User talk:Blue Donkey Kong

Moa Constrictors
If you still have the data, I'd be interested in seeing what items drop on each of the runs you did, preferably in the order that they appeared in the pool if you know. You can post it on my talk page or on the talk page for Moa Constrictors. Thanks ^^. Jawat 17:04, April 5, 2010 (UTC)

Tango or not to Tango
Heh, that's OK, I think. It will be solved eventually, or if not, well then be it! Thanks for the message! ^^ 02:10, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for the belated reply, haven't been playing much lately and thus, haven't been around here either. Also, it seems I didn't notice your message in the talk page until now though looking at the date, it was before my reply above, which was to the private'ish message, perhaps due to the new wikia and some things being disabled confusion...

Anyhoo, I can't remember for certain when I first got the quest, or even tried to, but I would guess I did take it after the Mhaura scene, but can't be sure... If my brother starts playing again and we do these missions for him, or if I help someone else with it, then I can look into it more but as it is now, I really can't remember. I do think you got it pretty well down, though, and indeed mentioning your findings on the talk page will surely inspire other players to find our more about it!

As a conclusion, I can only say, keep up the good work! ^^  22:47, November 7, 2010 (UTC)

User Rights
I increased your privileges on the wiki, you should now be able to move / delete / protect pages. If you need any information about this, you can ask. Tahngarthor talk-contribs 22:54, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Much appreciated.--Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 00:28, June 19, 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. I just found myself going 3 pages in to find out any more about the item. Take Care.

Flotsam
You, sir, have saved the flotsam page from becoming utter chaos. Thanks :) ---Fuz (talk) 01:36, July 20, 2013 (UTC)

Hi
What was the point of deleting the images I posted? They were fine for however many years they have been on this site.

The main reason was that they were not in use on the site. I found them by searching the Wiki for unused images. The pages for the Iga Garb Set and Creed Armor Set already have images. A second reason was that the PNG images you uploaded were transparent PNGs: that is to say, there wasn't actually a white background. The image background was actually transparent so that the image could seamlessly be pasted on top of another image without pasting any background for the image. On certain web browsers, if you mouse over these types of PNG files, you can see a checkered grid of white and blue squares indicating that the image is transparent, and the white background is only a placeholder. These types of images aren't preferred for the wiki, so if an alternative is available, then that image will be used.--Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 08:09, July 21, 2013 (UTC)

Hi
Understood,thanks.I just got the email recently and thought it was odd the images were taken down after so long.I got them from the official site and no one had seen the full sets at the time so I uploaded them for people curious as to what the sets looked like.I wasn't even aware the background was transparent as I snagged the images and uploaded them as soon as they were up.

Nice to see people are still adding to and editing the wiki.

Hi, Blue Donkey Kong - my husband was researching the items needed for the Gobbiebag question. He was following the item links from FFXIAH.com to Wikia. He was looking up Oil-Soaked Cloth and when he followed the link from FFXIAH.com to Wikia he discovered that the page had been deleted by you as a duplicate (url http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Square_of_Oil-soaked_Cloth)

He had to do a manual search for the information that he needed. It was my understanding that FFXIAH and Wikia were supposed to sort of work hand an hand together - I used to do a lot of contributions on the Answers side of Wikia, so I know there is an Undo/restore. Is there a way for you to Undo/restore that deletion so that the link between FFXIAH.com and Wikia is not corrupt or have FFXIAH.com linked to the new Wikia page for Oil-Soaked Cloth?

Thanks in advance

Barb

Hello Barb,

I took care of it by making Square of Oil-soaked Cloth redirect to Oil-Soaked Cloth. The reason the page was deleted was because it was a copy of Oil-Soaked Cloth, but under a second name. According to Naming Conventions on this wiki, items are named according to their inventory names, rather than their text description names, so that's why the proper page for the item is Oil-Soaked Cloth. --06:12, July 28, 2013 (UTC)

THANKS!!!
Thanks so much for the quick response and linking them back together. I find that FFXIclopedia to be the most complete and detailed MMORPG database I've encountered in all the MMO's that I've played - and I know it takes a lot of hard work to keep it that way too. Thanks again!!

