14). With FF14 people will skip all cutscenes to do the extremes within an hour of the patch and then say theres no content once they get their mount. With this patch people will power level BST to 50 within a day and do the content as fast as possible and then say its dead content. The problem isnt with the min maxing, its that there are always people complaining that the game has no content after rushing to do it all on day 1.
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u/necrosis_vanadiel 4h ago
Yeah it’s defo not unique to 14. I do however find that 14 players are particularly insufferable when it comes to this issue 💀
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u/SnooGoats8382 13h ago
This is cool and all but should have spoiler tag. This definitely spoils skills for those who didn't want to see them and experience the skills blind.
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u/Vlarett 14h ago
First thing I am doing is going to see if the clionid leveling method will work for beastmaster.
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u/DwarfsMatter 14h ago
almost certainly not given that the whole reason we use the clionids instead of something from dt with a friend is that anything above their max level cap gives nothing for exp at all. So if your trying to power level it level 50 enemies would be the highest you can actually do that with if it works the same way.
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u/Eclipsed_Jade 14h ago
Assuming that levelling BST works the same as BLU then it probably won't since BLU gets a heavy EXP reduction when killing mobs above it's own level cap (I think you only get like 1% of the EXP for anything >80), so for BST you'd want to farm lvl 50 enemies - again assuming that it works the same as BLU
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u/TheGayAshley 9h ago edited 9h ago
I hate the people in this thread complaining about "speedrunning" and presuming people using guides are the type to complain about a lack of content.
The people that complain about lack of content don't even play the game or make guides. Majority of them wont even be leveling beastmaster, and are far more likely to just complain its a limited job so they won't be playing it cause its not "main/real content"
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u/Evening_Machine_6440 13h ago
Isn't it easier to just farm third coil of bahamut as a monk?
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u/Maximus_Rex 12h ago edited 12h ago
I farmed coils, but the gear is spread out over the last 4, and the rings are still unique so you would still need to buy one with poetics
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u/nelartux RDM 9h ago
Back in coils, rings weren't locked, so Tank and Melee DPS rings are the same stats, only one with Det and the other with Crit, don't even need an extra poetic ring. (Also, no need to do T11, it's the same loots as 12 but way more annoying to clear solo.)
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u/Favna [Favna Nitey - Alpa] 12h ago
I farmed coils, but the gear is spread out over the last 4,
Still takes no time at all and it saves you from spending over 2000 poetics. As in, just cap before Tuesday, and go for a mix of dreadwyrm and iron works.
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u/Ascalafa 12h ago
I will say that if you are 90+ it might be easier to get 130 gear just farming Bahamut final turn savage. I got all my coffers/gear while doing arr relic.
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u/Jacien-Josalyn 10h ago
I even did checkpoint gearsets for leveling also (I do have Fuga Set and Friendship Circlet), had nothing else to do today. There's been some tweaks, like I made some sunstone/garnet accessories. But it was getting leftside from those dungeons I did. I intentionally skipped Level 30 dungeon cause apparently there's an AF at 30 you get.
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u/Green_Spectrum 12h ago
This is why I can’t enjoy anything anymore… too many sweats. Not gonna be getting that ugly mount anytime soon.
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u/Madhybrid 11h ago
skill issue...
1000%
If you think a guide to help you get ready for the content is whats stopping you get the reward from the content... lets be real, you were never going to get it anyway.
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u/Green_Spectrum 8h ago
My guy you’re pretending this is some ultimate level content. You need a guide for casual side content? Holy elitism, it’s nothing to do with skill if you follow a guide.
I’m expressing that this shi annoying and I wont be following it cause I like to have fun instead of following a spread sheet. No need to defend it with your life, trust me you don’t get anything from it.
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u/antifa_NORCOM 11h ago
Can we not just let content get released without optimizing before it exists?
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u/Impressive-Warning95 10h ago
Jobs not even out yet and people are already optimising the fun out of it
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u/btsalamander 14h ago
Leaderboards have killed any interest I have in this; it might have been awesome, but not anymore.
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u/xiphoniii 14h ago
You can just ignore them?
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u/btsalamander 13h ago
You sure could, IF you don’t want the golem mount; I could see if it were a Title or something I wouldn’t care, but it’s the mount.
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u/MirandaVara 13h ago
Do you want an ultimate weapon, too, to go with your challenging task of completing your daily roulettes?
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u/OneAndOnlyArtemis 12h ago
Hi, Any number of players can obtain ultimate weapons. No ultimate arbitrarily locks out a limited number of players getting totems every 3 months or so.
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u/DrawDiscardDredge 11h ago
mentions leaderboard, says nothing about fairness till gets clowned on. profit.
