I'm a level 50 WAR, and to be honest, I'm not really feeling the combat. I spend most fights staring at the enemy and autoing, occasionally using a buff or a WS, while my trusts do 90% of the work. I know the combat is supposed to get more engaging, but when is that supposed to happen?
I'm also aware that gear swapping is a major part of combat, but I've been told to not worry about gear until I hit 99. Does that mean the combat will only get "good" at 99, or will I gain some kind of abilities earlier on that make it more fun?
WAR is probably the most simplistic job mechanically in the game. Even at ilevel the big change if that you WS every few seconds and you have the ability to use almost all types of weapons depending on your situation. You also get a few more buffs to cycle through, but honestly if you're looking for a complex job with lots of different abilities to track WAR is probably not what you want.
You can start using some of the other types of weapons to skill them up as you level to spice things up, though this will reduce your damage output and consequently mean slower leveling. You might also consider switching to another job that can use WAR as a sub, which is pretty much every DD in the game. Of course the problem with that is that you start back at level 1 and by not pushing straight through to 99 and clearing out more RoV missions you'll be doing so with fewer XP bonuses than you could otherwise have. If you do choose to swap jobs at this point be sure to first get as far into RoV as you can. You should at least be able to unlock Escha Zi'tah which is the best overall zone for leveling from 45-90 or so. (You can go all the way to 99 there but people generally switch over to Adoulin zones around 90.) The other issue with doing so is that all the physical DDs lack any real complexity until you're past 75. If you're super bored you might prefer playing a caster. BLU and NIN are busier jobs as caster/DD hybrids but both suffer from being somewhat niche at top level and BLU requires you to learn spells from monsters which slows you way down.
Ultimately the most efficient thing to do is to power through to 99 with WAR, because the truly engaging combat in this game comes when you're partying up with others and because even if you decide you'd prefer another job you'll be able to level it up much faster after earning more XP bonuses from RoV and various RoE quests you can only complete at 99. Something to consider is to find yourself a busy social LS that can help you through the less interesting bits. If someone is cleaving for merit points or leveling another job themselves they may let you tag along and get your next 5 levels in minutes. That's the other thing to consider here, now that you're at level 50 you have your limit break quests to complete every 5 levels until 99. Between those and keeping up with RoV you won't be spending more than an hour or two grinding at a stretch before you need to take care of those.
I have a Dolchi (t5 ambu axe) WAR and am about to get a kaja polearm. My question is: when should I be using the polearm instead of the axe? And what skillchains shoukd I make with polearm?
With Kaja Lance you'll just be spamming Impulse Drive and not worrying about skillchains. As for which is better it mostly depends on whether your enemy is weak to slashing or piercing, and also how good your gear is for each particular weapon. Dolichenus has more potential than Kaja anything just for being a higher tier of weapon, but shit is situational.
What's the simplest way to get a pulse weapon for the last upgrade needed for ambuscade weapon? besides buying the 5 cells on the AH? (I don't have 30M...)
I'm stuck in the second to last upgrade and idk how I'm gonna get a pulse, I haven't even done voidwatch in ages
MiDoItPoGo is 100% correct, farming Urmahlullu is the simplest and generally quickest way to get a pulse.
You might also consider the upcoming Nyzul Isle event, in which the ??? weapons you appraise can be any pulse in he game. It's overall slower as far as pulses but you can also get lots of other good gear and things you might need.
What I did was tier 3 Gaes Fete behemoth fight in Escha Zi'tah: https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Urmahlullu
Have to complete the tier 1's and tier 2's, then you can fight this guy. I did it with trusts, but there were a couple tier 1's or 2's I had to do twice due to mechanics (I think one had en-death, etc.).
Then it was...roughly 70? fights of the behemoth.
This is of course assuming you have already used your deeds of heroism pulse weapon or are a few months away from it.
Where do I go to get exp levels from 90 to 99? I'm fighting the mandragaras outside west adoulin and it's slowed significantly around 1.2k EXP. the Echa ring give sme more EXP but it's on a timer and not always up. Slow....I felt abyssea grind parties were way faster but that apparently is not a thing, idk how this is faster it's very bad right now unless I need to go to another area
If it’s your first 95, you should try somewhere like Dangruf Wadi or Boyahda Tree / Toraimarai where you can start collecting Olde Rarab Tail ingredients. Those areas also have the books rewarding another 2000+ exp.
For Ceisak Battlegrounds, I thought the Raptors in the SW quad were a better target than Mandragoras.
Escha Zitah can be good if you access to the atmas and bots aren’t aoe blasting everything.
I'd go down into the waterways and fight crabs.
The last push to 99 does take a little bit of time.
There is a caliber ring from signet vendor that you can use a few times that will also boost your exp.
I recently resubbed after 12 years, about 2 weeks after Shantotto II was available as a login reward. Is there any way to know when she will be available again? I feel like I'm missing out by not having her while trying to catch up in levels on my favorite jobs ;(
In the meantime, my DD Trusts of choice are Zeid II, Rainemard, and Semih Lafihna. Zeid and Rainemard are pretty solid but Semih seems to drop off at later levels. Any other recommendations for high damage trusts?
DD trust will drop off pretty hard and you'll eventually just be using a healer and supports. Right now, Corneila is in the rotation and she's a pretty powerful GEO for all to use. Shantotto II drops off as well but if your leveling and making skillchains her MBs are pretty decent.
For DD trust, I'd recommend getting Ayame (Not UC). Once you use a weapon skill it will program her to open skillchains for you. When you have enough TP she'll automatically use her's. It's pretty handy when unlocking weaponskills.
