weekend recap

This weekend was pretty much all about leveling. Our RDM/NIN/SAM/BST static went from 48-54 this weekend, which is pretty nice, even though we were averaging ~6k/hr. Gren is getting the hang of RDM, and is pretty much able to stay on top of the haste/refresh cycle. Survive has been having fun with a 6-hit setup at level 50 with her soboro (WS for 100-200, but who cares- its fun). Simkiel is grinding through BST, one level away from that elusive Rampage- I think he dinged 62 last night. As for me, ninja is tough. Keeping hate, spamming spells, wsing... etc. I need to work on gear swaps too.

While people were afk and whatnot, I attempted to pop Beryl-footed Molberry, who has a ~15% drop rate on the Hototogisu (level 55 offhand katana). The mob itself isn't too bad, but it uses Mijin Gakure, which can really mess you up if you don't resist. The pop item itself spawns once every 2 hours, so camping this thing can be a tedius project. Gren and I went 0/3, then Surv came out for the last two kills, and we went 1/5. During the downtime/clearing the pop room, I farmed Tonberry Cutters to get a scroll of Hojo: Ni. Finally got one right before the 4th NM pop. Saved me 20k, lol.

Sim has also continued his lootwhore madness. He finally got a Senju for his Ninja (hurray!), and also got a Serket Ring on his ODS run.

I would like to resume Assaults tonight, if everyone is on and/or willing. With 4 tags, I would like to do 4 assaults. We have to first do Golden Salvage for Sim, and then we can start T2s. For our setup, T2s look fairly easy.
-For Orichalcum Survey, it looks like RDM SAM NIN BLM will be effective there (or SAM/DNC instead of BLM). All we have to do is kill worms (again), and do some mining using a key item pickaxe.
-For Pre-Emptive Strike, just have to kill 13 Mamool Ja Executioners. RDM NIN SAM SAM setup here, duh.
- Lebros Supplies- this one looks annoying, but we need to get it out of the way. There are some decent guides on wiki if you want a summary. In short: bring movement speed+ gear. We will also try to do this at night for sim's +25% movement speed boots.

I don't know what Revelations is doing this week yet, but if it's anything like previous weeks, we will probably be doing sky on Tuesday, so we can finally use those Diorites.

ENM on Wednesday probably.

schedule

Congratulations to Sim on getting sky access! Now we can work on getting Haidate for all.

Here is the tentative 'regular' schedule:

Monday- Sky Farming
Tuesday- Farming/BCNM/Missions/Free- Sim Dynamis
Wednesday- Sky Farming (Everyone): Despot if Hoss has the next day off, Diorite/Ulli if Hoss has work
Thursday- Sky Farming
Friday- Open Day- whatever the general consensus is (Sky Farming, RDM/THF/NIN/WAR Static, et al)
Saturday- Open Day- Sim has Dynamis from 12-3 PST. Depends who is on and what we want to do.
Sunday- ENM, Sky Farming, exp.


I am usually on around 4:30 PST after I get home from work. Surv is not on a regular schedule, so we may start later.

In order to farm Diorites/Ulli, we will have to travel to the area where he spawns. To get to this area, this link may prove to be very valuable, especially with our lack of navigational experience with sky. Hopefully, we can burn through it pretty fast.

http://roverffxi.blogspot.com/2006/01/ulli-directions.html

Regarding the schedule: let me know if there anything you would like to add/delete/modify.

EDIT: Hoss quit his limbus LS, so we will be able to farm sky a lot more now.

friday 12.5.08

Tonight, would be a good time to do ZM4 for sim. We can try to farm a lantern if you guys want to, but word on the street is that we only need one (thanks hoss). I'm thinking a setup similar to our ENM configuration should work, only surv will have to sub blm for ele seal sleep. The THF is immune to sleep, so melee should zerg it down real fast (only has 4700 hp). Perfect Dodge will probably slow us down, so hopefully the BLM and SMN won't wake up too soon. Everyone's Rancor might cause us some trouble, but if this fight can be Duo'd, I don't see too much to worry about.

I'm also looking to better outline our bst camps, as the last two times we've partied- exp has been terrible. Also, this will probably help me remember where to go.

54-57 (maybe 58): Garlaige Citadel: Bats/Beetles v. Bombs/Pots

57-59 (maybe 60): Quicksand Caves: Lizards v. Anticans

59-61 (maybe 62): Uleguerand Range: Rabbits/Tigers v. Tigers/Snolls/Buffalos

59: Attowha Chasm: Scorpions v. Flies

60-63ish: Boyahda Tree: Fungars/Rabbits/Crabs v. everything. (everything links though, so bring RR)

62-66: Cape Terrigan: Lizards/Rabbits v. Goblins/Cockatrice

62-64: Ifrit's cauldron: Bats/bees/opo opo v. bombs

So yeah. I plan on ditching bst when everyone is 66. Only 12 more levels to go! Hopefully we can get that within another month.

Surv and I will be gone Saturday, but we can ENM/BST on Sunday. Saturday may be a good time to do ZM5 for Sim (I recall it being cake). We can BST/ZM thoughout next week, then hopefully get Sim sky access by next week (then start farming triggers).

greetings

I started this blog to track and record our progress as a static and to recognize our accomplishments. I will try to post a tentative schedule regarding events, but keep in mind these are always subject to change.

Week of November 3, 2008-

• Monday - Subligar/Codex Farming (Hoss Limbus)
• Tuesday - Farming/Fishing (Simkiel Dynamis)
• Wednesday - Exp: WAR/NIN/THF/RDM (Garlaige Citadel/Kuftal Tunnel)
• Thursday - Survive NIN AF3/Key Farming if needed (Hoss Dynamis?)
• Friday - Off (Circa and Survive out of town)
• Saturday - Off (Circa and Survive out of town, Simkiel CoP)
• Sunday - Exp: WAR/NIN/THF/RDM (Kuftal Tunnel/Wajoam Woodlands)

Also, we will do another Swift Belt run for Simkiel and Hoss if we can grab a few others. This event is fairly important, so the dates above could be replaced with this.