Recent accomplishments

[Yeargdribble]

I'm not sure what it is about FFXI if it's the playerbase or the game design, but there is something that seems to cause players to make more work out of it than most people do out of WoW. I'm absolutely guilty of this. There an extra push for efficiency and stuff.

Anyway, I decided to take pics of one of my characters. Here is my Undead Shadow Priest just shy of dinging 25. Shortly before I took this picture I was attacked by a Druid while walking toward Stonetalon Peak to do some quest stuff. It was a cheap shot as I was at half health and fighting a mob. Luckily he was just chilling at the inn once I'd gotten up and made my way there. I sneaked around some of the Night Elf guards and owned him badly. Revenge is a great (and fun) thing.

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

Perhaps I'll update again later with pics of my Paladin or Druid.


Careful chionos. You may find yourself addicted once you play Rogue for a while and realize how badass it is.


EDIT: Little update on my Priest. I got some nice new pretties from some instances I ran recently.

Got none of the drops I wanted in Blackfathom Deeps, but did get an awesome quest reward.

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After some bad luck runs in Shadowfang Keep I managed to get both of the following in a single run.

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Hopefully I'll be able to go back and get the belt as well and maybe Odo's Ley Staff unless I can get lucky and get Staff of the Friar or Rod of the Sleepwalker in BFD.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Priest2.jpg

[eternalshiva]

Chionos come to my server! And join my LS! Wow has that "you can dol 97% of everything soro and get uber gear" aspect to it OH and you get exp bonuses when you haven't logged in a while so you don;t have to waste much time leveling. Has alot of attractive aspects to it and it -is- super fun for like... 2 months. Most FFXI players that leave for Wow usually come back because the community aspect of the game is addictive. Plus COR gear is sexy on my character <3 I couldn't abandon Day looking all sultry and pouty with a gun <3 <3 <3 /innerlesbiangrin

[Yeargdribble]

for like... 2 months.

My wife and I used to be very anti-WoW because we believed in the anti-WoW hype from a lot of people that tried it and came back. I think a lot of the "it's fun for 2 months then boring" aspect comes from FFXI style players trying to play it FFXI style. A well known endgame BLM on my server left to play WoW. He was gone for 3 months and when he came back he said WoW was awful. He got to 60 as a Mage and had full dungeon, tier and epic gears and quit in that time.

At the time I thought, well there must just not be that much game play. Now I realize that if you have the 3-6+ hours a day to devote to a game (like he did to both games) and you play through WoW in an ultra goal oriented fashion, you will 'beat the game' quickly. That takes a lot of fun out of it though I would imagine.

WoW has a lot to do and there's a decent amount of grouping if you want there to be. I group about 50% of the time even when I'm not playing with my wife. If you wanted you could XP by doing nothing but instances in all reality. It would be very much like FFXI then.

FFXI: Valkurm->Qufim->Jungles
WoW: Ragefire Chasm -> Wailing Caverns -> Shadowfang Keep (Horde side)

So you could play it very much like FFXI, put up your flag and go run one of these instances while getting good XP, fat loot and fat money and then do the next one. WoW allows you this flexibility whereas FFXI really doesn't. It has a very rigid scheme developed by the players.

I'm gonna take it slow in WoW. I'm in no hurry to max out my toons and say "I WONZD!!!" Something going for me is the wife factor. I play my Druid exclusively with my wife. Unlike FFXI we get to interact much much more directly. Doing quests and instances together is fun. Try to slowly and strategically pull a 5 man instance with just the two of us is a fun and exciting challenge and we really connect a lot while playing.

Not really trying to turn people to WoW, but I do like to point out the inconsistencies I see from a strongly anti-WoW community (which I used to be part of) within FFXI.


As for updates. I got my Druid to 31. He's nearly 32. My Priest is 30 now. Was doing some quests with my wife on my Druid and got two incredible world drops (like drops that can drop from a large variety of mobs but with around a 0.01% drop-rate) that are both awesome for my Paladin. I'll update with pics later ^^

[eternalshiva]

I'm not anti-wow ;/ I'm anti-people-that-preach-wow-is-better-then-ffxi =D /huggles and I like harrassing you ^_^ <3 <3

Attached picture: That Wyrm BCNM. Pwn'd it and got Wyrm Beard and Juggernaut!

[Yeargdribble]

The only area I would say WoW is straight up better than FFXI in is the fact that Blizzard seems to give a crap about their game and is directly in touch with the users and they fix problems quickly and keep the players informed. SE is lazy about how they run their game.

Pretty much everything else between the two games is a matter of taste whether it be the graphics, the story, the grouping or the pacing of the game. I have my opinions there, but it's the customer service and support that is something I doubt anyone can argue SE is superior about. I would've gotten less frustrated about the game (and indeed the game would've improved in certain areas more quickly) if the developers kept a lifeline between themselves and the players.



BTW grats. How much is Juggy selling for these days?

[eternalshiva]

well we got about 300K a piece so 5 mil+ I think Anain sold it for. was a nice little pay out to see the Wyrm Beard go to a mnk in the LS drama free!

[Discord]

Meh, I stopped WoW after approx. 4 month. The last month of the second pre-paid I haven't been there. Was a fun game though. Never got over level 50 and never really used the bonuses from the BC, but it was fun. Let's see how long FFXI lasts.

