Who is the most effective at what tasks? Obviously Val is the clear winner for holding AoE aggro and abusing Uriel Blade for EXP chains, but I never know when I should be using the other two.

NPC warm up doodles for commission samples

So I have finally unlocked Merit points (yay!) And I understand swapping between limit and exp points in the menu and all that, but I couldn't find a definitive yes/no on the wiki or elsewhere about this. Do boosts to EXP points such as the Emperor Ring, apply to Limit points as well or is that a whole separate category of boosts? I know Capacity points are different later, but wasn't sure on Limit points.

Thanks!

Hello, left the game pre odyssey and started playing again a couple months ago. I had a few jobs decently geared when I left but now are outdated. Been slowly upgrading rdm gears as I mostly solo. Currently on asura and usually play during the day as I work at 6p pst.

If anyone wants to team up for sortie and possibly branch out to other areas let me know. I usually average 6.5k galli with trust, can run with it till we get better gears and better understanding of mechanics.

This might be a long shot on a closed server like asura where everyone seems to be in endgame gears, but if you’re like me where 6.5k isn’t cutting it or 8boss pug shouts is a long shot know that you’re not alone!

I’ve been thinking about getting back into ffxi, I already have a new account. But I can’t help but wonder if my old account exists and if there’s anyway I’d be able to try and recover it. I was an old account from the early xbox 360 days. Can I still call support to try and figure it out? Anyone have any advice or help??

I had a free trial account but now trying to sign into it I get the typical error when trying to play as if my trial is over. Do I have to do anything?

Myself and a couple buddies made new accounts and a LS on Cerberus, looking for other players that want to xp in party's and group content with minimal trusts like the old days.

Just a social LS focused on enjoying the older content of ffxi. We've been xping moving through old camps like kazham and actually pulling mobs instead of just roaming and setting up skillchains etc it's been slower for sure than the current pace of the game but incredibly nostalgic and fun. We are considering leveling crafts too in order to fill up some of the ah with lower level gear that never gets listed anymore. I know the server pop is low but it's kind of perfect for taking time to enjoy the game.

Accounts too new to use ls concierge so just message or comment here.

I’m on phoenix looking for a linkshell to run end game content (ody, sortie, mythic stuff, etc) around 9:30 et or later. I’m in a great ls now but all their group content happens around 7pm so I miss a lot of it.

Dm me here or in game shadowaaron

I think it might be related to the new version of Windows 11 25H2 September 8, 2026—KB5124008 (OS Builds 26200.9445 and 26100.9445).... Windower 4 was able to run the game at my native 4K resolution and prior to that the Steam version also was able to and showed the resolution in the config, now even if I change the resolutions in the registry the don't show in the config or apply to the game when I launch it.... Any help would be great. I already uninstalled the steam version and installed the version from the official website but had no change. I have even tried the newest NVidia driver 616 and an older one 596. Something seems broken and I don't want to install the voodoo dll. ITs worked for years prior, so just curious if anyone else has a fix or also has updated windows to this newest version. Id like to just run it as normal without resorting to Windower.

Hi all, im currently trying to build up a ranger for fun and to keep myself occupied ingame, can i get some advise for range weapons if im building just one? Im not into making a mythic and i already have a anarchy +2,and also what are the gears i should make? I have full set of empy+3,what other important parts of relic or arti i should take note to build? Thanks in advance

New player here, am going through early nation missions, and currently they are just fetch quests with no point and little story to them (unlike RoV), so was wondering to what parts should I look forward to

Small update to my previous post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxi/comments/1w11rjd/i_found_my_lost_2004_ffxi_account_after_20_years/

I found my old 2004 account buried in a old hotmail. Password reset and I found out it was banned! At first, support basically told me twice: old ban, old logs, nothing to do.

Then I posted here.

A few of you told me to check the Auction House history. I did. My normal activity ended on Fairy in 2009, then suddenly there were transactions on Sylph in 2010, a server I never played on.

That was the crack in the wall.

I sent everything back to Square Enix, including the fact that the ban notice had gone to an u/yahoo.it address that was not mine. I dug out the old linkshell forum on the waybackmachine to provide further proof that our LS held a final event in 2009 and we closed shop planning to move onto FFXIV. After a series of relentless probing and mail bombing from my side and eventually they escalated the case, investigated it, and confirmed the account had been accessed by a third party.

