January 2023 FINAL FANTASY XI Digest

[Dragoy]

It was fun to continue The Voracious Resurgence story again, but I have to say I do not like the Prime Weapon requirement.

Well, the weapon requirement itself is fun, but the requirements to make and upgrade one is not, especially when going through the story with a friend who already has enough resources to do it (aside from the other required item, for the time being).

Some spoilers regarding Sortie will follow.

I had done Sortie only once before, exploring the place alone, and after a few more runs I am at a bit over 7k with 20k being the requirement to progress. I have no idea how long it will take to get the Eikondrite, which I guess comes from the bosses which quite literally mow through alter egos, so going for those solo is probably not feasible for most players (of course I don't imagine that it is intended to be).

Assuming I can get the Eikondrite from the chests or other enemies that are not the bosses, and that it does not take weeks, I guess it won't be too bad in the end, but still I feel the block to be a bit harsh, and that the amount of Gallimaufry required could be a lot lower.

I want to explore Sortie by myself at least a little more before I look at any spoilers, or join groups that already know everything about it, so the fact that this halts the progress for me and a friend going through the story is indeed not fun.

Edit 2023-01-24: After having done some more runs, I did indeed find some Eikondrite from the chests, and a Sapphire as well, which was a nice surprise. This means that upgrading my Empyrean equipment to +2 for one job might not take at least 40 days after all (+3 still might take around 300 days though...).

I also managed to beat one of the bosses, Ghatjot, as a samurai with only alter egos in the party. No loot of course, which was no surprise with my luck. In fact I don't seem to get things from the boxes either, except for that one time when I had someone with...

In any case, as I suspected, in the end it was not too bad all in all, at least for me, but I still feel it can be a bit of a rough blocker for something needed for the story...

Thank you!

regarding requirement for prime weapons for TVR, how accessible is that for fresh players? I know that seasoned players have easier way to swim on their gallimaufry, though I assume fresh players would struggle much more especially when they only have starter endgame gears.

I've done Sortie three times now I believe, as a master level 16 samurai with my equipment being a mix of Ambuscade +2, Artifact +2/+3, Mythic weapon (rank 13), and the likes, and I'm at little over 7000 now.

Assuming the other item required can be obtained via other means than, say, the bosses, it might not be too bad for me in the end, but I definitely feel it's a bit of a rough of a blocker for someone who has never joined groups doing Sortie, or for some reason does not want to do so.

I still use a bunch of the time into exploring the place, and certainly am not getting as much of Gallimaufry per run as I could since I want to learn more about the event by myself before looking at spoilers and such.


Edit 2023-01-24: Added a little bit info to the spoiler part.