Final Fantasy XI Then...

[Darwock]

What does everyone think about this 'Ballista Royale' thing? Fantastic idea I thought - competitions within each server to find the best team, who then compete against the best teams from all the other 31 servers by logging into a specially prepared world!

Since that final round is going to be pretty much exclusive to the participants I hope they provide some way of allowing people to spectate so we can cheer on the Seraph team ^^

Unfortunately even if I was a Ballista regular with a good team, I couldn't take part as the terms of entry state you have to be able to attend the final in person... and I don't live in North America.

Heheh.. for some reason I just posted this on the Devil May Cry thread. Whoops!

[Tobal]

Well 7-2 didn?t happen and I ended up exping instead which was almost a complete waste of time 3hrs for 8k, which could have easily have been 12-15k had the 1st WHM stopped d/c?ing, it was nearly 1hr in that we got second WHM and went about getting average EPH. My only over 2 problems with the group, the PLD insisted on messing up the MB for the fusion SC(more on that later) by ws?ing after the SC making a new second weaker SC causing the MB to miss. 2nd the WAR/NIN had average gear, nothing special which wasn?t the problem, the problem was being war he should have all his A class weapons near cap, which wasn?t so. Samurai/thf+axe = bad SC, I had to use SA Gekko with no-one to land TA onto, resulting in eva skillups?. If he had levelled Great Axe we could had him turn the mob and have me SATA back on to the tank.

If FPWR turns up today I won?t be on to night ^^? maybe? can?t remember if promey?s happening tonight.

[Darwock]

Last night I went out to Yhoator to level my NPC - I'm very confused, as I was able to do skillchains with him that I was led to believe were impossible. As I understood it gravitation could never be started with red lotus blade, as when used first it would default to it's 'other' elemental attribute (which took priority over the wind needed for gravitation). But if I followed his red lotus blade with starburst I got gravitation every time. If he threw me a curve ball and went with burning blade I could also use rock crusher and produce fusions. On the occasions that he used flat blade he just got a slap. So are the priorities different for NPC weapon skills or have I been misinformed?

After that I popped down to Norg for a bit of questing, was strolling around in the grotto when I clicked a ??? and spawned a quest NM that killed me. Getting to the stage now where I can't just put off these fights until I'm more powerful, because I might never be powerful enough. What's the etiquette for seeking help for quest NMs? I never see people shouting for them...

Got a party invite after that which I accepted due to the death - in the Boyahda tree and getting poor levels of xp per kill but they were coming very fast. Signs looked bad and I was getting frustrated by any lack of co-operation as I tried to get a useful SC on the go (instead of detonation for 0-14 damage which gave a pointless MB as I'm not 59 yet, no Aero III).. we gradually improved and got into the flow, then our bard left and our healing summoner cast slow on the wrong mob and died - so everything ground to a halt just as Talizker arrived to replace the bard ><

It took a while to get back up to a decent rate of kills and the tank didn't appear to be trying to hold hate at all (or maybe I was pushing him too hard, but this was with all my AF enmity minuses), but I had gained 7-8K by the time we stopped so it was a worthwhile effort.

[mikewl]

Last night was not the best for me, I was in Zi'tah leveling Bst and nearing level 44 when I picked up agro and died, the next fight the same thing and then again, I was not enjoying the exp loss so warped to Jeuno and tried to put ENM together with Apathye but not enough people interested.

Went back to Zi'tah and got level 44 and logged off.

[vwilsonuk]

Rare - just to let you know, my laptop did the same thing as your two computers that hang with "obtaining IP address" with the wifi router last night! The wifi card was turned on but was disabled within Windows. Even when I enabled it it wouldn't work at first and I had to do a reboot, but it did work fine thereafter. Thought I'd let you know as it wasn't immediately obvious what was going on and the symptoms sound very similar. You'd think if the device was disabled it wouldn't even try to obtain an IP.

[Vanicent]

POL seems to be having problems atm.

I've tried three times in the past 20 minutes to log into POL, and then the game.

I've not had any luck so far, and it's apparently happening everywhere. We've been givin the usual advice about waiting a while, and then trying to log in again.

Hopefully, it'll be operational again in time for Promyvion tonight...

EDIT: Ok, I managed to log in, but none of the search features seemed to be working. This includes people searches, AH searches, and party member searches.

Would this be a problem for tonight?

[Tsingtao]

If search is down it's only a problem if you're looking for a party or tring to craft etc. If the server stays up you should be fine for the promyvion tonight. Last time I was on and this happened I was in a party that lasted 3 hours, the server was near deserted when we broke, not 10 minutes later it all came back.

You guys are storming through these promyvions, good luck tonight...

[mikewl]

Maintenance tonight I think, anyone know when it starts and finishes.

[Darwock]

10-12 PDT.. so that's what, 6pm until 8pm (translating to available from 10:30 pm probably).

edit - just checked, it's 5pm until 7pm, but it's not tonight - it's tomorrow.

[Vanicent]

It looks like that's tomrrow, and is for the PS2 version only:

From:PlayOnline
Sep. 12, 2005 02:00 [PDT]

PlayOnline Server Maintenance (Sep. 14)

At the following time we will be conducting PlayOnline server maintenance. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI and Tetra Master will be unavailable.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

[Date & Time]
Sep. 14, 10:00 to 12:00 (PDT)
*Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
PlayOnline

[Maintenance Details]
- An issue wherein PlayOnline Viewer and services within PlayOnline would sometimes become inaccessible will be fixed. ("PlayStation 2" version only)

Or am I just assuming that based on the last line?

[Daragon]

Still can't get back into the game. After a rather unfortunate incident involving my graphics card overheating causing the fan to die on me, the rest of my computer is suffering and I'll be out until thursday at the earliest

2 and half damn weeks without a gaming quality PC at least these last few days have been relatively easier thanks to a certain hand held gaming system /em loves psp

[C']

It looks like that's tomrrow, and is for the PS2 version only:

Or am I just assuming that based on the last line?

I think everyone will be prevented from playing during maintenance but the issue being resolved is one that affects PS2 players only.

Also, checking the POL site, I found this nugget of information on something coming in next update.

Navigational charts will be added in the October version update. Each chart displays the location of a secret point where adventurers will find a surprise awaiting! Charts may be obtained by completing the quest "Inside the Belly."

More information will be reported on this page at the time of the version update.

Sounds really cool but the cynical part of me is saying we will spend an hour hunting for our surprise only to receive 10 Flint Stones or a La Theine Cabbage.

[Tobal]

Give me a spade and a treasure map and LET ME DIG DAMMIT!

10 paces southwest from the Broken Wall?.

[Daragon]

That does sound fun, but I think chart maps should be made VERY rare drops from basically any mob which you can get exp from (similar to beastman seals but obviously ALOT rarer). If everyone can get the same chart from 1 quest, where is the fun in that?

[Tsingtao]

I take it from that you're not aware of the Inside the belly quest? It already exists and has numerous different drops already and I can assure you none of them are easy to get. Can't remember all the prerequisites but if it stays true to form it won't be easier for people after these charts.