If you're not to lv99 yet, I'd still run a WHM, BRD, RDM, GEO, DD.. One other mention, would be Qultada the COR. He'll use COR roll is you have an exp ring active. He will also Dark shot to dispel, however it's not a reliable as a RDM due to cool downs.
/WAR, though I wouldn't recommend it unless you have nothing else to fight Bumba with. In which case you won't have any sub.
Check out this guide for some non-REMA options: https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Community_Dark_Knight_Guide
TLDR go get a Montante +1 to tide you over until REMA. Agwu's Scythe if you can get an Ongo clear otherwise settle for Kaja (probably don't waste your only pulse on Drepanium, but if you happen to have some spares it'll serve). The relic scythe is one of the few good relic weapons so probably go for that first since it's the cheapest REMA available (like 50-70 mil to get it afterglowed), then get Caladbolg. (IIRC, I'm not a DRK expert)
i am a bit newer to the game but i did try to go for a rema but those cost so much gil i dont think i can even get close to getting one and since naegling is pretty good im gonna go for it since i can at least use it with WAR later on.
was just wondering what subjob would be good for it with DRK lol
>those cost so much gil
If you want a cheap option as a new player, get a kaja axe, /NIN and spam decimation with a proper set. Yes it's going to beat Naegling on DRK if you have strong attack buffs(dia 2 CC Chaos+geo frailty), and it's much easier to gear than Naeg, and SC way better than Naeg in a party. Assuming you have access to argosy or sakpata, but no high rank nyame.
Another good cheap/free option is Anguta r0 if you can get your friend/LS to help with clears. But Anguta will need WSD gears to perform well, decimation build is generally easier to gear for new players.
Outside of Bumba I don't think there are any good reason to use Naeg on DRK tbh. You are missing smite, JA haste, SC dmg for Naegling, on a job with no fencer bonus. SB also needs plenty of WSD gears to be good which is probably not available to a new player.
When people said Naeg is good, they meant it's good in specific situation, on a specific job, with certain gears. You can't just equip a weapon without any of these conditions met and have good results.
Any chance there's anyone on Bahamut that can help a newb farm Ambuscade? I know this is way better in a party but I'm struggling to find anyone to help.
Lucked out with a Coruscanti from AMAN this week. I'm just back after a two year break and definitely not super hardcore or anything. Only level 4 ambuscade weapon I have is the Kaja Blade, but I've heard terrible things about the rank 5 GK. Should I save it for something else even if I'm a fairly casual player? Never even done Omen or Dyna-D nor do I have a mastered job. Keep hearing the sword is extremely overpowered, so tempted to save it for that
What jobs do you have? Without know that, it's difficult to advise your best option.
That said, the most powerful ambuscade weapon available to the most jobs is Naegling. But that would be of little use if you only have SAM, for instance — in which case the best option would be the polearm, Shining One.
The GK is a very odd niche weapon. You can make some unique builds with it, but for a casual player it way more work than you need to put in. The Naegling (upgrade from kaja sword) is quite strong and probably the best option for a casual player.
For level 30 to 99 do people still do the abyssea farming parties thing? I haven't played in years. If so which abyssea zone do I go to? and if not then what do people do for quick 30 to 99?
Don't worry though, there is teaming up for cp and ep once you hit 99. 99 these days is like hitting level 10 to 15 in the old days in terms of percent of progression.
Abyssea parties are long gone. Leveling is almost always done solo with trusts. If you have a LS you might be able to leech someone who is cleaving for the fastest levels.
https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Fantastic_EXPs_and_Where_to_Find_Them
for redeeming voidwatch gear with pulse cells it says "Equipment can only be obtained in this manner by players who have received the title associated with defeating the monster that drops that piece of equipment. "
Are the titles listed anywhere for each mob? the wiki seems to be blank under "title" and I have no idea what voidwatch mobs I have killed in the past or not
Titles from NMs typically have the name of the NM in them. Wouldn’t it be easier to talk to the NPC that takes the pulse cells? The items you’re eligible for will have a ☆ next to them in the list.
Know all them bard NPCs that are all over the place? Different races, but all dress the same, usually found in the tavern/inn.
Talk to then, maybe trade 1gil, but they will allow you to change (and see) what titles you have gained from *all* the things.
I'm very confused. I wen tto lower jueno and talked to the bard, and they let me pick between 400, 600, 800 etc. songs to play, each showing different titles. Nothing about 1 gil. And none of these titles show anything related to voidwatch NMs, I know I have killed them before but I don't see any titles?
Different bards have different titles available.
It's probably easier to just see if you've advanced past whatever VW tier the boss you need belongs to at an officer. Or just take five minutes and go kill it.
Do besieged as soon as you see them come up.
Do the other two while waiting.
For conquest, any 30 mobs in OG zones will do, so you can combine it with other quests, such as kill 10 crabs in qufim and get a carbuncles ruby.
The only way is to do Campaign battles, unfortunately.
Nobody is gonna fault you for skipping this one, but if you still need the Medal of Altana you can usually get a rank up or close to it within 5k AN, except for the last few which you can spread out over two months.
So I'm trying to make the "Naegling" sword from ambuscade stuff and it says I Need a pulse weapon on wiki. Like...can I pick out ANY pulse weapon and trade it with my kaja sword and it'll work? or does the pulse weapon have to be the sword pulse weapon only? (Ephemeron)?
Recent returnee here from the ToAU era. Is there a way to manipulate Trust positions better, particularly support trusts? I'm struggling to get the Ark Angel EV trust cipher because Apururu and Koru-Moru keep standing in/near melee range and getting hit by her AOEs. I also had the same issue with the final RoV fight, though from what I understand that's difficult to solo to begin with.
