Dynamis-Jeuno Interloper

I haven't written in here in quite a long time. I just have been busy and the mood hasn't struck me to blog. A lot has happened in the past few months. Me and Vaulout both beat Maat! It was so incredible!!!!! I went in totally prepared this time, brought plenty of potions, used bat earrings, blinding potions, and hoped for the best. He even called me a wipper snapper. o.O

So since me and Vaulout were in WickedClownz LS, I know we both haven't felt like we have "belonged". Don't get me wrong, the people in the shell are nice, and I totally love Durandel. But something just didn't seem right. For the past few months, Thadin has been telling us to talk to the leader of Rockage and see if we could get in. Now, they are an HNM LS and at first, I was a little skeptical about asking to join. I'm not into all of that endgame stuff; I am still enjoying my time leveling leisurely and just going at my own pace. But again, something felt like it was missing. So last week, I sent a /tell to Vizzini and told him I had heard about the ls from a friend and I was interested in giving them a shot. He gave me quite an interesting interview. He asked me all sorts of questions, regarding where I stand playing this game, what's important to me, etc. The interview went great, and he let me in. Vaul was let in shortly after me. We even did a Dynamis the first night we were in, and let me tell you how much fun that was!!!!!!! It was the most incredible form of organized chaos anyone could experience. And things are just looking up. All of our friends are in this LS! Thadin, Varan, Moadib, Arci to name a few. It's like me and Vaul are "home".

But with this happiness comes some.... drama...To say the least. (Why is there always drama?) I don't know the whole story.. But back a few years ago, when Vaul was in OrderofJudgement with Tarrent and a bunch of others, things went sour. I think Tarr wanted to go off and try his own thing... And I guess a big fight ensued between him and Vizz. I am not going to post about stuff I don't know, so that's all I am leaving that at. Well word gets around, and people know that Vaul and I are in rockage now... and I guess people are unhappy. I was warned to watch my back.... o.O Pa-lease! I am sick of the petty bullshit drama. This is a fucking game. I will enjoy it the best way I can. All I know is that in rockage, I don't get ridiculed for not having access to sky(actually, though, they got us sky access within 4 days of being in the LS. That's right, Me and Vaul have SKY!!!). I don't get yelled at for not having a job to 75 yet. I don't get made fun of because my crafts are only lvl 50-ish, or I don't have +1 gear. I can't stand that "I am holier than thou" attitude that has sprung up these past few months on the server.

You know what I have to say about that?

Kiss. my. ass.

Rockage members are so so so so so nice. They are helpful also!!!! At this point, I now consider myself a noob again because there is still so much to learn about the game. Now that Vaul and I can do so much more, it's like we have to learn again. And I am ok with that. And I am happy we have a "family" that is willing to be patient with us. So if that means I have to watch my back??? psshhhaa!

I reassured to Vizz that I wasn't going anywhere; I am not a "loot-n-scoot" kind of player. I want to stick it out until the end and really show my gratitude to the linkshell.

We did Dynamis-Jeuno last night.... and we won! I got my 1st Flag! I am now a Dynamis-Jeuno Interloper! And even better, whm Cleric's Pantaloons Rare/Ex lvl 73 pants dropped... and I was allowed to lot - and I GOT THEM! I was literally jumping out of my chair! I thanked everyone so much after that, but then I felt guilty, because I have only been in the shell for less than a week. But Vizz said it was perfectly fine, that my soul now belonged to rockage. =P

Other than that, I think I am done blogging for now. Just wanted to give a nice update.

And continues the new chapter of mine and vaul's gaming life. =)

{Noble's Tunic} {Yes please}

So Vaul and I finally leveled on wednesday night. I am finally 68! Know what that means? Yup. I can wear my Noble's Tunic. It looks sooooo pretty on me, mot to mention the stats are just friggin LOVELY!