[Doc Sark]

I just got Dragoon to 30, which is nice because now I can use my subjob Thief's Sneak Attack.

Who's the biggest DD in the party? Me. :D lol

[Discord]

Thief on 14 now.*glee*

[Yeargdribble]

Well I got my Priest to 30 and my wife made me a new headpiece, though I'm gonna miss my goggles (I'll probably make a superior pair later when my Engineering gets higher).

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I got my Paladin to 26 before taking a screenshot because my pants made me look like I wasn't wearing anything under my guild tabard. Now I have visble pants (I thought WoW would let me escape from the subligars of FFXI ^^).

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Paladin26.jpg

I also got to put on two awesome new pieces of gear for my Paladin. They are extremely rare (Usually called a world drop. Most can drop from a great number of mobs [as many as all on a continent] but with only a 0.01% drop-rate.) My wife and I got 2 such pieces within about an hour.

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

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Finally a picture of my Druid (who I consider my main). He'd recently hit 32. He also has his pet Mechanical Squirrel that my Priest made (from a world drop recipe that my wife was lucky enough to get so that now all o my toons have a pet squirrel ^^). Ignore the fact that I'm wearing a fishing rod... I'd just been fishing.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/Yeargdribble/Druid32.jpg

[chionos]

Started playing WoW. I've made 4 characters so far just to get a general feel of the game. So far, I can understand why some people would jump ship from ffxi to go to WoW. I was playing, gaining exp&money literally within seconds of logging in. Since starting I've been able to log on for 30min -1hr and actually feel like I've accomplished something, I just can't do that in FFXI. For people who don't have a lot of time to play WoW obviously > FFXI. But other than that, FFXI is still a far superior game. Even ignoring my longtime FF fanaticism, any hardcore gamer(ie the ones that have time to be hardcore) is going to prefer FF to WoW. However, that doesn't mean that WoW isn't incredible, because it is. There are quite a few things I've noticed that I wish FFXI would incorporate into their game, and though I loathe to say it, FFXI developers are either being lazy or very idiotically stubborn about keeping some things in FFXI the way they are when it seems the entire world knows there's a better way to do it.

It's been hard to accomplish anything in FFXI lately b/c of my school/work schedule but I got blm to 61(static pt as BLM RDM BRD COR WAR NIN...refresh please, avg 10mp/tick) and whm to 42 and can finally tele myself around. Dynamis continues to get more and more boring as cities are almost a joke now. I remember my first few times in dynamis-windurst(with a different ls) when we couldn't even make it past the "Death House" without wiping, but now we double clear windy and {Flee} around an empty Dynamis-Windurst. Once the challenge is gone, it's not as fun anymore. I'm kind of hoping they add Dynamis-ToAU zones, even though ToAU already has assault and Salvage 'n' what-not. Or if SE would add new loot to the existing zones that would spice things up a bit. I'm excited to see the Far East atm too, especially seeing the work the developers have been putting into the game lately(finally._.) They kind of proved it to me w/ the Pallas change. I was the final straw ^_^. Popped Pallas with a friend(who's not a good soloer) and a group of ppl killed the bat and waited for Pallas to charm me then beat the crap out of me, then tried to steal Pallas from my friend, who managed to kill it somehow. We called GM merely to ask if it was ok to kill people whom Pallas has charmed and -literally- 30 minutes later SE 'fixed' Pallas. I sympathize with the developers to a certain extent. Really it's not the developers' fault that the game degenerates, it's the players. The majority of gamers are selfish arrogant morons, and they spoil it for everyone else. WoW has those same fools, but fortunately it seems that the way WoW has set up the game, it's harder for those idiots to spoil the game for other people. I don't expect SE to change their game, and I wouldn't want them to. It's a shame, though, that their wonderful game is ruined by idiots.

[Yeargdribble]

Yeah, I really don't think they need to remake FFXI in WoW's image. They are different games for different types of gamers. What SE needs to do is listen and stop being lazy. Why did it take them 4 years to start doing something about RMT, fishbots, Ulli, windower, (you get the idea)?

I think they could've saved a large portion of their players if the players had any indication that they could have contact with SE. The devs in FFXI are on a pedestal far away and unreachable whereas the WoW devs talk to the players and fix things quickly. There is a connected feel and doesn't make you feel like you're taken for granted and ignored. The people who run WoW seem to actually play their game and understand the mechanics of it. This is not the case with FFXI. Remember the Sage Sundi interview a while back?

paraphrase:
Q: So how do you feel that new XP areas are overcrowded
A: They are?

Q: How do you feel that kings have ridiculous amounts of competition for claims?
A: They do?

Q: How do you feel about RMT owning Ulli in sky 24/7?
A: Wut?



SE finally seems to have stepped up. They are dealing with problems more in real time and are fixing the problems that have plagued the game for a long time. I think if they just took a more serious role in development and listening to their players (that play the game more than the devs and can come up with amazing suggestions for solutions) then all of the other problems would fix themselves.

I really can see both sides of the coin though. If you are hardcore and have 6-8 hours a day to play, WoW would probably bore you to tears within a few months and FFXI would make you feel more accomplishment. However, if you have less time or want to feel less of a slave to progress WoW will give you more for less.



