rings!

....if only I can have this kind of luck in real life.... :) I should like...go play the lottery or something...

Oh and my little Taru is on Ragnarok lol >< I go by the name "Inkpen", it's fun running around not knowing anyone and having no gil lol. Reminds me how tough it was to make it as far as I have on Diabolos. :)

Never a good thing in besieged ><

*smirks*

Despite being angry and frustrated for the last 24 hours.... (I love spending gil on a prommy run, only to have it not happen...=/ I'm more irritated that I'll have to save this junk in my already packed Mog House until another, inevitably, canceled prommy run happens.) *I honestly don't give a flying fig if these people get their prommy's done, especially after last night, when we were waiting around for someone only to have them say "I never said I would go." I could have been SLEEPING kthx! *

This still makes me smile. :)

As for my going on's, I got so frustrated I started another character on another server (I honestly forget which one...I picked it randomly from the list.) , where I can hide when I don't want to be bothered. I must say I'm really enjoying it. I'm dirt poor but doing quests and farming items for monies. I started little black mage Taru female, and I adore her ^^! I don't know why, but the thought of starting over completely doesn't make me fuss much. (if I were to ever lose my account...which is happening a lot lately due to that keylogging thing going around, I would just pick up the pieces and start over.)

It's not that I hate people over on my server or anything, I enjoy being around the majority of them, it's just....meh...

*cries*

I feel like crap today. It's days like this I get tempted to go back to WoW. I know I'm pretty cut-throat and "no-nonsense" due, in part, to that game. But I believe in punctuality and organization, which you really need to succeed in a higher end LS and events. I realize that most comments toward me are innocent, and supposedly jokes, but it gets old after awhile. I try to be nice, I try to help people learn how to make gil, no one tends to listen to my advice, and that's fine, I tried. I get made fun of....for some reason, for saving my gils to buy expensive equipment and such....since when it pre-planning and working toward a goal...funny or a reason to be vindictive?

And again, I enjoy events and LS's that are run on a schedule, I enjoy organization, I enjoy getting things done without fuss. I enjoy WINNING. I hate wiping due to rushing or poor planning. It's a waste of time, and despite the fact that people seem to enjoy grinding the fact that I have tons of free time, my time is valuable! Just because I can sit and play for most of the day, doesn't mean my time isn't worth anything. It's things like that make me want to cry. I'm depressive enough without other people making it worse...which is why I sometimes I just want to stop playing and go back to WoW, a game where you can be a hermit and still play. :( I love FFXI, I don't love being made to feel bad. I know I'm overreacting most of the time, but fuck....
I can only hear these comments so many times before I feel like they mean something by it.

Perhaps I should distance myself or something...or start on another server...or something like that....

Jello

Did the BCNM "Royal Jelly" last night with Zuriel and Chupacabra. :) I felt bad for making poor Chup worry, as he had never done it before. But it's really not a tough bcnm....and I don't know why people complain about it =/

Well....we got the Utsusemi: Ni drop :) Most of the other stuff wasn't really worth much, so we distributed the loot and Chup put the scroll up. This gives us all 115k if it sells :) Not too bad.

Glad we could get Chup some good gear from it (the Phalanx scroll, he needed that ^^), that's what these should be about...not greed...The gil is nice, but I would rather give the loot to someone who needs it.

Oh and thanks to Chup's super powerleveling skills, and Mobpim being in my party (ranger goodness ^^) I am now a 25 thf....4 levels in 1 day....not bad. ^^

Goldsmithing Update

>< Slowly...very slowly getting my goldsmithing leveled. It's becoming quite expensive, but I find I'm making lots of money when I farm silver/mythril beastcoins. My favorite place for this is Zi'Tah, because at night, the bat's pop and drop beast blood, which vendors for over 500gil per blood. (most of the bats drop 1-2 bloods so they stack fast) ^^

My next project is to get thief leveled to at least 37 (going to try for 40...and higher if I like it) so I can farm a bit better. It's been on a list of things to do for awhile...I think I'll get off my ass and do it finally tonight. (at least get it started...as my thf is only level 21)

Maintenance today, so it looks like I'm doing something else whether I like it or not :) Need clean clothes...so I suppose I'll venture down to the laundry room shortly to start that.

