Getting into endgame...Follow

Ok so i've been playin for a few days, got spark armor and weapon for my war, access to adoulin, some trusts, and now im not sure what to do next. Can someone explain the basics of getting into endgame content and what i should be doing? I'm trying to get into it with my war or paladin so if you can give me personal advice on either of those that would be appreciated too. thanks.

**** only problem is i dont even have access to oboro yet lmao ill do that first, thanks for the advice!

awesome that all helps a ton, just money will be an issue because im not far into vw at all, and never done walk of echoes, dont have the dreamlands zone nor do i know how to farm them properly, but i will figure it out eventually. Thanks for everything :)

You don't need to have the clears to join void watch shouts. The disadvantage is no warp to the site, but it's pretty easy to get around these days.

If you sell a lot of the skirmish upgrade stones you get you can make decent cash too. Not ideal since you will probably end up wanting to buy them back later to get augments but in the short term it can make sense to help you get weapons

Edited, Dec 15th 2014 6:51pm by Olorinus

Well you can use trusts and you are allowed to solo... I haven't tried the Cirdas/Rala skirmishes solo but I couldn't quite pull off Yorcia solo... so I'd recommend getting a couple friends together. Three players in 117 gear with 3 trusts shouldn't have too much trouble I don't think, not with Rala and Cirdas anyway.

A well geared BLM is great in Yorcia if you can get one. BLU is also nice. Your WAR should be in good shape in so far as AOE WS will come in handy (as long as you can survive!). Really though you can probably run with anyone, might take a few tries to get the hang of it, but just make sure to run in the back, get the Noetic Ascensions and kill the nests...

The pop items are cheap, if you're worried about being able to complete it just use a tier 1 head, body and legs. Shouldn't cost more than 10-20K max for a pop. The gear drops are party wide so most groups let the person who popped pick 1 item of their choice - but if you are running with friends you can divide stuff however you want. Yorcia is pretty tedious if you have a good group, so if you get comfortable it is worthwhile switching to a higher tier pop since you just have to wait and wait and wait and it can be very boring.

There is more info about Cirdas/Rala/Yorcia skirmishes here: http://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Category:Skirmish

Unfortunately no one has updated the info about Raz'Ka'Nar skirmishes really yet. On the bright side, you have a lot to do before worrying about that.




Edited, Dec 15th 2014 11:18pm by Olorinus

Totally, it is a problem. That said, I did my first "D" with other people who did not have 119 weapons for the most part. We had to use our one hours and it was definitely tough but we managed. (We did the orc one if that helps)

It will be hard to find a pick up group willing to take you as a DD without a 119 though. I am not going to lie. That's why I suggested making friends. A lot of people are geared up well enough now that they can carry one lower output DD.



Edited, Dec 16th 2014 11:14am by Olorinus

well it's just that there is a big diversity of ways to approach endgame. It's the downside to having a lot of content remain current. It means that you will never ever ever run out of things to do (especially if you haven't been playing for the full decade or so), but it also means there is no "one clear way" forward.

Frankly the best way to approach it is to make friends at a similar-ish position to you in the game and learn together.

Also, I think the biggest issue is that most players want to get into endgame before they are really ready for it. Like, I don't know what it's like in other games, but actually, hitting 99 does not in any way mean that it's time for endgame in FFXI.

I understand the desire to get started in endgame, since soloing forever is boring, but this game, for better or for worse, has a ton of content gated by old old old content. I know, because I hate doing missions, and I am locked out of a lot of end game opportunities because of that. Honestly, I think it's a dumb design decision by the devs because it makes it much much harder to keep new players (it is discouraging to constantly find out you can't do an event because you haven't soloed hours of cut scenes).

Anyway, the only way to enjoy this game in the long term is to not get into the mindset of "rushing" because you will inevitably hit the wall and ragequit because this game WILL NOT LET YOU RUSH. Pretty much everything is gated in one way or another, and that gating often requires you to spend a lot of time soloing regardless of whether you are endgame geared or not.

Also I should mention some of the unity NMs drop 119 gear. Even though it's generally not the best 119 gear it's actually probably the most accessible. To access those NMs you need to spend unity accolades, so do your Records of Eminence unity objectives.

Also you can work on getting your AF/relic upgraded to 119 but that requires the near completion of Chains of Promathia missions before you can start (other than getting the base pieces anyway)


Edited, Dec 18th 2014 10:20am by Olorinus