DRK's are HAX!

And I have proof!

I give you Souleater/Last resort/Blood Weapon/Kraken club cheating....

















Wait, he's still going.....



















OH THE HUMANITY!.....



















HAX!















I guess I'm just jealous that a level 71 can do that ; ; Whats it going to be like at 75?!

.....lolbst >.>

New BST boots!

So with my RL job, I can spend quite a bit of time surfing the FFXI forums and looking at different ways to improve my game. One of the ways I can do that is with new gear. So as I was surfing the forums yesterday looking at what other people in the same jobs I have wear, I saw a potential candidate to replace my Ogre ledelsens which quite frankly are about the ugliest boots in the game.



Bleh -.-





Yay! ^^b



Khimaira gamashes looked solid mainly due to the +5 acc. The other additional stats are great too but acc is the key. You can have all the attack and STR you like while gaining tp but if you are missing, that attack and STR does you exactly no good. I prefer to load up my attack and STR for my weaponskills that come frequently due to my good accuracy.

The Khimaira set is a relatively new set too. I over looked them originally as they basicly had the same stats as the old Bison set that was meh anyway. The Khimaira set just has a few additional stats mainly aimed at the solo BST in my opinion. Though the complete set on a hume female looks really cool. Very native.

Now these boots weren't what I'd call cheap. The only set that had gone through the AH was for 1,000,000 gil so I looked up the ingredients and they worked out to be about 300,000. "Woohoo!" I think to myself. I quickly spoke to my friend Hazonko to see if his Leathercrafting was up over 93 yet and to my delight, it's at 100! So I ask if he would kindly sign this synth for me as I am a friend signed gear whore. "Np" he says.

So here I am psyching up as he attempts the synth.















Booyah! He pulls it off!















And here I am in my new Khimaira Gamashes.















I went straight out and tested them with a new BST friend of mine (Serpical) out in Bibiki bay and as well as looking great, they perform like a charm! Thanks a ton Haz. I'm coming to you for all my Leathercrafting needs. ^^b

Fun with NPCs. Yay Raka Maimhov!

Everyone should have an NPC! Not only are they great fun but they are super useful too. At 65 (the current cap), they can cure, na-spell, protect, shell, haste as a healer, provoke and tank as a shield, and DD and call when tp is ready so you can SC with them as a fighter!






Wait, is that Jefe stalking me and Raka? Oh right, I invited him along >.>








For the most part, I have Raka come out as a "Soothing Healer" to cure, haste and na-spell me as needed. I have also used her to break the latent on latent weapons making SC's with her as a "Fierce Attacker". I am yet to see how she goes as a "Stalwart Shield". Maybe I should try that on one of my lowbie jobs. Perhaps BRD?

Anyway, here are some pictures of us in SSG farming Sahagins.

She rocks the Casbah with her Great Katana. I especially love it when she uses Tachi: Gekko. Sassy! And can I just say, Mithra's in RSE are sexy!

Go out and level your NPCs people! Here is the excellent guide on Ffxicyclopedia.

New places

So as those who play FFXI know, Vana'diel is huge. And with the new expansion, it's getting even bigger.

Now as a BST I pride myself on going all over exping where others don't go. Couple that with BLM and going places to burn exp where others don't go, I thought I had been to most if not all places in Vana'diel at least once. Turns out I hadn't.

After duoing the Brothers ENM with Rinku again, we decided to run back out instead of warping home and duo some King Buffalos for exp for a while. They are fun kills that can be aspired and the best things is that up on the Range, it is often double ice weather which makes our Hyorin obi's kick in. On Iceday, its even more fun as it allows us to drop 2000+ Freeze II's.

Anyway, as we are running back, we take a turn we hadn't gone up before and find ourselves here......at the top of Uleguerand Range and Bearclaw Pinnacle!















We were psyched!















Its a really long way down from here too O.o















Its cool to be finding places like this after playing for 3 years. {Good job!} S.E.

