Drive-by Update!
It's finals week and I'm busy as hell, but I felt I should at least do a quick drive-by update!
My various statics have been eating up a lot of my time, as well as the end-of-the-semester rush. I still enjoy Salvage, though. :3 The duplication trick was nice while it lasted, though we only got to try it for like two weeks before they fixed it, and we never actually duped any drops with it. To be honest though, I must confess that my life has gotten a lot easier afterwards. Keeping track of cells was so complicated with duping, and it gave me a headache. :( Now, though, Salvage is once again the most fun event for me! :D
I died because of a lack of magery in my little solo party...
We've started to do better, and although some may argue my group is still not very effecient (I hear of other groups who hit a metric ton of NMs + Mega Boss, supposedly without duping), I'm happy with our speed. It works well for the lotting system we have set up. We've started to expand our boss kills beyond just Long-Bowed Chariot, since lately we've had no problems going 10/10 on the gears (unless it's fucking wind weather), which - as most people who has ever done Salvage will know - reduces Homing Missile to nothing, and produces the following reaction:
So it was time to expand our horizons. We have now both killed Armored and Battleclad Chariot with no problems. Long-Armed Chariot proved to be a greater challenge, as our only try so far resulted in a lot of death and a subsequent time-out at 11%, but I'm confident that we can do it within another try or two. :)
Dynamis has kept rolling, though the last couple of weeks I've been unable to attend a lot due to RL obligations and such. :( We did down DynamisLord a couple more times, though. Amitlu recently implemented a new lotting tier, based on attendance. It will no longer go Wearable > 70 > 60, etc, but start with people with 50% attendance over the past month's runs, then go to wearable. The attendance points and % is kept track of on our forums, and so far has worked really well. We've lost a few people and been unable to clear DynamisLord again since, but honestly, I think that's acceptable. We are once again allowed invitees, so now we can make sure that our dynamis-ers are not only able to go for other runs than northlands, but that they're okay with not lotting on the first tier if they don't show up. :D
I think we're up to our... actually, I don't know. 9th? 10th? 11th? Odin. We finally got an e body, if I recall correctly! :D It was swiftly followed by an Odin without a Zilart abjuration at all, though. Gee, thanks. Also, Galkasaur got a pretty new breastplate! Shiny! Now I need to win the lot on the next one, so I can have both pieces, mwahaha! I've found myself on pulling duty in Einherjar recently, and apart from one awful wipe (sorry, guys... *gulp*) I think I've done okay. It's a lot of fun pulling - certainly better than just engaging and hoping to maybe break 100 dmg on a Jin.
One of the main reasons I've been so busy, slash, not doing anything - depending on how you see it - is not just because of my statics, but because of stuff like this. Mining. Farming. Crafting. Making money. I'm a little disappointed SE nerfed the bloods/weapons from the Castle/bugard skins NPC prices, because variation is key for me. I NEED as many options as possible not to burn out, because I get bored very easily. Why this sudden rush to make gil? Well, I looked over my Aegis funds.
Aegis. My dream. My multi-year work in progress. I got my first Silverpiece in June 2006, and since then have been saving, slowly slowly slowly. I've always envisioned Aegis to be years away. Even now. but upon doing some calculations, if I can raise the gil and get enough sponsorships (which yields a good currency count, granted), I can have my Aegis in as little as 14 million, or 6-9 months of sponsorships.
I've put everything on hold. My crafting. My leveling other jobs. Even my Ares body is on hold (though I didn't sell the Khromas/Wootzes I'd accumulated already - putting it on hold does not equal taking a step backwards!), which is probably just as well since LBC never drops the 25 body anyway.
PS. Now that I said that and put it on hold, LBC will drop 25 Ares next run. Guaranteed.
Anyway, yeah. That's pretty much what I've been doing. So if you're interested in buying Alexandrites and/or Ancient Beastcoins, contact me ingame. :3 I have approx 100 Alexandrites, and an ever-varying amount of Ancient Beastcoins. Next stop: Aegis!
DORP
Cheapskate. No Zilart body.
