Tales of Tomiko

Finally...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:21:46 GMT

After sitting on the 15 and 35 for months, Zhayolm finally put out last night. The result:

That puts me at 3/5 completed pieces of the Ares Set. Already have the 15 and 35 for the Feet and the 15 for the Mask, not in a rush to upgrade either though, especially the Mask.

Its also the 2nd completed piece for our group, hopefully we'll finish a 3rd today.

I also decided to do Mythic since I finally got the last title I needed (Arrapago Remnants Chariot). I decided on Bst since I'm enjoying the job and it seems like it could be pretty decent. Current progress:

~125,000/150,000 Nyzul Tokens
~40,000/100,000 Ampoules
4/50 Assault Reclears
23/30,000 Alexandrite
0/3 Trophies

Not in a huge rush on Alexandrite since the price is dropping it seems. Highly considering starting Fishing to fund my Alexandrite buying since Blaize has been saying how good of a return it is, especially when you can NPC the fish which isn't affected by other fishers.

Bst is also now at 61. ToAU camps are pretty nice so far. Although I've only done the camp outside the Nashmau West exit. I've heard good things about Bhaflau Thickets with Leeches, so I'm looking forward to that. And an odd thing happened yesterday while leveling Bst. Got an invite to a 54 sync party and I ended up being the tank. Not sure why me instead of the Sam (we were fighting Marsh Murres), but it was a new experience. I ended up changing to Pld when we changed Murre camps after the Rng we had left. Party went much better at that point since hate wasn't all over.

Where's My Elephant!?

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:40:23 GMT

That's how things feel like lately. Harness still hasn't sold from Sandworm and I guess people are hurting for money or something. Best part is that some of the ones complaining weren't at our last Ixion which I just paid out 160k each to people. Oh well, more money for me.

Also finally got Byakko's Haidate this weekend. We had to wait like 2 hours at the portal for a group trioing it. Yes, trio. Thf, Rdm, Whm. Ended up calling a GM at one point thinking some ls was zombieing it. GM said "some groups take longer than others to kill things." Wtf is that shit? GM was nice and spoke English better than any I've seen, but it would be nice to see some consistency. On the plus side they didn't need the N.Hands that dropped for them and gave them to us. I was the fastest to drop party, so I got them. /lewthor

Hopefully we'll do some more Sky Gods this week and finish with Kirins this weekend. After that, hopefully either Sea or ZNM stuff.

Purple!

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:43:19 GMT

First, the dorps!

The lots!

The obtaining!

The uncursing!

The twins!

The huge manitee!

lol at getting Adaberk before Haidate.

PvP

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:39:54 GMT

A friend of mine posted a couple more of our recent matches (he didn't record all of them though). Here they are if anyone is interested/bored:

Note: I still consider myself a beginner at PvP :<

First Match:

Round 2:

Round 3:

Bla Bla Bla

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:23:27 GMT

Updated cause Blaize said I should.

I guess I'll start off with the previous info since I last updated:

Tomiko - Unicorn Fairy Server
75 Rdm | 75 Smn | 75 Nin | 75 Drg | 75 Pld | 75 Dnc | 75 Drk
71 Sam | 46 Blm | 45 Whm | 39 Mnk | 40 War | 37 Brd | 37 Sch
37 Thf | 37 Blu | 37 Rng | 20 Pup | 12 Bst | 08 Cor

Windurst.....10
Bastok.......6-2
San d'Oria...1-1
Zilart.......Completed
CoP..........Completed
ToaU.........Completed
WotG.........???
Assault......Captain
Campaign.....Whatever the highest is.

Leathercraft....100 +3 +Moghancement +All Key Items +Ring
Clothcraft......60 +1
Smithing........38
Bonecraft.......54 +1
Cooking.........41
Woodworking.....14
Goldsmithing....20
Fishing.........10
Alchemy.........16

Updated info is in my profile. Main changes: Sam and Blm are now 75. Rank 10 Sandy. And did some skilling on craft subs.

Another change is the linkshell I'm in (surprising, huh?). Main reason being that I couldn't make the event times in Outlawz. It also didn't help that one of the sacks is a tool. Anyways, I ended up applying to Eden. The event times worked the best based on my work schedule and I knew they were one of the better shells on the server.

I don't know if people have school or just stopped caring cause they got what they wanted, but we've been having to cancel Dynamis and sometimes Einherjar because of attendance. Hopefully we'll get more recruits so we can do events again. In the meantime Iticus and myself have been appointed sackholders. I know things won't change overnight, but hopefully things will get better. At least we've had good luck claiming Pony, Tiamat and sometimes Sandworm.

Speaking of Sandworm, might as well get it over with now. Our last 2 claims have resulted in Serket. Last one dropped Tathlum and Harness. The one before dropped -nothing-. Not even a crystal. And we had TH4 there....

Right now one of my main goals is to get people motivated to do things again. And since many have been making a big deal about money going to the bank I think Mert decided we're just going to sell/split everything. Iti and I have been brainstorming ways to give people an incentive to scan, so we'll have to run those ideas by Mert for the final say.

I think that's all for now, if there's anything I should write about, post it in the comments. And if you need a linkshell, the link to Eden is in the sidebar!

A little bit goes a long ways

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:14:00 GMT

Appreciation that is.

We did sky the other day as usual and I'm not one of the leaders since another stepped down. I may try to set up other events if enough are interested, but that's nothing to worry about for now.

Anyways, Zirra and I were the tanks (Pld/War) for the day and our first goal was Genbu since Despot had just died. We gathered at the island while others headed up. The plan was to straight tank if the Wind landed, and kite if not. When we finally popped Genbu, we had a Nin with capped throwing skill throw the Wind. He missed lol. So we ended up kiting and it ended up being a pretty clean kill. Zirra died at the end when we straight tanked it so melees could kill, but I think that was an intentional death. Other than that there were no deaths. The fight took about 20-25 minutes I think which combined with a clean kill is pretty good for a first kill for the LS. Oh, and we had no Rdm or Brd =)

The other gods will be harder obviously, but hopefully we'll have more support for those. I really don't want to fight them without a Brd & Rdm since I'll be Pld/Nin if tanking.

After Genbu a few had to leave due to how long it took to get everyone up there so we were going to do Despot but it was already popped as we got people there so we decided to head to Faust. A couple got lost on the way but they finally made it. When we were ready we had 6: Pld/War, Pld/War, Whm/Blm, Whm/Blm, Nin/War, Bst/Nin, Blm/Rdm, Blm/Rdm. Neither of the Whms have Devotion (yet) either. The plan was to have the Bst pull and I tank while the Blms kill it. At first I decided to go with Shield Skill + Defense. That wasn't working as much as I had hoped, so I changed Boxer's Mantle to Shadow Mantle and that seemed to help a little more due to the occassional procs. MP was an issue obviously and I used Chivalry with full TP at around 75% I think and I was just about through that MP about 3 minutes later. Somehow I managed to survive til 5% or so off of Ethereal Earring MP despite having HP as low as 16 twice (think I was at 7 once). Once I died, the 2nd Pld took over and they killed it before anyone else could die (1 of the Blms died before I did). So a total of 2 deaths (Blm and myself) isn't too bad in my opinion given our setup/strategy.