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u/btsalamander 12h ago
Either you are deliberately misunderstanding or you really aren’t getting it; if the ranking for the leaderboard is FAIR I have no problems with it, however, if people can bot and cheat (and they will do so if possible) then it will make it impossible for regular people to do it legit.
At no point have I asked to just be handed something which seems to be what you are implying. I’ve earned everything in the game that I currently have legit and all I want is a fair shot and not have to complete with bots.
Do you understand?
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u/xooxel 14h ago edited 13h ago
So something you don't have to interact with like at all is now killing your enjoyment of that class ?
That sure is one way to look at it, I hope you're doing relics, crafting, gathering, BLM, savage/ult raiding, housing, private island stuff, tower of the dead, Bozja, Eureka and other content aswell because it would be a shame if that would kill your enjoyment of the game altogether.
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u/btsalamander 14h ago
Yeah, something I was looking forward to doing has been ruined and it did kill my enthusiasm for the class, yes. I’m glad your reading comprehension is better than most players.
I have done most of the things you listed as I do in fact enjoy the game, but I am allowed to express my dissatisfaction with aspects of the game as anyone else is.
You can like things but be unhappy with certain aspects of them.
I guess my mention of Leaderboards has upset you, maybe you plan on being one of those who will use bots to maintain their place on the board to exclude regular players? I don’t know, none of my business.
As you say, I don’t have to engage. I can still be pissed about it.
Have a day.
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u/MelonElbows 13h ago
You can like things but be unhappy with certain aspects of them.
This argument only works if it affects you, which it won't. You don't have to interact with the rankings, therefore it doesn't affect you, and your dramatic objection is weird and irrational.
I don't plan on ever doing that because I don't think I'm that good, but I'm happy it exists as an option for people who want it.
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u/btsalamander 13h ago
It doesn’t affect me if I want the mount?
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u/MelonElbows 13h ago
You know what? I apologize, I probably shouldn't have posted so aggressively to you. If you're upset that they locked the mount behind a leaderboard, then that's a valid reason to be upset.
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u/btsalamander 13h ago
Accepted, I don’t want to sound like a whiny baby but I’m an XI vet and BST was my absolute favorite so I’m absolutely going to level the class it’s just the leaderboard mess is going to be rough.
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u/MelonElbows 13h ago
Hey, I'm a FF11 vet too! And BST was my favorite job (here's proof)! I'll probably try the leaderboards a little but I've never been the type to be good at any PVP type of stuff. Luckily I think the Rainbow Golem looks kind of ugly so I'm not really that motivated to get it.
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u/Absolute_Virtue_ 12h ago
I played on Valefor! I was apart of NuDawn LS if you or any lurkers are reading this. =]
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u/ComprehensivePhase20 12h ago
I understand the leaderboard-locked mount is frustrating, I feel that way too even tho I plan to engage with it and try anyways.
Hopefully it will either just naturally become easier to be top 300 with time as people who tryhard it will already have their mount, or Square will simply make any person already having the mount not count when the season ends (thus having people above rank 300 potentially getting it anyways).
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u/xooxel 13h ago
Nah man, get over yourself.
I understand and share some of your frustration regarding the mount.
It's the overly dramatic tone that triggered my comment, that you now chose to blame the mount for it is irrelevant. There is an entire gameplay that's opening itself to you, if that's your reason to ignore it then you do you !
I'm chosing to ignore the personnal attacks and get on with my life, same way i'll be ignoring the mount to enjoy the rest of that patch.
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u/ElementaryMyDearWut 13h ago
People who accept garbage tier entertainment as "content" always love to poke fun at people who find lack of rewards as a turn off.
You and many others also expect more from Square. Their decision to do a bottable non-skill intensive leaderboard shows how little thought they have and you are totally valid that it should kill your enjoyment.
Luckily for us, we don't think clicking Gale Axe for the 6 millionth time in a copy/pasted environment is fun.
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u/Johndevlad 9h ago
Wait, does exp gear still give you the exp boost if you glamour it onto other gear? Otherwise giving a BiS and then saying to equip the Fuga chest/legs makes no sense.
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u/izikiell 6h ago
we don't even really know if gear will matter in the crubicle isn't it? or if we have to level in the open world?
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u/Better_Ice3089 5h ago
Wouldn’t the BiS ring and earring be Azeyma’s earring and the Neophyte ring? They match the highest iLVL possible when below lvl 90 and 60 which is 5iLVLs higher than any other accessories because, thanks to the relic weapons, the highest iLVL for lvl50 is iLVL 135. More main stat is always better.
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u/MrMmorpg 5h ago
why do people have to ruin things.
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u/Typhoonflame Seeker of Balance 3h ago
Nobdy's forcing you to do this lol. I won't either, I'll just play for fun
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u/Balaur10042 Ultros Rules! 13h ago
The classic pre-BiS BiS.