tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14570693.post-67556636641387275772008-04-17T05:00:00.004-04:002008-04-21T14:08:40.416-04:00The <table cellborder=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=10 align=right valign=top width=260><tr><td align="right" valign="top"><img src="grafx/ffxi-dragoon-033.jpg" width=250 height=180 border=1 alt="Final Fantasy XI - Dragoon"></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><font face="arial" size=2><b>The colibri in West Ronfaure [S] are made of tissue paper.</b></font></td></tr></table> major downside of getting most of my Dragoon experience through the weekly "Test Your Mite" ENMs is that my polearm skill has been gimped. I called up the <a href="http://ffxi.somepage.com/skilldb/">Skill Database</a> to check the current cap and discovered I was 14 points underleveled. It's not a huge deal when you're constantly fighting a monster capped at Lv. 40, but I've been planning to flag up and try to get a party. The last thing I want to do is get to camp and find myself unable to hit the prey.<br /><br />So I checked a few sites for soloing guides. At 61, ost of them pointed to beetles in Garliage Citadel or the colibri in Wajoam Woodlands. I was hoping to find some good spots in the <cite>Wings of the Goddess</cite> areas because the Allied Sigil allows you to stack multiple buffs as well as giving an XP boost.<br /><br />I started in East Ronfaure [S], where the ladybugs and colibri were Easy Prey. They were extremely easy to kill, but there were no skillups to be found. <br /><br />From there, I moved to Vunkerl Inlet to fight Robber Crabs. They were rated Tough, but the fights were a little difficult. I was spamming Dia on them so my wyvern would keep using Healing Breath III on me, but it was rough. I killed three or four of them and had to rest between fights. Ugh.<br /><br />I'd <table cellborder=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=10 align=right valign=top width=260><tr><td align="right" valign="top"><img src="grafx/ffxi-dragoon-034.jpg" width=250 height=180 border=1 alt="Final Fantasy XI - Dragoon"></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><font face="arial" size=2><b>Neyla tanks mobs in Vunkerl Inlet [S] for me.</b></font></td></tr></table> moved to Meriphataud Mountains [S] in search of better prey when Neyla logged on. He offered to tank skillups for me back in Vunkerl, so we headed out there and started fighting. He's already hit 70, so the Robber Crabs and Stygian Pugils weren't a problem for him. The pugs were Very Tough to me, so I was getting pretty good skillups off them.<br /><br />We were out there awhile, but I finally managed to cap my Polearm skill and learn Skewer. I'm not sure how likely I am to party up when Campaign is so addictive, but at least I don't have to be embarrassed that I can't hit anything. I'll just have to find decent WotG camps to keep up to date.Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11240890370477548005noreply@blogger.com