Note: If anyone is interested in a Sky ls, there's a link to the LS site on the left.

After that I had to go and they told me I did a good job today with tanking stuff. They might not think much of the comment, but hearing that meant alot to me. Previously I would constantly question myself because other people would be chosen to tank even though I've been told I was good by others in private.

Nothing really new on the Salvage front. Nothing drops as usual and another cancelled run. It feels weird setting up runs through others since I don't have forum access, but it's nice to see others step up and help out so Eig doesn't have to do everything.

I haven't been to Nyzul the past 2 weeks. Partially because of the early time (7:30am PST) and partially because I'm losing interest. Grey told me they moved the time to 9:30am again, so I'll try to be there this week in case they need me. If not I'll just sit on the same 5 tags I've been saving the past 3 weeks.

Also, if you have the chance, play Eternal Sonata. Its an RPG on 360/PS3 that's based on Chopin (the pianist) and its alot of fun. The battle system is great as is the story.

Myth(ic)busters: FFXI Edition

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:57:28 GMT

It came alot sooner than expected, but the first Mythic Weapon was finished. Congrats to Jackyl on the accomplishment and thanks for posting the info on all the unknown stuff.

After hearing the results for Aftermath, like many others I'm greatly disappointed. Instead of getting all the effects listed after "Aftermath:" its based on TP tiers when using the WS. For Liberator this would mean the following:

100% TP: Accuracy Bonus
200% TP: Attack Bonus
300% TP: Double Attack

Due to that, I can't justify the cost & requirements for Mythic over a Relic. Apocalypse is MUCH better and cheaper than the current Mythic requirement. As such, I'm stopping my Mythic upgrading and have returned the Alex that was given to me by a couple people so far. After I'm done returning the ones given to me I'll sell the rest. That should be about 1400 or so.

Once I get to 10m I'm going to start sponsoring Dynamis (if I can, which sounds likely) and work on Aegis. I had narrowed Relic options down to 3 before I finally decided: Apocalypse, Aegis & Excalibur.

Excal: The Added Effect procs would be rather nice for doing stuff with low numbers or solo. Plus it would give me a reason to Campaign more on Rdm. It would probably be more of a toy than anything even though it is nice.

Apoc: I'd be able to use it for Zergs instead of Kris and the ACC would easily let me wear Ares's Cuirass full time. As nice as it seems/is, I'm still happy with my Perdu Sickle.

Aegis: One of the first things that came to mind was how much it would help with Ultima. Plus it would be nice for alot of other things. Oh, and it would give me a good reason to use Pld more which is always nice.

I (briefly) considered Amano & Yoichi since I'm leveling Sam, but I don't have the gear to do justice with either whereas the others I do. And I don't see myself getting Usukane anytime soon due to the number requesting it.

So with all that considered I decided on Aegis.

Totaled, I'll need 17,500 coins. Taking off the 3000 that are refunded that leaves 14,500 needed assuming I can get a loan on the last part (likely). Assuming I get 200 coins per run, it would take 72.5 sponsored runs to complete the requirement. This comes out to about 36m which is much cheaper than Mythic.

To sell or not to sell?

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:51:15 GMT

That is the question.

After doing some thinking, there's something I don't really understand. Why do Linkshells like to play the "nice" card and give away ra/ex items when there's people willing to buy them?

I'm all for giving ra/ex things to people that helped. Say a Mnk claims and gives your LS Fafnir. Beard drops so obviously the Mnk gets it. If it doesn't, offer him the next one. Either way, he's earned it as opposed to just sitting there sending tells (usually to the wrong people) or shouting.

Some possible reasons to give stuff away free: (All answers are based on giving stuff away and no other factors)

-Reputation?

What exactly does a good reputation get you? Sure more people will want to apply to your LS, but does that matter if your applications are closed?

People will give you claims here and there in hopes of a certain item, but do you really think they wouldn't offer it up to another less-reputable shell for the same terms?

-"It would have been wasted"

This one is hard to debate, but if it would go to a person that is annoying (i.e. sending tells/shouts while you're fighting), then I say drop the damn thing. Did they earn it? No. If they've helped the LS before, then by all means give it to them. If people know they won't be able to get handouts any longer, they'll start offering some sort of compensation or offer to help.

Cliff Notes: I'm of the opinion that it going to someone that didn't earn it isn't very different from it going to the floor. Both generally have 0 benefit to the LS. Showing up and shouting/sending tells =/= earning it.

Now for the main reason this subject came to mind, the hypocricy of giving these items away.

-If you give away excess Ra/Ex items, why not give away the excess non-Ra/Ex items?

The only difference is that Ra/Ex items are an immediate sale whereas the others are not. Both types are generally in high demand dependant on the item.

My conclusion is that money makes the world go round. As mentioned on BG semi-recently, members will stay around and show up to camps regardless of conditions if the benefit is worth it. There's a reason why people stop camping as much once they get what they want, and that's because there's little to no benefit for them to make an effort. Compare this with planned money events like Ouryu and Bahamut v2 where you see many sign up. While scheduling may play a factor, I guarentee that at least 1 person will alter their schedule to make said event.

Reevaluating Merit Plans

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:30:45 GMT

HP/MP (8/8)
HP 4/8
MP 4/8

Attributes (0/5)
Str 0/5 - Doing these last.

Combat Skills (20/20)
Dagger 8/8 - Will be removed in favor of Scythe merits once I get closer to Liberator.
Polearm 8/8
Evasion 4/4 - Debating removing these for Shield, but I feel like these help me evade more than I would otherwise.

Magic Skills
Enfeebling Magic 2/8 - Low priority for me to finish.
Elemental Magic 1/8 - Low priority for me to finish.

I considered Dark Magic, but I'm not really sure yet.

Other (4/8)
Critical Hit Rate 4/4 - Love these.
Spell Interruption Rate 0/4 - This would help on all my jobs. I should probably do these soon.

Red Mage (0/10; 5/10)
Earth Magic Accuracy 0/5 - Probably overkill, but I want to be able to cast Slow II in full Mnd gear without E.Seal for harder stuff.
Ice Magic Accuracy 0/5 - For Para/Bind/Blizzard.

Slow II (3/5) - I'll probably cap this sometime. Semi-low priority.
Phalanx II (3/5) - With Sch/Rdm I'm not sure if I want to recap this. Semi-low priority.

Paladin (0/10; 4/10)
Sentinel Recast 0/5
Rampart Recast 0/5 - Will do this one before Sentinel Recast.

Chivalry 3/5 - Pretty much a must have for any Pld.
Fealty 1/5 - Underrated ability in my opinion.

Dark Knight (0/10; 1/10)
Last Resort Recast 0/5
Last Resort Effect 0/5
No point in lowering Souleater Recast when I rarely use it every 5 mins already.

