Thursday, December 24, 2009

Cape Terrigan FoV



I spent all of today and last night duoing with zombie-SMN-Vacious in Cape Terrigan doing the first page of the Field Manual over and over again. 4 Beach Bunnies, 4 Sand Lizards. Over and over and over.

Vacious's SMN is now over halfway buffered as well as acquiring a merit point (haha), and...

Eruntalo now has 3 level 75 jobs. Red Mage, Warrior, and THIEF.

It is finally done.

Beastmaster next! Though, I need to find something else to do to entertain me. I admit I despise meriting, and I know meripos are hard to come by as a Thief, though I could do it as Red Mage and spend it on Thief. I'm not sure, though.

One thing's for sure-- I need to spend some time leveling my Evasion and Daggers. That, though, I'm not sure I will be able to do on my own. Also, I would like to get the Evisceration weapon skill. I may be able to manage that. After all, I do have a 75 PLD, BLM, SMN, MNK at my disposal now, though if I ever do cause a death on Vacious/Kiila, you're damned sure I'm going to buff it back up two-fold.

Oh, and also... I graduated from college. Yay.

I have to admit, I love the addition they made to summoners. Once Vacious had Carbuncle out for long enough, both Vacious and Eruntalo were getting 12 HP/tick regen. I didn't even both using shihei to cast shadows. Eruntalo's evasion is good enough and I was stacking evasion gear during the leveling, so he wasn't getting hit too often to begin with.

[Edit] Really considering Blue Mage next. Damn I love their AF armor.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Dynamis - Qufim / Einherjar

Since my last post, I've really only been doing events that I can attend, which leads me to Sunday.

First, we completed, very easily, I might add, Einherjar Wing I. All that there were to fight were ghosts with the marid boss, which we have fought many many times before. I was in the black mage party so all I did was Refresh for the entire 30 minutes, which is what I'm used to, I guess, so it wasn't really too big of a deal.

Immediately after Einherjar, we gathered for Dynamis - Qufim, which is a dreamworld Dynamis that I keep missing, so I'm glad to have done it now. As usual with dreamworld Dynamis, I am the secondary RDM/DRK, which really is THE easiest role to play here. After talking with one of the members, Nariseth, and researching on FFXIclopedia, I realized that Stunning requires no specific gear other than {Dark Magic}-increasing gear, of which red mage can get very little.

We got the win extremely quickly, and before the win the red mage relic pants dropped. I unfortunately lost the roll, which wasn't the biggest heartbreak in the world, just kind of sad.

Red Mage Relic Pants:


My current end-game (healing/nuking) Pants:


The Duelist's Tights are absolutely situational, but I certainly would wear them over the Errant Slops for for melee-soloing (which I actually have different pants for), and I am pretty sure the {Elemental Magic} +10 boost would help very much if I was sleep-nuke EXPing on Wamoura or farming Dahaks in Mount Zhaylom.

Ultimately, though, they are on my less-desired list, but would be nice to have for the sake of having, especially since Red Mage is my job, as I said last post.

Now, if you would like to see the red mage gear that I DO want, well, here you go:






Essentially, all the Duelist gear that I don't have, other than the tights.

Dynamis:
ZoneRDM Relic DropStatus
Windurstnonecomplete
San d'OriaDuelist's Bootscomplete
BastokDuelist's Glovescomplete
JeunoDuelist's Tightscomplete
BeaucedineDuelist's Tabardaccess, imcomplete
XarcabardDuelist's Chapeauno access, requires Beaucedine completion
QufimDuelist's Tightscomplete
BuburimuDuelist's Glovescomplete
ValkurmDuelist's Bootsaccess, incomplete
TavnaziaDuelist's Chapeau, Duelist's Tabardno access, requires Qufim/Buburimu/Valkurm completion

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Omega Ring, Dynamis - Windurst

Despite my lack of updates, I have actually been playing the game pretty frequently. I have acquired a good friend of mine's account, giving me access to a power leveler and HQ Staves, which is awesome. I will miss her, but I completely understand her leaving the game. Hell, I left for a while, too. And who knows how much I'll be able to play once I graduate college this semester.

I mostly have been doing dreamworld Dynamis and Einherjar with Immortality while fishing occasinally for gil. Otherwise, I haven't done anything else of substance... no BCNMs, very little THF-leveling/Campaign. Sure, it's 74, but I just don't see myself ever playing it. Red Mage is my job. It was my first job and it will always feel like home to me.

