[IfritnoItazura]

The EXP Party Index

This is a compilation of links to useful information related to the where's, how's, and why's of experience point parties.

To Moderators: Feel free to edit and contribute directly, but I humbly request that modifications beyond minor corrections be noted in the Version History section at the end of the post.


New to Final Fantasy XI?
- New Player Guide: Tutorial on exp'ing, partying, and more from Square-Enix


Forming Parties
- Partying guide from FFXIclopedia
- Basic party dynamics by Tuufless @ Odin
- Speedkill ("Burn") parties: Specialized setups for higher level exp'ing from FFXIclopedia
- Looking for members: Cookbook for /search and Auto-Translator by Itazura @ Ifrit


Camp Locations
Where to fight monsters for traditional, six people parties.
- Campsitaru (original) Lv.9 - Lv.75; by Tuufless @ Odin
- Experience Points Guide Lv.1-37 by Ayrlie @ Remora
- Experience Points Guide Lv.37-75 by Ayrlie @ Remora


Skillchain ("Renkei")
Skillchain (a.k.a. Renkei) is an extra damage condition created by combining specific Weaponskills in proper sequence and with good timing. A successful Skillchain opens a Magic Burst window that give spells damage and accuracy bonuses.
- Aden's Rekei Chart by Aden
- Skillchain Calculator by AlexisLucia @ Kujata


Job Specific Information
- Standard and Extra Jobs from FFXIclopedia.
- Standard Jobs: WAR, MNK, THF, WHM, BLM, RDM.
- Extra Jobs (Original): PLD, DRK, RNG, BST, BRD.
- Extra Jobs (Zilart): NIN, SAM, DRG, SMN.
- Extra Jobs (Aht Urhgan): PUP, COR, BLU.
- Extra Jobs (Altana): DNC, SCH
- Tank: PLD, NIN, WAR(↘), PUP(↘).
- Healer: WHM(↗), RDM, BLU, PLD, SMN, SCH, PUP(Lv.40+), DRG(↘).
- Support: BRD(↗), COR, RDM, SMN(↘), WHM(↘), BLM(↘), BLU(↘), DNC(?), SCH(?).
- Damage Dealer: WAR, MNK, THF, BLM, DRK, RNG, BST, NIN, SAM, DRG, PUP, BLU, SMN(↘), COR(↘), PLD(↘), DNC(↘), SCH(?).
- Flexible: RDM (H S), SMN (H↘ S↘ DD↘), WHM (H↗ S↘), BLU (H S↘ DD), DRG (H↘ DD), PLD (T H DD↘), WAR (T↘ DD), PUP (T↘ DD), NIN (T DD), COR (S DD↘).


Miscellaneous
- Signet (Conquest area) and Sanction (Aht Urhgan area) status effects from FFXIclopedia
- Phraust's Pulling Motto by Phraust of Quetzalcoatl
- Experience Points Table from FFXIclopedia
- Food Effect Guide: General food guide, may not be updated; from Somepage.com
- FFIAH's Equipment/Item Search: Database for FFXI's item and equipment.
- Auto-Translator (In Depth): Explains the auto-translator; from FFXIclopedia
- FFXI Terms and Slang from FFXIclopedia
- FFXI Japanese-English Guide by Shigemo


Heritage Archive
Deprecated information or outdated guides, listed for historical reference or nostalgia factor to the community.
- How to Join PT / Game Manners (with JP Players) by Buttermilk @ DiV'd
- Somepage's equipment database (Note: Outdated, though it used to be the best there was.)


Criteria for Inclusion
Clear, concise, and well formatted information on relevant topics are highly desirable. Threads with high noise to content ratio, especially those without a strong leading post, will not be considered.

Generally, only sites/pages which do not require account sign up for direct access can be included.


Disclaimer
"The EXP Party Index" is not an original idea; it's borrowed from ffxi.allakhazam.com's many job forums.


Version History
- 2008.03.23 (Itazura) Fixed URLs for camp guides from FFXIclopedia.
- 2007.11.30 (Itazura) Added FFIAH's Equipment/Item Search; Somepage's equipment database is now deprecated.
- 2007.11.24 (Itazura) Added SCH and DNC.
- 2007.10.09 (Itazura) Added FFXI Japanese-English Guide
- 2007.09.20 (Itazura) Replaced FFXIclopedia links with ffxi.wikia.com/wiki.
- 2007.09.19 (Itazura) Added Phraust's Pulling Motto.
- 2007.08.31 (Itazura) Added New Player Guide.
- 2007.08.27 (Itazura) Added Looking for members. (Cookbook for /search and Auto-Translator).
- 2007.06.27 (Itauzra) Switched Aden's Rekei Chart from FFXIclopedia to source URL.
- 2007.05.30 (Itauzra) Added a direct link to Auto-Translator (In Depth).
- 2007.05.30 (Itazura) Added Speedkill ("Burn") parties.
- 2007.05.30 (Itazura) Added Signet and Sanction status effects.
- 2007.05.17 (Itazura) PLD can DD, BLM can do some support. Credit: Amele
- 2007.04.10 (Itazura) Forgot COR in "Job Specific Information" earlier.
- 2007.03.31 (Itazura) Added FFXI Terms and Slang.
- 2007.03.26 (Itazura) Added "Job Specific Information" section.
- 2007.03.22 (Itazura) Replaced Experience Points Table; credit: Draconi.
- 2007.02.07 (Itazura) Added Food Effect Guide and Somepage's equipment database.
- 2007.02.06 (Itazura) Creation.

