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FFXI Strategy Videos
By RolandJ 2016-09-29 11:33:11
Hey there,
I've been working on some strategy videos for the T3s in Escha - Ru'Aun and I've got a few other mobs in mind to make videos for as well. My aim in these videos is to give full-blown strategic commentary for the mob centered around extremely efficient, but typically non 1h SP centric- strategies. The intended result is to enable ffxi newcomers to get intimately aquainted with what works well and how to do it without having to hope to find themselves within a group of friends who has and will share this information in order to get it.
It is my honest estimation that around 70%+ of the knowledge base of the best strategies out there for at least most of the 119-140 content are not published to the general public; bits and pieces might be, but typically not the entire strategy in writing or voice. This was not so much the case in the ffxiclopedia days (at least 2009 and earlier) since the community tended to use its discussion pages heavily in order to share strategies; many of bg-wiki's discussion pages are blank or were blank until recently. I also haven't found a very text/vocals information-oriented strategy/commentary video for FFXI lately. I think I found one but it was in japanese.
For a good example of what I consider full blown strategic commentary gameplay videos check out MajorSlack's videos. His first episode of his Skyrim Legendary Made Easy is a excellent example. Head over to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jTlKWuLPaQ and check it out. He lets you observe the opening cinematics and so his commentary doesn't truly begin until 11:40. This guy always has GREAT commentary. That's the kind of commentary I like when watching game videos. In contrast, I normally don't much care for game/music hybrid videos.
I considered naming this topic "FFXI Strategy Videos: The Drought" to hint that there seems to be a lack of videos of the sort that I just described; at least to my knowledge there is, that is. I decided not to name it that since it's a bit morbid and I don't want to start this thread on that note. It'd be sweet if some other people had some similar text/vocal oriented strategy videos and would post them or start producing such videos for the public to utilize.
The videos links will be posted in the post below.
If you like these videos or simply want more strategy commentaries then be sure to like the videos and/or the main post on this page - it might give me more motivation while making the videos! Or maybe it'll simply make me feel good, lol. Also, others are free to make strategy videos to post here as well, just please be sure to make them well documented, clearly communicated, and polite. Please be sure to like their posts when they post a nice video! ^^
By the way, the greatest thing about trio'n things, in my opinion, is that there's less time shouting and looking for members since you only need 2 additional people instead of 5! It's wonderful, it really is.
Happy Farming!
Roland
By RolandJ 2016-09-29 12:18:11
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Vir'ava MagicBurst Trio - https://youtu.be/SHZumV982VI
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Pakecet BLU Manaburn Trio - https://youtu.be/0E6Ni4PBvyM
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Pakecet MagicBurst Trio - https://youtu.be/9TW916Bfdl8
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Duke Vepar MagicBurst Trio - https://youtu.be/ZenQSEp9KUA
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ArkAngel EV MagicBurst Trio - https://youtu.be/H_FXr4nmybA
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By Asura.Ganno 2016-09-29 12:21:17
Great Video, really need more like this!
Good job :)
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By RolandJ 2016-10-15 16:42:25
Thanks Ganno!
I've released a new video. A strategy commentary for Pakecet using a BLU manaburn setup has been released. Many thanks go to Oraen for teaching me this strategy in February of this year. Thanks man! Check out the video everyone, let me know what you think, and happy farming!
Pakecet BLU Manaburn Trio - https://youtu.be/0E6Ni4PBvyM
Pakecet MagicBurst Trio - Coming tomorrow, Sunday the 16th!
Thanks,
Roland
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By Asura.Limitedx 2016-10-15 21:51:44
Well done!!! Keep up the good work buddy!
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By RolandJ 2016-10-15 21:55:57
Thanks bud!!
By RolandJ 2016-10-16 11:39:06
Here is my Pakecet MagicBurst Trio strategy commentary video! Fresh off the video editor and just for you.
Pakecet MagicBurst Trio - https://youtu.be/9TW916Bfdl8
Happy farming!
