anyone?

Yep, both are fine.

Bahumut, LS: RAGE

Ragnell will be in the thread shortly I'm sure to copypasta at you.

>>23860518
I'm sorry.

>>23861796
Why? it was only $15, so I figured why not?

this thread is relevant to my interests, as well.

Play Mithra
Cyber with other Mithra
Post chatlogs
???
Profit!

>>23862028
sounds hot.

And by hot, I mean sad and depressing. (but still hot)

>>23862583
Oh, very. I don't play FFXI, but I do cyber in WoW (inb4 WoWfag), and keep logs of all the good ones for later. I play a female, though. Lets me alter it in a way I know I'll find more arousing. Easier than hoping the female (Or the person pretending to be one, as it were) agrees with what I want done.

But as much as I would love to share, it would be easy for someone even semi-familiar with the internet to find my character, and get my account b& if I did.

RDM has a high workload 42+ but its a pretty fuck yeah job to play. BLM needs to solo ALOT 51+ inless you gimp it out in level sync partys.
I would say roll galka but you'd need a shitton of MP+ / INT plus gear for both of the jobs you want to play.
So I'd say roll hume(Can play everything without godly gear for some jobs) or taru(Makes fuck yeah RDM's and BLM's).

like this?

>>23862858
What about Mithra? It seems like the extra evasion would help as a mage, and they're magic is on par w/ Humes.

>>23862918
Nah, I always end up having to take roughly 40 screenshots, not exactly a master of the text window.

Oh, and an extra with a good shot of my partner. Helps the jerking along, I find.

>>23863018

Mithra are fine mages. Race really only matters when it comes to HP/MP. Even then, fixable. Play the race you like the most, you'll do fine.

>>23863018
Mithra is fine too but it has a lower MND stat then humes and thats needed for debuffs to stick when playing RDM. Its fixable with gear though so I say roll what you want.

I wanna play as a BLU/RDM Hume.

Not OP, but I'm also new and have a RDM related question:

It's my understanding that RDM's main job is debuffs, but what should I be doing otherwise? Mixing it up in combat? Healing my party? Standing back and renew my debuffs/buffs? A little of all the above?

I thought that no one wants to join this game because most players were high level and no new people were joining?

Both are solid choices that'll see you through most of the game. and as an advantage you will get to spend a lot of your time here.

>>23863405
42+ its all about keeping your mages/paladin refreshed and your tank hasted. So you should be debuffing at the start while healing and buffing. Most partys make you main heal this can be a pain while doing all the others but it you can do it quite well once you get used to the job.

>>23863554
So I'm in for lots of work, but I have a good chance of getting into parties?

>>23863767
Oh hell yeah, 42+ your pretty damn loved. Even I got shittons of invites as a galka RDM so I'm sure you will too.

I will post my advice:

RDM/WHM or BLM/WHM are both fine choices, and you will get into parties. Having WHM sub will help, as your other spells won't deal much damage, focus on debuffing the mobs and helping heal. Keep your sub (WHM) levelled! When you play WHM do WHM/BLM.

I brought a Mithra to 75 WHM, any race is okay for WHM (except Galka really), you should never need all your MP at higher levels, so you don't need to be Tarutaru.

BLM at higher levels is all about syncing with elemental chains. RDM is all about debuffing AND refreshing AND hasting, can be very busy. WHM is all about healing healing healing.

Another new FFXIfag starting tonight here.

I was wondering if it's still as hard to level as it was before all these expansions? And is a group still necessary from 10-75 for exp?

I'm looking to play a Samurai or a Dragoon. Is having a warrior subjob a must?

>>23864235

Group exp is still faster however with dancer sub any mele damage dealer can solo without any real downtime. Especially Samurai. If you really want to level one of the jobs you mention I suggest you start out leveling warrior since that will leave you with a pretty high level sub, level monk to 18 for subbing on warrior and start unlocking once you reach 30.

There's an update today that adds one blatant "Kill 10 boars receive EXP" quests per hour today but no one really knows any details about them yet. They might add a bit of exp at least low levels.

FFXI isn't about soloing, so it's difficult to solo in general. Go in with the mindset that you are going to be in a party to do most things.

SAM and DRG are very hard to get groups for, unless you have friends. You can't start as either of those classes anyway.

