•Wednesday, May 21, 2008•

Forr some reason, Dancer got a lot harder to solo once I hit 35..so Darkcow had to help me...and now it's 37! One goal down, abazillion to go. :3

•Monday, May 19, 2008•

Well, we won Dynamis-Windurst...of course the one time I don't lot BLM, it drops. And of course, no SMN AF2 dropped...so I got nothing again. But we do have Dynamis-Beaucedine access now! The LS does Northlands runs every weekend, so our schedule may fill up a little more..

I've decided that I'm going to use my Anniversary Ring to level my needed subjobs instead of putting it all into Paladin; it'd take 4 uses just to get me closer to 64, or I can use it all towards DNC-RDM-WAR-SAM-BST, etc. and get them several levels each towards/to 37. I'm currently working on Scholar since it's lower level and it just requires mage armor, which I've got.

•Wednesday, May 14, 2008•

After finishing a few more merits (and upgrading Ice Potency again), I decided to look into upgrading my Paladin gear. I learned about the new Iron Ram Set and was immediately~wately impressed! So, I did some research, and after learning I could use my accumulated Windurst points, I switched to The Knights of the Iron Ram of San d'Oria. I had enough points to pick up both items, as well as the Iron Ram Shield! So my Paladin's gonna be all kinds of awesome~wome. ♥ I also decided to quest the Deathstone for the next Gobbiebag Quest (which I still haven't done either of the new ones...oops!).

I managed to get Samurai to 62 today! It's been fun, I spose..except when I'm asked to sub THF because the PLD sucks too much on his own... )_) But I digrrress. I plan on working more on Campaign, so I can get the Fourth Haube headpiece; it has higher defense and the same STR+ as the Sipahi Turban, but also has Subtle Blow+ and Evasion.. and more jobs can use it! And the Sipahi Turban is ugly. )_);

•Monday, May 12, 2008•

Well, we won Dynamis-Jeuno, at the expense of me dying about 15 times. :S Oh well, I spose. It'll only take 2 or so Campaign to get the exp back. There were no BLM drops at all, which really sucky~wucked, but what can you do. But everytime we do Dynamis, MNK AF2 always drops...hrrm, S.E. wants everyone to be MNK! But a win's a win, and next week is Dynamis-Windurst; depending on who all goes and who lots, I will either lot BLM and SMN, or priority lot the Summoner's Spats.

The 6th Anniversary of Vana'Diel is upon us! Everyone is being issued a new Anniversary Ring, and I believe I'll be using mine on Paladin to try and get it closer to 75! I wish it'd get me to 75, but I don't think it will considering the math...
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64-65:24,500; 65-66:26,000; 66-67:27,500; 67-68:29,000; 68-69:30,500 69-70:32,000
70-71:34,000; 71-72:36,000; 72-73:38,000; 73-74:40,000; 74-75:42,000
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I'd say I've got a while. Oh! Time for Adventurer Stats!
Chat Frequency:208,765
Conversations with NPCs:32,716
Parties Joined:1924
Alliances Joined:58
Battles Fought:25,084
Number of Times K.O.'d:721
Enemies Defeated:15,680
GM Calls Made:6
There's my adventuring life in a nutshell!

•Saturday, May 10, 2008•

I've gone on a Yinyang Robe rampage, getting every potential Summoner I know a robe. I figure I'll do some good for others while I still am the only one on server to have ToD-- I got Darkcow's last night (as he's leveling SMN to 75 soon), and Kiila's gonna work on getting one tonight (because she could be SMN someday, too!).

Dynamis-Jeuno is tomorrow! While we'll still be missing the Windurst win, we'll be one step closer to Beaucedine! I'm sad to know that no SMN AF2 drops there, but the BLM AF2 Sabots do, so maybe I'll lot on them. It'll dependie~wend on how many BLM show up tomorrow...because there are a whole ton of them, and to me it seems moot to fight over shoes that do the same thing as my Mountain Gaiters.. I'll really have to see once I note what everyone is lotting on. ♥

•Friday, May 09, 2008•

I'm exhausted, sleep deprived, and somewhat of a zombie~wombie, but I am now officially the owner of...

...my very own YinYang Robe!!!

