Effective Wednesday 9pm, August 11th, there will be changes to the way our dynamis works. Originally this Dynamis was planned to be a partnership between Myth+BG, with the intention that Myth wanted to work with us in advancing through dynamis and making it to Dynamis-Xarcabard and beyond. Unfortunately, good intentions don't always come through and there have been problems due to lack of planning about certain issues or just a general lack of seriousness on some people's part about coming or being on time. Because of that, we are reforming with new rules in order to make things fairer to everyone, but also to encourage people to take this as a more serious effort and not just as "getting their AF2" or whatever.
For anyone who doesn't know much about dynamis, let me go over it so you can understand what our goals are. (If you already know a lot about how dynamis works you can skip this paragraph.) The way dynamis is structured, there are six dynamises. The first four dynamises can be done in any order and are Dynamis-San d'Oria, Dynamis-Bastok, Dynamis-Jeuno, and Dynamis-Windurst. When you kill the boss in each of those, a ??? spawns that gives you a key item when you examine it. When you have all four key items, you can then enter Dynamis-Beaucedine. After beating Dynamis-Beaucedine and getting the key item there, you can then enter the final dynamis, Dynamis-Xarcabard. Dynamis-Beaucedine and Dynamis-Xarcabard are far harder than the first four dynamises, and they require 50+ Lv74-75 people if you want to have a chance to succeed.
Our goal first and foremost is to get to Dynamis-Xarcabard and to beat the Dynamis Lord (the boss). We see it as a challenge and as something that we want to accomplish. It just so happens that there are other benefits that you can get along the way, namely AF2 and relic upgrades. Unfortunately the rarity of AF2 and the difficulty of relic upgrades makes it so that if you tried focusing on AF2 and relic only, you'd be missing out on getting better at dynamis. That being said, of course the AF2 is nice and it's a nice bonus/extra to doing dynamis, but when someone comes to dynamis once, gets their AF2, and then never comes to that area again because they already have their AF2, it's unfair to the people who are dedicated to coming all the time.
Because of the problems we've had with people not leveling up / lotting on AF2 then not coming once they have it / showing up late, etc., the following changes are starting on Wednesday. These changes are designed to reward people who are dedicated to the LS but to still be fair to everyone who wants to come.
===Level Requirements to Participate in Dynamis===
Bastok, Windurst, Jeuno, San d'Oria: LV70+ ALL
Beaucedine, Xarcabard: LV74+ ALL
For those of you who are Level 70 now, this is a fair notice to you that if you want to come to Beaucedine and Xarcabard, you need to level up. We need LV74-75 people to succeed in those areas. It's been a month since we've started dynamis. There is probably at least another month before we attempt Beaucedine. If you are serious about dynamis, you will level up by then. If you don't want to make an effort to level up by then, then dynamis is not for you.
===Free Entry to Dynamis===
This is something that we are going to try to do. BlueGartr linkshell will be paying for the cost of the hourglasses you need to enter dynamis (1 million gil every 3 days). That's a lot of money and right now it's hard to see if we can keep doing it for the longterm, but it's something that we want to do, as a service to everyone who comes.
===New AF2 Lotting Rules===
Because of problems with people coming only to lot on their AF2, then basically screwing over the people who've been coming every single time, there will be changes made to lotting rules. These are very fair rules and it gives everyone an opportunity to still get their AF2, but it tries to discourage people from never coming to a dynamis area once they have their AF2 from there.
First, you must pick one job which you want to be your main job for getting AF2. It can be different from the job you use in Dynamis, but you can only choose 1 job. This is the only job you can have priority lot with.
Rule #1: People who can equip an AF2 have lotting priority over those who cannot equip it. If you have a problem with this, there is a simple solution. Level up ahead of time. There is plenty of time to level up, and we will be doing dynamis many times in order to get key items for those who may have missed it. All AF2 from the four basic dynamises are LV71-73. AF2 from Dynamis-Beaucedine is LV74. AF2 from Dynamis-Xarcabard is LV75. You can get the exact levels of your AF2 from the following site:
http://mysterytour.web.infoseek.co.jp/ffxi/us/
(go to Equipment -> AF2)
Rules #2: After level, lotting priority will be based secondly on attendance. People will be grouped into 3 categories based on their attendance.
