Yeah, I like to use stupid 1-liners to show say what I'm really doing. But I have a feeling once I actually get Maat's Cap it will be rough to think of new ones.
Since it has been a while since I posted I will go back to where I left off, DRG. I believe it was 59 the last time I posted but now it is 61. That happened this past weekend while I was moping around and had no intentions of leaving my house for reasons I will briefly mention at the end of the post. Anyways, I got into more bird parties and got my Polearm up close to 180 which is decent but still not where it needs to be if I want to beat Maat. I still have 5 levels of exp to get my skill up higher and seeing that it is not even capped for level 54 yet I will be able to get it at 200 if not close to 200 by the time I start getting into regular Colibri parties and finish DRG to 66.
Next was BST which I was finally able to finish off SMN burning, hence the title. The purpose of the title is that last night I did 4 burns in a row and was starting to get a little burned out and was not in the mood to have me and another guy pull but me hold all the mobs while he went and joined the burn. For future information, it is rather difficult to recast with over 100 mobs smacking you even if you have Aquaveil up. I was able to hold the mobs pretty well but I did end up having to use Invincible at one point to save my arse.
You may be wondering why I have THF listed in the label also. Well, THF is listed because after I finished BST I switched to THF and got 7 levels going from 50 to 57 in 2 burns. It was great to basically fly through the 50s in a matter of 2 hours. lol I figure by the time I finish DRG to 66 through exp parties I should be able to burn THF to 66 through smn burns. Hopefully I can finish them at the same time and then strictly concentrate on RNG.
One thing I have been thinking about though is that I want to have SMN above 70 before I do Maat on it because I think that trying to do him without using my 2hr could really save me some time from having to wait for my 2hr to reset and do another fight right after it. Not to mention I wouldn't mind trying to snag a Yin Yang Robe before I do the fight to really rock his socks off.
Something I have started to think about is what will I do once I get all my jobs to 66 and get my Maat's Cap. There are a few jobs I wouldn't mind getting to 75 but I'm in no real rush to do any of that. Maybe I will start meriting again and start concentrating on finishing off the jobs that matter to me like RDM or maybe even SAM. I have some STR merits I could really use or plenty of other places I can drop merits. But I have been more thinking about finishing my own MNK off to 75. It could really be a big boost for getting myself into a Salvage group especially when I'm now 1/3 on Black Belt items without spending a dime. Although, another option is trying to join an HNM shell and just help out whenever I can. Its not like I would be around all the time but whenever I get on I could devote my online time to them to get some really nice gear for myself. Plus there is sea I could jump into to get myself really rounded out for some of my jobs like SAM, MNK, or even BLM. Not to mention in sea I could pick up the enfeebling cape.
I dunno, for those that read this blog let me know what you think I should do after Maat's Cap. Level all jobs to 75? Do SCH? Join HNM? Merit? Farm as much gil as I can? Finish Bonecraft to 100 and do subcrafts to 60? I need some help people!
Oh, and I said I was going to mention why I wasn't in a good mood this weekend. Which ironically coincides a little with Lost. On 7/23/09 my car was broken into and my work laptop was stolen. Part of the ID number on the laptop was also 23. Anyways, if you know something about Lost it is one of the "cursed" numbers that Hurley talks about. But I had to have my window replaced on my own dime and luckily work paid for the laptop. Hopefully that will all be finished and taken care of by the end of tomorrow though because I will be getting my car back by the end of the day tomorrow and hopefully all my software will be completely updated on my new laptop. Ok, I'm done writing as this turned into a long post.
30 LEVELS TO GO!!!
Quote of the Day:
Guess what? I just shot a bear!!!
- Sawyer on Lost in Season 1
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Fast And Burning
JUST LIKE MY PEE!!!! No, not really...
Well, I am happy to say I got 2 levels last night! Actually I got 3 levels last night, but the 1 on SMN I don't really count because it is already post Maat's Cap level. But the other 2 levels were on BST so that is a big step in the right direction as that is my highest Maat's Cap job that isn't 66 yet. I probably got about 50k on my BST from SMN burning when it would've been more but we had 2 huge screw ups on pulls.
Some people think because they know the concept of how an Astral Flow party works they know how to do it correctly. Such as; I know how to pull, I get hate from one of each type of mob and just link everything. Yes, that is how you pull for an Astral Flow party, but just because you can make it all the way across the zone without dying doesn't mean you actually pulled correctly.
