Who said PLD is cheap? BLM rapeness inside!

Definitely playing Paladin better recently! Made some brand new macros, which actually are helping a lot both hate and “surviving” wise. I bought some new fancy things (Shield torque, buckler earring,Ada legs, resolute and ……… Quick belt (working on codices and swift belt right now) and borrowing Dusk Gloves from Kerb until I’ll get Homam hands.

Also working on Shield (and leveling Savul, got lvl 59!), while wearing all skill+ gear possible I have, including a Masters I bought for this occasion(+10!) and -evasion stuff (Hauby, aurum hands and Adaman legs, for a total of -30ish approx)
Been fighting Black mandies in Den of Rancor getting decent skillups. The whole process is actually going fine since I brought my RDM mule with Phalanx II with us (took over Michael few time ago), and now I’m 20ish levels until cap. Gimp I know. Kill me :(

And still having bad luck with WAR and PLD NMs in Beadoux [S]. Mask and Sword just don’t exist at all. But I’m still happy since I went 1/1 on Shield!
And tanking those NMs makes me actually emo, due my very very low hp. Really, fuck that. I think I’m going to leave my 1 million fire resist planfor some HP++ stuff on AH (not like we fight Tiamat everyday, and honestly my BLM is doing great on Tia, so rather bring that).

This is a total of TWO MILLION GILS D: Probably most PLDs out there are already horrified seeing this, yup, this is actually the idle gear i want to get. Call me gimp or crazy but i’ll go for it. It’s actually good since I have all hate++ things on flash rampart and sentinel macros and I can actually CureIV myself when I’m going to switch back.
And no, this is NOT a final gear solution, since as you can see there is no homam there :p It’s basically something I can buy/get soonish.
The only item I’ll have hard times to get will be indeed Bloodbead ring, due my short time and the NM itself being a big asshole to farm. Koenig cuirass will just be a matter of time, just need Odin to put that stupid thing out and see if sacks allow me to get that (I should, not sure tough!)
Steppe sash is insanely expensive -1mil itself-! but I’ll probably try the BC on my mule, I should have enough seals for a couple of runs. If I don’t get that lucky, I’ll just buy.
Everything behind this is myself getting tired to die after eating some ugly tp move and die one hit after only because I’m a taru.

Paladin fail times are followed by BLMs uber winnings: we fought a total of 10 Ouryu yesterday (B2 mask inc soon for me I guess!) and I got some crazy damage there :3-

I’m still waiting Kerb to post all the fight parses but I can’t stop drool on this! →→→→→
Had to censor all names otherwise he will kill me (wiill probably do that anyway but it’s OK, I can take the risk!)

Not hiding I’m so happy :3~
I still miss tons of merits (no one wants to know about my Freeze and Potency meripo status, even tough I have capped elemental) but I guess that’s “kinda” OK since I have good gear <.< But will fix that soon.

Like I said in the previous post, my Salvage group got destroyed, me and Kerb decided to take a break from it, focusing on other stuffs (like Nyzul, Assault clears), leveling my Scholar and farming/doing random stuff!
I guess it’s deserved after a couple of years of Salvageing. Feels good not having to worry about APs^^ And maybe I’ll be even able to get Yigit feet, about time I’d say! I’ll just tag along with Amina when his group will do Bhaflaus to get Morri feet 15, just for the sake to complete the piece. Don’t want to have TWO 35s (body too!) waiting at npc ;;

Regarding Ouryu, we kept breaking our own BC record~
Too bad the one we did best was a guest orb x.x; That means no SpikeFlail’ member name on it! Whatever, like if that is something really important.

Last Dynamises went fine. Still no drops, but fine. I guess the increased drop rate doesn’t really apply to us.
ANOTHER Buburimu with no sign of Valor cape (this is getting ridiculous, seriously) but got a decent amount of -1s! And i got my very first one ever :D
I’ve never been much interested on them, mostly because their upgrade cost. But there are few piece of gear that are really worth it, like Sorcerer’s gloves +1. Two more dark skill is really a nice improvement.
The only useless AF2+1 I want (because, the HQ version does really nothing performance wise) is the petasos! Just for the white border freakness and to be….cool.

Kerb managed to get a trigger for Provoker, an NM in Promy Vahzl that drops Stone gorget.
We gave it a couple of tries, and it’s actually really easy to fight! We just failed once because our MNK didn’t sub nin, but after a wipe he went to change to NIN and everything went smooth and fine.
I had to Reraise-sack it multiple times to make it not depopping while people were coming back, after homepointing.

