need some tips on where to lvl - Final Fantasy XI :: Dreams in Vana'diel :: Community

rand0m · 07-24-2003, 07:53 PM

lvl 6 thief at baskan and wanderin if i should just do some quests or just keep lvling .. im just really confused on what to do right now .. and what i should fight .. and such thx in advance

John Doe III · 07-24-2003, 08:08 PM

Well when I was in Bastok I just fought monsters till about level 10 then headed to a different town. Dont worry to much about Quests are now..you just started. Just be sure to check the monsters level before you fight it and be careful of the Lizards since they attack twice.

rand0m · 07-24-2003, 08:44 PM

did u use a sword ? all i did was upgrade to bronze dagger and i dont think im goin to get swords ...what town should i go to ?

Susano · 07-24-2003, 08:45 PM

I found leveling a thief to 15 to be a trying experience (pun). I had a war subjob also, so even with that help, it was still more trying than leveling my warrior without a sub.

My advice would be to head to palbrough mines. This way you can fight quadavs which can drop shells, sheilds, and gil.....all of which will help finance your armour and weapons.

I hit lvl 11 in palbrough and then went to La Thien (near Sandoria), this was a mistake I feel. With my warrior, I could solo stuff pretty easily, but the thief had a lot of trouble. Also, in palbrough you can make a lot more money, also increased by the thiefs passive "gil finder" ability.

rand0m · 07-24-2003, 10:03 PM

so are there ne specific quests i should do .. ? besides the sub quest and gettin out of baskan quest ? or am i wrong ?

kanomjeeb · 07-24-2003, 10:05 PM

Use grapple, the monk's weapon untill you lv33+

Combo WS will be your main WS untill that ^O^/

Just forget about the dagger.

PS. Its cool if you can keep dagger skill up or gotta call Jei to help up skill like me.. lol

rand0m · 07-25-2003, 05:00 AM

u mean get my sub job to monk or change my main to monk ?

John Doe III · 07-25-2003, 06:03 AM

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Originally posted by rand0m
so are there ne specific quests i should do .. ? besides the sub quest and gettin out of baskan quest ? or am i wrong ?

You dont need to do a Quest to get out of Bastok. Keep your main Thief then when you get a sub job make it Monk till level 30 if you have the expansion.

rand0m · 07-25-2003, 02:12 PM

where are paladrough mines ? im on us beta

JoeyK · 07-25-2003, 07:58 PM

hey randOm, you keep saying baskan...how come? did they change Bastok's name in the us version or is baskan a town i havent yet heard of.

Shiro_Hayate · 07-25-2003, 10:03 PM

Hahah i got a question too, i'm a lvl 14 thief, where the hell to lvl can't find any places.

DeathShaman · 07-25-2003, 10:13 PM

The name is still Bastok... don't know what Baskan is...

anyway, im a lvl 11 thief and ive been using a dagger the whole time =P (which doesn't make things easy but im sticking to it to have a high skill later on). I'm having a hard time lvling cuz even though im wearing best lvl 11 armor available and am using the best dagger available, I SUCK. I die in palborough mines (at top of east end of north gustaberg off bastok) if i encounter something just a little too tough and get too little xp from other stuff. I'm struggling to get to lvl 15 so I can get good (hopefully i'll be good) and it isn't easy. Death is a good ol' friend of my thief.

My point is, it isn't easy lvling a thief no matter where you go, they're in a type of "no man's land" as far as strength being too strong for the weak'uns and too weak for the kinda strong'uns. So i dunno wut to do either =p

rand0m · 07-26-2003, 05:25 AM

shiro whered u lvl till lvl 14 ? im still stuck at lvl 7 .. =\

kanomjeeb · 07-26-2003, 10:24 AM

Be patient a bit more. Only one more lv you will be a terminator with fuiuchi.

Actually, you better use grapple in my opinion. The dagger skill can be trained later no problem (just find a skill up pt).

Fuiuchi Combo WS from grapple can deal like 120dmg+ if i remember correctly. Especially you will be using that in renkei most of the time, so you will get the dmg from renkei like 80 more or something.

Saferios · 07-28-2003, 08:43 AM

I'm on the US Beta, originally from Bastok, and right now I'm a level 25 thief. here's what I did.

I used a sword until about level 20. Reason for this is that swords hit much harder, and once you're fighting harder things at level 20, leveling up your dagger skill to max takes all of a couple hours, it's not that bad. So for lower levels use a sword to get the damage, lower level thieves need all the damage help they can get.

I spent most of my time on the hills killing sheep and goblins, and then moved west to the "Fumaroles" area. Leveling took a while. After a while, like at level 14ish, I went to Konschtat Highlands (N of the W NGustaburg area) with a party of three (myself, monk/war/ and whm mostly) and killed sheep, goblins, and quadavs there (watch out for tremor rams).

Once you hit level 15-16, head out to the Valkrum dunes (N of Konschtat) and see if you can find a party and make it to Selbina. Fight snippers in the dunes area with a party (never solo, never never) until you get to about level 20.

If you want to, the Shakrami Maze, north of Windurst (north east corner of Tahrongi Canyon) has Maze Makers, who give you ~150exp per kill in levels 15-18, if you can get ina good party.

These areas outside of Konschtat (ie, selbina, mhuara, tahrongi, shakrami) are very tough, especially if you're solo. After levle 14, start looking for parties, and spend most of your time in the Valkrum dunes (just outside of selbina), or in the Shakrami Maze.

Oh yeah, to get to Tahrongi canyon/shakrami maze, take the boat from selbina to mhuara, and head NW out of mhuara.

Hope that helps!

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