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Un-Gimpifing, Just a Little Bit

Posted on February 13, 2008 by | 10 comments

Just a quick update because I can’t sleep.

As mentioned previously, Ata finally got Evoker’s Pigaches +1.  So, I took a picture and posted it.

atasnewboots 

In addition to this, I finally managed to cap my evasion on Thief.  Evasion was bad, Marksmanship is proving slightly more annoying, as it is taking me about 100 bolts to gain 1 skill level.  Its currently at 228 (cap of 230) because I ran out of bolts.

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When I capped evasion, I switched to my Tatami shield, since more evasion is never bad, and I was going to try to kill Even Match – Tough’s with just Acid Bolts.

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You can see how much I’ve used a shield.

Approximately one hour ago, I finished ToAU Mission 44.  I’ve been stuck on this one since around September, and when I got the invite, I jumped on it.

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I’m now done with the current ToAU missions on both Pyra and Ata.  Ata is also a Rank 10 in both Bastok and Windurst.  I don’t plan on doing the Sandy missions anytime soon, unless a change is made so I don’t lose my outposts.

Other than that, I hit 38 on Dancer, going to try for 50 before they introduce AF gears.

But I need sleep, night!

(a very excited)
-pyra

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Ranking Up and Finishing Long-Term Projects

Posted on February 11, 2008 by | Leave a comment

As I mentioned previously, I’m working on getting my ranks up in Campaign.

campaigning 

campaign_rank_up

Star #3.  I should get Star #4 at the end of this week depending on how much time I have.  Does anyone actually know that that symbol is on these?

While doing campaigns, I ran across some new, and bazaar, names.

crazy_names

I’m not sure what Instant Love is, nor why she was making some inappropriate emotes towards Xenith.  Maybe I just don’t want to know.

Here was something completely unexpected.  I was asked to join an Assault group, and we did one I’ve never done before.

We did worms, and I did a 1K Darkness o.O !

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And it was just enough for the promotion.

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About time hardly describes it, but I was still happy about this occurrence.

The quest was interesting, you have to run around to 5 lakes around the thickets and woodlands.

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And I got this screenshot.  If you know my dislike of elves, it makes sense why I liked it so much :).

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That’s right you smelly elf, bow down to the cat!

Oh, and also about time.

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I got my astral leather for Ata’s SMN Boots +1.  I got the Temenos half forever and a day ago.  I turned them in right after limbo, so they are ready as soon as I need them.  I also finished a Monk set for Pyra, but have not decided which piece to upgrade yet.  I also will need more coins since I’ve been using them as fast as they come in and only have about 5 left.

Finally from me, I took this picture in my last dynamis run and wanted to post it.  Click for a larger version.

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-pyra

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Boroka Bama

Posted on February 10, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Friend in my LS said Boroka was up, so we got together a group and went to make him slightly less alive than he previously was.

I’ve never fought this NM before, so it was a fun fight.  But was a lot simpler than expected.

 

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This next picture would be perfect except for the ‘miss’ on the screen.  Oh well that’s what I get for turning on the damage report.

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No deaths, although there were a couple close calls.

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Yay!  Thief kill 4tw.  The Auditory Torque was what we were after, so it worked out well.  The elf pictured — Yenvious — ended up with it.  Skulker’s Cape was sold, and probably used to buy a silent oil.

 boroka_drops

Fun fight, wouldn’t mind going back to sell the drops at another time.

Boroka gives you a title too (surprise to all of us involved).

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Cool!

Since this didn’t fit anywhere else, and this is already a large post, I wanted to post this pic here.

I helped the AF group do CoP 8-2 and the map acquisition quest.  The map part… sucked, a lot.  But in the end, we all got it.

For some strange reason, I always hit the NM on Darksday.  I was hoping that for once, maybe, I would hit on some other day, but no, Darksday again.

This time, he really spammed the sleepga2.

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Good times.

-pyra

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Monking it Up

Posted on February 7, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Well, during the experience of capping my experience points on Summoner, Thief, and Monk (to compliment my existing capped exp on my White Mage) in Campaign.  I managed to get this little item.

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That’s the 6th rank in Campaign, of a total of 12 currently available.  I’m hoping to have the 10th rank by the expansion next month.

Well, going along with the Monk theme, in an amazingly close Apollyon SW (down to 60 seconds remaining on 2nd floor before we got the time chest), I got final stinged.

final_sting

However, 879 HP is just over half of my normal geared up hit points.

Speaking of Hit Points, I’ve managed to boost my total HP to over 2000.

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I do cheat a little.  I have 30 MP which is converted to HP.  The one earring is a Brutal, the other is an Intruder earring.

Speaking of the intruder earring…

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I just got the intruder this week as well (and no, you can’t have ToD).

While waiting for Centurio to pop, I hunted the Dune Widow.  I got a claim, but this is all it dropped for me.

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Boooooooooo.  I need teh gilz.

Finally, the most important part of this post.

Please congratulate Mizuhito on getting his Melee Cyclas, and hitting 4/5 on Monk AFv2.

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And that is it, the week of the monk.

Hopefully, a couple more Melee Cyclas fall — as we are farming the glacier for the next week — and I can not only beat my 2038 HP, but can also hit 6/6 on Monk AFv2.

-pyra

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Its Official, I’m Insane

Posted on February 5, 2008 by | 2 comments

I’ve been giving some thought as of late to forming my own Sky and Sea linkshell.

