FFXI: Stuff

[thistlechaser]

First off, has it really been a year since Fellowship NPCs were released? Wow. I was checking tonight's screenshots in my /ffxi directory and spotted two interesting file names from 7/24/05. line.jpg and line2.jpg. Heh. Such a rush to get NPCs! People (me included) spent hours waiting on lines! I could say "weren't we insane?", but we still do the same thing now.

Anyway, on to the post! Hit BRD 37 today, and either I was exhausted or the job suddenly got busier... or likely both. Two songs for general melees, special song for NIN, special song for COR, song for the "mages" (ha ha, we've only had plural mages once!), and now dispel is added into my bag! (I've had it a while, but this is the first time mobs we're fighting needed anything dispelled.) Lots of running around and trying to get everyone to stand in the right places. Lots of fun!

Raptor M-whatever-speedy-song is nice! Not very fast, but any "faster than norma" is better than none!

Picked up my pick of trials, which made me realize I could use that to have something to do in Besieged! XP is capped, all reasonable weapons capped, so I can solo WSs and clear it! Will it take a while? Sure. Do I have a while? Heck yeah.

Screenshots from last night's Besieged: Savages NM, Lamia NM, and it's raining mines! The mines would just plunk down on the walkway near you. I never saw one explode, though they were surprising enough like that! Appeared with grey name, not targetable.

Tomorrow (and the next day and the next day) I'm going to try to have no plans in-game (other than one evening doing Summerfest stuff with Nai).

Comments

[onionkiri.livejournal.com]

Wow, has it really been a year since NPCs? We've been playing this game too long!

And what are the special songs for COR/NIN? o.o Etudes?

[barahir-ffxi.livejournal.com]

I was wondering this myself... What special roll does a COR need?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

What special roll does a COR need?

"roll"? Ha ha, Mr. COR! :D

I was giving our COR Hunter's Prelude, which is racc+. Think a COR would rather stick with plain old att+ or acc+? (Depending on my order he would get att+ and racc+ or acc+ and racc+.) The CORs (we had two different ones last night) never protested, but people usually don't even when they're not happy.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

NIN got Sheepfoe Mambo for EVA+, and I was tossing Hunter's Prelude on the COR for racc+. I was assuming a COR would like that, but maybe not?

[onionkiri.livejournal.com]

My general rule of thumb as bard is that if they're eating sushi = no madrigal/prelude. (Though CORs do have low marksmanship compared to any other melee's main weapon, so that might be an exception.)

I didn't bother with Mambo for NINs either, though admittedly I levelled in a 3x RNG, no tank party from 38-70, so my judgment might be a little skewed. ;) However, almost all of the NINs I partied with (and definitely every NIN I merit with) just asked for Minuet. It's easier on the bard too :D

In the end I'd just ask the individual players what they want though, can't really go wrong there.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Our NIN (Nairua/Aurian) did want Mambo, so I toss that on her. The real challenge is not hitting everyone else with it! At least in CN there's lots of room for me to move around the party.

In the end I'd just ask the individual players what they want though, can't really go wrong there.

Exactly!

[southern-hell.livejournal.com]

You can't do trial points on Impossible to Gauge ;(

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh drat! But thanks for letting me know. Better now than 300 solo WSs later. :P

[southern-hell.livejournal.com]

Yeah I know a few people who learned the hard way, including me I tried to unlock a katana in my offhand haha :)