I have no clue what I'm working towards.
I've been playing a decent amount of FFXI lately. I finished my Dnc sub and have been working on Nin and Thf. Well, I've been exping on Nin, and using Campaign Ops and Exp scrolls for Thf. Nin has been getting a bit more fun lately, although, I doubt that I will level it past 37 at this time.
I've also been leveling Alchemy. It's up to 18. I'm not really sure why I've been skilling it up. I don't have any long term goals for it, or any craft for that matter. I also picked Fishing back up, but with the slow skill ups, I can see me throwing in the towel again sometime soon.
The thing that's been weird about FFXI lately is that I have no idea what I'm working towards. I keep telling myself that I'm leveling Nin and Thf for subs for Sam, but once they get to 37, I'm not even sure if I will start exping on Sam again. It'd be nice to have another job at 75, but it would be just another level 75 job that pales in comparison to anyone that does even a little bit of endgame. I feel that my Blm is horribly gimped whenever I see another one running around. Yeah, there are some HQ's that I could buy from the auction house, but, unless I had over 5 million gil, I'd barely even make a dent in all of the HQ's that I'd like to get for it. Plus, since I don't merit, my Blm doesn't even do what it could with some potency or skill merits.
So I'm back to what I was first saying. I don't know what I'm aiming for. Since time doesn't really allow me to do anything endgame related, storyline is the only thing that has ever kept me going. In order to participate in storyline, you basically just need any ol' level 75 job, which I already have. Once the storylines dry up, what does FFXI have to offer to keep me coming back?
Monday, April 27, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Scratching things off the list
That’s what I feel like I’m doing a lot of the time in FFXI. I have an ever changing list of things I’d like to do with both long and short term goals. This past week in particular, I was able to scratch a couple of things off of the list.
I got Bastok Rank 9 with the help of two LS mates, Somnar and Maikeru (thanks again guys!!!). You can check out Mai’s blog through the link on the side. He does all kinds of things that I doubt I’ll ever have time to do, so I enjoy reading it to get a feel for some end game activities. I’d like to join a LS that does some endgame type things; sky, sea, dynamis, limbus, salvage, w/e, but it would have to be the perfect storm for my schedule to be able to fit an LS’s event schedule.
Som also helped me break my latent on the Pole of Trials. I think I’ve been carrying that thing around for about a year and a half now. It was nice to get it out of my inventory. Now I just need to fight the NM to get a new weapon skill!
I’ve recently finished some of the WotG quests as well. I’ve really been enjoying the storyline that each nation’s quests have been telling. Hopefully, the CoP Tuesday night static (which doesn’t do CoP anymore since we’ve beaten Promethia, yet another thing that got scratched off the list!) will be able to start chipping away at the WotG mission lines once we get everyone caught up to each other in the quests.
Other than that, I’ve been leveling dancer a bit. It’s been really fun and easy to solo with it. I’ve been able to farm up while exping, which helps kill two birds with one stone. I just recently rechecked my equips for black mage and samurai and both could use some upgrades. Unfortunately, I’m going to have to play favorites between them in order to gear either of them properly. Sam is probably going to win out in the short term while I’m trying to level it. Long term, who knows?
I got Bastok Rank 9 with the help of two LS mates, Somnar and Maikeru (thanks again guys!!!). You can check out Mai’s blog through the link on the side. He does all kinds of things that I doubt I’ll ever have time to do, so I enjoy reading it to get a feel for some end game activities. I’d like to join a LS that does some endgame type things; sky, sea, dynamis, limbus, salvage, w/e, but it would have to be the perfect storm for my schedule to be able to fit an LS’s event schedule.
Som also helped me break my latent on the Pole of Trials. I think I’ve been carrying that thing around for about a year and a half now. It was nice to get it out of my inventory. Now I just need to fight the NM to get a new weapon skill!
I’ve recently finished some of the WotG quests as well. I’ve really been enjoying the storyline that each nation’s quests have been telling. Hopefully, the CoP Tuesday night static (which doesn’t do CoP anymore since we’ve beaten Promethia, yet another thing that got scratched off the list!) will be able to start chipping away at the WotG mission lines once we get everyone caught up to each other in the quests.
