These return to FFXI videos are great. I just came back, but I was active as recently as Nov 2015. I have some old buddies who use to play and I am just linking them to these videos. These are nice and short and get to the point and summarize how to get started again.
+Gamera Awesome thanks! Yeah so much is new or changed, it's easy to get overwhelmed. I'm debating doing another one for the next tier of stuff, but it's easy to start getting into too much detail, so we'll see
Video was very good. I got back into FFXI last fall and it's so much better than it was before I left 2008. There are still ways to have fun and you pretty much nailed them.
I don't plan on coming back, I feel like my time with the game is long past, but I just wanted to say that these are great videos. Keep it up, they're fun to watch and follow along with even without being invested into the game anymore.
+Heaven's Calamity thanks dude! Stay away haha it's safer that way. But yeah I've been having a ton of fun making them, so I'll probably keep it up for a while
SO I finally came back to Final Fantasy after about 10 years or so. Friends and I created toons on Odin, and they created theirs about 8 months before me. Your videos are awesome. Its been forever since I been here in FFXI, but its still a game that makes me think.
Thanks! thats awesome, yeah one of my favorite aspects of it is that you really can take advantage of the intricate battle system the more you know about it, there's always another little thing I learn that I never knew.
Just hit 99 for the first time last night, it’s like a different game, my character never stops attacking. No more of this waiting 2-4 seconds for an auto attack
+mleonlin haha thanks! Yeah I'm still debating what the next one will be about, clearly you can see me getting destroyed by the very easy avatar battle here
I'm not sure if i mentioned about your other videos but there's the Rhapsodies of Vana'diel MIssions. As you progressed through these missions you are awarded Key Items that will help adventuring easier. Things such as, exp boost, capacity boost, cool down to entering dungeons have reduced like you can enter dynamis as many times as you want or assault as many times as you want. You can also raise your Capacity points earned by doing ROE quests too.
Totally! Those Rhapsodies missions are definitely cruuuucial. I'm just getting to the adoulin portion of the missions now, have some work to get through to progress through that haha, I never made any headway into Adoulin at all. The key item bonuses are insane though
+Rex Buyeo haha man! I'm not even sure what some of those are yet, but yeah I can't wait to keep doing videos on FFXI stuff. I always used to say that I wish I'd started this channel back when FFXI was in its prime (which ....was at youtubes infancy I guess haha). But it's a really fun game to make videos about
Came back on Asura, walked around for a bit, wasn't sure what to do, didn't have anyone to chat with during the upcoming grind, and wasn't sure how worth it it was to keep going to logged out. I like the fact so many things are soloable but its just not the same without friends...
Also returning player here. About gear looking crap. You can now do /lockstylegear. Under macros you can manage your gear sets. Set a gear set that you like (stylewise). then do "/locksytlegear 1" for example. Now you char will always have the same appearance even if you change gears for ws. :D
+mistral That lockstyle is so awesome, and it's amazing i can do it through weaponskill / ability gear changes, makes things so much easier haha. I still kinda like seeing my latest gear set though, even if it's ugly. Gives me a reason to go try to get the better stuff!
oh nice! my friend was trying to explain ambuscade the other day, i'll have to check it out. I feel like there are a million ways to get great gear now and I only know of a few. The longer I play the more I realize how much I'm still missing.
Well, you didn't hear this from me...haha but I hear the ffxi windower can unlock framerate to 60fps (although its not officially supported, and some of its features are considered to break the playonline terms). I've just been letting it be 30fps which is tough for me, but it just feels right with this one
RE: Merit Weaponskills. Some of them are downright terrible. Point-in-Case, Requiscat (sp). Terrible weaponskill, you'd get more damage by using Vorpal Blade, or especially Savage Blade. What you REALLY want, is Chant du Cygne which isn't too bad to get ahold of if you have at least 117 gear. Get up to Walk of Echoes and then do all the confluxes except #10 (that's the one with the doom mandies that WILL kill you without holy waters). Also, Rudra's Storm is MUCH better than Exenterator and is gotten the same way.
Oh, and in Walk of Echoes... avoid the Surge walks unless you're on a server like Asura and people are actually in there doing it. It will warn you if the walk is surged before you go in, just say no and go on to the next.
Yeah I really need to work towards Chant for BLU, but I kind of backed away from leveling it for a bit. Trying to decide what job to work at next at 99, I think I was working at BLM before I took a bit of a break to focus on videos. I haven't worked at any of the walk of echos WSs but I've heard they're amazing, especiaaaally Rudra's Storm
Rudra's... my THF is in Reisenjima with crap gear and a decentish weapon (Anathema Harpe). I can regularly Sneak/Trick Attack + Rudra's for 11k - 14k on Tough-Very Tough Chapulis and such. That means they're about Lv122-125-ish. It's just nuts how much that weapon skill does when paired with SA/TA. And then, since I do CP there with another THF... Rudra's -> Rudra's makes Darkness. Which is even more LOL.
