Ok after playing this game for 2years ive learnt a few tricks...
#1 gil
#2 3rd party apps
#3 random useful tips
///gil
ok so for gil heres what i would recoomend - mining! its far too much underated, mainly because miners dont want company so let me spoil it:
1-15 buying scrolls from the npc and selling on ah, prices differ from server to server so do a lil research could make 30k+ overnight not bad for someone level 5ish eh?
8-32 logging in gelshba... you'll need more than one hatchet at about 510gil each, i normally took 5 since they stack and you can use ones that dont break next time
32-48 mining in yughott grotto this is where you can pull some gil. Due to recent inflation darksteel ores on my server are now 50k... and steady! you could easily get more than you though in a run, ive had 6 in 2hours before. Gold ore is also a nice catch at 25k
48+ mining in gusgen mines. I suggest running around at the bottom-most cave, which is why you need 48+ any aggro even if you can solo it will cause a delay, in that time you could have been mining and who knows picked a couple of darksteel ores
any level (sneak+invis NEEDED) ifrits cauldren, i havent had any exceptional personnal experiences here but ive not been that many times, other miners are full of praise and more than one has admitted that fact miners spread the rumors about it being too difficult to mine, with tonko:ichi and sneak you can do this really easily
mining places i dont reccomend:
Palbourgha(sp?) mines, the points are way too spread out here takes too long, though some people may find it worthwhile if they need platinum and/or mythril
Olton Movapolis, while the best place if you do need platinum or mythrill again the points are spread... useful if gusgen is over mined but otherwise no...
Newton Movalpolis, aggro any level it has gobs and/bats at the points so it is really really hard to get a few swings without aggro, though if youre mining in oldton. it might be worth zoning and taking a quick look at the mining point spawn points you could get lucky and bag a few alluminium (150kish per)
For all the above zones you will need to take 3-7 stacks of pickaxes, depending on the amount of gobbiebag quests you've done and how long you plan to stay. getting smithing level 18+ will be well worth your while, iron ingots take space and can be quite common but still sell for a decent price, in an ingot it takes up one slot and still takes a very nice price on the ah in a stack preferably. Ive made around 200k/hr with some luck and the inflated ore price.
///3rd party apps
For the 3rd party apps im not going to post any of the "less moral" hacks because youre already at the webiste for that just check any of the other posts in the forum
but some really useful things include:
Windower
http://ffxi.archbell.com - every pc player must have this! it allows a window other than ffxi to be in focus without hardexiting ffxi to pol
FFASSIST
http://ffxi.archbell.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1151 - this isnt a direct as the uploaded it is stored on is password protected but this is the next best thing, read through the first post and if youre still unclear check the last few.
The best .ini for ffasisst is definatly this one:
http://ffxi.archbell.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1917
You should also download a decent map pack, i recommend the colored ones,
http://ffxi.archbell.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=968
These really make the game worth playing for me, if you want bots and other hacks then youre already on the right site, what you looking at this post for lol?
/// A few handy tips
Quick way to get to bastok: get a teleport altep run to korraloka tunnel and escape, takes you to bastok mines zone of zeruhn mines, much faster than ship
When youre in one of the 3 lower level towns (not jeuno) always check the ah for high level items, most people not expecting a sale or any intrest just put stuff up for 1000gil or less thats actually worth more if they put it for full price on jeuno ah (i made 100k just while going to bastok to get stuff from storage)
If youre whm and are teleporting you can tele a group of people without going with them, without not getting the crystals which some people do... all you do is cast teh spell right outside your mog in lower jueno, as soon as you can walk without the spell stopping (try a few times to get the right % of completion from the spell bar) zone to your mog house, if youve done it right your paying cutomers end up at their destination without you having to waste mp on a warp, heck you dont even give mp for the teleport since when you enter your mog house all your mp is restored anyway
Ok i hope some of this has come in handy for people, some of it is widely known but what happens when people never post the widely know stuff? it becomes less widely know
if you feel generous and want another person to write a few (more advanced guides) and some kickass macros in for actools you know id be more than chuffed to bits
Stuff thats kept me sane (going for the big P) : FFXI Submissions
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