Prestorian
06-11-2013, 02:02 AM
Hello everyone,
I started to play ffxi again about four months ago and I found it difficult to figure out what to do first. There is no set order on how to play the game. This is just here to help new players try to maximize their advancement to mid content.
So you start off as level one, now what? Well throw your chocobo clothes on and start slaying mobs! If it\\'s double xp weekend level all your jobs up to level 10. Trust me you\\'ll thank me later.
Purchase all your weapons and armour from npcs. I started in Sandy so all the shops were in southern sandy. If you\\'re a mage make sure you purchase all your spells from npcs and NOT FROM AUCTION HOUSE. Example, people buy cure for about 50-200 gil from now and sell it for 2k+. I suggest having a character in every city to be able to purchase spells for cheaper.
Generally, you want to level up to 12 around your starting city. If it\\'s a double xp weekend than I would stay up to level 14 in West Ronfaur. You could get 150+ xp on ep if it\\'s double experience weekend. You could also purchase experience ring which stacks with dbl xp weekend from the T. K. Guard in your hometown. I suggest getting one to use between levels 9-14 which are usually slow experience.
After level 14 it gets easier if there is a GoV experience pt in Gusgen Mines. You could stay until level 99 if you wanted to but your weapons skills and all other would such tremendously. I usually stay until level 40 then head to crawlers nest. Stay at crawlers nest until level 55-99. I stay until 55-60 than head to Boustaniuex Obliette.
The above isn\\'t the most efficient way to level but it\\'s good if you want your skills to keep up.
Or you could just show up to an Abyssea experience party and hope they need a keyer or feel sorry for you.
Who do i have to screw to get to Abyssea?
No one. It is really important to start abyssea missions! Once you talk to Jachoam in upper Jeuno (across from the stairs used to go to chocobo stables) you will being to accumulate your traverse stones. You can only carry three stones at a time. You get I think one stone every 24 hours. Each stone gives you 30 mins jn abyssea. Every city will have 2 representatives from abyssea. 1 will give you stones and the other to teleport. They are located beside each other. In the main cities it\\'s in port zone. In Jeuno you have port Jeuno and rulude gardens. When you touch Cavernous Maws you should get a cutscene. You can teleport to that maw once you get that cutscene. Please forgive me, I forgot what you need to start to get these cuts. Of I am not mistaken, I think you need to unlock Pl the past by travelling to Maw in Saurmong Champiniogn. (sorry for spelling lol)
If you get in as a keyer for abyssea here\\'s what you need to know. You will need to get azure light. Th is happens from killing monsters with magic. Azure lights helps better drops or so I am told. I still don\\'t fullyget the drop system but jjust know that azure is good! (Ask for azure light but don\\'t panic if you don\\'t have anyone who can produce azure) You need forbidden keys from Cruor Prospector who is located beside Confluence surveyor npc. These are located once you first enter abyssea. Cruor is earned through killing monsters. You will*need to leech at one point to be able to purchase keys.
Once I got to level 80 I started with my city content. I was but so soloing was easier except for 4-3 because I had no magic. I subbed blm and it took me forever to kill him. Once I got to rank 8 I stopped doing my city and started with Chains of Promathia missions.
All the limit breaks are easy except for level 70 and 95. I did 70 with thief and it was easy. I had warrior at level 70 and kept trying to do the maat fight and he kept killing me. I leveled thief because I heard stealing is the easiest way. I went in with thief, I forgot to steal and just followed a different strategy of just attack, flee when he two hours, and kill him. Had lost of Eva gear which helped a lot.
Limit break 95 was the toughest, only because I couldn\\'t find people. We had 3 rarab tails and only used two. We had 95 bst, 99 scholar, 95 warrior, 95 dnc, and 99 Mnk. The fight is super easy, just getting people together and the rarab tails were hard. Don\\'t let ppl discourage you, it\\'s an easy fight.
Once you have 1 job at 99 it\\'s easier to get the rest because now you have no lb every 5 levels.
That is all I can think of at this point. I am at a point where I need to get SoA and do missions leading up to it. ToA is where I am to be exact, haven\\'t started the missions. Took a break to try and get axes for bst so I can solo as much content as possible. I amalso trying to get atmas for abyssea.
Over all I have found it easy to level up but very difficult to advance in content. There is just so much content and it seems like no one is doing the earlier contents anymore.
If you need questions answered about my experience thus far or if you have tips of your own please share them. I will try my best to answer any questions you may have.