The other puller in my 2nd group did not understand how to pull. He just aggro'd and ran, that was it. You have to actually keep the mobs close or they depop. The one good pull we had with the 2nd group was because I cleaned up everything he missed. The guy said, I'll pull the middle, and by the time I got Screamin in the zone there were 10 mobs just at the front part of the middle that had already repopped. So I pulled some bats from up top, then pulled the middle again and we got about 30k which is just from pulling the middle. When this guy "pulled the middle" the second time I didn't have Screamin clean up after him because I had Screamin do an actual upstairs pull. This is where I should have realized it was a bad idea. I got 8k from that pull and that was with my exp ring. 8k... Let me reiterate, 8k. I know my pull on Screamin wasn't that great because the tunnels are narrow and it is very easy to lose a lot of mobs, but this guy obviously got NOTHING from pulling the middle. Needless to say, if I ever do Astral Flows with him, I'm not letting him pull the middle... EVER. But hey, at least our Level Sync target only gained 1 level on his 13 DRG.
Live and learn I guess. Next time I'm only doing SMN burns with people I know and trust because I'm pretty sure I could dual box pull better than that guy "pulls the middle". I was surprised that Korroloka was so empty, but that makes me hopeful for next week. If I can snag Vandy to be my 2nd puller we can easily rock out 60-90k in a few hours and finish off his DNC and maybe start another job for him since he's trying to take all jobs to 75.
Tonight I probably won't have any progress because I have some RL stuff to do and then tomorrow I'm heading to PA to go camping for the weekend with some friends from college. So basically, partying all weekend in the middle of nowhere.
Quote of the Day:
Just remember, you're still better than Tom.
- me to someone I play v-ball with, its funny if you know the whole story, but I'm lazy
Well, I am happy to say I got 2 levels last night! Actually I got 3 levels last night, but the 1 on SMN I don't really count because it is already post Maat's Cap level. But the other 2 levels were on BST so that is a big step in the right direction as that is my highest Maat's Cap job that isn't 66 yet. I probably got about 50k on my BST from SMN burning when it would've been more but we had 2 huge screw ups on pulls.
Some people think because they know the concept of how an Astral Flow party works they know how to do it correctly. Such as; I know how to pull, I get hate from one of each type of mob and just link everything. Yes, that is how you pull for an Astral Flow party, but just because you can make it all the way across the zone without dying doesn't mean you actually pulled correctly.
The other puller in my 2nd group did not understand how to pull. He just aggro'd and ran, that was it. You have to actually keep the mobs close or they depop. The one good pull we had with the 2nd group was because I cleaned up everything he missed. The guy said, I'll pull the middle, and by the time I got Screamin in the zone there were 10 mobs just at the front part of the middle that had already repopped. So I pulled some bats from up top, then pulled the middle again and we got about 30k which is just from pulling the middle. When this guy "pulled the middle" the second time I didn't have Screamin clean up after him because I had Screamin do an actual upstairs pull. This is where I should have realized it was a bad idea. I got 8k from that pull and that was with my exp ring. 8k... Let me reiterate, 8k. I know my pull on Screamin wasn't that great because the tunnels are narrow and it is very easy to lose a lot of mobs, but this guy obviously got NOTHING from pulling the middle. Needless to say, if I ever do Astral Flows with him, I'm not letting him pull the middle... EVER. But hey, at least our Level Sync target only gained 1 level on his 13 DRG.
Live and learn I guess. Next time I'm only doing SMN burns with people I know and trust because I'm pretty sure I could dual box pull better than that guy "pulls the middle". I was surprised that Korroloka was so empty, but that makes me hopeful for next week. If I can snag Vandy to be my 2nd puller we can easily rock out 60-90k in a few hours and finish off his DNC and maybe start another job for him since he's trying to take all jobs to 75.
Tonight I probably won't have any progress because I have some RL stuff to do and then tomorrow I'm heading to PA to go camping for the weekend with some friends from college. So basically, partying all weekend in the middle of nowhere.
Quote of the Day:
Just remember, you're still better than Tom.
- me to someone I play v-ball with, its funny if you know the whole story, but I'm lazy
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Slow And Steady
... is not how I want to be right now. I have been getting a level a night the past 2 nights and that is NOT what I want to be doing. As nice as 1 level a night is, that would take me a month and a half to finish when I really want to be done in about 3 weeks with exp. After finishing exp I expect to take about a week with all the Maat fights.
On the plus side, I finally got into a Wajaom Woodlands party so I was able to skill up my Polearm to 160 by the end of the night. Penta Thrust with a capped Polearm skill should be awesome because I was still landing 500+ Pentas but I was averaging about 350 probably. When my skill is capped I will have much better accuracy so I should be able to blow up some mobs really easily and probably pop over 600 damage Penta Thrusts then, which would be awesome.
