Black Belt items [dev1009]

[Neisan_Quetz]

If your friends didn't help you with stuff pre update then you need to reevaluate who your friends are.

[MarkovChain]

If your friends didn't help you with stuff pre update then you need to reevaluate who your friends are.

Which is what I said, please read. Karbuncle said himself there would more reasons to get your friends to do KS99, as opposed to today, to which I asked him why his friends didn't help him yet. Try to follow.

Not entirely true, KSNM 99 still holds a chance for Swift Belts, Strider Boots, and Kriegsbeil, and a few pieces of Abj. and gear are still useful from Kings, couple that with the update that says were supposed to be able to augment some endgame gear through synergy stands to give some reasonable gains. I won't hold my breath on that note though, because were not entirely sure of all the gear that will be upgradeable or if more will be to come.

SE already annouced that they would suck ( The way they sait it is "not as good as AF3+2"). It fits synergy pretty well btw. I don't expect anything from this beside time sink for bullcrap reward. If you don't know what I mean check the evolith system.

[Cream_Soda]

Brew less, Pchan

[MarkovChain]

"i entirely agree with you that KS99 have mostly crap reward" would have been enough but as usual with you its hard to admit that you are wrong. And no black belt is unlikely to become obsolete because of the monk belt quests system : the next one, if any, will require bb or it won't exist.

[Corwin]

I don't know which player is harder to deal with, Pchan or Feiwong. Probably the latter.

[Octaviane]

I will admit I was more than a little apprehensive about the new system for obtaining BB items. After some careful thought though, and after reading some of the more constructive posts, I am a bit more hopeful about finishing mine.

SE has confirmed that BB items will still drop from KS99's and/or a pop item for Land Kings. If I read correctly that means 2 chances at a BB item. One from the KS and if no BB item drops a pop item will which may or may not pop a HQ King. As yet, we don't know the adjusted drop rate from HQ's, nor do we know the frequency of HQ pops vs NQ. SE has also said pop items will be tradeable.

Personally, I have absolutely no problem farming KS, in Cape Teriggan my KS drop rate is probably 2-1 over BS. In lower xp areas, yes the drop rate is lower, but still not impossible to get. It takes almost no time to do a couple FoV pages a day even in the higher level areas, in fact a lot less time than is spent in Abyssea.

For those who complain that they have no KS or desire to farm them, the pop items are tradeable, meaning you can buy them. I have no doubt there will be price gouging by FFXI "entrepeneurs"...........(oh how nice it would be if we could make money like that in real life).

For those who say "I have no gil". As many have said, you can make gil from Abyssea cruor by selling the Aurore, Teal and Perle gear, and, there are still good items to farm in regular areas if you know where to go, that will net you some pretty nice gil. All it takes is a bit of time and effort.

Instead of standing around afk in Port Jeuno, your time could be better spent is what I am saying, just my opinion.

It is true that not many do KS99's anymore, and it is true that in general, people will only help if it benefits them in some way. KS99 reward items used to be quite valuable, no longer the case, but still better than nothing and no worse than potential drops from any other BCNM/KSNM/ISNM with a couple of noteable exceptions. Friends are the key here, don't be afraid to ask for help doing them, it might take a bit, but keep trying. You can do PUG's, not something I go for, but you might wind up with a good group.

Good luck to all the old school monks who have strived for their BB and resisted the urge to pay millions of gil to those "entrepeneurial" (sp) factions of FFXI.

[Sama]

I was thinking shorten the pop time for FAB is the way to go; now SE invented a solution which may have cause another... good lord...

[Gokku]

stop beating this dead horse

[LordChocoSlime]

Prior to hearing about this, I feared that getting those Black Belt items would be improbable at best. Now, I might actually be able to get those items now. Granted, I'm not too keen on the decrease in the drop rates for those items, but I do like that the NMs that drop them will be a bit easier to spawn soon. Guess I better rack up on Kindred Seals.

[Henihhi]

See Lord Choco has the right idea. Black belt never came from abyssea. Y'all need to stop whining to have it handed to you like everything in abyssea. It is not honestly that hard to get. I play MNK once a friggin year- and yes i suck at it- and i have one. If y'all spent less time whining and working for one you might get one.SE has just opened the flood gates for all the bandwagoners, stop crying and take advantage.