Greetings,

I'm another one of those players who grew up with FFXI and miss the good ol' days. I'm really looking forward to playing with a new set of adventurers! I have spent some time on another Darkstar Project server. It was little too fast tracked for my preferences and the population was pretty low so I'm hoping this server is more of what I'm looking for.
That being said, I have installed FFXI, Ashita, and followed instructions very similar to what you guys have posted for installation instructions. Do I need to download a different update file to play on this server or is that update file the same Darkstar files used on any private server?
I have another questions about where I should point Ashita to connect to the server in the command field of my configuration.

Thank you for reading, I hope to be partying up with some of you very soon!
Anne

Hi Anne,

The best way to Update FF11 would be to follow this link. Anytime the client gets updated this process needs to be followed (Happens maybe once every 3 months and is much shorter after the first time)

Link to Post
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=40

Tips on this server:

1. You can access your Mog House's Sack/Satchel/Case anywhere. That's 150 instant slots to use.
2. You can put unlimited number of items on the AH. Just don't go to sales status.
3. Stay away from the giant winged Dragons that are randomly in the world. Those are OWNMs which are basically BCNMs but much harder, still level cap you and will kill you, they aggro on SIGHT.
4. Friend's List do not work, so create a Google doc to keep track of friends and also find a LS or 2. (Can equip 2)
5. There is a Chocobo Circuit which allows you to transfer from the main cities for 500 gil. Go from bastok to windy to sandy no problem.
6. Add Zeko to Google doc of friends list, that's me 55BST/37NIN/30WHM/30THF/18RDM/12BLM/5WAR
7. Nasomi has extended length of a monster being EP. You can get 30 exp from monsters much longer than retail and it is worth it for the extra crystals/quick exp when 2-3 shotting something depending on Job.
8. Some jobs have broken mechanics. Right now PuP is not that useful, and BLU has some physical Magic issues.