{"id":581,"date":"2009-07-20T20:11:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T00:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/2009\/07\/20\/looks-like-i-am-playing-again-well-after-i-get-updated\/"},"modified":"2009-08-06T21:18:31","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T01:18:31","slug":"looks-like-i-am-playing-again-well-after-i-get-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/2009\/07\/20\/looks-like-i-am-playing-again-well-after-i-get-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Looks like I am playing again – well after I get updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a side note, photoshop doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t appear to be handling my screenshots anymore.  It is really slow when opening anything over 6MPix in size.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday while playing on my 14-day trial, I was invited to attend a Dynamis with the group I used to play with on Diabolos, now called LastBoss.  I went as a White Mage and it is the first time I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been a White Mage in Dynamis in nearly 2 years.<\/p>\n

\"Not<\/p>\n

It really was like riding a bike.  I guess since I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been playing White Mage since summer of 2005 it was all muscle memory.  It probably also helps that I had a backup copy of my macros from my old computer and was able to get back to what I was used to quickly.<\/p>\n

The group is new, and had some trouble.  They also only had about 20 people in the zone, excluding myself.<\/p>\n

At least we got to the Angry Tuna\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

\"Pictured <\/p>\n

At least it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t my fault?<\/p>\n

Anyways, after this, I was ready to restart the Pyra.<\/p>\n

I logged on to Caitsith just in time to go kill Roc.<\/p>\n

\"ItsToD was sometime that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter anymore because the server was reset.<\/p>\n

I then got to go and do Limbus with my old group.  I missed them.  But lets not tell them that, it makes it harder for me to negotiate for more cookies.<\/p>\n

I have to admit, losing my Thief and Monk macros made this tough.  I barely remember what gear I had to switch and when (if I remember right, both had significantly more gear swap macros than my White Mage ever did).  I was casting spells and using JAs and WSs from the menus again like a common noob.  I might be somewhat nooby again, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m far from \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccommon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 :).  Limbus was really fun, and it was hardly about the items, it was just about having fun with some old friends.<\/p>\n

On Sunday night, I went back into Dynamis with KillerInstinct.  We did a Jeuno.  After I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d spent half the day writing new Thief macros, I ended up going as a Monk.  However\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

\"ees\"I was a little disappointed.  The other one only hit me for 700ish.  My monk has ~1600 HPs in Dynamis gear (and I was \/WAR)<\/p>\n

I noticed a few things after my extended absence —<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember what is \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgood\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for damage anymore.  My asurans were hitting for ~450-500, and I was pulling hate, but I thought they should be double that <\/li>\n
  2. The economy has gone crazy.  Most ancient currencies have doubled in price while I was away.  I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure not complaining though, as I had a bunch on Pyra which I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve sold to gain some pocket change. <\/li>\n
  3. Thief evasion is still as amazing as always.  Because I need inventory space, I went and completed the first two Young Griffons quests.  The second requires you to fight a NM with a high counter rate.  Well, he barely hit me on my Thief (ok so I added about +17 evasion skill and wore some of my normal +eva gear). <\/li>\n
  4. I need to completely rewrite my Thief and Monk macros.  They needed it before, but it feels like such a daunting task. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Anyways, enjoy your Moogle Coup of State and update.  I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going on vacation in a few days, and so won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be even starting the 2 mini expansions for about a month.<\/p>\n

    -pyra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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