Though we lost Wing III again today, we still got about 2000 ampoules, which put me to about 16,000, allowing me to get my Omega Ring, finally.





We are about to begin Dynamis - Windurst, which is the Dynamis that I haven't ever done and is keeping me from Beaucedine and, consequently, Xarcabard. Granted, there's no real gear for me here, I am thrilled to be doing it, finally.

=== Later that day EDIT ===




The only items I could have lotted on were THF AF2 Head and WAR AF2 Head, and I chose THF AF2. Within the last 5 minutes of farming, it dropped, and I won the lot!

Haha! So now I'm 2/6 THF AF2, while I remain 0/6 RDM AF2. Crazy, huh.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Campaign V / Terrigan FoV II

Today, I completed one more FoV in Cape Terrigan before calling it quits. Despite the fact that I'm getting 1.3k gil every time I complete one, it's definitely more arduous than just doing Campaign, so I figure I will continue to do Campaign until I run out of money to continue to buy shihei for Utsusemi: Ichi/Ni.

I did replace a piece of THF gear today, though.

I replaced



with

.

There really aren't any things I'd want in its place that I know of, except maybe Homam gear, which would require that I actually have Sea access and farm a lot of points for the LS to bid on them.

Which leads me to the fact that I accidently missed Einherjar today, so that's another 1000 ampoules I failed to get, which annoys me, but I suppose it's over with so whatever.

9,500 / 42,000 EXP to Level 75 Thief

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Campaign IV / Terrigan FoV

This morning, I finally hit 74 thief doing Campaign, and then I said good-bye to that crap and hopped over to Cape Terrigan to lazily do the first page over
and over and over
and over.

I am currently at 6,248 / 42,000 EXP since I get 70ish EXP per mob and 1,300 EXP per page. I have also been catching up on sleep and watching TV, though, so I haven't been playing religiously by any means. :)

Having Utsusemi: Ni makes FoV completely non-threatening. I do plan on doing some more Campaign though, to break the FoV monotony, though I must say that I am enjoying the parrying and evasion skill ups, despite how sparse they may be.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Campaign III



After a very quick Einherjar (only 10k ampoules away from a ring woooooo), I went out into the brave new world.

Already this morning, I have gotten another 6.5k EXP doing Campaigns, and now I'm only 3,500 EXP away from leveling! Sooooooooooo close. I should get it today.

Update @ 4:14PM EDT

37,500 / 40,000

I took a mega-nap after lunch. :)

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Campaign II

Update @ 11:42 AM EDT

29,152 / 40,000 EXP

I did a Garlaige Citadel campaign for the first time. It was interesting, and I got just under 2k EXP just for that one. My goal for today is at least 35k toward 74.

Einherjar Wing 1 tonight @ 10PM EDT.

Update @ 9:21 PM EDT

30,492 / 40,000 EXP

Campaign I

I managed to get a whopping 5.5k EXP doing campaign yesterday, over the course of the day.

Thief - Level 73 - 25,000/40,000

A couple more days of this and I'll hit 74, and as a consequence, I will haul my ass to Valkurm Dunes II (Cape Terrigan), and do the pages there with the ever-wonderful Utsusemi: Ni.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Endgame + Re-EXPing

Since moving back to Atlanta for my final Georgia Tech semester, I have found enough time to continue to play, and even more time to play with Immortality, the endgame Linkshell that I joined a while back.

This past week we did Dynamis - Buburimu as well as Dynamis - Jeuno, both of which I have yet to do, and as such got the win for both. That leaves Dynamis - Windurst to proceed to outland Dynamis, and I need Valkurm and Qufim to get to Dynamis - Tavnazia, which may or may not need more unlocked, but I don't think they do.

Anywho, I've yet to win any desirable AF2, but that's not my biggest concern. There are so many people seeking RDM AF2 that I don't really expect to get any of the good stuff any time soon, especially considering how little I've been doing it lately. However, if I continue with this streak, I may be in good shape.

Anywho, because of all my endgame action, my poor little RDM taru saw 74 for the first time since hitting 75 four years ago.



