Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

[Eiden]

Hello, I'm sorry about making a new topic about this... but I was just wondering...

Are all the hours camping LL and VE worth the drops? I'm thinking of taking THF as my new main...

Sorry if a thread like this has been made already

~Eiden

[neighbortaru]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

my opinion on those 2 items: they are very nice to have, but they are not necessary. other things are much more important such as using the right food, being able to skillchain, being able to SA and TA, etc.

[Taskmage]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

Skill does generally trump gear, but evasion +10 is great when farming, soloing, ... playing ninja, etc. I camped VE for my pin because I didn't want to support the (presumably) gilsellers who the item has always been associated with. After I had been at it for a while, I realized I probably could have spent the time making money instead and raised for 4M to buy it faster. Then again, I'm a reasonably accomplished crafter. If you can make the money to buy it in a couple weeks, I'd say just do that and save yourself the trouble and frustration of camping the NM.

[Armando]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

To be honest, it's all very relative. With both items you'll get about...24 more damage per SATA. But, they also happen to be the best feet/head pieces of equipment for THF for quite a while. They'll also help most DD jobs, since there isn't much worth putting on the feet/head slots that'll actually increase DD'ing performance in the early levels. In addition to that, the hairpin has +10 Evasion, which is a great thing to have for soloing THF/NINs, or blink tanking NINs and WAR/NINs (early on it actually helps.)

Will it help you tremendously? No. Will you notice the difference? Probably not. Are they nice to have? Yes. Are they a status symbol? Yes. Are they useful? Yes. Once you obtain them, you'll probably get a lot of use out of them in the future. If you're good at camping, or have friends willing to help, it may not take too long to get them. You'll have to decide for yourself wether or not it's worth it, though.

[Eiden]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

^^ Thank you all for your fast replies!

I guess I will try and get them... well, maybe for a little longer till I get so annoyed that I have to kill somthing...

I might be able to drag some friends with me, mwahaha!

Thanks again!

~Eiden

[Brodrik]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

I'm not a big fan of the boots, though they're pretty useful gear at low levels for a variety of jobs. The hairpin is mostly good for levelling ninja. There is, however, something of a lack of good WS headgear for Thf.

[Kag is fxcking dead.]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

There's always Voyager Sallet if you don't want to get Empress. XD

[Brodrik]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

I think Voyager Sallet is better than Empress except for when you're dodging.

[Omni]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

ya it is better but in terms of practicality of obtaining voyager sallet vs hairpin, hairpin is great for obvious reasons i got my emperor hairpin long ago and pretty much use it for everything melee.

[Kag is fxcking dead.]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

Yeah. Voyager in EXP, and Empress while soloing/farming/WS/etc. :-D

[Loic]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

where is VE located in Valk dunes? might take thf atw after lvling ninja to 37. be helpful to know lol.

[Taskmage]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

He pops at from E-8 to F-8. Most people don't think to look in the west part of E-8 because his old spawn area was much smaller and most maps and guides haven't updated.

[Brodrik]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

Sub Ranger. Stand basically in the middle of the line dividing E2 and F2. If you look at the wide scan list, there should be a group of four Damselflies. If I recall, they're in between a group of Thread Leechees and a group of Snippers. There won't be four if there are people killing them. The top on in this list of four is the one that will eventually be the Valkurm Emperor. Kill it and hit Sharpshot. Sharpshot has a 5-minute timer. These guys have a roughly 5 minute respawn. Go kill the other three. Go back to your waiting point and, when Sharpshot resets, Wide Scan until that first Damselfly repops. If it's the Valkurm Emperor, you wins! If it's not, rinse and repeat.

You'll notice after you kill the VE once that, if you let all the Damselflies respawn, for a while there will only be three. The fourth, the top one, the VE placeholder, takes about 15 minutes to come back once VE has been killed.

[Balgas]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

Sorry for this lame question, but I quit FFXI a couple years ago and am now considering coming back. So do LL and VE drop rare/ex items only now? And have the spawn times changed for both of these NM? I'd just like to know so I can plan out what I'm gonna do before I come back. Thanks

[Jei]

Re: Bounding Boots + Empress Hairpin

They only drop rare/ex items now with the same stats as the normal ones.
spawn time is just as random as it has been i think... and the drop rate is still the same too... it's not 100%