Hey, I just got the game and I’m looking to start running it soon. Should I just go for some standard rules?

Hey guys, I’ve been a speedrunner for a while now but I’m pretty new to final fantasy 14. I’d like to try to do some runs but I’m starting to think I might need to max some things out first?

I have a level 41 ninja. So far the fastest I could solo 1-10 PotD was 22:30. Someone mentioned there is some stat that would make me stronger and able to clear it out more quickly? I’m also unclear on the rules because there don’t appear to be any rules.

I’m also seeing people completely dominate dungeons while solo. I’m guessing they are somehow going in without syncing their level?

Are there any resources or guides for a new player that I might have missed?

Thanks for the time.

Just wanted to say hello and meet the people running this game.

I have been having fun with challenges lately. The first one I came up with was:

• clear the first blue lagoon with 3 hearts and use nothing except The sword. (This one is tougher than I thought it would be.)

• clear the recorder room with 4 bombs and nothing else. No sword, cancle, arrows...etc nothing but bombs and you only get 4.

• clear each level without getting hit. Each level is separate from one another.

Can anyone add anything to these? The more challenging the better. Something that can be done in a reasonable amount of time.

On a separate note, what is the toughest run you guys can come up with? The run that would take the most skill? Extreme comes to mind but it's more tedious than difficult. Here is what i came up with. (My chat helped me out with this)

One hit knock out. Low% semi swordless. You get wood sword but you can only use the sword to fight the gleeoks and ganon. No block clipping.

Hello everyone, I had a few questions I wanted to ask. I'm getting sick of pestering the good runners constantly so I'll post them up here. I'll write a little back story first in case any of the info is relevant. Skip the next 2 paragraphs if you don't care about the back story.

I've been watching zelda speed runs for a few weeks now and practicing techniques for 2 weeks. About a week ago I started streaming attempts on runs. I just completed my first stream/recorded run without any deaths and without the blue/red ring. It was a little wonky of a run timing in at 53.27 or close to that. Pb before that was 42 minutes with blue ring and not streamed.

Unfortunately I don't have a capture card at the moment. I don't have the extra funds laying around right now, so I'm using an emulator.

I'm using the latest version of fceux for my zelda runs, but I have questions to make sure I'm being as legit as possible without using console.

-are there any default settings that come standard with fceux that would disqualify a run? -is there a specific zelda 1 rom I need to use or are any ok as long as they are the correct version for the list I'm going for? -is there any other reason a run could be considered cheating that a new runner might not know about? -if someone is watching a stream and remind you that you are low in rupees or maybe that you are a key lower than you need to be, is that considered cheating?

Now for a few random questions.

-zelda looks horrible on my HDTV, but does using the HDTV affect the difficulty or is it purely cosmetic? (all this input delay stuff confuses me)

-when would you guys recommend I change from 2 first rout to 3 first?

-wiz robes will often be invisible while standing still on emulator. This never happens to me on console. Is this normal for emulator? I'm not talking about when they are teleporting or when they are transparent It's hard to describe, but I promise I'm not walking in to a freshly teleported wiz. I sometimes have a problem with armos as well. I will walk into one to activate it, then it will move away, then when I try to go in the shop/secret room I will take damage from an invisible unit and a transparent armos will appear and run away, resulting in 2 armos from 1 spot. Bad rom or emulator setting?

-another odd thing, ganon is usually invisible unless I hit him as well ;) kidding with this one.

Thanks to anyone who took the time to glance over this and thanks to everyone who has helped me out or checked out my gameplay on twitch. This is a great community I'm hoping to be a part of soon.