At the four access lanterns in Den of Rancor that you need to light with the Rancor Flame that goes out each time you light a lantern forcing you to walk back and light your lantern again to get another Rancor Flame, is it possible to light all four lanterns without anyone else?

In other words, do the lit access lanterns ever go out?

I'm a first time player, I've never touched this game before, except a glimpse at the free trial a short while ago.

I guess the title is a bit oxymoronic, as I both know this game and also don't know it at all. This game is old enough to have a drink with me at the bar, and I know the game must feel like a dear friend to many people when its got that much history. With a game that old and with this many players, it has a lot of history, a lot of support, discords and reddits like this one, and a lot of guides.

Yesterday I decided to finally buy the full version of FF11. I am familiar with FF14, and I do still play that, in fact I would be lying if the new Alliance Raid isn't what caused me to finally become curious about this game, if anything because I had known about it for so long.

I spent all day yesterday on the hardest boss in the game, PlayOnline set up, and finally got in. I haven't played much, but I am really happy so far. It is what I am looking for, the game is less intuitive, and I'm going in fully aware of that, in fact I look forward to it. I wanted to play something that wasn't anything like I had played recently, and it is a whole new experience for me. I did not have the ability to play MMO games until recently, but in a way I still feel oddly homesick just walking around. Still taking me a bit to get used to the menus, and I still don't have my bearing on the town I picked. I even had a really nice person come up to me and hand me a ton of gil and teach me how to emote. It was very sweet.

What I'm asking is this, is it a good idea to go in blind like that? Like I said previously, I know there are countless guides, and I definitely did not get past the PlayOnline set up without at least 20 of those guides, but would I be setting myself up for failure to not follow more guides? Was the PlayOnline boss an omen, and would I look like a fool not preparing myself for the game properly? Am I approaching it all wrong? At the same time, I'm enjoying figuring things out for myself, even if it took me almost an hour to find the first NPC and get Signet casted on me.

As for what I do know, I know about Records of Eminence, and I am doing it, and I know about Windower, which I definitely think I will be exploring soon, I'm just going to try it mostly vanilla for now. I guess what I'm asking for is advice for what would be best for getting to know the game, without upfront guiding me along? I'm okay with struggling it out, that's the experience I signed up for.

Tried Dx8 to DX9 fix to help improve performance. Playing on private server using Ashita. 780m igpu only stays at 800mhz. Is there a fix for this to use more of the gpu horsepower to help with performance? Slows down when doing WS but is fine outside of that for the most part.

Hey, I'm a new ish player I've played a couple years but only for a month or two at a time. I know the basics and havnt gotten very far, I think the furthest I've gotten in level is maybe a 60 pup and a 70 summoner.

So I'm relatively new. I'm currently unsuited but thinking about re subbing.. I'm on asura, anyone here wanna chit chat and maybe start or I can join a link shell?

So basically I just wanna know who or what I’m supposed to do to start the story quests , I started in Bastok and did a lot of quests with and NpC called Guldago and then I spoke to another NPC by the city gate and I met a character named Cornelia and then I was told “if you wanna help you can start by helping out that girl earlier , she’s usually found by the Tenshodo were house and after some google search I was told there’s a quest name Beauty and the Galka which after completing it an NPC gives me a Tenshodo form or something. So now I’m looking around Bastok for an NPC to give me that quest but no dice so far, what do I do?

Also as a side note I’ve looked up questing and I saw something about that I have to do other quests for like city reputation so do I have to do side quests and then the story quest appears?

I just can't believe It's going to take 2 hours to update the game before I can even play it.

and I know it's not my internet because I downloaded the 5 part installer package in under a minute from the website

Just learned today from a fellow FFXI player that you can compare body armor pieces while in equipment viewer by holding down the CTRL button .... I had no idea bout this! Anyone else know about this?

As the title says, i was woundering if anyone was willing to sell me some moon orbs for 1M each. Trying to go for a Kraken Club, and i need all the chances i could get. I can solo it. I just need the orbs.

Name is Bisog on Asura server. Please let me know. Thanks

Edit: Price bumped from 200k to 1M

Hey y'all! I'm looking at coming back to the game after an extended break. I honestly don't recall how far along I was progression wise and it looks like some things have changed. Blue Mage always was and always will be my class of choice but I'm pretty certain I have a fair amount of gear for Thief and Corsair as well.

