He ended up breaking his first two synths, but Tim being... well Tim, just went into his moghouse and gave two of our members already crafted Hakutaku Eye Clusters he had saved (and probably would have sold down the road) to replace the synths that failed. You can always count on that guy to be selfless when it comes to playing this game...
So anyways, after we had everything ready, we set a date and time and had a good majority of our LS come out to help kill the NM on the following weekend. We had Drimergirl, Elden, Nanekyune, Alianne, Timwakefield, Zeo, Sabene, Soulstar, Soluslupis, Hillbilly and Carste come out to lend a hand with the fight.
Again it was a small group, but thankfully we never really have to be worried with numbers because everyone works as a team, and pretty much knows what they're suppose to do. Our fights went really smooth, I think we only had 2 deaths in total and we ended up getting 5/5 Ohats again. Grats to Timwakefield, Drimergirl, Soulstar, Soluslupis and Hillbilly on their new fugly hats!
I also got promoted to officer in my sky LS KeitaroAeon. A member in our shell nominated me, and I figured seeing as there are some people that I know have worked their butts off in that shell, i'd rather try and help make it a more successful shell than give up due to the frustrations that many of us have been dealing with lately. Plus, I just want to see things a bit more organized and i'm hoping i'll get a chance to do that. If there's one thing that drives me nuts, its organization! I can't stand sitting around for an hour or more doing absolutely nothing ><
The only thing that I feel bad about is that before the promotion, I spoke with the leader and asked if I could take one of the sky farming nights off, because some LS friends of mine had started a new LS lvling static and invited me to play on my secondary character Kaelyth. I haven't been able to do many LS statics lately, and I didn't want to pass up this chance to spend a few hours with some close friends. I mean after all, that is the purpose of this game right? To play with friends and enjoy your time online?
Anyways, I was given the "ok" and the leader was really understanding. But then a week later I was asked to be an officer, so I didn't feel too great because if I were to be an officer, i'd want to be present as often as possible. In the end though, after talking with the leader I decided to still take the position and just told myself that i'd have to put in more effort on the 2/3 sky sessions I would be attending to help and make sure it progresses. So I just hope I don't disappoint myself or the other members in the shell ; ;
One update I forgot to mention... Gimli finally returned to the game full time! He's a really good friend of mine, and one of the very first members of our dynamis shell, RidersOfRohan. He's been with us since the beginning, when we started out as SpiftasticAdventures and was always there to make the runs feel like something "fun" rather than a job where you're just working towards getting gear. Big galka with a big heart is what I like to refer to him as! (He helped out my CoP static at the end so that we could complete the missions, and stuck with us until they were finished)
And of course, as usual he found a way to make us laugh... by mpk'ing all of us!
Its all good though, I think the mass sacrifices we had that night gave us some good gear. I believe we had 3 100c drop and a few AF pieces people needed.
I think its because of members like him that our shell has lasted as long as it has. I'm glad that we have a good group of people that can laugh when we wipe. Makes things more enjoyable.
Oh and speaking of dynamis.... PROOF THAT GMs WATCH US! I know some people have seen these red dots in Jeuno before!!!! I finally got a screenshot:
What else... Oh, yeah. Nightshadexl got himself a pair of Carbuncle Mitts last week. He asked Timwakefield, Soulstar and myself to come help (I might be missing one person o.O) with killing Crimson-Toothed Pawberry NM. The best part was when we had to open the door in Ugaleppih Temple, which we didn't have a key for. I insisted that it couldn't be opened otherwise, and of course Tim had to go and prove me wrong... damn galka! But that worked to our advantage, because we didn't have to waste time farming a key!
Squishy (Standpoint) also decided to bring his DRG out of retirement... which of course meant.... TIME TO KILL OSE! We have many... many..... maaaany "fond" memories of camping this kitty. (I swear each member in our LS has a specific NM that we just despise because of our luck camping it) I think we had over 12 kills last year when we were trying to get Squishy his assault jerkin, but of course we never got the drop. I think thats part of the reason he had decided to retire it.. after all, when you hear a bunch of people bragging about going 1/1 it can get pretty annoying.
So a bunch of us headed out to help him camp Ose again the other night...and after 6hrs of killing the Toramas... Ose FINALLY decided to make an appearance.
However, as usual... we were able to prove how yet again, the drop rate apparently doesn't always apply to certain players. Another Ose Whisker and Coeurl Meat for us, but no Assault Jerkin. I'm pretty sure that Squishy was about ready to stab someone with his polearm at that point.
We decided to go camp Mysticmaker Profblix after the pop for Elden. Conveniently, the NM spawned within 5 minutes of us getting to his area. Only the moldavite earring didn't drop, which is what Elden was hoping to get. So Elden, Standpoint and myself decided to stay up a little more and wait for another spawn. I think it was about 5am for them, and 2am for me when the gob spawned again. This time we got the drop though, so at least the night wasn't an entire waste x_x
Speaking of Squishy's DRG, he was able to solo Sewer Syrup for a good while. We went to help Darce get the Jelly Ring, and in between killing the placeholders me and Darce had to AFK for a short time. Well, thats when Sewer Syrup decided to spawn and aggro us. So Squishy was soloing it for a bit until we finally came back. And they say DRGs aren't useful!
And aside from trying to get in the occasional merit when I can on Zerayla, i've been working on Kaelyth. As I mentioned above, i'm now doing a 1 day a week LS Static.
I'm trying to get his MNK to 75 so that I can merit on him, but also figured that in my spare time I would lvl his WAR.
I also think i'm going to try and farm like crazy for the next two weeks to see if I can get another Peacock Charm. I would like to try out lvling a character to 75, having the best options available for once. We'll see how that goes though, farming can wear on you after a few hours ><
Aaaand last, I finally got my brother to start playing. He made a character called Atrehyu, and so far seems to be doing really good. He's already had his share of loldunes parties and i've tried to give him all the "dont's" and "do's" in the game. Me and a few LS members got him his rank 5 recently, so that he could have easier access between the cities to do fame quests and farm in different areas. Its good to see that he's already farming on his own so that he can get better gear, I think thats one thing that makes new players quit so easily in this game (unless they're fine with lizard armor up to lvl 50, lol). The game is a big time sink ><
Well, off to lvl in Kazham!
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