A Newbs Life (Day 6)Follow

Hey, I knew I said I'd be taking the day off but it didn't work out that way so I ended up playing last night. Some random BLM invited me to party with him so the two of us set off to the Canyons... On the way we picked up a WHM and we were set to go. This was quite fun but in reality was still slower and more dangerous than soloing. Sometime later we picked up a Ranger/Monk to be our tank. That was quite enjoyable and I can't wait until I am in a situation where I really need a group! First time in the Canyon was interesting, got lost trying to get through the stupid mountains. At least there is nothing big and mean to destroy me in them.

I was disappointed with how poor my Bind spell worked on most of the Mobs in the canyon. They would be bound and unbound within 2-3 seconds of each other. Not to mention they would be pissed at me.

I tried to cut straight across East Saru (or was it west I can't remember) to get to the Canyon and I ran into the mountain that doesn't exist on the map and wasted a bunch of time because I then had to run around it. That was irritating.

The run to the Canyon wasn't too bad and I think I'll probably spend a good amount of time soloing just inside of that zone. I bet I can probably get to 15 soloing in the canyon. I think someone may have said that in a previous thread too.

Anyhow thats it for now, not sure if I'll be on tonight so you may not hear from me tomorrow. I suppose I should end with a question. Is there a more global map somewhere? A map that shows what zones are next to what zones and so on? That would be handy for trying to get to some of those outposts when the time comes.

Thanks,
Twadd (Altis on Carbuncle)

Well, for maps the usual place people use is http://www.ffxi-atlas.com/ but that's down as I type this and has been the source of recent exploits that have lead to people having their accounts hijacked if other threads round here are correct, so only go there if you use Firefox+addons to block the ads that are being blamed.

As for your Bind not lasting long, this is a reflection of your Enfeebling magic skill being a bit low, the more you use each school of spells the higher your skill, which means mobs will resist less and when they stick they'll stick for longer.

Thanks for the information.. I wont be looking at that site for awhile as I don't plan on traveling that far any time soon.

Is there a formula to determing what level you should have each of your spell types at? I've been starting to use Poison and Bind quite a bit more in attempts to get that level up. I don't know what level it is at now. My Elemental is at level 22. My job level is 11. What is the max level on spell types? If I switch jobs from BLM to lets say Dark Knight, does my Elemental skill keep its level? Or does each job have it's own set of skill levels?

Thanks,
Twadd

Yes.

In FFXI your CHARACTER has various skills which may or may not apply to any particular JOB or subjob you have at the time.

Thus, leveling Enfeebling on BLM means when you switch to DRK or RDM (or any other job which has that skill) your character's skill level applies, capped by the job level and skill rating for that job as the cannotlinkto info SFHcakan pointed you to.

Edited, Dec 11th 2007 9:22am by Kragorn

The spells and abilities list, in the links on the left of this site is excellent for seeing which job gets which spells, at which level, and what type of magic they are.

From within FFXI you can go to your menu, then status, then magic skills to see what your skill levels currently are. If a number is in blue, its capped. Aim to get as many numbers in blue as possible.

Edited, Dec 11th 2007 9:30am by Sicklove

Welcome to XI Twadd :)

Enfeebling can be a bit of a chore to level, partly due to the number of spells you have at your disposal which can skill it up for you. Many Black Mage enfeeble spells use Elemental or Dark magic skills rathter than enfeebling.

This will get easier once you've got your subjob unlocked and leveled to 3. Then you'll have access to Dia, which (just like Bio) lands 100% of the time, meaning that you have a chance of a skillup every time you cast it.

Also (just like Bio again) Dia is cheap and has a fast cast time. The only thing to be wary of is that Bio will over-write Dia, and Dia will not over-write Bio. You might want to do a little research into how the two spells differ and when/where you should be using them ;)

I still use Dia to skillup my Enfeebling right now on my Black Mage (and, you guessed it, Bio for Dark skillups) and I'm in the 50s these days :) I'll carry on using them until I cap them fully @75.

Just atlas and ffxiah. Somepage is fine.

As a lvl 11 Blm. Your Elemental Magic skill should cap at 36, and Enfeebling at 33. Don't get too ban out of shape, because it is hard to cap those skills as a subless blm at your lvl. Blind, Poison, and Bind is your enfeebling friend at your lvl...just make sure you cast at less one of each per battle. It might cost a bit more mp, but it is also good to get the skill up while you are soloing.

I second this, i very much enjoy Twadd's posts.

Don't let certain forum ***** get you down. Frankly your posts are nostalgic for me and bring back some good memories of a time when everything in the game was new/scary/exciting good times!