I'm hoping to find an LS on Asura that can help me get back into the swing of things. Anyone out there that doesn't mind a dozen dumb questions? My in game name is GenocideJack I believe.

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Well I finally figured out PlayOnline and got the game working, and I'm loving it so far! Coming from FFXIV, this is a nice change of pace. I'm only on the free trial, but does anyone have some starting tips?

I've been doing some research because I'm curious to pick up the game again after not playing for many many years. I've known about trust magic for a long time and I've even played several years ago using trust Magic, but because they are so effective at fighting, it feels like I'm just accompanying AI companions that are doing all of the gameplay and fun for me. Eventually I got bored and dropped the game..

I'd like to start over and play the game with combat focused on my character (if possible). Is there trust magic that would allow someone to play through the story and level up, but also doesn't basically play the game for you on auto with insanely powerful companions? Ideally I would be the primary character providing damage and healing, I'd probably play something like Red Mage, but I don't know if something like this is possible.

Having weaker trusts would be airtight, but they're still playing the game for me in many ways, so my perfect scenario would be trust companions that turn me into a one man army. Evenif it's not as effective as a group, I just want it to be doable and engaging.

Hey all

So I have ffxi running on my steam deck and it’s working great but my question is has anyone installed windows on there deck and got 11 working on that and if so is it any good?

I’m currently sitting in Jueno listening to the theme song of my happiest days. The nostalgia this new FFXIV storyline has triggered in me is even more than I thought possible. Today is a good day in VanaEorzea.

I know. These are the kind of threads people hate. I'm one boss away from finishing chango and haven't played in years. I'm just realizing I haven't ever completed a mythic despite having alot of alexandrite I've stored up over 15 years

Between pup, smn and ninja what mythic weapon would you pick and why?

I'd love to get to the point I can solo or low man aeonic weapon if that influences what you would answer.

Also. A stupid question. It's been years. But if I beat all the bosses for an aeonix weapon and want to do another on asura, so I have to kill everything again? Or just spend thr 50k silt?

I missed this game so much lol

Since this was part of the XI crossover in XIV, I thought I would write a basic backstory of the Shadow Lord.

The Shadow Lord as a character, was originally a Galka that was in love with a hume female. A group of people, made up of representatives from each nation was sent to the Icelands to investigate an anomaly there.

In this group was a Galka (Raogrimm), a human female (Cornelia), a human male (Ulrich), an elvaan male (Francmage), a TaruTaru (Iru-Kuiru) and a mithra (Rabntah). Ulrich was jealous of the way Cornelia felt about Raogrimm and one night he lead him away from the others with the intent of killing him, he stabbed him in the back and was about to finish him off when Cornelia who followed them secretly got in the way to try stop him, in the scuffle she was accidentally stabbed and killed in his place.

Ulrich never intended for this to happen and ran off back to the others, Raogrimm was left bleeding out and kneeling over the body of Cornelia all alone in the freezing snow. Ulrich pretended there was an accident and they fell into a ravine, and the others searched for them (in the wrong place, as Ulrich lead them to a different location) before giving up due to the harsh winter weather and thinking they were lost. As Raogrimm knelt there dying, Odin felt his rage and reached out to him to offer him a pact. He would give him the power of Odin, to carry out his vengeance against Ulrich and Raogrimm accepted.

Odin however always tricks those he gives his powers to, and uses them for his own agenda. He changed Raogrimm into the Shadow Lord and he quickly got his vengeance against Ulrich with his demon assassins, however as the Shadow Lord he was cursed to never have his rage satisfied. Now he turned his rage on the other party members he thought had abandoned him and Cornelia, when he felt they could have saved them. After he killed them with beastmen assassins, now he turned his rage on all the people of all the races the party had belonged to. He united all the beastmen tribes that would follow him, as well as the demons he controlled with the intent of wiping all the 5 races out completely. This was the Crystal War.

The Shadow Lord is an incredibly powerful character at this time and looks totally different from most images seen of him and in XIV, a leader of a massive army and in black armor (a similar character maybe to Thanos, and all the races had to unify to stop him or be killed off one by one). Ultimately though he is a pitiful character that was turned into what he is, by the loss of the one he loved and by Odin tricking him. Many of the antagonists in XI are similar to this, and Odin is usually involved in them too. He was defeated and the Crystal War ended.