Jowah saves the day and the trigger! Gratz Kerb for your new shinyz! And also to me and Sofo for the opportunity to get the zone map -awesome thing since it gonna be real handy for Promathia missions-

And yeah, set is going pretty well. Went 1/1 on bosses, still have to do mea, we just have problems finding a day we’re all online x.x; Sucks that some of us work I guess!
Can’t wait for next mission, me playing as PLD! Orz.

Absolute Virtue, what happened.

Absolute Virtue was patched, we came, we equipped our weapons and killed it. Easy? Well, kinda.
My linkshell doesn’t have at the moment enough DRK zerg power to kill it down (not like it matters anymore) and our leaders decided to team up with another good linkshell, Novorsa.

I found myself tanking Jailer of Love. Which is something I actually love (well, I just ADORE it), mostly because of the RDM subjob!
Nothing out of the ordinary there, just the same good ‘ol spamming stuff for hate, and die for JoL 2hour. Just had to hold that thing for few minutes at low percentage while Graeson, Amina, Hoss and other DRKs were getting ready with songs, rolls ‘n stuff. We killed ally leaving only tanks and BLMs in to let them kill JoL, and keep melees hate free.

Everything but DRKs and a WHM in each party joined the zergfest. That means no fancy title for me :(
I was healing people from outside ally (I literally had 4-5 /ma “Cure IV” playername) and the whole zerging was going awesome.
But unfortunately, we screwed up a couple of stuff (early Drain IIs and most important, a missed Benediction due lag) and first try ended like this.

What sucks most, is that we wiped at 1%. Yes, ONE FUCKING PERCENT. Matix tried a desperate EES but damage wasn’t enough for the kill :(
It just sucks I couldn’t do anything, and since too much time passed since we engaged, we obviously couldn’t recover. Sucks to be us.

Second try, same strat. Me-Cyn-Terny poke JoL, hold it a bit and then make BLMs kill. Absolute Virtue pops, DRKs gets their drains and buffs and they go. And apparently, the strat worked perfectly on our second try ever.

Absolute Virtue DEAD! FIRST KILL ON RAGNAROK!
I know it’s quite late to post this, but I’m still excited for that fight. My only complain/whine is not being able to get “Virtuous Saint” title ; ; I guess next time I’ll get it! (when players will fight another working strat in 783438 years)

Drops? Bellona’s, Mars’s and Raphael’s Rod. Three. Yeah three. And sucks the fact it wasn’t our pop.
What does that mean? We killed AV but got nothing to show off :( Even a stupid rod would have been enough!

SquareEnix is such an asshole to players right now, patching AV again after a single mere week.
Why? Because they don’t like zerg? Then why they let us zerg Dynamis Lord. Or King Vinegaroon. Meh.
I was really happy because it was finally killable, and besides items and everything, the whole teaming thing with NO was awesome. Linkshells working together to fulfill something is great imho. And, isn’t the base concept of Final Fantasy itself, with the whole friendship blah blah thing ?

Anyway, we kinda left our toughts from Absolute Virtue right now, and been focusing a bit on past NMs and Pandemonium Warden (we got a pop set!) But i guess that will be next post’s main thread!

Hellday is now playing on Dukefleed character while waiting to have his old taru back. Since he wasn’t able to make it in time for an Einherjar run, he asked me to get him the clear.
Well, I got kinda tempted to play/try a melee job (Ridill WAR), since it was a lolT1 chamber and had a big amount of people anyway. And I did.

I think I’ll never level a melee. At least, WAR doesn’t really fit me. It’s……….. boring. Extremely boring.
And seeing my HP dropping w/o being able to do anything is an horrible feeling! The only jobs I could ever raise could be only DRK DRG and THF probably, mostly because they look more “active” battle wise and got better unique stuff. Don’t get offended you proud melee guys ;(
All jobs above can be a real viable option, since by then I’ll have some homam, but it’s not the time to even think about this! I resumed leveling SCH last weekend (thanks Grae!) and I’m 46 and some exp. Yay :3~

Ok, that was totally unexpected o.o I mean.
We were waiting for our AV “date” and Ami just traded me out of nowhere. “Oh cool” I thought “He’ll probably trade me those HQ Coral legs for JoL he lend me that other time”
But then I saw this x.x Novio Earring! Literally died irl D: I think Ami had to wait at least a whole minute to complete the transaction. I’m so happy ; ; Thank youu!! Still shacking irl for it!

