Originally Posted by GuyArcher  |
| I recreated. I wanted to start in a different city and was only level two so no real loss but some time. I am still a bit hesitant about the game because i am not much for grinding the same mobs for hours on end. Going to stick it out for now. Thanks for the tips. |
Since I havent seen anyone prompt this yet... WELCOME!!! I'm glad to see your mood has changed about this game from the first post
Honestly the only way I was able to tough out playing the game for the first few years was picking up the no horribly horribly outdated hint guide ... released 2004 I think... and that's still floating around near my computer for crafting/quest references - if you are gung ho about it I would reccomend getting one off e-bay or Amazon.com to help you with learning macro's, spell levels, weapon skills, starting gear, starting weapons in something you can sit in your lap to look at while you are running around - one of my favorite features is to autorun pointed at my destination and look up things in the book.
For a bit of a hint to earn gil in the starting areas Windurst is the best I can think of between silk thread (10k a stack on the AH) from crawlers and beehive chips/honey from Bees - if that isnt an option go look on the AH for which stack of 12 crystals are selling for the most and try to concentrate on those critters to get more than enough crystals to keep up on spells/armor
Also if you are in Windurst the Yagudo (Bird-men) drop necklaces that you can turn into thread and start crafting for free as a mage, it's a bit of a boost if you want to try blm for a subjob later ^^ ok, that's my 2cents, and once again Welcome to FFXI