In a later expansion, he was brought back by the Zilart brothers (and he is seen rising from a tomb with smoke all around and this is the version shown in most places) in a weaker form and is defeated by the player. In his weakened form and in defeat he regains his memories of his former self and becomes a Galka again, in an attempt to allow the player and their allies to escape the Zilart brothers he becomes the Shadow Lord again and stands against the Ark Angels that the Zilart brothers call after the SL is defeated originally by the player. In death he is shown to be united with Cornelia as the player and their allies run from the castle.

The Crystal Warriors / Ark Angels are beings of each of the 5 crystals, each one represents a dark emotion locked within each crystal (Apathy, Jealousy, Rage, Cowardice and Arrogance). I guess you could describe them as similar entities to the Terminator or Aliens from those movies, in that they have no real will of their own and are just crystalized beings. They can be ordered to do certain things if called upon and are by the Zilart or just exist as what they are.

Cut-scene below of the Shadow Lords with Japanese voice acting, when he tried to stand against the Ark Angels to let the player escape and him being shown re-uniting with Cornelia as he dies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSuQVBZUZ84

The link between the Ark Angels and the 5 races are that they both are created / morphed from each mother crystal, and so both have the same blueprint of creation and look similar. The Ark Angels have existed thousands of years before any of the 5 races of people we have now, there is no direct link between them other than being made / morphed from the same source.

The greater foundation of the game is that everything must have balance between good and evil, and so Odin creates antagonists like this for this goal of fighting against good. If he were to not do this and allow good to dominate, the Cloud of Darkness would destroy the timeline and effectively delete everything. The only real evil character in the story is Ulrich, the Shadow Lord was manipulated by Odin and consumed with rage, the Crystal Warriors are just mindless beings of dark emotions, Odin does what he does to maintain balance to stop the CoD consuming their timeline and the Cloud of Darkness is a force of nature that deletes timelines that are not in balance.

The second maw in north guataberg says “nothing happens” when I try to click it

I can’t find my way to north gustberg (s) from grauberg (s)

WPN (WolfPackNation) discord.gg/wolfpacknation is looking for members, new, returning, transfers... Assist, social, Event... We are having a winter raffle for gil in December... Join WPN, have it in slot 1, and be active for a chance to win 1st pull 25 mil, 2nd pull 10 mil, 3rd pull 5 mil. Pearls on Concierges, if no pearls join discord to get a member to provide you a LS pearl. Look forward to seeing you in game!

Hello ffxi world, I am looking for a golden world pass to Bahamut. I played the game 20 years ago and was addicted. Ended up having to delete the game because I faild grade 11 math and could not prioritize life . Times have changed and I am looking to get back into this amazing game. Thank you in advance!

So I’m getting back in and am going thru the whole final boss of PlayOnline and also installing windower 4 and was just wondering what are some good beginner addons? I’m not trying to go crazy right now with addons but just some simplistic QoL addons for my adventures

Hello!

I've finally started playing FFXI again because 14 has the alliance raid releasing

I've been having a blast and wanted to see if I could connect with anyone who remembers a Taru RDM named Ujaja on Unicorn from the old days!

Or just anyone wanting to hang out and party up, I'm only level 24 right now

Hey all, ive done some shouting and have had no luck - so reaching out here - i am looking for a LS that can help guide me on what things are going on in the game. What to work on. Endgame content. etcetcetc.
If anyone has any recommendations, ill take it! Thanks

Hey guys I know someone who’s charging half of what the usual guys are for power levels CP and master levels. These merchs on bahamut charging 20m for 2100cp and over 175m for master levels. Ik someone who will do it cheaper at damn near Half the price

Hey yall im an old XI player and played a ton during covid but dropped it after due to a LS breaking apart and mercs being a menace on Asura.

How are the other servers? And do people living in the EU play on say a Bahamut server?
I want to play and level with others not just do it solely with trusts.

I'm also very open to putting together an old school lvling group. Anyways I'd love to have peoples input. Im itching for XI I just need that final nudge...

Hello, im returning with 1 of my old accounts on Bahamut trying to relearn the ins and outs of 11 again. Last played before Abyssea dropped so im used to the good old 75 lv cap. Is there any active LS groups or anything on the server I could join and possibly get some pointers from?

I recently re-subbed to FFXI after buying a new Apple Silicon Macbook. I know dgvoodoo or the ashita dev’s proxy is frequently recommended for Windows laptops, but I’m wondering if that’s still something that applies to a Parallels environment where there’s already several translation layers in place.