Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

Is it difficult to find leveling parties in abyssea nowadays? Or am I doomed to GoV all the way to 99.

Abyssea parties are common. People exp in Mis coast mostly for EXP for Phantom Gem KI's and the new expansion to merit points a few months ago. Most people are capped on reforged AF/AF2 new and most have capped the new merits as well so they've tapered off.

I remember it used to be easy to get into these once you were over 70 is that still the case? I've got a WHM and THF at that level and am just a little tired of GoVing with Trusts

Well then, anyone mind explaining an easy way of getting onto the Test Server? @_@

In that 'Tips to help you suck less' thread in the Bahamut forum, someone said(I couldn't tell you what page, sorry) if you trade the same weapon, it won't give you a dialog I think.

So if you trade a 2nd RDM Vigil weapon, nothing will happen if that's what he has currently. But apparently he'll say something if it's not.

That may or may not be easier for you than the Test Server thing.

What are some number people with skirmish gun +2 with wildfire?? on cor and with Arma 85 im only doing about 3k -3.5k on most mobs... is that good or bad? haha

currently my leaden kills it in dmg with like almost 7k-8k but i use the Skirmish gun +2 not armageddon so maybe thats the diff

Who are the story lines with in the bastok/windy quests of the past?

I loved teaming with the Young griffons. Bastok/Windy worth doing?/who are the cool chars?

Windy has Lehko which is the only male mithra shown in the game, and a mysterious mummy taru.

And then there's all the mithran generals who are awesome!


Gun and bullet dmg does not affect magic weapon skills. Ilvl does though, which means Skirmish does more damage than a low lv Arma.

bastok gets uh...

some ditzy SCH and the musketeers

Bonus points for Zazarg cameo!

pickaxe quadav CS alone makes the bastok storyline worth doing. you'll know what I mean

just got Tinhaspa wondering what path best for PUP STR is mod for Pummel so feel like path b might be kinda waste, what do u think?

Is it possible to start the assaults recording for mythic without turning a weapon?
Thanks in advance.

str if youll never do any content that makes this game worth playing (or have the appropriate buffs to do so), dex for all other reasons. if you get both youll be straight for life.

Accuracy from DEX path usually saves you the trouble of losing even more DPS by switching out stronger gear for accuracy in multiple slots. If you are doing high-end content on PUP, then I would recommend DEX path. Otherwise, don't bother. Even the WKR h2h with OAT and crit. rate augments may be better for low-end content (just eyeballing).

edit: or just use oatixur and wait for new skirmish weapons.


You get the journals when you start the second quest, and the first quest requires you to trade the weapon, so you can't start recording before that :/

Till new skirmish weapon appears and make obsolete all the 6 millions you spend to make 2 tinhaspas.

At this point, its better to just hold and see what new skirmish will bring. Oatixur is decent and cheap option still.

ill agree with the wait and see part for the most part, however not max upgrading at least one of them wouldnt really do justice to helping you be able to get that equipment that soon after the content comes out. two tinhaspas walk into a newcontentbar, one unaugmented and one not. who gets offered a drink and who has to buy one?

Returning player dumb question(maybe).. Somebody mentioned I could trade WKR KI's for one of the drops after I get first 3, I couldn't find anything on it on BG. Is there an npc or quest that does this? And is it a one time deal if so?

http://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Order_Up

The library quest isn't repeatable but you can do records of eminence quests for each WKR to obtain a KI, once you have all 6 you can trade them to an eminence NPC for 1 piece of WKR equipment, that quest is repeatable as long as you have all 6 ki`s

Yes. Once to get Captain, and once for the quest's books.

Where's a good place for fishing skill ups at 71? Currently in Nashmau/Talacca Cove and I haven't had a skill up in days.

I would start recording my assaults for me and mule for mythics after getting my captain, when i noticed this step is a bit trickier.

Some hint so you can optimize your tags:

- you just can get captain after you finished toau storyline. And considering toau has quite a few "wait jp midnight" missions, supose you complete the 50 assaults prior to finishing toau, you can lose some tags. So, plan so you can get the 50 assaults after finishing eternal mercenary.

- to start duty, task quest, where you will face the alex, ichor and tokens challenge, its necessary to finish an imperial heist. For that you will need:

1. Beat odin: that is at least 3 days to complete.

2. Beat the 3 beastman kings: used to be a pain, now its cake. I found the 3 kings always up when i did that.

3. Beat the 4 old salvage bosses: at least 4 days to complete.

4. Beat old nyzul. This is not exactly a waste of tag, as you are farming tokens in process, but can happen someone just farm tokens and never actually go through all floors.

5. Finally, its necessary to decide your mythic and turn it. Thats the bad part that just after turning the weapon is that you can start duty, tasks and deed. That means, you will forcely be trapped for at least 50 days with one choice you did, and lots of things can happen during an almost 2 months period redoing assaults like the weapon become nerfed, other job become the new bandwagon, etc. So take your time to decide wisely till you reach captain. Once you get captain, it shouldnt be any doubts what mythic you want.

Nashmau/Talacca Cove are the best option for you right now. I would use Lu Shang's Fishing Rod and Shrimp Lure. This is all I can find on ANY fishing guide/tutorial on the internet for FFXI, so I think you're in the right spot. If you're fishing in Talacca Cove, go through the west exit of Nashmau, through Caederva Mire, near the Einherjar entrance. That's all I can tell you, sorry!

Maybe look through here a little bit more: http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/forum/88/fishing/

Anyone know how much JA haste Mumor's Haste Samba gives? (i.e. is it just the base 5% that /DNC or an unmerited DNC gets, or did we by chance get lucky and get 10% like a 5/5 merited DNC main)

Speaking of delay reduction via trust, was it ever tested to see what tier Marches Joachim and Ulmia have?

I'm assuming all of the trusts are base marches/sambas/etc. with no +1 instrument, merits, or other modifiers. But it would be pretty cool if anyone has tested and found a pleasant surprise.

Their marches last 2 minutes in my log, so they have +0 March.

I don't know about Murmor.

hey all just wondering can anyone link me some pld sets just started gearing atm have aegis/ochain the PLD guide sets seem abit out of date, thanks in advance.

How much do displacers weaken the NMs? Trying to get clears for my mule and want to know how many I should use for each NM.

Duo'ing on mnk + dnc if that means anything