Next item for BLM I’m planning to get is Merciful Cape. Me and Kerb have like a total of 5H.Q. Aern Organs, I hope it will drop, I’m like 0/8468756 on Ix’MNK ._.! Wish me luck!

Made this picture on MY OEKAKI (yes the huge fontings means: YOU VISIT AND DRAW IF YOU CAN K?) as a gift for my dear friend Petisu! She also play on Ragnarok, very nice PLD and RDM~
I got a new tablet (Wacom Bamboo) and I’m spamming doodles everywhere!

September 2008 Update

New major update, new items, new reason to say “ow, I came”
Among completely useless stuff like most “new relics” and some armor piece, this update brought us awesome stuff! I know COR AF2 and AF1+1 are beyond hax, but since I don’t have that job, or PUP and BLU I’ll totally skip that point!

SEPTEMBER UPDATE ITEMS REVIEW

Goblin Cracker

[Ammo] All Races Accuracy+2 Evasion+2 LV 69 All Jobs

Call me stupid or something, but I’ll totally get this for my DD WHM PLD build. Because you know, I actually have fun smashing mobs on my lolJobs :3 Nice melee Ammo item i can finally wear! Not too great but still better than some Hedhog bomb~

Shark Strap

[Sub] All Races HP+10 Enmity+3 LV 69 All Jobs

Definitely getting this for the few times I need to use the -DMG spear. Useful on JoL (not like I have problems keeping hate on it….) or better, Ixion. But we don’t really fight that, too bad x.x;

Piper’s Torque

[Neck] All Races CHR+5 Wind instrument skill +5 Campaign: Wind instrument skill +10 LV 69 BRD

Like less 2 wind skill and 5 more CHR… even if BRD is my first job, I really dunno if this is better, but I am not a big CHR believer.. this neck piece has a big question mark on me. /pokepoke Etain

Ree Habalo’s Headgear

[Head] All Races DEF:21 INT+2 MND+2 CHR+2 Magic Accuracy+2 “Magic Atk. Bonus”+2 LV 71 All Jobs

This is not bad. This is actually equal to Demon’s +1 and doesn’t have the horrible -6 MND i never liked….. I am seriously considering to get this as my regular nuking headgear! But ewww…. pretty hats where?

Diverter’s Ring

[Finger] All Races MP+15 Avatar: Enmity+2 LV 71 All Jobs

I am one of those summoners not playing with MAX MP. Everyone knows I’m an enmity believer and I actually like to wear Novia, Hedgehog bomb and Nashira head on SMN to have less hate possible. But giving up on Tamas is nonsense, but could really use it instead of Evoker’s when playing with Carby friend!

Louhi’s Mask

[Head] All Races DEF:25 Daytime: Physical damage taken -3% Nighttime: Magic damage taken -3% LV 69 WAR RDM PLD DRK BST RNG SAM DRG BLU

Me wants. No enmity but I find it a nice piece for holding (like Xarcabard NMs) or when Enmity isn’t really an issue like Jailer of Love (No way I can get it off me subbing RDM!) Plus it’s B2 mask model, so, win <.<!

NEW RELIC PICK OF CHOICE

Before details, I was undecided between WHM and PLD, and maybe SCH if some double weather or something was involved. So uh, guess what I’m going to upgrade?

Burtgang

[Main] All Races DPS: 1045 DMG:46 Delay:264 Enmity+10 Physical damage taken -10% Reduces Enmity decrease when taking physical damage. “Atonement” Aftermath: Increases Acc./Atk. Occasionally attacks twice LV 75 PLD

So, HAUTECLAIRE HI! No one will want you anymore :3-
Will totally work hard to upgrade this. This is a Macuhatl and Hauteclaire combined with better stats. Seriously, can’t stop fapping after this weapon D:
All requirements for relics are really doable, just need to check new Alexandrite droprates, because gathering 30.000 stones is just……..stupid. We have a run on Wednesday, and still thinking what to do with eventual 100s, 50s, or anyway higher amounts than singles, because we currently freelot Alexs right now.

Regarding other stuff, I can’t really tolerate people whining about capped gear. It gets gimped, we knew that. Why the fuck you care about your Osode at lvl70 when there is like no capped area at that level or mission? Why people just think of themselves? Why you can’t just HAVE FUN with your friends helping them leveling or doing COP?
No, I’m not an hypocrite. I actually help friends for real. I am about to start a new CoP set, not for my mule (cause mine has sea access already, so) but for the sake to be useful and like I said, HELP.
Stop QQ’n and being selfish, seriously.