Welcome back

I'm back, in a new house, and back to FFXI. (I wont go into the horrible time we've had moving ><><) Wings of the Goddess has impressed me :)

Apologies to the stupid windows bar, I was playing in windowed mode :)

Me likey. Dancer is kinda nice, it's good for me to build up Kelvenas conquest points. (I miss being a mage and warping)

Oh and Sylmeria...she's now a 62 white mage....o_o What can I say...I missed being a mage, and got bored...><

>< busy

Wings of the Goddess expansion is out today. I'll be grabbing that after my boyfriend gets home from work. :) Other than that, I've been really busy lately, we're moving very very soon and on extremely short notice....so things have been crazy. >< However, I've gotten my Mithra White Mage to 60 AND did her 60 cap ALONE. :) Now for my Hume....I look forward to having more bragging rights lol.

I'll make a better, prettier post when we get all moved in a week and a half.

*drools*

Almost out of the dreaded level 50's....that was painfully slow. Still working on getting that damned Temple of Ugga-whatever coffer... I have the key... I just need the coffer...which appears to be locked behind two doors, that require two different keys, one of which you have to kill level 61-67 Tonberry's for. Meh....stupid little lizard men and their Throat Stab. Though I would still die laughing if they named a Tonberry Notorious Monster "Stabby Mc Stabbington" like Bast suggested....I was tired, goofy, and couldn't stop laughing when I read that. *sighs* Someday I will get my full Samurai Artifact Gear...someday..... Not that it's even very useful now. But it looks kickass...so I want it.

So, one more level and I get to shell out the 300,000 + gil to buy a Hauby. I find them horribly icky looking, but it's a good piece of equipment...so I'll deal.

Oh, I did my first few Assaults about two weeks ago. They sort of remind me of Battlegrounds in World of Warcraft...minus the screaming in aggravation every 5 seconds. I can't wait to get enough points to ... you know...get something.

So this weekend, parties permitting, I will get to 60. Oh what fun.

=)

What I did one day while waiting for besieged to start. :P

uhm...I don't think I need to really comment on this one. :) Chup is a weirdo lol

Orezzzz

*squee* Yet again, my chocobo doesn't fail me! I love these ores since they sell for 50k a pop on my server. ^^ I also had a pretty productive day as far as digging goes. (And it's not over yet, still got my next ground to try in a few hours.) I got a lot of elm, ebony, rosewood, and oak logs in Wajoam Woodlands, along with an Adaman ore. I really love my green choco and her burrow ability. GreenOlive (my choco), is one of the only reasons I still maintain a large amount of gil (not as much as I used to have) while leveling a craft as expensive as goldsmithing.

Aht Urgahn Missions

Did a few more missions for the ToAU storyline. It's starting to get interesting, and that puppetmaster girl is just cute. I love her outfit! ^^
After waiting around for parties for hours today, I teamed up with a guy from my Linkshell and we duo ed to level 50. (three very painful hours.... though at least I had someone to talk to.) So, I handed in all of Kelvenas 50 cap items, so she's good until level 54....then comes the 55 cap. I'm almost caught up to my old character! :)

Goldsmithing is now at level 31. It's going slow due to the expense, but I'm trekking along. My cooking mule is almost to level 40....she's now on hold until I can dump all the jack o' lanterns I made to get her to level 38. At least they sell for a profit, even with buying the material to make them. I think, when I get enough points accumulated to get the key item from the guild, I'll go with noodle kneading. I noticed that the sushi situation on my server is messed up. The only way to make any sort of profit off of your sushi, is to hq it, or farm most of your material. I'm fine with growing my own tarutaru rice, but it gets old when you have to farm ALL your items. I noticed that you can make spaghetti for a decent profit, which is why I'll probably go with noodle kneading. But first thing is first, I have to get rid of all those jacks! lol I'll probably bazzar in Selbina, in hopes of dumping them.

Other than that, tomorrow I intend to party up and get a level or two. Hopefully I wont be too tired out when I get back from jogging and shopping.....stupid groceries...=/ I'm turning into an old lady who constantly needs naps...