Don't feel bad about starting several toons. I think I probably made about 10 characters (even got a few near 30) before my wife and I finally settled on a realm and stuck with our current characters. If you feel like rolling horde and want to come join us you would be welcomed. We can help you with bags and instances and other such things. We're on Darrowmere.


Now for progress ^^ Got my Druid to 34 and my Priest to 31. Managed to get a rare drop from a rare spawn in Razorfen Kraul that I'm pretty excited about. Also got two pretty awesome piece of gear for my Paladin out of a chest I opened on my Druid. Just need to level him up high enough to use them.

[chionos]

I'm hoping to be able to keep both FFXI and WoW. FFXI for when I know I have time to do something, or have plans, and WoW for in between classes or while I watch a movie or a game or something. WoW is great too because it's easier to just walk away, if someone calls or @ dinner or w/e. FFXI sucks you in. While you're playing, anything else happening is an intrusion. If I have to choose one in the end it will probably be FFXI, just b/c I've already put in so much work. I can't stand the thought of losing it all.

[Yeargdribble]

That's the killer about FFXI. It takes so much work to accomplish anything that it makes it almost impossible to walk away and abandon the immense amount of work you put into it. I also like the ability to walk away at a moment's notice. Even when running an instance if something comes up most players don't flip out when you say, "Hey I have to go." It's easy enough to replace someone or to 4 man the rest of the instance and instances don't take the immense amount of preparation that even a simple XP PT in FFXI takes.

My wife and I were discussing what affects the balance between the two games that allows so much more balance in WoW and not as much in FFXI. In WoW each job has multiple potential roles they can fill.

Druid can tank, DD, or main heal (really needs resto spec though)
Paladin can tank and main heal
Warrior can tank and DD
Shaman can tank, DD or main heal
Priest can DD or main heal

The list goes on. If you need a healer, half of the jobs in the game can do it (Priest, Druid, Shaman, Paladin). You need a tank, half the jobs in the game can do it (Druid, Paladin, Warrior and too a lesser degree Shaman and Hunter [with pet]). You need damage? Well pretty much everyone else can do damage and many of the already mentioned jobs can also fill that slot if not doing their other duties. Crowd control? Pretty much everyone has some form of it.

In FFXI. You want a tank... you have NIN or PLD. You want a healer... RDM, WHM, SMN maaaaybe BLM. You need crowd control... BRD, RDM, BLM. So now I've mentioned about 1/5th of the jobs. You want damage... everyone else as well as Ninja. You are a PLD and want to do two things? Too bad. You can tank. You can't effectively main heal or put out serious damage. This is the same case for most of the jobs. What you can do is ALL you can do and sadly for the vast majority of jobs that is do damage... there's only so much room for DDs in the world and when DDs are the majority you end up narrowing it down to which one is better (and there almost always a best). WAR, MNK, SAM depending on what you're doing.

The community grabs hold of these limitations and blackballs everyone who isn't the best of their category, which is sadly more than half of the jobs in the game to varying degrees.



So I have accomplishments. I blew up my video card. I dunno what happened but it made a loud pop and when I checked one of the capacitors blew off of the card. Dunno if it was overheating (not OC'd) or what. Gonna have to pick up a new vid card tomorrow.

I did manage to get my Druid to 36 and put on some pimp new gear (that I made nonetheless). Also did some battlegrounds and earned myself some boots. I never knew how fun PvP could be... crazy fun. I haven't been playing my alts too much. I've been really getting hardcore on the crafting with all of them and will likely start a new alt in the not-too-distant future to cover some other crafting needs of mine.

[Mirage]

That reminds me
A capacitor on a friend of mines motherboard blew once, he just continued using it :p.

[Yeargdribble]

I tried several times but it's a no-go.

[Mirage]

Well, I suppose not all capacitors are of equal importance.

[eternalshiva]

http://www.inaneasylum.org/users/EndlessAbyss/Default/hydrab4keel.jpg

http://www.inaneasylum.org/users/EndlessAbyss/Default/hydraafterkeel1.png

http://www.inaneasylum.org/users/EndlessAbyss/Default/hydradrops.png

\o.o/ Full drops ftw. 45 minute fight!

Long story short: this isn't our first kill of Hydra but last time we attempted it, it kept spamming Phys Shield at 1%... the three times we fought it the same night and ended up quitting. LOL just didn't want to die that day and now we went back for some RETRIBUTION!

NINJA EDIT: PLD/NIN for the mfw!

[dodhungry]

Ive been out of FF for about a month now and FINALLY tomarrow I will be able to get back into the game. So hopefully I can get GK2 and maybe the rest of the monk AF done within this week. Ill keep it updated.


During my absence of FF I have been playing WoW and IMO im not impressed. To me its not so fun running from quest to quest and on top of that I got suckered into joining a PvP server so at least 3-5 times a day I get killed by a ?? horde. The higher lvls have nothing better to do than pick on lower lvl people and make their day horrible.
I could rant and rave about wow vs ff all day but this is not the thread..... a thread just for wow vs ff should be made.......

[Del Murder]

In wow you can just whack around any pc you want?

[dodhungry]

In wow you can just whack around any pc you want?

assuming your in a pvp server in a contested territory that is a yes

[Yeargdribble]

I played several PvE servers before being talked into trying a PvP server and definitely prefer a PvP server. I don't really get ganked all that often, but there is a little extra thrill in being able to participate when it comes to that.