I have decent luck with this ISNM. 2/3 for me on Ores, now. One went to Ares fund. This went to Aegis fund.
The most amazing Salvage loot pool I'll ever see. We're no longer hunting 5F N Poroggo Madame.
Limbus, being a dick to me, after trying to get this piece for 2 years. I got it some months back. This is just cruel irony.
La Vaule stronghold BCNM pool #2.
Sandworm #3? Guivre pool.
DORP from a lower Tier Einherjar wing.
Fashion Police is out of commission for this update.
For The Lulz
PLD pwning an army of BLMs going for the killshot.
I hate non-HQable items.
Great minds think alike.
Oh BOY!
I didn't say it - he did.
Magos getting up at like 5am JP time, and logging on for our SUNDAY Nyzul static.
Sozofail.
Lexafail+1 (or rather MINUS 1...) Sadface.
Well, Regn does look like a girl-taru, IMO. No offense to his char models.
Why, thank you random stranger I've never met who joined my lowbie pt! :D
Dirty Sass.
AWESOME mule name.
Being closeted is hard, but we understand.
Aquazero + Soundwave = true love.
OH SNAP!
I was being blasphemous again.
Heard during Hunting Wasp Rampart in Bhaflau Remnants. I admit it - I LOL'd!
How rude, Benny!
Oh, and did I mention, clowns freak me the fuck out?!?
Soj has the ability to make his sarcasm just piercingly sharp!
Et experimented in college, like everyone else.
Soundwave shares with the linkshell... too much.
Aquazero is wise and speaks turth.
Self-explanatory.
You can never have Too Much Lexa ™
Shrewd. Very shrewd.
My discovery that you can stun EES in dynamis.
A solid self-pwn, there.
And finally...
I ripped off Family Guy (yes, yes, I know the original reference as well - Family Guy episode "Love Blactually"), and nobody got it. :(
Oh, PS. In case anyone was wondering. My Hades Sainti synth broke. D: Both Cerberus Claws lost. Lulz. XD
PPS. Ultima fought a Tiamat. Trufax. No, I'm serious. I was there!
My various statics have been eating up a lot of my time, as well as the end-of-the-semester rush. I still enjoy Salvage, though. :3 The duplication trick was nice while it lasted, though we only got to try it for like two weeks before they fixed it, and we never actually duped any drops with it. To be honest though, I must confess that my life has gotten a lot easier afterwards. Keeping track of cells was so complicated with duping, and it gave me a headache. :( Now, though, Salvage is once again the most fun event for me! :D
I died because of a lack of magery in my little solo party...
We've started to do better, and although some may argue my group is still not very effecient (I hear of other groups who hit a metric ton of NMs + Mega Boss, supposedly without duping), I'm happy with our speed. It works well for the lotting system we have set up. We've started to expand our boss kills beyond just Long-Bowed Chariot, since lately we've had no problems going 10/10 on the gears (unless it's fucking wind weather), which - as most people who has ever done Salvage will know - reduces Homing Missile to nothing, and produces the following reaction:
So it was time to expand our horizons. We have now both killed Armored and Battleclad Chariot with no problems. Long-Armed Chariot proved to be a greater challenge, as our only try so far resulted in a lot of death and a subsequent time-out at 11%, but I'm confident that we can do it within another try or two. :)
Dynamis has kept rolling, though the last couple of weeks I've been unable to attend a lot due to RL obligations and such. :( We did down DynamisLord a couple more times, though. Amitlu recently implemented a new lotting tier, based on attendance. It will no longer go Wearable > 70 > 60, etc, but start with people with 50% attendance over the past month's runs, then go to wearable. The attendance points and % is kept track of on our forums, and so far has worked really well. We've lost a few people and been unable to clear DynamisLord again since, but honestly, I think that's acceptable. We are once again allowed invitees, so now we can make sure that our dynamis-ers are not only able to go for other runs than northlands, but that they're okay with not lotting on the first tier if they don't show up. :D
I think we're up to our... actually, I don't know. 9th? 10th? 11th? Odin. We finally got an e body, if I recall correctly! :D It was swiftly followed by an Odin without a Zilart abjuration at all, though. Gee, thanks. Also, Galkasaur got a pretty new breastplate! Shiny! Now I need to win the lot on the next one, so I can have both pieces, mwahaha! I've found myself on pulling duty in Einherjar recently, and apart from one awful wipe (sorry, guys... *gulp*) I think I've done okay. It's a lot of fun pulling - certainly better than just engaging and hoping to maybe break 100 dmg on a Jin.
