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Final Fantasy XI 2012 |OT| Ten years of Vana'diel
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I didn't step inside Aby on my first job till I was like 82 or something like that. Did a ton of leveling with Besieged and Campaign, especially when they upped the exp/IS/AN for them.
If only they'd up my CP!!!! I could leave Windy!
pancakesandsex
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Did you switch to the new payment option?
Yeah I did, I actually paid for a couple of months on FFXIV too :/
Edit: tried to resub with chrome and it worked, weird shit.
Bostaunieux Oubliette.
Grab page 4 and go join the party killing leeches. You can level all the way to 99 there if you want.
DrForester
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Don't worry too much about accumulating stones for abyssea. If your in an halfway decent exp party, you'll gain tons of time, and if your abyssea time is over 120 min when you leave, you will keep that time for next visit to abyssea, and noot have to use any stones.
Agreed.
If this is a concern, you can try to join a group that's already in progress. That way, they'll already likely be getting time extension chests, and you won't need to worry about getting to that point before your visitant time runs out.
For what it's worth, I've had more than a full day of visitant time built up from an exp alliance before.
All right cool thanks guys, been doing the leeches while I seek for a PT. My brother is a bit of an elitist and said I'll be useless till he helps me get atmas which is why I was a bit worried. I've only been inside abyssea once so I'm still trying to get the hang of, a lot of things are still foreign to me
pancakesandsex
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It's more for NOT xping, and doing things like getting the essential KI's. The BG wiki guide I linked in the OP has a nice list of "what you need" in order to really participate without being "that guy".
creid
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Started playing this very briefly last fall but was put off by the complete lack of quest info in-game, the glacial walking speed and the time required by the little holiday quests I was logging in for. All of the hubbub in this thread and my recent acquisition of a Destrier Beret got me to pick it back up again.
I've been getting a surprising amount of enjoyment out of logging in to get some free "mystery box" items and auctioning them off for gil. It's allowed me to afford a little bit better equipment from the AH, since after my first trip to Gusgen my equipment was quite out of date. The slow movement speed still drives me nuts, but the beret seems to have sped me up a little.
I started playing with the intent to go through the "main story" and maybe an expansion or two, but before I can do any of that I really need to:
- get a skull so I can finally unlock my subjob
- get to Jueno for the first time and unlock all the inventory expansions (which looks like a pain in the ass)
- level up high enough to not need to drag other people along on the story quests, while still retaining some amount of fun
Do I have any relatively easy avenues to increase my movement speed and/or ability to teleport around?
I've been getting a surprising amount of enjoyment out of logging in to get some free "mystery box" items and auctioning them off for gil. It's allowed me to afford a little bit better equipment from the AH, since after my first trip to Gusgen my equipment was quite out of date. The slow movement speed still drives me nuts, but the beret seems to have sped me up a little.
I started playing with the intent to go through the "main story" and maybe an expansion or two, but before I can do any of that I really need to:
- get a skull so I can finally unlock my subjob
- get to Jueno for the first time and unlock all the inventory expansions (which looks like a pain in the ass)
- level up high enough to not need to drag other people along on the story quests, while still retaining some amount of fun
Do I have any relatively easy avenues to increase my movement speed and/or ability to teleport around?
There's a lot of nifty shortcut keys in the game. <3
Did you know that Control L is linkshell chat? Or that you can propose a vote with /propose?
Also, for those of you having targeting issues in Alliances, you can make "/target <bt>" into a macro, and it'll automatically select a mob that your party or alliance is in combat with.
I learned /l so early, and used it so often, that whenever I happen to start a new mmorpg, I instinctively do /l when typing a message....
...it never does anything though...
RIP: /L
You can pick up some boots through campaigns in the wotg areas. I always have a pair in my inventory.
Also watch out for swift shoes kupower. This gives you the quickened effect after resting.
DrForester
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Ah. that guide is fantastic, and really does let you know what you need.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Just adjusted my question little better.
pancakesandsex
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He should be.
panama chief
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Windower-3.431.rar
For those that need it....I downloaded this from the Windower site last week when I started.
For those that need it....I downloaded this from the Windower site last week when I started.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I am thinking about it.
