hey all. it may be a little early but i figued i'd start testing the waters. when i previously played FFXI i only got to Lv72 so i didn't do any endgame stuff. so now that i know i'll be here for a while i have a few questions.
i recently left a very active end game raiding guild in WoW. after having mutliple sets of endgame gear for all the classes i played it got very boring and repeatative and frustrated that uber item i worked so hard for 6 months ago becomes worthless as new content is introduced. so i came back to ffxi where items don't really lose their usefullness, combat is more interesting and varried and there's always a cute tarutaru nearby.
i recently joined a linkshell with some of the members of the old linkshell i was in before i left. they were doing Dynamis last night and i noticed all commands and strategy discussion was taking place in the linkshell. this perturbed me as it seems very inefficient, slow and dangerous. multiple people would even type in caps as if some of the people there didn't know what to do and were doing things they shouldn't.
so my questions are as follows:
are there linkshells that use teamspeak or ventrillo on Quetz? how prevalent are they?
do linkshells require their members to know the strategies for the events before hand? so you don't have melee damage dealers trying to do damage when they shouldn't and possibly causing a wipe?
are there linkshells that use a point system for items and gear? because from what i remember there was always drama about this issue and a point system run fairly completely alleviates it.
lastly. anyone know which shells follow all three of the above? that is, using voice of IP technology, members are required to know the strategy before hand and a point system is used in determining who gets what.
i'm currently leveling all applicable sub jobs and then will take either warrior or dark knight to Lv75 unless some new job interests me in WoTG. but after that i'd like to jump right into dynamis, sky, sea, etc, etc.
im not looking to ride the coat tails of any established, powerhouse linkshell, just looking for intelligent shells that are interested in completing content efficently, and being fair and as drama free as possible.
i recently left a very active end game raiding guild in WoW. after having mutliple sets of endgame gear for all the classes i played it got very boring and repeatative and frustrated that uber item i worked so hard for 6 months ago becomes worthless as new content is introduced. so i came back to ffxi where items don't really lose their usefullness, combat is more interesting and varried and there's always a cute tarutaru nearby.
i recently joined a linkshell with some of the members of the old linkshell i was in before i left. they were doing Dynamis last night and i noticed all commands and strategy discussion was taking place in the linkshell. this perturbed me as it seems very inefficient, slow and dangerous. multiple people would even type in caps as if some of the people there didn't know what to do and were doing things they shouldn't.
so my questions are as follows:
are there linkshells that use teamspeak or ventrillo on Quetz? how prevalent are they?
do linkshells require their members to know the strategies for the events before hand? so you don't have melee damage dealers trying to do damage when they shouldn't and possibly causing a wipe?
are there linkshells that use a point system for items and gear? because from what i remember there was always drama about this issue and a point system run fairly completely alleviates it.
lastly. anyone know which shells follow all three of the above? that is, using voice of IP technology, members are required to know the strategy before hand and a point system is used in determining who gets what.
i'm currently leveling all applicable sub jobs and then will take either warrior or dark knight to Lv75 unless some new job interests me in WoTG. but after that i'd like to jump right into dynamis, sky, sea, etc, etc.
im not looking to ride the coat tails of any established, powerhouse linkshell, just looking for intelligent shells that are interested in completing content efficently, and being fair and as drama free as possible.
