Looking for as many alternate exp places as possibleFollow

I can already see the pointless rating downs coming in.

Anyway, I'll say it now, I hate the Crawlers' Nest. I'm a level 46 WHM, and I simply do not want to level in the nest. I had a decent party in Yhoator by the zone to Ifrit's Cauldron that got me to this level, but the exp was kinda shaky at times, and I'm not so sure it'd work now that I've gained a level. If it would, I'm gonna hope I can get another party there.

Basically, I want to know if there are any other areas I could level to 50 in, other than CN. Can Quicksand Caves work? I know Garlaige works for close to 50, but I still have a couple levels yet.

I've been putting (|Crawler's Nest|) (|No thanks.|) in my comment and that has proven to either completely shut out the invites, or people claim they didn't see it. And when I try to form one, the people never stick around long after I tell them we're not going to the CN (or we get "I don't have the crystal" after asking three times if everyone had it >.<).

Apparently some of us have fallen into a rut as far as leveling areas go, and I for one would like to be different. ...that and CN is always overcrowded anyway...

So Spiders *are* a good source of experience? Because someone in a former party was really arguing otherwise. I had no idea so I stayed out of that conversation. >.> She was mostly afraid of the Sickle Slash, not that I blame her.

I have Erase now (only took me 9 months), if that makes any difference. I know the Spider's Sticky Web overwrites Haste, and Haste cannot overwrite the Slow effect, but does Erase null Slow? It'd be really helpful if it did.

Yeah, but not the Sticky Web (I tried it). I have no idea why. It just doesn't. I got hit with the Sticky Web and tried to cast Haste on myself, and it missed. At the time, I didn't have Erase, so I had to wait til it wore off... :/

Though I will admit it's 4am and my memory certainly isn't the best it could be at the moment but I'm pretty sure I remember Haste missing.

Edited, Fri Aug 27 04:10:29 2004 by seraphimhunter

Try this link on the mystery tour website. My static party has investigated a few of these areas and found that they can be good alternate leveling locations. (We're in the 46-48 range.)

http://mysterytour.web.infoseek.co.jp/ffxi/us/

Go to "Tips", then "Hunting Place".

Have fun and good luck.

I use this guide for XPing in different places :)

PS Tongyang's guide is the best one



Edited, Fri Aug 27 13:51:02 2004 by LonewolfyBismarck

Spiders are good at that level range (or were for me, at least) but their slow effect is terrible. It doesnt last very long however, so even for me, a NIN tank, it wasn't overly devastating. And normal slow is overwritten by Haste, the slow that spiders gives overwrites haste (I think) and cannot be removed by haste (I know), but can be removed by Erase. But, as Byaina pointed out, Yhoator, at the zone to Ifrit's Cauldron is very good for exp also. And as Chopss said, that camp can only have 1 party in it, or it would be pretty crappy.

-Ishi

Oh wow that site is great, thanks a lot for that.

Well, after scaring my party tonight (hearing the WHM say "I want to run an experiment" always spooks parties! :D), I proved that Haste does not overwrite Sticky Web. We were all kinda perplexed, but, Erase solved the problem.

Our level range started at 46-47, with only one person being 47, and the exp wasn't too great off Spiders, strangely enough. Beetles and Antica worked rather well though. (I hate their Silenga skill >.<)

Well, still, any place is better than CN. And it's a nice change from the Cursed Sphere-a-thons. >.<

Thank you all.

Heh, I never leave home without them. :) I had 4 left tonight, but luckily I managed to avoid most of the mayhem, and the BRD/WHM helped me out with the Silena too.

They have some *really* nasty attacks. Makes me very glad I spent the time to get the money for Erase because I had to use it quite often tonight...