Windsday's No Good For Me

I really haven't done any exciting things in the past week or so. It's been pretty standard. I have been working on some goals tho.

So i decided to try Maat again. This time I tried him on Windsday instead of my usual Darksday. I heard that casting Aero III would be more powerful on Windsday. So I tried him then. The #1 thing that happenend was that he wouldn't sleep. So I bound and silenced him. So I could get away from him. I cast Aero 3 but it didn't do any significant damage as if I'd done it on Darksday. So I repeat the bind and silence on him again since he won't sleep. I'm even wearing me enfeebling torque that was requested that I should use. I used one
vile elixir but he came unbound just as quickly and asurian fisted me to death. Oh well, I tried something new. Back to Darksday.

I've been selling gear and items that I don't need any time soon. I figure that the only things that I am going to be working on are SMN, /NIN, /DNC. I was goin to /BLM but I totally changed my mind at level 12. So I am totally selling my mage gear after I no longer need it. All other battle gear I am selling too. When and if I need them in future, I will purchase them again or go farm them in Giddeus.

I have started to craft on TigerLeigh. I have joined the cooking guild. I also decided she will not touch the gil I sent over from TK. She's gonna earn the gil from FOV or if I get supplies from TK. I need to save my gil for the overly expensive gear and accessories after 70. So TL is now level 3.

I couldn't do dynamis on Sunday. They went to Dunes. i need to find folks to help with COP 3-5. I got Kirinkage and Frizzlefry to help me and Houshisama. I need 2 stunners. Wish Demicus came on regularly.
Kadianna is gone completely. Oh well. When I find them, then I will get it done.

I trio'd with Kakida and Grayghost on my SMN. I am now 29. However, me and GG died twice but Kakida once. We attempted an NM by mistake. I was dead with one shot. Oh well. We had a pretty ok time. I really need to work on Windy, Bastok and Kazham fame. I still need Ifrit, Titan, Ramuh, Diabolos and Fenrir. I can't getthe new ones, Odin or Alexander, until I'm 75.

I have been trying to level my NPC and farm items I need. The first place we did (Kirin, Houshi and myself) did was Onzonzo. Romidant leveled to 35 there. He didn't last as long as Nanako or Houshi's NPC.
His NPC is level 61. Where as Nanako was 42. The second place I went to level was Delkfutt's Tower for my RDM testimony. He lasted a whole lot longer than ever before. He leveled to 36 in the Tower. After I
left the tower, I went to Jeuno to place stuff on AH and sell some stuff. I also did a NPC quest while I was there. I am now able to view and spend my fellowship points with Romidant. I have a bit more than
24.4k in points.

See nothing very exciting. I also got my inventory to 65 too. But I am making a commitment to kill that old man. I'm quite tired of being level 70 and being left out of things. Give me couple of months and I
will be 80, lol. I will post a progress post in couple of days.

A Temporary Awakening

I get on thinking to do a lot of things but all my boys were off doing things of their own. So I decided to go fish. I had a stack and 8 of bait. I run off to W Ronf to the lake to fish. I used up all my bait. I got one stack of moat carp, 5 rusty buckets, 1 rusty leggings, and 2 monsters. I run back to San D to sell items to NPC and on AH.

What to do?

So I decided to wake Ember from her slumber. I was heading to my mog house to change to DRG when I bumped into Kakida. I asked him to wait for me cause I was going to Latheine myself. My DRG is level 8 but with Ember hitting so hard I figured I was ready. So I changed and met up with Kakida. We ran to W Ronf. On the way, I stopped and got a supply run for Volbow region. So I started killing sheep on the way that checked as decent challenges. I was doing well until I got to another sheep and I almost died. I didn't have enough MP to cast a spell for Ember to heal me. I survived with 10 HP left. Close call. Kakida was killing mobs that were close enough to aggro me. As I was still in W Ronf with Kakida when I got a tell from Ghostdawg telling me that he's ready currently to take me on the supply run to Volbow. So I tell Kakida I had to run. He said no problem. I didn't even have time level. I did get some skill ups. I ran back to San D to change back into my RDM.

