Recent accomplishments

[Markus. D]

*she

And I just said her name, Yingching. D;

**her

:3

I like that name, it has a nice Zing to it. ^_^

edit: and nope, its a Him. View Profile. ^_^

[Jimsour]

Finally got my hands on a Haubergeon. After 3 weeks of saving and spending countless hours in Oldon.

[Rostum]

edit: and nope, its a Him. View Profile. ^_^

Trust me.

[Misfit]

edit: and nope, its a Him. View Profile. ^_^

Trust me.
Bwahahaha!

Err... Maybe it's BOTH! ;D~

[Markus. D]

edit: and nope, its a Him. View Profile. ^_^

Trust me.

okay :)

[Fuego]

I've been sayin' i want to do it ... so i finaly did .... :lol:

I unlock'd pld and took it up to 8 yesterday ... yay ... maybe i can get it up to 12 tonight ^^

[dodhungry]

yeah its been a while since I have posted.. so here is whats new...Pld 15 Nin 10 Sam 5 War 30 Whm 25 Bst 7 and Mnk 33

I have joined a static on sundays with my mnk so hopefuly that will get high soon enough. Trying to get my PLd to 20 so my LS can do the lvl 20 bat BCNM. so yeah theres the update

[Fuego]

How do you take a pic of the status screen ? ... on comp i have to hit scroll lock then print screen ... but it removes everything except the background and peeps and non playable peeps ....

Also i almost forgot i did like the first 3 ZM's ... i have to track that guy down and bring him to the place you fill out your jobbie thing ... i dunno ... it makes no sense to me but i'm try'n ^^

And why is that mithra got her panties in a wad ... she's sooo unhappy >.<

[Misfit]

I actually leveled. *GASP* Got 58 and got my AF pants done, that damn coffer key would never drop... *shakes fist* But I got them and now I'm all cute and red and stuff. D'awh.

[Fuego]

I actually leveled. *GASP* Got 58 and got my AF pants done, that damn coffer key would never drop... *shakes fist* But I got them and now I'm all cute and red and stuff. D'awh.WooT Congrats !!!

I actually spent the night in "Ma's Penthouse" (AKA Castle Oztraja) With Red and Froggyma ... it took like 4 hours to get that frickin' key to drop ! But we did it and i got my AF body !!!!!!!!!!

Its soooo much better than my Tactitions armor ... Whoo Hooo !!!!

I'm all cute and red now too !!!

[Rostum]

Well I got my WAR to level 54, and have all my AF ready and waiting.

But I also managed to buy a crap load of gear with the gil two friends left me when they quit. =\ I got assault earring, hauby, 2xsniper rings, and some other random stuff. Oh oh, and I got a Tungi and Francisca for when I reach level 60 and 63.

WAR is fun. =)

[Markus. D]

I've been sayin' i want to do it ... so i finaly did .... :lol:

I unlock'd pld and took it up to 8 yesterday ... yay ... maybe i can get it up to 12 tonight ^^

I reckon if you decide you want to power through it, you could get to at least 16-18 or even 20.

[Fuego]

I've been sayin' i want to do it ... so i finaly did .... :lol:

I unlock'd pld and took it up to 8 yesterday ... yay ... maybe i can get it up to 12 tonight ^^

I reckon if you decide you want to power through it, you could get to at least 16-18 or even 20.I bet i could ... but i usually only have 2-3 hours on nights i werk so its not too much time to lvl ... esp with seekin' a pt and all that ... but yea at those lvls its incredibly easy to blow on up to 20 ... provided you have the time and gil for armor ever like 5-10 lvls :D

***EDIT***

Lastnight though i got side track'd and hung out with my homie Froggy ^.^

Totally worth it though ... cause she help'd me get my Rdm AF body :bigbiggri

[Markus. D]

I've been sayin' i want to do it ... so i finaly did .... :lol:

I unlock'd pld and took it up to 8 yesterday ... yay ... maybe i can get it up to 12 tonight ^^

I reckon if you decide you want to power through it, you could get to at least 16-18 or even 20.I bet i could ... but i usually only have 2-3 hours on nights i werk so its not too much time to lvl ... esp with seekin' a pt and all that ... but yea at those lvls its incredibly easy to blow on up to 20 ... provided you have the time and gil for armor ever like 5-10 lvls :D

***EDIT***

Lastnight though i got side track'd and hung out with my homie Froggy ^.^

Totally worth it though ... cause she help'd me get my Rdm AF body :bigbiggri

awww okay.

but Armour from 1-10 shouldnt be much of a deal, specially as a pally and all. :3 I think...

[Fuego]

I've been sayin' i want to do it ... so i finaly did .... :lol:

I unlock'd pld and took it up to 8 yesterday ... yay ... maybe i can get it up to 12 tonight ^^

I reckon if you decide you want to power through it, you could get to at least 16-18 or even 20.I bet i could ... but i usually only have 2-3 hours on nights i werk so its not too much time to lvl ... esp with seekin' a pt and all that ... but yea at those lvls its incredibly easy to blow on up to 20 ... provided you have the time and gil for armor ever like 5-10 lvls :D

***EDIT***

Lastnight though i got side track'd and hung out with my homie Froggy ^.^

Totally worth it though ... cause she help'd me get my Rdm AF body :bigbiggri

awww okay.

but Armour from 1-10 shouldnt be much of a deal, specially as a pally and all. :3 I think...Well ... Since i am a taru PLd ... I'm use'n +1 gear for the low lvls so i can hold my own even if i don't have great defense or attack ... and thats about 5k-30k a peice for armor ... i bought a lether vest +1 for like 20-25k ... honestly to have the extra defense, esp since I've been solo'n is sooo definately worth it ... not to mention i just sold a couple of scrolls one for like 50k and another for about 80k :D I don't think it will break me too bad :lol:

[Citizen Bleys]

Misfit came over to Alexander last night and I gave her gonorrhea.

[strawberryman]

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/4894/winmk9.png
I'm very happy right now.

[Luc]

Sorcerer's Tonban and Summoner's Pigaches =D

[Khaotic]

Whoa whoa whoa! I've been here for almost 3-4 years and my sex is in question? :O

[Misfit]

Misfit came over to Alexander last night and I gave her gonorrhea.
... And he killed me like 500 times and ... :(

[Fuego]

Whoa whoa whoa! I've been here for almost 3-4 years and my sex is in question? :OIn your profile it says M ... so unless you're lie'n about that ... i don't know ... Plus i get peeps think that imma gurl all the time ... i used to get mad, but now i think its Hilarious !!! Silly noobs >.< They make me smile :bigbiggri

[Rostum]

I got my Tarutaru WAR to level 60! I got a Tungi and a Francisca for him too, but not shown on the picture.

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1336/tarutaruwarriorsi0.jpg

He's such a little trooper! Did a 900 Rampage for 445 Distortion. <3

[Yeargdribble]

Been working on my crafts a lot lately.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Crafting-1.jpg

Got Leather to 24 (from 7) and Cloth to 72.6 (from 63). Actively working on both atm ^^

[Del Murder]

I want to start doing Cloth (level 1). Any suggestions? I have plenty of money to invest, so that's not a problem.

[Markus. D]

I got my Tarutaru WAR to level 60! I got a Tungi and a Francisca for him too, but not shown on the picture.

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1336/tarutaruwarriorsi0.jpg

He's such a little trooper! Did a 900 Rampage for 445 Distortion. <3


kawaii~


and wow! thats awesome!

[Citizen Bleys]

I finally finished getting all of the Terrestrial avatars (did the primes in all cases).

Now I have to kill them all AGAIN so that I can go for Fenrir. /sigh

[Misfit]

I got the summon "Maat".

I'm awesome.

[ScottNUMBERS]

1/1'd Parade Gorget, Solo'd BCNM20 WoF 3 times (2/3 on Astral Rings :</>D) and AF hands {Mine}.

[Darius]

Recent accomplishment:

Getting my RDM from 14-28 in 5 days and getting Dark Magic from 0-71 in that time. Including getting enfeeble from 8-72 and elemental from 0-59.

ALl in all I think I made alot of "skill" progress with my RDM. Once I get her to 37 ill switch to my WAR (which is 30 right now) and get that job to 37, then go back to my PLD. :)

[Fuego]

Wow Darius ... you're certainly are keep'n busy ^.^

I haven't play'd in about a week ... but last night i got my lvl 59 back as well as got to 60 /cheer !!!

Now i need to gets me my Rdm AF hat ***edit and legs*** and i'm set like that XD

[Darius]

Congrats on 60 fuego!

Its kinda fun leveling 2 jobs at the same time. Got WAR and RDM to 32 finally. Now I can stay near civilization and level each to 37.

[Misfit]

I got BRD to 16, and I'm really really really enjoying it. :bigsmile:

[Fuego]

Congrats on 60 fuego!

Its kinda fun leveling 2 jobs at the same time. Got WAR and RDM to 32 finally. Now I can stay near civilization and level each to 37.
Thank you :bigbiggri

and grats on 28-32 ... almost ready for refresh ... one of my personal favs :lol: and haste is come'n up.

Well ... i had a busy couple of days ... lets see ... it started by gettin' the map from that guy in Jeuno ... Ru'Lude Gardens (i think) he is in the middle area where the consulates are ... by the fountain. (Can't remember which map though) :lol:

Then after that i went with my LS and we foraged for 3 coffer keys in Garlaige Citadel. Then Pop'd coffer 3 times ... OMG it was insane ... i never new what the banish gates were for ... now i don't like that place too much . I lost my lvl i died sooo many times /cry ... but i did manage to get my Rdm AF Legs in one such coffer /cheer !!!

Then my LS went to do LB-3 ... and i can now attain lvl 65 ^^

Then i went with a member of my LS and we form'd a pt to undertake mission 5-1 ... WooT imma now done with that :mwahaha:

Then i help'd a LS buddy who just got ToA expantion get White Gate access and show'd them around ... then i did the same for her son and his character LMAO
***EDIT*** More on that (12-1) ... Did Tokers first Besieged. Then started his mercenary rank quests ... did stage'n point and then like 2 more before i realized it was 7 in the mornin' ...***

i got like maybe 10 hours of sleep in about 48 hours and was pretty much online the whole time >.<

[Yeargdribble]

Well I tanked this one guy during Apocolypse Nigh.
















http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/KAM.jpg

Got a nice reward.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Mag.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Magnetic.jpg

Also managed to get my Leather capped finally. Went from 7-60 in about a week.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Leather.jpg

After capping my leather I decided to make some Seer's Tunics and HQ'd several for a decent bit of profit :D


Was tanking in a skill up PT for a while. A Galka WAR/NIN offered to tank and then attempted. Several vokes and Rampages later he says this...

