I suck (FFXI)

[thistlechaser]

I believe I must have set a new record: I had my airship pass one full day... then lost it.

Boy oh boy, do I suck!

(Non-players: You need fame with different areas and groups. It does things like get new quests offered to you and lower prices. You get fame by doing quests for that group/area.)

I decided to start working on my Tenshodo fame by moving the contraband goods. I was planning on spending all of yesterday evening moving the goods and finding the passengers who lost items -- a semi-fun way to make fame, plus good money! I picked up my first load of Tenshodo goods, got on the airship and rode to Jeuno. As soon as I stepped off, custom officials pulled me aside, searched me, and found the goods. Bam! Easy as that, I lost my airship pass.

I wasn't overly worried at that point, as I had heard that you only lose it for an hour or so. But an hour passed and I didn't get it back. Then another hour. Then a third hour. Finally I logged off to check online, and found that it resets at midnight in Japan (8 AM PST). BAH! So I wouldn't be able to ride the airship all night!

Now tell me why, when I've only had the pass one full day, I suddenly felt like I couldn't play the game at all if I didn't have the pass? I wanted to go to Windy, but I sure as heck wasn't about to deal with teleporting and then running! Those days were supposed to be over!

So I spent the night puttering around and doing nothing. I tried to craft a little, but it was just throwing money away. (The items were too much above me, I needed guild support ... but the guilds are in Windy.)

So from now on I'm going to do the moving-goods quest last thing before I log off. Be darned if I'm going to lose my airship pass again when I may need it!

I wish I understood how this darned game could be so frustrating and annoying, yet it somehow keeps me wanting to come back and spend all my time on it. Darned game! I'll beat you yet!

Comments

[alessar.livejournal.com]

Well, I am technically a beta tester for World of Warcraft but I overall found it so easy as to be un-challenging and got bored quickly. As you said before, there are good rewards and you appreciate them after having worked hard for them.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yep! And silly me, a lot of it has to do with my mood as well. I had a much, much, much better time playing last night, but the difference in me being grumpy with FFXI and happy with it was based on totally non-game things! (Eh, does that make sense? Not quite awake yet...)

:)