Huge update

Long time no post! I let this thing rot for a bit, but I received a bit of guilt for not updating, so here goes.

Scholar, scholar, scholar. Apparently it is now THE sub for White Mage, so I've been working really hard toward getting the job to level 37. Currently it is at 32.

I've started to have real trouble finding a party at this point, which is quite discouraging. I resorted to duoing with my NPC in Batillia Downs after searching for a party for a little too long. EXP was horrible of course, but it's better than nothing. I also don't have my NPC in the gearset I'd like her to be in yet, so doing this changed some of her gear.

Nyzul Isle is still going strong. I still can't get over the stingyness of the drops of the HNMs in there, but recently we got Evele some Askar dirs. yay!

With the release of the new relic weapons on the horizon, I'd really like to try to get to floor 100 soon. Unfortunately, that doesn't look like it's going to happen. The Askar body piece is what most of the group is drooling over, and that's floor 80. I'd just like someone to get a Nyzul Isle weapon, it doesn't have to be me. I'd be first in line in helping that person do whatever needs to be done to get the final weapon.

Sunday's perma is... still existing? The group members talk about switching jobs around and whatever which confuses me to no end. All I know is that I'll show up in SAM gear for as long as the perma lasts, and then most likely shelf the job. I'll keep the gear in case the LS needs me as a SAM for things, but I still have much more to do with WHM before I think about improving SAM much.

There's new merit updates arriving with the June update. The merits I've been saving for MND #3 will most likely be spent on two more Shellra V merits, and 2 more Devotion merits. At least these merit decisions are pretty much no-brainers. After that, I still need to make gear improvements to MaxMP, MND, and RestingMP.... and melee/WS. So pretty much everything. I can't wait to finish Scholar so that I can focus on WHM again (and learn what the /SCH fuss is about)

So... that's about it. I'll try to make one of these after each session of play until it becomes habit. I'm usually pretty quiet in-game, so this will also be a good space to just say random stuff that goes through my head but doesn't feel worthy to type in FFXI.

Still haven't finished merits?!

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while, just no motivation I guess.

Monday's Nyzul Isle run was largely succesful. We beat a Cerberus at level 60 and earn access to level 61. Evele also won some Askar mitts, so grats to her.

Wednesday was like other Wednesdays, with me logging in without a clue on what to do. I have no room for gear for a third job, so leveling anything new was out. And I actually didn't want to level WHM when I started, which kind of bothered me. Maybe the job has me burnt out? But I decided to merit anyway. At the end of the night I decided to spend my 10 merit points on the first two MND upgrades. This category is the most intimidating, but I've been putting it off long enough.

Finishing off MND will give me something to do with WHM for a while. I want to max out WHM merits, but I have been slacking lately. Tonights session has motivated me to finish the merits.

Then I'll just have to worry about gear...

Nyzul Isle again, and WHM reloaded

erm... I forgot to get into my own account for a bit. I don't understand how people can do these things on a regular basis without losing their mind. I'll try.

Anyways, the first Nyzul Isle of 08 was difficult to start up, but in the end it was really worth it. Three members were not able to log in, and a 4th didn't seem to have much interested in trying, but I managed to get a group together and damn it, we went anyway!

We beat Floors 31-36, and also got to Floor 40. Mr. Behemoth dropped Kecks, and Val won with a crappy lot. It was nice to see my efforts were not in vain; it gave me a sorta warm feeling inside. =)

As for WHM? I haven't gotten much EXP for it past the Nyzul Isle event. I'm sitting on 4 merit points at the moment. I have no clue what to spend it on, and I probably won't think about it until I max out limit points and have to make a decision.

Gearwise, I'm looking at a couple of different gears, but they all cost lots of gil, and I'm reluctant to spend the 1.2 mil I have.

I briefly thought of picking up BST ( I even wrote out the gearset I'd get) but I don't want to commit to another job until I completely max out WHM. Once merits are done, it'll just be gear. Which means farming, I guess. If it's an HNM drop, I'll pass.

WHM for life

Nyzul Isle - The almost-win

Three runs at Nyzul Isle tonight. We had 2 fill-ins, LS member Blackheart and random guy Junpo. The first run was just a disaster; a huge "kill-8-Poroggos" floor and a Dahak floor. In my opinion Dahak should be and HNM in that zone, it hurts so bad.

On the second run, we made to the 20th floor and ran into Fafnir. We were short on time though, and one fire breath seemed to one-shot our PLD tank, Evele. time-out, booted out.

The third run was our best. Again we made it to the HNM but this time it was Behemoth (which I'll admit I knew little about) We got it down to about 4% before running out of time again. Kind of dissapointing, but I'm glad that we got to the HNM with our rushed-together setup.

2 hours seem to be almost required for these bosses. In the future the party will need to save all their 2 hours for one HNM. The other 2 runs will have to be floor progress runs, I guess. I got a random merit point out of the night though, which was nice I guess. I have no idea what to spend it on though.

I'm looking forward to future Nyzul Isle runs and FINALLY getting some footwear for an LS member. The full roster should be be back online by next week, so I'm hopeful.