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By Leviathan.Blitzjr 2016-10-16 11:39:39
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By RolandJ 2016-10-18 17:22:27
Newly released: Ark Angel Elvaan Magic Burst Trio! https://youtu.be/H_FXr4nmybA.
I'm not sure which NM I'll do next, at the moment I have no plans :p Once you get geared for and learn how to apply the magicburst strategy to fights somewhere around 60-75% of the Zi'Tah T1 - Reisen T1 fights are within your grasp, and half of the Reisen T2s, though there are a handful along the way that aren't magic friendly - that's why I chose 60-75% as the number. All you have to do for most fights is learn which element to use and accommodate for special mechanics when possible, sometimes by adjusting which trusts and/or bubbles you use.
If the MagicBurst fails then you can fallback on lowman melee strategies. Unfortunately this is less ideal since melee need haste sources and the support trusts don't reliably offer you melee buffs; remember, my video strategies are only aimed at trio strategies so far, of course melee is awesome when you have multiple real players as your support roles. Melee trio lowman is plenty doable, though.
Marchx2 Haste2 combined with typically fury/frailty, fury/vex, or vex/attune is nice for melee jobs on these fights depending on the fight but Ulmia often switches to Ballad upon the first recast and the Haste2 trusts refuse to cure intelligently; they specifically refuse to cure unless it's an emergency which exponentially increases your tank, and other members, death rate.
The only semi-reliable support trust who is somewhat reliable in my experience is Qultada for chaos/fighters, though he does rarely switch one to evokers. Of course, BLU gets around this with self buffs, but it'd be wonderful if SE let us assign behaviors and spells to trusts in order to make more jobs easy to play in lowman situations. Like removing ballad from ulmia's list of spells and paeon from joachim, for example.
Have fun farming your NMs and I might touch base again later. Be sure to tell your friends about this page so that they can learn about these NMs too if they'd like to if they don't already know.
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By Asura.Limitedx 2016-10-18 20:21:26
Keep up the good work buddy!!! Pretty helpful. Thank You
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By Neokahrn 2016-10-18 21:06:22
Great job with these videos, I believe you gave the Deacon Sword to my son Pbaj! Definitely will enjoy watching and learning from these video!
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By RolandJ 2016-10-18 22:55:30
Yes, Pbaj now has a new phalanx sword! :) Thanks!
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By Quetzalcoatl.Mithlas 2016-10-18 23:14:57
This is amazing. Thanks so much!
*subscribes to your channel* 8D
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By Quetzalcoatl.Mithlas 2016-10-22 21:00:36
Would you be able to record Duke Vepar as a trio? Not sure if he has anything special/different or if it's the same (tank and burst)
By RolandJ 2016-10-22 22:01:43
Quetzalcoatl.Mithlas said: »Would you be able to record Duke Vepar as a trio? Not sure if he has anything special/different or if it's the same (tank and burst)
Sure, I could make a video about our beloved duke. Give me some time for this, though - perhaps a week.
Our duke gets Hundred Fists and a conal TP move that can wipe a tank if Apururu fails to Cursna successfully. A good counter to Hundred Fists is a second tank for bouncing hate and maybe paralyze - he resists stun unfortunately. You can position the tanks on opposite sides of the ??? to counter the conal move.
His pet spawns along side him instead of from a delayed and/or stunnable TP move and it's very resistant to sleep. This means any implemented sleep cycle will be undesirably accelerated and require Elemental Seal - unlike Vir'ava where you can prolong it till 50% HP or Pakecet where he often won't pop pets if you kill him fast. Furthermore, you can't stun Duke Vepar - at least not reliably as I didn't try it with Elemental Seal - and so this would make a strategy of killing the pet and then stunning the respawn move ineffective.
Following a proceedure of Sleep2>Fusion>>Fragmentation>Fusion should kill him before sleep2 wears off.
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By Bismarck.Dunigs 2016-10-23 01:21:33
Threw this together really quick for Vepar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVe5-99JIlU
Not trying to steal your thunder by any means but in the event this is an open forum just for some visual aids as opposed to just posting your own video series, I thought this may be helpful. If not I'll gladly remove :).