Dark Seal 1/5 - Not sure if I'll merit this more. Possibly though since Muted Soul and Diabolic Eye don't interest me much. (DE due to the ACC Bonus from Liberator Aftermath effect.)
Desperate Blows 0/5 - Was considering only going to level 3 due to the JA Haste cap and /Sam, but I'll probably go to 5 for when I'm not /Sam.

Ninja (0/10; 2/10)
Subtle Blow 0/5 - Only good tier 1 Nin Merit.

Sange 0/5 - Could be fun! Low priority.
Huton: San 1/1 - Lol.
Suiton: San 1/1 - Lol.

Dragoon (0/10; 5/10)
Jump Recast 0/5
High Jump Recast 0/5

Deep breathing 1/1 - If I don't put 2 more into Angon, I'll put them here for a 10min timer. Nice for soloing.
Angon 3/5 - Not sure if I want to recap. Most stuff is dead within a minute when zerging anyways.
Strife 1/4 - Seems like it would help a decent amount. Might do 4 Merits in this. No effect on /Mage.

I'm not a fan of Empathy due to the extra healing it gives mages when /DD and minimal benefit when /Mage. It's also an "all or nothing" merit in my view.

Summoner (5/10; 1/10)
Avatar Physical Accuracy 3/5 - I'm of the opinion these don't work on the Lv.70 pacts.
Avatar Physical Attack 2/5 - Same as above.
Elemental MP Cost 0/5 - At least I'd know it was working. Low priority.

Grand Fall 1/5 - I like Leviathan.
Thunderstorm 0/5 - Light based nuke.

Dancer (0/10)
Reverse Flourish Effect 0/5
Haste Samba Effect 0/5

Very low priority considering how often Dnc is used. I'm hoping Tier 2 merits will have something nice.

I have alot of meriting to do....

Merits and Mythic Updates

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:41:59 GMT

Not a whole lot really has been going on lately, partially because I've been kinda bored with the game. This generally happens when HNM windows are in the mornings during the week. I just don't feel like logging in sometimes since I'll generally accomplish nothing either way. Plus I have the feeling that I'm not really wanted in the LS anymore. But that's a whole other can of worms. Moving on....

I recapped 5/7 of my jobs in Campaign which was nice, only Smn and Dnc left to cap which I'm not in any rush with either considering I rarely/never use them. Even with deaths those 5 still have around 40k buffer. I can't help but laugh when I see someone delevel on a job they regularly use considering how easy it is to get a quick and decent buffer on any job with Campaign.

I also merited for the first or second time since getting V.Fork which was fun. I admit I got sloppy towards the end since one of our Brds D/C'd and we started getting overwhelmed by birds. Me attacking the wrong red one at times didn't help too much. No deaths during that time, but we lost chain which sucked. I got asked to merit again this coming week which should be fun again. Its nice being able to merit with the LS again. Sure people ask in LS if anyone wants to merit, but I never speak up since nine times out of ten I'll be asked to go Rdm and while the merits will be good, I don't enjoy it as much as people seem to assume. Exceptions are made at times though.

With those new Merits I started working on capping Tier 2 Paladin merits. I'm currently up to Level 3 Chivalry and (still) Level 1 Fealty. I'm gonna finish Chivalry before I continue/finish Fealty since 10min Chiv would be pretty nice. Although I love Fealty, especially in Campaign. Except when those bastard Bard Yagudos dispel it... I think once I finish T2 Pld merits I'll work on T2 Dark Knight next. I'll reevaluate my current plans for all merits in the next entry since it'll be easier for me to find later.

This past weekend I got to use Dnc for the 2nd time since I've been 75. Still just as useless as before. It was for Apollyon NW (I think; the "kings" one). Since we had 2 Rdms, any of my other jobs would have been much more useful. Even if I meleed as Rdm I woulda felt more useful. As such, I sent my Azoth to Kayuu since I don't need/want it anymore and I sold my lolnqBehemoth Knife and put my ra/ex Dnc gear in storage. Until they fix the job, I'm pretty much done with it. Seperating the Waltz timers would be a good place for them to start since 16s recast after using CW4 is stupid.

I also started getting caught up on WotG Missions since I've been lazy. I'm on the La Voule part now. I did the Windurst route, so I had to do the Manifest Destiny (?) fight which was fun. It took me 2 tries to solo it (Pld/Rdm each time). I lost the first try due to the batteries in my controller dying mid-fight which pissed me off since I had to HP. Oh well, I had capped buffer anyways. Went back with a new plan. Screw Circle Blade. I decided to use M.Kris and spam Cyclone this time which made it MUCH easier. Cyclone was also doing more damage which made the waves go by insanely fast and I could range WS the mages. It didn't take long at all for the NM to show up. It took longer to solo him with Atonement due to his high HP than it did to kill all the rest. And at the end I was at full/near full HP and at the very least above 50% MP. Next up will be the Dragon fight after a CS. I'm still debating whether I want to go Pld or Drg/mage for that one. Either way, I plan to solo it.

After hearing reports of what the Mythic Great Axe can do, I'm really looking forward to Liberator. If it's anywhere near as good as G.Axe, it looks like it'll blow away Apoc. Double Attack rate like Jailer weapons, acc/atk boost, and it appears Mythics may have the triple damage crits that Relics do. If so, no wonder they made the requirements so hard/high to upgrade. I can't wait til the first one is finished and details get released. But at the same time I know it'll make the demand for Alexandrites shoot up alot. I'm currently up to just under 1300 now. I like to think of it as 1/30th of the way there.

Titles: 6/8 (Still need 2 Chariots)
Ampoules: 59k/100k
Tokens: 90k/150k
Alexandrite: 1.3k/30k
ZNM: 0/3 (I need to start working on these)

NPC & Nyzul Fun

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:54:12 GMT

Finally managed to get my Runic Key after joining pick up groups. Despite all the flack the pick up groups shouting in Whitegate seem to get, there was only 1 run lost from 50 (I think) to 100 and that was due to crappy floors (think we had a Lamp order and 2x kill all with crappy mobs/NMs). The hardest which we still won (thanks to easy floors) was with 4 English speaking players and 2 Japanese speaking players with the first floor being ordered lamps. I think we spent about 10 minutes on that floor, but we made up for time on the following floors which were easy (I think 2x Specific Enemy which was right by Rune and 1x Poroggo Group).

I also managed to unlock the Weaponskills for all 7 jobs. Some were easier than others. Being able to do high level skillchains with Ripokeke helped alot. Most only took 2 calls on the Signal/Tactics Pearl to unlock with 100 Disk (Only Drk and Drg were done prior to 100).

Insurgency (Drk) - Unlocked this one with Disk at Lv70. I really like this ws overall. Yeah the damage is random at times, but overall it seems to put out better numbers than Guillotine. I can't wait to finish Liberator.

Drakesbane (Drg) - I didn't get this unlocked til floor 95. Partially because I didn't get it til about floor 85 (I think) and because I hadn't spent alot of time gathering WS points since I spent free time in WG trying to climb more floors with my extra tags. This WS is just awesome. Yeah it can suck at times/in certain places, but it can put up some really ncie numbers. I think the only time I wouldn't use this is in places where Wheeling Thrust would be better.

