Step 1 is now complete in my grand scheme of my glorious hat! I just have to be sure that I don't let up on my goals. I really need to keep myself focused on this because I see so much going on around me that I'm "missing out on" but I feel like I am actually getting something just as good done.
Like last night Sush was bugging me to join his Sky LS and that I have an open invitation whenever I want to join them. Which would really be great because they actually get stuff accomplished in Sky and do really well on the gods. They also go through a lot of pop sets and kill a lot of the gods weekly. Its just that it would really take away from my goals right now. I mean some of that gear would be AMAZING when I get to end game with some of these jobs, but I need to get the jobs there first. I think I will still hold off as long as I possibly can because I really want to get most of my jobs to 66 before thinking about end game again. After I get a bunch to 66 I can start working on getting gear for them end game while working on finishing off the last job or 2.
Last night was also my first experience with Level Sync, and to be honest I was a little underwhelmed. I synced up with my brother's SMN at 21 with my MNK at 38. First off, whenever the level sync person levels, EVERYONE loses TP. (No biggie) Second, my level 15 knuckles added more to my attack than my level 32 knuckles. (Kind of annoying when I realized that) Thirdly, when I hit 40 and threw on my Brown Belt ... my Purple Belt still added more STR than my Brown Belt and I essentrially ditched all the hast bonus on it which is what makes it good. I can understand them bringing down the strength of the uber end game gear but when there isn't really a big difference between some of the gear why cut off all the extras of it. Essentially you are saying "Hey! We're saving you inventory space by scaling back your higher level gear when you want to!" but they left out the fact that even gear that isn't that great at that level will still probably be better than the scaled down version of even the best higher level gear. Now I didn't do any full testing with say O Kote or Republic Subligar, but I'm assuming it is really cut apart too. And O Kote becomes that much worse because the EVA-5 still holds strong even at level 1. This probably makes the O Kote at level 20 about an ATT+5 and EVA-5 piece of gear (if you're lucky). Again, I'm not as amazed with this as I thought I would be.
Not to mention that when I was actually trying to find a party, there were like 7 parties in Qufim Island. This is going to really stress the lower level exp areas until people realize it is still better to join parties with people around your level. That way you can still keep the added effects of your level 39 Haste boots, or you level 34 O Kote, or your level 33 P Charm, or keep your elemental Ni wheel at 40. I think it will just have to sink in to people that dropping to level 15 isn't going to be the answer to trying to exp your way through the grind of the 60s. I mean you can get higher chains and more exp per hour at some of those higher camps anyways. Again, I think it'll just take some time for people to realize what Level Sync is actually good for and not go overboard with it.
Now that I am a full 10 days ahead of schedule I have to try and keep ahead of schedule and keep exping whenever I possibly can because I know later on down the road I AM going to fall behind for one reason or another. So in the spirit of keeping myself ahead of the game I will try to use these next 10 days to get myself from 40 to 50 on MNK. That way I can be 10 levels closer to finishing my next tier goal before I was even planning on starting it. I am really hoping that I am overestimating getting all 8 of jobs under 50 to 50. I had given myself 1 full month to get every Maat's job to 50 (Oct 19th), but if I can hit MNK to 50 before that month even starts that will be a huge gain for myself. If I can get MNK to 50 before the 19th I will have to do approximately 2.5 levels a day for a month to hit my goal which is REALLY easy. With having my weekends open now I could probably crank out a full 10 levels in 1 weekend let alone in 5 days. If I got really lucky I might even be able to get 2 jobs to 50 in 1 weekend (Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday). I guess this second tier goal is all about OBLITTERATING the end date so I can get started that much sooner on the last tier goal of 66. It will also give me time to do all of my AF for all of my jobs ... which I am REALLY not looking forward to. I mean I will have THF at 50 by then so I could just take that out and have Screamin solo all the mobs so I'd have that TH2 to work with making life easier, but that is still a TON of coffer keys and quests to do. 30 coffer keys and 28 quests. BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! Granted that does include finishing my WAR AF which I don't plan on doing (so total that I will do is 27 coffers and 27 quests). Anyways, that will just have to be where I stand for now with AF and all that junk because I will probably take a full week or two to just complete it all.