It took years (and 364 days were spent already being 75SMN; May 10th is 1 year anniversary!), a lot of stress and pain, but it's finally mine. It's very surreal, actually..felt like I was dreaming! A HUGE Thank You goes to Darkcow, Ezekil, and (zombie)Eruntalo for helping me, staying up reaaally late and getting up really early with me, and pursuing a dream I've had for a long time. Thank you!!

Now that I'm done hyperventilating~wating, onto other news! We lost entrance to Dynamis-Windurst to another LS, so we had to change plans and did Dynamis-Bastok instead, since a lot of the needed AF2 drops there. I chose to gun it for the Sorcerer's Tonban and Summoner's Bracers-- while the Tonban dropped, there was a Yagudo~load of BLMs so another one got it. No Summoner drops, though, which made me a sad tarutaru as I was the only one lotting for them. I did get a pair of Melee Gaiters, though! And that works out since I will level Monk one day. I'm considering lotting money next time, as you're still able to lot on AF2 assuming you have the appropriate job and level.

•Wednesday, May 07, 2008•

I workie-worked on more Merits, completing Flood II and upping my Avatar Physcial Attack. I was invited to a party as Summoner last night (/shock I tell you) and we got 14,000 exp in an hour...too bad I was too tired to stay longer! And this morning, I successfully claimed Shikigami Weapon again. Took him down easily, but no drop again. ; ; BUT! I'm now the only person with ToD, as my group was only group in Ro'Maeve [and I was 3/4 of the characters, lol]. So I plan to continue pursuing him while I still have his ToD, and praying I get that drop. I felt pretty accomplished just for claiming him! A note on that, though: the Summoner in the LS that I was kind enough to tell, stole the ToD (by lying about it to me), and got his robe..and didn't want to tell me ToD until another LS mate called him out. That's pretty freaking lame, man.

Tonight is Dynamis-Windurst night! Both BLM and SMN drop there, so I'm hoping I get lucky. ♥♣♦♠ We're also doing Dynamis-Jeuno Sunday, so Cow and I will finally have access to the Norhtland zone!

•Sunday, May 04, 2008•

Today was very productive~wuctive! While we were on our way to fight Kirin with LS, a RNG with us goes, "Hmmm Shikigami Weapon? What's that?" SHIKI WAS UP and NO ONE was camping him. So, while waiting for Cow, everyone else passed us by and wouldn't help fight it. :[ BUT a fellow Summoner in the LS was running late, and I let him know about it. We both eagerly ran to a safe casting spot until Cow got there. We started buffing and casting long-length spells, hoping he'd run by. Well...

We managed to claim him! After a rigorous fight (about 20 minutes since we didn't have any help til the nice BST came along), Shikigami was dead, and we were only 90exp and 1 Wind Crystal richer. :[ BUT! At least we have ToD on him, and we have some control over the situation. I was so happy that we even got him, even though we got no drop.

Onwards to Kirin!
This was out first Kirin fight with the Linkshell, and needless to say we were a bit nervous..

Everyone suffered a few deaths, but in the end, we took two Kirin pops down, and Darkcow and I have a fancy new title: Kirin Captivator!

I've been rrrolling through Samurai exp-- got it to 60, and I'm in a party now at halfway to 61. I haven't really wanted to level Samurai, but it's been something to do while deciding what I do want to do. If that makes any sense, lawl...this was one thing I was considerrring..

•Wednesday, April 30, 2008•

[I am slowing learning the pain of having multiple characters (even moreso than I did already...) by being in an End-game Linkshell. I feel that my time is monopolized a lot now, and that I sometimes don't get to enjoy the game. I never want Kiila to get left behind in lieu of Vacious doing events, more than she already is, anyway. Soon Vacious will have Northlands Dynamis access, and time will be even more strained. But perhaps at that point I will slow down on attending sky fights and such, as I won't be able to manage 4-5 nights a week of events; that's why I quit end-game last time...and I actually like this group (though I will say some of them are incredibly hard of hearing [reading]..), so I don't want it to sour. But if push comes to shove, I'll do what it takes for me to have a happy VanaD'iel life; I've worked too hard to lay down so easily.]

