PLD60!

My last 2 PTs were good. So good it took me from 57→60.

The first one went like this. Initially, I received a /tell asking if I could hold hate. I simply replied that it depends on the PT. Which is true because if you have a trigger happy BLM, it will be difficult to pull hate off him. Turns out it was a BLM PT. Setup was PLD RDM BRD BLM BLM BLM, lv57-59, camp at Cape Terrigan, near beach. Fighting crabs, pugils and raptors.

2 of the NA BLMs disconnected a few times and eventually never came back. We ended up with 5 members. Leader invited another BLM to come before he himself disconnected and never came back. I wasn’t surprised anyway. I’ve heard complaints about those 2 players, years ago from people in my linkshell.

It turned out to be pretty good with 5. I was puller and I never stopped pulling. BLMs became conservative on MP and we could hit chain 4 with as high as 280exp once. Throughout every fight I healed myself and so could hold hate very well. 1MP from auto-refresh, 3MP from RDM’s refresh, another 3 from BRD’s 2x Ballad for a total of 7MP/tick.

The whole PT lasted 5 hours. We had a short break after the first hour and went non-stop for 4 hours. Total EXP gained was around 20K. Shoulders ached a little after this PT.

Next day, ls mate Sollanon made a PT with PLD SMN BRD BLM RNG BLU, lv59-60. Camp at
Aydeewa Subterrane. Crawlers and Spiders. The first 5 minutes were rough. But after everyone gets used to it, it pretty ok. Chained up to 5 and without empress band, we got EXP as high as 390s. This includes a slight sanction bonus from having Astral Candescene safe in Al Zahbi.

In the end I manage to finally hit 60 and wear full PLD AF. Looks cool. [XD]

Had a break

I usually blog at work. So when there wasn’t a single entry last week, it means I’m on leave! [:D]

Spent most of the time on FFXI though but that’s not all!

On 2 nights I went cycling at midnight, first night left me so exhausted and nauseus I had to lie down on the road for a while. I think I lacked water. So before I started on the second night, I drank lots and overall it was better. I even had a heavy dinner about 4 hours before that.

Tried excercising a little to help fix the backaches I’ve been having from sitting in front of the computer for long hours both at work and at home. Feels a little better only. I need to do more of these.

And the best thing is getting drunk at a colleague’s wedding dinner. It’s not like I felt depressed or something, I just drank because it’s free. lol. I had 5 glasses of beer and I started to feel woozy and out of control. It felt good drunk but it didn’t feel good the next day. orz

I felt like vomitting and at the same time I felt very hungry. Had lots of water and ate a little only. I don’t think I want to get drunk again. ( >_<)

Now to clear the 600 spam mails accumulated over the week. orz

great balls of steel adventure

*begins with a rant*

In my most recent EXP PT as PLD, our leader got all 5 members to go to Kuftal’s. Then proceeded to search for a 6th as we all fight crabs. So he couldn’t get a 6th because people think their asked to replace someone. orz #1

When he finally got someone to come down, he asked the PT to move camp.

As I ran down Kuftal’s I saw a dead body. Then another. Then another. So I used prism powder and just as I finished, Guivre ran past me from behind. I warned everyone in the PT and said to get invis-ed.

But for god knows why, the monk in my PT was running around the place without invis and when Guivre killed him, he died in a place full of monsters that aggro to sound. orz #2

He asked if the spiders aggro blood, I said no, aggroes sound. He asked for a raise which I gave him. He accepted raise while the spiders are still in aggro range. What happens next, everyone should know. orz #3

As everyone stood speechless at the exit to Cape Terrigan. The leader had a connection lost icon. Coincidence? No. He didn’t return for 10 minutes and I am very convinced he disconnected himself on purpose. orz #4

Someone in the PT asked the WHM to raise XXXXXX (monk who died). The WHM replied "who is he?". mega-orz #5

In the end, the monk got his high level WHM friend to come raise him as I told everyone we should disband. It’s late and not worth continuing anymore.

The whole PT lasted an hour. EXP gained: 1400. TNL:1600. orz #6

*end of rant*

So last night, I didn’t get any invite by 10pm. And with this recent bad experience with NA PTs, I gave up seeking and switched to my DRK, subbed RDM, bought a stack of pickaxes and went to explore the Halvung areas. (was also hoping to mine up those expensive ores)

Wyred’s GREAT BALLS OF STEEL ADVENTURE!

First off, setting my search comments…

冒険中^^
死の覚悟:O

English Translation:
Adventuring^^
Preparedness to die:O

Singlish Translation:
Adventuring lah^^
Preparedness to kena whack:O

Note: O means something like "yes / in possession " and X is the opposite.


Mining in a small room with 3 Trolls moving about. And I pulled this off twice without dying!
Excitement.


The results of that night. Exclude the linksack/linkpearl.





I travelled to Vozold Island, I decided to head to Navukgo Execution Chamber to see what’s there.

Behold what I found on the island!


Not a NM. There’s quite a few of these running around.


Entrance into Navukgo Execution Chamber.

Guess what I found inside.

 

 

*drumroll*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Decorative Bronze Gate. >_>


"Looking closely at the surface of the gate, you can see what appears to be the imprints of a Troll’s fist". wtf?

The whole area is designed like a BC area. No map, a second door that’s unaccessable because it’s up on a cliff.

Maybe they’ll add new BCNM/KSNM/ENM fights, or maybe these are for future Aht Uhrgan missions.

Disappointed, I warp back.

Japanese classes

Thinking of picking up Japanese lessons. But the only thing holding me back is I’m afraid I won’t be able to keep up with the pace.

I’ll probably go with the regular course that spans over 1 year, 1 lesson every week and 2 hours for each lesson. 

Anyone out there who has actually taken up a Japanese learning course? I would like to hear your experiences regardless of whether you’re a local or a foreigner.