Showing posts with label WHM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WHM. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Sleepy Maat

Last night was a fun night filled with just doing stuff with friends. Those are the best nights and sometimes you end up getting the most accomplished.

For starters, I got online and on a whim decided to check Shiki Weapon and wadda ya know, he's up. So I'm frantically searching for friends to help me but basically no one was on. Finally I found Mac on and he said he'd be more than happy to come as long as it was up. So we go out there and let me tell you, Mac is a beast at solo RDM. I have no clue how he does it because his macros have to be retardedly complex. Any time he casts a spell he swaps like 4 pieces of gear and then swaps back. I was there on BRD and he was on RDM/NIN and he really didn't need me at all as he took a total of 0 damage the whole fight. Sadly the robe didn't drop but we are planning on going back out there today and hopefully getting the drop so I can look like a real 75 SMN.

After that I had to bounce for a bit, but when I came back Swifman had just logged on too. He let me borrow his Apollo's Staff so I could go Repose Maat a few times and get another big W in my column. That does put me back at 500 for Maat fights, 6 losses and 6 wins, 2 losses on BRD, 2 on MNK, 1 on DRG, and 1 on BLM. I do have much better plans for MNK, BLM, and DRG though so I should be good on those. My big concerns are THF, NIN, and PLD.

So that was a quick and easy fight considering my 1st Repose landed, 2nd resisted, then 3rd and 4th landed. I took a whopping 0 damage but did get silenced once. Its a good thing I did have my Echo Drops macro'd because that saved me about 3 seconds of getting pummeled. But in reality it was an easy fight. Win time was 6min 44sec and the record was 6min 6sec so I did pretty darn good.

Once I got back from that Swifman and I were trying to find stuff to do so we did some ENMs. Hagun ENM where we both dual boxed which was fun and ended up going pretty well, but no drop. Then we headed out to Monarch Linn for 2 ENMs out there. We ended with the Fire in the Sky one that was cake because we both 2hr'd on RDM and didn't get much of a drop from there either. But we also duo'd the Uninvited Guests and that was quite interesting.

Usually you do Univited guests with a DD/NIN and a RDM. It goes pretty well most of the time but when you go in as 2xRDM/WHM it gets quite interesting. We were kiting around the whole time and nuking when possible. I figured out early on that if you kite with W Legs around the outside of the circle he won't catch you for 90% of the fight. The only big problem is locking in hate on 1 person to kite so the other person can nuke and rest without much of a problem. Because of my 5/5 ice accuracy on RDM my nukes were doing about 5% damage each time but I'm guessing Swifman's were getting resisted regularly which is why I was kiting the mob for most of the time. Swif finally was able to start pulling hate from me by cure bombing me so I could rest up to nuke the last bit down. We luckily finish after 28 minutes when we only had 30 minutes to do the fight. It was ugly but really fun at the same time.

Hopefully tonight I can get my YYR, knock out my DRG fight, and then maybe do some Limbus with Swifman if we have some extra time. I'm having fun doing all these little side things with him and Mac because they keep me interested and actually helps me towards having better gear and more gil to play with when I want to buy stuff.

Quote of the Day:
Smelly cat, smelly cat...
- one of Phoebe's songs in Friends (Sleepy Maat reminded me of Smelly Cat for some reason)

Monday, June 8, 2009

Productive Weekend (Happy 69)

As this was my last weekend of "freedom", I got a lot done. Now the target number til Maat's Cap is lucky number 69!

Lets just start out by saying, thank you baby jesus for allowing SMN burns. That being said, my SMN is now 65. It is retarded how awesome it is to be able to fly through levels like this. It was about a week ago that my SMN was 44 and now its already 65 and only 2k til 66. This has been going by so fast, and now I know a bunch of people that want to SMN burn with me since I have a 2nd char that can pull. Actually when I get home tonight, I know a guy that wants to make a party because he doesn't have a puller char and needs me. He said he has people to sync with and SMNs that he could invite, but to have an effective SMN burn you need 2 pullers.

I also got around to doing a choco quest which put my WHM over the edge and now is 66. That is 1 more job completed and 6 to go. Well, 5 to go really because SMN is only 2k til being done.

PLD on the other hand I don't mind taking the time to finish it off because I have been getting some good shield skills and a few parrying skills while leveling. Both are a huge pain to skill up so I might as well do it while I'm getting good exp for it from birds.

