I have passed a milestone that not many (in the grand-scheme of things in FFXI) have done: I have created a Linkshell.
Relentless, formerly known as lolFail, has been repearled again and is now known as Freefall.
The LS voted me as the new leader, but all that really means is that I now hold the linkshell. I also get the final say in any executive decisions regarding members, points, rules, etc... but hopefully it will never really have to come down to that. I plan on keeping everything the same as it has been for the past 9 months, because it works. (If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?)
The past few days have been running relatively smoothly with the much-appericated assistance of Lilmama, Cbassx and Altimaomega, my sack-holders. (uh huh ahuhuh huh. I just said they hold my sack.) Lil still takes care of selling gil items (via Puntaru) and passing out the weekly payouts. Cbass and Alti help organize the various farm and god-kill sessions and point out things that I miss from time to time. (ie. "Dude, we really shouldn't be doing Suzaku without a RNG up here") Alti has also been a champ in getting us new members because we have gotten like 10 new members this week. Unfortunately, we haven't done any extensive background checks on these people before giving them a pearl and allowing them to join us on runs. I have already recieved several /tells about 2 of these new individuals that I "should keep an eye on" due to other people's previous experiences with them.
What has NOT been running smoothly this week is that Kirin has just NOT been cooperating with drops for us. All 3 Kirin's we did this week dropped us a total of 2 Kirin's Poles and 4 gil items. That's it! No N.Body (which we STILL have not seen drop since 4/27/2009). No W.Legs (which, as always in sky shells, is one of the 2 most desired pieces of gear). Not even a stinkin D.Body (which used to fall like rain to us)! Alti actually called a GM after last night's run to ask about this. The GM looked in to it and said that the "drop rates seem to be working fine" and, simply put, "our luck just apprently sucks" and there was nothing he could do about it.
Well, at least waters dropped for us quickly last night. We got up to sky and I think we got our 1st water on the 3rd pot. ^^ So, we popped 1 Olla (from a water we got a few days earlier) and before we could even pop the 2nd Olla 15 minutes later, we had already gotten a 2nd water for the evening! After those, we quickly ran up and took out Zip, which ended up giving us 3 full Genbu popsets.
After taking out those 3 Genbu's, we are now sitting on about 5 or 6 full Kirin popsets... so hopefully now that we have more members showing up, we can hopefully get back to popping Kirin twice per night, like we used to. :-D
On a more personal note, I haven't really felt like I've accomplished much in-game lately since my last post, but at least I'm making SOME progress:
- FINALLY beat CoP 3-5... which was kind of funny. we ended up beating Diabolos on what was supposed to just be a practice run. we hadn't taken any food, or used poison pots. we just wanted to make sure we had our stun order down correctly. next thing we know, he was already down to about 55% hp and we were like "uh... so um... should we just try to kill him NOW? or is this still a practice run?" lol
- Guard Skill is now up to 150
- I got my A Hands last night (which now means after I get my W Legs, I can spend my points on N gear and I'm done with sky!)
- I got my Melee Gaiters from Dynamis - Bastok, which should help out a ton with Guard skillups (guard skill +12)
- I got my Melee Cyclas from Dynamis - Beaucedine, which has been nice for just healing up a bit between fights, whether while resting or running
- I attended Khrone's first Dreamlands which was Dynamis - Buburimu last Wednesday and already got my Melee Gloves -1 (woooooooot!)
- incremented my STR merit up to level 3
- leveled PUP up to 46
... huh. I guess I actually HAVE accomplished quite a bit over the past few weeks. And this is all still while I'm attending sky basically 20 hours per week too. ^^ Go go Tattooface!
The next couple days (4th of July weekend) will probably be spent abusing Screamin as a PL to help me level my guard just a bit more before Treu gets back from vacation.
Showing posts with label Merits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Merits. Show all posts
Friday, July 3, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
I bathe in their blood
And no, I don't look red from leveling my RDM lately...
[ For some quick/somewhat-disturbing humor: http://www.explosm.net/comics/1636/ ]
I think I'm finally done leveling my Red Mage!
I FINALLY hit 34 last night (I just haven't had much time to spend on getting RDM from 20 up to 34 lately), which means I can now cast Stoneskin and proceed with increasing my Guard skill. (MNK/RDM ftw?)