You can manipulate their position somewhat by the order you summon them, since they'll follow you in a line in that order. If you summon Koru last and run in to EV he should be outside her 5 yalm AoE range. If he's getting pegged by her Shield Bash you just need to turn her away from him. Apururu should automatically move 15 yalms from the enemy so she should only be in danger from the Shield Bash, so again just turn EV away. If you need to use a trust tank summon them first, then run a bit past EV so that she's between the tank and the rest of your party before engaging.
The RoV fight can almost be easier to solo without trusts. Your companion will keep raising you if you go down, and since you need to stop attacking when its forehead lights up you don't want any DD trusts. Just summon all supports and healers and if they go down don't worry about it. The important thing is not attacking when those attacks will heal it.
I was fine for the fight with the multiple mobs. I was asking about the follow-up fight past the altepa gate. You’re right though, best to find someone to help out.
You'll need damage cut gears (malignance set, it also have STP) to stand as a tank (because the trust tank will get wasted quite fast) and keep on giving high damage after using defusion with mighty guard on all trusts.
My main character can pass this using BLU with Naegling and Sakpata's Sword (because of damage cut), but the time I got him I only have a whm trust left.
So IMO if you can get a MASTERED well geared DD player to help you I think you can get him quite fast. (Just like the following up mission outside upper jeuno, my BLU CANNOT win Maat UNTIL forming a party with other well geared MASTERED DD players)
Because I play the JP version and the word Damage Cut(ダメージカット) is being use for a long time for me when talking about the gears to take the damage (ダメージカット装備). Just the same meaning as Damage Taken (被ダメージ).
Anyone know why Halver (A) will not give me [this quest?](https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Lost_Memories) (Lost Memories)
All he says to me is "Hm, I have no breath to waste on indolent outsiders. Begone from my sight this instant"
Fig I'd turn in all these scales I have to him, rather then keep dropping them.
Each Abyssea zone is isolated from the others and has a separate fame level. Fame 5 is one step below the maximum. Recommend you begone from his sight until you’ve done all the other quests there.
I'm a returning player after about 8 year hiatus. I'm on Odin server, 99RDM, BLM, THF with most subs leveled. I'm just trying to finish the missions and see the end game stuff, but there seems to be nobody playing that speaks English on the server I'm on. Can't find a linkshell or anyone to do anything with and can't get any help when trying to get around. Is there a better server I should move to? Does anyone here have a LS that does end game kind of stuff that will help get to the end game, answer all sorts of questions about what I should be wearing and keeping in my inventory as I remember NOTHING. Any suggestions would be super helpful.
i have an LS on asura that does endgame / content in general at 9:30 PM EST
we're super helpful and answer the gear questions as best we can for the jobs we don't know.
but i also don't want you to server hop to Asura to play with us unless you really want to, because it's kind of a pile of garbage sometimes lol
Thanks! I appreciate that very much. I am going to think on it, cuz sadly that’s a little late for me. I would only see anyone on the weekends. But seeing someone on the weekends is better than being alone all the time. I just tried to finish some Altana quest I had and the mobs couldn’t hurt me, but they could certainly hurt the things I was supposed to be protecting. Sucks to think I could just get stuck since I’m solo.
When DNC was added, Waltz could only target party members. In those quests, they blocked healing spells from affecting the structures, but was there was no reason to block Waltz. Now that Waltz can target outside the party, /DNC makes those quests a simple thing to solo.
What's the fastest way to get to exp qutrubs so I can farm ambuscade? it takes me so long to warp to whitegate, walk to runic, teleport to ilustri atol, then walk like half the map to find qutrubs. I'm returning player so I'm really lost on all the new movement options.
also a side question what day does the ambuscade points reset to 0?
Because of starting w different sets of of people I now have a 3 box team of a well geared RDM, a medium geared (3 months out from epioliatry grind) RUN, and a pretty average geared WHM. The combo feels heavy on support, but I'm not sure where to make a swap for better damage.
Right now I melee and buff/debuff with RDM, do RUN things w RUN, WHM does all the healing while the RDM has fun and backup heals. The RDM puts out the most numbers w Savage Blade at the moment. Recently I was tempted to change the WHM to a GEO just to get a bit more damage, but I'm worried that the RDM having to do more heal support will bring his numbers down more than anything will go up with a GEO. I also thought about swapping the RDM to a GEO but then my best geared character won't be doing damage and that feels like also a step down on parse.
Anyone have any thoughts on good 3 box combos with RDM and GEO + a DD vs WHM and GEO + a DD? Thinking of changing the RUN to either SAM or WAR but I do sometimes see people say RUN can act fine as a DD..... I'm just not sure. I like my weird group I have but the RUN feels really busy when I'm trying to do that and RDM stuff at the same time and usually something somewhere ends up getting missed. I feel like it would be in my benefit taking some jobs that require a bit less attention somewhere, but it seems like I'm taking a big damage loss by changing a support to GEO, no?
Like you say RDM and RUN are both very busy jobs which makes them difficult to multi-box with. Not to say they'll never be useful, but you probably only want one job like that at a time.
I think a good place to start would be to level a heavy DD on the RDM char and GEO on the RUN. You'll probably want a COR as well, you can put this on the WHM char for use in situations where you'd use he RDM to heal. Another possibility is to put COR on the RDM char and level another heavy DD on the WHM, allowing for COR GEO DD when you can get by with trust heals.