EDIT: A little clarity for those that don't play WoW... Only the opposing faction can attack you. It's not a free-for-all mess. However, groups of high level people will often attack small towns (of which there are quite a few in WoW). Keep in mind that the guards will come the defense of the towns so it's not like everyone in their teen level in Crossroads is getting raped by 70s. The 70s still have to deal with the numerous level 65 elite guards and other various town NPCs.

Also dying isn't the same as in FFXI. You do not lose XP and when killed by another PC you don't lose durability on your gear either. The only downside is having to walk back to your body from a nearby graveyard, which takes a hell of a lot less time than waiting for a raise in FFXI or trying to get back to where you were after HPing.

As far as PvPing people of your own faction, you can do that by challenging people to a duel which they can easily decline.




Speaking of PvP, I've been doing a lot of battlegrounds lately. Wickedly fun. I got enough marks and honor to buy myself some new boots from Arathi Basin (similar PvP to Dominance in Unreal Tournament). Also being doing Warsong Gulch (CTF) which has been grueling. Lot of really good alliance teams. Too bad most of the junk I want comes from Warsong.

[Del Murder]

Pvp sounds like it would be fun at first but get annoying later.

[Yeargdribble]

PvP seems to get less tedious as I level. There are more and more people I have the level advantage over so I don't get ganked as much. It is sometimes annoying to be on a quest and get ganked though. However, as long as they don't corpse camp me it's only small inconvenience.

[Discord]

WoW is a good game. I just can't bear it anymore. 4 month were more than enough, but again, I'm not the classy MMORPGer.

I'm not sure if I'll buy any addional licences after the demo month of FFXI either though. It sure is fun, but my heart lies in SinglePlayer.:)

[Del Murder]

I have recently become bored with this game. No, not in the Yearg sense, where I have pretty much done everything and there is nothing left. There is still a lot to do in the game but I just don't feel like doing it.

Recently a new person joined our Linkshell. She is on every day. In about two months she got two jobs up to level 55. I asked her how she did it and she says she gets home at 3:30 and starts lfg right away. She gets a party around 5 and levels until about 10. I thought, wow, you must really have a boring life outside this game to spend all your free time levelling up. Then I realized, I've done the same thing. Sure, maybe not in two months, but I have a job at 60+, and I've spent many other hours on other things.

I started thinking, what is the point of it all? In the end I'll quit and my character information will be wiped out forever. The only thing I'll be able to take away from it is the memory of the experience. Would it be cool if Tmoney is pimped out with all the best gear for his level? Sure. Is it worth 3+ hours to get some marginally better equipment? No.

The point of the game is to have fun. What's fun in this game? In my opinion it is the storylines (missions) and general exploarion of the world. To get the most out of that you need a high level character. Fighting stuff is fun, getting experience points is not fun. It's so hard to commit myself for 2-3 hours of my life at a time just to get one level, especially since that's all the free time I get on most evenings. Recently I've tried soloing (BLU 36) and it's been fun when it goes well but I've died a lot and it goes very slow. No more of that. If I can (or want to) only pt for an hour, then I only pt for an hour. I just can't understand how people with multiple 75 jobs are able to keep their sanity going through it all over and over and over...

Anyway, my point is that I'm going to stop doing the meaningless little things in this game. No more marginal NM camping, no more random little quests where the rewards suck and the stories aren't that interesting. These things are watering down the actual cool stuff about the game. A decent character can be made simply from getting all gear from the AH, and I have a very easy and effective way of making gil so that is not a problem. No more hoarding gil, I'm blowing the wad. I also think I shall take a brief break to focus on my actuary exam, since that is much more important and has tangible rewards. I'll sign on to check AH sales to make some gil, since playing the market is still fun and doesn't take too long.

I really like this game, but it can drain you if you don't watch out.

[Misfit]

WHY AREN'T YOU LEVEL 75 YET? :3

[Yeargdribble]

Aside from the fact that I've seen it all, there were many goals I had left to accomplish, but I left for the same reasons your mentioning. Within reason you can take your casual approach, but with FFXI being such a hardcore game, the rest of the community will hardly welcome you with open arms for doing so.

In the end, you said it best that the game is supposed to be fun rather than a taxing thing. Asking why is a slippery area because all MMORPGs and for that matter all games are pointless in terms of "what's the point?," but the answer truly is fun. If you can have fun AND pimp yourself out then more power to you. However, for most, to do so (especially in a hardcore game like FFXI) you have to sacrifice a lot of other things in your life to meet all of those goals.

I'll be tempted to raid a lot when my toons are all higher in WoW, but I think I'm really gonna try to avoid getting into a situation where I find myself actually debating in my head, "Hmmm I could schedule it for X:XX, but I have Dynamis on Tues/Thurs at X:XX." Sure it's fun for me to get pimped, but there is a line that I think I'll never cross with an MMO again. When I get close to that line in WoW, I will move to the next game that suits my fancy.






