First, a video that's quite fun. Mithra & Tarutaru + Kraken Club + Mercurial Kris = good times!
Now, for updates. Finally did it, I lowered Marksmanship merits from 8 (cap) to level 7. I also stripped both of my Evasion merits off (-2). Raised Archery to level 7. My game plan: Take Sword to level 6. So that's 20/20 for the category of Combat Skills and they're finally all done. IF I find things are sucking too bad with my lowered stats, I might reconsider and re-raise them, since with the advent of Campaign, it's stupid-easy to get merit points with little or no risk.
Currently, I'm working on my Imp-soloing build for Blue Mage. I STILL need to beta test these new macro sets on Caedarva Mire Imps, and build a full Campaign/Besieged macro book for Ranger, Blue Mage, and Black Mage (and all subs). Yeah, that's not ALL happening tonight. Well, SOME of it might. Depends on how motivated I get in the next 10 minutes...
12 July 2008
08 July 2008
Cha-CHING!
Yesterday was another of those strangely productive days, they're becoming quite frequent. Here's to hoping they continue, eh? The breakdown follows.
In the wee early hours, a few of us helped Gigie get her missing Moldavite Earring. I managed to score Thunder IV for my BLM in the process and someone got a map (Rodie, I think). In attendance were myself, Gigie (duh), Pesh, Thaedan, and Rodie.
I arose from my sarcophagus around 10am, and set about working on macros and gear builds. After about 4-5hrs of testing and research, I FINALLY managed to get my damned BLU/THF macros set up and functional. Meanwhile Chaosity and I had been discussing NM's and their crappy drop rates when the conversation happened upon Blizzaga III. Apparently she still lacked it and the drop rate from Doom Warlocks was complete ass. Coincidentally, my BLM will need this spell, and many of the other spells they drop, and since I needed to beta-test my /thf gear builds in the field, I suggested we go beat up a few.
We trekked to Gustav Tunnel, along with Redthorne, and started tearing into the target mobs. We were killing them at a decent clip, but nothing was dropping other than bone chips. Then Redthorne saw something while he was testing his "1337 MGS skillz" -- an NM. Taxim, who had the potential to drop some savory stuff, including the long-sought Blizzaga III for Chaosity. We pounded on him for a bit, and until now I was getting pretty consistent 1.1k-1.55k Cannonballs with my build and spell set, so I decided to give Taxim a little taste. WHAM! 1.3k Cannonball. \o/ EPIC VICTORY! Ha! The following Warlock took a 1573 Cannonball to the FACE. Got a nice screen grab of Redthorne exclaiming, and I quote, "omg Bard wtf" -- priceless. I digress, Taxim was a selfish bitch, and only dropped Blizzaga II for my BLM. One of the following Warlocks finally gave up the goods and dropped Chaosity's spell, and Redthorne earned his 4th merit point and recapped exp on his PLD. All in all, a most triumphant run. Next time, we're bringing Don Peshcorleone, so his Treasure Hunter trait can make them an offer they can't refuse...
Speaking of which, Pesh-face managed to freak out with merits in Campaign, capping his Triple Attack category earlier in the day, and getting to level 2 with his Critical Hit Rate later on that night. Congrats you crazy damn Sicilian!
Next it's Limbus time. We were doing Proto-Omega and I was hoping for some serious "drops" [read: chest pops] so I can actually get my first piece of Homam gear for my BLU. The run went smoothly, and the chest yielded hands and feet! Both pieces I'd like to have, but my original plan was to only bid if head or feet popped. So that's what I did. Bid on feet for 17 points. Now I get to save up for another piece and pray for free lot on any of them (Homam head). On another note, I feel REALLY bad for Miroku, who originally was the bid leader for the hands, then when Rioka told him to lot it, he lost power and disconnected. Pesh was then the leader for bid, but the hands ended up auto-lotting to Redthorne -- who already had them. o.O NOT GOOD. That was a problem with everyone not passing coins and armor in time, since they were scrambling around hoping Miro would return.
