@Stormcrownn said in Final Fantasy XIV ARR - Allies Assemble!:

ide note, the character creation is super overwhelming for someone who likes to pick the 'best' stuff. Any sort of best class/race/creation stuff is welcome.
also, Ultros is the server?

You'll need to find a leveling guide. You wont be able to start Stormblood content or classes until you beat the Post Heavensward (3.5) Main Story Quest. They do have jump potions if you wanna skip Leveling or the Story (those are $40 together though I think :/ ). The story jump potion would put you at the point to start Stormblood but you may still need a Level 60 job to get one of the Stormblood classes (I don't know about this).

I'm not sure how race factors into stats and stuff. Maybe someone else can speak to that. But after you have subscriber for 30 days to the online service, you get a potion you can use to change your race/gender/appearance so if you just wanna get started, you have that as a back up.

Ultros is correct. The Free Company (guild) is "The Easy Allies". Let someone know on here when you start and we can find you and add you.

Since the move to Ultros has begun, is there anyone who is planning on staying on Gilgamesh and playing though Stormblood on it? And if so, do you want control of the EZA FC on there?

@El-Shmiablo Oh, I agree. Him and Tataru just decided to change over night. From an outside perspective, it's ridiculous and might have even been funnier if they tried to give context to it. But when I'm trying to get engrossed in the story, the first few story beats with them in it don't resonate as much. Especially when I heard the Admiral's new voice. I liked ARR's Admiral's voice. It seem to have a demand for a level of respect, and I just didn't get that as much with the new voice.

@Whiskeyjack Cool. What job are you going through it as? I just finished Heavensward as Summoner. Working on 3.5 now. Just a warning if you didn't for the 2.5 to HW transition, voice actors for some characters change. It through me out of it for a second when I was just going though it.

@Anaithsol Another update. I called in to support. Turns out you can't preorder Stormblood though Amazon if you got the original game though Steam. My bad. I canceled Amazon and got it though Steam.

@Anaithsol Yeah. I did that. It took me to a screen that had pictures the Red Mage Minion, Ear Rings, and Stormblood early access with my code for Mog Stations. It's that code that I'm using in Mog Station that it says is invalid.

Letting everyone know. I pre-ordered Stormblood though Amazon 2 days ago and just go my Amazon items code. So it works if you pre-order, you don't have to wait. But now I'm having trouble registering my Stormblood Early Access code. X/ Anyone experiencing this? I was emailed my code and logged in to Mog Station to activate it, but it's saying its an invalid code.

Anyone know how this Amazon Stormblood pre-order thing works? Still need to get my code and was wondering if that's how I should get it. Do you get the code for the items when you pre-order or when the game comes out? Saw some people flying on the cloud already so was wondering.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/88d7bde755680b54588da68b55120b58004694f1

@Fey That sucks. I could see not wanting to put up the cash in that case. He did say the "might" do an all day stream when it first comes out so you could get some time in then. If not, I pretty much play all day on the weekends. I'm sure there might be some overlap times there with your zone an mine. That is if you're cool with playing with a noob.

@Fey Damiani explained his motivations for the move after the last Eorzean Allies stream. There's a bonus part after the main end card where he goes though it. I've linked the Twitch video below and gave a time mark to look for. He said he will be reviewing Stormblood and being on the Ultros Server will help him do that better/faster. That seems to be his primary motivation from his explination. Plus, he notes that on the Primal Datacenter you can create a private party finder for cross server play so even if you can't get on Ultros, as long as you are on that Datacenter, you should still be able to play with everyone.

Link to the Twitch Video with Damiani's move explanation: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/135652166?t=02h56m30s
Bonus Gameplay on Ultros at 02:54:30
Explanation starts at 02:56:30