It's been a very long time folks

Duragon

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I guess that itch is really bugging me to come back, so I'll try to get back into this game and see how it is. Haven't played for almost 4 years I think, so everything after the first level cap raise is new to me. I remember some of you guys on here that played back when ps2 version came out, hopefully I can get back in within the next few days, just been having a hard time logging into my POL acct.

If all goes well and if my character is still available I'll see you guys in the game. :)
 
I'm kinda tempted to come back for this month to see how fast it is to level with the double exp holiday >.> but I think I'd also need to get the two newer expansions (last I played was ToAU and it wasn't even half way done when I quit) so ya.

I wonder if lolDynamis is still around in any form. My glorious lil dynamis LS :( not sure if it finally ended, merged with another, or is still going strong. I sure hope still going strong.
 
I wonder if lolDynamis is still around in any form. My glorious lil dynamis LS :( not sure if it finally ended, merged with another, or is still going strong. I sure hope still going strong.

Sadly, since the level cap bump, Dynamis runs usually consist of 2-6 people, kinda nullifying the need for an LS. I haven't seen any traces of any real event specific nature. Bst's and Dnc's pretty much control/farm Dynamis now lol. (o. o') It's a casual thing to do since the changes back in 2011 apparently. I've been in about 6 times, only twice with a party, netted around 450 coins so far and a slew of AF (including my Thf hands that eluded me for the better part of 5 years; got em in 5 kills... <. < )

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Category:Dynamis

Here's some new info on it, like the lottery spawns, no more true-sight/sound, ect. As with everything it got easier, but in the case of dynamis, it got more fun too imo. No more laggy runs with Blm nukes and linear strategies. It's much more personal when you go in there with specific intentions/goals. :-)



If all goes well and if my character is still available I'll see you guys in the game. :)


WB!
 
Boo imo :( I really enjoyed gathering so many people together to enter dynamis as a group and have fun as a group. Lag could get annoying, sure, but I'd rather server upgrades and such over time to fix that than reducing what the system was supposed to be. Oh well. I never did finish my AF2 for my RDM (gave up my hat chance since I was planning to quit at the time) or my Excalibur (which at the time I was at stage 3 or 4, I forget, but it was a big deal at the time :P). Ah well.
 
Price-wise there's not much reason not to come back except for the sub fee. The ultimate Abyssea edition w/e is usually between $10-15 on Amazon, and that gives you the game up to current everything, and the broken lowbie hat.

Honestly, I've been running Dynamis with Audino, Foofighter, Bootz and others, and I've been having a blast with it lol. It's methodical, relaxing, and you walk out of the zone with a reasonable sense of accomplishment.

And typically all the damned Relic armor you can handle lol, though not Audino's Wyrm Armet. NOT EVER.

I've dropped like 3 RDM hats now lol.
 
So there is no 3 day wait period between entering dynamis right? How do you enter? Is it the same, pay 1 mil Gil to the gob and he gives you the item to enter?

I know the leveling has changed a lot, where would I go to level?
 
I personally liked new Dynamis but I went through hell after many years of always being outlotted or out positioned by leaders in shells. Hey Raes, how does new Salvage work? I might be able to get some gear if/when I come back.
 
Fucked if I know. Afaik, old Salvage is exactly the way it used to be, only a lot easier because we're all 99 now. New Salvage was added during my last hiatus, so I never bothered to learn the particulars.

I just noticed that this Meeble Burrows crap actually has some pretty nice rewards, lol.
 
Anyone has a social LS for a few characters? I got my GF playing so she's just learning the controls and I may revive another character from back in the day. I'm so lost in this game now :(
 
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So there is no 3 day wait period between entering dynamis right? How do you enter? Is it the same, pay 1 mil Gil to the gob and he gives you the item to enter?

I know the leveling has changed a lot, where would I go to level?

I haven't played in a while, so I may be a tad off; no, the wait period is 24 hours and the item to enter is now a key item that doesn't disappear, so once you get it, it's yours forever. I don't remember it costing a million either, but that's really fuzzy to me. You still have to do the necessary quests to be able to participate as well as the necessary clears to be able to enter zones that required a per-requisite area clear.

The Abyssea proc system is in place as well and that's what really makes it fun, aside from it being a fairly relaxing outing with a friend or two. For me, it was the most enjoyable thing to do anymore. Was able to scrap together a relic bow for a friend in no time (a few months; not all with drops, we would sell and trade what wasn't necessary for his bow to speed his progress before focusing on mine) and made substantial progress on my dagger, but I was falling behind a bit in my off-net life again so I took a step back and haven't returned just yet to finish.
 
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Anyone has a social LS for a few characters? I got my GF playing so she's just learning the controls and I may revive another character from back in the day. I'm so lost in this game now

Yeah man, hit me up in game when you get on. I'll see what I can do with my leads. Also, read-read-READ! There's a LOT to go over and too much to do in one post but check out the forums on here and FFXIAH, there's lots of threads covering all the changes. People will look at you weird if you don't understand proc'ing and Maws. trust me lol. It's fairly easy to understand, just a lot of material.

