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#1 May 08 2015 at 3:15 PM Rating: Excellent
What are you hoping to get done this week?

- Pugilist to 25 at the minimum
- *(%&&* farm atma like I've been saying for the last month

I'm out starting next Wednesday for Anime Central, so I need to finish my Final Fantasy MMOs presentation for that, too.
#2 May 08 2015 at 3:20 PM Rating: Excellent
I'm hoping to log into the game... haven't logged in since sometime last week.

I'm also THIS CLOSE to summoning the courage to buy a gtx 970 card...

Please, someone... talk some sense into me! Why do I want this card so bad?

Pros:
- Won't need to upgrade my rig for another two to three years...
- Can get two free games with it, one of which looks really good...
- FFXIV will look beautiful...
- Any game I play will look beautiful...

Cons:
- $315, compared to $200 for the gtx 960
- Could use the money for a round-trip ticket to Vegas or something...
- ... ???

I was originally going to buy the 960... and to be honest, my top priority is playing Heavensward on max settings. Benchmark scores have shown the 960 can do that on DX11, but it looks kind of close... like I may get FPS slowdown in some battles/places... whereas the 970 would simply remove all doubt.
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#3 May 09 2015 at 3:46 PM Rating: Excellent
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This is a bit late, but here nonetheless.

1. Keep farming T10 and 11, pray for a t12 clear that knows what it is doing so they will let me into a t12 farm with no guff. I must find a way to sabotage Zero so he stops getting so lucky with all his drops, either that or have nightly rituals to rngesus to boost my own luck.

2. Need to finish up the tower quest for the week. So painful to force yourself to run ST and CT when you are already capped and the only thing out of there you can remotely use is a sands of time. Anyway, get a carbontwine with the tower quest. That will make 3. I know I will need them later for alts when poetics become uncapped.

3. Next week poetic cap and I will probably buy the 130 belt for blm, assuming I don't get it from t11. I might get a tomestone from tower quest just because.

4. I have been farming horses the last few days. Ifrit ex down 11 times, 3 drops, lost all 3. Leviathan Ex downed 5 times, 1 drop, lost that. Shiva EX 5 times , 1 drop, lost it. Ramuh Ex 3 times, 1 drop, lost it. Notice a pattern? My goal is to... ah nevermind, setting rng based goals is pointless.

Yesterday I got the healer hat out of WoD, and it marks officially that I am at least 110 in every battle job available. I think offhand pal 130, bard 126, war 126, blm 122, ninja 120. Then smn, mnk, drg, sch, and whm all between 110 and 120. Now if only I would learn how to play them all effectively...Smiley: dubious
#4 May 09 2015 at 7:07 PM Rating: Excellent
Just logged in and ran a dungeon.

I need to start doing final coil, but I'm honestly in the pre-patch lull where I just don't see the point in grinding much. My paladin is i129, and my bard is i122.
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#5 May 10 2015 at 7:43 PM Rating: Excellent
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I finally got all 99 logs for my Lucis axe, but still need 2 more moonstones. So, new axe on Tuesday. I've also got 10 of the clams for Lucis pole, but I'm a long way off for the rest of the items.

I've also been occasionally running WoD to get the last 3 items I need for Bard, but they just won't drop. I've seen hands twice, but lost lot. I've yet to even see the legs and feet. I can't count the number of times I've passed on those damn Ninja items...

Edited, May 11th 2015 6:32pm by Turin
#6 May 10 2015 at 11:18 PM Rating: Excellent
YES! I always see monk and nin, and that's pretty much it.
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#7 May 11 2015 at 9:14 AM Rating: Excellent
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Turin wrote:
I finally got all 99 logs for my Lucis axe, but still need 2 more moonstones. So, new axe on Tuesday. I've also got 10 of the clams for Lucis pole, but I'm a long way off for the rest of the items.

Ive also been occasionally running WoD to get the last 3 items I need for Bard, but they just won't drop. I've seen hands twice, but lost lot. I've yet to even see the legs and feet. I can't count the number of times I've passed on those **** Ninja items...

Edited, May 10th 2015 9:48pm by Turin


I really really really want to be wrong on this, but I think you need 30 HQ Gigant Clams...
#8 May 11 2015 at 9:21 AM Rating: Excellent
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Weekend Update:

Valkayree wrote:
This is a bit late, but here nonetheless.

