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Glad to be of assistance! Get that level up & smack things around with Techter to your heart's content!

Hello! To refine master fragments into N-Master Cubes you'll want to go to the Item Enhancement NPC & choose the bottom option (Exchange Enhancement Materials). Then click on "Other Enhancement Materials". You will find the exchangeable unit there. If you need a visual, this is shown in the second half of a previous video of mine that can be found here . ruclips.net/video/_b9mNfd3O1I/видео.htmlsi=cZFwL5ivyOxW0ISf Simply navigate to the second half of the video that's Time Stamped, "Master Fragments", and you will see exactly what you need to do! Hope this helps & happy hunting!

😭😭😭 "There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home." 🤣

Most definitely! Glad to help and make for a more efficient farming experience for you!

Indeed! Being able to go at your own pace and see what you need is the great part about that! You know the number you need, so you can allocate the time as you need to/see fit to work towards it at your own pace. These last two months which were pretty slow definitely benefited people like yourself in allowing you to catch up & get BiS! And in regards to the armor, definitely indeed no rush! We'll be getting the upgrade system for Ektasis in a couple weeks, so there's no harm in waiting to see first hand how it looks like before using that aug pass!

I actually did give Horizon a try shortly after it was released. I do understand the team was responsible for a prior Private Server that had some drama/issues as well, however. Thing about Horizon, as mentioned in prior responses however, is that, like all private servers, there's an astounding amount of stuff that's broken or doesn't work as intended. On top of these private servers often adding their own elements to the game. Horizon, being one that has done this moreso than any of the others, considering they completely reworked classes & abilities on a grand scale. At the end of the day, no one can actually replicate the intended experience of Golden Era FFXI other than Square Enix. Because the game was a behemoth and such a complete game with so many mechanics interwoven into it. In regards to TOAU, I have yet to see a Golden Era Private Server that has TOAU working properly. And I know I never will. HUGE staples of TOAU such as Assault, Nyzul, Besieged, Salvage, are always missing entirely or completely borked. I've also recently heard some question as to what is even really going on behind the scenes with the Horizon server right now? One of those situations where people are saying TOAU is coming, but it's not actually coming, type deals? Don't get me wrong, I've spent some time on Private Servers in the past that falls outside of my original 10 year stint on retail. Which is also why I know that only Square Enix can actually get it right. They're the only people equipped with the resources and knowhow to bring that aura back to life. Also, they're the only people who can provide the proper moderation/GMs. Because lets face it, one thing about private servers is that there's often a sense of wild-wild-west with some of the behaviors. Some times I feel like there's a good handful of people who play on private servers because they were banned from retail. Which doesn't help the case, naturally. Also, private servers often deal with bias & favoritism. These are all things that were largely kept in check during golden era & what greatly allowed the community & thus, game, to flourish. As, remember, FFXI Golden Era was a very community-driven game.

The Dunes were legendary. I'm not sure how long ago you played/started retail, but I remember in the first year or two of release, mobs didn't despawn. As in, when you lost aggro on them, they didn't disappear & then reappear where they'd normally spawn. So they could literally chase you for crazy lengths all the way across the map until you zoned into somewhere. Everyone remembers the Goblins in Valkurm Dunes, because some EXP camps you would actually defeat them. But not everyone remembers that there would be massive goblin trains that would essentially slaughter everyone roflmao. One dude would accidentally get aggro and they'd be running for their life for the Selbina zone. Chased by a Goblin of much higher level. But thing is, when & if they made it to the Selbina zone line, that Goblin(s) didn't despawn. So you would time & time again see unsuspecting individuals zoning out of Selbina only to get immediately slaughtered, because the Goblins leisurely walk their way back to their initial spawn area. Like, they were in no hurry whatsoever. And as a result, many players caught strays by those guys lmao. Later on they would change it so that this wouldn't be an issue, but man oh man, some crazy & hilarious times during the no-despawn era rofl. FFXI Golden Era will forever be a timeless classic & the peak of MMORPG gaming.

@@Spikesxu agreed! And it totally sucked when you got into a party on the other side of the Dunes and carrying a mob to camp accidentally, lol

@@kuroneko3451 Lol absolutely!

I hear that entirely. I feel so bad for the teachers. Because they receive the full forefront of it all. It's sad when you see a teacher who chose that path because they wanted to have an impact on the youth, be ripped apart to the point of feeling helpless, due to the state of our society & the lack of parenting and/or the internet being the one essentially "parenting" the youth. Toxicity is indeed encouraged and glorified on the internet. And when you have an otherwise vulnerable mind that's being shaped & learning the do's & don'ts of life, it's a really messed up place to be chronically surrounded by. Even as an adult, if you're not able to discern one thing from another. Which is always in question in the world of anonymity.