Tier 1: 75%-100% attendance since joining, 40%+ total dynamises
Tier 2: 50%-74% attendance since joining, 25%+ total dynamises
Tier 3: Everyone Else
If you feel these rules are unfair, there are two reasonable answers. First, if you can come to dynamis more, then you should. If you want to skip dynamis to do other things in-game or because you don't get any AF2 from an area, then other people who do go all the time deserve theirs first. Second, if you can't always make dynamis due to rl reasons, then you need to be courteous and allow those who've been there the longest/most to lot first. You will still get your AF2 at some point, but these rules have been made because people have been coming only for the AF2 and not coming when they don't get anything, essentially screwing the people who do come all the time.
===Relic Weapon and Currency===
Relic Weapons are currently the most powerful weapons in the game. However, they are also by far the hardest things to attain as well. Each relic weapon has 5 stages. The first stage is dropped in one of the first four dynamises.
As far as lotting for relic weapons goes, it is free lot regardless of level because they drop at a much more common rate than AF2. However, some relic weapons are used by more than one job. In this case, priority goes to the jobs that use it the most. Here are the following examples:
Relic Sword: PLD > RDM
Relic Dagger: THF > RDM/BRD
Relic Blade: DRK > WAR/PLD
Relic Staff: BLM/SMN (both lot equally)
Relic Bow: RNG > SAM
All other relic items are usable by only one job.
To upgrade a relic weapon, you must do the following things:
1st Upgrade) Pay 300-500 of a specific currency + synthesis items
2nd Upgrade) Pay 1400-1600 of a specific currency + synthesis items
3rd Upgrade) EX drop from Dynamis-Beaucedine NMs
4th Upgrade) Probably NM Fight in Dynamis-Xarcabard
To give you an idea of how long those first two upgrades take, we get an average of 200-250 in currency per dynamis. If you randomed all the currency to where everyone gets 3-4 on average per dynamis, it would literally take years to have enough for it. The only feasible way to ever get relic upgrades is to pool currency. However, we understand that everyone wants to have a shot at upgrading relic. That is why the following change to currency lotting is starting Wednesday:
1) Berticus still lots on all dynamis currency while we're actually in dynamis.
2) Afterward, half of the money goes to BlueGartr. The other half becomes available for purchase at market price by those people who attended the dynamis that night. (The current price averages about 4k per piece.) If more people want to buy than we have, priority goes based on attendance and job (BRD + melees have priority over mages as their upgrades are the most useful). The money from sold currency will go towards purchasing more hourglasses.
If you find this to be unfair, think of it this way. We don't want people selling currency because it means that will take longer for us to get upgrades, which in turn will help us do better in dynamis. We've eliminated the fee to go to dynamis, so if you want, you can use the 20-40k you would have paid to buy up currency afterward. People who are not interested in buying currency for their relic upgrade don't have to and everyone benefits. This is the only realistic way that *anyone* will ever be able to upgrade their relic weapons. Please consider that this is a much better deal than how the original currency split worked (Myth+BG only).
Once we get to the point where we are doing Dynamis-Beaucedine and the EX items (Attestations) start dropping, priority lot will go to those based on who is the closest to attaining their 3rd upgrade.
===Unknown Items / Special Items===
Supposedly there are some special items that exist in Dynamis-Beaucedine or Dynamis-Xarcabard that we have not seen. Some items may give small amounts of exp (100-200). Those will be randomed to whoever wins. There are, however, two extremely rare items that would be of great benefit to the dynamis LS.
Shadow Mantle - Occasionally Annuls Physical Attacks
Shadow Ring - Occasionally Annuls Magical Attacks, "Resist Death"
These two items will be priority lot to PLD then NIN.
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Please understand and be willing to follow these rules if you want to participate in Dynamis. We want everyone to have fun and enjoy the opportunity to go to Dynamis, but we also want to make sure that people don't take advantage of it and screw others out of their fair share. These rules are in many ways better to those outside of BlueGartr than the original ones. Many compromises have been made to make this as fair as possible to everyone.
The schedule for dynamis will stay the same. Wednesdays 9pm est, Sundays 4pm est. Always meet at the trail markings to the dynamis we are going to.
These new rules will go into effect this Wednesday, August 11, at 9pm est when we do Dynamis-San d'Oria. Please be ready in Southern San d'Oria at the Mog House if you want to come and meet the LV70 requirement.
~Quicklet