Take THAT, To-Do List!

Two days ago, I started to assemble a team to give Fenrir another go. I had tried twice in the past, but both times ended in failure. We met in Windurst and headed out.

After a bit of running, we made it to the tower.


We ran down some hallways.


Ran through a cave.


Ran up some stairs.


I took this picture thinking it was going to be a good group shot. Now I realize I'm totally blocked by Roadkill. My photography fails.


I had to sneak/invis, because everything here wanted me to die. That Rotten Sod had a mean look on his face. He was thirsty for blood.


Sure enough, seconds later, we had to kill him.


When we got to the Fountain, our tank disconnected. I pretty much had a heart attack that lasted the ten minutes he was gone.


He came back and it was killin' time. Here's a shot of me not helping.


Here's another great action shot of me.


Roadkill died, but shortly after, Fenrir suffered a similar fate.


After I got Fenrir, the first thing I did was walk outside Windurst to use my 2-hour on a Tiny Mandragora. 1036 dmg. Take that, baby plant.


Thanks to Neyla, Darklion, Aserati, Roadkill, and Ishadow for making this possible. You guys mauled Fenrir like a bunch of bears mauling ...whatever bears maul. Campers perhaps, maybe forrest rangers. (Except Aserati. His mauling was really the opposite of mauling, as he kept everyone healed and breathing throughout the fight.)

I'm currently sitting and waiting for Spiny to spawn. I want to introduce him to my new friend.

Crash and burn, I hate you.

Its been roughly eight years since my last update and for that I apologize. (Insert generic work excuse here.)

So I get home Friday to find my computer off. I almost never turn it off so this surprised me. I pressed the little gray 'On' button, and went to make some dinner, expecting to see my bitchin' '300' wallpaper on my monitor when I returned.

Instead of seeing scantily-clad Spartans stabbing savage scoundrels, I was greeted with a black screen with some white text and a little blinking line at the bottom. Confused and scared, I waited to see what would happen.

15 minutes later, as I sat with a plate of now cold chicken, I realized this screen was not going to change. I went into a panic. I had too much stuff on that hard drive that I didn't want to lose.

I tried everything to get the computer to start up: Swearing, kicking, hugging, swearing, restarting while swearing, and kicking and hugging at the same time (that one was a little tough).

Finally I gave up and went to pick up a new hard drive. I spent a sizable amount of the drive to Best Buy silent, even though the radio was blasting my favorite Cake cd.

On my way home, I stopped by work and ganked a copy of Vista from a big box in our IT dept. (Stealing is wrong, kids, unless you're in a bad mood.)

After spending some time putting in my new hard drive and installing Vista, I stated to reinstall FFXI. Seven hours later I was good to go, aside from the fact I no longer possessed a CoP disk. (Luckily I found it at my brother's place, or I woulda murdered someone.)

I logged in yesterday and was immediately killed. For a second, I couldn't remember why I was standing in the middle of an area full of Puks and other pain-inducing mobs, but then it hit me:

My last login, I hit 62 on my SMN. I hadn't hit a level on my SMN in a long time so it felt good. That good feeling quickly passed, as I was dead the next fight. PLDs who don't provoke are pretty much jerks. I got a raise and wasn't too discouraged. It would only take a few fights to get my exp back, so no worries.

Before my 'weakened' wears off, our puller grabs another Puk, who, as he was flying past me resting, used one of his AoE moves which instantly re-killed our hero. Needless to say I was furious, so I found myself a replacement and I logged there. A taru SMN has seriously 50 hp when weakened you asshole. (Even though I was pissed, I still replaced myself before I logged, because I'm a gentleman like that.)

So after logging in and dying yesterday, I HP'd back to town and was about to throw my flag up when i noticed all my macros were gone because I had to reinstall everything. I didn't feel like re-typing everything, so I switched jobs again, this time to DRK.

At the ripe young level of 10, I found myself wailing on ep/dec mobs around Spiny's camp. I was hoping for a crack at him, because frankly its been a while, and I miss him.

