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thistlechaserDidn't do much in FFXI-land. Since I had spent the whole day racing for chocobucks yesterday, I could hardly even bring myself to log on to do my daily work today. Played WoW until noon then switched to dig/H&C/check mules.
Almost all the 1 gil stuff from that chick who quit sold! I estimate having gotten 650-700K from her. :D That's pretty darned nice.
Vel wanted to see what the gold cup trophy looked like, so here it is! You also get a spiffy title. Crystal Stakes Cupholder, I think it was.
God, switching back and forth between WoW and FFXI multiple times a day is killing my brain. I can't leave my mouse alone in FFXI! And I expect to come back to see me sitting/AFK after I've been away! Get with it, brain!
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In WoW-land, I worked way too hard today. However I got two levels, hitting 40! Yay! For the first time ever, the 'XPing/leveling through quests' thing worked for me. I had like six quests in the same general area, so I could work on them all at once and then turn them in. Some of them were surprisingly fun, like blowing up oozes!
One of the quests I did in another area had me on a rollercoaster though. It was one of those 'find X things underwater!' quests. I think I hate those more than any kind. I can't see well underwater from above (glare!) and below water you have the breath counter counting down towards your death... So since I was trying for no stress, I invested (too much) in some breathing potion. 1.50 gold for a low level quest. :/ Once I bought it, I was kicking myself... but then I reread the quest info. After the 10 items I needed, each 5 extra items would get me 55 silver! Hmmmmmmm. So I used my whole hour underwater and got 20 extra items... only to find out that that comment had been out of date and Blizzard removed the money option. :P Ha ha ha on me! However, the ride wasn't over yet! The comments on the quest warned that on some servers it could be hard to do, because there's a good fishing pole that sometimes comes from the thingies, so farmers sometimes camp them. The first one I opened: Fishing pole! :D :D Yay! And I got a second one before I was done, so one for me and one to sell! But boy, did I go from kicking myself to happy to kicking myself over and over again.
Lastly I'm trying to do this darned rank up quest for fishing. >< If there are many more quests like this in WoW, I might mistake it for FFXI! :P 'Catch four fish in various places around the world'. I got three of them done, but one of them took me 35 minutes to swim to the place. >< Bah! Feralas is my last remaining one. I don't think I've ever been there yet, but I'll figure it out tomorrow.
I'm semi-decided to stick with WoW (for at least another month), but I wish I could figure out what about it gives me such a raging headache (some kind of eye strain, I think). FFXI doesn't do that to me... I'm going to have to look into picking up BC, I guess. D mentioned being able to download it from their site, but I'd rather have an actual CD. Also, have to think about if I'm going to switch servers or not... $25 is kind of a lot of money, especially on top of how much BC will cost. :/
And one last thing! I'm starting to look like a grown-up big WoW character now! Level 40 = I can wear mail! So look: Shoulders! And aren't I starting to look fierce instead of 'a silly cow-thing'? It's funny, but I had never thought about what classifies a WoW character as high level or not. Big giant shoulders! Moving/glowing armor weapons! And I have my first moving part (sort of) -- my cape swishes as I walk! It's amusing how mysilly cow tail gets caught on it, too. Heehee.
Almost all the 1 gil stuff from that chick who quit sold! I estimate having gotten 650-700K from her. :D That's pretty darned nice.
Vel wanted to see what the gold cup trophy looked like, so here it is! You also get a spiffy title. Crystal Stakes Cupholder, I think it was.
God, switching back and forth between WoW and FFXI multiple times a day is killing my brain. I can't leave my mouse alone in FFXI! And I expect to come back to see me sitting/AFK after I've been away! Get with it, brain!
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In WoW-land, I worked way too hard today. However I got two levels, hitting 40! Yay! For the first time ever, the 'XPing/leveling through quests' thing worked for me. I had like six quests in the same general area, so I could work on them all at once and then turn them in. Some of them were surprisingly fun, like blowing up oozes!
One of the quests I did in another area had me on a rollercoaster though. It was one of those 'find X things underwater!' quests. I think I hate those more than any kind. I can't see well underwater from above (glare!) and below water you have the breath counter counting down towards your death... So since I was trying for no stress, I invested (too much) in some breathing potion. 1.50 gold for a low level quest. :/ Once I bought it, I was kicking myself... but then I reread the quest info. After the 10 items I needed, each 5 extra items would get me 55 silver! Hmmmmmmm. So I used my whole hour underwater and got 20 extra items... only to find out that that comment had been out of date and Blizzard removed the money option. :P Ha ha ha on me! However, the ride wasn't over yet! The comments on the quest warned that on some servers it could be hard to do, because there's a good fishing pole that sometimes comes from the thingies, so farmers sometimes camp them. The first one I opened: Fishing pole! :D :D Yay! And I got a second one before I was done, so one for me and one to sell! But boy, did I go from kicking myself to happy to kicking myself over and over again.
