Just, you know, stuff... (FFXI only)

[thistlechaser]

Yesterday was one of those days where I spent the whole day at work thinking "What the hell am I going to do online [FFXI] tonight?". I had nothing I had to do, and nothing I really wanted to do... which usually results with me logging on and standing in my mog house, bored and frustrated.

Then work got busy and I couldn't even spend time figuring out something to do, so I ended up at home, on FFXI, and still without anything at all to do.

So I decided to do something I hadn't done in a long while: Deal with taking supplies to outposts that I hadn't done yet. I checked my list and the map, and found there were three of them. One would be easy enough, one would be hard as heck, and the last I had no clue about so I skipped.

Going to West A-Whatever Desert (stupid Alla being down, how can I spell these names without checking with you?) was easy: Teleported in (no ant waiting on the point to kill me this time!), ran to town and grabbed a bird, then rode to the outpost. Warped home/

Yug-whatever Jungle (the harder jungle -- harder mobs and harder to spell!) one was more challenging. Flew in, grabbed a bird... and the first challenge was finding my way from one jungle to the other (never had on my own before). Once I did that, it was pretty easy finding the outpost, except it was surrounded by really nasty mobs. Eek! Enough of them so I really couldn't dismount without danger, but my bird-timer was running down, so I chanced it. Dismounted, turned in the supplies, warped out as a tonberry turned to look at me. No death! Yay!

Cape Tarragon (misspelled, I know) was the one I had no clue about. Didn't know where it connected or if I could ride a bird into it. I should research that today...

Luckily that Swords Fest thing started up, so I used that to kill time the rest of the night. Oh, and used it to run a mule to Jeuno, too. If you'd like to move a mule there in an effort-free (and aggro-free) way, check out my post here.

Tonight I'm going to make arrows. Tons and tons of arrows. Hopefully it'll keep me busy long enough. :P

Comments

Outposts~

[philia.livejournal.com]

Cape Terrigan is the worse. ^^; I only got it last night, thanks to Sandy having it, and the ZM4/5 group going there to kill one of the NMs. Even at 67, there is Decent Challenge to Incredibly Tough critters there. To get there, you have to go through Kuftal Tunnel, which is in... West Altepa? Not sure. x_x Everything there is either sound aggro (crabs, ghosts, worms) or magic aggro (elementals). Oh. And Guivere lives there. :P

If we ever XP there, we'll see about getting you and anyone else that's able to get it to the Outpost. x.x It's not a fun trek at all.

Re: Outposts~

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I'm glad I skipped it! Wow, doesn't sound like fun at all.

If we ever XP there, we'll see about getting you and anyone else that's able to get it to the Outpost. x.x It's not a fun trek at all.

Sounds good, thanks!

Re: Outposts~

[gbeans.livejournal.com]

The gobbies there aggro me~ ^o^ I went there not long ago while delivering supplies (I needed CP for my Aketon) and got 3 gobbies on me and I lived, somehow, barely, with like, 200HP left when I finally got to a safe place. Holy crap, that zone is evil. Doesn't give enough CP for delivering there either >.>;

Re: Outposts~

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh now I really want to go there! (Not.)

:P

Re: Outposts~

[2515049.livejournal.com]

At least Mr. Guivre is not true sight. Also, if you look up the real-world myths about Guivre, you'll discover that his weakness is a naked man. Something useful to keep in mind, Thistle!

Meanwhile, Kuftal does definitely have ... opportunities for death aplenty, but it's not as bad as some areas, and there seemed to be a number of safe spots to recast Sneak and Invisible along the way.

I'm obsessive, and got supplies to Cape Teriggan as soon as I was able to, since I was able to scare up some people to guide me. The great frustration, though, is that you can't even *use* the outpost teleport until you're level 65. So, really -- if you want to do it for the sake of being obsessive and getting it out of the way, go for it. You can sneak and invisible through with a map. But, in practice, you're not going to be able to take advantage of it for a while, so you could just make a promise to yourself not to try for getting supplies there until you're, say, at least level 60.

You'd still want it a little early, based on the idea that you never know when your home country will control the region again.

Re: Outposts~

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Also, if you look up the real-world myths about Guivre, you'll discover that his weakness is a naked man. Something useful to keep in mind, Thistle!

*rolls* I'm all set then! I won't even invisible myself!

;)