Teleport Keys.

[MiniDiamond]

Im surprised to not yet see a thread about this....

Well, Lets just get to the point.

I wish Square enix would make it so when you casted "Teleport-Dem" (or w/e) You didnt spawn ON the telepoint. Mainly Cause think of all the newbies (or Mules) Runnin around leveling and tring to get the Gate Key. Its complicated because so many people Usasly AFK on the Telepoint itself..

You Could spawn Here:


Or Here:


Or Even Here:


Anywheres fine. But just not here. I mean..
Look at all these PEOPLE!


Its Nearly Impossible to get that fucking Gate key, since people AFK here. x - x

I would show some Spots to spawn in the Jungles/Desert But I dont have those Tele's yet. XD;;

But you could just spawn beside the Chocobo people Like So:


Anywheres Fine.. Just not on the damned Crystal. >_<

Just take it into Consideration SE. Please... ><

[svengalis]

/targetnpc

[Aramyth]

Or F8. (Target nearest NPC.)

[MiniDiamond]

Your not understanding where im coming from. What newbie Knows that? Its not like FFXI has a In dept Tutorial when you approach it. Its not like
*Ding Ding*
"You have Reach and OVER Populated Telepoint with People AFKING on it. In order to select the Telepoint, Type in /targetnpc or press F8"
*ding ding*

Yeah FFXI has no form of Tutorial. So no newbie will Know that. Theyll either A: Get mad, or B: Come back later and Pray to Altana that those Fools Moved.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Your not understanding where im coming from. What newbie Knows that?

Any player who is starting now, that has never played before, will be quickly absorbed into a social LS and will be told about such things anyway.

[Frankbrodie]

Never saw it as a huge problem personally.

I mean, sure there's sometimes people afk sitting on the crystal. But I've never had it stop me from getting the KI in the many many many times I've done it on me and my mules.

Now getting up the actual steps in the first place. Sometimes that can really annoy me.
Even if it's only for 10 seconds. It's still annoying.
And don't even think about trying to auto-follow your main with your mule up those steps. It ain't happening

[RAIST]

A lot to be said for RTFM....page 45 of my manual, also on the back of the card insert that has all the shortcut commands....clearly states what F8 does.

If the PDF is not available in the DLC version, they do have the manual online (it's under Playguide at POL site), which tells you about the /targetnpc text command at least (didn't see the Fx keys when skimming it). It's also in countless guides online, possibly even in the new player tutorial videos linked over at the FFXI site (basic controls has a section on targetting). You can also download a PDF of the manualsfrom the support portal as well (hint: it's the big button labeled "Instruction Manual" when you click the support link from POL). It's right there on page 2 of the quick guide (only 2 pages to it).

[Suteru]

Page 2 of the manual.

http://support.na.square-enix.com/ma...=US&os=windows

[MiniDiamond]

Who reads Manuals Nowadays!? o - o

[Calatilla]

Who reads Manuals Nowadays!? o - o

If you needed to know something about shortcut keys etc then you would at least skim your manual since as people have said, they are in there. I don't always read a manual from cover to cover but it helps to familiarize yourself with basic keyboard commands as soon as possible.

Random character scatter would be nice for teleports etc, but as people have mentioned, its not really needed, just hit F8