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.

Upcoming ZNM Schedule

08/20/09: [T3] Achamoth
08/27/09: [T3] Dea
09/03/09: [T2] Anantaboga (?)
09/10/09: [T3] Armed Gears
09/17/09: [T4] Sarameya
09/24/09: [T4] Sarameya

Up And Down

Where to begin...

Last Wednesday I helped Rrynn get her two of her final spells as a BLU. At the same time, I got to finally explore Beaucedine Glacier [S] and Xarcabard [S]. It was pretty fun! If painful = fun, then it was lots of fun!

These guys are super grumpy. AoE/Conal moves that take multiple or all shadows. Not to mention they hit freaking hard, can terrorize you, and strip you naked. Yes, they're perverts like Yagudos.

Again very grumpy. They weren't as bad as the Ruszors, but they link like crazy. It's sight link, but they can link from over 25' away. Evil evil thingys. They can also terrorize.

I got lucky this week. Sanraku wanted Wamouras, and so I got him Wamouras. 99 zeni each! So I got a total of... 120 pictures (60 each character)... that's around 5k zeni each... Then I went and killed Brass Borer 4x solo. Not so difficult, just boring. This is after the BLU hunting, so I was pretty damn tired. I got a quick nap and moved onto ZNMs.

Oh so very true.

Margulis decided to kill me. Well, he was charmed, so I don't blame him. But the other BLMs took vengence into their own hands. Good job guys!

After four Dahaks, we went to Dynamis-Qufim.

Grats! It only took you a couple years. ;)

During the run, PUP Cape dropped and Vegetto won. He just recently leveled it. Toth, who has been fighting for it for a while, and was the first PUP pretty much on Fairy server, lost the lot. He also lost his control and vocalized what he considered was... how do I put this into words... unfair?... it was for him not to have priority whilst using pretty vulgar language. Not only was this insulting to Vegetto (who didn't care anyway), he disrespected the entire Linkshell by exclaiming how he wasn't protected. Well Toth, too bad for you. We have rules that you accepted upon applying for membership and we followed through. I'm really sorry buddy, but I hope you have better luck in the future. I'll miss your long AFKs on Sundays most definitely.

Onto real life!

Today I found out I got a raise at work. A very nice 15%! I also got a bonus check! But I lost my bonus check at poker. Not too shabby.

Anyway, it's almost 5:30AM and I have work in 7 hours. So I should get some nap time. Bai!

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. =(

New Weapons To Play With!

Kinda tired after a long day~

It started with ZNMs. Armed Gears was extra pissy with us. The first one wasn't so bad, but the second one decided to spam Rail Cannon and Artifical Gravity back to back. Margulis eventually died from being unable to throw up shadows and we had to kite it while Demenic switched to PLD. Clave did most of the kiting, which I'm entirely grateful for. Taru BLMs don't make great tanks.

Results:

Pop: Maikeru
Armed Gears' Fragment - Maikeru
Tomoe - Demenic
Tomoe - Maikeru

Pop: Briganna
Armed Gears' Fragment - Demenic
Aurum Sabatons - Elimar
Earth Grip - Kyarutaru
Thunder Grip - Kyarutaru

Attendance:
Margulis
Demenic
Nightfall
Elimar
Shoshu
Barlow

Clave
Kyarutaru
Faeryl
Airaa

Maikeru
Salazaar
Bobbit
Briganna
Glympse
Acers

Best weapon for SAM Penta Thrust!

To Dynamis!

Once again, our Bastok got jacked. I think it was the same Linkshell as last week, but I'm not totally sure on that. So instead we went to San d'Oria. Fataru decided to come with us. I'm sure he had fun. We also managed to completely clear the city.

After that, after much nudging and... well... coercing, I bought some expensive stuff off the Auction House, got it crafted, and ran to Castle Zvahl Baileys. The Quest for Amanomurakumo begins!

I also made a video with a bonus ending! Please check it out!

Ok it's time I go and relax. Aloha!

Surprisigly a very rewarding week!

Wow! Simply... wow!

This week has been pretty damn nice to me. Today was a great conclusion (most likely) of events for this series of seven days.

First of ZNMs! Today we were Marg-uh-less which forced Clave to come on PLD/NIN. Clave didn't have Crimson Cuisses, so it was a little more dificult for him, but we managed. Damage was considerably slower without Clave's Tachi: Kaiten on our side. Next time, we'll put Demenic on PLD and Acers on THF if we lose Margulis for a run again.

We faced Gotoh Zha the Redolent. And these are the results:



I can't believe I won!



With this, I no longer have to get Hecatomb Mittens. Although Heca would still be better for Shark Bite and Mandalic Stab, this is the next best alternative.

Because we were running low on time (people running late, missing people), instead of doing a second pop we did Vulpangue for another seal.

Off to Dynamis! ... and get jacked.

We were supposed to do Dynamis - Bastok but oh well, some new shell with no respect for other shells decided they were more important and took our spot without explanation. But it ended well. We went to Dynamis - Jeuno instead and Xorn got a very good amount of coins. And I got this!



I was very nervous during the run as it was my first time as a THF. But it was great! I died thirteen times!