As for current short term goals, I will be saying ... level 45 by the end of Saturday. If my gf doesn't stay over tonight or tomorrow night I should be able to make about 42 or 43 and should be able to finish off the last 2 or 3 levels on Friday after work or Saturday when I might hopefully possibly have a break from her in the afternoon. Now a lot will lay on parties because there is not much I can do as far as soloing since all solo camps at this level are elementals. Maybe at 44/45 I could run out to Cape Terrigan and see what kind of damage I can do there, but I will have to try that when I get there.
Quote of the Day:
"Step 1 done in the grand scheme of my Maat's Cap glory!"
- me of course :P
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Exp-aholic
Hi, my name is Treubond, and I'm an exp-aholic. I can do a chain 6 solo on goblin pets with a PL. I can also go from 34 to 37 in a matter of 2 hours ... solo. I'm a beast. I can put my fists through spiders like its my job. I PWN! Thank you.
Yulp, 3 levels on MNK last night ... before 9:30PM!!! That's just amazing!!! The exp was flowing soooooooooooooo fast. I'm very excited to see how fast I can roll out to 40 or 50 now. I still could pull out another level or 2 on these pets which would take me to 39 or so and then it would be time to either Level Sync or head to Crawler's Nest. I can't believe how fast I was exping last night ... it was RECOCKULOUS!!! And yes, I did do a chain 6 solo last night, with a PL of course. OMG, and I just realized something else ...
ALL MAAT'S CAP SUB JOBS ARE DONE!!!!!!!!!!! D - U - N DONE!!!!!!!
w000000000000t!!! Man, I am feeling FANTASTIC right now!
Whew, its gonna be a while before I come down from this high. I can feel this first tier goal coming to a close and me working my way to 50 on all my jobs now. This is very exciting! Can you feel it?!?!
Ok ok ok ok, now I need to start planning out where I need to level all of my jobs from 40 to 50 now. As far as solo spots, the only good ones I know of for at least the beginning of the 40s are elemental camps which just won't work for melee jobs. Its looking like I will have to party from 40 to about 44/45 then I could try to pull off the blm solo camp out in Cape Terrigan where the rabbits are. It was great exp on my BLM but was a giant pain in the butt with bunny linking. I will have Screamin who can still easily kill these so it wouldn't be much of a problem I suppose. Also, there is a nicer camp just NE of the OP which means I can avoid the plethora of rabbits right by the OP. That will have to be a bridge that I cross when I come to it though. I will be getting plenty of experience leveling jobs in the 40 to 50 range because I have 8 of them that need to get to 50.
PLD, SMN, and WHM I will be more than likely partying the whole way since they aren't really DDs. Well, SMN can be, but its not powerful enough yet because of lack of really strong BPs and good gear. PLD can be a good DD but I'd rather just tank because it is one of the harder jobs to find for a party so making it party is just a smart call I think.
MNK, SAM, DRG, DRK, and possibly THF could be soloable jobs to 50. They actually have good damage output possibilites, but again with THF, its better in a party set up because of SATA so I think I will just be using that in a party as well. Although, the more I think about it, I would probably prefer to just level all of them in parties because it can get boring solo. There will be levels where the exp is really slow so I definitely could move on to a solo camp, but I guess from here on out I will be trying to go party first, and then solo as a last resort.
So as to not continue too far off into the future I need to keep my head grounded and my eyes on the prize still. Short term goal for the week: MNK to 40 by Friday. This is DEFINITELY possible because of how fast I flew through my levels last night. Not to mention I am pretty sure my gf will be giving me a full night off from her tonight or Thursday because she is finally getting it that she is constantly down my throat. So I guess me dropping the hints of the problems in my oldest brother's relationship are finally getting through to her, haha.
Quote of the Day:
"Do you know what it means if an FFXI player is watching television?
Maintenance."
- [GM]Dave (bannable-offenses.blogspot.com)
Yulp, 3 levels on MNK last night ... before 9:30PM!!! That's just amazing!!! The exp was flowing soooooooooooooo fast. I'm very excited to see how fast I can roll out to 40 or 50 now. I still could pull out another level or 2 on these pets which would take me to 39 or so and then it would be time to either Level Sync or head to Crawler's Nest. I can't believe how fast I was exping last night ... it was RECOCKULOUS!!! And yes, I did do a chain 6 solo last night, with a PL of course. OMG, and I just realized something else ...
ALL MAAT'S CAP SUB JOBS ARE DONE!!!!!!!!!!! D - U - N DONE!!!!!!!
w000000000000t!!! Man, I am feeling FANTASTIC right now!