Noble’s Tunic
Level: 68
Def: 40 MP: 17
Adds "Refresh" Effect
Cure Potency: 10%
Jobs: WHM

I was drooling when I finally equipped it. Needless to say, I'm in an awesome mood. Like I said in the last post, I have moved on. On the side, Vaul and I are leveling other jobs, for the heck of it. Me on Corsair, and him on Bard. We are both liking them tremendously; so much in fact these might be our next jobs to 75. Anyway, ta ta!

Moving on.

I haven't posted on here in a while. Been really busy.
So having a static is great. I am very comfortable with these guys, and I even consider them friends. We just need a static refresher and we're set. Oh well.
My and Vaul are finally level 67, almost 68. We lost a lot of XP on Saturday due to the many deaths from dynamis. But that'll probably stop.... Because I left the linkshell.
[/sigh]

I've been wanting to leave for a while; ever since the merge, the hostility and lack of respect has sky-rocketed. Now don't get me wrong, a lot of good things came out of the merger. We met some wonderful people, and I would do anything to help them out. But after last night, I have had it with inconsiderate people.
Now Vaul said I over reacted and that I can never let things go. Well I am letting this go, for good. I'm done.

It started when one of the members was spouting off his BS (as he always does). He's a sack holder; so I thought this sort of behavior was uncalled for. The long and short of it is: he doesn't respect people. I don't know how the conversation started, but I was just chatting with others about the Sun breeze Festival. As cheesy as it is, I enjoy it because it's silly and fun. You get fireworks and you can go goldfish-scooping. So I was saying how I had taken my scoop out of storage and was excited to start scooping again. Well, he went off about how stupid it is. So I replied with "That's your opinion". He continued with "No, it's a fact. It is pointless." I basically let it go... And continued to do what I was doing. Then one of the other members was complaining about merit points, and that you can't get anything after 75, etc. (He's notorious for complaining about everything) and that he'd probably quit at 75. Well, the sack-holder member (as you can see, I am leaving out names) went on to say that endgame was the best and that the only reason to play the game is to get to endgame. Well I said that I didn't even have sky access and had no interest in endgame. He went on to say that I will not go far in the game and that I should just quit now. So I said, "well, I'm having fun" and he said "your idea of fun is flawed. That is not the way you play the game." I said "Who are you to tell me how I have fun? It's a video game, I play to hang out with my friends and talk and just shoot the shit" and again he said "That's not how you're supposed to play the game. You aren't experiencing the real meaning of the game. You should just quit now because you will never amount to anything." Well that really pissed me off. (at the same time, others are arguing with him). I said "I am very happy with the progress I have made in the game. What I do is what I consider fun. What you do is what you consider fun, so let's leave it at that." And he goes on about how much he has accomplished and the goal of a game is to beat it. And other people said that you can't beat Final Fantasy. He begged to differ that you can indeed beat it. I said "There are different views on what people consider 'beating the game'. Some may think it's getting high level in crafting. Others may think it's getting rank 10 in all nations. Others may think it's endgame. It's all an opinion." and he goes "It's not opinion, its fact. You don't play the correct way." Blah blah blah. At one point he even went on to say that I need to experience real life and what am I hiding from that I have to play a video game? o.O Are you kidding me?????? WHY IS HE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME THEN???? I have nothing to hide. I play for fun. I don't have to justify myself to anyone.

And it went on like that. I probably should have just ignored him, but I was so pissed off because how he had no regard for other people in the linkshell. I said that he had to get off his high horse, that his opinion was just that : his and no one else's and he had no rite to determine how any individual has fun.

This wasn't the first time he has disrupted the linkshell. A few weeks ago, he went on about how all PC users are cheaters. I asked "how is that so?" and he said "Because you all use windowers." And I said "no, actually I don't use a windower." and he said "Yes you do, you're a PC user." I just unequipped shell at that point.