I panicked and nipped that in the bud in an (unfortunate) EXP party synced at level 69. After far too many hours out there, and one death, I managed to get back to 75 as well as a 16,000 EXP buffer. If 16,000 isn't enough, then whatever. I'm not doing a party again.

Instead of trying to make money or craft (Smithing/Goldsmithing are level 4 now, OMG), I am going to try to finish off my damned Thief. It's level 73.5, so I just need to suck it up and get it. I will be leisurely doing campaigns until I get it. I will not be EXPing because... well... no one wants to EXP with THFs, really. I will probably end up skilling up doing nasty duo feats with Darkcow eventually as THF+BRD combo, or THF+WHM combo, or whatever we end up doing. But regardless, it is my next goal, along with continuing to attend endgame events with Immortality.

Unfortunately, they're doing Dynamis - Xarcabard next Sunday, so I'm S.O.L. there, but I can do Einherjar on Wednesday and Sunday.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Tons Beastmaster



Darkcow and I leveled from 44 to 46 in Yhoator Jungle in about 4 hours. We charmed the worker crawlers around the tele-crystal and fought the T-IT+ Coeurls in the area--over, and over, and over, and over again.

And over, and over.

It was boring, but quick exp, so it's hard to say how I feel about it, because in the end I'm happy we went there.

Our next target will be the Labyrinth of Onzozo, charming leeches to fight against the cockatrices, scorpions, and goblins in there. Honestly, my only issue in there is that there are no fields of valor books in there, so we may have to find somewhere else just so I can have refresh/regen.

There is one camp in East Ronfaure [S] that involves exploding bombs by subbing RDM, but who knows. We'll see, I guess.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Je suis bestien fuhrer desu, chica



Aside from my mining escapades, which have gone quite poorly, I might add, Darkcow and I have spent quite a bit of time leveling our beastmasters.

Today, he and I reached 42 and 43, respectively. I am about half a level above him, currently, but it's not really causing us any issues at the moment.

We spent out late 30s in Eastern Altepa Desert, charming spiders and beetles and fighting beetles, dhalmels, and anticans.

After having a pretty rough time out there, because of all the sound aggro, at 40, we decided to move away from that wasteland of death and try out the outpost area of Yuhtunga Jungle, on the opposite side of Vana'diel.





We went there today, and there, we, together, gained 2 levels, doing the final page of the fields of valor in that area, as well as chaining Goblin Poachers and Robbers in our downtime near the Yhoator Jungle zone.

Afterward, before we called it quits, we took a jab at the first page of Western Altepa Desert, which is 7 desert spiders and 3 RNG Anticans in the area that are about 42, give or take a level. Doing on turn of this got me to 43, which is where we decided to call it quits. We may or may not continue for another level in this newer section of the desert, but if we do, I can assure you that we will not enjoy it.

I think I might check out the outpost area of Sanctuary of Zi'tah, instead.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

And here it is

One picture says it all.



:)

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Teleport-Mea/Dem/Holla: O



After much traveling yesterday, I managed to complete all three quests. I have to say, it took forever getting from Windurst to the Eldieme Necropolis to Bastok to San d'Oria to Garlaige Citadel to the Gusgen Mines then back to San d'Oria. So much running, airshipping, and chocoboing.

But hey, I'm done with then and now I can teleport!



Now, all that's left is to get 37WHM, and then it's beastmaster time.

Monday, June 22, 2009

36 WHM, Teleport Scrolls

Every once in a while, I get on to do one Field of Valor quest, just for the easy EXP in Rolanberry Fields.

Well, tonight, I managed to hit 36 white mage. Instead of sticking around and continuing to level, I have decided to work on getting the three teleport scrolls.

I just completed the Teleport-Mea quest in the Eldieme Necropolis, and finishing the quest in Northern San d'Oria, I flagged the Teleport-Holla quest. Before I head to the Gusgen Mines, I am going to head to Bastok and flag the Teleport-Dem quest, and get both of those quests done before I go to San d'Oria to complete them.

I might even consider being a low-end tele-taxi with Mea/Dem/Holla teleports in Jeuno. Though, I'd have to change my home point after all this time of it being in Windurst Woods, my favorite place in Vana'diel.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Finishing the last post...

After Diabolos, we defeated two WSNMs: Katana and Great Axe. They were easily defeated with four, which wasn't really surprising since Resheph was saying he was doing a decent job soloing and just really needed one support to finish it off.