>>23864646

dude what? SAM and DRG are some of the most highly sought after DD after level 50ish. And let's face it most of the grinding takes place at the higher levels.

I have not played FFXI in about two years (I have posted some advice here though), I just don't know if it can "hook" me again, I'd like to play, but at the same time, I remember why I stopped playing.

- Too much time spent doing nothing trying to get a party together, or find people to do quests/missions/etc.
- Idiots who don't learn how to play their job even in the 30's+ causing entire party to die, or getting slow/shitty xp
- Going to the same places OVER and OVER to xp

>>23864769
Nobody ever wanted those jobs in the party when I played (I was WHM, I didn't care so long as the party turned out well), and most DRG players I knew complained about hours of waiting for a group. There weren't too many SAM players.

>>23864852
Welcome to MMO's

>>23864769
SAM I can understand but... DRG?

Did they give them WS that SC into anything decent recently or something? Or damage that's not easily nullified by NIN, WAR, RNG, MNK?

I had WAR DRK NIN 75 by the time I quit, and from what I remember I was outdamaging DDs such as MNKs and RNGs while tanking also... did they ever fix that?

>>23864964
Yeah, but FFXI is extra shitty in some regards. The same mobs for 75 levels is crap, there isn't enough variety in mobs (the expansions have helped some), but it is Final Fantasy: Crab Battle

go bard all the way to 75 then lvl a real job.. now you can make enough monies to make the next job decent....

>>23865267
How make monies?

>>23865329
join HNM linkshells and get your share when you take down HNMs. also do bcnms and stuff like that....

Only say shit like WHT if you want to look stupid as hell.

>>23865415
Not those fucking mandragoras!!! lol

>>23865097

If you're fighting crabs post Kuftal now you're doing it wrong.

Galka White Mage: How bad of an idea is this?

>>23865563

Go for it. Just know that other races with the same gear will outshine you for the most part. Sure you'll survive some things they won't, but really, as long as you gear yourself well and learn to abuse spells like regen, you'd be fine.

>>23865563
its rough until you get the RSE sets, when you get those you're in them until you get the higher level RSE and AF gear.

You can manage, Galkas make great mages, tarus make great pallies, just research the job a little first and you're set.

>>23865563
its rough until you get the RSE sets, when you get those you're in them until you get the higher level RSE and AF gear.

You can manage, Galkas make great mages, tarus make great pallies, just research the job a little first and you're set.

I'm a 48 THF/NIN currently but I've been thinking...

I've never played SAM, but between those abilities, my Xbow, and how fast daggers go, would my TP gain be through the roof as THF/SAM or should I stick to NIN?

>>23864852

- The time to gather a party has been severely reduced since level ranges are less important (as long as people are willing to sync to whatever level)
-Again more people to choose from so if you run into someone that horrible (and you still will sadly) it's easier to get rid of them.
-enjoy going to Qufim at level 75!

FFXI newfag here. a few questions:

-Alright, I'm a RDM/WHM right now, but I want to go BLU/WHM in the future. At what level should I go and do the quest to get BLU?
-Is it somewhat easy to get into a party as BLU?
-What will I be doing late game in parties?
-Is it hard to get magicks?
-Does it kick ass?

FFXI newfag here. a few questions:

-Alright, I'm a RDM/WHM right now, but I want to go BLU/WHM in the future. At what level should I go and do the quest to get BLU?
-Is it somewhat easy to get into a party as BLU?
-What will I be doing late game in parties?
-Is it hard to get magicks?
-Does it kick ass?

>>23865969
You want a fast off hand and high DMG in main hand, specially when you hit higher levels.

OP needs to get his job abbreviations right

How is Warrior as a main? I hear it's ok but from what I've seen, Warrior is basically just a subjob for all the melee advanced classes.

>>23866904

That's because warrior really is so awesome. 25% damage boost for 3/5 minutes, 10% double attack rate is something any melee would want.

>>23867118

Sorry I meant 25% attack boost, not damage.

>>23866214

Why would you go /WHM? BLU is an offensive DD mage, you'd be better off going /NIN ?WAR or later on /THF.

I was in a party today in East Ronfaure[s] and got SIX MOTHERFUCKING LEVELS real quick, so my red mage is now level 44. Shit is so cash.