Atonement (Pld) - Anyone who has seen this in action knows how good it is. As such, I'm looking forward to using it more since I've only messed around with it slightly. On the downside, this is complete garbage in Besieged.

Pyrrhic Kleos (Dnc) - I love the animation on this one and the added effect is rather nice. I just wish that Dnc was more useful than it currently is. The WS animation will probably get me to Campaign more on Dnc though.

Death Blossom (Rdm) - I'm not a fan of melee Rdm, but I'm a completionist so I had to get it done. I went Rdm/War and got points from Robber Crabs in Vunkerl Inslet [S]. Barely took any damage the entire time I was getting points due to SS + Phalanx + Defender. So that was nice not having to worry about much. I really like the WS animation which is another reason why I decided to unlock it and I'm glad I did. While I still don't condone melee Rdm in a more focused environment, it'll be nice to mess around with in Campaign and general randomness. Also for those times where I'm bored in Salvage on the first & second floors. The damage there is pretty decent, but that's not really a suprise for those floors.

Garland of Bliss (Smn) - This WS can go die in a fire and fall under a bus. First it took forever (about 3-4hours) to get the 250 points since Summoner has crap defense and the best SC I can do with Carb is Level 1. Then add in all the missed WSes (even with capped Staff and acc gear...). I tried using NPC but then dismissed her since she was just taking too much damage. Then to top it off, the WS sucks ass. I think I used Garland about 3-4 times before heading back to town, but I don't think I broke 100 damage on any of them. The 3x (as in thirty-???) damage one was particularly annoying. Plus the animation isn't very appealing. At most I'll use this in Campaign since I need more buffer on Smn.

Blade: Kamu (Nin) - This was the last once I unlocked due to the Katana not dropping til I completed the others. Didn't take long to unlock with Polearm NPC (lots of ways to open level 2 SC) and with M.Kris offhand. The animation is neat but not as astheticly pleasing as Pyrrhic Kleos or Death Blossom. The main thing I like about it is the added effect of accuracy down. This will make soloing even nicer.

Through all this I managed to get Ripokeke to level 69 which is nice. It won't be long til she's at 70 with capped exp. I also managed to unlock the 2nd upgrade to max time, so only 1 mroe to go there. As for armor, I decided to change her body armor from Demon Harness since it was getting boring. Currently she has Carapace Body (Blue Avalon Breastplate) with Tiger Mask & Femina Subligar which just looks cool for her. I'll probably keep all those until new armor is released or I get bored of it. The Subligar will always stay though. Hands and Feet I don't really care about since you can't really see them on Tarus anyways.

Dragoon Upgrade

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:42:44 GMT

A week ago today my Drg got a nice upgrade.

Odin put out a rather nice loot pool for us.
E.Body - Sefadin
A.Body - Shoji
P.Head - Jersey
D.feet - Floored
Valk Fork - Me!

Due to that, that settles my Mythic decision. I'm now set on Liberator (Drk).

This week I also finally managed to get Captain thanks to ls help with the last 2 I needed (Lost & Found and Desperately Seeking Cephalopods). Last week we had trouble with Cephalopods but this week the Orobon spawned on the first try which was great. Lost & Found was somewhat annoying, but not really hard.

Nyzul went decent this week as well. We only cleared 2/3 of the runs. 31-35 & 36-40 (Askar dropped). 41-45 hated us. Our first floor involved avoiding being detected by gears and there were ALOT of them and they were clustered which made it hard to sleep them without them linking (I sleep them from outside aggro range). Floor 44 had Argus, but we had to skip it due to the time we lost from Gears on 41. We ended up timing out on 45 which was kill a specific group of enemies (Puddings). We killed all but 1 as time ran out which sucked. Due to the loss, I ended up losing tokens overall over the 3 runs. Now that I have Captain though and don't "need" assaults at the moment I'll probably join pick up groups for points/clears/weapons.

Salvage is still happening less than I'd like, but we have some new members now which should help.

Based on the above, I currently need the following to finish the first part of the Mythic Quest:

-Complete Runic Disc to 100 (Currently at 40)
-Get titles from Arrapago & Zhayolm Chariots

Hopefully I'll have those done by the end of next month so I can start reclearing assaults.

Mythic Weapons

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:30:56 GMT

I'm pretty much dead set on upgrading a Mythic Weapon. Not like when I wanted to upgrade Gungnir and changed my mind though. Mythic just seems alot more doable based on the (currently known) requirements:

Captain Wildcat Badge: 46/50, so I'm just about there.
Defeat Odin: Done.
Defeat the 4 Salvage Bosses: 2/4 done.
Defeat the 3 ToAU Beastmen Kings: 3/3
Acquire Balrahn's Eyepatch: ~20k/100k and I do Einherjar regularly, so this isn't a problem.
Acquire the Wyrmseeker Areuhat: Currently at 75k/150k, so I'm halfway there and have a regular static.
Reclear all assaults: Did it once, I can do it again.
Collect 30k Alexandrite: This is the hard one. I'm 1% done so far, but that's not saying much. I'll be suprised if they don't lower it again though.

I'm keeping track of my current progress on my BG-Wiki user page. As soon as I finish getting the rest of my jobs to 37, my focus will be on Alexandrites. My goal is to get at least 1k/month.

Requirements aside, there's the decision of which I want to upgrade. Based on my current jobs at 75, here are my thoughts on each:

Summoner - It would be nice to possible have magical pacts be worth using and the perp-4 would be nice for soloing, but aside from that it would just be a waste as I'm rarely on Smn and there's no way I'd get to use the Aftermath outside of soloing unless I'm /Sam. And even then it isn't likely.

Red Mage - Not a fan of melee Rdm, so not gonna happen.

Ninja - Looks neat, but stat-wise it sucks. Yeah the enmity seems nice, but the odds of me tanking on Nin are slim to none. And wtf at Enhancing Mijin Gakure.

Dancer - When's the last time you saw a Dnc used in an endgame setting?

That leaves the 3 that are actually worth considering:

Paladin - The stats are really nice at first, but there's a couple things to consider: The damage reduction doesn't really matter much when I'm using /Nin. The enmity cap isn't too hard to reach on Pld. And how often would I get to use it? Sure it would be great for Campaign, but for HNMs I'd get to use it maybe once a month due to the amount of main/frequent tanks we have. Due to that, the chances of upgrading Burtgang are very low for me.

Dragoon - I love playing Dragoon and the stats are rather nice on Ryunohige. The auto-crit jumps look great and the Aftermath is really good. It would be nice to have a much better version of Love Halberd in regards to the attack rate. Definately considering this one.

Dark Knight - I really enjoy the job and Liberator seems to have alot of potential. If I'm able to use this for Zergs (utilizing the Aftermath affect), then I could sell off my M.Kris which is nice. Plus I could remove my Dagger merits in favor of Scythe merits and consider dropping Suppa for lolAbyssal again. Highly considering this.

So its between Liberator & Ryunohige. Right now I'd say Liberator is more likely for various reasons even though I like both jobs alot. That could change though. I still have plenty of time to decide though, so no need to rush my decision.

