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[UP FOR DEBATE] A Four Box Combo
Server: Odin
Game: FFXI
Posts: 22
By Odin.Walden 2012-03-07 09:41:17
Spellcast and Autoexec are both specifically designed so you can't automate stunning. You would need something further for that.
If you haven't been using Autoexec, I'd recommend getting it and using it. Lightluggage would also be useful, I'd imagine, because it's probably annoying to have 4 characters with 3 beetle shells and jaws each.
Yeah, consolidating inventory thus far has been somewhat of an annoyance, but nothing unbearable. I will look into LightLuggage.
I did not realize that about the stunning. I suppose that does put a damper on having a box dedicated to stunning.
By mtmartin 2012-03-07 09:44:57
I know its already been touched on before, but the exact details of how to get the various Red Procs on various job combos hasn't been explained. I figured i'd bite the bullet and list it out. I've only listed the WS's that need special weapons, merits or gear to gain access to. Hope someone finds this info useful.
NIN/WAR:
--Sunburst (Staff Skill 150): NIN gets 144 Staff Skill natively, need 3 merits, or the temperance torque
--Raiden Thrust: Only problem with getting this WS is finding a Polearm that a NIN can equip. Currently the only two in game is the Pitchfork and Pitchfork +1 from the Halloween event. If you don't have it yet, put it on your todo list for this coming halloween.
NIN/WAR is unable to get Freezebite (Great Sword) and Shadow of Death (Scythe), not because of a lack of skill, but simply because of a lack of weapon that NIN can equip. Should a "All Jobs" Scythe and Great Sword get added to the game, NIN will have 100% of red procs.
WAR/SAM:
--Tachi: Jinpu (Great Katana Skill 150): Skill isn't the issue, but like Raiden Thrust, just need a great katana that WAR can equip. The Hardwood Katana/Wooden Katana/Shinai/Lotus Katana are the only 4 in the game, and all come from the Feast of Swords event.
--Tachi: Koki (Great Katana Skill 175): WAR/SAM at 99 has 150 GTK skill, and needs to make up the 25 skill difference. You can do this with any combination of Merits (+16), Bushinomimi (+5), Justice Torque (+7), Kengo Hachimaki (+5) and the Fazheluo Helm (+5).
WAR/SAM is unable to get Blade: Ei (Katana, no skill), Cyclone (Dagger, Not allowed for WAR/SAM) and Energy Drain (Dagger, Not allowed for WAR/SAM).
WAR/NIN:
--Blade: Ei (Katana Skill 175): WAR/NIN at 99 has 150 Katana skill, and needs to make up the 25 skill difference. You can do this with a minimum of 7 merits (+14), Hope Torque (+7) and Kanja Hachimaki (+5). Also the Training Burin is also the only katana in the game that WAR can equip.
--Tachi: Jinpu (Great Katana Skill 150): WAR/NIN at 99 has 139 GTK Skill, and needs to make up the 11 skill difference. You can do this with a combination of merits(+16), Bushinomimi (+5), Justice Torque (+7), Kengo Hachimaki (+5) and the Fazheluo Helm (+5).
--Tachi: Koki (Great Katana Skill 175): With a base of 139 GTK skill, you need to make up the 36 skill difference. To do this, you MUST have a minimum of 7 Merits (+14), Bushinomimi (+5), Justice Torque (+7), Kengo Hachimaki (+5) and the Fazheluo Helm (+5).
So to bring the conversation back to the OP's questions and comments about dual/trio/quad boxing... While WAR/NIN can have all of the Red Procs... it can be a major pain in the *** to get the equipment to make it work. When I trio box, 99% of the time I find NIN/WAR plenty for my Red Procs. With quad boxing, simply bringing one of your other three characters as WAR shouldn't be to hard to make happen.
Exactly what I was looking for.
This is incredible information for the new player.
Thank you so much!
