Small Update

Should be up and running in a few days ^^;. Anyhoo, to put a smile on some peoples' faces, heres a conversation with the the one and only Mr. Dhalmel. Oh he is so silly sometimes....must be because he's missing something up there...since he's so old :O.

Kallo: You didn't tell me you got enkidy pants!
Me: Yeah I did ._.
Kallo: ... grats!!
Me: T_T
Kallo: Sorry, I'm just getting old obviously
Me: XD Juuuuuust kidding! Didn't tell ya but yer old!!!
Kallo: /slap

Edit: Computer is still waiting on one last part and the ffxi disks...Might be another week or two ~.~;

Darn computers

Long story made short. Something in my computer is broken and the parts that I need will take a week or two to get to me. @_@


Edit: My computer is up and running but my ffxi disks are back at home~! Nuuuu! Anyhoo, I'm having them mailed up with a few other things so hopefully I can be playing in a week or so. Even if I do get the games before friday, I don't plan on installing ffxi until after friday. I have a bunch of midterms. Gotta study! *Runs off to my books*.

Happy New Years!!!

Happy New Years everyone! I went to celebrate the new years with fireworks like any super excited person yet I accidently threw one into the water and created an evil vortex which then spawns pugils the size of galkas!!! @_@ Well not really. Just some random picture of the ocean after I helped Okwaho get a few blue mage spells. Its always nice to see improvements of people in your linkshell. Sure we don't do endgame or anything, but you don't have to in order to enjoy you and your friends get buff! Anyhoo, so much has happened lately like a crazy super flash that I already have so much to talk about!

Subligar farming! Krystala, Arnor, Kry's thf friend Rivkkah, and myself decided to go subligar farming! Despite dying a few times, I walked away with two subligars! Everyone but Arnor got what they came for. :X Its ok though Arnor! Some day you and me are gonna go in there and get you the pair of under-roo's you want! Just you wait!

Swift Belt!! KoalaPanda's run is still scheduled to occur in about two weeks or so. However, Kallo randomly asked if I would like to join him and I said sure. It was quite fun listening to other peeps make fun of Kallo (he wears pink what!?!) and I learned a lot about the NMs that I'm going to have to fight when I take my linkshell inside. Both good and bad I suppose, but out of the multiple codex's we traded, I was the only one who got a swift belt @_@;. So 1/1 on the belt. Yay~. My thf's haste set is now sitting at a comfy 20% but I might lower it to increase store TP. I had a interesting discussion with another thief and we talked about equipment and combinations that might have some interesting results! So more info on that later. Oh yes, scheduled Subligar farming is Sat. 24th of January. So keep your calendars open peeps!

Just a random picture of a NM I always wanted to see. Super duper Cassie! This was actually taken last year but I totally forgot to post it. I wasn't in the group that claimed but I sat and watched them fight it. It seemed like a very difficult battle and I learned a few things to look out for should I ever fight the thing.

Ranger leveling! I wasn't paying attention much and right when my group was gathering to begin our killing spree, I noticed Hye was in my party! She's been super busy lately with school and what not so I hadn't seen her in a while. But let me tell ya! She is one crazy good scholar. And I'm not saying that just because she cooks me delicious food which I share with my moogle. Spells and AoE's flying everywhere, its thanks to her that my ranger died less and the party got more exp. So next time you need a super mage and you see Hye online. Definitely send that cat a tell! She be buff!

Although it took me a little longer then I hoped. I finally finished leveling ranger to 75. Ranger to me definitely lost a lot of its fun towards the end. Unlike my thief which can survive tanking 3-4 mobs at once in campaign, my ranger would just get poked and fall to the ground. I never realized such low defense ranger had. It honestly is as bad as my red mage I think....@_@; Sadly, I didn't get the same feeling of reaching 75 as I did with thief. Reaching 75 on thief was a super exciting occasion which I was super proud of. Getting ranger to 75 was almost a sigh of relief. So much of the last few levels just seemed like boring repetition since they require so much experience. I'm still very happy for accomplishing ranger to 75. Ever since I looked at advance jobs as a low level thief, I always wanted to level ranger to 75. Not to use it as my super buff DD job, but more as proof of what I am capable of. So thanks for the memories ranger. You weren't amazing but you definitely had your moments!

