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Funny how I've been to Japan TRU's very often (one was in a train station on my way home from school) but have never been to the local TRU down here.

And BTW.... Yosho, regarding your very first comment.... this LS is 75% girls.

I should have joined Unicorn!!!!!!

I've been able to pull off a couple chains. Fortunately, with GS WS' I'm usually at the middle or rear end of a high lvl chain, so if everyone sets "I'm doing such and such a WS now!" macro, I know when to trip. Last night I was with a PT with Suko who was helping me out (pt was 2 mithra, 2 elvann females, Suko (hume female) and myself, hume male lol) with trying to do some chains... So I told the girl going before me to set a macro that would say what she's doing, then I adjusted my Hard Slash macro to /wait 4 so I could trip it immediately when I saw her message. Sometimes the party is going too fast for me to pay attention, but I've pulled off a chain just by counting and hitting the macro and praying

Vostok 7

Skillchaining is absolutely key in this game. Early on, you may pull some chains and it will say something like, "Scission: Clipper takes 1 damage" and you may think, "gee, wtf is the use of this?" While there's always the chance that you're crazy ass complicated chain will pull off only an addition 3-5 damage, later on they'll be doing insane amounts of damage.

Theres three levels of effects that can be created. First level effects like scission and impaction have a max return of 50% of the second weapon skill. So if I do combo, for 80 damage, and you do red lotus for 60, our max potential damage for this liquefaction chain is only 30. However, a level two skill effect has a max return of 100%. So if we turn it around, your red lotus does 60, my combo does 80, and our Fusion does 80. I'm guessing level three chains do even more, but at my level it's nearly impossibly to do one.

Okay, so if possible always try to make a level two chain that has an element that corresponds to the mobs weakness. Also, always try to use the weaponskill with the most damage as the follower. When I was helping my friend look for summoner rubies in qufim, we'd fight acrophies until TP got to 100. Then on the next acrophie, right off the bat he'd use spinning attack (140 damage) and I'd use sneak+boost+raging fist (400-600 damage) --> fusion (380-480 damage), and the acrophie would just drop dead on the spot.

And BTW.... Yosho, regarding your very first comment.... this LS is 75% girls.

I should have joined Unicorn!!!!!!

Usually I never say anything... I just do my job and respond to questions. Lately I've been even trying to do chains with people (but I suck because I can't time it right).

The game itself is not a very easy one to play. You have to pretty much know it inside out before one can do really well. I was lucky because my friend was in the beta and he basically held my hand all the way to level 30. Skillchain are one of the more interesting and difficult tacits, and these should always be done using a macro because it is more automatic that way, and is an easy way to notify other players what's going on.

When doing a skillchain, there's three important macros you need to either have or pay attention to.

1. Status

2. Aizu (Go Signal)

3. Call

The status displays your current TP status, your sequence in a skillchain, your weapon skill name and a simple call.

eg: /p Status: TP-<tp> #1 Shield Break <call16>

If you're the setup man, you should flash this as soon as you reach 100% or if you see your follower flash his status message.

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The Aizu is the go signal. When both chainers flash their status and see they both have 100%, the setup man flashes a simple text macro with a louder call because this is a very important message meant for both your follower and the MB mages.

eg: /p <<< SKILLCHAIN READY >>> <call1>

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Last is the call which is to tell people that the chain will begin. This is a longer macro for letting you setup all your appropriate buffs and give a LOUD warning to followers and bursters that the chain will start VERY shortly. This example is off of my warrior/monk using a great axe.

eg:

/p (Sturmwind) @ 0:03 <call3>

/ja "Berserk" <me>

/wait 2

/ja "Boost" <me>

/wait 1

/ws "Sturmwind" <t>

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The call macro is a general purpose WS after 3 seconds macro. If you're the follower and the setup man, you wait for the lead to do his weapon skill. Once his weapon skill goes off, you hit your macro and let it fly. Also, hitting another macro in the middle of another cancels out the previous macro. So if you mash your WS macro and hit another accidentally, don't expect your WS to go off.

