02-27-2007, 08:35 AM | #1 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 109 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 14 Thanked 8x in 8 Posts Gil: 4,543 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 4,543 Donate | Endgame Activities I am working my way through the upper 60's now, and am starting to think about endgame. Since I have never done any of it before, I wanted to ask my fellow dragoons for some direction. Here are my thoughts so far:
1) Dynamis. Probabally my first choice. I am not too impressed with the relic armor but it would be fun to collect anyway. My only question regarding this is how often the armor drops. Will I be doing dynamis for 6 months or 6 years before I complete the relic armor?
2) Limbus. Don't know anything about this..... is it worth doing?
3) HNMLS. No. Don't have the time or the energy for a second job. Applications, interviews, required attendance, required times.... I don't know why people do it.
4) Salvage. Seems like DRG is a great job for salvage, but the big rewards (read: Ares Set) is to hard to obtain near as I can tell. Anything else a DRG can get from this? As a side benefit I assume salvage LSes do Assaults, which I enjoy doing.
I know as a DRG I might have a hard time getting into a LS for these things, but I'm not worried about that right now. Assuming that I can do all these things, which ones have you all had fun and success with? | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 08:55 AM | #2 (permalink) | | King of the Oompa Loompas Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,343 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 10 Thanked 115x in 94 Posts Gil: 24,631 Bank: 36,526 Total Gil: 61,157 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities Originally Posted by Greylynx | I am working my way through the upper 60's now, and am starting to think about endgame. Since I have never done any of it before, I wanted to ask my fellow dragoons for some direction. Here are my thoughts so far:
1) Dynamis. Probabally my first choice. I am not too impressed with the relic armor but it would be fun to collect anyway. My only question regarding this is how often the armor drops. Will I be doing dynamis for 6 months or 6 years before I complete the relic armor? | Seeing as how you're a dragoon, you won't have that much competition for drops. However, drop rates in dynamis are very rare. You could end up with as many as 10 drops in one session, or not get anything at all. Originally Posted by Greylynx | | 2) Limbus. Don't know anything about this..... is it worth doing? | Limbus, IMO, is worth it. You can obtain your AF + 1 here among other great equips ( brutal earring, boxer's mantle, loquacious earring, etc. ) I got my loquacious earring there and I haven't taken it off ever since I got it. Originally Posted by Greylynx | | 3) HNMLS. No. Don't have the time or the energy for a second job. Applications, interviews, required attendance, required times.... I don't know why people do it. | I feel the same way. It's too much time and energy, and I really don't think I'm going to get much from hunting sky gods when I already have most of the equipment I need. Originally Posted by Greylynx | | 4) Salvage. Seems like DRG is a great job for salvage, but the big rewards (read: Ares Set) is to hard to obtain near as I can tell. Anything else a DRG can get from this? As a side benefit I assume salvage LSes do Assaults, which I enjoy doing. | Don't know too much about salvage, but as far as I know, it will take you a very long time to obtain something here. I still don't know anybody on seraph with a piece of Morrigans. Originally Posted by Greylynx | | I know as a DRG I might have a hard time getting into a LS for these things, but I'm not worried about that right now. Assuming that I can do all these things, which ones have you all had fun and success with? | I personally think you'd have a really fun time with limbus though. It requires at least a party, and doesn't take that much organization, as opposed to HNMls activities. Me and my friends formed a limbus linkshell, and we've been getting about 10 ancienct beastcoins per run. Not only can you put them toward your AF+1, but you can sell them for nice money ( 30k per ). Only thing though is that you need sea access, so I would suggest getting a good static before you worry about limbus. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | The following user says "Thank You" to Mog for above post: | | | 02-27-2007, 09:31 AM | #3 (permalink) | | LOLDRG Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 840 Style: Light - Version 5 My Mood: Thanks: 85 Thanked 65x in 47 Posts Gil: 9,405 Bank: 39,232 Total Gil: 48,638 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities Just wanted to add something about limbus. Homam set. It has some pretty nice pieces for drg. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 09:59 AM | #4 (permalink) | | Heir to Odin Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: May 2006 Location: None of your damn business Posts: 3,486 Style: Light - Version 5 My Mood: Thanks: 737 Thanked 318x in 218 Posts Gil: 97,973 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 97,973 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities Ares set is freaking amazing for DRG, but good luck getting your hands on even one piece >. <
Still, Salvage is a very fun mini-game. As for Dynamis, I'd at least try to get the helm and body armor. The helm powers up your breaths considerably, and the body grants your wyvern your sub job abilities (go go wyvern berserk!) | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 10:10 AM | #5 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 109 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 14 Thanked 8x in 8 Posts Gil: 4,543 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 4,543 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities Originally Posted by Malacite | | As for Dynamis, I'd at least try to get the helm and body armor. The helm powers up your breaths considerably, and the body grants your wyvern your sub job abilities (go go wyvern berserk!) | I don't wanna get off topic, but I thought the body granted your wyvern one of your job traits (i.e. Double Attack or Attack Bonus), how would it get Berserk? | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 11:36 AM | #7 (permalink) | | Ares's Cuirass Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,990 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 8 Thanked 31x in 25 Posts Gil: 1,038 Bank: 3,166 Total Gil: 4,204 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities Wyrm Mail
According to this its as Malacite put it. Your Wyvern gains your support job abilties therefore if you are /war your wyvern will get Berserk etc. 75 Mnk Sam | 70 Drk | 40 Blm | 37 Nin Rng Thf War
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ZM:Complete CoP:Complete ToAU:27 | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 11:47 AM | #8 (permalink) | | Altanaの戦士 Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fenrir Server Posts: 2,707 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 124 Thanked 301x in 191 Posts Gil: 160 Bank: 58,800 Total Gil: 58,960 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities Whoah this is very interesting, I always thought DRG end-game activities only involved standing in a crewded areas wearing the pimpest gear and try to look pretty while running around.