Picture on mountains from atop the big hill thingy in Attohwa. Me and Cyp cyp tried duo'ing the Antlion ENM. It ended very badly and I wasn't too happy about it. You just can't win them all >_<;.

BCNM 60! Up in Arms! Trio'ed the fight with Eggshen and his elvaan friend. They were a very interesting pair of people. Sadly none of us got a kraken club. The drop rate for that club is rediculous. I'm definitely gonna stick to the lower bcnms.

Anyhoo, thats my huge post to start off the year! Its the year of the ox so hopefully its better then last! I'm really awful at keeping promises but heres my little list of what I want to accomplish this year!

- Finish Thief Merits
- Alchemy to 100
- Beastmaster to 75
- Corsair to 75
- Full BST AF2 and AF2 gloves for my thief

- ????

Does everyone else already have what they want to accomplish this year? ^^. Kick some butt everyone! Oh oh! And back by by popular demand (two people!), the quotes at the end are coming back!

Chat of one of my exp parties as rng:

- me: Well I'm just leveling rng for fun, my main is thf though

- pt leader: Do you store a lotta junk in your trunk?
- me: Who told you about my tail....

End of the Year!

Dun Dun DUN!!!! We're almost there to the end of the year everyone! Hang in there! We're almost done! I went to Gustav Tunnel to hunt me down a O-Bow for my ranger and ran into this gobby. Some easy gil. Sadly the O-bow NM wasn't so easy and Eagle Eye Shotted me. Luckily Arnor was kind enough to come back and help me kick his butt. So now I got me another weapon for my ranger! Yay!

Nyzul Isle! I joined Cyprias and Shui for a Nyzule Isle run. Askar body dropped and Cyprias almost won it but he was outlotted. Its all good. There is always next time!

Which reminds me! Not sure how many peeps read this but I am currently putting a Nyzul Isle Static group together and I have three positions open! I plan on taking us to the top first and then going back and getting us armor. If you're interested and want more details. Send me a msg or tell ^^/.

Helped Nicole get her Sewer Syrup kill! Well I didn't do much. Anor and Nicole pretty much smacked the daylights out of it while I poked it a bit with a few of my spells ^^;. Anyhoo, congrats to Nicole and her fancy new ring!

Gosh...the end of another year. I had no clue I would end the year like this. My endgame linkshells are done. My friends and once fellow ls mates are all over doing exciting stuff and some even competing against each other. I've made all sorts of new friends and strengthened bonds with many who have stuck around with me ^^b. All in all. This year wasn't the bestest ever...but it was good. There was definitely more good then bad, and FFXI has definitely evolved with new quests, missions, and gameplay. Level sync, the moblin mazes, fields of valor, random treasure chests. So much I still need to explore and do ^^. Got to do many fights for the first time including ENMs, ISNMs, ZNMs, and even random NMs like AF fights or treasure mobs. Yet there is even more out there just waiting to be completed

What adventures lay waiting to be explored. What friends and foes are just beyond the horizon and waiting to be met! I dunno but I can't wait! So lets ring in the New year everyone! I know life is sometimes tough, but remember the good, memorize the fun, and enjoy it!!!

I've put a little more Bitpop on to dance to before the year is over. I apologize if it's too loud. I couldn't find a way to lower the volume. Love and peace everyone. ^^y

OH! As a final note and repeat. I'm putting together a Nyzul Static group, a Subligar/Swift belt run, and perhaps other stuff! If you're at all interested please let me know! I already have a few peeps willing and I just need a few more spots filled ^^b.

The Vacation Shuffle

Yaaaaar! Hello my little blog! Long time no...see-yar~!!! XD Anyhoo, I think this is going to be the longest post ever! I totally kept forgetting to update so I have a lot of things to talk about. Time to scribble!

