The catch em all thread...

[Priran]

At the following time, we performed a version update of FINAL FANTASY XI.

* This update consists of a version upgrade of the client program. When you press the play button after the time stated below, the version upgrade will begin automatically. Please follow the instructions on the screen.

[Affected Period]
Sep. 13, 2007 10:00 (PDT)

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

[Important Update Details]
The following issues have been addressed:

- Antlions were unable to use certain skills during Pankration.

- The announcer's remarks may have differed from the actual status of the Pankration match.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnew ... 1294.shtml

antlion thing I'd seen, announcer thing I have no idea what they're talking about

[Falconblade]

At the following time, we performed a version update of FINAL FANTASY XI.

* This update consists of a version upgrade of the client program. When you press the play button after the time stated below, the version upgrade will begin automatically. Please follow the instructions on the screen.

[Affected Period]
Sep. 13, 2007 10:00 (PDT)

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

[Important Update Details]
The following issues have been addressed:

- Antlions were unable to use certain skills during Pankration.

- The announcer's remarks may have differed from the actual status of the Pankration match.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnew ... 1294.shtml

10 DRK Qutrub v 11 Alrune

"This should be an exciting bout!"

100 a fist.

[Kiarax]

Well that explains why I just logged on and upon registering had 6 minutes til my match.

Maybe I'll see if I can win some Diablos matches with a short wait time.

[Zhais]

apparently some guy on alla forums has his mob at lvl 50 already...


http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?f ... m=4;page=1


I personally can barely get in one match a night due to how fast apps close (within 2 seconds....). Really draining the fun out of it.

[Kawfee]

does anyone know how stuff like double attack works?

does DA+15% work without setting double attack trait?
and does war main with war traits set give DA?
or just at a certain lvl(or not at all and you need to have double attack trait equipped specifically,which would suck <.< )

mines lvl 16 now,but i didnt notice any DAs go off so far
thats with war main and war traits equipped

Surely if it follows the player levelling model, you won't get DA until your pet is lv25. Or 50 if it has a WAR support job.

I don't think that is necessarily true. If it were, then why do Triple Attack plates exist, if TrA is THF55?

[Priran]

the update didn't remove the champ or even disrupt his win count, he's still there with his hundreds of wins

[Falconblade]

apparently some guy on alla forums has his mob at lvl 50 already...


http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?f ... m=4;page=1


I personally can barely get in one match a night due to how fast apps close (within 2 seconds....). Really draining the fun out of it.

Its honestly not that hard to grind to 50. The leveling is pretty broken.

Your EXP in Diablo caps at 2000.
Your tnl is always 200. 10 levels per cap.

Given, 5 exp per win, with a match every 3 minutes
400 matches
1200 minutes
20 hours per 10 levels.
We'll say 1-20 is a breeze, since you'll get around 50 per match if you win. We'll chalk up X-20 in one day.
Then in 3 days, you have 50.

[Dank]

There is a level 50 Roc (fittingly named "The Rock") on my server, he's been 3 hitting level 20 people all day and night in Diablo cage. He did several 100+ win rounds in Diablo to level that high.

[Marcicus]

Did they fix the issue of spamming your plate to get applied for a match? Since the update finished recently I can't really say.

[Sefirot]

doubt it.

[liefe]

the update didn't remove the champ or even disrupt his win count, he's still there with his hundreds of wins

Wish I didn't unregister before the maint..now I gotta wait another hour to dethrone the clown up there now to start afking exp again.

[Excalin Garisk]

You know The one thing I wish they do is give you some kind of special way to group your cards.... Already a Horror keeping gear.

[Rocl]

I'm hoping if I keep telling my wamouracampa to be defensive it'll roll up

[Kiarax]

I'm hoping if I keep telling my wamouracampa to be defensive it'll roll up

My penguins stupid, I tell him to be defensive and he uses Wing Slap, hits twice then Beak Lunge. I tell him to "Show no mercy!" and he counters the next 2 hits.

[BRP]

Fun little speculation:

Commands probably has a much greater effect than just AI. (Old news probably)

When a monster is Wild(or perhaps even the Champ), they probably just command themselves.