I have also really been trying to find people to do Astral Flow parties with but the people I know that would do them with me aren't on or are busy when I'm on. It really sucks because I would be basically done with BST in a night then. Ugh, this is just not working out as well as I hoped.
Anyways, tonight I'm going to have basically no time to myself because I am going to dinner at my gf's house, bball, vball, then I'll probably be taking a nap because I'm supposed to be going to see the midnight showing of Harry Potter. Call me a loser, whatever, I'm looking forward to it. What I am not looking forward to is waking up really early again because I have a dentist appointment at 8:40 tomorrow morning which means if I'm lucky I'll get up to 6 hours of sleep. Why must RL get in the way of gaming? Can't it just buzz off and let me get Maat's Cap already? I swear I'll pay more attention to RL once I have my blue cap!
Quote of the Day:
Count Olaf: [to Violet] Soda.
Count Olaf: [to Klaus] Soda.
Count Olaf: [to Sunny] Banana.
Sunny: [subtitled baby talk] Bite me.
- Lemony Snicket's
On the plus side, I finally got into a Wajaom Woodlands party so I was able to skill up my Polearm to 160 by the end of the night. Penta Thrust with a capped Polearm skill should be awesome because I was still landing 500+ Pentas but I was averaging about 350 probably. When my skill is capped I will have much better accuracy so I should be able to blow up some mobs really easily and probably pop over 600 damage Penta Thrusts then, which would be awesome.
I have also really been trying to find people to do Astral Flow parties with but the people I know that would do them with me aren't on or are busy when I'm on. It really sucks because I would be basically done with BST in a night then. Ugh, this is just not working out as well as I hoped.
Anyways, tonight I'm going to have basically no time to myself because I am going to dinner at my gf's house, bball, vball, then I'll probably be taking a nap because I'm supposed to be going to see the midnight showing of Harry Potter. Call me a loser, whatever, I'm looking forward to it. What I am not looking forward to is waking up really early again because I have a dentist appointment at 8:40 tomorrow morning which means if I'm lucky I'll get up to 6 hours of sleep. Why must RL get in the way of gaming? Can't it just buzz off and let me get Maat's Cap already? I swear I'll pay more attention to RL once I have my blue cap!
Quote of the Day:
Count Olaf: [to Violet] Soda.
Count Olaf: [to Klaus] Soda.
Count Olaf: [to Sunny] Banana.
Sunny: [subtitled baby talk] Bite me.
- Lemony Snicket's
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Jump, Jump ... High Jump!
Oddly enough, that is also how many Jumps per High Jump you can do before its up again. lol I'm funny, I know. DRG is my new toy to play with. And go figure, a DRG got a quick invite to an E. Ronf. [S] party. Also, ironically enough there was a good surprise when I got there.
I get to the party of a guy who's name sounded familiar. Then I see Kaisr there and was shocked. When I asked who was controlling Kaisr I discovered that the leader's name was familiar because he was one of Kaisr's RL friends. That's when we started talking a lot more about Kaisr coming back and ... astral flow parties. muahaha Yes, I'm an astral flow fiend now because it would greatly help out my Maat's Cap goal and help with finishing some of my jobs to 75. Its great making new friends from the old.
So not only did I make a new friend, but I also got into an awesome party because we were dominating the mobs. We eventually were killing so many mobs around us the group that had the good camp gave up because they could only really pull the mobs in their area and then they were out of mobs. Once we got the good camp we had a chain of over 30 at one point before the pulls got to be too far to keep the chain. I do have to admit though, DRK is a dominating DD at those lower levels even against DRG's piercing bonus. But once we hit 40 no one could keep up with a DRG on hate. The one guy would voke at the start of the fights and then I would do a Double Thrust for 300+ and my wyvern would do a breathe damage for 100ish and hate would basically be locked on to me. Not to mention if I did a crit hit it would be for almost 200. Then when I would crit my Jumps it was retarded!!! I think my highest Jump was 271... 271!!!!!! That's more than most of my WSs during the 60k exp that I got in that party.
But in all, good times last night and a new friend was made. He already has Maat's Cap too, but now his goal is all jobs to 75. Guess we have a basically common goal then, tons of exp. lol
Quote of the Day:
I miss vaca....