Wings of the Goddess missions!!! Me and Cyprias have gotten pretty far in them and are almost done with what has been released so far. Although the beginning few CS of the series kind of turned me off (come on SE, really? like 4 CS right out of the box? boo on you), SE has definitely redeemed themselves with the storyline and the cutscenes. When it comes to surprises and awsome action, the cutscenes of the missions and quests are by far some of, if not the best, I have seen so far. It was definitely super fun laughing at all the great stories and sitting at the edge of my seat for some of the action cutscenes. I'm definitely looking foward to doing more of them.

Decided to poke my nose around and explore Fei'Yin a bit. I ran into a NM but sadly the shadow didn't want to drop anything that night. Oh wells. Fei'Yin really doesn't have much to offer so don't go out there unless you really need something from there. More boring then I thought >_<;;.

I did help a stranger with the RDM AF fight though, sadly it cursed me and made my exploring much slower then I anticipated. Help a person and get cursed! Sometimes luck just doesn't work for ya. @_@;

Campaign! Something to do from time to time when I need to work on my buffers. Exp parties are a pain to find on thief so instead I go out and kick some beastman butt. However, sometimes campaign gives ya bad situations like the one above @_@;;;. The yagudo was AoE'ing every 10 seconds for like 800 dmg, lets just say people died very quickly almost instantly. However, despite difficult fights and very difficult NMs, campaign has proven to be a very good training area for my thief to ensure my abilities stay top notch and are not forgotton. That and its always fun to fight with thief. Despite being my main job, there isn't a lot I can bring it too so I love to push my dmg numbers out as much as possible ^^b.

Dynamis! For those who know me for a long time. I never had kind words for dynamis. Perhaps it was because I was the sac puller for my first dynamis LS and lost over 30K exp but since I was too low to wear it they didn't let me lot on stuff. Or perhaps its because out of the three dynamis linkshells I was in and all the runs I went to, I only had a single win. Anyhoo, the current LS I joined for it has more then definitely changed my outlook on dynamis. If a single person needs a win, the linkshell gets it for them, with little to no trouble. Although their lotting system is kind of confusing and I'm not sure if I'm getting points, I respect their system and I know I will get the big stuff sooner or later. (Most likely later lol). But hey! I technically don't have points for the areas yet but I already have three of the five beastmaster AF2 already! Wooo~. Anyhoo, SpiritEvolution is definitely a good linkshell and I hope to not let them down.

Ranger! I currently have gotten it to 71 and am getting towards the end. The job is proving to have been a great investment for fun. Although not easy on the wallet, I don't regret leveling the job one bit. Although I forgot to take a picture I did get to party with Krys, Nicole, and 3 funny british people. Just wanna have a special shout out to all of them for having a great exp pt and for making me laugh ^^b.

The Duke~. Was helping Nicole farm a coffer key for her Pld AF. After we got the key and coffer, I realized something. Now that Castle V is no longer a good farming spot, people rarely go there! In fact, three of the four NMs were up when me and Nicole were there. Although one killed us, we came back and killed the other two for revenge. Yay team kick butt!

PLD AF fight! Some more helping of the fellow linkshell peeps! Super easy fight thanks to Nicole, Arnor, and Krys. So buff we even got a link and it didn't phase us one bit! Congrats to Nicole getting her pld all buff. Let me tell ya, Nicole is a crazy good pld. Her vokes and hate control was so quick I only got hit once when pulling, good stuff!

The new goblin maze thingy do-hicky! The first night was pretty bad. Me and cyprias tried unprepared and I ended up dying and Cyp had to zone. We definitely learned quickly it wasn't something you could easily solo or duo with any job. Anyhoo, although me and Cyp's night was kind of a bust, KoalaPandas came back the next day and we kicked butt! Not just one run but two! Very proud of em! Go Arnor, Krys, and Nicole~!

With that many of us got us eyepatches! Definitely a very cool piece of equipment that I like a lot ^^. I only have a few things lying around because they look awsome when wearing and the eyepatch is now one of em!

