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thistlechaser*holds head* I spent two days, two more than ten hour days, doing archaeology to finish my Tol'vir archaeology item: Pendant of the Scarab Storm. BoA purple item, lets you summon a storm of peaceful scarabs. (1 Hour 40 Min Cooldown). That is indeed a lot of scarabs. They stay about ten seconds. Being peaceful, they do nothing. So, you have a BoA purple item that gives a cosmetic effect. For ten seconds.
I also have the purple Bones of Transformation, and again the costume lasts for less than 20 seconds.
Purple wisp necklace. Turns you into a wisp. For 20 seconds.
I've gotten one BoA item which are probably considered useful. A clothie chest piece, but must be over level 60 to use (I have no cloth-wearers). I'm currently working on Ring of the Boy Emperor, a BoA 85 ring for some class I'm unsure of (Paladin I guess? +286 Stamina, +190 Intellect, +haste and +mastery. Or paladin and caster?).
I also have six more blue costume/"fun" items.
I have no issues with so-called "fun" items, but the fact that the longest of them lasts 30 seconds and the majority of them last under 10 seconds annoys the hell out of me.
Mini-Keen hit 85 this morning, so now archaeology is even more pointless than before. I should switch to one of my non-85s, but I hate the idea of giving up.
Sorry I've been posting about this so much, it's just that I put so much darned time into this, it's really frustrating me.
Edit: And as usual, after I make a complaining post, I want to take it down. :P Going to leave it up though! I was trying not to compare the two games, but maybe doing so will make my unhappiness clearer: In FFXI, costume items last a half hour (or hour? 45 minutes?). I forget the exact time, but it's a darned long time. Long enough to run around town and be seen, to have fun with it. Items lasting for 10-30 seconds though... why? Would it hurt the game somehow to let you stay in costume longer? To make the item-animations longer? To be followed by "peaceful bugs" for longer?
I also have the purple Bones of Transformation, and again the costume lasts for less than 20 seconds.
Purple wisp necklace. Turns you into a wisp. For 20 seconds.
I've gotten one BoA item which are probably considered useful. A clothie chest piece, but must be over level 60 to use (I have no cloth-wearers). I'm currently working on Ring of the Boy Emperor, a BoA 85 ring for some class I'm unsure of (Paladin I guess? +286 Stamina, +190 Intellect, +haste and +mastery. Or paladin and caster?).
I also have six more blue costume/"fun" items.
I have no issues with so-called "fun" items, but the fact that the longest of them lasts 30 seconds and the majority of them last under 10 seconds annoys the hell out of me.
Mini-Keen hit 85 this morning, so now archaeology is even more pointless than before. I should switch to one of my non-85s, but I hate the idea of giving up.
Sorry I've been posting about this so much, it's just that I put so much darned time into this, it's really frustrating me.
Edit: And as usual, after I make a complaining post, I want to take it down. :P Going to leave it up though! I was trying not to compare the two games, but maybe doing so will make my unhappiness clearer: In FFXI, costume items last a half hour (or hour? 45 minutes?). I forget the exact time, but it's a darned long time. Long enough to run around town and be seen, to have fun with it. Items lasting for 10-30 seconds though... why? Would it hurt the game somehow to let you stay in costume longer? To make the item-animations longer? To be followed by "peaceful bugs" for longer?
