I love my weekends

The best part about the job that I have, is that I never have to work weekends! Which of course, gives me both Saturday and Sunday to do a lot in the game, which is great because during the week me and Xean are often on too late due to being on PST and so by the time we're logged in, many of our LS members are almost ready for bed.

So starting with Saturday, the first thing that me and Xean did was get ready for our ENM static. I was going as WAR/NIN, and Xean went as WHM. We also had Pseulen (DRK/THF), Timwakefield (MNK), Arimis (WAR/NIN) and Soulstar (SMN) along for the ride. We started with Promyvion Holla, and managed to get lucky with the Memory Recepticles because we didn't have any "duds" and progressed to the 4th and final floor within 30 minutes. We then prepared ourselves, and went in for the ENM which was a breeze though I ended up getting one shotted right at the end. Guess once a tank, always the tank? Lol. We managed to get a Brilliant Vision which is an item that can be used to obtain a healer's earring, and even though it only sells for about 50k our party was pumped because any vision is a rare drop, and we had gotten one on our first run as a static.

We then headed over to Promyvion Dem, and again this was pretty easy getting to the top. We had one dud MR, but aside from that no aggro and we made good time. When we got to the fight, this was easier than the Holla crag and we took down the ENM quickly. Again to our amazement, we got another drop, this time one worth about 700k, the Vivid Vision which can be turned into a summoner's earring. We were quite excited and very pleased with our results so far.

Finally, we headed to Promyvion Mea, and this time took a little longer because we had a few dud MRs. But finally we made it to the top, and we went in hoping for success #3. We did manage to beat the ENM, however myself, Arimis and Timwakefield were all eating dirt in the end. This is suppose to be the harder of the promies, so it was what to expect. Unfortunately we didn't get any drops at the end of this one, but for 3 ENMs we did very well with 9k XP each (my WAR hit lvl 58 woo!) and about 750k to split between all of us. It was a blast, and i'm really glad that this is something we'll be doing every Saturday because its a great way to spend some time with LS members and get in some easy xp.

After that, me and Xean decided to get a few merits, so I geared up my RDM and he got his MNK ready. Our first party had a slow start because the BRD hadn't told us he'd gone AFK to change his baby's diaper, and so we were waiting in Bhaflau Thickets for about 15 minutes taking a few mobs in between. But when the BRD finally came, xp picked up quick and things were going great... that is, until the BRD had to leave, as well as our party leader and our ninja tank. In the end our party disbanded and me and Xean headed back to whitegate with our seeks up again, hoping to get in a few merits before the end of the evening.

Well we did get another invite, but I would have to say this party was far less enjoyable than the last. We went up to Sky and were chaining 10s on weapons. The xp was ok, except I wasn't use to "mobile camp" xping and was falling behind a lot because i'd be casting something and the party would move forward. And to boot, the BRD we had was an elitist . I had gotten stuck on some vines, and fell behind before a gate was closed on me. The BRD made some comment about me "horsing around" which made me just want to smack the little tarutaru. I mean seriously, do you think I come into a party to "horse around" -_-. Moron.

At last that party ended, and me and Xean decided to give our friend Zakuta some help camping Sewer Syrup Jelly NM so he could get the "Jelly Ring" drop for his PLD. We headed down into basement of the San d'Orian Castle, and killed Mousse and Haunts while trying to pop the NM as it was a lottery. 4 hours passed before it spawned, and me wanting to test my skills as RDM/NIN HAAAd to solo it, and so I did. All was going fine except in between, some mobs popped. Zak and Xean took these on, but somehow they ended up getting a total of 1 Werebat, 1 Mousse and I think 2 Haunts on them. I tossed a few sleeps as I could, and some refreshes and they killed their aggro with just barely any MP left to spare. And a few minutes later, I killed Sewer Syrup and got Zakuta his Jelly Ring!! I was psyched because aside from some help from my NPC, i'd taken on my first NM by myself. I felt I did better on this than I had with the avatar runs i'd done a few weeks ago, so I think as long as I continue to get some practice in there will be a lot I can solo if needed.

And on Sunday, I logged in to give a hand to Demonwolf and Falk with Garuda. I went as RDM/NIN and the battle was easily fought with their help. At the very end of the battle, I decided to Chainspell and Blizzard III Garuda, which did close to 500 each hit. This was without any of my INT/nuking/Aquilo's Staff too, as I had my MP gear setup at the time. Because I already had the rare/ex item and the avatar pact, I decided to get myself 10k as my reward.

Later on, me and Xean decided to quest some of our AF for our WHM and NIN. I got my AF feet and pants, and then farmed my Garlaige Citadel Coffer key with Alianne while Xean had to go on the boat to Mhaura to kill an NM for his AF. When we were done this, we all headed back to Al Zhabi because Tim had scheduled an lvl 60 Cap ISNM (Imperial Standing Notorious Monster). Our setup was myself (RDM), Xean (MNK), Timwakefield (MNK), Alianne (SMN), Cronelic (SAM) and Khajit (NIN).

Our first run didn't go so well though. There was a bit too much talking and not enough voking, and I ended up dying first which unfortunately meant that the party wasn't going to have too much longer to live. Everyone ended up 2hring, but the NM kept using a charmga move (I swear like 10 times) which left our party unable to fight, while it regened. In the end, we all ate the dirt but we were determined to try again so Alianne HPed and came back to raise us all.

Our second round was much easier because we only got charmed maybe 3 times, and because I didn't die I was able to keep the party cured and we won. We decided to try one last round before Alianne had to go to bed and again, this was a success. Seemed we'd figured out our setup and our strategy after our initial failure. Unfortunately the drops weren't anything special, but again as with anything we do as a LS, the prizes are always a bonus because the experience and memory is what we take with us in the end. Hopefully we can do this again sometime, it was more fun than I expected.