I got my PLD to 57 in a birds party with a not too smart WHM that was definitely under geared and missing spells. This WHM NEVER Regen II'd me, let alone Regen'd me, nor did he cast Auspice once. One thing I noticed was how much more a bird uses TP moves when we didn't have Auspice active. My face was getting eaten off by TP moves as PLD, but when I was doing WHM and using Auspice I would have to say the bird was using about 3 less TP moves per fight. I would have to admit that Auspice is definitely a worth while spell. Also, after reading a little more about how Auspice works, it reduces TP dealt by 10% which definitely adds up in a TP burn party.

And as a side note, in Dynamis-Beaucedine I got the Argute Gown for SCH which is really nice piece for when I get my SCH to 75 using SMN burns heheheheHAHAHAHAH.... cough cough :D

I think that's about all for today. Hopefully I can get some more levels on my SMN or my PLD this evening. Oh, and about what I said earlier about this being my last week of "freedom", my gf moves home from graduating from college on Sunday. This means that all of this extra time I've been spending playing FFXI will be drastically cut down. That's why I need to get in as much game time this week as I possibly can!

Quote of the Day:
Women, can't live with them, can't shoot them.
- Unknown

Monday, June 1, 2009

WHM Done...

...basically. As far as I'm concerned, my WHM is done getting exp. It is sitting at 65 and about 1.1k tnl. That means I just have to do my choco quest and escort quest for the week and its done. Another option is taking it into campaign for a bit, but I'm just not really into that option.

Now that I can toss a bunch of that gear into storage I don't have to worry much about my extra needed space until I do my next AF. I can put some more gear into my satchel that I always carry with me but I don't necessarily always use like my MP rings or earrings or my dmg reduction gear.

Hmm, now I don't know which job to do next. As of right now I'm leaning towards THF. I basically laid out what gear I need for it last week. It shouldn't be too hard of a job to level because I can help keep hate on NINs which have a hard time tanking through birds. Not to mention I get piercing damage on birds which can be really hot. So this should be a good job to level.

Now that I just talked to my bro (Khrone) and he kinda convinced me that I should do PLD next. He just suggested it because it would give me more experience tanking on PLD so I could jump on Screamin and have more experience and be a better end game PLD. This is decent reasoning, but seeing as I already have experience tanking sky gods it would only add on and not much more. The real reason why I think I'm convinced I'm doing PLD next is that I'm sitting on 3 PLD AF coffer keys and I have some gear saved from when I did PLD before.

I also just went through and laid out what my gear for PLD will need to look like and it looks like I should need minimal effort to get to where I want to be. The hardest part will be simply getting my AF. The quested pieces of AF aren't too hard but require a lot of walking around and patience. Other than those few pieces of gear that I need I think I am all set and ready to rock out on PLD. Time to teach these crappy tanks out there how to tank!

Quote of the Day:
Welcome to Duloc / Such a perfect town / Here we have some rules / Let us lay them down / Don't make waves / Stay in line / And we'll get along fine / Duloc is a perfect place / Please keep off of the grass / Shine your shoes / Wipe your... FACE. / Duloc is, Duloc is / Duloc is a perfect... place.
- those puppets from Shrek when they first get to Duloc, have fun having that song stuck in your head like I have had the past 2 days...

Thursday, May 28, 2009

100 Levels to go

I have hit the 100 level mark til Maat's Cap. It was just simple leveling on WHM when I probably should've been sleeping but oh well.

What was really funny last night is that I got home from volleyball thinking that I had to go to sky and when I logged on I discovered that I was the ONLY person on my LS. I was totally shocked and not until I called Khrone up at about midnight that I realized that it was Wednesday and we didn't have sky. That just gave me more incentive to exp.

I swapped to WHM and sat there looking for a party for about an hour and just when I was about to give up, as always, I got a party. The TV was on but I wasn't really watching, I think it was George of the Jungle, but this one commercial kept coming on that was saying "Sleep is the best thing for your body". This was quite ironic because I was forgoing sleep to get more exp in. lol I got about 1/3 of the way through 63 and am alllllmost done with WHM. The way I'm going I think I only have about 4 more exp parties and I should be done. This would be awesome because I am ready to move on to another job, but again I come to the point where I don't know which job I want to do next.

When it comes to jobs I am pretty much just choose what job I want to do next when I finish the job and I just stick it out. Hybrid said he would duo with my BST so that rules out BST. SMN I have a feeling I'm just going to try to SMN burn my way all the way to 66 because it would be the quickest way. This leaves me with PLD, THF, RNG, and DRG to choose from. All 4 of these options are really nice because the 3 DD jobs are great on birds and PLD is a tank job which is always looked for. I guess we can just do this by process of elimination again, PLD is easy but takes the most gear so I will hold off on that. RNG will definitely cost me a bundle so I'll save that for last. That leaves me with DRG and THF, both get piercing damage boost on birds so they should rock in any burn exp party that I join.

