Mahlerion
11-28-2003, 12:40 PM
Found this on a site:
The Goal of Leveling
When you’re in a full party, the monsters that you want to fight should scan as incredibly tough. However, there are situations where it is best to kill tough monsters, but kill more of it. The point of leveling is not to kill one super tough monster, and rest for 5 minutes before fighting another. You want to kill monsters that will give you relatively decent experience, but at the same time gives you the least “down time”. In other words, it is better to kill tough monsters nonstop, and not have to rest.
Simply put, the goal is to get the most amount of exp, in a set amount of time:
Say an incredibly tough monster will give you 160 exp. Your party has to rest for 5 minutes before fighting another. Over a period of 20 minutes, you might be lucky to have killed three total. 3 x 160 = 480exp in 20 minutes time.
However, if you were to fight Very tough, or Tough monster that will give you 70 exp with little or no down time. In a period of 20 minutes, you might be able to kill 8. 70 x 8 = 560. The difference may not seem like much, however, the best way to get exp in FFXI is to “chain” monsters. Whenever you chain a monster, you will receive roughly 20exp extra per kill. For example the first monster you kill will give you 70 exp, the second that you chain will give you 90exp. So in reality, chaining 8 tough or very tough monsters will give you more than 560exp in a period of 20 minutes. To chain monsters, you must fight monsters that are either “tough” or above. You must also kill the first, and the second one in a limited time. Chains will be break if you spend time resting.
The Goal of Leveling
When you’re in a full party, the monsters that you want to fight should scan as incredibly tough. However, there are situations where it is best to kill tough monsters, but kill more of it. The point of leveling is not to kill one super tough monster, and rest for 5 minutes before fighting another. You want to kill monsters that will give you relatively decent experience, but at the same time gives you the least “down time”. In other words, it is better to kill tough monsters nonstop, and not have to rest.
Simply put, the goal is to get the most amount of exp, in a set amount of time:
Say an incredibly tough monster will give you 160 exp. Your party has to rest for 5 minutes before fighting another. Over a period of 20 minutes, you might be lucky to have killed three total. 3 x 160 = 480exp in 20 minutes time.
However, if you were to fight Very tough, or Tough monster that will give you 70 exp with little or no down time. In a period of 20 minutes, you might be able to kill 8. 70 x 8 = 560. The difference may not seem like much, however, the best way to get exp in FFXI is to “chain” monsters. Whenever you chain a monster, you will receive roughly 20exp extra per kill. For example the first monster you kill will give you 70 exp, the second that you chain will give you 90exp. So in reality, chaining 8 tough or very tough monsters will give you more than 560exp in a period of 20 minutes. To chain monsters, you must fight monsters that are either “tough” or above. You must also kill the first, and the second one in a limited time. Chains will be break if you spend time resting.