HNM's & NMs #2

I had the chance to participate in taking out King Vinegaroon recently. Can I just say, he...is...HUGE! If I remember correctly, the dropped his pants and everything in them too. Ace's helm is sexy and I'm jealous that I can't use it on my BST ; ;















In one of my other regular adventures which involves running up Uleguerand Range to do the Brothers ENM with Rinku, we crossed paths with Jormy again. Cept this time was a little different. Usually he's strutting around all "Yeah thats right, you better stay out of my way" with his wings folded neatly at his side. Why he was all agitated this day still confuses me coz he certainly wasn't chasing anyone. It got Rinku all in a tizzy too >.>

Ever get the feeling something bad is about to happen? lol




This was one of my late night Genbu runs with 4 friends. Hazonko (NIN), Shadymdub (SMN), Pimpndabox (RNG), Chio (WHM) and I (RDM) would farm up the pop items for Genbu together and go kick his butt. This is how I finally got my Zmitts after 2 years as a 75 BLM >.> Much <3.>






Lastly, here is Gulool Ja Ja. He is the big boss of the Mamool Ja and might I say, one ugly sucker! (I think he's about to eat that tasty looking Taru WHM) This shot was taken in a level 8 Beseiged but for some reason he decided bringing his pet Hydra was not necessary. Consequently, we sent him packing.




You might recall seeing this guy in a recent post by Rathiel. He claimed he wanted a ring that Gulool possesses that has Magic Defense. Apparently this ring would help Rath tank Bahamut. Being the gullible fools we were, we followed him deep into Mamook and the resulting RPK reminded us who we were dealing with. For the full story, check it out here.

/farewell Seed Elite

A few months back, it was decided that SeeD Elite, one of the funest (not a word, I know -.-), coolest, most people orientated shells I have ever been in was to be ended. It was a hard decision for the LS leader Nyena but one that needed to be made.















I just wanted to make this post in memory of a great LS that helped me to start having fun again in the game instead of killing myself in HNM shells that are all gogogogo.















Cheers SeeD ^^/

Lu Shangs rod {Can I have it?} - The beginning

Now, I know that by the time I get this (IF I get it >.>) that I will never want to see another Moat carp in my life but this for the time being is fun while LFP. I have decided that I will leave fishing skill ups till I have this as Moat carp fish up really fast at Knightwell in West Ronfaure. Once I get the rod, I will work on skilling up. This will also give me time to get my cooking up into the 90's so I can make Dorado sushi etc.

I decided to give the big brother a hand.

We can't have the little brothers of the world actually thinking they have a chance against their bigger counterparts right?! Seems I am actually showing big bro how its done. Slacker not pulling his weight >.>

I decided it would be fun to fish with someone so I hit up a few friends and after a few "You're crazy", "HAHA" and "No thanks" replies, a couple of people said they come out from time to time and Bubbo actually did. At this point I'm about 250 fish behind Bub so I'm not {/poke}ing her too much till I catch up. It would be cool to get our rods at the same time. Here we are reeling them in like there is no tomorrow.

More updates to come as I/we progress through the wads of fish needed. If you are interested in the quest yourself check it out here and I'd love company if you wanna swing by if you see me in Elf country (West Ronfaure). You can fish while LFP!!

Beastmaster guide - Basics

So I've had a couple of requests for a BST guide so here goes. Please keep in mind these are my thoughts, opinions and experiences. I did NOT do everything perfectly but I think I'm a decent BST now and hopefully some of things in this guide are useful to someone ^^b

Getting started.

Why should you play Beastmaster?

We are simply the best solo class in the game. If you have had enough of hours waiting while you look for a party, BST could be your cup of tea. I know other classes -can- solo good exp but as far as I have seen and experienced, no other jobs can solo as long, as consistently and as effectively as a Beastmaster especially after we gain the JA Leave at 35.
I would encourage any new Beastmaster to try and complete as much of your 75 levels as you can solo. Certainly get yourself into a party once in a while to keep yourself adaptable but in my experience, BSTs who party more than they solo have real trouble dealing with solo hiccups (mis-charms, links etc). Plus if you wanted to party all the time, you might as well level WAR or SAM or some other full on DD that will produce uber numbers and result in lots of pt invites instead of waiting around for the uneducated masses saying "lolbst wants to pt. do we choose him or that WAR that also wants to party?"
Another cool strength of BST, especially for the solo BST, is that gear is relatively cheap. Your pet doesn't care that you are still swinging your AF axe at level 60 instead of the Tungi or Wrath tabar that a pt would expect you to be weilding. You also get to try your hand at soloing items you need/want such as the Tungi.
Perhaps one of my favourite things about BST though is that you keep ALL the loot. Beastman seals, Kindred seals, stackable ingrediants, gil....all yours.

