So Friday I xped on PLD some. The party was ok I guess but the xp just seemed to be coming in really slow. Every time I checked it seemed like I had barely gained 1k. Maybe I was just not into leveling PLD that night. Oh well. Party broke and I was about 8k away from 65.
Saturday I spent the majority of the day meriting RDM. I finally unlocked slow II after the party and then also started working on my convert timer. So I spent a total of 4 merits to get both of those at level 1. I also tried unsuccessfully to party on PLD. Just no parties for me that day.
Sunday I went and merited RDM again for just a bit. Got just one more merit in a short lived party. I also on a whim decided to join a random LS on a Dynamis Bastok run. Not sure why I did it but was fun none the less. The LS has a rather bad reputation but I wanted to go to see what other LS’s did in the zones to compare to some of my experiences from Alttab.
About 2 hours into the run I got DC’d and couldn’t get back on due to a power outage at my house. However, before that happened I have to say things really didn’t go bad at all. There where some warning signs as to why the LS probably struggled. First they had a lot of first time Dynamis people. I don’t think this is an every run problem but it’s possible they have a lot of turn over. Second, right before the run started the Leader asked if anyone had any pulling experience since they had issues with this. Now this is probably what hurt them most of all as they would have had bad links and pullers dying too often, and out of order killing. So I said yea I had pulled and would do it for them, lord knows I’ve pulled every zone tons of times. (The fact they let some new guy they didn’t know pull speaks volumes) And lastly their tactics are just a bit off on some things, this mostly would have cost them time but other things could be worse. I offered advice but no one really paid it much heed. Some things they will just need to see first hand.
With me pulling during my time there everything went pretty smooth. One new guy aggroed a bunch of crap and wiped us but we recovered nicely. When I dc’d they had made it halfway down to the alchemist guild in the ally and had 50 minutes on the clock so they where in good shape. No idea what happened after that but, unless they just messed things up badly, should have had no problems winning the zone. I think they go again on Wednesday but I have no idea if I am going to go or not.
After going on the run, and with the possibility of me having more playing time during the week starting in October, I may start up my own Dynamis LS. I have a ton of knowledge about the zones and while I wish I could rejoin Alttab I could never make their Saturday run. That’s still a bit of time away and not sure if I’m completely sold on the idea, but I may just do it.
Monday I started out leveling PLD. Had a good party (except the RDM didn’t do a great job of refreshing) but we didn’t last that long. Too many people had to leave for things so we called it off after about an hour and a half. I did manage to get to 65 though so I need to update some gear again. After that party me and Marlow went and did ENM 40. It was very easy but of course we got a crap 1k drop. I think we’re going to try again next Monday. Once that was done Pusarah had sent a tell and wanted to know if I wanted to merit so of course I said yes.
It was nice meriting with LS people again. The party had Pus, Keeva, Hemdall, and me with 2 others I didn’t know. We did trolls since all the other camps were overcrowded. Got 2 merit points done and called it a night. I updated Convert some more and its level 3 now and I have one merit point in the bank.
Well this was a long post. I really should stop rambling so much, It doesn’t help that my system at work is having issues giving me time to post.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Dusting off the hat
Had a good and productive weekend. Had a few good parties, got some questing done, and finally dusted off my RDM.
First off I started on leveling up PLD again. Fridays nights party was just odd to say the least. First off this party had a nin in it which is strange since that almost never happens with a PLD in the party. Second, there was no refresher in the party so my mp was constantly on the low side. And last, it actually went well. I was the main tank throughout the party but what we would do to save mp was about every 5th fight, the NIN would tank one while I just DD’d and recovered MP. The rest of the time the NIN was in full DD gear and was the main puller. Not the best xp per hour ever, but it certainly wasn’t terrible. I dinged 63 that night and got about half way into the level before logging.
Saturday I started looking for party as soon as I got on and almost immediately got an invite. The JP players really seem to like having PLD’s as main tanks at this level. In fact after we started the party we had 2 players who dc’d and never came back and unlike most JP parties that break up, they insisted I stay and found some replacements. After our 2 new members got there we went to work and the xp started rolling in. I got level 64 and good chunk into the level before we stopped. The SAM in the party had a Soboro and really makes me want to level up Sam right now and get it but I would at least like to get PLD up to the 70’s before that. The Sam was the first guy I had struggles to keep hate off of in a long time. I still maintained hate through out but had to often times grab it back from the SAM where as usually it is always glued on me. I’ll try to get to 66 next weekend, but at that point there are a few pricey items I’ll need to stop and get some gil for.
