I'm getting FF11, how does it start out?

[CrazyGamer6]

My Final Fantasy 11 is in the mail, but I don't really know how the game starts out. can anyone give me any info on the beginning?

[Fuego]

after you select your character and where you set your allegiance the game will drop you in one of the 3-4 areas inside your country. (IE Windurst,Bastok, &San D'oria are countries)

The game won't drop you in an area where you can be attacked ... but good news, at lvl 1 you can't loose your lvl :lol:

after that its up to you what to do :D

[CrazyGamer6]

Oh ok, thanks! But wait-You can loose your level if you die?

[Markus. D]

you lose Exp if you die.

but dont worry! I like pie so its all fine.


anything else you would like to know? :)?

[CrazyGamer6]

Oh, then I guess I just shouldn't die then... ( Darn, Im good at dieing too ) I don't have any other questions, but thanks.

[Fuego]

yes after lvl 1 each time you die you loose a small percent of exp.

as your lvl increases so does the amount of exp you loose when you die. Raise Raise II and Raise III all help reduce the amount of exp lost and time it takes to become unweakened.

But don't be worried about it, there is also a way to get exp bonuses.
Empress band or chariot band.

[Lionx]

You lose 10% exp after lvl 4. Raise will not restore any Exp until lvl 10ish..not sure exactly, but around the part where you lvl in valkurm..you will get 25% exp back if you get Raise 1..just not under 10 for sure. After lvl 50 Raise II gives back i think 50 or 75% exp back, and Raise III 90%. Theres no fear in delvling for the most part unless you just lvled o.o

[Miriel]

Don't worry *too* much about dying. Most of the time, lying there and waiting for a raise is gonna take more time than simply going back to your HP (home point) and running back to where ever it was that you were fighting. Of course this only applies to places where an HP is close at hand. But yeah, I died a bunch in the beginning when I was soloing by myself. So yeah, don't worry too much about it.

[Mirage]

I think I've regained the level I lost when I died every time when I got Raise. Don't worry about it. In the early levels when the whitemage in your party don't have raise, you lose just an insignificant amount of exp. Later, when you lose a significant amount of exp, whitemages always have some sort of raise, which reduces the exp you lose a lot. Be prepared for a bit of grinding though, you'll have to if you want to get though the cool missions.

[CrazyGamer6]

Oh, okay, thanks everyone.

[Fuego]

Your'e welcome. When you start, you most likely won't have to worry about that for a lil' bit, but don't forget to set your home point (for if/when you do die). There is also soooo much besides leveling you can do as soon as you start the game. I hope you enjoy it.

[Bahamut2000X]

Dying and exp loss are only really issues in Dynamis or HNM fights (vs the nasty ones or if your HNMLS really really sucks.) Beyond that you shouldn't worry about death too much. Whatever you lose can be regained in a matter of time.

As for what the game is like early on. It's mostly solo to 10. Then after then your in a party for the rest of your leveling career to 75. Lest you go BST. Then you can solo to 75 without ever once getting in a party. Well unless you just suck as a BST. Like me. <.<

[Fuego]

Dying and exp loss are only really issues in Dynamis or HNM fights (vs the nasty ones or if your HNMLS really really sucks.) Beyond that you shouldn't worry about death too much. Whatever you lose can be regained in a matter of time.

As for what the game is like early on. It's mostly solo to 10. Then after then your in a party for the rest of your leveling career to 75. Lest you go BST. Then you can solo to 75 without ever once getting in a party. Well unless you just suck as a BST. Like me. <.<Or me :lol: :lol: :lol: !!!!

I am like the worst Bst ... it took me forever just to reach lvl 20 >.<

[Bahamut2000X]

I'm still only 18. >.>

Granted I've long since grown tired of playing it. I much prefer PUP or DRG soloing to it. Well not so sure on PUP since thier last nerf. It'll be near impossible to take EM+ or some DC now. T_T

[Fuego]

Here here !

I got to lvl 20 for BCNM lvl 20 (still haven't done it yet >.<)
but yea that put me off bst for a good long while.

I wanna try drg really bad, pup not soo much from what i heard its not as cool as i thought it'd be...

But yea i have hung my CHR+ equip up to dry (probly never to be seen again) and gone back to my mage roots >.<

[Rostum]

Yeah I just got BST up to 20, man were levels 18-20 hell. >.<; Really put me off the job, but who knows, I might find the patience to come back to it one day (doubt it).

[Bahamut2000X]

PUP can be fun. But yeah it's still a broken job in my opinion of leveling it 1-54. They need so much more to be desired over other DD. ATM they just have thier DoT with another DoT pet, to make damage bout the same as any other DD, with a hate free flash. That's about it at the moment. They still got a lot of work to be able to compete with other jobs in parties. T_T

[Fuego]

PUP can be fun. But yeah it's still a broken job in my opinion of leveling it 1-54. They need so much more to be desired over other DD. ATM they just have thier DoT with another DoT pet, to make damage bout the same as any other DD, with a hate free flash. That's about it at the moment. They still got a lot of work to be able to compete with other jobs in parties. T_TYou just sumed it all up ... they are like the red headed step child that you didn't want ... they haven't much to offer :crying2:

At least not to me ...
I am used to bard where you can buff and enfeeb and still kick some butt or Rdm with all the death they have :barf: its sick how pimped out rdm's are :tongue: ... blue ... favorite melee/mage second to rdm and so on ...

i would die of boredom (like with War) if all i could do was just attack and tell my automation to attack ... its like a crappy bst :cry:

[No.78]

SLOW. Starts out very slow, you gotta be patient and stuff, it'll get good eventually.