After the WSNMs, I completed my cutscenes, then Darkcow and I did more [main_job]/BST duoing, where I reached 34. Since then, I have hit 35, and am halfway to 36.

1.5 levels left of White Mage, and then after I get the three teleport scrolls, I will be done. I have been waiting for this day for a long time.

After that, Darkcow and I are going to power our BSTs to 75, just like we always wanted to. Oh, and I need to get those last 2 levels on my THF. (It's 73 at the moment.)

Friday, June 19, 2009

Diabolos, WSNM, WHM 35

No pictures for this post, unforunately. However, quite a bit happened.

While messing around more on WHM/BST this morning, Darkcow insisted that we try to do something of my choosing, so we decided to try to get a group for Chains of Promathia Mission 3-5: Darkness Named vs. Diabolos in Pso'Xja. After a little bit of preparing, I managed to find us an already-forming group in Aht Urghan Whitegate, and once we had all our reraise and poison items, we headed to the entrance to the 40-capped part of Pso'Xja.

Our setup was:
PLD/WAR (Resheph)
WAR/NIN (Splice)
BLU/NIN (Eruntalo) - stun
DRK/NIN (Seng) - stun
WHM/SMN (Darkcow)
BRD/WHM (Fulllmetal)

I can take full credit for our first wipe. Having been in Dynamis lately, ALL of my chat filters were on pretty much, and I couldn't see when Diabolos was using special abilities (namely Nightmare). So, even though I turned them on at the beginning of the fight as we started, it didn't seem to matter, and a Nightmare hit us, and it was over.

Well, I was ready for the second attempt, and the DRK and I did not let one Nightmare go off, and because of that, the fight was a joke.

That puts me on Chapter 4 of the Chains of Promathia mission chain, and now I have access to Dreamworld Dynamis (Qufim, Buburimu, and Valkurm -> Tavnazia).

That leaves Riverne - Site #B01 vs. Ouryu, Sacrarium, Promyvion - Vahzl, then the Three Paths of Mission 5-3, which is where the real difficulty in CoP begins-- Snoll Tzar, Shikaree X/Y/Z.

And then, much later, the 45 minute timed Airship battle.

A few other things happened but I have to go now kbye.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Solo Sky, WHM to 34



Probably about a week ago, I had a little fun and did a Fields of Valor quest in Ru'Aun Gardens-- the one where you kill 6 elementals. Doing this just once was enough to give my RDM a comfortable buffer in 75 for later endgame events.

This past Sunday, after returning home from Atlanta/Nashville, I did Dynamis-San d'Oria with Immortality and made a few gils in that game.



The rest of the time, when I'm not working at my new internship, I've been solo/duo-ing my white mage up. It's gotten all the way up to 34 now, with which I am incredibly happy. 3 more levels and a few Teleport scroll quests and I am done with the wretched job. Oh, happiness.

And now, I leave you with my job list as of June 18, 2009 @ 00:00 EST.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Fields of Valor, WHM 24-26

I had more fun with WHM/BST, charming birds and dhalmels doing the crawlers/dhalmels Fields of Valor page. I was dying a lot, though, so I ended up throwing in the towel and started looking for a party, instead.



Well, after grabbing lunch, I found Resheph and his girlfriend on, and they asked if I would like to team up with them in Valkurm. I ended up hitting level 25 there (in a surprisingly great party), but soon after leveling I had to go to practice.

After the practice and eating dinner, I hopped back on and ended up doing more Fields of Valor, but this time with Darkcow and Riibob in Buburimu Peninsula and eventually Rolanberry Fields, where I hit level 26.



I have said it many times and I will say it again. I love Square-Enix for their addition of the Fields of Valor combined with Level Synchronization. They have made leveling jobs so much more enjoyable, since now you really can do it with your friends, whenever you want, however you want.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

White Mage, Einherjar Wing III



For the majority of this morning and early afternoon, I was in Valkurm Dunes and Buburimu Peninsula as white mage/beastmaster, charming bunnies and mandragoras and killing goblins as well as completing the Fields of Valor each day. In Valkurm Dunes I spent a short amount of time leveling with Darkcow, until he had to leave for work. Then, once I got to level 21 there, I hopped over to my favorite leveling spot in Buburimu and eventually hit 22 there.

