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Outside of Abyssea - What do you like to do?
Leviathan.Draylo
Server: Leviathan
Game: FFXI
By Leviathan.Draylo 2011-04-02 20:51:31
Fenrir.Acebeast said: Uh, well outside of Abyssea i just kill NM's and farm, or do some exciting trials.. -.- idk, there really isn't anything "fun" to do outside of Abyssea.
Really? I find that sad. Efficient gear wise, maybe not, but blatantly not "fun"? :(
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Ragnarok.Nemesio
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By Ragnarok.Nemesio 2011-04-02 21:02:05
I have been enjoying Fafnir, Cerb, Khim, all just on NIN/DNC and its fun as all hell. Its nice not having to worry about 30 campers and just going for the challenge.
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By Fenrir.Acebeast 2011-04-02 21:17:35
I guess, but it gets old very fast. I'd rather kill NM's in Abyssea and actually get something done, But that's just me.
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Phoenix.Degs
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By Phoenix.Degs 2011-04-02 21:36:19
AFK in Port Jeuno for lolz
Phoenix.Degs
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By Phoenix.Degs 2011-04-02 21:37:44
on a serious note though, i still find it enjoyable to low level party every now and again, leveling subs and jobs that i dont want to get to 90, but may use as a sub someday..
it just reminds me of old ffxi, and you get to meet new people.... no one really talks in abyssea alliances
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Diabolos.Sovereign
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By Diabolos.Sovereign 2011-04-02 21:40:21
There's still a TON of fun content outside Abyssea...
Salvage is still an exceptional event, and more fun than ever with the most recent adjustments.
Linkshells can still find some good times doing stuff that required a LOT more effort at a lower level cap... events like Einherjar and fights like Absolute Virtue, Pandemonium Warden, Vrtra, and ToAU beastmen kings.
HNM is still just HNM, though is also a lot more fun now without so much competition. Tiamat, Ixion, and Sandworm are all still worth killing for the right group of players, and Zilart kings can still be interesting to low-man. ToAU mobs are the only ones not worth the effort now, since their synth material cost went to *** (Cerb hides available in gold chests) or their drops got severely outdated (poor Hauteclaire v.v).
On a more solo level, storyline missions were always a huge draw to any FF game, and FFXI has some great storylines in it... and there's never been a better (or easier) time than now to catch up on all the ones you've not yet done.
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By Fenrir.Acebeast 2011-04-02 21:44:54
Diabolos.Sovereign said:
On a more solo level, storyline missions were always a huge draw to any FF game, and FFXI has some great storylines in it... and there's never been a better (or easier) time than now to catch up on all the ones you've not yet done.
True
Leviathan.Kajii
Server: Leviathan
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By Leviathan.Kajii 2011-04-02 21:45:03
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By Fenrir.Acebeast 2011-04-02 21:47:19
Lol oh yeah forgot about Limbus.. Well that was fun on Bst solo :P
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By Ifrit.Bloodbathboy 2011-04-02 22:09:24
Kill NM with SMNer now!!
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By Siren.Kalilla 2011-04-02 22:10:23
The only missions I have not done yet are WoTG.
I've been wanting to level my campaign medals but...idk, no motivation to do it at all :(
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By Ifrit.Bloodbathboy 2011-04-02 22:12:12
I need to do that myself.
Ramuh.Leif
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By Ramuh.Leif 2011-04-02 22:12:17
Outside of Abyssea...
I like to explore Vana'diel, visit areas, brainstorm what music files I can replace to make exploring those areas more enjoyable for me.
This music for this area?
Sure, why not?
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By Ifrit.Bloodbathboy 2011-04-02 22:13:35
Ramuh.Leif said: Outside of Abyssea...
I like to explore Vana'diel, visit areas, brainstorm what music files I can replace to make exploring those areas more enjoyable for me.
This music for this area?
Sure, why not? That is trick man!!