On to accomplishments (the point of this quasi-derailed thread... which is probably mostly my doing... sorry). I started a Troll Rogue because a) I need a toon that does Alchemy/Herbalism, and b) it would be nice to open lockboxes that my wife and I find without having to pay/tip another Rogue to do it. I'm loving it (just like I love my other 3 toons). It's lots of fun and damage. It's like combining WAR and THF/NIN from FFXI and putting them on speed. I'm gonna quasi-twink my Rogue and have already gotten a solid start with my wife's Hunter helping me run some instances for really pimp gear.

After my video card exploded my ISP crapped out on me and I was without any reliable internet for about a week. I'll get back to my normal picture posting soon since I finally get my internet back.


P.S.

I'm blowing the wad.

Let's try to keep this thread SFW plz :p

[Misfit]

On to accomplishments (the point of this quasi-derailed thread... which is probably mostly my doing... sorry). I started a Troll Rogue because a) I need a toon that does Alchemy/Herbalism, and b) it would be nice to open lockboxes that my wife and I find without having to pay/tip another Rogue to do it. I'm loving it (just like I love my other 3 toons). It's lots of fun and damage. It's like combining WAR and THF/NIN from FFXI and putting them on speed. I'm gonna quasi-twink my Rogue and have already gotten a solid start with my wife's Hunter helping me run some instances for really pimp gear.
My main is Rogue, holycrap it's full of win. Rogue for great justice. *highfive*

[Discord]

You can actually use picklocks from the Smithing skill to open boxes if I remember right. I don't think it was very expensive either, but then again, I had a Rogue myself.:tongue:

I'm fairly certain now that I'm not a MMO person. Sure it's fun at the start, but those games are a bit too tedious for my taste. I just want things to happen, rather than sit and wait for the next mob to respawn or do yet another "go-there, kill-X-of-that, come-back" quest in WoW. Sadly the MMOs don't really seem to workout well that way.

The one thing I do like about the MMOs is that you can actually socialise with people. But then again, I find it much more pleasing to bug people about RL issues here than discuss which sword is shaper in FFXI.

And then again, I like playing the shifty, sly Thief type of character which often isn't implemented very well. WoW's adoption is probably the best so far.

The only MMO which I did enjoy was actually a MUD. The reason why I left it is simple: Buy all the best items from the company, thus end up spending 4’000 USD on the game alone, or you won’t get a slimmest chance to win. Then there was this company’s marketing campaign that stated that they were free to play and ironically, it did seem so for about 9 month of gameplay. Then you actually noticed the whole idiocy of your own actions.

But anyway, me not being too fond of those games can’t be too bad.

[Yeargdribble]

Well, I need to save my mats to feed smithing and engineering, so I'd rather not be making keys anyway.

[Crossblades]

Got my Drachen Mail today:D Now to get the Drachen Armet to have the complete AF set:)

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Does finally using the trial month count? I just reached level 6 today!

[chionos]

FFXI update: {Assassin's Armlets} get, finally. Not too useful yet, 0/2 on Megalobugard, and 0/1 on Obqan(sp?) but maybe tonight will be better.

WoW update: got pld to 18 and rogue to 12, don't get to play much, and when i do it's mostly just running around, but I love having it around to just jump on for a short time.

[eternalshiva]

why is this turning into a WoW help thread? >_>

I got smn to 60! and beat Ultima to the ground, got Nashira hat and body <3 My LS loves me =D

[chionos]

sweetness eternalshiva, great job! =)

got Ass Bonnet and War Mask tonight, and finished getting pahluwan body yesterday

[Del Murder]

Productive few days: PLD to level 63, WAR to 33, and got a Jelly Ring!

After being a PLD tank for so long I really dislike WAR tank. =/

Also today I learned that to tank in Spanish is tankear.

[ScottNUMBERS]

Beast Gaiters!

[Crossblades]

Got my Drachen Armet. Now I have the complete DRG AF set:D

And my new title is "Paragon of Dragoon Excellence"

[ScottNUMBERS]

I got my last Promy completed!

I thought all hope was lost as all our HPs plummented to 0, then the WHM RR'd and cast Banish II and all of a sudden I was swept off to Lufase Meadows!

Also, with the access to new areas I solo'd my Ophiuchus Subligar which I can trade for this nifty piece of equipment...
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/images/items/body/Gaudy-Harness.jpg
The Refresh effect is activated when MP is lower than 50.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

I don't get to play much because of work, but I reached level 10 and I am at Windurst Rank 2!

[Del Murder]

Good job! Some newbies don't bother to increase their rank and this reflects poorly in the eyes of more established gamers. Also most of the missions are fun so there is really no excuse for not doing them.

[No.78]

I pre-learnt, Light of Penance, Magic Fruit, Flying Hip Press, Death Scissors and Dimensional Death.

I got all 3 frigicite pieces ready to give to Maat for my 55 limit break.

I experienced my first {Thanks for the offer but I'll have to pass} {English} {No thanks} (...bastards)

Almost completed Phomiuna Aqueducts... Again >:|

Got my BLU AF boots and legs. I hate the fact we have to practically buy them.

Probably some other stuff *vanishes*

[Del Murder]

Got Blue Mage to 40 so now I can do my own skillchains and get my AF weapon and all sorts of fun things!

Blu is so much fun. I was stunning Bomb Tosses left and right today. Links? No problem! Here's a sleep spell. Healer's low on MP? No problem! Here's a carrot. So useful.

