Final Fantasy XI Then...

[Darwock]

I think it's more the other way round, I'll be tagging along when you go to kill the NM. There aren't many reasons for people to want to go in there you see.
We've been needing to get Grimm through it for a while but that requires a full party with a thief to open the locked door.

[djtickle]

Oh, sorry i miss understood thought u guys were heading down there.

Well im up for it (if you hadnt guessed) whenever we can.

[Tsingtao]

A sacrarium farming session is definitely in order, got to get the map and in addtion after THF subligar and WHM and RDM if no one else is interested in them. Speed belt would be nice as well...

In order I'd say I'm after
1) Map
2) THF Subligar
3) Speed Belt
4) WHM/SMN Subligar
5) RDM Subligar

Farming in there is massively more easy than the Aquaducts. Ouryu didn't prove that bad for us, though I think for once it played to PLD strengths.

[Tobal]

More Chocobo rising information released by SE today, looks like there for 4 breeds, at least 4 colours (yellow, Blue, Red, Black) and the ability to call them (with cool down like NPC signal pearl), you could end up with a chocobo that runs faster, last longer or dig?s better!!

[Darwock]

- and can hopefully be used in zones on the other side of dungeons (like Beaucedine/Xarcabard).. but I suspect they will be Aht Urgan only. The stables there are yet to open...

[C']

I like the "call your chocobo anywhere/anytime" bit closely suffixed with 'zones where you can already use chocobos' (so not anywhere) and it's an enchant item with a timer (so not anytime).

[Tsingtao]

Ok I've found a new BC I want to try

Qu'Bia Arena BCNM 30 - Die by the Sword

Its against 3 weapons, they can only be hurt by the weapon above them and they change after TP moves during the fight. I reckon this is a PLD - WAR - RDM job. Everyone would need polearm, sword and club capped for the BC. Magic damage has no effect, some nice drops in there Mannequin parts the level 30 earrings and Utsusemi:Ni and Erase.

[Darwock]

Maintenance tonight. No idea how to tell if this is a servers off job or not.

DJ, I'll be taking a peek into the aqueducts later to see if my NM is up, so if you want to try and get a group for the minotaur tonight it might work out nicely

[C']

I'll help with Mahisha.

However there's an NM I'm interested in too which is on a 21 hour timer. I've logged out at his spawn point but hopefully it will be a case of kill NM (if he appears on a reset) Mijin Gakure then OP to Tavnazia.

[Darwock]

Cheers rare, but don't do anything hasty, let me see if he's there first. I'm in Bastok.. I think maintenance starts at 8 so I might go on now and start making moves.

[djtickle]

Yep im up for that cheers D Just need to grab some lvl40 equip and im ready!

Tsing any type of war/??? your after im up for some BC action got nearley 150 seals now!?

[Kerushi]

maintenence ... enjoy the silence! I hope to be back on ffxi by august latest ... has ToA been released? not been watching the games market lately.

[Tsingtao]

Good to hear you're still alive Rush, looking forward to ahving you back mate ^^

And yes ToA is out and generally ace, go order a copy

[talizker]

I see from the LS message that CoP is not now on Thursday. Are we try and tie down a date on this, at least so I can be geared and at the zone before hand so I don't hold things up. I am good for any night this week (although after the football if tonight of course!).

[C']

My NM wasn?t there (nor was Mahisha). I?m going to go back to the spawn point at 7pm tonight to see if it pops then (21 hours after servers came back on).

Got another EXP party and again a new type of experience. This time we had BRD, RDM, RNG, SAM, THF and NIN. BRD would constantly pull Sea Puks and we?d kill as quickly as possible. I still had overall tanking responsibility in this PT (as opposed to the sky party where hate went to whoever used the WS) which meant no to Haubergeon use but instead switched to Ninja Chainmail and went for speed of attacks. I did try Scorpion Harness at the start but the kills were so quick that the evasion was useless and because the puks were Very Tough, Accuracy+20 and sushi was enough.

My only concern is that my last 2 parties I have not been using ninjutsu debuffs (by the time casting is done on all 4) the mob is half dead already. I?m eager to just have a good old fashioned, camp, pull, debuff, tank, kill, party.