Blarg. Monday. (FFXI)
May. 8th, 2006 07:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserPretty good weekend, even though it ended on an annoying note.
I spent most of my time BLUing. No, wait, that's not right. I spent most of my time doing nothing at all, but when I did something, it was BLUing. On Saturday we had our NIN/SAM static, but that only lasted a short two and a half hours. (Hit 37 and ate my Ni scroll! Yay!) After that I did a grand total of: Zero! Sat around and chatted on the LS, but didn't do much of anything at all. Did some "defensive crafting" (Gah! Too many crystals!) and got cooking from 52 to 55, and that was it for the whole day. But still, was a nice day!
On Sunday I dragged myself off to BLU in the morning. XPed mostly on EPs, so my XP/hr number was low, but dinged, um, 28 I guess? Then we did NPC static (which lasts a shorter and shorter time each week, we're all distracted with other stuff now). After that (since my dedication was still on) went out to solo BLU a little more.
One of the great fun things about soloing is that you can go wherever you like. Draque had read somewhere about BLUs XPing in the Promys, so I went to try that out! Very interesting and different experience. :) Spent a couple hours in there (until dedication wore) and got halfway to 29.
Despite that FFXI is a MMORPG, there is very little RPing in the game. This weekend that changed, and oh my god is it nice! I've not RPed in two years, and even doing it on-game with its sucky short lines, it was so much fun!
I couldn't sleep last night, so I thought about IC Thistle a lot. I realized that he's so totally unlike the usual character I play.
1) He's nice. Nice! I can't remember the last time I played a nice character! Okay, yeah, he hits on anything that moves, but that's in a harmless sort of way. I see it like a housecat: An indoor-only kitty spots a mouse. Oh look! It's moving! Yay! It pounces and by some lucky chance catches the mouse, then has absolutely no clue what to do with it.
2) He thinks the best of everyone. This part had me boggling for a while, I don't think I've ever played a character like this, ever. He was screwed over in a major by someone he loved, but he thinks that was a fluke and no one else would ever do that sort of thing. He thinks that most people are basically good, and that everyone should be helped, etc. (Oh my god, he's like the anti-RL me~!)
3) He's, um, really rather dumb. I have played dumb characters in the distant past, but in recent years my characters are generally at least average. Sometimes they make poor decisions or dig themselves into holes, but they're not stupid.
4) He's seriously clueless sexually. Even if my characters start out with no knowledge of sexual foo, they generally learn pretty quickly (*cough*). IC Thistle has had a grand total of two sexual experiences (one of them being the relationship mentioned in point #2, the other one being little better, in my RL opinion), and that's unlikely to change anytime soon.
5) He's bouncy! And perky! And happy! And friendly! And he snugs and loves anyone (and you're next!). I was comparing him to my PokeMUSH characters, and man. This is the sort of character I hated in the past, and now I'm playing it and liking it. Heh.
I couldn't help but work out his character and personality long ago, even though the on-LS RP isn't hardly RP enough to be called "RP", so it's especially fun to have an outlet for it now. :)
The annoying note was dealing with a LS idiot. I ended up having to blist him, but it was my own fault because I should have blisted him long ago. Mocking the DRK job (endlessly! Even when I asked him three times to stop!) was the last straw. I swear to god, I am so sick of that. Name me another job in FFXI that gets shit tossed at it on such a regular basis. That has strangers come up to you and say "loldrk"? That when you miss ONCE in a fucking random party they all "loldrk" at you? I don't need to take that on LS, too.
I spent most of my time BLUing. No, wait, that's not right. I spent most of my time doing nothing at all, but when I did something, it was BLUing. On Saturday we had our NIN/SAM static, but that only lasted a short two and a half hours. (Hit 37 and ate my Ni scroll! Yay!) After that I did a grand total of: Zero! Sat around and chatted on the LS, but didn't do much of anything at all. Did some "defensive crafting" (Gah! Too many crystals!) and got cooking from 52 to 55, and that was it for the whole day. But still, was a nice day!
On Sunday I dragged myself off to BLU in the morning. XPed mostly on EPs, so my XP/hr number was low, but dinged, um, 28 I guess? Then we did NPC static (which lasts a shorter and shorter time each week, we're all distracted with other stuff now). After that (since my dedication was still on) went out to solo BLU a little more.
One of the great fun things about soloing is that you can go wherever you like. Draque had read somewhere about BLUs XPing in the Promys, so I went to try that out! Very interesting and different experience. :) Spent a couple hours in there (until dedication wore) and got halfway to 29.
Despite that FFXI is a MMORPG, there is very little RPing in the game. This weekend that changed, and oh my god is it nice! I've not RPed in two years, and even doing it on-game with its sucky short lines, it was so much fun!
I couldn't sleep last night, so I thought about IC Thistle a lot. I realized that he's so totally unlike the usual character I play.
1) He's nice. Nice! I can't remember the last time I played a nice character! Okay, yeah, he hits on anything that moves, but that's in a harmless sort of way. I see it like a housecat: An indoor-only kitty spots a mouse. Oh look! It's moving! Yay! It pounces and by some lucky chance catches the mouse, then has absolutely no clue what to do with it.
2) He thinks the best of everyone. This part had me boggling for a while, I don't think I've ever played a character like this, ever. He was screwed over in a major by someone he loved, but he thinks that was a fluke and no one else would ever do that sort of thing. He thinks that most people are basically good, and that everyone should be helped, etc. (Oh my god, he's like the anti-RL me~!)
3) He's, um, really rather dumb. I have played dumb characters in the distant past, but in recent years my characters are generally at least average. Sometimes they make poor decisions or dig themselves into holes, but they're not stupid.
4) He's seriously clueless sexually. Even if my characters start out with no knowledge of sexual foo, they generally learn pretty quickly (*cough*). IC Thistle has had a grand total of two sexual experiences (one of them being the relationship mentioned in point #2, the other one being little better, in my RL opinion), and that's unlikely to change anytime soon.
5) He's bouncy! And perky! And happy! And friendly! And he snugs and loves anyone (and you're next!). I was comparing him to my PokeMUSH characters, and man. This is the sort of character I hated in the past, and now I'm playing it and liking it. Heh.
I couldn't help but work out his character and personality long ago, even though the on-LS RP isn't hardly RP enough to be called "RP", so it's especially fun to have an outlet for it now. :)
The annoying note was dealing with a LS idiot. I ended up having to blist him, but it was my own fault because I should have blisted him long ago. Mocking the DRK job (endlessly! Even when I asked him three times to stop!) was the last straw. I swear to god, I am so sick of that. Name me another job in FFXI that gets shit tossed at it on such a regular basis. That has strangers come up to you and say "loldrk"? That when you miss ONCE in a fucking random party they all "loldrk" at you? I don't need to take that on LS, too.