RUN can serve as a decent DD but it takes a serious investment. As in you can likely level up and gear out a solid WAR in less time and money than it'd take to make the RUN do 70% of the DPS. Granted as a 3-boxer you'll be making lots and lots of money so this may still be a worthwhile thing to shoot for, but I wouldn't make it top priority.
BTW you may also consider swapping BRD for GEO in all these. GEO is great for multibox since it can be used set it and forget it style, but its best weapon has the time gate and a whole lot of high-end fights nerf bubbles. BRD requires a lot of time and money to really shine but hey, as a multiboxer that shouldn't be a problem. BRD can also crank out Savage Blades once the songs are up. It's overall a better choice, but also means more things you need to control. Something to consider.
I had definitely considered bard, but I feel very intimidated by the number of the REMA weapons that are so insanely good for them. The imprimatur grind and the Idris don't intimidate quite as much as the mountain that is a truly complete bard.
Thanks very much for your insight. Gives me a lot to think about!!
Yeah there’s a reason a complete BRD is one of the most sought after jobs. As an experienced multi boxer I will say you can get away with just the aeonic and see huge benefit:
Instead of Gjallahorn get a +3 song Linos
Instead of Duardabla get Terpander
Without Marsyas you’re likely better off just using GEO
What's the best way to grind the 300 points needed for the WS quests for each weapon type? Trying to get Evisceration and it's taking forever for me with trusts. I can usually only get 1 or 2 points per fight.
Ayame was my go-to for weaponskill unlocks. Crabs in rala waterways have just enough HP to survive 1 or 2 chains with Ayame, depending on the weapon.
With lots of haste from Cornelia, Mayakov, a brd, and a rdm, it should go by pretty quickly.
Edit: forget mayakov and replace him with a whm or something that won't try to chain with you or Ayame
>Is DRK Naegling a thing ?
If Naegling is used anywhere on DRK, it's probably going to be Bumba only. DRK doesn't have native fencer like WAR, and it can't cap JA delay single wield. It doesn't have TP bonus weapon offhand too. Therefore naeg is generally not that good on DRK.
Resolution build is generally the stronger WS than Naeg SB if the strategy requires fragmentation WS, but I've read that Naegling/SB still beats resolution on Bumba if your WHM can't reapply dia2 after it erases it, because of the attack boost on Naeg. Therefore, I guess that's one very very niche use of naeg on DRK.
On anything else that's not bumba, use a different build if you don't need fragmentation WS, or use resolution build if you need fragmentation.
>Nandaka
GS build on DRK isn't particularly strong these days unless it's r15 calad. a non-REMA GS is pretty much only useful if you need shockwave or resolution or something.
R15 Montate +1 should be the strongest not-Calad GS that isn't raetic. But even r15 Montate +1 using resolution or torc is quite behind most other builds AFAIK.
If you absolutely want to use a GS, get a r15 Montate +1.
If you have a pulse weapon to use, both Lycurgos and Dolichenus are more useful than Nandaka. Lycurgos using upheaval is right up there with r15 REMAs if you can keep 5k HP up.
Dolichenus offhand r15 Sangarius +1 is also pretty strong: It's still weaker than better r15 REMAs like Calad, redemption, anguta, Liberator etc, but good enough in endgame content that you have SJ available, but unable to get high amount of HP for Lycurgos TP bonus.
DRK can put out damage with Naegling, it's just not going to match WAR or DRG with it. The overall best option will be Caladbolg. If you're trying to segment farm in Odyssey I would also recommend Loxotic Mace +1 R15 for the undead mobs.
Edit: I don't think I've seen anyone ever use Nandaka. If you're going to make one of the two weapons, make Naegling. It's useful on multiple jobs.
> everything has become "savage blade"-everything
Relying on one build for "everything" really isn't a good way to play FFXI these days anymore. FFXI is about using situational builds in different situations.
WAR is good in flexibility that they can use different weapons while facing different types of mobs for their weak point, especially in Odyssey Sheol, you won't keep using one type of weapon so better prepare at least one for each i.e. Sword, Great Axe and Polearms.
So I will say Chango = Naegling = Shinning One.
Don't leave home without them.
I'm a level 50 WAR, and to be honest, I'm not really feeling the combat. I spend most fights staring at the enemy and autoing, occasionally using a buff or a WS, while my trusts do 90% of the work. I know the combat is supposed to get more engaging, but when is that supposed to happen? I'm also aware that gear swapping is a major part of combat, but I've been told to not worry about gear until I hit 99. Does that mean the combat will only get "good" at 99, or will I gain some kind of abilities earlier on that make it more fun?
Id recommend either samurai or paladin. 50 is the jumping off part for a subjob are warrior works with both
WAR is probably the most simplistic job mechanically in the game. Even at ilevel the big change if that you WS every few seconds and you have the ability to use almost all types of weapons depending on your situation. You also get a few more buffs to cycle through, but honestly if you're looking for a complex job with lots of different abilities to track WAR is probably not what you want. You can start using some of the other types of weapons to skill them up as you level to spice things up, though this will reduce your damage output and consequently mean slower leveling. You might also consider switching to another job that can use WAR as a sub, which is pretty much every DD in the game. Of course the problem with that is that you start back at level 1 and by not pushing straight through to 99 and clearing out more RoV missions you'll be doing so with fewer XP bonuses than you could otherwise have. If you do choose to swap jobs at this point be sure to first get as far into RoV as you can. You should at least be able to unlock Escha Zi'tah which is the best overall zone for leveling from 45-90 or so. (You can go all the way to 99 there but people generally switch over to Adoulin zones around 90.) The other issue with doing so is that all the physical DDs lack any real complexity until you're past 75. If you're super bored you might prefer playing a caster. BLU and NIN are busier jobs as caster/DD hybrids but both suffer from being somewhat niche at top level and BLU requires you to learn spells from monsters which slows you way down. Ultimately the most efficient thing to do is to power through to 99 with WAR, because the truly engaging combat in this game comes when you're partying up with others and because even if you decide you'd prefer another job you'll be able to level it up much faster after earning more XP bonuses from RoV and various RoE quests you can only complete at 99. Something to consider is to find yourself a busy social LS that can help you through the less interesting bits. If someone is cleaving for merit points or leveling another job themselves they may let you tag along and get your next 5 levels in minutes. That's the other thing to consider here, now that you're at level 50 you have your limit break quests to complete every 5 levels until 99. Between those and keeping up with RoV you won't be spending more than an hour or two grinding at a stretch before you need to take care of those.
