Final Fantasy XI Then...

[Darwock]

Finale of 24 this Sunday, double bill starting at (I think) 9 so it's no good for me. Has anyone actually spoken to Mosley yet?

[Darwock]

Just done an interesting solo ENM - the moblin rolled and restored all my abilities, so I manafonted twice in the space of three minutes, heheh.. the bugger is that right after I got the 2nd manafont, the fantoccini cast a killer burn spell on me - I didn't have time to check what my intelligence at dropped to, but my spells were doing 25% of normal damage and my HP was rocketing downwards, so I actually thought I was going to lose despite the decent dice roll! I didn't though, and I walked out with level 70 ^^

I've got too many Movalpolos things on the go, when I first clicked on the shaft gate I got another cutscene and it took me a bit to figure out what it related to.. it was the bowyer ring I think.

[Darwock]

Well it's true what you all said about Mearian - utter plonker!

Just done another Fenrir battle, in what seemed like a really ill advised attempt to manaburn him to death. The guy putting it together had never fought him and I really had my doubts, then he said we were only getting 4 blm's and a (2hr-less) summoner, the smn was Mearian who bragged about having done it loads of times during the journey there, then revealed he didn't know the way. And told us all it would be over real quick, but all please bring yag drinks and wear vermillion cloaks... er hello.. we're blms? and if the fight is drawn out longer than the duration of manafont we're all gonna be dead anyway!

Despite all the bad signs I still wanted to give it a try, and you know what.. it nearly worked. We tore big holes in him despite only having one BLM 75 (it was 75, 73, me at 70, and 67).. the final spot was a RDM/DRK who chainspell stunned, but missed his howling moon - that whacked us and killed the two highest BLMs outright (I survived again for some weird reason). I got a few good nukes out (spirit lantern again) while Fenrir finished off the RDM - was right in the middle of the Firaga III that could have finished it when he sent me flying several metres across the arena with moonlit charge. The remaining two died right after. Mearian then says 'let's HP and go again' yeah hello mcflyyyyy? chainspell, manafont <do you need it>?

So, bye bye to the level 70 I got this morning ; ;


P.S. When did we lose Besieged? The mamool ja forces are advancing at 110... :/

[Daragon]

Mearian has some serious issues. I was somehow persuaded to join a BCNM 20 (wings of steel). Of course at the time, I didn't realise he/she was going too so by the time I turned up at ghelsba there she was...

He/she claims he/she knows everything, and that he/she'd done the fight MANY times before, yet as soon as we started, he/she got aggro and started behaving like a headless chicken, screaming to me to attack the fly that was on him/her, except at the time I had my charmed fly attacking the main one -_-

He/she is COMPLETELY useless and quickly found him/herself on my Blist. Thankfully, I still have an un-used cloudy orb.

[Darwock]

... I really don't know whether to laugh or cry at this game sometimes.

I've been levelling my NPC as blm/rdm on the trees and sprouts in Lufaise meadows recently - went up there today and was going about my business until I notice one of the Leshys has red leaves - targetted it came up as 'Colourful Leshy' - it hadn't aggroed me so I fancied my chances, and somehow managed to grab it without links. Straight fighting wasn't working, I was doing decent damage but this thing was pummeling the crap out of me, my drain couldn't keep up so all my MP was going on cures. I got it to 30% before I was in the red, so I hit manafont so I could warp without interruption. I had sussed that I could enfeeble it so I decided to try my luck with sleep/nuke.

Ran all the way back (via the safehold to change back to blm/smn) and got to the spot, it was still unclaimed. Carby pulled it this time, up to the tunnel near the back where there was one easy prey sprout I couldn't avoid. What a fight.. I used the linked sprout for drains to keep my HP up and bound the colourful leshy, had the tree at 50% before I had drained the sprout to death, then it got a lot more straightforward (didn't have to deal with staggered sleeping on 2 mobs). That was nearly my undoing as I got impatient at one point and started casting flare... it woke up and shook off bind before I had cast, then kept interrupting me with a sequence of double hits... I was at 22hp when I got it back to sleep! I have to say how much the sorcerers ring helped me, since I had no cures from my subjob had to rely on drain to get me back to a safe position. F*&king loved it, what a challenge. So naturally when I kill it after 30-40 minutes of near-death experiences, it doesn't drop one sodding thing. Not even a lousy bit of wood.

[talizker]

Just to echo the current LS Message. The next CoP BC is set for 10pm tonight - I think D and Wedge were the only people who were not on when it was discussed.

Just to prove to myself that not every 60+ Exp party is good, last night (at Bibiki) was poor. After death and Raise (1) I ended up with just about the same Exp as I started with... On the plus side after 2-3 levels of non-standard (but great) Exping, I did cap out my Enfeebling Skill again.

[Darwock]

I should be able to make tonight - apart from actually getting to the arena of course. Still not sure how I'm going to tackle this one. I could use an Ahriman Lens but that will just delay the problem until the bowyer ring fight.

BCNM60 - I talked about this on Saturday with Bevan - he's off work all this week so it's a golden opportunity for us to do it at a suitable time if we can arrange it. No idea how to contact Theanu about this, but can everyone else comment on their availability?

[Tsingtao]

Why not trade the flower again?

Either that or its gambling, only other route is not good needs a a number of people, 3 jars of firesand, some luck and plenty of reraise ^^

I'm good for the bowyer ring BC, need to work this one out as to who and what we're doing. Not sure what the form is whether you can enter again if someone else triggers it or what...

[Tobal]

Not much happened till Sunday, we did Kirin again and i got the Shura Body drop on a Freelot, just need 8 million for cursed togi now _, thinking of selling my Haubie after the 60cap CoP missions to finally finish of alchemy to 60 from 50 something(not that I need that kind of money for something like but I like having a few million spare to not worry about buying supplies). Need to get some kind of fund rolling.

Finished Sunday off with a exp party for which again I spent 30 mins as a tank while the ninja went afk with hay fever, and got 2 merits, need 10 more to finish of TP store, 9 for Mediate, 3 for G.k. and 13 for Critical rate? 350,000 exp to go.

Hopefully we?ll get chapter5 finished tonight

[Tobal]

double freaking post

[Darwock]

Why not trade the flower again?

Either that or its gambling, only other route is not good needs a a number of people, 3 jars of firesand, some luck and plenty of reraise ^^

I can't gamble, I am doing the ENM regularly to get as much xp as I can so my next option to do that is not until wednesday I think.

I just have a feeling the snow lily is a once off, it seems that way from the fact each quest has a different item.. regardless I guess I'll be spending the early part of tonight in the northlands (trying either for a lens or a lily)

[djtickle]

Now the world cup is over for us :/ we sorting out the BCNM 60 after you guys do CoP? Im good for any day this week, but I go on my hols on Sunday for 2 weeks!

Im hopin to be ready for the Bowyer ring quest tonite also.

I hope we can get 1 or both done before sunday! Might be a big ask but heres hopin!

[Darwock]

Any night this week works for both me & Bevan for the BCNM60. Can I assume the same applies to you DJ? Doh, yes I can since you said so, lol.

Tobal, Wedge.. what about you.

[mikewl]

I won't be able to make it tonight, I injured myself last week and will be resting tonight.

[Tsingtao]

Ok another abort, I'm not free again I don't think until next Thursday.

Suggest we drop it and come back when folks are ready.