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Final Fantasy XI | OT | Vana'diel Forever
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pancakesandsex
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Updates were never ending to begin with, just major ones.
Continuation of battle content was clarified finally.
Main storyline is complete.
Sidequests via Records of Eminence will continue.
Run as admin?
pancakesandsex
Member
Roll fresh on sylph. You'll catch up faster than you think.
This one? I don't believe it has an official name.
It's what I did while thinking over if I should have reactivated my old character and indeed, I'm already at level 59 with my Thief (my old one was between 61 and 63, I can't remember exactly).
It's just too bad I'll never get to see my old character ever again.
Something amusing just happened to me. I was doing the Rycharde quest to get the Toraimarai Canal map and he pays for my Mhaura to Selbina boat ride. I could have just teleported but I decided to just go the old, slow fashioned way.
So I went to the ship counter, the NPC let me through because Rycharde already paid for me, I get on the boat, the boat departs... and I find myself back in Mhaura, kicked off the boat because
"You do not possess a boarding permit. You were not permitted to board the ship...".
I guess I'm gonna teleport.
So I went to the ship counter, the NPC let me through because Rycharde already paid for me, I get on the boat, the boat departs... and I find myself back in Mhaura, kicked off the boat because
"You do not possess a boarding permit. You were not permitted to board the ship...".
I guess I'm gonna teleport.
Robot Carnival
Member
decided to actually really come back in the game after a long LONG time... sadly everyone I know no longer plays (alone on Odin right now). a quick question, I still had not done limit 10 yet. can it be solo as a SMN with the Olde Rarab Tail?
Alter Ego trusts are allowed for that fight, if you don't know anyone on server, then my best bet is probably SP summon alexander and use his power on your trusts and use gessho tank trust, then use old rarab tail when alexander's shield is down
The taru guy hits like a truck, having someone who is ilv119 and let him call trusts would make things more simpler I'd imagine
I know it sounds like alot of preparation, the fight isn't easy for a returning player @lv95
best of luck!
Gentleman Jack
Member
Well, 7 and a half months in and I finally think I see an end to my resub. I'm kind of running out of things to do that aren't daily chores like guild point grind/redemption. I've got ~5 major story content arcs to cover and everything else is old endgame and current endgame, most of which is out of my reach given my playtime + the lack of other players online when I'm online. I'm honestly surprised they haven't announced server merges by now, there are fewer people online now than I've ever seen. I actually caught Voluptuous Vivan up this morning while doing my Teleport-Yhoat quest (lol). That to me is a sign...there's nobody here 
pancakesandsex
Member
You can get more than one tail and lock him down indefinitely if you can't find assistance.
pancakesandsex
Member
You may have gotten on the wrong boat. There's 2 with different destinations.
pancakesandsex
Member
For all you folks looking for things to do, hop on discord more, it's where stuff gets planned outside of ls chat. I've had a ton of rl stuff going on lately and I've been playing catch up for 3 months missed so I have not been very available, but hopefully in the new year that will change. Don't hesitate to try and get things going yourself as well. People will respond to that initiative. You don't need a full party either since you can usually use yoran-oran or apururu to heal and koru moru to buff. Makes it much easier. Also it's the holidays so I wouldn't expect things to be bumping right now.
Regarding tuesdays, we could use more people interested in gearing pld (need more pld options the most), blm, geo, and sch for higher tier content, so if you have room to expand your job spread, please consider expanding into these to make it possible to attempt things.
I've been working heavily on catching up my thf and sch myself.
Regarding tuesdays, we could use more people interested in gearing pld (need more pld options the most), blm, geo, and sch for higher tier content, so if you have room to expand your job spread, please consider expanding into these to make it possible to attempt things.
I've been working heavily on catching up my thf and sch myself.
pancakesandsex
Member
- The official servers are not shutting down. Xbox and Ps2 support are ending in March. PC support will continue indefinitely.