ALSO, screw bahamut, join Asura. Talk to Andradi, Seanith or Kaeren for a shell!

>>23866904
That's because WAR is so swell. It works great as a main job, you'll use MNK and NIN as subs, I guess SAM is now good for a sub too.

>>23866904
Top tier DD, last time I played.

BLU is my personal favorite job (it has been since FFV, but I really enjoy the implementation in FFXI). Though versatile, its best and most common use in parties is that of a heavy damage-dealer. In other words, don't sub WHM, 'cause that's honestly pretty pointless.

Melee-centric subs for it are generally the best ones to suit the job. /NIN for Dual-wield at later levels, /THF for some heavy burst damage on physical Blue Magic, and even /WAR for tanking early on (Cocoon can be kinda ridiculous when you're wearing armor that's on par with, or very close to, the best stuff that Warriors and Paladins can get). I haven't tried tanking in groups past 30-ish, though, since I've mainly been flourishing as a DD and doing copious amounts of damage.

Fuck, an FFXI thread without me? That can only mean there is some serious misinformation going on!

I noticed a few problems! First; Dragoon is as hard to get a party with as any other melee job. All melee jobs have that same fucking problem; it's a crowded area.

Now, second, Dragoon is a kickass damage dealer. In terms of sheer damage potential it's above most other melee jobs. It has some hardcore DoT, and it definitely has spike damage potential. Most Dark Knights will try to be a prick and compare spike damage, and in one blow they will definitely put out a bigger number. But think; to get that number, they used all kinds of shit. Souleater, last resort, what the fuck. If you're going to do that kind of crap you have to count a Dragoon's jumps and a wyvern's breath into his damage too. (And let me tell you, the total is fucking astronomical for a good dragoon.)

Now. Let's talk about Puppetmaster.

>>23866904
The reason warrior is a sub job for other classes is because it's pretty darn awesome.

It's like my friend says to newbies:

"Bitch, there is never a reason for you to be subbing thief in a party."

"But you sub thief to your warrior!"

"IF I COULD SUB WARRIOR TO MY WARRIOR I WOULD."

I read about half of this thread and I just want to say half of you faggots don't know what you're talking about.

I read about half of this thread.

Some of you faggots giving advice don't know what you're talking about.

>>23866214
>RDM/WHM

Why dude? RDM/BLM is better for almost everything. You get more MP, some awesome enfeebles, and more INT. The only thing WHM really has going for it is divine seal, and some decent spells at high level red mage.

>>23867669
I doubt you'll be tanking with BLU as a new character. NIN only gives you dual wield which is really only for looks with BLU. /THF is your best bet. You get a lot of blue spells and you start getting them early on (lv30) that work great with Sneak Attack. Going /WAR you wont see any damage increase to your spells form all the attack bonus.

>>23867835

What server you on, mang?

Also, with regards to DRG vs DRK and such:

A Dark Knight walks into a bar.

He misses.


As for me, I'm mixing up Red Mage. I'll never put out anywhere near as much damage as the real DDs (I'm casting half the time for one) but it's another thing to do and is loads of fun keeping track of everything.

>>23867964
>>23867996

Then give better advice.

>>23868008

Pfft. It's not like RDM is ever called on to do damage with nukes outside of perhaps the odd magic burst, and white mage gives you a whole lot of handy support spells.

>>23868074
I'm on Carbuncle, but I also have a character on Asura from last summer's /v/ linkshell. I can't play right now though. Haven't called SE about getting my password straight, even though it's been like a month. I don't play much at all any more.

Which does not stop me from being right about everything to do with FFXI.

>>23868130
It all depends on what level your red mage is. I would continue to argue my point, but I don't have sufficient information to determine my argument.

SO WHAT LEVEL IS YOUR RDM BRO?

>>23868263

I AM A LEVEL 44 RED MAGE

Although I'm a faggot and mostly sub warrior. Need to level up WHM more since the jawesome party today netted me 6 quick levels. WAR is at 23, WHM is at 19.

So Bahahut is the "official" /v/ server? I wanna know before I transfer to the wrong one

Hey, if you're playing WHM with the new WotG expansion, SCH is a viable, nearly REQUIRED subjob nowadays. With light arts reducing the mp cost and recast of all spells by 10% alone being worth the cost, but the extra two strategems every four minutes really can help out.