Shadow Lord / Rank 6 and prommy's! O_O

I've been a rather busy bee the last few weeks. :)
Kelvena is now a 49 (soon to be 50) Samurai. Took my time for a bit to start the long, and VERY expensive craft that is Goldsmithing. (my poor pocketbook ><) It is now at level 30, and my cooking mule is now level 34 cooking. I will begin hunting my Artifact Armor soon, and hopefully, with some help from nice people, I'll be wearing a full AF set in two weeks or so. :) A few days ago, I finally achieved rank 6 with Bastok. The Shadowlord fight so epic, like the classic Final Fantasy Final Boss fights (though hes not the "Final Boss" by any means). Screens are below.
After that lovely event, I went to Norg, to start "Rise of the Zilart". *squees*
The archangel Tarutaru is just too precious. :P I want that little hat! So yeah, they did a good job at tying the two storylines together. Any other game, and it would have come off as being a cop-out, but it worked here. :)

Followed by all this, I've gotten my second promyvian done, only Mea to go! Then I get to see Lufaise Meadows for the first time. I hear its awfully pretty! The prommy bosses aren't too difficult if you are organized about it. The Holla boss wiped the floor with us our first try, then we raised and rested, tried again, and we hardly lost any hp...no deaths, no one even went into the red. I love prommy's, if I could, I would do them exclusively, they are so dark and creepy.

I noticed a lot of "Real World" propaganda has been seeping into this game...I've come across some of the most ignorant players ever lately. Most of them making really racist/hateful comments... Like the douche in Zuriels party a few days ago, who said "I hate Iraq" and other really inappropriate comments. Zuriel replied...and I love this comment... "It's only the cradle of civilization...." along with a lot of "You're an ignorant/intolerant asshat" replies to his further rant. i wish people would keep things like that to themselves...really...

Oh, and in between all of this, I've been...reading, yes, reading again! Got myself a brand new book today, since I'm almost finished with what I'm currently reading. Finally got my hands on a copy of "The Pillow Book", a collection of entries written by a lady in waiting to the Japanese empress in the 900's. I saw excerpts in my high school english book, that I really enjoyed, but I could never find the book until now. After I'm done reading "The Last Boylen" again, I'll be moving on to that one. (I like history. Can you tell?) After that, I will attempt "The Epic of Gilgamesh" ...cause it sounds pretty interesting...and is one of, if not the first, written story in history.

Uhm...yeah, that's about it for now. I'm awaiting Wings of the Goddess in Nov. ^^ I can't wait to try out Dancer.

Funny Posts and farming bonanza!

A funny piece of the conversation we were having last night with an ingame friend lol. ("We" being my boyfriend, "Zuriel" and myself. Good times, good times.


A screen taken after camping the Valkrum Emperor and Leaping Lizzy for hours...getting both the empress hairpin (I got that one.) and the bounding boots (Haven got those puppies) on the first try. I passed on the bounding boots since I was just happy to get my hairpin :) Plus they were nice enough to volunteer to help me camp, which was great!


I finally got around to opening summoner on Kelvena (though I don't intend to play it anytime soon). Just a little screen shot of the cut scene you receive, along with Bastien and his a weird antics. lol "This is America! We speak Spanish here!"
Awww poor froggies! I've been running around Aht Urgahn and other cities, gathering up quests to work on, and this is one of my personal favorites. It had a pretty elaborate Cut Scene, featuring the Frog Men! :)

Now, on to gameplay. Samurai is now level 43. I've slowed my leveling down to regain some of the lost gil after purchasing the Jujitsu Gi. (I just had to have that snazzy white Gi, with the accuracy bonus....) Sure, I guess I could have camped the NM that drops it...but I would rather just farm for the money to buy it, rather than sit in one spot for who knows how many hours, with no garuntee of a drop. I learned my lesson on the Monster Signa.

Kelvenas fishing level is slowly rising, and I'm reeling in tons of carp for the Lu Shang turn ins. I neglected that on my previous character...I wont with this one. I really want to have that rod! I enjoy fishing immensely, theres no competition (like in farming, NM camping, etc) you get to move around to different spots...and its pretty much all profit. I like profit. :) It will give me a good incentive to watch the two seasons of "The X-files" I have playlisted. :)

Chocobo digging is getting better lately. Not as great as it was about three weeks ago, but I'm not turning up with "you dig and dig and find nothing." either.

new start

Moved over to blooger, since it's like...prettier or something.

I've switched my main to Kelvena, and it's staying that way. My sam/war is now 42 and I'm going to attempt at my Artifact Weapon tomorrow. (I hope.) I'll just be concentrating on Samurai for now, then after that, perhaps I will level Paladin or Ninja.

Chocodigging has been kind of "meh" lately. I keep going during JP prime times, and coming up with mostly...well...junk. So, I'm starting to dig as soon as I log on, early in the day, during the sorta of "transition" time. English players are mostly at work/school and JP players are mostly sleeping.

I'm psychotic and re-leveling fishing on Kelvena, since I did enjoy doing it, and dont feel like logging on to Sylmeria to do so all the time.

I'll post screens and updates soon.