Precisely. What people say/do in anonymity is the real gauge of one's character. And it's on full display in the digital world. In regards to rap, I stopped willfully listening to main stream rap a decade or so ago because I saw the direction it was heading. And boy am I glad I did that.

It is honestly extremely problematic, and moreso than people can even begin to fathom or understand. I too have younger family, and am in a unique position where I create content & play MMOs, so I'm constantly surrounded & involved with the internet & the happenings within it. I see it all first hand. The darkest depths of it all. Given that I'm naturally the type who tends to view things in every direction on a grand scale, it allows me a unique perspective as to see just how detrimental it all really is.

I just keep it 100.

Hello! Glad to hear that you've been enjoying it! As mentioned during the discussion, I definitely did acknowledge as to how the exact game format may have trouble taking foothold in today's game scape. However, I do also believe it could with minor tweaks to help to speed things up a little, without taking away from that vast sense of achievement and accomplishment you obtained from literally everything in the game 'because' things were so time consuming & difficult. In regards to people who may choose to not go above 75 in retail. This wouldn't make a whole lot of sense, as the game is built to go above it now. The fact of the matter is that it's not as just cut & dry as "75 cap". But instead, the entire game was different during 75 cap. As in, how things operated, how mobs spawned, classes & skills, multipliers, gearing metrics, etc etc. It was the game as a whole during the Golden Era that made it what it was. Years of content and 4 full massive expansions were based around 75 content & horizontal content & that system. All scaling was based around 75 Cap, from level 1 to 75. So I'm not really sure why people would opt to not level there characters past 75 on retail? I struggle to understand the reasoning behind that one. Thing about FFXI is that the entire game was a journey. Whereas many games are just like hey, rush to get to max level cap, FFXI was like hey, take 3 months to get to max level cap and you're literally going to have the time of your life whilst doing so. While the game was time consuming, at the same time it could be played in your own type of ways because the game was so complete. I always loved leveling up new classes, because it was such a magical experience every single time. The interactions, the people. The journeys. The different mechanics. The different quests. There was never a dull moment. Hence, why I played it for over a decade lol. I don't believe any MMORPG has ever truly captured the essence of feeling like every moment is a brand new journey & brand new adventure, the way FFXI Golden Era was able to capture it. I'm glad to hear that you've found an LS on there and that the community is still welcoming. Whilst, not quite like it was during those days, it's good to hear that, that same spirit & sense of tranquility at least still lingers there. One thing's for sure after seeing how long this response is though; Few things make me light up like talking about Golden Era FFXI does lol.

@@Spikesxu FFXI was the last mmo where the journey itself was the destination. There hasn't been anything like it since.

@@ironbadger8985 Absolutely 100%

Welcome to the game! I'm glad that you're enjoying your stay!

Glad to hear you were able to make some advancements & progress on your gear! This LTQ will definitely help with that next objective you have of GDK2! And indeed, I do believe that this month was very beneficial for players who were returning or new, or needed to catch up!

I'm not sure if one could say that it "needed to" change. Moreso that they changed it in an attempt to milk its life because they saw the way that vertical models could be milked with less development stress. The fact of the matter is that, FFXI "did" die a long time ago. Because what exists now, is not FFXI. There's a reason why it's common practice for people to specifically clarify & strongly differentiate, "Golden Era" from current retail, when they speak about FFXI. I played from PC release up until 2013. And have picked it back up here & there throughout the years. Retail & private servers. The game was absolutely thriving up until they started to shift towards a more vertical format. It was a direct result of the changes which if I recall correctly, came at a time of management change over FFXI. These changes would ultimately cause the player base to heavily dip. This is further fortified by the fact that later on they would try to make more aspects of the game horizontal again. As you mentioned. You have to remember, that back then you either played FFXI or WoW. You played FFXI because WoW was too easy. And you played WoW because FFXI was too difficult and/or time consuming. You did not play both. They were too drastically different. Naturally however, WoW followed a new vertical format which gained heavy traction and as a result we got the better part of two decades filled with WoW clones. FF14 included. The attempt to make FFXI more vertical was a gamble that would ultimately be the downfall of FFXI and everything that made it FFXI. What exists now is a complete shell of the game without the things that made FFXI, FFXI. Such as the heavy emphasis on the community. Which I have to this day, never experienced an MMO community even remotely as strong as FFXI's was during Golden Era. And I've dabbled in a lot of MMOs. It's kind of like the wrinkled paper example. If you have a straight piece of paper. Pristine, sharp, fresh out the package. Then you decide to crumple the paper up with your hands. No matter how you try to uncrumple it & smooth it out, it will never fully be what it was. This is the case of what happened to FFXI after they ripped the core of the game out when they started to add heavy vertical elements & ultimately raised the game's level cap past 75. And as thus, where it exists now. FFXI was the complete package. On so many levels. At its peak, it was quite possibly the equivalent of what one would imagine a 'Euphoria' to be. However, FFXI died a long time ago. What has existed since the early 2010s, is a shell of the game operated simply as a source of easy revenue for minimal developmental effort.

