Blast from the past

I've officially played this game way too long. Unforunately, I'd have given up long ago if any of the companies would put out another game worth a damn. MMORPGs are slowly dieing simply because people are just getting sick of the same shit with a new picture. Yet, they still make money so companies don't try to break the mold. Kinda sad if you ask me.

But that's now what I wanted to post about. It's been almost 5 years of playing this game. And this past week Alexiyah came back. Its funny how little I remember of her from 5 years ago. She's a sweetheart with a cunning sense of humor and that childish laugh. When she quit her highest job was 39. She had just helped me get my RSE for my character. Yes, back when I had only ONE job over 30 instead of one job UNDER 30. It was a long time ago. But she's back. And I couldn't be happier to see her.

Tonight we spent time getting her RSE. Kinda funny how that worked out. I love that she's got the noob effect and that I can teach her a few things. I mean after all, she taught me the basics long ago. I'm just glad that I can help someone who kept me in the game back when I was first frustrated with it.

It's good to have you back Alexiyah. =)

Clean Up Time

My linkshell site is a mess. No joke.

I spent the little time I had tonight fixing the bank thread. Its not that the information wasn't right. Its just so damn hard to follow the payout rules when you can't see the information you want. So I rewrote it.

It's much easier to read now.

With all the changes we have made I really should read through the rules section and make sure it's 100% accurate. I know something is bound to be off, but such is life.

I have to be at work in 5 hours, so you all will have to wait until another night to hear about leveling DRK. Go go emo!

^.^b

Kaley asked me to marry her. She woln't show me her boobies. Should I accept?

Another Busy Week

Work is literally kicking my ass days at a time now. With my boss on vacation I'm finding little motivation not to pass out at the end of each day. With that said we've still done quite a lot this week.

1. Kaley got to ZM 6 tonight. In fact she is finishing the last of her headstones now.

2. Duck will join his first sky shell. I talked to Dracoden a bit about Kaley and Duck. I really want them to have a positive first sky shell even if they don't get everything there are looking for.

3. Two dynamis-sandoria this week both with 2 100cc drops. This relieves the bank pressure I was about to have to make serious decisions on.

4. Symphonee who joined us as the 6th for assaults got her first rank up. Grats hun!

5. Dani started working on bard. I know she's wanted to do this for a long time and I'm glad she's finally getting around to it.

6. Got me a decent buffer on BLM again. Dynamis and me just don't get along when it comes to Black Mage. Wonder how long this 15k is gonna last.

7. Oh, almost forgot... hit 98 clothcraft last night. Two more levels to go and only about 800mil more in gil. LOL

I made a concious decision last night that I actually want to do my Aegis. I know I really can't afford it and I will have to spend most of my play time now farming, but its something I can do in the game that I haven't done yet. There really isn't much left that I haven't tried or finished.

Got to work tomorrow so we'll see how far the motivation goes this week.

Short Night...

After working a 14 hour work shift today I wasn't really in the mood to play. However, I hopped on long enough to take come cracks at the crafting gods once again. They were nice to me and I'm now over halfway to 97.

I also looked into funding Dynamis by new methods and well as my Aegis. It's time I really started to crack down on that shield and finish it. It's nice to mark things off on your list, ya know?

O what a night...

Oh, what a night,
Hypnotizing, mesmerizing me.
She was everything I dreamed she'd be.
Sweet surrender, what a night!

Was a busy busy night for me. First and foremost I finally got off my ass and finished BLU. It's now and 37 and the gear has already hit the Auction House. Now if Kaley will just finish her ZMs we can take the group out and do Divine Might using the super tank strategy. Can't wait to see how well it really does work.

I also got some skill ups in clothcraft. I hit 96.4 tonight just tagging some single synths here and there. I can definitly say that final quarter darksday is yielding me the best skill up rate. Truth or just luck I don't much care, but I will be crafting during this period mostly now. I'm rather excited to be skilling clothcraft again. I know its a gil waste, but its something I can do alone when people aren't around.

And my best accomplishment of the night. I got Dani crafting. Yeah, sure its a gil sinkhole at times. But we had fun doing it and I think she'll have fun working on it from time to time. I'm just glad she understands that you can level it without putting gil into it as long as you farm. I finally got my leather source. Just need to invest into it!

Duckman and Kaley were MIA tonight. So nothing really event wise got done. Those slackers had better pick up the pace....

Helpless and Hopeless

I guess for those who know me that this will come as no real surprise. I like women. A lot.

