Overview

The update to Scholar in the March 2008 patch has really made Scholar an incredibly strong job - in many ways infringing on the expertises of other standard mage jobs such as Black Mage and White Mage.  Scholar is quite unique among "mage" or "support" jobs in that it actively and constantly uses both abilities and spells.  This leads to ( Read more... )

Overview

Recently, I started looking for another solo project to try to accomplish.  I had seen and heard of some pretty nice ones recently such as the Vol Diabolos Video and a couple of Apollyon NW Kaiser Behemoth Solo videos.  In an effort to try to keep pushing the limits of my favorite (and only) job, I tried to find something no one else had ( Read more... )

Overview

In this post, I want to focus on the "X's Knife BC" or Requiem of Sin.  Anyone not familiar with this BCNM, this is basically a 75 cap fight similar to the level 50 cap CoP mission against the 3 mithra sisters.  This BC poses a number of rather annoying and unique challenges, which for the longest time, has hindered testing on potentially ( Read more... )

Lack of Updating and Future Topics

I've been a bit busy in RL with research, an internship, MCATs, and applying to medical schools this summer, so I'm really sorry I haven't been able to put together an update for awhile.  I still do intend to update (hopefully more often) so don't worry!  Things should start to die down again once Summer ends for ( Read more... )

Overview

In previous posts regarding BLM styles and techniques, I've gone over a wide variety of ideas, from using a basic "standing" setup to some pretty high end kiting methods.  In this post, I intend to really try to put it together in the form of what, I feel, is by far the most difficult Black Mage solo currently in the game - soloing and ( Read more... )

Overview

Sea is a particularly Black Mage-friendly zone - Just about everything is manaburnable, NMs included, and you can easily do a good 75% of these NMs with nothing more than a team of Black Mages; this is a good reason why the RMT probably have so much success in Sea.  As far as bettering oneself as a Black Mage up here, there are a number of ( Read more... )

Overview

When it comes to determinations of "Skill" for something like FFXI, it's really hard to tell sometimes - I mean when you really get down to it it's more about gear, preparation, and experience more than anything.  To compare certain people or certain LSs with "Skill" in mind is probably more arbitrary than fact usually I would have to say ( Read more... )

Lack of Updates?

Really sorry I haven't updated in a while.  Real life has been increasingly hectic for me and some recent BG worthy drama has really plagued the NA side of TK over the last few weeks.  Without going into too much detail, I will say the best time to judge the strength any group or linkshell is when shit hits the fan.  When you are ( Read more... )

- DISCLAIMER - This is for Computer Players only.  I don't know how PS2 works with FFXI.

This Post Covers:
- Introduction to the Guide
- Setting a "Standing" Equip Macro
- Genearl Macro Considerations - Watching HP and MP Changes
- Equipment Macros - Order Matters
- Inventory Management
- Macro /recasts on Everything!

Black Mage Guide (Part II)
Black Mage ( Read more... )

Overview

Ok so this isn't exactly a big deal to solo, especially when compared to something like Apollyon Northwest. I'm sure plenty of BLMs on every server can do this in their sleep already, but I'm going to go over it anyway. I was basically trying to go for the record when I did these. I made 3 runs total I think. The basic idea for anyone who ( Read more... )