Diabolos: 1, Zerayla: 0

So our CoP static decided that we were going to try and do the Prime Diabolos fight, in hopes of adding this demon to our avatar collection. Our setup was a little strange compared to what most would of had, as we were going to have 2 WHM but because we could only do this with our static, and Alianne and Lokelani only had WHM at 75, we didn't really have too many options.

We all got ourselves ready, and headed off to Beaucedine, and then into Pso'Xja where we found ourselves naked because of the area being a lvl 40 capped area. We didn't plan on staying in the area so none of us bothered to bring lvl 40 gear, so off we went running through the zone, parading in our very own Vana'diel undergarments! Lol!!

Well when we finally got to the zone before we would enter the Diabolos Prime Avatar fight, we went over our strategy. The plan was to have Kiersten our PLD, and Xean our MNK go melee him. Our WHMs Alianne and Lokelani would heal as needed and me (RDM) and Sirivalin our BLM would enfeeble Diabolos. Then when he was to get to about 70%, Kiersten would 2hr which would be followed by Xean's, Sirivalin's and my own. I was going to chainspell and Blizzard III his ass...

Unfortunately though, that didn't quite happen. We hadn't expected Diabolos to get off a sleepga II, and I guess because this hadn't been expected, our PLD didn't think to cure one of the WHM to get off a curaga right away. It wasn't too long until he let off his nightmare when the mages were finally able to wake all of us and I think everyone was in a bit of a panic because of our dwindling HP and our 2hrs which didn't really get to have their full potential because we had been slept during that time. Eventually we all ended up hitting the ground, with Lokelani being the last survivor in a 2 second "kiting" attempt where she intended to Holy him to death... (gotta love her sense of humor and spirit when death is around the corner, lol)

I don't think any of us were upset, because accidents happen and considering we at least knew what to prepare for the next time, we eagerly gave it another shot. The only problem this time though, was that we didn't have our 2hrs.

Our second round, went pretty good until about 50% when nightmare went off again. I don't recall things exactly, but I knew that our HP went down pretty quick and after getting him to maybe 30-40% he wiped our party again. I think we had done better this round though because we were a little more aware of what to expect, and Sirivalin was kind enough to give us some poison potions to protect us from his sleepga.

After exiting the battle area, we found out our WHMs didn't have RR, but luckily mine was still available. Lokelani offered to HP and come give me a R3 but considering I had used a reraise earring to begin with, I figured a little xp wasn't going to hurt and i'd rather help out my party as best I could. (I just have this annoying obsession with wanting to keep my "buffer" xp above a certain amount, and now that I love meriting on RDM its always hard to give up the merit points to regain it... oh well, part of the life of FFXI!! ^^)

Other than that, me and Xean worked on our NIN and WHM. We managed to get to lvl 59, but along the way we experienced some really annoying and slow parties. I swear we're cursed to have two of the most highly wanted jobs, and yet we're never lucky enough to get into the "best of the best" pts. It drives me nuts sometimes too, because I just want to see what it could be like to get more than a chain 6.

Guess i'll just have to keep crossing my fingers that we'll get lucky one night when seeking. Until then, gotta go with what we get and as long as its not going to make Xean waste his gil too much (man oh man is NIN expensive if you want to do it right) then we'll slowly make our way to 75. And I will definitely be happy when that happens, because next up I'm going MONK!! BOOYA!