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Its been a while, but we're heading back to Lakshmi.

Hopefully Rigo, Stef, and Charun will still be around!!

A few questions have come up

How is the economy? Has it stabilized during the last few years?

Has crafting gotten any easier or is it still a pain in the ***?

Have the jobs changed much in the last few years? Are there any major changes we should look for that might have occured after ToAU?

What are the lower levels like as far as getting parties? ...Dunes... Are ppl still leveling other jobs? Has there been a surge of new or former players that might make leveling in a party more viable?

Edited, Mar 1st 2010 2:21pm by Mordeyb

I recognize you, Orefise! How? I don't know. :\

I think the economy is doing well. I'm still perpetually poor, so I really can't be a good indicator, but maybe FFXIAH will be a better indicator for you...

I usually try to party with friends since most people these days do campaign and other things to merit/cap exp. However, they did make it easier for people solo or go about in smaller groups. I think a lot of people like to SMN burn in Korroloka Tunnel and have level sync parties in East Ronfaure [S].

Uh, so I'm probably not the best to be responding to your questions... Anyone else? Fynlar? Shiala? Chew?

Still mostly in deflated state. It is harder to make big bucks unless you hopped onto a niche early on, but the amount of things you need big bucks for is fewer which is really nice for the more casual players.

For instance, remember when things like NQ Haubergeon, Scorpion Harness, and Noble's Tunic were all pimp gear costing in the millions? No longer. These things are common and cheap enough to be pretty much standard issue now.




From my understanding, still a pain in the ***.




WHM has MANY new toys which I'm not going to detail all of here, but basically you're looking at the "stance" JAs Afflatus Solace and Afflatus Misery, and the spells Cura, Auspice, Sacrifice, and Esuna. The biggest change of all though might be the introduction of /SCH subjob, which enhances WHM's MP conservation far beyond anything that /BLM or /SMN can do.

RDM has Enspell 2s (which are pretty awesome, unless you have a Joyeuse in which case they are only sorta awesome, and if you are /NIN and using Justice/Joy, OR if you actually have a solid +Enhancing build, they are crap) and Composure, which allows it to triple the duration of buffs it casts on itself, greatly lowering the tedium of solo play. Composure also offers a melee accuracy bonus, but no one cares; lolrdmmelee still.

BST has Snarl, which allows it to transfer hate to jug pets, and Ready, which is a special version of Sic that allows it to choose the TP move that a jug pet uses when it has TP. Needless to say, these were pretty much in direct response to people complaining that too many areas don't have charmables for BST, which dances around the problem but still never really resolved it. That's SE for ya!

SAM has Sekkanoki, which is basically a variant of Shikikoyo; it allows you to spend only 100 TP on your next WS while conserving any TP you have over that. These are way older and you may already know about them, but there are also the "stance" abilities Hasso and Seigan. Without going into too much detail, Hasso enhances your offensive capabilities and Seigan enhances your defensive capabilities.




Much harder to find nowadays unless it's a Korroloka SMN burn, which basically entails syncing down to level 13~, having 75s train up nearly every mob in the zone, and blowing them all up with Astral Flow, which grants enough EXP to get instantly out of Valkurm range if done right.

The game is not necessarily OMG DIEING, but it is top-heavy now, so not as much lowbie activity going on anymore. However, with things like Fields of Valor and DNC subjobs, it has become much easier to get lowbie EXP on your own on at least a steady pace.

Also, with the recent announcement of the level cap raise to 99, I'd imagine there will be a whole bunch more East Ronfaure [S] parties going on now with people trying to level their LV37 subjobs up, so at least after the 37 point there will probably be some renewed activity.




Well, I am. Since I don't really do endgame, it's about all I can do Eight 75s and counting.

