The End is Coming... Are You Wearing Clean Underwear?

I haven't done a list post in a long time, but what should I do a list about? I have already gone over everything that I am looking forward to in the next update. Hell, I have already gone over a lot of things. But there are a lot of things that still need to be completed before the next update. That would make a good list!

10. Finish Kurodachi - DONE - This one was my main focus for the last couple of days. I got all my Krabkatoa shells and turned them in on Monday. I love it so far. I can't say whether the damage is better or worse over time than Hagun, but it is looking good so far.

9. Finish meriting BLM - This should have been done a long time ago. I did just dump 8 more merits into Thunder and Ice potency, but I still need 10 more to top that off. Then I need to do Enfeebling Magic merits. And then I have to see what I want to do with tier 2 merits.

8. Finish Radennotachi - Haven't even started working on this, and it is probably going to be back burner for other Magian weapons I need to get done. My math shows that it is slightly better than Hagun, but not by much. Even with Kurodachi, there are still places for the Radennotachi, like on Salvage bosses or just about any place that you don't want to feed mobs a lot of TP.

7. Finish the Cure Potency Teiwaz - This is probably my next highest priority not only because it is an amazing piece of equipment, but also because Omoi has one and we are close to being on the same stage. She owes me some dead Trents. :)

6. Finish the Thunder Potency Teiwaz - Another hot piece of gear that I need to get done. Especially if the weapons are going to get better as SE extends trial of the Magians. My BLM would love this, especially now that I am getting closer to having a good Elemental set on my BLM.

5. Finish the OAT Goshawk - This weapon is just insanely good, but you have to understand the math to understand why. 600 Delay makes it look really slow, but for a job that can get to a 5-hit build the extra Delay means you have a lot more space to mess around with the Store TP you are wearing. This one is going to kill a whole lot of RNG.

4. Finish the Wings Missions - While this one isn't as important for this update, unless they require the current mission set complete to finish the Wings quests, it is still good to be ready for the end when it does come. I don't want to be locked out of Walk of Echoes when it is opened.

3. Finish the Wings Quests - I am all caught up in Bastok, but I still need to finish the Sandy and Windy quest lines. Iz is almost caught up to me on the Sandy quest line so I will probably do that with him, but Omoi is way past me on the Windy storyline. Maybe she will help me go back and finish them. :)

2. Start really meriting my RNG - While my gear is great on my RNG, my merits for the job are pretty lacking. I will occasionally toss a merit hear or there, but it's really time I knuckle down and get them done, especially because the tier 1's are pretty darn good for RNG.

1. Finish my Morrigan's set - I don't know if I will get this done in time, but it is a pretty big goal for me. I already have two ingots and I should be able to get at least 1 more before the end of the week, but I am only getting about 1 or so a week, and I will never be able to get all 12 before the update. And then I need to get the O. Ingots for the head.

Those are what I wish I could accomplish before the June 2010 Update, but I won't be able to finish them all. What do you wish you could finish before you have to level all your jobs to 80?

