Level up!
During my time at work I usually read on forums and at home I read linkshell chatter about people leveling up all the time. I'm still a little burned out from all the exp. That and the events that I do and the random NMs that I camp with my pet linkshell.
For awhile the pet linkshell was able to kill the shikigami weapon and keep the ToD for weeks. Unfortuently I saw 2 robes drop and they didn't go to me. Overall my linkshell got about 4 robes while I was active in the linkshell. At the moment I believe that only two (including myself) or more summoners need the robe, but we lost the ToD. Update: Two nights ago (5/21/08) I went to camp Shikigami Weapon. I didn't have the ToD but the linkshell killed it on Monday so I assumed from the popping time when the closest window would be. Waited around for about 30-40min then it popped, we got claim but no drop.
Ugh.
Last night was terrible. Of course there were the same campers from last night there. It popped on the second floor which was good since there wasn't any of their people there but our mage that was up there missed the magic aggro as it ran by. I was following it according to my widescan but I was NIN/BST, so I was waiting until someone else popped it. Well one of the other groups got it to pop and everyone tossed whatever ability they had to claim it. I tried to take out my weapons but it was claimed.
Rant on:
The group that claimed it was WHM WHM SMN RDM RDM BLU or something to the just of that. They had no tank and couldn't even hold the hate. My attempt to claim it with charm actually made me get hate, so time to time it would try to hit me. Overall, their fight took 15+ minutes only to get it down to 65%. I don't understand why they planned on coming as a mage to a magic aggroing zone. They were aggroing everything and just kept sleeping them.. even the NM! Eventually they were overwhelm and died. But they kept reraising and raising and trying again yet to die to the same reason they died last time. Finally we were able to take enough hate (through Counterstance + Boost) to make it turn yellow. Claimed, defeated it, no drop. What sucks right now is that window is open NOW and I'm here at work.
Rant off.
So ya, when I am not working at work I am reading blogs and post and making guides for myself about FFXI. I'm a little overwhelmed with my schedule. Work, assaults, dynamis, 21-24h NMs. Ya it's not a lot when you think about it but meh. I use to level a lot right after I hit 75 red mage. That was my turning point. But I don't have that much time to exp burn like I would like to. I'm 6 jobs away from getting a Maat's cap (I don't have a big desire to gain it, I just like to beat up the old man from time to time). 63sam 63drg 60drk 52blm 40pld 39brd. Samurai and Dragoon are both in duo-parties but the schedule between the other person and I aren't consistant. So I just sit online and do nothing because I can't level. I suppose I should break the groups so my disire to level can be forfilled.
That's pretty much has been going on with me in the last month. At the moment I am trying to level my dark knight to 63 so more of my gear is shared which means less muling.