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By Fenrir.Acebeast 2011-04-02 22:19:12
Ramuh.Leif said: Outside of Abyssea...
I like to explore Vana'diel, visit areas, brainstorm what music files I can replace to make exploring those areas more enjoyable for me.
This music for this area?
Sure, why not? OMG dude thats what i did preabyssea lmao.. sandy,jueno all those zone ost's got soo repetitve and boring.
Ramuh.Leif
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By Ramuh.Leif 2011-04-02 22:23:38
Fenrir.Acebeast said: Ramuh.Leif said: Outside of Abyssea...
I like to explore Vana'diel, visit areas, brainstorm what music files I can replace to make exploring those areas more enjoyable for me.
This music for this area?
Sure, why not? OMG dude thats what i did preabyssea lmao.. sandy,jueno all those zone ost's got soo repetitve and boring. I personally am still doing it post-abyssea.
The Abyssea battle theme got repetitive and boring, fast.
Replace it with this, yo!
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By Fenrir.Acebeast 2011-04-02 22:24:08
Siren.Kalilla said: The only missions I have not done yet are WoTG.
I've been wanting to level my campaign medals but...idk, no motivation to do it at all :( I've gotten some done, it's just too difficult to get a static set up for it, Since most people are leagued with a different nation or waaaay behind with the story.. lol
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By Siren.Kalilla 2011-04-03 00:36:48
Fenrir.Acebeast said: Siren.Kalilla said: The only missions I have not done yet are WoTG.
I've been wanting to level my campaign medals but...idk, no motivation to do it at all :( I've gotten some done, it's just too difficult to get a static set up for it, Since most people are leagued with a different nation or waaaay behind with the story.. lol
Yea, I've found picking up some friends to static together every update is the best way to go. That is how I did the mini expansions up until the last one (was too lazy).
Lakshmi.Jesi
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By Lakshmi.Jesi 2011-04-03 00:52:41
Bahamut.Raenryong said: BorealisV2 said: I enjoy raping things on SAM again, then I QQ over how bad NIN is outside.
NIN isn't bad outside these days; it just doesn't put up srs epeen numbers. Its main strength lies in DoT - the misconception that WS damage is the only damage is what caused the SAM ONRY frenzy years ago.
Actually parsers caused that when they showed how much damage SAM was doing compared to everything else. It didn't have anything to do with people loleyeballing WS numbers...
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By Siren.Kalilla 2011-04-03 02:09:24
Fenrir.Acebeast said: Uh, well outside of Abyssea i just kill NM's and farm, or do some exciting trials.. -.- idk, there really isn't anything "fun" to do outside of Abyssea.
I wouldn't say there isn't anything fun to do outside of Abyssea (and personally I feel Abyssea is a drag), but a lot of what was once fun became not so much fun since the rewards didn't seem as good anymore.
I have always loved to fish on here, it is relaxing and fun to do with friends when you just want to chill.
Missions are always fun when they come out, they aren't really that fun when you want to catch up on something. They can be fun when your bored and just want to do something though.
Ah, and trials. I didn't add that to my list. Yea, that isn't very fun.
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By Fenrir.Acebeast 2011-04-03 10:37:16
Siren.Kalilla said: Fenrir.Acebeast said: Uh, well outside of Abyssea i just kill NM's and farm, or do some exciting trials.. -.- idk, there really isn't anything "fun" to do outside of Abyssea.
I wouldn't say there isn't anything fun to do outside of Abyssea (and personally I feel Abyssea is a drag), but a lot of what was once fun became not so much fun since the rewards didn't seem as good anymore.
I have always loved to fish on here, it is relaxing and fun to do with friends when you just want to chill.
Missions are always fun when they come out, they aren't really that fun when you want to catch up on something. They can be fun when your bored and just want to do something though.
Ah, and trials. I didn't add that to my list. Yea, that isn't very fun. I agree
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By Bahamut.Raenryong 2011-04-03 10:52:43
Lakshmi.Jesi said: Bahamut.Raenryong said: BorealisV2 said: I enjoy raping things on SAM again, then I QQ over how bad NIN is outside.
