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HKR
Jan 13, 2006

there is no universe where duke nukem would not be a trans ally



I've been thinking a lot about this game recently and and struggling with the idea of coming back. Help me decide goons:

-I have about a 50/50 chance of being able to recover my character, if I can remember my login credentials. If not, I likely will not be able to recover as I changed my name a few years ago and have forgotten anything regarding payment info etc.

EDIT: Well apparently I had linked it to my Square Enix account, so now I'm in the middle of transferring. However I can't update any of my detailed info such as name and gender. Anyone know how to go about doing that?

-I can't seem to find a guide or article about how hard it is to start a new character and get to max level. I take it a lot of the pre Abyssea content is left unchanged and still a bitch to go through.

-Most solo leveling guides seem to follow the same path I took in the early days grouping. What changes did they add to make it easier to solo the early content?

HKR fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Jun 17, 2016

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HKR
Jan 13, 2006

there is no universe where duke nukem would not be a trans ally



Did the thing where I finally decided that instead of picking my old character back up I'd just create a new one and it was the right decision because I just hid 75 in 10 days. I also moved to bahamut and there are a lot less racists compared to Asura.

HKR fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Dec 29, 2019

HKR
Jan 13, 2006

there is no universe where duke nukem would not be a trans ally



Gnossiennes posted:

i've played only on bahamut and for the most part it's fine, but i've also never spoken to anyone else in-game other than the daily unity chat quest

i did have trouble getting one of the ingredients for my dnc AF tho, same with the cruor pieces, and i had to similarly watch ffxiah for a couple days. and siren was really hard and i couldn't solo her until 78, i think? other than that, playing on not-asura was fine.

I'm also current on Bahamut after swearing off Asura. Monday morning /sea all shows 1392 people. Saw around 1700 on tuesday last week. Server seems active without having the extreme toxicness Asura seems to have attracted.

Granted how many of those are jp only/bots/actually capable of helping you in endgame etc are unknown, but so far I haven't had trouble with the market board like others constantly bring up.

Server transfers are $10 and if Asura's toxicness is too much for you come be chill over on bahamut.

HKR
Jan 13, 2006

there is no universe where duke nukem would not be a trans ally



I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out what was causing a microstutter every 5 or so seconds in game. Tried it with WIndower, ashita and vanilla client and still had the same issue. Turns out it was because I had left "enable gamepad" on in the FFXI config utility when I didn't have a gamepad plugged in, and that microstutter was the game trying to find one every five or so seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4s8ZXrUrDs

HKR
Jan 13, 2006

there is no universe where duke nukem would not be a trans ally



Verbose posted:

Should I invest in those things that make you invisible and quiet? I was trying to go unlock Ninja and the gigas in the Korroloka Tunnel one shot me

There are jobs that have sneak/invis as spells and jobs that have them as abilities. Dancer is a good sub for it's sneak and invis jig. If you don't have any of those unlocked yet, it takes about only a bit to level them. If you have spare gil, sneak and invis potions also work, but you're essentially throwing money away every time you get lost.

HKR
Jan 13, 2006

there is no universe where duke nukem would not be a trans ally



Verbose posted:

Jesus I don't have the time to grind that many per week lol

FFXI is a long term game and you'll be spending a lot of time in it just grinding things out and waiting. Having a social circle to turn to in game helps, in both terms of having a helping hand with things you're having difficulty with and to steer you in the right direction in terms of most efficient use of your time. If you're on Asura, you should join the discord linked below and see if someone is willing to escort you around to the various areas you need to hit to unlock jobs and such.

CodfishCartographer posted:

Come join the discord! We've got a few active goons on Asura, and more that pop online now and then during free trials or when they feel like wasting money etc. Very chill community that enjoys helping folks out.

HKR
Jan 13, 2006

there is no universe where duke nukem would not be a trans ally



Verbose posted:

I like how you can't use trusts in BCNMs.

Also I'm on Bahaumut, the quickstart guide says explicitly not to go on Asura lol

You can summon trusts once in most bcnms.

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HKR
Jan 13, 2006

there is no universe where duke nukem would not be a trans ally



On the other hand every other server has at least 90% less racist/homophobic/sexist/etc poo poo being said in shout chat (or, at least did when a bunch of streamers weren't playing).

Doesn't mean the other servers are free of it, but it's super concentrated on asura.

EDIT: basically play on an empty server until you decide you're at a point where you want to hire mercs, pay $10 and world transfer.

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