Whew, its gonna be a while before I come down from this high. I can feel this first tier goal coming to a close and me working my way to 50 on all my jobs now. This is very exciting! Can you feel it?!?!
Ok ok ok ok, now I need to start planning out where I need to level all of my jobs from 40 to 50 now. As far as solo spots, the only good ones I know of for at least the beginning of the 40s are elemental camps which just won't work for melee jobs. Its looking like I will have to party from 40 to about 44/45 then I could try to pull off the blm solo camp out in Cape Terrigan where the rabbits are. It was great exp on my BLM but was a giant pain in the butt with bunny linking. I will have Screamin who can still easily kill these so it wouldn't be much of a problem I suppose. Also, there is a nicer camp just NE of the OP which means I can avoid the plethora of rabbits right by the OP. That will have to be a bridge that I cross when I come to it though. I will be getting plenty of experience leveling jobs in the 40 to 50 range because I have 8 of them that need to get to 50.
PLD, SMN, and WHM I will be more than likely partying the whole way since they aren't really DDs. Well, SMN can be, but its not powerful enough yet because of lack of really strong BPs and good gear. PLD can be a good DD but I'd rather just tank because it is one of the harder jobs to find for a party so making it party is just a smart call I think.
MNK, SAM, DRG, DRK, and possibly THF could be soloable jobs to 50. They actually have good damage output possibilites, but again with THF, its better in a party set up because of SATA so I think I will just be using that in a party as well. Although, the more I think about it, I would probably prefer to just level all of them in parties because it can get boring solo. There will be levels where the exp is really slow so I definitely could move on to a solo camp, but I guess from here on out I will be trying to go party first, and then solo as a last resort.
So as to not continue too far off into the future I need to keep my head grounded and my eyes on the prize still. Short term goal for the week: MNK to 40 by Friday. This is DEFINITELY possible because of how fast I flew through my levels last night. Not to mention I am pretty sure my gf will be giving me a full night off from her tonight or Thursday because she is finally getting it that she is constantly down my throat. So I guess me dropping the hints of the problems in my oldest brother's relationship are finally getting through to her, haha.
Quote of the Day:
"Do you know what it means if an FFXI player is watching television?
Maintenance."
- [GM]Dave (bannable-offenses.blogspot.com)
Monday, September 8, 2008
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.)
...
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
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.)
...
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
Friday, September 5, 2008
More of the same
Well I logged on, was pumped I got a party pretty quickly. Then they say, "Garlaige Citadel please." And that's about where my excitement ended. I still had hopes because the party was decently set up, at least job wise, with NIN, NIN, THF, MNK, SCH, and WHM. Sounds like a decent party right? Well it would be if the one NIN wasn't an idiot and knew how to tank or line up for SATA. This was also the same NIN that was wearing gear that was no higher than 21 at level 32. Now I know there is some nice gear at 21, but when none of it is HQ there is a problem. Another problem was that (s)he was using Blade: Teki... NEVER EVER USE BLAD: TEKI!!!! It is quite possibly the worst weapon skill in the game and has absolutely no bonuses that would be worth the crap damage that it does. Finally when our good NIN "d/c'd", I say it like that because I've done my fair share of fake d/cing and I know that's what he did (right after a kill), I decided to take things into my own hands. I started lining up for SATA using Screamin to grab hate and stand behind the NIN while the THF SATA'd me. Then I would usually follow up with a Combo to do a skill chain. That was about the point where our WHM and SCH realized that we were pretty money from then on and started nuking to the best of their abilities. The SCH had some nice nukes occasionally. I think I saw one of his nukes land for almost 100 a few times. In all for the party I only got a few thousand exp again and of course I still have my jack on and my exp ring was actually used this time. You know what that means ... I need to try to level right quick so I can maybe possibly hopefully try to start soloing out in the desert.
Outside of MNK, there is really nothing going on in game. I almost bought some Ancient Beastcoins last night because I saw them for 6k each when they normally go for about 8k. I should've grabbed them while I had the chance... oh well. At some point I will be getting myself back into Limbus to get some coins and then upgrade some more gear and maybe get a boxer's mantle or brutal earring, but I think unless I really join an end game LS I am going to rule out the musical earring.
