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Final Fantasy XI => Help Desk => Topic started by: Areya on August 04, 2010, 06:38:40 AM

Title: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Areya on August 04, 2010, 06:38:40 AM
Thought I'd throw this out there, even though next to nobody seems to care these days...

After dying twice trying to solo learn, I decided I'd give up and go back with help.  But it's hard to find help for Abyssea zones since a lot of people just flat out don't want to buy it.

But, if anyone wants to help me learn Acrid Stream and Blazing Bound, it would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Zerila on August 04, 2010, 12:35:06 PM
I'd like to play some more in Abbysea, so I can definitely help :)
Title: Re: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Ryudei on August 04, 2010, 10:31:46 PM
Can't you make, like, 50k exp an hour there now or something!  I seem to recall hearing or reading something CRAZY like that at some point in the distant hazy past.
Title: Re: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Areya on August 04, 2010, 10:44:33 PM
Quote from: Ryudei on August 04, 2010, 10:31:46 PM
Can't you make, like, 50k exp an hour there now or something!  I seem to recall hearing or reading something CRAZY like that at some point in the distant hazy past.

Put it this way:  I joined a good alliance as a 78BLU with about 31,000 to next level, and four hours later when I got tired and left, I was capped exp for 80 AND had gotten 9 merit points.  Abyssea doesn't mess around.

(Edit:  For reference, that's about 213,000 experience in four hours.)

Problem is you basically need a full alliance and you need BLMs, BLUs, and other magic-capable jobs as well as a large number of melees, which can be a little tricky.

Title: Re: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Selan on August 05, 2010, 03:52:30 AM
damn i remember when 10k exp with 4x rng party was amazing!
Title: Re: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Majestica on August 05, 2010, 03:38:15 PM
It's nice to see BLM are needed now. I remember it was pretty rare to find one in your exp party!
Title: Re: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Areya on August 05, 2010, 07:26:38 PM
Quote from: Selan on August 05, 2010, 03:52:30 AM
damn i remember when 10k exp with 4x rng party was amazing!

Yeah, traditional merit parties are a bit rarer lately, it's just hard to compete with the sheer speed of Abyssea once it starts running smoothly, but it's a lot more complicated and you really do need basically a full alliance to keep kill speed up, and things can go awry if Time Extensions don't want to drop.

Quote from: Majestica on August 05, 2010, 03:38:15 PM
It's nice to see BLM are needed now. I remember it was pretty rare to find one in your exp party!

Yeah, Black Mages and Blue Mages got a huge break, since they're both the primary means of magic kills.  Scholar to a less extent, they usually end up healing.
Title: Re: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Areya on August 06, 2010, 04:17:07 AM
Special thanks to Zerila and Dragonmstknight for taking time to help me out.  Not that it took very long (2 Clionids for Acrid Stream, a single Limule for Blazing Bound).
Title: Re: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Areya on September 12, 2010, 05:09:44 AM
*wave* Me again!

And yes, I need help with Abyssea Blue Magic.  Again.

This time around it's Osmosis (from Amoebas) and Benthic Typhoon (from Murexes) in the Scars of Abyssea zones.  Help would be appreciated!
Title: Re: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Zerila on September 12, 2010, 05:22:47 AM
I'll help! :)
Title: Re: Abyssea Blue Magic
Post by: Areya on September 15, 2010, 06:28:14 PM
Thanks to Dragonmstknight I picked up these two as well, although it was quite a bit more painful, taking several attempts.