Thread: Considering FFXI till FFXIV 2.0

I'm currently in the process of updating FFXI with a separate account w/14-day free trial just to fiddle with it a tad. Going to have my mind blown tonight seeing Lv 99s running around.

Yeah XI still has alot of players playing, most are higher lvl tho doing end game at this point... i went back to xi Aug~Sept bc i missed my main. i was suprised to see ppl still shouting for missions and lvl partys xD

ffxiah.com has a live steam of current shouts and chats going on in port jeuno for all server if your interested check it out, i enjoy watching it sometime, its interesting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LMl3IuF_is
The fellow here has also been giving me feedback about the game, as he is currently playing himself as well. Was surprised to hear that WAR/SAM with G-axe is more a thing now than WAR/NIN DW.

Originally Posted by Tomoken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LMl3IuF_is
The fellow here has also been giving me feedback about the game, as he is currently playing himself as well. Was surprised to hear that WAR/SAM with G-axe is more a thing now than WAR/NIN DW.

WAR/SAM has always been a good setup. even before the lvl 75 LB.... WAR/NIN is mainly used when theres a chance of heavy damage being taken , as 2 axes isnt standard arms for WAR....

Originally Posted by FF4ever

WAR/SAM has always been a good setup. even before the lvl 75 LB.... WAR/NIN is mainly used when theres a chance of heavy damage being taken , as 2 axes isnt standard arms for WAR....

When I was last around, EXP parties always used WAR/NIN regardless of that. However, when I ever raided, I always had used PLD/WAR, so perhaps that's where I missed the boat on that one.

Originally Posted by Tomoken

When I was last around, EXP parties always used WAR/NIN regardless of that. However, when I ever raided, I always had used PLD/WAR, so perhaps that's where I missed the boat on that one.

Yeah your right in EXP partys WAR/NIN is used alot of the time since there is good chance of hate grab from the tank.... 98% of the time in end game ull use PLD/WAR, only on special occations will u use PLD/NIN... nope you missed nothing....

Ive been playing XI on and off again since early spring 2012 after a break from it when XIV came out. Honestly it's changed a lot but for the better. linkshells no longer require your soul and most heavy camped nm/HNM have been turned to popable. Dynamis is soloable and with a few month hard work you can call yourself a relic holder(and do the work solo!). Emperyan relics are actually doable now too. My husband made his almace within a month with two friends of ours and now is working on kannagai. A lot more is solo-able or small groupable and people gather in jeuno to seek events. The nice thing is the game can still be challenging and abysseas actually pretty fun now that im over the original rage of everyone being high leveled.

Ive totally fell in love with beastmater, the new merit weaponskills are reallllyyyy nice some of the gear is like dzzammmnnnn...(and actually good looking now) They made ele stave's a synergy meld that allows you to make them into one staff called a prism staff, you can now delivery box rare/unique gear and seals to mules on your account and there's these noobie/lowbie exp alliances off books that allow people to level low to 99 so its not so hard to do. If you were a cook im telling you jug pets and pet food. thats where the money is^.- or soloing dyna and selling currency... or selling brews. Either way though different from the FFXI i used to know its taken better steps forward, not backwards as I had feared it did.

Originally Posted by Kyri

Ive been playing XI on and off again since early spring 2012 after a break from it when XIV came out. Honestly it's changed a lot but for the better. linkshells no longer require your soul and most heavy camped nm/HNM have been turned to popable. Dynamis is soloable and with a few month hard work you can call yourself a relic holder(and do the work solo!). Emperyan relics are actually doable now too. My husband made his almace within a month with two friends of ours and now is working on kannagai. A lot more is solo-able or small groupable and people gather in jeuno to seek events. The nice thing is the game can still be challenging and abysseas actually pretty fun now that im over the original rage of everyone being high leveled.

Ive totally fell in love with beastmater, the new merit weaponskills are reallllyyyy nice some of the gear is like dzzammmnnnn...(and actually good looking now) They made ele stave's a synergy meld that allows you to make them into one staff called a prism staff, you can now delivery box rare/unique gear and seals to mules on your account and there's these noobie/lowbie exp alliances off books that allow people to level low to 99 so its not so hard to do. If you were a cook im telling you jug pets and pet food. thats where the money is^.- or soloing dyna and selling currency... or selling brews. Either way though different from the FFXI i used to know its taken better steps forward, not backwards as I had feared it did.

So I started a 14 day free trial on a separate account just to re-get my feet wet before considering reactivating my original account, and so far it's been very dead (still only in the single digits of level). At what point do I start doing these alliances for leveling, and where/how?