Coin of Balance & Jewel of Voyage - Help!Follow

I am not in any +2 or End Game Linkshell, just a small social one, but that doesn't mean I don't want better gear, but I just can't put forth a strict FFXI schedule in my life right now to do all of that. I do however need some help and willing to help on a casual basis to get some Coins of Balance for my THF's pants +2 version and Jewel of Voyage for my +2 feet.

I have been around the block since the PS2 roll-out for FFXI and took an extended break just before Abyssea came out and returned after and have been hard at work trying to gear up.

If anyone can help I'd love it. I'd even pay if it had to come right down too it. I'd hope that it wouldn't come to that.

Please help me out! :D Thank you for your time and listening to me. :)

Edited, Apr 9th 2012 11:53am by Velderin

THF+WHM should be able to handle just about anything in Abyssea, really. With him dual-boxing BLM, you'll have yellow proc on most of them too. What's the problem?

Are you lacking decent atmas? If so, get those first.

If you see me lurking in Jeuno, I'd be happy to help, but it's pretty rare these days for me not to be occupied so I don't know how much I can help in-game.

Edited, Apr 11th 2012 8:19am by Pergatory

I think you'd be surprised how successful you would be as a trio! Aside from experience points, most things in Abyssea these days are done with anywhere from one to four people. Rarely do you see more than four doing anything other than exp.

Regarding setup, your THF should have pretty decent evasion, so if you can grab one evasion atma I bet your evasion would go through the roof. If not, you can probably just go full DD atmas to kill faster. Since you should have 2k HP or more, it's rare that you'll go down quickly. If your WHM has Minikin atma and a couple other decent ones, they should never run out of MP, so as long as you don't die in a matter of seconds they should be able to drop a Cure V and get your HP back up. Also if they have good enfeebling skill, or sub SCH for Light Arts, they should be able to land a nice Slow & Paralyze to help you tank.

As far as what to kill, let me see... Coin of Voyage drops from Carabosse, Hadhayosh, Karkinos, Sedna, and Ketea. Of those, I'd say Sedna is probably the easiest. You only need two key items to pop it. Make sure WHM uses Barwatera, and the fight is a joke. Alternately, Carabosse is farmed regularly for her gems to make empyrean weapons, so if you can find someone farming Carabosse and tag along with them you could probably get coins pretty easily that way. They always want THFs to improve the drop rate for gems.

As for Jewels of Voyage, they drop from Durinn, Sedna, Briarius, Hadhayosh, and Karkinos. Looks like Sedna is your best bet again. Briarius is the alternative here, as he's also farmed for empyrean weapons so you may be able to find a group doing him.

Honestly, you could probably get these simply by showing up at Carabosse / Briarius camps and seeing if there's a group already there who doesn't want their coins/jewels. In fact, Sedna drops items for empyrean weapon too, but it's just that nobody ever farms that one lol... so you'll probably have better luck farming it yourself.

Oh, one last warning: If you do decide to go for Sedna, which I think is your best bet, be careful on Hrosshvalur. It randomly loses hate and starts sniping mages. So make sure your WHM keeps Barwatera up (on the BLM as well) and probably Stoneskin too. It does almost no damage, but it knocks you back really far and is annoying. The other NM to pop Sedna, Iku-Turso, is a fairly typical sea monk but Maelstrom can hit pretty hard, so again, keep that Barwatera up. Also, Iku-Turso gains a silence aura after Maelstrom, so make sure the mages aren't standing near it.