A Crystalline Prophecy.
Honestly, I liked it.
Maybe it was too fast, and I probably would have liked more BCs and less farming, but I enjoyed some hours doing those missions. And I’m one of those few mad people who actually enjoy doing cap stuff! That really reminded me when I did CoP except the not-naked part, running around with cute (horrible?) tarutaru pajamas is just ….awesome. (No, I don’t have some strange child PJ’ fetish x.x)

I did final BC twice, and for my first run we had Dangerousdj aggroing everything and saving us from certain death! Heavy mob trains are awesome, reminds me a bit when I was used to train all Gelshba with my little BRD ;3
Second time, me and Kerb climbed duo, me as WHM and him as…RDM! Was really easy, since we (we=Kerb) managed to sleep the few aggros with no problems at all (god saves enfeebling merits) and reached the top in a mere…20-30 minutes i think, I wasn’t really clock’n the whole thing.

Careful, spoiler next! Don’t peak if you haven’t played all ACP!

I loved final fight. We wiped on the first attempt, but it was just for some little misfortune.  2nd try went smooth and won with decent time!
We adopted the slow “safe” strat, instead of lolboring zerg setup. I don’t like to abuse of zergs when you can actually fight properly something,  of course this doesn’t apply on some mobs like Dynamis Lord or Valkurm boss.
PLD/RDM (me!) SMN SMN COR (Kerb) RDM/DRK and WHM. Basically, the summoners were our constant damage, while the COR takes care of clones. RDM/DRK to stun most -ga (but those aren’t really a problem as paladin -I never received big amounts of damage-), PLD keeps spamming spells and healing him/herself and WHM takes care of the poor PLD.
If you need some tankin’ for this, don’t hesitate to ask for my help because it’s hella fun!

The reward i took from ACP was Royal Redingote. It’s something beyond fuglyness. Magic Accuracy and Magic Damage Bonus for my scholar!
I’m a bit undecided to actually toss this to get PLD’ one with Fast cast and enmity, because I could replace the redingote with Morgana cotehardie (which I found absolutely awesome, and despite the -MACC, I never got too much resists), or Ixion cloak when I need something between morgana and AF1 body. Decisions, decisions!

Allied Notes NMs. Some can become really nasty, and some are so easy you can tank/fight them half asleep! (Like, the tiger) The ones I probably “liked” the most are the Funguar and Scorpion. Yus, I’m sure a masochist person.
First funguar went really easy, but we wiped horribly on some other run later, because apparently it absorbed someone en-curse from a Igqira piece, a very very nasty curse that caps you to 100 hp! Sadly, we had all to home point :(

Finally started (and almost finished) Serpent Generals quests. Kerb trying to make get me done with it for ages! And since we’ll fight the (final?) BC soon with some Linkshell people, I kinda had to this time. I hate being left behind on missions :<

Only need to complete gadalar (♥) one and then I’m done. I probably like Mihli’s one by far, her backstory is indeed the most interesting one! /me wanna see more ;3
The cat’ cutscene is imho one of the most funny one in the whole game.
Najelith (hope I spelled her name correctly :3) throwing a… silencing arrow to literally avoid Gadalar to burn people and things down made me laugh irl <.<!

Our Salvage set is going nicely. We are actually getting drops and start to killing some bosses!
We are able to lowman (a mere party) everything, and last time we even killed LBC with no losses at all!

I actually lost hopes on my new set once, because we “reached” the same useless point of old one, which it was basically not being able to kill bosses, and have all members with a fuckton of 35s but not a single piece completed. But I think the whole opposite now.

I’m happy that Saturian finally finished her first Salvage piece for her awesome PUP (Usukane legs); about time after like a year of runs! Congratulations^^ And she has still head sitting in MH, I hope she will complete that soon.

And I think this noob deserves his grats as well! Our gimp Amano’ SAM finally managed to get his feet, and Kerb got a pair the day after! (Of course both kills were mine, weee to my hidden TH!)
Now we hope to see a third pair to drop for Satu~

Odin decided to love me, about time I’d say <.<. If you wondering, he finally decided to put out M.Body, but there is some little inconvenient………

Now that I have the abj, money is failing me! Started doing again ENM to Kerb to get some stuff in my purse, since now I’m even down to less than 50k. I think most of my money was sucked by Limbus, Tacos and random meds! I hate being poor!

