Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Skivvy]

Got pulled through all of the Dynamis zones and mega boss fights in FFXI today. I'd done all but Tavnazia back in days of yore. Was kinda funny, the mega boss to Qufim still requires even Master Level people to use the special items that remove his regen and -DT.

Dreamland Dynamis had way less story than I expected. It basically boiled down to Diabolos telling me, "Yo dawg, this is Prishe's dream." But he referred to her as, "A girl you know well." Then basically told me I have to fight back the evil that pervades his realm of Dynamis forever if I don't want him to kill her.

Was hilarious to see my friend one shot the Dynamis Lord in regular Dynamis. He came out, thumping chest speech in the log. Then he got shot with a black hole, and he kneeled instantly. She shot that son of a gun for 84,000 some odd damage. It was beautiful.

Then she left to nap, and I had free reign of the place. Got my fragment and necropsyche. Went to the, "Lair of the True Dragon" and got Excalibur. Then I hauled off to Al'taieu and killed the Jailer of Justice.

I loved Dynamis! It was one of the few events I could consistently run with my LS due to timing woes.

But one of the most memorable runs was when I killed the entire event within the first few minutes. D: My LS always had me dualbox my WHM and COR, and this one time my COR went rogue and decided to auto-run straight into the mobs at the very start of Xarc and spawned all the things. Had some very unhappy people that day.

It feels weird going into the old zones and soloing things now. Does Dynamis-Divergence have any of the old feel to it?

[Vyrerus]

I loved Dynamis! It was one of the few events I could consistently run with my LS due to timing woes.

But one of the most memorable runs was when I killed the entire event within the first few minutes. D: My LS always had me dualbox my WHM and COR, and this one time my COR went rogue and decided to auto-run straight into the mobs at the very start of Xarc and spawned all the things. Had some very unhappy people that day.

It feels weird going into the old zones and soloing things now. Does Dynamis-Divergence have any of the old feel to it?

I haven't been to Dynamis Divergence yet, but that was their intent. I know its mega bosses take more than a few people, but my brother farms it for gil with his friend duo with their dual box characters 2 or 3 days a week. It's currently only the city zones, and its major focus is getting clears of the zones so you can upgrade relic armor to item level +3 variant. I believe it also drops moldy weapons, which are used as base weapons by crafters now to make the 2100JP weapons which are this mixture of really gaudy blue + red. They are all insanely powerful when augmented, some of them putting Relics, Mythics, and Aeonics to absolute shame. Of course, to even wield them, you have to have Master stars for the job (hence the 2100JP).

I'm on a "fresh" character, reliving nostalgia and recording it all in an LP format, so I won't be there for a while yet. My character is right on the cusp of the 75 era ending currently, able to access some of the level 80 Weaponskills with merits/Sea Torques. Just have the last few fights of ToAU, then WoTG, and the ACP/Moogle/Shantotto add on quests to do. Then I absolutely must break my level cap(though I will break it first if I actually finish meriting every single merit category).

As far as old Dynamis stories go, I never wiped a Dynamis myself. However, the people pulling wiped whatever group I was in at all the common wipe points. Had a total wipe to the Death House in Windurst. Had a total wipe to the "Demon Wall" in Dynamis Xarcabard (it was just a huge line of demons). Total wipe in Dynamis Jueno due to too many BSTs pulled at once and having their pets paralyga the alliance too much. I think the only zones I never had a wipe in were San d'Oria, Bastok, and Beaucedine.