Well, I recently downloaded the 14 day free trial, and while nostalgia's nice and all (had a THF a long long time ago), its pretty shocking how much walking you do in this game and how combat is basically auto-attack (at least in early levels)
Question though, do gear drops actually exist? I dont think Ive gotten any gear drops off of mobs and ive killed a crap load of mobs. Im level 11 and Im still using my starter stuff, lol. I can't access the AH so my gear options are rather limited, and the stuff they sell in the stores seem crappy and stupidly expensive
Question though, do gear drops actually exist? I dont think Ive gotten any gear drops off of mobs and ive killed a crap load of mobs. Im level 11 and Im still using my starter stuff, lol. I can't access the AH so my gear options are rather limited, and the stuff they sell in the stores seem crappy and stupidly expensive
We must get scans for epic wallpaper.
Does the book contain lore? I know people on the forums got Camate to respond and who which said they'd look into releasing a book like that. That was a while back, though.
Since Karaha-Baruha is in that picture, I got reminded of how I liked the story and background of the character until I realized that
Does the book contain lore? I know people on the forums got Camate to respond and who which said they'd look into releasing a book like that. That was a while back, though.
Since Karaha-Baruha is in that picture, I got reminded of how I liked the story and background of the character until I realized that
himself from an alternate dimension comes and warns him and tag teams with him instead. I felt it kinda tarnished the character in a way, and it would have been a lot better if he himself alone saved Windurst instead of alternate dimension stuff.
Conrad Link
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FFXI lore is best fricken lore.
I love reading that stuff.
I love reading that stuff.
I need to unlock Sky already. Least it's good to know it's not so bad doing as such. I completed Treasures of Aht Urghan in a week, but that was due to all the Japanese midnight stuff (there's a lot).
pancakesandsex
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Lemme know when you get your item to do Divine Might. We can set something up.
There was an update a while back that linked all the Auction Houses in one to create Voltron Defender of the Universe.
Joei
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Haha, awesome. I just wonder why there wasn't that much stuff available for my character regarding some armor choices. The stuff in the AH was rather depleted, although it could be because it's all low level stuff, as in like 10-20 for the items I was looking for.
Also, I'm only L10, but I was doing searches for people in the 14+ range, around when I figure I'd start wanting to party, and there is like no one 14-20 playing :/. Hell, I've done searches for 20-50 and I don't see many playing. Do you still need full parties pre-75 to level up or can you get by with a group of 2 or 3 or 4 or whatever? While I do think the game should have been more solo and small party friendly, I don't want to solo up to 75, lol. I did enjoy the multi-player aspect of the game.
Also, I'm on Ragnarok, but I doubt if this kind of thing would be server specific.
I'm not sure how popular Ragnarok is, you could do a /sea all and see how many players are currently on.
From levels 12-30 go to the Gusgen Mines in Konschat Highlands for Alliance Fields of Valor partying.
From levels 30-50 go to the Crawlers Nest in Rolanberry Fields for the same.
Parties in this are pretty casual now, you walk up in the place and see people killing things and either sit there with your party flag on, or /shout {Any vacancies?} and someone will invite you when there's a spot. It's pretty much a murder fest and very simplified compared to how it use to be.
You also can leave when you want cause it's an alliance of three parties unless things are slow. When you hit max level is when you can start doing low man parties, exp requires parties but it's not difficult at all to get into a party like it use to be. You can be any job now, it doesn't matter what you are for EXP.
Joei
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Cool thanks. This kind of thing should be in the OP, unless it's linked and I didn't click on it, lol I'm hoping it'll be easy to get in groups.
Also, they added the warping from Sandy to Whitegate, is there easy ways to get from Sandy to Bastok or Windy, Jeuno, etc.? Other than the standard Airship or tele-choco.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I often used Outpost teleport.
There's a couple other ways. You can start Voidwatch with the 3 nations which will give you warps right outside of those nations. You can also skill up Synergy and make warp earrings to pretty much any major town. There's also a Kupower that will let you warp between the 3 capitals, but it's not up all the time.
Joei
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Thanks. I'll look into starting Voidwatch with my Bard. It's 75 so it should at least let me get started. Will I have to do any battles or anything or is just quest related stuff?
DrForester
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11th anniversary census is out.
http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/guide/development/census/11/index.html
Almost 17,000 relic weapons in the game, with almost 10,000 of those being obtained in the last year.