Lastly I'm trying to do this darned rank up quest for fishing. >< If there are many more quests like this in WoW, I might mistake it for FFXI! :P 'Catch four fish in various places around the world'. I got three of them done, but one of them took me 35 minutes to swim to the place. >< Bah! Feralas is my last remaining one. I don't think I've ever been there yet, but I'll figure it out tomorrow.
I'm semi-decided to stick with WoW (for at least another month), but I wish I could figure out what about it gives me such a raging headache (some kind of eye strain, I think). FFXI doesn't do that to me... I'm going to have to look into picking up BC, I guess. D mentioned being able to download it from their site, but I'd rather have an actual CD. Also, have to think about if I'm going to switch servers or not... $25 is kind of a lot of money, especially on top of how much BC will cost. :/
And one last thing! I'm starting to look like a grown-up big WoW character now! Level 40 = I can wear mail! So look: Shoulders! And aren't I starting to look fierce instead of 'a silly cow-thing'? It's funny, but I had never thought about what classifies a WoW character as high level or not. Big giant shoulders! Moving/glowing armor weapons! And I have my first moving part (sort of) -- my cape swishes as I walk! It's amusing how my
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Date: 2008-08-25 06:13 am (UTC)I do have to ask, and I know better then to think you missed it, but have you been using talents? Your trouble could be your gear too. Wow is VERY gear Dependant, where FF isn't. (A good player becomes great in FFXI. A lousy player can get anywhere if he has good gear in WoW. 9.9;)
Move to Durotan and we'll spoil you in gear and help. ;)
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Date: 2008-08-26 03:37 am (UTC)I do have to ask, and I know better then to think you missed it, but have you been using talents?
*laughs* That's kind of funny. Usually I ruin the game by hitting some random key by mistake, but over the weekend I found the talents by doing that! I had so many points to spend, I could fill up almost a whole tree-thing plus a few random ones in other trees!
Up until I hit 40, most of my gear came from quests and stuff. This weekend it became mostly AH-bought though!
Move to Durotan and we'll spoil you in gear and help. ;)
Hee, awww. <3 I don't want to be spoiled though, I like doing it myself! :D
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Date: 2008-08-26 06:20 am (UTC)Talents are an important part of the game. I was boggling why you would have trouble, for hunter is the easiest class to level. Hands down, no matter the gear, walk through things everyone else has trouble with easy.
Beyond that, there's a lot of stuff you'll want friends around for. As you get higher in level there will be quests that require help. Never mind we could make things for you, including bags! Come on, you want bag space, don't you? ;) Someone to bullshit around with as you quest? We've a lot to offer.
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Date: 2008-08-27 02:29 am (UTC)Thanks, I'm still thinking about it. :) I know there are a ton of reasons to switch, but I'm weighing the RL money part of it (both for the switch and getting BC... let alone the new expansion coming out). If I do switch, it'll be there for sure!
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Date: 2008-08-28 05:58 am (UTC)Atar, Telyne, and Querlieque.
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Date: 2008-08-28 06:48 pm (UTC)Oops, right. I keep forgetting it's not usual to have just one character in WoW. :D If/when I ever get this mission race beat in FFXI, I'm going to make some time to pop over. :)
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Date: 2008-08-25 07:00 pm (UTC)Come to us! :)
And there is only like three better poles in the game than the one you just got (Big Iron I bet). That quest is a pain in the ass. One is from a fishing contest in Booty Bay on Sundays (I'll link you a site when I get home), one is Horde only (no clue which one it is though), and one is a quest reward in Shattrath (which you won't see until you're 58+ most likely).
That said -- yes, come to Durotan. Join the Guardian's of Virtue guild so that Kelen and Nai can spoil you rotten. Hell, I'll even let YOU run ME through stuff on my puny little warrior there. ^_^ Though I should probably level him. *waits for Kelen to thump him for being a lazy lump*
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Date: 2008-08-26 03:30 am (UTC)(Big Iron I bet).
You bet right! It seems a mighty spiffy rod. :)
Join the Guardian's of Virtue guild so that Kelen and Nai can spoil you rotten.
*laughs* But I don't want to be spoiled! I like doing things for myself. :D
...and you know, there would be some irony in me joining a guild called Guardian's of Virtue...