Zerging and Repearling

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:52:34 GMT

Finally got Drk to 75. I dinged in Campaign since the party I had ended with me 4k tnl which sucked. I woulda got it in the party if people didn't keep going afk. It was a Level 70 Sync'd party at Nyzul Mire Imps which owned. After getting 75 I finished off my 3rd Merit to unlock Dark Seal and got an 8k buffer for now. I plan on capping exp through campaign as usual. Merit-wise I'm not sure what I want to go for in regards to Drk Merits. I mainly see my Drk as being used for Zergs and since I use M.Kris I don't see a huge rush to merit Desperate Blows or Diabolic Eye. And I only need to have Dark Seal unlocked since I'll mainly use it with Drain II. My current zerg setup for what it's worth:

Mercurial Kris | Januwiyah+1 | X | Fenrir's Stone/Happy Egg
WalMart Turban | Rho Necklace | Wyvern Earring/Intruder Earring/Ethereal Earring | Cassie Earring
Homam Corazza | Homam Manopolas | Ulth. Ring | BQ Ring
Gigant Mantle | Swift Belt | Sable Cuisses | Homam Gambieras

Main thing I need is another ring to replace Ulth. Been watching the AH for Blitz Ring since Bloodbead is somewhat out of my league (due to HNMs) unless it drops in Nyzul.

Since I don't need any more Drk specific merits I'll probably work on finishing my Pld merits. I currently have 1 Chivalry and 1 Fealty and plan to go 5/5 on each capping Chivalry first. For Tier 1 I'll do 5/5 Rampart recast and maybe 5/5 Sentinal recast. From what I've read, many don't seem to care much for Fealty, but I like it alot.

The Nyzul group I started has been going well so far for the most part. This past weekend we only got to do 1 run because the dumbass dragon decided to spawn 6th window and we had an LS event. Katana dropped and Hwang got it. He's the only one in the group with a Runic Disc, so its for the best. Plus my Nin rarely sees the light of day. Currently the majority of us are only up to floor 5 which sucks if we get a weapon, although I'm tempted to spam points if I get the Drg or Pld weapons. Probably not though since I still need to finish Trial Scythe.

Salvage has been kinda sucking lately. Not just cause the NMs aren't putting out (or spawning in the case of Pedo Bees), but rather because of attendance. It seems like no matter what I try to get things to work, it doesn't. I try setting up sign up threads a week in advance and only a couple sign up early instead of the day of. Plus there's the tentative ones who I never know if they can make it til the run is supposed to start. I tried changing the days and despite most being ok with the change we still had to cancel that run due to lack of attendance, so now we're gonna try 1 Sat & 1 Mon. I forsee the Saturday run being cancelled yet again. If so, I'll try it one last time then its back to the old/original days. I tried recruiting people (without consulting the rest of the group) and one is only tentative at best for Saturdays and the other is new to Salvage, so is still green which left a bad impression on the others even though I know he's capable of doing the job.

On the plus side I managed to finish Ares's Gauntlets (I took myself off the Morrigan's Pigaches list and listed these instead). After 0 PedoBees spawning we tried 3rd floor Rampart and got 2 Zachary spawns. First dropped a coinpurse with 13 Alexandrites and the 2nd dropped Gauntlets and an 8 Alexandrite coinpurse. At least the run wasn't a total waste. Meanwhile Arrapago sucks without a Thf. Screw the cell droprate there.

Einherjar has still been giving us Tier 3 trouble, but we finally beat it this past Monday, so we're going for our next Odin this coming Monday I assume.

For reasons which aren't hard to find the Linkshell has been repearled. The new color is a little more purplish, but I like it. The name, on the other hand, not so much. The new shell is "|ThoseGuys|". While the bookends look ok here, they look more like "l"s in game. It just doesn't look right to me.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:08:43 GMT

Not a whole lot since the last update. Drk is now 65. Party ended with me at 224.3 or so Scythe skill so I headed to Cape Terrigan as Drk/Dnc with my NPC and skilled on EM Bunnies til I got Cross Reaper. I still need to eventually skill up Great Axe and Axe, but those can wait til 75. Thanks to Pld I don't need to worry about Great Sword til 250+ skill. I did the solo ENM60 again on Drk. My record was still there and I beat it this time by about 6 seconds. 0/2 now on the drop.

Eig & Leeto have been busy with RL things, so I started organizing the Salvage runs for our group. Thankfully Eig & Leeto help with keeping track of time and where we go when they're on since I'm still getting used to things. I think I'm getting pretty good with calling out cells though. Our last run was Silver Seas with a new backline that worked very well for us: Rdm/Whm, Sch/Rdm, Brd/Whm, Cor/Whm, Mnk/Nin, Sam/War & Blm/Whm (in solo party). Our goals were Powderkeg & Chariot. Powderkeg didn't put out as usual, but we got both drops we wanted from the Chariot (Ea's Brais which made Haru 3/3 & Usukane Feet making Glou 2/3).

I'm kinda thinking of taking myself off the Morrigan's Pigaches list since I don't use Rdm as much anymore. Plus once I get Drk to 75 that'll be 3/4 of the jobs that can use Ares as opposed to 1/3 for Morrigan's and 1/4 for Usukane.

Einherjar has been a pain to us lately. Our last 2 runs (Tier 3) we've got the Behemoth boss which is a pain in the ass. We timed out both times...

In the HNM world, I can't really say too much since they've been out of my playtime. There was a CFH Faf a week or so ago that was fun though.

Meh

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:23:28 GMT

Lack of update was due to a combination of real life issues and procrastination. Short update for now.

Been leveling Drk, currently at 62. I *think* the only thing I have left to get for zerging is Bloodbead Ring. Kinda hard to get that though when HNM camps take priority and the Nyzul group I just started up has a priority on clearing disks for people to upgrade Mythic Weapons (I'm planning on Polearm).

HNMs have been up and down. We went through some time with very few claims, then lately we've been claiming more. I think part of the reason is that other shells have been camping less and things have been spawning early.

Campaign has been alot of fun on Pld. I'm now allied to Windurst since it has the gear I'm most interested in (Have Cobra Hands, Legs & Feet for Rdm Conserve MP; The other set looks nice for Dnc, but I never use it...) and its members actually make progress in Campaign. Yesterday in West Saruta [S] I pulled Kazan the Annoying into Flame Giant & another named NPC I can't remember and they just tore him apart while everyone else fought the lesser stuff. And I love how the Salvemixers cure me while I tank. Nice to have Cure 3 instead of the Cure 1s I would get in Bastok.

That's all for now I guess.

Merit Update Plans

Fri, 30 May 2008 07:08:06 GMT

With the next version update, there's going to be an adjustment to merits. Tier 2 will be increased to the same numbers as Tier 1 and hopefully Dnc will get Tier 1 merits.