[IfritnoItazura]

By offering up this new thread, I'm hoping to retire a few stickies in this forum to make the place a little cleaner looking.

Threads I'm looking to retire/unsticky:

- How To Form and Function a Proper Party - Basics of Partying: Only one of the link/topic promised in OP was ever added to the first post.

- How to Join PT / Game Manners (with JP Players):
Linked to in The EXP Party Index. (Note: this thread's OP didn't quite cover the difference in JP and NA party mentality, which Tuffless did.)

- Yet another one of StarvingArtist's Renkei Charts: Not maintained; link in OP no longer works.

If one of the moderators would please decide if stickying this "index" can retire those old threads, that'd be great.

Thanks.

- Itazura

[bikkebakke]

Nice compilation you have here... very useful putting multiple sources in a single location... Thanks! for this.

[neighbortaru]

a big phat sticky for you!

i'll see about retiring some of those old threads

[Effedup]

Great post! Makes things easy for me to find ^^

[Icemage]

I've reviewed those old posts and verified that they are indeed out of date. Old outdated posts retired and unstickied, as requested.


Icemage
FFXIOnline.com Forum Super Moderator

[Draconi]

Please note that one of the resource links: Experience Points table is incorrect for every level above 50. The required EXP to next level is one row off. For the correct numbers, refer to http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Experience_Points

[Arctic Wolf]

Originally Posted by Draconi

Please note that one of the resource links: Experience Points table is incorrect for every level above 50. The required EXP to next level is one row off. For the correct numbers, refer to http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Experience_Points

I think you perhaps misslooked, both charts seem correct. The only thing I noticed is that Wiki says at level 50, you need 7,800 exp to level up.

Edit: The total exp is different too.

[LyonheartLakshmi]

Originally Posted by Arctic Wolf

I think you perhaps misslooked, both charts seem correct. The only thing I noticed is that Wiki says at level 50, you need 7,800 exp to level up.

Edit: The total exp is different too.

It almost looks like the chart at nephilim-x changes the interpretation of what each row shows after level 50. From level 1 to 50, it shows how much exp you need to reach the level shown. In other words, if the row shows N as the level, it shows the exp you need to get from level N-1 to level N.

The rows for level 51 and up show the amount of exp you need to reach the next level above that. If the row shows N as the level, it shows the exp you need to get from level N to level N+1.

Consequently, this shift leaves out 50 to 51, where you need 7800 exp (which is correctly reported at wiki). Wiki leaves out the 44k you need once you reach level 75 to cap your exp. So compare the total exp given in the last row of the wiki page to the total exp given for row 74. If you take the difference, you'll find the 7800 exp which is missing from the chart at nephilim-x.

[Silent Howler]

Originally Posted by IfritnoItazura

- Flexible: RDM (H S), SMN (H↘ S↘ DD↘), WHM (H↗ S↘), BLU (H S↘ DD), DRG (H↘ DD), PLD (T H DD↘), WAR (T↘ DD), PUP (T↘ DD), NIN (T DD), COR (S DD↘).

Just wanted to point out something. With the new Puppet head Pup could become an effective healer as well. At least H↘ I would think.

[IfritnoItazura]

Originally Posted by Silent Howler

Just wanted to point out something. With the new Puppet head Pup could become an effective healer as well. At least H↘ I would think.

Good point; I'll keep an eye out for confirmation of PUP healer effectiveness.

[Aeni]

Originally Posted by IfritnoItazura

- Tank: PLD, NIN, WAR(↘), PUP(↘).
- Healer: WHM(↗), RDM, BLU, PLD, SMN(↘), DRG(↘).
- Support: BRD(↗), COR, RDM, SMN(↘), WHM(↘), BLM(↘), BLU(↘).
- Damage Dealer: WAR, MNK, THF, BLM, DRK, RNG, BST, NIN, SAM, DRG, PUP, BLU, SMN(↘), COR(↘), PLD(↘).
- Flexible: RDM (H S), SMN (H↘ S↘ DD↘), WHM (H↗ S↘), BLU (H S↘ DD), DRG (H↘ DD), PLD (T H DD↘), WAR (T↘ DD), PUP (T↘ DD), NIN (T DD), COR (S DD↘).

Care to explain what these arrows mean?

[Silent Howler]

Think of it as A+, A, and A-.

↗ = +
↘ = -

[Aksannyi]

Now this is worthy of my 100th thanks. (See pet peeve thread for more info on that) Exceptional compilation, and certainly worthy of a sticky.

[Aeni]

Originally Posted by Silent Howler

Think of it as A+, A, and A-.

↗ = +
↘ = -

I didn't notice the "," earlier and while I did momentarily think that's what the arrows meant, in my confusion, I thought it said that "RDMs are horrible healers"

That blue and underline combination does not work well here. Sometimes, less is best.