But last night was more than I could take. Should I have argued with him publicly in the shell? Probably not. But I didn't feel he had the rite to say the things he did, so I guess I basically went out with a bang. After the conversation, I told Vaul that I was dropping my pearl and moving on.
I told a few of my friends, and I think they may be moving on as well. I don't need people like that. I am sad. I have been with most of these people for over a year now. Trusts have been built and friendships have been made. But there are a few sour apples in the bunch that are really ruining the experience. I don't need stress from a video game... Isn't that an oxy moron? Stress from a video game? What the hell?? Oh well. One closed chapter in FFXI for me. Time to open a new one.

Static {All right!}

Well I must say out little static is working out quite nicely. I believe we filled the last 3 spots in it, and I am quite pleased. We all seem to have the same schedules, and our fighting styles mesh together very well. Even when there are deaths (which are expected) things still run smoothly. And the best thing is I like how considerate everyone is about everyone else. Last night we were playing and I started to just feel awful, but I didn't to just disband the party (only had been at it about 2 hours), but everyone was ok with us leaving earlier than normal; I was able to stick around for at least our Drk to level, and he was very appreciative of that. =) This makes the game fun. It's not about getting experience points and leveling; it's how you get there. The journey is what makes it so worth while. For that I am thankful, and enjoying this game muchly. =)

It's been a while since I have written in here, so I decided it's time for an update. Nothing major has been going on, except experience points parties. Vaul and I are finally level 63. Our mission to 65 is close and we'll finally be able to do Dynamis. Been having fun with our static. It's really nice having one, because we all have kinda the same schedules so when we want to party, it's likely. Anyway, gotta go. Been really busy. Bye!

Been a busy week. Vaulout and I did our first BEseiged on Friday - and man was it fun. A little laggy, but it was still pretty cool. On Saturday, we finished up on all the Al Zhabi Missions (up until assault anyway) so now we can gain xp in Beseiged. We've been leveling like crazy. I'm level 61 now, he's almost level 62. We'll be playing tonight, so most likely we'll level again. It's so cool being high up there in the levels. I feel now I can finally help with stuff. Ok, not much more to talk about. Byes!

{/slap} {Do you need it?}

/rant on

This is from a party experience from 2 nights ago. I had to just get this out.

We had just gotten to Gustav Tunnel with the entire party. We buff up and start killing gobs and crabs. Things are going ok, then I get a tell to raise someone. I tell them to hold on, in the middle of a chain. Well, we happened to get 2 adds, on chain #3 and chain #5. (everything still went well). While killing the #5 add, I get another tell, from the same person asking for a Raise. I said "Please wait, I am in the middle of an active chain".

Finally, we finish and I tell party what's going on. Unfortunately, 2 are JP so it was a little difficult translating to them. I sneak and invis myself and head to the position. Well, on the way to the position, I get a tell from a different person asking for a raise. I ask them if they are with the 1st person that sent me the tell - they said yes. I said I was on my way.

I get there, 3 dead bodies. All /anon. They were at least 60+ because everyone had AF gear. I Raise I the rdm, who then gets aggro from a bat instantly. (he proceeds to slowly kill it) I sit and heal, then raise the next person. At this point, my party is pretty pissed because it's taking so long. I finally raise the 3rd person. Then, in say chat, I say {Reraise} {item}s {Do you have it?} They all say no. I say "Well you should consider getting them, this is very inconvenient for my party". Well one of them says to me "Sorry your highness".

o.O WTF?!?!?!

With that, I left and returned to my party... pretty miffed off because they were so rude and I had to drop what I was doing to go raise them.

Well, about a half hour after my return, one of the members that I raised decides to hang out around our party. He started following our puller, and claiming mobs before him, and then brought them back to our camp and kills stuff in front of us! And he did this - for about an hour!!!!! It was so friggin' annoying!! I use as many chat filters as possible, to cut down on lag, but all the commotion/sound/animation that this individual was causing with his mob was more than my computer wanted to handle. So I had constant lag the entire time he decided to piss off my party. Eventually, everyone in the party told him to leave. He didn't. So we moved our camp to another part of Gustav tunnel.

15 minutes later... he's back. WTF!??!?!