Then I parked myself in Nashmau before I had to go to softball practice for the team that I assistant coach. When I got back, I joined Immortality Linkshell in doing Einherjar Wing III. We started it with leeches (gross) and marids, and the third set of mobs were Soulflayers, which are absolutely disgusting black mage-type mobs.

Then the boss of the area, which we began fighting with ten minutes remaining was a behemoth. He was vicious, casting instant Meteor every minute, while doing vicious AoE TP attacks, wiping out our entire 36-man alliance piece-by-piece. We had him at 20% health when we timed out. Regardless of the loss, however, I did get right under 2,000 ampoules of therion ichor, which goes towards my goal of 15,000 for a new ring for my red mage.

After Einherjar, Darkcow, Riibob, and I teamed up, level synced to my 22 white mage, and we did the later pages at the end of Buburimu Peninsula, on the coast near Mhaura. We flew through mobs, often getting exp chain #5s, which you normally only see in full 6-man parties. After completing one, all three of us had leveled, and Riibob had to leave. Darkcow and I did about 3 more sets, killing other random mobs as we saw them, and he got two more levels while I only got one more, hitting level 24 white mage.

Now, I am going to buy all the new white mage spells that I have missed then head to bed. Only 13 more levels of white mage to go then I can use it as one of my subjobs for red mage. Woo.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

DRK, WHM, and Garliage Shitadel

Two subjobs for red mage that I have always wanted to level but never did were dark knight and white mage. As you can tell, I have been making a serious effort to fix that. For the past week or so I have been soloing (and some parties, I might add) my way up in levels, aiming for 37.



Once I hit 29 in one of my last posts, I moved from Meriphataud Mountains to Batallia Downs, right outside of the Duchy of Jeuno. The beastmen in the area are pretty high level, as are the tigers in the area, but everything else was in my range to kill, so I cautiously used this zone to go from level 29 to level 33. I kid you not, I soloed 4 levels. Anyone who plays FFXI knows that jobs that do not normally solo (like dark knight) would find soloing 4 levels in the 30s to be excrutiating.

What made it easier was two things:
1) I used my Tactics Pearl (and Signal Pearl) to call Yoli out several times in that process, which eased the pain quite a bit. Her heals and enfeebles (as well as extra damage) made things go a lot more quickly.
2) Dark Knight/Dancer. At level 30, DNC sub is level 15, which is when you get Curing Waltz, which heals for approximately 67 HP at the cost of 20 TP. Well, I never used my TP, and as a result, I could more or less cure myself infinitely if the fight was too hard while Yoli chipped away at the mob's health. This was the case until about 32 when nothing was so hard that I was spamming the waltz.



Today, starting at level 33, I moved to the other side of Jeuno, into Rolanberry Fields, where the mobs were slightly higher. Before I could hit 34, I received a party invite to Garliage Citadel, where I remained until...



I hit level 37 dark knight-- my goal. I am done leveling dark knight UNLESS I want to get get it to level 40 for the Diabolos fight, which I haven't decided yet. Going from 37 to 40 is kind of rough, but I suppose I could manage it.

Once I finally got out of that marathon party, I switched to WHM and joined Resheph in the Valkurm Dunes, where I leveled from level 18 white mage to level 20.

Oh, and I really really hate white mage.

17 levels to go.

Einherjar Wing II tomorrow! Yay!

Monday, May 25, 2009

Tactics Pearl; Pso'Xja Pass

Yesterday, while Immortality was doing Dynamis-Xarcabard, I finally got Chains of Promathia installed on my new computer. And, to celebrate, I decided to go into Promyvion-Mea and do the weekly Tactics Pearl quest with my Adventuring NPC Fellow, Yoli.






I solo'd (well, duo'd if you count Yoli) my way to the second floor and proceeded to kill 30 mobs to max out EXP for Yoli. Then, when she was about to quit, I finished the quest at the ??? on the 2nd floor. I went as THF/DNC, level capped at 30 but in my normal lv73 THF gear. (Thank God for the gear fix to level capping.)

Right after I finished the quest, Resheph got on, and I coaxed him to do it too while I helped him. Again, we travelled to the 2nd floor and killed mobs until his NPC was about to quit, then he completed it. In that whole process my THF got 1500 EXP which isn't too shabby. Yoli got 2400 (cap for the 2nd floor) on the quest, and now I have a Tactics Pearl, which will allow me to call her 4 times with a 10-minute cooldown, if I ever feel like leveling her hardcore.

