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[djtickle]

Looking forward to Bastok 9-1 tonite, if we have time would like to push on to 9-2.

Im going to be ready at the camp we used last time for 8:30 but need a ten min afk at 8:50.

Also have Dynamis Sandy on Tuesday which is my last town before towns clear! w00t.

My CoP LS is pushing on to CoP 4-2 on Saturday if anyone needs it also and wants to join.

I beleive Voting is up for me at A&D, so if your a member it would be good if you could throw vote my way ^^

After tonite going to push 74 hard as I think thats my main problem for getting in A&D.

[mikewl]

Not a bad weekend.

Finally hit level 74 Bst last night after a long day of fighting (more like watching others) gods.

Also ended up with:

Suzaku's Scythe

and

Adaman Celata

Missed out on a Hecatomb Feet which was all mine until the above scythe free dropped to me and filled up the only space I had in my inventory, was a bit annoyed about that, ended up going to someone who already had it.

[djtickle]

Awsome matey, i want that Adaman gear BAD! lolz Grats.

Unlucky about the feet!

http://djtickle.blogspot.com/

[talizker]

I'm looking forward to tonight. Hope we can get a good LS turnout for Bastok 9-1. I need to get to the zone so a 9pm pop will be fine with me DJ.

Wedge, will you be staying on tonight after helping with the mission? Maybe you will be able to assist with the Pots in Sky again.

[dataDave]

Does anyone fancy doing a BCNM? I have no gil after exhausting it all away on cooking. Level 30 cooking btw.

[mikewl]

I'm looking forward to tonight. Hope we can get a good LS turnout for Bastok 9-1. I need to get to the zone so a 9pm pop will be fine with me DJ.

Wedge, will you be staying on tonight after helping with the mission? Maybe you will be able to assist with the Pots in Sky again.

I should be able to Tal.

[Daragon]

Hey Dj, is your CoP thing a static? I realise its the same mission LS as the one I'm already in, but that not everyone is up to the mission. I'd be more than happy to help out with your Ouryu/Sacrarium runs so then we can move onto Promyvion-Vahzl, which is where I'm at ^_^

[djtickle]

Nope its not a static Dara, the mission is open to everybody and we do multiple runs on the night if needed. If you could help out with Ouryu and Sacrarium that would be ace as i beleive that Blm PWN on Ouryu. Plus having the help of a experienced member is cool. Its always a late start though as its a EST shell. Saturday 11pm UK is the 4-2 run.

As with the last mission we had 2 members short so we shouted in jeuno and got the members and then they joined the LS so the shell is growing more and more, think a website is going to be started for it soon as they still have members needing promies. Everyone just seems to help everyone no matter what part they are on.

Wedge were are you up to in CoP btw? Would you like to join the Shell?

[C']

Me, Moot and Apa could have been interested but if your strategy is simply have some BLM manaburn him to death I don?t think we?d go. Not really our style.

I'd like to actually feel I've contributed to a mission when I clear it.

[Daragon]

Nope its not a static Dara, the mission is open to everybody and we do multiple runs on the night if needed. If you could help out with Ouryu and Sacrarium that would be ace as i beleive that Blms PWN on Ouryu. Plus having the help of a experienced member is cool. Its always a late start though as its a EST shell. Saturday 11pm is the 4-2 run.

As with the last mission we had 2 members short so we shouted in jeuno and got the members and then they joined the LS so the shell is growing more and more, think a website is going to be started for it soon as they still have members needing promies. Everyone just seems to help everyone no matter what part they are on.

Wedge were are you up to in CoP btw? Would you like to join the Shell?

I have very strong doubts that you'll manage more than one shot at most of these later missions in one evening. Sacrarium will take you a GOOD number of hours to clear each time - you'd need to start early in the day GMT to get multiple clears of that in a day. I've already done the whole "up until 4-5am" thing, it takes alot out of you

[djtickle]

No that wasnt my point Rare, i have not done much reading up on the mission yet but what i have read is that its good to have a blm in the grp im completely open to stratagies on beating the drg.

If you 3 could come along and help us out that would be excellent.

I have very strong doubts that you'll manage more than one shot at most of these later missions in one evening. Sacrarium will take you a GOOD number of hours to clear each time - you'd need to start early in the day GMT to get multiple clears of that in a day. I've already done the whole "up until 4-5am" thing, it takes alot out of you

Yeah thats the only problem with the shell mate theres not very many EU members :/ I have found myself up to 3-4 am most times I have done most missions with them. But as im a DD im not always needed for the re-runs and with it being prime day for them they dont mind if i drop 2-3 runs later as long as they have the members for everyone to complete. As jobs needed mostley are Tank, Healer etc.

The only mission though we have come across re-runs for is the Mammets one. But there is alot of interest in 4-2 so it might happen with this one. But if we can make 2 complete grps or 3 complete grps then re-runs are not needed. All depends on who turns up on the night.

Its a very laid back easy going shell.

[Daragon]

Me, Moot and Apa could have been interested but if your strategy is simply have some BLM manaburn him to death I don?t think we?d go. Not really our style.

I'd like to actually feel I've contributed to a mission when I clear it.

I wouldn't worry about that rare, since the manaburn nerf, additional blms would be near enough ineffective, or at the very least not worth bringing along more than one. I'd be willing to bet that Ouryu now has an epic sized magic resistance buff - I've been constantly hitting for only 2 figure damage with tier 4 spells against gods since then, and its not through lack of elemental magic or m.attack+

[djtickle]

Just to clear things up i never intended for it to sound like multiple blms manaburning him to death. If it did im affriad i have wrote it down wrong. Just to have 1 blm in the party.

[C']

Ok, confession time. I?ve kept this quiet for the last 2 weeks (although Moot knows) but I have actually ?beaten? Ouryu. When I was looking at joining a HNMLS the one in question focuses a lot on Sea so it was thought to be useful to get me through CoP as soon as possible.

Obviously I was at 4-2 (Ouryu) so that is where they started helping me. They went in with 4 BLM and myself and basically had 3 rounds of Freeze to kill it easily with Sleep cast in between.

The fact that a mission that is designed to challenge can be beaten in such a way is quite poor design, but worse still was the fact that I took part and beat it like this. I was so dejected that I literally didn?t log in for 3 days. I?ve not progressed CoP at all from this point, another couple of cutscenes and I would have Sacrarium access but I refuse to get that until Me, Moot, Apa and whoever else joins us have beaten it in a ?traditional? way as we planned to.

Mission linkshells seem to be focussed on the path of least resistance (as they need to clear it multiple times) which is why I strongly suspect the eventual strategy employed will be 3 or 4 BLM with the other spots filled with people who need it clearing. I fully respect that they have to work with what is best for many people, and whilst I?d love to get Sea (some top pieces of equip I need from there) I have to feel I?ve earned my way there.

That is why I have been keen to get Kuponut through CoP (and my manic attempts to clear Promyvion for him). At least that way I?d have a LS WHM at the same point of CoP as us and hopefully we can progress.

P.S. ? pretty sure my plans to join said HNMLS have no hit a dead end because of the way I decided against quick CoP progress

[djtickle]

I had no idea that you (Rare), moot and apa were up to that point in CoP. The shell im in has no intention of clearing that BC (multiple blm) in that way. I can asure this as im organising the run for it. So if you guys wish to join and dont mind a couple of late ones every now and again your very welcome.

There has never been a "quick clear" for any of the missions we have done infact.