I don't know how godly Meikyo Sisui is.... unless you have another sam with you. Seriously... the few times I had to use it, my dmg amounted to nothing, unless the second sam used it too, so we could get 3 chains instead of 1. It really depends on what WSs and what mobs you are fighting.

The neat thing about samurai is that they get a B in polearms. It's scary crap to see a meikyo sisui pentathrust > doublethrust > pentathrust > then pentathrust again.

...RISING...

Vostok 7

Hehe, it's okay.

I ditched two linkshells, one broke up completely and yet another broke my pearl (for some odd reason about leveling up too fast or something). In the end I just created my own shell with a bunch of people that I've known since the 20's. There are a few really big linkshells on our server that have all the high level players, but when you try to solicit any kind of help from them they don't give you the time of day unless it in someways benefits them as well.

BTW.... its suggestions like that, that will never get you a linkpearl. I can bed anything that the whm got a bunch of tells from the rest of the party about your.... errr.... awsome suggestion.

no, I didn't tell him that. I just said "you can't voke bene hate." Everyone else in the party was saying the same thing.

And the only other time I've said anything was when a WHM was using Divine Circle + Curega while we were fighting and then screaming for a voke

Vostok 7

It's actually possible if the tank is doing his job perfectly. In the party I had last night, the paladin had so much hate directed toward it that even after benediction, all it took was two provokes, one from me and one from the pld, to divert attention from the whm back to the paladin. That was the first time I've ever seen that.

As far as 2 hour abilities go--

Mighty Strikes is an utterly useless WS.

Same for Blood Weapon.

Mana Font is great, but only in a pinch when you need that one last nuke to finish off the mob.

Hundred Fist is nice, but too accuracy dependent. The very least, it builds up a TP bar quickly.

Soul Voice...?

Perfect Dodge is nice, but demands a warrior sub to make it a party saver.

Familiar is god, but beastmasters don't party.

Meikyo Sisui is god.

Benediction is god.

Invincible is god.

Chain Spell is god, but only after level 40.

Astral Flow is god, but not when you only have Carbuncle.

Call Wyvern? Hahaha!

Mijin Gakure is very VERY powerful but requires the ninja to have a lot of health.

Eagle Eye Shot also very powerful. Hell, a ranger is very powerful even without it.

Heh, I had a great party last night and all NA so I didn't have to turn my lazy brain back and forth from English to Japanese mode. Went great all night, got 7000 xp and leveled to 53. We had 2blms 1 whm 1rdm 1pld and me the monk. Was a little rough at first trying to gel everything together, but eventually dropping the mobs was so easy our blm and whm tarus were running up to the mobs working on their club skill. The paladin would use circle blade and I'd use raging fist for impaction and the 2blms and the rdm would burst thunder 2 off of it. Kinda sucks being in Hawaii though, as parties always end earlier than I'd like, but to finish off we changed the chain to shoulder tackle > freezebite and bursted with double freezes dealing over 2200 damage to the mob in under 10 seconds.

You guys shoulda joined Lakshmi 

You shoulda joined Unicorn.

You shoulda joined Lakshmi!

Yeah been wondering how to display this thing equipped with all armor in jet fighter mode, it stands fine in Gerwalk and Veritech mode, when i attached the gun to the underbelly it solely rests on the gun and not on the landing gear, am i doing somthing wrong?

Make sure you got the gun handle folded into the gun so that the gun rests flat to the arm armor.

You guys shoulda joined Lakshmi

Treant bulbs? I can't get them to grow. And where do I get fruit seeds?

Vostok 7

Fruit seeds from the little bulb plants in Battalia and the Crawler's Nest.

Tree cuttings are dropped from the Goobbue in Rolanberry.

heh, i've been getting stuff all over the map. probably my biggest score so far have been 4 light crystals. imo, growing stuff from the grain/herb/vegetable seeds is a waste of time. if you're going to grow something, grow from tree cuttings or fruit seeds.

