Travels in Vana'diel

A history of tarutaru Halifirien's adventures in the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Maintenance Activities

Except
Final Fantasy XI - Chocobo
The most hideous shade of green known to man.
for Sunday's Limbus and ENM/escort obligations, I've only been online long enough to feed my chocobo for the past few days. There's been a lot of DVD-watching and Gears of War-playing activities distracting me from Vana'diel this, but sometimes you just need a break. I plan to jump back in next week, refreshed and invigorated.

Sunday was nice because Cmdrfly forgot it was my week to go White Mage for the ENM, so he'd already geared up and I went Monk instead. With the ENM and escort, I'm now 4000xp away from 59. Quieren's static is drawing closer and closer, and I told him I'd probably do a couple sessions with them.

The only other thing I've done was turn in those breeding cards for the green chocobos to get an egg. I'm still working on BlackComet and won't actually need the egg for a few weeks, but I was bored and wanted to free up some space in my moghouse. I hate that babyshit green they use for the chocobos and would never ride one around, but I want the plaque and breeding options.

The bubble finally burst on Black Sole prices. Fishermen finally noticed the climbing prices and flooded the markets again. I fished up two stacks today while waiting for Limbus and saw the price had plunged from 40k to 18k, which is still higher than it was a month or so ago. I've got to do some hardcore fishing next week so I can finally get that Templar Mace.

Today's
Final Fantasy XI - Limbus
Greater Birds in Limbus love to use Horde Lullaby.
Limbus run went well. We didn't have enough people to finish off an Ultima set, so we did the Apollyon zone with all the animals for some healthy coin farming. I got a Fetid Lanolin, which gives me a complete upgrade set for Beastmaster AF if I decide to use it. We killed anything that moved and everyone got four Ancient Beastcoins when it was over. I'm 20/75 toward my Loquacious Earring.

Quieren annoyed me at on point when I moved forward to put up Protectra and Shellra in the middle of a fight and he said "Screw buffs." He's said that to me before, and I told him the same thing I always say: "Shut up, Q." Let the White Mage do his job and focus on your own. You'll live longer.