Unless of course that only applied to this one DRG I've known for a really long time.  | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 12:23 PM | #9 (permalink) | | LOLDRG Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 840 Style: Light - Version 5 My Mood: Thanks: 85 Thanked 65x in 47 Posts Gil: 9,405 Bank: 39,232 Total Gil: 48,638 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities It adds double attack to wyvern with war sub. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 01:08 PM | #10 (permalink) | | Alone Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 3,145 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 251 Thanked 295x in 206 Posts Gil: 16,089 Bank: 21,106 Total Gil: 37,195 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities it adds sub job traits not abilities so no berserk defender etc. double attack etc.
Drg is fun in endgame i do every activity, i only advise you have /whm, /blu, /sam , /war , /thf all done. i know ppl may go O.o /blu if you do limbus with a small group head butt spam can really help a run go alot smoother. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 01:23 PM | #11 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 7 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Gil: 173 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 173 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities Actually Double Attack is a Job trait as it is always active.  Server: Alexander
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13 White Mage | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 01:39 PM | #12 (permalink) | | LOLDRG Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 840 Style: Light - Version 5 My Mood: Thanks: 85 Thanked 65x in 47 Posts Gil: 9,405 Bank: 39,232 Total Gil: 48,638 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities I think the armor should read "adds support job..................abilities". Meaning it adds abilities of a support job not the actual support job "Job Abilities". | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 01:52 PM | #13 (permalink) | | Ares's Cuirass Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,990 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 8 Thanked 31x in 25 Posts Gil: 1,038 Bank: 3,166 Total Gil: 4,204 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities Its should just read adds support job traits seens as thats what you guys are all saying it does lol. 75 Mnk Sam | 70 Drk | 40 Blm | 37 Nin Rng Thf War
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ZM:Complete CoP:Complete ToAU:27 | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 04:45 PM | #14 (permalink) | | =~.^= Brain of Knowledge Join Date: May 2006 Location: Area 3.141592654...... Posts: 1,194 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 138 Thanked 140x in 106 Posts Gil: 2,318 Bank: 45,183 Total Gil: 47,501 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities Myself personally, I plan on doing Dynamis, Limbus, and Salvage.
Dynamis I mostly want a Gugnir, I have all the none rare/ex upgrade pieces and I'm working on acquiring currency now. Heck, I've been gathering upgrade items for it whenever I had the spare gil since I was a lvl 37 drg, am I insane? Probably
Limbus, I mostly want the AF+1, although the Brutal earring, and some of the other stuff look really nice as well, and when I say nice I mean /drool AF+1 interests me for the nice job ability/trait boosts it gives us with the nice +stat boosts, looks like a nice well balanced set of armor.
Salvage, I want Ares, I don't really care how long it takes, but the Ares armor looks to be better than the Hecatomb armor, and honestly how long would it take me to get a full set of Hecatomb? I'd much rather have the Ares armor, get auto refresh, get a Etheral earring, and become unkillable while soloing, not to mention all of the +str/att/vit/acc/double attack on it all.
Salvage and Dynamis I don't expect you to have too much trouble getting a LS for. I know alot of people interested in Salvage and even though I'm lvl 67 I get some pressure to join a few Dynamis shells from people I know every now and then.
Limbus I honestly have no idea on. As I understand it though some of the mobs have different weaknesses. I can't remember everything that a LS mate told me, but it sounds like you either want a Bourdanesse Lance (blunt damage) or you want fully leveled staff skill and a kickass staff for some of the fights in there.
You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be misqouted and then used against you. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 02-27-2007, 07:36 PM | #15 (permalink) | | FFXIWiki Team Join Date: May 2006 Location: Windurst Posts: 4,357 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 143 Thanked 1,166x in 651 Posts Gil: 24,696 Bank: 8 Total Gil: 24,704 Donate | Re: Endgame Activities Seems like you're on the right track for your endgame plans. But just a couple of things:
- Linbus is very worthy of a DRG's time. However, seriously consider a extra job for CoPs. DRG can hold its own here, but if you wish to get sea quickly, its best to be flexible and having more jobs at your disposal will help. It will aid you in getting CoP groups. Just be sure to pick a second job you like.
- Avoid sky. Nothing worthwhile for DRG from sky gods. Sky is a big, broken mess in endgame, overrun with RMT. Fighting Kirin is fun, but routine after the third time anyway. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -8. The time now is 07:18 AM. | | |