What happened to valkurm dunes....

Vichie

Vichie

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Hey, i came back to Valkurm dunes after like a year and a half from playing ff11 and i see the place is hardly full yes i know theres people there etc... etc... but a whm could get a party in 5 minutes but now its countless hours of waiting and its the lvls the place used to be stacked full of good lvl 10-13 parties and theyre gone now too. The only thing i can do now is try to live through the boredom of fighting easy prey as a whm :jester:
 
Haven't you heard? There aren't any new players anymore. Dunes are dead =P



Ok, not quite, but from what I hear from a friend of mine who just started, there are about 1/4 of the people in the dunes as there used to be.
 
Vichie said:
the place used to be stacked full of good lvl 10-13 parties
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Can't... stop... laughing....
 
I long ago instituted a new rule: solo to 15 and only go to the dunes when it became necessary, then kill goblins and weep with nostalgia for parties in Shakrami.
 
Our server is one of those servers with an 'older' demographic. Not many new players get on our server.
 
I beat the dunes by yelling at my PTs untill they do it right, or PL myself through them.

To hell with thier future skills i might be wrecking, i want exp now!
 
Marajade said:
I beat the dunes by yelling at my PTs untill they do it right, or PL myself through them.

To hell with thier future skills i might be wrecking, i want exp now!
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I second this, bitching at your party NEVER fails...ok sometimes it fails...
 
I tried seeking a party as a lv 12 whm and got an invite, minutes later after getting gear ready (I was in sandy) I was informed not to bother coming as they got a DD with a pl instead, the dunes are no longer a place where people party as a team against all odds, nope now its a place where you are babysitted by multipule bored high-level mages.

I see one or two man partys with pl's as often as I do entire teams, the dunes apparantly is too tough for some people now they'd rather not earn their exp but instead coast through their teens with a minder. lol
 
i cant remember the last time i exp'd there. the place sux, always has.
 
neophytal said:
i couldnt tell you, i solo/duo through those levels. fack the parties there. :)
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Ditto, usually getting exp a lot faster solo as well. Especially with the exp bands lol
 
What I find hilarous is when people get level 17 or 18 and head off to Qufim. WTF! Qufim used to be 20+ onry when I came through and now parties go fight worms and die and then scream for raises since Jeuno is right there. Qufim has essentially turned into the new dunes and the first real partying most new players do is in the jungles.
 
earliest I cut it in dunes is 19 exping there in dunes and go to quifim just sucks period you're too strong for the pugs and gobs to give good exp and yet they still give enough bite to be a pain in the ass worms are weak to piercing(godsend) and die quickly

Eh maybe I'm one of the few who gets good pts in the dunes but then again I always /sea the person who asks me for invite it's elitist but teaching macros and what wses are get old when you're going through the dunes the 3-4th time?
 
i used to bitch to the group, thats how they got good, they wouldnt get angry at the whm muahahahaha
 
I like the dunes now that there is like no one there I am solo'ing my PUP down there right now and the few parties that are down there do not bitch about me taking there exp mobs even though most of them rate as T to VT to me on my PUP. I remeber going there on my DRK before when I was around 25 to level my GA and GS skills pulling flies next to a party killing crabs and having a GM called on me because I was taking the exp mobs they where not fighting.
 
I started smn a few days ago, I haven't found an xp pt yet that can get more than 50xp a kill. It's a new low.
 
Khidir said:
earliest I cut it in dunes is 19 exping there in dunes and go to quifim just sucks period you're too strong for the pugs and gobs to give good exp and yet they still give enough bite to be a pain in the ass worms are weak to piercing(godsend) and die quickly
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I disagree... the pugs at Whitebone are fairly good xp even at 19-20 if your party doesn't suck completely.

BTW, worms are neutral to all three damage types.
 
Celvantes said:
Haven't you heard? There aren't any new players anymore. Dunes are dead =P
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Jokingly or not i actually heard exactly this earlier tonight from a couple people who recently quit/are in the middle of quitting/have quit on WoW.

And hali, much love but i was soloing to avoid the dunes way back when 'hay guyz! i herd valkurm was a great place to pt, come on i've got plvlzz!!!111' got people jumping the rails for the boats, you know back when shakrami was a meat and potatos kinda grind spot .. gogo gadget-bubumiru :P and just wave at the noobs as they go by .. lol.

Say what you want about quick grinds. Valkurm was no place for PuGs on any metaphoric level.

Never had a job under my belt i didn't put in the first 20 levels on my own with. Good times. Slow times, but good times. I miss those days if nothing else about FFXI.
 
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a sign that FFXI is becoming dead?

now Cae. Mire is like Dunes now, Overcrowed, people stealing each other mobs, compete with each other

i think now is more people only doing End game stuff

100+ people in Dragon Aery almost every window lol
 
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I dont enjoy ff11 without A: My chocobo B: Parties soloing sucks for me and C: GIL I CANT MAKE GIL! if only my brother didnt delete Alleria my most succesful character. I had chocobo and all the best gear althought i was like 25 i didnt play much i enjoyed myself thoroughly >< oh i miss the old times
 
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