[Lily]

At lvl 60 my wide scan is big enough that it can show up about 40-50 mobs all around me. Remote scan allows you to just scan a small area to see what's specifically there, rather than several grid squares.

[Jarigue]

Could it be possible to list the place to level, like 1-10
2-20

Thanks

[Foxtello]

Great!

[Lily]

There is a stickied thread on the BST forum at allakhazam.com which lists all the best places for soloing. Much better than I could do, as it compiles about 20 different BSTs' opinions.

But I will say this. From 1-10 don't use a pet, and just fight like a war. It's actually generally faster and less hassly. From around 11-12ish you can start using pets. :]

[Poekie]

Nice job
I'm going to give bst a chance as I'm a bit fed up with the whole waiting-for-pt-thing and since I don't always like to play with others but just want to do something solo while still getting good exp..

[Thorgrim]

hi hi,

a little macro question, for a bst in a pt.
let's say i charmed something, i fight with the pt with my pet by my side, then the charm is broken and my pet goes wild.
is there a macro to re-charm my pet, without having to disengage from the mob i'm already fighting ? (because this would take time, and be annoying since it might happen a lot)

something like /ja "Charm" mypetthatjustwentwild :3

thank you
(sorry, maybe my english isn't really good, i guess you understood what i mean anyway)

edit: thank you Lily

[Lily]

The only one you can use in this situation to charm something while still fighting is:

/ja "Charm"

That way, you can remain fighting the mob, but when you press your charm macro, a little purple pointer appears. You use TAB to move it around until it's on your old pet, then press enter.

[demitrius]

is the exp really good as a bst? i have been thinking about changing to bst but i don't want to if the highest exp is only 50-100. just seems too long! although i guess in the long run it would be faster considering no pt wait time. what do u guys think??

[Murrich]

Most I have made is something like 160 but I'm only level 15, you get get higher at higher levels I think.

[spydermob]

This is a great page, but i don't understand the Bestiery stuff.... I would love some advise. Specifically how to read which monsters I should use to kill which monsters.....I know which families the monsters fall in but not which ones they are best suited to destory. Thanks Spyder.

[Lily]

Np

Pick a mob, and the one to the right of it has a chance of being intimidated by the one you chose.

So if you charm a bee, it'd be good against mandragoras. :-)

[Poekie]

Asked this on allak too, but I was wondering how group 1 (Vermin -> Plantoids -> Beasts -> Lizards -> Vermin) do agaisnt group 2 (Birds -> Aquans -> Amorpha -> Birds) in fights ?



*Btw, great journal you have Lily

**Still has to grin about the charming of the bats incident in Qufim

[Lily]

Thx!!

And lol omg, I have no idea how I failed on those bats in full AF. Like 71+25 charisma, sheesh. :scream

Like I've said before this sorta stuff happens. It's like those times when you get a charm on an IT when you're not wearing charm gear. It works both ways. (

(as for the relation between families of mobs, there isn't. Like using plantoid on dragon won't give you any negative or positive effects)

[Consuela]

Oh, very useful list there Lily! Thanks for the info. My poor bst is 20, so I'm still trying to figure it out. I solo in Buburimu, it's pretty decent

[Fae]

Thanks, Lily (ˆ—ˆ

[Stuart]

Great stuff!!!! /em kneels to the almighty fearless beast-girl lily.

I can't wait til i hit 30. Gonna do that quest pronto!

TX again

[@Promethium]

Just one tiny thing. "Gauge" is one of the most-often misspelled words we have in the English language. %)

Other than that, this guide is massively useful and answers quite a few questions I had about bst. Bravo!

[Locken]

Thanks for the great guide, Lily. ^^
Could someone link to that Allakhazam page? I can't find it for some reason.

[Xon]

Yeah sure, the link for the BST lvl'ing guide is:

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fj...6864698&num=161

It really is a very good guide, just a pity it doesn't go all the way to 75.

As for XP on a BST, solo you are still able to hit chain #5 for 250 XP. but I don't think you can expect that all the time. It's really dependant of the mobs you fighting, the pets available and the area you are fighting in. I will say however, that in a BST pty, you can pull more XP per hour than any regular pty I've ever seen or been in. In a 3 man BST pty at around lvl 40, we hit a chain #5 for 280 XP with our pets (remember you get a % reduction in XP with a pet), and the only thing causing downtime is the availability of pets.

Just my two cents...