I'm not mentioning names, but you know who you are. One thing that is disappointing is that he is in a LS that is pretty well known, and one of our best friends is in that LS and I find that very disheartening.

Seriously, grow the hell up. It's your own damn fault for not bringing a reraise item with you, and not having a whm as well. You have no rite to disrupt my party time for your ignorance.

/rant off


Last night's party, however, was quite lovely. We've been doing a static. Me (whm/blm), Vaulout (nin/war), Thadin (blm/smn) and Forbiden (war/nin). And then we just find a refresher and another mellee. Things have been going very well. I understand how the players do their jobs now, and I know what to expect. It's hardly ever stressful - and actually quite fun.

I was worried that I would soon become bored with whm, like Vaul did. But I still really like it. It's such an awesome job, and I like when things go well. Ok...post over. Have a nice day.

Woot

I got level 58 last night!!!!!! So you know what that means!!! I get to wear my Healer's Briault!!! I love it! I now look like a whitemage. I'm so excited, because while this is my highest job, I am enjoying it imensely and I can't wait to continue leveling so I can explore even more areas with Vaulout. Woo hoo! {All right!}

{Healer's Briault} {All right!}

Had busy sessions on friday and sunday. Friday we attempted Beseiged, but the server got so conjested that we got booted off and couldn't get back on. How interesting. Oh well. Sunday we partied pretty early in the day. Vaulout was able to get to level 58, I am very close to 58 - maybe about 6k or so. After our party, we went to Fe'Yin to get my Healer's Briault. Omg, we totally owned that {Bastard Sword}! Only 4 of us. Read that - F-O-U-R of us pwned it! Me 57whm/blm, Jecien(Vaulout's other char)73nin/war, Tarrent 75nin/war, and Sayt rdm/whm63. Noone died. Noone even came close to dying. It was an awesome battle, and I am now the proud owner of a Healer's Briault. I just can't wait to level now!

So tonight, we have a party planned. So far, it's Me, Vaulout, and Thadin (blm/smn). Just need 3 others. Mmmm 58 {Can I have it?}

{Raise} II {Do you need it?}

Been a pretty busy week of leveling. Going to make this short because I have some things to do. I'm finally at level 56, and I have learned Raise II. Mmm I can't wait to try it out. It was such a great feeling getting to level 56 with Vaulout - This is now my highest job and I finally don't feel like a noob. =) Haven't done much with AF. Vaulout logged in on my char the other night and he got me my Garlaige coffer key, so it's just a matter of grabbing a few people to get my coffer chest. Sandy is in 1st place right now, so I finished up on some OP supplies quests that I hadn't yet done. Other than that, just been leveling. See ya.

On my way to Full AF

Well yesterday was a very busy day! When I logged in, we got started fast. First, we headed to Sea serpent Grotto to get Vaulout his ninja AF boots. Man that took forever! A coffer key just would not drop! Plus the people we were with... [sigh]. a Few kept getting aggro, so that sucks. Hmmm every hear of sneak oils??? Eventually, after about 2 hours of killing stuff, he got the key, and very shortly found the coffer. Woo hoo for him! So we get back to Jeuno, I change to PLD and we head to The Necropolis. That was an ordeal because so many people wanted to help... and everyone was in random places, so Vaul and I had to play switch-door operator for a time being.. and then finding out we had to go to Xarcabard to enter The Necropolis from a different section of Batillia Downs wasn't on the highlight of my favorite things to do. But we get there, and I get my coffer within a few minutes. Back to Jeuno. Talked to all the NPCs, then we headed to Castle Zahvl Baileys and we kill Darkspark... who also killed me and Vaulout. Ugh I hate Self Destruct! After that, we were going to try and get me mission 6-2, but it turned out I have to do 6-1 first (so much for skipping the boring ones) but Vaulout was on 6-1 so we attempted to that. Well a SMN75 and 2 level 54's just couldn't take on those skeletons. Oh well, another place and time I guess.
All in all it was a very busy night. I can FINALLY get my coffers for WHM because I finished PLD. That is my main thing now. So now there is nothing standing in my way. Ok, until another time. Happy healing!