Other than me thinking about more stuff I want to do in the game I am still just trying to get more and more jobs up to complete my 1st tier goal of all jobs to 37/40 by September 19th. After that I work my way to all jobs at at least 50 by beginning/mid October and then do all of my AFs for all of my jobs in 1 week. Now that's what I'm REALLY looking forward to! Doing AF quests are the bomb!!! /wrists... Eh, at least I can store them to save some room and get rid of the gear that doesn't really cross over. I think at that point I will kind of be excited to do all of my AFs though because it means I am that much closer to my final goal of being a big loser and getting "old man's"/Maat's Cap. Ahh, just the sound of me having Maat's Cap gives me the jitters because its so gosh darn exciting and will be the biggest project in the game that I've ever finished! After that I think I've already decided on working on Bonecraft to 100 as my new big project. But enough about things that I might be doing in like 4 months.
As for tonight and this weekend I'm not sure how much time I will have to game, again. Tonight my gf already has us planned on going out with one of her friends. Saturday I have a golf outting which will take up basically the entire day. Then Saturday night I will probably be doing something with my gf again. But Sunday is a hopeful day because I could have some time to myself since I have a ton of stuff that I still need to do around my house. My gf always yells at me to clean my room, but I don't think she gets that I don't have time to clean my room because she is the one taking up that time that I would spend cleaning my room and house. Oh, and just as a quick side note ... my power was out this morning, HURRAY. Which meant I was late to work. It better be back on when I get home tonight because I wanna get a lil gaming in (Choco race and maybe escort) while folding my laundry.
Quote of the Day:
Me: Kmtey, please don't EVER use Blade: Teki again. Please use Blade: Retsu.
Kmtey: Ok.
Kmtey readies Blade: Teki.
Treubond sighs dejectedly.
Outside of MNK, there is really nothing going on in game. I almost bought some Ancient Beastcoins last night because I saw them for 6k each when they normally go for about 8k. I should've grabbed them while I had the chance... oh well. At some point I will be getting myself back into Limbus to get some coins and then upgrade some more gear and maybe get a boxer's mantle or brutal earring, but I think unless I really join an end game LS I am going to rule out the musical earring.
Other than me thinking about more stuff I want to do in the game I am still just trying to get more and more jobs up to complete my 1st tier goal of all jobs to 37/40 by September 19th. After that I work my way to all jobs at at least 50 by beginning/mid October and then do all of my AFs for all of my jobs in 1 week. Now that's what I'm REALLY looking forward to! Doing AF quests are the bomb!!! /wrists... Eh, at least I can store them to save some room and get rid of the gear that doesn't really cross over. I think at that point I will kind of be excited to do all of my AFs though because it means I am that much closer to my final goal of being a big loser and getting "old man's"/Maat's Cap. Ahh, just the sound of me having Maat's Cap gives me the jitters because its so gosh darn exciting and will be the biggest project in the game that I've ever finished! After that I think I've already decided on working on Bonecraft to 100 as my new big project. But enough about things that I might be doing in like 4 months.
As for tonight and this weekend I'm not sure how much time I will have to game, again. Tonight my gf already has us planned on going out with one of her friends. Saturday I have a golf outting which will take up basically the entire day. Then Saturday night I will probably be doing something with my gf again. But Sunday is a hopeful day because I could have some time to myself since I have a ton of stuff that I still need to do around my house. My gf always yells at me to clean my room, but I don't think she gets that I don't have time to clean my room because she is the one taking up that time that I would spend cleaning my room and house. Oh, and just as a quick side note ... my power was out this morning, HURRAY. Which meant I was late to work. It better be back on when I get home tonight because I wanna get a lil gaming in (Choco race and maybe escort) while folding my laundry.
Quote of the Day:
Me: Kmtey, please don't EVER use Blade: Teki again. Please use Blade: Retsu.
Kmtey: Ok.
Kmtey readies Blade: Teki.
Treubond sighs dejectedly.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
/slap Braidon
Last night I wanted to level my MNK a little bit, and that's exactly what I did ... leveled in A LITTLE BIT. This stupid BLM that put our party together kept trying to set up SCs with the RNG using his DAGGER!!! IS HE RETARDED!!! We had already figured out a way to make fusion with the PLD doing Red Lotus Blade to my Combo and then he could MB Firaga and do like 200 damage ... AWESOME. But that just wasn't good enough for him. He wanted Detonation because bats are weak to wind ... WHO CARES! Don't try take away our best DD because a stupid BLM feels weak when he doesn't MB.
