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Miruyasha

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So I don't know if I've just never noticed them or what but I was running through South Gustaberg just now and saw a Pixie around J-7. Has anyone else seen Pixies in the present?
 
this is based on the amount of people that do the pixie in a bottle quest.... By rescuing pixies in the past you have an effect on the population of pixies in the future
 
Oh yeah I knew that. I just up until now had never seen any of them in the present. Just was wondering if anyone else has seen them in other areas.
 
One second I think there's a special word for this... Now what was it...

Oh yes!

Spoiler:
WE'VE CREATED A TIME PARADOX!



In all seriousness though, I was wondering when this would happen.
 
I've seen them. Saw one in dunes. As a matter of fact I have a theory..

1. One of the magican trials (One I'm working on actually!) the last trial in the path is let loose 10 bottled pixies. (It's for a +15% cure potency staff.)
2. I think I heard letting loose a lot of pixies can bring pixies in the present.
...So I think the magican trials are directly responsible for this. Glad to see them tho, I <3 pixies. ^^

[edit] Also if you wanna know the full path, here's my notes:

790 > kill 100 treant family with any weather
791> 100 spiders in fire wind thunder light weather
828 > 100 any family light weather/day
829 > 100 arcana light weather/day
834 > deal the finishing blow to 150 beasts with light damage greater than 50
838 > 10 bottled pixies

...I'm on trial 828 right now.
 
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It is probably like most of the other first parts it can probably be done in a party. All you can do is try and see if you get credit or not really.
 
I can confirm; it doesn't have to be your kill. I did that one in a party and I didn't always get killshot.

...BTW, if anyone wants to do skillups and I'm bored, look me up. :)
 
I really need to start working on this staff. It scares me as much as my last trial on my DNC dagger tho. I have a feeling 200 Qutrub is gonna suck.
 
Given that, from what I can gather, just about every main WHM in the game is trying to get this staff, I'd not be surprised if you started seeing a LOT of pixies in the present. Until now, there's not really been any reason to run all the way to spring to release them. Most people I know have just been dropping them.
 
Yeah, I'm currently working on getting it too. Shit's awesome.

I just wish I wasn't so god damned unlucky with weathers. I've been sitting in Boyahda for 3 hours without a thunder weather ; ; I didn't even know that was possible until now...
 
Yeah the Spiders (Trial 791) are balls. Easiest way to do it is gather as many spiders you can in Boyahda (about 30) to the zone line and sleepga them. Then ~aga them zone out and have some one sleepga again. Repeat this till they are at low HP. once at low HP just keep them slept till you have weather and ~aga them till they are dead. Do this 3-4 times and you have your 100 kills. This method take about a full party of members to do. BLMs RDMs and BRDs are best jobs for this strat. I have been soloing my spiders so if anyone wants to do this method please send me a tell.
 
So, is it really because of the 10 pixies required for the 15% cure potency staff that has caused pixies to appear, which assumes the possibility was around for a while, or is it that the possibility has only been recently added, and that is why we haven't seen them until after this most recent update?
 
Ezhno said:
So, is it really because of the 10 pixies required for the 15% cure potency staff that has caused pixies to appear, which assumes the possibility was around for a while, or is it that the possibility has only been recently added, and that is why we haven't seen them until after this most recent update?
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easy, not enough people had anything personal to gain from doing the quest. so not enough were doing the quest.
 
Yeah, Ezhno ^^ The way I understand it, this happened on one other server BEFORE the magican trials. Forget which server, but it was near the beginning of Wings of the Goddess. (bout month or two after the expansion came out. I saw it mentioned on Alla. Sorry I didn't save the thread...I'll see if I can digs it up tho.)

I think why it wasn't more widespread was 'cuz there was nothing to be gained by turning in pixies. Nothing visible anyway. Now there's a carrot dangling in front of people; turn in 10 pixies and you get this really good cure stick. So now we got pixies in the present. ^^

[Edit] I didn't find the thread on Alla, but here's a thread on FFXI Online talking about this. Yes they've been in the dats since this expansion came out. So it was ALWAYS a possibility. Also, here's the recent thread talking about this on alla.. Catwho was the one who saw the pixie about a year or two ago in the present, and I have no reason to doubt her.
 
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Getting back on topic...

I saw a pixie in Pashhow Marshlands on my way to Beadeaux to skill up my auto's magic on pup. Seems like they're spreading to more areas than just starters.
 
The bottled pixie quest for pixies to appear in the present if enough people trade in the bottled pixies and not kill the pixies have been around since WoTG first began. Just not enough people bothered to do it. Pixies being around in the present though will certainly help out some exp ptys or low lvl soloers who may need that emergency cure or a raise if they happen to die near a pixie.
 
Yeah this has been released since the WoTG expansion came out.
I saw them in East Raunfore, a few days later after the expansion was released.
No surprise that North Americans and English players are finding out about it now though.
It use to be one of those things like Besiege, Get the Astral Condense stolen and sit and wait until the JP's get it back.
JP's have more of an adventure sense for doing random stuff with friends and having fun.
While most of us just help or go on adventures when there is a reward in return.
That's why if you played during JP time u would see the pixies in present more often or see several besieges in a row.
 
Arctorus said:
Yeah this has been released since the WoTG expansion came out.
I saw them in East Raunfore, a few days later after the expansion was released.
No surprise that North Americans and English players are finding out about it now though.
It use to be one of those things like Besiege, Get the Astral Condense stolen and sit and wait until the JP's get it back.
JP's have more of an adventure sense for doing random stuff with friends and having fun.
While most of us just help or go on adventures when there is a reward in return.
That's why if you played during JP time u would see the pixies in present more often or see several besieges in a row.
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Its sad how true this is. More examples are ballista, maze monger, campaign OPs and even campaign battles to gain control of certain areas.
 
chrono fantasy said:
The bottled pixie quest for pixies to appear in the present if enough people trade in the bottled pixies and not kill the pixies have been around since WoTG first began. Just not enough people bothered to do it. Pixies being around in the present though will certainly help out some exp ptys or low lvl soloers who may need that emergency cure or a raise if they happen to die near a pixie.
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That's what I was thinking, it's such a pain to run back, change, run back, raise, run back, change again, run back again. It's not like a PL or anything but it definitely helps in emergencies. I know I've had my ass saved by a Pixie more than a few times with a Cure V or R3. More of them in the present would just help so much more.


Arthur said:
Its sad how true this is. More examples are ballista, maze monger, campaign OPs and even campaign battles to gain control of certain areas.
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QFT.

Look at Besieged npc's when we'd lose them (choco in particular). We all just complain that they're gone but I've never once heard of any NA/EU people going to get them back. They just reappear and we go along our way.

I think people might enjoy the game more if they took in the games subtle nuances, little things that areas have in them. Gusgen Mines is a perfect example; that place is haunted by ghosts and eerie sounds. There's bloody silhouettes in the water, eerie "air raid" sirens if you get far in, spirits that follow you, and the ghost nm's are actually the ghosts of children that died there.

I just think that if people took the time to do quests and stuff, like the pixie one, then we'd see more of what the game has to offer, while at the same time helping the entire server by bringing pixies to the present.
 
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