>>>i got kina pissed so i jumped off the choco and killed the gob. hehe<<<


Hahaha

Me and pirate talked further up the thread about why we feel there i feel there is no test item. That guy (ffxi online board) was the first person to post but he never really posted any proof.

It's misinformation. The wait time after zoning is 60 seconds. No ifs ands or buts. I have a little digital timer that I start at 30 minutes every time I hop on a chocobo (my God I'm a geek). I am only to the third level (dig time 6 seconds, wait time 60 seconds), and for levels 1-3 the wait time after zone has been 60 seconds.


The guy obviously typed it wrong or is now so far up the chocobo digging level chain he's forgotten what it's like to be a mere low level peon.

You tellem Pirategirl!

Good to know area wait starts at 60.


But there still arn't any test items, that website you just saw was where the info came from. I haven't seen or heard or been able to find any other info like that. I would guess you have to dig up a certain amount of items to lvl up or mayde dig up a certain amount of items worth x amount. like easy items are worth 1 but 2 for harder,...


Now there really is no way to test that so I would just continue to dig where you want to until you lvl up.

anyone know what the ??? ore is in the M. Mountains?

I'm assuming it is elemental ore, but I could be wrong. I couldn't get a good translation of it.

darkhorror,


I just reread that entire thread from ffxionline (and yes, I had already read it before) and there is nothing that conclusively proves there is no test item.


When you are fishing, you can fish moat carp from 0-10 if you like and yes, that will increase your skill, but when you hit Lv8 fishing, only a moat carp can increase your rank.


And we all know that just digging up one bone chip doesn't always increase your level. I can't tell you how many bone chips I dug before I past the first level. I'm still going to believe that someone, somewhere, didn't just arbitrarily create a list of items and designate them as "test items."


I'm still going with digging being like any other craft. You get skill most regularly on items near your level (though you can dig items higher than your level), and once you reach the skill cap for your current level, you can advance to the next one by passing a "test". This maps nicely into digging.


Again, it's just what I choose to believe. No one has proven anything, but that also means you can't provably say there are no test items. I also have a certain degree of trust for the sites where this list originally came from. I found the same items on a half-translated JP website a long time ago. Someone, somewhere, for some reason, decided that these items were significant and I want to know a solid reason why.

But you had to trade those test items in also didn't they change from person to person?


Edit: also then why would anyone trying to lvl up dig in anyother place that Yh, or Yuh jungles?


Edit again it doesn't really matter to me, just pointing that out.


What I really want to know is what other things can be dug up in those zones, and what the ??? stuff is. I have gotten a couple but want ot know more

Those test items are most likly based on the last thing someone dug up before they skilled up. I dont think you necessarily need them to skill up.