Killed Kerb, after like 39485738945849 attempts! Have to say thanks to Anatabgogagaga (ZNM mob) for charming me and horde’ing him while he was running away! :3 But me being charmed isn’t as fun as an eventual Burst II kill :( I’m so evul >.<
And talking about ZNMs, we started another cycle, this time with less Cerbs and more Hydras and Khims. I tanked Khim and it wasn’t that bad, ‘cept the fact you can’t slow and elegy it and stun gets slowly resisted, which it made me die several times due horrible para hitting both tanks and mages! But after our first couple fights, we found a good positioning and it went with like no hassle (and because Amina was tanking, lul)

Some nice MB i managed to do on Tinnin, had no buffs nor food since I nuked weak, just reraised! (And of course I died the second after). Getting draw-in each second isn’t fun, at least had Kerb getting most hate before my death turn :p!

And now, my beloved PLD situation! (yes I love showing off my pimpness -I’m such an attention whore!)

Ignore other jobs stuff in equipment list ;3 Notewhorty stuff not included in list are Valor Cape and Homam feet! My PLD is definitely pimp, it’s just a shame for that horrible NQ Kaman, but I’ll start farming some -1s whenever I have some time~ And going to start some mad Khimaira camping once i get DSL (which is going to happen in a couple weeks), with some mule I created just for it~

Lotwhoring of the last months. As you can see, there are many things for my next job: Corsair! Kerb will level it for me on his spare time, hopefully he will be able to zerg it quickly to 75! XD
But besides the Cor, Limbus and LS gifts……. CAN YOU JUST SEE THAT DEKKA DECIDED TO DROP MY BOOTS? After YEARS of Salvage, I (almost) finished a set! Only need to relot lvl 15 (I dropped it months ago) and have Kerb giving some buttsex for mats money! I’m really happy!^^

This post ended up being a massive sum, and hopefully I’ll post again frequently like I was used to!

Since I wrote this in Livejournal, some of you know already the reason I “apparently” disappeared is because I got all my domains and FFXI related sites banned at my workplace (surprisingly, Wiki is still accessible). Honestly, that really killed me inside, since I was used to write posts from there, between a line of code and another (I’m a web developer)
Not really going through a good period of life -again-; afraid to get another crappy project work contract, had some car accident and other things <.<

About the “fun” side, which is of course, FFXI, I can say I kinda whored some stuff and tried tanking more enemies x.x;
Kirin, Ultima, more stronghold NMs, more Dynamis. Really makes me happy, especially because I see I’m doing little better, even tough my little HP and the “Utsusemi has not effect” due lag don’t really help at all.

Epic lotwhoring of the last month or so.

Lost lot on Nashira feet (which is not a big issue since I don’t get many resists with my current full elemental set on, and of course, merits) and finally managed to complete Morrigan’s  feet since Bhaflau totally refused to drop Nemain’s during my runs. About time!
Actually 3/5 on Morrigan (legs and head left) and 4/5 Marduk (fucking Dekka).
Lotted p.Hands for the lulz and those m.Feet makes me 4/5 Koenig, missing “only” Cuirass, too bad Odin doesn’t like to drop it. He luvs ebodies.  I’ll most likely get Valhalla breastplate first!
And 3/5 on Sorcerer’s +1. Missing crapga like body and feet, stuff I won’t obviously upgrade ever. Dynamis-Tavnazia been really kind with me! :3

And not only with me actually. Got a total of FOUR Hydra pieces (Saw a salade I passed, since I have already Assjammer and might get some Bahamut mask soon) and various other AFs, like MNK head, Valor surcoat and BLU legs -1! Gratz Kerb, Matix and Amina respectively!
Finally some good luck.

I’ll try to post more at home, killing a little of my playtime. I can’t let this blog die, since it’s like a part of me :(

No need to explain. Fapping IRL atm.
A big THANK YOU to people who helped me getting both card and LVL.15 piece.

EDIT: The day after, that’s how I look now.

Sooooooo cute. Amirite ? <3 my coat

Me and Kerb decided to go through other nations missions and started with Bastok (because we are cheap, and it was 3d at the moment in conquest)
We are rank 8 right now, just missing 3 easy fights to finish everything! Playing with no OPs sucks! But at least I’m WHM and have access to all teles we need :D
Fights are so easy! We only got help for the cap 50 fight and duo’d everything else, using mostly the PLD-BLM or the BLM BLM combination.
Shadow Lord was kinda lol (PLD BLM) and next time we’re definitely going for BLMx2 meleeing it during its first form <.<;; Now more than ever since we got a new toy thanks to ZNM!