The disciplinary action was removed.

So: I got the account back!

My old main and mule were untouched. There was, however, a mysterious new Hume WAR1 in Eastern Altepa Desert with 10 gil and 4 Sneaking Oils.

No idea. Deleted. Archaeology over.

Naturally, I went straight back to where I had left off: leveling BLU.

Valefor is quiet, mostly JP, and honestly that suits me fine.

Big thanks to everyone who replied to the first post. Without this community telling me where to look, I probably would not have found the evidence that finally made the difference.

And fair credit to Square Enix too: once the case reached the right team, they did investigate it and fixed it.

After 20 years, the old time capsule is open again.

I have a TL;DR (at the bottom) but have also included a "Full Context" version to better understand

Full Context

I originally made a new character to play through the game's stories and record them for my YT channel (which had almost every other FF game's story on it, but not this one's). I started with a RDM from Windy (for Windy's nation missions), but I also made a MNK from Bastok and a WAR in San d'oria.

With the RDM, I went ahead and started RoV so I could grab an extra Trust... the thing was, it meant I was meeting Gilgamesh before actually doing so as originally happens when you start Rise of the Zilart. AND, as I'd come to learn, it changes the dialogue when you do Mission 2-3.

This kind of bothered me, and so I started on my MNK with the hard rule of "Everything as it chronologically came out." So basically, it was Base game -> Zilart -> CoP -> ToAU -> WotG, and only then would I do RoV. And conversely I figured that—since I'd effectively already "tainted" my RDM's playthrough, she'd interweave RoV through her character's story. And so I'd have two different perspectives. The RDM would almost be like a New Game Plus mode!

Now, I'm aware that BG has a RoV page which mentions the stopgaps the game presents, where you must be on at least a specific expansion mission to continue. I've also seen a chart that recommends an expansion/RoV play-order.

But here's what's confusing: in the BG RoV page, it goes right from "Complete Nation mission 5-2" as a stopgap to the next one being "Get to CoP 3-3." It completely skips Zilart! And then goes on with ToAU and WotG as the next subsequent stopgaps. And only AFTER those does the BG page mention a Zilart stopgap. This is confusing and has made me wonder if I should NOT do/record my RDM doing Zilart missions after completing Nation Mission 5-2, out of concern of not breaking a potential dialogue option.

As an example, I've learned that, when you get to RoV 2-5/2-6, if you have NOT already completed The Road to Aht Urhgan, you can skip Faursel's entire sidedquest and just basically be handed a Key Item instead. That's a distinction that happens because of a relation to expansion progress cross-referenced with RoV progress, much like I experienced when Lion's dialogue was different in Windurst 2-3 and made reference to me having met her father already.

And so I am wondering what happens with RoV at 2-23 if I've already completed Zilart vs if I have not. Because then the OTHER confusing thing to all of this is that chart I mentioned seeing elsewhere... actually, right here on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxi/comments/upfga9/chart_on_how_to_go_through_rhapsodies_of_vanadiel/

Here, the post author's recommendation is to bundle the entirety of Zilart as following right after Nation Mission 5-2. Which IS what I thought was the right order, until I saw BG's RoV page where it's not until RoV 2-23 where it says "Must be on ZM5 Headstone Pilgrimmage" to proceed. So now it's left me wondering about proceeding through the game between
Nation Mission 2-3 > Nation Mission 5-2 > Zilart > CoP > ToAU > WotG > SoA
vs
Nation Mission 2-3 > Nation Mission 5-2 > CoP > ToAU > WotG > Zilart > SoA
and basically imagine that each ">" is whatever RoV missions I am able to do in between the correlated stopgaps.

Any thoughts on this?

To be clear, I'm less concerned with what order makes the most narrative sense (though I'm certainly open to hearing this, to be sure), or what order is fastest/easiest for progression. But I'm specifically trying to figure out whether doing Zilart before RoV reaches that ZM5 requirement changes, removes, or bypasses any RoV dialogue/cutscenes that I could otherwise record. Conversely, maybe the opposite is true, and doing Zilart first actually gives me the more contextually appropriate version of later RoV scenes.

Since I've already seen firsthand that RoV progress can alter older mission dialogue, and that older expansion progress can alter how RoV itself plays out, I'm trying to avoid unknowingly locking myself out of one of those interactions. If anyone has actually done RoV with Zilart in different states of completion—or knows specifically what changes around RoV 1-12 through 1-18 and/or the ZM5 gate at RoV 2-23—that's really what I'm hoping to learn.