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/hate.jpg


Also had some fun with KB.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Behe-1.jpg



Question: Is there any way to get images within the spoiler tags?

[Del Murder]

Answer: No.

Clothcraft 0-42 in one week.

Misfit, drop me a tell when you get to 19/20 and you'll see how a REAL ninja plays.

[Misfit]

Misfit, drop me a tell when you get to 19/20 and you'll see how a REAL ninja plays.
Got 18 last night in about 45 minutes. :D

Tonight we're gonna level around 9 or 10 PM (est). I static BRD with a rdm, drk, and pld. (But I don't think the pld is gonna play) ^_^

[Del Murder]

Even if the PLD does play you could take me as a DD NIN. They exist, you know.

[Khaotic]

Also had some fun with KB.




Death's from KB!

[Yeargdribble]

Woulda been easier, but we only had a handful there... expecting NQ. Well, as the rest of our shell gets there, a rival shell had assholes camping bodies so they could cure before /blockaid was back up. Well, then they'd start to mazurka spam and caused quite a bit of hate trouble for our group, essentially MPKing us with Meteors from our KB. He even went yellow a handful of times as a result of Mazurka spam.

I'm all for Mazurka stealing from RMT, but I wish asshats wouldn't do it from legit players.

[Misfit]

I finally got 60WAR today. ^_^

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6632/1go8.png

I got that stupid turban too, but I'm not posting a picture of that. But it's in my FFXI LJ. >_>

[Rostum]

I got level 65 WAR. ^^ And farmed all my eyes, in which my shell will be doing ohat runs soon when I get back from moving. =D I also nearly have enough IS for that 75 turban. <3

[Yeargdribble]

Speaking of O Hats. I tanked Hakutaku again. The group I went with was easily the best pick-up group I've ever been part of. Everyone was smart and stayed behind me. The fights were each about 10 minutes long and I was the only person to drop below white HP. My wife finally got her hat on this run ^^

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Hktk2.jpg

Had to leave the run early for JoL though.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/JLo.jpg

Fight was boring as hell and we only got the Torque and Halberd.

Got my Fishing up some more.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Fishing.jpg

Also got Cloth to 82 but didn't take a screenshot.

I got a new toy while sea farming the other night.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Hope.jpg

It's a totally worthless piece of crap, but at least it looks likea "Birdhouse on a Stick!"

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Birdhouse.jpg

[Misfit]

http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/1299/rank7fl4.png

n_n!


I'll just EDIT this: xD

http://i10.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/47sp6r5.png

Yay, Tungi. :P

[oddler]

Defeated Porphyrion and got Rank 4 finally.
Man, that was one long freaking trek with the 4 of us: RDM (myself), THF, WHM, and RDM. :(

[Yeargdribble]

So I recently made it to 89.3 in cloth. Making a slow bit of progress to 90 when I can get my hands on Wamoura Silk.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Ding.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Vet.jpg

Been leveling SMN lately. Gotten from 21-39 in a little under a week. Hoping to get to 40 with a buffer and then go do Carmine Dobsonfly for some melee gears. Probably gonna retire SMN for a while after that. I like most jobs, but I have to say that SMN is one of my least favorite.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Buncle.jpg


I'm currently (as I type this) doing Dynamis-Buburimu. We got lucky drops on the boss.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Drops.jpg

My wife and I each got a Silver, so we'll be able to sell them for about 3.6M combined. Might help fund some of the hairier portions of cloth that are coming up.

Right after the boss our puller managed to pull a crazy link. I almost managed to get about half of the whole train in the screenshot. We actually managed to clear all (40ish) crabs with minimal deaths.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Link.jpg

[Doc Sark]

I've only just started playing this game properly and my humble efforts so far have seen me reach 13THF/7MNK, but it's screens like some of the ones above that inspire me to keep playing the game and trade in River Crabs for Nightmare Crabs ;)

I can only think the people that suggest this game is dead gave up trying very early on.

[Del Murder]

'Your level limit is now 55.'

Woo!

[Darius]

Ill have to re-edit this post once I beat Maat in a couple days. :D

[Yeargdribble]

Well I finally made it. No more cheap and easy stuff from here on out.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/90.jpg

Finally got this also.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Apron.jpg

Got my SMN to 41 (was gonna stop at 40 with a buffer, but the PT just kept going). You may be wondering what kind of MP a taru SMN has at 41... Well, I had 842 with /WHM. With SMN/BLM and a pie, I could easily have 900 MP ^^

So after getting SMN 20-41 (in just over a week) I'm onto my next project. I've somehow managed to get DRG from 20-34 in 2 days. Not sure when I'll stop my DRG. I'd love to take it to 75, thuogh I figure I'll scarcely be able to get to 60 before running my own money dry. I tend to ignore money making when I'm on XP binges.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Chillin.jpg

Random pic of me chillin' with Flink ^^

[Citizen Bleys]

damn, man, 3 more levels and you pass me in cloth. I need to get my arse in gear ; ;

[Del Murder]

How the hell do you get 14 levels in 2 days? Don't you people have jobs!

Yesterday was a fun and productive day in this game. hannah and I got my Parade Gorget, levelled our main jobs (WHM 51, PLD 51), got the item for her AF boots, did the chocobo raising quest, the SAM flag quest, and then levelled our secondary jobs (SMN 33, NIN 32). We ended up going through the Mountains three different times for three different reasons. We also partied with our 75 WAR friend three different times. Once for the gorget, once for the AF quest, and then in an exp party with his 34 PLD.

[Yeargdribble]

I managed by dual-boxing my wife's character.

Good gear + good sub + food + haste + PL + Empress Band = zoom

Also keep in mind that I have some things like Crit Hit Rate merited and having leveled so many melee jobs, I have nearly all skill (eva, parry etc) capped out since long ago.

I've also learned a little math trick. 4x150 > 1x200. People seem to be unaware that killing IT++++ isn't always the way to go. I can solo 4 mobs while PTs in my area are killing one mob. For one person killing Tish mobs you can get 150-200 XP. A PT might only get 100-150. However, if they would just kill lower mobs faster, they would get way more XP/hr, never run out of MP, and never be afraid that a link will wipe the PT.

So we beat Dynamis Lord again last night. No ring or Mantle... but we did get this. ^^

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Shell.jpg

So between the 2 Silvers I got in Bubu and this, I've made around 5M from Dynamis drops in one week worth of runs o.O

[No.78]

I've DIED 5 times in the last 3 days.

[Yeargdribble]

I died 3 times last night in Dynamis? What do I win ^^

Other nice thing about dual-box PLing... I got 56 Beastman's Seals in those two days.

[No.78]

You win a ginger cookie.

[ScottNUMBERS]

Attaxia's title: Paragon of Paladin excellence.

:cool:

[Misfit]

Let's see...

Beat all the promies and finally unlocked Lufaise Meadows. <3

http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/6841/3wh9.png
http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/5616/2oj6.png

We also beat the record for Mea, but I can't find the screenshot.


I killed my first Sea Horror with the hubby. That was exciting. x3


Brd is 21, pld is 23, thf is very close to 35 which I level as a set (or else it'd be higher >.>).


I sold my hauby to level a craft so I can make something nice on v-day for the {husband}. ;_; FFXI is fun. X3


Did gobby bags, got 50 items now. ;_;


Oh, and yeah, I'm STILL level 60war. -__-

[Miriel]

Finished 5-1 today. Hopefully get Rank 6 soon, but apparently, no one wants to help with Shadow Lord. >=(

[Rostum]

Perhaps if you were on a better server *cough*midgard*cough*, you'd get a lot of help with those kind of things. ;)

[Yeargdribble]

lol I do SL for people all the time just for kicks. It's a blast ^^ Too bad you can't hop over to Fenrir... You'd be Rank 10 in a week ^^

[Miriel]

Here's what you guys do...

Come over to Pandemonium, level super crazy fast and get to 75. And then help me with all my quests and missions and stuff. Ok? ^_^

I got to level 53 today. It's such a slooow process even when the party is doing well and everything. I dunno how some of you level up the way you do. One more level until my next AF!

[Mikztsu]

My recent accomplishment...uh, I got myself to finally quit this game after good 3+ years. :)

[Rostum]

YOU'LL BE BACK!

[Mirage]

Unlocked ninja. lol.

[oddler]

I found Norg. :p

[Markus. D]

I watched a Redmage, Bard, Warrior and a Whitemage all 75 on the Ship to Selbina and Mhaura and then back again to Selbina (no pirates :( but the Sea Monk killering was neat :D).

ftw.

[Mirage]

Sea monk is a pushover :p.

[Misfit]

Ding 62WAR.

I am... getting somewhere.

[Markus. D]

Sea monk is a pushover :p.

dont mock the little Octopus stingray thingy :(

The Lights were pretty throughout the random battles (one or two which had an ocean pugil).

n_n

[Doc Sark]

My recent accomplishment is getting to Rank 2. Whoop de dooo!!!!

Also, I got my flatmate playing the game so that's something :)

[dodhungry]

Well I have unlocked blu Hooray!!!

I have got pally to 20 so now I can start tanking low lvl BCNMs

Finally, my mnk is in the dead zone when it comes to partying. lvl 35. Its faster and far more benefical to solo than sit hours upon hours just waiting for a party. so yeah there is my small update

[Mikztsu]

YOU'LL BE BACK!

Nah, I know I won't. :) I had a fun time on FFXI but enough is enough and I think I accomplished pretty much everything I wanted to accomplish. Screwed up end-game content with full of gilsellers is what killed my last inspiration. I'll list my most remarkable accomplishments:

- two jobs to level 75 ( Ranger and MNK)
- Sandy Rank 10
- CoP missions Completed. ZM missions completed.
- Was a co-founder of an succesfull and respected endgame and dynamis LS with a good reputation. Was a long-winded process starting for getting coffer keys for AF's, but now over 2 years later we killed sky gods and jailers at sea regularly. This I think is what I'm most proud of and it meant a lot for me. LS is still running strong eventho me and other founders and quit during these years.
- Killed Sky gods and Kirin gazillion times that they became boring. Aquired all god gear I wanted to have.
- Killed most of the sea gods ( Jailers) several times too. Not Jailer of Love, which sadly gilseller LS had honour to kill on our server before any LS. Pretty sad and says a lot about my server's endgame.
- Dynamis Sandy, Bastok, Windy, Jeuno, Beaucedine and Buburimu completed. Also got all the MNK and RNG AFv2 I wanted from those Dynamis.

