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FINAL FANTASY XI 2011 |OT| To Abyssea and Beyond!
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Skidaruzutall
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Alchemy said:
I take it that spiders vs. puks didn't go so well last night?
DrForester
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Alchemy said:
You can enter abyssea at 30 and can usually get in a party once you hit 70 (earlier if you're a mage or support)
I recently took NIN from 50 to 90 and it was fairly effortless. I know I did a worms party in Abyssea-LaThiene and and DomOps party in Abyssea-Altepa that made up the bulk of the exp I gained but there were field manual pages I soloed and I think I duoed and trioed with some LS peeps on a few occassions.
There are so many options now on what you can do for exp but you have to experiment a little bit sometimes to find the best combo for your job and time requirements. If you know you can play for several hours at a time I would make abyssea parties my priority as soon as you log in. If you dont have that much time then make sure you know of a good field manual or grounds tome you can go to and solo for easy exp.
Last night I popped my anniversary ring twice and just killed anything in sight and took DNC from 10 to 20. That was without using field manuals at all cause I hate running back to the book over and over. Im probably gonna try to get DNC to 30 tonight and if anybody wants to join me just look for me in game later this evening.
There are so many options now on what you can do for exp but you have to experiment a little bit sometimes to find the best combo for your job and time requirements. If you know you can play for several hours at a time I would make abyssea parties my priority as soon as you log in. If you dont have that much time then make sure you know of a good field manual or grounds tome you can go to and solo for easy exp.
Last night I popped my anniversary ring twice and just killed anything in sight and took DNC from 10 to 20. That was without using field manuals at all cause I hate running back to the book over and over. Im probably gonna try to get DNC to 30 tonight and if anybody wants to join me just look for me in game later this evening.
I had no problem getting up to 67, but the problem is what to do now. Popping an exp ring and trying to kill stuff solo barely makes a dent in the total exp needed to level. Abyssea is fantastic if you can get into a party, but since I'm not a mage it looks like I'm going to have to tough it out until I get a bit higher.
Crawlers Page 1 alliances is the best exp I've found outside of Abyssea, so I'm probably just going to camp the entrance to CN for one and just try to power up to 70 I guess.
Crawlers Page 1 alliances is the best exp I've found outside of Abyssea, so I'm probably just going to camp the entrance to CN for one and just try to power up to 70 I guess.
DrForester
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Alchemy said:
67 you can probably get into an abyssea alliance. Then you'll be 90 in a few hours
DrForester said:67 you can probably get into an abyssea alliance. Then you'll be 90 in a few hours
Well maybe I'll try that then. Though I still need to beat up Maat, which I'm really looking forward to. I really like individual solo challenges, just annoyed I can't bring in a sub job as that would add some variety in strategies used.
Right now its looking like Rampage + Rampage + Snarl + Tank Pet = win. Just have to worry about combat skills.
DrForester
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Alchemy said:
Have you done any abyssea?
What you really want to do is get in groups fighting the zone bosses. When you defeat the zone boss in one zone, you get something called a Lunar Abyssite. You get a second when you defeat your 7th Abyssea zone boss. And one you can buy with Curor (which you'll get plenty of in Abyssea).
These allow you to get Atma infused on your character in abyssea. They are modifiers to various stats and you can equip one for every Lunar Abyssite you posses. Most the stat boosts WILL apply to your pet as well (like say +strength atma).
Without abyssite you won't do much damage, but there will be plenty of people in pick up groups that only have one or two atma's equipped instead of three (it's not hard to get the first zone boss, and the one you buy). Tougher part is getting Atmas.
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Atma
Check out the list, see which ones you want, and try and get in groups killing those bosses.
DrForester said:
The only Abyssea I've done is key whoring because I'm not at a level high enough to actually kill anything. It seems like getting into a group is rather difficult without the capability to assist in any form, outside of the LS groups I've been in people don't seem to take kindly to leeches.
Alchemy said:
ohhhhhh youre lvling BST .......
but seriously your focus right now should be on Maat. For me personally I wouldnt even be considering Abyssea if I didnt have my limit breaks done. If you get into an Abyssea party then reach your limit cap youll be gaining nothing but cruor at that point.
Like Forester mentioned Abyssea zone boss fights are good to do for the atmas and to gain the two lunar abyssites you get from your first and 7th wins. Those will make a huge difference in how powerful you are in those parties.
I understand what youre saying about the grind but keep an open mind as to how you can gain exp. Dont be afraid to ask for help in the linkshell (whats your characters name by the way). Have your seek party flag up all the time even if youre soloing pages. Make sure to put some comments in the search menu so people know what youre willing to do as far as level sync and Abyssea. Keep an eye on chat there are plenty of times Ive been in Abyssea parties and asked if anyone wanted to come out since our party had some open spots.
There still are no sure fire shortcuts to great exp all the time but trust me its soooo much easier these days.
hgplayer1 said:
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I've actually had a tricky time finding good GoV pages to level on. The ones I tried finding always end up being out of the way and not very efficient. But I do love GoV alliances. From what I've seen nothing can top Crawlers Nest Page 1.
The next couple of weekends are going to suck because I won't really have enough time to dig in and play, so maybe the light break will help me power through the next three levels when I come back.
