Not much has been going on in game since I got Maat's Cap and joined DaFunk. It has basically consisted of me camping HNMs and attempting to level my Leathercraft.
The HNM part has been pretty cool. I guess I could start a tally of how many of each HNM I've killed so far. It would at least give me something to update in my blog.
As far as crafting going I've gotten about 5 levels on my Leathercraft since the last time I updated this. It is pretty terrible now because I have to go through farming Dhalmels for hides to craft and it is quite annoying. I wish they could be like other mobs that pop in a very small moving location and popped very quickly. As they do not and supposedly the best place to farm them is Bubu, I have to walk around the whole friggin map farming these guys that can walk around a quarter of the map. If only they were like goblins in Gustav Tunnel where they can only walk around in a 10 x 10 area and the respawns about 10 minutes. Well, these are a respawn of about 10 minutes but they walk around in about a 100 x 100 area and no more than about 5 pop in any one location. That means I get to run alllllllll around the map to get these mofos and hope they drop a hide. Probably the worst part of this all is that they drop other stuff that is just total junk and likes to take up inventory space very quickly.
Other than that little bit I've been trying to get whatever else done in game that I can but nothing has really been working out for me. The only thing that is about to pay off with what I'm doing is that I'm 1 decent guild item away from getting my Bonecrafting apron. That will definitely be a bonus because that puts me at 76+2 which is only 2 levels from cap for RR hairpins which means I won't have to worry about breaking nearly as much. 1 level can really make a difference in breaking synths.
Anyways, in my spare time camping I've still been doing some reading since I've technically beaten Uncharted 2 already. I want to try to finish up the Twilight series before I go back and play through the harder levels of Uncharted 2. That way I won't be as distracted while doing one of the other.
Hopefully I can get more stuff done in game in the next week or so so I actually have something to update. Maybe some more HNM kills or more meriting or something.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Uncharted 2
HNM is cool, my first day with a pearl I got to do Einherjar and kill Khimiara. I've now seen Cerberus die and camped some other NMs as well. But seeing as most windows still aren't in my wheel house of time I haven't gotten to even see a Fafnir or a Behemoth or an Ixion or even a Sandworm, although I have camped for 3 or those 4 just never seen them pop.
In my extra time I have been taking up other things like reading. But the thing that I have been draining basically all of my extra free time and even a lot of FFXI time into is Uncharted 2. Fun game, great graphics, and good story line. As much as I like the game play and I honestly do like the story line and am actually interested in what is going to happen next. For instance, will Drake end the game with a threesome of the 2 hotties in the game? I really want to know! Not to mention some of the offhand remarks that are said in the game are pretty funny including the swearing. I know, I'm surprised they aren't bleeping that $&*# out too.
Game play and graphics have been really good. I'm very surprised at how good the actual game play graphics are compared to the cut scene graphics. To me there is very little difference in the graphics of them and sometimes I don't even know if I'm in a cut scene or if I'm actually supposed to be still interacting with what is going on. With how good the single player action is in this game on Normal difficulty, I'm curious as to how hard it gets on the higher settings and with the co-op play.
Co-op play is actually what got me interested in the game in the first place because Disdain and the original Screamineagle were going to get the game and ironically enough the game has a 3 player co-op. I have been playing the game seeing where co-op could come in but it seems that most of the time I am either flying solo or with one other person. There haven't been too many scenarios where I am running and gunning with 2 companions but I guess there are places where they could throw the extra person in but just make it slightly harder on you by excluding that extra person.
This game is something that I have really been having fun with and really have a hard time pulling myself away from, which includes losing sleep because I'm up playing until 2AM. One of my favorite games to ever play with friends was Halo. This game has all the same ideas as Halo and keeps me hooked in the same way as Halo, including the losing sleep part. The big difference in game play is the stealth killing that I just don't seem to be that great at. I can pop moving enemies in the head with ease while dodging fire from the front, but when it comes to sneaking up on a group of 4 or more and picking them off quietly one by one I'm not so great. Occasionally they'll give me freebies where the put you in the perfect spot to take a guy out, but then I have a hard time finding the quiet way to get to the next guy and taking him down without the next guy seeing me and calling in 15 other guys. I'm getting better but its something that I have room for improvement on. Just like my awareness because without a radar like in Halo I feel blind because I don't know where a guy is behind me without me having to slowly spin my vision around.
