Lost and FFXI

[thistlechaser]

Lost: 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.

Comments

[quasilemur.livejournal.com]

Tonight's Lost only reaffirmed what I'd already figured out: Character Resolution = Death. The cool thing to me, however, was that (Dead person)'s final insights made it seem like that's possibly on purpose. As in, what's actually going on within the story, not just as an OOC plot device. Heh, apparently emotional baggage is essential to survival.

[lokyst.livejournal.com]

Hey, last year you took a month "break" to play Warcraft and it kept you playing FFXI for another year. So maybe it will work with FFXII?

[calandra.livejournal.com]

Easier?

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.

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

I'm officially addicted to FF12. Which is potentially bad, because there are things I want to get done in FF11. ;p

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.

[kerai.livejournal.com]

Screenshots with people running funny = best!

I've done the BCNM with the skeleton and it suuuucks. Never dropped anything good and a pain to beat.

[loneguardian.livejournal.com]

We only have 4 in our static since Nil's become unavailable, we could use a dragoon. :P

But no, you can't have my bard. ~_~ I need my songs!

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

We should merge our statics!

Nine people! One alliance! Pure insanity!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

While I like you, I don't know the other folks in your static. The only reason I'm playing BRD is to spend time with my friends, so... ;) Sorry! Nai and company get to keep me!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

But no, you can't have my bard. ~_~ I need my songs!

*sniffles* Is that all I am to you? Your own personal iPod?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hey, it works for the gilsellers! ;)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Though we're now all running low on seals, I would actually like to try a different one sometime. Especially since Celery has stopped dropping good stuff for us.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the NMs are a challenge still, but you can win perfectly fine without taking them down. You just get an extra XP bonus for them.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

For a while, I thought you hit upon the perfect soultion: I've been wanting to pop back in to WoW, even if it's just for a month. What better time than now? I don't want to play 12 and I do want to play WoW, so it makes sense... then I realized I couldn't be on WoW and FFXI at the same time. Even if I'm doing something else, I'd like to be sitting on FFXI so that I could catch Besiegeds and stuff. :/

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Totally understandable. ^^

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.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Tonight's Lost only reaffirmed what I'd already figured out: Character Resolution = Death.

Or: Actor run-ins with police = death

It's not even like this one had to go to prison (I think)!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I could speak for Draque, Dani, and Nai when I say we'd love to have you!

If you're free and willing on a Tuesday evening or Saturday morning, poke us. :)

[lokyst.livejournal.com]

Yes, that is a problem. My new macbook pro can play WoW though so I have more flexibility now.

(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

[calandra.livejournal.com]

I did notice that they (the NMs) seemed less interested in getting to the Candysense, and more interested in killing us.

[calandra.livejournal.com]

Not a problem. FF12 has an end. Even a complete-get-everything game shouldn't take more than 200 hours or so.


So, we'll see you in 8 days. ^^

[calandra.livejournal.com]

What level? I know a blm&whm pair that's looking for a static in the 66ish range.

[calandra.livejournal.com]

<--500 seals

I don't mind providing orbs, and I could use the gil.

And the inventory slots.

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

64, and we have both a BLM and WHM. Sorry.

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Well, I won't be doing nothing but FF12. I still have a job, a boyfriend, parents to visit, and other online RP to take care of. So, it's more like a few months, not a few days. ^_~

[calandra.livejournal.com]

^^

I figured.

Never hurts to ask though.

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Actually, you know this static. Sort of. Totaru's the BLM, and we're looking for a replacement for Dilvias.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! So the pink harness got to be too much for him, huh? I knew it! I knew it was smart to avoid it!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

If you want to do a BC sometime, poke me! And if you want to do a, um, I think it's level 30 one, I have a Sky Orb that's been collecting dust forever (I bought the wrong one almost a year ago), I'd love to get rid of it.

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.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yay kittyvisits! :D

[kerai.livejournal.com]

Check what's been selling and decide what BCNM to do from there. :E

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.

[calandra.livejournal.com]

Ahhh.

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.

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Yep, he borrowed Totaru's computer long enough to officially resign from the static. ;_; We miss him, but we're glad he's doing well.

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Well, towards the end he stopped wearing the pink harness and started wearing the fuzzy BRD AF coat. Which you've also avoided, so you're probably smart in doing that, too. ^_~

[calandra.livejournal.com]

I'll do that. Thursday is mission night (currently CoP), but fridays and sundays are good.

'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.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Smart AND sexy! I'll have to beat the girls off with a stick!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Woo, thanks for the info!

[onionkiri.livejournal.com]

The tonberry BC is pretty fun, I've done it a bunch of times. You could pretty much do it with any exp party setup, we took along BRD/RDM/BLM for lots of backup sleepers, but really the BLM was handling it fine the whole time. It's kind of a pain to get to and re-do though.

[kerai.livejournal.com]

I should hope not!

I don't like to think about where the plug would have to go to transfer anything onto you!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Huh! Maybe we'll have to try that one. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

o.o

{Run away!}