Also, as a sub, when you use dark arts, it makes the black magics available to you more powerful than if you'd subbed BLM in the first place.

Hey, if you're playing WHM with the new WotG expansion, SCH is a viable, nearly REQUIRED subjob nowadays. With light arts reducing the mp cost and recast of all spells by 10% alone being worth the cost, but the extra two strategems every four minutes really can help out.

Also, as a sub, when you use dark arts, it makes the black magics available to you more powerful than if you'd subbed BLM in the first place.

>>23862028
>Play Mithra
>Cyber with other Mithra

Oh, I do that anyway and I don't even have the game. Is it more fun to do it in game?

Hey, if you're playing WHM with the new WotG expansion, SCH is a viable, nearly REQUIRED subjob nowadays. With light arts reducing the mp cost and recast of all spells by 10% alone being worth the cost, but the extra two strategems every four minutes really can help out.

Also, as a sub, when you use dark arts, it makes the black magics available to you more powerful than if you'd subbed BLM in the first place.

Illysia, Lakshmi WHM

And why aren't any of you guys curious about the wonderful job of marvels and mystery, Puppetmaster? It's the coolest shit in the game. When a puppetmaster steps into the party, you know your ass is about to be kicked into hyperdrive through awesome space.

>>23868338
You get bar-ra's, protera, and shellra. Protera and Shellra are overshadowed by the tier II versions you have, and bar-ra's aren't that fancy in the first place. At your level, /blm literaly gives you a better capacity for healing. You probably have mind gear anyway, so you won't lose any significant potency.

>>23868387

Bahamut is the "Official" /v/ server. But Asura is cooler. Transfer to Asura.

>>23865097
>Yeah, but FFXI is extra shitty in some regards.
Like the fact that you don't have a jump command? I know it doesn't seem like much but, holy shit, it felt so restricted in what I could do.

>>23868459
And why would that be >.>

>>23868544

Because they have some Ragnell faggot and we have Orgasmotron.

>>23868522
If you had a jump command, then faggots would be jumping everywhere all the time. Shit would get so old, so fast.

I think the day they introduced actual dance animations was when I really lost interest in playing.

>>23868387
Asura has a number of newbies on it, but they mostly quit before their trial is over. Bahamut has amuch larger stable community, but is full of assholes.

From what I gather on the posts here. Just means bigger Mithra orgies on Bahamut.

>>23865329
The lowbie way of making some quick cash...

This is specifically for Sandy Citizens only, but anybody could do it if they're willing to make the long trek to Sandy's Auction House (AH). It helps if you have a mule in Sandy.

Try to gather about 10k from crystal sells in the AH, stacks of rabbit hide/beehive chips/silk thread, and generally questing. Buy a hume's fishing rod from the auction house, then buy a few stacks of insect balls.

Go to any city's watering hole and begin to fish for moat carp. If you're in Sandy, simply sell the gathered carp at the auction house for 3k. If not, then make the long trek to Sandy to sell them off or try to sell it at your nation's AH. If you're not from Sandy, then I would recommend creating a mule, another character, starting in Sandy, then sending them your carp to them. Once they sell, send the money back to your main.

Watering holes: inside in any city that has access to FRESHWATER. Don't bother fishing in SALTWATER. Moat carps live in FRESHWATER. Also, if you're in Sandy and you have a class leveled around 10 or higher, fish at West Ronfaure at Knight's Pond. You'll catch nothing but moat carp there but be wary of (!!!) pulls. Just press escape if your fishing music changes to a more "dramatic" effect. Other than that, you can catch about 5-7 stacks every 2-3 hours until fishing fatigue kicks in. If you begin to take longer to fish, then its probably just best to give up fishing for the day and try again the next.

>>23868606
Orgasmotron?...I'm slightly intrigued

IN MY DAY WE CAUGHT SHITLOADS OF BLACK SOLES AND BASTORE BREAMS AND WE LIKED IT
AND WE SOLD THEM TO NPCS
BLING BLING MOTHERFUCKERS

>>23868618
Yeah, you're right. How dare they introduce freedom and fun into a video game, especially an MMO.