Well... I might not be COMPLETELY done with RDM just yet... because I think there was SOME reason for me to possibly want to get it up to 35. (Fast Cast II?? whatev.) I'll eventually be taking it up to 75. Eventually. It still won't be for a long long time though. Not til after SAM and SMN are there first.
{sky} has been keeping me busy lately (as always) but at least I'm finding time to spend on other important things... like CoP missions! I've already made it up to the 3-5 fight, which we will hopefully be doing tonight, assuming Sana and Nomar are online at a decent hour and aren't too busy. Otherwise I'll be heading off to {Dynamis - San d'Oria} with HellsBells and then off to start using /RDM.
I can only imagine that progressing through PMs will be easier and easier as we go along because I've had people constantly asking to join our group when we catch up to them. (someone is at 5-1, someone else at 5-2, someone else at 5-3, etc...) Oh goodie! Maybe I'll actually get to complete this!
The AH site shows that I have been making some progress in achievement points... and yet I'm getting ranked lower and lower each day on our server. WTF Mate? I still can never tell if this means that more people are signing up on the AH site or if more people are just progressing faster than I have been. /cry
Whatev. I'm happy with the progress I've made lately. :)
Other random progress I've made over the past few weeks include finally capping-off my Counter merits (5/5) and leveling PUP up to 30. And yes, soloing PUP is hella easier than trying to solo RDM... and a lot more {fun}! Those lil automatons are pretty smart, knowing when to cast Silence or finish off a skillchain, etc.... I also have another 6 merit points to dump into something tonight... which will more-than-likely be STR, taking it up to 2/5. I COULD get 1 merit in 2 other MNK Group 2 areas... but I figure STR would probably be a better choice for me at this point because it can still help out with other jobs (ie. SAM) and I don't really need those other Group 2 merits. They'd be nice to have to better my MNK and might possibly be a little helpful in Salvage if we ever start back up again... but I think I'm gonna stick with STR and THEN maybe into those other areas, because my next STR will cost me 9 merit points. ugh!
Treu and I have also been discussing possibly starting to get a gruop together for Salvage runs again. And after hearing last night that Lilmama now has all 3 items for her Marduk Feet (still needs crafting items) I think I'm really wanting to start up Salvage again. I crave Usu so badly, it hurts sometimes. /cry
We have a few people in mind that we are going to ask to join us. Some we really would like to have; some we will take just because we know they are good people that have jobs that we'd need and they wouldn't try to screw us over (ie. get their gear and then split). We're aiming to maybe start up our runs again in a couple weeks, but obviously that depends on everyone's schedule.
We'll see. We'll see.
[ For some quick/somewhat-disturbing humor: http://www.explosm.net/comics/1636/ ]
I think I'm finally done leveling my Red Mage!
I FINALLY hit 34 last night (I just haven't had much time to spend on getting RDM from 20 up to 34 lately), which means I can now cast Stoneskin and proceed with increasing my Guard skill. (MNK/RDM ftw?)
Well... I might not be COMPLETELY done with RDM just yet... because I think there was SOME reason for me to possibly want to get it up to 35. (Fast Cast II?? whatev.) I'll eventually be taking it up to 75. Eventually. It still won't be for a long long time though. Not til after SAM and SMN are there first.
{sky} has been keeping me busy lately (as always) but at least I'm finding time to spend on other important things... like CoP missions! I've already made it up to the 3-5 fight, which we will hopefully be doing tonight, assuming Sana and Nomar are online at a decent hour and aren't too busy. Otherwise I'll be heading off to {Dynamis - San d'Oria} with HellsBells and then off to start using /RDM.
I can only imagine that progressing through PMs will be easier and easier as we go along because I've had people constantly asking to join our group when we catch up to them. (someone is at 5-1, someone else at 5-2, someone else at 5-3, etc...) Oh goodie! Maybe I'll actually get to complete this!