I'd rather have a Max 1A and a Q-rau than 2 matching his & her super-J's

Heh, how about light?

Don't know... .never checked it as I never came across a light crystal before.

And ice?

You mostly get the two when you start fighting in the northern lands... which won't be often. However, Ice and Light crystals can also be grown (I think I used earth pot/fruit seeds/dark crystal). Beaucidine and Xarcabard are shitholes. Beautiful locations, but shitholes. I needed a level 65 bst help me get to Fei'Yin just to start my AF2 quest.

Anyway, since the stuff isn't up on the NA Playonline side yet, here's a link from the JP site.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11/limbo/02.html

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As for the boat:

Not totally sure how you missed that one, but the boat is in H-8 directly south of the NM you guys were camping.

Heh, how about light?

Hm, although there is no denying that Kasumi is hot, I personally see no reason why I should order one when there so MANY real girls out there that can give her a run for money.

Besides, real girls are softer and they have automatic heating - no money in the world can buy an excellent pillow like that. Plus, they can do more than just lie around.

Well, if you're buying that pillow, then I think we can safely assume you can't get a real girl.

I have nothing against people buying a pillow like that, but there are always risks - I do mean what I say when I pointed out that real girls can do more that just lie around. Average Joes with a pillow like that need proper insurance and a proper place to hide Kasumi when they go to work. Or they'll risk getting a terrible heartbreak.

You know how cheapskate some friends of the Otakus can get.

Hahah, where do you get these avatars from!?

And water crystals sell for crap anywhere in Unicorn. You are better off with fire crystals from the Wadi.

Ahh, but water crystals are good for raising cooking!

Also those useless crystals are also good for giving to the gate guards so you can skip those crappy missions.

Right... but which one of those 2 is actually cooking anything?

Yeah... but between farming crystals that will actually give you oney and farming crystals that you will give to gate guards, I rather farm money giving crystals.

And besides, a stack of earth crystals got for 150 gil in Bastok, just buy 2 or 3 stacks and you are set.

gah... stacks of earth go for 500 on lakshmi and I use em like they're going out of style

And water crystals sell for crap anywhere in Unicorn. You are better off with fire crystals from the Wadi.

Ahh, but water crystals are good for raising cooking!

Also those useless crystals are also good for giving to the gate guards so you can skip those crappy missions.

And of course, crystals at this level are almost impossible to get. I somehow managed to get a stack of Winds though I'll have to get sold.

Crystals can only be scored off monsters that give xp. If they check as Too Weak, you won't be getting anything off of them.

Hm, although there is no denying that Kasumi is hot, I personally see no reason why I should order one when there so MANY real girls out there that can give her a run for money.

Besides, real girls are softer and they have automatic heating - no money in the world can buy an excellent pillow like that. Plus, they can do more than just lie around.

Well, if you're buying that pillow, then I think we can safely assume you can't get a real girl.

Since you're both Bastok people, easiest thing is to farm in Palborough. If you're high enough, just run in there with your weapon and an empty inventory and lay waste to all the quadavs on the first two floors for Quadav helms and fetich torsos, arms, legs, etc. Even without a thief, Quad parts will drop pretty consistently. Quads on the third floor aren't worth the time because they are stronger and don't drop anything. With a pack loaded full of parts, you can make decent money pretty quickly because they sell to dealers at nice prices so you don't have to wait on the AH.

10 chocobo to palborough

20 kill quads and fill pack with goodies

30 go to third floor and take boat back to bastok

40 sell

50 goto 10

I think a Vf-4 is a lot more possible than a biger macross plus toy of any kind.

I doubt it. Macross Plus valks have way more product recognition than that.

Crizzap. You should all be on my server so you can help me camp my NM. Camping NM's frustrate me to no end, but no other choice when spending 430,000 gil for gloves is just not an option. I already wasted 90,000 on my lifebelt and another 90,000 on shinobigi and sitabaki. Then there's the cost of my subjob's armor and the cost of my BCNM armor....