Staging Points.

Well, we did a little run through the other night to Dvucca Isle Staging Point. That was annoying, but with Escape, I managed to escape unscathed. Sadly, it casted to slow to save all the rest of the PT. T.T Got out with the WHM and the DRG bit it. Got them raised, and we dashed on towards our goal. At the boats, danger! Soulflayers are True-Sight, when I saw it start casting burst as we all dashed past, it was like... 'Oh, Hades.' (In more colorful language of course) -- So DRG bites the dust again, and we tractor -- Raise 3, heal up, and make the final dash. Dvucca, I own you now....just getting past that Soulflayer could be a {Bio}{Tachi} trying to make the run up to Ilrusi Staging Point. Blah. But that's somewhere next on the list, the only staging point left, and then I need to start doing some Assaults.

Verrick decided to point out to me the other day that his favorite kitty, Chafarrra is now a level 48 BLU. Instead of the hint that we needed to level our RDM & BRD again, the frustrating reply I send >>Verrick: Sweet, she's still in party range! Or something to that effect. Catching everyone's schedules together is annoying, good thing that's a sometime static xD But yes, it seems Verrick is actively wanting to play RDM. He too has been seduced by the power and wrath that can be evoked by the mere mention of the legends! Muahahahaha!

RDM is 69, testimony achieved...as well as a BLM test and WAR test. O.o We went to Beadeaux, and lo and behold, the first ruby Quadav we fought dropped a RDM test and a ruby! Then, we decided to fight the Ancient, which dropped the WAR test, then a Sapphire Quad that dropped the BLM. The Darksteel Quad didn't drop a PLD test, so we were content with 3/4 ^^ Stuffing those in storage for when our WAR static gets to that point, and the BLM goes up about 22 more levels. Stayed there a while helping another RDM get his test, while skilling up elemental magic with the nuke & sleep tactics. Sleep -- nuke nuke -- Sleep -- Aspir -- nuke nuke -- Sleep And so the process went until it dropped dead.

Die in Mass. Hmmmm. Verrick keeps telling me the joys of this. I will have to do it one day, but not really sure of the strategies and such, will have to do much reading and all, and generally follow around the crowd while there, lol.
I actually have a few pics this time, even though I can't do the nice edit and shrink thing, so you get the full SE trademark and everything on them. Anyway, without further ado, one of Tess & i while leveling our RDM & COR together out by Colibri-ville. xD

Guan & Tess

And here's Verrick and I out in Western Altepa, during that party with Kenshin and Iamweasel, where Ryos pulled out his old WAR to help us with tank duty. That's the BST that you read about on his blog. (Admit it, you know you read his already) ^^
Guan & Verrick

Breaking in a few goals.

Alright, been a mostly useful week, save for the dread party a couple nights ago. Five deaths in six hours... Let me say here that I hate, loathe, despise, and otherwise ABHOR a Caederva Mire party...And I don't plan on accepting any of them anytime soon. I'll go Mamook way and fight Spinners before I do that. 1k in 6 hours, ugh. On to brighter things, though!

Have you heard the whispers? Yep, that's right, Avatar central, working on this so I can use a SMN sub next time I party my WHM instead of my usual BLM...maybe. Picked up Titan, and last night with the help of Cloulien, got Ramuh. We were going to get Shiva, but meh. It was Iceday, so we didn't risk the wrath of uber-Diamond Dust. So Garuda and Shiva are next on the list, then will be time for the dread Ifrit's Cauldron, a place I really dislike xD

Time for a job update, methinks, I really should make that somewhere on the board, but work doesn't allow me the nice PS or anything to do it with, sooooo.... I'm too off & on from calls to focus to try to find a spot to do it here. (Maybe this is why my blog is very stream-of-conciousness style.) Here goes! RDM 68, WHM 56, BLM 46, BRD 46, NIN 35, PLD 30, THF 25, COR 24, WAR 24, SAM 22, DRG 17, DRK 17, MNK 14, BST 13, SMN 11, BLU 10, PUP 10, RNG 10

Got the Mamool Ja staging point thanks to a NIN in my party the other night who I forget the name of now >.>; So 3/5 on those, got Azo (tab), Halvung, and Mamool Ja. Other 2, hopefully soon!

Of parties and fun.

Well, in recent days, I've been partying with a great PLD who joined our linkshell named Fullen (/wave). The rapid amount of jobs he's gotten up in a short 4-month timeframe just makes me go O.o -- But then, I'm the same player who's been on since release date around 3/23/04, and yet just recently passed 100 play days...and that's counting my recent lot of falling asleep with character logged in, as well as overnight bazaaring. Give or take a lot of that happening, I'm probably still around the lower 90's, haha.

The nerfed gardening thing annoyance factor #3 -- Everyone I know runs short on space, or either has a lot of mules, so here's my question: Why give me a plant that dumps like 3 stacks of shell bugs into me, that before this was a main source of my income? That hurts, lol. And the elemental ores, where I used to avg around 4-5 per month & a week, now just gave me 2? Not really worth it, turned a 20k profit on 5 weeks of work. Pathetic, I need a new way to make money...again. Maybe time to dust off the 25 THF and run it up around 60 or so.

Onwards and upwards to ramblings of another kind. Had an interseting little talk with someone (75 MNK 75 PLD...more) who I've known since I started FFXI. His playtime has since eclipsed the 350 day plateau O.O and he was wondering why I don't just take one job all the way up and then just merit, which would help all my other classes when I do them. I don't really know, save for that I enjoy all the classes, and like them as they are, I suppose if I went 75 RDM I could be more useful to my LS and friends, and that was the sole reason that I wanted to go all the way with a job...That and everyone knows I'm a RDM at heart anyway, loved them since the original FF, played through that whole game with 4 RDM's once for the love of it :)

Maat has told me about my testimony and all, gonna hit 69 and then have to farm a LOT for HQ staves, unless I can be so lucky to borrow some and then farm for my vile elixir ingredients or save up for them. Under 200k now. Ouch. I need to go hit up the Yagudo @ Oztroja with Munami next time she goes. Gosh, this thing's getting long, I'll hush now.

So, upon being dragged here by Verrick, and posting, and eventually growing tired of logging in Anonymously, I bothered to create an account, which probably will receive little use. However, given that I have little else to fill my downtime at work, it could surprise you! Time will tell.