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FINAL FANTASY XI 2011 |OT| To Abyssea and Beyond!
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drkOne
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So I decided to reactivate my account, now downloading the huge amount of updates.
I was on Garuda, so I got moved to Lakshmi.
I've been looking around and Killing Ifrit forums appear to be pretty much dead, so I don't even know where to look for a social LS with decent activity.
Last couple things I did on FFXI were Salvage and Nyzul Isle runs. My equip is probably worthless now and worse than AH gear.
How big is the GAF community on Sylph? I'd be playing mainly during GMT hours and don't want to be all alone just leveling and crafting.
What are you guys normally up to?
I was on Garuda, so I got moved to Lakshmi.
I've been looking around and Killing Ifrit forums appear to be pretty much dead, so I don't even know where to look for a social LS with decent activity.
Last couple things I did on FFXI were Salvage and Nyzul Isle runs. My equip is probably worthless now and worse than AH gear.
How big is the GAF community on Sylph? I'd be playing mainly during GMT hours and don't want to be all alone just leveling and crafting.
What are you guys normally up to?
DrForester
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drkOne said:
ffxah is probably the main community forum now.
Big news on the official forums today, the roadmap for the next 12 months is out:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/4937
A few things I found of particular note (other than previously known stuff):
A public test server? Man, they really have changed things up over there in the past year or so. Never saw this one coming.
Curious to see what Grounds of Valor is.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/4937
A few things I found of particular note (other than previously known stuff):
- "Voidwatch" and "Grounds of Valor" systems in May (Voidwatch info)
- Test server opening in July
- Level cap increase to 95 in August
A public test server? Man, they really have changed things up over there in the past year or so. Never saw this one coming.
Curious to see what Grounds of Valor is.
Dropping PS2 would be a start, but the problem is how tied together the graphics rendering and the mechanics of the game are (hence the 30fps cap). It's just a bad design to begin with; the mechanics should have been completely independent from the visuals. If it was like that, they could keep the PS2 with the current graphics, and update the other platforms as appropriate.
Pai Pai Master
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B.K. said:
Pretty sure everything will run on what is now the "Jeuno" auction house.
After quiting Cata and Rift, I was thinking of making a return to vana'diel (characters are on Phoenix). I quit in OCT at level 85, I was wondering if people still make those large groups and enter Abyssea for EXP and merits? I'd assume linkshells still do for empyreans and AF gear, but do pugs still exist?
Thanks
Thanks
Caved in and started playing again... Feels weird, the last time I played was last May.
I am getting a strange message. At the login screen its telling my not all of my expansions are installed. On the menu screen the Rise of Zilart name is not highlighted. I assume thats what is giving me the error. I went into registered expansions and its showing up there. I did a fresh install before I started up again.
Any ideas?
I am getting a strange message. At the login screen its telling my not all of my expansions are installed. On the menu screen the Rise of Zilart name is not highlighted. I assume thats what is giving me the error. I went into registered expansions and its showing up there. I did a fresh install before I started up again.
Any ideas?
Ahhh, finally a (sort of) respectable dagger!
The results of 2,400 weaponskills and a couple dozen hours of time over the last week(ish):
What did you use to install it? Original CDs, collection package, Steam?
Seems weird that the expansions don't show up. Is it all of them or just some?
The results of 2,400 weaponskills and a couple dozen hours of time over the last week(ish):
Loto said:
What did you use to install it? Original CDs, collection package, Steam?
Seems weird that the expansions don't show up. Is it all of them or just some?
ZetaEpyon said:
I am using the original discs from 2003. RoZ is the one not highlighted, and I assume its what's giving me the error. CoP, ToA, and WoG are all showing up fine.
I am doing the file check thats on POL right now. I don't understand why RoZ is not installed, its part of the original install CD LOL.
Will be interesting to see how the built-in light tracking compares with the existing 3rd-party app...
Pai Pai Master
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"Improved playability" eh?
Time to dump the console versions and upgrade the engine!
Time to dump the console versions and upgrade the engine!
BentMyWookiee
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A friend and I have decided to give this game a try again starting from scratch. I stopped playing around the time the Aht Urghan (spelling?) expansion came out. I hear that the game is a lot different now, but I'm not sure what is different about it. Would somebody be kind enough to let me know the main/huge changes? I know I could probably read through patch notes to find out the changes, but I'd rather not have to search through several years worth of them.
DrForester
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BentMyWookiee said:
At low levels the biggest change you'll notice is the level synch. People of any level can party together and earn experience, by synching to the lowest level person (or any person) in the party. They don't need to carry around specialized gear as high level gear will be nerfed for whatever level you're being synched to. This makes leveling much easier as you don't need to find that one specific job at that one specific level. You just need the job.
That's about all you would notice at a beginner's position. The biggest change has been Abyssea. It allows high level alliances to earn experience at a very very fast rate. You can enter starting at level 30, but really can't do anything but leech until you're 70+. If you have friends who will let you leech, it is possible to go from level 30 to 90 in a good full day of grinding.
Boss Man
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Basically, you can do most of everything (including leveling) by yourself or with small groups on your own terms. The game is much more open to logging on and playing instead of spending several hours finding/building a group and hoping that they've all set enough time aside to accomplish the task.BentMyWookiee said:
There have been big boosts to gaining Experience Points:
You get more EXP for EP-DC.
Overall EXP boost.
Fields of Valor (basically free EXP every 5-6 kills and support like regen and refresh).
Abyssea (at 30 if you want to leech, or 75+ legitimately) will have you gaining EXP like you couldn't have imagined before.
A lot of restrictions have been lifted:
CoP has no level caps on it now.
I think most of the nation missions have/are going to be the same.
End-game content, in its current form, does not require huge alliances. Actually, most of it can be done with a MNK and a WHM.
You generally do not have to waste time trying to join six-man EXP parties at all. I believe most people (or at least, they should) solo to 30.
For soloing, I recommend:
10-15 Starter Zone
15-20 Tele Zone
20-30 Valkurm Dunes
Just roll through EP-DC mobs and you'll be 30 in no time at all. Slows down a bit by the time you hit 30 and would go to Qufim to solo, but at that point you have more options.
tl;dr
The game goes a lot faster and it goes at your own pace. For starting back up in particular; you can log on and immediately start working on EXP or whatever, and log off whenever you want and continue it later.
There's a convenient NPC in the starter towns right by the gate to go outside now. They'll give you a free EXP ring, meat jerky, re-raise earring, and other nice stuff.
BentMyWookiee
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Wow, thanks for the info! The changes really sound awesome and like it will make it really simple to get into this game again. I'm pretty excited to try it out
in a week after the game has finished patching/updating
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