Zzzz x2

[thistlechaser]

On work nights I get 5 hours sleep. On the weekend I tend towards 5-6. Last night I slept 10 hours. I can't remember the last time I slept that long. (Back when I was a teenager? Sometime in college?) On one hand it was surprising (and felt like such a waste) but on the other hand I needed it. I'm feeling less under the weather today, but still really tired.

I wasn't going to deal with BLM today, I was just going to have fun, but those plans flew out the window. I wanted to get BLM off my back, so I put up my flag. Three hours (and three parties) later, I had made a grand total of 600 XP. The longest of those three parties lasted for three fights, and all three of them shifted back and forth between GC and CN at least twice. I was ready to kill people. (In the last one, the leader had the balls to bitch about how poorly the party was working. He was the one who put it together! Picked the jobs/levels/ranks of the people! It was his responsibility! Grrr.)

The next party went out to the Desert and was at least workable. We even had a PL for an hour or so, but I wasn't upset. (Just wanted to get BLM done done done done, whatever it took.) When the party broke up I was 1K to 36. I wanted dinner and was tired, but I decided to push on and finish it.

No tanks/healers were seeking, so every time (all six times) I got invites I asked them if they had a tank and healer already. None did, not one single one. Why would you waste everyone's time if you don't at least have the minimum parts of a party? Then twice I got invited out to GC to replace someone... and twice I arrived at GC to find the party had disbanded. *SIGH*

Then another party at GC got me 37. So what if the NIN did not believe in using Provoke. So what if the WHM almost died on his many many many attempts to make the short trip to camp. Who cares! BLM 37! Now I never, ever have to touch the job again. Thank god. Of all the jobs I've leveled, I've never leveled one so boring as that. Ever. To keep myself awake I typed out (without using tab!) all the spell names I was casting. That was my entertainment.

10 hours.
3 levels.
No More BLM! Ever! YAY!

Comments

[draymor.livejournal.com]

Why people want to level in GC in their 30's still baffles me. The camps suck and the bats/beetles suck. People are always falling into the holes and killing the party. It's better with the anti-MPK measures now but the trains sucked too.
I went through there as WHM, but for SMN and BLM it was Yhoator (34-) -> CN(34+) direct. Squishy crawlers 4tw! I guess it's a bit easier with mages.

Hope you won't have as much trouble with NIN ;)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it! I love CN and crawlers! I have no clue at all why people like GC. Hate hate hate the zone so much.

I'm going to solo/duo NIN as far as I can. One of the guys on my LS took it to 24 soloing.

[who-meh.livejournal.com]

wow. You got to bed waaaay earlier than me, or at least you log for the night way earlier. How is it you only get 5 hours of sleep o,O? I get about 4 to 5 most nights only because I'm up until at least midnight and wake up around 5:30ish (plus mandatory snooze-ins).

Anyways, I hope you feel better hon. (Get more sleep!)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I log off earlier than I sleep because I have to, I need time to calm down/slow down if I'm going to fall asleep. :/

And thanks!

Eee! Sheep icon! *snuggles it*

[genomeffxi.livejournal.com]

I also leveled my BLM to 37 as a sub to my MNK (o.O), and found that to make it more fun using /nin sub instead of whm helped a ton. Between 30 and 37 you get more MND and INT with dual-wield wands you lose a slight amount of max mp (like 15-20) but if you ever feel like overnuking or are in a bad pt with awful tank, or need to save someone who's dying by distracting a mob, you can take 6 hits without damage. If you ever need to level it again i would suggest you give it a try for fun.
Also I heard from people they found blm boring until 50, and after that somehow they started liking it (maybe because of ancient magic or elemental staves who knows).
Btw the /nin sub thing is only better at certain level ranges, definitely not after 51 when you can wear elemental staves, but before then you do more dmg more safely.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Wow, /NIN would have been a great idea! Wish I had thought of that. :D

[southern-hell.livejournal.com]

That's why I lvl subs with LS sub pties!
Personally I prefer WHM and DRk sub anyway, boo BLM :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh yes please! I wish I could have gotten a LS sub static party. That would have been so much easier. :}