So, I went out to the La Theine Plateau to hunt Giant Wasps for bee pollen (don’t the devs realize these are two very different types of insects?). Do you want that gift wrapped? I can do that, too! Quest for Pollen Yes, of course I’ll get your bee pollen for you. I was pleased.Įven more, I learned that the reward you’d earn from this, Gilgamesh’s introductory letter, takes the place of all the items you had to grind for to complete your Support Job quest. Now, FFXI is not a game that holds your hand – there are no marks to indicate NPCs with quests, and there’s a lot you have to figure out yourself, so this was a pleasant surprise.Īrriving there, I got another cutscene which actually set up the beginning of a main storyline for FFXI. The moment I walked into Selbina, I was in a cutscene that directed me to see the mayor of the town. Unexpected CutscenesĪs I said, FFXI makes sure you can’t miss the Rhapsodies quests. It was when I first entered the town that the story started. So, I headed into the Dunes towards the outpost of Selbina. I remember so many hours spent out there trying to get to the point where I could enter the Dunes… I guess this was just karma kicking in letting me bypass it all. I was so high leveled by the time I headed in that direction that almost every thing was easy prey to me. I was surprised, however, that I completely by-passed the La Theine Plateau in my leveling progression, totally by accident.

So, even with my Trust-buddies, I knew I was going to be out there for a long time. Some of these are rated a 4-6% chance to drop based on the wiki. And you could group for hours and hours and hours trying to get one of the elusive drops. I know that I’ve succeeded in completing this quest at least twice, and that it was the bane of my existence all those years ago.įorced grouping was the only way you got this done. Level 18 is the magic number whereupon you can begin working on gathering items for the very long and very tiring Support Job quest. So, after completing my first city mission and gearing up, I realized I was really close to level 18. And the rewards they give speed up leveling and progression significantly. Similar to the main quest scenarios of FFXIV, this story makes it so that it’s very hard to miss. But apparently, as long as you at least have one expansion (which all NA users do, no matter how far back you go), the part of the story associated with the expansions you own are active. I didn’t know what it was, and didn’t expect new content since I didn’t own any of the new expansions. I actually got my first cutscene back at level 5 when I entered the city for the first time.

This is one of the newer pieces of content called “ Rhapsodies of Vana’diel.” The hope for this story is one of the reasons I decided to come back to this game again, so I was very pleased with the unexpected “main” storyline that became suddenly present in the game. Now, I’ve always heard that FFXI had a top notch story, but I’ve never been able to see it, since I never leveled past 20 with any character. Those who follow my blogging know that story is a huge part of a MMO’s experience for me. Perhaps the people that are having problems getting blu skillups are playing the job more as a mage? Until the next update, when possibly BLU gets more balanced out, I feel it's more of a melee DD job, and its spells should be treated as weapon skills.I return to Vana’diel after not having played FFXI for over a decade. ATT doesn't affect BLU spells, but STR and ACC most certainly do. I eat sole sushi and wear STR ACC and ATT gear. So maybe you aren't excercizing physical spells enough. Physical spells have also done more consistent damage for me than any magic spell, and give a better MP to dmg ratio. Physical spells seem to give me more skillups than magic ones. But back to what I was saying before: Every single level I've achieved so far, my BLU skill has capped within minutes of leveling up. I've noticed that multihit spells seem to be more accurate when used with Chain Affinity, and net skillups quite frequently. Use head butt during Utsu cast and you have a near-invincible tank. Head Butt should be going off quite a bit, this is better than Paralyze effect if used a lot. My Blu magic skill and my sword skill have both capped within minutes of Lvling up. Spending hours casting spells on yourself outside of MH? You make BLU out to be the next SMN in terms of dreariness. Reading posts about people skilling about BLU magic.

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