This, That, and Thensome...

Yesterday was incredible!! Anything that could be done was done. And it's thanks to Thadin (one of my friends from linkshell). I logged in and asked him about what I needed for G2 (limit breaK) and he told me he would take me. Well, while in Xcarbard, we met up with more people who were also working on it, so we allied up with them and finished within 40 minutes! It was so cool! Plus, since we were there, he offered to take me to Fei'Yin so I could get my Teleport-Vazhl scroll. (I mean come on, I am a lvl 54 whm without the spell..) so we went, killed bats and shadows, I got my key and then found my treasure chest. Woot!!!

We got back to Jeuno, and getting a party was a lil bit tiresome. People weren't responding to tells and whatnot. Eventually we got a hold of this bard and started to form a party. We all headed to Kuftal and mutilated crabs. Everyone leveled at least once. I think we did about 8k within an hour, then exp started to slow down a little bit. Our party was awesome. Every single person! I'm going to try and remember their names. Vaulout (my fiance), Thadin, Into, Caid, Taylore, and me. Everyone did their jobs very well. There was hardly any downtime (except for some unneeded aggro from a haunt). All in all it was so fun. Me and Vaul both got lvl 54, so tonight I think we're doing some AF. Thadin offered to take me to finish my PLD hands quest (because I can't start WHM until the PLD one is finished). Woot! Ok bye bye!

And the leveling continues...

Well let's see. Been pretty busy this past week. On sunday, me and my fiance ran all over Vana'diel. I was able to get my AF boots (Woo hoo) and we leveled in Kuftal Tunnel. That was the best party ever. It was just a lot of fun, the members of the party got along great and we all leveled once (if not twice!).
Last night we partied again, both obtained level 53. This is officially my highest job now. It's an incredible feeling, to really really enjoy a job. I thought I liked Paladin... but I LOVE White Mage. Now the unfortunate thing is that I have my AF Hands quest flagged for PLD. So I have to get the damn coffer out of The Necropolis, kill Dark Spark... go back, get my gloves for PLD, and then flag the quest yet again for WHM and do it all over!!!!!!!! Argh!!!
Hopefully we'll level again tonight. AF can be put off for a few more levels. I hope to have most of my gear by level 58. Ok, bye bye!

So we got rank 6 yesterday!!!! (We being me and Kanex)

It took a long-ass time to get to the Throne Room, but man, was it fun getting there. Let me tell you how fun it is to get aggro by everything, when you're only a level 50 whm. [sigh] Nothing I could do really, the leader of LS really wanted me to get Shadow Lord done, and I wasn't going to argue (heck, it's really nice when people are forcing you to get missions done) But yeah, wouldn't you know it was the damn quads that kept aggroing me, and the demons that kept aggroing the sam65. Oh well. Once we got to the Throne Room, we found out our 75nin wasn't able to get in - he forgot to talk to someone about going, so he didn't get a cutscene.. and we attempted to kill SL without a tank. The other 72whm was doing a good job, and I was doing ok, until SL one-shotted me and I dropped like a bag of potatoes. Oh well.. so by the time we were all raised (i had RR up), the tank returned, with more help and we got in and totally owned that {Bastard Sword}. SO woot! I got rank 6! And it feels damn nice. My fiancee is rank 6, so now I'm right there with him. And it's nice to have a little 6 next to my name. [/smile]

Okkies, that's it for now. Maybe we can level tonight. Level 51 {Can I have it?}

Yesterday was uber nice. When I logged on, the leader of my linkshell tells me that we're doing 5-1 for me and another member. I'm thinking 'woo hoo', but at the same time, slightly dissapointed because I really wanted to level my whm. Oh well, so we get all situated to head to Fei'Yin. The run only took an hour tops, from starting in Jueno, through the teles, the walking through the glacier and past all the dumb skeletons.