This is not to mention that we had a party that started as 32-30 people me and a NIN being at the low end of 30 and the PLD and BLM being at the high end. Ok I can live with that, but when he said for us to go to Garbage Shitadel and me using as much ACC+ gear as I could and with using a Jack o Lantern I was still only landing punches about 30-40% of the time. There is nothing that I hate more in this game than MISSING. I was so about to just blow up at this stupid freaking BLM that just wanted to see his dmg output go up instead of our parties dmg output.
I'm glad I didn't even bother popping my ring because it would've been a total waste. We ended up only getting about 3,000 exp in a little over an hour WITH A FRIGGIN PL. That's just rediculous! Not to mention people are stupid and ran past beetles w/o invis up so I had to have Screamin kill those and then 2 people died throughout the night ... not during fights, just during down time because of stupidity. Like 2 fights after I leveled I just d/c'd myself and logged off on Screamin I was so furious.
The problem right now is I'm still too low of a level to go to my desert paradise. I need to be at least 33 I think to be able to do it so I could have my p charm then just pop a jack o lantern or something. Once I hit 33/34 I will be so money on my MNK because of P Charm and O Kote. Then once I get higher I should probably get myself a pair of the lvl 39 Kayahan boots for a TP build and then swap in my Windurstian Boots for the ATT+ on WS. Not to mention I still need to get some stupid Impact Knuckles for when I hit level 32. It's like a 90% drop rate from the O Kote NM but there have been 0 on the AH. I'm about to just go out there and ask someone camping if I can have a pair. lol
As for RL stuff I did really well in v-ball last night, got a good workout in on the Wii Fit, and then got invited to join another v-ball league for the winter which I can't because I need to rest my friggin knee!!! My knee is really pissing me off because after next week or the week after I become a vegetable to rest my knee. Hopefully it fully heals fast so I can get back to playing v-ball and then back to FFXI when my gf goes back to school.
Quote of the Day:
I love to travel, but hate to arrive.
- Einstein
This is not to mention that we had a party that started as 32-30 people me and a NIN being at the low end of 30 and the PLD and BLM being at the high end. Ok I can live with that, but when he said for us to go to Garbage Shitadel and me using as much ACC+ gear as I could and with using a Jack o Lantern I was still only landing punches about 30-40% of the time. There is nothing that I hate more in this game than MISSING. I was so about to just blow up at this stupid freaking BLM that just wanted to see his dmg output go up instead of our parties dmg output.
I'm glad I didn't even bother popping my ring because it would've been a total waste. We ended up only getting about 3,000 exp in a little over an hour WITH A FRIGGIN PL. That's just rediculous! Not to mention people are stupid and ran past beetles w/o invis up so I had to have Screamin kill those and then 2 people died throughout the night ... not during fights, just during down time because of stupidity. Like 2 fights after I leveled I just d/c'd myself and logged off on Screamin I was so furious.
The problem right now is I'm still too low of a level to go to my desert paradise. I need to be at least 33 I think to be able to do it so I could have my p charm then just pop a jack o lantern or something. Once I hit 33/34 I will be so money on my MNK because of P Charm and O Kote. Then once I get higher I should probably get myself a pair of the lvl 39 Kayahan boots for a TP build and then swap in my Windurstian Boots for the ATT+ on WS. Not to mention I still need to get some stupid Impact Knuckles for when I hit level 32. It's like a 90% drop rate from the O Kote NM but there have been 0 on the AH. I'm about to just go out there and ask someone camping if I can have a pair. lol
As for RL stuff I did really well in v-ball last night, got a good workout in on the Wii Fit, and then got invited to join another v-ball league for the winter which I can't because I need to rest my friggin knee!!! My knee is really pissing me off because after next week or the week after I become a vegetable to rest my knee. Hopefully it fully heals fast so I can get back to playing v-ball and then back to FFXI when my gf goes back to school.
Quote of the Day:
I love to travel, but hate to arrive.
- Einstein
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Treubond attains level 40!
Well, I finally decided to take a screenshot of something... even if it was after the fact. But I convinced the party I was in last night to stick around for 1k more let me hit 40 on SMN, which they did! They were cool with it because I was PLing the party and the tank blew and I just would not have been able to keep up with cures on my SMN. Also, notice the nice little Diamond Dust I did to finish off the mob. hehe I guess Calec doesn't know how strong a SMN 2hr can be, because I could've done that 2 more times.
Lets see, other than SMN hitting 40 I just played some more Wii Fit last night. Apparently I already lost weight from the day before so I'm less "overweight" now. lol But I just need to keep going on it to open up more games and stuff to do with it. Some of the games are pretty slick and very challenging. I figure to spend about 20 minutes a day playing that so I don't cut too drastically into my FFXI time.