Which subjob should you use as a soloist?

As a soloist until level 70, I would suggest that 95% of the time you use WHM as your sub of choice. The only other sub I would try as a soloist is NIN but until 70 when you gain access to dual weilding Rune axes which when used with your Gaudy harness provide an infinite +10HP regen/tick, if you get hit by AoEs or with shadows down, you get to have downtime resting it back. Granted you can rest while your next pet fights but that only leads to slower kills and that kills exp chains. Resting back ~100 MP is much faster than resting back 500HP. Subbing WHM will also keep your hate in check a little better espcially after 50 when you get the Dual weild upgrade making you swing faster. A soloist BSTs main concern is riding the hate line without crossing it and taking hate in order to maximise kill speed and therefore exp chains.
WHM sub also provides you with many more beneficial attributes in the form on sneak/invis, Divine seal, bar-spells, na-spells, Stoneskin/Blink, auto-regen, dia I/II, prot/shell etc while NIN sub only gives you shadows and dual wield.
Don't get me wrong. There are definitely times when /NIN is better than /WHM before 70 but they are far more the exception than the rule.
After 70 and the purchase/questing of 2 Runes axes and assuming you have your Gaudy harness (you better have by now -.-), I found that /NIN was more efficient most of the time giving me guaranteed shadows (turn away as soon as you pull hate), more dd (faster kills), and a way to regen back hundreds of HP without stopping to rest...ever. These days I hardly ever break out /WHM unless I'm at an event.
I am yet to try /BLU but certainly acknowledge the possibilities of this sub over WHM. I will post my findings when I get my sub up and try it out.

What about subs for a party?

I have tried both WAR and NIN in parties. Until I got to 70+ (and even a few times after), always subbed WAR for double attack/berserk etc and greater attacking stats. The couple of times I tried /NIN in a pt before 70, I found that I was lagging behind in the DD department horribly. Once you gain access to lots of haste gear and highend axes (especially the Temperance axe), I found that /NIN was where its at. Your tp gain is more than adequate now providing lots of WS's combined with your pets damage makes you a reasonable DD.
Just always keep in mind that we are a DoT DD, not a spike DD like our nemesis's, the WARs (I'm looking at you Loren -.-). If you run a parser combining both you and your pets damage, you will be up there but a well geared WAR will always put out bigger numbers. Thats just what they do. You even need really good gear to be semi-close to a well geared WAR.

Life out in the wild blue yonder:

What gear should I use?

If you want to be in parties all the time, then expect them to judge your gear and if its not up to par, expect them to let you know.
Gear is totally up to you as a soloist. Like I said earlier, your pet doesn't care if you still use your AF axe when you have better options available to you 15-20 levels later.
Lets break down gear into the respective gear requirements for the job...

1. Charming - You need to charm pets to do your job well right? Charming success is based on the stat CHR. Before you attempt a charm, you want to load up on every piece of CHR gear you have. Keep in mind CHR doesn't do anything to prolong the amount of time your pet stays charmed. Thats where "Charm +" gear comes in. You will need to experiment and take note of your Charm successes as you level and which mobs you are trying to use as pets then decide for yourself how much CHR gear you need. Mobs like Slimes and mandy's which make great pets are very charm resistent and need MAX CHR gear whereas leeches which are also good pets simply WANT to be your pet and require minimal CHR gear. When you are at a comforatable level of CHR gear, try and fit in "Charm +" gear in the remaining slots incase you are fighting a particularly tough mob that takes a little longer to die. Last thing you want way out in the middle of the Boyahda tree is to fighting a Tough Robber crab and your EM pet suddenly uncharms with 20% left on the crab coz then you get to have 2 angry mobs wailing on you instead of none and no chance of anything except a quick snack on dirt.
   


2. Melee - Again, you need to decide the limits of things here as well. For the most part you want to increase your accuracy, attack and STR in that order. BSTs have crap evasion so don't bother trying for evasion setups. If you are doing your job right, the mob will be focused on your pet for 99% of the fight until you clean its clock with a finishing weaponskill. Crits are also not too desirable when solo as they pull hate so don't stress about DEX. Remember your main focus is hate control so if you are hitting too hard and/or often that your pet is struggling to keep hate, consider changing some of your attack gear or start meleeing a little later in the fight in order to let your pet establish more hate for the duration of the fight.
   