I'm not talking about sex and boobs. Although that is what everyone seems to know me for. Its far to easy to make a sex or boob joke and run down the list of comedies that would follow. Perhaps its is nothing more than jestures of fun, but for me they never end that way. I can honestly say true romance eludes me. I was close with Allura. She and I had some great and wonderful times. But it ended the way they all do.

I guess I'm hopeless. I enjoy making people smile and watching them have fun. But nothing hurts more then when you try to do what you think is right and people throw it back at you. I can't help it though. Making people happy is far greater than my happiness; it always has been.

I know I frustrate a lot of people when they want to help me. But trust me titty bars and pornography is no replacement for romance and true love. As much as I joke about the former, the latter is what matters most to me. I've done some stupid things in my time trying to get there. I'll continue to do even more stupid things. Love makes you stupid at times. But nothing can replace how it feels when its true.

True love is hard to find. And those of you who find it, should cherish it. I know I do.

Good Luck Charm

Monday's are really shitty. I get about 4 hours sleep between work shifts and then am usually up late in the evening hanging with friends. Well today was no different. Except my good luck charm.

I decided to blow more money crafting. No clue why. And I teased Dani about being my good luck charm, so she came out and watched every synth. I skilled on 5 of the 12 synths. After last nights abismal 2 for 12, I've no declared Dani my synthing bitch. She is now required to watch every synth from 95 to 100 clothcraft. I'm wondering how much she's gonna charge for her time since she knows how much extra I lose when she's not around watching. >.>

Assaults were good tonight. We finally picked up a 6th member. Unfortunately it means more backtracking to move forward but even Brydan was game. We knocked out enough that we should be able to catch her up at a good pace. Now if we can just keep the group moving forward without any changes.

I also went and picked up a few more levels on BLU. We are getting really close and ready to do the super tank version of Divine Might. I can't wait to try it out and see how well it really works.

Tomorrow is looking to be a busy day. I hope tonight I can actually sleep.

Gil and Disappointments

Sadly, I do not get to play as much as I used to or would like anymore. Tonight I got on long enough to go after some skill ups on Clothcraft. Spent 500,000 gil for the two 0.1 skill ups I got. Sadly, there is nothing I can do to ofset the cost at this level. At least I am under 5 levels to go now.



Clothcraft 95.4

So much has changed...

Its been a while since I've written anything here. Like I told Dani, I didn't want to write when I was upset. I'd hate to put into words the feelings that were going through me the last few weeks. Suffice to say a lot of negative things have happened in the game of late. Some good things as well.

For the bad:
1. Imperial folded - I can't say I was there enough for them to really consider this heart breaking. But since I was forced out of Fury for helping them, it really was a sad moment. I hear Daveman and Aloo have found other things to do with their time and that no one else wanted to step up. I guess one day I'll figure it all out, but for now I've removed myself from endgame shells.
2. Allura and I are no more - Yeah she blew up at me. And the walls that crumbled around with the stories I've been hearing left this to be a pretty nasty parting. I wasn't ready to just be friends off the bat, and I guess she took that personally because she didn't even wish me a Merry Christmas or a Happy New Year back. She was right though. The good times were really good. I hope she's happier this way.
3. Dynamis split - A bunch of people didn't seem to be happy with the rate at which their AF was coming to them so they bailed. Those that are left are glad they went. I hear they formed a shell that has them recruiting only veteran members. I wish them luck with that. I'm sure they'll get what they want some day. Until that day, I just hope they don't screw over the people that seemed to be loyal to them. I've already heard one story of them screwing someone over. It's really sad. As for us, I've decided to open our recruitment to anyone. Friends only was a nice concept, but at the end of the day it really wouldn't have worked long term.

The good:
1. Dani and I have become really good friends. We've started doing a lot of things together.
2. Picked up another couple of friends in Duckman and Kaley. I'm not sure who's quirkier but they are a hoot to hang with.
3. Finished all the missions and quests in WotG. Still have to do campaing ops, but the group is trudging along.
4. Artielange has joined us for Assaults to replace Allura who left. Unfortunately we are a man down since Darkneo went with Allura.
5. Capped exp on WHM and SAM tonight. Well, recapped. Campaign is going to be nice for getting back that 1-2k you lose helping friends.
6. Got 75 BLM back. After the 48k loss in dynamis this one really hurt. I'm now posting a 9k buffer thanks to Campaign. Its nice to be able to exp without pressure and when you want to now.

Anyways, like I said. A lot has been going on of late but I've just not been in the mood to write. I'm hoping that this will help with that. I guess we'll find out...