Other than that, I’ve been leveling dancer a bit. It’s been really fun and easy to solo with it. I’ve been able to farm up while exping, which helps kill two birds with one stone. I just recently rechecked my equips for black mage and samurai and both could use some upgrades. Unfortunately, I’m going to have to play favorites between them in order to gear either of them properly. Sam is probably going to win out in the short term while I’m trying to level it. Long term, who knows?
Sunday, February 1, 2009
>.>
So...
I'm torn with what to do in game. I'm getting so close to finally finishing Cop (hopefully on the 3rd the static will be victorious), but after that I don't know what to do. There are a couple of jobs I wouldn't mind leveling, but I'd like to get Sam to 75 before I start dabbling in any other job. Of course, I need to get some more of the Sam subs to 37. I'd like to get Dnc there first as well as Thf. Nin is another job that most people just assume that you have at 37, so I might as well do that one too.
Other then boring job leveling (which I've never been able to dedicate myself to), there are a couple of story lines that I'd like to work on. I'd love to knock out the Bastok missions. I only have 4 more to finish that story line. I'd also be able to start on San d'Oria then, my last of the starter nations. I only have two fights to finish up the RotZ missions as well, but most people skip RotZ 14 and just do the Divine Might quest. I doubt that the LS would be able to round up 18 people just to help me out, so I should probably start shouting for a pick up group...ugh!
There always the WotG missions as well as the starter nations quest lines in the past to keep me busy as well. I guess my problem is that there is too much that I want to do.
I'm torn with what to do in game. I'm getting so close to finally finishing Cop (hopefully on the 3rd the static will be victorious), but after that I don't know what to do. There are a couple of jobs I wouldn't mind leveling, but I'd like to get Sam to 75 before I start dabbling in any other job. Of course, I need to get some more of the Sam subs to 37. I'd like to get Dnc there first as well as Thf. Nin is another job that most people just assume that you have at 37, so I might as well do that one too.
Other then boring job leveling (which I've never been able to dedicate myself to), there are a couple of story lines that I'd like to work on. I'd love to knock out the Bastok missions. I only have 4 more to finish that story line. I'd also be able to start on San d'Oria then, my last of the starter nations. I only have two fights to finish up the RotZ missions as well, but most people skip RotZ 14 and just do the Divine Might quest. I doubt that the LS would be able to round up 18 people just to help me out, so I should probably start shouting for a pick up group...ugh!
There always the WotG missions as well as the starter nations quest lines in the past to keep me busy as well. I guess my problem is that there is too much that I want to do.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Almost 2 years
Since my last post.
Things have calmed down at work. A little too calm actually given the current economic environment. I was one of the lucky ones to have survived the latest round of lay-offs though. I should be safe for a little while longer now.
In game I have progressed significantly since my last post. Just a couple of things that I've accomplished since then is getting my BLM to level 75 and my SAM to 60+. I've also wrapped up the ToAU storyline and I'm only two missions away from meeting Promethia himself.
Well, I hope to be able to provide some more insight later. I was just rather embarassed by how long it had been since I last posted!
Things have calmed down at work. A little too calm actually given the current economic environment. I was one of the lucky ones to have survived the latest round of lay-offs though. I should be safe for a little while longer now.
In game I have progressed significantly since my last post. Just a couple of things that I've accomplished since then is getting my BLM to level 75 and my SAM to 60+. I've also wrapped up the ToAU storyline and I'm only two missions away from meeting Promethia himself.
Well, I hope to be able to provide some more insight later. I was just rather embarassed by how long it had been since I last posted!
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Time
Time is just one of those things that you never really pay attention to unless you don't have enough. If you think about it, when have you ever heard someone complain that they have too much time? Well, other then maybe a sports team that is currently winning and they want the remaining time on the clock to go faster.
