Returning player... Totally lost.Follow

So, I last logged in in January of last year, and prior to that, the last time I seriously played, Abyssea was the new and "in" thing to do. Well lately I've been wanting to play again. I know the expansion came out right after I stopped playing, but from what Im seeing, there are a LOT of tings that have changed in the last year, and a lot of new things. So my questions are where do I start beyond getting te expansion? I had most of Abyssea done, as in atmas and boss kills, though I never got an empy or any of the gear for any of my 95-99 jobs.

So where would I begin when I resub? Is there a list of everything that's changed and what's new? Also, how much of the new stuff can I do without the Expansion, since It might have to wait till next paycheck to pick it up, depending on how much I have left this one.

You should start records of emininece and trust right away. You can earn sparks for basic gear for adoulin before you shell out for the expansion. That way it will be easier to solo rieves and stuff to do assignments and bring up your colonization ranks

Sorry on phone so formatting ugh:

wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Category:Records_of_Eminence

Edited, Jan 19th 2014 11:52pm by Olorinus

Thanks for the links and info, gotta say, even without taking SoA into account, there's a lot of new things, and a ton of changes this past year. So I looked through the eminence system, and the weapons at 99 seem good at a glance, but since I don't have a relic or empy or mythic, would one of them do enough to get me started in the expansion, at least towards getting whatever the new uber weapons are? As in, if I'm using one, will I actually be able to do anyting, or will it be the R/M/E or bust that the game was when I left?

So another question. Pretty sure of the answer, but rather be sure one way or the other, and browsing the web isn't exactly a good enough experience on this Wii U to find confirmation myself. My laptop is in need of repair, not really sure what's wrong with it this time, so it's not useable, and as such, I have to use my old Xbox 360 copy and system to play until I can get it repaired. My question is, do I need the actual disc for the SoA expansion, or is it automatically downloaded like the Abyssea addons, and I can just get and apply the code? Can't find a copy of the disc or the Ultimate edition anywhere around me, and thought I'd ask before shopping around online for it.

They added a second page for augments due to the increased amount of stats on newer gear, press the - on the numeric keypad.

So I got SoA installed and all, got to Auodolin, even unlocked Geomancer (and man, I thought Cor dice were expensive, Geo spells are a nightmare) and thanks to my Blu and RoE, I got the outrider and wayferer sets and working on the third not counting the skillup set, as well as the eminent weapons for Blu, Bst, and Sam. So what should I focus on next? There's so many things I'm actually a bit overwhelmed. From what I've read around on various sites, Delve is pretty out of the question being I lack any Delve weapons or a good support job. Should I focus on reforged AF? Or just do the quests in Auodolin? Or something else altogether? And are all servers so dead? Or is it just Phoenix? Aside from some shouts for SKC and AA things, the only shouts I see are people buying or selling stuff like hmp or beastly shanks. Amd throughout the week, there's rarely more than 800 or so players on when I do a /sea all.

On a side note, something I've been wondering. A friend and I duoed/soloed through Chains of Promathia, after they cut out the level caps and such, but hes long since quit. And I really doubt I'll find people willing to go along with me nowadays, but I'd like to complete the ToaU and WotG storylines. So I'm curious as to how much if any of them are soloable now? I'm assuming with the new high itemlevel armor and weapon sets things should be pretty easy, but then I've never got very far in them to know what's what. The job's I have at 99 with the necessary skills and all are Blu, Sam, and Bst, though I don't have any of the -pdt gear really.

You can solo WotG final mission on Bst, I did it on lvl 99 equip with Gerard back in the days...Only fight that was troublesome was the 4 man rumble in WoE which I duoed with a friend ;p

Yea I wouldn't mind having an ls, but I've not been in one for a while, since right around the first Abyssea addon when it broke, and with the world forums here and the official forums,at least for Phoenix, being basically dead, I've no ckue how to get one without knowing someone and all. Shouting for one didn't work before my long hiatus, and I doubt it will this time either sadly. So right now I'm just grinding up some of the jobs I never leveled as well as Geo,while working on ToAU, the things I can at least.

Gotta say, I'm loving the trust npcs. Finally got some well deserved revenge on the sky gods, including te oversized cat itself, Kirin. I probably could have taken them all just BST, but it was far more fun with a party of npcs. Sadly didn't get any of the once-awesome drops, but it sure was fun.