3. Weaponskills - Firstly, scythe's are crap. I -never- use mine except for fun. I know a SA'd 300% Spiral Hell can do some nice damage on a god but I don't usually go to gods as a BST to be fair. I never use scythes if I'm exping with any amount of seriousness. That being said I will assume you will be using an axe. The only stat modifier for any axe weaponskill is STR with the exception of Calamity and Onslaught. If you have Calamity, then you have Rampage and therefore won't be using Calamity. If you have Onslaught, I bow to your masterfulness of getting your Guttler. I am intensely jealous of you right now. Every other WS is modified by STR noteably Rampage. That means for your WS gear, you want to load up on STR. The only problem I see with that is accuracy, especially with Rampage. If you are missing 3 of 5 swings of a Rampage then I don't care how much STR you have. Your weapon skill just stunk up the room. So figure out the balance of loading up as much STR as you can without killing your accuracy and you will be in tiptop shape with blasting the enemy into the next life.

Are there any essential pieces of gear for a Beastmaster?

Short answer....no. No piece of gear is absolutely needed for you to continue your quest to level 75 and beyond. Certain pieces however make the job a) more exciting b) quicker to level c) more immune to mishaps that WILL occur etc etc. However, here are a few pieces that if I had my way, people would go to jail for not getting....

• Perhaps the single best body piece in the grand scheme of things for a BST. From 50 to 70, this will keep your MP refreshed to 49 for when using a mage sub (which you probably will be using). This is enough for a Cure III or a Blink and Stoneskin in one go! I still use mine for Charming with the CHR+3 that it has even though I know there are body pieces with more CHR. Perhaps the most brilliant part here is that at level 70 when used with dual rune axes as /NIN, you get infinite +10HP regen! Until you experience not having to stop and rest anymore and you regen all that Bomb toss AoE damage back without blinking, I can't express how much this piece of gear means to you. Whats more, you can solo it at level 40!!!! GET THIS PIECE OF GEAR BEFORE YOU CAN USE IT AT 50 AND DON'T LEVEL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT BY 50! NO EXCUSES!!!!

• Your AF legs useable at level 60. Again, perhaps the single best piece of gear for your legs. CHR+4 makes them your pants of choice for life to charm with. Even better if you have sea and do Limbus with any sort of frequency, you can upgrade them for level 74 giving you CHR+6 and STR+6 for your Rampages. Add to the mix "Enhances Killer effects" make these the "OMG" pants in your inventory. Wear them, love them, feel BSTly in them, have them ready for as soon as you ding 60.

• CHR+6. The only charm piece you will ever use for your waist. 'nuff said. I used mine as my sole waist piece from 40 to 48 when I got a Life belt.

• Nothing else in the game gives you better charm success than this one item. Light staff is ok but if you can swing it, you will never sell this item. +15% charm success rate is simply godly. +10% on Light staff.

• If you can ever get your hands on this, you have the best axe in the game )except perhaps the Guttler >.>). I love my LS for this weapon. The "Virtue stone equipped: Occasionally attacks twice" trait should be adjusted to read "Virtue stone equipped: Usually attacks twice". Uber tp gain {You can have this}. OK, not essential but life is not the same after getting this axe.

Where should I go and exp?

Another point of beauty about being a BST is that Vana'diel is your oyster. You can go and exp wherever it tickles your fancy! No more being stuck in the same old exp spots competing with 4 other parties for the 3 mobs that spawn in that area. Search out an area that strikes your fancy, make sure there isn't another BST there and head on out. There are plenty of good camps/level postings on the various FFXI websites that will give you direction for your particular level so I will leave it to you to go find them for yourself. I will however tell you about a couple of my favourite spots when I was leveling to 75.

• Purgonorgo Isle (level 35-36ish) - omg, BST haven! NO-ONE comes here except for the odd quest or to kill Shen as an alliance of 75's. This is where I first came across mobs with the en-drain trait. The clots here (slime mobs) have it and con Tough at this level. The beauty about this is you charm one (remember slime mobs are very resistent to charm), 2 hour it and clear the isle of life! The en-drain trait is 100% from what I remember so it with your care and help, the clot will last the full 30 mins.
  