It was kind of a struggle last night to hit 40 on SMN because it was getting really late and I don't like staying up too too late anymore because it makes me so tired for work the next day and I'm really attempting being more productive at work. But I didn't hit 40 until about 1:45AM and didn't actually get to bed until about 2:15 or 2:30 because I went back to Bastok and then to Jeuno and geared up my MNK ... whoops. Surprisingly I haven't been too tired today which is pretty awesome because that means I won't have to take a nap after work and I can just game when I get home. :D
Now that I'm back to MNK I am really looking forward to my next tier of leveling to 50. MNK will be the first job now to 50 because I don't feel like hitting 40 then switching to another job and going to 50. I figure why not just go straight from 30 to 50 right? Right! While I was gearing up my MNK I realized that I had everything I needed to actually gear a MNK except a weapon which was pretty darn hot. So I bought a pair of Bastokan Knuckles because I didn't feel like splurging on a weapon that I would wear for 2 levels then use Impact Knuckles until about 38. It'll be glorious because MNK is actually a strong DD job so I'm thinking I can just go rock out in my desert paradise of solo exp and not really need to stop because I won't have to wait for MP. Level 33 and 34 will be the big 2 levels on my MNK because that's where I get P Charm and O Kote respectively. When I get those I should be rocking and rolling through Altepa and into Crawler's Nest to get Raging Fists. Ahhhhhh, such excitement!
As for tonight, I need to do some laundry, Wii Fit, and sort through some mail but after that I will be gaming up until I have to leave for Volleyball. I've already surpassed any goal I was going to set for myself this week because SMN is already 40. I suppose we can set a lower goal then since the week is already half over .... hmmm. Let's say MNK at 33 by the end of Saturday. I'm pretty sure I can hit that quite easily, but you never know what's gonna pop up and suck up all my time.
Quote of the Day:
I just wanna PUNCHPUNCHPUNCH!
- Khrone, well it wasn't said recently but that's about how I feel right now (MNK POWA!!!)
P.S. I think I'll try this whole Labels thing now too. Not really sure if it helps with searching, but why not.
Great Weekend!
There was actually a lot that happened this weekend but most of it not in FFXI. I will do a little skipping around between the two just to let everyone know why it was a great weekend.
Friday:
Went to a work party and got way more wasted than I thought I was going to be. I only had about 4 drinks, but the amount of alcohol in them was probably equivalent to about 8 or 9 drinks ... whoops! There is more to Friday night that made it hilarious but I'm not gonna post that in this blog. O:-)
Saturday:
Woke up and got a little bit more of SMN done, I think to about 34/35. After that my girlfriend came over and we just hung out most of the day and started putting together who all was doing what for that night because it was my birthday. Went out with my gf, 2 friends from growing up, and a bunch of people that I've known from a group I've belonged to most of my life. There was much fun to be had even though we were bar hopping so much because it was the one other guy's 21st like a week prior so it was his first time going downtown. So they wanted to give him as much experience as we could around the bars.
Sunday:
Went to a festival downtown that was kind of a waste because there really wasn't much to do there. But on the bright side I did get an AMAZING gyro from the one stand and some guy on the way in gave us $10 worth of food/drink tickets. :D After that we went to my gf's sister's house for wine/champagne and a fire. It's pretty fun hanging out with them because someone always ends up doing SOMETHING stupid and then we ripp on them the rest of the night.
Monday:
Family had a dinner for me because it was my birthday weekend and my mom made some great food! Lasagna and steak was amazing, especially the lasagna because I've never tasted lasagna as good as hers. Then, this is friggin hilarious, my grandma made an Orange Cake that they were going to use as my birthday cake and it turns out my grandma got hungry a little before so she had already taken some before they put the candles in. I was about to pee my pants laughing because it was my grandma of all people that had stolen the piece ... even though she did make it. At that point I was a lil miffed because I was hoping my mom or grandma would've made me Ice Box Cake but they had a big problem finding the waffers to make it, so I would've expected at least an Ice Cream Cake from DQ. So I blew out the candles and then my mom brings out the Ice Box Cake and I was oh so happy. :D Earlier I had also checked my presents and a few closets in the house to see if they had gotten me what I actually wanted, a Wii Fit. None of the gifts were heavy or big enough to be it and my mom had told me previously that she didn't get a chance to look for it. Well she is sneaky because she had actually hid it in my old bedroom's closet upstairs which I hadn't checked. So I made off with Ice Box Cake AND a Wii Fit. That right there totally made my weekend ... BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. After that I went to my gf's brother-in-law's parent's house and hung out and played a little ping pong. Then my gf decided to just go home and leave me be for the night. Right about there I was peeing my pants with excitement because that meant I would be left alone with my Wii Fit and FFXI!!!
