RL update, FFXI update

[thistlechaser]

I finally did my taxes, and this is probably the latest I've ever submitted them. Turns out that was for a good reason! For the first time ever, I owe on both state and federal. $900 total owed, WTF? My job didn't change, I tossed some money from my savings account into a CD, but everything else is the same. Stupid taxes, grrr.

I have this week off as PTO (unrelated to other issues, I had this scheduled before the other stuff happened last week). Not feeling any less stressed or sleeping any better yet, but hopefully after today. (Today's busy, but things should quiet down as the week goes on. I hope.)

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FFXI: Because I was so bored of Campaign, once COR 75 had a buffer I took a day off to do other stuff... and got bored. So I went back to Campaign. WHM 52 -> 56 so far. It's going surprisingly fast.

Every time I see a COR at Campaign, I go 'Eee, want to be that!', but I'm done with COR. :/ I can't even use it for meriting, since RDM makes a crapload more reward than COR. Makes me sad/envious every time I see a COR in AF though. :( It's annoying that my favorite job isn't the best one... though I guess I should be used to that by now...

Update today, and when I first started reading the info it looked like as much of a worthless update as the teaser info had been indicating (fellowship NPC changes? DNC/SCH crap? Pit updates? Chocobo racing updates?) , but there's a couple interesting things:

Characters below level 20 are no longer able to mine for items in the following areas:
Newton Movalpolos/Mount Zhayolm/Halvung/Gusgen Mines/Ifrit's Cauldron
FTW. Take that, gilsellers.

And in a move that makes no IC sense at all:
New armor set storing NPCs have been added to the following areas:
Southern San d'Oria [S]/Bastok Markets [S]/Windurst Waters [S]
So I can give an NPC my armor in current time, then go back in time 20 years and another NPC will be able to hand me the armor... WTF. I'm planning on doing WHM AF when I hit 75 (maybe), so since I'll be storing it then, can I go to the past and get it now? That'd save a lot of work, kthxbai

New spells: Recall-Jugner (WHM Lv.53), Recall-Pashh (WHM Lv.53), Recall-Meriph (WHM Lv.53). Can I get a 'Woo!', especially if they land you at the Campaign area? How perfect is it that I'm working on WHM now, and I'm just barely over those levels?

Absorb-ACC (DRK Lv.61) How about about fucking time? Day late and a dollar short...

WAR gets counter, because WAR needs more crap, right? 9.9 Repeat for SAM.

The DRG change looks really cool. Basically a reward for not letting your wyvern die? About time. I'm not even a DRG and their 2 hour bothered me a whole lot. "Hi, bestest friend! I'm in trouble so I'm going to EAT YOU! Hope you don't mind! Teehee!"

New COR dice. Not surprising, but wish they told us what they do.

Change in mannequin prices pisses me off to no end. I paid 1.5 million for all of my additional ones (twice! On two characters!!), now people will only have to pay a third of that price to get them all. ><

/dance emotes can take a flying leap. I hate DNC so much and now I'm going to have to see everyone flailing endlessly, not just damned DNCs. As much as I like Wings for Campaign, I'm so sorry DNC was ever introduced. And now butt-ugly AF too. Bah.

The Emperor Band has three charges? o.O Bet that's going to be a CP sink...

So a few good things. Hope the new dice and scrolls are vendor sold and not impossible to get.

Comments

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

The only time I use my 2hr (and really, the only reason to use it) is in boss fights, so yeah, this'll be a nice thing to have in xp/meriting. I'm usually very careful about keeping Hien alive and I warn the healers that I'm about to do it so they don't see my HP suddenly go down and freak. ;p

And really? If you're going to be having more fun meriting as COR, why not do it? I'd think that doing something less efficiently but having more fun with it would be a lot better than doing something more efficiently but hating it. Or alternate or something like that. Otherwise, what's the point of even having gotten it to 75?

[citizenbleys.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear.

If I wanted to merit fast, the best way to do that would be to hop on brd and seek for a pickup merit party. I hate meriting on brd, though, so instead I go SAM or (lately) THF.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's a good point...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*pokepokepoke* I saw the picture you commissioned! It looks nice. :D

And yeah, you might be right. :}

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Isn't the picture great? I love it so much. ^^ Thanks for posting the link in your LJ so I could get it commissionned.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

[deadmeatffxi.livejournal.com]

I hope the WoTG content isn't just some weak ass quests.

SE loves WAR, SAM, and DRK. I don't understand the reduction in movement speed with relatiator. Unless you can't cancel the ability, how often do WARs move around when they are tanking or pull hate? Of course, it's probably not at a rate like Counterstance, but monks give up defense for increased counter. Wars give up movement speed?

Please let the timer on the new SAM thing not be ridiculous like 1 minute.

[pomr.livejournal.com]

Your avatar is hypnotic. @_@

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I hope the WoTG content isn't just some weak ass quests.

Two whole quests per nation~! And some other random ones.

Please let the timer on the new SAM thing not be ridiculous like 1 minute.

Isn't it 5? Which is bad enough...

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

WAR counter angers me. Stronger weapon, their downside is movement speed reduction, AND THEY GAIN TP FROM IT. MNK Achika is angry. >=(

And I like DNC AF. =(

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

On a female character I can handle DNC AF. On a male? On a galka? No thanks! Blech!

And go punch the WARs! ...just be careful of that counter thing. ;)

[daltontrix.livejournal.com]

You know what I've been wondering since they released this and you started talking about it? How could they make an expansion dealing specifically with Time Travel and not bring in Time Mages? They're about as common as Dancers in FF games anyway. ;)

[citizenbleys.livejournal.com]

There's nothing Time Mages do in FF5, for example, that red mages in FFXI can't, except Hastega, Demi, and Quartr. Demi and Quartr would be game-breaking in FFXI, and Hastega can already be done by summoners.

There wouldn't really be a role for Time Mage. RDM and SMN can be healers, time mages can't.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oops, citizenbleys beat me to replying! Unfortunately basically our current mages do everything that a time mage would do, so there wouldn't be enough unique stuff for them.