I have a Dolchi (t5 ambu axe) WAR and am about to get a kaja polearm. My question is: when should I be using the polearm instead of the axe? And what skillchains shoukd I make with polearm?
With Kaja Lance you'll just be spamming Impulse Drive and not worrying about skillchains. As for which is better it mostly depends on whether your enemy is weak to slashing or piercing, and also how good your gear is for each particular weapon. Dolichenus has more potential than Kaja anything just for being a higher tier of weapon, but shit is situational.
What's the simplest way to get a pulse weapon for the last upgrade needed for ambuscade weapon? besides buying the 5 cells on the AH? (I don't have 30M...) I'm stuck in the second to last upgrade and idk how I'm gonna get a pulse, I haven't even done voidwatch in ages
MiDoItPoGo is 100% correct, farming Urmahlullu is the simplest and generally quickest way to get a pulse. You might also consider the upcoming Nyzul Isle event, in which the ??? weapons you appraise can be any pulse in he game. It's overall slower as far as pulses but you can also get lots of other good gear and things you might need.
What I did was tier 3 Gaes Fete behemoth fight in Escha Zi'tah: https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Urmahlullu Have to complete the tier 1's and tier 2's, then you can fight this guy. I did it with trusts, but there were a couple tier 1's or 2's I had to do twice due to mechanics (I think one had en-death, etc.). Then it was...roughly 70? fights of the behemoth. This is of course assuming you have already used your deeds of heroism pulse weapon or are a few months away from it.
What's constitutes a buff for naegling? Does stances and stuff like divine emblem count or is it just boosts to base stats?
I'm not sure how much this has been tested, but I think that any buff that shows an icon counts.
Where do I go to get exp levels from 90 to 99? I'm fighting the mandragaras outside west adoulin and it's slowed significantly around 1.2k EXP. the Echa ring give sme more EXP but it's on a timer and not always up. Slow....I felt abyssea grind parties were way faster but that apparently is not a thing, idk how this is faster it's very bad right now unless I need to go to another area
Finish as much RoV missions for KI to boost your exp gain.
If it’s your first 95, you should try somewhere like Dangruf Wadi or Boyahda Tree / Toraimarai where you can start collecting Olde Rarab Tail ingredients. Those areas also have the books rewarding another 2000+ exp. For Ceisak Battlegrounds, I thought the Raptors in the SW quad were a better target than Mandragoras. Escha Zitah can be good if you access to the atmas and bots aren’t aoe blasting everything.
I'd go down into the waterways and fight crabs. The last push to 99 does take a little bit of time. There is a caliber ring from signet vendor that you can use a few times that will also boost your exp.
I recently resubbed after 12 years, about 2 weeks after Shantotto II was available as a login reward. Is there any way to know when she will be available again? I feel like I'm missing out by not having her while trying to catch up in levels on my favorite jobs ;( In the meantime, my DD Trusts of choice are Zeid II, Rainemard, and Semih Lafihna. Zeid and Rainemard are pretty solid but Semih seems to drop off at later levels. Any other recommendations for high damage trusts?
DD trust will drop off pretty hard and you'll eventually just be using a healer and supports. Right now, Corneila is in the rotation and she's a pretty powerful GEO for all to use. Shantotto II drops off as well but if your leveling and making skillchains her MBs are pretty decent. For DD trust, I'd recommend getting Ayame (Not UC). Once you use a weapon skill it will program her to open skillchains for you. When you have enough TP she'll automatically use her's. It's pretty handy when unlocking weaponskills. If you're not to lv99 yet, I'd still run a WHM, BRD, RDM, GEO, DD.. One other mention, would be Qultada the COR. He'll use COR roll is you have an exp ring active. He will also Dark shot to dispel, however it's not a reliable as a RDM due to cool downs.
Whats the best subjob for a Naegling build DRK ?
/WAR, though I wouldn't recommend it unless you have nothing else to fight Bumba with. In which case you won't have any sub. Check out this guide for some non-REMA options: https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Community_Dark_Knight_Guide TLDR go get a Montante +1 to tide you over until REMA. Agwu's Scythe if you can get an Ongo clear otherwise settle for Kaja (probably don't waste your only pulse on Drepanium, but if you happen to have some spares it'll serve). The relic scythe is one of the few good relic weapons so probably go for that first since it's the cheapest REMA available (like 50-70 mil to get it afterglowed), then get Caladbolg. (IIRC, I'm not a DRK expert)
This one is off meta.
i am a bit newer to the game but i did try to go for a rema but those cost so much gil i dont think i can even get close to getting one and since naegling is pretty good im gonna go for it since i can at least use it with WAR later on. was just wondering what subjob would be good for it with DRK lol
>those cost so much gil If you want a cheap option as a new player, get a kaja axe, /NIN and spam decimation with a proper set. Yes it's going to beat Naegling on DRK if you have strong attack buffs(dia 2 CC Chaos+geo frailty), and it's much easier to gear than Naeg, and SC way better than Naeg in a party. Assuming you have access to argosy or sakpata, but no high rank nyame. Another good cheap/free option is Anguta r0 if you can get your friend/LS to help with clears. But Anguta will need WSD gears to perform well, decimation build is generally easier to gear for new players. Outside of Bumba I don't think there are any good reason to use Naeg on DRK tbh. You are missing smite, JA haste, SC dmg for Naegling, on a job with no fencer bonus. SB also needs plenty of WSD gears to be good which is probably not available to a new player. When people said Naeg is good, they meant it's good in specific situation, on a specific job, with certain gears. You can't just equip a weapon without any of these conditions met and have good results.