Do you still play FFXI :)? it'd be fun to play some one other than trust ! I used to play on Ifrit but after the server merge it put me on Odin i haven't played in like 3-4 years though What should i be working on if i decide to come back?
I do! Although to be honest the last few months have been mostly nostalgic stuff for videos (haven't made real 99 progress in a while). Then the puppy came along and slowed up my playtime even further lol If you came back from 3 or 4 years ago, chances are the big things you'll work on will be the rhapsodies missions that lead you through all the expansions and main story missions. They also introduce things like trusts (npcs you can bring along with you in a party) and increase your exp gain. You'll have to work your way up to 99 at some point in there, and it'll lead you into the Adoulin missions (the latest expansion). From there there's a new gearing up process at 99 to get i119 gear for your job, and job points which is like the new merit system
but having said all that, I haven't been playing as much lately myself, and when I do its not really any of the stuff I just listed haha, just been messing around
I tri-box vagary zones. BLU WHM GEO. Though admittedly sometimes shit happens and there are wipes/failures. I enjoy helping returning people get their clears. Plus I need materials for Abjuration +1 synths :3
haha mostly just for my own sanity and time. I love the FFXI content, but even with the detail I'm going into now I could make videos for years. If I got deeeep into stuff, I'd never have time for anything else haha. I know that primarily people are here for FFXI though which is awesome, I love making stuff bout that game
These return to FFXI videos are great. I just came back, but I was active as recently as Nov 2015.
I have some old buddies who use to play and I am just linking them to these videos. These are nice and short and get to the point and summarize how to get started again.
+Gamera Awesome thanks! Yeah so much is new or changed, it's easy to get overwhelmed. I'm debating doing another one for the next tier of stuff, but it's easy to start getting into too much detail, so we'll see
Really appreciate the video. I'm just returning and have been completely lost for the past week. Thanks for the guidance, keep the videos coming!
+Michael Williford glad it could help! So much has changed,im still figuring out most of it too
+Michael Williford glad it could help! So much has changed,im still figuring out most of it too
Video was very good. I got back into FFXI last fall and it's so much better than it was before I left 2008. There are still ways to have fun and you pretty much nailed them.
thanks man! Glad to see you're back having a good time
I don't plan on coming back, I feel like my time with the game is long past, but I just wanted to say that these are great videos. Keep it up, they're fun to watch and follow along with even without being invested into the game anymore.
+Heaven's Calamity thanks dude! Stay away haha it's safer that way. But yeah I've been having a ton of fun making them, so I'll probably keep it up for a while
thx for the vids. once I hit 99 on a few jobs I was completely lost lol!! clueless, thx to your vids I have I great idea now.
glad to help! I think there might be some other options in between the 109-119 upgrades too, trying to figure out some of that now
SO I finally came back to Final Fantasy after about 10 years or so. Friends and I created toons on Odin, and they created theirs about 8 months before me. Your videos are awesome. Its been forever since I been here in FFXI, but its still a game that makes me think.
Thanks! thats awesome, yeah one of my favorite aspects of it is that you really can take advantage of the intricate battle system the more you know about it, there's always another little thing I learn that I never knew.
Just hit 99 for the first time last night, it’s like a different game, my character never stops attacking. No more of this waiting 2-4 seconds for an auto attack
Keep them coming I live your style of comedy and coverage. I just came back and these videos help remind me what to look to do next
+mleonlin haha thanks! Yeah I'm still debating what the next one will be about, clearly you can see me getting destroyed by the very easy avatar battle here
I'm not sure if i mentioned about your other videos but there's the Rhapsodies of Vana'diel MIssions. As you progressed through these missions you are awarded Key Items that will help adventuring easier. Things such as, exp boost, capacity boost, cool down to entering dungeons have reduced like you can enter dynamis as many times as you want or assault as many times as you want. You can also raise your Capacity points earned by doing ROE quests too.
Totally! Those Rhapsodies missions are definitely cruuuucial. I'm just getting to the adoulin portion of the missions now, have some work to get through to progress through that haha, I never made any headway into Adoulin at all. The key item bonuses are insane though
Keep going! Got a lot left to talk about! Alluvion Skirmish! Ambuscade! Escha leveling/NM Hunting Parties! Vagary!
+Rex Buyeo haha man! I'm not even sure what some of those are yet, but yeah I can't wait to keep doing videos on FFXI stuff. I always used to say that I wish I'd started this channel back when FFXI was in its prime (which ....was at youtubes infancy I guess haha). But it's a really fun game to make videos about
What a great game. I only stopped playing again a few months ago.. but it's already calling me back in.