Rare template
Should I be using "File:trans-rare.gif" or "Rare2"? I saw my mistake, in that using "Rare" causes the page to show up on the Rare items list. Korvana (talk) 08:46, July 30, 2013 (UTC)

Yes, you should use one of those instead of Template:Rare unless it's an item page that you want categorized as Rare. As for which you use, it can be either one: they're exactly the same, because all that Template:Rare2 does is insert. I'm actually going to start using just because it's a lot easier to type. I couldn't recall which template inserted the image without the category, so I was just typing the image's filename.--Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 18:23, July 30, 2013 (UTC)

Rune Fencer AF quest
Hello Blue Donkey, so your good at this stuff I wrote out the Rune fencer Sword quest Forging Bonds under the talk section of Endeavoring to Awaken not sure how to start a new page or if I even can but I know your able to thought I would throw this your way if your so interested thanx for your time --Holytank (talk) 05:30, August 6, 2013 (UTC)

File Photos
Please feel free to jump over to my page and add pics to most of my pages. I don't have the capability to add them. Thanx in advance. Fashnek 0430 August 13

Hello Fashnek, Is the issue a wiki-related issue, or hardware-related (for example, PS2 player, or full-screen PC player)? If it's wiki-related, I can help you out.--Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 09:35, August 13, 2013 (UTC)

Hardware play on XBOX, and mainly update pages as I play. Fashnek 0447 August 13

Adamantoise
hello i post on monstrosity but i think i make mistake is my first time can you look up and tell me what i did rong thx

it will be nice if you can delete it please

i feel very bad i wish i did destroy nothing i did a mistake i just want to help people to get the adamantoise i wish we can fix this is you can do some thing i will be very happy. ; ;

Fixed! I'm extremely grateful you know how to unlock adamantoise--it's been on my mind. Here's a shell of a page for you to create the adamantoise page: Adamantoise (MON)

--Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 12:25, August 15, 2013 (UTC)

omg thx allots I was so scared I did something rong omg I feel so good now. I will send you more info on the lizard species now I am adamantoise 67 I will bring to 99

wen you get all 60 monsters like I say and be able to use the adamantoise the quest start to get a adamantoise egg if you bring the egg you get a second adamantoise but small and he can go in other area to level to 99.

lizard>bugard>wivre lvl60 = adamantoise BIG adamantoise egg = adamantoise SMALL plus new area unlock to level adamantoise.

the adamantoise is paladin he got the same ability and all thing the paladin have and magic. all ability and magic open at same level of a regular paladin.

Thanks for the help! Is the smaller adamantoise still named Adamantoise or does it get a new name? --Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 13:43, August 15, 2013 (UTC)

No is same name for the Adamantoise (MON) big and small. the monster traits is the same of the paladin. and the monster skill for Adamantoise (MON) is Head Butt (Adamantoise) Tortoise Stomp Harden Shell Earth Breath Tortoise Song Aqua Breath The level we got it I don't remember sorry. Now am level 71 Adamantoise (MON).

hello for the Adamantoise blue we need more thing to get it because I am lvl 75 and I trade the 5 scraps and nothing happen.. mabe we need to open raptor at level 50?-60?

hello blue donkey kong you did a post on Blue Adamantoise (MON). Can you ask the player who did it what level monster he got in lizard monstrosity. Because level 50 Adamantoise (MON) I have no quest open for this and I am 75. the only quest I have is wen I got Adamantoise (MON) at level 1 the npc give me the quest for the Adamantoise Egg he never give me quest to get Genbu Scrap. please can you look it up and send me a tell on this my friend thank you.

I am leveling Raptor (MON) to 50 now. I will try to see if I can unlock the Blue Adamantoise (MON) like this. because Bugard (MON) Lizard (MON) Wivre (MON) and Adamantoise (MON) are past 60 lvl, and I still not got the Blue Adamantoise (MON) quest from Suibhne.

