Sometimes I wonder why people bother. My pet peeve /moan at the moment is about people moaning or whining or forever feeling hard done by. - Yes I'm contradicting myself by moaning about the moaners, but hopefully I can do it with a bit of brusque style.
half full or half empty? Which kind of person are you?
Things people moan about
1. Not having enough time to endgame, farm, level etc.
We all live lives that use up time. I choose to watch very little in the way of TV and do what I can when I can. SE have introduced so much in last 2-3 yrs that we have no right to moan. Exp is so much easier to get nowadays. Sub dnc if you want to solo and more exp when you kill ep mobs. Campaign is another thing that we can get easy exp from. Never mind the fact that with ToA, FoV and Level synch, levelling a job has never been easier.
Nyzul isle is 30 mins a run. There are always shouts for it.
ZNM is a lot easier to get pops for than Sky ever was. Some good gear from it and good experience for players who haven't wet their feet in endgame up to now.
Assault is 30 mins a run. Some nice stuff to be had there and most are fun and doable.
Limbus, Sky, Sea, Dynamis, Einenenejjjaaar and salvage are all other avenues.
2. Not getting the gear they want.
Who does get everything they want? Nurturing a job was never meant to be an overnight thing. You can be solid at your job without breaking the bank in most cases. Many people have a 'main' job to put extra special effort into.
3. People who moan about people trying to become better at their main job.
How dare people parse results!!! How dare people seek out excellence!!! How dare people be good at their job!!! If people feel insecure about that then tough. I don't give a shit. To be honest I'd far rather be in a lol LS party any day than a 30k /hr party with strangers. But I'm not going to feel guilty about being decent at my job and being able to contribute to high chains and high exp. Give me PUP, PUP, anything anything anything anything any day if it LS.
4. People who moan about not getting drops.
We all suffer bad luck sometimes. I always assume I won't get anything. That way it's all a bonus.
5. People who moan about skilling up due to Level Synch.
Skilling up isn't that hard. I'd say i spent a max of 10 rhrs doing additional skilling up on my last 75 i took up. Some may take more but I'd rather have that than the party system we had before.
6. People who moan about jobs...
Every job can be good for different reasons.
PLD - beef merchant whahay!
SAM - Sexy dd
WAR - shit job.... It the only job that is absolute ... haggis!
COR - Cool hat
RDM - Another cool hat
DRG - I always think of 'Drag Queen' when I think of this
SMN - Has it's very own cuddly toys
PUP - I want to do a PUP burn some day
BLU - Janko - need I say more
BRD - The I-pod of the FFXI gaming world
RNG - bird death
MNK - Wail away to your heart's content
DRK - Goth
WHM - Samaratins of the game
SCH - My rl job kinda
NIN - A boxer rather than a slugger - full of win
BST - Seigfried and Roy of the game
Come on folks, we playing the coolest game in the world. A game that if you do something it MATTERS. If you achieve something it MATTERS. Characters that you can care about; a community that is strong and stable. If you are lucky to be a part of a LS filled with skilled nice people then it turns it from a game to a place to meet friends. I'm in a LS just like that and feel priveliged to be part of it and this game...
...but
........
...........I wish WAR could evade better than a Barn Door
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Sunday, 22 March 2009
Sleep deprivation and smiling through it.
Being from EU, it often means that if we wish to participate in end-game activity, we have to get up / stay up for 2-5 am starts. I've grown accustomed to this, although it does mean I generally only do one end-game activity at a time. None of this ... Limbus - Mon, Dynamis - Tue, Sky farm -Wed, Nyzul Isle - Fri etc etc etc. I'm not complaining or whining about it, because I love the game and I have fun with the people I play with and speak shit with. 'If you don't like, don't do' is my motto. (well, one of them) Whining gets you knowhere, moaning gets you knowhere.
That being said... I was almost 90 mins late for a Tinnin fight yesterday. I bow my head in shame and say sorry to a 'super dooper' BLU Janko (and everyone else who were there forming) Then we fought a floor on Nyzul Isle and lost due to us collectively not being 'on the ball'. Second night of mega early rise is much harder than the first. I've now got my alarm clock out loft.
Nyzul Isle is still my favourite thing in the game. We got 3/4 wins on Fri with a Denali head and an Askar legs drop. Good to see Drimer get something from this. She'd always win first prize for the cutest exhaltations of joy in the group. We'll still be doing this for a while. To be honest I'd like to end up being 5/5 on all three types of gear.
Maat... This is a long term goal. No longer will it be level to 75 > full merit, levelanotherjobto75 > full merit etc. I have a lot of levelling to do, but i can see it happening. Although i have a sneaking feeling that i won't be the first in the LS to get it.... ahem.... someone else beginning with Z...
That being said... I was almost 90 mins late for a Tinnin fight yesterday. I bow my head in shame and say sorry to a 'super dooper' BLU Janko (and everyone else who were there forming) Then we fought a floor on Nyzul Isle and lost due to us collectively not being 'on the ball'. Second night of mega early rise is much harder than the first. I've now got my alarm clock out loft.
Nyzul Isle is still my favourite thing in the game. We got 3/4 wins on Fri with a Denali head and an Askar legs drop. Good to see Drimer get something from this. She'd always win first prize for the cutest exhaltations of joy in the group. We'll still be doing this for a while. To be honest I'd like to end up being 5/5 on all three types of gear.
