Submitted by raprot on Sun, 08/15/2004 - 17:41.

"You're damned if you do and damned if you don't." - Bart Simpson



This phrase goes back a lot farther than Mr. Simpson, but it's no less true for my generation than it was for the one that originally claimed it. Since I started FFXI I've made a lot of stupid mistakes and sometimes it just seemed like the world was against me. In an attempt to stop others from following in my footsteps I'm going to post my top three warnings (rants) that all happened yesterday.

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3. FFXI Time Reference Webpages



These site are incredibly helpful. They have useful information about air/ship times, the current day, and even RS Equipment. This would be all well and good, but I didn't know the page based itself completely off of 'my' system clock. My system clock has never worked properly and I've never gone in to change the battery. So when trying to plant Deathballs I completely missed Lightsday because my system clock told the page it was 2 hours earlier. Obviously when my clock got around to getting two hours later, I had totally missed Lightsday and had to wait another 6 hours. Making me not a happy camper.



2. Windhurst Quest 2-2 - A Testing Time



This can be a fun mission, especially if you don't go alone. It can also get you a couple hundred experience points along the way. Nothing incredible, but why not. You are given a doll that counts how many mobs you maim within the next hour (1 game day). You're to head up to Tahrongi Canyon and begin whomping at will and make sure to return 'before' the day is up.



1. WATCH the clock! Even a couple minutes late and you start all over.

2. FIND ways to get up there quickly. If you're like me and don't have chocobo, then get a warp scroll from the W.W. at the gate. It's 750 conquest points each. Then set your home point at the crystal in Waters.

3. Do NOT return early. He will only accept the doll within the 'last' hour (2.5 minutes) of your day.



Needless to say, I failed the first time. Maior consoled me and told me he had failed his first time too. So I spent 1500 conquest points in the end...grrr. I also ended up spending two hours on this mission only to remember in the end, it's ONLY for fame. You still have to give 12 crystals to get to Mission 3: The Three Kingdoms!



3. Eco-Warrior Quest



This is the largest thorn in my hind end. There's a version of this quest in each city, but I did the Windy version. Basically you need to get an alliance together, head up to the Shakrami Maze, talk to the V.E.R.M.I.N. representative at the front of the cave, and go kill Wyrms. This much I understood.
It took two hours to get a full, 18 person alliance together, and I never thought it'd happen. We all headed up to the maze, got there, slapped on the ointment to pull out the Wyrms, and got in position. The Wyrms came out, we slaughtered them, and I just stood there. There was no treasure, no drops. I 'assumed' they'd keep appearing and we'd keep killing until we all got a drop. This, was NOT the case.



As soon as you kill the Wyrms there is an area, on the ground, near the skeleton spawning devices that is labeled '???'. Yes, this is the stupidest labeling ever. Unbeknownst to me, you NEED to click on this! It's the only way to get the digested Wyrm meat you need to bring back. There are No drops and No treasure like the sub-job quest. Once the Wyrms are dead, grab this and run for your life. My alliance was slaughtered before I found out I was the only guy to fail this quest.

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Yesterday was such a crock...luckily I'm about to head-out to Valkurm, San'D, and Bastok to level my WAR subjob and complete Mission 3. So, who wants to fight the Dragon with me???