And I wouldn't actually mind getting some more cruor at this point. Would help out for key whoring other jobs I want to level.
http://www.ffxiah.com/player/Sylph/RawkhawkAlchemy said:
Sorry, I was joking, unfortunately someone who doesn't know me was the first to respond hahaha.
Keiician said:
Texture resolution has a cap because its a physical asset that can't really have the max res improved, but you can smooth out all the 3D geometry. Obviously it looks dated and is fairly restricted because of the engine needing to support the PS2, but at higher resolutions it doesn't bother me at all. At lower resolutions the jaggies were pretty horrifying.
The art style does hold up fairly well though. The only thing that really bothers me these days is how many of their maps are hallways and mazes. Obviously its a decision based around tech limitations like draw distance and number of creatures on screen at once, and it appears a number of the newer maps avoid this, but coming from MMOs like WoW make the game feel a bit claustrophobic. It is also a tad silly to look up and constantly see the walls stop before they reach the ceiling, that they're just tall enough to block your view and progress.
Trying to recover my PlayOnline password, because I'm an idiot and don't remember it. Getting reminded what wonderful service you get with SE, was in a live online support queue, started 9th. When I got to 1st on the queue, 25 minutes later, the page reloaded and told me no one was available to help, so I needed to try again later... Isn't the point of the queue to give me somewhere to wait until someone can help me? Reloaded the page and I was 4th in the queue again.
Needless to say I just emailed them instead, so in a couple days whenever they get around to check their inbox, I might be online.
Needless to say I just emailed them instead, so in a couple days whenever they get around to check their inbox, I might be online.
Keep meaning to post this but here are some of the things Im currently working on in game and wanted to see if anyone else needed help or could offer help.
Treasure of Aht Urghan missions - Currently on Shield of Diplomacy mission 22. willing to help on some of the earlier missions to get people caught up.
A Moogle Kupo deTat missions - currently on mission 8 Lender Beware! Read the Fine Print. Annoying quest in Sea Serpent Grotto. willing to catch people up.
Wings of the Goddess missions- very much on the back burner but willing to do this if not working on TOAU and Moogle.
Abyssea farming - cant do any of this on my own at the moment so if anyone needs help Im game for anything. KIs, seals, Atma's.
I have rank 10 Sandy on my main and am working on Bastok missions on my alt so if anyone has any interest in those I can help.
Im sure theres other stuff but thats all I can think of.
Treasure of Aht Urghan missions - Currently on Shield of Diplomacy mission 22. willing to help on some of the earlier missions to get people caught up.
A Moogle Kupo deTat missions - currently on mission 8 Lender Beware! Read the Fine Print. Annoying quest in Sea Serpent Grotto. willing to catch people up.
Wings of the Goddess missions- very much on the back burner but willing to do this if not working on TOAU and Moogle.
Abyssea farming - cant do any of this on my own at the moment so if anyone needs help Im game for anything. KIs, seals, Atma's.
I have rank 10 Sandy on my main and am working on Bastok missions on my alt so if anyone has any interest in those I can help.
Im sure theres other stuff but thats all I can think of.
hgplayer1 said:
At what level would a BST be helpful for this? Slowly getting to 75 so I should be somewhat useful shortly.
hgplayer1 said:
I'm 5-1 Windy. I dunno if Windy/Bastok missions overlap at all, but if they do or your alt needs help I'm up for it.
Just don't try to ask me for help right now, I'm not even in the same building as the PC running FFXI is currently >.>
Alchemy said:
Its best to be 90 when doing anything in Abyssea as a small group though some of the first areas introduced are a little easier to kill things in.
They dont. Im pretty close to the end of Bastok missions and as soon as Im done with that Im moving on to Windy. If youre still doing them at that point Id be glad to help.
Oh the missions, remember when we duo'd the dolls in Fei'Yin for Sandy? That was interesting to say the least.hgplayer1 said:
Anyone done updating through Turrents before? I downloaded them all last night, unzipped everything correctly, but low and behold there is no Final Fantasy folder yet (likely since I haven't been able to get on PlayOnline yet). Once I get on, I know the update is going to start up, can I cancel that and then exit out of POL and do it manually at that point? Or will the update starting up normally mess up my plans?
Rentahamster
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I can vouch for the veracity of this statement.hgplayer1 said:
Rawk Hawk said:
Are you talking about updating or getting all the files from the beginning? I think I had to get a couple of the expansions from torrents before when my discs wouldnt read and it worked but I dont remember the process.
Also missions dont have level caps so you can do them with a lvl 90 job now. I did the Bastok mission up to 8 solo on my 75 SAM.
Well, I figured out my mistake, but it was too late now. It's already updating and I deleted the zipped files and everything thinking I needed to wait until the after the initial set up. Turns out, because I purchased this version through Steam, the PlayOnline folder doesn't come up, the Final Fantasy XI folder I needed is in the Steam folder on my HDD.hgplayer1 said:
Eh oh well, should be updated and ready to go by tomorrow anyway.
Mistake #2 made already. Went to bed a little early last night, woke up this morning and figured I would buy my marbles (the only reason I paid a full month subscription for 2 days of June) before work today. Turns out by Thursday June 30th, they meant Thursday June 30th at 4:00am EDT. So I didn't get any marbles, lol.
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