Whoa, nice thread!
I'm a returner, just played a few days thanks to the free login campaign of the week.
I stopped in 2011 with the birth of my son, as one does not simply "pause" the action in FFXI.
And this weekend, I felt the game incredibly smoother and easier to exp with the "missions" like "gather x crystals" and "kill x ennemies", and went from 90to 95 in 2 days alone, fighting EP to warm up and get back the old habits.
I beat genkai 10 yesterday and just dinged 97. I'm hooked again, and will definitely be back now that the game is more friendly to casual solo players...
The thing is, I'm totally oblivious to the priorities of a bst today.
For example, I was farming Soil Geode for 2 hours saturday when I saw this thread about "no more pdt axes", wich made me guess that now, the pet summoned is as strong as the main weapon, wich can go over 99?
SO it's me, a casual BST who enjoys pwning old scenarios (cleared Aht Urgan alone @90) and who don't have a clue on what he should get to be decent geared.
Here I am:
ItemSet 330731
In 2011 I remember getting papers(?) from NMs to get some Abyssea AF but quit before I couldn't complete any, and I'm not sure if they even are what I need now... so if you have any advices on what I should and can get without raising an army, please let me know as I'm not sure of what to do with all those new points and Mog Pellet, etc... >.<
I bought a head with feathers, I look like an apache chief but I don't remember the name of the item... it sounded cool stat-wise when I was 95, but I assume it's already out-of-date...?