What's up with Max Level Monsters in Lower Level Areas?

[Lisotte]

Seriously... Did my mission 1-x and ran into a level 83 monster in Horototto Ruins and am finding they added these monsters to areas all over.... WHY? How am I supposed to get my quests done when I can't find max level characters to help?

Is there any need to do the missions early level though? You do that and you find you can't do many because you reach one too high level. At level 99 though you can knock them all out at once.

[Iakothm]

Is there any need to do the missions early level though? You do that and you find you can't do many because you reach one too high level. At level 99 though you can knock them all out at once.

to unlock Dragoon you need to have atleast started mission 2-3.

Make 'em yourself, level WHM, SCH or RDM, use the Tome as I said etc...

Silent Oil.
Alchemy (24)
Crystal: Water
Yield: 4
HQ #1: 8
HQ #2: 10
HQ #3: 12
Beeswax x 2
Slime Oil x 1
Alchemy (29)
Crystal: Water
Yield: 2
HQ #1: 4
HQ #2: 6
HQ #3: 8
Olive Oil x 1
Beeswax x 2

Prism Powder
Alchemy (36)
Crystal: Light
Yield: 8
HQ #1: 10
HQ #2: 11
HQ #3: 12
Glass Fiber x 2
Ahriman Lens x 1
Alchemy (41)
Crystal: Light
Yield: 6
HQ #1: 8
HQ #2: 10
HQ #3: 12
Artificial Lens x 1
Glass Fiber x 2
Alchemy (41)
Crystal: Light
Yield: 12
Trituration x 1
Triturator x 1
Glass Fiber x 4
Artificial Lens x

What New person is gonna have the money / skill level for this? Also Explain to me how to handle true sight/sound monsters please when you can't stealth/sneak yourself past them and can't handle fighting them.

[Lisotte]

to unlock Dragoon you need to have atleast started mission 2-3.


snip yadda yadda ya

What New person is gonna have the money / skill level for this? Also Explain to me how to handle true sight/sound monsters please when you can't stealth/sneak yourself past them and can't handle fighting them.

Again, people said just level whm, rdm or sch (probably not sch, lol; that'd require sneak/invis in and of itself).
All you have to do is reach lvl 25, get the scrolls for sneak/invis (don't know the exact price but should be fairly cheap; available on AH and from npcs), then you're set. You can reach lvl 25 in one average-lasting sitting, soloing 1-10 then 10-25 in gusgen.

As to handling truesight/sound mobs... same way you're gonna have to deal with them the rest of the game: avoid them. There's plenty of times in the game where you're going to need to know how to avoid truesight/sound mobs, it's a matter of patience avoiding them.

Oh, and here's the easy answer:
1) Join a friendly linkshell
2) Make friends with one of them that has sneak/invis
3) ???
4) Profit!!!

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Again, people said just level whm, rdm

Jobs more associated with San d'Oria than Windurst.

or sch

An expansion-pack job for a core-game mission.

All you have to do is reach lvl 25, get the scrolls for sneak/invis

Five levels higher than the rank's CP gear.

10-25 in gusgen.

Nowhere near Windurst.

Oh, and here's the easy answer:
1) Join a friendly linkshell
2) Make friends with one of them that has sneak/invis
3) ???
4) Profit!!!

This is why we can't have nice things.

I'm serious. When all the playerbase cares about is getting past the "fluff" to endgame, the devs won't give us anything but endgame.

[Astarek]

to unlock Dragoon you need to have atleast started mission 2-3.


Silent Oil.
Alchemy (24)
Crystal: Water
Yield: 4
HQ #1: 8
HQ #2: 10
HQ #3: 12
Beeswax x 2
Slime Oil x 1
Alchemy (29)
Crystal: Water
Yield: 2
HQ #1: 4
HQ #2: 6
HQ #3: 8
Olive Oil x 1
Beeswax x 2

Prism Powder
Alchemy (36)
Crystal: Light
Yield: 8
HQ #1: 10
HQ #2: 11
HQ #3: 12
Glass Fiber x 2
Ahriman Lens x 1
Alchemy (41)
Crystal: Light
Yield: 6
HQ #1: 8
HQ #2: 10
HQ #3: 12
Artificial Lens x 1
Glass Fiber x 2
Alchemy (41)
Crystal: Light
Yield: 12
Trituration x 1
Triturator x 1
Glass Fiber x 4
Artificial Lens x

What New person is gonna have the money / skill level for this? Also Explain to me how to handle true sight/sound monsters please when you can't stealth/sneak yourself past them and can't handle fighting them.

I think he meant you need to lvl up one of these jobs so u can have snk/ inv etc, u know if u lvl whm at 20 u can get all needed spells, but anyway, i wish I was in ur server to give you a hand .
good luck!