>>23867835

Did you say talk about puppetmaster? Fucking awesome job. Not only do we get this sweet puppet that puts other melee to shame (I lol every time some stupid DRK or WAR gets out damaged by a dollie). We have the most horrid selection of gear that means each of us looks like a pretty little flower.

Picture is of me, just finished this kawaii JP party ^_______________^

ended up 1k from 60. Just waiting for my Tobe to be ready and will be getting my deliciously mediocre hat in a few hours.

>>23868658
Fishing is fun to do with your newbie buddies, but it's not so hot for money. It sort of seems like it is, but you shouldn't rely on it; especially if you're really new to the game.

You want money? Level the six jobs, sell the crystals, boom. You can afford pretty much all the lowbie gear you'll ever need. No grinding for fish, no real farming for gil since you're progressing your jobs too.

And when you need more money, just sell back gear as you level. You can get by like that while maintaining above average gear until the 30's, then you can start putting your Beastmen's Seals to work.

Fishing is fun though. Give it a shot if it sounds interesting.

People who complain about jump are stupid.

Really, jumping in a RPG. Who gives a fuck?

>>23868651
So what you are saying is, if I transfer to Bahamut I will have tons of Mitra all over me? I'm in

People who complain about jump are stupid.

Really, jumping in a RPG. Who gives a fuck?

>>23868800
Sorry you feel that way, broski.

>>23868777
You seem like a man who knows what he's doing. Make sure your puppetmaster community isn't shitty on your server.

In the years I spent as a Puppetmaster, I grew up with the pioneers of the new jobs. We learned and found out the cool things together, and it was a constantly fun experience. Once I'd become confident in my puppetry, I made a macro; alt+9, with one single line.

/sea all pup

My finger is imprinted on my 9 key now. Every free second when I wasn't doing something, I'd hit that macro and see what was up with the pups. At one point, and for a while, every PUP on my server knew me; I made sure no one who was willing to learn would go in the dark about the job. I repeated the same speeches over and over again, always making sure to keep it interesting, explaining the basics of the job to people who were starting it or were just plain interested. Regions weren't a big deal; I have some great memories of drawing pictures with little weeaboo figures to illustrate the function of the job to low level japanese PUPs.

And Carbuncle had some fucking amazing Puppetmasters. At least, while I was around; nowadays they aren't so hot and the community isn't as tight as it used to be. But you can make your Puppetmasters as awesome as mine used to be.

Don't let them go ignorant! Every other puppetmaster is a reflection on yourself; no matter how awesome you are at this job, one suck-ass puppetmaster will tarnish your name. Make them -all- awesome.

RDM/NIN all the way.

It's a very satisfying feeling knowing that you can solo some hard mobs. Like getting my Joyeuse from Charybdis almost a year ago by myself.

>>23869043

It only took one fucking puppetmaster to put my entire linkshell to shame. We were making a merit party and they were like oh fuck no DD. So I'm like fuck that get the puppetmaster niggers! So around 5 minutes after the party starts everyone is fucking shitting themselves over the parser where they're getting their asses kicked. My only real trouble with puppetmaster, getting fucking stringing pummel when I'm only 30/100.

Relic is even more fucking fabulous than AF and no one wants it so you can just haul all of it in a few weeks.

>>23869043
I remember when I fought charybdis and won a joyeuse. I was just wandering around SSG with some of my friends, I think we were hunting for a colossal lance. That had turned out to be a no-go for the day, so we were just dicking around. I moseyed down to all Char-bear for the hell of it and boom! Thar he be, the mighty kraken beast. There was a little dark knight sitting there AFK. I decided my group should take him on. We had myself as a 75 PUP/PLD, my 75 BLM friend, a 75 BLU, a BLU 60-something, and a 75BRD. I tried tanking him for a bit, bouncing flash between myself and my automaton so he was blinded, but at about 70% he went balls to the wall nuts on me. We called in some reinforcements from a pair of black mages and a red mage, pulling the usual nuke-and-kite strategy. It was intense just keeping him claimed while waiting for them to arrive.

In the end we got him, thanks to my automaton being awesome at blowing shit up and not getting hate and two really good black mages. I let my BLM friend take the joyeuse for his paladin. I really wanted it, but I would have only used it to dick around as a DRG.