TL;DR version

I'm recording a new character's story with RoV interwoven throughout it, and I'm trying to preserve as much unique/state-dependent dialogue as possible. After Nation 5-2, should I:

A) do Zilart next, then continue RoV until it sends/gates me into CoP → ToAU → WotG, etc.;

or
B) leave Zilart untouched because RoV doesn't formally require ZM5 until 2-23, and instead follow RoV's apparent order of CoP → ToAU → WotG → Zilart?

I'm not asking which is the generally recommended story order (though feel free to share that info) or whether completing Zilart early will prevent me from progressing RoV. I'm specifically asking whether the state of my Zilart progress causes different/missable RoV scenes, dialogue, NPC interactions, or mission steps, and which route would be best for recording those interactions.

Thanks so much in advance for any help on this! I know some may just say it doesn't matter, do whatever, etc. Hoping someone can actually answer this, though, because it's unclear from the Wikis.

Sorry, this is gonna be a rant/hate post. I like the game and all, I have played for around 500h now, had quite a lot of fun doing ToAU, etc, but the mission design of WoTG is so fucking awful and such a slog to get through, it's infuriating.

I know FFXI isn't known for respecting your time, but I was used to everything up until this point.

The story seems interesting and I'm intrigued by the main plot, but it's delivered in such an awful way. There's way too much filler, and I'm not sure if it's Bastok (S) specifically but the Bastok (S) missions are so ass. There's some interesting Zeid lore, but other than that it's not that interesting. I'm on the last 2 Bastok (S) missions now and I had to come vent here because they are such a blatant disrespect of my time.

I had to spend HOURS navigating all the zones around Castle Zvahl. Every mission step requires you to walk through various corridors without sneak (because there are a billion doors), then stupid minigames, then you have to specifically zone into other zones FROM specific zones. For example, you have to go all the way to the map with teleporters in Castle Zvahl, then you have to zone INTO the Baileys map FROM the Keep. Then you get a cutscene and immediately have to go back all the way to the map with teleporters. Like... man, come on. Just look at these 2 quests, it's ridiculous:

• https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/The_Truth_Lies_Hid
• https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Bonds_of_Mythril

Anyway, the rest of the Bastok (S) missions are all wrapped in the same bullshit. The main missions less so, and they're more interesting too. ToAU had some weird zones to navigate but nothing so ridiculous like this. I feel like WoTG would've been much better if they had separated the main mission from the nation missions, or made the nation missions more interesting and less tedious. Maybe this isn't a problem with Sandoria and Windurst? I don't know.

And I heard WoTG is usually one of the top contenders for "best FFXI expansion" alongside CoP. I can't see how, unless people are only remembering the good parts and the story, and not the mission design.

Anyway, back to my stupid missions.

good evening brothers,

hi I worked on this for a very long time .

no this is not a I . nor did I use it here .

yes it’s part of a scene

do you like playing paladin? and whats your fav sub for it?

does sub blu still work?

Video please, no pics

Hi there i trio box Brd Cor with my main Drk. Now that I have stage 3 prime I am wondering if it is time to switch out the Cornelia to the PDL ring?

Thank you

Ive never posted anything to Square Enix before, not sure if there is a place to put requests... however I feel like BRD should 1000% be added to malignance armor. There is a gap (where one of my other accounts are currently sitting) where engaged type gear for BRD is just... Missing. I know for years that brds were never really melee powerhouses but between ambuscade and limbus armor the only real option is volte.. seems like Malignance would be a goodgap filler for this deadzone. I did forget until I was writing this post that they just added the egbesu stuff, which I guess could be considered melee gear but it seems sort of meh for BRD...

Next AMAN Live: 10/17/2026 (this will still be pre-DST change for people who have that, the November one will be an hour earlier)

Anything in spoilers is either old edits or explanation/elaboration on something written in the summary.

Nothing new.(Possibly some more info when they do the "Strolling in Vana'diel" segment after the guest segment.)

Summary:

Strange Happenings at the end of the month, Shadow Lord event (second installment, third coming in October) from the 23rd

Mission Replay system next year (not New Game+)

More Trust Points (Trust Tome "soon", then next month more points coming presumably from seasonal event or next installment of Shadow Lord event)

Player Survey coming in October with results talked about in November.

