Goodbye, Old Friend

Deleon has quit. Payment was declined, and his account is now dead. :(

/salute
/goodbye

/cry

{Taking a break.}

Haven't posted a new blog in a long time, obviously, but I've logged on twice in the past month... so I may very well have quit and just not realized it. Never see my IRL friends online anymore, and I got pretty damn bored once we stopped playing together, so ... meh.

Busy Weekend

Genmo and Etcetera were great, and really helped me knock out tons of stuff.

We did my RDM AF "Pimp" Hat, the Warlock's Chapeau, first. We had to go to Feiyin and kill Miser Murphy, then go to Garlaige and pop a Doll NM behind the first banishing gate. We wiped the first fight because I was lolmeleerdm and didn't heal Genmo enough. It was really spamming the AoEs at the end. A helpful 74BST from the LS came out to help, because I wanted to be SURE we didn't lose again. Won the 2nd time, no problem.

I had already gotten a Garlaige Coffer Key, so while we were there we hit up the switches to get my coffer. It was deep behind gate two, but it was up and we were out of there in no time. Warlock's Tights, check.

Next, we headed to Castle Oztroja for my Warlock's Tabard (body). Since the only crest Waif needed for Limit Break 3 was the Yagudo Crest, I brought him along and parked him behind the locked door. The coffer was already up. Today was going great. :)

We got a key in under an hour; I actually dinged 60 while there, the Yagudo were giving like 10 exp apiece. I ran in, popped the Coffer, and then turned around to go get the password for the trapdoor. Etcetera decided to just try to brute force the gate, so I waited. started spamming the three password system, and she broke in after about 10 minutes. It was great.

Ran everyone down, Etcetera started teleing, and I clicked the ??? and got the crest, and we teleported out.

I dropped Waif in town, and we headed to Eldieme to get my Old Gauntlets. We got the key pretty quickly, but none of the coffers were up. While Etcetera and I scanned the basement, Genmo headed out to Beaucedine Glacier. There is a separate section of Eldieme that cannot be accessed from Batallia Downs, but (somewhat) luckily, the Coffer was up.

Also in that section of Eldieme is the fight I needed for my BST AF pants (Lv60 Beast Trousers). So, Etcetera and I headed out there. I had already activated and done the pre-fight stuff, so I was able to pop the coffer and the NMs back to back. Got my Old Gauntlets and my Beast Trousers, no problem.

We grouped up with Deleon, then knocked out all 3 ENMs (Guarding Earring for Mea, and the ENFEEBLING EARRING!!!!! for Dem), and then did Escort. I got ~1200 and ~1300 on my scrolls, it was great.

I woke up before work today, and a party was shouting for Dark Spark (the fight that transforms the Old Gauntlets into AF). I joined up as Shampoo and Waif, now 60RDM and 60PLD with buffer (thanks to escort ^^), and we beat it no problem.

I forgot to screenshot ANY of that crap, I was so excited. :( But it was a VERY productive weekend, and I look forward to trudging my way to 75RDM 75PLD.

Hopefully we can get together on DRG or our side-static (GenmoNIN, EtceteraWHM, DandruffshampooBRD, WaifWAR, and... I dunno what we'll do since Deleon is 67RNG now - dinged right before I left for work :D). I love RDM, did it to 70 on Worldofwarcraft (shut up, I thought it would be funny -_-), but I really wanted BST or DRG to be my first 75.

Limit Break, NIN

Did the three crests with Waif (Etcetera helped me open the magical forcefield in Davoi, and Genmo provided lots of navigational help).

Since our static has kind of fallen apart at the moment (Genmo taking a break, my changing work schedule sucking, so on), I've taken to levelling Waif's NIN.

My eventual plan is for Waif to be 75PLD 75WAR 75NIN and just have him be my tank character. Since WAR is technically staticed (I did do a party with Deleon and got ahead of Genmo and Etc >_> whoops), and PLD is staticed with my BST on Shampoo ~ I went ahead and got NIN levelled from 27 to -

I dinged 40NIN last night. I am borrowing three big ticket pieces from Genmo : Fuma Kyahan, Horomusha Kote, and Jujitsu Gi. I finally used the scroll I got from Under Observation, and have been relearning my Ni-Ichi-Ni cycle.

Tonight, taking a break from exping to farm up my Ni elemental scrolls. Since the main reason I wanted 40 NIN was for Mammets (CoP mission), I need the main weapon for that fight.

The next Limit Break I'll have to do is one I need for both Shampoo and Waif, so that'll be fun. My friend wants to do the PLD AF storyline, so right now I only have PLD AF boots. Heh. But I got my BST Gloves the other night (thanks Genmo, Etcetera). So I'm 3/5 on BST AF. Need my pants and jack coat now.