>>23869043

You SOLOED Charybis?

Tell me more.

>>23869480
Come on, Adamski, he's a red mage.

They solo gods. Charybdis is cake for them. Being able to do whatever the hell you want is the only force that can drive people to suffer through so many levels of being a refresh whore.

my biggest problem with FFXI was that i couldn't remap keys or move my interface around.

>>23869597

wouldn't it be hilarious if there was some really obvious way to reassign keys?

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF stop making me want to play again faggots.

I'm dying laughing at the guy who said that DRG has sustainable DPS, what did they change recently? Arguing spike damage over a DRK is retarded for the first part because... that's the only reason they exist. Nothing in the game compares to the damage potential of Spiral Hell and Ground break in terms of SC potential.

Secondly, last time I checked they PALE in comparison to NIN WAR MNK RNG while at the same time having horrid WS to SC into. They get a break at 65 with a terrible WS, but at least it chains into light.

Penta-thrust is their only saving grace, too bad it's worthless against HNM and Blade:Jin, Rampage, Asuran Fists and Sidewinder/Slugshot do far more damage consistently.

Did they give DRGs a Haubergeon (or at least an equivalent piece at least) yet? Last time I played all the DRGs at 75 used either SH or the CoP Body that procs Triple attack(?) (been a while so i cant remember the name.. homam i think).

No hate on the DRGs- just... they're a class that SE must hate judging by how useless they are in FFXI.

>>23869805
Against gods, they did have a bit of a struggle way back when. But nowadays, there's the saving grace of the lovely Angon. And yeah; dark knights do only exist for spike damage. That doesn't mean they're particularly good at it; only on shit like HNMs would you really want a DRK to go nuts. The rest of the time they're nearly a waste of a slot.

>>2386980
How long have you been gone? Any DRG worth his levels will outdamage and equally equipped and merited Ninja in a merit party environment. A lot of RNG as well are now unable to match DRG dps.

They aren't godly by any means. There still isn't a Haubergeon replacement, but google Ares's Cuirass. It's probably harder to get than any other body piece, but it's nice in situations where your accuracy is good enough.

Downloading FFXI 2008 collection off of D2D. I'll wake up in about 2 hours when the 4 gig file finishes.

I wonder what class I should be until I can unlock BLU...

>>23869865
lolwut

Like any job, a DRK played and equipped well is not a waste of a slot. Except BST

If they're retards that use Souleater for its full duration every time it's up and kill chains, then yeah I agree with you.

DRK isn't god tier but I wouldn't call them a waste of a slot.

Also, every heard of Kraken DRK

Speaking of DRGs, I just soloed Sheep In Antlion's Clothing as DRG/BLU. It's fairly straightforward, though you need luck to limit how many helpers you find. I've gotten 3 foragers mantles so far, two on one run even. Healing 430 HP for 5 MP is so fucking great, love my wyrm armet.

As for the DRG gear, there's Aurum Cuirass, Askar Korazin, and Ares's Cuirass now. If you're curious, go to some ffxi site or just google those names, but DRG can use all of them and they are all very strong pieces. I actually just lost a lot on Askar Korazin tonight, which I'm not too incredibly happy about.

how are DRKs not good at spike dmg? Last time I checked DRK pumps out the biggest numbers in the game (especially if exploiting kraken/se/bw)

by the time i quit it was essentially me and 3 other drks kraken clubbing the shit out of every boss in the game, and winning in record times.

mind you it's not conventional, like meleeing kirin way back when.

but being able to melee kirin 100-0 is probably the coolest thing I've been able to do in that game (other than 30 second dynamis lord drop)

But honestly, every class in the game doesn't have contestable damage to NIN or MNK, I don't even see how it's mathematically possible.

FFXI turned into BLMs + PLD/NIN and a healer wotj some other broken class (such as the DRK with kraken combo)... I'm sure that formula hasn't changed much.

>>23869959
>use souleater for its full duration
>retards

Holy shit, dude! -Not- using it is retarded. If you haven't pulled hate yet then there's no reason to cut it off. The worst it can do is an extra cure and a drain on the next mob, but just cutting it off after a weapon skill is a fucking waste.

And yeah, we all know kraken DRKs are pretty awesome. They'd damn well have to be for all the work the setup takes. That's the only good thing I'll say about Dark Knight, aside from the fact that it has some fantastic support and utility spells.