1. Keep farming T10 and 11, pray for a t12 clear that knows what it is doing so they will let me into a t12 farm with no guff. I must find a way to sabotage Zero so he stops getting so lucky with all his drops, either that or have nightly rituals to rngesus to boost my own luck.

2. Need to finish up the tower quest for the week. So painful to force yourself to run ST and CT when you are already capped and the only thing out of there you can remotely use is a sands of time. Anyway, get a carbontwine with the tower quest. That will make 3. I know I will need them later for alts when poetics become uncapped.

3. Next week poetic cap and I will probably buy the 130 belt for blm, assuming I don't get it from t11. I might get a tomestone from tower quest just because.

4. I have been farming horses the last few days. Ifrit ex down 11 times, 3 drops, lost all 3. Leviathan Ex downed 5 times, 1 drop, lost that. Shiva EX 5 times , 1 drop, lost it. Ramuh Ex 3 times, 1 drop, lost it. Notice a pattern? My goal is to... ah nevermind, setting rng based goals is pointless.



1. Beat T11 probably 9 times this weekend with Zero. No T12 clear, although in df i got to bennu party. While I am quite pleased that I got the crap skill speed bard dragon bowtie necklace to glamour with all my gear, and also very happy that I now own 3 tomestones and 2 carboncoats from material drops, I am very sad to report that while I finally got to loot lock the blm coat in a farm party, out of 9 runs it never dropped. The blm belt dropped however, and I rolled a 92! Smiley: grin Then proceeded to get beat by a 94 and a 96 on the greed roll... Smiley: glare

2 & 3. Finished tower. 3rd carbontwine. Stocked up. Have 3 tomestones and 2 carboncoats from T11 farm. All set.

4. Joined ifrit ex farm. Pony drops first run (and a painful run at that). I don't look, push button, lot an 82 on the horn, a respectable roll. Win the roll! Instantly feel bad. It was a nightmare whistle. I already have a nightmare Smiley: oyvey


Edited, May 11th 2015 2:18pm by Valkayree
#9 May 11 2015 at 10:47 AM Rating: Excellent
I did log in and play a bit yesterday! Got my bard to i122 (up from i120).

Also, I'm going to pull the trigger on that graphic card... going to wait a couple days before ordering though, just to make sure I'm home when it arrives (will be away a couple days this week).
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#10 May 11 2015 at 1:05 PM Rating: Excellent
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9 levels from lvl50. Gear getting out of date fast.. Shards critically low for crafting. Kind of in a hole this week.
#11 May 11 2015 at 1:44 PM Rating: Excellent
Back in town after being away for a week, so I probably won't get a lot done in the time available by Friday. Try for the Tower weekly tonight with Verdha, while for Waenlona it's all about the gear upgrades from Soldiery and then running the dungeons that she's unlocked.
#12 May 11 2015 at 2:31 PM Rating: Excellent
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Total of 3/16 Dungeons down for Zodiac. I should have the gil I need to purchase the Zodiac crafted items well before I finish what dungeons I have accessible so that's no concern. Just steady effort and I'll have my Longinus. Mainly doing it for glamour/collection purposes at this point.

Got my Serpent Elite Jerkin as well, so Lin's custom serpent set is done just in time for important RP events to have her in it.

At this point, just coasting. Taking it easy through this week and getting what accomplishments on my long-term to-do list done bit by bit.
#13 May 11 2015 at 4:35 PM Rating: Excellent
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Valkayree wrote:
Turin wrote:
I finally got all 99 logs for my Lucis axe, but still need 2 more moonstones. So, new axe on Tuesday. I've also got 10 of the clams for Lucis pole, but I'm a long way off for the rest of the items.

Ive also been occasionally running WoD to get the last 3 items I need for Bard, but they just won't drop. I've seen hands twice, but lost lot. I've yet to even see the legs and feet. I can't count the number of times I've passed on those **** Ninja items...

Edited, May 10th 2015 9:48pm by Turin


I really really really want to be wrong on this, but I think you need 30 HQ Gigant Clams...



Yes, it's 30 clams for the seal. I didn't say that I was finished, just that I've gotten ten so far.

