Best Party? : FFXI General Discussions

IMO, the best party is as follows:

WAR/WHM-Puller
WAR/WHM-Tank
*/WAR-Backup provoker
BLM/WHM-DUH!
WHM/BLM-DUH!
*/*-Wild Card

The backup provoker should a melee class as well.I really havent found a class that I dont like in the wild card spot. It really depends on your play style. So post you thoughts, suggestions, and falmes.

Are you considering advanced job? I played with some advanced last night and I am a RDM and thier main healer. In each chain we were getting a total between 500-600 exp.

RNG
SAM
DRK
WAR
BLM
RDM (personally I would have liked a WHM here, but I wasn't complaining)

It was awesome, before i had a chance to do an enfeeble spell, Clips, Pugils were gonners.

WAR/WHM, boy, you really are a newbie.

One of the best PTs would probably look something like this.

MNK/WAR
NIN/WAR
DRK/THF
RNG/NIN
RDM/WHM
BRD/WHM

Why? Simple, RDM can take care of healing because the NIN is tanking. The NIN gets massive hate, because the DRK/THF can plant a SAnTA Spinning Slash for 1,000 damage with 1,000 renkei damage. The MNK/WAR does the same with Dragon Kick.

You have two Skillchains running side by side.

First off, RNG and MNK, because they generate TP faster then NIN or DRK.

You pull of Empyrial Arrow or Detonator [if the RNG is using Marksmanship] to Dragon Kick.

So, Empyrial Arrow/Arching Arrow/Detonator/Heavy Shot [any of these will work] >>> Dragon Kick, level 3 Light Skillchain.

Then the NIN and the DRK do Blade: Ten/Ku >>> Spinning Slash, level 3 Light Skillchain.

Oh, and never include a WAR/WHM in the best PT. WAR/WHM sucks.

By the way, this is assuming the PT is level 65 +

LOL~

For my lvl range will be
-NIN/war
-Rdm / anything or brd/whm
-blm/ (whm or smn )
-whm/ (blm or smn)
-Someone that can tank alittle and deal dmg ( pld, mnk, drg, drk, Thf, Rng, etc.)

I am a thf/nin so i prefer pld. But other jobs are ok.. tried sata behind a rng/nin with all above and we are a well to do pt ^^. 3k exp per hr ^^.

I do agree with the previous two posts. WAR/WHM are terrible, you basically waste a sub-job. I do think having skillchain partners is a good thing, because the mages can burst twice then. I was in Yhoater (or however you spell it) and we were doing two chains for over 500 pts. each, it was good enough to chain Mandy's and an occasional Gob. Thanks for your guys inputs.

Also, from my partying lately, Bards (OWN).

I am Drk lvl 38 Now - can't wait till i get to around 65 for some SICK damage... Drk/Sam is also another NICE combo. Guillitoine->Meditate->Guillitoine.. (again over 60 hehe)..

at 41-xx i would say
RNG\NIN
RNG\NIN
rdm\xxx
blm\whm
Brd\whm
pld\war

ofcourse the rangers need nice gear, blm would just nuke and debuff ( and warp II ^^;;)
With RDM's refresh and bards balad mp for healing isnt a problem, had this party except for the blm was a whm :\, he barly had to do anything, we RARLY got less than chain 5(mainly IT+ monsters)(only got less than chain5 when we couldent find any monster to kill), and quite many chain 6.
Absolutly no downtime, and never even low MP except for on the PLD, but i made juice for him to drink
net xp 6000+\hr

Yes, i would say that is a sick party. I would hate to be balancing the RNG/NIN's checkbook. It must be very expensive to keep them up to date. I have found out that Bard's own in FF XI. They greatly enhance chaining and lessen downtime. Thanks for the post

Where were you chaining at that lvl?

at 39 you shuld go Gustav Tunnel, but rdm dont have refresh then so hes kinda much more useless than at 41(PLD need tons of mp to be able to atleast have a litle hate controll with the rangers), also they get convert at 40 so they can atleast keep their own mp high
guess you leave gustav at 42 or 43,

at my lvl now, this would be my dream pt set up

RNG/NIN
PLD/WAR
BLM/SMN
RDM/ anything
THF/NIN
the last slot would either be a DRK or a WHM

i prefer a drk cos we can end the fight faster.

rng will be the puller and can utsuemni themselves while pulling, a pld as the main tanker, blm as the dmg dealer and those elemental debluff spells, a thf/nin can do a SATA right away and gather awesome hate for the PLD and by building it's tp fast. as for rdm??? what else but for it's REFRESH.

i have only once chance to experience this setup and we were chaining like nothing over at crawler's nest.

this is what i think the best pt is

war/monk
pld/war
blm/whm
blm/whm
whm/blm
here you could have another war or drk.

IF you have 2 blms in your PT you can kill an IT in about a minute, becuase if their both catsing stone II thats about 300 points of damage right there.

But Stone II cost 43MP and 14 sec cooldown.
So lets say both blm cast stone 2 and lighting1 3 times per battle, that would cost 43*3 (129) + 37*3 (111) totalting 240MP, to recover that you need to sit some time... i guess you have clear mind 1 at that level so you start at 15mp/tick?
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|Mp Recoverd| Time|This tick|
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| 15 | 20s | 15 |
| 31 | 30s | 16 |
| 48 | 40s | 17 |
| 66 | 50s | 18 |
| 85 | 60s | 19 |
| 105 | 70s | 20 |
| 126 | 80s | 21 |
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Sure its good for a good party but not great party.
Also it would be great for some anoying beetles... like quicksand caves, beeing there without blm's are
i guess the party your talking about is not to high level since they cast stone2 so they wont have refresh from rdm or ballad 1+2from bard to help their mp up, or dark staff

BRD/WHM
RDM/BLM
BLM/WHM
PLD/WAR
SAM/RNG
SAM/THF

oops, yeah instead of putting another war or drk i would put a brd, and yes im not a very high lvl my main was a lvl 31 war. i recently got sam