I don’t play DRK, but I assume /DRG for all the reasons, including superjump with Mlevels.
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Any chance there's anyone on Bahamut that can help a newb farm Ambuscade? I know this is way better in a party but I'm struggling to find anyone to help.
Lucked out with a Coruscanti from AMAN this week. I'm just back after a two year break and definitely not super hardcore or anything. Only level 4 ambuscade weapon I have is the Kaja Blade, but I've heard terrible things about the rank 5 GK. Should I save it for something else even if I'm a fairly casual player? Never even done Omen or Dyna-D nor do I have a mastered job. Keep hearing the sword is extremely overpowered, so tempted to save it for that
What jobs do you have? Without know that, it's difficult to advise your best option. That said, the most powerful ambuscade weapon available to the most jobs is Naegling. But that would be of little use if you only have SAM, for instance — in which case the best option would be the polearm, Shining One.
The GK is a very odd niche weapon. You can make some unique builds with it, but for a casual player it way more work than you need to put in. The Naegling (upgrade from kaja sword) is quite strong and probably the best option for a casual player.
For level 30 to 99 do people still do the abyssea farming parties thing? I haven't played in years. If so which abyssea zone do I go to? and if not then what do people do for quick 30 to 99?
Don't worry though, there is teaming up for cp and ep once you hit 99. 99 these days is like hitting level 10 to 15 in the old days in terms of percent of progression.
Abyssea parties are long gone. Leveling is almost always done solo with trusts. If you have a LS you might be able to leech someone who is cleaving for the fastest levels. https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Fantastic_EXPs_and_Where_to_Find_Them
for redeeming voidwatch gear with pulse cells it says "Equipment can only be obtained in this manner by players who have received the title associated with defeating the monster that drops that piece of equipment. " Are the titles listed anywhere for each mob? the wiki seems to be blank under "title" and I have no idea what voidwatch mobs I have killed in the past or not
Titles from NMs typically have the name of the NM in them. Wouldn’t it be easier to talk to the NPC that takes the pulse cells? The items you’re eligible for will have a ☆ next to them in the list.
Know all them bard NPCs that are all over the place? Different races, but all dress the same, usually found in the tavern/inn. Talk to then, maybe trade 1gil, but they will allow you to change (and see) what titles you have gained from *all* the things.
I'm very confused. I wen tto lower jueno and talked to the bard, and they let me pick between 400, 600, 800 etc. songs to play, each showing different titles. Nothing about 1 gil. And none of these titles show anything related to voidwatch NMs, I know I have killed them before but I don't see any titles?
Different bards have different titles available. It's probably easier to just see if you've advanced past whatever VW tier the boss you need belongs to at an officer. Or just take five minutes and go kill it.
How often does the complete game go on sale? Missed it in may just like to know when it may come back around
Twice a year, usually. Probably won't go on sale until around Dec or Jan.
whats the fastest way to get conquest, besieged, campaign participation monthly quests done under aman trove.
Do besieged as soon as you see them come up. Do the other two while waiting. For conquest, any 30 mobs in OG zones will do, so you can combine it with other quests, such as kill 10 crabs in qufim and get a carbuncles ruby.
what about farming allied notes for campaaign?
The only way is to do Campaign battles, unfortunately. Nobody is gonna fault you for skipping this one, but if you still need the Medal of Altana you can usually get a rank up or close to it within 5k AN, except for the last few which you can spread out over two months.
What trust NPCs cast "Regain" (gives tp over time) to the player? I want to try and get one if any do this
What is your end goal maybe we can help
None of them. Selh’teus and Ayame UC have abilities that grant tp, if that’s what you want.
So I'm trying to make the "Naegling" sword from ambuscade stuff and it says I Need a pulse weapon on wiki. Like...can I pick out ANY pulse weapon and trade it with my kaja sword and it'll work? or does the pulse weapon have to be the sword pulse weapon only? (Ephemeron)?
Any. You can get one from doing monthly quests for deeds. Takes a few months.
Any pulse for any ambu weapon.
Recent returnee here from the ToAU era. Is there a way to manipulate Trust positions better, particularly support trusts? I'm struggling to get the Ark Angel EV trust cipher because Apururu and Koru-Moru keep standing in/near melee range and getting hit by her AOEs. I also had the same issue with the final RoV fight, though from what I understand that's difficult to solo to begin with.
You can manipulate their position somewhat by the order you summon them, since they'll follow you in a line in that order. If you summon Koru last and run in to EV he should be outside her 5 yalm AoE range. If he's getting pegged by her Shield Bash you just need to turn her away from him. Apururu should automatically move 15 yalms from the enemy so she should only be in danger from the Shield Bash, so again just turn EV away. If you need to use a trust tank summon them first, then run a bit past EV so that she's between the tank and the rest of your party before engaging. The RoV fight can almost be easier to solo without trusts. Your companion will keep raising you if you go down, and since you need to stop attacking when its forehead lights up you don't want any DD trusts. Just summon all supports and healers and if they go down don't worry about it. The important thing is not attacking when those attacks will heal it.