Current Merits: (I know, I'm slacking)

HP/MP (8/8)
HP: 4/8
MP: 4/8

Attributes (0/5)
None Yet

Combat Skills (19/20)
Dagger: 7/8
Polearm: 8/8
Evasion: 4/4

Magic Skills (3/16)
Enfeebling Magic: 2/8
Elemental Magic: 1/8

Other (4/8)
Critical Hit Rate: 4/4

Red Mage (0/10; 6/6)
Slow II: 3/3
Phalanx II: 3/3

Paladin (0/10; 1/6)
Chivalry: 1/3

Ninja (0/10; 2/6)
Huton: San: 1/3
Suiton: San: 1/3

Dragoon (0/10; 5/6)
Deep Breathing: 1/3
Angon: 3/3
Strafe: 1/3

Summoner (5/10; 1/6)
Avatar Physical Accuracy: 3/5
Avatar Physical Attack: 2/5
Grand Fall: 1/3

Dancer
N/A

As you can see, I still have alot of merits to go even before the update. Since the biggest (known) change in the next update is the increase to Tier 2 Merits, I'll just cover my thoughts there.

Red Mage:
Slow II: Going to recap this which should make it easier to go with a full MND setup when casting it.

Phalanx II: Going to recap this as well. 1min longer duration and +6 damage prevented is pretty nice. Especially when I have to go Rdm all the time to Slavage (Salvage if you prefer)

Paladin:
Chivalry: I'll most likely work on going 5/5 for this since 10min timer would be hot.

Not really sure what I'll do for the remaining 5 points, but Feality seems kinda decent. Even though my Pld rarely sees LS use, it would be kinda nice for Campaign and random stuff I do. It seems like it'd be more useful to me than Iron Will and Guardian would be.

Ninja
Jubaku: Ni or ~>

Not wasting merits on this garbage.

Dragoon:
This is the tough one to decide for me.

Angon: 5/5 seems like a given, but I don't use this as often as I used to since things already die fast. And the things I do use it on don't tend to live much longer than 60s anyways. Undecided.

Deep Breathing: The thought of this being on a 5min timer is fairly appealing. At full HP for Muffin, I get 420 damage breaths which is a nice damage boost. It would also be nice for campaign since I've been doing that as Drg/Whm lately. And with some of the NMs there, the high cures would be rather nice every 5 mins instead of every 15. Somewhat high possibility.

Empathy: I've never really liked this one since Spirit Link creates unneccessary healing for mages. And with soloing, I don't usually have many buffs up despite using Spirit Link without hesitation. I'm sure copying a Body Boost over to Muffin would be nice, but that would pretty much be Campaign only. With 5/5 Empathy though, copying 5 buffs at a time seems to be decent, but I still don't want to be wasting mage MP for my e-peen since I sponge their MP enough as it is. Low possibility.

Strafe: Before, I didn't really like this since I was only using my Drg for soloing (where this has 0 use). I ended up putting 1 upgrade into it anyways since a friend said it was good. Its been pretty decent and I've noticed that I get resisted less than I used to. And with going /Sam to Dyanmis regularly now, I may put more into this for better results. High possibility.

Summoner:
The Merit Pacts may be of more use now when merited since Avatars won't really need to melee for a TP Bonus. At 5/5 Merits, Avatars would get a 160TP Bonus which could be nice. Only time will tell.

Dancer:
No idea how this will go since there are no current merits for the job. So I guess I'll comment on what I'm hoping for:

TP Cost -X% for Waltzes: Not a big thing, but it would be nice to have a cost reduction for Curing Waltz 4.

Recast Timer -X% for Waltzes and/or Flourishes: This would be one of the best options until SE ever decides to seperate all the Waltz timers.

Step Accuracy: This seems like a given.

I'm Back Again....

Thu, 29 May 2008 09:10:03 GMT

So much has changed since I last updated this.

First, my stats before I updated them:

Tomiko - Unicorn Server
75 Rdm | 75 Smn | 75 Nin | 70 Drg | 46 Blm
44 Whm | 37 Drk | 37 War | 37 Pld | 37 Brd | 37 Thf
37 Sam | 14 Blu | 12 Bst | 01 Rng | 01 Pup | 00 Cor

Windurst.....10
Bastok.......6-2
San d'Oria...1-1
Zilart.......Completed
CoP..........Completed
ToaU.........[Whatever the current cap is]
Assault......Superior Private

Leathercraft....98 +3
Clothcraft......61 +1
Smithing........38
Bonecraft.......41
Cooking.........41
Woodworking.....14
Goldsmithing....17
Fishing.........10
Alchemy.........00

Dunno how often I'll update this, but I'm going to try to post "decent" stuff as opposed to the rants/anger posts I made before.

Weekend Update

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:18:28 GMT

I think from now on I'm just going to focus on Crafting for my updates.

Went 0/6 on Tier 1 Synths.
1x Sniper Ring
5x Nomad's Mantle

Mantles still sell for about the same as cost, so I only lost 800k on the ring, but it's signed so I'm happy with it.

Due to retarded people with too much money to burn, HQ Coeurl Hides are up to 20k each. This is completely retarded since they were 5k each a couple weeks ago. This is also due to people rarely exping in old areas. Add that with noobs PLing their crafts and you have a dead market aside from HQ synths. Example:

I attempted making War Boots +1 awhile back since it was basically break even if I NQ'd all (which I did). I sold them off slowly on the AH making sure not to flood the market. I eventually sold them all at a minimal loss (AH Fees mainly). About a month ago, someone else did the same. Here's where they went wrong: They flooded the AH and crashed the market so now only HQ is profit. And it wasn't a small crash unless you have millions to blow on synths. It was a 50% loss plus who knows if they even were able to sell them all.

Another example is Cursed Mitts. Anyone who doesn't mind having NQ must be rejoicing (sp) by the level of stupidity by all the Blms who PL'd cloth.

Unicorn Prices:
Siren's Hair: ~1.2m
Cursed Mitts: ~90k

That's a 1,110,000 loss PER NQ.

Cursed Mitts-1: ~35-45m

This is a Tier 0 synth. To those who don't craft, that means you have approximately a 1/100 chance of HQ unless you get really lucky. But that can also go the other way as seen by Hanarecca's attempt at Genie Weskit (but that's an even harder synth since it has 2 subs). At least he wanted his to keep/use so he knew what he was getting into. It's the ones who spend millions and millions on these Mitts just to sell them off that strike me as being stupid when they could have made other things for net profit. This doesn't apply to those lucky bastards who beat the odds on HQ, but overall I don't see many who have.

Fishing seems to be the last real craft imo since you can't PL your way through that.

Keke

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:03:05 GMT

Finally got around do completing the Fellowship quest now that people have had a chance to get it done and move onto other things. Only counting time spent on the quest itself (fighting, waiting in line, traveling), I'd say it took about 30 minutes from Eldieme to finish. About a 5 minute wait in Eldieme followed by a 3 second fight (Chainspell Thunder 3 ftw) to make things faster for everyone else.