I OP to E Altepa and met Ghost there. We go from E Altepa to W Altepa. Some how Ghost lost his chocobo zoning into W Altepa. So he's on foot and I'm staying on my choco. Less chance for me to aggro anything. We get to Kuftal tunnel. We go in. Then Ghost who was ahead of me started back towards me running saying "zone". 2 crabs aggro'd him; a 75 DRG! Then he said, keep me alive. Then he changed mind again and said zone. So we both run to zone. We go back in after resting. I sneak & invis myself. He did the same. I only had to cast 2 or 3 times in tunnels before we were in Cape Terrigan. The OP was very close to the tunnel exit. However, I checked the gob closest to me & it ready incredibly tough, I decided to sneak & invis myself again. I get to OP and give the guy the supplies. Yay!! I got the Volbow region OP. Ghost had to go back to his thing and I warped back to San D.

I pretty much have all OP points now except for 4. 3 of them the game will not allow me to get until my level is high enough. The last is Gustaberg. Damn those Bastokians. Won't let Gustaberg fall to San D's influence. Damn them. One of these days though. I'll be waiting. Anyway, I went to sell more shit that I had. I got 2 house lamps from Doll Event Moogle. Yay! 2 extra storage slots. I go to mog and try to re-organize myself. Got tired of that & I logged off.

Duo'ing Is Good For Your Health

I get on for conversational purposes only. Wasn't planning on any leveling or anything. I was going to do my taxes and talk. Like I was supposed to do yesterday. Right. So I get and find once again my ls is bumping. It's full of people. Yay! Inchigo, Annastacia, Mayonaka, and even Naquel. Naquel was having a bad day. Inchi was trying to skill up in the wrong area with DRG. Kirinage and Oliphant were on too. I was talking with Kakida thru tells. He was so hurt from RBK disbanding and disheartened about who his friends are. I felt bad for him. Then we got to more pleasant convo about skills and jobs. He gave me a fishing rod he got off of a gob. So I decide to fish and do my taxes. Ok. That couldn't happen. Fishing requires me to keep hold of the controller. Damn. So much for my taxes. I fish a stack of moat carp when I get a tell from Ghostdawg. He wanted to know what I was up to. I told him I was looking to duo so I raise my sword and elemental skills. He said he has to do same with his SAM. So we make a date. We head to Yhoator. During my skilling up party Naquel and Mayonaka get into a little argument. I had to settle them down. After that was squashed. I died. As we were fighting a crawler 2 tonberries and 1 element attacked us. I died and Ghost got down to 29 HP. I hp and OP back. We continue on when I got a tell from Naquel asking if I was mad at him. Lol. This is a constant thing lately. Ghost now Naq. Lol. I told him no but he should try to be nice. By end of the night my elemental went from 93 to 97 and my sword went from 120 to 124. I even learned a new weapon skill, seraph blade, that I can't even use with my RDM. Lol. Ghost gave me a warp cudgel to use to get back home to my hp. Then when I get home he tells me to keep it. Lol. And I found money in my delivery box from my stack of fish. Damn tonight was a good night.