I haven't done a list post in a long time, but what should I do a list about? I have already gone over everything that I am looking forward to in the next update. Hell, I have already gone over a lot of things. But there are a lot of things that still need to be completed before the next update. That would make a good list!<br /><br />10. Finish Kurodachi - DONE - This one was my main focus for the last couple of days. I got all my Krabkatoa shells and turned them in on Monday. I love it so far. I can't say whether the damage is better or worse over time than Hagun, but it is looking good so far.<br /><br />9. Finish meriting BLM - This should have been done a long time ago. I did just dump 8 more merits into Thunder and Ice potency, but I still need 10 more to top that off. Then I need to do Enfeebling Magic merits. And then I have to see what I want to do with tier 2 merits.<br /><br />8. Finish Radennotachi - Haven't even started working on this, and it is probably going to be back burner for other Magian weapons I need to get done. My math shows that it is slightly better than Hagun, but not by much. Even with Kurodachi, there are still places for the Radennotachi, like on Salvage bosses or just about any place that you don't want to feed mobs a lot of TP.<br /><br />7. Finish the Cure Potency Teiwaz - This is probably my next highest priority not only because it is an amazing piece of equipment, but also because Omoi has one and we are close to being on the same stage. She owes me some dead Trents. :) <br /><br />6. Finish the Thunder Potency Teiwaz - Another hot piece of gear that I need to get done. Especially if the weapons are going to get better as SE extends trial of the Magians. My BLM would love this, especially now that I am getting closer to having a good Elemental set on my BLM.<br /><br />5. Finish the OAT Goshawk - This weapon is just insanely good, but you have to understand the math to understand why. 600 Delay makes it look really slow, but for a job that can get to a 5-hit build the extra Delay means you have a lot more space to mess around with the Store TP you are wearing. This one is going to kill a whole lot of RNG.<br /><br />4. Finish the Wings Missions - While this one isn't as important for this update, unless they require the current mission set complete to finish the Wings quests, it is still good to be ready for the end when it does come. I don't want to be locked out of Walk of Echoes when it is opened.<br /><br />3. Finish the Wings Quests - I am all caught up in Bastok, but I still need to finish the Sandy and Windy quest lines. Iz is almost caught up to me on the Sandy quest line so I will probably do that with him, but Omoi is way past me on the Windy storyline. Maybe she will help me go back and finish them. :)<br /><br />2. Start really meriting my RNG - While my gear is great on my RNG, my merits for the job are pretty lacking. I will occasionally toss a merit hear or there, but it's really time I knuckle down and get them done, especially because the tier 1's are pretty darn good for RNG.<br /><br />1. Finish my Morrigan's set - I don't know if I will get this done in time, but it is a pretty big goal for me. I already have two ingots and I should be able to get at least 1 more before the end of the week, but I am only getting about 1 or so a week, and I will never be able to get all 12 before the update. And then I need to get the O. Ingots for the head.<br /><br />Those are what I wish I could accomplish before the June 2010 Update, but I won't be able to finish them all. What do you wish you could finish before you have to level all your jobs to 80?

Morning in Vana’diel: And I’m Spent.

Morning in Vana'diel is your daily dose of FFXI and all things Vana'diel. Give us your thoughts on the interesting topics of the day! This is Austin Powers Day for good old Ring. Ya baby, ya!

I have been displeased with the people around FFXI for the last couple of days. The developers, the players, the “community” but I think I have spent all that displeasure on a couple of columns you will be seeing in the next couple of days. And now, I am actually quite content and happy with the game. Omoikitte is back, we are doing a new fight tonight with a reward a bunch of people in my LS are interested in, I made some decent gil last night and my RNG is just about finished.

I am finally able to focus on the game when I am playing the game. It’s quite amazing. You might have noticed if you have been reading this blog for more than say 3 days that I can get rather upset about game-related things. It doesn’t necessarily have to be about the game itself as I said above, but it really drives me batty at times. It kind of overwhelms my pleasure in playing the game. But when I can finally drive out those demons, I find that I still have a lot of fun playing the game.

This is a nice little feeling I have. I am looking forward to having fun and not worrying about the stupid people in the world. Everyone should feel this way sometimes. I am looking forward to making my RNG into what it should be. I am looking forward to switching my Katana merits to Archery to support my RNG, but I really shouldn’t have to do that because SE shouldn’t have stupid limitation on the merits you can get for different freaking jobs, and why do they have these stupid limitations anyway, and what the fuck why can’t I just try to make all of my jobs the best they can be, and, and, and, ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Have fun everyone!

<a href="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff151/ringthreetheicp/AustinPowers.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff151/ringthreetheicp/AustinPowers.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 438px;" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">Morning in Vana'diel</span><span style="font-style:italic;"> is your daily dose of FFXI and all things Vana'diel. Give us your thoughts on the interesting topics of the day! This is Austin Powers Day for good old Ring. Ya baby, ya!</span><br /><br />I have been displeased with the people around FFXI for the last couple of days. The developers, the players, the “community” but I think I have spent all that displeasure on a couple of columns you will be seeing in the next couple of days. And now, I am actually quite content and happy with the game. Omoikitte is back, we are doing a new fight tonight with a reward a bunch of people in my LS are interested in, I made some decent gil last night and my RNG is just about finished. <br /><br />I am finally able to focus on the game when I am playing the game. It’s quite amazing. You might have noticed if you have been reading this blog for more than say 3 days that I can get rather upset about game-related things. It doesn’t necessarily have to be about the game itself as I said above, but it really drives me batty at times. It kind of overwhelms my pleasure in playing the game. But when I can finally drive out those demons, I find that I still have a lot of fun playing the game.<br /><br />This is a nice little feeling I have. I am looking forward to having fun and not worrying about the stupid people in the world. Everyone should feel this way sometimes. I am looking forward to making my RNG into what it should be. I am looking forward to switching my Katana merits to Archery to support my RNG, but I really shouldn’t have to do that because SE shouldn’t have stupid limitation on the merits you can get for different freaking jobs, and why do they have these stupid limitations anyway, and what the fuck why can’t I just try to make all of my jobs the best they can be, and, and, and, ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!<br /><br />Have fun everyone!