I took a break in San d'Oria since I was heading to camp Bloodsucker with a friend so he could get his ring. Apparently the ToD he had wasn't correct or they changed the spawn time since we were there at the 71.5-73hr duration. We were there 3 days earlier then left before it was killed since my friend saw the other campers leaving and asked them (no drop). So ToD should have been right imo. I'll be glad when we finally get his ring sinc I never want to see another one of these leeches again. (We were doing the view underwater method to look for it)

After that I slept for awhile then came back and headed to Ghelsba as 38 Drk since I've read the fight is real easy. I get there and there's only about 5 people/groups ahead of me which was nice. I finally get to the front then click on the door. I get the standard "door to a hut" or whatever message. I then realize I forgot to talk to the NPC in Port Sandy >.< So I headed back and talked to him then made my way back. By the time I got there there was only 1 group in front of me, so I didn't have to wait long. Then I got a tell from the person behind me asking if I wanted to team up, so I said ok. Then the Blm behind him asked in /say and the 3 of us went in. Wasn't that hard, but to be honest, the Blm basically owned the dragon. I think I hit 3-4 times the entire fight because it went so fast. Then the Blm D2'd us which was cool. So now I have Ripokeke as my NPC. Taru Female with blond hair just like my mule :D

After getting her assistance, I decided to head to Qufim and mess around and let her kill stuff. An LS member was exping there by the tower and 2 others headed out to bug him as well. I ended up raising someone once since I was in the area. Then not very long after, this happened:

Blm noob>> Will you PL me for 400exp til I level? (not exact words)
Me>> {No thanks.}
Blm noob>> {/angry}

At that point I was pissed. I didn't know him and he expects me to PL him just because he's close tnl so I /slapped him. He slapped me back. Then I /say "Don't get pissed at me just because I won't PL your lazy ass". Then he did an emote "/em rips Ripokeke lim from lim" or something. So I decided I had enough. I dismiss Ripokeke then bring out Carbuncle (I was Smn). I then proceed to assault then /retreat a Gigas and start looking for more to link with it. Unfortunately people were killing a couple of them, so I just kept looking for a bit longer. I ended up training 2 Gigas and a few leeches on them then got 4 from inside to bring to that end. Sadly there was a 22 Rdm at the Goblin thing so I ended up killing the Gigas since I didn't want to kill her. So I went back outside and looked for more Gigas and Weapons. I think I ended up with 3 Gigas and 1 Weapon (had a second, but it stopped I guess). Before I zoned I made sure to cast Diaga on them so they would have no way to sleep them. I zoned right when the train was on top of them. A couple seconds later, someone zones in with a sliver of HP just before my Warp Cudgel activates. Glad they didn't die, but maybe they'll say something to the blm since his mouth was screwing up their exp. Unfortunately the noob survived as well.

After that I logged just to be safe even though I make sure to keep my logs clear of any evidence. If anyone has any advice to dealing with this kinda crap that doesn't involve MPK, I'm interested in hearing it. And ignoring them isn't an option since they won't learn to keep their mouth shut if they always get away with it.

Bloodlust

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:26:31 GMT

Had sky farming today as usual. Managed to get into the Ulli party which got me a good 8k or so exp on Smn. More than I've got since I hit 72 since I had been doing more HNM camping. Our party was Nin, Rng, Rng, Brd, Brd, Smn. Only death was when one of the Rngs pulled hate and had run out of Shihei. We didn't really get alot of items since there was more competition than there usually is which sucked.

Overall it went fine though aside from the newest Brd in the ls (he was also in the Ulli party). I swear he has the biggest mouth I've ever seen. He's already managed to get /blisted by one member and is on my shitlist along with a few others. Reason: All his comebacks involve people's moms. When he first said it to me while they were camping Despot I said in /say (since they were in a seperate group) "MPK {Do you need it?}" then a Pld friend in the ls said "{Yes please.}" possibly thinking I wouldn't do it. So I had Carbuncle out then went and assaulted one of the Aggro Groundskeepers then Retreated zoning it on them. I knew it wouldn't kill them, but I'm sure it made them aware I'm not afraid to do it.

Later we get to Ulli area and it's just me and the Brd while we wait for the others. He goes AFK at the teleport. It would have been so easy to kill him then and there. Things settle down for a bit and we eventually get Ulli after a couple hours. We go to MG next and he makes a smartass comment/challenge for me to try to MPK him there. I just reply saying that the area is {Too weak.} even though I know I could pull it off (just let a few Aura Gears spawn then Diaga so he can't sleep them.).

Needless to say, his ass is going down when he least expects it.

With all the crap that's been going on lately, today's long update is looking pretty good right about now.

Done Being Nice

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:42:00 GMT

After seeing Sim killed in front of us a couple times this past week by gilsellers, I'm done sitting back and being nice. If I'm around their lives are going to be hell.

ex: At one Simurgh, they brought it down the hill and I started binding crap next to their Nin in hopes of making him lose shadows faster. No luck but it pissed them off which was good enough for me.

Last night a friend, his friend and I decided to camp the SSG NMs. There was a Nin and a Brd camping the Chary area, so we went to the Mythrill area where Johnycat and Qbert basically live. Puah or whatever was empty and no one was at some other one. I went sightseeing and on my way back from some pirate room I saw a weird named Pugil so I checked it and it was an NM (Sea Hog). I didn't even know what it dropped since I only pay attention to the Sahagin so I told my friend and he said bring it since it's usually a pain to pop, so I did. We killed it and got a Souther Pearl. Dunno what it's for/worth though lol.

Soon enough we see Johnycat and Qbert. After a couple of spawns, I go back to Puah area and see Johnycat fighting 2 Sahagin at once (he's 72Thf/Nin btw). He was at about 50% and had both nearly dead. I toss him a Cure 3 (I was Smn/Whm) just to be nice since he was fighting 2 at once. Then I turn and look to the cove and see Puah sitting there. So I walk over and assault him with Carbuncle. "Johnycat: ; ;" So I tell my friend and they start heading over. Carb dies and I summon Garuda to tank til they get there. Thankfully Puah walked along the wall so I didn't link anything. Friend gets there and I Predator Claws before I head back to old camp. No drop (Calamar did though lol). I get to camp and Qbert does the following emote over and over: "Qbert slap +1 Tomiko." I just laughed and said it wasn't my fault Johnycat was too slow to claim or that he was fighting 2 at once.

At this point or near it, I think the person playing Qbert changed since he became more aggressive. Before he would talk to us and stuff (while we were being nice) and all of a sudden he doesn't speak any english and is claiming stuff with Charm (he wasn't before). After awhile we started to get tired of waiting for it to pop and my friend was gonna go check Serket since the Sim gilsellers were there. So I tell them not to claim the next pop and to let me know when they start fighting it. Upon hearing that they started hitting it, I assaulted a Sahagin then used Retreat. I then proceeded to start running back to camp and when I got near the turn, I told my friend's whm friend to start casting teleport. She was too far away, so I went past them and slightly past Johnycat and Qbert then started casting Tele-Holla. Johnycat then said MPK! in /say. I didn't say anything and ported out leaving about 6 Sahagin to link with the one they were fighting. Dunno if they died or not, but it wouldn't suprise me if they did. Only way I see them surviving is if Qbert ported them out or if Johnycat tried to Perfect Dodge, Flee away then Hide.

Wonder how they'd handle a Mindgazer or a Devil Manta (not Sea Horror lol)....