When I got home I immediately set up my Wii Fit and got to find out that I am supposedly about 25 pounds overweight and unbalanced. Ok, I know I'm heavier than I should be, but only by about 10-15 pounds because of my body style. The only problem I have with the Wii Fit right off the bat is that it doesn't take into account if you are naturally bigger or thinner. But I know where I should be so I will be setting my Wii Fit goals around that. I would like to lose about 15 pounds in about 3 months. So after I set up my goal in the game I started by doing some balancing games because it said my balance kinda stunk. There were some fun balancing games which for the most part I did well at but the skii slalom game I just couldn't completely get the hang of. I opened up "Advanced" on two of the balance games on the first try and spent enough time doing it that I had opened up a 5th balance game and a new yoga position. Surprisingly, by the time I finished about 15 minutes on the Wii Fit my legs were actually burning a little bit which is awesome because I was having a lot of fun and getting a work out from it too!
Right when I finished trying all the Balance Games that were open to me Hybridkiller asked me if I wanted to go duo with his 36WHM on my 35SMN. I was happy to join and we rocked out some good exp until he hit 37 and got his buffer. Then he came back out on his RNG and WOW, just WOW. His RNG was rocking! He was dominating these mobs about as fast as I could pull out my avatar and use a blood pact. Once I hit 37 and he was about 3/4s of the way through 34 he decided to hit the sack for the night. Since it was still only about 11:30 when he went to bed I decided to still go for 38 on SMN solo. Well, I hit 38 on SMN and discovered I can't do 38-40 on SMN solo I don't think. It would be sooooooo time consuming because I have to rest for MP between every fight. SMN is definitely a party friendly job like WHM, RDM, or BRD because we aren't huge DDs and we are more support central. At least early on SMN is more support centered because I don't have any uber blood pacts that can 1 shot pets which really kind of slows me down because that means I need 2 BPs to kill a mob so at least 1 min per mob which can kill my chains. With BLM you can 1 or 2 shot mobs and the 2nd would be a lower tier spell to just finish it off.
So I still need to finish off SMN to 40 before I move back to MNK. I only need 2 more levels on SMN before I get a massive MP boost from my rings that I will be getting, Ether and Mana, which will add a nice 45 MP and then my 4th MP merit kicks in too. Man, this is exciting! Not only do I have another SJ done but I only have 1 more Maat's Cap job below 37!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! And now I've officially spent way too much time browsing about FFXI stuff today. I've just been staring at LSs and gear that people have and looking around on ffxiah.com. Ok, need to get back to work now. lol
Tonight I doubt I will really be on at all, or at least until my gf leaves tonight. She's planning on coming over to play some Wii Fit. Besides that I have a bunch of stuff to run around and do: resize new watch, get prescription, drop something at my grandma's house, and something else that I seem to have forgotten about now... Oh well.
Quote of the Day:
Are you two texting each other?
- oldest brother talking to me and Khrone at the dinner table (we were just texting about FFXI) :D
Friday:
Went to a work party and got way more wasted than I thought I was going to be. I only had about 4 drinks, but the amount of alcohol in them was probably equivalent to about 8 or 9 drinks ... whoops! There is more to Friday night that made it hilarious but I'm not gonna post that in this blog. O:-)
Saturday:
Woke up and got a little bit more of SMN done, I think to about 34/35. After that my girlfriend came over and we just hung out most of the day and started putting together who all was doing what for that night because it was my birthday. Went out with my gf, 2 friends from growing up, and a bunch of people that I've known from a group I've belonged to most of my life. There was much fun to be had even though we were bar hopping so much because it was the one other guy's 21st like a week prior so it was his first time going downtown. So they wanted to give him as much experience as we could around the bars.
Sunday:
Went to a festival downtown that was kind of a waste because there really wasn't much to do there. But on the bright side I did get an AMAZING gyro from the one stand and some guy on the way in gave us $10 worth of food/drink tickets. :D After that we went to my gf's sister's house for wine/champagne and a fire. It's pretty fun hanging out with them because someone always ends up doing SOMETHING stupid and then we ripp on them the rest of the night.