- XP is already many times what it used to be on the real servers so your reasoning is silly
- You can join us on sylph
- This thread is not for discussing private servers.
Robot Carnival
Member
I guess I'll try to get the Alter Egos to help, maybe get a few more Olde Rarab Tails too. thanks for the pointers.
pancakesandsex
Member
If you're playing alone btw, join us on sylph when you can.
Downed the Shadowlord with my faithful trusts and got my Rank 6, managed to do the Level Break quests until level 70 while reaching level 62. A few more ranks and I could say I'm right back at where I was 10 years ago, in such a minuscule fraction of time. Well, I'd also need to get my hands on elemental staves.
It's interesting how I forgot certain things over time. For example, I made Castle Oztroja my home (to hunt for coffers when Kittycat wasn't there). I knew it like the palm of my hands, but I had to go exploring when I set foot in it again.
Now a question: why so many high level monsters were added to low level dungeons? I mean the 80-90 level monsters put right on the path of missions in low level dungeons.
It's interesting how I forgot certain things over time. For example, I made Castle Oztroja my home (to hunt for coffers when Kittycat wasn't there). I knew it like the palm of my hands, but I had to go exploring when I set foot in it again.
Now a question: why so many high level monsters were added to low level dungeons? I mean the 80-90 level monsters put right on the path of missions in low level dungeons.
They added those high level mobs a long, long time ago in an effort to provide some alternative leveling locations for players to use. Needless to say, the implementation is not without its flaws...
You can get a Chatoyant Staff, which has all their traits, and uses the old elemental ones as ingredients - even the new Dissidia's Shantotto now uses that.
They were basically alternatives to Abyssea mobs for levelling, for the sake of players that didn't get those expansions.
I really want to play this game...but its so difficult between the square enix account, playonline, steam, and the game itself...wtf I have never seen something so complicated and not well explained.
So I registered the key steam gave me when I purchased the game on the Square Enix account website. The website gave me a playonline username (which is a bunch of character strings wtf)...
Anyway, I make ti all the way to the game client, after the ESRB rating it tells me I have no content ID.
Now I am stuck....
This is really frustrating just to be able to play a game...
So I registered the key steam gave me when I purchased the game on the Square Enix account website. The website gave me a playonline username (which is a bunch of character strings wtf)...
Anyway, I make ti all the way to the game client, after the ESRB rating it tells me I have no content ID.
Now I am stuck....
This is really frustrating just to be able to play a game...
Gentleman Jack
Member
It's pretty arcane.
Your POL ID/Username is that alphanumeric jumble that came with your purchase.
The Square Enix Account is a name you give yourself for Square Enix's account system, which is used for XI and XIV, and is also part of your XI login.
Content IDs are basically your subscription, and you need to register your game's reg code, which you unlocked from the square enix storefront when you redeemed your purchase, to your Square Enix account to activate your ingame character slot. If you did this while the game is running, you have to restart the game so it takes.
Do you have a link to the Discord?
It shows my service account under FFXI (the string of characters) but I do not see where to register a ContentID...
I came back to the game with the goal of making pld as a main job, hopefully finish aegis by next week
Legit!!!
I thiiiiink this is how to do it:
Click "List Subscriptions" and then you should have your FFXI account listed.
Click the "Options List" button.
Click the "Add new options" button.
Since I've gone through it recently (yes, it's a pain), did you "add new options" from the Service and Options page on the website? You have to do that, basically adding a character slot, to get a content-ID to be able to play. You'll have to register a pay method, though obviously you won't be charged, and you'll be able to pick how many character slots you want. Once you've done that, you'll have your content ID that you can link to your account in the playonline client (although it should do that itself when you'll try to play FF11 once you have the content ID).
Thanks guys. Yes, it looks like I had to register a credit card and all that jazz...
Now once I get past the opening cinematic I get error code POL-0515 Connection terminated or not available. :/ It feels like I am destined to not try this out.
It does indeed.
