Busy, productive, crazy day (FFXI)

[thistlechaser]

Alternate title: My party with the gilseller~!

Last night I stayed online hours late, running my last mule from Jeuno to level to 5 and buy his lottery marbles while I was waiting for new moon/Darkday. It was one of the hardest runs I've done, since he couldn't HP along the way -- until he hit Holla, if he died he'd have to start totally over. But he made it, yay! And new moon/Darkday rocked, I HQ3ed three colored stones (usually I'm lucky to get one per stonecutting run).

I woke up way too early this morning. Decided I supposed I should finish SAM even though I really, really, really didn't want to random party again (but if I didn't do it it would poke me and bug me and annoy me until I got it done). I was seeking before 7 AM PST, which luckily was early enough to get me a JP/NA mix party. 34-37 is a really odd level range to party in, because most people just want 37 so they never have to touch the (sub)job again. The party leader was BLM 36, needed only 1K to level. He didn't care what kind of party he made and it showed.

Through the day we had a BLM puller (ha ha, for serious), a DNC who did not melee (because dancers are useful without TP?), a THF/NIN who promised up and down he had Utsusemi yet never cast shadows -- when I questioned him he admitted he had Uts but had no money for shihei. *holds head* The tank for the whole morning was a typical never-voking NIN. Listen up, NINs of the world: If the only time you ever voke is when the mob rips itself off the SAM because the mages are cure-bombing him to keep him on his feet, one voke is not going to stop that mob from eating the mages' faces. Seriously. Why don't NINs voke every 30 seconds? Luckily I had a good JP WHM keeping me up while I SAM-tanked.

The party was so bad people were leaving and warning other people not to accept invites from us. It was so bad it was funny. (I was basically the only DD at all times, the NIN almost never hit for more than 0 and the various THFs we had didn't melee for this reason or that.) The XP was soooooooo slow. It took me 5 hours to get about 10K XP.

The very best, most amusing thing was near the end of the party. Our rocking JP Galka WHM had to go and replaced himself. He was a really good guy, so I'm going to assume he didn't know the person he invited to replace him was a gilseller. Taru, rank 1, Bastok, been in Mount Z for the last few days. When it arrived the GS was naked of all armor other than an XP band and a underleved staff. It had no Erase of course. No LS either. Mid-name. Hmmmmmm. Welcome to FFXI's newest gameshow: Gilseller or not?

But as I said, it was just so bad it was funny:




Then finally I dinged 37! Done! ...except I decided to be nice and stick with the party until my rep arrived. It would take only one fight, after all, so I didn't want to be rude... And that was almost my undoing. THF pulled, GS WHM died (yet again), tank nearly died, mob was at 75% still. DNC meleed! Got TP! Wonder of wonder kept me on my feet! I slipped on my warp object and hoped that it would cool before I died. THF "DC"ed. Second THF DCed. WHM homepointed and dropped party. I was going to die and lose my level. :(

But I survived! And even though my rep wasn't there yet, I got the hell out of Dodge.

Unfortunately it was still a long day after that. I had to level the mule, do all my daily work (dig, H&C, guild turn-in), skill FB because he was backed up with ram horns (hit WW 86!). Then I ran to Whitegate to do a synth for some guy and noticed a level 8 Besieged advancing, so I said what the hell and stayed for that.

A hint to everyone who reads my LJ: This is NOT how you make a friend of a crafter:

You cannot become a better leathercrafter than me. I'm 100+3+3+moglification. There is nothing higher, no safer crafter to go to on the game. "Threatening" me if I fail will NOT get you into my good graces (and no, that is not a "joke"). If the synth fails, take it up with SE because there is not one single thing I can do to improve my skill. Do not threaten me. *grump*

Besieged was fun because I got to do what everyone loves to do:

Beat on the most annoying general! How embarrassing is it that a wussy BLM beat on me so much better than DRK me beat on him? :P

And lastly, but most importantly! As a reward for making myself finish SAM I indulged in a little retail therapy (I'm such a girl sometimes). I bought a beautiful Crystal Rose for my MH! I had wanted to buy a Mythril Bell as well, but looking at my gil after getting the rose I noticed how close it was to the 'never fall below' line and had to stop with one purchase. Still, it was totally worth it, it's so very pretty! <3

Tomorrow I "should" Campaign, I really should, but I'm probably going to take the day off instead.