Melee mages! Got Mekki Shakki from Experimental Lamia. Kerb’s trigger dropped 2 staves! How lucky!
Also managed to try Earth grip, and it’s not definitely worth it!

I’m not saying it’s useless, but it’s not definitely a mandatory item. I’ll probably buy it since it’s not even 30k, and because I don’t really have inventory issues when I play BRD (only because I’m slacking it recently, not bringing -DMG and MND -yes, for stoneskin- gear with me! And because my AF2 is stored.)

Kerb pop’s are lucky, and got this ring also. I also got Aurum hands, some “decent” piece I’ll use on my lolmeleePLD, since I am NOT going to waste any gil on something that’s plain stupid, hence that’s why I’not buying any dusk armor piece. Since it gonna be something used only for campaign and not important stuff.

Salvage got us recently some nice satisfactions and little accomplishments. Group is now at a solid 10~ish people each run, I think we finally got this set working as it should.
Stuff keeps dropping (Usu legs, Morri coat and other stuff) and we are actually killing bosses.

4/5 on bosses drop! x.X Only missing legs, not like emoFomor gonna drop in Silversea anyway. I hate that area. I hate you Dekka. With love, fuck you. Macha not dropping either (aka: skipping or not doing those NMs to complete people pieces reaching bosses and everything)

I don’t know if it’s only us/my old set, but cuffs just doesn’t drop. Never ever. We got a DOUBLE drop last time. A fucking double drop, puppet kill. Puppet kill made also Usu feet drop once, and now I’m definitely a fan of PUP, and think its toy deserves the killshot. Kill Dekka next time pleese Satu!

Still regarding Salvage, I can’t really stop being emo and emo over it. Even if we’re eactually improving and have a solid group right now.
Why I do complain now? I’m tired of losing at least 5k exp because I pull to a group that went to god knows which room. Or people who forgot they learned Sleep spell and I get raped with no SJ. People pulling by their own initiative when I pop Jakko and I die. People complaining about lottings when I do waste hours to rearrange priorities each 2-3 weeks following attendance. People complaining why we do an area instead of another. People arguing about cells. People not reading log. Failing arra zerg all the time to pop rats.

Sorry for rants but last runs has been something beyond horrible to me, been tempted to HP multiple times. But I guess I should just stfu since we actually get drops and everyone is coming all the times w/o the need to beg them.

Back to old content stuff, Conquest! Windurst got somehow Ronfaure, and I managed to get supplies done before switching to Bastok. With this, I only miss Gustaberg OP, which it would definitely come handy since that region is so gay to reach, but at least I can reach Bastok since I’m WHM using the Teleport-Altep -> Escape trick~

About to fight our 4387539485th Odin. Me and Nep are doing our usual daily elf’ sacrifices in order to make Mbody and Abody drop respectively x.x;; Koenig cuirass looks definitely cool :3 And, despite what everyone says, I think it’s a nice piece! Will totally use that on stuff I really need HP! Like Dynamis and, Einherjar. Plus the pretty look! x.x;

Still no idea why I ended with pfeet. And I still have the cursed for legs in mog house! Only real piece of new abjs I’d want from Odin is Shadow coat, but I’m not really asking for it before I get Mbody!
Morgana chocker is awesome. Sold Ajari bead necklace (Morgana has less MND, but the MP boost compensates the lack of it :p) and Promise badge~
Next item I’m looking for is Ritter gorget. Then I’ll totally go for Delta earring (One more -Enmity than Heaven’s earring +1) and, as last, Kubira bead necklace. For DD WHM and PLD, because I am an idiot :3

Since now I’m doing Limbus regularly with Linkshell i get to gather coins faster, and got Loquacious :3-
I can’t really notice the fast cast, but the MP boost is not that bad. I’m not really a fan of MAX MP (I don’t have it even on SMN, I rather go for some -Enmity) but I felt like gimp without that!

Omega wednesday~ Gonna tank it! I went as PLD last time as well, but I’m an idiot and forgot to change my SUB and tanked it PLD/BLM till i died around 15% or so during some pod farming >.<;! But I guess that was some nice attempt :D!
Omega on BLM is just super boring (Nuke once in a while and wait for pods each ice age), and I’m still afraid to try it on WHM! And BRD is not really exciting, like in most events of this kind!