Sure enough, about an hour into my levelling, he spawns, and yet another epic battle occurs.

Pasquale misses Spiny Spiri.
Pasquale misses Spiny Spiri.
Pasquale misses Spiny Spiri.

Friggin dark knight. While I was using my Scythe to cool off Spiny, he was using his face to beat me to a pulp. I had to 2-hour to get my health back, but afterwards the fight started to turn in my favor.

A few minutes later, he was dead and I was dying. His poison wore before it killed me, but not before I got to see the drops:

Pasquale finds a Spool of Silk Thread.

I believe that puts me at 0/16? I hate him. I hate him so much.

Master of Puppets?

First off, sorry my title is so lame, I... ugh worst post title ever.

I know I've said this before, but I swear every time this happens, a GM gets his wings:

So I haven't played much in the last two weeks because of work and health issues, but I was finally able to dive back in this week. I started this week as SMN, where I honestly feel my best skill is looking like a badass on a chocobo.

The above picture clearly agrees with me.

Unfortunately, I seem to lack the 'skillz to pay the billz' when it comes to Summoner. In all honesty, I'm a lousy healer and I always pull hate and eat dirt. ( I would like to apologize for the excessive use of the letter 'z' in the previous statement.)

While I haven't counted out SMN completely yet, I think it's fair to say that job is going to be on hiatus for a little while.

I liked Blue Mage while I was taking it to thirty, but the thought of getting more BLU spells makes me want to stab a fork through my hand, so I don't think I'll be doing that again.

I tried Dragoon, but I would get greedy and fight with low health, which resulted in numerous deaths of the 'very-painful' variety.

Last night I think I made my decision. Brace yourself, you're not gonna like this...


I know what you're thinking, but honestly after playing as PUP for a few hours, it started to grow on me. After I figured out how to make my puppet heal me, that is. (The first three hours were brutal.)

I didn't have any gear for the job, so I headed to Jeuno. After grabbing gear for the next few levels, I headed to the boat to take me back to Windy.

Every time you miss the Airship, a GM gets an erection.

I spent some gil on new attachments for Allouette, which left me a little low on funds. I needed Gil, so I turned to the streets, to make Gil the best way I know how.

I make one adorable hooker.

Sometimes...

Sometimes, people level, find a replacement, and leave their party.

These people are normal.

Sometimes, people get disconnected and leave their parties.

These people are unfortunate.

Sometimes, people level and immediately force d/c.

These people are douche bags.

Sometimes, people level and leave the party, without looking for a replacement.

These guys? Also douche bags.

Sometimes, you want to leave a party because you are tired and the exp isn't that good. You search and send /tells for an hour with no luck finding a replacement.

This happened to me last night. I must have sent out 15 /tells to different people with no luck. I felt bad leaving the party, as I was main heal, but in my defense, I gave them an hour's notice, and I seriously sent /tells to everyone online.

Today's post is going to be some tips on 'How to Seek.'

Tip 1 - Search comment.
Search comments are great because they can give people a glimpse of what you have to offer when they are looking for someone to party with. I usually put my exp tnl and the length of time I want to party. Also, with the last line, a link to this blog, because I'm a whore.

Some people throw up a seek flag and write poetry in their search comment. O captain, O captain, I clearly don't want a party; My seacom is too cool for info, Poetry makes me look like a smarty.

Tip 2 - Be ready.
I understand that sometimes you get an invite while shopping, and need a few minutes to get ready and head out. That's not a problem. Your party would rather have you a little late and prepared, than on time and useless.

It is not ok, however, to tell me that you need an hour til you can party. Why bother throwing up your flag if you can't party for another hour, you fake replacement bastard. Seriously, I hate you.

Tip 3 - Afk=mdk. (murder death kill) (Demolition Man ftw) (Worst reference ever?)
When you are looking for a party, for the love of god, stay near your computer. Everyone knows waiting for an invite is boring, and even I am guilty of watching TV or reading while seeking. There is a little chime that goes off when you get a /tell. Turn up your speakers you deaf bastards.