Not entirely sure what the parameters on how you're trying to do these setups are. I didn't use any 1hr as you mentioned in OP but I do have an Idris now-a-days, though I've done it with this same setup many times before before I had Idris, no denying it makes it faster though Hundred Fists didn't seem to be a big deal at all for tanks. I don't have AA EV yet nor have I really read up on how she performs, but if she takes damage in a similar fashion to August I think her+August would be a better setup just for Hundred Fists.
Strat
Prebuffs : Protect/Shell 5 so Apururu doesn't waste time doing them. Perpetuance AOE Thunderstorm II and Regen V(probably not necessary but may help with HF stress). Wait on strats to cool down > AOE Klimaform (can skip this step if BLM/SCH, I left my BLM on /RDM from some previous shenanigans). Used Pear Crepe and based on damage spread was definitely needed. Self stoneskin/phalanx/blink for damage mitigation during trust engage delay.
Pop, Elemental Seal > Sleepga II (got resisted on first sleep in previous round so figured I should just use the JA). Indi-Focus, BOG Malaise, Entrust Haste. 3 Frags whenever BLM cooldowns are ready. The first run I forgot to record I helped out with healing during HF while waiting on BLM recasts, but as you can see in this video I just missed all the cures anyways meaning they weren't needed. I've personally never done anything but thunder, but it seemingly takes fine damage from ice (based on Blizzard opener), and since RolandJ is suggesting Fusion I assume fire works fine as well. So, in the event you need Languor+Acumen+Entrust Focus, you can rotate skillchain elements instead of using Entrust haste which should help bridge the gap for non-Idris user, though if your mages are well geared you may not have a problem with just non-Idris focus.
I did 3box this which is why a lot of my movements are slow, particularly the Sleepga II I didn't have anything macro'd so I stand there meleeing while I alt+tab to handle that, which is also why GEO buffs don't go up until everyone is situated. 3 real people would be more effective or any multi-boxer who put in a bit more effort into this setup.
SCH can shine here if something goes wrong since a capped Helix can allow you to kite or wipe/recover/claim at low % if something goes wrong.
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By Afania 2016-10-23 04:46:12
Quetzalcoatl.Mithlas said: »Would you be able to record Duke Vepar as a trio? Not sure if he has anything special/different or if it's the same (tank and burst)
I've done it once with trust tank, SCH 1hr zerg + GEO can kill it.
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By RolandJ 2016-10-23 07:53:37
Nice little video Dunigs. Thanks for posting along with a good text explanation! :) AA EV trust, eh? I haven't even gotten her yet, lol. ><
Thanks for mentioning you had idris in that Video. I see you used Indi-Focus, Geo-Malaise, and Entrust-Haste. It gives you quick Thunder6/5/Aja recasts but for the viewers, remember that without an idris just Focus might not bump your resist rate to a satisfactory point depending on your BLM. This might be good to mention since my videos are aimed at helping low & middle geared players and so the above might be the case for many viewers who check this thread.
This is what my fragmentation/fusion alternation is purposed for. It's an alternate counter to the recast issue you were addressing that also allows the addition of Languor. Indi-Languor, Geo-Malaise, Entrust-Focus. The Scholar tosses a quick storm2 on the BLM immediately after each SC and then starts the next one and using alternate elemental V, VI, and Ajas means that you're never waiting on recast - it's quite fast and clean in execution when done efficiently. You can see it done in the AA EV strategy - to be honest, you could even go 2-4 seconds faster per SC than I did in this video.
And thanks Afania! While I do try to stay away from 1h strategies that strat is neat in that it allows a SCH and GEO to duo it pretty easily. My strategies have had 0 gear requirements for GEO and SCH aside from GEO 880+ skill, as they just bubble and skillchain, but if you try Afania's strategy then expect high SCH gear&JP requirements. A excellent nuke set and a soldier drink'd 10k Helix will go a long ways in that setup. Might be able to do it without the 1h if you have a 10k helix, but your spam rate might be considerably slower than a trio since the fight will last 4-7mins I guess and/or you'll be resetting 1hs.