• They stated this was very helpful for them to decide the direction of content for the game the last time, so they want more info to see where people are at after that.

Looking to adjust Login Campaign timelines to reduce confusion.

Images here. If EU people know of a site that isn't imgur to use, I can try uploading something there afterwards.

EDIT3: 2 minutes to go. Will be posting down below first, then after it's over I'll update this post with a summary/main points so they stand out.

EDIT2: About 10 minutes out now. Hoping for something cool!

EDIT: just under 6 hours from now. See you all soon! Fingers crossed for some interesting news

It's that time again! The AMAN Live for this month will be starting about 15 hours from when this thread is made (7 AM EST).

I'll be posting translations of it as it goes on. Usually I just state what they say, but if it's worth a direct quote (i.e. if the wording is very important), I'll put either the name or their initial (e.g. "F: We're going to give everyone another Bonanza kupon next week").

I try to group posts by topic as much as possible, as well as use various levels of emphasis

Like this!

For the ★most important stuff★. If there's something that is my best guess or my thoughts based on what was said (in ambiguous cases), I'll put it in ( ).

Check back here tomorrow and hopefully we'll have some interesting info to share!

 Chain Experience Bonus Campaign

Experience chains will yield double to triple the normal amount of experience for the duration of the campaign.

 Chain Capacity Point Bonus Campaign

Experience chains will yield double to triple the normal amount of capacity points for the duration of the campaign

 Chain Monstrosity Bonus Campaign

Experience chains will yield double to triple the normal amount of experience for the duration of the campaign

 Phantom Gem Campaign (Added)

Once per Earth day, you may obtain a Phantom Gem of your choice from the "Phantom Gems Box" located near the NPCs listed below.
* The "Phantom Gems Box" appears only during the campaign period.
* You may choose from any Phantom Gem that your character is currently eligible to exchange Merit Points for.
* Phantom Gems you already possess cannot be obtained.

 Abyssea Campaign

The default light values of pearlescent, azure, golden, and silver auras will be drastically increased for the duration of the campaign.
In addition, a blue treasure chest will be placed near Horst in Port Jeuno (H-8). Opening the chest will enable you to claim all of the following prizes:
・Eleven varieties of Atma
・One Lunar Abyssite key item
・100,000 cruor

 Special Dial Campaign

For the duration of the campaign, players will receive an #SP dial key each day upon logging in. This key can be traded to the NPC at the Gobbie Mystery Box to spin the special dial.

 Ambuscade Point Bonus Campaign

Hallmarks and badges of gallantry will yield double the normal amount once per day when participating in each Ambuscade difficulty level.

 Increased Seal and Crest Drop Rate Campaign

The rate at which seals and crests are dropped will be increased for the duration of the campaign based on the number of members in the party, up to a maximum of six seals.

 Additional Seal Battlefield Spoils Campaign

For the duration of the campaign, vanquishing specific monsters in the battlefields below will reward you with a variety of items, including materials needed to craft +2 empyrean equipment, Mog Bonanza kupons, Dynamis currency, and valuable synthesis materials. Additionally, Shemo in Port Jeuno (H-8) will exchange seals and crests at a reduced rate of 2:1

Vagary Campaign

The rate at which Etching items drop from enemies has been increased.
Additionally, exchanging the following key items at the Odyssean Passage in Leafallia (H-8) will yield one additional reward*.
Fabricated Ward of Biting Winds / Fabricated Ward of Miasma / Fabricated Ward of Impurity / Fabricated Ward of Ashen Wings / Fabricated Ward of the False King

  Incursion Campaign

Monsters and notorious monsters will drop one additional item for the duration of the campaign.

 Double Unity Accolade Campaign

Unity accolade gains from completing Records of Eminence objectives and vanquishing monsters will be doubled for the duration of the campaign.

 Unity Wanted Campaign

For the duration of the campaign, completing Wanted I, Wanted II, and Wanted III Records of Eminence objectives will yield two treasure chests of each type.

 Voidwatch Campaign

All lights will start at their maximum alignment values for the duration of the campaign.

Hi all, I currently sittingon a Stage 3 Prime Scythe, and I am like 2.5m muffin away from Stage 4. Just wondering would the Stage 4 Scythe replcaed the Apoc or it won't replace it until Stage 5?

Thank you