I think I may just do THF next to get it out of the way. THF will be kind of gear intensive because of AGI and DEX gear that I should stack myself with. As I have been known to be a little lax on my gear though I may let some of it slide and just stick with simple gear choices that don't drown my inventory. So I guess I should start looking into what gear I should get for THF now eh?

Until WHM is done though I won't bother even gathering gear for THF though. Which means this weekend I will be concentrating on WHM.

On a side note, I kind of joined a Salvage group with a guy I was in an LS with a while back. He was looking for a BRD so I figured since he had the title of Moon Charioteer he might actually have a pretty good group. I will give a go and see how it pans out and hopefully I can get some gear out of this LS unlike the last 2 attempts at a salvage group that I've been in.

Quote of the Day:
(After telling Khrone about the commercial with the "Sleep is the most important thing for your body")
Me: I completely disagree, Morrigan's would be the best body piece. How does sleep fit in over that?

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Light Leveling

Since I was out of town camping this weekend I didn't get much done. I got back Monday but ended up taking 2 naps throughout the day because I was so tired and then ended the day at my friend's place eating some food that he had cooking for 10 hours that tasted really good. For as long as he had cooked the corned beef I didn't think it was THAT amazing, but it was really good.

In game I did do some light leveling Thursday and Monday. Thursday I got my BST to 55 doing my camp in garlaige and ended Screamin with a 25kish buffer on BST. Congrats bro on a job well done on letting me finish your last 2 levels on BST. :P

Yesterday I did some afternoon leveling on WHM and got it to 62. Nothing spectacular because it was a level sync party in Qufim Island that wasn't really all that good. When I got home from my friend's place I did throw my flag up on WHM and see if I could get a party or go do something with Khrone. Sadly sky was canceled so I did have free time the rest of the night but when Khrone told me he was probably just gonna go to bed I decided that I might as well do the same because odds were low anyways that I was going to get a party and I only saw shouts in Japanese which wasn't boding too well for me getting into a shout group. So I just decided to hit the sack and enjoy sleeping in a comfy bed again.

On a side note that has nothing to do with FFXI, I know, I'm shocked too, I found a 1 season show that looks pretty cool. While leveling my WHM I watched the first 6 episodes of the show thus far. It is called Harper's Island, and the premise is a mass murder was on the island and killed 6 people and kinda caused families to scatter off the island. Now these people are coming back 7 years later for a wedding because 2 of the people met on the island so they are going back because the girl's wealthy family was going to foot the bill. Anyways, the show starts off with someone dying in the first 5 minutes and by the end of like the 2nd episode 5 people died. Right now there are about 8 people dead and they still don't really know who is doing all of this killing. I have a guess to who is doing all the killing but I won't say anything on here and just let whoever watches the show have their own opinions. FYI, all the episodes are on CBS.com which is where I watched them all. Oh, and hulu.com is awesome too. :D

Quote of the Day:
I'm on vaca.
- it was more the quote of the weekend because we were constantly drinking and just relaxing and having fun, but it wasn't vacation, it was vaca. lol

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Disco Pants and Condom Caps

To start off, I got my WHM up to 57. I now have Raise 2, Reraise 2, and Shellra 3, which puts me at all the spells I need until 61. Well, there are the 3 recall spells at 57 but as I don't even have the crystals for those I don't really see a point in getting them. It was nice to be able to level my WHM with Disdain too because I haven't gotten to hang out with him in a while in game. The party I had with him was pretty sweet and required very little work by myself including not having to PL which is always splendid.

Being over 50 always means AF though. I must admit the WHM AF so far has been pretty easy because of some friends helping me out. Vaniel's friend needed some help with a ZM fight so I went out and dual boxed 2 fights to help him out and then he came to help me out with my AF body fight. The fight ended up being pretty easy considering it was tough dualboxing on my PS3 and my PC (waaaaaaaaay easier with the laptop + desktop). So now all I have to do to finish my WHM AF is go beat Dark Spark and turn in the flame. I even have my char all set up to just OP out to Xarc and do it so I can cross off another AF set from my list.

I guess I should mention I got dicked out of Byakko's Haidate for Screamin by 1 point. Now I'm probably going to have to wait another week or so before I can get it. At least I should almost definitely get it this coming week, or maybe even tonight if I'm super lucky. Then last night I couldn't go to Dynamis and missed out on Duelist's Tabard. This has been one CRAPPY week for me. Hopefully next week turns out better... Ugh, and I just realized this week isn't even over yet.......................................................

Quote of the Day:
Frau Blücher: I am Frau Blücher. [horses whinny]
- Young Frankenstein

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Clericfication

You'll understand the title in a second. I so funny, I make myself laugh.