Man! The excitement you experienced after you had put all that time in to finally get your Airship Pass, and you step on it for the first time...Oh my lawd. That's the thing about that game. Is that literally everything felt so exciting when you did it. The whole game was a journey. It wasn't a race to endgame to enjoy content. The literal whole game was content. Whether you be level 1 or 75. You could level 10 different jobs to 75 and each experience would be so uniquely different. The ship from Mhaura to Selbina was priceless though! The first time encountering pirates would leave you scarred. Or when the big sea manta would pop up top & everyone would race down stairs 😂😂. Nothing beats that initial journey to Jeuno though. Because you need to go to Jeuno to level in Qufim. As well ass to get your Chocobo License. But thing is, at that level, all of those zones right outside of Jeuno have mobs that can easily kill you. So you gotta MGS it 😂😂. The pain & the thrill was truly magnificent.

Horizon XI Classic server.

​@@vanduezen3037 Horizon is far from retail. And I mean far. It was even advertised as such when it was in development & released. They changed things around on grand scales and added their own flavor. Reworked jobs, etc etc. Which is generally the case with FFXI 75-era private servers. You are never getting the actual genuine experience in any of them. Just something close. It's why there's so many of them (or at least were. Haven't checked to see if some have shut down or not in the last year or so). The vast entirety of the ToAU is almost always 80% broken or inaccurate/missing in private servers because there's so many elements in that expansion. Salvage, Nyzul, Assault, Besieged, etc etc. I've dabbled in many private servers over the years, but at the end of the day, as mentioned in the video, it is not possible to recreate age-era accurate on private servers. There are always things that are broken or do not work as intended. I'm not sure I've seen a single private server able to get Assault & Rankings down properly. And lets not even get into the amount of missing quests. And when I say I've dabbled in many private servers. I mean I've spent years on private servers that goes outside of my original 10 year stint on retail. The fact of the matter is that only Square Enix can get it right. And only Square Enix can bring back the people who actually want to play the working version of the game. Also of course naturally, private servers are restricted to PC users. Whereas the original game was on Playstation & PC. And would later be released on Xbox a few years later. FFXI 75 Golden Era was a MASSIVE game. It was a complete game. On every scope. All those "side quests" that one could often pass off, actually meant something in FFXI. And heavily added to the experience. And ultimately, only Square Enix's inclusion in the game can bring back & grow one of the key elements, which is the community. As well with the proper policing and GMs that they can provide.

Were yall chilling my stream? I figured yall were least I kept getting paired with yall (I think Chrystolite more times than you), even when I would need to delay the next queue in for whatever reason. lol. Good runs though for sure!

@@Spikesxu I wasn't on the stream, though that does sound like something Chrystolite would do lol. I only did 2 runs before heading off for the night since I was getting sleepy

@@raevenent751 Ah I see I see. Yea I remember you (Vaelyn) being in at least two of my runs. One where I danced in front of you before the fight started & you waved lol.

Can search high & low, and you can never quite get that FFXI feeling, yea? Eventually it just gets to a point where you accept that you're essentially "settling", with anything that's not FFXI Golden Era. I personally could never really get into FF14 because it just felt like a WoW game with a FF skin. Which I never really found WoW interesting enough to begin with.

