Recent accomplishments

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

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.

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*

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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.)

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.

65 Paladin. :)

10 levels to go!

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!

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.

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

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

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

>_>

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

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.

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.