UP TO THE DATES!

School ended last week. So I had a bunch of time to catch up on BST! Lets see, in my last post it was level 43? But now it is level 51. The trip was fun long, and also lame! I got from 43 to 45 in a party with some friends who had a PL, which was fun cause I just used a tiger jug pet and smacked things all day. Next I soloed a bit, and another BST wanted to duo Djinns with me in E. Ronfare [S]. It was okay, but the guy wasn't exactly the best BST. We /rdm to nuke the Djinn's and give them 100% TP, increasing their chance to explode and give us instant EXP! But at one point, the guy I was duoing with, nuked while his pet died and as the Djinn was coming at us. And wouldn't you know it, the thing exploded on us, killing us both. He got a R3 from a nearby Pixie, that ignored me. I took an R1 from a SMN that was passing by.

After that I started the long task of finding the right camps. I tried a BUNCH of places. A really good place was Gustav Tunnel. Lots of mobs all over the place, and lots of Goblins! Only problem is...


Yeah I didn't notice Goblinsavior spawned when I was leveling. I just thought it was another Goblin Reaper, and blindly sent my pet on it. I died eventually, the NM hits like a truck! I stayed in Gustav for a while, till about 47, 48. Then went on to test out a bunch of other different areas.

Rolanberry Fields [S] was not a good place at 49, almost all the crawlers there were Tough, and rarely ever turned EM. Labyrinth of O was not fun at all. First 'cause you have to get past the pack of Goblins at the start, and then the leech pets didn't seem to be high enough to kill cockatrice. Plus the cockatrice have a petrify attack which really sucks, and forces you to swap out pets. Pet swapping is not fun in that tight space you have to deal with.

West Altepa was a nice alternative for the 48-49 area. I just stuck to Beetle on Beetle action with the occassional Dhalmel pet in there.


Finally at 49 I gritted my teeth and just killed a bunch of EM crawlers and some T lizards in the Crawler's Nest. Then when I hit 50, everything changed. I now had RR, auto regen from /whm, Gaudy harness, this neat new leg armor...

Yeah, it is hilarious and practical, right up my alley!

Aside from new armor, all the lizards were now completely different. More EM, and some DC lizards perfectly mixed with T lizards. Not only that, but there were two rooms full of them, and some EM Witch Hazels in between to help kill T lizards, if there were too many of them. Also it was funny because when I went to a specific tunnel, the lizards seem to always back themselves into this wall, and keep going up it...

They go even higher on the wall to the point were you can only see like one leg, and a head, but I forgot to snap a shot of it.

I'm level 51 now, sporting my Apollo's staff. Can't wait to hit 52, and start leveling in the ToAU areas where I hear the EXP is so very nice, and I can start wearing my AF!

ha! GUN!

Yeah so we did the Sheep in Antlion's Clothing ENM. Got lucky this time, it makes it about 1/5 for us I think. Maybe more...


Our Hagun sold for 2.6mil! In a four way split that is 650k for each of us. I do believe that lets me afford an Apollo's staff, for BRD and for upcoming BST!

Speaking of BST, I did some leveling the other night. I was procrastinating on it, cause the camps at 42-43 didn't look to appetizing. But I sucked it up and decided to hit up the crawlers nest. As soon as I got the first lizard room it was digital sex. Two EM lizards surrounded by T lizards and T crawlers. With those two pets I was able to get multiple chain 3's and burned through level 42 quickly. After that though, locating T mobs was rough, so I decided to change camps. And went to the Sanctuary of Zi'Tah... not very fun. The exp was slow because of the random people killing random mobs everywhere. The treasure casket addition to the game is killing my exp! First Behemoth Dominion now here. Oh well, next time I level BST I'm going to try another camp.

Getting my mage on, black style!

OH DIP! BLM is 75!!! (with only a 2k buffer but still!) 5th job to 75 w00t!

Yeah, not a whole lot else going on. Finished the ACP missions, was very short, but at least there's two more "picture books" coming up. My RNG looks supasexxai in Mirke! Went for the snapshot effect on Mirke because you really can't get it anywhere else on a piece of equipement besides ToAU ring, and the new head from SCNMs.


Still no rostrum pumps, or ugly pendant, and I need better rings for BLM (using genius and wisdom LAWLS), and some HQ staffs. Earth and Light at least for BRD also.

I'm probably going to work on BST next, since I don't need a party to level it, and I can level at any time, so it works great with my crazy schedule. It is at 42 or 41 now. Can't remember if I deleveled or not doing a quest to help someone get a THF/DNC subligar from the sewers!