She is currently at level 44, and though she's set at soothing healer I might put her back as an attacker since managing her MP is annoying. (NPCs max at 65 as far as I know.)




This morning, to continue my CoP fun, I decided to get a step ahead in my missions. I am currently on 3-5, which ends with a fight against Diabolos in the Shrouded Maw, inside Pso'Xja. Well, before you can go into that portion of Pso'Xja, you have to farm lizards or diremites for a chip for a quest in Lower Jeuno.

I went on my 75RDM/BLM, OP warped to Beaucedine Glacier, and trekked up the mountain all the way to the uncapped entrance to Pso'Xja that you don't need a pass to enter. I proceeded to kill all the diremites and lizards I could find, eventually dropping to the lower level where the mobs are in their mid 60s.

There was a 75NIN fighting the diremite spawn there, but I saw 2 lizards standing side-by-side and I pulled one with Blizzard III. Well, the other linked (surprise) and I proceeded to dangerously chip away at their health, and I eventually killed both, the second giving me a Carmine Chip. So I warped out, went to Neptune Spire's Inn in Lower Jeuno and turned it in, and now I have the Pso'Xja Pass for Promathia Mission 3-5.




Other updates:

Road to the Lu Shang Rod: 100/10000 Moat Carps turned in.

Durrrrrrrrr.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Einherjar Wing I



I've been out of town with my family for the past week, so I haven't gotten to play at all. However, I got back yesterday, and today they allowed me to join them on my first Einherjar!

We did Wing I: Rossweisse's Chamber, and we got the win!

The mob sets were ghosts and triple bats, which, with corsairs, bards, and white mages, went incredibly smoothly. We had plenty of time for the marid boss which went down without any deaths.

Thus, I got the feather for Rossweisse's Chamber, which is one step closer for me being able to go fight Odin in the final chamber of Einherjar.

Unfortunately, I still need Dynamis-Jeuno and Dynamis-Windurst to be able to do Dynamis-Beaucedine, which in turn will give me access to Dynamis-Xarcabard.

Also, I need to beat Diabolos in the Chains of Promathia missions in order to go to dreamworld Dynamis-Buburimu and Dynamis-Valkurm.

However, at least I can do Einherjar, lower Dynamis, and Sky with Immortality right now. I'm sure I'll get access to others soon enough.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Yuhtunga Jungle, DRK, Crafting, Moogles!



Yesterday, for the first time in almost a year, I pretty much played FFXI all day.

At first I just got on to create an EXP buffer on Eruntalo's thief. However, after getting about 5000 EXP doing Campaign battles, Darkcow and I got to talking and decided to level my dark knight, since 75RDM/37DRK is useful in endgame. I've been trying to level it for ages but I hate leveling jobs, but now that there is Fields of Valor, maybe it'd be easier.

Anyway, he came as his level 19 ranger, and we teamed up in Buburimu Peninsula, duoing the first page (6 mandragoras and 1 rarab). We played up until the emergency maintanence at 12PM central, and in that time I hit level 24, and he hit level 21.

After the maintenance was over, I decided to afk-Fields of Valor near Mhaura, where I hit 25. Soon after hitting 25, I got an invite to a party in Yuhtunga Jungle fighting mandragoras. Since I had nothing better to do, I obliged. (Plus, I was really sick of soloing, and sick of Buburimu.)

The party wasn't awesome, but I did manage to reach level 28 in the few hours that I spent with the party.



Afterward, I went to Meriphataud Mountains and got the rest of my level, closing my day as a dark knight at 29. I very quickly used 50 tabs to repatriate, and then starting farting around with other things until I bazaared and got off FFXI.

Well, in my farting around, this happened:




Long, eventful day, and only 8 more levels of dark knight to go!

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Dynamis - Bastok

About to do Dynamis - Bastok. Good to be back. :)

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Edit: Actual Update

So, since I did actually get my thief to 73, I became a little more upbeat about playing Eruntalo over Bertha.



Whiles looking for an EXP party, I fished about 8k gil as well as 24 Moat Carps (which would have been another 7k gil) to turn in for the quest for the Lu Shang rod. Only 9976 to go.

