*bouncy bouncy* Weekend review!

All in all, it was a darned good weekend! Things in totally random order:

I caught the new anime on Cartoon Network. Zatch Bell (wasn't it called Gash instead of Zatch in its original Japanese form?). Recall my Japanese Candy Review post from long ago? The one with the figure of the Angry Fish Girl? (Link.) This is the anime it was from! And yes, I see that the original name was Gashbell. Anyway, I really enjoyed the animation style of it, as well as the storyline, characters, and everything else! I'm only sorry that I'm seeing it for the first time on CN, not in its real form. (Maybe I'll go find a copy to download...)

On Saturday I had nothing that I had to do online, so I did a lot of spring cleaning stuff. (Unfortunately I pulled something in my back, so couldn't go walking this morning. Hurts quite a bit, so I'm not sure when I'll be able to walk again... hopefully sometime this week.)

The weather was so so so so so great! I was able to have my windows open all day both Saturday and Sunday! It was such a perfect temperature, and my orange tree is blooming again! It smells so pretty. :)

FFXI: The weekend just totally rocked. On Saturday, around RL stuff, I did major farming. Made about 50K? Maybe more? I know some people don't like to farm, but I totally enjoy it. DRK kills things so well! <3

Sunday was our totally rocking static party. We got two levels again! (Unfortunately once more, my darned subjob is about to become gimped. Grrr. Hate leveling thief.) Next week we're going to Quicksand Caves, which I'm even more excited about. I've never been there before! I love seeing new places.

I couldn't sleep Saturday night, so I was thinking about our Sunday static. It's really too bad that the FFXI character models don't change more, cause I'd be the most muscular guy in the group by far! *strut strut* Monks and ninjas would be strong, but I bet more the lithe-strong type (they have to be fast and they don't use giant weapons). Xal the ranger would be about the same as Ead the monk and Waru the NIN. The two mages would have giant brains instead of muscles (big throbbing heads! ;) ). It'd be just me, swinging my big ol' scythe, who would have muscles all over. Heehee. (I really, really want new body armor. I want another harness! My breastplate covers too much and looks silly with my subligar.)

*loves on everything and everyone!* Have a good week, people!

*bouncy bouncy* Weekend review!

All in all, it was a darned good weekend! Things in totally random order:

I caught the new anime on Cartoon Network. Zatch Bell (wasn't it called Gash instead of Zatch in its original Japanese form?). Recall my Japanese Candy Review post from long ago? The one with the figure of the Angry Fish Girl? (Link.) This is the anime it was from! And yes, I see that the original name was Gashbell. Anyway, I really enjoyed the animation style of it, as well as the storyline, characters, and everything else! I'm only sorry that I'm seeing it for the first time on CN, not in its real form. (Maybe I'll go find a copy to download...)

On Saturday I had nothing that I had to do online, so I did a lot of spring cleaning stuff. (Unfortunately I pulled something in my back, so couldn't go walking this morning. Hurts quite a bit, so I'm not sure when I'll be able to walk again... hopefully sometime this week.)

The weather was so so so so so great! I was able to have my windows open all day both Saturday and Sunday! It was such a perfect temperature, and my orange tree is blooming again! It smells so pretty. :)

FFXI: The weekend just totally rocked. On Saturday, around RL stuff, I did major farming. Made about 50K? Maybe more? I know some people don't like to farm, but I totally enjoy it. DRK kills things so well! <3

Sunday was our totally rocking static party. We got two levels again! (Unfortunately once more, my darned subjob is about to become gimped. Grrr. Hate leveling thief.) Next week we're going to Quicksand Caves, which I'm even more excited about. I've never been there before! I love seeing new places.

I couldn't sleep Saturday night, so I was thinking about our Sunday static. It's really too bad that the FFXI character models don't change more, cause I'd be the most muscular guy in the group by far! *strut strut* Monks and ninjas would be strong, but I bet more the lithe-strong type (they have to be fast and they don't use giant weapons). Xal the ranger would be about the same as Ead the monk and Waru the NIN. The two mages would have giant brains instead of muscles (big throbbing heads! ;) ). It'd be just me, swinging my big ol' scythe, who would have muscles all over. Heehee. (I really, really want new body armor. I want another harness! My breastplate covers too much and looks silly with my subligar.)

