My First Steps

Mystiqsoulchild · 11-01-2008, 11:31 AM

Ok here are some pics I took with fraps from the game today I just wanted to show you how well they turned out!!

Healing some random guy ^

Using my Weapon Skill on some poor Rarab!

I just like the lighting in this photo!

What server I am in!

Just got outside to battle!

Me in Battle

Yellow Mage · 11-01-2008, 11:54 AM

In low levels, you want to get yourself a sword, though don't neglect your Dagger. It's just that, Wasp Sting really really really sucks. You'll have normal attacks hit for more damage.

Anyways, /welcome, and /salute to the fellow San d'Orian!

Mog · 11-01-2008, 11:58 AM

Ahh the days of being a newbie...

Sylvane · 11-01-2008, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellow Mage

In low levels, you want to get yourself a sword, though don't neglect your Dagger. It's just that, Wasp Sting really really really sucks. You'll have normal attacks hit for more damage.

Agreed, and I think it's up to like level 33 when you get Viper Bite with the dagger that it's finally worth using a dagger. until then I just used a sword, but kept my dagger skilled so that it wasn't so bad to level it later.

Yellow Mage · 11-01-2008, 01:02 PM

Actually, Gust Slash isn't bad at all for a low-level weaponskill. It's just, aside from inexplicably being able to use it from a much greater distance than normal (about Ranged Attack distance), it's pretty much matched by Burning Blade (and, thus, bested by Red Lotus Blade). Daggers aren't completely without use until 33, however: at 20 you get Platoon Dagger, which is really fun to Enspell DC-or-so Elementals with.

Armando · 11-01-2008, 01:22 PM

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Agreed, and I think it's up to like level 33 when you get Viper Bite with the dagger that it's finally worth using a dagger. until then I just used a sword, but kept my dagger skilled so that it wasn't so bad to level it later.

If she hasn't bought any weapons that's an Onion Dagger, which means she started as RDM, not THF. Viper Bite won't do her any good.

Sylvane · 11-01-2008, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Armando

If she hasn't bought any weapons that's an Onion Dagger, which means she started as RDM, not THF. Viper Bite won't do her any good.

you're right, I forgot that rdm starts with a dagger. for some reason it just looked like the onion knife to me, wasn't paying as much attention

Mystiqsoulchild · 11-01-2008, 02:02 PM

lol I am a guy and yeah its a Onion dagger xD, but yeah thank yall for the advice, I will keep that in mind about the daggers and swords.

Jarre · 11-01-2008, 02:26 PM

Sword is best for RDM, I woul;d advise you to get a stack (12) rabbit skins or hare meat and sell it on the AH to get some cash to buy some armour. At lvl 7 you can buy leather armour, sand has an armourer in Southern Sandoria you can buy leathers from, but check the price there first then what the AH one is and get the cheapest. Do a few quests as well to boost your finance, look at the FFXI wiki and see what quests you can do theres a few to get you some cash Search for "The Brugaire Consortium" quest from port sandoria, you jsut deliver a few packages to people in sandoria and the reqard is a lauan sheild which will increase your defense a point and also gives you a sheild skill to work on as RDM's use shields as well as warriors, paladins & Drks.

Also please check out my Tutorial NPC thread, you get bonus items, gill and experience points if you complete each quest. See it here

Aksannyi · 11-01-2008, 02:31 PM

Great screenshots! It's nice to see you enjoying the game.

I'm not on Sylph, so I can't really help you out, but if you have questions about RDM, well, there's a ton of us on this forum.

Haroldo · 11-01-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mystiqsoulchild

lol I am a guy

Off course, almost every person playing a female character on a MMO is a man, according to [GM]Dave.

I hope you're enjoying it.
Can't wait to find my game in the mail.

Mystiqsoulchild · 11-01-2008, 06:39 PM

Hey thanks for the headsup on the shield quest lol, I also heard there was a quest to get a level 9 Sword called "Spatha." I am currently doing the NPC tutorial at the moment, right now I just gotta go to La Thenie Platue and kill a monster. I am only at level 4 atm, because I haven't had much time to play today..but I am going to play some tonight

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Haroldo

Off course, almost every person playing a female character on a MMO is a man, according to [GM]Dave.