• Bostaunieux Oubliette (level 56-59ish) - Again, a place no one seems to come to except for the few NMs that can spawn here. A lot of people avoid this place especially after the BST nerf that made pets despawn once you released them. One thing you really want to have down here besides MAX CHR is Apollo's staff. Light staff is adequate usually but your pets here are slimes which suck to charm at the best of times. Not only that, if you charm fails, your run to the zone is passed 3-4 IT hounds that destroy you before you get half way there. If you have Apollo's though, your charm rate will be much better against the slimes. Your target here is the big bats which do not aggro but do link if i remember correctly. The reason people don't come down here though is that slimes live just passed the hounds from the Ronfaure zone. This means getting a slime and taking it to the zone area becomes somewhat inefficient and camping where they spawn makes people nervous. But if you have the stones for it, there are 2 slimes in the area which you use to kill the 4-5 bats. The slimes spawn in separate sections of the tunnel so you can kill bats without worrying about the other slime sneaking up on you. Once you kill off a bat or 2 and get into the rythm, the next bat will just be spawning as you kill the last one resulting in great exp chains.
  


• Wajaom Woodlands (level 62-???) - ToAU came out at the perfect time for me as a BST. I had just hit level 62. At level 62 you can now charm the worker bees (be careful of mis-charms coz the whole hive will be ensuring you are allergic to bee stings) and set them about owning the non-linking, non-aggro Lesser colibri. My favourite camp for this was at I-7 and it lasts for a good 3 or 4 levels. These were the fastest levels of my BST career. With the exp bonus from sanction as well as refresh, I was chain 5ing more often than not. Add in an exp ring once in a while and you have 10k an hour exp easy. Kinda wanna delevel myself back to those levels as I type this >.>

The Beastmaster code:

With the advent of ToAU and the uber exp gained by most jobs, courtesy and thoughtfulness of others has all but disappeared. One thing I always loved about BST early on was the respect we all had for each other. Its one thing to be at a camp and a party of 6 strolls up and licks the place clean so to speak thinking "stupid BST can go level elsewhere. 6 peoples exp is more important than 1". But for another BST to stroll up in a camp that we all know only takes one BST and for him to start camping over top of you is the worst travesty in all of Vana'diel. We need a special GM jail for BSTs like that. The sad thing is that this happens more and more these days. So here are a few points of Beastmaster code that I would emplore you to adhere to. PLEASE!

1. NEVER be /anon at your camp and always put a comment in your search comment area. Type in your pos, what you are using as a pet and what you are fighting, and even specify if you are solo/duo/trio. If you don't do this and another BST shows up to camp there while you are anon without a comment, don't complain if he doesn't leave. He may have just spent 5k on a tele, 500 of a choco and 30 mins of his time to get there. You can't expect someone to turn around and leave if you haven't given them fair warning that you are there.
   


2. Search the area you intend to go to before you head out. If you see another BST there at your level with his comment up (even if he doesn't a comment up), don't go out there and camp on top of him if you know the area only takes one BST. If you go out there thinking that 2 BSTs can level there, please respect the BST that was there first and leave if he asks you within reason to leave coz you are hurting is exp/hour.
   


3. If you head out to a camp where there are no BSTs but you come across a party leveling there, be respectful and don't mess with their exp. You'd hate it if they did it to you.
   


4. Help people who need your help in the area if it is within your capabilities to do so. I'm not saying to stop and raise the RMT BLM group that just got pwnd by the Goobue they were trying to burn or to help with -every- little request you get every 5 mins from people but as an example, the other day I was farming Elder Goobue at the waterful by the Cloister of storms in The Boyahda Tree. A BLM arrived thinking he might try soloing the Sleepga II NM. He obviously reconsidered when he got there and asked if I would help him. I did, we beat the NM, he finished his quest getting a scroll that he should have had 20 levels ago (but I digress -.-) and kindly offered me a warp2 back to town which I accepted as I had finished farming but forgotten a means of warp. This sort of thing only results in good feelings from the normies (general non-bst population) of Vana'diel towards us. I'd like to think that when that BLM gets to a camp next time and theres a BST exping there, he will say "guys, we shouldn't camp on top of this BST here as he was here first. lets go elsewhere". A little idealistic maybe but more chance of that happening than if I told him to beat it, I'm farming right now right?

