Dynamis-Jeuno

Another dynamis, another unsurprising attendence. I think we entered dynamis with 15 or 16 people, but all in all we still rocked out. With a few more DD or a few more BLM I think we really could've beaten Dynamis-Jeuno. We were going and going and thought we got all the time extensions so we were just trying to clear as much as we could. Our path was just the usual, up the stairs, then go clockwise around the square, clear the AH, then clear the palace. We were going to just get the time extension infront of the palace then clear the AH and see what time we had left. So we thought we got the time extension and then our THF accidentally pulled the ENTIRE AH at once. More impressively though, he kited most of the stats and a few mobs while the alliance went through the mobs. In all, we did the AH in 1 pull and didn't wipe which is AWESOME. Ironically enough, the last mob we killed from the AH began our run of about 4 AFv2 that dropped in there which was our only AFs. I think we had about 5 AFs total drop.

After that we saw we still had about 30 min so we figured we might as well go roll through the palace. We kill the next stat just infront of the palace and we see a message saying we got another 30 min time extension. lol At that point we realized we actually had a chance of trying the boss. We enter the palace and start clearing EVERYTHING in there including the upper floor. After we cleared the palace we cleared out the 5 stats behind the palace with no real problems. Knowing we needed all the nuking power we could use for the boss I decided we needed to have a RDM nuke the last stat behind the palace to even have a chance at the boss. The RDM converts and chainspell nukes and runs out of MP because he wasn't resting MP THEN nuking ... he converted then rested up and nuked ... ARGH. Because it took him so long the stat actually slept him for about 2 min then he finished it off. Right about when he finished it off we were at about 2.5 min left in dynamis. Obviously I started getting a little anxious thinking that we were going to low man Dynamis-Jeuno for the win... But of course something went wrong. Our THF pulled the boss, used PD, Flee, but when all the mobs popped he got stuck in them and I guess they manaburned him down. At least the PLD got a voke on the boss and was starting to run back but it had already linked EVERYTHING by the boss back to us. I was HOPING the PLD would live long enough for me to pull the boss off the train but he died just as I tried. So they all turned on me and I was dunzo in about a half a second. Luckily after we all got owned there was only 30 seconds left so we all just got booted and everyone got R3s.

Yet again we were thwarted by a bad boss pull again. If we can clean that up we would be MONEY. Not to mention I was BLM main assisting when we only had 2 BLMs and a PUP using his puppet as a BLM too. All in all I think we did REALLY well especially considering our only wipe was when we tried to do the boss. I don't really consider that a wipe though since it was only a wipe out of desperation to kill the boss. It was kinda fun being main BLM assist, let me assert myself in a role of POWA!!! What is also nice, I think people in the LS are kind of looking at me as an unofficial sack holder because I was basically leading that whole dynamis run. Pretty much me telling everyone where to be, where to go, what we were doing next, who should pull this, who should nuke the stat in the back, and everyone was listening to me and not even questioning my authority ... it was great. Also, something that I was SUPER crazy excited about was that the melee weren't running up to the mobs and fighting them on the BLM. They were actually staying back like 90% of the time. Occasionally they'd run up for the ranged mobs like NIN but the BLM would always just move away because we always had space which was also nice. To sum up Dynamis-Jeuno, great run but choked in the clutch situation for the boss.

On to other news. I got my DNC up to 26 and about halfway to 27 last night. Aziel was leveling his SMN to 37 and he was already 26, so I invite him to join me. He declined because he was hoping to get a PL party out in Kazham. His loss because I was rockin about 8k/hr soloing mobs in qufim on DNC/BST with Hybridkiller PLing last night since Disdain left his char in Ifrit's Cauldron to try and get eyes for his O hat and Screamineagle is still out in Mount Z with his exp ring popped on his 73 BST. I called on the 3rd string then, and the it went very smoothly except I forgot to bring Hybrid's Joy toy so it was taking forever for him to kill the links and actually got me killed once because I was actually dual boxing instead of just PLing. It would've been fine if one of his Cure 3s wasn't interupted by a crit hit and I didn't realize it was. So I was spamming Curing Waltz on myself while trying to get a cure from Hybrid but I just wasn't quick enough. No biggy though because the mob before that one I had a chain #3 for 390 exp ^^

As for this evening, probably get another level or 2 in qufim and maybe hit 28 on DNC. I'd like to finish DNC off before I get back to meriting so I can clear up some more inventory. So my semi-aggressive goal will be 37 by next Friday. If I can pick up Khrone's WAR I won't have any problems at all hitting 37 I don't think because when I catch him at about 33 or 34 we will just be sitting out in our little goblin and mandy camp that I know of in Yhoator til 37ish. The reason I say "ish" is because when I hit 35 on DNC that's all I really care about becuase then if I REALLY wanted I could just use exp scrolls the rest of the way as DNC is only really going to be used for my NIN which is only 64. So maybe I'll try to hit at least 36 with DNC so I don't have to use too many scrolls on it and I can get back to using my scrolls on other jobs like my SMN or NIN.

I think I need to make a list of the jobs I want to level and the order I will level them in because there is just so much going on. Although after I finish DNC its going to be meriting meriting meriting because I want to get my RDM and BLM merits out of the way so I can start meriting my WAR ^^ I really would like to deck out my WAR one day, especially since my next sky piece I'm going to get is Haidate.

Ok short list of jobs I want to level (not including meriting):
DNC (finish to 37)
SMN (finish to 37/40 duoing with Disdain onry)
NIN (only when Khrone actually catches up)
BST ??
PLD/DRG to 37/40
MNK (finish from 30->37/40 and eventually 75)
SAM
SCH

NOTE: Knowing me the priorities on this list will change, like if I get a soboro for my SAM it will jump up on the list. SCH used to be top on my list but I don't want to take it fully to 75 anymore. This will also change depending on my mood, do I want to tank, DD, or support.

THF, DRK, PUP, RNG, WHM, COR, and BLU are kinda dead to me for the time being. Of those 7 jobs I will probably only ever get back to BLU and WHM just because I want to eventually have my WHM at 75 and I definitely want to finish my BLU off to 75. When I do finish BLU I'm gonna have to get a Limbus LS again to get some Homam pieces. Well, if anyone has any comments please leave them (or if anyone has even read this blog).

Quote of the day:
And shepherds we shall be, For thee my lord for thee. Power has descended forth from thy hand, that our feet may swiftly carry out thy commands. So we shall flow a river forth to thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be.