MithraPride

December 12th is christmas, screw the 25th. I think with all the gilseller sh*t going on, the patch on the 12th is gonna be one of the main things that will keep me here in FFXI.

Promys are not really that hard, PROVIDED you only go with friends. NEVER go with a bunch of random ppl shouting in Jeuno. It seldom works.

Heres some tips and pt setups I've done and succeeded with myself.

Note: ALWAYS have anima, you can hold up to 7 at a time.
Its possible to win without them, but things go 100% more smoothly when everyone has all 3 anima for the NM.
When i say 7, i mean, the 3 anima potions, the 3 rare/ex recollections, then a 7th can be stored at the guy who makes them

Final note: NEVER afk during a promy. Even if your hair is on fire, or you get Bowel cancer halfway thru the run, DONT go afk. EVER.

Standard Pt setup:

Whm, War/nin x2, Smn, Rng, Misc DD (another Smn usually)

everyone except the Tanks can go naked practically, the tanks have to have at least 1 piece of Shade gear, tank food, a shield (sometimes tanking with 2 weapons isnt the greatest idea when you can use a shield)

Smns and whm might wanna take an ether or 2, and the 100gil refresh drinks from the npc in jeuno. Melee's, if they really want to be super serious about doing dmg, should use Cabonara food, but being expensive not always the way.

In regards to the person who said not to melee Memory Recepricles, seriously, show some balls, just run in and smack it, keep at least 1 war or a smn on the "Strays" that they spawn though. Works every time.

Omgsuperownage setup:

Smn x5, Anything x1 (usually the person who needs the promy)

In this NM fight, the 5 smns go in and astral flow, boom, you win
Works really well too, the avatars keep hate, as long as theres always 1 or 2 avatars on the NM you'll be fine.

LolBst Stole my g/f setup:

Bst x6, or (if your really not that game) Bstx4, War/nin and Smn/whm

Usual Bst tactic, Pop and 2h pets, rest for 4 mins to let Call Beast cool down.
My advice, carry pet food, Gamma is usually enough at lvl 30. You'll need it to wake and/or cure the status effects your pets will get. My first all-bst run our pets got hit with Paralyze-ga right up, meaning our pets couldnt get hate.

With Bst runs, I really recommend going with Bsts you know, trust and have fought and personally known for weeks/months.

As far as Jugs are concerned, NQ bunnies and sheep are great for just farming, or as suicide-pets for the top floor run to the spire. For the NM, NQ Crab (CourierCarrie isnt any stronger than nq crab at lvl 30) for All-bst runs to tank with, or Nq Tiger for just pure DD. Specially when the Tiger AoE Paralyze Lands on the NM


General Tips:

You can NEVER have too many Smns

Bsts do the same dmg as Rngs and have Widescan too

Whm ALWAYS have RR earring, if you dont you will personally get kicked in the groin by me.

Go with friends, never randoms.

I hope that helps some young starry-eyed hopefuls ^^ GL on your Promys.

I have to firmly agree with the whole, do not go afk, thing. Like....a murderer has to be hacking away at your limbs before you should consider goign afk. If you have to go to the bathroom, it was your fault for not bringing a bucket to the computer. >.>

Seriously, the -worst- thing possible for a promy is to leave someone behind. The group kills a MR and jumps through....and....there you are....totally boned. Very few jobs can solo MR's (And I mean the lower level ones at that.), odds are if you're in a promy, you're not one of them.