New or Returning Players Discussion (Or Anything Old FFXI Then Vs. Now)

**Draylo** · 2011-07-29 01:39

PLD is useful for Voidwatch where you aren't trying to kill it ASAP.

**Alvein** · 2011-07-29 05:21

Originally Posted by Patsu

How do people make gil nowadays? are crafts still impossibly expensive to level up? or have they changed it?

Best way to make gil is to farm cruor or dominion notes and sell the rare items/weapons to NPC.

**Patsu** · 2011-08-01 03:21

which job is more gear dependent? sam, nin, war? what i mean is, which one would I be able to get into abyssea groups to get my AF w/ mostly AH gear?

**Okan** · 2011-08-01 03:35

Of the 3 for that purpose, most likely NIN for tanking. Most groups are based off the 4 needed jobs. Tank, Healer, BLM proc, BRD/BLU proc.

**Kurp** · 2011-08-01 10:53

Ninja is fine for seal (+1) NMs with AH gear, high katana and evasion skill, and a decent atma or two. Shout groups don't want samurai and if they want a warrior, they want one with every weapon skilled for procs.

If you go NIN, the +20 evasion katana is really easy to acquire. You can even make two and double up on some of the trials. They're nice weapons that you can get solo with no gear in a short time-frame. You'll end up in groups most of the time with other people doing trials.

**Shiyo** · 2011-08-01 17:49

I don't suggest you get 2 evasion katanas, get 1 and offhand a kamome. The 1 evas katana will always be useful, even if you have a 90 Kannagi for when you want some extra evasion(replace offhand kamome with it and mainhand kannagi obviously). Sekka +2 even the evasion version beats pretty much all MH katanas besides emp/relic/mythic/str sekka so it's a great choice.

**Okan** · 2011-08-02 01:27

For Kamome, you can run to conflux 7 in Misareaux and someone is probably killing Sobek and dropping loads of Kamome's. Just ask if you can take one. Most people, if you ask nicely, will just give it away.

**Mrbeansman** · 2011-08-02 08:34

Originally Posted by Okan

For Kamome, you can run to conflux 7 in Misareaux and someone is probably killing Sobek and dropping loads of Kamome's. Just ask if you can take one. Most people, if you ask nicely, will just give it away.

I should really see If I can get away with this on Apademak and get a Phurba.

**Yimoa** · 2011-08-02 09:37

Pretty positive I know I missed something for the reinstall checklist transfer is done downloads and updates are done but my game framerate from login to ingame is beyond disgusting, what did I miss

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**Okan** · 2011-08-02 19:15

Originally Posted by Coolbeans

I should really see If I can get away with this on Apademak and get a Phurba.

It's worth a shot. When I was playing BST primarily, I tried to trade my Dragua pop for the axe and even then I wasn't having much luck since it's not 100% like Kamome.

**Patsu** · 2011-08-02 22:54

is there any endgame content that requires a full alliance anymore? it seems like most nms in abyssea that drops the good gear is 3-5 man able

**Okan** · 2011-08-03 01:16

Every abyssea NM is 3-5 man. Hell, with some bosses taking more than that actually makes it harder.
The only things needing 6+ are Voidwatch NMs. All of Sky, Sea, and ZNMs can be low manned with the exceptions of AV and PW (And they're Perfect Defense zerged versus traditional fighting).

**Misterjingles** · 2011-08-03 13:29

So after a 4 year hiatus, me and the missez reactivated our accounts on Sylph... reading this thread made my mind full of fuck.

So to get back on the right path, where do we start off? Missez has WHM/BRD/BLM/SMN/BST @ 75 so she's easy to start off with. I got a RNG/THF/RDM@75 and 67BLU, would it be easier to duo THF/WHM or level up my BLU to 75 and hit 90 or spam some merits?

**NotGreyheim** · 2011-08-03 14:02

:O

To answer your question, start collecting Traverser Stones at Joachim as soon as you can. Then just hop on whatever job you feel like leveling and join a worm party in Abyssea-La'theine or a Dominion Ops party in Abyssea-Altepa. Maybe do some GoV to get your BLU to 75 if that's the job you feel like taking to 90 first.

**Misterjingles** · 2011-08-03 14:58

And to make sure that I have the class usefulness on endgame notbeingascrub scale right... It's WHM > WAR/BLM/MNK/THF > everything else right? Trying to plan for "endgame" and after hitting max level... finally playing the game lol.

**Secksi** · 2011-08-03 15:41

Originally Posted by Yimoa

Pretty positive I know I missed something for the reinstall checklist transfer is done downloads and updates are done but my game framerate from login to ingame is beyond disgusting, what did I miss

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Do you have a 460/470/480 video card? Try updating your drivers, they had a problem with XI for quite a while.

**Patsu** · 2011-08-03 17:08

if I have the 2008 collectors edition, I can download the "add-on"s right? I was using steam but it's os hard to play w/o my lovely windower :X

**Yimoa** · 2011-08-03 17:19

Originally Posted by Secksi

Do you have a 460/470/480 video card? Try updating your drivers, they had a problem with XI for quite a while.

updated them yesterday, still same issue, i really think it's my internet.. have a hotspot device connected through usb via the tower..
Clear 4G can run xbox360 and my PC fine but can't bolster the power for FFXI. face to desk repeat.
Have geforce GTX590, same PC i used to play on a year ago.

**Misterjingles** · 2011-08-03 17:42

Originally Posted by Patsu

if I have the 2008 collectors edition, I can download the "add-on"s right? I was using steam but it's os hard to play w/o my lovely windower :X

Windowed seems to work on the Steam version of FFXI that I'm running.

**Kidnoftle** · 2011-08-03 18:56

Originally Posted by Misterjingles

Windowed seems to work on the Steam version of FFXI that I'm running.

It does and no, there should be no problems buying codes for add-ons.

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