Morning in Vana'diel: XP-wise and Merit-foolish.

Morning in Vana'diel is your daily dose of FFXI and all things Vana'diel. Give us your thoughts on the interesting topics of the day! This morning we will consider what to merit and when.

So, my BLM has hit 75 (I will go over that a bit later) and I am left in the unenviable position of having no merits to improve it with. See, I have this problem, and it really does need a support group, I just can't seem to stop leveling jobs to get enough merits to finish off the old jobs I already have at 75. MNK and SAM are already finished and have been for a while, but it took quite a long time to get to that point. My WHM languishes in incomplete merits hell, which is especially sad considering the fact that WHM has a good set of merits, like Cure Cast Time and Bar Spell Effect or Regen Spell Effect. My slack ass only has level 3 in Cure Cast Time and that needs to be fixed pretty quick, and I haven't even considered tier 2 merits like Shellra V and Devotion yet. Then I really should merit my BLM because not only do I need the normal tier 1 and tier 1 merits, but I also need to invest a ton of XP into Elemental and Enfeebling magic merits.

The real problem is how do you balance leveling a new job compared to finishing off an old one? I am not the completionist that some people are, but I also don't like feeling my job is gimp because I haven't dumped several hundred K of XP into the merits for the job. The other problem that I have is that the jobs that I always use most are always shifting depending on current LS and party make up. So, should you invest the time in a job you use rarely, but that also benefits greatly from the merits in question? When can you hold off on some new merits? If you already have 5 jobs at 75, how can you possibly perfectly merit them all when there are so many tradeoffs in the merit system? What would you do? Leave and comment and tell us! :)

<a href="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff151/ringthreetheicp/Burst_2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff151/ringthreetheicp/Burst_2.png" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 379px; height: 18px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Morning in Vana'diel</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> is your daily dose of FFXI and all things Vana'diel. Give us your thoughts on the interesting topics of the day! This morning we will consider what to merit and when.</span><br /><br />So, my BLM has hit 75 (I will go over that a bit later) and I am left in the unenviable position of having no merits to improve it with. See, I have this problem, and it really does need a support group, I just can't seem to stop leveling jobs to get enough merits to finish off the old jobs I already have at 75. MNK and SAM are already finished and have been for a while, but it took quite a long time to get to that point. My WHM languishes in incomplete merits hell, which is especially sad considering the fact that WHM has a good set of merits, like <a href="http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Cure_Cast_Time">Cure Cast Time</a> and <a href="http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Bar_Spell_Effect_(Merit)">Bar Spell Effect</a> or <a href="http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Regen_Spell_Effect_(Merit)">Regen Spell Effect</a>. My slack ass only has level 3 in Cure Cast Time and that needs to be fixed pretty quick, and I haven't even considered tier 2 merits like <a href="http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Shellra_V">Shellra V</a> and <a href="http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Devotion">Devotion</a> yet. Then I really should merit my BLM because not only do I need the normal tier 1 and tier 1 merits, but I also need to invest a ton of XP into Elemental and Enfeebling magic merits. <br /><br />The real problem is how do you balance leveling a new job compared to finishing off an old one? I am not the completionist that some people are, but I also don't like feeling my job is gimp because I haven't dumped several hundred K of XP into the merits for the job. The other problem that I have is that the jobs that I always use most are always shifting depending on current LS and party make up. So, should you invest the time in a job you use rarely, but that also benefits greatly from the merits in question? When can you hold off on some new merits? If you already have 5 jobs at 75, how can you possibly perfectly merit them all when there are so many tradeoffs in the merit system? What would you do? Leave and comment and tell us! :)