I got into an amazing party as Samurai, and charged through experience on Colibri. I managed to get 14,000~exp in an hour and fifteen minutes, and leveled to 58! I can almost *taste* the Haubergeon.. ♥ After doing that, Cow and I decided to try my A Thief in Norg?! fight, duo. While we didn't actually duo it (another duo asked us to team up- boy was the RDM kinda stupid...), we did stomp the demons into the ground, and this morning I was handed my Kabuto and Paragon of Samurai Excellence! I also tried to find my Temple of Uggalepih coffer, but errr...got aggro'd twice in a row, rrran like hell, and ended up leaving to skill up my Polearm (after seeing a fellow Mithran Samurai eat colibri with it...). Heheheh, stupid Evil Weapon, cure yourself all day long, I'm getting my tasty skillups off you...

•Monday, April 28, 2008•

While I haven't updated in a bit, it's been for good reasony~weason! I've been working hard on Red Mage (got it to 29, almost 30), and I've been busy with LS events. While we did get the win in Dynamis-San d'Oria, I didn't manage to win any AF2 drops. Oh well, better luck next time! At least that's two zones down, two to go for Beaucedine access! We also did our standard sky run yesterday- 2 Byakkos down. Then we decided to fight Genbu, since they had his pop items. We (for some reason!) had some issues with him, but he went down in the end. Dropped a few items, some gil, and... the Aquarian Abjuration: Hands. I really figured, hey, there are a lot of BLM here, I'll get mine someday. WELL! I was the only BLM there that had them on my Sky Wishlist, so I won them!! YEEHAWW!!! After years of dreaming of them, I am finally the proud owner of Zenith Mitts! I was COMPLETELY ecstatic, I almost cried! It took me a few days to get the Cursed Mitts, as the jerks who were selling them put them in for 100+k more than they go for...but I got 'em this morning! For the correct price, mind you; I don't support price gougers, so I waited it out. Now my Sky Wishlist is complete, and I'm just along for the ride~wide, for now at least, until I get another job to 75 that needs items.

Afterrr Vacious' busy time, he decided to chill out at the Mog House, so I did a little adventuring. I randomly decided to look for parrty as Samurai, and had one within 5 minutes! O_O That was a shock, really. There was no tank in the party, so I took it upon myself to tank with Seigan+Third Eye. There was also no healers looking, so I brought the zombieTalo out. By the end, we had switched only 2 members, gotten a tank and real healer, and gotten 22,000+ experience in about 4 hours!! So, I got Samurai to 57! It was pretty amazing. Leveling Samurai again was pretty fun; I spose I'm glad I didn't sell my gearrr. Now that it's almost summertime, I think I'm going to push push push to get Sky access, so that I can go to fun events instead of Vacious. Mithrra Monks need some love, too!

•Wednesday, April 23, 2008•

I solo'd Dancer to 33! Darkcow managed to get his to 32 in a short burst, so we may starrrt Duoing DNC to finish it up. I'm heavily considerring taking it to 75 because, well, I frrreakin' love it!

We have our next Dynamis run tonight-- either San d'Oria or Jeuno. SMN and BLM relic armor drops in both (one in each), and I'm able~wable to lot this time, so mayhaps I'll get lucky! I'm still debating on whether to lot Relic Armor or money...I think I'll take chances and do Relic. I'd hate for it to drop and just be nub and not get it, when I am capable of making gil on my own. And, apparently Riibob is back to playing XI, so maybe we can continue on with Promathia missions and try to get Sea. He applied (and was accepted) into Immortality, so perhaps he'll actually get on to do things. Oh! I may also buy an Astral Earring now; they're only 300-400,000 now, instead of a million... ♥

•Sunday, April 20, 2008•

I've done quite a bit of grinding in the past two days. I've gotten Paladin to 64 and Red Mage to 25! I figured since PLD was close to level, and the fact that WAR would be *right* before gimp at 64, it was a good thing to go get. (That way I have motivation to finish WAR..) And RDM is just another sub...bluh. Oh! I got my Holyknight Emblem of Service ∮ ∮ ∮ ∮ too! I also apparently didn't mention getting Bard to 56...cute pants!

•Friday, April 18, 2008•

We went on our second sky run with Immortality last night-- I received the Aquarian Abjuration:Legs last night that I plan to upgrade for SMN (situational) and Bard later on. I also received the W. Abjuration: Feet since it was going to be lost if not. I got mixed reactions about that...but I didn't want it to just fall out and be lost for nothing when I have jobs upcoming that can use them. Besides, no one wanted them..anyway. I also got Red Mage to 24! Only 13 more levels to go...whoo. Annnd I finished another merit and put it towards Lightning Magic Potency (lv.2).

