It was the best of times, it was the worst of times (FFXI only)

[thistlechaser]

A fast, fast post. No, for serious! I mean it!

I had to level BLM today, because I hit my limit on RDM without it getting gimped. My first party was amazingly one of the best parties I've ever had (at level 22!). Killed worms, crabs, and pugs non-stop, no downtime at all (which was funny because I mostly sat, stood up to run and follow the party, then sat again). Of course there was a PL (when is there not a PL nowadays?) but I went from 22 -> 25 in about two hours. Amazing! Wonderful! I hit my BLM goal in hours when I thought it might take me two evenings!

Since my luck had been so good, and since it was still so early in the day still, I went to the Jungle to see if I could get more BLM levels. Ha ha ha ha ha. It took me two hours to go from 22 -> 25, but one Jungle party took me four hours to go from 25 -> 26. 5K XP. The party was so bad I was actually laughing out loud. Highlights include a replacement member getting on the wrong airship and ending up in Bastok (BUH?), the tank dying three times in a row (the second two times while weakened -- both times because he was sitting next to a party fighting gobs), and a RDM (the guy who "organized" the party) who did literally nothing but bitch (he didn't cast, he didn't melee, he just wanted to move the camp to where gobs spawned for "faster chains"). We rarely broke 50 XP per kill, taking minutes to kill each one. Two NIN tanks and no one voked. (I could have left, but I figured how long could it take to get one level with them? And ha ha ha, I found out!) Amusingly, everyone left the party the very second they leveled. The last people said things like 'Thank god, I never thought I'd level.' I knew exactly how they felt.

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As he has every night for the past three nights, idiot Spidderre /telled me asking to buy my Hauby +1. This time he used the wise tactic of calling me a "bastard" while making the trade offer, and he got offended when I mentioned he bought gil. Heehee.

I got a {trade} {idea} for you, how about you take "it's not for sale at any price" seriously?

Chat log, part 2 (about 30 minutes later). You bastard!

And darned it, I didn't capture the part where he said that the Hauby was actually already his and he was just trying to get it back into "its rightful owner's hands", that just thrilled me to death. 9.9

And lastly, I never thought I'd meet a DRK so cliched as this one. I really hoped this was a joke, but all of his macros were along this line:


So now RDM is set until 53! Yay! I can actually get all my AF before having to deal with BLM more. Eeee!

See? See? A short post! Ha! Now to bed I go!

Comments

[loneguardian.livejournal.com]

That's short? XD *noogies*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Shorter than usual! :P

[sukashi.livejournal.com]

replacement member getting on the wrong airship and ending up in Bastok
ROFL

This time he used the wise tactic of calling me a "bastard" while making the trade offer, and he got offended when I mentioned he bought gil.
Wow, you'd think he would have the sense to not pull crap like that if he's trying to get something from you. He must have a lot of money in real-life to buy so much gil... but lacks social skills to even try to win you over. -w-

His offers are rather tempting... but it's a piece of equipment you're damn proud of (and you have every right to do so).

About that cliché'd DRK... well, my Souleater macro is..
/recast "Souleater"
/ja "Souleater"
/p i eat ur soul lol [Souleater]!1111
... because it forces me to not use the JA to keep me from dying violently, even soloing with a BRD on the sidelines.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

He must have a lot of money in real-life to buy so much gil... but lacks social skills to even try to win you over. -w-

*snickers* Exactly. I picture him as a little kid, stomping his foot when he can't get what he wants.

His offers are rather tempting... but it's a piece of equipment you're damn proud of (and you have every right to do so).

The fact that he doesn't respect me when I say it's not for sale at any price would keep me from selling to him, even if I were willing to part with it. I'm almost sorry to have blisted him, since now I'll miss the amusement of future offers and interactions with him. :P

... because it forces me to not use the JA to keep me from dying violently, even soloing with a BRD on the sidelines.

*rolls* Yes, that would do it for me, too. I really don't use SE myself, not unless the tank and healer are both really on the ball. It's too easy to get myself killed with it.

[pomr.livejournal.com]

DUDE.

Yeah. Calling me a bastard is ALWAYS the best way to get on my good side. And I think Spiderre made my BLIST as Ail for asking her for a hand job for gil. No shit. :)

He did it all in the auto translator too, y'know, just to be sure he offended no matter what language I spoke. Followed me around the airship after I basically told him to bugger off, and BListed him. Tried to trade with me. Ugh. What a dickstain. He's like that crud that builds up at the bottom of a dumpster behind a bar composed of all the goo and detritus that leaks out of the bags. Yeah. That's Spiderre.

And BLM is fun! Especially when you double burst in a chain. That rules. :)

[reynardstruan.livejournal.com]

...that crud that builds up at the bottom of a dumpster behind a bar composed of all the goo and detritus that leaks out of the bags....

pwn.

I like colorful metaphors.

[pomr.livejournal.com]

*Bows* I do colorful /real/ well. :) Glad to be of service!

[draymor.livejournal.com]

I'm so quoting that...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

He did it all in the auto translator too, y'know, just to be sure he offended no matter what language I spoke.

*cackles* "Smart" fellow, isn't he?

[pomr.livejournal.com]

Not especially, no. :)

Unless by 'smart' you meant 'F'ing ignorant waste of carbon loser scumbag', in which case -- YES! He's very 'smart'. ;)

[draymor.livejournal.com]

LOL that's twice in one thread! Marry me!! X3

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Surely you don't have the *only* Hauby +1 in existance? I mean, they may be rare, but they've gotta go up on the AH every so often, and probably for less than he wanted to offer you. Duh.

Although I think that after your initial refusal it became less about getting it than about annoying the heck out of you. You have more patience than I do; after the first set of /tells I would have blacklisted him.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Surely you don't have the *only* Hauby +1 in existance?

Not the only one, but they're seriously rare. A safe estimate is under 5 on the whole server, but I bet it's closer to 3.

Although I think that after your initial refusal it became less about getting it than about annoying the heck out of you.

Heh, that could have been! I hadn't thought about that.

[yshyn.livejournal.com]

I think you should have taken the money as compensation for all the time spent dealing with him, then "forgotten" to trade him the Hauberk+1 in return. >.> <.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! That'd be funny as heck, but... eh. I couldn't do that, even to an idiot like this. :)

And I just looked up what Thunder Rings are (+5 dex and other stuff, level 73). Nice ring, but still. Not Going To Happen. *clutches his Hauby*

[gbeans.livejournal.com]

Khain made a Hauby +1 the other day. He's made 2 in his career. Maybe Spiderre could commission a Blacksmith to keep trying until the smith made him one ;3 Might give his gil something to chew on for a while ;3

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah, then my count is low then. I didn't know Khain was working on them, too.