So Sunday I woke up and was determined that it was finally time to try RDM again. I still had to use the keyboard but since I have been at it for a few weeks now it is starting to become easier for me to use. So I geared up, put my flag up, and hoped for the best. It took about an Hour to get a party which I contribute to the fact I was in JP time and there were 7 RDM’s my level looking to party. After getting a party though I got a little apprehensive. First I was the only Healer and haster in the party. Even if this wasn’t my first party back this would have been tough to handle. Fortunately though, they decided to XP in the mire exclusively on imps and we had a NIN tank that was good about keeping shadows up. It was actually much easier than I would have thought and I had a pretty good rhythm going after awhile. It was a nice ice breaker party for me and I think I’ll continue to merit RDM at least one day a week now to get my timing back to what it was. I got 2 merits in the party and got my xp buffer back up to about 6k.
What I have decided to do as far as the buffer goes is to start out each party in xp mode and use my empress ring. Then after it’s used up switch over to merits. This should help me get a good mixture of both and sustain my death habits on RDM.
Almost forget to mention the bit about questing. On Saturday after I finished XPing on PLD I went and got enough fame done so I could flag Leviathan, Ifriti, and Ramuh avatar fights. Me and Zorb went and fought Ramuh on Sunday and got the win so now I just need to do the last 2 and I’ll have all the whispers to fight Fenrir. I didn’t turn in the Ramuh whisper to get the avatar simply because I want to be ready to fight Fenrir whenever the opportunity comes up. Not to mention I may want to try my hand at soloing him. Before I do that though, I would need to re buy my HQ Ice staff. Oh well that’s still a bit of time away.
First off I started on leveling up PLD again. Fridays nights party was just odd to say the least. First off this party had a nin in it which is strange since that almost never happens with a PLD in the party. Second, there was no refresher in the party so my mp was constantly on the low side. And last, it actually went well. I was the main tank throughout the party but what we would do to save mp was about every 5th fight, the NIN would tank one while I just DD’d and recovered MP. The rest of the time the NIN was in full DD gear and was the main puller. Not the best xp per hour ever, but it certainly wasn’t terrible. I dinged 63 that night and got about half way into the level before logging.
Saturday I started looking for party as soon as I got on and almost immediately got an invite. The JP players really seem to like having PLD’s as main tanks at this level. In fact after we started the party we had 2 players who dc’d and never came back and unlike most JP parties that break up, they insisted I stay and found some replacements. After our 2 new members got there we went to work and the xp started rolling in. I got level 64 and good chunk into the level before we stopped. The SAM in the party had a Soboro and really makes me want to level up Sam right now and get it but I would at least like to get PLD up to the 70’s before that. The Sam was the first guy I had struggles to keep hate off of in a long time. I still maintained hate through out but had to often times grab it back from the SAM where as usually it is always glued on me. I’ll try to get to 66 next weekend, but at that point there are a few pricey items I’ll need to stop and get some gil for.
So Sunday I woke up and was determined that it was finally time to try RDM again. I still had to use the keyboard but since I have been at it for a few weeks now it is starting to become easier for me to use. So I geared up, put my flag up, and hoped for the best. It took about an Hour to get a party which I contribute to the fact I was in JP time and there were 7 RDM’s my level looking to party. After getting a party though I got a little apprehensive. First I was the only Healer and haster in the party. Even if this wasn’t my first party back this would have been tough to handle. Fortunately though, they decided to XP in the mire exclusively on imps and we had a NIN tank that was good about keeping shadows up. It was actually much easier than I would have thought and I had a pretty good rhythm going after awhile. It was a nice ice breaker party for me and I think I’ll continue to merit RDM at least one day a week now to get my timing back to what it was. I got 2 merits in the party and got my xp buffer back up to about 6k.