+ a lot gear and HNM related stuff I can't be arsed to list here.

I had a good run, but now I'm waiting Lord of the Rings online release. :)

[Crossblades]

I leveled Dragoon to 7:D

[Mirage]

Got lv4 Norg fame and did Tonko and Utsusemi quests as 23whm, I get nervous when sneaking in areas where I'm severely underleveled <,<.
Go me!

[Mikztsu]

Ah, those were good times when I was questing Ninja scrolls. :) I kinda wish I could erase my memory and start over this game.

[Mirage]

I wish the same for many other games I've played, in fact. I'd rather not forget the battle mechanics though :p.

[Citizen Bleys]

http://rey.primeaux.org/traitor.jpg

As soon as I put the tabard on, my inner Bard began vomiting noisily.

[Darius]

Beat Maat with my 70 PLD. Unlocked Ninja and got'em to lvl 12.
Raised Leathercraft to lvl 1.7 (I know its low but I started crafting for the first time the other day and im hooked now)

[Markus. D]

Got WHM to 23.

Was training in Qufim with a party~~~

Entered the Craig for awhile and managed to train there ~[n_n]~

and I am 2 levels away from having I think a full set of Bar- Spells <3

I'ts fun using those.

And I feel ever so close to having a Bard :DDDDD

That and I found a Silver Hairpin.

[Laguna]

65 paladin!

Working toward 70 now. If only every other pld on the server would stop seeking when I do, I'd be set!

Resumed work on rdm. Reached level 25. I know I could hit 40 if I tried, but Im just not up to it right now.

Cleared Zilart Missions 1>5. Currently waiting to do 6. Eventually.

[Yeargdribble]

Well I finished my DRG AF in about a day (except the weapon which I got a while back). Go me.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Peregrine.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/AllAF.jpg

Some random shots of my wife tearing up AF mobs for me.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/AF1.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Chalpwn.jpg

I splurged on a little something for my DRG (and other jobs)

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Brig.jpg

I got a special outpost warp.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Gusta.jpg

I also got the title to end all titles.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/DTav.jpg

Minus my hands, this is roughly the way I look now (in areas under my nation's control).

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/loldrg.jpg

[Markus. D]

xD awesome yearg.

LS helped me get Kuro's Kazham Airship pass :)

I havent entered with him yet. I am going to soon (level 25 now :) close to Bardism)... My LS suggested I should get a full seer's set.

and since buying all my spells Post 20. I am cashless (I don't even have enough for a raise scroll :[)

but. Keep it going. n_n


oh oh. that and. I managed to see Hollboyboyboy making Sushi in Jeuno.

only 1 fisherman doing the work :\

[Mirage]

psst, get your level 20-30 spells from NPCs, they're usually cheaper there :p. I've actually made quite a bit of money by buying Raise, Cure III and Regen from NPCs and auctioning them :p, enough to effectively make all my lv20 spells free :p.

[Markus. D]

I cant even afford the NPC ones ~[u_u]~

speaking of which I am level 26 n_n almost level 27~

[Rostum]

I got a koenig head piece. Been doing sky for ages, and it's the second one I've seen drop. =\

[Markus. D]

I got Raise :D

now I can be wh0red out in Valkurm Dunes among other places ~[n_n]~

[Yeargdribble]

We once had 2 M heads drop on the same kill, and there was nobody there that wanted them... they auto-sorted. I've seen a ton of them, however, I've only seen A hands drop 3 times from Genbu (in over 2 years of sky) and two of those were from the same Genbu.

[Rostum]

We once had 2 M heads drop on the same kill, and there was nobody there that wanted them... they auto-sorted. I've seen a ton of them, however, I've only seen A hands drop 3 times from Genbu (in over 2 years of sky) and two of those were from the same Genbu.

Yeah, well usually whenever they did drop, I wasn't able to attend the sky run. =( They aren't really that great though, I still love my AF2.

[Miriel]

Ding!

Level 54. :)

Gotta get my hat now!

[Dante WolfWood]

well, I havent been on the forums lately; Been playing too much, but here is my update and recent accomplishments:

just got lvl 30 RDM, which is my first job to that lvl, w00t! I feel really special

I'm broke though and I dont have enough money for dia 2, not even considering Phalanx and dispel ; ; (its hard to have enough gil for armor, an up-to-date sword and wand, and scrolls for all jobs rdm, blm ,whm :()

so I dont know what I'm gonna do, but I'll make it somehow :D

I also have received my kazham air pass and I'm at rank 3 which I hope to be rank 5 by next week, with alittle help from the LS of course.

[Miriel]

I got my hat!

PS. Hunting for coffer keys is just ridiculous. How does square expect us level 50-ish people to do these? It seems like every quest, we need to enlist the help of level 75s. That doesn't seem right at all.

[Yeargdribble]

I think originally they expected large groups of friends to get together and go hunt for coffer keys together. The game pushes hardcore toward teamwork. A group of people in the AF level range should be able to take the coffer key mobs together (in theory). Luckily, I just solo'd all of my coffer key stuff. Also keep in mind that when AF came out the level cap was 60, so nobody had 75s helping them back in the day. Same thing with Limit Break quests.

What bothers me more is that often there are NO FREAKIN' CLUES in the AF quests about what to do. I seem to remember this with a piece of my DRG AF where I was supposed to find a guy that knew something... no clue in the dialogue where I'd find him. I talk to him and he says something about doing something. Essentially I'm told to go click on a ??? but I'm not told where in the world to do so.

Everyone has to do AF hands the same way... so you talk to Guslam (how did you know to talk to him?) and he talks about Borghertz. You find your 'old gauntlets' in a coffer (he actually tells you where) and then you go talk to him again. He simply says, "These are beyond my skill to repair." That gives absolutely no lead as to what to do next.

How would anyone know to go through the whole junk with the Tenshodo and then to talk to a ??? in Port Jeuno?


Before guides, how did people do this stuff?

[Mirage]

Trial and error :D. Sometimes I'm glad I wasn't among the first batch of players. Then again, I lost out on a lot of the exploring and adventuring part of the game. And those lovely bugs ;].

[Darius]

lvl 71 and got AF gloves (to replace my rush gaunts which have worked awesomely until I got my warwolf belt).

[Miriel]

I realize that the intent was to work together in parties and get the coffer keys together, but I really think Square gave players too much credit. As in like, there are nice people in the game, but to find 5 other NICE people to spend HOURS hunting for keys with you is asking a loooooot out of the player base. It's a struggle to find people who are A) not busy at the moment doing their own thing, B) willing to spend hours (it took me 3 to get one key) doing something that doesn't exactly benefit THEM and C) to find 5 of those people!

It's hard enough trying to find 1 or 2 level 75s to help you out. It's damn near impossible to find 5 people to party with you for coffer keys.

[Misfit]

Finished all my gobby bags. Now I'm a "Greedalox."

Got 6 shards for ZM5, I would have 7 but I was apparently too far away for the one in Quicksand Caves and I didn't get it. xD Gotta go back for that one... *coughs*

I finished g4, it was boring because I had to travel to every main city and Mhaura by myself. ;_; So now my level limit is 70. Now I'm a "Cloud Breaker" xD

I did the 30 cap BCNM for Leaping Boots 3 times, and it didn't drop on any of our orbs. Would have gone 4 times but my one friends orb was already cracked. xP

Um... I got 60 spaces in Mog Locker. xD That is all.

[Darius]

Got a Parade Gorget for my PLD on the first try :D

[Yeargdribble]

I think you are highly correct about the problems Miriel. I think SEs problem is that they don't retro-fit those aspects of the game as it evolves. Less people are in those middle levels. Less people need to skill up weapons in those ranges. People can't really pull off a coffer key party with the dual excuse of getting coffer keys and making a skill up PT.

I just wish I were on your server. Me and my wife love doing stuff like that for friends. We've become masters of minimalist set ups for hard NMs and BCs (Nearly all of Windy duo'd/trio'd, needed 4 people for 9-2; All but 3 Bastok missions duo'd, convinced we could duo 9-2). It's very exciting to push our limits and do AF NMs for people. What fun is having all of that leet gear if we can't give back to the community with it?

[Rostum]

I witnessed a friends wedding in-game. It was the most lamest, pathetic thing I've seen in my whole life. The sad part was that they were all so serious about it, and provided strict rules for the audience.

[Miriel]

I think you are highly correct about the problems Miriel. I think SEs problem is that they don't retro-fit those aspects of the game as it evolves. Less people are in those middle levels. Less people need to skill up weapons in those ranges. People can't really pull off a coffer key party with the dual excuse of getting coffer keys and making a skill up PT.

I just wish I were on your server. Me and my wife love doing stuff like that for friends. We've become masters of minimalist set ups for hard NMs and BCs (Nearly all of Windy duo'd/trio'd, needed 4 people for 9-2; All but 3 Bastok missions duo'd, convinced we could duo 9-2). It's very exciting to push our limits and do AF NMs for people. What fun is having all of that leet gear if we can't give back to the community with it?

Come to our server! I'll give you cookies! And other asorted baked goods. :D?

[Markus. D]

I witnessed a friends wedding in-game. It was the most lamest, pathetic thing I've seen in my whole life. The sad part was that they were all so serious about it, and provided strict rules for the audience.

I once saw one of those in maple story.



a thing like it is my Main LS's (WolfPack) Meeting. but. WolfPack is perfect. so thats okay :3'

edit: I spent all night last night gettinga Chocobo~ :)!

I was THAT satisfied once I had got it n_n!

[Kenji Longaway]

I haven't accomplished a damn thing in over two years. Unless you count that time I met Jessica Simpson. Well, I really didn't meet her...I was slinking behind her bushes.

[Markus. D]

I haven't accomplished a damn thing in over two years. Unless you count that time I met Jessica Simpson. Well, I really didn't meet her...I was slinking behind her bushes.

^-^

Recent Accomplishments topic. Subject in the FFXI forums. relate to Accomplishments based in FFXI relation.

[Kenji Longaway]

I haven't accomplished a damn thing in over two years. Unless you count that time I met Jessica Simpson. Well, I really didn't meet her...I was slinking behind her bushes.

^-^

Recent Accomplishments topic. Subject in the FFXI forums. relate to Accomplishments based in FFXI relation.

What makes you think I wasn't referring to this game?

[Mirage]

The fact that Jessica Simpson is very unlikely to be playing this game makes me think you weren't referring to this game.

[Markus. D]

I haven't accomplished a damn thing in over two years. Unless you count that time I met Jessica Simpson. Well, I really didn't meet her...I was slinking behind her bushes.

