Good, not so good, and >< (FFXI)

[thistlechaser]

The good: Hat hat hat hat hat! XP static hit 60 tonight, yay! Hat! Full AF! (sort of) Pants and gloves are non-AF because those pieces suck. I actually like how the AF looks from the back almost more than the front! :D Love the big knot in the bandana and eee sexyhat!

The not so good: One day, one single day, after Midgar reaches the highest level Besieged, we lost. >< How typical is that? No excuse, really. 500+ in the zone, but typical lol NA players "OMG! A HNM! I must die to it and ignore the generals!". I can't even say I'm all that annoyed, since this happens all the time.

The >< : Our XPing was made more "exciting" by a BST camping on top of us. Okay, okay, it was a RDM/BST, but if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... He was XPing like a BST (using pet against mob, thus taking TWO of our mobs), and he was on an all-BST LS (NatureOfTheBST). He was a duck, no matter that he was wearing RDM AF. He showed up an hour after us, then /telled me that we should move because we were partying on "BST camping grounds". Whatever you say, Mr. RDM Duck.

And people are so silly:

Funny, I've never been bribed on BRD, I would have expected it there before COR.

Edit: Oooooh! Info on the new WoTG Besieged system: "The article talks about Campaign being a new type of besiege system where Windhurst,Bastok,and Sandoria battle against the armies of Shadowlord. They say your alliance, war strategy will help affect the course of the battle where you actually advance to the enemy stronghold or retreat to your base." (Player translating JP magazine story.)

Wow:
"# Left Picture is assumed to be Orcs fighting in Ronfuare. They speculate that losing the fort to the Orcs may increase their number in the present-day Ronfuare.
# Right Picture is assumed to be Yagudo guarding a structure in Sarutabaruta. They wonder if perhaps players will be able to successfully drive out the Yagudo, thus eliminating their presence in present-day Sarutabaruta."

Comments

[gbeans.livejournal.com]

Hell, at this point we have yet to see any female Dancers that haven't been Hume... ^^;

And I'm putting all my gil on it being a female only job. It's not my preference, but SE has danced (har) all around females playing this job... I think the idea of a males only Strongman was kicked around... Though, I could see a Strongman being like a circus performer and maybe doing some of the same thing with different names. (Like how Archery and Marksmenship are exactly the same WS with different names on them...)

[philia.livejournal.com]

I think the only reason they're showing up as Hume females at the moment is because it originated in Bastok. I think that's the only reason it's been so specific. Of course, this excuse could also be used on why it's been seen on just females at all, so, well. ;_;

But, yeah, as much as I'm hoping, I'm thinking Dancer will be a female only job, which is a shame. It's always been nice to see that player intelligence > character strength and weaknesses, but I guess we might not see it.

Besides, it'd be funny to see Aven in dancer AF. X3

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

I thought that the blond girl in the sketch was Elvaan, but looking at it again, her hand is over her ear so I can't tell. I assumed she was because she had a long torso and long legs, but it's probably just the way she's drawn.

I continue to hold out (slim and possibly unreasonable) hope that there will be male Dancers, if only because the color scheme of the AF is almost the same as Bartz's Dancer costume from FF5. Also, the only gender-specific FF classes were in FFT, and we already have female Bards.

(And we've *seen* Aven in AF. I wish we could unsee it. ;p)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah, I thought she was elvaan, too.

While I wouldn't mind Dancers being female-only, I would be surprised if that happened. FFXI isn't WoW -- you don't need multiple characters to try out all the different jobs. Would they change that now? (Maybe, but I'd be surprised!)