I get that error too sometimes if I don't accept quickly at the start and go to the login screen (I have this bad habit of hitting play and minimizing the window while it loads to read stuff). I'd say skip the intro if you've already watched it so you can get to the login screen and hopefully you won't get the error.
You can also set the game to skip the intro altogether from the (separate) configuration utility.
Looks like the NA SE store didn't give me the codes then. Hopefully I'll manage to get them.
I've heard of that being an issue a couple times when ordering it from the SE store, but you should be able to get them, even if you need to contact SE support to do so.
If you do need to, I recommend their live chat.
Gentleman Jack
Member
I never realized I was even eligible for freebies with my copy. Guess I should contact their support line on Monday
pancakesandsex
Member
Where is the like button.
Hyrule Warrior
Member
Every damn time this thread pops up...I miss FFXI so much, but I just feel like I can't go back.
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
You're looking at 5 or 6 Final Fantasies worth of story content if you do all of the expansions. So maybe 6 times the amount of time it takes to play VII to beat all of the expansions at minimum.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Depends on how aggressively you push through the content and how efficient you are at gearing your character. XI is all about your gear, whether or not you have an interest in endgame. Fortunately the game introduced two new currencies (Sparks and Accolates) that shortcut you to a workable set of gear at almost every level if you do the correct quests and keep your income of Sparks/Accolades steady.
Getting to 99 without an exp campaign up (one is about to end) will take a week-ish, depending on luck/help doing the limit break quests that let you get past 50/55/60/etc.
Once you're 99 with a leveled subjob you can get Rank 10, all the Zilart Missions and all the Chains of Promathia missions done in about a month of fairly casual play.
Treasures of Aht Urghan Missions are gated behind a lot of Midnight JST waits between sections, so that's about two weeks on its own. Plus you're gated on finding equipment/crafting materials that can be scarce on low-pop realms (being in a big linkshell helps here).
Wings of the Goddess Missions can be done in a weekish but it is a slog. Give yourself 2 weeks and space it out. There are a LOT of them and it's a ton of running around, moreso than Zilart.
Seekers of Adoulin missions can take a while. Several missions are gated behind progressing through Coalition Quests, which consume resources that accrue at the rate of 3 per 24 hours. So maybe two weeks to get through the soloable parts, and however long it takes to get help for the fights that are more difficult to solo.
Rhapsodies (the finale mission line) requires significant progress through all of the above to advance to the end, and on its own takes another week-ish to get through the soloable parts, and then you hit Reisenjima and need help for the rest of the missions like any other mortal.
To see all of the major mission content I'd give myself about 3 months, starting from scratch and playing every day. Any less than that and you're going to grind yourself down to a nub with the tedium of the travel time (Wings), badly designed escort missions (CoP) and Midnight JST waits (ToAU).
There is also a ton of story content buried in the questlines, and there are hundreds that provide actual lore. Depends on your commitment to gathering relatively scarce resources that were once plentiful back when this game was much more active. Again, being in a big linkshell with people who can craft what you need is a bonus for getting through the lore in FFXI.
Absolute Virtue is pretty easily soloable now.
Gentleman Jack
Member
pancakesandsex
Member
Talym where did you get the gauner trust?
I need to get allied notes to grab some Trusts they have available for the new year campaign... but I'm confused about how to start doing it.
I've been at a Maw, watched the cutscene, came back, talked to Joachim in Jeuno who sent me to Tahrongi Maw, but that one got me into Abyssea, where I started killing some tough stuff for pitiful exp until a NM appeared from nowhere to kick my ass at 3k a pop (a look at the wikia told me the NM is a non aggro invisible NM that will aggro yellow HP).
I've been at a Maw, watched the cutscene, came back, talked to Joachim in Jeuno who sent me to Tahrongi Maw, but that one got me into Abyssea, where I started killing some tough stuff for pitiful exp until a NM appeared from nowhere to kick my ass at 3k a pop (a look at the wikia told me the NM is a non aggro invisible NM that will aggro yellow HP).