Glad to see the strategies. While my strategy videos are geared towards helping new players - every video on this page doesn't have to be. All we need is thorough and meticulous documentation of the strategy and disclaimers to the viewers, like having an idris or high nuking gear requirements, to accommodate the visuals so that it becomes a treasure trove of strategic information for even the least discerning of viewers and clearly put in a way as to not discourage newcomers to FFXI.
One of my absolute biggest pet peeves is when a braggart comes along and says "This is S-U-P-E-R EASY, everyone should be able to do this. If your group can't then you're really bad at this game." He's just insulting them and not giving them any substantial strategic advice for the fight at all - this kind of person is likely to give them one oddball piece of advice so that after the fact he can pretend that he was trying to help their party if asked - but it's clear that his intent was first and foremost to insult rather than help.
He's breaking them down instead of building them up. He says this while refusing to mention that he and his teammates have excellent reisenjima augments, much practice, and other less important aids like 2100 JP and maxed vorseals. Practice helps almost as much as gear if gear is on an adequate par to begin with. Newcomers who don't have the gear, practice, and often the JP, don't deserve to be made to feel like garbage just because some braggart doesn't know how to give a proper and just appraisal of the requirements (instead he downplays the requirements), is conceited, tactless, and purposefully poisonous to those he deems less efficient at the game than he is.
I have blisted at least one person ingame because he tends to do exactly the above pet peeve to others, lol >< No one on this thread has done this yet, by the way. So don't worry, this isn't me pointing fingers! ^^
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By RolandJ 2016-10-27 23:16:36
This thread has a new home! It has been moved from the Endgame>Escha thread and into the Endgame main thread as I'd like to leave it open for other highlv events such as lowman Vagary, Delve, and Incursion strats.
Basically my focus is on endgame that is obscured to new players instead of stuff everyone knows or can learn fast like Sinister Reign for example. I see plenty of people buying items/clears from these things, except Incursion, and these would likely be more farm-friendly for these new players if they had access to easy-to-digest, accessible, and very efficient strategies like the ones I try to post here.
So be sure to look here, in the main endgame thread, for this topic instead of the old location.
I'll probably start working on that Duke Vepar video late next week.
By RolandJ 2016-11-06 14:08:23
News Update: The video recording for Duke Vepar is finished. I'll work on the audio later today and the video will probably upload by the end of tomorrow evening. Sorry for the delay on producing the video since I announced it on the 27th of last month - I ended up taking a sort of hiatus from ffxi endgame for about a week.
If you like these videos or simply want more strategy commentaries then be sure to like the videos and/or the main post on this page - it might give me more motivation while making the videos! Or maybe it'll simply make me feel good, lol. Also, others are free to make strategy videos to post here as well, just please be sure to make them well documented, clearly communicated, and polite. Please be sure to like their posts when they post a nice video! ^^
Well, seeya soon!
By RolandJ 2016-11-07 18:38:29
The Duke Vepar video commentary is live! Check it out at https://youtu.be/ZenQSEp9KUA.
I'll add the full text description to the video tomorrow morning. I've got four college assignments due in the morning and I'm going to spend the rest of tonight working on them instead. That's right, I got the video ready for you guys instead of going straight to my homework - I'm not sure if you guys should be proud of me or if I should be ashamed. lol.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Mithlas 2016-11-07 18:51:56
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By Quetzalcoatl.Mithlas 2016-11-13 21:00:03
This might be a far stretch, but do you think any T2s or T3s in Reisenjima could be trioed?
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By Leviathan.Comeatmebro 2016-11-13 21:01:08
all can by highly geared players with an idris geo
some like sarsaok, ironside aren't even hard
By Afania 2016-11-13 21:02:32
Quetzalcoatl.Mithlas said: »This might be a far stretch, but do you think any T2s or T3s in Reisenjima could be trioed?