Stealing Time and Other Oddities

Played: various times all weekend (Fri to Sat) So I conquered the following: 1. Crawlers Nest Map Quest 2. Leveled THF to 13 3. Tried to achieve crafting levels So I'll discuss by order of list. Makes it so much easier than trying to remember which day I did what. 1. Okay I decide to finish Nest map quest. Titen (whom I wasn't talking to) was on bothering me. Trying to get my attention. So I decided to put him to work so he can leave me alone. I asked to be my tele-taxi. I only have 3 monuments left; N Gustaberg (near Bastok) and E & W Sartabarta (near Windhurst) So we do the Gusta one first since I was alreaady on airship to Bastok. I invite him to my party. I ended up going to the wrong area to get to N Gusta. I headed towards Palboro Mines thinking I was heading to Dangruff Wadi. My bad. I didn't know and he was taking his sweet old time gearing up. I had to back track. Then I found out I left clay in my mog safe so I had to go back into Bastok to mog house to retrieve it. Of course that ornery guy bitched and complain about me taking too long. Screw him, he deserves the punishment. So I finally meet up with him at entrance to Dangruff Wadi. I find out quickly when I enter that I don't have a map. Thank goodness for Titen at this point. I would never be able to get monument by myself. Anyway, that area is really pretty and you get to ride up geysers. Cool yeh. Anyway we get into N Gusta and I get my tablet. Titen tele-holla and I grab a chocobo to Selbina. He tele-altepa then op warp to bastok and then to dunes. Of course he gets there before me. The bastard. I see the mayor and do the trade. I meet back up with Titen and he tele-mea to tahrongi. I go chocobo and he tele-altepa then op warp to bastok then op warp to e or w sartabarta (can't remember which). The ass. I'm still in Tahrongi while he's waiting for me in e sartabarta. Asshole. Let me stop moaning and groaning about op warps. I'll get them when San D ever owns them. Trust me. We get the monument there and he tele-holla me again. Both of us do the same routine. We meet up again and he tele-mea and he warps. The last monument in w or e sartabarta was annoying. Trying to find my way up cliff. Finally did and Titen now tele me to altepa with him and we choco to op. I op to San D and then to Dunes. We meet up again I had to bitch for a while about it costing 900 gil to op to San D from Altepa. I get my map but the quest is still open. Just in case I decide to do the Sauramongue Champaign or Battalia Downs monuments at a future time. He then trades me money. Hey I'm not going to look a gifft horse in the mouth. I'm going to run with it. I guess he thought I didn't have gil since I was bitching about the op warp. Lol. Whatever floats his boat. I complain about expensive things even though I can afford it. It's the jew in me. Oh well, I get richer. Yay! 2. I get on to see if my second mog safe expansion quest has triggered. To my utter disappointment, it didn't trigger. My fame is still too low. It needs to be a 5 in San D. Oh well. I was in Jeuno at that moment and decided to go to San D. So I took the airship. While I was waiting for airship I was chatting with Inchigo. He was leveling DRG. He got it to 11 already. So I agreed to join him with my THF. So when I finally made it back to San D I changed jobs. I met him at the AH in S San D. We head and kill in W Ronf. I level to 12 in W Ronf. Then we head to LaTheine. Kirinkage decided to come pl us. We met up with Cett a newbie to the game who is in my ls RBK. I powerleveled him the day before. So it was a 3 person party killing in LaTheine, then I suggested to go to the Dunes. So we head to Liz camp. Unbeknownst to me Inchi invited 3 more people and then switched me to leader. The sneaky bastard, lol. So we get party going. We don't have a mage in the party. So Kirin is left to heal us. I ended up being a puller. Challengar (one of the party members) gave me a bow and 99 arrows. That was great of him. I need to work on my archery for pulling. I did very well pulling for the party. After first round of deaths (not me though) one member left rudely. Then we started again. I leveled to 13 in the party. It was pretty ok. I was happy because it was my first time pulling and using the cross bow. There were more deaths. I died once. Gob got me. Then I had to log at 11. 3. I decide to try to craft some more. Get levels up. Since I got some extra gil I decided to splurge. I got items to craft. I didn't level anything. It's getting boring. This leveling of crafts is annoying. I am now just waiting for someone to ask me to party with my RDM at level 48 to party so I can get skills to do my limit break 1 quest and and af2 quest. Anyway, that's my time this weekend.

Death Out of Adversity... Damn Those Beetles!