>>23870059
Are you even past 50 yet? Seriously.

There are times when it's proper to use the full duration of Souleater, but most of the time it's not worth it. It kills chains, pisses people off, and a lot of times, gets you killed.

Do you even know what a merit party is like?

>>23869904
admittedly it's been a while, maybe about a year now, but i dropped every boss from RotZ to ToaU and had really little difficulty with it seeing how i was geared out the ass when CoP came out.

I honestly think I got like 15 pieces (being generous) of new gear between CoP and ToaU, and that's with 3 75's and multiple 50s.

Is there a guide to FFXI for beginners anywhere? I've never really understood everything in the game making starting up extremely hard. I am getting really interested in playing now though with all these threads.

>>23870116
I haven't played in about 5 months, but considering merit parties love to merit on mobs weak to piercing, DRG's are pretty good. I've merited with a friends decked out DRG on my decked out SAM, and it was a back and forth battle on the parser the entire time.

Albeit, I was /nin, and he was /sam. If I could have been /war it would have been over.

>>23870107
2 variables work into Souleater. Enmity and Healer MP.

A good DRK calls his souleater and saves it for chains 5-7+, to be honest there's no reason you should ever not use souleater to its full duration unless A) NIN tank who isn't worth shit, B) Healer needs mana.

and LOL at you talking about merit groups... with one person spamming heals on a DRK he can do a hilarious amount of damage. Mind you it's worthless at 75 because chaining to infinity is simply reliant on what mobs are coming to you, and any group worth a damn can do it anyways.

Souleater is for fun, and SRSBUSINESS vs. HNMs.

What are the suggested things to do once you actually get the hang of this MMORPG?

>>23870184
Why the fuck weren't you /WAR anyway? SAM/NIN is total ass for merits. Especially on greater colibri. Third eye is instant and can eat an entire pecking flurry and still stay up. Not only that but berserk/DA will help your DoT to not go to shit. If you have at least a somewhat competent party, SAM/WAR is no trouble at all.

Hell, on DRG, most of the time I go /BLU to birds just so I can main heal while the mage support can focus on keeping haste on everyone with dia 2/3 on constantly. Or use DRG/WHM and grab 5 more DDs (or 4 more DDs and a BRD) and rape the entire camp on an epic scale. It doesn't give me the best personal damage, but the exp/hour is enough to make me not care since I don't have to deal with shitty merit parties.

>>23870225
The problem is I'm not talking about parties that can only get chain 5-7. In a regular party situation, yeah that's perfect.

In merit parties it's not only about mobs coming at you, what happens when the RDM, who's convert timer is down, runs out of MP because your dumb ass used a SE Guillotine inside of chain 40's? Yeah, people die, you lose the chain, and it's the DRK's fault.

It doesn't always happen this way, but I have seen it happen when the DRK is dumb and uses it at the wrong time.

On the flipside, it can save chains too. SAM whiffs a WS, making the mob take longer, Souleater can help nullify it assuming your healers can take the hit at the moment.

It's about playing smart, like I said.

>>23870184
DRG/SAM is for pussies. /WAR is where the real damage is.

>>23870107
It pisses people off because there is some bullshit stigma about leaving it up for its tiny duration. If you're hitting souleater before your weapon skill, the chances are the mob is probably about to die anyway, be it from you, the SC, or a magic burst. Unless you're hitting it at the beginning of a damn fight, there shouldn't be a problem.

>>23870287
level to 75, get a HNM guild, fight for hourly drops day in day out.

and enjoy the 24hour-weeklong spawnrate of King behemoth, Nidhogg, and Aspidechelone(sp).

>>23870177
Uh, how new are you? SE has a set of videos for beginners to help them get around when they first start.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11newplayer/index.html?lang=en

>>23870177
There's some good stuff for people just starting out here.
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

>>23870350
Camping zilart kings is old, 2005 bullshit.

