New Player Looking to get Helpful Friends :)

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

Been reading http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...r-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 ?

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

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

That should cover the locations of FoV and GoV.

Awesome ty :)

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 ?

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.

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

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

Got my Dragoon and now Im working to get 99 !

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