The AH site shows that I have been making some progress in achievement points... and yet I'm getting ranked lower and lower each day on our server. WTF Mate? I still can never tell if this means that more people are signing up on the AH site or if more people are just progressing faster than I have been. /cry
Whatev. I'm happy with the progress I've made lately. :)
Other random progress I've made over the past few weeks include finally capping-off my Counter merits (5/5) and leveling PUP up to 30. And yes, soloing PUP is hella easier than trying to solo RDM... and a lot more {fun}! Those lil automatons are pretty smart, knowing when to cast Silence or finish off a skillchain, etc.... I also have another 6 merit points to dump into something tonight... which will more-than-likely be STR, taking it up to 2/5. I COULD get 1 merit in 2 other MNK Group 2 areas... but I figure STR would probably be a better choice for me at this point because it can still help out with other jobs (ie. SAM) and I don't really need those other Group 2 merits. They'd be nice to have to better my MNK and might possibly be a little helpful in Salvage if we ever start back up again... but I think I'm gonna stick with STR and THEN maybe into those other areas, because my next STR will cost me 9 merit points. ugh!
Treu and I have also been discussing possibly starting to get a gruop together for Salvage runs again. And after hearing last night that Lilmama now has all 3 items for her Marduk Feet (still needs crafting items) I think I'm really wanting to start up Salvage again. I crave Usu so badly, it hurts sometimes. /cry
We have a few people in mind that we are going to ask to join us. Some we really would like to have; some we will take just because we know they are good people that have jobs that we'd need and they wouldn't try to screw us over (ie. get their gear and then split). We're aiming to maybe start up our runs again in a couple weeks, but obviously that depends on everyone's schedule.
We'll see. We'll see.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Re-elect Mayor Goldie Wilson. "Progress" is his middle-name!
Progress Progress Progress Progress Progress
(1) Expanded Mog Locker to 70
(2) Merit: Kick Attacks 4/5
(3) Merit: Counter 2/5
(4) LolFail payout from last week: over 600k! (I can almost TASTE that Blackbelt. It's actually within sight now that payouts are this huge.)
(5) Dynamis - Beaucidine: My first Icelands run. Got the clear! Got PUP Body (free dropped to me) and then inadvertently started a fairly large, and somewhat awkward, argument between several LS members as to how "I now had to level PUP since I have an AFv2 piece now" (yeah, I was totally kidding) and some ppl laughed and some ppl took offense and how PUPs have to take all this crap from non-PUPs and they don't know how it's a sweet sweet job and blah blah blah... After my "i gotta level it now" comment, I pretty much just stfu cuz I think a couple ppl actually got mad over it. lol
(6) Sky: we sold a couple items already for this week :)
(7) Salvage: YUS! We finally got a linkpearl set up (GigidyGigidy, and coincidentally it's the same color yellow as my HellsBells pearl), got our members together (Khrone, Treubond, Ratman, Hybridkiller, Hulcalan, Drayco, Caol, Mactatus), discussed jobs, times (Tuesday 10pm, Thursday 10pm, Sunday 3pm), some rules, yadda yadda yadda. Yes, Salvage is actually happening! w000000000000000t!!!
In summary: closer to capped merits; closer to blackbelt; closer to Usu gear. My long-term goals in this game are happening!
(1) Expanded Mog Locker to 70
(2) Merit: Kick Attacks 4/5
(3) Merit: Counter 2/5
(4) LolFail payout from last week: over 600k! (I can almost TASTE that Blackbelt. It's actually within sight now that payouts are this huge.)
(5) Dynamis - Beaucidine: My first Icelands run. Got the clear! Got PUP Body (free dropped to me) and then inadvertently started a fairly large, and somewhat awkward, argument between several LS members as to how "I now had to level PUP since I have an AFv2 piece now" (yeah, I was totally kidding) and some ppl laughed and some ppl took offense and how PUPs have to take all this crap from non-PUPs and they don't know how it's a sweet sweet job and blah blah blah... After my "i gotta level it now" comment, I pretty much just stfu cuz I think a couple ppl actually got mad over it. lol
(6) Sky: we sold a couple items already for this week :)
(7) Salvage: YUS! We finally got a linkpearl set up (GigidyGigidy, and coincidentally it's the same color yellow as my HellsBells pearl), got our members together (Khrone, Treubond, Ratman, Hybridkiller, Hulcalan, Drayco, Caol, Mactatus), discussed jobs, times (Tuesday 10pm, Thursday 10pm, Sunday 3pm), some rules, yadda yadda yadda. Yes, Salvage is actually happening! w000000000000000t!!!
In summary: closer to capped merits; closer to blackbelt; closer to Usu gear. My long-term goals in this game are happening!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
In The Mood
Yeah, for some reason I've had that Glenn Miller tune stuck in my head all afternoon... anyways...