What I have decided to do as far as the buffer goes is to start out each party in xp mode and use my empress ring. Then after it’s used up switch over to merits. This should help me get a good mixture of both and sustain my death habits on RDM.
Almost forget to mention the bit about questing. On Saturday after I finished XPing on PLD I went and got enough fame done so I could flag Leviathan, Ifriti, and Ramuh avatar fights. Me and Zorb went and fought Ramuh on Sunday and got the win so now I just need to do the last 2 and I’ll have all the whispers to fight Fenrir. I didn’t turn in the Ramuh whisper to get the avatar simply because I want to be ready to fight Fenrir whenever the opportunity comes up. Not to mention I may want to try my hand at soloing him. Before I do that though, I would need to re buy my HQ Ice staff. Oh well that’s still a bit of time away.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
LFP and Gil
SO anyways once again things didn';t go as planed but I never really expected them too. My plans are more of a guidline to help me stay focused on what it is I want to accomplish in game.
That said I didnt do ENM 40 once again but I did go on a ENM Brothers run with Marlow. Umm.. im still rusty... moving on. SO anyways I busted out PLD on Saturday and got to level 62 now with just needing another 7k to hit 63. Not bad at all. I also got my AF gloves finally thanks to Zorb and Janaka helping me to get the Coffer in the Necropolis. The gloves are ok and they do have 3 dex and 2 enmity on them. I might actully use these more than I thought since the dex makes up a bit for the Acc hit I would take by swithcing out of my current gloves. Probably only do this if I feel I need the extra enmity.
Sunday I really wanted to get my PLD to 63 but after looking for party for about an hour and a half I gave up on it for the day. I could have looked longer but the entire time there was a good 3-5 tanks constantly looking and I didn't want to waste my entire day. So I decided to level up my 19 Sam.
That went pretty well. I got to level 20 in the dunes in a pretty decent party, and then moved on to qufim. Ended the day at level 21 and need only about 180 xp to level up. I may even grab that solo before I go seeking again. NOw being in qufim reminded me that my thf is also 21 and at this low level i can grab gear to fit both my Sam and THF so I might go ahead and level them up together since i need thf at 37 anyways for a SAM subjob one day.
Gil is still an issue but hopefully i'll stop being lazy and hit more ENM's up or if I get really bored go farming i guess. Either way I need to do something before long as I have some bigger purchases comming up on PLD and of course SAM is expensive pretty early on.
As a note about this blog, you may have noticed I haven't posted any pictures since I have been back. Well, thats because I keep forgetting to take any. Meh, not much to show anyways, maybe i'll take some if I happen to get some good drops next weekend.
That said I didnt do ENM 40 once again but I did go on a ENM Brothers run with Marlow. Umm.. im still rusty... moving on. SO anyways I busted out PLD on Saturday and got to level 62 now with just needing another 7k to hit 63. Not bad at all. I also got my AF gloves finally thanks to Zorb and Janaka helping me to get the Coffer in the Necropolis. The gloves are ok and they do have 3 dex and 2 enmity on them. I might actully use these more than I thought since the dex makes up a bit for the Acc hit I would take by swithcing out of my current gloves. Probably only do this if I feel I need the extra enmity.
Sunday I really wanted to get my PLD to 63 but after looking for party for about an hour and a half I gave up on it for the day. I could have looked longer but the entire time there was a good 3-5 tanks constantly looking and I didn't want to waste my entire day. So I decided to level up my 19 Sam.
That went pretty well. I got to level 20 in the dunes in a pretty decent party, and then moved on to qufim. Ended the day at level 21 and need only about 180 xp to level up. I may even grab that solo before I go seeking again. NOw being in qufim reminded me that my thf is also 21 and at this low level i can grab gear to fit both my Sam and THF so I might go ahead and level them up together since i need thf at 37 anyways for a SAM subjob one day.
Gil is still an issue but hopefully i'll stop being lazy and hit more ENM's up or if I get really bored go farming i guess. Either way I need to do something before long as I have some bigger purchases comming up on PLD and of course SAM is expensive pretty early on.
As a note about this blog, you may have noticed I haven't posted any pictures since I have been back. Well, thats because I keep forgetting to take any. Meh, not much to show anyways, maybe i'll take some if I happen to get some good drops next weekend.
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