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ziasquinn posted:tbh i didn’t leave my mog house so idk You beat the game.
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oh i beat it a long time ago 
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I know it's not a big deal these days and this is completely useless since I have all 99s but it was a nice thing for FFXI to do for me.
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Jan 24, 2023 00:16
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I'm going through all the Final Fantasies and am stuck wondering what to do for XI. I had fun with it back in the day but I don't think I ever made it past level 30. I've heard it's much faster nowadays. How long would it take to get through the story? Assume an hour or two on week days and up to five hours on weekends. Is it fast enough that a 14 day trial would do? Would the free thirty days from getting the game be enough? Also does anyone know how free trials and the free thirty days interact? It says "free thirty days gameplay for new accounts" on the square store and I don't know if a free trial would count as a new account.
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Mar 4, 2023 22:08
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TTBF posted:I'm going through all the Final Fantasies and am stuck wondering what to do for XI. I had fun with it back in the day but I don't think I ever made it past level 30. I've heard it's much faster nowadays. How long would it take to get through the story? Assume an hour or two on week days and up to five hours on weekends. Is it fast enough that a 14 day trial would do? Would the free thirty days from getting the game be enough? No way, not a chance I don't think.
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Mar 4, 2023 23:41
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Realistically, if you partner up with goons for some help you can do three expansions worth of content in 30 days. If you're powering through maybe half that. I did then first set of content and first two expansions in about three weeks. I burned out on Treasure of AhtUrgant but plan to go back to it soon. That help is for Limit Breaks and maybe opening a door for you on some quest steps. Basically you hit level 5, unlock Trusts. These are summoned party members that are your level when summoned. The Trusts can carry you through most content sans a handful of fights. Do the Rasphodies of Vanadiel (RoV) quests to unlock more Trust slots and fast track subjob unlock. Then decide where to go from there. You can also just do your main country story, do some ROV content and get to level 99 (then Item Level increase to 117) first and do story like that. It is super quick for old content now other than the occasional "wait 1 in-game day" or Japanese Midnight. Assura server goons are super helpful.
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Mar 4, 2023 23:42
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You’ll spend more time grinding the things to get the drops you need for subjobs than the time you spend doing the rest of vanilla’s story.
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Mar 4, 2023 23:53
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I went through the base story and Rise of the Zilart. I don't remember how long it took but it was faster than I thought. Pretty sure it was more than 30 days, though, and I still have all the other storylines to go through. So you can almost certainly get through the base game in less than 30 days, but to get through ALL the story lines? It's definitely going to take longer. One day, probably one day soon, I'll play through the other story lines.
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Mar 4, 2023 23:56
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TTBF posted:I'm going through all the Final Fantasies and am stuck wondering what to do for XI. I had fun with it back in the day but I don't think I ever made it past level 30. I've heard it's much faster nowadays. How long would it take to get through the story? Assume an hour or two on week days and up to five hours on weekends. Is it fast enough that a 14 day trial would do? Would the free thirty days from getting the game be enough? Just the story and about 16 hours a week? Lets see. Assuming one nation story, one Job, using the wikis, and no side expansions aside from Rhapsodies. Base: less than a week Zilart: a week Chains: a week Treasures: at least a week or two Goddess: at least a week or two Adoulin: two weeks (6 months for the extra ending) Rhapsodies: a week? Like FF14 when you buy the game and enter the key you get 30 days, so free trial then enter the key when done. After the 30 days that come with the game you can either pay the $11 or $12 a month or wait for a free login in period. Let's Play Final Fantasy 11(SHAMELESS PLUG) also exists but playing it for yourself isn't as much of a time sink as it once was. The game just has a lot of story and travel that make the play time numbers bigger than you'd think, 20 years will do that.
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Thank you all for the replies! I figured 30 days probably wouldn't be enough to go through the main story but I had forgotten (it has been decades since I played) that there're multiple stories instead of just one story. From what I'm reading it sounds like it might take three months or so to get through what I'm interested in getting through. For an MMO that's been out twenty years that is reasonable. I'm currently on disc 1 of FF7 so it'll still be a while but I think I'll give the game a shot. E: also I'm dedicated to giving each game a good faith effort to see what I think of it, I'm not dedicated to completing each game. So far I have completed each game, but I might get through the free trial or the thirty days free and decide that's enough. TTBF fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Mar 5, 2023 |
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Mar 5, 2023 00:28
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there's multiple stories. with a goon or two's help youd get pretty drat far, but there is absolutely a ton of storyline, with even more hidden in various events. subjobs are no longer a concern, you get them by doing rhapsodies instead of farming.
