With things being the way they are in real life, FFXI will be taking the back seat until things are doing better on my end. Many apologies to my friends and LS mates who were looking forward to more CoP missions or BLU leveling. I really wish I could do those things with you, but I have real life priorities at the moment that take precedence over anything else. I know you guys will understand, but it still bums me out as FFXI would have been a great stress reliever from an otherwise very stressful situation. I’ll be on once in awhile but I cannot commit to anything until I’m certain that things will be ok with the current situation dealt upon me and my family…
A walk in the clouds, with rain stained red
We decided to do this run since we had already completed 2-3, and managed to get everyone together 30 minutes before our required meeting time. Sweet!
In which, the Minotaur was defeated
For all those who doubted, questioned, or even told us to get our butts in an alliance, I have for you a quote from one of my favorite video games, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney:
That aside, we had finished this run ahead of time because we didn’t know it would be so bloody easy to kill him off. We had gone in with the intention of doing a dry run and get people acquainted with our friend, and the next thing we knew we had killed the bloody bastard. More amazing is that we were pulled in earlier than we wanted, as I was still waiting for the one minute cool down after setting BLU spells.
The first run was completed with only five people (Hiroshiko – WHM/BLM, Makai – BLM/WHM, Mekare, Orophen, and myself) and the second run was finished shortly afterwards for a second time to include Reiokyu – NIN/WAR. This made our party of 6 complete and allowed me to go back and come back with the Bronze Key to finish the mission completely.
Seeing as this was a dry run, we had no medicines or drinks. We simply came in as we were, ate food, and used sneak oils were necessary. It was the easiest run ever, and it made me wonder why I had to suffer through going in with an alliance. My nightmare of going into it last time was spending hours getting lost trying to find the right library and one or two people dying during the Minotaur fight. No deaths at this fight, and getting lost? Never! At least not on Mekare’s watch!
Orophen noted that the highest recorded damage was done by me at about 195 on Jet Stream. This was done during our first run, and he went down relatively easy. Second run wasn’t as easy (he kept spamming Mow this time around), but we were still able to take him down and not suffer the same headaches I had to deal with when I first came here long ago.
Oh, and before I close with screenshots: Eba is a puntz. If she hadn’t killed Orophen and me, it is in my belief that she could have gone down by our party of four: Enkidou (THF) and the party of three BLU. We brought her down to 50% before licking the dust and watching as Mekare was able to take the last stand against her. <3 Mekare
Tetris DS
I’ve been meaning to post this for a long time, but I kept forgetting to do so. So, here is it! My friend code for Tetris DS:
581426-956072
If you add me, please drop your friend code as a comment. Orophen sucks at Tetris, and so does anyone else I encounter in real life. Which is sad considering my score isn’t anything really remarkable to begin with (224 wins out of 387 battles and a rating of 5947).
BLU Level 35-41
I haven’t really blogged about it before, but 35-37? Still in Eastern Altepa Desert. Those Beetles and Dhalmels? They last a LONG time. Which is why I didn’t really feel like blogging about it before, because really? That area is like my playground and has been every time I was in the 30-35 area. 37-41, however, is another trip altogether. It had both good and bad points to it, with the good points happening mostly for a bit of 38, most of 39, and all the way up to 41.
Yin and Yang; Good and Bad?
Bad: While Orophen was leveling my NIN, he recharged my Empress Band and threw it away. Now not only did I lose the band I had since the experience points bands were introduced, but I can’t get a new one until the next conquest tally. So much for using it for BLU set this weekend…
Good: In exchange for the screw up he stayed up tonight to PL my NIN to 37. Now I am done with NIN. FOREVER. Hallelujah! ^-^ Orophen will be borrowing Mekare’s Emperor’s Pin for a quick round and then we’ll finally give it back to her. But now with that out of the way, I just need to get myself Utsu: Ni and start partying on my BRD, again. Right now? I need sleep. .(_ _.)Zzzz
/wave Fenrir
In case you were wondering; No, I did not leave Ragnarok. Orophen, my best friend, and I have been talking about traversing to another server for a little fun, and I decided to do so out of boredom and part frustration. With all the jobs I am interested in being caught up in sets, Hiroshiko being in Japan (lucky bastard), Reiokyu being unable to say no to the peons who do not deserve his attention (really now… I’m the only one who deserves it!), and others having things to do, it just kinda sucks being at a loss to do. Plus, I’ve wanted to try out being a Mithra for awhile, and I thought it would be nice to do something totally different on a new server whenever the mood strikes me.
One thing for certain is, it sucks starting out basically the same way I did when NA PC launched way back when. No money or anything! My best friend has yet to make her character and Orophen? He’s Orophen. I started to level up THF out of boredom, and its not so bad given the updates to how Signet works and other stuff. I’m slowly saving up to buy new equipment pieces, and eventually axes for when I level up WAR.
Anyway, if you see me on Fenrir give me a /wave. My name is the same, I’m just not a Taru. Instead, I have breasts! :3
World Transfer: GO!
https://www.playonline.com/ff11us/intro/optional/wd_transfer01.html
So after months of waiting, they finally implemented the World Transfer Service. I was really interested in this before, and have played with the idea of wanting to meet Maiev on Fenrir for awhile now or heading onto a larger EN-speaking server (if there is such a thing). But I don’t expect all of my friends to just pick up and leave, especially when each of us have a whole set of friends and LSes that we hold dear on Ragnarok.
But who knows? Maybe I’ll give it a try on my Elvaan, Calmarawyn!
Hitler Pirate!?
Completely off topic, but because almost everyone I know enjoys Pirates of the Caribbean and cute Japanese kids is a +1 in my book:
Come to think of it, the smallest one could be quite similar to a Tarutaru COR… but that’s just me. By the way, if you are a FFXI blogger please sign up over at the Tarutaru Times Online! And if you enjoy reading doink! don’t forget to add me onto your subscription list! :3
BCNM 30: Die by the Sword
After a day of poking at Lumber Jack for Mekare, getting BLU spells for myself, and then taking a break, we pushed on ahead to do a BCNM in an attempt to get Utsusemi: Ni for Reiokyu. We chose Die by the Sword because Mekare had found out it was possible to do it with three BLU and we always like doing things with three BLU. With that in mind, we geared up, brought Reiokyu with us, and trekked on ahead to Fei Yin.