Maat... This is a long term goal. No longer will it be level to 75 > full merit, levelanotherjobto75 > full merit etc. I have a lot of levelling to do, but i can see it happening. Although i have a sneaking feeling that i won't be the first in the LS to get it.... ahem.... someone else beginning with Z...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
Random nonsense
Newbs and new people to the LS
Us as a LS have been lucky enough to have several brand new players join us. Old veterans (Like many of the LS) love having new people to help. As long as they bear in mind that the main thing in the game is to have fun. Obtaining good gear etc is part of the fun and part of something we can all help each other with. But... It is our duty to let new people avoid some of the pitfalls or mistakes that can easily happen when you are new to a game.
1. Farming - We all have to do it. We have all done it. Quite often we can seek while doing it. Don't ask us for gil, ask us how to make gil.
2. Gearing up our jobs - No, you don't have to have +1 of everything, but try and fill the slots with stuff that is appropriate to your job. If in doubt as to what stats are best for what job? Ask, and ye shall recieve.
3. Gimping your job - A touchy one, but you are better off farming gil to get what you need, than gimping your job by not having an essential spell/tool/scroll etc. An example of this is Ninja 37+ You must have Utsi Ni or you are leeching off your party and not able to do what it 'says on the box'.
4. Skype - Several ls members regularly join skype. This is fun and it also helps when doing a lot of stuff. Don't feel like it's part of a leet club that you can't get in. If you want in skype, say and you can join in the .... revelry.
5. can't think of anything else and looking back, No 4 doesn't fit in with the title.
Notes
Whether Zer likes it or not, being poked inside Nyzul Isle got us a 4/4 run with 3 nice gear drops and a good weapon drop. Just relies on her being poked enough.
btw - Well done to all the Swift belt owners out their. I understand you went 3/3 - awesome job
Us as a LS have been lucky enough to have several brand new players join us. Old veterans (Like many of the LS) love having new people to help. As long as they bear in mind that the main thing in the game is to have fun. Obtaining good gear etc is part of the fun and part of something we can all help each other with. But... It is our duty to let new people avoid some of the pitfalls or mistakes that can easily happen when you are new to a game.
1. Farming - We all have to do it. We have all done it. Quite often we can seek while doing it. Don't ask us for gil, ask us how to make gil.
2. Gearing up our jobs - No, you don't have to have +1 of everything, but try and fill the slots with stuff that is appropriate to your job. If in doubt as to what stats are best for what job? Ask, and ye shall recieve.
3. Gimping your job - A touchy one, but you are better off farming gil to get what you need, than gimping your job by not having an essential spell/tool/scroll etc. An example of this is Ninja 37+ You must have Utsi Ni or you are leeching off your party and not able to do what it 'says on the box'.
4. Skype - Several ls members regularly join skype. This is fun and it also helps when doing a lot of stuff. Don't feel like it's part of a leet club that you can't get in. If you want in skype, say and you can join in the .... revelry.
5. can't think of anything else and looking back, No 4 doesn't fit in with the title.
Notes
Whether Zer likes it or not, being poked inside Nyzul Isle got us a 4/4 run with 3 nice gear drops and a good weapon drop. Just relies on her being poked enough.
btw - Well done to all the Swift belt owners out their. I understand you went 3/3 - awesome job
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Cats / Walrus / Moose /poke-aga III
Been bloody ages since I updated this and I promise to fill this with a load of shit every week. Friday nights - well, 4.30 am to be exact, is Nyzul Isle night and our wonderful static GOT TO FLOOR 100! - Ranks as one of my favourite moments in game. In fact we went 4/4 from 80-100 in one fell swoop. Now we can spend Friday nights bemoaning the fact that we get a zillion chariots, with gears and undead every second floor. Feels good to be there and it all goes down to Zer, Drimer, Carste, Soul and Vepion who make it easy and fun. Skype has added a whole new dimension to getting things done.
Saturday nights are ZNM nights and we have won every fight that we've attempted. Including several tier 3 bosses. I've had 2 pops at armed gears but no Aurum feet have dropped so far. The nice shiny new Tomoe is nice though. It has also been good to get some old friends involved with this alongside my new friends. Ascen, Perc, Soul, Tef, Poten, Darce are all members of SOTW and take varying participation in game. Ascen will ALWAYS help anyone at the drop of a hat and Darce has grown up as a PLD and he needs to know that there have been appreciative comments about his tanking ability during events (spoken in skype). Was great to see Sekhemet and Imbris both get involved a bit.
My BLM has been retired and my RDM semi retired. It kinda sad, but my focus has been more on COR, WAR and other dd recently. I'd consider WAR my main job.
/poke Zerayla
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/dance4
Saturday nights are ZNM nights and we have won every fight that we've attempted. Including several tier 3 bosses. I've had 2 pops at armed gears but no Aurum feet have dropped so far. The nice shiny new Tomoe is nice though. It has also been good to get some old friends involved with this alongside my new friends. Ascen, Perc, Soul, Tef, Poten, Darce are all members of SOTW and take varying participation in game. Ascen will ALWAYS help anyone at the drop of a hat and Darce has grown up as a PLD and he needs to know that there have been appreciative comments about his tanking ability during events (spoken in skype). Was great to see Sekhemet and Imbris both get involved a bit.
My BLM has been retired and my RDM semi retired. It kinda sad, but my focus has been more on COR, WAR and other dd recently. I'd consider WAR my main job.
/poke Zerayla
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/dance4
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