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Mar 5, 2023 00:45
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frodnonnag posted:there's multiple stories. with a goon or two's help youd get pretty drat far, but there is absolutely a ton of storyline, with even more hidden in various events. Also you don't have to do them in order, If something looks to be more your jam skip ahead, Rhapsodies requires a little progress in each expansion, that is it.
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Mar 5, 2023 01:07
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So no more sitting on the beach farming crabs to try and unlock subjobs? Instead it's a Rhapsody?
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Mar 5, 2023 01:19
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TTBF posted:So no more sitting on the beach farming crabs to try and unlock subjobs? Instead it's a Rhapsody? yes, a bunch of the midlevel quest stuff is resolved instead by doing rhapsodies missions.
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Mar 5, 2023 01:58
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To clarify, here are all the main stories: Main Storyline - the "base" story of the game, able to be beaten at around level 50. If all you care about is the basic story, this is technically all you need to do. It's divided up into three separate stories based on the three nations, though about 25-50% through they all converge into the same story, and the early missions are similar throughout each nation. Rise of the Zilart - the first expansion story, able to be beaten around level 75. It fleshes out a lot of loose threads from the base story. It's fairly short, if you're doing the base story it's recommended you also do this unless you're really not enjoying the game, as the base story is quite light without this. Nation Missions - after the base story, each of the three nations has their own storylines that are unique to them, fleshing out the characters, politics, and history of each. These can be beaten around level 75. Each is maybe about as long as RoZ. These aren't really required playing unless you like one of the nations and want to expand on them. Note that if you want to see these for a different nation than your starting one, you can switch nations but will need to replay the entire base story for the new nation. Chains of Promathia - the second expansion, can be beaten at level 75. A ton of people say this is the best story, and for very good reason. It's about as long as the base story (as are all future major expansions), and feels very much like a traditional Final Fantasy story. It also ties very closely into lore introduced in RoZ. Apocalypse Nigh - a short series of quests that conclude the RoZ and CoP stories, since they become very intertwined. This sorta feels like where the devs initially planned to "end" the story imo. Can be beaten at lv 75. Treasures of Aht Urghan - the third expansion storyline, can be beaten at level 75. This is my personal favorite story, and takes place in a new and interesting setting with a lot of new characters, lore, and politics introduced. It's completely detached from any previous expansion story, though, and is fairly self-contained. Wings of the Goddess - the fourth expansion storyline, can be beaten at lv 99. Explores a lot of the history of the world and lore from the base game. Also features three mini-stories based on the three main nations. The farther the story goes the more it veers off into its own thing, becoming less involved with the base story/RoZ/CoP. Seekers of Adoulin - the fifth expansion storyline, can be beaten at lv 99. Like ToAU, this is almost entirely detached from previous stories, introducing a bunch of new characters settings and politics. It's fine. Rhapsodies of Vana'Diel - a sort of "finale" story that involves characters and events from all the previously mentioned storylines, requiring some progress in all of them in order to complete fully. It's designed so that you chip away at the story while doing other storylines and content. Gets a bit fan-fic-ish imo. Can't be beaten solo unless you're invested enough to start participating in some light endgame content to gear up, or have a friendly goon help you beat the final boss. Voracious Resurgence - a storyline that is currently being released, which is entering its final chapter this month and will likely be finished around May. This also touches around basically all of the previous stories. However it's designed with endgame in mind, so it might not be feasible to fully complete it unless you're willing to do some endgame content / get help from goons. There's also various other smaller storylines. These tend to be on the shorter side, and range from "interesting additions to lore and characters" to "weird comedy scenarios that are totally pointless" but are nonetheless still "important" stories. These include A Crystalline Prophecy, A Moogle Kupo d'Etat, A Shantotto Ascension, Abyssea, and Voidwatch. All of these can be comfortably skipped unless you really like the game or want as much lore as you can sink your teeth into. I would say at the very least, do the base story + Rise of the Zilart. This will give you a solid understanding of what the game's story, lore, and major characters are all about. I'd also highly recommend you do Chains of Promathia + Apocalypse Nigh as well, since they're fantastic stories and really flesh out the world. From there, just tackle other expansions as you feel like you have time for. Aht Urghan is probably the next best one to tackle. Wings of the Goddess and Adoulin both kind of have some pretty low points so I'd say skip those unless you really want The Full FFXI Story Experience, in which case also try your best to do Rhapsodies. Personally I like WotG but a lot of players really disliked it for having some really bad pacing issues, feels like it drags quite a lot in many places. The smaller storylines + Voracious Resurgence you can almost certainly skip unless you find you really want to learn as much as you can about the world, at which point I'd also recommend doing all three Nation storylines. CodfishCartographer fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Mar 5, 2023 |
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Mar 5, 2023 02:17
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Wings of the Goddess is fine, I guess. The issue is more it's the kind of thing you only want to do once, so if you make a new character/account and have to do it again... it wears out its welcome fast. I think it's fine on your first time through. BUT! Do not, under any circumstances, do the Bastok storyline in Wings unless you have help. There's an escort mission involved that is extremely hard to solo, even at item level. San'doria is the easiest but it kind of sucks plot-wise. Windurst is in-between in difficulty and is pretty interesting to boot.