Anyway, today I went to Dynamis - Bastok, as I said before in my original post. We got the win and fully cleared the repops after the boss. Lots of AF2 dropped, including my THF AF2 body.

It's a terrible piece and I'd definitely wear my Rapparee or Scorp. Harness over it, but it's a nice novelty... and my very first relic armor!



I am going to see if I can get in some sky runs with Immortality as they come to thank them for this, and hopefully they run Dynamis - Jeuno and Windurst soon.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Stop and Go

As a result of me getting into the online part of Mario Kart on the Wii, I have not spent as much time on FFXI as I have previously this month. I did a bit of leveling Bertha before this morning, and through all of that and what I did this morning, I got her to level 11 monk.



She's now ready to go to Tahrongi Canyon and begin the Fields of Valor chains there. I have bought here a nice set of [Tropical Punches] to wear as well as the full Brass set, which looks better than the stupid Kenpogi crap.

Later on, Resheph got on and we started talking and decided to go duo Fields of Valor stuff as my thief and his ninja, level synced at 67.



At first, we tried the final page in Western Altepa Desert. However, we found it too easy and the ants were too spread out, so we thought we'd be adventurous and go check out Cape Terrigan, through Kuftal Tunnel.



It was quite a bit more difficult, since we quickly became bored with fighting the rarabs and lizards there and moved up to crabs and raptors. Well, regardless, we completed about 6 sets today all of which rewarded around 1300 EXP. I popped my Emperor band and Eruntalo's thief got to 2000 to the next level before Resheph had to go.

So, now, I am currently soloing the last page of Western Altepa Desert trying to get that last bit and hit level 73 thief. Finally, I will get it, I think.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Subjob: check



With the assistance of zombie-Darkcow (dual-boxed by yours truly), I was able to acquire a little sooner than planned the Bloody Robe needed for the subjob activation quest in Mhaura. I did manage to get the dhalmel saliva on my own against Even Matched dhalmels, but all the bogies I encountered were tough and above, and, well, my attempt to solo one using my 2-hour as well as 2 potions that I had saved up during the Fields of Valor. However, I came up short, getting it down to 15% health.

I shortly requested access to Darkcow's character and soon thereafter went through that whole process, got the robe, and now I can use subjobs.

So, now, I am back in East Sarutabaruta, right outside of Windurst, leveling my monk with warrior subbed. Monk is so easy and mindless, too.



It is already level 6, and I am leveling it as we speak. I'll be back in Buburimu Peninsula soon enough, I'm sure. However, I may make a trek to Jeuno soon so that I can get my Chocobo License.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Buburimu Peninsula and beyond



After my last post I decided to move on from Tahrongi Canyon and head east for Buburimu Peninsula. The first mobs in the area were Decent Challenge or beyond, and the goblins in the immediate area were Tough. I wasn't sure if I should stay, being only 17, but I figured I'd check out the first page of the Fields of Valor and see what I would have to fight. Well, the list was one bunny and seven mandragoras, all of which were in the Decent Challenge-Even Match range (with a few that were Tough, as well).

Anyway, I decided to go ahead and do it after getting Reraise, Protect, and Regen from my tabs. Well, I have to say I have died a couple times in this third area. However, I have gained 4 levels in the past 2 days, so that's something worth mentioning. This game really wasn't designed for you to solo past level 15, at least for most jobs. However, I am doing it and it is both challenging and slightly enjoyable, but only because of the Fields of Valor.

In this area, each completion awards 475 EXP and gil, and 47 tabs. I have kept pretty even gil-wise with this, which is nice.

After hitting 21, I decided to head to the port town at the edge of the Peninsula, Mhaura.





While I was there I went ahead and grabbed two quests--one to get my subjob, and another that was just a random one when I asked a guard where I could find some work. I already turned in the Wild Rabbit Tail for the subjob, but now I have to get a cup of Dhalmel saliva (yum), which drops from guys that are currently Even Match to me. I think I'll hit 22 before I try to solo them. However, I think that I'm gonna need a little help getting the Bloody Robe from the Bogies in the area. They are lv. 23-25, not to mention they take reduced damage from melee which means they are going to be a nightmare for me to kill.



Hopefully I will have my subjob within the next 2 days. Then I will start leveling my monk. Hell, I may even keep going with monk after it catches warrior. I really don't like warrior and I've already leveled it to 75 on Eruntalo.