Our philosophy is, "Everytime you don't dance when a God 2hours, an Abjuration doesn't drop." XD

•Tuesday, April 15, 2008•

"Praise to the Goddess! Thou hast safely returned from the trial of the spirits. Let us perform the purification ceremony at once. At my urging, raise thy hand in supplication to the Heavens.

Great Goddess Altana. In recognition of the penance Vacious has paid, I beg thee to remove the blight upon the cursed crown and absolve Vacious of his sin...

The blight upon the cursed crown is weakening...It has been transformed into a Zenith Crown!

Thy suffering hast been rewarded. Proof of thy redemption lies in the Zenith Crown before thee. Thou hast been blessed, Vacious.

Continue thy journey into the light. May the Gate of Paradise open unto thee."

Whoohoo! Zenith Crown: ¤! After shouting for days and scouting the Auction House, a Goldsmith was kind enough to synth it for me for free, long as I brought the materials. It actually saved me around 50,000 gil! Now my SMN and BLM have a fancy headpiece to wear on occasion. ♥

•Monday, April 14, 2008•

I decided to try and level Red Mage some last night, as I really need it up for LS events. So Darkcow's DRG and Hamnbean's MNK joined me (along with the spirit of Eruntalo cure-bombing us :D), and though they didn't level, I managed to get 22 using Empress Band. I'm going to try and make an updated List of Things Vacious Needs to Do and really try to burn through it. We're finally getting somewhere in Vana'Diel-- let's work hard to be the besty~west!

Vacious has been so busy that I've rrreally just been sitting around the Mog House. I plan on working on Dancer some, and try to complete the last few subjobs I need to 37. I got it to 32! I'm also considerrring selling off my Samurai gear, as I just...really haven't wanted to do it at all. But I'm still thinking about it.

•Sunday, April 13, 2008•

We went on our first run with Immortality last night. We managed to tear through 2 Seiryus and 2 Byakkos with minimal downtime or deaths! And they actually dropped some good stuff for everyone--Darkcow was lucky enough to get both the Aquarian Abjuration:Head and Aquarian Abjuration:Legs!! Gogo power White Mage! And I am now the fancy-pants owner of an Aquarian Abjuration:Head myself. Here I come, Zenith Crown! ♥

•Friday, April 11, 2008•

Wow! The Dynamis went fantastic! We were gipped out of Dynamis-Jeuno by another LS, so we did Bastok instead. While I wasn't able to lot on AF2 (BLM and SMN dropped...cry), I did manage to make 240,000gil off synthesis material drops. We never once wiped, and only a handful of people ever died! It was great. In fact, we cleared the whole place, killed the boss, and cleared half the place again before we left. We have a sky event tomorrow night-- I hope it goes just as well!

•Wednesday, April 09, 2008•

Wow~! I've gotten quite a bit done since my last update. First off, Cow and I were accepted into Immortality, and we have our first Dynamis (Jeuno) tonight! We're pretty psyched. Last night, Darkcow, Riibob, myself and a LS Mate, Ezekil, went to get Sleepga II for me (Dear Altana I don't wanna be gimp in Dynamis!!). Ezekil charged through the Agas NM-- it was nuts! So now I've got Sleepga II finally, and I just finished getting both SMN and BLM (and Darkcow's WHM) buffer in case. In doing so, I got my Steelknight Emblem ∮ ∮ ∮! Pretty cooly~wool methinks..except I am so sick of Campaign I could croak. XD

•Sunday, April 06, 2008•

Oh, my. I haven't updated in quuuite a while.. I finished getting my Iron Emblem of Service ∮ as bought my Cobra Unit Cap! I haven't honestly done much morrre than that... :X

Whoopsie, we've been quite lazy lately...sorry! I haven't done-wone a whole lot lately, except little things like Monk to 14. Cow and I currently are working on finding a weekend-based HNM/End-game LS, which we got a bite on! We're putting in an application for Immortality soon, and maybe we can get something going. We know several people in it, and the leader actually told us we should apply. Maybe we'll get something good from it!