I should update my BLM equip thinghie on blog and add another job’s items soon! And make some kind of new template sometimes soon, keep saying this for long time now ~.~
Gonna teach Kerb how to use Wordpress/Manafont so he can start to use it soonish!

Bought a Ventrilo server for the linkshell and other uses (my Suikoden site and an upcoming CoP set), currently trying to set it up better! I’ll rarely talk because I’m retarded shy :p

Also wasted money on Tidal Talisman. Yes, I’m such a money waster!
Item looks actually nice and I could really wear it irl if it’s not huge. Had to make it getting delivered to Kerb’s place, since SE fails so hard and they are not sending this in Europe!

The ingame item is almost as win ad Numad Moogle hat, AoE teleports with different destinations depending where you use it! I wonder if it works only in cities…..

It probably will, sadly! And I’m also wondering on something seen on this movie on YouTube [link]… equipping this item will make you having this coat in game ? And no, I don’t read BG, so if anyone mentioned it there already I don’t know!

The whole look isn’t great at all, but I like having fashionable, and mostly, unique stuff. I really can’t wait to get the code and see if my thoughts are right! But I think that probably the talisman won’t affect your body piece to change at all, just came up with this since I’m bored, at work!
EDIT: Actually I’m an idiot, i was totally sure the Talisman was a neckpiece….. just noticed the [Body] tag int he picture I posted! Omg I’m so tired, HALP!

Helped Kogenta to get her Genkai 2 quest done. I already solo’d those 3 NMs (before nerf~) on SMN once, but this is totally another story. WHM/NIN. Also true that those three mobs are gimped now, but I would have killed them easy even before the change! Maybe with a support~
I should try killing more stuff as WHM melee, really having so much fun! Will probably do this again on AF quests and more genkais :3
And I still need to fight Maat on this job! Just lazy to farm the testimony >.<!

Totally stole this screenshot from Sofo, since I forgot to take one!
For last Salvage run, we decided to split up. Panoramix needed Usukane feet lvl15, and that means kill the stupid “reach floor in 30 min” frog.
Since we had 2 full parties we splitted, and I got to lead second group on a relaxed Bhaflau remnants farming run. Run that turned out super productive!

Just ignore NM’s name, having fun with DATs sometimes is w-i-n.
Got a total of 2 Marduk legs (gratz to Sofo and Magnumm!) and a pair of Morrigan hands; Pace is still haxing and he got those~
Best thing was the double drop on our third spider (popped …. 5 i think) and people did really an AWESOME job on our last Spider came up at 3%. Nothing out that tough :(

More PLD news <3!! About to get BQ ring soon (I hope before Sunday!) and Iron ram hands if I whore Campaign enough.
Now it’s kinda late and I’ll just make an awesome summary in-a-pic :3 (started this post two days ago, then got sick -again- and been home 2 days, resuming it at 3.30AM!)

*stares, drools and dies*
Did Odin few hours ago and yeah, mlegs dropped. Along with Mbody, that’s one of the items I’m craving most at the moment and I can actually get in short terms. I’d say, luckily there were no cursed up on AH, and asked Aviendha if she could synth a pair of me. Many “things never HQ” and such followed in /l. But HEY WTF, FIRST TIME I SEE A +1 (actually a -1 now!) CRAFTED FOR MYSELF! And I thought I brought bad luck.
Too bad I couldn’t uncurse, because SE decided to pick my fee money during night, when my CC service is down …..>.<!

Limbus dropped Apollyon mats I needed …..:o I had temenos one for long time! I had about 70 coins total, but I guess I’ll have to wait a lil more for my Loquacious Earring! (Yes, gimp mage w/o one yet, got Musical first!)

The equip icon may be a bit lol especially due the lack of white borders…….we are going to do JoL on Sunday and I’ll tank it too! Got some decent amount of MDB and Damage%- thingies for my PLD/RDM.
Iron ram Lance, NQ Kaman (sadly >.<;) Coral mail, Coral rings x2, Lamia Mantle +1 and Askar feet. Amina will lend me his coral legs+1, and I really really hope to get Iron ram hands! I can’t really wait to try this, been hyper all week!

I’m still shakin’ for the cursed -1, I need to sleep and relax! :D~