February 2, 2005

I've been sort of levelling all of my lower level jobs to pass the time as I collected zinc ores. I needed them to get enough Norg fame to get the Utsusemi quest. Now that that is done, I've leveled my Ninja to 18. I had to stop there and level my subjob, Warrior. Let me tell you, being a tank is hard if you're party doesn't know what they are doing. I've never really minded sub-par parties before, because I was just a Damage Dealer and I still gained experience, but as a tank, if you are in a sub-par party, you end up dying, and that sucks. The End.

January 17, 2005

This weekend, I went and got Bard and Beastmaster. They were both very easy; I did the Bard quest by myself, and had Thiamor, a member of my LS, help me to finish the Beastmaster quest quickly so that I didn't have to wait for the next game day.
Yesterday, Ryujincu, Thiamor, Erador, Spectralcat and myself went and fought the Sand'Orian dragon, succesfully this time. We put the dragon to sleep and pounded the spotter, than we had our Warrior and Monk use their two hour abilities on the dragon. He got us all to about 150 hp, but we beat him nonetheless. Hello, rank 3!

January 13, 2005

All I have been doing are flag quests, really. I leveled Ninja to 10 so that I could use dual-wield, but besides that, no levelling on purpose (more on that later).
Soon after getting Ninja, I went and got the Ranger quest. What the quest requires is simple, but the execution of the last part was sort of tricky. I had to go watch an Old Sabertooth die naturally, and pick up the bones. It won't attack you, but the other tigers around him will. Here's the rub, to get the Old Sabertooth to spawn, you have to check a pile of bones, which can only be done after getting off of your chocobo, allowing you to be attacked. I had a member of my Linkshell, Ootonyoo, come along and help with the tigers. It was cool, because we were both Thieves, so no matter who the tiger faced, we could still pull off a Fuidama (Sneak Attack + Trick Attack). I got Ranger, but have not played as it.
In Bastok, I got the Dark Knight quest. They gave me a weak-ass sword called the Chaosbringer that does 3 damage and has a delay of 666 (both of those are horrible.) I had to kill 100 things using that sword, but it can only be equipped by a Warrior or a Dark Knight. Seeing as how you would not have Dark Knight if you are undertaking this task, only a Warrior can equip it. My Warrior never been used, so it was a long 100 enemies. During my massacre, I leveled my Warrior to 5 without even meaning to. After a ride to Beadeaux, I was flagged to change to Dark Knight.
Spectralcat wanted to see if he could solo on of the NMs for the Samurai quest. Cadmiel, Ryujincu and I (all members of TheForgotten) went to watch, and jump in if he couldn't do it by himself. He wooped that bomb so bad it hurt me. I took a victory shot.

January 9, 2005

After much leveling in Yuhtunga Jungle, and later, Yhoator Jungle, I finally reached level 30. Man, do I look sexy in my Noct stuff! Anyway, I went back home to Bastok to get the ninja quest, something I have been looking foreward to for quite some time. Spectralcat, a level 52 Redmage from my linkshell, TheForgotten, showed me and a fellow Forgotten, Ryujincu, the way to Korroloka Tunnel, and to the Korroloka Leaches, and finally, to Norg. We definitely could not have done it without him. I am now a level 5 Ninja/ 2 Redmage. I'm thinking about doing the ranger quest soon; it looks really easy.

December 29, 2004

I finally got all of me chest keys from Palborough Mines, Giddeus, and Fort Ghelsba! I traded them in and got my airship pass for Kazham. Kazham is really neat; the music is nice and it's really small, so everything you need it right next to eachother, sort of like Bastok Markets. Beware, you can only get a map of the area (Elshimo) in a building in Jueno; don't make the mistake I made and go to Kazham, go back, get the map, and go to Kazham again. I haven't level my Thief in a while. Everyone's been busy with all the holiday events, myself included!

December 21, 2004

I've been leveling in Qufim Island for a few days. I was a little hesitant to go; when I got my monk to 20, I headed out there just to end up waiting hours for a party that never happened anyway. This time was quite different. With the proper subjob set, I got multiple invites before I even got to Qufim. I have monk as a subjob, so I can use boost. That followed by sneak attack followed by a weapon skill allows me to do over 100 damage (sometimes 200) to the bad guys. I'm level a level 24 thief now, and I can't wait to get to 30. Once I'm there, I do the quests for advanced jobs (especially ninja). I really want ninja as a sub for my thief. It will give me dual-wield, which I am really psyched about. Also, at 30, I can get my Noct gear. Okay, 'til next time!

December 14, 2004

It's the holidays in Vana'Diel! All of the major countries have decorated themselves, and yours truly has taken some pictures.

Today, I made the long trek from Windhurst to San D'oria. On the way from Selbina to Ronfaure, I was caught unprepared by a ghost, killed, and downleveled to 19. Luckily, my level 62 whitemage friend, MizWiz, was right there. Not only did she raise me, she took me into Jugner Forest and power-leveled me for a while. I was soloing extremely hard monsters that I had never seen before because they were focusing all their hate on her, so it was very easy to pull off Trick Attacks. I releveled, gained some extra exp, and went on my way.

On the way to San D'oria, I met my friend Bernar whom I met in my very first exp part. He said his linkshell was going to take on the Sandy dragon later this week, and that they would be sure to include me. So, I decided that I would level up my lower jobs until then. However, a group shouted for members to take on the dragon, and I jumped at the oppurtunity. I had one of my ls members, Spectralcat, join us. Once we got to the dragon, one of our members disconnected, and another couldn't go through the ring of fire, and he was doing the Sandy-first version of the quest. So we were thrust into the dragon fight with three members, and we were swiftly dealt with. I guess I'll just wait for Bernar.

December 13, 2004

So, today I finished the first half of the Windhurst-first version of The Emmisary, the 2-3 Rank Mission for Bastok. I had to go to Windhurst, which consisted of riding an airship from Selbina to Mhaura (on which I was brutally raped in one hit by a Sea Horror) and running from there to Windhurst. I got a sword offering from the Bastokan Consulate and switched it for a dull blade I was to give to the beastmen. That didn't make a difference anyway, as the Yagudo in Giddeus said it wouldn't suffice, and that he needed the Aspir Dagger from a notorious monster named Eyy. I was being attacked by about a billion (exaggeration) harder Yagudos, so a very nice Hume named Avent helped me out while I handled Eyy. I took the dagger to the Yagudo, he let me return, and the consulate told me to head to San D'oria.

Main Weapon: Cougar Baghnakhs
Ranged Weapon: Flame Boomerang
Head: Bronze Circlet
Body: Bone Harness
Neck: Justice Badge
Ear 1: Shell Earing
Ear 2: Onyx Earing
Hands: Bone Mittens
Finger 1:Amethyst Ring
Finger 2: Bastokan Ring 
Back: Lizard Mantle
Legs: Lizard Trousers