Technically, I’ve got everything I need to get started, or at least to start forming the shell.

I’ve done just about everything there is to do in Sky. While I’m a total noob in Sea, how hard can it be? Aside from Jailer of Love, Sea NMs seam fairly straight forward.

The LS will be yet-another in a string of task-oriented shells on Caitsith. Maybe I’ll call it PyrasPartyPlace 🙂 . Or not. Either way, right now, I know of no sky and/or sea shell which would work with my schedule. Or even of one at all. I’m not looking to leave my Dynamis or Limbus shells, as I’m quite happy in both. I also have a very low desire to camp anything HNM.

I have no idea why, but lately I’ve had this burning desire to A) Lead something again and B) Get off my butt and kill Sea NMs, and C) Blow stuff up again.

This must be what going insane feels like.

-pyra

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Ding 37 and the Lazy Square-Enix

Posted on February 4, 2008 by | 1 comment

I’ve finally finished.  Way too much work for what I get out of it.

The it is, of course, a level 37 White Mage for my Chi Blast sub.

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Yay 37 … er, grrrr.  Lazy goblin, give me 3 more experience points!

yay37

Ahhh there we go, much better.

And yes, I did kill an easy prey for 15 experience points.

ding37

I’m no saint, I just wanted the sub to be finished.

🙂

Moving along.

Last week, I obtained the Thief AFv2 body piece.  And I noticed something, it looked strangely familiar, but I just could not place my finger on it.

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The pockets on the arms though, and the way the vest is, with the side pouches at the bottom.  Could it be?

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Could the Pahluwan Khazagand be a reskinned version of the Thief AFv2 body?  The answer

overlay

Yes.  This is an overlay of the 2 above screenshots with the AFv2 on top and set to 50% transparency.  The vest, arm pockets, and side pockets all line up.  They did, however, add in a shirt underneath.

That being said, I like how the body turned out, anyone know how I can reskin my Pahluwan Khazagand to look like this?

-pyra

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Even More Old Photos from the Archive

Posted on February 4, 2008 by | Leave a comment

snowfrake

My favorite Engrish name ever.

As a White Mage, I actually die a lot more than you’d expect.

I’ve been somewhat lucky in getting a couple "Moment of Impact" shots, both from dynamis.

Here you go.

kaboom

burnedalive

I would not have done nearly as much in this game if it wasn’t for some of my friends.

One of the best of these friends, is Chumley, wherever he may be today.  I was introduced to him by a mutual friend at the time, who quit once he was deployed overseas.  Chumley was kind enough to sign my Noble’s Tunic.  The one before, and the one after mine both HQd.  I definitely would have preferred to wear a HQ one signed by Chum, but I will never sell this Noble’s.

This is for you Chum.

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Another group of friend did the Windy Missions together when we all had breaks from our LSs in Oct 2005.

This is from the inside of the monastery in Davoi.

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Dandelyon was also a good friend.  She too, quit the game, but her husband, Sprinkles, still plays.  The elf warrior on the left is Vaulaude.

My final two pictures are from Dragon’s Aery, and the exit back into Zitah.

dragonaery

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Until next time.

-pyra

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Yet More Old Photos From the Archive

Posted on February 3, 2008 by | Leave a comment

 diabolos

Few people know it, but I was one of the first to get Diabolos.  As soon as I got him, I went to play around.  A crowd gathered because everyone wanted to see what it could do. For the people who were there, this would be the first time any of them had seen Diabolos.

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What people also do not know is how far back Stallion and I go.  He organized my first CoP static.  It died out after a couple weeks, but we still managed to get through a handful of missions.  This is one of the reasons I was happy to help him with the 8-3 and 8-4 battles.

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While browsing for other pictures, I ran across this one.  Could that be?  Zencart?  This was me leveling my SMN in the high 60’s, probably in Bibiki Bay.

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Sometimes the game messes up.  Thankfully, I was quick on the screenshotting 🙂

I’ve got one more entry in this series I’m working on.  It will be posted soonish.

-pyra

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Chat Lines that Amused me

Posted on February 3, 2008 by | Leave a comment

enkedoodle

Biggest waste of money ever.  Never used them, ended up selling them off for 50K.

sky_doesnt_suck

Proof that sky doesn’t suck as much as everyone thinks it does.

mibo_is_worthy

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.  If you get it, you get it.

she_defeats

Really?  "She" defeats.

ayslain_hates

Awwww Ayslain hates this game.  That’s why you got BANNED.

expensive_osode

I hope no one actually bought that.

okote

On the upside, I did get my O Kote, and I still have them.

yay_marketing

Good marketing for V-Day.

-pyra

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From the Photo Archives

Posted on February 3, 2008 by | Leave a comment

I’ve been taking screenshots in this game since about the time I started and found out what buttons to hit to take them.

I came across this old one today and wanted to post it.  Deergirl is my current Sandy mule, but at one point was my Windy mule.

 Deergirl_and_afv2

Now, this might not be impressive, until you see the date — 2004.  This was taken late-summer 2004, and this White Mage already had AFv2 body.

For reference, most players I know had not started, or were only playing for about 6 months when this screenshot was taken.

I was running by this player, and I saw what looked like the normal AF body, but it didn’t quite look right.  And for some strange reason, it was a lvl 74 item.  It was not for a couple more months that I realized what it was I had seen.

At last check, Xyiliumy still played.

I saw her character much later.

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I wish I could make faces like that in my /seacom.

More to come soon!

-pyra

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