Lost and FFXI
Nov. 1st, 2006 10:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserLost: Bah. What the heck happened to the series? Smoking crack isn't good for you, writers!
They actually killed Eko off. The promos kept saying 'And one survivor will die!' which usually is nothing other than a tease. They actually did it. Just too bad it was one of the very very few characters left that I have any interest at all in.
FFXI: From yesterday's XP party, the first time I can recall this ever happening to me: Level Down. Bah. Whole night was seriously rough/sucky. I couldn't pull for crap, so the BST took over. The BST who was also a BRD 75 with 544757505701 merits done on BRD. So yeah. Yay looking like a damned sucky BRD in front of someone who actually knows what they're doing on the job. (Upon rereading, that makes me sound like I care about the job, doesn't it? No, I'd just rather not look like an idiot no matter how I feel about the job.)
One more level and I can wear my opo-opo crown, the last goal I had for BRD. I've been buying all my spells until 75 so that I can't quit the job. Just missing three that haven't been on the AH yet. (BRDs have way, way, way too many damned songs. 100K for something we'll never use times 5747301 songs! Bah.)
Today we did two runs of Celery and won both. For the first time it dropped the harp I had been after (which I had bought with earring money for 100K two weeks ago). The price of the harp dropped to 9k. 100K to 9K in three weeks. I bought mine for 100K. Excuse the language, but: God fucking damn. What the hell.
Win #1 loot (and we set the record again!).
Win #2 loot.
Someone had asked if the BC we did had the reraising bones in it. Nope, four ghosts, pick only one to fight. (Des is running funny in that, but it's the only screenshot I took.)
Lastly, I caught my first level 6 Besieged tonight, and saw one of those flying moth thingies for the first time. Shouted for a random party for the first time, too. That actually worked out well, it was fun working with different jobs and feeling like I was actually needed (I was the only mage-type in the party, the BLM/WHM was AFK the whole time). Got 1K XP, but still don't have a death buffer on BRD yet.
I wonder if they'll adjust Besieged more. Really feels too easy now. (Level 6 with 300 in the zone, we still won.) I've not died in a Besieged in ages -- the biggest NM tonight actually hit me a couple times and I didn't die.
Edit: Rereading the post makes it pretty clear how I feel about FFXI lately. Maybe I will go out and get FFXII tomorrow and take a break. I wish I could get my enjoyment of FFXI back instead (I really don't want to play another game), but maybe a break will help that.
They actually killed Eko off. The promos kept saying 'And one survivor will die!' which usually is nothing other than a tease. They actually did it. Just too bad it was one of the very very few characters left that I have any interest at all in.
FFXI: From yesterday's XP party, the first time I can recall this ever happening to me: Level Down. Bah. Whole night was seriously rough/sucky. I couldn't pull for crap, so the BST took over. The BST who was also a BRD 75 with 544757505701 merits done on BRD. So yeah. Yay looking like a damned sucky BRD in front of someone who actually knows what they're doing on the job. (Upon rereading, that makes me sound like I care about the job, doesn't it? No, I'd just rather not look like an idiot no matter how I feel about the job.)
One more level and I can wear my opo-opo crown, the last goal I had for BRD. I've been buying all my spells until 75 so that I can't quit the job. Just missing three that haven't been on the AH yet. (BRDs have way, way, way too many damned songs. 100K for something we'll never use times 5747301 songs! Bah.)
Today we did two runs of Celery and won both. For the first time it dropped the harp I had been after (which I had bought with earring money for 100K two weeks ago). The price of the harp dropped to 9k. 100K to 9K in three weeks. I bought mine for 100K. Excuse the language, but: God fucking damn. What the hell.
Win #1 loot (and we set the record again!).
Win #2 loot.
Someone had asked if the BC we did had the reraising bones in it. Nope, four ghosts, pick only one to fight. (Des is running funny in that, but it's the only screenshot I took.)
Lastly, I caught my first level 6 Besieged tonight, and saw one of those flying moth thingies for the first time. Shouted for a random party for the first time, too. That actually worked out well, it was fun working with different jobs and feeling like I was actually needed (I was the only mage-type in the party, the BLM/WHM was AFK the whole time). Got 1K XP, but still don't have a death buffer on BRD yet.
