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[LadyKiKi]

And at 68, drama & free for all retard camp, Colibri-leech camp in the thickets.

You can make and break friends there extremely easy. Good luck! =)

 

[Kentaro]

Also, it's the 50's you've got to worry about, not the thirties.

I just dinged 50, uh-oh?

 

[LadyKiKi]

I just dinged 50, uh-oh?

50s produces the most annoying camps in terms of competition and EXP parties. It's not incredibly bad but sometimes you might just have to hold off from levelling just because all other alternatives are so incredibly slow or annoying you might find yourself grinding it.

 

[Kentaro]

50s produces the most annoying camps in terms of competition and EXP parties. It's not incredibly bad but sometimes you might just have to hold off from levelling just because all other alternatives are so incredibly slow or annoying you might find yourself grinding it.

Ouch, from all the information I read and guides I read all beastmasters seem to say that. :shok:

I have some friends though that play and offered a Beastmaster a group to use to get out of these camps rather quickly one of them is a 75 Bst himself and knows the trouble of it.

 

[LadyKiKi]

It's not that bad really. The ones that say it sucks are really impatient Beastmasters in my opinion. At 50-55 the EXP to next level is a little under 10k, which is absolutely nothing, especially with the EXP patch added to it. At crawler's nest you can bulldoze most things with an Exoray.

At 55-59 is where the real trickery comes due to the Hellmines thing. But play smart and go behind gate #2 and it should be plain sailing, although I have encountered anal JP parties/soloers behind there before. But think! There's millions of beetles. If possible, bats vs beetles to bridge the EXP.

At 59, I made a post over at FFXI-Online:

Relax.

At 59 go to:

Toramai Canal

On the map with the Windurst Wall Exit, there's a camp on the bottom right handside of the map. I gone through that camp on NIN RDM THF DRK PLD.

Good place for 59-61, pugils vs crabs

At F-10 is a massive room full of crabs and pugils. Use them to level up. I stop there at 61 and move to the tree. If you're aggresive 1 pugil will take out a crab with your help, otherwise you need to use 2 pugils. Depends on your playstyle.

Bring reraises, as no one will raise you in that shit hole. Otherwise, it takes 1 sneak oil to get to the camp from the Windurst Walls Entrance (a series of quests is needed to get into there, or you need 3 mages to help you from the other entrance).

And don't lose your mind. If I was like you I'd not have got to where I am now. Trust me on my information

Battles can be somewhat slow there though, crabs are quite annoying to kill due to their resistant to pain . . . .

And just incase you think otherwise:

NOTE: Ignore my gear choices. I simply choose to surpress myself to not die. And these screenshots are recent (3-4 days ago). DRK is my current "project".

And yes, I'm not BST to any event. I'm PLD usually. Unfortunately that is the case for now, hopefully something will change soon, but that's one big hope.

If you want more info/advice feel free to make a topic here. I'll see to it.



EDIT: No disturbances there from me 99% of the time. At one point some retarded person decided to level his NPC there, RIGHT THERE, IN "MY" ROOM.... despite there being 1000+ mobs elsewhere around the zone. He had to be... THERE. Otherwise it's not too bad. Gets kinda lonely there. And watch out for the undead.

 

[pakomen]

The fifties don't suck for danger or anything like that. They're just, as kiki said, grinding... My second time through (pld/bst), I went in with the mindset that I was farming, not leveling. You'd be amazed what a little positivity will do. Just think that you're farming seals and lizard crap and you'll walk away happy. Just stay positive, and if you find yourself losing your temper, walk away for a bit and do something else. Those can be some very annoying levels.

 

[Diveine]

I'm not sure if I remember this right but at 51-53ish there's the Bostonieux Oubliette camp, which I found was awesome for exp. Where I first started to use my bst 2hr actually and found out how great slimes are as pets.

At 64 up a friend leveled his bst until 75 with the FoV's at Cape Terrigan, problem is it can get overcrowded, although easy to find a duo buddy.

My bst is at 71, I was doing the Leech camp at Bhaflau Thickets at 68-70, until someone told me that they were getting good exp from Campaign Battle. I tried it and am getting ~2~3k per battle, depending on duration of battle of course, lowest up to now was 700ish exp. Finding charmable pets without need of charm gear, makes it even easier. And the areas that had no pets i.e. The Eldieme Necropolis, I would use a cc, possibly the best experience points obtained where via that method.

 

[vikeadens]

If anyone needs a Dou partner i will level sync with you, Im on EST time