I have a Extremely(higher than "very") Tame Antlion... if there is any testing I could do with it, I'm open to suggestions.

[Cylo]

apparently some guy on alla forums has his mob at lvl 50 already...


http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?f ... m=4;page=1


I personally can barely get in one match a night due to how fast apps close (within 2 seconds....). Really draining the fun out of it.

Its honestly not that hard to grind to 50. The leveling is pretty broken.

Your EXP in Diablo caps at 2000.
Your tnl is always 200. 10 levels per cap.

Given, 5 exp per win, with a match every 3 minutes
400 matches
1200 minutes
20 hours per 10 levels.
We'll say 1-20 is a breeze, since you'll get around 50 per match if you win. We'll chalk up X-20 in one day.
Then in 3 days, you have 50.

Honestly for me there is no way in hell I will ever be king of Diabolo unless all the high levels stopped playing suddenly.
How is that "not that hard"??? these rules favor a small lucky few while crapping on the middle range.

[Falconblade]

apparently some guy on alla forums has his mob at lvl 50 already...


http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?f ... m=4;page=1


I personally can barely get in one match a night due to how fast apps close (within 2 seconds....). Really draining the fun out of it.

Its honestly not that hard to grind to 50. The leveling is pretty broken.

Your EXP in Diablo caps at 2000.
Your tnl is always 200. 10 levels per cap.

Given, 5 exp per win, with a match every 3 minutes
400 matches
1200 minutes
20 hours per 10 levels.
We'll say 1-20 is a breeze, since you'll get around 50 per match if you win. We'll chalk up X-20 in one day.
Then in 3 days, you have 50.

Honestly for me there is no way in hell I will ever be king of Diabolo unless all the high levels stopped playing suddenly.
How is that "not that hard"??? these rules favor a small lucky few while crapping on the middle range.

Ok, lets do this a different way.

100exp per loss. You start at 8. 80m per match
42 levels.
84 matches.
6720 minutes
112 hours
4.6 days to 50.

[liefe]

Well, I've been sitting at the D cage and testing the different commands..I wasn't gonna post this till I hit 50 but I'm gonna go for it anyhow.

No Mercy seems to make your pet completely disregard defensive abilities and spam TP moves as soon as they're up. (If you count pet hits and then use this command your pet will use an offensive WS almost instantly).

Give it a little more bite seems to make my pet do 2 things: 1st, when the enemy casts a spell or uses a ws, it will "guard" against it and take reduced damage (and by Guard I don't really mean the monk skill as my pet is not a monk, but just reduced damage). Second, after said ws or spell it will move to the side of the enemy and attack with a kind of sneak attack hit,sometimes WS that does seemingly double?ish damage. Crit rate seems higher than normal for the attack. I've beaten monsters 3-4 levels higher than me with this trick. It's a great way to take down those ws spammers.

Guard/Parry,etc command seems to force defensive and increases the rate of dodging a bit. I haven't tried this against a gaze attack monster but perhaps it's possible to use this to make pet run from gazes?

You're on your own just seems to make pet do what I usually tell it to do in battle. Almost like AI saved from the commands I've given it over the course of my battles..

That's all I've kind of played with for now, but from my experience commands have made a significant difference in my performance..

[Priran]

Ok, lets do this a different way.

100exp per loss. You start at 8. 80m per match
42 levels.
84 matches.
6720 minutes
112 hours
4.6 days to 50.

except it's not 100 exp per loss unless you're so low-leveled compared to the champ that you die in 3-4 hits.

[Falconblade]

Ok, lets do this a different way.

100exp per loss. You start at 8. 80m per match
42 levels.
84 matches.
6720 minutes
112 hours
4.6 days to 50.

except it's not 100 exp per loss unless you're so low-leveled compared to the champ that you die in 3-4 hits.

Is there any server that has a champ that is not 30~? I think my champ is like 45. He'll cap at 50 soon, and until there is a 5 gap level, theres no problem. The champ will level faster then anyone he faces, thats a given. As long as the champ keeps his guy in there, and he has no reason not to, he will almost indefinitely be higher leveled then you.