FFXI Refugee -- WTB Answers PST! :)

[Aniga]

Hi there,

I used to play FFXI, back when it was first released for PC. Got to 75, did sky, got a little bored, and left. For some reason though, I have this strange urge to return. However, there's a few things about the game I'd like to know before I come back, and unfortunately I haven't been able to find the answers browing the other threads. So, if any of you happen to know the answers to the following questions, I'd be grateful

1) How bad are the economies nowadays? I heard sniper rings are up to 900k... yeesh. What does it cost for a freakin' robe nowadays, 30k? Back when I played, you could sell a stack of fire crystals for 1k, what does that tend to go for nowadays?

2) How much content was added with Promethia? Missions you could breeze through in one day?

3) Do people play Ballista at all anymore? I played back when it was just introduced to the game, and do not recall it being that popular.

4) Have NAs breached the realms of HNMs? Pick-up raids for Dynamis winning normally?

5) Is there another expansion in the works for FFXI?

6) Is there an influx of new players? I'm not too keen on starting the game and not being able to find people to group with if everyone's already level 75. Not too interested in playing a BST either

7) Tarutarus still make the best bards, right?

Thanks for any information you could provide.


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By the way, what's that Rep Power and Gil stuff next to my name?

[Balfree]

Re: FFXI Refugee -- WTB Answers PST!

1) i dont know what the economy was when you were around, i can easily sell a stack of fire crystals for 5-6k nowadays, but it fluctuates

2) im not so sure, promyvion quests is all ive done, but i know theres enough content to please, there are many bonuses included in promathia other than the quests, hopefully you also know that promathia brings a whole slew of plot missions? ive heard good things, like you can finish most of it with a lvl 30 job, but i cant be trusted about this as i said ive done only promyvion missions

3) im not a ballista fan myself mainly because the game schedules the matches for you, and im barely ever online when its open for registration, the new ballista matches that you can schedule yourself are better i think, still ive only done it once, you can allways find people in ballista though, so yes it is popular

4) yes and yes, HNMLS are all over the place these days be it NA or whatever, dynamis is highly popular too

5) it is, rumour has it they will announce it on the next tokyo game show, but i wouldnt count on that myself knowing square, they have one coming out next year, that much i know, exactly when we dont know though, right now its also rumored that that new expansion will feature new jobs and avatars, but i cant stress it enough... those are rumours, the only thing thats for sure is that square isnt slowing down with expansions and version updates

6) yes, people keep coming, ive heard most people who quit do it around 50-60 when the grind is just too much to bear though lol.. but i dunno about that, theres allways people to group with, but the same problems of finding the right party are still there

7) that kind of assumptions are long gone, any race can excell at any job, ive seen taru paladins and galka bards, i dont remember having a problem :-P ofcourse if youre an elitist you might want to choose your race accordingly to the stats required for your favorite jobs, in my humble opinion the only race issues i can see is their HP and MP differences, a galka whm isnt as efficient basically because they lack mp, but it is _enough_ imo, thats a whole new conversation though... countless discussions have been made on that subject already so i'd suggest you dig around if you want any detailed information heh... gogo galka brd i say!

anyway welcome^^ good thing youre coming from wow, i might be getting old with this commentary but... "Another one bites the dust."

see ya!

[Lacilie]

Re: FFXI Refugee -- WTB Answers PST!

1) Economy is crazy these days, on my server, light/dark crystal stacks worth 10k+. Ochiudo Kote worth 2mil. Scorpion Harness(which have somehow become a must to melee here.. =_=) is 8mil... Prices always go up faster than you know, and never go down. Guess gilbuyers have been busy these days.

2) PM takes quite a while to finish, PM1, the promyvion raids, you will need to form a party and goes into the special battlefields, run through the mob, and get to the BC where you do the boss fight. Well, if you are crazy enough, you could try going thru in 1 day, though I doubt anyone would be so insane...

3) Ballista is getting quite popular in my server, tend to see more and more ballista shouts and when /sea, I can always find people playing ballista. Probably because ballista gives exp and rare items.

4) NA are getting better, a lot better, though there are still enough n00bs and assholes to piss you off enough to break your controllers. I had a Japanese player saying "foreign players are getting better than japanese these days..." the other day.

5) Rumoured to have one building for the 360 release.

6) Like everyone said, there are always enough people to play low level, of course there will be people who just play 1 job and think they mastered the game, but there will always be people who enjoy playing a mixture of jobs.

7) Personal preference, I personally don't care what race my bard is, CHR does help with debuff songs, but it's not that major(I don't fight 4x rumble crawler every pull, you see).

[fastcart]

Re: FFXI Refugee -- WTB Answers PST!

Off topic: You are not a refugee, you are an evacuee.

Sorry had to...

1) Depends on the server. Like fire crystals use to be 1200 but are now 4-6k. Sniper rings use to be 400k, now over a mil. Gilsellers and buyers are rampant.

2) These days, I'd guess it would take 1.5 to 2 mil to go thru CoP. The missions are a time sink. Can take an evening's worth of game play to get thru one or two pieces. Assuming you have a lvl 75 character, enuf money, and a CoP static, I would guess it would take 1.5 to 3 weeks to finish CoP if you played 4 to 6 hours every night.

3) Ballista lost popularity then regained it when ppl started getting xp.

4) NAs do HNM regularly. The strategy for them changed since SE made certain HNMs get more powerful if you don't kill them fast enuf. Pick-up raids success vary from server to server.

5) Try reading New Trademark Registered.

6) There's always ppl to play with just a matter of getting the proper mix of thhe job you need to xp at certain levels. Sometimes there aren't enuf healers, refreshers or tanks, while other times not enuf blm or melees.

7) How do you define "best"?

[Aniga]

Re: FFXI Refugee -- WTB Answers PST!

Thanks for the information, looks like the economy was fubared like I thought it would be. Good to hear that Ballista is popular though.

And saying that Tarus made the best bard was just a joke, I understand that Galka and Mithra can make decent enough bards to fulfill any role in any party, just like any race can play any class sufficiently well.