Edited, May 11th 2015 6:55pm by Turin
#14 May 12 2015 at 9:23 AM Rating: Excellent
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Turin wrote:
Valkayree wrote:
Turin wrote:
I finally got all 99 logs for my Lucis axe, but still need 2 more moonstones. So, new axe on Tuesday. I've also got 10 of the clams for Lucis pole, but I'm a long way off for the rest of the items.

Ive also been occasionally running WoD to get the last 3 items I need for Bard, but they just won't drop. I've seen hands twice, but lost lot. I've yet to even see the legs and feet. I can't count the number of times I've passed on those **** Ninja items...

Edited, May 10th 2015 9:48pm by Turin


I really really really want to be wrong on this, but I think you need 30 HQ Gigant Clams...



Yes, it's 30 clams for the seal. I didn't say that I was finished, just that I've gotten ten so far.

Edited, May 11th 2015 6:55pm by Turin


Oh yes you did lol, I must have been asleep while reading that. Thought for some reason you said you had 2 of 10.

I'm a fool Smiley: jester
#15 May 13 2015 at 7:36 AM Rating: Excellent
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Back in town after being away for a week, so I probably won't get a lot done in the time available by Friday. Try for the Tower weekly tonight with Verdha, while for Waenlona it's all about the gear upgrades from Soldiery and then running the dungeons that she's unlocked.

Verdha appears doomed not to finish the weekly Tower quest from last week. Kicked out by maintenance on Monday with the final boss at 5%, then finished the run last night but on trying to exit was kicked off with a 10105 and could not log back in. After 3-4 hours she was still locked out, and might still be for all I know.

Ended up creating a new character on another world, partly to experience the Ul'dah starting story, and also so I can check in with a trio of other long-lost friends from FFXI every week or three. My expectations were correct: Thancred is an *** even when your level is in the single digits. Maybe I'd feel different if this was a female character instead of a mustachioed lalafell of ambivalent morals, but in that case I think I'd just find him creepy too.

Ul'dah looked empty except for sprout-tagged characters, like there's a million other people locked in instances too, but I didn't see anything about it on the web. I'm figuring tonight's maintenance might fix that and restore Verdha from limbo if she's still there then.
#16 May 14 2015 at 10:31 AM Rating: Excellent
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Final Update

Valkayree wrote:

1. Keep farming T10 and 11, pray for a t12 clear.
2. Need to finish up the tower quest for the week.
3. Next week poetic cap and I will probably buy the 130 belt for blm, assuming I don't get it from t11.
4. I have been farming horses the last few days. My goal is to... ah nevermind, setting rng based goals is pointless.


1. Farmed T10 a bunch, locked in caster choker, won said choker. Blm at 123, smn at 120. Zero beat T12 before me. Helps he is a scholar. Maybe I should learn to tank final coil. Might help with my party finding abilities. Anyway, it just shows you can leave the game for 6 months and come back and catch up. Smiley: schooled

2. Tower quest not done. Even remotely. I'm hating these things now.

3. Poetics cap raised to 900! Good news, I get caster pants this week. Smiley: clap Bad news, I have to run tower quest to subsidize a twine, Smiley: cry and I have to gather the poetics.

4. Won ifrit pony on a 65 roll last night. So now I have a band. Earth Wind and Fire. Smiley: waycool Just need a different band, Water, Lightning, and Frost, to get a Kirin.
#17 May 15 2015 at 8:46 AM Rating: Excellent
Not a great deal of success this week.

Verdha missed out on one Tower quest, but did pick up another for an accessory upgrade. Lights moving way too slowly, still on "slight". Haven't even finished the chocobo challenge log this week, have to hit that hard tonight. On the other hand, she's slowly picking up the Det+ Tier IVs by catching price dips, and already has Alex ready to go -- the plan is to re-meld the Acc+5 into Det in the next few weeks.

Waenlona's been picking up atmas at a moderate pace, and slowly getting soldiery to push iLvl. I want to get her iLvl up some before I hit the HM dungeons and CT. Being off for a week-ish means I didn't get my RP fix this week either.

Kekerana was created and pulled up a few levels while Verdha was locked out on a "Verdha night", but way too late at night to connect with the old FFXI friends on that server. He's not really a priority, but is fun and lets me experience the Ul'dah starting questline.
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