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Apocalypse Nigh CS

Posted on March 31, 2008 by pyra | Leave a comment

Quickie update. Here are a couple pics from the CS that begins Apocalypse Nigh (which means, I’m all set for the fight, yay!).

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apoc_nigh_cs2

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Yes, it is a good one. Go, quick, finish missions, kill baddies.

-pyra

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Dancer AF1 and Campaigning

Posted on March 30, 2008 by pyra | Leave a comment

I’ve been working on my Dancer. When the AF was finally released, and I heard the weapon was in Grauberg, at the Witchfire Glen, I wanted to get it done as soon as possible.

Witchfire Glen is a really unique place where a handful of VT to 75 Pixies reside. It is also where you go to reset ‘Pixie Hate’.

witchfire

If you’ve never been, I suggest going there, especially at night.

The Dancer AF1 quest CS shows the Dancer in Upper Jeuno as a child, with her mother.

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She is performing for the Pixies, and learning the “Spirit of the Dance” or some crap like that, I wasn’t really watching.

Then, for some reason, you fight a Hippogryph.

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This NM was a complete joke. My white mage could have soloed it, and hexa strike was just decimating.

dnc_af1_cs2

Awww, I love happy endings. FFXI has so very few happy endings.

In the spirit of the dance, here’s a little /dance4 off.

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Well, moving along, Campaign has been interesting since the last patch. The beastmen are more or less destroying the players. But now, we can whack away on walls for lots of easy exp, so its not a total loss.

campaign_wall_wacking

And with the new summoner AoE buffs, ohhh the lag I can cause. Its wonderful. More on this in an upcoming post.

Complete with the glitch that was just fixed last week.

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I’m sure the Fortifications are at 1008/100 strength. Really, I am.

And finally for campaign, here’s a good pic of Miz (we tend to campaign together a lot).

miz_rawr

That’s all for today!

-pyra

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Tagged Campaign, Dancer, FFXI, Lowbie Leveling, Notorious Monsters, Quest

New News! Only a Month Late

Posted on March 29, 2008 by pyra | Leave a comment

I’m so far behind, where to start

Did a Proto-Ultima at the end of February. It went well, and I got to play with some of my new chi blast gear.

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Yes, I know I was /drk, but I’m more focusing on the +80 part (with a mushpot on of course).

Which got me this nice blast.

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It also got me dispelled, but c’est la vie.

There were also some really good drops! I blame my 707 Chi Blast for them.

ultima_drops

The next day, I went and did Shadows of the Departed, in order to get ready for Apocalypse Nigh fight (soon I hope).

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It was a lot of fun, even with a lolPUP. 🙂

And, um… crap.

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I deleveled my whm 🙁 to 36 even. Stupid job, about 200 shy of getting my level back too. Oh well, its only a chi blasting sub.

I also finally, after about 2 years, turned in my magic trash. Here’s a pic from the back room in Garliage. If you go there in the past, bombs aggro you through the door (but it may be openable with the key, I didn’t have one to try).

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Sometime later, I did a couple avatars with Miz. We do a bunch of avatar fights to help pay for our limbo runs.

And I noticed something. The background that looks so neat in the cloisters, is a weather effect (same as the sky in the [S] areas, try it yourself, turn off weather and look at all the stars disapear).

Anyways, with weather:

garuda_w_weather

And without weather:

garuda_wo_weather

More to come! Pics from the Cut Scenes leading up to Apocalypse Nigh, Dancer AF1, Cut Scenes, Exploring the [S] areas, Campaign, and the likes!

-pyra

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Tagged Avatars, Caitsith, EternalMemories, FFXI, Garuda, Limbus, Missions, Notorious Monsters, Quests

The First Appearance of the Homam Princess

Posted on March 27, 2008 by pyra | 3 comments

Its late, I’m exhausted, but I wanted to post this.

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homan_pants

Woot! More pics coming soon, I’ve got to get everything organized, been a couple weeks of a picture backlog to sort through.

-pyra

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Posted in Caitsith, EternalMemories, FFXI, Limbus

Tagged Caitsith, EternalMemories, FFXI, Homam, Limbus, Proto-Omega

Back with a Vengeance

Posted on March 13, 2008 by pyra | Leave a comment

And I am back!

Its been too long without a real update, so here is a good one.

About 2 weeks ago, KillerInstinct fought Dynamis Lord again. This time for some good drops.

DL_Drops

Yeah, full drops from a DL, a very rare occurrence.

But the most important part is this–

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Yeah, 548, one of my highest weapon skills on DL to date.

But the best part is this.

pyra_defeats

That DK was the kill shot. For full drops.

Which of course has one obvious conclusion.

pyra_4tw

Anytime you want drops, just bring more Monks.

-pyra

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Campaign Rank Up Exp

Posted on February 25, 2008 by pyra | 2 comments

I’ve been doing some testing with how much effort is required to get your next rank.

