Your Most Fun Jobs To Play, And Why?
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Your most fun jobs to play, and why?
wtf, I thought it was 2 plus body had its own 3rd slot? anyway, people say TH makes 2nd slot drop more? wth with this lack of consistency in the community.
Quote: wtf, I thought it was 2 plus body had its own 3rd slot? Nope, it works exactly as I said it does. This has been known for over half a decade now, going on nearly 8 years. The earliest testing on the omen boss drop tables was being done in 2017, and it was confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt relatively quickly (at least in terms of how fast the community universally comes to an agreement on obscure things). Just look at the bgwiki page https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Kin The drop table is listed right there, and if you look at the page history you'll see this info was added as early as 2018. Dagon breastplate will always load at a fixed rate. This is 100% fact. We've observed this list to be accurate for far too long. Scale, grip, and ring are all uncommon drops within the slot, while dagon breastplate is the ultra rare load. It is what it is. Quote: anyway, people say TH makes 2nd slot drop more? wth with this lack of consistency in the community. I'm not sure where you're hearing this from. Nobody in my shell has said that for the longest time. The second drop slot can sometimes be a scale, so there are runs where you get NO accessory drops and instead just see 2 scales. But whenever one of the accessories loads, it always loads in place of the lower scale. And that slot always loads. It's 100% to show up. And whenever dagon breastplate loads, in every instance, in every screenshot (and there have been multiple screenshots of it), its always in the same location. See for yourself. https://www.ffxiah.com/screenshots/80854 Taken from a screenshot on the dagon breastplate page on this very site. The only thing treasure hunter affects is whether or not you get the moonbow steel to load. And nobody gives a crap about that.
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within Omen, TH increases the occurrence of a second item from Ou, but does not make hands drop any more frequently. it also increases the drop rate of swarts substantially, of course. that's it.
Ou is probably the only thing you really want to have thf build TH on in current game, everything else it either doesn't work or is easier to just pop another NM. Ou is the one exception to the treasure hunter rule. Ou has a different drop table where treasure hunter does have an impact. Ou is the ONLY catuare treasure hunter affects, and on OU you DO want a thief and you DO want some treasure hunter procs.
The other 5 catuares however.. treasure hunter sadly doesn’t help on
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Asura.Melliny said: » The second drop slot can sometimes be a scale, so there are runs where you get NO accessory drops and instead just see 2 scales. But whenever one of the accessories loads, it always loads in place of the lower scale. And that slot always loads. It's 100% to show up. And whenever dagon breastplate loads, in every instance, in every screenshot (and there have been multiple screenshots of it), its always in the same location. See for yourself.
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Puppetmaster. I started this job when it first came out and every one lolpup me. It was new and no one knew how to use it well. So I fell in love with the job because it was just me and my pet hannya.
I started an old adventure of soloing NM pup videos and some ballista to prove to the world ? that pup is not a bad job if used right. Every event and party i was not invited too i solo it all like VNM etc. ( keep in mind this was back 2007 or so when ever the job came out). I no longer play but I do pop in when free event start to see how things going once in a blue moon. Hopefully my mission is completed and people started accepting the job. Here one of my fight back in the day. Iam sure a naked 99 brd can solo any of these now n days but things was different before https://youtu.be/egLd11V269c?si=XPJKIzXgrWwWT8AM
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nyheen said: » Puppetmaster. I started this job when it first came out and every one lolpup me. It was new and no one knew how to use it well. So I fell in love with the job because it was just me and my pet hannya. I started an old adventure of soloing NM pup videos and some ballista to prove to the world ? that pup is not a bad job if used right. Every event and party i was not invited too i solo it all like VNM etc. ( keep in mind this was back 2007 or so when ever the job came out). I no longer play but I do pop in when free event start to see how things going once in a blue moon. Hopefully my mission is completed and people started accepting the job. Here one of my fight back in the day. Iam sure a naked 99 brd can solo any of these now n days but things was different before https://youtu.be/egLd11V269c?si=XPJKIzXgrWwWT8AM
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So, once upon a time, I dipped my boots into the world of Final Fantasy XI. And my very first fling? Red Mage. Oh yeah white magic, black magic, swinging a sword like I owned the place. Felt like the complete package. But as I climbed higher, reality smacked me upside the head. Turns out, the job was more about babysitting healing, throwing debuffs and not much about melting faces with spells or going toe-to-toe in melee. So, I thought, nope, not my circus, and I rerolled.