Hopefully things will always look this good or at least close to it. I will be starting my "project" for gil next week. So far, only a handful know what I'm doing, and I hope they are smart enough to keep their mouth shut. But if all runs smoothly, I will be making close to 200k/night not including expenses.

That's all for today! Aloha!

Simplified ZNM Drops List

--------------------Tier I--------------------
Chamrosh
- Dragoon's Earring
- Erato's Cape
Cheese Hoarder Gigiroon
- Armadillo Cuisses
- Beast Slayer
Vulpangue
- Sylphid Epee
- Karura Hachigane
Brass Borer
- Lion Tamer
- Ritterhentzes
Claret
- Almah Torque
- Kerykeion
Ob
- Guignol Earring
- Attuner
- Coiler
- Equalizer
- Eraser
- Drum Magazine
- Mana Channeler
- Smoke Screen
- Steam Jacket
- Tactical Processor
- Target Marker
Chigre
- Blood Ring
- Insect Ring
Lil' Apkallu
- Hakke Habaki
- Numerist Pumps
Velionis
- White Joker
- Corsair's Belt

-------------------Tier II-------------------
Iriri Samariri
- Paddock Trousers
- Toad Mittens
Iriz Ima
- Ferrara
- Avocat Pigaches
Lividroot Amooshah
- Nobushi Kyahan
- Reikyo Hairpin
Anantaboga
- Hacchonenbutsu Dangozashi
- Trilling Dagger
Dextrose
- Ruby Seraweels
- Achilles' Spear
Reacton
- Reacton Arm
- Magic Strap
Verdelet
- Muse Tariqah
- Solitaire Cape
Wulgaru
- Hissho Hachimaki
- Riot Shield
Zareehkl the Jubilant
- Zareehkl Jambiya
- Zareehkl Scythe

-------------------Tier III-------------------
Armed Gears
- Aurum Sabatons
- Earth Grip
- Oracle's Gloves
- Thunder Grip
- Tomoe
Dea
- Oracle's Pigaches
- Cletine
- Fire Grip
- Dark Grip
- Enkidu's Subligar
Gotoh Zha the Redolent
- Naglering
- Aurum Cuisses
- Enkidu's Mittens
- Light Grip
- Water Grip
Achamoth
- Aurum Sabatons
- Thunder Grip
- Ice Grip
- Organics
- Oracle's Braconi
Khromasoul Bhurborlor
- Enkidu's Subligar
- Oracle's Gloves
- Simba Buckler
- Dark Grip
- Ice Grip
Nosferatu
- Aurum Gauntlets
- Earth Grip
- Enkidu's Leggings
- Labrys
- Wind Grip
Experimental Lamia
- Mekki Shakki
- Enkidu's Leggings
- Aurum Cuisses
- Water Grip
- Earth Grip
Mahjlaef the Paintorn
- Aurum Gauntlets
- Legion Scutum
- Oracle's Braconi
- Fire Grip
- Thunder Grip
Nuhn
- Enkidu's Mittens
- Oracle's Pigaches
- Oninohocho
- Light Grip
- Wind Grip

-------------------Tier IV-------------------
Tinnin
- Alkalurops
- Enkidu's Cap
- Enkidu's Harness
- Hachiryu Sune-Ate
- Oracle's Cap
- Shusui
Sarameya
- Aurum Armet
- Foolkiller
- Hachiryu Haidate
- Oracle's Cap
- Oracle's Robe
- Pachipachio
- Sarameya's Hide
Tyger
- Antares
- Aurum Armet
- Aurum Cuirass
- Enforcer
- Enkidu's Cap
- Hachiryu Kote

Dynamis-Xarcabard decides to be nice!

Today was a great day of achievement!

First our ZNM group did Gotoh Zha the Redolent. He was really brutal the last time we helped Senkei for Rewt's Naglering. It took close to an hour the last time and I remember dying at least four times. This time around was different. We took him down really quick, getting him to about 20% within 25 minutes before he used Benediction for over 20,000 HP. After that, it took a little bit more work to get him down. Margulis went down a couple times due to the NM's Fast Cast Tier III -ga spells, Groundburst, and Firespit. But in the end, we took him down. Barlow got Aurum Cuisses and I got a Light Grip (which I will sell as reinbursment for the one I already bought). The best part about killing this NM was the seal reward which makes us eligible for Tier IV Tinnin. I can't wait! After that, we did 3x Iriz Ima, but of course no bootsies.

Dynamis Xarcabard! It was a little crazy. I messed up and pulled aggro after the first NM podium because I wasn't paying attention. I know, baka Maikeru. We also screwed up on the eyeline. But behold, our debrief:

NIN - Xtinae, Percy
DRG - Acers
BST - Xorn
.3 parry - Xharric
RNG - Shymanu, Clave
SMN - Lester
BRD - Myste
BLM - Lester
PLD - Xorn (TY guys)
THF - Maikeru
COR - Eniko

157 Single coins for Cairstiona!
L. Jadeshell X 2

Shadow Ring - Gipi
Shadow Mantle - Cairstiona

Crazy stuff! I'm 5/5 on THF!




Of course, this means I'll be stat tagger in cities. =( I think I rather be on BRD. ><;

Well, off to fix up this blog! Aloha!