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?