Enter Thief. Level 75. My first true love. Getting there was no picnic, no Chains of Promathia, just grinding through strange corners of the world: Valley Sorrys, Kuftal Tunnel, Labyrinth of Onzozo. Damn, it was rough, but oh-so-sweet. Being the puller, setting the pace, landing that first SATA? That was pure magic. I devoured guides on FFXI-Ifrit and Allakhazam like they were scripture. Took me years, but man Thief hooked me deep. Then came Samurai. After years of sneaking around, I wanted raw, respectable damage. Hagun, Hauberk +1… oh, baby. SAM was a beast. Dropping Gekko, Kasha, Rana with the buffs stacked up it was like orchestrating beautiful destruction. My linkshell let me kick things off in Sky as THF/DRK, but SAM? That’s when I felt like I was truly carrying weight. Next stop: Warrior. Around Abyssea, SAM wasn’t shining, and I wanted a job that was ironclad in every fight. My LS hooked me up with an Ukon, and that’s when WAR became my longest-running flame. From 2010 all the way to 2023 it was my bread, my butter, my big damn hammer. Made empy weapons, smashed through VW, Einherjar, Legion… it was glorious. But then… oh then came the Naegling era. Everybody and their grandma had one, swinging it like they were special. Boring. Predictable. Took the fun right out of my WAR. Monk. Fast fists, FTP replication, God Hands. It reminded me of my Thief days—dual-wielding quick blades, carving things up in a blur. And boy, did Monk deliver. Easy to gear, devastating WS, and when I picked up Verethragna? Oh, hell yes. Against bosses, Vereth was poetry. Against waves? God Hands, baby Howling Fist, Tornado Kick, carnage everywhere. For the first time, I was trading blows, parse for parse, neck and neck with those cookie-cutter Naegling WARs and DRGs. So yeah that’s been my journey. RDM for a year, THF for three, SAM for two, WAR for damn near thirteen, and now MNK standing tall as my new main.
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Dragoon
Dragoon has and always will be my favourite job. It was the entire reason I got the game. I was showing my GF FF12 and remembered about "oh that online one had the monsters up all the time, it wasnt random encounters" So I looked up FF11 and did some research and stumbled across DRG. As soon as I saw you get a pet dragon, I was all in. Went out and bought the game. This was just around the time when WoTG came out, so missed the loldrg stage... but always seen as a "late to the party" player as it was 2008. My first Relic and first Mythic were both DRG weapons. It may not put out the numbers like my DRK does but its a lot more fun. I Miss DRG burn parties. Paladin Sword and Shield will always look cool. Doesnt matter what the game is. Burtgang was my second mythic. I always like being front line, so PLD was always going to be on the table. White Mage, because it's difficult these days to find an MMO where healers actually spend most of their cognitive resources healing/buffing. It's useful in a ton of content, necessary in some as well, and an excellent safety net that rewards forethought. Aside from Yagrush, is pretty inexpensive to gear properly too.
Warrior, because it exemplifies FFXI's "right tool for the job" design-- certainly effective at throwing out savage blades, but equipped to explore more effective options to suit the content and group. Lots of options to play with. Rarely feels like a waste to collect a new REMA for it.
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If we are talking about past Eras:
75cap DRK was exceptionally fun. KClub, Rune Chopper, Ridill and Apoc were all some of the best weapons. Apoc DRK/NIN was the single best tank at 75 cap. Being able maintain a low shadow recast, spam hate spells (before they were nerfed), and keep your HP full while doing top tier damage was challenging but very rewarding. During the 93.3% delay period Apoc hit so hard it was a DPS loss to weaponskill after putting AM up. Drks - pining for perma hundred scythes since 2005.
I too pine for the days when bow Rng was second only to gun Rng in damage.
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Dodik said: » Drks - pining for perma hundred scythes since 2005. I too pine for the days when bow Rng was second only to gun Rng in damage. They nerfed RNG about a week after I got it to 75. That was such a big disappointment in my FFXI career.
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Othinus Bow RNG was pretty good at 75. It was always competitive with Ebow, and also buffed the party's damage.
-Acid Bolts for defense down. -Darksteel Bolts for WS/Barrage. -Sleep/Bloody Bolts for emergencies. -Holy Bolts for TPing I think I also had a Hellfire+1
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Utility bolts were great, just a shame xbow is usually a pretty decent dmg hit since bows/guns have all the damage
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