Less than 600 Mythic weapons....
I also will stop referring to Asura as the most active server. I don't think it is anymore based on those results
http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/guide/development/census/11/index.html
Almost 17,000 relic weapons in the game, with almost 10,000 of those being obtained in the last year.
Less than 600 Mythic weapons....
I also will stop referring to Asura as the most active server. I don't think it is anymore based on those results
They need to adjust the requirements for Relic and Mythic weapons. They are ridiculous.
DrForester
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Well they can't turn around and make Relic more difficult to obtain now that they opened the floodgates, but they do need to adjust Mythic requirements. One stage of the Mythic quest line takes almost twice as much "currency" as the entire relic line. Plus Mythic quest requires a ton of other stuff, including 6 months+ of Einherjar runs, and months of Nyzul runs.
I didn't mean they need to make it harder. They need to make it easier to get them. Right now, they sound almost impossible to get, just from reading the wiki.
Cross-posting from the pickup thread, here is the artbook.
Final Fantasy XI 10th Anniversary artbook. It's so amazing, It's almost entirely filled with art and concept designs.
Looks so good!
I still need to go pick mine up from 7/11. I'll try grab it today when the heat won't suck the life out of me.
DrForester
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Relics are pretty easy to get now. With the reduction of Dynamis entry requirements, and higher levels, two or three people of correct job distribution could farm a relic in probably just over 2 months. The Vandiel census 4 or 5 years ago, had maybe a few dozen relics per server. The huge surge in relics the past year has been because of the new Dynamis design.
Mythic is still BS
Kill most the major HNM's in ToAUa areas.
Do every assault mission twice
Earn enough einherjar currency, equivalent to about 6+ months of twice a week runs
Earn enough Nyzul currency equivalent to about 2 months of daily runs (and you could not do this at the same time as the assult runs)
30,000 alexandrite, of which you can obtain maybe 100 on average per nyzul or Salvage run. (entire relic line requires about 17k of various currency, with a good Dyamis set up netting ~400 per run)
Complete all tiers of the ZNM monster line. (this is really he only think they've made easier, due to the increase in Zeni pictures)
Jailer of Hope
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsK-qSOSLMrJdDJZTzRtb1ZBSzNMYlBfVzdnT1FNbFE#gid=0
This is a list of Slyph players and whether or not they've been pearled for the SoD shell, Backloggery, or both.
Does anyone know what specifically that peak time is on that image? I'm actually curious myself to know what is the most popular server, so if I know what time to check, I'll start checking every single server with /sea all and see how it is.
We only have vague information like this, that says Asura has most characters and transactions, but not the highest active players.
Does anyone know what specifically that peak time is on that image?
On that peak time is basically JPM. Every day.
Alright, might jump on tonight with a new character now that everything is updated. The last time I played was shortly after the Aht Urghan expansion was released. I actually had a decent level 30 something character, some advance jobs, and an airship pass but that was years ago.
Thinking about starting as a Monk again, getting that to 18, level Warrior, then maybe focus on Dark Knight. Was planning on starting in Bastok and doing Alchemy for my trade.
Anyone have any advice for someone who knows the basics but hasn't played since the ToAU expansion? Thanks.
Edit: Oh crap, there's a returning player guide in the OP, guess I need to read that first.
Thinking about starting as a Monk again, getting that to 18, level Warrior, then maybe focus on Dark Knight. Was planning on starting in Bastok and doing Alchemy for my trade.
Anyone have any advice for someone who knows the basics but hasn't played since the ToAU expansion? Thanks.
Edit: Oh crap, there's a returning player guide in the OP, guess I need to read that first.
pancakesandsex
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Alright, might jump on tonight with a new character now that everything is updated. The last time I played was shortly after the Aht Urghan expansion was released. I actually had a decent level 30 something character, some advance jobs, and an airship pass but that was years ago.
Thinking about starting as a Monk again, getting that to 18, level Warrior, then maybe focus on Dark Knight. Was planning on starting in Bastok and doing Alchemy for my trade.
Anyone have any advice for someone who knows the basics but hasn't played since the ToAU expansion? Thanks.
Edit: Oh crap, there's a returning player guide in the OP, guess I need to read that first.
That guide is fantastic and Byrth is one of BG's largest contributors of awesome information. It's only going to get more comprehensive.
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