+robaba89 veeeerry hard to stay away. Hope a game can come along that can compete with how engaging FFXI is, but I haven't seen one yet
ANOTHER FFXI video! Bravo
Came back on Asura, walked around for a bit, wasn't sure what to do, didn't have anyone to chat with during the upcoming grind, and wasn't sure how worth it it was to keep going to logged out. I like the fact so many things are soloable but its just not the same without friends...
+M Ber Ah yeah totally :(. I'm lucky in that a few friends came back to start playing with me, but it's still a shame we're missing so many
Also returning player here. About gear looking crap. You can now do /lockstylegear. Under macros you can manage your gear sets. Set a gear set that you like (stylewise). then do "/locksytlegear 1" for example. Now you char will always have the same appearance even if you change gears for ws. :D
+mistral That lockstyle is so awesome, and it's amazing i can do it through weaponskill / ability gear changes, makes things so much easier haha. I still kinda like seeing my latest gear set though, even if it's ugly. Gives me a reason to go try to get the better stuff!
keep the ffxi coming and ill stay subbed
+Remedy Reinhart nice! Yeah I'm having a blast with it, so definitely more coming
Great video!
+Xairos84 Thanks!
so this video is like 9 months old by now lol but ambuscade is a new good way to get good 119 armor. and it's pretty easy to do too.
oh nice! my friend was trying to explain ambuscade the other day, i'll have to check it out. I feel like there are a million ways to get great gear now and I only know of a few. The longer I play the more I realize how much I'm still missing.
Great video, just one question, how do I get my game to run at 60FPS is there a config i can do to get constant 60FPS? Thanks
Well, you didn't hear this from me...haha but I hear the ffxi windower can unlock framerate to 60fps (although its not officially supported, and some of its features are considered to break the playonline terms). I've just been letting it be 30fps which is tough for me, but it just feels right with this one
RE: Merit Weaponskills. Some of them are downright terrible. Point-in-Case, Requiscat (sp). Terrible weaponskill, you'd get more damage by using Vorpal Blade, or especially Savage Blade. What you REALLY want, is Chant du Cygne which isn't too bad to get ahold of if you have at least 117 gear. Get up to Walk of Echoes and then do all the confluxes except #10 (that's the one with the doom mandies that WILL kill you without holy waters). Also, Rudra's Storm is MUCH better than Exenterator and is gotten the same way.
Oh, and in Walk of Echoes... avoid the Surge walks unless you're on a server like Asura and people are actually in there doing it. It will warn you if the walk is surged before you go in, just say no and go on to the next.
Yeah I really need to work towards Chant for BLU, but I kind of backed away from leveling it for a bit. Trying to decide what job to work at next at 99, I think I was working at BLM before I took a bit of a break to focus on videos.
I haven't worked at any of the walk of echos WSs but I've heard they're amazing, especiaaaally Rudra's Storm
Rudra's... my THF is in Reisenjima with crap gear and a decentish weapon (Anathema Harpe). I can regularly Sneak/Trick Attack + Rudra's for 11k - 14k on Tough-Very Tough Chapulis and such. That means they're about Lv122-125-ish. It's just nuts how much that weapon skill does when paired with SA/TA. And then, since I do CP there with another THF... Rudra's -> Rudra's makes Darkness. Which is even more LOL.
Do you still play FFXI :)? it'd be fun to play some one other than trust ! I used to play on Ifrit but after the server merge it put me on Odin i haven't played in like 3-4 years though What should i be working on if i decide to come back?
I do! Although to be honest the last few months have been mostly nostalgic stuff for videos (haven't made real 99 progress in a while). Then the puppy came along and slowed up my playtime even further lol
If you came back from 3 or 4 years ago, chances are the big things you'll work on will be the rhapsodies missions that lead you through all the expansions and main story missions. They also introduce things like trusts (npcs you can bring along with you in a party) and increase your exp gain. You'll have to work your way up to 99 at some point in there, and it'll lead you into the Adoulin missions (the latest expansion). From there there's a new gearing up process at 99 to get i119 gear for your job, and job points which is like the new merit system
but having said all that, I haven't been playing as much lately myself, and when I do its not really any of the stuff I just listed haha, just been messing around
those 119 gear require valgary mission completion...you need a 16 man pt.
true! some of the new end-endgame content requires full alliances, or 6 extremely well geared individuals haha
I tri-box vagary zones. BLU WHM GEO. Though admittedly sometimes shit happens and there are wipes/failures. I enjoy helping returning people get their clears. Plus I need materials for Abjuration +1 synths :3
I don't see why you don't go into details you could make a channel out of it. I'm literally only here for the FFXI stuff. Just sayin.
haha mostly just for my own sanity and time. I love the FFXI content, but even with the detail I'm going into now I could make videos for years. If I got deeeep into stuff, I'd never have time for anything else haha. I know that primarily people are here for FFXI though which is awesome, I love making stuff bout that game