S.E is not SquareEnix, it's Slave Entertainment

I do not know why we do it. We spend hours and hours over and over doing the same thing with no result in FFXI. Tonight was the 5th run I've done specifically trying to spawn one NM in Salvage. Tonight is the 5th time it hasn't spawned. It's not that we are running out of time or that we are missing a key component to get to the spawn area. This !@#$ !@#$!@ #$!@#$ mob will just not spawn.

I feel sorry for Ariesol. He's been doing this a lot longer than me and he's getting really frustrated with this single NM. Mind you the NM is 100% drop rate too. He said it best tonight, "I have about as much chance of getting Kraken Club as I do getting this NM to spawn."

Keep your chin up buddy. We'll keep coming until you get it. You can count on us.

SE, suck it.

Quests are for Knights

Poor Dani. She's gotten suckered into my dream of having every quest done in FFXI. I figure it is one of the few accomplishments that is left that not many have acheived. Not that the rewards are great, but a lot of the stories are fun to read and learn about.



I've completed most of the main city areas. Most of what I have left in the original expansions and game design are the artifact armor for jobs I have yet to level (if I ever will). I'm quite content with completing things over time, so one day they all will be done.







There have been some great places to see cut scenes. I love this waterfall picture. It's from a quest that Dani wanted to do for a long time and that we just keep putting off. Of course, there wasn't much difficulty to what we were doing, but we both have this lazy thing going on.



I almost wish there were more people who enjoy the finer parts of FFXI. It is not all about hack and slash like everyone focuses on. I love to do things that require more skill and motivation than gear and sheer numbers. I've come, over the past few weeks, to the realization that I really do not care how people view my playing abilities. I know that I'm better than most and doing what I can to partake in the game. If that's not good enough for the masses then oh well. It's my $30.

I hope that others decide to join us in doing what we are enjoying. There are just some great views and things to do.

Queen of the Opo-opo!

Dani has worked so hard on this little itty-bitty headpiece with a big stat bonus that I thought I'd congradulate here properly. I know I haven't blogged a lot lately, but there really is a lot I can talk about. So lets start here.

This crown is a pain in the ass. Not only do you have to get 4 items that are R/E, most of them do not like to drop consistently. Dani must have the luck of the gods. The hardest part that we did together was breaking the fishing rod. That damn thing would just not catch a log. I ended up catching enough fish to pay for the rod though. Thanks SE! /sigh

The 10 of Coins card wasn't bad. As it turned out I needed a 10 of Cups card so after about an hour of killing Cardians they finally dropped. I'm starting to believe more and more that /thf is almost worthless for farming anymore. It's either that or TH1 doesn't effect R/E drop rates. Take your pick, but no one has proof either way anymore.

The Giant Fish Bones was another dual farming. We got those while farming for my Hornetneedle pop items. I think I killed about 40 bees for the pop item and only 2 Tonberrys for the bones. I'm almost disgusted by her luck on drops. ^.^b

The Ancient Salt Dani and I did one night on a whim. It's not hard to get through and we just plowed through mobs until it dropped.

The Lucky Egg ended up being lucky for both of us. It just wouldn't drop for her. But, back to back mobs dropped the coffer key I needed and the egg she needed. It finished my NIN AF so that I could store it and set her very near completion. Brydan enjoyed tearing through the mobs here I am quite sure. Anything that puts his Black gear to work makes him randy like candy.

And then last night. Took us a while to get to camp and get situated in the Cauldron, mostly cause I made a wrong turn getting to camp and lead everyone to the Ash Dragon. Woopsie! But it didn't take long for the skull to drop. Reverandlord pulled on RDM/NIN, while Brydan and I just trashed them on DRK/NIN and SAM/NIN. Have to say that it went much better than I anticipated, and I'm almost 100% sure I can solo them on SAM/NIN. Maybe one day I'll head out and try.

But for now, /kneel to the Queen of the Opo-opos!