NIN isn't bad outside these days; it just doesn't put up srs epeen numbers. Its main strength lies in DoT - the misconception that WS damage is the only damage is what caused the SAM ONRY frenzy years ago.
Actually parsers caused that when they showed how much damage SAM was doing compared to everything else. It didn't have anything to do with people loleyeballing WS numbers...
Parsers also largely overestimated SAM damage due to overkill.
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By Cerberus.Turtleshells 2011-04-03 10:52:58
I enjoyed doing lottery pops for my attempt at an Empyrean weapon, though, I can't seem to find vnm help e___e.
Nyzul, making climbs for getting Drakesbane, Tachi Rana, and Ascetic's Fury was enjoyable. I got disappoint ovar fail runs, but all in all it was an enoyable climb throughout that month.
I love soloing my mid level ninja in places like Quicksand caves, and Crawler's Nest. NIN/DNC, and not needing shadows, quick kills and decent money from beetle jaws and silk. I especially love Blade Jin.
I lovefinding random NMs while travelling during quests, be it someone else's lottery pop, or my own luck on a timed spawn. I love seeing a proc on a weird named monster saying ITG! Even if it's too hard, I'll attempt to kick it's ***.
I love Campaign, and Besieged.
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Bismarck.Luftig
Server: Bismarck
Game: FFXI
By Bismarck.Luftig 2011-04-03 11:08:02
Bahamut.Raenryong said: Lakshmi.Jesi said: Bahamut.Raenryong said: BorealisV2 said: I enjoy raping things on SAM again, then I QQ over how bad NIN is outside.
NIN isn't bad outside these days; it just doesn't put up srs epeen numbers. Its main strength lies in DoT - the misconception that WS damage is the only damage is what caused the SAM ONRY frenzy years ago.
Actually parsers caused that when they showed how much damage SAM was doing compared to everything else. It didn't have anything to do with people loleyeballing WS numbers...
Parsers also largely overestimated SAM damage due to overkill.
this, a 2k gekko will still do 2k even if the mob has 100 hp left.
everything is still fun, i find it even more fun now though because of the fact I can go kill almost anything with 3-5 people.
Ragnarok.Rieekil
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By Ragnarok.Rieekil 2011-04-04 13:10:01
i reached the point where i got every thing i need from abyssea (lowman PTs) and just waiting my turn @ the LS on body hands items for +2 and r8 now i started doing trial for dagger double atk +10% x2 just for fun XD and thats been keeping me busy for long time now ... 700 kill w/o weather could take weeks if solo loool !!
and one day will start working on element trial staff .. only got the ice one ... never really liked the idea of soloing my trial on blm :3 sucks !!
Ragnarok.Nemesio
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By Ragnarok.Nemesio 2011-04-04 13:19:59
I prefer an RDM instead of WHM outside of Abyssea.
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By Leviathan.Quetzacoatl 2011-04-04 15:38:22
Outside of Abyssea I co-lead a Dynamis shell and do Limbus. Other than that, I would normally be helping my friends with whatever they want to do.
Ragnarok.Nemesio said: I prefer an RDM instead of WHM outside of Abyssea. in before RDM needs cure 5 arguments
Leviathan.Angelskiss
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By Leviathan.Angelskiss 2011-04-04 15:53:26
I prefer to stalk quetz/draylo/anyone else whos online Do staff trials :)
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I would like to find out what players like to do while they play FFXI outside of Abyssea.
What do you find fun? What is it that you enjoy? Any non-Abyssea related activities.
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I personally enjoy fishing and doing missions. I also love the occasional white mage melee for the fun of it.
I enjoyed SCNM but the rewards have since been obsolete due to Abyssea items.
Low-manning KSNM/BCNM's are interesting, although the rewards are almost never worth it.