And I forgot to say I try to leave message talk on page Blue Adamantoise (MON) and Adamantoise (MON) and I cant. can you look it up thank you.

I just find out how to get it right the Blue Adamantoise (MON) Level 50 Adamantoise (MON) but you need to be in big form Adamantoise (MON) to get the quest from Suibhne. If you are in small form you well not get the quest from Suibhne.

Sorry for the delay; I was busy today. So it seems the only issue was that you have the be the full size adamantoise then? I added that to Blue Adamantoise (MON)'s page.--Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 06:54, August 17, 2013 (UTC)

Hybrid Elementals
Each of the elementals (Byrgen, Gefyrst, Baelfyr, and Ungeweder) have their own subspecies. They are as follows:
 * Byrgen = Birugen
 * Gefyrst = Gefirusuto
 * Baelfyr = Beilufia
 * Ungeweder = Ungeueda

My jp is a little rusty but those are the basic translations as best I could do.--Hakrev (talk) 07:57, August 17, 2013 (UTC)

I don't know a lot about Japanese, but those look like nothing more than Japanese versions of the English names. So, I'm guessing that SE doesn't lump them together like we have with the Hybrid Elementals category, and that's been my suspicion for a while: that each of those dual-elementals should be a separate category. BG and ZAM lump them with normal elementals, while GE gives each hybrid elemental type its own category. Considering how Seekers of Adoulin has named them things like Speleothem Ungeweder and Treefrost Gefyrst, I think it would be most appropriate if we split Hybrid Elemental into 4 categories, and turn Hybrid Elemental into a disambiguation page. This would align with what you say about them being separate, and I think keeping them apart from traditional Elementals is useful from an organizational perspective. I'm going to propose a split on Category:Hybrid Elementals now.--Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 08:26, August 17, 2013 (UTC)

Here you go, check this page out: http://wiki.ffo.jp/html/21831.html That should give you all the subspecies info you need ^^. They have access to a lot more official subspecies then we do as they are released through various magazines, so most of what they say should be correct. The correct classifications break down exactly like this: Elemental Ecosystem>>Elementals (original species (normal elementals)) >>Birugen (subspecies) >>Brygen (monster) >>Gefirusuto (subspecies) >>Gefyrst (monster) >>Beilufia (subspecies) >>Baelfyr (monster) >>Ungeueda (subspecies) >>Ungeweder (monster) --Hakrev (talk) 09:00, August 17, 2013 (UTC)

I was right: if you click those subspecies, you'll see there's a / and then the English name. For example, えらすもす/Elasmoth for the black version of behemoths. For this species, it's, for example, びるげん (Birugen)/Byrgen. So those are just the Japanese versions of the names. So, we have some subspecies classified separately (Snolls/Clusters/Djinn are separate from bomb; Moblin and Bugbear are separate from Goblin on our wiki, for example). So really, they belong in Category:Elementals unless we decide they're significant enough to give the subspecies their own pages, like we did for the four types of Bombs. However, keeping the Hybrid Elementals category, which is not recognized by Square-Enix (or any other FFXI site), shouldn't be an option. So it's either split or merge for the hybrid elementals. What do you think, Hakrev?--Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 09:21, August 17, 2013 (UTC)

Oh I think I see it now, good grief they make this stuff confusing, it's laid out better on this page: http://wiki.ffo.jp/html/919.html yep that's the jp names alright. BUT it still means that the brygen, baelfyr, ungeweder, and gefyrst are subspecies of elementals so at least we got something out of it.