Conclusion:

Beastmaster is a fun, relaxing, sometimes infuriating, useful job that you can use for the rest of your days in Vana'diel to make money, help friends and LS mates and just simply use to relax and chill out after being around others for too long. You can even use it as a sub to level other jobs. RDM/BST owns almost as much as BST/??? does. Play it right and you will have fun, people will remember and respect you and Vana'diel will embrace you. Play it wrong and karma will certainly bite you in the butt through mis-charm deaths and others camping you out of your spots.

Golden rule: Respect Vana'diel and its inhabitants and it will reward you immensely.

For those of you that read this and have further questions not answered clearly or at all here, please feel free to drop me an email at ennayramffxi@hotmail.com or catch me in game and I'll be more than happy to help you out. ^^b

Friends - Past and Present - Part 1

Vana'diel is only half the fun without friends.

In this first of many posts dedicated to my friends, I just want to take a minute and recognise a few really good friends that helped me get where I am today.

Dove & Leven - two of my earliest friends. Here we had just polished off Biast for Dove to get his Patroclus Helm. I remember them helping my get my keys for the Airship to Kazham. Sadly, they left for the craptastic FFXI rip off that is WoW. I miss you guys. Come back someday soon.




Lev, stop crowding CC out of the picture -.-









Pimpndabox, Shadymdub & Chio - Shady is another friend who seems to be missing more often than not these days. Pimp and Chio (Chip as I like to refer to her as) still play regularly. In fact Pimp is one of my favourite duo partners on BST and BLM. He also helped me with hakutaku for Azurea's Ohat. Here we had just won the "Shall we dance" ENM and two, count em...two, Blau dolch's dropped in the one crate. Good times.




3 Hume + 1 Taru > world









Gooch aka. Fidelis - I met Gooch in Paragon and we first hung out together duoing our SMNs in Yuhtunga jungle. For those with lower level SMNs, Goblin Furriers are squishy to Ifrits Double Punch. Great duo exp. Gooch has helped me in so many ways, I could never repay him. From encouraging me to start crafting (hes a 100+3 Smithy), duoing, missions, quests and here hooking me up with my first Hauberk, he is one of the coolest, most helpful guys in the game. Cheers bud!





Booyah!








Rinku - Hmmm, where do I start?......Eccentric. If there is one word to decribe Rinku, its Eccentric. When hes talkative, he is about the most entertaining guy I know in Vana'diel. I met him in Yuhtunga Jungle as a 30ish BLM (my highest level at the time) when he and his LS friend/leader Rango invited little old me to party. After that session of exp, they invited me to join what was my first linkshell, Skybreakers. Rinku (a 70+ BLM at the time) gave me tons of advice on gear, spells and technique as I came up through the levels of BLM and we have continued to hang out, do ENMs, quests and burn exp ever since. What will his next entertaining hijinx be? WHO KNOWS?! I just wanna be there when it happens.





(how do I steal that Igqira weskit? >.>)








Rathiel - /evade hump on. I met Rathiel in Paragon as well. To be fair I don't really remember him there. It was later after he'd left and he approached me to join his little group for Dynamis that my memories of him begin. We are relatively new friends compared to the ones above but Rath has always been one of the funniest, sympathetic, wierd friends I have. Always willing to help me out whether it be a friendly ear to speak to about issues/thoughts/concerns, quests/missions, hooking me up with signed SH +1's >.>, Rath is an all round top guy. One of the biggest reasons that I have enjoyed my time with Seed Elite and now Rogue Rice Balls.





lol dead DRK








As corny as it sounds, you guys all have a friend in Ennayram (refering to yourself in the 3rd person is cool >.>) as long as you play. If there is anything I can do to help you guys out, please just /tell me {/kneel}. Just leave me all your gear and gil when you do decide to leave. o.Ob

Promathia Missions

orz....these were brutal to get done. Its hard at times to get people together for a common goal let alone trying get people to help on something that they sometimes don't really have the drive to get done.