What is known:

It takes a certain number of Experience Points gained to rank up
It is variable depending on the Medal you currently have
At lower Medals, it is believed to be about 5,000 experience points
For me, Golden Star -> Copper Emblem of Service was 9,000 experience points
At higher ranks, you have the potential to gain more exp in a Campaign Battle
If you fail to meet the requirements, you will lose your medal withing 30 days

What is unknown:

What effect, if any, Allied Notes have on your rank up
If your efforts deteriorate over time (getting 10K exp right before your evaluation vs 3 days before)
If assisting in a Campaign Ops (when not using your own Ops Credit) helps you in any way
If experience points earned in Campaing Ops vs Campaign Battles are weighted differently (I believe no)

What is believed:

It requires more exp to rank up at higher ranks (probably true given what little information is available)
There is a threshold that starts around 66-75% of the exp required to rank up in which you are given the option to keep your current medal.
The requirements are somewhat higher when jumping to a new grouping — eg, moving from Ribbon #4 to Star #1, etc

As can be seen, not much is known about the specific math required to achieve the various ranks.

My basis for known #4 – I used two accounts, both hit Golden Star on the same day, and I recorded the amount of exp and AN received from start to promotion.

The first account was promoted at 9600 exp and 8900 Allied Notes. The second was not promoted at 8880 exp and 10,500 Allied Noted, but was promoted at 9040 exp and 11,120 Allied Notes (all numbers rounded since I’m working from memory right now). Based on this information, I believe that the threshold is for Golden Star to Copper Emblem is 9000 exp (possibly 8900), and if there is an Allied Notes requirement, it is either lower than, or the same as the Experience Points requirement. It also appears as though extra Allied Notes will not offset Experience Points shortcomings, meaning you will have to join Campaign Battles if you ever hope to get promoted.

After revisiting my numbers I noticed that my original thought about 9000 exp to rank up may not be correct. It is possible that it is 8900, and since I had 8900 AN and over 9000 exp, I have not disproved it yet. This will require furthur testing at all levels to begin to make a table of what is required to rank up. What I believe is proven is that there is an experience points requirement to get your promotion, and it is NOT only based on Allied Notes, and may not be based on Allied Notes at all.

If there is no Allied Notes requirement, the Notes may be completly useless at this time.

Anyone else have thoughts?

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Fun With Miz

Posted on February 24, 2008 by pyra | 1 comment

So Miz was out for the evening, but still wanted to do limbo. The dilemma. So, he asked me to play his character for him since I’m somewhat familiar with how to Monk (and I specifically asked not to play Paladin, since, well, my Paladin is lvl 1 for a good reason).

The theme of this post is Potential.

potential

Yes, I found Potential.

First thing I had to do was get some macros. I copied over the ones I use for Pyra, especially since we use a lot of the same gear, at least for any slots I’d want to swap.

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Ok, so I, and everyone else, got a kick out of using Pyra’s TP macro for Miz.

Rawr! Look at me, I’m Miz, I make stuff die!

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miz_fight2

Whoa… as in Keanu Reeves from the Matrix, Whoa….

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Having been on the butt of one too many ninja’s getting charmed (including this particular ninja getting charmed with his stun katanas on, that sucked), I took a little revenge.

MPK

But, I decided it would probably be a bad idea to solo the charmed tank, and went back to the monster.

After the fight, Miz was mine for a little bit.

After the great lesson I learned from Mischa, Bard or Summoner is the choice for running around.

miz_singing_skill

Oh look, skill up even.

miz_sings

Rawr!

-pyra

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Roc Star

Posted on February 23, 2008 by pyra | Leave a comment

This week, I saw the NM Roc for the first time. Not only did I see it, but I got the title too.

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Yes, I was there for TH-Whoredom, but they pulled it to the bottom of the cliff so I could hit it once.

While hoping for a D. Ignot to sell, we got a dryad staff instead. As the only White Mage present, free lot for me!

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So its a free 50 MP. Not too bad for a short run.

But you might say, a short run from where.

Well, I had just outposted to the Merphy Mountains to finish up mission 6-2. Earlier in the day, I was a bit bored and decided to duo the fight with myself.

The fight is quite easy for a MNK/NIN and a WHM/BLM. Although it did go bad after the first Yag, the final 3 went very smooth, especially since I managed to get the SAM and WHM to use their 2 hour abilities before I died.

After my trip to Castle-O, I went to see the Star Sibyl and now my signet lasts 1 hour longer than before. Yay!

pyra_rank_7_woot

Oh, and the 40K is nice too. Payed for that night’s Limbus run.

I also finished up my 4th Star in Campaign. Hopefully I’ll be un-lazy and get the first metal this weekend.

Other than that, I’ve only done a Dynamis – Xarcabard. Thief hands finally fell after a 5 month break.

thf_afv2_finally_fall

1 more person off the list before I will get mine.

Since we always do a Dynamis Lord when we go to Xarcabard, and I always go to Xarcabard as Monk, I got to try a decent Chi blast on him. I was in mostly melee gear as a MNK/DRK, and I only got 10 boosts, and its Dynamis Lord, so this isn’t horrible.

Part of this came from my newly acquired Temple Crown +1, and a borrowed Osode.

Speaking of a borrowed Osode, here is what I look like in 4/5 of the Sky Set.

pyra_4_5_god_set

Soon I’ll have one of my own. Hands are kind of meh for monk, I prefer the Melee Gloves, or the +1 if I can get them. According to Genome, they help with counter rate, aside from the obvious evasion granted by 15 extra AGI. But I would put myself at the bottom of the list for Seiryu’s Kote, Rangers, Ninjas, and even Samurai deserve them before a Monk would.

-pyra

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