[strawberryman]

I have recently become bored with this game. No, not in the Yearg sense, where I have pretty much done everything and there is nothing left. There is still a lot to do in the game but I just don't feel like doing it.

Recently a new person joined our Linkshell. She is on every day. In about two months she got two jobs up to level 55. I asked her how she did it and she says she gets home at 3:30 and starts lfg right away. She gets a party around 5 and levels until about 10. I thought, wow, you must really have a boring life outside this game to spend all your free time levelling up. Then I realized, I've done the same thing. Sure, maybe not in two months, but I have a job at 60+, and I've spent many other hours on other things.

I started thinking, what is the point of it all? In the end I'll quit and my character information will be wiped out forever. The only thing I'll be able to take away from it is the memory of the experience. Would it be cool if Tmoney is pimped out with all the best gear for his level? Sure. Is it worth 3+ hours to get some marginally better equipment? No.

The point of the game is to have fun. What's fun in this game? In my opinion it is the storylines (missions) and general exploarion of the world. To get the most out of that you need a high level character. Fighting stuff is fun, getting experience points is not fun. It's so hard to commit myself for 2-3 hours of my life at a time just to get one level, especially since that's all the free time I get on most evenings. Recently I've tried soloing (BLU 36) and it's been fun when it goes well but I've died a lot and it goes very slow. No more of that. If I can (or want to) only pt for an hour, then I only pt for an hour. I just can't understand how people with multiple 75 jobs are able to keep their sanity going through it all over and over and over...

Anyway, my point is that I'm going to stop doing the meaningless little things in this game. No more marginal NM camping, no more random little quests where the rewards suck and the stories aren't that interesting. These things are watering down the actual cool stuff about the game. A decent character can be made simply from getting all gear from the AH, and I have a very easy and effective way of making gil so that is not a problem. No more hoarding gil, I'm blowing the wad. I also think I shall take a brief break to focus on my actuary exam, since that is much more important and has tangible rewards. I'll sign on to check AH sales to make some gil, since playing the market is still fun and doesn't take too long.

I really like this game, but it can drain you if you don't watch out.
I know how this feels. The HNMLS I used to be in did events pretty much every day, and between trying to do things with my friends, that, and school, it was pretty stressful. After a certain point it was even feeling like a job, and I didn't like feeling that way, so I dropped out of the shell. (Still got some things done, like Uglypie pendant, getting as far as I am in CoP, so I'm thankful to them for that.)

[chionos]

My HNMLS underwent some changes a while back. There's only one "mandatory" event now, which is on sundays. Every other day is voluntary. If you don't want to go to sky, don't go. If you don't want to kill jailors, don't. Just don't expect to get gear from sky if you don't attend, etc. I like it, there's no pressure to be on all the time, I can attend the events I actually enjoy and still be part of an hnmls.

[Del Murder]

65 Paladin. :)

10 levels to go!

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

I was in my first real party today. Before that I duo'ed with a friend then I was in a party once but it disbanned before we got to the camp. The party only lasted an hour since the leader mysteriously got d/c-ed then another member brb for a while, so the new leader decided to disban. It was fun, but hectic. I was trying to heal but the stupid targeting made it hard. I think I need to make better use of the macros and start using F1-F6 for targeting party members. x-x Luckily there was this other party beside us that for some reason was helping us out (by healing and such). In the hour that we actually EXPed, I manage to almost level up! Only like 200xp away from lvl 12!

[Luc]

Got Sorcerer's Coat from Dynamis-Beaucedine. =O

Got both RDM and SMN in the 70's now. So close to 75. =\

Finished CoP a while ago, and got my Tamas Ring. What a relief.

[Del Murder]

Definitely use the F keys to target party members. It will save your butt.

[Miriel]

66 White Mage! 9 levels to go!

Del Murder and I went out and fought a BUNCH of goblins to get my White Mage Testimony tonight. Now I can fight Maat! Yay! :D

[Lionx]

Going on a long hiatus so i can work on this game called Real Life more. The graphics are alot better too.

>_>

[Mirage]

It's a real bitch making money though. :(

[Lionx]

Yeah especially when you dont know where the AH is and what to farm...but i got my V6 mount to carry me when i need it. :) That quest wasnt too hard at least.

[Mirage]

I don't have a mount so I have to use these wheeled airships to get around...

My current job seems to increase a few of my mental skills though. So far, I've gotten +2 persuasion, and +1 manipulation.

[Miriel]

Eleni: 1
Maat: 0

67WHM. Got it on my first try. Limit level is now 75!

:D

[ThePheonix]

also 67 whm, but going to try beating maat the non-whm way (go whmDD!) or at least I'll try 3 times or so... maybe 5; I'll need a lot of dd gear. :confused:
Congrats on G5 Miriel/Eleni!

[eternalshiva]

73 smn >=] and capped out Barspells and Cure Casting time on merits for WHM and 1 away from capping out Shell 5. My tanks won't get pwn'd by magic attacks at HNM! mwahaha

[Del Murder]

Tmoney & Eleni: 2
Maat: 0

Finish time: 6 min, 33 sec. 67 Taru PLD.

Super easy. Didn't even use my elixirs or Invincible.

[strawberryman]

Tmoney & Eleni: 2
Maat: 0

Congrats, you two.

