So a lot seems to have happened over the past month or so and I must admit my picture taking to capture those moments in history has been somewhat average, mediocre at best.
In the last little while, I have decided I want SAM to be my melee DD job of choice (BANDWAGON!) , I joined a new linkshell with Bubbo and Alessandra, I got hump ambushed by Rath, done lots of campaign, help some friends with different things and took SE's bait by getting into the
BONAAAAAAANZA!
I don't think anyone with half a brain would NOT want to have a chance to win 100,000,000 gil eh? Thats one hundred million in case the 0's just overloaded your brain. I decided I would not reactivate my canceled mules of the past but I did level Arhtim to 5MNK to get marbles and ran Obyron back to Windy (24BLM) to get his marbles too. I'm only taking gil or synth materials on them IF they win. I'll get my marbles on Enn over the next day or so. I'm for sure taking the 100,000,000 on her if I get rank 1, 10,000,000 for rank 2 and then I don't know for the others yet. I guess I'll wait and see. We get a month to decide after the announcement so no pressure. I have to admit though a Morrigans coat, Ridill and Adaberk are all very tempting. Stay tuned to see how I fare.
So yeah, I joined another Linkshell. RogueRiceBalls has all but disbanded now after Nyena decided she didn't want to lead anymore and then her and Tulaq went MIA after it was announced they were having a baby together. Maximum congrats to you both ^^/. So I tried a friends LS for a few weeks but that didn't work out as they wanted me to be at more events than I could or wanted to commit to. So I spoke to Bubbo who had joined a friends LS and after getting the info I needed, I joined up and so far it has been a great move! They are a very relaxed, easy going shell. Lots of motivated people who want to get things done. Its mostly Sky and Limbus at this point but we are starting to delve into sea a little more too.
This past Monday we won our first Omega (maybe it was because it was the first one I made it to? :p) and did it in beautiful fashion. Bubbo and Byany tanked (RDM/NIN + NIN/DRK) and did a primo job of holding hate. The melee burned any pods and jumped Omega at the last 20%. We had 5 BLMs along to provide the damage from 100% down to 20% and except for a little overnuking by one little Taru who got splatted for her efforts, the tanks held him off us while still allowing us plenty of room to drop some big bombs. All in all, it took us about 14 mins from engaging to death to take him out. Fastest I have ever seen though I know the uber shells out there can take him much faster. 14 MINUTES! lol. G'wark MeneoCecus! And yay me with the kill shot :p
We were hoping for another Omega last night but the set holder was not on for whatever reason so we decided to go farm SE Apollyon which was fun and I picked up the BLM item from there again. Think I will do the body for enfeebling and then the hands for god/HNM nukes for BLM AF+1 gear and be done with it.
I knew we were gonna meet up with the Corse NM in this area who likes to charm the big DD's in a group and send them after other zealous DD's. After declaring that Zero was now my new hero due to his uber SAM damage, I mentioned that he's prolly gonna get charmed and beat someone down. Turns out that someone was gonna be me >.> Pity really. Silly Corse shoulda sent him after someone who could deal with a charmed SAM a little less effectively....
...and lol Oki. You gotta go level that staff of yours. I counted 2 whiffs while I was casting without Stoneskin up. Was half tempted to blow him up coz blowing up other BLMs is fun ^^.
In other news, I've been doing a bit of Campaign to make sure my rank is at the highest it can be before the new update sees more ranks and gear added. So I got myself to Holy Knight Emblem and made sure I'm not far from the next rank up for when we can do that.
During my Campaign adventures, I have come to realise that WAR/DNC with a Fortitude Axe is just hax. BUT! Not as hax as this guy...
WAR/DNC hax is even better when you get buffed out the ass by everyone around you. This is while I'm resting weakened but imagine if I was fighting with Bergressor, Retaliation, Warcry, Mighty Strikes, Drain Samba II etc.
I really like how SE made it so that AoE buffs like SMNs do affect everyone in range. Gives them lots of points to make up for the lack of DoT from them and gives people like me lots more room for error.
I also like the uber NPC bosses that come with the reinforcements. I decided I wanted to be like this one until yesterday when I decided I want to be like Zero >.>
Speaking of SAM, I have started on the path from 37 as a sub to 75 as a main. Aless and I have staticed the whole way so far and we picked up Ajninx on his RDM at about 46. I THINK I have a friend who is on NIN who might go a ways with us too but we'll see. After that, finding a couple of DD is easy right?
I decided I wanted the Hume RSE sachet for my Ammo slot. MOAR STR PREASE! While it isn't as good as the Elvaan one, its better than a kick in the nuts. I'll prolly get a Tiphia Sting at 58 and macro in the Sachet for WS onry. But what an ordeal to get it! You have to wait till its your race/sex time in Vana'diel till you can pop the mob in whichever of the 3 zones it pops in which means you have to watch something like
Vana'Navi till it comes around when you are a) at home and b) have the time. When that happens, the ??? pops 30 mins after the NM dies and the NM has a HORRIBLE drop rate. So my night had about 5 hours for me to camp it so I killed the NM every 30 mins then went upstairs and watched TV/had dinner/hung out with the missus etc for 30 mins till the next spawn. FIVE HOURS this went on and then at my very last opportunity before my time was up...
Yay! RSE Sachet for SAM: GET!
Got another intimidation for the growing list too while helping Fidelis get his Scythe WSNM done. Still love the fact I have a 75 BST available. Its so handy and the reason I wanted to level it in the first place was to help friends just like this. Throw in a BST friend or two like Aless and it just gets better roaming Vana'diel exping, duoing NMs and exploring. Anyone reading this on my server, feel free to ask if you ever feel like my BST could help you with something. I'm more than happy to help unless I'm already occupied elsewhere in which case we can just reschedule. Check the list out
HERE!
Lastly, I have been working on a tribute to a good friend for a while but since he doesn't play as much anymore or I just don't see him around since we aren't in the same LS anymore, my material source has diminished some so I have decided to post it and just add to it as the material for it comes my way much I like I update the BST intimidation post.
