End-game fun for WHM

[Kopitiam]

I need some morale booster or something from high end whm to how fun the game it can be later on in my job..

I'm 70 right now and game starts to get boring, it's always xp xp xp and always the same routine. It's ok i thought, since i like healing and keeping people alive. However, i was thinking... where does it lead to?

I used to play Everquest and magic user at high end can look forward to 'super-good' equipment like
"Flowing Thought" - similar to refresh but stacks, so doing and killing high end boss can be rewarding.

"Stronger magic spells" - More damage for mages.

"MP conservation" - Keeps mp usages lower.

So... is there actually any good and useful equipment in those high end bosses in FFXI which i can look forward to? or this game is all about 'melee' weapons and armour and whm are plain support that's all, they just give craps to us..?

Need some advice b4 i decide to continue my path to 75 or i think it's the end of my career...and i can start looking at other jobs or mmorpg.

[Akiro]

have you done the rank? there are other things then xp all day, rank can be very rewarding and fun at plus with CoP out it opening new rank missions adding more to the story, really its only end game when you just wanna give up and doesnt every nation have a different story behind it so thats 3 different storys then theres always Dynamis,i just saw a video of a group try to kill the Dynamis shadowlord... didnt go to well they were all killed in 1 skill and every class has there own mini story which are very interesting i am loving the RDM story right now so theres Rank Missions(for every nation),Dynamis,and LV another class to get the story behind it as well and hopefully when all this is complete SE will have more missions for CoP or another expansion :sweat:

[Manatra]

Noble's Tunics, AF2, Cursed Items (Zenith in Particular).

[Arturo-B]

Lots of end game equipment is greatness for whm's.

Noble Tunic is about as high end as it gets. This armor has +10% to cures, which owns, and drops from Kirin, King Behemoth, and if you're really lucky Suzaku.

The zenith cursed gear is also really good. Healing staff, though it's probably easier to buy than camp. Etc.

So yeah there are lots of good end game equipments for Whm. Not so much weaponry, but more focused on armor that helps healing.

And if you think it's all just healing think again. Heals, status effects (good lord Hakutaku I hate you), positioning when you run in support of a kiting tank, etc. Much fun to be had as a whm.

The only jobs that should complain are melees to be honest. Sub into alliance, ws/chi blast, sub out is only so much fun, and I feel for them.

[riceburner4540]

try voluptuous vivian...its a super AE bad breath, inflicts just about every bad status in-game except petrify. i know a few whms who are in your position kopi, they get bored of whm. HNMs are kinda fun though. one whm in particular is lvling whm as fast as possible to level a new job after hitting 75.

[Icemage]

I really like being WHM at HNM events. Always something to do, be it zapping a status effect, casting a Cure V, etc.

WHM end-game equipment is pretty slick, too, though I'll disagree with the Healing Staff. I just got a Healing Staff a couple days ago, and it's really not all that impressive. Light Staff does the same thing, only better, and the +50MP is only useful if you don't ever switch weapons (and what WHM at 55+ wouldn't be swapping to a Dark Staff at every opportunity while resting?). Plus it's ugggly.

Noble's Tunic is the best thing since sliced bread, though. I really, REALLY want one, but actually getting the shining cloth for it and getting it crafted are a much more difficult proposition. It is quite possibly the most powerful piece of job-specific equipment in the game.


Icemage

[sylvanas]

HNM battles are quite entertaining as a WHM...but I don't feel that better gear makes your job any more entertaining. If you don't enjoy the role of support, a Noble's isn't going to make you like it any better.

Also if you consider Dynamis end-game, I'd have to say Dynamis as a healer is quite possibly the most boredom I have ever suffered in FFXI. I've been to every Dynamis zone and I hate them all. I do have the AF2 body piece for all my efforts, but in all honesty I would gladly toss it off a cliff if I could have the hours of my life I wasted in Dynamis back.