CorLEET.

So i've finally reached lvl 51 on my up and coming Corsair.

I've been leveling the job with Xean's BRD, and so far we've had some pretty good parties. The only real complaint I have is the lack of finding tanks and healers during the times we try to get a party started. It can get a little frustrating too, especially when we don't have more than 3hrs to party and we spend half of that seeking because you can't find a tank. But somehow, we've still managed to get some xp here and there.

I'm hoping that we'll be able to hit 75 before the end of April, but that will really depend on the other in-game activities we're involved with. Right now we do Einhejar, Dynamis and Salvage (though the Salvage runs have been cancelled recently) and then I have a few statics throughout the week. Then there's usually some LS events that we help out with (including our Saturday ZNMs) so at times it can seem a little busy.

I'm finding myself a little more excited now though because I finally have more goals to reach, in terms of obtaining gear. For a long time, i've had most of the gear i've needed for all my jobs and haven't really been pursueing anything too special (aside from Homam in Limbus) But after having looked into the gear I can obtain for my COR at 75, I now have quite a list! I'm going to be trying to get some Denali pieces through Nyzul, and hope to eventually get some Enkidu's gear through ZNMs. Getting the pieces I want will take time, and there's a good chance I might not get everything because luck will always play a factor in this game, but at least there's more drive for me to play.

The one thing i'm not looking forward to with my "COR" progress is the AF. The gear isn't all that bad, but the quests... remind me of my SAM days. Long. Annoying. Repetitive.

Most of my first quests require me to go to this ??? in Arragopo Reef, which also requires me to use a Lamia Fang Key to get to. I can either get the key by killing Lamia (hello time sink!) or by clicking on another ??? in Caedarva Mire. The catch with clicking on the ???, is that I can only do this once a week. So i'm going to be relying on getting friends to help pick up some extra keys so that I can get my AF done this week.

So far me and Xean have managed to get our AF weapons. We're a little bit behind, but then again we've been doing mostly lvl sync parties so its not like we would have been able to use our weapons anyways.

Oh! and I finally got my Mercurial Kris! I sold my Hagun and Haubergeon +1, and used the gil to pick myself up this wonderful little dagger. From what i've heard, this will end up being a good investment because it will save me from buying the expensive bullets I need from 50-75. Now I just need to get a non-level sync party to try it out!!!

Aside from that, i've been working on removing my merits from my Great Katana, so that I could merit Polearm (for DRG) and get 8/8. I'll admit I am a bit sentimental about retiring my SAM, because for a long time it was my favorite job... but, there's something about the famous loldrg that just seems more enjoyable. ESPECIALLY during drg burns!


I finally had a chance to do a DRG burn recently, and it was craaaaaazy! Well, I guess it wasn't exactly a "full" DRG burn because our setup was WHM, THF, RDM, DRG, DRG, DRG... but, close enough! We actually managed to get a really high chain too which was impressive to me considering we didn't have a BRD. I'm pretty sure I remember Xean even doing some pulling to help speed things up. (Lol Dia pull ftw!)

In addition to regular merit parties, me and Xean have also managed to get some more merits by helping out our friends Vepion and Janko. They're lvling PUP and it hasn't always been easy for them to find the "tank and healer" combo. In fact, they've had some pretty bad experiences with players after mentioning the setup.


But thankfully we've been able to save them the hassle of finding the tank and healer on a couple of occasions and had some fun. Well, that is if "fun" can be defined as being scorched by a red crawler and watching your HP go from 1000+ down to 0, all in one animated motion. x_x

Oh, and I won't mention the time that Janko got aggro and ran into the tunnel with the dead end... wait, I just did! Its ok though, me and Xean had our revenge on that slime. Go go lolsword + club dmg!


Speaking of Vepion... he also managed to get the ToD for Charybdis, and recruited me and Xean to help with the fight. Initially I wasn't too excited about camping this NM, because I have really really... reaaaaally grown to dislike NM camping. BUT! In the end I was glad that I had come along because we managed to get claim (took about 4hrs for him to pop) and the fight itself was smooth. The funny part is that Xean had to leave to do some errands and just as he had predicted, Charybdis popped soon after. I think it was about 10 minutes?


Hopefully i'll get a chance to fight this again in the future when other people I know go after him. Its a pretty fun fight and if you don't have a NIN tank, it becomes a bit of a challenge for me to manage my hate because of my emnity merits. >=)

And last, looks like i'm finally going to have a chance to do some Sea gods. Janko and Xean are wanting to pop Jailer of Faith to get the Faith Torques for their Hand-to-Hand skill. The pop item for this NM isn't too hard to get either, and just requires killing some NM flowers up in Sea. The drop rate was pretty decent too, and I think between the two of them we'll have about 5 pops.


The only difficult part now will be finding enough ppl to do the actual Jailer of Faith fight. It can be low-manned, but knowing enough people willing to come help that have access to Sea is a challenge on its own. We actually do know enough ppl right now, but it might be hard to find a time that will work for everyone because we're all on different time zones. I'm sure we'll figure something out though, and if luck is with us during these fights... we'll get both Janko and Xean their torques, which will save them the trouble of buying a PCC or going after the dreaded Argus. I deeeeeeeeeeeeeeefinitely don't have the patience to camp Argus like a certain little Tarutaru, Mithra and bearded mage I know. >_>
Well that about covers most of what i've been up to recently.

For laughs, i'll finish this post with a pic I took during our Vulpangue ZNM fight last saturday. The elvaan men in our LS, like to goof off and bare it all for each other. So much love in the air!