I started to play ffxi again about four months ago and I found it difficult to figure out what to do first. There is no set order on how to play the game. This is just here to help new players try to maximize their advancement to mid content.
So you start off as level one, now what? Well throw your chocobo clothes on and start slaying mobs! If it\\'s double xp weekend level all your jobs up to level 10. Trust me you\\'ll thank me later.
Purchase all your weapons and armour from npcs. I started in Sandy so all the shops were in southern sandy. If you\\'re a mage make sure you purchase all your spells from npcs and NOT FROM AUCTION HOUSE. Example, people buy cure for about 50-200 gil from now and sell it for 2k+. I suggest having a character in every city to be able to purchase spells for cheaper.
Generally, you want to level up to 12 around your starting city. If it\\'s a double xp weekend than I would stay up to level 14 in West Ronfaur. You could get 150+ xp on ep if it\\'s double experience weekend. You could also purchase experience ring which stacks with dbl xp weekend from the T. K. Guard in your hometown. I suggest getting one to use between levels 9-14 which are usually slow experience.
After level 14 it gets easier if there is a GoV experience pt in Gusgen Mines. You could stay until level 99 if you wanted to but your weapons skills and all other would such tremendously. I usually stay until level 40 then head to crawlers nest. Stay at crawlers nest until level 55-99. I stay until 55-60 than head to Boustaniuex Obliette.
The above isn\\'t the most efficient way to level but it\\'s good if you want your skills to keep up.
Or you could just show up to an Abyssea experience party and hope they need a keyer or feel sorry for you.
Who do i have to screw to get to Abyssea?
No one. It is really important to start abyssea missions! Once you talk to Jachoam in upper Jeuno (across from the stairs used to go to chocobo stables) you will being to accumulate your traverse stones. You can only carry three stones at a time. You get I think one stone every 24 hours. Each stone gives you 30 mins jn abyssea. Every city will have 2 representatives from abyssea. 1 will give you stones and the other to teleport. They are located beside each other. In the main cities it\\'s in port zone. In Jeuno you have port Jeuno and rulude gardens. When you touch Cavernous Maws you should get a cutscene. You can teleport to that maw once you get that cutscene. Please forgive me, I forgot what you need to start to get these cuts. Of I am not mistaken, I think you need to unlock Pl the past by travelling to Maw in Saurmong Champiniogn. (sorry for spelling lol)
If you get in as a keyer for abyssea here\\'s what you need to know. You will need to get azure light. Th is happens from killing monsters with magic. Azure lights helps better drops or so I am told. I still don\\'t fullyget the drop system but jjust know that azure is good! (Ask for azure light but don\\'t panic if you don\\'t have anyone who can produce azure) You need forbidden keys from Cruor Prospector who is located beside Confluence surveyor npc. These are located once you first enter abyssea. Cruor is earned through killing monsters. You will*need to leech at one point to be able to purchase keys.
Once I got to level 80 I started with my city content. I was but so soloing was easier except for 4-3 because I had no magic. I subbed blm and it took me forever to kill him. Once I got to rank 8 I stopped doing my city and started with Chains of Promathia missions.
All the limit breaks are easy except for level 70 and 95. I did 70 with thief and it was easy. I had warrior at level 70 and kept trying to do the maat fight and he kept killing me. I leveled thief because I heard stealing is the easiest way. I went in with thief, I forgot to steal and just followed a different strategy of just attack, flee when he two hours, and kill him. Had lost of Eva gear which helped a lot.
Limit break 95 was the toughest, only because I couldn\\'t find people. We had 3 rarab tails and only used two. We had 95 bst, 99 scholar, 95 warrior, 95 dnc, and 99 Mnk. The fight is super easy, just getting people together and the rarab tails were hard. Don\\'t let ppl discourage you, it\\'s an easy fight.
Once you have 1 job at 99 it\\'s easier to get the rest because now you have no lb every 5 levels.
That is all I can think of at this point. I am at a point where I need to get SoA and do missions leading up to it. ToA is where I am to be exact, haven\\'t started the missions. Took a break to try and get axes for bst so I can solo as much content as possible. I amalso trying to get atmas for abyssea.
Over all I have found it easy to level up but very difficult to advance in content. There is just so much content and it seems like no one is doing the earlier contents anymore.
If you need questions answered about my experience thus far or if you have tips of your own please share them. I will try my best to answer any questions you may have.