One of the main reasons I've been so busy, slash, not doing anything - depending on how you see it - is not just because of my statics, but because of stuff like this. Mining. Farming. Crafting. Making money. I'm a little disappointed SE nerfed the bloods/weapons from the Castle/bugard skins NPC prices, because variation is key for me. I NEED as many options as possible not to burn out, because I get bored very easily. Why this sudden rush to make gil? Well, I looked over my Aegis funds.
Aegis. My dream. My multi-year work in progress. I got my first Silverpiece in June 2006, and since then have been saving, slowly slowly slowly. I've always envisioned Aegis to be years away. Even now. but upon doing some calculations, if I can raise the gil and get enough sponsorships (which yields a good currency count, granted), I can have my Aegis in as little as 14 million, or 6-9 months of sponsorships.
I've put everything on hold. My crafting. My leveling other jobs. Even my Ares body is on hold (though I didn't sell the Khromas/Wootzes I'd accumulated already - putting it on hold does not equal taking a step backwards!), which is probably just as well since LBC never drops the 25 body anyway.
PS. Now that I said that and put it on hold, LBC will drop 25 Ares next run. Guaranteed.
Anyway, yeah. That's pretty much what I've been doing. So if you're interested in buying Alexandrites and/or Ancient Beastcoins, contact me ingame. :3 I have approx 100 Alexandrites, and an ever-varying amount of Ancient Beastcoins. Next stop: Aegis!
DORP
Cheapskate. No Zilart body.
I have decent luck with this ISNM. 2/3 for me on Ores, now. One went to Ares fund. This went to Aegis fund.
The most amazing Salvage loot pool I'll ever see. We're no longer hunting 5F N Poroggo Madame.
Limbus, being a dick to me, after trying to get this piece for 2 years. I got it some months back. This is just cruel irony.
La Vaule stronghold BCNM pool #2.
Sandworm #3? Guivre pool.
DORP from a lower Tier Einherjar wing.
Fashion Police is out of commission for this update.
For The Lulz
PLD pwning an army of BLMs going for the killshot.
I hate non-HQable items.
Great minds think alike.
Oh BOY!
I didn't say it - he did.
Magos getting up at like 5am JP time, and logging on for our SUNDAY Nyzul static.
Sozofail.
Lexafail+1 (or rather MINUS 1...) Sadface.
Well, Regn does look like a girl-taru, IMO. No offense to his char models.
Why, thank you random stranger I've never met who joined my lowbie pt! :D
Dirty Sass.
AWESOME mule name.
Being closeted is hard, but we understand.
Aquazero + Soundwave = true love.
OH SNAP!
I was being blasphemous again.
Heard during Hunting Wasp Rampart in Bhaflau Remnants. I admit it - I LOL'd!
How rude, Benny!
Oh, and did I mention, clowns freak me the fuck out?!?
Soj has the ability to make his sarcasm just piercingly sharp!
Et experimented in college, like everyone else.
Soundwave shares with the linkshell... too much.
Aquazero is wise and speaks turth.
Self-explanatory.
You can never have Too Much Lexa ™
Shrewd. Very shrewd.
My discovery that you can stun EES in dynamis.
A solid self-pwn, there.
And finally...
I ripped off Family Guy (yes, yes, I know the original reference as well - Family Guy episode "Love Blactually"), and nobody got it. :(
Oh, PS. In case anyone was wondering. My Hades Sainti synth broke. D: Both Cerberus Claws lost. Lulz. XD
PPS. Ultima fought a Tiamat. Trufax. No, I'm serious. I was there!