tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74603418186147836952024-03-05T17:36:36.829-08:00An Empty Vessel-Life of a pirateA story of an Immortal in Vana'diel, world of FFXI. Who constantly struggles between the life of dream and adventure, and path of darkness.Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.comBlogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-14779215981358734962016-11-21T21:49:00.002-08:002016-11-21T21:50:19.021-08:00First 5/5 HQ set!
After lots, and lots, and LOTS of gil grind, finally 5/5 Carmine +1 complete!
This set cost me roughly 125m total. And since I'm not THAT fast at gil grind it was actually pretty painful to grind enough gil to 5/5 this set.
And now I need to work on Adhemar +1 set, which cost 8 times more expensive /cry.
Time to level bone craft, I guess!Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-41300843243796127212016-07-26T00:38:00.000-07:002016-07-26T00:38:12.757-07:00RDM and WOTG quests.A while ago I was extremely stressed out due to massive amount of grind involved while trying to AG my Armageddon and Death penalty. Additionally, I had to deal with countless ls drama that came with getting T4 clears for Fomalhaut. I've been a lot more casual these days, and having to work on 2 AG weapons plus working on gears/cp to keep up with aeonic groups kinda burned me out. In the endAfaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-42873679819268592882016-01-17T01:28:00.002-08:002016-01-17T01:36:03.522-08:00Gun hierarchy 2016Decided to do a gun comparison in 2016 to figure out which gun is the best:
For leaden salute, with my current WS set, WS at 3000 TP:
DP: (106+4540)x1.33x2.7x1.05x1.3=22773
Molybdosis: (156+4790)x1.33x3x1.05 20721
Doomsday: (126+4640)x1.33x2.97x1.12= 21085
Looks like DP> Doomsday > Molybdosis that is!
Doomsday also beats everything else WS dmg wise, including skill 269 Arma WITH 40 AGI and Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-5179793043504464702015-12-23T14:11:00.001-08:002015-12-23T14:15:11.828-08:00DD RUNRecently I've been playing with spreadsheet for RUN DD builds, because, well, I'm into playing RUN as a DD atm! :D
I know this is pretty silly to play a tank job as a DD, but I'm kind of player that likes to push a job's potential to the furthest, in terms of every aspect.
Tbh, RUN has been a "unloved job" for me since I got it to lv 99. One of the reason is because it wasn't really Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-74268586945796029272015-12-18T01:00:00.003-08:002015-12-18T01:00:40.045-08:00Short term goals, long term goalsFinally finished 50k beads for Fomalhaut! :D NM clear next I guess! (Now this gonna be tough)
Since Feb REM update would give every skill 269 weapons afterglow, I kinda stopped working on my own afterglow and just gonna save gil on HQ abj gears and see what happen next Feb update.
Short term goals: Finish Zitah NM for Fomalhaut.
Long term goals: Work on expensive gears such as HQ abj.Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-47178828860443915702015-12-14T02:03:00.000-08:002015-12-14T02:08:15.141-08:00How to get 6M+ CP/hr....during campaignDecided to post the apex cp pt setup that I found most effective in Dho gates.
Setup: pld(or any DD that can open darkness with leaden salute) cor geo geo(or brd) blm kupofried.
Basically, pld and cor will open SC using CDC + leaden, then mages will MB off darkness withmalaise buff. In order to get high CP/hr, the following condition must be met:1: Both melee SCerAfaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-23820675169279927062015-12-05T08:39:00.002-08:002015-12-14T02:04:26.810-08:00FFXI short final content review(part 1)It's been more than an year since I update this blog and play FFXI seriously, since I quit FFXI a while ago, and just recently came back to play with the final update.
Rhapsodies of Vana'diel is, IMO, a pretty epic conclusion of FFXI. It's not 75 cap CoP level of epic, but it's at least better than lol SoA storyline. The story will def make a long time player feel emotional that the game is Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-68534852197269328522014-09-28T12:45:00.000-07:002014-09-28T12:49:13.136-07:00BLU DD analyzeRecently, someone on my server posted a "BLU should get invite to incursion cuz I can support and outparse MNK and SAM" then started lots of drama. In fact someone sent a /tell to me in game saying BLU is useless in incursion cuz of stun and so on, only bad mages need a BLU.
