Merit Party Camps - Search The Areas First

[Susurrus]

(This technically applies to any exp pt at any level, too...)
Before you go to camp somewhere, SEARCH THE AREA.

/sea MtZhayolm
/sea Cardarva
/sea Wajaom
/sea Bhaflau
and so on


I get tired of going to camps when they're empty, and people keep coming and the place is overcamped. Then even more people come.

And I know I'm not the only one.

So do everyone a favor and search the area and see how many parties are there before you head out.

[klvino]

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It's fine to ask people to do a /sea of the area, but a problem is that many people don't know where else to go. So here's a link to the Campsitarus so people may lookup where they can go to camp as an alternative.

[Likibiki]

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But standing in AU zones in exp parties makes your exp go up by 20k an hour, and you don't even have to kill anything!

Right?

Doesn't matter if there's 40 other people competing over 10 mobs, we automatically get godly exp...

[Kirsteena]

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Problem is EVERYWHERE is overcamped for merits. I did a search to try and find somewhere to go - 100+ in each of the main ToAU areas, 50 in Ulu Range, high numbers in sky (can't tell who are gilsellers and who aren't), numbers in Ro'Meave, people in basement of Kuftal Tunnel... It's bad wherever.

[Murphie]

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Bahamut had 4600 people online at one point this Saturday. Endgame areas were packed to the brim, no matter where you looked. ; ;

[Kirsteena]

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Agreed, it was crazy this weekend...

[Loial]

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People gained 75 levels (possibly more than once) and still don't bother searching to see if areas are overcamped. I don't see how this will ever change. Enjoy thickets being packed tighter than DA on Day 8 Fafhogg.

[Icemage]

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Enjoy thickets being packed tighter than DA on Day 8 Fafhogg.

This is the reason why I (and much of my LS) prefer it when the Astral Candescence is in beastmen hands. Get rid of staging point access and boom - suddenly there's 2-3 parties in Bhaflau and Caedarva instead of 6+.


Icemage

[Omni]

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i dont think its about the lack of using the /sea function.

like others have said, its just way too many ppl.
considering that no one really wants to merit in old areas anymore ie: sky, bibiki, meadows, ulg[tab] range, kuftal and etc. everyone wants to get that 12k/hr type of xp. everyone wants to be able to beat the crap out of a mob in less than 30s to feed their e-peen. going back to older places is just tough. i admit, ive been spoiled with some good merit pts in toua and whenever i do find myself back in the old stomping grounds... its a little bit frustrating knowing that you -could- be raking in double what you are doing now.

what would totally open on all areas again would be to change the repop times on old merit zones. SE does want to encourage people to be in toua as they have stated, but something like lowering repop timers on mobs in old zones might help alot. however, i havent thought it through on what side effects that would produce.

[Khevn]

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Everyone but the US eh. I bet i can find a few 3rd world countries that still measure with stones and stick lengths. I bet they're also quite fond of that system as well >.> which is why they're still a 3rd world country. and honestly if you really want too be screwed up about dates. Alot military documents are YYYY/mm/dd as well. /derail

If I had my wish PLD, Blm, Whm, Smn, Bst, thf, drg, drk, pup, would all be up for updates at once. I'm seriously tired of Nin War, mnk, sam and rdm. I swear thats the only 6 classes i ever party with anymore. Very stagnant seeing the same crap all the time. It's like >.> the other classes can't compete cause ToAU easy mode has ruined the game. oh sorry ranted agian.

They should just make a ticket system like alot of barbers have and only allow 4 parties in those zones at once. "Here take a number for the thickets... wait time... 7 days 8 hrs... 10min 9 sec........... /cry"

Sorry, too bad ToAU easy mode has totally changed the way people think and play FFXI. Maybe one day I'll actually see a burst in a party agian. I remember when Ice burst at lvl 45-60 was the shit, and you had to time your chain with the ancient magic. OMG everyone actually had to work together and talk to each other. Now it's run all over the place and spam WS's. Shit might as well go play WoW least i have a variety of moves i can spam. The reasons to play this game dwindle every year.

[Likibiki]

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I don't think I've done a skillchain since AU was released... this includes lowbie zones, even up to 37 because "all the high levels don't use them so why should we?"

Yeah, they're broken. The only people who will argue are, like people said, RDM BRD WAR MNK NIN SAM...

[Murphie]

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Everyone but the US eh. I bet i can find a few 3rd world countries that still measure with stones and stick lengths. I bet they're also quite fond of that system as well >.> which is why they're still a 3rd world country. and honestly if you really want too be screwed up about dates. Alot military documents are YYYY/mm/dd as well. /derail

If I had my wish PLD, Blm, Whm, Smn, Bst, thf, drg, drk, pup, would all be up for updates at once. I'm seriously tired of Nin War, mnk, sam and rdm. I swear thats the only 6 classes i ever party with anymore. Very stagnant seeing the same crap all the time. It's like >.> the other classes can't compete cause ToAU easy mode has ruined the game. oh sorry ranted agian.

They should just make a ticket system like alot of barbers have and only allow 4 parties in those zones at once. "Here take a number for the thickets... wait time... 7 days 8 hrs... 10min 9 sec........... /cry"

Sorry, too bad ToAU easy mode has totally changed the way people think and play FFXI. Maybe one day I'll actually see a burst in a party agian. I remember when Ice burst at lvl 45-60 was the shit, and you had to time your chain with the ancient magic. OMG everyone actually had to work together and talk to each other. Now it's run all over the place and spam WS's. Shit might as well go play WoW least i have a variety of moves i can spam. The reasons to play this game dwindle every year.

I think you're posting in the wrong thread.

[Omni]

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lol thats what i thought too....