Finally, Feiht, Gigie, Slight and I hit Castle Oztroja for some farming/levelling NPC Fellow action. Turns out Tzee Xicu the Manifest was up, and we kicked his bird-bag Yagudo ass all over the place. Drops included Daylight Dagger and misc other stuff, but nothing really noteworthy. During the farming I managed to get a nice Aero III and Aeroga II scroll for my BLM.
To summarize: macros and gear builds, Aero III, Aeroga II, Blizzaga II, Thunder IV and Homam Gambieras acquired for myself, Chaosity finally got her Blizzaga III, Redthorne got a merit and gear he can't use through another's calamity, Pesh zerg'd his merit categories, and fun was had all the way around. Great success!
In the wee early hours, a few of us helped Gigie get her missing Moldavite Earring. I managed to score Thunder IV for my BLM in the process and someone got a map (Rodie, I think). In attendance were myself, Gigie (duh), Pesh, Thaedan, and Rodie.
I arose from my sarcophagus around 10am, and set about working on macros and gear builds. After about 4-5hrs of testing and research, I FINALLY managed to get my damned BLU/THF macros set up and functional. Meanwhile Chaosity and I had been discussing NM's and their crappy drop rates when the conversation happened upon Blizzaga III. Apparently she still lacked it and the drop rate from Doom Warlocks was complete ass. Coincidentally, my BLM will need this spell, and many of the other spells they drop, and since I needed to beta-test my /thf gear builds in the field, I suggested we go beat up a few.
We trekked to Gustav Tunnel, along with Redthorne, and started tearing into the target mobs. We were killing them at a decent clip, but nothing was dropping other than bone chips. Then Redthorne saw something while he was testing his "1337 MGS skillz" -- an NM. Taxim, who had the potential to drop some savory stuff, including the long-sought Blizzaga III for Chaosity. We pounded on him for a bit, and until now I was getting pretty consistent 1.1k-1.55k Cannonballs with my build and spell set, so I decided to give Taxim a little taste. WHAM! 1.3k Cannonball. \o/ EPIC VICTORY! Ha! The following Warlock took a 1573 Cannonball to the FACE. Got a nice screen grab of Redthorne exclaiming, and I quote, "omg Bard wtf" -- priceless. I digress, Taxim was a selfish bitch, and only dropped Blizzaga II for my BLM. One of the following Warlocks finally gave up the goods and dropped Chaosity's spell, and Redthorne earned his 4th merit point and recapped exp on his PLD. All in all, a most triumphant run. Next time, we're bringing Don Peshcorleone, so his Treasure Hunter trait can make them an offer they can't refuse...
Speaking of which, Pesh-face managed to freak out with merits in Campaign, capping his Triple Attack category earlier in the day, and getting to level 2 with his Critical Hit Rate later on that night. Congrats you crazy damn Sicilian!
Next it's Limbus time. We were doing Proto-Omega and I was hoping for some serious "drops" [read: chest pops] so I can actually get my first piece of Homam gear for my BLU. The run went smoothly, and the chest yielded hands and feet! Both pieces I'd like to have, but my original plan was to only bid if head or feet popped. So that's what I did. Bid on feet for 17 points. Now I get to save up for another piece and pray for free lot on any of them (Homam head). On another note, I feel REALLY bad for Miroku, who originally was the bid leader for the hands, then when Rioka told him to lot it, he lost power and disconnected. Pesh was then the leader for bid, but the hands ended up auto-lotting to Redthorne -- who already had them. o.O NOT GOOD. That was a problem with everyone not passing coins and armor in time, since they were scrambling around hoping Miro would return.
Finally, Feiht, Gigie, Slight and I hit Castle Oztroja for some farming/levelling NPC Fellow action. Turns out Tzee Xicu the Manifest was up, and we kicked his bird-bag Yagudo ass all over the place. Drops included Daylight Dagger and misc other stuff, but nothing really noteworthy. During the farming I managed to get a nice Aero III and Aeroga II scroll for my BLM.
To summarize: macros and gear builds, Aero III, Aeroga II, Blizzaga II, Thunder IV and Homam Gambieras acquired for myself, Chaosity finally got her Blizzaga III, Redthorne got a merit and gear he can't use through another's calamity, Pesh zerg'd his merit categories, and fun was had all the way around. Great success!
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