Also there are several thread on OF complaining how MNK is much stronger than BLU and such.
So I decided to post some Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-48627116860854771022014-09-21T03:48:00.004-07:002014-09-21T03:49:07.300-07:00BLU!Ever since last update WoE coins price dropped a lot, so I decided to finally unlock CDC and play with BLU again.
I haven't play BLU and gear it properly for nearly 1 year D: My gears are sooo 2013! I missed sooo many spells D:
One of the main reason is because unlocking empy WS was too expensive for me, and BLU is nearly unplayable without CDC after WS update. Further more, my COR almost Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-19772647003005846832014-07-27T01:48:00.000-07:002014-07-27T01:48:23.923-07:00Head Wind VDI've been doing Head Wind for DW belt for a while now, after 4 runs I finally got it. Below are some of the experience.
Each cat drops stuff after being killed, therefore this BC can drop loot 3 times and there's a good chance to obtain stuff. It is also possible to obtain gears without getting clear.
First run: Normal
Since nobody has access to D+, I had to start with normal. Made a gimp /Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-84083746362176676692014-07-05T05:52:00.000-07:002014-07-05T05:52:00.134-07:00After another weekend yorcia merc, IMO......The best setup for yorcia delve2 is probably 3 koga fudo SAM + BRD WHM GEO.....
Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-29133678054535227432014-06-29T02:18:00.003-07:002014-06-29T02:18:36.100-07:00Legendary rank for all coalitions.......Still a long way to go.............D:Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-397935268801629652014-06-29T02:17:00.001-07:002014-06-29T02:27:26.528-07:00After all that yorcia spam on weekend....I start to get the conclusion that SAM isn't the only job that got major buff last update.
Before update when I went to yorcia delve with LS, I did around 46% of another rag DRK on NM T1~5, this doesn't include wopket, which resists piercing and the gap usually get bigger. Against another LS SAM who died half the time, I was around 60% of his dmg too.
After update, against same SAM I was only 2Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-33696909232458529542014-06-28T00:08:00.000-07:002014-06-28T00:14:09.583-07:00After update....Did a yorcia 6 NM run after update, it seems this zone is quite friendly with casual now. Even with skirmish GKT SAM(inferior weapon to shark GKT/Koga), mandy died in less than 2 min and morta died in around 2~2.5 min. The entire zone was done in around 21 min with avg DD, which was about the same as Tojil 6 NM run pre-update, but with more plasm. If the pt had Koga SAM it'd probably be a sub 15 Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-84792448625009674752014-06-19T09:02:00.001-07:002014-06-19T09:02:37.336-07:00Now that leaden salute.....Now that leaden salute is a viable WS depending on situation, I guess I can finally use hunter/snapshot in low racc situations :D
The fact that leaden salute is OP at 300 TP means it's much better to maintain aftermath with less dmg lose :D
Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-67283980457979440992014-06-02T10:53:00.001-07:002014-06-02T10:53:17.276-07:00Ergon weapon.....WIP?Legendary rank: Only finished 1 so far....
HP bayld: Cost 400M total, no money D:
Long way to go until I can get an Ergon weapon D: Maybe it's cheaper to do a 2nd mythic after all.Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-35716813123125052622014-05-27T01:47:00.001-07:002014-05-27T01:47:52.190-07:00Mage job players, and DD mind setI have to agree, recently I've been quite mean to mages when they don't have boost STR on WHM, or parse low in yorcia. However, after I cool down I kinda regret my attitude toward them.
Most of the FFXI player should already know, finding a BRD WHM SCH for delve run is the hardest. There are several reasons:
1. Players tend to play DD more.....idk why. But I'm also a DD job only player in everyAfaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-80629827891287405712014-05-27T01:21:00.000-07:002014-05-27T01:21:16.718-07:00Yorcia 1337After a few more yorcia delve 6 NM run I finally collected a bit more data I need for this zone.
