RB Final Fantasy XI Thread
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:40 pm
I'm a little surprised that there doesn't appear to have been a thread made for FFXI before. Granted, I didn't not search especially hard. Anyway, I feel like it deserves a topic, even though there probably won't be anyone posting in it other than Isiolia, or I.
Share your thoughts and feelings on this amazing, terrible, hair-pulling, jubilant MMORPG, which is now in it's 17th (!!) year of official operation.
I repeatedly take long hiatuses from this game, often with the intention of never coming back to it. As a result, I tend to progress very little in it, and I also tend to stop playing after making very little progress. Things are much easier than they used to be now, but I still ended up hitting a bit of a wall for what's really possible with my circumstances, a year ago. I had gotten to heights I hadn't really even dreamed of before, but I wanted more, much more. The meta is really all about the ultimate weapons, now. Weapons that take a fraction of the time they used to to make, but are far less "optional" for a lot of things. There are also a number of gatekeeper tasks these days that require groups for things like Vagary to unlock a higher level of reforged armor for Empyrean (read: Abyssea job specific equipment) sets. It bugs me that I can't upgrade my Bard Empyrean armor because no one ever does Vagary, and when they do, they're looking to steamroll it for certain items, and want people decked in very specific jobs that I don't have.
SE proffered a glimmer of hope for my kind, who can't really get into groups, with these new Ambuscade weapons. They're almost like mini-ultimates, with the dagger being about as good as, or marginally better than the two next best Thief daggers, with maxed out bonuses. I actually have a shiny Ephemeron for this, that people are clambering to get, because of how rare they are to acquire inside of their original content. I need a very large amount of Ambuscade Hallmarks to get it, though. This is apparently a very easy month to max out hallmarks on, with a group, but I don't think I'll be able to find anyone at this point to burn the frog down with. So it's the slow road, for me, probably.
I'm also thinking of putting in some more time on BRD, to work toward some of the Ultimate "Weapons" for it. At least the Gjallarhorn, and Carnwenhan. If I were able to get the ambuscade dagger, and the new neck for it, I could do a pretty solid DD BRD, which makes it seem very attractive to me. I love THF, but most groups don't. I'm also still trying to figure out how to win the game with SMN. I have heard that it can solo just about everything of consequence in the Escha areas, but I'm nowhere near that point yet, it seems. Probably not skilled enough, either.
Share your thoughts and feelings on this amazing, terrible, hair-pulling, jubilant MMORPG, which is now in it's 17th (!!) year of official operation.
I repeatedly take long hiatuses from this game, often with the intention of never coming back to it. As a result, I tend to progress very little in it, and I also tend to stop playing after making very little progress. Things are much easier than they used to be now, but I still ended up hitting a bit of a wall for what's really possible with my circumstances, a year ago. I had gotten to heights I hadn't really even dreamed of before, but I wanted more, much more. The meta is really all about the ultimate weapons, now. Weapons that take a fraction of the time they used to to make, but are far less "optional" for a lot of things. There are also a number of gatekeeper tasks these days that require groups for things like Vagary to unlock a higher level of reforged armor for Empyrean (read: Abyssea job specific equipment) sets. It bugs me that I can't upgrade my Bard Empyrean armor because no one ever does Vagary, and when they do, they're looking to steamroll it for certain items, and want people decked in very specific jobs that I don't have.
SE proffered a glimmer of hope for my kind, who can't really get into groups, with these new Ambuscade weapons. They're almost like mini-ultimates, with the dagger being about as good as, or marginally better than the two next best Thief daggers, with maxed out bonuses. I actually have a shiny Ephemeron for this, that people are clambering to get, because of how rare they are to acquire inside of their original content. I need a very large amount of Ambuscade Hallmarks to get it, though. This is apparently a very easy month to max out hallmarks on, with a group, but I don't think I'll be able to find anyone at this point to burn the frog down with. So it's the slow road, for me, probably.
I'm also thinking of putting in some more time on BRD, to work toward some of the Ultimate "Weapons" for it. At least the Gjallarhorn, and Carnwenhan. If I were able to get the ambuscade dagger, and the new neck for it, I could do a pretty solid DD BRD, which makes it seem very attractive to me. I love THF, but most groups don't. I'm also still trying to figure out how to win the game with SMN. I have heard that it can solo just about everything of consequence in the Escha areas, but I'm nowhere near that point yet, it seems. Probably not skilled enough, either.