I'd say lets merge it with the elemental page to keep it nice and simple. --Hakrev (talk) 09:45, August 17, 2013 (UTC)

cool thx allots yes need to be in big form to get the quest. Now I am Adamantoise (MON) 96 close to 99 best place I find to level to 99 is in Fei'Yin on Sentient Carafe they are pass 99lvl and give me 750-800 on EXP Chain. I will send you post at 99 to tell you what happen. thx bro. --Babedora (talk) 01:25, August 24, 2013 (UTC)

hello is me I finish Adamantoise (MON) lvl 99. nothing happen at 99. ; ; --Babedora (talk) 01:25, August 24, 2013 (UTC)

Don't worry, I bet you'll need 99 Adamantoise to get the HNM Ferromantoise after next update ;) --Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 10:05, August 21, 2013 (UTC)

Hello Blue Donkey Kong I work on Peiste (MON) now and I find a glitch on the Peiste (MON). The monster skills of the Peiste (MON) Calcifying Mist is to strong. I can pull multiple enemy monsters Incredibly Tough and stone them and kill them 1 by 1 whit out get 1 hit. This is bad no challenge nothing. And the skill glue for 5 minutes more so like I say no fun at all. If we can use this skill in arena pvp Peiste (MON) will be the strongest monster. SE have to fix this skill --Babedora (talk) 01:25, August 24, 2013 (UTC).

They probably will fix it if it's that good. They've announced on the official forums that they intend to rebalance MONs for PvP, so that's a guaranteed change in my opinion. By the way, remember to type --~ after your post on a talk page to sign your name. :) --Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 01:02, August 24, 2013 (UTC)

Ive leveled all mobs that can be unlocked at level 30 to level 30 so its not just speculation on what can be done in those areas.

Be sure to let everyone know that the guide continuously gets updated as Im always experimenting! =)

Thanks! ^^

Ark

Thank you for correction of Parradamo Tor climbing way. :)

Geomancy Navbox
I just wanted to ask you if something can be done, if it's in you power, about the Spell(Infobox) template, cause it seems that it don't recognised Geomancy as magic type all because is not a category:Geomancy Magic. I'm not so sure the full details on how this template works, just that geomnacey goes red and "page does not exist.

--Wolffeberhard (talk) 23:10, September 17, 2013 (UTC)

I noticed this issue too. Instead, copy and paste what's in the following box when editing a Geomancy article.

This template fixes the issue; it automatically enters the job as Geomancer and the spell type as Geomancy, and automatically categorizes the page in both Category:Magic and Category:Geomancy. The only category that needs to be added manually is Category:Scrolls if it's an "Indi-" spell. Currently, only Indi-Languor utilizes the template, but it should be applied to all Geomancy spells, because many of those pages are a mess. --Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 05:18, September 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah planing to go through them to correct them all as it has been nagging me for a while now. but didn't know how. Now with this i can fix them. thanks for the help.--Wolffeberhard (talk) 11:18, September 18, 2013 (UTC)

Geomancer quest flow issues
Why did you change the Previous Quest & Next Quest info for Elementary, My Dear Sylvie to show For Whom the Bell Tolls?!?! This information couldn't be more wrong. For whom the Bell Tolls pretends to GEO AF and not genkai like Elementary, My Dear Sylvie is. They are two different paths that branches out from Dances with Luopans for the simple fact that one can not move on to the subsequent genkai quests without doing Elementary, My Dear Sylvie if GEO is your 1st job to level all the way to 99. In fact, if GEO is your 1st job to 99, then that means you wouldn't be able to trigger For Whom the Bell Tolls because your job would be still capped by the genkais.

Then we have Previous Quest info for For Whom the Bell Tolls. That is wrong too because this quest doesn't need Elementary, My Dear Sylvie quest to trigger. Even though is not apparent at 1st, due to the fact that Elementary, My Dear Sylvie(@ GEO70 - Genkai) triggers 1st than For Whom the Bell Tolls(@ GEO99 - AF), one can move on into doing For Whom the Bell Tolls without ever doing Elementary, My Dear Sylvie at all. It just gets flagged but doesn't need to be finished for the AF one to start.