Ideal 6 man setup is probably DDx3 WHM BRD GEO. However, for ppl like me without other useful job and have to come COR, 7 is probably better than 6.
That is because, COR's output on T4, T5 and Wopket dropped significantly, to a point that it may not worth 3rd DD slot anymore. T4 is the same classic Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-10819478172376828122014-05-22T07:57:00.001-07:002014-05-27T01:21:29.231-07:00Dagger job competitionBecause someone brought up the topic of COR v.s DNC as 3rd pt slot/support DD on the forum, I decided to play spreadsheet and find out the real king of dagger job/support DD in FFXI.
Target: Tojil, SV march x2 mad min. On DNC I have sabre dance/berserk/aggressor/boost STR/haste samba as buff, 23% def down as debuff(that means dia+ full step). On COR I have Boost STR/chaos/fighter/haste samba asAfaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-12308636604379191312014-05-20T02:28:00.000-07:002014-05-27T01:21:40.075-07:00Playing with DPI wanted to use "Having sex with DP" as title but it's inappropriate :X
First of all, special thanks to Zeig/Relapse/Cruunch/Shockin/Vaba/Fizzle for helping me kill all that PW. 119 DP complete!
I've been doing quite a bit of /ra only event to play with it, unfortunately I failed to make DP love me enough to do good dmg with it D:
Despite DP is suppose to /ra faster with better WS Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-42863989960123488222014-05-16T07:11:00.000-07:002014-05-16T09:28:30.586-07:00Here is why everyone would rather play with their mules....I tried to run event for 1 LS, apparently ppl wants to start drama about how I run it and talk shit behind my back. Tried to run event for another LS, I got 100x hate tell about different players before I even make the pt. I can't imagine what kind of drama would happen if I do gear check or keep people away to limit the pt to 6 person. Obviously I've made a lot of enemy in the past by Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-2779444975947852912014-05-14T14:55:00.002-07:002014-05-14T14:55:33.337-07:00GEO RUN Ergon weaponsApparently it's very OP and game changing, inc RUN GEO Ergon weapon only /shout.
I never understand the logic behind SE's gear stat. They wanted to get rid of REM then they make RUN GEO Ergon weapon game changing, while other REM remain kinda minor upgrade/sidegrade.
What's next? After waves and waves of "My GEO RUN doesn't get invite without Ergon weapon" complain on OF they'd make new weapon Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-55553092249438398382014-05-13T01:15:00.000-07:002014-05-13T01:15:18.798-07:00I miss my BLU D:/Continue to play with spreadsheet to find DD hierarchy.
Honestly though, I haven't get a chance to play BLU for ages, even though I did play BLU in all 3 delve1 zonee back in 2013/Aug and sept.
Although BLU wasn't as strong as MNK back then, it is still quite a viable DD and delve1 was clear-able with BLU in ally. Besides Ceizak, which COR just pwns, I was pretty sure my BLU could parse higherAfaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-27730523637748266562014-05-04T21:54:00.000-07:002014-05-05T10:43:16.585-07:00DD hierarchyGot bored and start to play with spreadsheet again.
In one of the FFXIAH discussion use spreadsheet and find out that COR/DNC+MNK x2> MNK x3 in terms of total DPS. But the next question is, what if the DD is SAM? SAM is currently one of the strongest and most useful DD job, however Koga SAM usually doesn't benefit from COR buff as much.
Since I'm doing spreadsheet anyways, I may as well Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460341818614783695.post-37416386527607147782014-05-02T02:47:00.000-07:002014-05-02T10:30:28.227-07:00Gear questionsI've been having all sorts of "how to gear" questions since I came back to FFXI, now time to play with spreadsheet to find out the answer!
Q1: For low lv content, I tend to use melee WS instead of LS to save bullet. Should I use Requiescat or Exenerator?
Requiescat is a stronger WS than Exenerator. However, that means I'd have to use IL117+IL119 weapon instead of 2 IL119 and the result is Afaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353728116709067933noreply@blogger.com0