Killing that skeleton was easy as pie. Now, when I attempted 5-1 a few months ago with random people, it did not go so well. I was dealing with noobs and they had no idea what they were doing, not to mention the whm didn't know how to benediction (I was on my pld at the time) so it ended horribly and I went home without 5-1. But last night was different. Everything went smoothly and noone died and we got 5-1. Yay us!

Afterwards, Vaulout (my fiance) and I wanted to level. Ugh! Ok, first of all, i HATE hate hate those bastards that have their flags up, and when you ask them to party, they say "no JP onry". Well fuck you too. So we were left with .... the ones that weren't invited to party. I got invited by a drk that shouldn;t have been leader. She kept asking us who to invite, what to do, how to do it, etc etc etc........And the thf I partied with a few nights ago was bugging me to party (he SUCKED) but I felt bad so I said to invite him. We only get 5 people in the party; no refresher, so I bring loads of cookies. We decided to go to GC and chain on bats, because they go down fast. Things were going ok......for a short while.. but everything started to suck. XP was getting slower and slower, the blm keps casting AM spells (god knows why) and stealing hate like it was his job to tank (my fiance is nin/war - and is a damn good one at that), and the thf could not SATA to save his life. It was pissing my fiance off, as well as myself because he keps SATAing when Usetsumi (spelling? o.O) wasn't up, so Vaulout would be getting ass raped.. so I would [Flash] to blind the lil buggers and he could get a damn ninja spell up, and then they little shitheads come over and try to make lunch outa me. And that's how it was the whole night. And we tried to explain to him how to do SATA.. and he didnt wanna hear it. Using excuses that he was tired and whatnot. We almost died at one point, bc he grabbed a link, but we were fine (after explaing 5 times to the blm that you can't sleep II bats (or sleep I for that matter) and I used benediction towards the end of the 1st fight. Barely got hate and I stayed alive, along with the rest of the party.

Ugh... we had agreed to leave in 30 minutes (after everyone was saying they were tired) and my fiance died at 126 tnl. yeah.... he was pissed. Because the thf SATA'd on him... and he wasnt ready for it. Ugh....


I hate noobs sometimes. I mean, at least take some criticism constructively. Now, I consider myself a pretty helpful person. I try to explain things to people so they understand what's going on. But when you start saying to my fiance "is she always like this?" and "Good luck to you man"... well that just pissed me off, because A) I was being nice; and B) I was trying to explain things clearly. Oh well, /blist added him and that's that.

First of many...

So I decided to get yet another blog thingie...(like I really need another thing to preoccupy myself at work....) Anywho, I figured this would be a blog for my Final Fantasy XI ramblings. Most of time when I post in my other normal blog, people have no clue what I'm talking about.

So this will be the place where I vent, rant and tell the occurrences of my Bismarck server life.

My character is Bellemithra... I am a mithra (duh), been playing for almost a year. My fiancee got my hooked....I belong to the linkshell ShadowAssassins. Maybe you've heard of them? Maybe not? I don't care. They are an awesome group of people and I consider them my friends.
I can be pretty opinionated and obnoxious at times, so consider this a warning. Especially after I've just finished a session of gaming (a session = 3-4 hours and lots of beer)

My main job used to be Paladin, it's at 52. After a few frustrating leveling sessions, I decided to try the magery classes to learn more about hate control. Now it's a toss up between Whitemage and Blackmage. Can't decide which I like better. WHM is at 48 and BLM is at 38.

Of course I had to jump on the bandwagon with everyone else and get the expansion.. Actually I preordered mine and picked it up the day it came out. Go Gamestop! After about 2 days of downloading the update (I have a very sloe connection) I finally got to experience Aht Urhgan. Pretty neat place.... If you wanna get ass raped by a buncha fleas! Got the new jobs. Not sure if I like them or not - I think I'll wait until the commotion dies down and there aren't about 78 PUP / COR / BLU all lfp in the dunes. Anyway, that's it for now. Have a nice night and happy gaming!