Enough about that though. In the FFXI front I have been doing some Leathercrafting and selling some more BC products to make some gil. Sadly I'm not making the progress I would like because I can't muster enough straight gaming time together because if I'm not doing an event or camping an HNM, I'm probably sitting at my desk playing Uncharted 2 right now. Hopefully I don't sink too much more time into Uncharted 2 because I feel like I'm getting close to the end. I won't say why or where I am because if anyone does decide to play the game I don't want to ruin the story line for you.
Update:
Beat Uncharted 2 last night on Normal, very fun game. I'm thinking about buying Uncharted 1 now too.
(semi spoiler alert in the QotD)
Quote of the Day: (not exactly word for word but close enough for the gist of it)
Girl: On a scale of 1 to 10 how scared were you I was going to die?
Drake: Me? Eh, a 4.
Girl: A 4?!
Drake: Yeah, I didn't think you were gonna die.
Girl: If me dying is a 4 what's a 10?
Drake: Clowns, I HATE clowns...
In my extra time I have been taking up other things like reading. But the thing that I have been draining basically all of my extra free time and even a lot of FFXI time into is Uncharted 2. Fun game, great graphics, and good story line. As much as I like the game play and I honestly do like the story line and am actually interested in what is going to happen next. For instance, will Drake end the game with a threesome of the 2 hotties in the game? I really want to know! Not to mention some of the offhand remarks that are said in the game are pretty funny including the swearing. I know, I'm surprised they aren't bleeping that $&*# out too.
Game play and graphics have been really good. I'm very surprised at how good the actual game play graphics are compared to the cut scene graphics. To me there is very little difference in the graphics of them and sometimes I don't even know if I'm in a cut scene or if I'm actually supposed to be still interacting with what is going on. With how good the single player action is in this game on Normal difficulty, I'm curious as to how hard it gets on the higher settings and with the co-op play.
Co-op play is actually what got me interested in the game in the first place because Disdain and the original Screamineagle were going to get the game and ironically enough the game has a 3 player co-op. I have been playing the game seeing where co-op could come in but it seems that most of the time I am either flying solo or with one other person. There haven't been too many scenarios where I am running and gunning with 2 companions but I guess there are places where they could throw the extra person in but just make it slightly harder on you by excluding that extra person.
This game is something that I have really been having fun with and really have a hard time pulling myself away from, which includes losing sleep because I'm up playing until 2AM. One of my favorite games to ever play with friends was Halo. This game has all the same ideas as Halo and keeps me hooked in the same way as Halo, including the losing sleep part. The big difference in game play is the stealth killing that I just don't seem to be that great at. I can pop moving enemies in the head with ease while dodging fire from the front, but when it comes to sneaking up on a group of 4 or more and picking them off quietly one by one I'm not so great. Occasionally they'll give me freebies where the put you in the perfect spot to take a guy out, but then I have a hard time finding the quiet way to get to the next guy and taking him down without the next guy seeing me and calling in 15 other guys. I'm getting better but its something that I have room for improvement on. Just like my awareness because without a radar like in Halo I feel blind because I don't know where a guy is behind me without me having to slowly spin my vision around.
Enough about that though. In the FFXI front I have been doing some Leathercrafting and selling some more BC products to make some gil. Sadly I'm not making the progress I would like because I can't muster enough straight gaming time together because if I'm not doing an event or camping an HNM, I'm probably sitting at my desk playing Uncharted 2 right now. Hopefully I don't sink too much more time into Uncharted 2 because I feel like I'm getting close to the end. I won't say why or where I am because if anyone does decide to play the game I don't want to ruin the story line for you.
Update:
Beat Uncharted 2 last night on Normal, very fun game. I'm thinking about buying Uncharted 1 now too.
(semi spoiler alert in the QotD)
Quote of the Day: (not exactly word for word but close enough for the gist of it)
Girl: On a scale of 1 to 10 how scared were you I was going to die?
Drake: Me? Eh, a 4.
Girl: A 4?!
Drake: Yeah, I didn't think you were gonna die.
Girl: If me dying is a 4 what's a 10?
Drake: Clowns, I HATE clowns...
Monday, October 5, 2009
Maat's Cap
BOOM BABY!!! Maat's Cap of blue loserhood is mine! It was a long drawn out journey but in the end was a fun run.
