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Hey all,

Thinking about dusting off ffxi. Questions, though.

Has the game got to the point where you need a R/M/E in order to get invited to do endgame as a DD? I'm not asking if R/M/E is the best, I'm asking if nobody will invite me regardless of what's best.

If you don't need R/M/E, are my options still limited to OAT DRK and Super Hagun SAM? Is one a better choice than the other? I would prefer a low barrier to entry, I already have my Super Hagun, but I could make a OAT GS if I needed to.

Thanks in advance.

Edited, Feb 2nd 2013 2:30pm by Thydonon

Someone who asks for R/M/E only is a moron, hands-down. Precisely for the reasons of OAT GS and Kantonotachi as you mentioned, but also OAT polearm for DRG (and if they endorse empy polearm, just blacklist them forever).

If they don't accept you with OAT GS and a proper hitbuild, they're the sort of leader whose group wipes to Qilin. True story.

So if they don't invite you because you're not using R/M/E on DRK, SAM, or DRG... You're probably better off not wasting your time with people using such a braindead metric or even demanding inferior weapons.

Ok I have a comeback question as well... First off I guess, since I've been away from the game for 5 years... What is R/M/E? (I'm guessing rare, exclusive, and something else lol) Second question, I have a friend that is dying to play FFXIV, but has never experienced FFXI... He wanted to play the game for a little while leading up to FFXIV... So my question is, if I come back to play with him, and I don't have the abbysea collections, ( I only have WOTG, TOAU) when I'm not playing with him will I be able to level up anywhere, and are there still people doing WOTG missions, and TOAU missions? Are there still people partying in TOAU areas, or even maybe some new WOTG areas?

My dark and blu are 75 with max merits, and wouldn't mind taking them to 99 just for fun, but are all the parties in the new expansion areas? Will I have a hard time finding fun if I don't have those expansions. Only plan on playing for a month or two just until the FFXIV beta starts. Thanks for your answers, I really appreciate it. He really wants to experience it, but doesn't want me to pay to come back to only play with him, and wants me to get my money's worth so to speak.

Edited, Feb 3rd 2013 4:00pm by SirLuciousLeftfoot

Thanks for answering my question. What about the other half lol. Thanks in advance.

You can level up. People party down in the sewers under sandoria, can get to cap down there. You can also solo campaign (sometimes others will be there) and get exp that way... missions etc are a bit more annoying to get people for but people do, in fact, do them. Realistically, anything that doesn't require three people to enter (assault/salvage/meeble etc) you can probably duo.

However, I think you're missing out on some of the most fun content available by not having any abyssea. You will also be missing some key stepping stone gear (AF3 +1/+2 is quite decent and a lot of it is fairly easy to get). I am not sure if you can do voidwatch without abyssea add ons, I think you can but not sure....

Anyway, given that the ultimate collection was just for sale for $5 keep an open mind about getting all the add ons. Also, there is a new expansion coming in march, including two new jobs, Geomancer and Rune Fencer... don't know if you know that... so it may be worthwhile to wait until it comes out and just get the ultimate edition with all the add ons at that time.

I would like to jump back in here with the question I had before, hoping for a bit of guidance. As far as I can tell, the three non-R/M/E DD endgame options are limited to:

OaT Resolution DRK
OaT Stardiver DRG
Super Hagun Shoha SAM

Are they roughly even for endgame zergs or does one pull ahead from the others? Is there another option I don't know about?

Any insight at all is appreciated; thanks in advance.