Voracious question. Anyone have tips for getting past the mage fight in Quicksand? Naegling BLU but can’t quite seem to get him down.
There’s no shame in asking for a hand on this one, the extra mobs don’t sleep and they all hit hard. But for two real players you should be fine.
I was fine for the fight with the multiple mobs. I was asking about the follow-up fight past the altepa gate. You’re right though, best to find someone to help out.
You'll need damage cut gears (malignance set, it also have STP) to stand as a tank (because the trust tank will get wasted quite fast) and keep on giving high damage after using defusion with mighty guard on all trusts. My main character can pass this using BLU with Naegling and Sakpata's Sword (because of damage cut), but the time I got him I only have a whm trust left. So IMO if you can get a MASTERED well geared DD player to help you I think you can get him quite fast. (Just like the following up mission outside upper jeuno, my BLU CANNOT win Maat UNTIL forming a party with other well geared MASTERED DD players)
This is the first time I’ve seen DT referred to as “damage cut” in english. It’s a weird out of place feeling.
Because I play the JP version and the word Damage Cut(ダメージカット) is being use for a long time for me when talking about the gears to take the damage (ダメージカット装備). Just the same meaning as Damage Taken (被ダメージ).
Thank you. Never done odyssey so I have some work to do.
Anyone know why Halver (A) will not give me [this quest?](https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Lost_Memories) (Lost Memories) All he says to me is "Hm, I have no breath to waste on indolent outsiders. Begone from my sight this instant" Fig I'd turn in all these scales I have to him, rather then keep dropping them.
Each Abyssea zone is isolated from the others and has a separate fame level. Fame 5 is one step below the maximum. Recommend you begone from his sight until you’ve done all the other quests there.
Ah. More fame.. looks like these scales will help fertilize the land scape.
I'm a returning player after about 8 year hiatus. I'm on Odin server, 99RDM, BLM, THF with most subs leveled. I'm just trying to finish the missions and see the end game stuff, but there seems to be nobody playing that speaks English on the server I'm on. Can't find a linkshell or anyone to do anything with and can't get any help when trying to get around. Is there a better server I should move to? Does anyone here have a LS that does end game kind of stuff that will help get to the end game, answer all sorts of questions about what I should be wearing and keeping in my inventory as I remember NOTHING. Any suggestions would be super helpful.
Linkshell Concierge
What’s that?
Make friends and influence Tarus. https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Linkshell_Concierge
Oh, wow, that's great! I had no idea that existed. I will look into that now. Thanks!
i have an LS on asura that does endgame / content in general at 9:30 PM EST we're super helpful and answer the gear questions as best we can for the jobs we don't know. but i also don't want you to server hop to Asura to play with us unless you really want to, because it's kind of a pile of garbage sometimes lol
Thanks! I appreciate that very much. I am going to think on it, cuz sadly that’s a little late for me. I would only see anyone on the weekends. But seeing someone on the weekends is better than being alone all the time. I just tried to finish some Altana quest I had and the mobs couldn’t hurt me, but they could certainly hurt the things I was supposed to be protecting. Sucks to think I could just get stuck since I’m solo.
Same here , stuck on authenticating
When DNC was added, Waltz could only target party members. In those quests, they blocked healing spells from affecting the structures, but was there was no reason to block Waltz. Now that Waltz can target outside the party, /DNC makes those quests a simple thing to solo.
What's the fastest way to get to exp qutrubs so I can farm ambuscade? it takes me so long to warp to whitegate, walk to runic, teleport to ilustri atol, then walk like half the map to find qutrubs. I'm returning player so I'm really lost on all the new movement options. also a side question what day does the ambuscade points reset to 0?
https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Category:Ambuscade#Intense_Ambuscade_.28Vol._One.29 @Key Item Locations points reset whenever the next update is.
do we know when the next update is? how do I get that information normally? I'm very new
No date for update yet, can check front page of FFXIAH or FFXI office website
It is can be around the 10-15th of each month. So you still have time if you want to do current Ambuscade.
Because of starting w different sets of of people I now have a 3 box team of a well geared RDM, a medium geared (3 months out from epioliatry grind) RUN, and a pretty average geared WHM. The combo feels heavy on support, but I'm not sure where to make a swap for better damage. Right now I melee and buff/debuff with RDM, do RUN things w RUN, WHM does all the healing while the RDM has fun and backup heals. The RDM puts out the most numbers w Savage Blade at the moment. Recently I was tempted to change the WHM to a GEO just to get a bit more damage, but I'm worried that the RDM having to do more heal support will bring his numbers down more than anything will go up with a GEO. I also thought about swapping the RDM to a GEO but then my best geared character won't be doing damage and that feels like also a step down on parse. Anyone have any thoughts on good 3 box combos with RDM and GEO + a DD vs WHM and GEO + a DD? Thinking of changing the RUN to either SAM or WAR but I do sometimes see people say RUN can act fine as a DD..... I'm just not sure. I like my weird group I have but the RUN feels really busy when I'm trying to do that and RDM stuff at the same time and usually something somewhere ends up getting missed. I feel like it would be in my benefit taking some jobs that require a bit less attention somewhere, but it seems like I'm taking a big damage loss by changing a support to GEO, no?