ANNM's were interesting, but having to use Allied Notes to do it was annoying if you didn't like campaign to make allied notes. The fact that you couldn't earn AN's from leveling made me mad.
ENM's were fun when they came out, haven't done any in awhile. Would be cool doing it now since you have no level restriction going up there.
I have never done any ISNM's, because I didn't like leveling so i never had Imperial Standing points XD.
I like Walk of Echoes! But i hate when random people come in and destroy your run lotting on coins and loot that are worth a lot. :\ I understand it is an activity that everyone can gather and work together, but that is not what people do. They enter and leech coins for their weapons and steal armor to make gil for themselves. /end rage
I love the idea of synergy and even have it leveled up quite a bit. Just, leveling it is quite annoying.
Crafting is cool when you get skill-ups, level 97 cloth for me. I just don't know, having to put gil in to be able to make something. A lot of the items still are being used now but a lot aren't due to abyssea.
I have done the occasional Chocobo Digging and never found profit in it, although I have read you have to put a lot into it to make anything from it. It's cool digging stuff up and getting random junk though.
Clamming was... a interesting activity to try out once.
Gardening was cool, but it never got me hooked doing it. I know a lot of players have made their millions from it though (I think a lot through an exploit once though). Even without it I know people who made a lot from doing it.
Excavation, Harvesting, Logging, Mining were once cool, but when it was there was a huge bot problem. That ended up making me not do it at that time. It would be cool to do while your leveling a craft though, has a nice theme to it.
I never got into chocobo racing, it never was a huge hit on my server. I ended up getting a baby chocobo and it ended up being green, the color that I wanted /o/
I never have done MMM (Mobling Maze Mongers). I think a few people enjoyed it.
I never liked Dynamis. I guess it was fun at one point but the repetitiveness and following the same path every time just got to me.
I have mixed feelings about VNM's. They're pretty challenging (with a small group or solo) but finding them without cheating is difficult (even when your cheating can be difficult).
I hate ZNM's with a passion. Yea, they're creative and original in some ways but, at least with my group, there was a lot of running around and that got tiresome.
I have never gained EXP to level from Fields of Valor. I hear its a great way to make exp low level (pre 30).
I never have enjoyed leveling, even in Abyssea (yea I know).
I don't like campaign that much probably due to the 5 day wait per rank up. I guess I should of started out early lol.
Besieged was pretty cool from time to time, I never got into it seriously. Was just a cool thing to do from time to time.
I no longer enjoy Nyzul Isle Investigation due to doing it more often than I probably should of. I have Runic Key though.
I find some Assaults cool, but never would repeat them because I'd end up hating them. It was cool getting all of them done to get Captain though. I enjoy captain.
I have mixed feelings about salvage, It was pretty boring for me and the fact that stuff almost never dropped was depressing. Felt great when you did see something drop that your group actually needed.
I enjoy helping random people I've never met with something they need help with. I don't like the people that ended up asking me for help over and over and over and over again though without giving it back. Is that wrong? lol
I did enjoy power leveling a random party in dunes or somewhere when I was bored. I loved seeing people all surprised that I wanted to do it.
Sky was fun when it came out, the only way I still enjoy it is lowman (2-3 friends).
I've done too much sea to enjoy it, although I probably would like duoing it. I love how it looks though, everything is so pretty :)
Pankration was just silly to me.
I've never been a huge NM person, even when I was HNM camping. Only reason I did HNM's was for the gear. Well, I did like doing NM's at one point, but because of people abusing the system and the monopolization of a NM, it ended up not being any fun unless you bot claimed.
Farming was once a cool activity to do. It was boring but the idea of gathering up items to sell and getting rewarded for your hard work was fun. It was something to do while you had nothing to do. But in an effort to combat rmt'ing SE had to lower the NPC prices of many items that players farmed.
I'm sure there are other things out there but I don't remember any of them. If you know something bring it up!
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You don't have to list everything that I did, I just wanted to start it off. So, what do you like to do outside of Abyssea? :)
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