Comments

[c-zero.livejournal.com]

Hah. I do the "never fall below line" with my Gil too, except it gets updated every time I make a few hundred thousand Gil.
Probably the reason why I don't have any shiny things.

Amazed at the speed of your WW Mule.
I'm tempted to go skill my Cooking now, but last time I did that it took me 2 weeks and 3 mules to sell all the crap I made.

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Well, it's slightly worse than the PT I got invited too last night on MY SAM (68). SCH, BLM, WHM, BLU, SAM (me), we were down a 6th person and the leader was looking. So far, not impressed really cause no refresh and alot of MP there, but whatever, it could work. Leader grabs a 6th person, a DNC. We asks who's tanking, the leader says the DNCer is tanking and we're going to imps. Needless to say the DNCer knew that wasn't happening and left. So, they invite a MNK and says the MNK will tank the imps! The BLU says: "No way in hell a MNK/NIN is going to tank imps..." Thankfully, the MNK had a solution and told us using auto-trans that they could switch to /WAR for voke in order to tank! At this point the BLU left and got repped with another BLM. It was at this point that me and the WHM left (we had been discussing what was going on in /tell) and I went back to seeking.

It appears party formation has become a lost art.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh god, that sounds like a bad one, too!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Heh! My 'don't fall below' line is pretty firm. It helps because I twitch really hard when I approach it, forcing me to go farm or whatever!

And thanks, WW is pretty easy, so it goes quickly. :)

[quistie.livejournal.com]

I don't know how you find parties like the one you described. It's one thing to have a BLM puller (I've been in a party with a WHM—possibly GS—puller; he pulled exactly once and died), but a DNC that refuses to melee??

[iniadelphinae.livejournal.com]

I did actually pull once on BLM. BLM/RDM, pulling Puks and Mamool in Bhaflau Thickets. It was pre-Nyzul and pre-discovery of the Aydeewa rats, so options for a BLM71 were really limited. It actually worked.

We had a WHM, so I wasn't healing. Subbed RDM at the party's request for Dispel. I'd put up Blink and Stoneskin, pull with Para/Slow/Silence depending on the mob, Sleep stuff as needed.

That said, there's no way I'd try that without something to keep me from getting the snot beaten out of me on the way back to camp.

Like, y'know, ARMOR.

[phoenix-leandra.livejournal.com]

I seriously don't get people being rude to crafters like that. I understand materials can be rare and expensive, but really. They should learn a little respect for someone doing them a favor. Unless they're paying you a hot commission to make it worth it, give them back their mats and tell them what slot to shove them in.

[makoholic.livejournal.com]

maybe its just me but i think theyre just kidding, they probably knows it doesnt get any safer, so thats why they came to you in the first place

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Donno. If they were kidding, it's not funny! When I break things I feel bad, even knowing it's totally out of my control -- I don't need others making me feel worse!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I know, it's a talent! I can't explain a non-meleeing DNC at all -- what's the point?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the BLM had no blink/stoneskin and didn't even have protect most of the time. It was a pretty lol party, even before the gilseller WHM arrived. So glad it's over and done!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if he hadn't paid me well (50K for one synth) I would have turned him down. When the money's good enough, I put up with it and just bitch about it later. ;)

[mertondew.livejournal.com]

You must really, really like getting Christmas cards if you take that as a threat. I actually sorta know how you feel though, if you can believe that. As a level 75 THF with both TH +1 items, with me in your party you have the best possible chance of getting the item you want to drop. But who gets the blame when things don't drop? That'd be me. They really are just joking when they say those things, but the jokes get old real fast. But oh well, you just have to roll with it.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can see how people would "joke" with you as well. People like having someone to blame, the fact that random crap happens doesn't make for happy humans, that's why stuff like superstition and gods and stuff came about. Blah.