Mama said knock you out

Hurray for the gf being in a bad mood! That gave me a chance to do some escort with Khrone and level my MNK more. :D

From 30-32 ... MNK just sucked. I wasn't really having fun because I wasn't accurate at all and my damage was just meh. Once I hit 33 and threw on my P Charm ... I completely whiffed a Combo. After that, I was rocking out though. My overall accuracy really jumped when I put on the P Charm and I can really see why this is considered one of the best overall neck pieces in the game. The accuracy helps more than I really thought it would. My accuracy went from somewhere around 30-40% to about 75%. This is such a huge jump for damage over time and help keeping chains alive in my usually crappy parties. The one thing I do have to say, I am soooo glad I started a party on Sunday because we did really well and I rarely used Screamineagle again. I really like the parties that are self sustaining because that means the people in the party are good players. We had MNK, DNC, RNG, SCH, RDM, and PLD. Pulling was a little sluggish but he kept waiting for the PLD to get some MP back which is cool and understandable. As for healing we were golden because the DNC/NIN had back up healing down and even off voking when the mob would occasionally move on to the RNG or a mage. I couldn't believe the RDM's damage on nuking too, he was doing as much as the BLM was at that level (around 90s w/o MB).

I'm pretty sure everyone in the party got 2 levels by the time we disbanded too. The DNC was a level higher than everyone else but was well worth having because of the extra tanking and the extra healing. In an EXP party DNC are a really good addition because they can heal, off tank, AND debuff, all while doing a little bit of damage. I think this was kind of the whole purpose of COR too but I think DNC does a much better job. Yes DNC doesn't have a refresh dance but when a DNC can just save the mages MP I think it is just as good.

It was also very reassuring hitting 34 and throwing on my O Kote because now I know for sure that I will be able to rock out in my desert paradise! Now I just hope Screamin's MP can keep up with my chains because I won't have to be stopping to rest for MP like on SMN, but on MNK I will be taking so much more damage and will be needing so much more healing. Guess I won't really know how it'll go until I go out there and start rockin on some Goblin pets.

As for tonight, NEW UPDATE!!! (I will now be taking a break from completing this post as to wait for the full update to be released in about an hour.)
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And I'm back! As expected, the number one thing everyone is looking forward to is Level Sync. But for me I am more thinking about the exp boost for EPs and DCs. I think that will make much more of a difference because that may have more people trying to solo, such as I do, but not picking mobs that are EM, T, or VT to them but rather more around DC, EM, or T to them for a safer approach.

There is so much in this update but honestly, I don't feel that it is that big of an update outside of Level Sync. Some adjustments here and there with items and mobs but nothing earth shattering ... except Nyzul Isle. I think the updates to Nyzul Isle could really be a factor in people going to do that now because now everyone can save their data instead of just having 1 person do it. This is an event I've done a few times but now I'm really interested in because the gear in there is pretty nice and to top it all off ... ITS FREE! That in itself makes it very attractive gear. Just like the ZNM gear that is free but you have to do some background photo taking in order to get the Zeni.

A few other nice things have been implemented, like the drop in price of Limbus and dynamis or the storing of your KS and BC with an NPC. I think more of something that I would like to do now is more small group dynamis since the price has been cut in half and the drop rates have been increased which is FRIGGIN AWESOME!

Ok, so I lied, there is more really slick stuff in this update that I just didn't think of all at once but as I'm skimming over the update again I'm getting excited again. This all means that a low man end game shell is becoming more and more likely for me. I would love to get a regular group to do dynamises to just get AFv2 gear and then AF+1 from limbus. There would be soooo much good gear to be gotten by such few people! Man, I'm pumped for all of this extra stuff, but the big problem is that I'm still going for Maat's Cap. Argh, they keep throwing monkey wrenches into my bigger plans! I will definitely be keeping on my goal of the old man's cap by EOY because I think I could throw in a few smaller events like Nyzul Isle or assaults or a low man dynamis or a low man limbus. I just wouldn't be able to join regular groups because that would definitely slow me down. But I could definitely see getting a group of very skilled friends together to go whoop some butt in an icelands dynamis. Weeeeeeee, my dreams of Duelist Tabard and Hat are still possible!!!

Back to level sync briefly before wrapping this up. I am looking forward to being able to level with my friends now because basically no matter what level we are we will be able to go pimp slap some mobs together and get some good exp! That means my brother won't feel as left behind even though I will be so far ahead. This also means I have to plan soloing better around partying. Right now I'm at a perfect level for my desert glory so level syncing with him would just kind of be a waste for me but a great gain for him. So I would probably go hit 37 on my MNK before level syncing down with him to help him get say his WHM out of the dunes(since that is his current thing he's doin). I just have to keep a wary eye on what I'm doing for levels because I could be gaining great exp duoing with someone at a certain level, I could be gaining great exp soloing at my leve, or I could even be gaining great exp at my own level just by partying. Many more factors have come into me exping my way to the old man's cap. All of which I will be doing I'm sure, just as long as I keep the exp rolling.

On another quick note and little goal for myself, I want to keep myself in the top 100 on the Hades server according to FFXIah.com. Lately I've been hovering just in the top 100 but now I'm at 97. I need to keep up with exping because the people around me in the ranking seem to all be doing some sort of leveling also. Most of them were finishing off jobs to 75 which means they will get big leaps over my even a few levels on low jobs. Its just something I try to do to keep me going though.

Quote of the Day:
Khrone text1: The requirements for acquiring and maintaining medals have been erased.
Me: HUH?!
Khrone text2: Oh, "have been eased." damn small text on a high res monitor.
- or he's just going blind in his old age :P