- me .... DUH
I get to the party of a guy who's name sounded familiar. Then I see Kaisr there and was shocked. When I asked who was controlling Kaisr I discovered that the leader's name was familiar because he was one of Kaisr's RL friends. That's when we started talking a lot more about Kaisr coming back and ... astral flow parties. muahaha Yes, I'm an astral flow fiend now because it would greatly help out my Maat's Cap goal and help with finishing some of my jobs to 75. Its great making new friends from the old.
So not only did I make a new friend, but I also got into an awesome party because we were dominating the mobs. We eventually were killing so many mobs around us the group that had the good camp gave up because they could only really pull the mobs in their area and then they were out of mobs. Once we got the good camp we had a chain of over 30 at one point before the pulls got to be too far to keep the chain. I do have to admit though, DRK is a dominating DD at those lower levels even against DRG's piercing bonus. But once we hit 40 no one could keep up with a DRG on hate. The one guy would voke at the start of the fights and then I would do a Double Thrust for 300+ and my wyvern would do a breathe damage for 100ish and hate would basically be locked on to me. Not to mention if I did a crit hit it would be for almost 200. Then when I would crit my Jumps it was retarded!!! I think my highest Jump was 271... 271!!!!!! That's more than most of my WSs during the 60k exp that I got in that party.
But in all, good times last night and a new friend was made. He already has Maat's Cap too, but now his goal is all jobs to 75. Guess we have a basically common goal then, tons of exp. lol
Quote of the Day:
I miss vaca....
- me .... DUH
Monday, July 6, 2009
MEXICOOOOO!!!
This post has NOTHING to do with FFXI.
All last week I was in Mexico and man it was awesome. All-inclusive trips are the way to go. Drinking and eating as much as you want is great, and you never have to worry about being after hours because room service is included and is 24 hours!
Dreams Puerto Aventuras is where I went which is a little over an hour south of the Cancun Airport. You see the resorts in Mexico and you think its great, but if you see what is in between the resorts you can get kinda iffy. For example, while driving to the airport for our return trip we saw a lot of cops on the road and some with big automatic weapons wearing full riot gear minus the shields. We were quite surprised. On a slight side note, WTF is up with the random 6 inch bumps in the road that make you slow from 60km/hr to 5 then back to 60km/hr?!?! Why not just throw up a stop sign? Or is it that the drivers in Mexico completely ignore stop signs because our driver sure did...
Anyways, Mexican resorts are very nice. The water is amazing, the activities are fun (like swimming with dolphins, zip lining, or even snorkeling literally 3 feet away from an almost 5 foot long Barracuda), and the food isn't so bad. I really have to say, just sitting on that beach, soaking in the sun, not worry about anything is the best relaxing I've had in a long time. It was the best right up until my 80 minute massage that I got on the beach during sunset, and after that it was all downhill. lol
But that was basically my trip to Mexico in a nutshell. It went by so fast that it almost seems like my trip was a dream, but damn was it a good dream! A great dream that came with a nice tan too. haha Coming back to work definitely blows though. Hurray for saving up for my next vaca like this! :D
Quote of the Day:
Mac: You boys like Mex-i-co? Yee- Haww!.
- Super Troopers
All last week I was in Mexico and man it was awesome. All-inclusive trips are the way to go. Drinking and eating as much as you want is great, and you never have to worry about being after hours because room service is included and is 24 hours!
Dreams Puerto Aventuras is where I went which is a little over an hour south of the Cancun Airport. You see the resorts in Mexico and you think its great, but if you see what is in between the resorts you can get kinda iffy. For example, while driving to the airport for our return trip we saw a lot of cops on the road and some with big automatic weapons wearing full riot gear minus the shields. We were quite surprised. On a slight side note, WTF is up with the random 6 inch bumps in the road that make you slow from 60km/hr to 5 then back to 60km/hr?!?! Why not just throw up a stop sign? Or is it that the drivers in Mexico completely ignore stop signs because our driver sure did...
Anyways, Mexican resorts are very nice. The water is amazing, the activities are fun (like swimming with dolphins, zip lining, or even snorkeling literally 3 feet away from an almost 5 foot long Barracuda), and the food isn't so bad. I really have to say, just sitting on that beach, soaking in the sun, not worry about anything is the best relaxing I've had in a long time. It was the best right up until my 80 minute massage that I got on the beach during sunset, and after that it was all downhill. lol
But that was basically my trip to Mexico in a nutshell. It went by so fast that it almost seems like my trip was a dream, but damn was it a good dream! A great dream that came with a nice tan too. haha Coming back to work definitely blows though. Hurray for saving up for my next vaca like this! :D
Quote of the Day:
Mac: You boys like Mex-i-co? Yee- Haww!.
- Super Troopers
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