I wonder if they'll adjust Besieged more. Really feels too easy now. (Level 6 with 300 in the zone, we still won.) I've not died in a Besieged in ages -- the biggest NM tonight actually hit me a couple times and I didn't die.
Edit: Rereading the post makes it pretty clear how I feel about FFXI lately. Maybe I will go out and get FFXII tomorrow and take a break. I wish I could get my enjoyment of FFXI back instead (I really don't want to play another game), but maybe a break will help that.
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Date: 2006-11-02 07:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-02 05:56 pm (UTC)Or: Actor run-ins with police = death
It's not even like this one had to go to prison (I think)!
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Date: 2006-11-02 08:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-02 05:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-02 06:05 pm (UTC)(Technically if I installed windows on it, it should play FFXi decently too.)
What this boils down to? Expect more tankkitty visitations as I dote on my chokkie. ;3
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Date: 2006-11-02 07:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-02 02:09 pm (UTC)I was in a level 4 a few days ago (savages). We managed to kill a thf type NM, it was hard, but we eventually managed it. We had a general helping.
Then we ran into a blm NM. (Sagelord something). He was one-shotting alliances. I managed to get away, thanks to my giant's drink and incense. We didn't manage to do more than scratch him, before they retreated.
Got about 50 exp for the first NM.
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Date: 2006-11-02 05:49 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-11-02 03:04 pm (UTC)Also, I am tempted to kidnap you for my static. ^_~ We need a BRD, and we're 64. Unfortunately, this would probably mean Nai out for my blood.
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Date: 2006-11-02 04:06 pm (UTC)But no, you can't have my bard. ~_~ I need my songs!
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Date: 2006-11-02 04:19 pm (UTC)Nine people! One alliance! Pure insanity!
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Date: 2006-11-02 06:46 pm (UTC)I figured.
Never hurts to ask though.
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Date: 2006-11-02 07:18 pm (UTC)I saw him last weekend btw. He made it back to town for the Halloween party. He's doing well, wasn't sure what was next.
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Date: 2006-11-02 07:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-02 05:46 pm (UTC)*sniffles* Is that all I am to you? Your own personal iPod?
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Date: 2006-11-03 02:19 am (UTC)I don't like to think about where the plug would have to go to transfer anything onto you!
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Date: 2006-11-03 03:43 pm (UTC){Run away!}
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Date: 2006-11-02 05:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-02 05:55 pm (UTC)I hope I can actually get mine restarted again. I'm almost tempted to ask if I could join you guys for a bit, but I don't want to run off on my friends. It wouldn't be fair to them.
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Date: 2006-11-02 05:58 pm (UTC)If you're free and willing on a Tuesday evening or Saturday morning, poke us. :)
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Date: 2006-11-02 06:10 pm (UTC)So, we'll see you in 8 days. ^^
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Date: 2006-11-02 06:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-02 03:30 pm (UTC)I've done the BCNM with the skeleton and it suuuucks. Never dropped anything good and a pain to beat.
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Date: 2006-11-02 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-02 06:13 pm (UTC)I don't mind providing orbs, and I could use the gil.
And the inventory slots.
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Date: 2006-11-02 07:11 pm (UTC)I have a big variety of jobs. DRK 75, BRD and RDM 64, THF, BLM, NIN, WHM, um, and some others at subjob levels (37-38). Poke me if you want to do something! I'm not available all nights, but give me notice and I should be around on Thursdays, sometimes Fridays, afternoon/evening Saturdays, usually Sondays, and Wednesdays after next week.
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Date: 2006-11-02 07:23 pm (UTC)'dria's whm66 and blm34. I'm mnk75, blm65, whm43, and misc.
Hmmm. We could also do some of the 20's. I should really finish my manequin some time. But any of them are good.
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Date: 2006-11-02 07:17 pm (UTC)I've done Brothers D'Aurphe a few times, but they randomly resist sleep and we lost a few. Demolition Squad was safer, although these ones resisted sleep once in a while, but it wasn't nearly as fatal. Never tried the other ones but I hear a lot about the Sahagin, Tonberry and Anticans BCNM.
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