Long time, No post
It's been awhile since I posted an entry on this here LJ, at least for me anyway. :O
The LS wasn't up to much in June since my last post... then my vacation happened to coincide with the much ballyhooed June update which added a level cap increase to 80 along with a bunch of new content. We took this time to put the LS on it's summer vacation and let everyone do their own thing for awhile... getting to 80, exploring new stuff, or whatever.
When I got back from my vacation, I got on not knowing much of anything at all about the update, but the first order of business was to complete the level cap quest. Not having any merits saved up, I ended up going out in a LS party on my WAR and XP'd for a bit. I managed to get the 3 merits I needed plus the Kindred's Seals for the quest and knocked that out right away.
I decided to level up COR first and in the process burn off the rest of my Anny Ring charges as well as using up some Allied Ring charges. In hindsight, I should have saved those for one of my harder to XP jobs, but whatever ... not knowing what stuff was out there for level 80s to get into I figured that COR would be my most useful job so I wanted to get it there as soon as I could.
In the process of leveling COR, I discovered MMM exp. Well, I didn't discover it as much as LS members had discovered it and I was able to tag along with them and learn the ropes. I was pleasantly surprised with the results as I was able to gain a level per round of 6 mazes and eventually got COR to 80 via some FoV this past Friday. I haven't actually XP'd anywhere beyond level 75, but I hear that traditional camps get pretty weak for exp beyond level 77, so things like MMM and Abyssea are becoming the norm for getting oneself to level 80.
Speaking of Abyssea, I was able to do that a little bit over the last week. The first time was an exploratory session with LS members, but then on Sunday I went in twice with the express purpose of farming exp and cruor (the abyssea point/currency). At the end of it all, I was able to get the new Aurore Brais leg item from the NPC in exchange for 3k cruor.
There are actually better TP legs that were released than these, but I don't think they have been discovered yet. Of course, my THF can't wear these yet, but my DNC can and it's rendered my Desultor Tassets obsolete. I need to redo the ASA final fight now so that I can get different augments on them.
The LS is resuming events tomorrow and for now it's the same standard old content fare. There are a few things that are on the verge of dropping off the horizon, namely Sky and Limbus. Sky I still enjoy, but Limbus I don't ... and both are close to becoming obsolete and/or lowmannable. Dynamis will hang around I'm sure, due to the profit to be made from there, but AF2 is mostly useless now. Einherjar is still probably going to be one of my favorite events but reports are that it's gotten a bit easier as well. As long as E.Body is the #1 body piece for WARs and DRKs we'll be hitting that event in full force ... not to mention Valhalla gear for -PDT still being relevant.
Overall, I've got a feeling of uncertainty in the future of the game and the LS. Things are fine for now, but as level caps increase and new content for those extended levels come about, almost everything we do today is going to be obsolete or lowmannable?! So for now, I'm gonna keep tabs on new happenings as well as push us along as we have been going and see how things play out. We've come from a once a week Dynamis only 3+ years ago to the mutli-faceted LS that we are today, so I'm sure we'll continue to adapt and keep taken down future challenges.
The LS wasn't up to much in June since my last post... then my vacation happened to coincide with the much ballyhooed June update which added a level cap increase to 80 along with a bunch of new content. We took this time to put the LS on it's summer vacation and let everyone do their own thing for awhile... getting to 80, exploring new stuff, or whatever.
When I got back from my vacation, I got on not knowing much of anything at all about the update, but the first order of business was to complete the level cap quest. Not having any merits saved up, I ended up going out in a LS party on my WAR and XP'd for a bit. I managed to get the 3 merits I needed plus the Kindred's Seals for the quest and knocked that out right away.
I decided to level up COR first and in the process burn off the rest of my Anny Ring charges as well as using up some Allied Ring charges. In hindsight, I should have saved those for one of my harder to XP jobs, but whatever ... not knowing what stuff was out there for level 80s to get into I figured that COR would be my most useful job so I wanted to get it there as soon as I could.
In the process of leveling COR, I discovered MMM exp. Well, I didn't discover it as much as LS members had discovered it and I was able to tag along with them and learn the ropes. I was pleasantly surprised with the results as I was able to gain a level per round of 6 mazes and eventually got COR to 80 via some FoV this past Friday. I haven't actually XP'd anywhere beyond level 75, but I hear that traditional camps get pretty weak for exp beyond level 77, so things like MMM and Abyssea are becoming the norm for getting oneself to level 80.
Speaking of Abyssea, I was able to do that a little bit over the last week. The first time was an exploratory session with LS members, but then on Sunday I went in twice with the express purpose of farming exp and cruor (the abyssea point/currency). At the end of it all, I was able to get the new Aurore Brais leg item from the NPC in exchange for 3k cruor.
There are actually better TP legs that were released than these, but I don't think they have been discovered yet. Of course, my THF can't wear these yet, but my DNC can and it's rendered my Desultor Tassets obsolete. I need to redo the ASA final fight now so that I can get different augments on them.
The LS is resuming events tomorrow and for now it's the same standard old content fare. There are a few things that are on the verge of dropping off the horizon, namely Sky and Limbus. Sky I still enjoy, but Limbus I don't ... and both are close to becoming obsolete and/or lowmannable. Dynamis will hang around I'm sure, due to the profit to be made from there, but AF2 is mostly useless now. Einherjar is still probably going to be one of my favorite events but reports are that it's gotten a bit easier as well. As long as E.Body is the #1 body piece for WARs and DRKs we'll be hitting that event in full force ... not to mention Valhalla gear for -PDT still being relevant.
Overall, I've got a feeling of uncertainty in the future of the game and the LS. Things are fine for now, but as level caps increase and new content for those extended levels come about, almost everything we do today is going to be obsolete or lowmannable?! So for now, I'm gonna keep tabs on new happenings as well as push us along as we have been going and see how things play out. We've come from a once a week Dynamis only 3+ years ago to the mutli-faceted LS that we are today, so I'm sure we'll continue to adapt and keep taken down future challenges.