finally got in!!! new player to FFXI

[ScottNUMBERS]

Yes you have to take a ferry it's 200 gil - I'm sure even for a begginer that's a minute amount. To get there you must cross this certain dangerous Peninsula of which I can't remember the name (Begins with B and has a lot of u's in).

The Peninsula can be very dangerous for someone of your level, here's some tips on safe crossing:

- Try not to cross at night - the undead are out and they are nasty, wait it out 'til daytime when they are gone.

- The only mobs that will attack you unprovoked are Goblins, they attack you if they see you (E.g are facing towards you within their range of 'sight') so be aware of your surroundings and make sure there are no Goblins glaring at you. If one does happen to see you, you could try using that new Bind spell of yours on him before trying to beat a hasty retreat.

- You could buy some Prisim powders and cross the Peninsula very easily but these are pretty expensive and probably rare to find them being sold any where except major cities.

Being from Windurst you should have a map for the Peninsula, get to Mhuara (sp?) and from there you can catch the Ferry. One more thing: on the Ferry try to stay indoors as there is some monsters outside that will beat you down with extreme prejudice. The Ferry will take into the heart of the infamous Valkurm Dunes.

In my opinion the best thing for you to do exp-wise is to seek whilst you solo, until you get asked to party, then travel on down to where they want you to party (Most likely the dunes but there are other lesser known possible exping areas for your level).

[Del Murder]

The Dunes aren't that bad. Yes there are some idiots in the dunes, but it's not as bad as people like to talk about. It's kind of a FFXI fad for people to talk about how they survived all these crappy parties in the dunes.

Also make sure you get the teleport crystal in the Canyon before you get there.

As a rdm your job is to heal and debuff the enemy, before anything else. If you want to pull out your sword and start slashing make sure your party is ok with that beforehand. Usually mages sit in the back and cast spells while the more powerful jobs slash. If there is no white mage you are the main healer so make sure you pay attention to everyone's HP and let them worry about killing the mob. If there is a whm still make sure people aren't dying but focus more on casting your status spells.

[Dante WolfWood]

theres a problem tho, I dont have cure 2 yet...is it possible to main heal with just Cure? or should I wait to have Cure 2?

sorry for all the questions, but you all are helping so much.

yeah I looked up and found all the other places to lvl on camptaru and stuff, but a person on Kujata said that no one Ever Goes anywhere else except the Dunes lvl 10-20....So no help there...unless I physically drag people with me. would be good for conquest if we did tho, dont ya think?

[Del Murder]

Just Cure is probably fine until level 14 when you can learn Cure II, but I don't play mage jobs so I don't know.

[Citizen Bleys]

I wouldn't try to main heal as a rdm with no sub

[Markus. D]

try Enfeebling or Enhancing as a RDM.

ftw.

[Dante WolfWood]

well I just hit lvl 12 and havent partied yet; after some farming I'll try to get out there....

its crazy tho, I was doing a mission with a friend of mine and I had my seek party up. The very moment I hit lvl 12; Someone invited me for a party in the dunes and I was in ES.

Is that usuall how is goes?

oh and a pic:

[Bahamut2000X]

Usually as a mage. Though usually it's not till later levels when crossing many zones isn't as tedious. But yeah if your a RDM and plan to level it up a lot higher, get used to invites all the time RDM tends to be one of the most desired jobs later in the game after Dispel and Refresh.

Also when you go to the dunes I would bring along plenty of supplies for how ever long you want to be there. Like me, when I go out leveling I'll bring along my gear and scrolls for spells up for the next few levels that I plan to get to, that way when I can use them I have them on hand and can be stronger then I was the level before.

Also brinning along some food wouldn't be a half bad idea. Many 75 RDM's will probably flame me and tell me about some sort of food I've neverh eard of before, but I suggest starting off on pies for your food in parties at first. They give an INT boost which will help with any nukes you may use, and especially for your black magic debuffs, like Bio and Bind and such. Also it gives an MP boost which is nice also, especially when you don't have a sub.

[ScottNUMBERS]

As long as you are the right level and the jobs they are looking for, people won't hesitate to pull you from any of the far corners of Vana'Diel.

This will be a very regular thing for you when you reach level 41.

[Dante WolfWood]

well, I just tried my hand at getting to the Dunes...no luck...I was destroyed by Yagados....then I realized...I was in Giddeus and was going totally the wrong way (I was destroyed by Yagado Samurais (Persecutor) and Bards (Piper)

gonna try my hand and go THE right way this time....any tips?

[Markus. D]

okey dokey. /map will bring up the world map.


go to the Exit closest to the Auction House in Windurst.


set yourself to auto-run (sometimes stopping to check if the areas are safe... and they wont be).

okey dokey. eventually you will make it to a certain canyon (Tahrongi... I think. I am probably wrong but... there is a Crystal you should look to activate sometime.) you will pass through and eventually come up to Mhaura a map or 2 after.

take the ship to Selbina.

and well. set your homepoint there n_n

and you are set~

[Del Murder]

Haha, just go north man.

Maybe you can find a friend to guide you. I would if I was on your server.

[Khaotic]

I wish I could erase my memory and be an FFXI noob again

[Dante WolfWood]

lol, thanks for the help everyone, i made it there; and had a good time actually....

Now, I got in this party and it was VERY weird to me...

it was BLM,BLM,BLM,RDM (me), RDM, and a puller (thf)

we would pull al lizzy and the BLM would nuke (swapping hate) to death while we healed. The other RDM meleed(sp?) as well. (like 7 damage O.o)

It was the most UNstable method I had seen, but hey; who am I to complain? Its my first party. (and to mention the BLM were all casting Dia and BIo right after each other and para,blind, and Bind after they stuck)

Well, maye 30 min later, one of the BLM leaves and they replace him with a ranger....Who is controlling another player who is like 50+ WHM/BLM....

So now we have a PL. I feel completely totally useless bc we are being healed by a PL....one time we were out of MP; the THF and melee RDM killed the thing by theirself bc of the PL. I hated it. (got a level tho!)

well, after awhile; the PL left (yes! useful again) and this time we had a tank, a NIN/WAR. Things go smoothly except for the fact the BLM still were casting enfeebles one after another on the mob and the same message kept coming up "It had no effect"

I ask them to leave this up to me and the other RDM, some said ok; some said nothing....ALL KEPT DOING IT...

now...that is my first party exp...more details; left them out...(got 2 levels)

Any tips? (maybe I should form my own party XD)

[Lionx]

Its not TOO bad to bounce hate if its a VT-- ish monster...there used to be no tanks in FFXI if i remember right...

But its best to form a party at lower levels...standard exp parties usually consist of:

1-2 maybe 3 lvl spreads, tank on higher end of course.

1 Tank - PLD NIN* WAR

*In the case of NIN get another provoke at lower lvls

2 DD - DRK WAR THF MNK DRG BLU RNG

1 Healer - WHM RDM SMN(preferably another to go with it)

Mages- RDM SMN BLM BLU

For lower lvl parties anyway...formong your own parties are generally better imo. Also i recommend against pies and instead use cookies to regenerate your MP healed per tick back faster. Usually getting MP back faster leads to faster chains over pies if you are main healing(if you are NOT main healing however as a RDM..use Pies).