Final Fantasy XI Then...

[mikewl]

Yeah still wondering myself. It would appear so based on the fact these guys waited until they hit 60 to start planning the level 60 battles.

The main reason for waiting to be lvl 40 or 60 is to have the best chance of success, some bcnm's are hard. especially for lvl 60, for example at lvl 60 bard you get:

Hp +2 instrument
Lullaby +2 instrument
Gleeman's Belt +6 CHR +8 ACC.

There are benefits such as these for being the max level.

Saying that though im sure I have done some bcnm'40s with some that were not quite lvl40 yet, the limit I think is just the max lvl you can be.

[Darwock]

That's the exact same bad patch I went through talizker, which culminated in a post on allakazham seeking help to get past it. I got rank 4 from that post, and since then.. well I haven't gained any further opportunities to progess in the same way but I've mellowed out about it.

I figured, from checking what equipment I could get with my rank points, that rank 5 is only meant for levels 40(50?) and above anyway. No point rushing it.

The Wings of Fury (cloudy orb) fight is a 3 person maximum, level 20 cap. Me and Claude will be tackling this soon to try out our two man tactics, but if it works well we'll be looking to do it from time to time as a gil-earner for each of us. You'd be welcome to join us :-) Unfortunately I doubt any of the other orb battles require only 3 people.

[Tobal]

That's the exact same bad patch I went through talizker, which culminated in a post on allakazham seeking help to get past it. I got rank 4 from that post, and since then.. well I haven't gained any further opportunities to progess in the same way but I've mellowed out about it.

I figured, from checking what equipment I could get with my rank points, that rank 5 is only meant for levels 40 and above anyway. No point rushing it.

The Wings of Fury (cloudy orb) fight is a 3 person maximum, level 20 cap. Me and Claude will be tackling this soon to try out our two man tactics, but if it works well we'll be looking to do it from time to time as a gil-earner for each of us. You'd be welcome to join us :-) Unfortunately I doubt any of the other orb battles require only 3 people.

All the Bcnm Levels except bcnm40 have 3 man events, i think.

[Tobal]

Well the BcNM60's didn't go to well, but i still enjoyed them, even if we get hammered ^^

Fight 1 - Went into all guns blazing, misson to attack the blm, then rng, war,pld. What happened?? Comedy Gold, someone shouts to attack Blm, which turns out to be the Rng, Mih dies, Apath dies, everyone dies

Fight 2 - Same plan but we attack the right Ant, his time we get the Blm but the 1 sleeper tactic didn't work, apath dies leaving wedge to sleep, to many resists = death

Fight 3 - Same plan, different Sleeping tactics, stared to work but the Blm resist Silence, lots of nasty damage, we get him though and we move to the RnG, it was going well until eagle eye, 1080dmg to me puts me on the floor, mal low on mp from curing the damage from the blm. Takes to long to down the rng, the war/pld eventually masscare us.

Fight 4 - New sleeping tactics, wedge/Apath sleep the sod out of the ants, while rare tanks the rng , plans works well eagle eye eats UST and we hammer them, WIN.

Fight 5 - Same plan, but they resisted everything and we all hit the floor fast, turns out is just turned to Earthsday, which we good for Ants, bad for us, and with another hour to go till earths over we call it aday.

1/5 - next time we we own them and Mal/mih i sent the application in now.

[C']

Fight number 5, blame lays squarely at my feet. Screwed up blink-tanking due to not paying attention and continuely tried to recast Utsusemi: Ni when the timer was gone, instead of transferring to Utsusemi: Ichi. My fumbling on the macros led to me eating a 980 Eagle Eye Shot instead of it being negated. >.<

[Vanicent]

I really need to start playing this game again, before I get left so far behind I'll never catch up (assuming that's not happened already).

I'll be playing again on friday night, hopefully.

Also, while I think about it, any news relating to Promyvion?

Thanks.

[Tobal]

Well im happy for promyvion after i get my huabie(hopefully tonight), i'll go as Sam/rng, all i need a great bow, and i can lend pld gear to mih.

[Marvelon]

Cool cool, that was the answer i was hoping for. Thanks Tob. I'm good to go for Promy.

[Vanicent]

I should have mentioned this when I asked about Promyvion:

I'm good to go in that respect, I'll need to pick up my lvl 30 great axe from my mog house, but I've got every other lvl 30 (or less) piece of equipment equipped already.

[Darwock]

Who all is planning to go? Are there enough people for two groups?

This is one of the few things the linkshell has planned that I am actually at a suitable level to participate in, and presumably the same goes for talizker, but it doesn't appear we are likely to get a look in. Certainly my earlier posts on it (admittedly a few months ago!) were all ignored.

[Tobal]

A few months ago it was in the planning stages of who was going as what, nothing about teams, and then it got selved for many reasons (people not being able to do it, no gil, other more important objectives), but now most of that is out the way we can finally start playing what we need to do, noone should be left out, and i think we have enough people to make 2 lvl 30 teams, but the best objective would be a rotation system, switch similar jobs around and keep the same key members in each to ensure success for everyone(this only really matters once you reach the final boss onthe 3rd floor).

[mikewl]

Ok lets set a date for Promyvion then.

Also can everyone post the available lvl 30 Jobs they have so we can start planning the teams.

I can be Whm or Rdm and Brd but I get the impression Bard is not too usefull, my preference is Whm because I have equipment sorted.

[Darwock]

Cool.. the only requirement is level 30 and Chains of Promathia installed, right? It doesn't require a particular rank or level of fame?

I can go as BLM/SMN (my preference) or BLM/RDM.

[Daragon]

I think next week sometime, perhaps tues/wed evening for promyvions, unless anyone specifically wants to go this week.

Got a few 30+ jobs to choose from

War 32
Drk 32
Thf 33
Bst 35 <--- most likely useless
Blm 47

I would like to go as my Thf if possible, I forsee my SATA + Viper Bite being most useful ^_^

[C']

My ability to take part in Promyvion depends on:

a. when it is planned to go ahead
b. Gil funds at the time.

Only level 30 job that I can go as is NIN/war as I have at least some gear appropriate to the level 30 cap for that job. WAR and THF are both 30+ but would require even more purchases to work.

I need several pieces of equipment to be able to go as NIN such as:

Nikkaariaoe (main hand katana, the most costly piece of equip)
Spike Necklace (cheap buy)
Dodge Earring (fairly expensive)
Federation Gi
Reflex Rings x 2
Warrior's Belt+1
Federation Sitabaki

That's probably close to 400k worth of gear I need, so obviously I cannot definitely commit to anything with such a high cost involved.