The "Fortunate" Mystery.Follow

There's a few loose ends left from examining the text about this quest which was found earlier using POLUtil. (Posted on page 4 of this thread)



We've seen all these, and pretty much know what each means.



This part is interesting. The first two sentences, and the last sentence we've all seen. I don't believe anyone has received the statement in the 3rd and 4th sentence yet. I see two possibilities - Either there is some requirement necessary to have your fortune told, or there is a cooldown period after discovering your fortune - which apparently no one has!



Slightly different wording of the same thing. You receive one the first time you speak to Emila, the other is given each time after that. Odd that slightly different markers are listed, yet the title is the same. Also, I wonder if the titles are taken from quests that you have completed. I'd like to get a mule out here to try and get a fortune.

Finally,



Again, no one has yet seen that first sentence, and unknown whether it's related to a requirement to have a fortune read, or related to having found your fortune.

I'd like to try and eliminate the "need requirements" possibility. If anyone's got a low level mule in windy and wants to try walking it to Mhaura....
(I thought about tele-mea, but mules typically dont have gate crystals)

Talk to Emila in Mhaura. You apparently spoke to a title changer.

I haven't gone back out to confirm this with a mule, but I swear I received the first message when I turned her down when she offered to read my fortune.

Unfortunately, I've now accepted the quest so I can't get the "I predict I'll be needing my money" option anymore, which was the trigger for this message.

Someone may have already said this but, according to the "come back next week..." thing, perhaps it's a weekly timer. It's possible this is an 8 week cycle, pointing you to a new rune each week with new conditions.. and at the end, what happens? I haven't caught up completely on this thread, so I'm assuming no one has been able to do this activity more than once in the first week. Let me know what you think!

I noticed this too but until you posted I didn't think much of it.

It turns out that what she says in those first two lines reflects the last person who used her to change their title, and the title they selected.


I did a search for players having that name and found him on an airship. He told me that the title was indeed the one he had, and that he had just spoken to the bard. Then I called a LS member over to check - he got the same name and title as well. Then I changed my title and had him recheck, and my name and new title came up.

So there you have it. I don't see how it's related - if you just ask a buddy to change their title, then they'll be the one the bard sings about. Unless someone else comes along after.

Hmmmmm....

So last night I went back to Mharua to do some smithing at the guides and figured I'd talk to Emila. The clocks have reset since I touched my Rune and nothing else has changed.

I get....

"You've forgotten your fortune already?"

Everything was the same as if I had not completed it. I'm going to be looking into this more tonight.

As for the Words of Wisdom, what if they are a criteria on how to get your goal. For example: anyone who has "The poor warrior blames his weapon", have you tried examining your Luck Rune W/O a weapon? I got a crystal from my luck rune when I was solo and my quote was "Even the best parties must come to an end."

Just a thought. If I repeated past speculations please forgive. I'll have to catch back up on the thread at work ^_^.

So if nobody has seen the text found by the POL utility that seems to indicate a cooldown period, it's possible that no one has actually completed the quest and hasn't had to go through a cooldown...

The crystals may either be a step or a consolation prize.


-- Just brainstorming.

This got me thinking. To those who have already gotten a crystal (or more) from a Luck Rune, has anyone tried any of the other luck runes afterward? Perhaps you have to work your way around the elemental wheel or something like that? There are 8 elements and 8 runes. So far there seems to be no connection between elements and runes, but it seems unlikely to me that this number is coincidense. There are plenty more zones to stick Luck Runes in, but they chose to have 8 for a reason.

I'm not sure the words of wisdom have much to do with it. They are old proverbs rewritten for a FFXI setting. Although, its interesting that they have been assigned an elemental color.

Black - The poor warrior blames his weapons. The poor craftsman blames his tools.

Blue - The hippogriff has fair feathers, but foul feet. The peacock hath fair feathers but foul feet.

Yellow - To love a person, you must love their faults. Because to love one another correctly is to love their faults

Green - Love and courage will find a way. Love will find a way

Pale Blue - Even the best party comes to an end. All good things must come to an end

Purple - The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead. The balance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead. (this is the only one that is verbatim with the standard proverb.)

