Final Fantasy XI Then...

[talizker]

Can anyone tell me what jobs and what lvls of those jobs are able to use protect II and Shell II? I am gearing up for my avatar fights over the holidays (summoner is currently at level 19) and I would like to know who to seek out for buffs before entering the arena...?

RDM gets Protect II at 27 and Shell II at 37 (I think WHM is the same).

[Tobal]

Mih, i read your post about Herodavid leaving great stuff.

[talizker]

There are 2 RSE items that I would like to obtain but I am guessing, due to the locations, the mobs I need to kill to obtain a chest key are going to be a bit beond my RDM30 at the moment. Is this something (else!) I am going to need to request help with?

[C']

Getting RSE solo at 30 is impossible, but any member of the LS would have no problem in getting you a key (I?ve helped with this a fair few times and key drops mostly within 30 minutes at most).

You do have a great advantage though in that you are a RDM. That means you can Sneak and Invisible yourself to get to key droppers as well as for when you have to hunt the chest.

[mikewl]

Mih, i read your post about Herodavid leaving great stuff.

When I was organizing a Bard and Pld AF3 run a while back things were not going well with the recruiting, untill Herodavid joined.

He brought along many decent players with him who all came with no fuss just to help him out, we didnt win in the end but he offered to help the next time.

I dont think we would of even got to Davoi to attempt the AF3's if he didnt join and bring his friends with him.

[mikewl]

Weekend was very good for me.

Getting Jesters Cape + 1 given to me and Carnage Elegy Scroll, which is the most expensive Bard scroll for me so far, going for 40-60k on the AH.

We got the drop for the Star Necklace quest which I now have in my MH ready for lvl 59.

Managed to lvl a good amount (see Mihki's post)

Got the Castle Zvahl Baileys Coffer Key

Sunday evening I did a search on Castle Zvahl Baileys to find no one whatsoever was in there, I quickly got a tele and by the time I arrived there was a lvl 60 Thief in there.

I ran through to the first Coffer Spawn location, there it was, I opened it and this time I got my Old Gauntlets, as the last time I only got gil from not having the quest sorted.

About 10 seconds after I opened it the lvl 60 Thief checked me,
Beat him to it by about 10 seconds and was the first location I tried.

I am now ready to fight Dark Spark

[Bayan]

OMG, What A Headache Today Was!
Got Cooking To Lvl 42 Which Was A Nightmare! I Think Anyone Who Has
Tried To Lvl Cooking Understands... Unstackble Ingredients, 12 Yield Synths,
Ingredients From NPCs All Other The World

Then I Tried For My Uleguerand Range Map, Again And Again
Basically You Have To Travel All The Way To The Top, IT++ Mobs Near The
Top Itself As Well As True Sight Mobs. And Then Run Down An Almost
Vertical Drop To Jump Into A Hole That You Can See Untill You Miss It...
Once At The Bottom Is A Fun Walk To The Top Again. Anyway Long Story
Short I Am Now The Proud Owner Of My Map And User Of 36 Silent Oils!

[Darwock]

Last night I actually had a great experience in the dunes! :O

It was the last couple of levels too which have always been a nightmare in the past. But we had a really good natured team... didn't have anyone who claimed to be the business (thank god!), but we worked well together. We had two seperate instances of gob links, both times an IT and a VT.. and both times we dealt with it perfectly and nobody died. Once thanks to my astral flow (darwock bows) and the next time thanks to our thief's perfect dodge. I was so impressed by the way nobody fled the scene, everyone was ready to use their 2hrs and did exactly what was needed.

Even at the points where xp slowed to a crawl, we stuck with it until we could bring it back up again. A great evening! And I got from 18 up to 20 in one session :-)

So now - Ifrit, I'm coming for you matey! (expect a post from me soon moaning about the impossible level of difficulty in the avatar fights)

[Marvelon]

I got home from work quite late last night (and quite wet, it was bucketing down) so decided against trying for a Beadeaux coffer party (seeing as I was only going to be able to lay for about 2 hours so watched some Naruto instead (Impressive how they manage to stretch a written exam over 2 episodes and still make it exciting O_o)

Ill be home late again tonight I think so I might be able to get back online before we go to Holland but Im not counting on it. For the record we're flying this thursday and returning next tuesday. When we get back me and mahl have got some hard stuff ahead of us... we both need a Beadeaux key/coffer (I for lv 58 Legs, mahl for her lv 60 gloves) and mahl has a hard-as-nails NM fight in Fei'yin for her lv 58 body (AF3) - for which she also needs a Tavnazian Bell (drops off Dark Stalker in... where else... Eldieme Necropolis)

Hopefully with the static & Bayan (if he's willing) we'll manage the Beadeaux keys no prob, the reccomendation there being to do it with a standard EXP setup, which we have + with a higher level RNG they should go down fairly easily.. probably one of the few key hunts where one fights exp-level mobs ><

If I don't see you before we go, have a great christmas!

[talizker]

I got level 31 last night (at 1.45am and by 16exp). My plan is to ease off a little on the FFXI over christmas and catch up on some movies and season 3 of Alias.

Still - I want to reach 34 with my RDM which will give me Warp from my sub, thus making my next rank missions (hopefully) a little easier. Then I want to spend some time in and around Windurst leveling both SAM and WAR...

...which brings me on to the SAM quest. As I mentioned on the LS on Sunday, I am hoping to get a little help to do the required stuff in the Sanctuary of Zi'tah and Konschtat Highlands on Wednesday from 8.30pm ish. It seems there are quite a few people on the LS that are also wanting to do the quest (or indeed just help out) so hopefully we can have a good session with new Giant Katana's for all! I'll be starting from Jeuno so I guess first stop will be the Sanctuary of Zi'tah...

[Darwock]

I thought warp was BLM 18? (long time since I got it so can't remember!)

[talizker]

I thought warp was BLM 18? (long time since I got it so can't remember!)

Nope, definately 17 (that is the current level of my BLM) as i've been using it a fair bit in my recent quests...

[mikewl]

What an annoying night.

Turned the game off about 8am.

Did Dragoon AF3, WHM AF3 x 2, RDM Miser Murphy x5, PLD AF3.

Then Finally tried my Bard AF3, yep failed again, by the time we got round to doing mine it was yet again a weakened alliance, having the main PLD tank leave and a few others drop here and there.

So Im Going to get my AF3 tonight, any help will be welcomed.

I should have no problem whatsoever getting a full alliance to go.

Oh and whoever said the Orcish Warlord was harder than Bard AF3 NM is crazy, we took the warlord with no one falling, then AF3 NM took the PLD's out within about a minute, Drained HP from the mages almost to full HP and took us all out.

[Bayan]

Have A Good Christmas NBK
And I Will See When I Am Free That Week As I Have Alot Of Family Stuff

[talizker]

I have a quick question about Advanced Job quests. I have already started the Samurai one and will hopefully get it finished tonight. Last night I had to pay a visit to Mhaura so decided I would try the Bard quest. I spoke to the two people in the Merry Minstrel and the woman behind the counter told me about the Song Runes in Buburimu. So I head of to Buburimu and go to the Song Rune - I get neither the cut scene, nor am I able to trade the parchment... Am I only able to take part in one Advance Job quest at a time or am I doing something wrong on the Bard quest?

Thanks