I hope you're enjoying it.
Can't wait to find my game in the mail.

LOL yeah especially us Mithra!!

Effedup · 11-01-2008, 08:05 PM

Welcome to the game, I hope you're enjoying it! ^^

You know, call me a big dork or whatever, but running around and hearing the music in Ronnfaure brings back so many memories...I play with the sound off nowadays (got windows media player in the background 99% of the time I play), but for giggles I turned it back up the other day when I was running around. Totally makes me think of back when I was just starting out, running around as MNK, having no clue wtf I was doing. I really wish they would have had those tutorial quests back in the day cause I was lost lol... ^^

assumedvigilance · 11-02-2008, 12:26 AM

we were all lost back in the day... i remember trying to figure out how to get the subjob to work and failing. i ended up asking this random mithra how it works and was told, "Hmmm. i think you should head over to Valkurm Dunes at lvl 12 and join a party. yeah, it's totally insane there! dead bodies everywhere... go check it out." then she left... lol i was like wtf? what a weirdo... so after a day of still not figuring it out i decided to try the dunes... it was insane. but i met a guy who said he needed some items for the subjob quest, so i asked him and finally got an explaination. you'd think SE would have at least hinted at where to get it in the main cities... but not a word to be found anywhere. trust me i talked to every npc in basty about 10 times. so anyway yes those starter quests were a great addition. i just started a new character and tried them out. i can see where they would be a great help to new players.

Malacite · 11-02-2008, 12:31 AM

I went a good two weeks on my original character (a hume RDM) before discovering macros >_>

God I miss my newbie days. Vana'diel seemed so much bigger and exciting back then

Of course it doesn't help that the cities are empty and their economies have tanked since ToAU came out

11-01-2008, 11:31 AM	#1
Mystiqsoulchild HOT N' COLD Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 47 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 26 Thanked 5x in 4 Posts My Mood:	My First Steps Ok here are some pics I took with fraps from the game today I just wanted to show you how well they turned out!! Healing some random guy ^ Using my Weapon Skill on some poor Rarab! I just like the lighting in this photo! What server I am in! Just got outside to battle! Me in Battle __________________ Proud-Member-Of-Stonewall Last edited by Mystiqsoulchild; 11-01-2008 at 11:41 AM.

11-01-2008, 11:54 AM	#2
Yellow Mage Tamarsamar - 赤魔騎士 Bronze Star Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,614 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 3,391 Thanked 539x in 343 Posts My Mood:	Re: My First Steps In low levels, you want to get yourself a sword, though don't neglect your Dagger. It's just that, Wasp Sting really really really sucks. You'll have normal attacks hit for more damage. Anyways, /welcome, and /salute to the fellow San d'Orian! __________________ Best. Augmented. Red Mage. Earring. Ever.

11-01-2008, 11:58 AM	#3
Mog King of the Oompa Loompas Mythril Star Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,745 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 19 Thanked 180x in 140 Posts	Re: My First Steps Ahh the days of being a newbie... __________________ ~~~BLM SAM RNG NIN PLD~~~

11-01-2008, 01:02 PM	#5
Yellow Mage Tamarsamar - 赤魔騎士 Bronze Star Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,614 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 3,391 Thanked 539x in 343 Posts My Mood:	Re: My First Steps Actually, Gust Slash isn't bad at all for a low-level weaponskill. It's just, aside from inexplicably being able to use it from a much greater distance than normal (about Ranged Attack distance), it's pretty much matched by Burning Blade (and, thus, bested by Red Lotus Blade). Daggers aren't completely without use until 33, however: at 20 you get Platoon Dagger, which is really fun to Enspell DC-or-so Elementals with. __________________ Best. Augmented. Red Mage. Earring. Ever.

