A Step Torwards Perfection

Finally! I get a real break!

Ever since the release of Salvage, I've been through about eight groups. The first one broke because people left, the second through fifth were so-so, but I didn't get anything. The sixth was actually pretty awesome and I got a few pieces here and there, but eventually I was kicked out due to the fact that I couldn't get up that early in the morning. The seventh and eight, DeathPiles and Senkei, respectively, actually got me my first ever completed Salvage piece!

This was an incredible moment for myself as I know it took years to make this happen. But it was soured by Barlow who complained that it wasn't fair that he wasn't able to lot. And of course, Salazaar and Nightfall agreed with him. I was well within my rights to lot per rules of the group. Not to mention that the final piece I needed was a 100% drop rate. I don't get it, and I never will. I'm really sad that they left the group, but... it's just too bad.

But anyway! With this, I'm able to switch to Haubergeon while keeping my haste/6-hit setup. However, since I've now switched to meat (Yellow Curry Bun), I've noticed that my WS Accuracy has dropped tremendously. I might have some adjusting to do.

Besides this stupid stupid stupid stupid drama, nothing has really happened this past week. Hmm... well... Cairstiona and Gipi finished their relics. Mandau for mommy, and Spharai for my Tarutaru comrade! I also finished my MNK AF2 set.

We also killed Sarameya twice. Salazaar got the Oracle's Robe, someone got the Aurum Armet, and Xharric got the Sarameya Hide. I believe he's 2/3 on seals... I have to go ask and make sure.

Upcoming ZNM Schedule:
09/24 - Anantaboga
10/01 - Nosferatu
10/08 - Sarameya
10/15 - Experimental Lamia
10/22 - Verdelet
10/29 - Mahjlaef the Paintorn
11/05 - ??? (Lamiae T1/T2)
11/12 - Nuhn
11/19 - Tyger
11/26 - Holiday

To Do List:
1. Calculate ZNM bank split (I'm missing like... 50-100k in my calculations... I might just throw it in because it was my fault).
2. Calculate /pwnED/ bank summary for the past two months.
3. Catch up to my gil schedule. I'm behind about 2 mil due to laziness.
4. Sleep.

So little time left. The New Year approaches.

Quick note: For those who know my gil-making secret if you understood my hints, please keep it to yourself. Some people won't understand.

Usukane Sune-Ate 1/3

Short post.

Sunday I woke up right before Dynamis, which means I missed Limbus again. They did Omega but no body drop. And because I was late for Dynamis, and I also didn't sign up apparently, I got to come on SAM. Maybe I should do that more often... XD It would only cost me half my <3 Bank gil. Yep. Not worth it. Today was short and satisfying. Feel free to interpret that however you want. I logged into the shout/chat area of Aht Urhgan Whitegate and, for some random reason, I was compelled to involve myself. In the end...

I dunno.

Then it was time for pink pearl Salvage. We did Ramparts today. Gate Winow, or -----"clow" as I misread ("c" from Chigoe" next to the "l" in Barlow = "d"), decided not to show up. Next floor however...

Skirmish Pephredo spawned a miracle four times! The Sune-ate dropped the first two times, for Barlow and myself, respectively. It was pwnsome! People at the cafe were staring at me because I was verbally excited by the constant action. I need to control myself a little bit more. *^_^*

Off to Walmart and Don Quiote for food and supplies. I should be online later tonight to farm gil/zeni, depending on what Sanraku wants.

Karma Payback

This is from Monday, I forgot to post it. We failed to pop NM at the higher floor. But we got to play as frogs!

So anyway, that bad day turned around and I had damn good luck. All my lots were 900+ in Dynamis-Beaucedine for a while and people were starting to think I stole Homero's lot bot (joke).

(picture turned out better than I expected)

Inventory +10! Wewt!

The Etoile Tights gives me a full amount of 21% haste in TP gear. Thank goodness for inert DNC accuracy!

Mia being random. <_<;

Tonight I played poker at my friend's house. I actually won! I won't put an actual amount, but let's just say I'm about even in my winnings and losses now. So good for me!

Anyway, I might be online tomorrow but there's a poker tournament I'm invited to. So... I don't know. Depends on my friend if she's going or not. And also whether I have permission. ^_^

Good night!

Swatting Flies, Faulty Token, Frog Hopping, and Loving That Bush!

As you can tell from the title, it's been a busy week.

I forgot to post this, but a two weeks back before ZNMs, Marg went after a Voyager Sallet. We got lots of rings and bandanas, but unfortunately, not helms.

That same day I did Salvage with Senkei for the second time.

Poor Harp. I bet he didn't think I was serious.

Lots of charmed fun obviously. This is one of the many times we were charmed and kited. We look adorable, but such a time waster. I really wish drop rates were higher.

On Sunday, I tried to log in. My passwords did not work. I freaked out and thought I was hacked again. Customer service was out for the weekend, so no help there. I tried to log into the SE Token website. I found that I couldn't. At this moment I came to the conclusion that there was probably something wrong with my security token.

On Monday, I contacted customer service (took about 4 hours waiting on web chat) and my deduction was correct. They disabled my one-time password and I was able to log in again. I have to mail my token in to get a new one. At least it's free.

Today we went to Dynamis-Qufim. Nothing exciting. We got a bunch of good regular AF that people red-dotted for, so can't complain. On the accessory side, we only got RNG.

After this, we did Divine Might.

From that list of names, about 13-14 of them were people who actually signed up for the event. The rest were kind-hearted and just came out to help on a whim, including Chrisstreb to whom I am totally grateful. Of that 13-14, about 6 or 7 actually needed the quest. The rest signed up to help.

It went pretty smooth. We took the four tank/kite strategy and took out the AAs one by one.

No words can express how I feel about this AA. Actually, a few words come to mind, "bitch" and "hax" being at the top of the list. I was in charge of Marg, who was in charge of EV. It was such a pain in the ass. EV has a directional cone Shield Bash which does damage and stuns which irritated the hell out of me. Marg eventually died when the alliance focused on EV, and she wiped a good portion of the alliance. But we eventually took her down.

And here is the summary:

My SAM gets a well-deserved one-up.

All in all, a good couple busy days.

Another death-filled day.

First of all, my condolences to the family, friends, fans, and loved ones of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. You will be missed.

I woke up late with a pounding headache that lasted pretty much the entire day. But it didn't stop me from facing today's trials.

First off, Sarameya. I've been waiting to fight this one since the start of ZNMs. We actually did pretty good. We beat the first one without a hitch. The problem was that both of the BRDs used Soul Voice. It was probably my fault with my lame instructions. But we managed. For the second fight, we wiped. Thanks to Glympse and Tiupiu though, we recovered. While we rested and got ready, they repeatedly casted Hymnus on themselves and kept Sarameya busy. Glympse lost close to 13k exp. But it was worth it. We managed to kill it, showing that 2hrs were not needed after Chainspells were spent.

It's too bad our haul wasn't impressive. Oracle's Cap and Aurum Armet x2.

Next was Dynamis-Bastok. Xorn couldn't make it, so I sponsored. 357 Byne Bills, not bad.

I decided to hang out a little bit and do some Red versus Blue with the three kitty-people in the picture above. They got my killed the first time, but we managed to win the second time. I followed them to Salvage as well. I got Lv15 Skadi Boots for free. I doubt I'll get the other two parts, but you never know. I asked Xtinae to see if I could join them. He said he would get back to me on that.

Well, off to make gil. This surprise sponsor is going to set me back a couple days.

This just in! The /pwnED/ and Senkei website is down! Someone forgot to pay the bill. =(