Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

[Trouncer]

Hi guys,

If you have a level 75 character and know the game really well, could you contact me? I'm a strategy guide publisher and I'm looking to release an updated English guide, but it's very, very difficult to find players knowledgable enough.

Basically, I'll create an outline for the guide that new players would find useful, and you'd fill the information. This would be a paid gig.

Thanks,
Trounce

[ashdam]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

brandygames?

>__< finally a new updates guide in paper

[Trouncer]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

brandygames?

>__< finally a new updates guide in paper

Haha, no. I compete with Bradygames and Prima. And they started doing those paper updates because of my business model. Although, we haven't updated any FFXI stuff in a long time so I'm trying to fix that now.

[Sanim]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

Good luck!

[Trouncer]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

Good luck!

It's surprisingly hard to find the right person. I'm almost to the point of just finding an experienced player, asking them questions, and writing the guide myself. Do you guys think that would be easier?

Maybe I should approach it differently.

[JeanRC]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

If you had not play the game deep enough, you wount know the very deep details of ffxi as the game itself has very deep end game stuffs to mess with.

This project offer look interesting ^0^ but how you going to do it?
Been playing for 2year 4month+ 2 Lv75 job and etc
I stay in asia by the way.

[Trouncer]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

If you had not play the game deep enough, you wount know the very deep details of ffxi as the game itself has very deep end game stuffs to mess with.

This project offer look interesting ^0^ but how you going to do it?
Been playing for 2year 4month+ 2 Lv75 job and etc
I stay in asia by the way.

Normally, I would try to get an author to write the entire thing and pay them afterwards. The amount paid depends on the size of the guide, but also the quality and effort the author put into it. Most of the time we pay between $300-$600.

If I gave you an outline (list of topics) could you give me enough information to write a strategy guide for it? Basically, I'd want information on every facet of FFXI but not in staggering detail. Just enough so that a new player would feel comfortable starting out. You could easily write a 5,000 page guide on FFXI and not touch on everything. I'd want something more in the 50-70 page range.

[JeanRC]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

Does that mean i become the author now? hehe
Well is pretty hard to say if i can make it or not unless you have did it before.
Maybe you can give me an outline example and i see what i can fill inside those example.
I may even need to "test drive" the new player strategy guide myself or go though the lv1 process again and take down notes stage by stage to ensure i dont miss out anything.

[Trouncer]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

Does that mean i become the author now? hehe
Well is pretty hard to say if i can make it or not unless you have did it before.
Maybe you can give me an outline example and i see what i can fill inside those example.
I may even need to "test drive" the new player strategy guide myself or go though the lv1 process again and take down notes stage by stage to ensure i dont miss out anything.

Sure, that's a good idea. I just sent you an IM on a very basic outline. If you'd like to take this on I'll send you a detailed one and we can talk back and forth in email discussing the best topics to cover.

[ashdam]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

I'd want something more in the 50-70 page range.

50-70 pages only???

[Trouncer]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

50-70 pages only???

When you don't fill them with images, that's about half the size of a novel.

I'd take more pages, sure, but how many people out there could write that many?

[Kagerou]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

Well u probably have to split ur guide into three (maybe four sections)

The normal xp pt with job roles, what job combinations to choose, the right amount of mage/melee jobs for a certain lvl area, the effective way to use JA's, etc.

The BCNM strategy for another. Going more in depth with the roles each member needs to do, the mob's special attacks, how to handle them, etc

Mission strategy, walkthrough of getting whatever key items needed, etc.

Maybe endgame but u probably don't need to (might get controversial)

[Thachsanh]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

When you don't fill them with images, that's about half the size of a novel.

I'd take more pages, sure, but how many people out there could write that many?

Heheh, RSE, AF, chest, and coffer would probably fill up 50 pages already. NM, BCNM, quests and missions would probably take another 50 pages. General jobs and crafting could also fill 50 pages easily.

Heheh, you are looking at 150 pages at least for this project.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

Absolutely. A guide isn't a novel nor is it written in that style. 50-70 pages, regardless of images, is far too small to encompass a thorough representation of FFXI even for a beginner.

[Susurrus]

Re: Looking for FFXI veteran who also knows how to write.

My job levels are indicated below and I've been playing since the US release. I could help out, but yes, the guide would need to be a hell of a lot longer, even without images, unless the pages are rediculously stupid large.

Mind if I ask, what company is this for? And would we get credit (as in put our name in it)?

Also, you'd want information post Treasures of Aht Urgan, since it will more than likely change a lot of the game and make a huge amount outdated.