I haven't played in a while, so I may be a tad off; no, the wait period is 24 hours and the item to enter is now a key item that doesn't disappear, so once you get it, it's yours forever. I don't remember it costing a million either, but that's really fuzzy to me. You still have to do the necessary quests to be able to participate as well as the necessary clears to be able to enter zones that required a per-requisite area clear.

This is true, there is a 500k purchase of KI hourglass now. And it's 24 hr on the JP times, so every morning NA times, it resets ad the one time 500k is life long access. Also be aware, that there is a bug that you may get stuck not being able to buy the KI hourglass at the gob. He says you still have an old one if they removed it while you were away. The solution was to trade him 500k in hand and he gives it too you, but there is no prompt for it for some people.

I personally liked new Dynamis but I went through hell after many years of always being outlotted or out positioned by leaders in shells. Hey Raes, how does new Salvage work? I might be able to get some gear if/when I come back.

I like the new set-up as well. Makes it more fair for everyone, but mostly, the only reason to get relics any more is to upgrade to +1's/2's. Stand alone relics pale in comparison to VNM/Salvage/Empery stuff. But a LOT more relic weapons floating around due to the ability to farm coins now.

Boo imo I really enjoyed gathering so many people together to enter dynamis as a group and have fun as a group. Lag could get annoying, sure, but I'd rather server upgrades and such over time to fix that than reducing what the system was supposed to be. Oh well. I never did finish my AF2 for my RDM (gave up my hat chance since I was planning to quit at the time) or my Excalibur (which at the time I was at stage 3 or 4, I forget, but it was a big deal at the time :P). Ah well.

Yeah I do miss the runs too, but again, you can still get like two parties and clear, or make a run at DL. It's only the option of sneaking/invis by most of the zone that adds a different option for it. Run straight to the TE mobs, down em, then start clearing anything you want ^-^. Fair warning, Blm is soooo nerfed in the new set-up, so forget the old strategy lol. Need dancers, nins, blms, and Smn's now :-)

All in all, welcome back to anyone that's loading in, and come on back to anyone that's thinking about it! Like Raes said, it's a minor investment to get all the content up to now (sans the new seekers expansion which is 30 bucks ::hurl::...)
 
I came back after 4 years with no hope of recovering my original character (Foofighter). Couple days later I have Foofighter back with all my gear and a ton of gil that Audino left on my mules. Few days after that I started limit breaking and got to 95 in 2 really good Abysea parties. Just need Raes to get his butt on to help me with my 99 limit break fight. I also took dnc war thf and mnk to 50 in just a few days. It is much easier to level as you can burn pages and solo or duo pretty easy or exp in an alliance. No more seeking party, ever. Best part of it all is the first person I run into while running through LaTheine is the first person I really befriended way back when I was a level 10 warrior with no sub, Audino (now a sexy red headed mithra named Zaltana). Raes moves back to Quetz, was the premier paladin in TheDynamisShow and the swellest Galka I know, sprinkle in a few others Bootz, Xamel, Grayfox, Nanten, and Spirburg and we have been having a blast. Lots of new content that is really good (outside of the WotG missions - they suck hairly old man balls).
 
Just need Raes to get his butt on to help me with my 99 limit break fight. I also took dnc war thf and mnk to 50 in just a few days.

Let me know when you're ready to knock this out Foo, I have a spare tail that's waiting on someone who's deserving. We'll beat some Taru ass. I'm on most nights ^-^
 
Foo got in on a shout party last night lol. He's all good to go for 99. XD
 
Was only 4 seconds off the record, we owned that midget. Nin at 99 and now Rng at 85 (though I leached a few of those levels while asleep). I was surprised how much damage my Ranger was doing to worms last night. 1k detonators with darksteel bolts and o.bow and top of the line 75 gear but not 85.
 
Was only 4 seconds off the record, we owned that midget. Nin at 99 and now Rng at 85 (though I leached a few of those levels while asleep). I was surprised how much damage my Ranger was doing to worms last night. 1k detonators with darksteel bolts and o.bow and top of the line 75 gear but not 85.

Just wait man, once you get some ATMA's and some of the other gimmie-gear, you're gonna be at 3-4k+.
 
Wait.. leached levels while asleep? wut?
 
Wait.. leached levels while asleep? wut?

RMT (?) parties that you pay or very good friends that bend over for you that lets you zone in, stand in safe spot of camp, 3-4 other people do the work for you while you go do better things with your time (like sleep). Quite a good service in my opinion, and I'm contributing to someone's food on the table. Works fine for me. A job is a job, a service is a service.

Oh, forget about the double EXP holiday. It can't be used for anything meaningful. The only good thing it's for is:

1. Levelling to 30 (not like it's hard anyway but people are just lazy and not intelligent to think about the best way to go about it) so you can beg or wait 200 hours in Jueno to leech and open boxes in Abyssea to 99 or X level where you become slightly useful
2. Unconfirmed but it should work: gaining dynamis EXP to upgrade some relic+2 gear into relic+2+augmented
 
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