^-^

Recent Accomplishments topic. Subject in the FFXI forums. relate to Accomplishments based in FFXI relation.

What makes you think I wasn't referring to this game?

^-^

Well. okay... at least Edit your profile stating that you DO play FFXI :3

[Kenji Longaway]

I haven't accomplished a damn thing in over two years. Unless you count that time I met Jessica Simpson. Well, I really didn't meet her...I was slinking behind her bushes.

^-^

Recent Accomplishments topic. Subject in the FFXI forums. relate to Accomplishments based in FFXI relation.

What makes you think I wasn't referring to this game?

^-^

Well. okay... at least Edit your profile stating that you DO play FFXI :3

I haven't played it as of recently. Think about this; If I haven't accomplished anything in two years...then I haven't accomplished anything on this game either. Seeing Jessica Simpson just happened to be one of my accomplishments.

[Miriel]

Kenji Longaway, knock it off and get out of this thread.

[Citizen Bleys]

Pimp hat is mine. Now I'm really a traitor.

[Markus. D]

DING!

WHM 30 :D

[Misfit]

I witnessed a friends wedding in-game. It was the most lamest, pathetic thing I've seen in my whole life. The sad part was that they were all so serious about it, and provided strict rules for the audience.
I got married in-game. <_<
It was pretty boring, and I'll admit the things I had to say were embarrassing. >__>
But y'know, we wanted to do something different. xP
The after-wedding was kinda fun. :D

[Mirage]

Raped Promyvion Dem boss in 5 minutes just now. It's my first time, I feel kinda proud.

[Taggerung]

Raped Promyvion Dem boss in 5 minutes just now. It's my first time, I feel kinda proud.

I hope one of you had protection. (sorry i couldn't resist :rolleyes2 )


As for me, i deleted my old character and started fresh on Alexander.

[Mirage]

Does hysteroanima count as protection? :)

[Markus. D]

I finally unlocked Bard x-x

apparently it was one of the easier ones... but I didnt find it easy :)

[Mirage]

It's considered easy because you don't have to kill something that's impossible to solo at level 30 :p.

[Markus. D]

It's considered easy because you don't have to kill something that's impossible to solo at level 30 :p.

:p

fair enough.

[Rostum]

Does hysteroanima count as protection? :)

I'd say more of a rape drug.

[Markus. D]

Bard isnt expensive at all. its fantastic <3

I managed to run my way from Windurst to Bastok (should have considered bringing a Chocobo (|/slap|)) and bought a set of Bard Songs for about 2000% cheaper than AH.

[Yeargdribble]

Just make sure you use the +1 instruments appropriate to the individual songs or I might have jump across a server and hurt you.

[Misfit]

Died in Ifrit's Cauldron last night from a loltruesight dragon, I think we were doing some ZM, but I'm sick and I was tired so I forget what was going on. ^_^

Also; ding 64WAR.

[Mirage]

Just make sure you use the +1 instruments appropriate to the individual songs or I might have jump across a server and hurt you.

I thought +1 instruments just added another what, 15 seconds to the song duration. Doesn't sound critical to me :p.

[Markus. D]

Just make sure you use the +1 instruments appropriate to the individual songs or I might have jump across a server and hurt you.

20k-30k x-x


hmmm. with Reug being awesome. I just might be able to pull it off.

could someone please tell me how to make equip macros :D?

[Del Murder]

/equip Slot "Item name"

So to equip some instrument it would be:

/equip Ranged "Flute"

[Citizen Bleys]

just Range, not Ranged.

[Del Murder]

Shows how much I use that slot.

[Yeargdribble]

Just make sure you use the +1 instruments appropriate to the individual songs or I might have jump across a server and hurt you.

I thought +1 instruments just added another what, 15 seconds to the song duration. Doesn't sound critical to me :p.

It actually adds quite a bit more potency. Cornette+1 adds nearly 20 atk to my Minuet IV. That's like a pair of O Kote. Also, considering how incredibly cheap all other BRD gear is, you can't really complain about 20-30k for an instrument that is good from 4-75. Almost every instrument is an investment that lasts forever on BRD.

Andother example is my instrument for March that adds 5% Haste. What would people pay for 5% haste in a piece of gear?

HQ instruments make quite a large impact ^^

[Mirage]

I stand corrected, then.

[Del Murder]

Eternal Tyno helped us do G2 so now we can level all the way to 60! Oh boy!

[Markus. D]

made it to 15 on my Brd.

well... I suppose it doesnt really count... since level 9 there has only been 2 events of when I havent had some form of PL

[Del Murder]

Got to level 55 and got Spirits Within! It was the most damage I've ever done in this game. 412 is a lot for a Taru PLD!

[theundeadhero]

Joined the cooking guild.

Didn't get too far because the game refuses to stay connected for longer than half an hour, but I can synth without worrying about the getting timed out so much. It's hard to party when you get a D/C every thirty minutes :(

[Darius]

Was wondering around Sea Serpent Grotto without a map, doing Utsusemi:Ichi quest, and randomly came across the chest. Killed about 150 monsters till I finally got the key then somehow found my way back to the chest (after an hour of solid running). opened the chest and got the map! /cheer

Then killed 1 monster about 30 seconds later and got another chest key!!! WOOT!!! Now im searching for the chest again for the gil. I also found 2 scrolls of regen II. Hopefully I can get a few k's of gil for each of them.

[Miriel]

Also got level 55. One more to Raise II! Finished the 1st Aht Urhgan mission too. :)

And during that grind to get 55 we partied with an AWFUL puller. I've rarely seen a puller get so many links as this one. Inevitably leading to my death. She also went afk for 20 freakin' minutes. By the end, I wanted to kick her in the face. :mad2: You would think that by the 50s, a person would have a grip on how to do their jobs.

[Emprea Reborn]

Got my Ohat

[dodhungry]

woot Finally hit lvl 40 mnk today Now im on the downward slope to 75. :D I wonder if it will be possible to get my AF before my birthday in Feb :shifty:

[Mirage]

I got WAR40, started SMN quest (got half of the colours), and unlocked BRD :}. We didn't get the two last Promyvions done last week, but hopefully I'll get them this week. After that, I'm going to quest a Venerer ring and then try getting a Jaeger ring.

[Rostum]

Decided to dust off WAR and got it to 66, where I obtained Mistral Axe. Now I can open and close Light skillchains. =)

[ThePheonix]

Soloed BCNM20 Wings of Furry as bst twice this week, got an Astral the second time! (Sorry couldn't get any Screenshots)

I went with a high-eva setup, bst/thf and it was too easy, had to use 10 potions the second time because the Furies failed to charm about 5 times in a row at first and i was just running around, and then the second time I was charming another one took me 2 tries to charm it when it was at 10~15 % HP; on top of that, I forgot to switch from my Charm gear (CHR+10) throughout the whole thing the second time.

This BCNM is way too simple to solo as bst... as long as you know what you're doing; I spent around 10k on each try, and the second time was bpretty unlucky with charm (unlike the drops!)

[Misfit]

I unlocked Sky yesterday! ^_________^ Tu'lia, HERE I COME!

And I got accepted into the Sky shell [SkyTrinity] I was trying to get in, phew... I feel better now. I didn't realize how much you actually... have to try to impress people to get something good. And now that it's over and I got accepted, I feel good. >:D I get my pearl once I hit 70, which is what I plan to do now - No more missions, no more quests, just GRINDING! (Currently level 66!)

Also, I got 70 items in locker thanks to Del and his kind gift of 5 gold pieces. ^__^

Annnd... I can't think of anything else atm.

[Mirage]

http://home.no.net/steak/images/ffxi/meabuff.jpg

http://home.no.net/steak/images/ffxi/meadeth.jpg

Quite the accomplishment, imo. Gonna try again tomorrow.

[Crossblades]

My DRG reached 30 :D

[Markus. D]

http://home.no.net/steak/images/ffxi/meabuff.jpg

http://home.no.net/steak/images/ffxi/meadeth.jpg

Quite the accomplishment, imo. Gonna try again tomorrow.

I can't believe you let Jixxer Die ;\

he's the best!

:(


congrats on getting to 30 :D

I would have been at that level with my Bard by now if it wernt for a certain indavidual making me wait for him... (been about 4 days now).

in that time I have managed to level a couple of Melee Classes :\

[Del Murder]

Yesterday I got to 12,799 exp on level 55 and was like 'sweet! one more until level up,' but then the next battle came and nothing.

Turned out I forgot to talk to Maat after we fought the NMs so my cap didn't raise. :( Doh! At least it allowed Eleni to catch up to me.

[Miriel]

Level 57!

No pantaloons though. :(

Edit: Scratch that, just got my spiffy disco pantaloons. ^_^

[eternalshiva]

I got 75 Corsair >_>

/resurrects from the dead

Hi guys *^^

[strawberryman]

Got Alle's SAM to 51. Yay, second job that far. And quite naturally, all her gear has cost me more than BLM. I spoil her. >_>

Also did 5-1 with her, a THF, RDM, and BRD. That was... Interesting.

[Markus. D]

got my Bard up to Qufim and bought a +1 Maple Harp.

[Doc Sark]

Made it to lvl 20 with my BLM and got a Chocobo and Chocobo Egg! Woot!

[Del Murder]

Got AF crown! Now I am King of all Tarus!

[Misfit]

Got AF crown! Now I am King of all Tarus!
All right! No more robot taru (http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/2082/tmoqp6.png)!

[No.78]

My first garrisson, 20 cap, west ron... DEATH

[Citizen Bleys]

I got killed by a freakin' bunny.

[Rostum]

Did my first KS99, kited around a huge behemoth thing. =) Gotta watch out for that meteor!

[Yeargdribble]

I've decided to take a long and possibly permanent break from FFXI. After taking a break for about 2 weeks, I tried the little 2 dollar WoW trial. It's not so much that WoWs the better game (though in my opinion it probably is), but really the fact that WoW allowed me to look at FFXI without the love goggles. I finally admitted to myself that the game just doesn't reward you much for what you put in. Additionally, SE is lazy about pretty much everything. They don't listen to the complaints of the playerbase, they let RMT run rampant, they let people cheat, they don't allow windowed mode and say it's because it will allow all of the above things they don't fix.

In WoW you can play windowed. Hell, you can even play with mods. Stuff like TParty and Bloodpace would be 100% legal in WoW. At the same time, if someone cheats (flee hack, bot, etc.) they get banned. RMT don't own the economy and you don't have to save up forever to get something. You can wear decent gear and not be a gimp. You can wear different looking gear than other people of your job at your level and not be gimp.

