BCNM's for beginners?

[Verranicus]

Could someone recommend a BCNM or other such activity suitable for people newer to the game?

[Armando]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

BCNM40 Royal Jelly.

Beatable by just about any mage and any 2 melees. Very easy. Can drop Archer's Ring and Utsusemi: Ni.

Lower level BCNMs aren't as popular, I wouldn't know about those.

[Ziero]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

Charming Trio.

Level 20 fight that can be done by ny two melee and a healer. It's basically three leeches, so the two melee go in and focus on them one by one. If killed in a specific order the fight becomes much easier, but I sadly don't remember what the order was.

The best part is the 100% drop rate for mannequin hands, a roughly 200kish item. Though it can only be sold in bazaars, it's still a great high priced item you can reliably get.

[Rothy]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

Armando has it right, you can't go wrong with some Royal Jelly. It's a fairly easy BCNM, but I suggest you keep the people you do it with on a friends basis for now until you can start to trust more people.

Royal Jelly really brings out the worst in people.

[Tickmeoff]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

Royal Jelly can also be duo'd by a few job combinations.

[Rothy]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

Just look through the testimonials and ask your friends about it, you'd be surprised how easy it can be if you're prepared.

[Wake N' Bake]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

Armando has it right, you can't go wrong with some Royal Jelly. It's a fairly easy BCNM, but I suggest you keep the people you do it with on a friends basis for now until you can start to trust more people.

Royal Jelly really brings out the worst in people.

I'm intrigued, if its easy how's it bring out the worst in people? :O

[Aksannyi]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

Greed, plain and simple.

[Firewind]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

I once had a leader disband the party because we had a double Utsusemi Ni scroll drop (Worth between 800k-1mil in total on my server depending on the AH) so he would get both and the two people who actually NEEDED the scroll would either have to get another party or get the 400-500k needed to buy the scroll themselves. Did I mention that it was YOYD and it was the third member's orb that got the drop?

[Aksannyi]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

He can't carry both anyway, aren't they labeled Rare? Idiot.

[Firewind]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

Still, the guy basically screwed us out of those scrolls and he'll still make 400-500k off the sale to boot while me and the other guy will have to do yet more BCNM fights fo farm 400-500k for the scrolls.

[Rothy]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

It gets to the point where we have to kick "trusted" members out of Social Linkshells on Fenrir due to greed. Oh well, looks like I might be swapping servers soon anyway!

[Malacite]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

Die by the Sword - FFXIclopedia, the Final Fantasy XI wiki - Characters, items, jobs, and more

I've been thinking of trying this one myself, if/when I get a K Club off of Up in Arms.

The drops are pretty good and it's only 30 seals. If you get lucky you can get a scroll of Ni and a wyvern earring. Not sure about your server but the damn earring is around 800k on Seraph at the moment, and is a great item for SAM/DRG >.>b

[tsukanomon]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

i agree with malacite

[Kimani]

Re: BCNM's for beginners?

. Oh well, looks like I might be swapping servers soon anyway!

Me too!