White - Ill gotten gil becomes gil ill gone. Ill got, ill spent. Ill gotten goods never thrive. Ill gotten goods seldom prosper. Ill gotten, ill spent.


Red - The proof of an apple pie is in the eating. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

I have my fortune, and will be checking this out tomorrow.

Something I noticed:

When I talked to the fortune teller she said my color was Blue (ice).

Upon searching my moghouse for ice based elemental gear to wear I noticed that I had a Bronze Bed with an Ice element attached to it. My Moogle always says that my MH is 'faintly aglow with ice energy kupo!'

Is this a coincidence??

Just a thought I'm throwing out there.

At the moment, I'm creating a detailed log of all my actions as I try to solve the mystery. I'll post it up later when I've finished.

8 Days a week.
8 Lunar Categories
8 Elements
8 Elemental Weather Effects.

There's other speculations however that's the ones I know for certain that there's 8 of.

8 partners? Yes, Please! JK. :)

Ok I attempted this today and… well..didn’t get much farther then anyone else lol.

I did make some detailed records though so maybe it will help someone else out there.

Queenbee - taru
Sandorian Rank 5
55BRD, 39WHM, 31BST, 18BLM
Crafting skill: Cooking @ 45. Everything else is at zero.
Current title: Envoy to the North
Mog Enhancement: Experience (faint Ice energy)


Talked to Emila as a 39WHM on Lightningday, 13:11 Last QuarterMoon (55%). Wearing no armor or weapon and having no elemental enhancements on at all. I did have a signet on.

Fortune:

Your lucky color is blue a fluid, soothing shade.
Your fortune lies to the north-northwest.
And as for your perfect partner… Seek one who bears the title of “Courier Extraodinaire.” (this is a Sandorian Quest where you deliver three packages in Port Sandoria. The reward is a Lauan Shield)

Upon talking to her again:

Have you forgotten fate’s secrets already?
Your lucky color is blue.
Your fortune lies north-northwest.
I see great compatibility with one who holds the title of “Courier Extraordinarie.”
Here are a few works of wisdom to see you on your way.
“The hippogriff has fair feathers, but foul feet.”


For some reason I thought Blue=Ice (maybe because North North-West was in Beaudicine.) BUT this did lead me to something interesting that I’m not sure anyone else has discovered yet. I’ll get to that a little later.

I found a friend to do this with. Here’s his stats:

Zirkhan - galka
Country: Bastok
Jobs: 65WAR, various others lvl’d
His current title: Cloud Breaker
Elemental resistance when talking to the NPC fortune teller: -6 fire
Mog House is aglow with Earth energy
Craft skills: 36Bonecraft, 8 Smithing, 6 leathercraft, 5 alchmey

His Fortune:
Color: Green
Direction West
Title to partner with: Heir to the holy crest (this is the dragoon flag quest which I do not have unlocked)

We switch his title to Courrier Extrodinarie and I switched mine to it also.

So we headed to Beaudicine and found the rune. I buffed up with Ice resistance using Soul Voice-Ice Carol, Barblizzardra, lots of Ice oriented Gear totaling to 178 Ice resistance. It was Firesday, Last Quarter Moon (48%) and there was a double Ice element out.

This is the strange thing… Since I misinterpreted Blue as Ice I was buffed with the wrong element… but I got a water crystal anyway.

So the element you’re buffed with doesn’t matter. Just as long as you’re buffed past 'some number' in any element.

We then went to Pashow Marshlands, found his rune, buffed with Barareo and he received a wind crystals (even thought I didn’t have the ‘right’ title).

We tried trading the crystal we received back to the Fortune teller NPC – nothing.

We tried trading the quest item that was received (Lauan Shield) to the Luck Rune – nothing.

We tried trading various other items – nothing.

I’m going to try to think about this some more but… a side of me says, ‘maybe we’re over thinking this’ or ‘maybe the final part just hasn’t been implemented yet’.

Odd question....


Has anyone tried doing this w/ a partner who has NOT changed their title?

I believe someone posted that if you change your title and then return Emila says something different...but I'm not certain about that.

I may head back up to Xacabard (location of my rune) with a LS friend tonight when I get home from work just to see if something new happens.