Edited, Mar 1st 2010 9:48pm by Fynlar

MORDY!!! I'm still here bro! Economy is about the same I don't have enough gil to buy anyting so not a good source of info for that

Well leveling new jobs might be a pain [but I have a lot of low lvl jobs that I can work on ;-)] but they've increased the amount of xp for easy prey and DC so 1-10 might be a bit quicker and there's lvl snyc (don't know if you were around for that) so you don't have to find people 1-2 lvl's around you, you can get anyone lfp ^.^

I'm pretty sure Charun is still around I see his name in my friendlist sometimes when I log on

Glad to see you're thinkin about commin back they've made a few changes since you left but its still the same ol game to me, lots of fun and even more so with friends

RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEE

lol! Mordey is getting me into trouble already! That was HIM posting under my name (grrrrr! lol) I was very glad to see so many peeps still playing! I am struggling to lvl atm (whm always took longer to solo) but we got Mordeyb up and running as "Zendyr" (War) and it took him like 30 min to hit level 6 or 7. So now i gotta try to stay ahead of him lmao!

We know y'all are people. That was what brought us back to the game. We missed the people. WoW was an awesome game, but lacked the social aspects that this one has. Gear is great... but the adventures with good friends that you can laugh/cry with is priceless!! (Good friends that make you cookies.... well, there just aren't words for that.)

Hell of a blast to the past. How are you guys doing? Are you still Mordeyb and Orefise? If not, why not?

she may be able to g3et ore back, why cant u get mordeyb back? And forgive me for asking, but "we" only have access to 1 PC, are u and ore <.< you know >.> together?

Agreed, what happened to big papa pump?? Or is this some kinda of swinger admission?


ps. THEY'RE NOT FREAKIN TOONS!

Edited, Mar 17th 2010 10:05am by rigothic

Edited, Mar 17th 2010 10:06am by rigothic

In the last week I restarted my account after almost 4 years of wow. I was shocked its was all there. After a phone call to SE I was also able to get my wife's account back also. The hard part is not getting the account back its more remembering how to play, what commands do what......, and remaking macros for all your jobs. I have to say its nice to be back home, though most of the people I used to befriends with are long gone. So much has changed. Its like a new game. WoW had its good points ..... but there is no replacing the family that is the FFXI players.

holy crap...I'm like sad now

Do you talk to BPP at all? If so tell him we say hi or something

How is the rest of the fam?? I can't think of their char names right now (I think one was angelofdestiny aka AOD)

I remember doing donald duck sounds over vent those were the good ol days /sigh

Well I'll try to be on tonight hope to see one of you around


p.s. WoW ruins marriages

Edited, Mar 18th 2010 5:01pm by rigothic

Dunno how long you've been gone but if its been over one year then there have been many additions. Moblin Maze Monger was added (battle area) where you can earn as much xp as if you were in a summoner-burn party. A new leveling system was added called "Level Sync"- that took some getting used to but its effective. You dont have to search for members within three levels of you, instead you find any job who is seeking a party and invite them. Just before the fighting begins, you set the Level Sync to one party member and wallaaaa....everyone partied becomes that member's level. The relic weapons are still hard to obtain but the new addition of Mythic Weapons is a nice addition--you will have to earn your weapon of choice by completing a time-consuming quest and a battle afterwards. Its worth it.

If you enjoy it, crafting isnt a pain in the butt. The new craft called Synergy is difficult to understand but once you figure it out, augmented equipment (additional stats added to item) can be synthesized.

I read other posts something about re-obtaining a character....I call SE from time to time for game and account info. There was a time when SE was lenient but as the RMT ring got bigger and ppl's accounts were getting hacked/taken they have become a nuisance to the point they dont give out any information. Since the "Security Token's" (changes your password each time you log in) came out about 2yrs ago SE has battoned down the hatch offering no advice or information. When asking about account information, they will first ask for the POL ID# then will ask for each registration number until you get to the last expansion. Before the security token was in effect, SE would only ask for CoP/Zilart numbers but now security has been reinforced. Without all of those numbers, you will have to prove you are the account holder (ie: your name on the billing credit card). I gave an account away to an online buddy of mine and stopped playing. I called SE to try and get the account back since I had the numbers but I had to cut my loss. SE told me I could fill out this fraud claim form. If a discrepency occurs then I would have to prove my name was on the (billing) card which I couldnt do cuz this dude played the char for 10 months and prior to that, billing was in my mom's name when the name on the account was mine. If SE found out I gave away (or sell) an account, its automatically banned so I just cut my loss and restarted over. What a pain! Word to everyone...keep your char even if you dont think you'll return cuz you never know. One day you might get that itch...
Come back! Many ppl are anticipationg FF14, I know I am! Its only going to get better.

I love you guys.