Instead of logging in for 3 hours of LFP every day on DRG just to log out without making progress, I can log into WoW for only 30 minutes and make 10x the progress and feel good about it and then return to real life.

FFXI offers you almost nothing if you can't devote 2-3 hour time blocks to it. Am I supposed to really feel all that accomplished that I spent over a year doing sky to get a full set of god gear? It's good, but it's only a few notches better than any other gear. So what if my e-cock is bigger and I can brag more about my gear? It just means that I sold my soul to a LS that got it for me after an unhealthy amount of time. I'd rather put a reasonable amount of time in and get rewards that are even more worth the effort (i.e. the stats are actually a notable improvement).

People will say the playerbase is more immature in WoW and they are probably correct. However, there are also immature asshats in FFXI. At least I'm not forced to PT with them in WoW. My option in FFXI if I get a PT with a jackass is to either deal with him, or go LFP in Jeuno for another ridiculous amount of time.


I'll probably come back after an extended break in WoW, but maybe not. Some do, but most don't. You always get the handful that come back from playing for 3 months and capping a single character just to say how easy WoW was. Well, it's probably easy coming from FFXI where you played 8+ hours a day. If you spent that much time in WoW, sure you'd get everything fast on one toon.

I'd prefer to go slow and enjoy myself while still having time to spend doing other things. I'd like to be able to log in for only one hour and actually feel like I've accomplished something and had FUN. There's very little to do in FFXI for fun in one hour. I started scheduling life around FFXI. I'd rather schedule a game into my life than feel the need to adjust my life for the game.

[Rostum]

Yeah, I've taken short breaks from FFXI to play WoW in the past. It is a good game in my opinion, but for me it still lacked something that FFXI has (and generally I missed all my friends on FFXI).

I'm starting to get to a point in FFXI, where I can't attend as many end-game activities due to getting / trying to get a job and being in a whole different time zone to Americans, and a lot of shells don't like that. I'm just lucky my current shell can put up with me being late or not showing up.

But anyway, it's good, so enjoy it. ^^

Edit: BTW. Even though I could generally play FFXI 8+ hours in one day, I still found it slow to level in WoW. Not as slow as FFXI, but slow enough to notice.

[Del Murder]

/cry Yeargdribble

Just kidding. :)

If I had played the game as long as you and done all the stuff you did, I'd probably be looking for a change too. The game is not always going to have the same appeal as you keep playing it. I don't think I'll ever play WoW though, I'm more of a FF fan than a MMORPG fan.

In recent accomplishment news I just acquired the Dark Knight job and got Blu up to 16. I'm really enjoying learning spells.

[Yeargdribble]

It just upsets me in retrospect because after playing FFXI so long I just figured so many things were par for the course in MMORPGs. When I played WoW, I finally realized how broken FFXI was and how lazy SE is.

I'm at a point in FFXI where it is absolutely a job to keep trying. I have so much endgame Ra/Ex gear that I'm running out of space. Any time I'd want to level a job I'd have to spend nearly an hour muling the gear over. I was at the point where I either stop leveling other jobs for fun or start being a gimp on my BRD.

While leveling may be slow on WoW as well as the levels get higher, I find the way quests work with the game to be much more friendly. You are killing two birds with one stone. You get a quest, go kill mobs for XP while doing the quest, get their drops (which are actually worth something in WoWs economy), go back to the quest giver, get MORE XP for finishing it as well as more money and sometimes some pretty decent gear. It feels like a lot of progress at once. In FFXI if you want to XP... you XP... period. You have to find a group to do so and that's frustrating if I don't have a mount of available time to play.

I think FFXI has good bones. It has a lot of things going for it, but honestly SE has shown they don't care with the impotence in which they deal with in game problems.

WoW is also a game that will be easier to enjoy with my wife. She's not too keen on giving up FFXI and her 3 75 jobs all pimped out in Relic and everything else you can imagine. She's got a lot of friends and such, but she played WoW and enjoyed it. It's so easy to get together with a significant other in the game and go accomplish things and I find that great.




I'm also gonna miss you guys. I didn't get to play with any of your but you made me feel pretty at home here on this little corner of the internet. I won't feel as involved any more and that's pretty sad. I'll try to stop in and see what everyone is managing to accomplish from time to time though ^^

[Markus. D]

I've decided to take a long and possibly permanent break from FFXI. After taking a break for about 2 weeks, I tried the little 2 dollar WoW trial. It's not so much that WoWs the better game (though in my opinion it probably is), but really the fact that WoW allowed me to look at FFXI without the love goggles. I finally admitted to myself that the game just doesn't reward you much for what you put in. Additionally, SE is lazy about pretty much everything. They don't listen to the complaints of the playerbase, they let RMT run rampant, they let people cheat, they don't allow windowed mode and say it's because it will allow all of the above things they don't fix.

In WoW you can play windowed. Hell, you can even play with mods. Stuff like TParty and Bloodpace would be 100% legal in WoW. At the same time, if someone cheats (flee hack, bot, etc.) they get banned. RMT don't own the economy and you don't have to save up forever to get something. You can wear decent gear and not be a gimp. You can wear different looking gear than other people of your job at your level and not be gimp.

Instead of logging in for 3 hours of LFP every day on DRG just to log out without making progress, I can log into WoW for only 30 minutes and make 10x the progress and feel good about it and then return to real life.

FFXI offers you almost nothing if you can't devote 2-3 hour time blocks to it. Am I supposed to really feel all that accomplished that I spent over a year doing sky to get a full set of god gear? It's good, but it's only a few notches better than any other gear. So what if my e-cock is bigger and I can brag more about my gear? It just means that I sold my soul to a LS that got it for me after an unhealthy amount of time. I'd rather put a reasonable amount of time in and get rewards that are even more worth the effort (i.e. the stats are actually a notable improvement).

People will say the playerbase is more immature in WoW and they are probably correct. However, there are also immature asshats in FFXI. At least I'm not forced to PT with them in WoW. My option in FFXI if I get a PT with a jackass is to either deal with him, or go LFP in Jeuno for another ridiculous amount of time.


I'll probably come back after an extended break in WoW, but maybe not. Some do, but most don't. You always get the handful that come back from playing for 3 months and capping a single character just to say how easy WoW was. Well, it's probably easy coming from FFXI where you played 8+ hours a day. If you spent that much time in WoW, sure you'd get everything fast on one toon.

I'd prefer to go slow and enjoy myself while still having time to spend doing other things. I'd like to be able to log in for only one hour and actually feel like I've accomplished something and had FUN. There's very little to do in FFXI for fun in one hour. I started scheduling life around FFXI. I'd rather schedule a game into my life than feel the need to adjust my life for the game.

it sounds fun doesnt it n_n-b

... and then you get to the end... and feel empty u.u... its your choice though. you are Yeargdribble After All :3!


so. have fun ^-^

[Darius]

I dont know. Im still having fun with the game. WoW looks fun but at the same time, I doubt ill ever play it. I played Diablo II for about 5 1/2 years and its true, once you get to the end of the game theres not really much else to do but PL a lower lvl character and duel. Not 100% sure if thats the way it is in WoW but most Blizzard games that ive played run the same way.

Plus, dont get into mods too much. Diablo II was a free to play online game and people were getting banned quite often (once every 2-3 months theyd have a "rust storm" and about 20,000-30,000 were banned at once). Considering WoW is a pay to play, I can only assume its a matter of time before they run a server sweep.

But all that aside, I made a mule about a week ago and Ive been farming with it in the mines, plus sending stuff to it from my main to sell at the AH. I pretty much doubled my income now and have a steady income now. Also completed ZM4 so just a few more and I can go to sky. Friend got me in a sky LS so once I get access, its on like donkey kong!

[Yeargdribble]

it sounds fun doesnt it n_n-b

... and then you get to the end... and feel empty u.u... its your choice though. you are Yeargdribble After All :3!


I hear this often, but the same can be said about FFXI. Some people argue that FFXI is more fun because it takes longer and you can be more proud of your accomplishments. In all reality, I've done pretty much all there was to do with BRD. I stretched the limits quite a bit.

I had all the gear and then some. I got to the end, and it feels empty. Just because it took me 10x as long to get those things in FFXI than it would in WoW, is that supposed to make them any less hollow? At least in WoW I might not feel so attached to my toon that I can't just play another toon.


I'm curious what FFXI players feel like is waiting for them at the end of the rainbow that they claim WoW doesn't offer. The endgame of FFXI is less well thought out imo. Sitting in Dragon's Aery 3 hours a day 7 days a week for a chance at gear? Competing with botting LSs? That's fun?

All I know is that the higher you get in FFXI, the higher your dependence becomes on others to help you get things.... the higher the requirements on your time to get any decent gear.

I would offer that FFXI's end is similarly empty. It just sucks more life out of you before you hit that wall.

[Misfit]

I play both WoW and FFXI. ^_- I love them both, when you get bored in FFXI... just hopping on WoW to kill somebody on my <3Rogue just feels great. Then I go and play FFXI again.

YOUR HAIDATE WILL BE MINE!

Anyway. ^_^ I did my first Sky event last Saturday. It was thrilling.

[dodhungry]

well over the past few weeks I have managed to get mnk to 43 and pld up to 30. Unfortunatly however I am as poor as a broke bicycle so its time to farm.

[Rostum]

I just cleared Dynamis - Beaucedine. =)

[chionos]

I wish I could come back to the game. After I quit, I slowly came to realize how incredible FFXI is. I think if I get the chance to come back or decide to waste my time trying to play on dial-up, I'll be able to enjoy the game more than I ever could before.

When I played before I was constantly plagued by the persuit of the best gear, and was tied down to a hard-core HNMLS. But next time I'll concentrate more on my friends, and doing things that are fun as opposed to events that make me money or give me things.

Hopefully you'll go back to FFXI, Year. As someone who doesn't have a choice, it's hard to see someone who does have a choice make the wrong one. Although if I could play WoW, I probably would for one of the reasons you are going to it. I do think FFXI has more to accomplish, and is more rewarding, and generally a better game. But WoW isn't as much of a time-sink, and I have no time to waste.

Grats Omecle, Xarcarbard is insane, you'll love it. Especially if you'll be going after DL.

[Ultimage]

I just cleared Dynamis - Beaucedine. =)

Congrats Omecle.

[Markus. D]

I wish I could come back to the game. After I quit, I slowly came to realize how incredible FFXI is. I think if I get the chance to come back or decide to waste my time trying to play on dial-up, I'll be able to enjoy the game more than I ever could before.