Monday:
Family had a dinner for me because it was my birthday weekend and my mom made some great food! Lasagna and steak was amazing, especially the lasagna because I've never tasted lasagna as good as hers. Then, this is friggin hilarious, my grandma made an Orange Cake that they were going to use as my birthday cake and it turns out my grandma got hungry a little before so she had already taken some before they put the candles in. I was about to pee my pants laughing because it was my grandma of all people that had stolen the piece ... even though she did make it. At that point I was a lil miffed because I was hoping my mom or grandma would've made me Ice Box Cake but they had a big problem finding the waffers to make it, so I would've expected at least an Ice Cream Cake from DQ. So I blew out the candles and then my mom brings out the Ice Box Cake and I was oh so happy. :D Earlier I had also checked my presents and a few closets in the house to see if they had gotten me what I actually wanted, a Wii Fit. None of the gifts were heavy or big enough to be it and my mom had told me previously that she didn't get a chance to look for it. Well she is sneaky because she had actually hid it in my old bedroom's closet upstairs which I hadn't checked. So I made off with Ice Box Cake AND a Wii Fit. That right there totally made my weekend ... BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. After that I went to my gf's brother-in-law's parent's house and hung out and played a little ping pong. Then my gf decided to just go home and leave me be for the night. Right about there I was peeing my pants with excitement because that meant I would be left alone with my Wii Fit and FFXI!!!
When I got home I immediately set up my Wii Fit and got to find out that I am supposedly about 25 pounds overweight and unbalanced. Ok, I know I'm heavier than I should be, but only by about 10-15 pounds because of my body style. The only problem I have with the Wii Fit right off the bat is that it doesn't take into account if you are naturally bigger or thinner. But I know where I should be so I will be setting my Wii Fit goals around that. I would like to lose about 15 pounds in about 3 months. So after I set up my goal in the game I started by doing some balancing games because it said my balance kinda stunk. There were some fun balancing games which for the most part I did well at but the skii slalom game I just couldn't completely get the hang of. I opened up "Advanced" on two of the balance games on the first try and spent enough time doing it that I had opened up a 5th balance game and a new yoga position. Surprisingly, by the time I finished about 15 minutes on the Wii Fit my legs were actually burning a little bit which is awesome because I was having a lot of fun and getting a work out from it too!
Right when I finished trying all the Balance Games that were open to me Hybridkiller asked me if I wanted to go duo with his 36WHM on my 35SMN. I was happy to join and we rocked out some good exp until he hit 37 and got his buffer. Then he came back out on his RNG and WOW, just WOW. His RNG was rocking! He was dominating these mobs about as fast as I could pull out my avatar and use a blood pact. Once I hit 37 and he was about 3/4s of the way through 34 he decided to hit the sack for the night. Since it was still only about 11:30 when he went to bed I decided to still go for 38 on SMN solo. Well, I hit 38 on SMN and discovered I can't do 38-40 on SMN solo I don't think. It would be sooooooo time consuming because I have to rest for MP between every fight. SMN is definitely a party friendly job like WHM, RDM, or BRD because we aren't huge DDs and we are more support central. At least early on SMN is more support centered because I don't have any uber blood pacts that can 1 shot pets which really kind of slows me down because that means I need 2 BPs to kill a mob so at least 1 min per mob which can kill my chains. With BLM you can 1 or 2 shot mobs and the 2nd would be a lower tier spell to just finish it off.
So I still need to finish off SMN to 40 before I move back to MNK. I only need 2 more levels on SMN before I get a massive MP boost from my rings that I will be getting, Ether and Mana, which will add a nice 45 MP and then my 4th MP merit kicks in too. Man, this is exciting! Not only do I have another SJ done but I only have 1 more Maat's Cap job below 37!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! And now I've officially spent way too much time browsing about FFXI stuff today. I've just been staring at LSs and gear that people have and looking around on ffxiah.com. Ok, need to get back to work now. lol
Tonight I doubt I will really be on at all, or at least until my gf leaves tonight. She's planning on coming over to play some Wii Fit. Besides that I have a bunch of stuff to run around and do: resize new watch, get prescription, drop something at my grandma's house, and something else that I seem to have forgotten about now... Oh well.
Quote of the Day:
Are you two texting each other?
- oldest brother talking to me and Khrone at the dinner table (we were just texting about FFXI) :D
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