The past few days have been awesome, but maybe my view is a little skewed from normal just because I'm in such a good mood from getting my Shura Togi. ^^ Oh, and Treu FINALLY got his W. Legs (which means he had to rename his Blog from "le sigh w legs"; it is now "le sigh morrigan's robe" rofl. and yes, both of those were my idea. lol) But YEAH! We both got some SWEET gearz0rz from this new LS, and really quick too. I've also made an easy 200k with these guys just from farming. (altho I still owe True/Screamin 1mil in gilz now, which I borrowed to pay for Utsusemi: Ni and my cursed togi.) I don't mind sky farming with these guys; it's actually kinda fun and I'm getting good experience (and I'm not talking about just XP) out of it.
I did a bunch of Campaigning this past weekend as well, primarily just to make sure I got to keep my campaign rank, but also just to get some xp while I was sitting around waiting for merit party invites. Ended up dropping 6 more merit points into h2h, taking it up to 5/8 now. I'm planning on capping h2h before meriting anything else now, primarily for accuracy reasons. Next up will be just getting that 4th merit into Crit Hits (because this would be useful for leveling other jobs as well), followed by filling up Kick Attacks (just tacking on more dmg to what my MNK can already do). Counter will most likely be put on hold until after I get a couple merits into Invigorate and Penance which, from what I've recently heard, apparently would both be useful in Salvage... assuming we ever get around to it. Eh, I'm sure we will. I just need better gear *cough*Destroyers*cough*cough* and get more Missions done before I'm actually ready to hit it up tho.
I ended up doing so much campaigning this weekend that I not only kept my rank, but ranked up to Wings of Integrity (3rd Wings Rank) which means, if I decide to push it, I could be at the current rank-cap in less than a week... which would be cool if they finally decide to unlock the next set of ranks (Medals is the 5th and final group) in this upcoming update, otherwise it's kind of a waste. We'll see. I just really want to see the stats on the Cobra Unit Cap [Body] piece so I can figure out if it's worthwhile to save up Allied Notes for it (for leveling other jobs) or if I should just start spending the Notes on other pieces of gear.
The past few days have been awesome, but maybe my view is a little skewed from normal just because I'm in such a good mood from getting my Shura Togi. ^^ Oh, and Treu FINALLY got his W. Legs (which means he had to rename his Blog from "le sigh w legs"; it is now "le sigh morrigan's robe" rofl. and yes, both of those were my idea. lol) But YEAH! We both got some SWEET gearz0rz from this new LS, and really quick too. I've also made an easy 200k with these guys just from farming. (altho I still owe True/Screamin 1mil in gilz now, which I borrowed to pay for Utsusemi: Ni and my cursed togi.) I don't mind sky farming with these guys; it's actually kinda fun and I'm getting good experience (and I'm not talking about just XP) out of it.
I did a bunch of Campaigning this past weekend as well, primarily just to make sure I got to keep my campaign rank, but also just to get some xp while I was sitting around waiting for merit party invites. Ended up dropping 6 more merit points into h2h, taking it up to 5/8 now. I'm planning on capping h2h before meriting anything else now, primarily for accuracy reasons. Next up will be just getting that 4th merit into Crit Hits (because this would be useful for leveling other jobs as well), followed by filling up Kick Attacks (just tacking on more dmg to what my MNK can already do). Counter will most likely be put on hold until after I get a couple merits into Invigorate and Penance which, from what I've recently heard, apparently would both be useful in Salvage... assuming we ever get around to it. Eh, I'm sure we will. I just need better gear *cough*Destroyers*cough*cough* and get more Missions done before I'm actually ready to hit it up tho.
I ended up doing so much campaigning this weekend that I not only kept my rank, but ranked up to Wings of Integrity (3rd Wings Rank) which means, if I decide to push it, I could be at the current rank-cap in less than a week... which would be cool if they finally decide to unlock the next set of ranks (Medals is the 5th and final group) in this upcoming update, otherwise it's kind of a waste. We'll see. I just really want to see the stats on the Cobra Unit Cap [Body] piece so I can figure out if it's worthwhile to save up Allied Notes for it (for leveling other jobs) or if I should just start spending the Notes on other pieces of gear.
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