Four months

In the four months since my last post, I've gone from 57DRG to 60DRG, then levelled another job all the way to 56 (BST and BRD), and Waif went from ALMOST having an advanced job, to being 57WAR 56PLD.

Wow. Not a bad run at all.

Also, both Waif and Shampoo have a Scorpion Harness and Peacock Charms (though Waif is exclusively Parade Gorget (+1 Refresh while HP > 85%) while on PLD).

Shampoo is set to get Lv70, and Waif is set to get Lv60. The next Limit Break is a joke, though (seals in the three beastman strongholds), and the one after that even moreso (trade 3 Kindred Seals). So... yeah. :) Can't wait to see where I am four months from NOW.

The Broken Fortress

Quick update: 60DRG 56BRD 56BST, and Waif is 57WAR 56PLD 32NIN.

Activated Teleport-Vahzl quest for Shampoo (thought I did for Waif too).Went to Fei'yin and farmed a key for both of them, then it turns out Waif didn't have the quest. :\ Got a Light Opal instead. I went back to Sandy, got Shampoo's scroll and used it on his WHM, and activated the quest with Waif.

I decided to not go back for Waif's scroll just yet; if I level Shampoo's RDM, I'll go grab it while I get my AF there. If not... the scroll's only 100k, and farming a key is annoying. >_<

I'm about 3000 tnl to 57BST (Scorpion Harness time :D), but 4000 tnl to 57PLD.

I keep getting camped over in Garlaige Citadel, but it is the best camp for this level (bombs exp is very nice, and the bats are DC and the beetles low-T so they are all easy charm fodder). When I ding, I might try my hand at the Knight Crawlers again (they drop the Nest Coffer Key I need for BST, and Waif needs a Nest Coffer for WAR AND PLD). They were VT last time I tried to fight them, and the Rumblers (my only nearby pets) are low DC and bad pets for a VT fight. It was taking me about 4 Rumblers to take down a single Knight.

They announced an update wherein BST wouldn't lose 30% exp by having a charmed pet, so I am VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY looking forward to exping with that.

BCNM, DRG

Got on after work last night, and Etcetera and I went to do Deleon's two orbs (BCNM40). Deleon and I were going to duo Royal Jellies at first, but Etcetera agreed to come, so we did the Big One - Under Observation.

[ Under Observation can drop the Peacock Charm, Lv33 Necklace that gives +10 Accuracy. It's awesome. ]

We didn't get any good drops at all. It was one of those runs where you make more money dumping your drops to an NPC than at the AH. :( At least Deleon does Alchemy and he can craft the Mercury and Hecteyes.

Afterwards, Genmo came home, and we decide to go quadro in Crawlers' Nest. We go down the Simurgh side, and all the way at the bottom are Knight Crawlers (crawlers) and Crawler Hunters (scorpions). It was awesome. They were VT and giving 100-180 exp a kill, we were getting chain 5 when the mobs didn't run out.

When Water Elementals popped, we retreated to the Rumble Crawlers. These crawlers were decent challenge, giving like 30-40 exp a pop, but better than nothing. Once the elementals left, we resumed Knight Crawlers. I was half asleep for the last hour or so of our party, but we were all so close to 57 I couldn't stop. :)

Ding 57. Grats Deleon. He doesn't have his Scorpion Harness yet, so I loaned him mine until I got close to levelling.

Ding 57. Grats Genmo and Etcetera (they levelled up at the same time). Finally, at the end, Ding 57. Grats ME :D :D

I equipped my Scorpion Harness. We got about another 1000 exp, but then I was about to pass out, so we quit.

^_^ I'm so excited. One more level and I can wear the DRG AF Body, and in two more levels, the AF Helm - which enhances our healing breath. Right now, our wyverns will cast Cures on us at 33% hp. With the AF Helm, they'll heal us at 50% HP. WAY better. :D

Edit: Got Waif to 29 MNK last night, in Korroloka Tunnel. So... freaking... close... to Lv30. I can't wait to unlock PLD, then level it up to about 30-ish.

DRG, THF, WHM, and Friend

DRG55 (yay Jaridah Peti), THF37 (trioed with LS friends, one of whom is Deleon), and got WHM40 just today (Electrum Gear = +65 MP, and HASTE!).

Spent most of this weekend PLing my friend's character Waif. Got 21WAR (Beetle Gear, Spike Necklace), and 23MNK. Helping a new in-game friend by duoing MNK+RDM, and gonna get him Rank 3 tomorrow after class. Hopefully get Waif and friend Rank 4 this week, and Rank 5 over the weekend.

[edit] I'm going to resume keeping track of mobs / camps and stuff. It'd be kind of silly of me to be doing all this productive duoing / soloing and not share the information I've figured out. :\