When I played before I was constantly plagued by the persuit of the best gear, and was tied down to a hard-core HNMLS. But next time I'll concentrate more on my friends, and doing things that are fun as opposed to events that make me money or give me things.

Hopefully you'll go back to FFXI, Year. As someone who doesn't have a choice, it's hard to see someone who does have a choice make the wrong one. Although if I could play WoW, I probably would for one of the reasons you are going to it. I do think FFXI has more to accomplish, and is more rewarding, and generally a better game. But WoW isn't as much of a time-sink, and I have no time to waste.

Grats Omecle, Xarcarbard is insane, you'll love it. Especially if you'll be going after DL.

:]!

it plays pretty well on Dial-Up. not much differant from 150kb per second... IMO... connecting and patching are a differant story though.


ps: Omecle. You must be so amped up :D! congrats.
psps: I like the odd tune of Xarcabard.

[No.78]

Last night I learnt Ice Break, it was fun. At one point we were resting and a golem popped right beside us, so we got up and buffed, it turned and attacked and at the same time a tiger came and aggroed on the guy i was with (he was only 41) so I slept the tiger and we fought teh golem, then we fought teh tiger, and a bat eye joined in O_O I slept that and went all arcane circley and stuff (subbing drk), and somehow we beat the tiger then the bat eye!! So yeah, it was fun cos we lived through numerous assaults XD

I learnt ice break, he didn't, then we died.

And today I decided to hunt Clusters in lufaise, I knew I'd never even find any, but it was worth a shot. And the funny thing is, I found an atomic cluster, fought it, it used refueling, I killed it, and learnt it first kill! So that made me happy, unofrtunately I had like 50 HP and 0MP left to protect me from the Gigantobugard that decided to attack me right afterwards, so I died but... It was so worth it :D

[chionos]

Well I just restarted my account. First accomplishment in 7 months. It's a little choppy on dial-up, but it's worth it certainly. Crappy thing is I sold everything before I left and gave the money to a friend who doesn't play anymore, so I have to start from scratch financially. But that'll be fun.

[Rostum]

I don't know what it's like on other servers, but on Midgardsormr you will have one hell of a time trying to gain back your gil. The economy has crashed and there's no profit to be made in anything worthwhile. =\

Though, may I ask, why you are on dial up? Broadband's pretty cheap these days.

[No.78]

Dial Up + FFXI= No money

[eternalshiva]

I recently obtained that super awesome Duelist Chapeau for my RDM <3 I'm 4/5 on Relic AF for RDM! Just need the tabard. Is it just me or does Northland AF drops suck arse?

EDIT: Good luck in WoW! I hear it's fun for the first little while :P They all come back evantually to FFXI! Now make sure you don;t start preaching about hot crappy FFXI is compared to WoW and how we're wasting our time etc, we've heard it before and it's a pointless arguement. We still like FFXI ;o

[chionos]

Though, may I ask, why you are on dial up? Broadband's pretty cheap these days.

I live on campus at my college, and there's no broadband access, or rather the only broadband is a Token Ring which is not compatible with the ps2, which is what I play ffxi on. For that matter I could theoretically play ffxi on pc and have the token ring, but my pc won't work on a token ring either. A local cable company has cable internet but the college goes through a different company that doesn't. It's horrible, really.


I recently obtained that super awesome Duelist Chapeau for my RDM <3 I'm 4/5 on Relic AF for RDM! Just need the tabard. Is it just me or does Northland AF drops suck arse?

Grats ES. I never did get either of my northlands pieces. While I was gone though my old dynamis ls got 4 Assassin Armlets in one run. It's sad, b/c now that I'm on dial-up I can't really do dynamis runs. They tend to get a lot of drops b/c they're very proficient at dynamis. They've double cleared each of the 4 cities, and are conquering more and more of the northlands each time they go. I've actually found that Xarc drops seem to be more common than Beaucedine. Beaucedine sucks.

[Misfit]

I...leveled...whm.

Oh god, I feel so dirty.

[Citizen Bleys]

I...leveled...whm.

Oh god, I feel so dirty.

That's actually the herpes.

[Misfit]

I...leveled...whm.

Oh god, I feel so dirty.

That's actually the herpes.
That I got from you when I went on alexander and we did the "v-day quest" together. :(

[Miriel]

vd-day quest?

[Misfit]

vd-day quest?
Right, sorry. I typo'd. :(

[dodhungry]

WOOOT Hit Rank 5 Sandy tonight :D :D :D

[Yeargdribble]

I recently obtained that super awesome Duelist Chapeau for my RDM <3 I'm 4/5 on Relic AF for RDM! Just need the tabard. Is it just me or does Northland AF drops suck arse?

EDIT: Good luck in WoW! I hear it's fun for the first little while :P They all come back evantually to FFXI! Now make sure you don;t start preaching about hot crappy FFXI is compared to WoW and how we're wasting our time etc, we've heard it before and it's a pointless arguement. We still like FFXI ;o

Actually I think the big lie in the FFXI community is that everyone that plays WoW comes back. For every 1 you hear about coming back there are probably 10 or more that don't. The ones that do are the super hardcore players that have the time to devote to endgame. For someone who can play that much, WoW would likely be a bore as they would get done very quickly. (Well known endgame BLM on my server took Mage to 60 in under 2 months and completed all of his dungeon and tier gear and was just a little short on finishing his epics apparently by the end of his 3rd month before quitting and returning to FFXI)

As for preaching about how crappy one is over the other, they are very different games for different types of people with different amounts of available free time. FFXI is a phenominal game with good bones, but they have the crappiest development team that doesn't seem to care about the players or even understand the mechanics of the game they have created. I think FFXI is such a good game that it perhaps could've become a super power like WoW if not for the lazy development.

As for northlands gear. I was lucky and got both of mine on my very first runs to each zone, but that's just insane luck. My D shell has good luck with RDM hats which most people complain about. It's SMN that's rare. In 1.5 years I've seen 2 horns and 1 Doublet. Apparently my LS did Xarc tonight and DL dropped another Mantle. They haven't seen a ring in a very long time.

[Del Murder]

Yeah but aren't you one of those hardcore players?

In recent accomplishment news, I got Blu to 19. It's really fun. I can either tank or DD with ease, but no one really is interested in a Blu tank. I want to see if I can try to solo some. I hear Korokola Tunnel is a good place. Is that true? I'm going to go there anyway to try to get a Nadrs for level 24.

[eternalshiva]

Korroloka Tunnel is like sex to low level soloers ;o I got my rng from 14 to 20 in there in no time. was hard as hell though lol

[Jecksy]

I still need to get my choco :X I recently decided to take a break from lvling my whm and kick some ass on my monk. I think the parties I was in were sick of the white mage trying to become the offence. *sigh*

[Mirage]

Melee whitemages for the win!

[Rostum]

Did my first Xarcabard dynamis. =) Also tried Divine Might, but ran out of time (had the Elvaan and Hume left), seems a lot of that fight is based on luck. We had a good strategy and everything.

So next time we're bring a lot more pentasphere's and we'll be prepared for it!

[Yeargdribble]

Yeah but aren't you one of those hardcore players?



I was, but after leveling THF and DRG and realizing how much time I spent tethered to my computer hoping for the off chance of a PT as well as going through the stress of multiple scheduled endgame events, I realized that it wasn't the way to be. I have other real life things that make me have less play time now so I slowly became less hardcore. I definitely am aiming at a very softcore approach to WoW. I still play quite a bit, but the thing I enjoy the most about WoW is that I can seriously walk away from the computer at just about any moment. I'm not expected to be at an event at a said time and I'm not making a commitment to a PT of any kind. Even if I'm in a group, leaving with little notice is par for the course in WoW and doesn't hurt anyone that much really.

BTW, I am apparently caught up on ToAU missions. My wife dragged me to the fight with Khimaira by dual-boxing me and her. Now I just have to check the CS. Perhaps we'll do the new ToAU missions soon for kicks. So I'm still making accomplishments rather than completely derailing this thread. ^^




As for DM. You have to have a crazy zerg thing set up to start with. If the TT is alive for more than 10 seconds, you've lost. He should get wtfpwn'd instantly even if that means blowing EES from your RNGs and maybe having a SAM 2hr him while BLMs (and RDMs mebbe) nuke spam. Have your kiters set up already and do reverse kite patterns (one counter clockwise and the other clockwise) around the circle. If need be, have someone kite up and down the hall. If possible have dedicated sleepers for each of the pets. If the MR calls mandy instead of tiger, sucks to be you. In this case especially your dedicated sleeper should try to lure the pet into the hall.

Once you have two down (TT and HM) everyone should quickly get on the stairs and plan to wipe. Just have everyone wipe ASAP. Try to take down a 3rd if you can (GK I think is the next best). If you wipe with only 2 left, you win. RR and get back to full. For safety, put 2 kiters on the EV and have everyone blow themselves all over the MR. Use 2hrs if possible. Another SAM 2hr is hot here. After this, the EV should be easy.

If your group has less than 2 pentaspheres, there's almost no point in trying. Especially if you are doing it with a PUG you should do a dry run first to get the flow and practice the wipe. I am 1/19 on DM. Finally got lucky enough to have a group with solid strategy that was willing to wipe and not whine about XP loss. My first several attempts on DM were before RR items existed >.> GL with it. It's quite a thrill to actually win and the music is awesomeness in there ^^

[eternalshiva]

THF DRG? ;o no wonder you quit, I think those are the two hardest jobs to level without a static. I exp'd my rdm with Jalbrean from lvl 38 to 75, he was a DRG. Still is one lol XD <3 <3 Anain!

[chionos]

As an alternative to Year's DM plan, my ls did it w/out the planned wipe, actually w/ only 2 deaths the whole time.
I flee pulled the hume to the first room where rdms chainspell nuked it to death, while everyone else zerged the taru, then the galka, all the while a ninja, pld, and war kited the elv and mithra. Then we finished off those two. I'm 2/2 on DM. This plan requires absolute precision from everyone though, and 100% expert kiters.

So year, you don't think you can enjoy ffxi w/out endgame? I came back to the game and have no plans to get back into endgame(except maybe a limbus shell) and I'm finding that I can enjoy myself w/out the stress of the hnmls. I'm actually having a lot more fun than I did before. Maybe it's because I joined endgame too fast, and never got to experience a lot of the middlegame. So far I've been content just helping ppl out w/out a strict schedule of when I have to get on and what I have to do while I'm on.
Nevertheless, I understand where you're coming from. I'm incredibly busy, and ffxi totally requires a time commitment. One thing I've done to help correct my problem with this is to not get on if I know I don't have enough time to commit. Before I would get on knowing I only had 30 minutes, and I would just wander around aimlessly which eventually made me ambivalent toward the game. But now I just play something else, and when I finally do have time for ffxi, it's a much fresher experience.