Played: 2 days various times. Day 1: I get on thinking I was going to craft. I really don't need to craft tho. I just got envious of my friends crafting and farming. It's really not my priority but alas, I want to keep up with my peers, lol. My crafting is very very low; fishing is 2 and cooking is 3. Inchigo gave me some earth crystals and my bro got me some wind crystals. So I decide to try any crafting that can use the crystals I have. I get a little bit of supplies from AH and craft away. I got my clothcraft to level 1, yay! I made 2 capes and 1 headgear. I sold them on auction. Then I found a recipe for bonecraft that I wanted to try, but I needed to get some flint stones. So I head to E Ronf to kill worms for flint stones. I get halfway point in E Ronf when Inchigo asked if I wanted to farm Wild Onions in Ranspierre's Tomb (I don't know how to spell name & I'm not going to bother try). I said sure. I told him I'd meet him on the W Ronf side by the alley between E & W Ronf. Of course you know he didn't read his log. I am sitting in W Ronf waiting for him and then he tells me that he's going to a wedding. LMAO. I'm waiting for him and he's on an airship to Bastok for a wedding. Well my bro was fishing so I asked him if wanted to come farm the wild onions with me. He said sure. However, when we got there someone cleared the place of Goblins. We did run thru the caves and my bro found the dragon den for notorious NM named Berter (or something like that). So we left. I went back to San D. killing worms for flint stones. I made 24 stone arrowheads. with the flint stones. My bro got bored and asked me to party I said sure. I suit up and then asked Kakida to party. I find another WAR, SMN and BLU. Kirin was DRG, Kakida was WAR and I of course RDM. We decide to head to Shitadel basement. That was disasterous. People were killed 3 times. I had to raise people 3 times. Then the other party that was there, died. I had to raise their WHM so she/he could raise their party. Now we (both parties) were getting creamed by beetles. Just attacked like the scarabs in the movie the mummy. 2 players had to leave, I did find another 2 players, PLD and SAM to replace. We decide to do Quicksand Caves in Western Altepa Desert. There we found out we were over our heads. So we went back to Quicksand Caves in Eastern Altepa. By time we get there, I had to go in 3 fights. For the whole party no one leveled because they died so many times. When I left party I had only 200 exp left to go to level to 48. It was a bad party. However, after I log in Jeuno, my bro said the party picked up really well after I left. That was not a good comfort. But I'm happy it turned out so well. Day 2: I get on thinking I was going to finish the Nest quest. Only 3 monuments to go. I immediately get a party. I told him that I have only an hour to play. He said that it was cool as long as I can find an replacement. I said I can try to but I may not be able to. He said okay. So I told him as we wait for party I was going to craft. So I made so sheep wool and some other stuff. I didn't level any craft though. Darn it. I also went and bought Cure IV and Protect III. I learned the Protect III right then and there. So the party is finally made and we head to the Shitadel basement (again). This time we go to another area I never been. It was close to bombs and dromas. We are doing well. I level to 48 in one fight. I was able to learn haste and Cure IV. Yay!! Now I'm 2 levels from 50 and having to do Limit Break 1 quest to get past level 50. Anyway, back to the party, 3 guys in the party was hilarious. I liked them. They kept it really funny. However, I had to leave but I did find my replacement, another RDM level 70. When I disbanded, I added the 3 people to my friends list. I warped back to Jeuno. I find I am halfway to 49 already before I log.

Crafting & Fishing

I get on not knowing what I wanted to do. I didn't feel like partying. My brother suggested I start fishing. He said it'll help me with my cooking. Hot dog. I am dying to get my cooking skill up to make pineapple juice. It gives Refresh. So I run around San.D. looking for a rod and bait. I go to my mog house & put away stuff I really don't need to go fishing. As I am running around I am talking to Inchigo and my bro Kirinkage. We all end up at Knightswell Lake in W. Ronf.. We fish. I fish & cook simultaneously. I had so much fun. I spent 1.8k buying supplies. I recouped 9k in selling the goods. So in all I made a 7.2k profit. Pretty good huh. I logged off with items on AH. My cooking leveled from 1 to 3. And my fishing skill went from 0 to 2. I am a leveling fool. I need wind & fire crystals though. I ran out of them. I am so happy about all of this. Anyway that was my day.

The Start of The Crying Game

Played: various times I haven't blogged because I've been disheartened with the game. Not the actual game, but my game playing. As I said in previous post, that I died doing mission 2-1. So couple days later, I decide to go to Dunes to kill Sand Hares and/or Gobs, whichever are decent challenges. I'm knocking out Sand Hares. I level to 19 after 3 of them. Then I decide I'm going to get enough exp so I won't level-down if I die. I pull a Gob that was decent challenge. I pull another Gob. Then some more Sand Hares. I now have like approximately 200 exp, still need another 240. I pull another decent challenge Hare & the micki ficki killed me. I level back down to 18, again. I suck!!!!! I go back home and log out. Frustrated!!!!!!! I log on couple of times to do some shopping and selling. I buy Silence at AH. I create a Bazaar. I then run around San.D. looking for stuff. I show my brother where to find the Furniture store in N.San.D. As we run around the Summer Festival is going on. We find Mumor fighting demon in Labor Man's Way in N.San.D. . You are supposed to clap & dance on cue. I also started to garden. I checked today on my plant and fed it a fire crystal. I can't wait to find out what my plant grows into. I am going to start doing crafts to earn gil. I'm down to approximately 100k or so gil. I want to farm snippers for Land Crab Meat. They sell for a good chunk of gil also. Till next time....