I know it was morally wrong, but all bets are off when it comes to gilsellers from now on. They better pray they never get sky or they'll learn the true meaning of MPK.

EDIT: Some corrections. And Johnycat did in fact die.

World Serpent Slayer?

Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:35:30 GMT

I found out Friday night that Armada was going to go after Jorm again and since I was able to make it I logged off early to sleep. But not before logging in the canyon as Smn. I wake up and people are heading up and I finally get a pearl from Jhun. He then asks if I can change to Rdm since there were only 2 there and I say ok. So I Tele - Holla and outpost warp from the Dunes. Then I change to Rdm and outpost warp back to Xarc so I can go back up the mountain.

Things went fine til the first Taurus area where I started to lag. I waited a few seconds til it looked like there was a clear path then continued on my way. Big mistake. I got aggro and headed back towards the caves to die with 3 Taurus, 1 Demon and then the Eye at the cave on me. A friend tried to save me, but he ended up dying too while trying to log off. We both ended up getting R3 though.

When we finally started the actual fight things went great and my friend said his hp was going down faster than the last time which was cool. We ended up killing in around 2hrs. Dropped 4x Ore, Talon and Staff.

Good things:
-Finally getting to fight Jorm.

-Us actually killing him

Bad things:
-I ended up sitting out most of the fight which made me wonder why I changed to Rdm. Most of the time I got invited in all the Smns pretty much had full MP.

-Spike Flail. Only happened once and thankfully I was far back enough due to the above reason. All I saw was lots of deadbodies come flying my direction. I ended up being in the alliance for a good amount of time while everyone else recovered.

-I wasn't in during the kill so I didn't get the title which sucked.

-Even worse I didn't get to see the kill since I got disconnected when Jorm was at 1%. I was pissed beyond belief.

-I log in and apparently Staff was free lot to jobs that can use it. Of course I didn't get to lot which wasn't a huge issue, but would be cool to have. Although I still think I'd wear my Signa more, the Pole would be very nice to skill up with.

Overall though, the good outweighed the bad although sitting out for most of the fight got on my nerves a good bit considering I would have been of more use as Smn despite being "needed" more as Rdm.

DyNaMITE meets the Dynamis Lord

Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:03:55 GMT

We started late as expected, but that was to make sure everyone had the necessary items and to do a quick walkthrough before entering. When we finally entered, things went pretty smooth. People paid full attention it seemed like which made it so much better. When we fought our first Kindred Bst I didn't know that their pet was going to be Kindred's Vouivre, so that was cool to see and suprised me.

Shortly into our run we got our first AF drop: Summoner's Horn which Dariusd got. Only 1 other person with Xarc access has Smn main, so once he gets it it'll be between me and 1 other person since no one else has Smn 70+ that has Xarc access (1 has Smn main, but doesn't have access). Then not much longer we got our second drop which was War AF from a Kindred Pld. Suprisingly neither drop came from any of the NMs which from what I've read seems to be the main source of AF.

We had a small problem with "the wall" but we recovered easily from that and went onto the Vanguard Dragons. They were a breeze compared to the Dragons Angra Manyu summons in Beauc. Then came Ying and Yang. For some reason I thought these were going to be real hard, but they weren't much more difficult than the Vanguards and we managed to take them down with no trouble.

And with those two out of the way it was time for the main reason we were there: Dynamis Lord. Everyone started getting ready by using Opo Necklace + Sleep Pots for 300% Spirits Within or whatever WS they had if not Spirits. When he was finally pulled and Aid said for Vayn and I to use Chainspell Stun I used Chainspell but was too far away so I had to run up to where the melee were which cut off a couple seconds, but nothing serious. Within a matter of seconds his HP dropped to around 50%. Once CS wore, we had 1 last person to CS Stun then it was Invincible from the Plds. When I went to use Spirits after CS, he moved out of range so I lost it which sucked. He soon called Ying and Yang back and between them and Oblivion Smash (I think that's what got us), we were done for. However we got him down to around 5% or so which was pretty damn good in my opinion for our first try.

I can't wait til we go back for attempt #2 since I have full faith that we will beat him. Right now we're just getting a few people cleared for Xarc and Rdms are working on Drk subs.

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 06:40:31 GMT

I log on to find out the previously mentioned Wyrm LS (Armada) killed Tiamat while I was at work. Apparently it was a short notice kill. I've also heard talk of them wanting to attempt Vrtra soon. Hopefully I'll be online for that one.

LS was planning on doing Windurst missions today along with Aspi and KB. While waiting for missions to start a friend (70 Nin) and I decided to camp Serket since it looked like the window would be soon. We get there and there were only a few people there: 1 known gilseller, a Rdm from our Dynamis shell who was there solo (doubt he could), and a few others I didn't really recognize. After awhile Serinah showed up but I didn't see any other Fortune members. I camped the West side by the two pots and there was a Pld on that side as well. He eventually worked his way up by me (on the hill). At that point I didn't think I'd have a chance beating him if it spawned since Voke is faster than Dia. Regardless I had Dia ready, all I had to do was move the marker onto Serket (if he popped by me) and press X (I'm on PS2). And thankfully I happened to be looking south right as he spawned so I moved it over to him and started casting and thankfully got the claim.

My friend ran over as fast as he could and Voked it off me after I got beat down to about 50%hp. From there it was basically cake. We had some other ls members come (if they wanted) to make the killing faster and so they could get the title (some lost Tiamat title though) even though we could easily duo it. One person from the ls wanted us to invite him, but my friend said no since he was there camping against us with his other friends. I completely agree with not letting him join on the fight. When we finally killed it, the drops were crap: Reraiser and Vile Elixer. That's it. No Claw. No Ring. Still a fun fight though and I finally got my Serket Breaker title.

Next we did 8-1. The Orc NM was very easy. We killed him twice since we needed 3 Wands. We then started 8-2 and stopped after getting the Ring from Fei'Yin to head over to Aspi since window was soon and it was a good chance at HQ.

We get there and it's basically Fortune, Revelations and us. Bonk had a couple people there for ToD from the looks of it since it wasn't in their window. Aspi spawns in the second window and Dariusd (Fortune) claims. Worst part is he spawned right by me, but I had to go through 2 other mobs before I could target Aspi and despite Aspi popping yellow, he was claimed by the time I could start casting Dia. (Darius subbed Bst)

While we watch Fortune fight Aspi, he goes yellow for a second for some reason and right after I say "yellow lol" in /p chat, Frank says he got it. Apparently he had been spamming Stun thinking they were gonna wipe so we'd get claim over Rev. (Notice: He was the only one spamming anything after Fortune had the claim. We in no way were trying to mpk/ks Fortune considering we're actually on good terms with them.) At this point Fortune members are saying things like "wtf" in /say (understandable) and they thought Rev stole it. First thing I did when Frank said he got it was to /slap him. We told him to warp but he was taking too long so another Blm D2'd him and Fortune went back on their way. Thankfully no harm was done (from what I heard) although it was not a good thing for our reputation imo. I ended up warping and logging after about 30 mins so I could sleep since I hadn't slept all day.

Dynamis - Xarcabard tomorrow, I can't wait XD