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Mar 5, 2023 02:31
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This is all stuff I sure didn't know! I'll do not-Bastok when I get to Wings. I think I will do San d'Oria because their first mission appears to be called "Steam Rams"
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It's a shame because I really like the Bastok Wings storyline. I did manage to solo the escort quest so it's not impossible but it's definitely not something all jobs can reasonably do and there was still a degree of luck involved. To make matters worse, failing it means you have to wait a game day to try again and I must have failed the mission at least 4 times.
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Mar 5, 2023 06:15
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 Bastok story was good, Windurst was also good, Sandoria's was....well it had its moments. Ultimately though that escort mission is an absolute pain in the rear end.
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The Windurst WOTG defense mission is pretty loving bad too, you've never seen such flimsy, low health barricades
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Kongming posted:BUT! Do not, under any circumstances, do the Bastok storyline in Wings unless you have help. There's an escort mission involved that is extremely hard to solo, even at item level. I am pleased to report that I switched back to Bastok and still had to abuse some PLD/WHM poo poo to solo this, but did manage to.
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I wonder if Valaineral's buffs would make it easier, since he does AoE WS upon engaging now regardless of his TP. Might be a way to pick up the Quadavs, although the part where the escort NPC runs around erratically would still be pretty hosed.
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Can't summon Trusts in it, best I remember.
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I have a couple of stupid questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. Note, i've been following the Quickstart 1-119 Guide on FFXI Wiki. 30 RDM/15 BLM. - Should I be buying equipment? I've played plenty of MMOs, but not really any older ones outside of UO shards, so I'm used to getting a drip-feed of equipment via quests or dungeons. I think I'm still rocking the same equipment i've had since like level 10 - Is there a text command or keyboard shortcut to have my Trusts initiate combat, or is running up and punching something my only option? - Other than the Acheron Shields, is there a recommended way to earn some gil? I haven't delved into any tradeskills, but I have been saving crystals and seals. - I just finished San D'Oria Rank 2 quests and the Rhapsody in White KI quest. I have my mount license. Before moving on to the level 30-40 stuff, is there anything else I should go do or somewhere I should go visit? Again, probably stupid questions, but rather than interpreting answers in forums to not-quite-the-same questions I figured I'd ask.
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TheHoosier posted:I have a couple of stupid questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. Note, i've been following the Quickstart 1-119 Guide on FFXI Wiki. 30 RDM/15 BLM. I haven't played in a while but I think these answers are still relevant... Honestly, when I was leveling a new character a few years back, I mostly ignored armor until the Abyssea sets at level 78. You can just equip whatever junk you get from treasure caskets while you're leveling. Once you hit 99 you can buy i117 armor with sparks, and then stuff starts to escalate from there. Unfortunately, you have to enable auto-attack and swing at a mob once to get your trusts to start acting. No other way to do it. No clue on earning gil, other than trying to see what regularly sells on the AH and hoarding stacks of it. You've got the right idea with NPCing Acheron Shields though! Nowadays, getting your first job to 99 is the #1 priority on a new character so you can more easily crush the main story content, and progressing RoV is super important for all the bonuses it grants, especially the extra Trust slots, EXP bonuses, and things like that. You could also unlock Abyssea when it becomes available to get your stone timer rolling for future use (which helps if you want to grind out some cruor for the Lv78 Abyssea armor sets).
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Yeah just upgrade your weapon every 10 or so levels using Sparks, and maybe equip a couple of armor pieces now and then for a tiny bit of defense but it really doesn't matter with how quickly you out level stuff now.
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TheHoosier posted:I have a couple of stupid questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. Note, i've been following the Quickstart 1-119 Guide on FFXI Wiki. 30 RDM/15 BLM. Tome quests reward gear, roe objectives and points buy gear. Mostly keep your weapon up to date. Nope. They don't do poo poo till you hit the mob with your stick. Roe/unity points to shields to gil is the easy lowbie answer. Not much else. Not really? Push to 50 then you have a new slate of objectives.
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Awesome, thanks everyone!
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If you are on Shiva or Asura one of us can hook you up with some gil as well. Join the discord in OP and we can coordinate. We're also way more active on there than any in-game LS chat.
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frodnonnag posted:Roe/unity points to shields to gil is the easy lowbie answer. Not much else.