Me? I've accomplished staying sane while being completely unable to play FFXI on my dying computer. Sucks, hate making my static friends wait on me to be able to play again. :eep:

[Miriel]

Ding! 68 WHM. :D

Also got Noble's Tunic.

Also also, fought Sabotender Enamorado and finished Sandy 6-1. :)

[Del Murder]

Also 68 but I didn't get anything cool. :( I guess PLD AF is so awesome there's not much room for improvement.

Oh well, Espadon +1 is cool enough for me.

Oh wait! I stole Eleni's Vermilion Cloak when she switched to Noble's. :p

[Crossblades]

Just completed Aht Urghan Mission 11 =)

I also got SAM to 32, so I don't have to level it again till my DRG reaches 65.

[Del Murder]

I don't have to level Warrior again until...never! Oh thank goodness! Ding 37 WAR

[No.78]

BLU 61! Broke level cap obviously, did Riverne Site #A01... Errr... Thats all I can think of.

[eternalshiva]

Summoner 75 bishes! 4th 75 job I NEED A LIFE.

[Markus. D]

Summoner 75 bishes! 4th 75 job I NEED A LIFE.

Congrats xDDD

I'm envious of your life-less-ness to be honest :3

[Khaotic]

Summoner 75 bishes! 4th 75 job I NEED A LIFE.

I remember when you were just lowly Elvaan RDM :(

[UltimateSpamGrover]

Hit BLU 53, trying to go for BLU 54 and my AF pants one of these days.

[ThePheonix]

A few things: first, after a week of mining, and a couple of weeks of selling warp cudgels (until someone went and drained all the profit out of them) and getting / selling tele-vahzl scroll, I was finally able to afford(barely) a Noble's Tunic! only 900k! I can use it now too! It's the greatest thing since.... Cure V!

Also, Beat maat the Whm-survive way, that was too easy with an earth staff, a yagudo drink and a few hi-ethers (I used a fish mithkabob that a friend had left from her whm G5). Planing to challenge maat again when I actualy get the time to skill up and buy the solo gear, then I'll try to break some records.

[Del Murder]

Well, every job needs something expensive they need to buy. Teleport scrolls do not count because you can quest those and they can make you money anyway!

My recent accomplishments:

Got THF and NIN to 37, finished Promys, got two Promy area BLU spells (the only reason I did promys! Can't wait for Refueling.)

[eternalshiva]

Got my Ying Yang Robe this weekend >=] Thank you my LS mates from EndlessAbyss!

[Luc]

Got Sorcerer's Coat, and Sorcerer's Belt recently.

My LS has been claiming a bunch of HNMs lately. Recently, we've killed Tiamat, Vrtra, Aspid, King Vinegarroon, King Behemoth, and a Fafnir that dropped a Ridill! :D

[Crossblades]

Me and my lil bro got the Crawler's Nest map:D

However, we need to find two more stone monuments to finish that quest

[Misfit]

I don't have to level Warrior again until...never! Oh thank goodness! Ding 37 WAR

What's wrong with WAR?! ;_;

[Del Murder]

WAR is so boring. You engage and use WS and THAT'S IT. You can do your taxes while levelling WAR it takes that much attention to play. If you stop paying attention on PLD or WHM everyone is dead!

MNK is worse in this regard, though. I love BLU and THF because you are so busy.

[ScottNUMBERS]

Aquarius soloed at 64. :cool:

Francisca {Mine}

[eternalshiva]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/EndlessAbyssEvents/Bahamut3.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/EndlessAbyssEvents/Bahamut2.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/EndlessAbyssEvents/Bahamut5.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/EndlessAbyssEvents/Bahamut1.jpg

PWN'd IT

[Del Murder]

Level 70! Got to catch up Eleni though.

[No.78]

I did Tidal Wave in Besieged as a level 10 summoner for THREE POINTS OF DAMAGE.

Chuffed.

[oddler]

I came back and momentarily forgot how to disengage auto-target in battle. :lol:

Feels good, though.

[eternalshiva]

XD lol we just beat dynamis windy with 17 people! 3 blms, 2 whms, 1 rdm, 2 tanks the rest DD. how uber!

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/EndlessAbyssEvents/windy172.png

[Luc]

Defeated Jailer of Love with my LS and I got a Novio Earring. :cool:

[Del Murder]

Did ZM4 and all the fights for ZM5. :)

[Miriel]

Level 71! Leveled up via Besieged. :)

Only 4 more to 75. Yay!

Edit: Also, we did our first Assault today. It was fun! Except kinda nuts. Glad we did it with an experienced group of people or else I think we wouldn't have managed it so well.

Also also, did the ZM6 fight. It was easy. :D

[Crossblades]

Got 2 of the 3 Crests for the 60 cap quest. Just need the Yagudo crest:)

[Del Murder]

Ding, 73 PLD. :)

Also, we are going to do Dynamis for the first time today.

[Ouch!]

I bought a copy of the game. Oh yes. I did.

[Mirage]

Congratulations!

[Ouch!]

Congratulations!
You clearly encourage masochism.

Thanks. =D

[Markus. D]

Ding, 73 PLD. :)

Also, we are going to do Dynamis for the first time today.