Cleric: I leveled my WHM last night. Only got 1 level on it but hey, a level is a level and it brings me ever so slightly closer to my eventual goal.

Clericfication: My blog entry today about leveling WHM and a clarification about yesterday's post. SEE!!! HILARIOUS!!! Yeah...

Anyways, about yesterday's post. Yes, I have my Haidate, but Screamin doesn't. You know what its like to try to get sky items for 2 chars??? I hate sky as it is now because it is soooooooo annoying and I've been doing is for soooooooooo long. I literally have everything I could want for Treubond because I never plan on leveling PLD and the ONLY piece that I don't have from sky right now is M Head. Why would I take PLD to 75 when I already have a very well geared PLD at 75? The big reason I want to get Haidate is because whenever I use Screamin as a DD I throw him on MNK and that is really the last piece he is missing, besides a Black Belt of course. Once I get Haidate for Screamin that would be W Legs and Haidate that I've gotten for him which is MORE than one person should ever have to endure in sky. lol

I am kinda excited to be done with sky, its something nice to look forward to. :-) Then I can concentrate on leveling and having fun and not having to worry about going to sky EVERY friggin night. It is really starting to burn me out again. Sky is taking me to the point where I don't really want to do end game for a while again. Dynamis I can handle because I barely make half the runs as it is. Now that summer is rolling around now I will have troubles making it to Wednesdays AT ALL let alone late because of Volleyball. Bleh, I'm just not meant to get stuff from dynamis...

Maybe I just need to find a nice limbus shell that I can make it to all the time so I don't have to worry about anything else. Ugh, this has always been my problem with end game, time consumption. It puts such a strain on my RL that I don't have time to do everything that I want to in game and out of it. Ok, this isn't going anywhere so I'm just gonna stop whining. Peace...

Quote of the Day:
This forest is for me, so quiet, green and free.
Ju-hey ju-hey ju-hey ju-hey, so quiet, green and free.
- don't ask... me saying "soooooooo" in my blog put this song right back into my head

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Karma

After one purely crappy day at work yesterday I had a pretty bad experience getting online. I got a party on WHM that was total trash but did net me 1 level on WHM. To prove what kind of trash this party was I was meleeing on WHM and at times was pulling hate ... SERIOUSLY PEOPLE?!?!?!

Once I decided to leave that party someone died almost immediately from stupidity which I got a chuckle out of. Then I was hoping to go farm some Sea capes with Mac, but he ended up spending the whole time doing BCNMs with Sush and Veng. So I decided to head up to whitegate and search for some shouts. Mind you this had been a totally crappy day and they only thing holding me afloat at this time was playing Secret of Mana on my Wii, which I honestly must say I'm having a lot of fun playing even though it is a relatively easy game, thus far. But I digress... Sitting in Whitegate is oh so fun especially seeing crappy shouts. Alas, I find a shout that I could be interested in, a floor 60 Nyzul Isle shout. I figure what they heck, I've got nothin better to do. Join the party and everyone puts up their search comments and this was the result: 5xAskar and me for Goliard. Needless to say I liked my odds of getting those cuffs. Not gonna lie, we were getting pretty screwed on our way up through the floors and then hit the boss and its Khimara, my least favorite boss. Once we put him down I nearly had a heartattack ... Goliard Cuffs dropped!!!!!1111ONEONEONE Yes, now I have 2 pieces of Nyzul Isle gear and both of them came from runs with Daunte. There was just one draw back, I had to change my RDM macros again from what I had just changed them to. The plus side though is that I have a new nuking and enfeebling piece for RDM and I believe BLM too and Morrigan Cuffs are no longer a high priority item for me. :D

Right about there is where kicked off again because it was a super slow night up in Sky. Sat around for maybe 2 full hours not doing anything in sky through out the night, but I did get to play some more Secret of Mana. lol At one point I got sick of waiting for instructions from the leaders so I started telling people what to do and pulling mobs and prepping for Ulli and such ... fun stuff. Oh, and they want to change the rules again for upping payout cost to 40 and making Sky mandatory so turning this into a all-or-nothing sky shell and I have a feeling there will be quite a few of us that will be peacing out at that point. I just can't take the drama or the lack of efficiency anymore, and its really starting to effect my work work. So when they do a big change in points I will be doing a big change in LSs as well and finding myself a new home to make some friends or just hang by myself and get stuff done that I want to. Anyways, the stress is piling up from this LS and I really shouldn't bother with it anymore because its literally not worth my health to fight it.

Quote of the Day:
We need to talk about your time schedule and specifically when you come in to work.
- my boss to me this morning because I came in a lot later than I should've ... AGAIN