FFXI post

[thistlechaser]

Edit: nymphah asked me to make this image in model viewer, so I figured I'd post it here as well. Heeheeheehee.

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This was going to be a long post, but I got all distracted by the video of the animations for new spells and JAs and ran out of time.

Yesterday I got 10 levels of gold on Fishingbot and said to myself "This is the last time I'll get 10 levels of gold in a day."
Today I got 15. :P Yay gold 47!

Skilling was both a bitch and better than it should have been:
Bad: The guild shop in Bastok was out of mythril ore. I needed to do five levels of 4 ores -> 1 ingot. So I sent Thistle to the guild in Al Zahbi and Chaser to the Bastok airship shop (FB has a pass but is from Sandy) and both filled up their inventories. For the next three hours I muled ores from them to FB eight at a time. God, that was the worst waste of time ever! zzz

The good: And the reason I got 15 levels today: Gold dust! A new skillup synth that didn't exist when I did gold on Chaser or Thistle. Brass + copper + wind, level 47 cap. Best Synth (in gold) Ever!

The other thing I was trying to figure out was Nyzul Isle assault armor. I got asked to join a static, and spur of the moment I said yes (I've been so bored on game lately I thought it might be fun). It starts rather late for me, but so long as people are on time it'll be okay. Anyway, the armor... I can't decide what I want. If I'm judging stats correctly (which I might not be), I don't really need much. None of the Askar is really better than my thick +1/Hauberk +1 stuff. On COR, while the Denali stuff is so so so so so nice looks-wise, the only thing I'd need is the body. And lord, I really don't know what to do with BRD, only thing I saw maybe would be the Goliard feet.

Hopefully I can lot pieces instead of a set. Goliard feet, Denali body (I'd KILL for the hat, but stats-wise it doesn't beat o-hat or COR AF hat), and maybe fill in the rest with Askar pieces and sell off my HQ armor? :/ Of course this is being optimistic and assuming we can get to floors 20/40/60/80/100.

They want me on BRD, which will be amusing. I've not played the job since static ended (2-ish years ago, back when ToAU was new). I did warn her of that, plus my armor isn't so hot at all. COR has much better armor and skill behind it, but I'm willing to go on any of my 75 jobs other than RDM. (Armor-wise RDM has only AF and a dark/light staff, nothing else at all (other than lol melee stuff). Skill-wise, I haven't played it with others in three and a half years, stopped partying at 60 and took it to 75 through Campaign.)

So anyway, hopefully that'll be fun!

Comments

[vedderffxi.livejournal.com]

Denali Kecks are also a must have for COR. The MAB will boost Quick Draw damage... they are not a bad normal ranged attack option either, depending on what you already have.

I know a lot of people that use Denali Gameshes for Slug/Deta since they have a nice little STR boost there. (again, depending on what options you already have)

If you want to get really particular, the Denali Bonnet has a nice AGI boost if you want to increase your QD accuracy for Light/Dark shot.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know there's more than Body that's great for COR. At least try to get the legs... but you can situationally make use of the other stuff if you think hard or are desperate enough. :P

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks for the info! I'm tempted to go for the whole set anyway -- if nothing else I could stand around town in it!

[iniadelphinae.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHA, the Clown Lord is going to eat you, too!

Sorry, that's just my perma's standing joke about Nyzul and its whimsiness.

If you have someone with a 100 disc already, you're good to go. You can basically spam the boss runs and get lots of gear.

If not, you get to fight your way up. The one nice thing is that Nyzul runs count towards Assault rank up if you need it. If you complete a new set of 5 floors, it's like doing a new Assault. Successful repeats are 1 point.

The biggest thing in the beginning, for me, is communication and trust. You have to be able to know who's going to do what ahead of time. It takes some time to get yourselves working really cohesively (see my earlier Nyzul posts), but it's worth the patience. I luuurve my Goliard Clogs, and am the subject of many jealous looks from the members of my Dynamis LS, most of whom are members of a "serious" endgame/HNM shell. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, and that's just the first piece! :D

For the armor sets, we have a "lot if you can use it, but don't be a dick about it" policy (not my words, but it works). Meaning, I could lot Denali feet when we finally get them. This, however, would be a really shitty thing to do since I've gotten Goliard Clogs and nobody else has gotten anything.

Hope your perma has a THF because drop rates can be pretty bad. We've only done Floor 20 so far, but we're 1 for 4 on drops so far. My group's set up is WAR/NIN x2, THF/NIN, RNG/NIN, WHM/SMN, and RDM/WHM or BLM. My perma prefers RDM/BLM for Sleepga and Puddings (FYI: Mint Custard, a NM Pudding, absorbs Thunder-based damage, including Fragmentation SCs), but I find the party gets more use out of /WHM, especially on the Flayer floors (not explaining more, you'll learn :P).

As for the armor itself, I agree with vedderffxi that more than just the body is good for COR.

As for BRD, I don't remember the stats on all the Goliard pieces, but I do remember the Body has Haste on it. If you don't have the Yigit Body, that would be pretty nice. If so, it might be worth macro'ing in the Goliard Body on Utsu to reduce your recast timer. Don't remember about the hands at all, and all I remember about the hat is the hMP - not something a BRD really worries about much. M.ACC might be nice if you don't have +skill gear for those slots. I do remember that the legs are the most useless piece of crap I've seen in a long time ~.~

Askar would, of course, be sexiness incarnate for your DRK.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I actually don't know too much about what I'm getting into, not even all of the other static members. A not-too-close friend asked me if I wanted to join, I asked who else was in and one of my close friends had already said yes, so I accepted. That's all the members I know! I'm hoping the leader has THF, but I'm not even 100% sure of her jobs. I'm assuming we have no disks, though if someone had the 100 one that would rock socks.

Unfortunately I'm done with Assault ranks (not counting Captain), so that's no bonus for me. I'm mostly just hoping for fun, with hopefully as little XP loss as possible.

*bounces* Thanks for the armor info! And yep, even though I hadn't thought I'd ever go back to doing Nyzul, I had been following it in your LJ. :)

[veri-of-remora.livejournal.com]

Me + Full Denali + Model Viewer gogogo

lol I agree with you that hat is awesome looking.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Tarus are amazingly cute in it, yes. :)