Last but not least, we did a couple of quick Nyzul runs, floor 100. We walked away with a Goliard hat (I got it, woo-hoo!) and NIN WAR BLM THF weapons. I didn’t lot Mage’s staff before getting tempted to even unlock WS, and it got lost I think.
Still regarding QQ’n, stop whining about Nyzul TOO EASY. I did it “old school” version too, almost completed 2 disks, and I’m happy about new changes. Why can’t anyone be just happy?

AND: FFXI is bad when you actualy dream about Dekka dropping your Enlil’s crackows.

Paladin’ pride raises of 100 points.

When I’m at home I literally throw myself into pixel world and completely forget about blogging and everything else! And last quick was kinda listing-like and telegraphic~

I finally got my piano collection CD! It’s too bad I have to Kerb to come here before listening to any track! My gimp connection doesn’t allow me to download any MP3; I need to wait the real thing itself!

Harpsichord item is really cute and cool.
It’s so lovely hearing its sound at 22:00, I should record it next time and put the tune on blog!
And starting to think that each piano is able to play only a single tune~

Had kerb coming to my MH while waiting to hear it tuning out some good melody, good chance to have a subligar-condom hat party <.<!
K. Both of us have problems but we don’t hid that!
I could have put on some cuter body piece tho!

Had AWESOME Paladin’s accomplishments in last two weeks. Best one was, tanking at Divine Might BC.
Some people in Linkshell wanted to change their earring, and I offered my help. I was already on pally (helped with some ZNMs earlier) but was /anon since I was sure I had to come as everything but tanker.
Then Amina asked me to come PLD to straight tank the Mithra while everyone else killed other Ark Angels before her…….and I thought, why not!
Not hiding I was super afraid to fail, die, missblink, and all possible mistakes ever, lulz.
Ended up doing fine! I also kited for a bunch of time a King Vinegaroon some days ago, had really no troubles even with no wlegs. And helped Sofo to kill Jazaraat for ToAU missions!

I still need to work a lot on equipment department and my HP sucks!
Bough a Cassie earring few days ago, hopefully will kill Bomb Queen soon and I’m going to start doing Limbus today with the Linkshell for Homam hands, feets and legs.
And I’m super happy for Valor Surcoat~ Also Jelly ring is very useful, especially in campaign. I’ve tried camping Bloodsucker for its ring but I kinda lost my hopes since competition is quite high …/wrist

Salvage is giving me hopes again. We got lot of new recruits and we always do runs with like 9 people or so.
Some of them are still totally new to the whole thing, this means for now we’re still slowing things down and still failing a couple of stuff x.x And I have to pull and port like a madman x.xxx
After my Macha’s coat, we got a couple of Usukane feet drop out of four POPs (gratz Pace and Pano!) and hands of same set~ (Pace haxed Salvage, about time!)
I can’t really wait to do Salvage like the old times, and poke mobs I haven’t seen for ages like Citadel Chelonian.

Scholar is going horribly. 3k to 43. Basically, I can’t find any party. I guess people wants more Haste and Refresh now. I even put comment “PL RDM 75″ but still zero invites. Well fuck that.
And it’s too bad since SCH is more performing that a BLM, WHM or RDM. Too bad i can just type “/ma Haste <t>” on my PL and still quicken up you guys.
Gave up some days ago, gonna try again sometimes this weekend.

Managed to claim a very good number of Kings lately.
And I’m super happy because I managed to fight Fafnir twice as BLM. Always did that fight as BRD or WHM, I wanted to test my nukes against that stupid dragon!
First time, I got shotted after a magic burst. This means I’m a cool BLM! Damage was not that great (I need to stop comparing my nukes to Kerb’s) but I’m still missing Novio on some merits on potencies and Burst II.
Stupidly happy to get hate off it! :x

Last thing, welcome back to game Sofo!
Never trust people who say “Hey, I quit the game. I miss it but gonna be forever” Always saw them coming back. He’s still on Ragnarok and actually not going back to Ramuh, he also applied to SpikeFlail this Monday. Good luck I hope to see you in sometimes soon!

Check! Made some little summary about my BLM equipment in a new section. Gonna make sometimes like that about my other jobs soon.
Also going to change template as soon as possible, this is popping new bugs day after day, I really need to get a new one!

Sorcerer’d

Thank you Kerb for this AWESOME present ♥
Sorcerer’s ring macro featuring: Zenith slacks, crown and mitts. Asklepios, and Astute Cape~
“Celebrated” this event fixing all BLM macros, which I’m going to post very soon. :3~