I haven't accomplished much since coming back although I did get padfoot to drop Astral Earring, but the person with me disbanded the pt and made the Earring drop into oblivion, which infuriated me, but oh well.

[Markus. D]

Yeah but aren't you one of those hardcore players?



I was, but after leveling THF and DRG and realizing how much time I spent tethered to my computer hoping for the off chance of a PT as well as going through the stress of multiple scheduled endgame events, I realized that it wasn't the way to be. I have other real life things that make me have less play time now so I slowly became less hardcore. I definitely am aiming at a very softcore approach to WoW. I still play quite a bit, but the thing I enjoy the most about WoW is that I can seriously walk away from the computer at just about any moment. I'm not expected to be at an event at a said time and I'm not making a commitment to a PT of any kind. Even if I'm in a group, leaving with little notice is par for the course in WoW and doesn't hurt anyone that much really.

BTW, I am apparently caught up on ToAU missions. My wife dragged me to the fight with Khimaira by dual-boxing me and her. Now I just have to check the CS. Perhaps we'll do the new ToAU missions soon for kicks. So I'm still making accomplishments rather than completely derailing this thread. ^^




As for DM. You have to have a crazy zerg thing set up to start with. If the TT is alive for more than 10 seconds, you've lost. He should get wtfpwn'd instantly even if that means blowing EES from your RNGs and maybe having a SAM 2hr him while BLMs (and RDMs mebbe) nuke spam. Have your kiters set up already and do reverse kite patterns (one counter clockwise and the other clockwise) around the circle. If need be, have someone kite up and down the hall. If possible have dedicated sleepers for each of the pets. If the MR calls mandy instead of tiger, sucks to be you. In this case especially your dedicated sleeper should try to lure the pet into the hall.

Once you have two down (TT and HM) everyone should quickly get on the stairs and plan to wipe. Just have everyone wipe ASAP. Try to take down a 3rd if you can (GK I think is the next best). If you wipe with only 2 left, you win. RR and get back to full. For safety, put 2 kiters on the EV and have everyone blow themselves all over the MR. Use 2hrs if possible. Another SAM 2hr is hot here. After this, the EV should be easy.

If your group has less than 2 pentaspheres, there's almost no point in trying. Especially if you are doing it with a PUG you should do a dry run first to get the flow and practice the wipe. I am 1/19 on DM. Finally got lucky enough to have a group with solid strategy that was willing to wipe and not whine about XP loss. My first several attempts on DM were before RR items existed >.> GL with it. It's quite a thrill to actually win and the music is awesomeness in there ^^

You can always go leader. it helps ALOT. very much :)... the only class you would probably have a tricky time looking for is willing-to-join WHMs.

[Miriel]

Ding! Whm 58!

I can get my Healer's Briault now. :D

[Yeargdribble]

Well, for the past few months I would actually sit on my BRD/NIN in Jeuno and wait for people to shout for help with things AF, LBs, Avatar Prime fights etc... then just go solo/duo them. Helping people was probably some of the most fun I had in the game, but that too played out. I'll probably still log in here and there to help friends with things or do some ToAU missions, but I think my playing has pretty much come to a point of stagnation for the foreseeable future.

As for being leader, I think maybe I'm too passive. I hate being the one left holding the bag when people start dropping the PT. Also, it's a world of difference trying to put together a PT as a DRG... I've tried.




Yearg invites a tank.
Tank>> You don't have a healer? Invite me back when you have one.
Tank drops.
Yearg invites a healer.
Healer>> You don't have a tank? Invite me when you have one.
Healer drops.

*tell both that I have the other*
*both tell me to tell them when I have a full PT*

Yearg invites random melees

*tank and healer both found other PTs*
Yearg waits 30 minutes with impatient melees for a tank AND a healer to pop simultaneously.

Party disbands.

Yearg gives up and puts his flag up.

*6 hours pass*

Yearg logs out.

This is the broken record that so often played for my DRG. I'm amazed I ever managed to get to 50. I only did that because I would quasi-static with a handful of people who were impressed by me the first time they XP'd with me and kept inviting me back. However, if those people have more time to play than you, and they have a more popular jobs (i.e. anything other than DRG or PUP), they will soon move out of your level range and you're stuck again.


BTW... grats Miriel ^^ I wish I was on your server. I'd log in right now to go help you. WHM AF3 is probably one of the most ridiculously difficult AF3s up there with MNK AF3. But I know I can do it with my BRD/NIN+WHM/NIN (my wife) + WHM that needs it throwing backup cures.


My wife hasn't taken my leaving the game well and she's not big on leaving, but she found out that her best friend from HS (who she doesn't get to talk to much because she lives on a US army base in Japan) plays WoW... a lot. Her husband and her both play, so she's much more anxious to spend more time playing WoW with me, and that's fun as hell.

[Markus. D]

oh sweet then n_n.

has it been fun so far :D?

[Del Murder]

We did G3 and got to level 59. Still need 5 AF between us though.

[Miriel]

BTW... grats Miriel ^^ I wish I was on your server. I'd log in right now to go help you. WHM AF3 is probably one of the most ridiculously difficult AF3s up there with MNK AF3.
:(

[Yeargdribble]

Just be careful. The drop rate on those Tavnazian Bells is beyond horrible (as you may or may not know already). If you lose the NM fight you WILL! have to get another bell. Make sure your group can take it when you go. It's best to have 2 tanks if you don't have a lot of DD because the NM likes to use AoE (get rid of shadows) and then immediately do Dimensional Death before you can get shadows back up.

If you were taking people from your level range alone, I'd suggest 6 people at the very least. I know that I can barely squeak by with 2 healers though it's still a mess (I lost someone's bell once). Usually with just one more level 75 DD it's much easier. A 75 NIN built to DD can probably take it out fast enough that one WHM might not run out of MP healing him.

GL ^^

[Del Murder]

{Gallant Breeches} {Found it!}

4 more AF to go.

[Citizen Bleys]

I got a party invite!

Here's the crazy thing--I was on THF at the time!

[Rostum]

Thanks for the advice and information, Yearg and Chionos. Now the only problem is getting other people who are needing this, to get off their butts and get a damned orb. -_-;

[eternalshiva]

If I was still on Midga Omecle I'd help you with it just cause it's fun >_>

[Taggerung]

Ome, if my character gets reactivated, i get gear, and if i get to there in my ZM's id love to help out in any way i could XD

[Yeargdribble]

Chionos is probably right that it's easier to do these days without a planned wipe. There's been a lot of gear and merits added since the days when I did mine. However, I'd still suggest getting most of your people on the steps after the first 2 go down. Having people die in the circle sucks if you do have to wipe.

Just know if things are to the point that you can't make it without a wipe and if it goes that direction make sure people die as fast as possible so as to not waste time. But like Chionos said, you have to have some experts working with you to make this happen, especially as far as your kiters go.

Many of the wipes I've seen are the result of people being a little too tentative in the begging and failing to fully unload all they need to on the TT.

[Darius]

Finally saved up enough gil for an endgame shield. Just gotta get one level and I can use it.

[Rostum]

Yeah, the problem with one of our kiters, was that the Elvaan had stunned him and straight away Spirits Within for 2000+ damage. Then I tried kiting the Elvaan after tanking the Galka and Mithra -- and I got stunned and Spirits Within for 1,700 damage. So that lost us a lot of time. =\

[ScottNUMBERS]

I learned {Leave} <3

[dodhungry]

well within this last week Ive manage to get mnk to 50 :tongue: and unlocked smn job.

Now this weekend I plan on getting my GK1 items and also doing my first promy at mea.

[Del Murder]

Rank 6!

Also Eleni got something special...

[Miriel]

Accomplishments:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/hannahgoesrawr/FFXI/ffxirank6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/hannahgoesrawr/FFXI/ffxishadowlord.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/hannahgoesrawr/FFXI/ffxiranksix.jpg

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd...
























WHM AF BODY! YAY!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/hannahgoesrawr/FFXI/ffxiwhmaf.jpg
Three (out of four) of us died while fighting the NM. It was freakin' nuts. But we still managed to get me my pretty pretty disco outfit. :up:

/wave ^_^

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/hannahgoesrawr/FFXI/ffxiwave.jpg

[No.78]

Tmoney has a big head ;-;

I levelled BST from 10-15 in the past week. That's quite an accomplishment for me XD I also helped someone defeat the Tros for their Bard AF weapon.

[dodhungry]

well here is how that promy-mea went :D

this is my good friend Lanna




cool overhead shot



but in the end it was still like this

[Miriel]

Ding!

Level 60 WHM!

[Del Murder]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/delmurder/img_0053.jpg

[The Mog Ninja]

getting some super uber friends

[No.78]

Got a new all BLU ls, and did first half of the phomiuna aqueducts mission... Without a whm!!! :O So yeah, we beat the minotaur. Now next weekend we gotta go do the rest, get that bronze key and do the puzzle. Weee

[eternalshiva]

>_> 3/5 whm AF2 now! and I got Cleric's cap +1 on Sunday. that AF1+1 farking rocks. I recommend it.

[dodhungry]

did GK1 this weekend wo0t so now its onward to mnk 55!

Also attempted promy dem got so close but still wiped. :( those things are extreamly hard.

Finally did my first HQ synthisis :rolleyes2

[Doc Sark]

Just achieved Rank 3, beating the boss in party of 3, WAR25/MNK12 x2 and me BLM25/WHM12. And we broke the server record apparently? 5 minutes and 19 seconds.

[Mirage]

Remember that records are deleted at regular intervals :p.

[Rostum]

I finally got WAR to 70 so I can wear my O.hat. And I've bought my Maneater and Woodsville axe. Yay!

Going to try my hand at BRD because it looks pretty interesting -- I fall asleep too easily while exp'ing WAR! But it'll be nice to have a DD and a support role at 75 as well as my PLD. A decent variety if I do say so myself.

[Doc Sark]

Remember that records are deleted at regular intervals :p.

Oh really? I assumed as much because I thought I'd seen a quicker time. Still a pretty decent effort with 3 people though. :D

[Del Murder]

All AF complete for both of us!

[Del Murder]

Soloed BLU from 22-28 in two days. With the exeption of one party I was in with an LS friend from 18-19, I've soloed this job this whole way, and it is damn fun. Since I can chain 4 pugils and crabs for 100-160 base exp I see no reason not to continue this.