Good luck!

the name and stories I've heard make it sound so very lovely and quick to traverse~

[Rostum]

Dynamis is interesting the first few times, but so boring all other times. D;

[Jimsour]

I AFK in dynamis for the most part, it lags so much on my laptop I can only hope to cast absorb-TP, run in, WS, and a mob will be dead before I can even do that most of the time.

Speaking of dynamis, I got my DRK AF2 last night. yay, can sell my tarasque mitts because im saving for cursed leggings.

[Del Murder]

Well turns out it didn't go down because all the zones were taken and we didn't have enough people anyway. Oh well, next time.

[Miriel]

I'll never get to do it. :(

[Mirage]

Why not?

[Misfit]

Noobs! :D

[Miriel]

Hexa Strike.

:D :D :D

[eternalshiva]

Pwn'd Jormungand last night with my LS, 2 1/2 hour fight!

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/EndlessAbyssEvents/INVISDAYJORM.png

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/EndlessAbyssEvents/JORM1PER.png

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/EndlessAbyssEvents/JORMDEAD.png

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/EndlessAbyssEvents/JORMDEAD2.png

[Germ Hamee]

I leveled thief to 16 last night. It sounds like a pretty pitiful feat, but it's seriously the hardest thing I've ever done in that game. >.> That job is BORING.

Treasure Hunter FTW.

[Del Murder]

Got an O.Hat and a Joyeuse! I camped that sucker for a month (on and off) but it finally paid off.

[chionos]

Ugh, *regrets quitting the game, and getting rid of character even more*

Why in the world did I quit!?

Congrats to you Del Manslaughter

[Mirage]

Have you tried that "get back deleted character" service?

[ScottNUMBERS]

This is quite possibly my greatest accomplishment in two whole years of my time in FFXI.

195 damage Fast Blade in the dunes at level 16 on IT (without a subjob too), were I sitting in a chair I would've fell right out.

[Del Murder]

Where were you if not in a chair?

[ScottNUMBERS]

The floor.

[eternalshiva]

I ... got scholar to lvl 12 x_x that job is painful to level but after lvl 40 it's wicked hot, I wants it. *treads on*

Also my LS beat the first chamber in Einjerhar. That bish is hard to do >.< we were about 25. After upteen failiurs, it felt good to have beaten it finally XD SE certainly made it challenging.

[Crossblades]

Went 0/1 on Ose today =(

[Luc]

Also my LS beat the first chamber in Einjerhar. That bish is hard to do >.< we were about 25. After upteen failiurs, it felt good to have beaten it finally XD SE certainly made it challenging.

Just curious; how does your LS do Einherjar? Do you guys sleep every mob and take them all out one by one?

It's usually easy for my LS. We have a PLD use Sentinel and pull a mob, then we pretty much Astral Flow each group of mobs to death with like 3-4 SMNs. If any mobs are left alive the BLMs easily take care of them.

[eternalshiva]

Hmm we lack in the mage department so we do it old school. 3 brds sleep everything and melee just pull em off by twos. we usually have 4-5 blms. didn't think about astral flows. I'll suggest that. We usually have the room cleared in about 10 minutes, 15 max and then go all out on the boss. We just beat another one the same way. Seems to be working so far.

[Crossblades]

I got my Assault Jerkin from Ose today! That makes 1/2! =):D

[Del Murder]

Level 74. :D

[Miriel]

75WHM/37BLM

Finally. Freakin' FINALLY. :D

[Del Murder]

PLD 75 WOOHOO!

[Markus. D]

GRATS YOU TWO!

Now you can finally start playing FFXI ^^

[oddler]

GRATS YOU TWO!

Now you can finally start playing FFXI ^^

:lol:

Too true, too true. Congratulations.

[theundeadhero]

Logged in today :p

Only 20,240 files to download for an update :)

T-Money, I know you used to cook. If you could link me to a complete idiots guide to FFXI cooking other than just general allakhazam that would help a lot.

[Del Murder]

Category:Cooking - FFXIclopedia - a Wikia wiki (http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Cooking)

Cooking Guide by Dasher - FFXIclopedia - a Wikia wiki (http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Cooking_Guide_by_Dasher)

Cooking Guide by Paitre - FFXIclopedia - a Wikia wiki (http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Cooking_Guide_by_Paitre)

Cooking Guide by Spops - FFXIclopedia - a Wikia wiki (http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Cooking_Guide_by_Spops)

This is what I used to get to level 56 Cooking.

[Bahamut2000X]

I managed to solo a DC Gnole on my PLD/DNC the other night. Took freaking forever cause of it's cure, but I did it. No claw drop though. :(

[Miriel]

Level 11 DNC!

I'm finding DNC to be veeeery boring so far. We'll see how it goes though, once I learn more dances.

[theundeadhero]

The old Miriel/Misfit/Del Linkshell is gone :(

I appreciate those guides very much. Thank you.

[Miriel]

Oh! It's still there. But the leader had to break the shell and make a new one. It's still the same name, color and members (more or less). What times are you usually on?

[theundeadhero]

I'm about to go to school for a month, but I'll let you know when I get back.

[Bahamut2000X]

Level 11 DNC!

I'm finding DNC to be veeeery boring so far. We'll see how it goes though, once I learn more dances.

It gets better at 15 and every 5 levels after. But in between those levels it sucks waiting to get anything new. :(

[Crossblades]

Maat defeated and Level 71 Dragoon:D