I know so many people who actually met & got married through FFXI! The community in the Golden Era was so amazing. Naturally, you had to be there to truly understand, because it simply doesn't exist anywhere nowadays. But you definitely know exactly what I'm talking about! I do hear you though about the conflict of going back & not wanting to put yourself through that again. Because lets face it. The game was addicting in an enjoyable way. And it could easily consume all your time. And this could potentially be problematic, naturally lol. But I also think that we're getting to place where a game like that could exist again. Maybe some small tweaks to make it not "as" time consuming, but still retain the general element. Like maybe make some cool downs on HNMs a bit shorter, or slightly increase the exp gain. etc. One thing's for sure though. A piece of my heart will always be with Golden Era horizontal progression FFXI. And I will always have a soft spot for people who were able to experience that community to its fullest during those years. These individuals have been through the trenches and understand what it takes lol.

I really hope that you're able to experience the story fully the way it's meant to be experienced in FFXI, one day. The way FFXI's story was put together was so incredibly well done. Not only from the main story, but even from the meaningful side quests. Quests that had no business even being interesting, were interesting. The game was a behemoth. I definitely do hear you about the streamlining. As was brought up in the video, it's hard to say if the exact same time consumption format of the game would work in today's current gaming landscape. But then, who's to say it wouldn't with how we're kind of starting to lean back towards the roots of gaming. With that being said, FFXI has been streamlined heavily as is. As, the current version that exists of the game today is heavily streamlined. So people who want that more streamlined solo-experience game could essentially just play current-day retail. But I do definitely think that would be a delicate balance that Square Enix would have to figure out with a remake/classic. Because if you tinker with it too much, you essentially lose the entire market you were aiming to satisfy. Because you have to remember, FFXI losing its userbase & identity was because they tried to streamline it. They wanted to make it more WoWish & vertical. Which anyone who was around during FFXI & WoW's haydays, knows that you either played one or the other. If FFXI was too difficult, you played WoW. If WoW was too easy, you played FFXI. FFXI eventully fell into the trap that we saw for the better half of two decades, where every game was just a WoW clone. Which is essentially what FF14 is. WoW with an FF skin. So they'd be wise not to intrude into that same space again with an FFXI remake/classic.

Hey there! Just going to copy & paste (with some minor editing) a response I just made to another comment that was pretty much saying the same thing about getting onto Horizon. As, it addresses everything the same. Feel free to respond & we can interact! _______________________ I actually did give Horizon a try shortly after it was released. I do understand the team was responsible for a prior Private Server that had some drama/issues as well, however. Thing about Horizon, as mentioned in prior responses however, is that, like all private servers, there's an astounding amount of stuff that's broken or doesn't work as intended. On top of these private servers often adding their own elements to the game. Horizon, being one that has done this moreso than any of the others, considering they completely reworked classes & abilities on a grand scale. At the end of the day, no one can actually replicate the intended experience of Golden Era FFXI other than Square Enix. Because the game was a behemoth and such a complete game with so many mechanics interwoven into it. For instance with TOAU, I have yet to see a Golden Era Private Server that has TOAU working properly. And I know I never will. HUGE staples of TOAU such as Assault, Nyzul, Besieged, Salvage, are always missing entirely or completely borked. I've also recently heard some question as to what is even really going on behind the scenes with the Horizon server right now? One of those situations where people are saying TOAU is coming, but it's not actually coming, type deals? Don't get me wrong, I've spent some time on Private Servers in the past that falls outside of my original 10 year stint on retail. Which is also why I know that only Square Enix can actually get it right. They're the only people equipped with the resources and knowhow to bring that aura back to life. Also, they're the only people who can provide the proper moderation/GMs. Because lets face it, one thing about private servers is that there's often a sense of wild-wild-west with some of the behaviors. Some times I feel like there's a good handful of people who play on private servers because they were banned from retail. Which doesn't help the case, naturally. Also, private servers often deal with bias & favoritism. These are all things that were largely kept in check during golden era & what greatly allowed the community & thus, game, to flourish. As, remember, FFXI Golden Era was a very community-driven game.

I've tried to return to the modern version of the game on a few occasions over the years. Usually during their Return To Vanadiel (I think is what they're called?) campaigns where you can log on for free to see how things are for a bit. Every time it just didn't feel right. The game is so far displaced from what it was in Golden Era/75 Cap. If anything, it feels really good just to be on though. Naturally, I've played on Private 75-cap servers as well, which surely provided more of the experience I long for. But naturally, as mentioned in the video, all private servers are incomplete. As, the source code was lost, so a lot of things are always broken/don't operate as intended on private servers. As well as private servers often having their own gimmicks that stray away from the original gameplay. In regards to Pantheon Rise of the Fallen, I'm not familiar with this game. I'll have to look into it after this post & see what it has to offer! One thing's for sure though. If an official Square Enix FFXI remake or classic were ever to be made, I, as a grown man, would shed tears. And I ain't even ashamed to say that lol.