>>23870338
>In merit parties it's not only about mobs coming at you, what happens when the RDM, who's convert timer is down, runs out of MP because your dumb ass used a SE Guillotine inside of chain 40's? Yeah, people die, you lose the chain, and it's the DRK's fault.

the only merit parties worth talking about are the ones with a brd + rdm + 4DPS anyways, and in that setup you'd have to have the worst rdm ever to run out of mana because honestly, healing is hilariously easy with a nin or /nin tank.

memories of chaining all the dancing weapons in the main room of sky as 4x WAR/NIN BRD RDM and losing the chain because the mobs respawn too slow D:

>>23870329
/nin is usually the better way to go unless you know the support on the other DD's making up the party.

However in this specific party we had no one with voke. SAM/NIN, SAM/NIN, DRG/SAM, RDM/WHM, BRD/NIN, BRD/WHM. Got the chain into the 100's before someone camped on the same level as us and fucked it up.

I was pretty much the tank, and third eye simply doesn't cut it sometimes.

>>23869756

can you reassign ability stuff from there? i thought you could only use F1, F2, etc.

Official /v/ Server:

irc.rizon.net #FFXI

You can ask for Ragnell or Myrrdraal for a pearl when your on.

>>23870395
what do they camp now so i can see the shitty gear that is most likely not even comparable to pieces such as Ridill Dalmatica kaiser body and earthen body

>>23870472
Can get abjurations from einherjar, and koenig body was never good.

I have seen and experienced a merit party going down the shitter because of souleater, in a RDM+BRD+4dps setup. Not every RDM is good or knows how to handle HP going from white to red quickly. Not every DPS is good enough to keep hate off the DRK anyway, even with voke.

Once again, it's about playing smart. There are bad times to use souleater, knowing when is part of what makes a DRK good or not.

>>23870575

Its dumbass drks that kill themselves that have no concept of how refresh and ballad work. You don't pull that when a RDMs convert is not up and his mp is below 60% when your DD are too busy fapping or whatever to count shadows.

Most of the problem lies in the melee, not the rdm or brd.

All the /v/ FFXIers need to move to the same server. I think we could make a pretty good size LS.

>>23870892
mainly because if the melee are any good the rdm and brd just jerk off in a corner.

honestly, a good bard pulls and does 6 spells. a good rdm heals and uses refresh.

dear me talk about a difficult playthrough

>>23870472
Don't camp. Do salvage. The only great item from fafnir is adaberk. Ever since 2h weapon update, gaxe can perform on par with a ridill war. Koenig is shit and dalmatica is outdated.

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Ares%27s_Cuirass_Set
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Morrigan%27s_Robe_Set

>>23870356

holy shit those are fucking awesome! Wish they had been there when I started

>>23870930
That would make my job easier, since I'm still deciding where to go lol

>>23870930
I was on Asura before I quit. Thinking about resubbing but if I did, I would stay there.

>>23871286
Doesn't really matter, as long as you don't go to odin (there are WAY to many people on that server, it's crashes from being overloaded sometimes). About a year or so ago you were randomly assigned a server when you joined so that evened out the servers pretty well.

PRO TIPS

-get a movie to watch while playing this game, even simple tasks like riding the airship can take up to 15+ minutes of waiting

-make sure you enjoy wrangling tons of people to help you do the simplest of tasks, as ffxi is a team-based game, and you can do next to nothing (that is worthwhile) solo.

-be prepared that you could potentially wait years (not an exaggeration in the least) for something to drop; drop rates in ffxi are set to grindan x1000000 mode

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Also be sure to exaggerate and use your years old game experience as a basis for explaining about the current game.

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>>23871504
All of this is true.

Which server is the main /v/ server?

So all this talk about Souleater has me a bit confused. I'm a mid level DRK and I rarely ever use Souleater because I don't know the "timing" for it. Is this something that I'd have to figure out for myself or what?

Keyboard or 360 controller?

>>23872084
Yeah pretty much, timing is different for every party setup. MP and quality of tank are probably the best factors, also using it to help move along a chain is great.

>>23871577
Fucking hate Aphmau

Best advice: don't even start playing.
The GUI is super clunky and the game is dying. They also just released even more things for you to pay for! You already have to pay for each additional character too.

>>23872450
Good thing you dont need more than one character

During my last days in FFXI I started popping Souleater whenever I damn well felt like. Pissed the mage off, but I didn't care... I was acting out. Three and a half years of profession manifesting themselves...

That said, Souleater is the most fun with a Paladin to Cover you.