[eternalshiva]

Going to try my hand at BRD because it looks pretty interesting -- I fall asleep too easily while exp'ing WAR! But it'll be nice to have a DD and a support role at 75 as well as my PLD. A decent variety if I do say so myself.

I hated brd >_> and I have rdm and cor at 75 XD That job bored me to tears. You only cast 4 things total in exp pts and there's not much room to be diverse because of the expectations of what the pt wants. Good luck though :P I got it to 37 before I sold all my gear XD

Accomplishment: SMN Spats: Obtained! On my way with smn o.O

[chionos]

After the update I lived in Rancor Den for a few days and got my Thief's Knife, which isn't so special anymore, but i'm still very hopeful about TH+1...if it would just actually do some good. 0/9 on NM's since getting it...not looking good so far.
Got whm to 37 and I'm kind of stuck there b/c I won't lvl w/out fully updated spells, and some moron's jacked the price of tele-mea above 200k and I won't pay that considering it was ~70k just a couple weeks ago. Oh, and I don't have any money--there's that.

got cooking 0-26 in about an hour so I can make my own bait, because I'm going to take up fishing. I think I've given up on NM's ever being gracious enough to allow me to glimpse the tiniest portion of their treasure hoard. There are non-thiefs w/ better drop-rates. TH is a lie.

Really, most of my accomplishments recently have been for other ppl, and i'm content doing that...so I'm not as emo as I may sound. =0

[Yeargdribble]

I remember trying to get one of the Hktk eyes for my wife's O hat with a LS friend about a year ago. He had the gloves and the knife. We went 0/87 with TH4.

On normal drops TH2/3/4 is huge though. Amazing farming. There's also a huge difference in our dynamis drop-rates whether we have TH3/4 or only TH2. We get 15-20 in cities with TH3/4 and usually only around 10 with only TH2. In northlands it's usually 0-2 with TH2 only and 3-6 with TH3/4.

[Miriel]

Finally catching up on club skill. Got it to 112 so far and got Starlight weapon skill. Can't wait for Hexa strike!

[Rostum]

I finished FF12!

Oh yeah, and um... I got BRD to 25 and just trying to sort out my macros and stuff 'cause there's too many songs!

[Markus. D]

yeah. there sure is quite a few ._.


all in good fun though :D!

[eternalshiva]

Finally catching up on club skill. Got it to 112 so far and got Starlight weapon skill. Can't wait for Hexa strike!

Hexastrike = teh sex for whm. I actually stopped farming on RDM and use WHM now to farm lol <3 <3 Hexastrike. It's oh so awesome. whm/nin ftw

[Rostum]

Lionx and I make Light all the time with Savage Blade > Hexa Strike. *giggles*

[Crossblades]

I got my first AF item: the Peregrine Lance:D

[eternalshiva]

4/6 on smn AF1 >.> just need the Fugly Temple coffer and muh horn! meow~!

[Misfit]

I learned {Leave} <3
werd. 8-)

[ScottNUMBERS]

I learned {Leave} <3
werd. 8-)
I so totally know what that means. :con</>fused: :cool:

One Promyvion down two more to go 'til I can try to get my hands on a Gaudy Harness. :drool:

[Misfit]

I learned {Leave} <3
werd. 8-)
I so totally know what that means. :con</>fused: :cool:
I MEANT IT AS I QUIT! Kthx ^_^

[Rostum]

I learned {Leave} <3
werd. 8-)
I so totally know what that means. :con</>fused: :cool:
I MEANT IT AS I QUIT! Kthx ^_^

Same. ^^ I cancled started of March to see if I could keep going, but time zone differences are way too hard, so I'm out.

Tarutaru 75PLD, 70WAR, 40NIN, 40THF, 40WHM, 40BRD. Rank 10. /salute

[chionos]

7 friends who I basically started the game with have shown back up recently. Most had gone to WoW and were just bored to tears with it so came back. It's been fun.
got Whm to 42...that's about it. Thf = coffer key hunting whore for friends. They all came back and started leveling jobs ~ 45-50 so everyday when I get on one of them's in some hell-hole acting pitiful and sad so that I'll have mercy and bless them w/ TH.

[Markus. D]

I learned {Leave} <3
werd. 8-)
I so totally know what that means. :con</>fused: :cool:
I MEANT IT AS I QUIT! Kthx ^_^

Same. ^^ I cancled started of March to see if I could keep going, but time zone differences are way too hard, so I'm out.

Tarutaru 75PLD, 70WAR, 40NIN, 40THF, 40WHM, 40BRD. Rank 10. /salute

May I please put the Omecle vs Maat video on youtube as a remembrance <3?

[Rostum]

Yeah, definitely. I don't have it anymore on my computer, so it'd be pretty awesome.

[Markus. D]

Yeah, definitely. I don't have it anymore on my computer, so it'd be pretty awesome.

*wonders if he still has it*

-_-;

I still don't have those 3-4 awesome songs either.


*goes on an epic search through My Documents*

edit: Found :D!

I't was in the Anime folder like I remember it being ^-^

[Del Murder]

I learned {Leave} <3
werd. 8-)
I so totally know what that means. :con</>fused: :cool:
I MEANT IT AS I QUIT! Kthx ^_^
Did you and ET really leave?

[Crossblades]

I finished the 50 Cap quest and My DRG is now at 51:D

[eternalshiva]

Misfit always quits >_>



<3

[Darius]

*ding*

PLD hit 75 last night. Get to use my Walhara Turbin now and now I can join my friend in his merit parties.

Next step, getting NIN from 27 to 37. Then my PLD subs are done (war and rdm are already at 37). :)

I can finally kill colibris without resting after 1-2 fights. I killed 5 in a row last night without resting. :love:

[Crossblades]

Got my Drachen Brais(AF) for my DRG

[Yeargdribble]

Well after quite a bit of strong disagreement with my wife, she finally decided to try WoW out with me. For quite a while she was still very anti-WoW and played a lot of FFXI. She has now decided that FFXI indeed has ceased to be fun for her and was more like a job and her unwillingness to give it up was based partially on guilt and partially on potential separation anxiety from a character she's worked for 3 years on (3 75s with full relic on each as well as pretty much everything else pimp you can imagine).

So this month it will officially happen. She will be canceling her account. For the time that she still played FFXI she wanted my character for crafting and for all of the mules that we had (which were a downright necessity to keep up with all of the junk). So now my account also will officially be canceled.

I'm pretty sad as it feels like the actual nail in the coffin. There's always something in the back of my mind telling me I might want to play some more, but it has become too much work. I'm sad that I got full DRG AF (in one day mind you) and never put on a single piece of it.


I hope you all enjoy it. I'm not sure if it was something I encountered that drove me away from the game or perhaps the fact that SE ignored their playerbase for so long, or perhaps I just played it to its conclusion for me. I hope you can avoid whatever made me so cynical in the end and I hope SE continues to make the improvements they finally have started making.

I can honestly say though that when I get bored with WoW (it will inevitably happen one day) I hope I do not come back to FFXI.

[Del Murder]

You should sell your characters.

[eternalshiva]

LolRMTboughtmyaccount

Yeah who wants to see 3+years of work be bought by RMT. Screw that. Hope you two have a great time on Wow!

Side comment: Why is dumping your character and quitting FFXI in the accomplishment thread? ;/ What a downer for us people that still like to play.

BTW - Proto-Omega down and got Proto-Ultima down to 5% with 14 people on our first try ^_^ that was a super fun chaotic fight lol

[Yeargdribble]

I've been tempted to liquidate my assets and sell them, but I'd never sell my character. I don't want my name slandered. I really despise RMT anyway so I have no strong desire to sell my stuff and be a hypocrite considering how much I've protested RMT.

I still like you guys so I just thought I'd update. I like reading and seeing what you guys are up to. The FFXI and ex-FFXI people are their own little subculture here. I'm still interested in FFXIs development and the development of my friends here that play it though I personally don't wish to make the effort any more.

It's good to see that many of you are still enjoying yourselves. ^^


For the sake of being even remotely on topic, after much shuffling around and having started nearly 15 characters on various servers (Oh god... I'm Tsukasa!) I've settled down for the most part and picked 2 servers (both PvP). I've got some very neglected alliance chars on one server that my wife and I joined. My wife's HS best friend and her husband play on that server. However, my primary characters are on another server (Darrowmere) where we play horde and love it.

I mostly love Druid and Tauren make for the best Druids so that's my main (Feral Druid) as well as an Undead Shadow Priest and a Blood Elf Protection Paladin.


EDIT: I might post some pics later for the sake of spicing things up if the powers that be aren't totally in objection.

[Del Murder]

Go for it.

[chionos]

Eternalshiva~ limbus, especially omega/ultima, is probably just about my favorite thing to do in ffxi. It's like dynamis...but fun. I died many many times my first Ultima, but it was well worth it. The win felt like more of an accomplishment than killing DL because there are fewer people, and it feels more personal/intimate. I wish they'd add to it as they did w/ dynamis and the cop dynamis zones. ToAU limbus maybe? >_>

I'm d/ling WoW right now, mainly at the behest of my brother-in-law. I know, for me at least, it will not eclipse FFXI, and I will never choose it over FFXI, but I think I would regret not experiencing it to some extent. So many ppl love it, there has to be -something- worthwhile about it. And I think it will also give me a better appreciation for ffxi. All of my friends that have played both say that they understand FFXI more for having played WoW. I think that, most of the time, it's the player's fault that ffxi becomes a chore for them. When I came back to ffxi after quitting for 6 months I completely changed the way I looked at the game. MMO's are such that you make of the game what you choose to make of it. FFXI becomes a chore because the players -make- it a chore. WoW is a chore for many people in exactly the same way as FFXI is a chore. The one and only thing that I think SE has just completely dropped the ball on, and which player attitude has no control over, is deleveling. It's the most retarded thing I've ever seen in a game, and I cannot understand why they will not fix it. At the very least there should be a quest that will lock 75, so that it cannot be deleveled. I think fixing that one small, miniscule thing would bring people back to ffxi and keep them there. Endgame would be so much more tolerable if 75 could be locked. There's not much time to level, and yet you have to stay leveled for the ls, but ls events dont allow you to level, and the events themselves drain xp(btw, DRK spell, {Absorb EXP} anyone?) so much that endgame does become a chore. Nevertheless I think that the work involved is more than adequately rewarded by the fun times spent with friends, even if you think the gear isn't worth the time(which I do think it's worth it^^). That being said, I do understand why you're leaving Year, and bestofluck in WoW, if you run across a Rogue named Chionos...don't forget to /wave...and watch your pockets.