For me, I haven't had enough time lately. I've been working a lot of over time in the past three weeks (40 total hours of OT and still counting) and I still didn't have enough time to get everything that I wanted to complete finished by this weekend's deadline. The bad thing about it is that this wasn't the end of things. I still have a lot of stuff left over to do, but now I'll have a lot of additional things to do on top of it.
As a result of the overtime that I had to work (and not get paid for, go go being salalry!) I've barely had any time to be with my family. I've made it a point to get home before my little girl goes to bed, but considering that is at 8:45 most nights, that's not really saying much. I make it a point to read her a bedtime story, but when that's almost all of the time that I get with her during the week, it's not nearly enough.
This weekend was the thrid one in a row that I've had to go into the office, so I've basically had about 1 hour total each day to see see my daughter on week days, which gets bumped to about 3 hours each day on the weekend. It's killing me. I miss her so much. When I came home tonight from work, she gave me the biggest hug in the world. I could just feel how much she misses me.
Obviously, my wife understands what's going on much better then my daughter. I at least get an additional hour or two every day with her that we can spend together. She's getting rather frustrated though since she has to do almost everything by herself since I'm not home much. I try to do as much as I can when I get home, but there is only so much left to do when I get here.
I want to say that there is light at the end of the tunnel, but I don't know for sure. I truely believe that all of this OT is going to be over in 2-3 weeks though. By that time, everyone will have adjusted to the new system and my team shouldn't have as many critical issues to deal with. Unfortunately for me, I was the one that drew the short straw (well, it's actually because I'm the shit and can handle things by myself) so I have to go to Houston for a couple of days. So not only am I the only one on my team with a kid, but I get the honor of leaving her for a couple of days when I'm already missing her so much. I haven't even left yet and I can't stand being away from my family.
It's just tough.
It just sucks.
I guess I should just look on the bright side. Things will either get a whole lot better in the next 2-3 weeks, or the shit will hit the fan and I will get fired as a result. Either way I win since I'll get a chance to see my family again.
Thanks for letting me bitch. Although, I guess you didn't really have a chioce.
For me, I haven't had enough time lately. I've been working a lot of over time in the past three weeks (40 total hours of OT and still counting) and I still didn't have enough time to get everything that I wanted to complete finished by this weekend's deadline. The bad thing about it is that this wasn't the end of things. I still have a lot of stuff left over to do, but now I'll have a lot of additional things to do on top of it.
As a result of the overtime that I had to work (and not get paid for, go go being salalry!) I've barely had any time to be with my family. I've made it a point to get home before my little girl goes to bed, but considering that is at 8:45 most nights, that's not really saying much. I make it a point to read her a bedtime story, but when that's almost all of the time that I get with her during the week, it's not nearly enough.
This weekend was the thrid one in a row that I've had to go into the office, so I've basically had about 1 hour total each day to see see my daughter on week days, which gets bumped to about 3 hours each day on the weekend. It's killing me. I miss her so much. When I came home tonight from work, she gave me the biggest hug in the world. I could just feel how much she misses me.
Obviously, my wife understands what's going on much better then my daughter. I at least get an additional hour or two every day with her that we can spend together. She's getting rather frustrated though since she has to do almost everything by herself since I'm not home much. I try to do as much as I can when I get home, but there is only so much left to do when I get here.
I want to say that there is light at the end of the tunnel, but I don't know for sure. I truely believe that all of this OT is going to be over in 2-3 weeks though. By that time, everyone will have adjusted to the new system and my team shouldn't have as many critical issues to deal with. Unfortunately for me, I was the one that drew the short straw (well, it's actually because I'm the shit and can handle things by myself) so I have to go to Houston for a couple of days. So not only am I the only one on my team with a kid, but I get the honor of leaving her for a couple of days when I'm already missing her so much. I haven't even left yet and I can't stand being away from my family.
It's just tough.
It just sucks.
I guess I should just look on the bright side. Things will either get a whole lot better in the next 2-3 weeks, or the shit will hit the fan and I will get fired as a result. Either way I win since I'll get a chance to see my family again.