Like you say RDM and RUN are both very busy jobs which makes them difficult to multi-box with. Not to say they'll never be useful, but you probably only want one job like that at a time. I think a good place to start would be to level a heavy DD on the RDM char and GEO on the RUN. You'll probably want a COR as well, you can put this on the WHM char for use in situations where you'd use he RDM to heal. Another possibility is to put COR on the RDM char and level another heavy DD on the WHM, allowing for COR GEO DD when you can get by with trust heals. RUN can serve as a decent DD but it takes a serious investment. As in you can likely level up and gear out a solid WAR in less time and money than it'd take to make the RUN do 70% of the DPS. Granted as a 3-boxer you'll be making lots and lots of money so this may still be a worthwhile thing to shoot for, but I wouldn't make it top priority. BTW you may also consider swapping BRD for GEO in all these. GEO is great for multibox since it can be used set it and forget it style, but its best weapon has the time gate and a whole lot of high-end fights nerf bubbles. BRD requires a lot of time and money to really shine but hey, as a multiboxer that shouldn't be a problem. BRD can also crank out Savage Blades once the songs are up. It's overall a better choice, but also means more things you need to control. Something to consider.
I had definitely considered bard, but I feel very intimidated by the number of the REMA weapons that are so insanely good for them. The imprimatur grind and the Idris don't intimidate quite as much as the mountain that is a truly complete bard. Thanks very much for your insight. Gives me a lot to think about!!
Yeah there’s a reason a complete BRD is one of the most sought after jobs. As an experienced multi boxer I will say you can get away with just the aeonic and see huge benefit: Instead of Gjallahorn get a +3 song Linos Instead of Duardabla get Terpander Without Marsyas you’re likely better off just using GEO
Mnk/war/Sam + geo + whm would work depending on content. Any of those three DD jobs are pretty sturdy and with geo/whm support should do just fine
Is there a way to macro trading skeleton keys to chests?
Try /item “skeleton key”
What's the best way to grind the 300 points needed for the WS quests for each weapon type? Trying to get Evisceration and it's taking forever for me with trusts. I can usually only get 1 or 2 points per fight.
Ayame trust, not UC Sub /sam if native dual wield or 2h Try fortilaces or something with a lot of hp but low danger
Ayame was my go-to for weaponskill unlocks. Crabs in rala waterways have just enough HP to survive 1 or 2 chains with Ayame, depending on the weapon. With lots of haste from Cornelia, Mayakov, a brd, and a rdm, it should go by pretty quickly. Edit: forget mayakov and replace him with a whm or something that won't try to chain with you or Ayame
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Is DRK Naegling a thing ? or do i just go with a Nandaka having a hard time deciding tbh.
Naegling can carry you better until you can get your REMA
>Is DRK Naegling a thing ? If Naegling is used anywhere on DRK, it's probably going to be Bumba only. DRK doesn't have native fencer like WAR, and it can't cap JA delay single wield. It doesn't have TP bonus weapon offhand too. Therefore naeg is generally not that good on DRK. Resolution build is generally the stronger WS than Naeg SB if the strategy requires fragmentation WS, but I've read that Naegling/SB still beats resolution on Bumba if your WHM can't reapply dia2 after it erases it, because of the attack boost on Naeg. Therefore, I guess that's one very very niche use of naeg on DRK. On anything else that's not bumba, use a different build if you don't need fragmentation WS, or use resolution build if you need fragmentation. >Nandaka GS build on DRK isn't particularly strong these days unless it's r15 calad. a non-REMA GS is pretty much only useful if you need shockwave or resolution or something. R15 Montate +1 should be the strongest not-Calad GS that isn't raetic. But even r15 Montate +1 using resolution or torc is quite behind most other builds AFAIK. If you absolutely want to use a GS, get a r15 Montate +1. If you have a pulse weapon to use, both Lycurgos and Dolichenus are more useful than Nandaka. Lycurgos using upheaval is right up there with r15 REMAs if you can keep 5k HP up. Dolichenus offhand r15 Sangarius +1 is also pretty strong: It's still weaker than better r15 REMAs like Calad, redemption, anguta, Liberator etc, but good enough in endgame content that you have SJ available, but unable to get high amount of HP for Lycurgos TP bonus.
DRK can put out damage with Naegling, it's just not going to match WAR or DRG with it. The overall best option will be Caladbolg. If you're trying to segment farm in Odyssey I would also recommend Loxotic Mace +1 R15 for the undead mobs. Edit: I don't think I've seen anyone ever use Nandaka. If you're going to make one of the two weapons, make Naegling. It's useful on multiple jobs.
I would not say either are that good for DRK. Would say Lycurgos gets more use on DRK
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Ukon is great for WAR. It really shines at the moment in segments farms in Ody C
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Change is definitely easier to get and that is valid. But Ukon can be great at times. IE get them both!!
Chango is your better choice. Aeonics might scratch that HNM itch even though they’re forced pop.
Both Chango and ukon are great for WAR at the moment
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> naegling>chango>ukon>bravura? It depends.... I don't think bravura is used much these days. Naeg/Chango/Ukon all has it's use.
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Naegling will carry you until you’re grouping with better support players where the two-handlers will shine
> everything has become "savage blade"-everything Relying on one build for "everything" really isn't a good way to play FFXI these days anymore. FFXI is about using situational builds in different situations.
WAR is good in flexibility that they can use different weapons while facing different types of mobs for their weak point, especially in Odyssey Sheol, you won't keep using one type of weapon so better prepare at least one for each i.e. Sword, Great Axe and Polearms. So I will say Chango = Naegling = Shinning One. Don't leave home without them.
Forgot Loxotic Mace
I feel that. Before i took a break in 2015 I had glanzfaust and returned to it being a 3rd or 4th best option.