Anyways, much as happened since my last post. I quit my salvage linkshell due to personal reasons and like I said earlier I am jumping back into dynamis. SE has ruined Cyprias' and mine farming spot so I'm currently still hunting a spot I can farm on thief. We'll see...

I also killed Diabolos with the Doody couple and Arnor as well as done a few assaults with Arnor, Cyprias, and some nice strangers. Sadly I keep forgetting to take pictures ._.; Anyways, thats my large update for now. I'll try to do them more often, but no promises during the holidays @_@;.

New Battles! No treasure! XD

So much stuff has been going on I totally forgot to do another update! >_<; I really need to work on that...how else am I supposed to remember all my great adventures and fights! My ranger is currently 68 and I hope to have it 75 by the end of the year. The job is definitely a lot of fun but my wallet will be glad when I put it away once I reach 75. I forgot his name but I want to write a little note thanking the unkown galka for helping me get Francisca. He pretty much solo'ed Aquarius while I cheered him on. Very nice of him to give me the drop. Yay to nice strangers!

ISNMs! I had never done them before so when Arnor asked if I would help him out with the fights with my red mage I quickly agreed to help. I didn't have the orders so I didn't get any treasure. However, the fights were a great learning experience and the group of people were all very friendly and nice. Sadly no one got any really big treasure but it was still super fun!

BCNM with Lilyoda! We attempted to do the Under Observation fight with two black mages and a scholar. Both of the team's orbs ended with us dying and not getting anything, but the fight definitely taught me much about the fight. I'm pretty sure if I do this fight next time I will stick to the red mage and two ninja strategy.

ENM! This time this is the Reqium of Sin one I believe. Of course you couldn't tell from my picture. I apologize but throughout most of the fight I was running away from an evil rabbit so this was the only picture I could take during the fight. The fight is definitely very fun and I'm quite interested to see what kind of treasure we can get from it. Although I'm second in line for it, X's knife would be super awsome o_ob. Anyhoo, much love to Cyprias, Accolade, and...Shiu (or is it Shui?) for doing an amazing job. I look foward to kicking more butt with them later.

Head butting yagudos! Well not really... Again I got another bad picture and before I could take another the fighting was already done. Cyprias and myself spent a night doing some of the quests needed for the WotG missions. The storyline of the quests are quite exciting and some of the cutscenes are almost up there with some of the mission ones! I can't wait to see what else is going to happen in the past!

No pictures from salvage but boy do I have stories about it! We have been going after some different chariots and have been progressing against them quite well. We have taken down Battleclad Chariot down to 20% and ran out of time and then 1% and wiped (and ran out of time). Although its never fun to lose, our linkshell is having noticeable progress on the boss. Although I really don't enjoy the job, I plan on meriting red mage a little more once I have the spare time. Oh, and on a side note congrats to Gimpers on his completed Usu feet and Kaysa on 35 macha pants!

More updates later. Love and Peace~.

Happy Turkey Day

Hey Everyone! Hope everyone is doing alrighty. I've been pretty busy and haven't been on a lot @_@;. I apologize to those I haven't talked to in quite a bit and I wanna make sure peeps know I'm doing okay! Just school has been super busy lately ^^;. But have no fear peeps! I'll make sure to keep on going on adventures and keep people posted on stuff.

I've been leveling ranger lately and have been enjoying it quite a bit. Thanks to the amazing Selene's Bow Arnor and Cyp got me, my ranger has been doing really good damage ^^. Heck, I think I'm missing some much needed upgrades but my ranger is able to just keep at it! Although its really fun it still isnt as amazing as my thief though. Haven't been able to use it too often but my damage output has been pretty good with it. My little upgrades here and there have really shown. Its really thanks to all my friends and linkshells though. I know my thief couldn't be as strong as it is without the super amazing help I've gotten along the way. I just hope I can make people proud with how I use my thief ^^;.

Have a great turkey day to those that celebrate it and everyone have an amazing month! Enjoy the winter!