Update Time!

Finally got a chance to do an extensive play session and I finally feel like I am moving a bit forward now. I've gotten DRK to level 30 and have been working on raising proficiency with Scythes. Didn't think I would like them, but surprisingly I do. Though I have him back with a Flame Sword now. I also did get the extra hundred kills and have Deathbringer. I am a little sad this wasn't the weapon they chose for his Relic Weapon seeing how it was Cecil's best Dark Knight sword, but I'll stop whining and let XI be its own thing.

Managed to clear up a few lingering quests I had in Windhurst so I could make some room in my inventory. Raised my Smithing to Lv. 6 and got Woodworking to Lv. 7. I am still annoyed how tedious leveling crafting skills is, but whatever. It is technically cheaper than grinding 100,000 gill for a Bronze bed and storage upgrade it brings.

The big news was finally finishing the last Rank 2 Mission and getting Rank 3 finally. The funny part is that I read the wiki wrong and was doing the wrong mission because apparently the mission objective changes depending on which order you go to the nations. Got to see Ayame in action and Lion is still always showing up at the wrong time. I also tripped over the first cutscene for the Chains of Promethia expansion. Altana save us all.

With my Adventurer Certificate, I was finally able to access my Mog Garden which was really cute. My Chocobo is also now in his teens and has turned into a real brat now. I'll have to keep letting him race or something to change his disposition, but I miss my cute Chicobo.

So Now I am going to dive into the next nation mission on my next playthrough and see if I can get DRK to level 40 before switching to SAM. Still debating about DRG, but once those two are at Lv. 40, I plan on moving one of the classes to Lv. 50 so I can start working on getting to Lv. 65-75 so I will have a good shot at beating the Shadow Lord. I am really loving DRK, so I may drop MNK for it, but we'll see. I kind of feel sentimental about beating the game with the class I started with. I also want to do the Tenshido quest just so I can reach Aht Urghan because I really do want to unlock BLU. SMN is the only base game class I have not unlocked and Ninja is the only one from the Zilart Expansion I haven't either. We'll see if we get there.

I also should start really cleaning out my inventory and spend my Sparks of Eminence because I've managed to max it out. I may do my original plan and sell anything of no use between powers of tens to clean out the space and then spend my hard earned sparks on some decent gear. I am also surprised how good the Conquest gear actually is with the stat bonuses they give.