11-01-2008, 02:02 PM	#8
Mystiqsoulchild HOT N' COLD Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 47 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 26 Thanked 5x in 4 Posts My Mood:	Re: My First Steps lol I am a guy and yeah its a Onion dagger xD, but yeah thank yall for the advice, I will keep that in mind about the daggers and swords. __________________ Proud-Member-Of-Stonewall

11-01-2008, 02:26 PM	#9
Jarre The Architect Brass Ribbon of Service Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lincoln, UK Posts: 1,240 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 274 Thanked 168x in 118 Posts My Mood:	Re: My First Steps Sword is best for RDM, I woul;d advise you to get a stack (12) rabbit skins or hare meat and sell it on the AH to get some cash to buy some armour. At lvl 7 you can buy leather armour, sand has an armourer in Southern Sandoria you can buy leathers from, but check the price there first then what the AH one is and get the cheapest. Do a few quests as well to boost your finance, look at the FFXI wiki and see what quests you can do theres a few to get you some cash Search for "The Brugaire Consortium" quest from port sandoria, you jsut deliver a few packages to people in sandoria and the reqard is a lauan sheild which will increase your defense a point and also gives you a sheild skill to work on as RDM's use shields as well as warriors, paladins & Drks. Also please check out my Tutorial NPC thread, you get bonus items, gill and experience points if you complete each quest. See it here __________________ Brickshouse - The returning Galka. - Kujuta - PLD 47 / WAR 39 / MNK 33 /DNC 19 / SAM 32 / DRG 28 / RDM 23 / BRD 9 / WHM 9 / BLM 6 / THF 23 / DRK 14 / SMN 12 / RNG 14 / NIN 16 Dovtestchar - Galka - Hades -Test character for Starting from Scratch? is it easy? Thread - MNK The Architect - The Mithra of Design - WAR 12 / RDM 12 / MNK 12 / THF 12 (low levels tutorial testing character)

11-01-2008, 08:05 PM	#13
Effedup Goes to 11... Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 345 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 26 Thanked 18x in 14 Posts My Mood:	Re: My First Steps Welcome to the game, I hope you're enjoying it! ^^ You know, call me a big dork or whatever, but running around and hearing the music in Ronnfaure brings back so many memories...I play with the sound off nowadays (got windows media player in the background 99% of the time I play), but for giggles I turned it back up the other day when I was running around. Totally makes me think of back when I was just starting out, running around as MNK, having no clue wtf I was doing. I really wish they would have had those tutorial quests back in the day cause I was lost lol... ^^ __________________ I'm a slow motion accident, lost in coffee rings and fingerprints... -Frou Frou, "Hear Me Out" Check out my blog! => http://deuceffxi.blogspot.com/

11-02-2008, 12:26 AM	#14
assumedvigilance Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Califoria Posts: 46 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3x in 2 Posts My Mood:	Re: My First Steps we were all lost back in the day... i remember trying to figure out how to get the subjob to work and failing. i ended up asking this random mithra how it works and was told, "Hmmm. i think you should head over to Valkurm Dunes at lvl 12 and join a party. yeah, it's totally insane there! dead bodies everywhere... go check it out." then she left... lol i was like wtf? what a weirdo... so after a day of still not figuring it out i decided to try the dunes... it was insane. but i met a guy who said he needed some items for the subjob quest, so i asked him and finally got an explaination. you'd think SE would have at least hinted at where to get it in the main cities... but not a word to be found anywhere. trust me i talked to every npc in basty about 10 times. so anyway yes those starter quests were a great addition. i just started a new character and tried them out. i can see where they would be a great help to new players. __________________ Death and taxes... Death and taxes... DEATH and taxes... I think I like it.

11-02-2008, 12:31 AM	#15
Malacite Crime Solving Rank 11 Paladin! Steelknight Emblem Join Date: May 2006 Location: None of your damn business Posts: 5,727 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 1,364 Thanked 519x in 360 Posts My Mood:	Re: My First Steps I went a good two weeks on my original character (a hume RDM) before discovering macros >_> God I miss my newbie days. Vana'diel seemed so much bigger and exciting back then Of course it doesn't help that the cities are empty and their economies have tanked since ToAU came out __________________ My Dream Samurai Gear

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