Back in July, I helped my friend Carste camp Kreutzet to get his dagger for his THF. Unfortunately, out of 5 or 6 claims, we did not see the dagger. Eventually we had to take a break from camping him, because of people's schedules.
Then all of this week, i've been helping a friend Falk camp Roc, so he could get the Dyrad Staff for his WHM. Again, after 4 claims we haven't seen the drop. I'm really starting to believe that somehow, i've inherited Xean's luck because I have a few other NMs i've camped and haven't seen the drop (Ose -_-).
All I have to say, is when these stupid birds drop their items, I am SO taking a break from camping NMs. I myself wanted to get a Dryad Staff, and an assault Jerkin but seriously after waiting around for 3 hrs of doing nothing, and sometimes having to stare at your screen because you have counter campers... I want to farm like crazy and make myself sick of farming before I camp something again.
I guess as frustrating as camping these NMs are, its can still be fun once we actually get to fight. I've been able to tank Roc all 4 times, and I really get a kick out of it because this was the main reason I took PLD. I wanted to be the tank everyone would ask for in LS, and i'm finally able to have that opportunity.
So aside from trying to get Roc all weekend, I managed to accomplish a bit. On Friday night, KeitaroAeon did gods. We fought Seiryu, Genbu and Byakko. I even managed to pick myself up the A. Abjuration: Legs which I immediately uncursed and made into Zenith Slacks (yay, 50 more MP for only 890k! I'm such a moron!!!). I was thankful that a second A. Legs dropped on our second Seiyru fight because originally I didn't have the highest bid, Ballmug did. But he had told me in /tell that he would pass the abjuration to me if it dropped, because he was only going to use it for his BRD. I was really appreciative, its not every day that you find people that pass up stuff they want. But I guess he was repaid the gesture, because he also got his that night.
And on Saturday morning we fought Kirin. I think the fight took us about an hour and 15 minutes, but we were a little smaller on numbers from our last Kirin fights. Still, we won and I think the only deaths this time were from Astral Flow. We might of had one or two random DD deaths but other than that, things were smoother this time. I think we even had some of our PLDs kiting with /nin which I didn't believe would work very well. Guess I myself need to practice and try it out sometime.... that is, after I get the gear. I'm still a pretty gimped PLD when it comes to Sky events, hence the reason I'm WHM for all events right now.
Later on in the day, Alianne wanted to burn some of his beastmen seals. He has about 7 stacks so Timwakefield, Alianne and myself decided to try Up In Arms. We went WHM, PLD, MNK. Unfortunately though, the damage output/damage taken wasn't in our favor and we ended up wiping at about 15%. I heard that BLM is really useful, so as soon as I can snag Carste we'll probably try it again.
So with 60 seals down the drain, we decided to try Petrifying Pair for only 30 seals. The first run we did, was easy however our second attempt I did the stupid mistake of not watching my shadows, and right as I casted Bind which resisted, Gravity wore (I was the kiting RDM) so I was pretty much dead soon after.... and my lizard then went and tore Alianne and Tim to pieces. I felt bad, but we decided to do another 3 runs which went very smooth. Its annoying how if you make one mistake, sometimes it can cost you the entire run. And in the end, we each only had about 5k in drops. Not one good thing dropped from the BCNM. Ugh. -_-
What else? Oh, I was set on killing "Goliath Beetle" to get his rare/ex shield, seeing as I had never seen him. So one night I went out to West Ronfaure and started killing beetles.... which apparently were his placeholders. Only apparently they weren't, because he didn't spawn for over an hour. BUT! I did manage to finally see Jaggedy Eared Jack which I had never seen in the 2 years i've played this game, so I went and took him down with my staff! Guess he didn't like that too much, because he didn't give me the drop ; ;
I also took some time out to help Shaolina get a PLD testimony. That was kinda fun, had a few LS members come out to give a hand, and managed to get a few levels on my club. Its now sitting at about 187 so not too far off from being able to quest Hexa Strike. And luckily the test dropped within about 2hrs this time, unlike every other time that i've helped farm the testimony and it took 4hrs +
Last thing to note I guess, only because I have a pic to show for it is that me and Xean took out Keeper of Halidom. I've killed this guy at least 10 times and never gotten the drop. Its still fun though, he's pretty easy now that i'm 75 but I remember being a lower lvl PLD and him giving me and Xean a bit of a tough time.
I only managed to get 2 tree cuttings out of 40 minutes of farming, which I suppose is evidence that my luck and Xean's is very veeeeery bad. I hope I can get motivated to farm some more cuttings, I want to plant again and try making more gil by gardening Ores, but so far i've only gotten 1-2 ores per harvest. >_<
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