BUT! Sea is totally worth it. Apart from being the most calming place in Vana'diel to hang out, BLM is a god there, there are some cool items to be acquired there, Limbus is there and there is some good exp (especially after the imporvements to signet for duo's) to be had there. Only thing I -don't- like about Sea is how I can't go and solo there on BST >.> I guess there had to be at least one place in the world I couldn't go and claim as mine right?

Heres a couple of shots of the last few missions in completing this series.

Everyone should try and do missions with a group of friends. I makes things so much more fun and memorable. Here's my friends and I about to take on Tenzen.














And here is the result of beating Tenzen....SEA ACCESS! I think I stood around listening to the music and just spacing out to the funky colours for about 30 minutes.














Here we are gearing up to take on Promathia. Admitedly, this was when Prishe did most of the work for you with her MNK/WHM hax. You basically only had to keep her alive and add a bit of DD yourself. Fun fight in the coolest BCNM in the whole of Vana'diel, Empyeral Paradox.














Yay me at the completion of the Promathia missions. Cool CS way out at a spot in Lufaise meadows where no one goes except for the CS.














And after all the moaning and complaining about how hard it was to get these missions done, the result is my favourite piece of gear. Something I drooled over since starting BLM....


BOW TO THE TAMAS-NESS!!

HNM's & NM's #1

As we all know, there are really nasty monsters in Vana'diel. Some of the worst ones are called HNM's (Hyper Notorious Monsters). These bad boys are more than a match for most parties of 6 level 75 people. Usually they require a full alliance of 18 and sometimes even extra outside memeber to be brought in as current alliance member are splatted by the big baddie.

Here are a few of the naturally ocurring (ones that don't require items to spawn them) HNM's I have run into during my time in Vana'diel.

Fafnir (win).














King Behemoth. He was claimed but they group that had him was be badgered by other less savoury Linkshells who wanted him and they mistakenly CFH'd. So what did I do?....I threw out a stun and consequently got meteored to death >.>














Jormungand. This was one of our earlier attempts with Paragon against him. We wiped -.-















Cerberus. Our second attempt which we won after getting chewed out by the LS {Megaboss} for not have an organised stun rotation when Cerby got to 20% remaining and started spamming Gates of Hades. I'm always a freak for a good stun order now.














Hydra. I thought we were doing well at this and then for some reason everyone died and Hydra used one of his 3 heads to bite my one off.














Theres tons of other HNM's other there that I have had fun playing with and dying to though dying is not really my idea of fun >.> I'll post more as I take pics.

Glimpses of BST life

Beastmasters in Vana'diel are known to be a somewhat reclusive breed.They seem like heading out into the great unknown and enjoying life in peace, quiet and solitude. Kinda like Superman...right?

This is a chance for you to view some of the highlights of life as a BST. These are rare glimpses indeed. We went to the ends of the world chasing this BST in order to see how she lives, works and plays.

Here we see that BSTs while quiet and reclusive, do in fact have emotions. Joy is often expressed in solitude when they think no one is watching. The gaudy harness is one particular accomplishment that all BSTs derive joy from.

Again, we can see here that BSTs also share other common humanistic traits such as walking around in your underware. You are not alone in admiring the fine form of the BST.

As we all know, accidents happen on the job. A missed stun on a bomb toss, the puller missing the afk call of the WHM as he brings in the chain5 mob, warp IIing that annoying DD that won't settle down his damage output so the NIN tank can hold hate. While these are painful experiences, we see here that accidents on the job for a BST are amplified by the fact he/she is alone especially when they are dealing with the larger mobs of Vana'diel. Ennayram was lucky a friend happened to be stopping by. The Summoner worked for a good hour to extract Ennayram from this Elder Goobues death called the Anal Head Grab....

The Beastmaster in action is truely a magnificent sight to observe. Here we see the BST searching out and challenging one of spawned NMs of this world in order to secure an item for one of her side jobs (Death from Above drops the Hornetneedle dagger which can be used as a Red mage). Truely a versitile creature is the BST. Note the perfect backswing of the axe. Only years of practice result in such fine form.

Our findings after studying this specimen will be posted at a later date for those of you who really wish to delve into the life of a Beastmaster for yourself. Hopefully they will provide insight for you to make decisions in your BST career that will lead to minimal "accidents" and fast, happy experience points gain. Cheers to the solo BST!