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Post by lockejv on Sept 30, 2016 23:23:58 GMT -5
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Post by lockejv on Sept 30, 2016 23:31:57 GMT -5
I reactivated my account in 2014, but didn't play much. Hit the 99 level cap, and screwed around a bit. As always, Mookies helped me gain my footing and showed me around in what is a completely different game.  |
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Post by lockejv on Oct 1, 2016 0:01:28 GMT -5
NM competition is non-existent, but some spawns are still ridiculous. King Arthro didn't drop.  Might as well use those Bomb Queen pop items that have been sitting in storage for literally 10 years..  (Found it!) Rudra's Storm weaponskill. It would have been a lot of work to quest, but I won the dagger with the ability in the mog bonanza lotto!  Never got around to resetting my rancor hate, and have killed...just a few Tonberries. 15,000 dmg grudge!  Partying with some old friends...played FFXIV with Kyouto and Lilbit for awhile too.  ...what?  Soloing Faffy. Kinda sad. He dropped a Ridill on about the 10th kill.  AFv3! Otherwise known as Empyrean Armor.  |
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Post by lockejv on Oct 1, 2016 0:23:35 GMT -5
Nothing like taking in some good ol LS chat while crafting. The scariest aggro of all...GF Aggro!  Tibent helping me out with some Synergy  Goldsmithing up to 80! Skillups are much easier now. Anything past 90+ is still a crazy expensive grind though.  Ran into Sim while leveling PLD - did not survive the encounter!  Found it! PLD AF. I then decided to play as a mithra for a bit (Windower add-on).  |
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Post by lockejv on Oct 1, 2016 1:03:14 GMT -5
This next screen shot is one of the crazy things about FFXI. While leveling PLD, someone I hadn't seen in game since 2004 recognized my name. It was Illustrious (now Rathens) - the first NA to 75 on Titan (PLD). We happened to both recently come back to the game and ended up in the largest social LS on the server together through the LS finder. We talked about our experience parties in the Jungle and Citadel from 2003, 12+ years ago, like it was just yesterday. We ended up teaming up and went after Dark Spark for our AF that we both needed, and continued to reminisce for hours. Truly a unique gaming experience that I will never forget.  Now that I was close to 70 PLD, couldn't go any further without a Joytoy! Getting to Chary was a bigger pain in the ass than getting the drop, took a few hours and 3 spawns IIRC.  70 PLD + Joytoy = time to fight Maat. 500 DMG Vorpal Blade to his face ended that fight pretty quickly!  Hit 75 with PLD and decided to level WAR. 37 to 60 with AF quests didn't take too long:  Once I hit 70 WAR it was Ridill + Joytoy time. With healing support from trusts I went from 70-75 rather quickly, slaughtering anything that got my path. I don't know if I've ever had so much fun in 15 minutes! Wait...  Always wanted a haidate...thanks Byakko!  I bought an Osode from someone's bazaar for 10k some time ago...and now it was time to fight Maat with my god gear WAR. Ridill => 2500 DMG Vorpal blade = death.  King Behemoth #2: Dropped the D ring for me. Thanks! (Still doesn't make up for Sozu ><)  |
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Post by lockejv on Oct 1, 2016 1:44:29 GMT -5
70 DNC doesn't get to fight, Maat, but you get to fight Laila. Meet my Dancing Edge.  After defeating Nidhogg and Aspid, and leveling MNK, it was time for a Black Belt!  After breaking Destroyers it was time for a KRT party! Have some light...Dragon Kick!  ...what?  Maat didn't hold up to Asuran Fists very well:  Rhapsodies of Vana'diel required that you go back and do all the previous content. Lilsette made Wotg somewhat entertaining:  Hello Nidhogg! It took quite a few tries for him to finally drop the N. legs. What a bastard.  With the N Legs I was finally able to complete the Hecatomb set. The cap and the legs were so much better than any other pieces of gear for Thief weaponskills, and it was so frustrating not being able to camp them.  ...January in Buffalo already?  Continued working through missions, feeling out Dynamis, and leveled loldrk and grabbed some af...  And that's going to do it for tonight, more to come! |
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Post by Bridger - Retired Paladin on Oct 2, 2016 23:46:52 GMT -5
Nice! I see you were busy! My favorite shots are below. ...what? I don't see any reason why there wasn't a gif of the Mithra um... unequipping  As I remember they unequip nicely in this game. ...January in Buffalo already? How do you pull that off lol? After I've re-watched RoZ and COP through youtube, think I might start playing again in a few weeks. I have been reading that Blu and Pld are desired jobs, so think I'll just deck them out. Blu has all except 5-6 of the old spells. None of the new spells yet, but that should be ok. My checklist will probably be as follows: [ ] Contact Tibentt, become official holder of sacks for Edeas Orphans. [ ] Contact any and all former Orphans I can get ahold of. [ ] Do basic Rapsody Missions, get Trusts, get level 99 gear. Expand storage [ ] Deck out Blu and Pld. Pld will be secondary job. 3rd job might be scholar. [ ] Conquer Dynamis [ ] Finish ToAU [ ] Finish WOTG [ ] Conquer Abyssea [ ] Conquer Ground (Kings) [ ] Conquer Sky (Kill Kirin) [ ] Conquer Sea (Absolute Virtue) [ ] Conquer Whatever was in TOAU [ ] Do whatever the new expansion was [ ] Finish Rapsodies |
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Post by Bridger - Retired Paladin on Oct 2, 2016 23:48:42 GMT -5
Next question. I've known you now for 10 years Locke.
What does LockeJV mean?