*loves on everything and everyone!* Have a good week, people!

Just interesting stuff (MMORPGs)

Not (NOT NOT NOT) that I'm thinking about switching, but WoW sure does have some interesting sounding stuff. The other evening I was reading about their pet system (unlike FFXI BST pets, theirs are "real" pets -- they stick around as you level, you feed them, keep them with you all the time, etc).

Today I read this paragraph on someone else's LJ. twotails wrote:

"Speaking of WoW, I had a really cool moment the other night. I'd just created an undead mage and gotten him through the beginning levels and into the next town. Along comes this group of four or five Alliance types to "raid" this town of, frankly, newbies and lowbies. I watched 'em get run off by the guards (though they did manage to kill one or two), and then they hung around in the hills nearby. One of 'em kept doing the /chicken emote, which I thought was pretty laughable."

Now, see, that's what I think FFXI is seriously missing. I think Bastok-Windy-Sandy should be able to raid each other, kill people off outside the city, etc. Yeah, it'd be much harder to level low level jobs, but challenging is fun! (Or maybe, like some other MMORPG whose name I can't recall, there could be some lowbie-leveling areas that are safe and cannot be PvP'ed in.)

Quoting that post once more:

"Funny thing about WoW -- the two sides can't communicate except via the (limited) pre-scripted emotes, so there's a definite sense of people on the other side being The Other. At least within the game itself."

The other MMORPG-whose-name-I-can't-recall has that system, too. That'd be so interesting! It'd almost make PCs into NPCs... only smarter!

Yes, I know none of this would fit into FFXI's current storyline, but that doesn't mean I can't still wish for it. I mean, if some idiot stole your mob or took your mining point, wouldn't it be handy to be able to smite them? And heck, people might learn after being beaten a few times! (Or might level up to 75 and still be rude. :p )

Random stranger, "lol"
Thistle frenzies, kills random stranger.

Some sort of "stealing" system would be great with PvP: You spend the day farming, and on your way back you get killed and all the stuff you farmed gets stolen by the PCs who killed you. (It'd be horrible if they could take your armor and stuff as well, but who knows!) This sort of "realistic" system would make me wiggle with joy, no matter how many hours of farming I lost.

Just interesting stuff (MMORPGs)

Not (NOT NOT NOT) that I'm thinking about switching, but WoW sure does have some interesting sounding stuff. The other evening I was reading about their pet system (unlike FFXI BST pets, theirs are "real" pets -- they stick around as you level, you feed them, keep them with you all the time, etc).

Today I read this paragraph on someone else's LJ. twotails wrote:

"Speaking of WoW, I had a really cool moment the other night. I'd just created an undead mage and gotten him through the beginning levels and into the next town. Along comes this group of four or five Alliance types to "raid" this town of, frankly, newbies and lowbies. I watched 'em get run off by the guards (though they did manage to kill one or two), and then they hung around in the hills nearby. One of 'em kept doing the /chicken emote, which I thought was pretty laughable."

Now, see, that's what I think FFXI is seriously missing. I think Bastok-Windy-Sandy should be able to raid each other, kill people off outside the city, etc. Yeah, it'd be much harder to level low level jobs, but challenging is fun! (Or maybe, like some other MMORPG whose name I can't recall, there could be some lowbie-leveling areas that are safe and cannot be PvP'ed in.)

Quoting that post once more:

"Funny thing about WoW -- the two sides can't communicate except via the (limited) pre-scripted emotes, so there's a definite sense of people on the other side being The Other. At least within the game itself."

The other MMORPG-whose-name-I-can't-recall has that system, too. That'd be so interesting! It'd almost make PCs into NPCs... only smarter!

Yes, I know none of this would fit into FFXI's current storyline, but that doesn't mean I can't still wish for it. I mean, if some idiot stole your mob or took your mining point, wouldn't it be handy to be able to smite them? And heck, people might learn after being beaten a few times! (Or might level up to 75 and still be rude. :p )

Random stranger, "lol"
Thistle frenzies, kills random stranger.

Some sort of "stealing" system would be great with PvP: You spend the day farming, and on your way back you get killed and all the stuff you farmed gets stolen by the PCs who killed you. (It'd be horrible if they could take your armor and stuff as well, but who knows!) This sort of "realistic" system would make me wiggle with joy, no matter how many hours of farming I lost.