Server: Odin
Game: FFXI
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By Odin.Walden 2012-03-07 09:46:33
Kukulkan is very very easy if you have a nuke build on NIN: RDM can also do it the same way, but it's a little bit more difficult to keep shadows up/not get hit by the nasty en-poison.
If you are 4-boxing it with either of the 2 jobs it should be just as much of a joke as Briareus. You just REALLY need to be ready if you think shadows are going down to try to start curing.
I know you are just starting out and your jobs probably won't have the same gear/atmas as in the videos, but it shouldn't be really any harder, just might take a little longer.
These will definitely come in handy!
I enjoyed your narrated video. I am looking forward to a narrated version of one of your solo videos. I think it will be very insightful for a new player such as myself.
Hello everyone, I am a long-time lurker, and never-time poster. Please go easy on me. Furthermore, please understand that, while I realize many variations of my question may have been asked over time, I still find mine unique enough to post a new thread. If you do not agree, then I apologize in advance for wasting your click.
I recently quit FFXI. As recently as 6 months ago. I have since decided to start back up again fresh. Doing the quests and missions over again has been refreshing. But the main agitation that caused me to leave in the first place was not being able to find partners to do low-man content with...and also the fear of failing to perform adequately in a low man situation and being ostracized.
I was playing at a time where low man was already staunchly established as the status quo. It's hard to learn in that situation when it doesn't come at someone else's expense. Honestly answer this...how does GoV prepare a person to act intuitively in a typical Aby low-man group? Answer, it doesn't.
My solution to this, whether you agree or not, was to activate 4 accounts. I am a professional programmer and I am leaning heavily on the SpellCast plugin. Thus far I can easily support all 4 characters in a typical GoV alliance. One of the boxes is a WHM...I really do not care for this class nor have I ever...I have it set up to pretty much auto-pilot. One is a career WAR...I very actively play this box.
At this point the 2 other boxes are fairly immature.
The nature of my question for those that choose not to read further is fairly simple:
1)
Can anyone recommend an ideal setup for 4 boxes that will actually enable me to beat some content that I couldn't with just 2. i.e. Original Assault Missions for instance.
Or possibly beat it faster or easier?
Keep in mind that I'm starting fresh...so I won't have things like the best atma. Actually, I won't have any.
As an example, here is a party I came up with:
MNK/WAR
WAR/SAM
BRD/DNC
WHM/BLM
I figure the advantages of this setup is that I should be able to cap haste & actually cap delay on the warrior. I should also eventually be able to access all of the WS procs on the career WAR.
Before I go do all of that leveling though, I wanted to open it up to some experts to here if they had any suggestions on party balance.
Keep in mind I am 4-boxing, so what works for 4 skilled and competent players will not necessarily translate well here.
2)
I have a large amount of cruor that I would like to brew with.
My first goal is to 4 box every single Aby clears all by myself.
Before I quit I leaned heavily on others to help me...there is nothing to take the sense of accomplishment out of something than just having someone random add you to their party for 30 seconds while you get "the win."
News Flash: This game isn't fun without goals.
So I've set the goal for myself to beat every single Aby boss by myself.
Even if it means this:
BST/WHM
BST/WHM
BST/WHM
BST/WHM
Whatever it takes!
Can anyone recommend an ideal 4-box for beating the first 3 Aby bosses(Briareus,Glavoid,Kukulkan)?
Please keep in mind that I am a fairly new player who has never been particularly good, never had particularly good luck meeting friends, and doesn't have a lot of time in general.
Please also keep in mind I don't have a single atma to my name, so if that is along the path to completing my goal, please list the actual names of the atmas, the boss they are obtained from, and what conditions are necessary to get the atma. That way the thread can be productive to new players, rather than a cluster of abbreviations like RR/VV/GH.
Remember, I am trying to get Aby clears. That means I can't even set 3 atma.
I definitely would like to say thanks in advance for the great answers I know I will get. The amount of knowledge in this forum is truly overwhelming.
Looking forward to reading your responses!
Thanks for having a look.
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