New or Returning Players Discussion 2: SoA Homeless Veterans Edition

[Jutubyaa]

Is "3 persons required" the magic number for events that cannot be entered solo (Delve, Unity, etc.) or are there events that require more?

[Kazeryushin]

3 is the magic number

I just reinstalled FFXI on my laptop running Windows 7 and haven't crashed since only because I wanted to update my drivers to play the new games that are coming out.

I'm sure you can run FFXI on a VM and maybe that can solve some issues?

[Not Kuno]

Is eminent staff better than some of the old Magian staves? Like the +6 mdmg +1 macc stuff?

[Celebrindor]

Yes, because the mDmg and the amount of macc available on other gear makes up for what we used to get from staves. As for eminent vs. Other options, think of it as a placeholder until you can get twebulijj (sp?), AATT staff, or keranous.

[Not Kuno]

So all that magian shit I did all that time ago was completely for naught? Thanks SE.

[BerenTebogo]

So all that magian shit I did all that time ago was completely for naught? Thanks SE.

Almost everything you did pre Adoulin was for naught.

[Not Kuno]

Almost everything you did pre Adoulin was for naught.

Sounds like the ffxi I know and love.

So is stuff like Wicce coat worth getting or should I get the sparks mage gear?

[BerenTebogo]

Get sparks until you can get better gear. It'll all be replaced, but 50k sparks takes like 30 min max.

[dasva]

So all that magian shit I did all that time ago was completely for naught? Thanks SE.

Staffs still usable as recast/cast time pieces though losing tp these days actually hurts on mages. I think a few of the pet augment ones have niche uses

[Not Kuno]

Get sparks until you can get better gear. It'll all be replaced, but 50k sparks takes like 30 min max.

I mean I got that. Im just asking if the sparks stuff is better than the Wicce stuff because that seems to need goetia+2 and some random new stuff and has some crazy stats on it too. Is that better than the random sparks stuff?

[BerenTebogo]

I know less than nothing about BLM. Sorry

[dasva]

I mean I got that. Im just asking if the sparks stuff is better than the Wicce stuff because that seems to need goetia+2 and some random new stuff and has some crazy stats on it too. Is that better than the random sparks stuff?

Generally speaking higher ilvl is better outside of rng augment stuff and sparks tends to be more around 115 stat wise. Don't really know the stats on eminent armor that well but fairly certain wicce+1 will beat it as some of the pieces are pretty close to or are BiS. At the very least feet for that increased manawall... combine with jp is just all kinds of fun lol

[Aragon of Odin]

Everything's situational like always in FFXI. Sparks stuff is to hold you over until you're able to get Reforged AF/Relic/Empy and Alluvion gear. If you weren't around when Gear Swap came out, then you'll be introduced to so many new types of gear sets that you'll be aiming for. Also can turn in Goetia +1 into Wicce at just the cost of an additional 5 Chapters, it's not gay like it is with turning relic into it's reforged form.

[Aragon of Odin]

Off topic but, I just noticed the American flag under my avatar, and can not seem to find where to change it. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

[Josiahkf]

I mean I got that. Im just asking if the sparks stuff is better than the Wicce stuff because that seems to need goetia+2 and some random new stuff and has some crazy stats on it too. Is that better than the random sparks stuff?

Sparks stuff is pretty shitty for Mage damage dealing, just gives you a lot of macc and survivability compared to not going with ilvl until you can get some reforging and some skirmishing done. Think of it like aurore/teal/perle for adoulin

Wayfarer set is timeless though and always badass for non Mage jobs due to its high meva and mdb, especially on content below 119 like soloing NMs. Jobs like mnk rng thf dnc pup nin ftw

[Jutubyaa]

Get sparks until you can get better gear. It'll all be replaced, but 50k sparks takes like 30 min max.

Care to share your wizardry?

[Mertron]

For sparks I usually just murder all the things during the gain experience limited time quest, as you should be getting 5k exp every kill especially during this exp campaign

[dasva]

For sparks I usually just murder all the things during the gain experience limited time quest, as you should be getting 5k exp every kill especially during this exp campaign

Well that is kind of the exceptional exception. Wont be up all the time

[BerenTebogo]

Care to share your wizardry?

Pick whatever RoE bonus is up (plantoids, vermin, physical kills, exp, whatever), find somewhere with mobs you can cleave easily that have a RoE for killing, set RoE to crystals they drop + stones of day -> profit

Though I suppose 30 min for people who are trying to get sparks is probably a bad estimate, but for me on BST it's pretty true.

[Cyleena]

Get sparks until you can get better gear. It'll all be replaced, but 50k sparks takes like 30 min max.

Care to share your wizardry?

For sparks I usually just murder all the things during the gain experience limited time quest, as you should be getting 5k exp every kill especially during this exp campaign

Well that is kind of the exceptional exception. Wont be up all the time

Vagary Brash Gate CP party is great especially during the experience ROE quest. Even when that is not up you can still cap sparks pretty fast with dmg ROE set especially anything with mob kills, magic kills etc. Blue mage sparks farming outside Vagary or any job that kills fast works extremely well to get fast merits/sparks etc as well if you have the right ROE quests set including crystals, etc.