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What is RMT? Really all the servers are about the same now unless you want Roleplayer or PVP and those servers are labeled as such. They did a merger a few weeks and and when they did any low population servers was merged with older high population servers. So unless you know somebody it doesn't really matter what one you are on.

All i know about unrest is its the server of Curt Schilling !
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And yes i assume RMT stands for real money transactions, its actually servers where SOE allows ppl to sell their stuff on the internet. Not that it is not on all the servers though...sadly a problem you find in every game.

I don't know of anyone here that plays on Unrest. However, if you haven't gotten too far, you can jump over to Lucan DLere, Nek or Najena. I know all of these places have great guilds. If you go to Lucan, look me or Panzzer up for Rebels of the Sacred Heart. If you go to Najena, Tutan can get you started with his guild Foundation. His in-game name is Kindle. Lydiaele plays on Nek and has a good guild over there, too. Not sure what his guild name is. All of us would love to have you in our respective guilds.

Edited, Tue Mar 28 10:45:00 2006 by Mearyk

If you click on a mob, all mobs that are in that group will be highlighted, but you have to be careful as well. Other mobs that are in the area that are not part of the group, yet still aggro, will find their way toward you if you pull with anything (i.e. taunts, arrows, spells, etc.) other than your body.

Also, use the detailed information on mobs selection in the options menu. I believe you go under options and then to User Interface, but I do not know exactly where to go after that. This will let you see arrows under or above the mobs name when they are selected. Basically the toughness of a mob is not just determined by level, but also by the number of arrows it may or may not have. Any down arrowed mob will be taken down without much resistance, though these type are usually the ones in groups. Even con and single up arrow mobs are a little tougher, but soloable. Double up and triple up should be fought with extreme caution. For instance, an even con mob in your level range may hit for 5 - 10, while a triple up will hit for 80 - 100.

As to your list, it is almost correct. Names outlined in red are indeed aggro type mobs. The breakdown as far as levels is:

Gray - you were right: too weak. In my experience, this usually happens when mobs are 10-12 levels below your level, though there may be a mathematical formula to figure out when mobs turn gray.

Green - mobs well below your level. Level difference usually between 5-10.

Blue - mobs slighly below your level, usually 1-4.

White - even with you

Yellow - mobs above your level. Usually a difference of 1-3.

Orange - mobs well above your level. Usually between 4-6.

Red - stay away. 7 and above.

Hope that helped. Good luck and have fun!

Edited, Tue Mar 28 17:12:17 2006 by Mearyk

Also, be warned, normally a mob will not attack you when it is greyed out. This means that you can walk past an npc when it is ten levels lower than you and it will not attack, be them named npc's or not does not matter.

When you group with a higher level player, and he does not mentor down, in theory all mobs that are ten levels lower than that player will be grey to you. But the mobs that are not ten levels lower than you will still attack you if they would have if you were not grouped with the higher level player.

Say that you are a lvl 30 player, grouped in Thundering Steppes with a lvl 36 player. If you run too close to a lvl 24 griffon, that griffon will attack you, even if it is grey.

Hey Fem, yeah I will miss alot of you, but the redundance of FFXI made it no longer fun. Kill crab, goblin, fly, beetle; then repeat for the next 792 days.

When you start your character, you'll be given a parchment. Read it to begin instructions on how to craft. It will lead you to a NPC within the crafting zone. Speak to him to open a series of crafting quests with nice rewards.

As you gain crafting levels, you go purchase the new recipie book from the merchant. So when you make level 5, you go purchase the level 5 recipie book. Now you can go craft those new recipies and get new exp.

You will be given buffs to use while crafting to advance Progress and Durability (the 2 factors of making an item). As you gain certain levels, you will get bigger and better buffs to use. When you pick a final artisan class, you will get class-specific buffs to help you along.

When you craft, there are "events" that happen that will upset the process. You counter them with your buffs. If you don't counter in time, you could loose much progress, and even take damage. I believe the deadly effects were taken away, but you still get hurt.

People are finding it tricky to start up crafting since the newbie revamp and the elimination of the Dreak quest.

In order to start crafting off the island, you need to hail (not double click) the wholesaler in your starting crafting society. In Qeynos societies he's the guy at the bottom of the stairs, in Freeport he's in the acove near the top of the stairs. He or she will give you the new level 2 book, and allow you to scribe it.

The NPC at the top of the stairs in Q (not sure about FP) starts the artisan quest which will see you to level 9 and give you all the 3 - 9 books for free.

Before you begin I suggest harvestng about a dozen of each harvestble item (get fewer fungii and food items and 20 - 30 roots and tin.) to eliminate a lot of running back and forth between newbie zones and the tradeskill society. That will get you to crafting level 10 and harvesting skills to 20 so you're ready for the next tier of harvesting and crafting.

Edited, Thu Mar 30 11:55:21 2006 by Lydiaele