[wildsprite]

I think he meant you need to lvl up one of these jobs so u can have snk/ inv etc, u know if u lvl whm at 20 u can get all needed spells, but anyway, i wish I was in ur server to give you a hand .
good luck!

its 25, WHM has sneak at lv20 and invis at lv25, so doesn't RDM and SCH

[Meyi]

Silent Oil.
Alchemy (24)
Crystal: Water
Yield: 4
HQ #1: 8
HQ #2: 10
HQ #3: 12
Beeswax x 2
Slime Oil x 1
Alchemy (29)
Crystal: Water
Yield: 2
HQ #1: 4
HQ #2: 6
HQ #3: 8
Olive Oil x 1
Beeswax x 2

Prism Powder
Alchemy (36)
Crystal: Light
Yield: 8
HQ #1: 10
HQ #2: 11
HQ #3: 12
Glass Fiber x 2
Ahriman Lens x 1
Alchemy (41)
Crystal: Light
Yield: 6
HQ #1: 8
HQ #2: 10
HQ #3: 12
Artificial Lens x 1
Glass Fiber x 2
Alchemy (41)
Crystal: Light
Yield: 12
Trituration x 1
Triturator x 1
Glass Fiber x 4
Artificial Lens x

What New person is gonna have the money / skill level for this? Also Explain to me how to handle true sight/sound monsters please when you can't stealth/sneak yourself past them and can't handle fighting them.

Actually, Alchemy is extremely cheap to level up. Especially up to this level.

Levels 1~7: Tsurara (Ice Crystal, Rock Salt, Distilled Waterx2). The most expensive part of this is the ice crystals. Rock salt is 14~67 gil a piece, and distilled water is 9~12 gil a piece. So, let's say materials are at a maximum cost, this synth will cost 258g a synth. Makes 10 tsurara, which sell to NPCs for 9~10g a piece. A loss of 158g a synth which is really minor. And if you have the patience, you can sell stacks of 99 for about 3~4k, which will actually be a profit.

Levels 7~12: Poison Dust (Lightning Crystal + 2 Yellow Globes). A bit more expensive, as Yellow Globes are about 10k a stack. Lightning Crystals are about 2k a stack. I would propose saving up 26k (or asking a friend for a temporary borrow) and buying a Halcyon Rod, then grab some Worm Lures and go to the Qufim Island ice pond to fish up Yellow Globes yourself. When you're done with alchemy, you can always sell the rod back and make back the 26k that went into it! Keep dust for later.

Levels 12~16: Mercury (Lightning Crystal + 4 Cobalt Jellyfish). Another fish recipe. Sometimes you can get lucky and buy large quantities of them at the Windurst Fishing Guild for super cheap (24g a piece), but if not, you can always fish them yourself. Easy to catch with Halycon Rod and Fly Lure at Batallia Downs. Keep Mercury for later.

Levels 16~18: Poison Potion (Water Crystal + Poison Dust + Mercury). Should have plenty from the last two steps to make this. Also, this is the guild item to advance to the next stage. Win win win! Keep the rest or sell if you have lots of excess.

Levels 18~22: Poison Dagger (Water Crystal + Dagger + Animal Glue + Poison Potion). Dagger is made with level 20 Smithing (Fire Crystal + Iron Ingot + Bronze Ingot). Can also be bought from NPCs for 1,827~2,111 gil. Also about 3k on the Auction House. However, Poison Daggers are worth about 10k on the Auction House, are used in Alchemy Guild Points, and if worse comes to worse, can be NPCed back for some money.

Levels 22~27: Blinding Potion (Water Crystal + Crying Mustard + Poison Flour + Sleepshroom). Crying Mustard is incredibly cheap (max of 30g) from Benaige in South San d'Oria, and Poison Flour is 515g from Pawkrix in Lower Jeuno. But that's okay, because Sleepshrooms drop like crazy from Grass Funguars in La Theine Plateau. Blinding Potion is used for the next rank up and next synthesis.

Levels 27~32: Blind Dagger (Water Crystal + Animal Glue + Bronze Dagger + Blinding Potion). Bronze Daggers are 140~162gil, so super cheap, and the Blinding Potions should be readily accessible from the previous synth. Animal Glue should be the main concern here (Fire Crystal, 2 Bone Chips, 1 Rabbit Hide, 1 Distilled Water). However, because everyone now parties in Gusgen Mines for levels on end, Bone Chips should be plentiful, and this synth should be very cheap... or at least easy to gather mats for.

Sell the rest of excess materials either on the Auction House or to NPCs. You shouldn't be out too much money. Now you can make Silent Oils and Prism Powders on your own. With money these levels could easily be done in a day. Without money, it will take a bit longer, but you should be able to handle it just fine!

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Actually, Alchemy is extremely cheap to level up. Especially up to this level.

You forgot "Level 10/20/30: hike your buttaru out to Bastok to pass the rank examinations, just to get through a low-level Windurst mission."

[Meyi]

You forgot "Level 10/20/30: hike your buttaru out to Bastok to pass the rank examinations, just to get through a low-level Windurst mission."

Really going to go there? Fine.

Go to the eastern most tower of Horototo Ruins and farm the shit out of Goblin Thugs. They drop Wild Onions. Sell them by the dozens on the auction house until you save up 30k for silent oils/prism powders, and buy them.

Sorry for being helpful. Yeesh.

Edit: hate to see the complaining when Mission 2-3 rolls around and traveling to the other two nations comes into play.