RNG was the last fight I had to do and it took me 2 tries because I screwed up the first time, but learned from my screw up. The first fight went: Velocity Shot > Slug Shot > Shadowbind > Barrage > Sharpshot > shoot > Slug Shot > shoot > I Wing > die. Bold is what I think I did wrong, go figure that die is bold right? Now a few realizations I made, Sharpshot lasts a minute so basically I shouldn't waste time using it during the fight as it will only last about 30-45 seconds. Also, I realized that I used Shadowbind in the wrong spot and I took an extra shot in there that I really shouldn't have.
After planning a little more out, my second fight went more like this (although maybe not exactly as I have to check my log to be 100%): Velocity Shot > Sharpshot > Slug Shot > Barrage > shoot > Shadowbind > Vile Elixir > shoot again (because I didn't have 100% TP) > Slug Shot > EES. I ended up not even using an Icarus Wing which saved me 10k in that fight which I am happy about.
Once I got out of the fight I put on my Ducal Something Ring and warped to Jeuno and strode back to Maat and obtained my Maat's Cap at approximately 8:55PM on October 4th, 2009. GO ME!!!! I took screen shots of everything Maat said just so I can have it saved for later, but I will be cutting out the "Obtained: Maat's Cap" and putting that in my sigs from now on. Sadly this brings to an end a very long term goal that I have been working towards for over a year now. Now that Maat's Cap is over and done with I think I need to find myself a new long term goal.
After speaking with the few people that were still wearing a HellsBells pearl last night I think I will be aiming to get SCH up some and maybe finishing off another job or 2 to 75. I can also spend more time concentrating on my crafting as that has been pretty stagnant for a long time. I would at least like to get my Bonecraft to 80, get my BC apron, and start actually skilling up my leathercraft as that is the main sub-craft for BC. Glad I still have PLENTY to do in game. lol
Now for the perfect timing of me finishing Maat's Cap, I was also accepted into DaFunk. This will fill up my time with actually having events for me to attend. Sadly these events will be sporadic because HNM times will be constantly changing, but this will give me access to getting the higher end gear that I really want like Dalmatica or Ace's Helm. Let us see where this journey will take me.
Quote of the Day:
Obtained: Maat's Cap
RNG was the last fight I had to do and it took me 2 tries because I screwed up the first time, but learned from my screw up. The first fight went: Velocity Shot > Slug Shot > Shadowbind > Barrage > Sharpshot > shoot > Slug Shot > shoot > I Wing > die. Bold is what I think I did wrong, go figure that die is bold right? Now a few realizations I made, Sharpshot lasts a minute so basically I shouldn't waste time using it during the fight as it will only last about 30-45 seconds. Also, I realized that I used Shadowbind in the wrong spot and I took an extra shot in there that I really shouldn't have.
After planning a little more out, my second fight went more like this (although maybe not exactly as I have to check my log to be 100%): Velocity Shot > Sharpshot > Slug Shot > Barrage > shoot > Shadowbind > Vile Elixir > shoot again (because I didn't have 100% TP) > Slug Shot > EES. I ended up not even using an Icarus Wing which saved me 10k in that fight which I am happy about.
Once I got out of the fight I put on my Ducal Something Ring and warped to Jeuno and strode back to Maat and obtained my Maat's Cap at approximately 8:55PM on October 4th, 2009. GO ME!!!! I took screen shots of everything Maat said just so I can have it saved for later, but I will be cutting out the "Obtained: Maat's Cap" and putting that in my sigs from now on. Sadly this brings to an end a very long term goal that I have been working towards for over a year now. Now that Maat's Cap is over and done with I think I need to find myself a new long term goal.
After speaking with the few people that were still wearing a HellsBells pearl last night I think I will be aiming to get SCH up some and maybe finishing off another job or 2 to 75. I can also spend more time concentrating on my crafting as that has been pretty stagnant for a long time. I would at least like to get my Bonecraft to 80, get my BC apron, and start actually skilling up my leathercraft as that is the main sub-craft for BC. Glad I still have PLENTY to do in game. lol
Now for the perfect timing of me finishing Maat's Cap, I was also accepted into DaFunk. This will fill up my time with actually having events for me to attend. Sadly these events will be sporadic because HNM times will be constantly changing, but this will give me access to getting the higher end gear that I really want like Dalmatica or Ace's Helm. Let us see where this journey will take me.
Quote of the Day:
Obtained: Maat's Cap
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