Dynamis is going okay! Finally got to sponsor a run, but the coin drop wasn't great. Only about 300, and some of which I used to make relic+1. Also found another glitch in the glacier! Mob seems to be stuck there, doesn't aggro or anything, and couldn't see it to pull it apparently. The last glitch (they fixed) was when I pulled mobs and went into a tower, the mobs would teleport to my position in the tower. I kinda wish it wasn't fixed.

Anyway, back to work!

BAH! School has been kicking my ass lately, haven't had a whole lot of extra time to play outside of the usual scheduled events (Dynamis and Salvage).

Which comes to my latest achievement! I have Anu's, Ea's and Enlil's Tiara, which gives me all the rare/ex stuff I need to get Marduk's Tiara! Just need to find time to do about 10 Royale Rambles, and people willing to help me out. I have 460KS so I have enough for all 10 battles and some screw ups.

I'm originally going after Skadi gear in Salvage, but no one else in my group really wants Marduk stuff, so I keep getting the leftovers. Just haven't had too much luck so far with Skadi stuffsfsfs.

As for leveling, I got blm up to 73! :D More than half way to 74 now. I'm working on BST at the moment. One of the hardest things so far is trying to find the perfect camp for the level I am, and everytime I gain a level, the camp changes. At level 36-38 the SSG was perfect for me, starting off on Sahagins then moving on to Ghasts around 37. After that I tried some suggested places on Wiki. Yuhtunga Jungle was a bust, leveling off Goblin Poachers with Soldier Crawler pets. At 39, all the pets (except maybe 2) checked as Tough, and the Poachers were mostly IT, some VT. Probably a better place for level 40. Someone suggested Lycos in the past, at Battalia or Rolanberry, but those were all EP.

But after a lot of traveling and some dying I found the perfect place! Jugner Forest [S] around H-6. As soon as I got there, Land Pugils and Snippers (my pets) checked as EM and Hawkertraps (the Prey) were all T, AND the number of pets to prey was 3 to 1, with lots of space to run around. Couldn't ask for a better spot! Hawkertraps are vicious though, they hit kind of hard, and somewhat fast. Either that or I am paranoid, and they double attack me every chance they get... either way, it takes two pets to kill one, and if I don't have the second pet ready fast I get my ass kicked.

As soon as I get up to 40 I'm heading back to that Yuhtunga camp, to see if it's better at a higher level. The Page 2 Regime for that zone is perfect for that camp. 4 Goblins (any job), and 7 Death Jackets (which were EP). The extra exp, and a refresh would make it heaven!

Haven't messed around too much with Crafting, nor have I purchased that token thing for Mog Sachel yet. But I did do a couple of those new missions. I know a lot of people have already finished them and got their augmented stuff, and almost all for several different purposes, which is a pretty good addition for the game, but for 10 dollars... I can't help but feel SE is just sucking up the last bit of money they can before switching all their focus to Rapture. (Which from the Screenshot looks like an upgraded version of FF11).

Crafting frenzy!

Bumped up Bonecraft to 70, and a friend of mine wanted a signed Macuahuitl+1!


HQ on the first try. But no more after that (did about 11 more I think), which is pretty unlucky since I was synthing on darksday, and new moon. :/

Also got Leathercraft up to 35. Good stuff so far! Battering Rams are a gift from Altana.

Other than that, dynamis kinda sucked. We did bubu, and lost to the boss cause of low numbers. We got him down to like 12% or so, but it became too overwhelming to last long enough to finish him.

But to end on a good note, I finally got an Odorous knife synthed... Now I just need to find people to kill the NM. And Rostrum pumps NM too... I've had that antlion trap forevs. >_<

Scorpion Harness [Veovious]

I have made a signed Scorpion Harness!



I know it isn't a big deal because there are more and more +1's and these NQ Scorpion Harnesses are no long in such high demand, but it is a personal accomplishment!

First Official Post!

AGHLBER!

Aight so, it has been an eventful week in FFXI. Got BLM up to level 70 (yay), and got some neat items to go with it!
Phantom Tathlum (finally)


and Vicious Mufflers.



On the Dynamis front, I got really lucky sponsoring Dynamis-Bastok. 2 100byne bills droped, and 196 1byne bills dropped, which put my through my first stage of Relic weapon.
Malefic Dagger: O



In crafting land, I finally got Leathercraft up to 33 (made all my gil back too farming for ingredients)! Using it as a sub to Bonecraft, so I can sign my own Scorpion Harness, and eventually make a +1 on down the line.

Other than that, Rya likes to love on poles:


And fear the frog horde: