Refresh used to be 10+ times that, are you honestly just running out of things to complain about now? 120k is more than reasonable, if anything that price makes doing the BCNM to get it not worth it for the people who supply the server with those spells. Come on man, give it a break.

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never thought id agree with baldr, but you literally come in here just to bitch. Your about as pathetic as they come. and if u have any trouble progressing here its not because things arnt obtainable , its because of your shitty attitude and lack of skill/effort/brains.

The current price of leaping boots and Refresh is fine, I bet this person says nothing about how low the price of Utsusemi: Ni is.

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Raja btw

Refresh is 120k now? That's a steal. When I bought it, I paid just under 200k. Not that it matters. An enterprising red mage will be able to help kill the OWNMs that drop it, and get it free. Probably easier now than ever, I always see the 40s up. For a good while after I started there was a decent amount of competition for the ones that dropped refresh and Ni. All they need is Gravity, Dispel, and some decent level 40 +int gear.

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If you wish to join the server just remember its not retail. To that effect, you will run into stuff that might not have made any sense in retail. Best thing you can do is explore the world and assume it loosely follows the rules of old retail. Things also might not work, might break, or even might send your char underwater somewhere. Always good to have a warp scroll on you.

Early things that matter?

-Exp bands are only active when nas says so for special occasions.
-For whatever reason the mobs base level is higher here vs retail
-If you can tolerate it... fish gil is good gil.
-Get every outpost your nation controls every week no matter what.
-Signet = Get. Try to rank up when you can to increase signet time.
-Conquest is basically done 5m before est midnight on saturday. EX: 5m before midnight ex in a non bst controlled region to attempt to take it. (Ok maybe more on the lines of 30m to be safe.)
-Lots of running inc. Have fun and enjoy

Low HP Nid can spam hurricane 3 times in the time it takes to cast a stoneskin.

For quests/missions - double-check everything. It will save you a lot of time, and a lot of headaches.

If something doesn't work, zone. If that doesn't work, relog. If that doesn't work, retrace your steps and double-check everything. If that doesn't work, it flat-out either doesn't work on here or then you can say it's bugged.

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I don't understand Ariel's complaint, and I've stopped trying because they've made it for like 8 months straight... and are basically the only one that makes it. I agree with Vik... Gear isn't just that big of a deal while you're EXP'ing here. If you just ignore basic things you need for dozens of levels, someone is eventually going to point out that you should stop doing that.

No one expects anyone to have great gear when they invite you to the party. If I /c a lvl 55 WAR, and he's TP'ing in str+2 rings? Yeah, I'm going to wonder why he's playing FFXI. It's a game that's supposed to be a grind. You're encouraged to stop leveling, and spend time acquiring the things you need to make your EXP'ing more effective. If you want to ignore the basic fundamentals of the game, and just push on anyways? That is absolutely your right, but it doesn't mean 5 other people are going to want to waste time with you.

It's not a detriment to the server... Ariel I think after all this time, the one thing that we have absolutely settled is: You don't really like to play FFXI bro. You hate all the things that make FFXI the thing that rest of us love, and maybe the game just isn't for you. Not a shameful thing, just the simple truth.

Play a game where your shitty attitude and outlook on social interactions doesn't impact you so much maybe.

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Bad misconception!

Retail: you go to the dunes at lv 10. You join a party. The party ranges from levels 10-12: If your WHM was 10, that's bad. If your tank was 10, that's bad. But, otherwise, you go through the "lv 10" part of the dunes just fine.

Here: you go to the dunes at lv 10. You join a party. The party ranges from levels 10-20: but then you sync. Now everyone is 10. Your WHM doesn't have Cure II. Your tank is only level 10. This is going to make things feel more difficult than a "lv 10" party in retail.

Similarly, for Qufim: you may have went there at 19 in retail... but that didn't mean your party was lv 19.

The "monster levels were adjusted across the board by 1-2 levels" patch from several years ago that nas did was not to increase the levels of mobs here to be higher than retail, but rather, to make them closer to retail. Originally, the levels were set without the above phenomenon in mind, so the increase was a correction to the norm, not a movement away from it.

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