@@Spikesxu well I don't feel modern ffxi gives you that old-school feel until after lvl 99 but the old-school linkshell feels are still there just without NM camping. Pantheon is worth looking into and giving feedback to if you crave the old nm hunting style and enters early access in December.

​@@pipz420 Ah I see. So they've tried to somewhat return to old-school feel that made the game what it was, with some of the game's more recent mechanics implemented. And I just watched the most recent early access trailer for Pantheon. Looks neat. I see the co-creator of Everquest served as the CCO before his passing. Which is definitely apparent after seeing the gameplay. It's not "quite" what I'm looking for, but I think I'll likely give it a try.

As they should 😂

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Hello! I disagree wholeheartedly in that ""easy" games are what gamers will gravitate towards." Because this has historically proven inaccurate time & time again with games like Souls games and virtually every MMORPG that existed before WoW. WoW's success did not necessarily come because the game was "easy" (it was in comparison to ffxi), but moreso because the game followed a new format. Which was a Vertical Format. "Easy" is also a very subjective word that can be broadly applicated in numerous meanings. It largely depends on the type of game, as mentioned within this discussion with examples included. Which takes a focal point on MMORPGs whilst highlighting the everchanging landscape.

If there's one thing about Spike, it's that he gon drop some knowledge if you let him. 😂

Definitely a time to be alive!

@@Spikesxu Indeed. We had the DSL connection so when Grandmom called I wouldn't get kicked off. Lol

It's a solid LTQ and very quick! Also fairly enjoyable to run!

😎 lol

Hmm. This may be due to the hardware you're using? Not sure. NGS in particular is a game that GREATLY benefits from better hardware on your PC (if you play on PC. Ofc, Console is limited/can't be adjusted). And we're talking night-to-day drastic.

@@somfplease I can understand where you are getting at. There is an in game lore as to why though. I mean at the start of the nameless city quest it was disclosed that the resurgnt arks tried to recreate enemies using clone. Aside the darkspawns/falzespawns and the troops of shiva's armada the rest has enough genetics to be cloned to be used to feed the new arks hardships.

😂😂😂😂 I'm sorry I couldn't help myself lmao

It is! Right MEOW! 😺 Sorry, couldn't help myself. But yes indeed, this LTQ is currently live right now!

😂Sounds like a great experience and means for motivation! Time to hone your skills and gear!

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Firstly, thank you so much for the contribution and the continued support! Wait though, when you said you dropped Wingard Almati, do you mean like you accidentally sold it? Or you're saying it dropped for you & now you don't have to buy it? If it's the former, you can buy back recent items you've sold from one of the NPCs. Though this would likely do you no good at this point, if you've sold other stuff since then. As, I think the list goes to like 20 or something (Overwrites). Indeed though, I absolutely think they delivered very nicely with DFD R2. DFD was already a waltz in itself, and they added just a perfect level of extra to it to make it even more exciting/fun to do. My own personal quarrels with the drops absolutely does not take away from how fun this fight actually is! They did a really good job on this one!

@@Spikesxu Nah, it’s the latter. I made that mistake super early on so thankfully, I learned about buy back before any major repercussions 😂😂.

@@soulrpg4273 😂😂

Nice! I personally can't bother myself with rushing to get the title, least the drops aren't all that great. It'll happen, but I'll just let it happen naturally. Nonetheless though, it is indeed a fun fight!

Agreed! It's a very fun fight overall!

Most definitely. Dread Keeper V's in Ordinal would definitely help out, as there's not really a strong means in which to currently obtain them at the moment. And indeed, there has surely been speculation & comparison as to the potential similarities of the two systems!

An interesting idea.

Yea, I mean. Gotta give them that. They doubled down on what they said they'd aim to do in making the game easier to play. Can't fault them there.

Yea I do think that 2025 is going to hold some pretty interesting things ahead. The story got really good there too at the end of the last chapter. And it left for a vast book of potential to go in a wide range of directions. Naturally, if 2025 doesn't hold something pretty significant in the form of a huge patch update/area, that'll be worrisome. But we definitely do indeed know that they're cooking something (and realistically they have dropped pretty big updates every year. Whether that be the initial introduction of the regions or things like Creative Space, etc). I'm in no means dissatisfied with the game. But naturally, there are always things to improve on and discuss, as is the case with any MMORPG, especially one that's of vertical nature. Here's to a good year ahead!