For T2 more like solo.
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By Odin.Llewelyn 2016-11-13 21:07:00
Quetzalcoatl.Mithlas said: »This might be a far stretch, but do you think any T2s or T3s in Reisenjima could be trioed? I've done all the T3s with BLU GEO WHM with Amchuchu/King of Hearts/Qultada as trusts. Seen some JPs do Maju and Neak with SCH GEO + Trusts, too.
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By RolandJ 2016-11-13 21:09:32
I wish you'd make more videos, Llewelyn! I enjoyed the video you made for the VD ambuscade of August, the one that had a troll boss & 5 minions. I'd watch your videos.
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By Odin.Llewelyn 2016-11-13 21:11:50
I don't have a good enough computer to record. That's all done by Vasch or Speedyjim.
By RolandJ 2016-11-13 21:34:39
Darn, I wish you did. I bet you guys could make some killer lowman strat videos. Most of my experience is in Reisen T2 & lower solo-trios, and Reisen T3 5-7man parties. I'd make some Reisen T2 trio videos in a heartbeat if I had a stock of pop items and/or knew how to farm Incursion efficiently. It's something that was mostly dead by the time I returned to FFXI and since I don't need to use any gear from there I've never been motivated to do it or learn its details.
As for solo videos, aside from Ru'Aun T2 & under & SCH zombie strats, I get more motivation out of focusing on strats that newbie watchers can reasonably be expected to achieve instead since they'll get more utility out of the video. But I do like watching someone who likes the challenge of a solo soloing a tough mob - like watching Hiep's insane solos of lv 140 content.
I am slightly tempted to make some entry/mid-level solo videos on certain mobs, though. However, my time is getting more and more limited due to studies.
Hey there,
I've been working on some strategy videos for the T3s in Escha - Ru'Aun and I've got a few other mobs in mind to make videos for as well. My aim in these videos is to give full-blown strategic commentary for the mob centered around extremely efficient, but typically non 1h SP centric- strategies. The intended result is to enable ffxi newcomers to get intimately aquainted with what works well and how to do it without having to hope to find themselves within a group of friends who has and will share this information in order to get it.
It is my honest estimation that around 70%+ of the knowledge base of the best strategies out there for at least most of the 119-140 content are not published to the general public; bits and pieces might be, but typically not the entire strategy in writing or voice. This was not so much the case in the ffxiclopedia days (at least 2009 and earlier) since the community tended to use its discussion pages heavily in order to share strategies; many of bg-wiki's discussion pages are blank or were blank until recently. I also haven't found a very text/vocals information-oriented strategy/commentary video for FFXI lately. I think I found one but it was in japanese.
For a good example of what I consider full blown strategic commentary gameplay videos check out MajorSlack's videos. His first episode of his Skyrim Legendary Made Easy is a excellent example. Head over to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jTlKWuLPaQ and check it out. He lets you observe the opening cinematics and so his commentary doesn't truly begin until 11:40. This guy always has GREAT commentary. That's the kind of commentary I like when watching game videos. In contrast, I normally don't much care for game/music hybrid videos.
I considered naming this topic "FFXI Strategy Videos: The Drought" to hint that there seems to be a lack of videos of the sort that I just described; at least to my knowledge there is, that is. I decided not to name it that since it's a bit morbid and I don't want to start this thread on that note. It'd be sweet if some other people had some similar text/vocal oriented strategy videos and would post them or start producing such videos for the public to utilize.
The videos links will be posted in the post below.
If you like these videos or simply want more strategy commentaries then be sure to like the videos and/or the main post on this page - it might give me more motivation while making the videos! Or maybe it'll simply make me feel good, lol. Also, others are free to make strategy videos to post here as well, just please be sure to make them well documented, clearly communicated, and polite. Please be sure to like their posts when they post a nice video! ^^
By the way, the greatest thing about trio'n things, in my opinion, is that there's less time shouting and looking for members since you only need 2 additional people instead of 5! It's wonderful, it really is.
Happy Farming!
Roland
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