In conclusion, the right information as far as Previous Quest & Next Quest info goes for the following quest should be:
 * in Elementary, My Dear Sylvie
 * Previous Quest: Dances with Luopans & Riding on the Clouds
 * Next Quest: New Worlds Await
 * in For Whom the Bell Tolls
 * Previous Quest: Dances with Luopans
 * Next Quest: The Bloodline of Zacariah

Please note that I could have made the changes but I would like you to agree with me before any changes are made about this.--Wolffeberhard (talk) 16:00, October 3, 2013 (UTC)

I appreciate that you didn't make the changes first. The limit break quest is in fact required for GEOs to complete AF. You can still flag limit break quests after completing limit break with another job, and Elementary, My Dear Sylvie takes precedence over For Whom the Bell Tolls. Also, a key character dies in For Whom the Bell Tolls, but he's alive and active in Elementary, My Dear Sylvie, so the game makes sure you complete Elementary, My Dear Sylvie before allowing you to flag For Whom the Bell Tolls. More info on your talk page.--Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 22:41, October 3, 2013 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you, but do you know if you have to have the quest flagged or done in order to assist someone with the Deranged Ameretat fight for GEO's AF or can one just help them out even if you haven't done For Whom the Bell Tolls?--Wolffeberhard (talk) 23:24, October 17, 2013 (UTC)

Anyone with access to Morimar Basalt Fields is able to help. :) --Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 15:00, October 18, 2013 (UTC)

In response to your question about Meteor in Monstrosity:

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/117318-Monstrosity-Abilities-and-General-Mechanics/page56

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvmXJnDL2JI

Thank you ^^

Hi Blue I noticed you added info to the tables I made concerning the amount of Obstacles in colonization reives, can you confirm the information you added is correct for every zone because I seem to remember that there are 2 Knotted Roots in Sih Gates not 3 and I'm not sure about the other areas, If your not sure can you either confirm or remove, and I will go back and recheck myself and add that information. Thanks Skyfawn (talk) 04:57, November 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * Edit* Just finished adding a table for Moh Gates and it seems the amount of obstacles are not consistent, 1 reive had 3 and the other had 1 so if you have no objections I am going to remove that info from the tables.

BGWiki copying
Hello, you seem to be the only active administrator on this wiki, so I am approaching you with this matter. There are a few pages on this wiki that have been obviously copy and pasted from original work contributed to bgwiki. Can you please erase these or at least modify them into an original format because proper credit was not given on the pages. If you view the edit history, it is obvious that they are copies.

Obvious copy/pasted pages:


 * Artifact_Armor_%2B3 - BG Wiki link for comparison
 * Artifact_Armor_%2B2 - BG Wiki link for comparison
 * Pioneers' Coalition - BG Wiki link for comparison
 * Peacekeepers' Coalition - BG Wiki link for comparison
 * Mummers' Coalition - BG Wiki link for comparison
 * Couriers'_Coalition - BG Wiki link for comparison
 * Scouts' Coalition - BG Wiki link for comparison

Funkworkz (talk) 21:16, January 8, 2014 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for the message.

The following actions will be taken (long post; hoping to finalize the issue now):

1. Both FFXI wikis (and all wikis under their parent foundations, Wikia and Mediawiki) expressly permit copying and pasting  as long as credit is given. FFXIcyclopedia did not give credit. I am adding credit to all of the above pages to fix this issue. 2. Although the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license does permit exact copying between wikis, I intend to reformat the Coalition pages while retaining credit to BG. Pioneers' Coalition has been remodeled. The others are on my to-do list. This is not necessary according to either Wiki's copyright license; however, the information contained within the coalition pages contained sentences composed by BG editors. Even though this is not necessary because credit has now been given, I feel that BG's users should have their words on their wiki, and we should have our words on our wiki. 3. The Artifact armor pages contain charts copied from BG Wiki. These charts, unlike the information from the coalition pages, contain no user-generated information or phrasing whatsoever; the charts are barebones and inflexible representations of the information within the game. Therefore, reformatting the charts would be frivolous. This is a case in which the allowance of copying/pasting within the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license is beneficial for disseminating information in a timely fashion. 4. Lastly, I have no desire to see entire articles copied between wikis, even though the licenses allow it. That is why I intend to remodel the coalition pages.

--Blue Donkey Kong (talk) 05:41, January 9, 2014 (UTC)