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Post by lockejv on Oct 3, 2016 8:57:35 GMT -5
I had a blast coming back and finishing the content last year. You actually have to complete all the missions from previous expansions to complete Rhapsodies, so I had to do TOAU and WOTG. I still don't understand why the rewards for finishing those xpacs were so awful. Anyhow, once you get 119 gear and a good set of trusts, you can solo everything you listed (except maybe Abby, I had help from Mookies and trusts were not yet available there). If you are going to come back, you'll want to get some timers going ASAP - abby stones, login points to buy trusts & king pop items, and a few other things - there's a good "return to vanadial" guide on Reddit.
My remaining checklist if I came back would be:
[ ] Maat's Cap (need to beat him with WHM, BLM, RDM, BRD, RNG, DRG, SAM, SMN and BST)
[ ] Kraken Club (I went 0/30 soloing the Up in Arms BCNM with my LV 60 Scholar, actually quite fun)
[ ] Mandau to 119 (THF Relic, it's at 109)
[ ] Cap THF Job Points (long way to go)
The snow picture was a cut scene from a mission, don't remember which one. "Locke" as in Locke Cole from FFVI. JV = my initials.
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Post by Bridger - Retired Paladin on Oct 3, 2016 10:30:08 GMT -5
Forgot Dynamis on my list, need to go kill DL and win all the new areas. Never got a Kraken club, did get a Khanda+3, ffxiclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Khanda_%2B3 I don't remember if I upgraded it to the next level. In 2012, if you were part way through Abby, you could solo the rest of it by killing specific NMs for key items that made you strong in Abby. I attempted it back then, but wasn't quite strong enough. With trusts and 109/119 gear, I don't think it will be a problem. I remember the ToAU and WoTG rewards weren't great, so I didn't go after them in 2012, only about 1/2 way through each one. The RoZ and CoP gear was still really good. (My gear I got in 2006 was still great in 2012) I think you can augment those for additional stat bonuses. SE didn't do much with augments after release, but it's worth it if you are going to wear the gear forever. Would hit that up after doing level 109/119 gear. |
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Post by Bridger - Retired Paladin on Oct 4, 2016 0:10:52 GMT -5
Oh, they also made attributes more meritable. Used to be there was a category limit to 15 total upgrades. Now you can merit each attribute +15.
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Post by Bridger - Retired Paladin on Apr 14, 2017 1:51:45 GMT -5
Updated
My checklist will probably be as follows:
[X] Contact Tibentt, become official holder of sacks for Edeas Orphans.
[X] Contact any and all former Orphans I can get ahold of.
[X] Do basic Rapsody Missions, get Trusts, get level 99 gear. Expand storage
[ ] Deck out Blu and Pld. Pld will be secondary job. 3rd job might be scholar.
[ ] Conquer Dynamis
[X] Finish ToAU
[X] Finish WOTG
[X] Conquer Abyssea
[ ] Conquer Ground (Kings)
[ ] Conquer Sky (Kill Kirin)
[ ] Conquer Sea (Absolute Virtue)
[ ] Conquer Whatever was in TOAU
[X] Finish Seekers Expansion
[X] Finish Rapsodies
[X] Complete Valor Armor Set - finished today w/Locke
My list will grow, there's actually still a lot of CONTENT I haven't played. Amazing I have played for 5 months now and not really done any grinding. Just been playing content.
Just finished RoV, not sure what I am going to do next.
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Post by lockejv on Apr 19, 2017 11:33:38 GMT -5
Was fun playing the other night Bridger! Nice job on the checklist. Here is how mine is shaping up:
[ ] Mandau to 119 (THF Relic, it's at 109)
I need 2800 more plutons (7200 down). Had been farming dynamis, but nobody is building relics and the bots are back farming, so currency prices have dried up. Will probably shift to Voidwalker / farming heavy metals for the last 30 million gil I need to do the upgrade.
[ ] Cap THF Job Points (long way to go)
300 down, 1800 to go! Would be nice if we could team up and do job points with your BLU - they are XP monsters with their AOE attacks.
No interest in Maat's Cap or Kraken Club at the moment, but that could change.
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Post by Bridger - Retired Paladin on Jul 3, 2017 19:31:48 GMT -5
Having fun getting gear lately. Knew nothing about reforging AF or the costs and guy in LS gave me pointers. Reforged Blu AF and a few pieces of relic armor that had +Accuracy. Did cap parties during event and got up to 300 job points. Finished Windy story missions, about to Finish Sandy story missions.
Got pulled into some Ambuscade groups, got a new set of gear for Omen event next month. Going to nonstop Omen to get reforged AF+2/3. Best armor in the game for most jobs as far as I can tell. Now it's all about +Accuracy and +Haste.
Leveled Summoner to 60. Think I will bring up Scholar and Blm while I am at it. Went from level 10 to 60 in not many hours/days. Would have done it faster, but jad to get summoning skill from 30 to 170 also, that was a few hours of macro pusing.
So still having a lot of fun. I need to come back to finishing off Dynamis. Oh and I need to lookup Vorseals.
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Post by lockejv on Aug 24, 2017 10:11:49 GMT -5
checklist: [ ] Mandau to 119iii (THF Relic) [ ] Cap THF Job Points (long way to go) August 2017 update: [x] Mandau to 119iii (THF Relic) - finished this up a few months ago, has served me well! [x] Cap THF Job Points (long way to go) - During the double experience campaign last week I was able to finish. 60+JP/hour for a few hours a day and I hit the mark. I took PLD to 99, and have been working on Burtgang, Aegis & Ochain, but that's a lot of work. Enjoying playing with Bridger, Draish (Titan vet) and Skeets (newer player)! |
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As I remember they unequip nicely in this game.