Thanks for letting me bitch. Although, I guess you didn't really have a chioce.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Finally!
I got my rdm to 37 yesterday afternoon. It feels great to scratch that off of my list of things to do. I'm not sure if I liked the job though. I think I would like to play rdm if I always had a main healer in the party, but I know they are asked to be the main healer a lot 41+. Shoot, as a taru rdm, I was asked to be the main healer a couple of times in my run to 37 because of my mp pool.
I just want to get back to leveling blm. It seems like all of my friends have left me in the dust level wise. Most of the missions that I'm on require me to be a higher level if I'm not going to leech them. I've been looking into places that I can maybe solo on my blm while I lfg. The invite rates have dropped a lot for blm's since the most recent expansion. I hate soloing though. It's so freaking boring.
Work still sucks. The project is really moving along and dooms day is quickly approaching. I'm dreading the whole thing. It's a lose, lose situation for me. If everything goes smoothly and works seamlessly, then everyone will just go on about their business. That's the best case scenario for us though. I really hate my job. Too bad no one out there will probably pay me what I'm getting now to start a brand new career.
I just want to get back to leveling blm. It seems like all of my friends have left me in the dust level wise. Most of the missions that I'm on require me to be a higher level if I'm not going to leech them. I've been looking into places that I can maybe solo on my blm while I lfg. The invite rates have dropped a lot for blm's since the most recent expansion. I hate soloing though. It's so freaking boring.
Work still sucks. The project is really moving along and dooms day is quickly approaching. I'm dreading the whole thing. It's a lose, lose situation for me. If everything goes smoothly and works seamlessly, then everyone will just go on about their business. That's the best case scenario for us though. I really hate my job. Too bad no one out there will probably pay me what I'm getting now to start a brand new career.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Work sucks!
Not that you guys need me to tell you that though. I've been getting crushed at work with various deadlines that, at one point in time, seemed so far away. It sucks to be last in a chain of deadlines for a project because everyone else gets to push their deadlines back but all that does is your total time to work on something gets compressed.
I haven't had much desire to log onto FFXI as a result. I log on to do some basic things and to meet any commitments that I've made with people, but other then that "my" time in game hasn't been much as of late. I've managed to get my rdm to 29 and war to 24 though. I've been selling some pointless crap that I have to get me by. I hope to power rdm to 37 soon as I have a lot of equips that I'm only ever going to use on rdm and I'd like to sell them to fund some top of the line equips for my war. I just realize that I should be a melee. Too bad I don't want to throw away all of my blm levels (and equips) just yet.
Other then that, nothing much is going on. The Ravens losing really put a damper on my weekend. I was at the game and they are 0/2 in playoff games that I go to. The only home playoff game that I missed was during their Super Bowl run, so, tbh, the loss this past weekend was all my fault. My voice is almost recovered from it though. Being there in person, I'd have to say that I think the Colts are going to win the whole thing this year. I just don't see any of the remaining teams being able to beat them.
My hopes for this week include not getting fired from my job for punching someone in the face and getting my rdm to 32.
I haven't had much desire to log onto FFXI as a result. I log on to do some basic things and to meet any commitments that I've made with people, but other then that "my" time in game hasn't been much as of late. I've managed to get my rdm to 29 and war to 24 though. I've been selling some pointless crap that I have to get me by. I hope to power rdm to 37 soon as I have a lot of equips that I'm only ever going to use on rdm and I'd like to sell them to fund some top of the line equips for my war. I just realize that I should be a melee. Too bad I don't want to throw away all of my blm levels (and equips) just yet.
Other then that, nothing much is going on. The Ravens losing really put a damper on my weekend. I was at the game and they are 0/2 in playoff games that I go to. The only home playoff game that I missed was during their Super Bowl run, so, tbh, the loss this past weekend was all my fault. My voice is almost recovered from it though. Being there in person, I'd have to say that I think the Colts are going to win the whole thing this year. I just don't see any of the remaining teams being able to beat them.
My hopes for this week include not getting fired from my job for punching someone in the face and getting my rdm to 32.
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