New Player Looking to get Helpful Friends :)

[Thixy]

Hellos I am currently playing on Carbuncle and would love to have people to play with. I did start playing with my brother and a friend but they have since quit the game and kinda left me to fend for myself. I have a good grasp on the game so far and would like to do groups and or raids. I have been guild leaders on EverQuest and done alot of raiding in WoW, Also have played a bit of Final Fantasy 14 but FFXI always seems like there is so much more to do.

Guess in short I would love a social kind of Linkshell (I think thats what its called?). And one that I can do Raids later on with.

My Goals are to get lvl 99 Dragoon and White mage.. Altho everything to 99 would be awesome lol

[Thixy]

Been reading http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/20735-New-Player-Returning-Player-Guide-for-FFXI-in-2012 and I'm unsure where to find these Fields of Valor and Grounds of Valor. Don't get me wrong I want to learn my classes... But I did the Trial thing till I maxed out every thing I could. Just want to get my classes a bit quicker :)

SO the Fields of Valor are the books sitting around ?

[Mefuki]

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Field_Manual

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Grounds_Tome

That should cover the locations of FoV and GoV.

[Thixy]

Awesome ty :)

[Thixy]

Ok I am doing the Elder Memories quest... Got the Damselfly Worm really quick ... but the Magicked Skull seems really rare I saw 1 Ghoul in about 4 hrs and it didn't drop it :/

level 30 and now most stuff wont give me the loot I need since its to weak .... is there a way to get them to stiff drop quest items ?

[bungiefanNA]

It's easier to get the skull in Gusgen Mines. In Valkurm, Ghouls only come out at night, while inside Gusgen, they are always present (since it is a dungeon). Only crystals, elemental geodes, and beastmen seals/crests stop dropping when a monster is too weak to be worthwhile. Other item drops always have a chance.

[Thixy]

Hmmm I will have to take a look on how to get there ! Ty for the infos !

[Thixy]

ok so according to the wiki :

Snipper:
Crab Apron (5.7%)
Crab Shell (0.9%)
Land Crab Meat (4.3%)
Rock Salt (20%)

I've gotten Crab Shell 4 times now and still have not seen the Apron... Second day hunting all this stuff :/


Still at it looking for this Apron to drop .. leveled my Monk already to 35 looking for this thing lol

Finally got it :D... Time to start working on Dragoon after I get Rank 2 of the Nation thing

[Thixy]

Got my Dragoon and now Im working to get 99 !

[Thixy]

Still would like to join a Active Linkshell. One where people Group up and do stuff also would be a huge plus ... lol :)

[Zarchery]

GilgameshGuardians is pretty active on Carbuncle. Search around and you'll find one of our dark blue pearls. Or do a /yell in Jeuno saying you're looking for a shell.

[Thixy]

I was in Jeuno and saw red and green ( ) marks around yells... I know thats for some kind of language barrier. how does one do that also I will look for one once we get to log on :D

I was looking for the maps for Qufim Island and Behemoth's Dominion but both merchants that are listed on the wiki dont sell the maps...

[bungiefanNA]

I was in Jeuno and saw red and green ( ) marks around yells... I know thats for some kind of language barrier. how does one do that also I will look for one once we get to log on :D.

Those mark text run through the auto-translate function. Open your chat bar and press Tab. Anything in that list can be searched for by typing the start of it and hitting Tab. You can get the list of the last 199 items you looked at by opening chat, hitting tab, then up on the arrow to select Items, and hitting Enter.

[Thixy]

Ah ok ty for the info :)

[Thixy]

I wanted to see what Abyssea was all about yesterday and that left me Looking for a Party for over 9 hrs lol. To what Ive been told I can buy 2 stacks of Keys since that is the only way I can get into the Partys.

[Zarchery]

I wanted to see what Abyssea was all about yesterday and that left me Looking for a Party for over 9 hrs lol. To what Ive been told I can buy 2 stacks of Keys since that is the only way I can get into the Partys.

The monsters in Abyssea start around level 80 or so. If you're only level 43 you're not gonna be able to harm them at all. That's why you can't get a party.

[Thixy]

I got into a party doing keys ... then it hit me ...it caps at level 50 ... almost 2 hrs down the drain for nothing lol

They really have no need for those Limit Break quests anymore imo. Slows the game down alot for newer players lol