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TheHoosier posted:I have a couple of stupid questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. Note, i've been following the Quickstart 1-119 Guide on FFXI Wiki. 30 RDM/15 BLM. 1. Your trusts can carry you to 99 with you being naked, accuracy gear is nice to keep your weapon skill up as you go but don't go out of your way. Since you have magic you are extra golden. 2. Nope 3. Aside from what others mentioned, bat fangs are all over the 1-50 leveling range and sell for a lot on the AH. Sparks and accolades will be your main money source until 99. 4. Getting to 99 will make everything easier and start gears turning on other activities. That said just do whatever is fun. Try to do all the monthly quests before the 10th, a couple may be rough to reach in time. I am on Bahamut if you happen to be there and need anything.
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Yeah, now that prize powders stack to 99 it's very reasonable to use them for money. For gear, I skipped the i117 sparks gear in favour of the i119 bayld gear. You can get big chunks of bayld from doing Adoulin missions for either the Inventors coalition or the Couriers coalition. Inventors will cost a bit of Gil in buying materials, while Couriers involves sneaking around enemies to unlock a teleport near one of the outposts. I started doing Couriers missions as soon as you can possibly unlock Adoulin. I forget when, but it's pretty early. And enemies don't attack when you're on a mount so you can unlock what you need for Couriers at any level. Anyway, aside from doing that to get easy level 99 starter gear, agreed with everyone else that you don't need a lot of gear upgrades while leveling up.
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Kongming posted:Wings of the Goddess is fine, I guess. The issue is more it's the kind of thing you only want to do once, so if you make a new character/account and have to do it again... it wears out its welcome fast. I think it's fine on your first time through. Escort mission is easy if you have a BLU with a good AoE set.
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https://twitter.com/mondomascots/status/1652368001461809152?s=46&t=qe_Y8YJnNikGLo_JUDPyAQ probably olde but I found it amusing
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Months late, but please do Seekers story just to experience Balamor who is the best character in this game by far and turns a pretty boring story into a very fun one.
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Balamor rules
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TheHoosier posted:I have a couple of stupid questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. Note, i've been following the Quickstart 1-119 Guide on FFXI Wiki. 30 RDM/15 BLM. Use the sparks NPC to keep your weapons reasonably up to date, but that's it. Item progression in vanilla FFXI was really weird, and very little gear actually gives stats. As you progress through rhapsodies the Curio Vendor Moogle will sell more stuff including food, and that is a much better source of stats than armor. Once you're level 99 you can get money from doing ambuscade and dynamis divurgence. What's your in game name and what server are you on? PookBear fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Jun 12, 2023 |
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Looking to start playing again but after installing PlayOnline I get this error when trying to add my account: Error Code: POL-5312 The Square Enix ID, Square Enix password, or one-time password entered is incorrect. The thing is, I know I'm using the correct password. It works fine on the website. I even reset it just in case something was weird on the back end. I know it's not my POL client because I can log in with a different Square Enix account. The account I'm trying to log into is active, and has been for almost two years so it's not a billing issue. I also don't have any MFA configured so it's not a one time password or anything. Honestly I'm at a loss, I submitted a ticket but I'm sure it will take forever for a response -- so I was hoping if anyone here has run into a similar issue or may have advice for something I could try while I wait.
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Koala Cola posted:Looking to start playing again but after installing PlayOnline I get this error when trying to add my account: So, that's an insanely confusing error message that is fairly common for new users to hit. It's likely that it's not actually your SE ID / PW that's the problem, but rather your POL password (which is different). Make sure it's correct + saved by clicking your name then clicking "Settings" - there you'll see your Member Name (this is just for display and doesn't matter), your POL ID (this matters and will be four letters and four numbers, like BUTT6969). I recommend Set Password to save, and then put your PlayOnline Password there, which again: is different from your Square Enix password lmao. Member Password doesn't matter, leave it blank. Then put in your proper Square Enix ID (the one you use to login on the square enix website). If that doesn't work, and I swear I'm not joking when I say this, but try using the on-screen keyboard. A buddy of mine kept getting password errors when typing using his keyboard, but when typing using the POL keyboard with his mouse, it actually worked.
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CodfishCartographer posted:So, that's an insanely confusing error message that is fairly common for new users to hit. It's likely that it's not actually your SE ID / PW that's the problem, but rather your POL password (which is different). Make sure it's correct + saved by clicking your name then clicking "Settings" - there you'll see your Member Name (this is just for display and doesn't matter), your POL ID (this matters and will be four letters and four numbers, like BUTT6969). I recommend Set Password to save, and then put your PlayOnline Password there, which again: is different from your Square Enix password lmao. Member Password doesn't matter, leave it blank. Then put in your proper Square Enix ID (the one you use to login on the square enix website). Thanks, your reply helped me noticed I was using the PlayOnline ID linked to a different Square Enix account...
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