one life for one world quest

[MistrBill]

Okay, this is the most @#$!ing stupid thing I've seen in this game so far. Can someone please tell me, PRECISELY, what- exactly- I need to do to 'give aether to alisaie' so I can complete this asinine duty? What button to press, in exactly what spot, to finish the quest?

I've looked it up on line, and still can't figure it out. Supposedly, there's some interactive hot spot in front of her, somewhere on the blade, that has to be activated. I get an interaction icon when I mouse over the character, but nothing happens when I click on it. So I just sit there clicking until the duty times out and everyone dies.

Of all the stupid @#$! reasons to not be able to advance, this is almost as bad as a game crashing bug.

[MagicHp]

Have you read this?

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/306444-MSQ-One-life-for-one-world

[MistrBill]

Originally posted by MagicHp:

Have you read this?

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/306444-MSQ-One-life-for-one-world

I did, and I guess I'm dense but I still don't get it. I'm standing there trying to interact with the 'hand' icon that indicates a hot spot, and nothing's happening. I got it to work one time, I have no idea how.

Maybe I've got to do it at a precise moment or something. This is one of the single most aggravating things I've seen in this game.

[Lusus Symphonia]

I usually just kill the devout, warrior and one more, sometimes the warrior aggros onto me before one of the other NPC's grab him, then i can interact with the "sword of light" next to Alisaie.

Rinse and repeat 3-4 times.

[Illyasviel09]

Kill enemies and go with alisae when it's your turn. And read the dialogs

[MistrBill]

Originally posted by Seraphina:

Trust me, I had troubles with this too when it came up. I tried many many times, things never worked. Going back to her didn't do anything, she kept repeating the same thing. There are some spots you need to stand into so it works and it only made sense when I found it.

Thanks, I'll give it another go. I don't do rage quits these days, but this stoopid bit has me close.

[zafothegreat]

If you didn't solve this already, check your settings. You need to right click on floating text, it may be hidden.

[MistrBill]

I did eventually do it. For some reason, one night, it just. would. not. select. I have no idea why. Never had a problem like that before with this game.

[Nezchrynliir]

The spot is made painfully obtuse, they need to make it clear WHERE instead of clicking around like a madman and wasting time. Some quests are poorly designed for solo duties this is one of those that suffers bad design.

[LeftPaw]

I had the same experience with this quest. They really need to sort it out. It spoils a very special moment in the game.

[tankanidis]

there's some text thats very very very hard to see with all the aoe going off about giving aether to ali

you need to click on it to -give- your aether to Ali (repeatedly as it does 20% in the fight, and it only shows up at certain points to continue the fight)

that's the stumbling block as its very easy to miss with everything going on

[Ebronco1968]

Originally posted by WetNose:

I had the same experience with this quest. They really need to sort it out. It spoils a very special moment in the game.

Absolutely! I was so aggravated and pissed during the battle when I couldn't figure out what to do that I wanted to punch the crap out of my monitor!

[NRieh]

I know the thread is old, but not much have changed with this mission. Even when I fugure the right spot (took me 3 wipes, I guess) - I'm getting agro from knight and\or warrior all the time (bard 60, 200-something ilv).And they interrupt my channeling. And my CC like slow and\or chain is not working on them, cause they're "boss"... AI characters do not taunt. Like, AT ALL. I tried not to hit anyone and keep it green, but that is barely working. I start DPS - the black mage fills his bar first. As much as I love the story and the mission, the encouonter mechanics is awful.

[bri]

What I did (as dps) to avoid aggro was just blow up the healer then take the occasional shot at the one going toe to toe with Alphinaud until the text came for me to give the aether. The others seem pretty inconsistent in their targeting so you can easily rip aggro off them with a few shots. As you've seen, once you get it you're unlikely to lose it so you need to either blow the mob up quick or you're going to be unable to give your aether.

[NRieh]

Originally posted by bri:

What I did (as dps) to avoid aggro was just blow up the healer then take the occasional shot at the one going toe to toe with Alphinaud until the text came for me to give the aether. The others seem pretty inconsistent in their targeting so you can easily rip aggro off them with a few shots. As you've seen, once you get it you're unlikely to lose it so you need to either blow the mob up quick or you're going to be unable to give your aether.

Thanks. It worked, eventually. I had to do most of the dps and prioritize the targets. This entire encounter design is SUPER counter-intuitive.

NPCs tell you to channel your aether "into character\sword" - and you need to click a floating text nameplate (that's if you don't have it turned off in your settings). Not to mention, that the prompts are easy to miss with all the flashing and banging going on, I had to keep my eyes on chat all the time.

NPCs tell you LITERALLY to "stay away from fighting", but they don't do enough dps to keep up with the timer, they don't focus-fire on ranger and they don't taunt off, even if you drag the aggroed mob close to them. I can only imagine how it works for a healing class. At the very least they should've allowed the CC tools.

Also, the Warrior dude seems to be bugged. His "down" timer is extremely short. One of my attempts, I was up to my last channeling (80\100), and I got agro from him. I took him down asap, but he was back again interrupting before I could even finish my cast.

[RLDragon]

Yesterday, I did this horrid "duty". Just a warning, it is still just as awful. It is a puzzle and you can beat it. You could lower the difficulty, but with what is in this post, you will be able to beat it eventually.