As of yesterday evening, I am officially DONE with climbing Nyzul Isle! Our group had completed floors 6-100 flawlessly. Of course there were several times where we came stupidly close to losing. One of our final floors yesterday was a lamp floor and were 30 seconds away from timing out, but we pulled it off. When it came to do the last set of floors, I was asked to come on DRG to force a radiant lance to drop. At floor 100, we had Khimaira waiting for us, and it coughed up two radiant lances and a Denali hat for our troubles. Immediately after we finished, I raced back to lower Jeuno to pay a visit to Zalsuum to receive Expiacion and Atonement since I had enough points to break both weapons.
Huge thanks to Leylana and everyone that came and helped along the way each week. It felt great to finally be clear of this hurdle which had been a source of so much trouble the past several months.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Yet another milestone
So today was a POL maintenance which also required FFXI itself to go down as well. I log back on to see double earth weather, and KV's up. Uncontested. Ours for the taking! So as people logged in, we begin rallying the troops and proceed to claim him.
More people begin to log in and even a couple of outside people come out to help.
Our strike force is finally assembled, and our bards commence their buffing. We join up with the kite party and proceed to lay waste to the overgrown arthropod. Oh what joy that filled us seeing the loot pool once the smoke had cleared.
The one thing we came for. No more and no less.
There it was.... after several weeks of assisting others with getting this thing. Now it was my turn.
Once the others passed, I became the proud owner of an Ace's Helm. Something that I'd never imagined that I would see.
Many thanks to Devdas, Kaishen and everyone else in Beyond for helping make this dream come to fruition.
More people begin to log in and even a couple of outside people come out to help.
Our strike force is finally assembled, and our bards commence their buffing. We join up with the kite party and proceed to lay waste to the overgrown arthropod. Oh what joy that filled us seeing the loot pool once the smoke had cleared.
The one thing we came for. No more and no less.
There it was.... after several weeks of assisting others with getting this thing. Now it was my turn.
Once the others passed, I became the proud owner of an Ace's Helm. Something that I'd never imagined that I would see.
Many thanks to Devdas, Kaishen and everyone else in Beyond for helping make this dream come to fruition.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
The bane of drakes
Well, today it finally happened...
All that "being dirty" and using that radiant lance in merits paid off.
So we did floors 61-80 today and for the most part things had gone smoothly up until arounf floor 78. We had an order lamp floor where we had a flayer and some other annoying mobs that aggroed us and we ultimately wound up killing them. I did get a bit worried when we saw the 10 minute warning on said floor. However, we managed to come out on top. All we got for it was a lousy brave blade. Speaking of which, I think I'll open up Atonement next.
All that "being dirty" and using that radiant lance in merits paid off.
So we did floors 61-80 today and for the most part things had gone smoothly up until arounf floor 78. We had an order lamp floor where we had a flayer and some other annoying mobs that aggroed us and we ultimately wound up killing them. I did get a bit worried when we saw the 10 minute warning on said floor. However, we managed to come out on top. All we got for it was a lousy brave blade. Speaking of which, I think I'll open up Atonement next.
Wyrm kings and scorpions
No, not the really big one in Altepa.
At any rate, this past Thursday, Beyond took on ye olde wyrm king Bahamut for the first time in a couple months. This was my first time doing Bv2 (having cleared Bv1 during our last Bv2 sortie in September) and it was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, he didn't put out any masks, but we came away with 2 scythes and 2 staves as well as some nice money drops.
As for scorpions, a few of us did some ODS runs last night to try and get Viewpoint (Snk) a Senjuinrikio for his up-and-coming NIN. No serket rings, but at least we got what we came for and came away with a couple of damascus ingots.
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, it doesn't look like Beyond will have much going on this coming week outside of the usual einherjar and limbus. So what ever shall I do on those evenings!? Merit like a fiend most likely. I think I'll work toward pushing out DRG merits.
Speaking of DRG, I do believe I'm finally getting close to Drakesbane. After obtaining said WS, I'm debating whether or not to sell off my SAM gear and put it toward a Zahak's mail. Yes, I know, WAR and SAM are the "chosen ones" so to speak. But hey DRG is a lot more fun and you get a cool dragon that can heal you or your party members when their HP gets below a certain point! SAM has a big expensive meat cleaver and um... dancing?
Now, I'm supposedly first in line for the first Hofud that Odin coughs up. However, it's still up in the air as to who gets the first fork. A couple names came up, but they're almost never on DRG and/or have a relic in the works for another job. Given the option, I'd gladly trade off said sword to be able to get my hands on that kick-ass polearm. Not sure I'd call that equitable though. The v-fork is the third best polearm out there. However outside of a handful of situations, the hofud is just a trophy.
I know my DRG is less than "fork-worthy" in its current state, but it should be closer to that after our next couple of Odin fights. After finishing Nyzul, I intend to push out as many 80s as possible until that body drops.
At any rate, this past Thursday, Beyond took on ye olde wyrm king Bahamut for the first time in a couple months. This was my first time doing Bv2 (having cleared Bv1 during our last Bv2 sortie in September) and it was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, he didn't put out any masks, but we came away with 2 scythes and 2 staves as well as some nice money drops.
As for scorpions, a few of us did some ODS runs last night to try and get Viewpoint (Snk) a Senjuinrikio for his up-and-coming NIN. No serket rings, but at least we got what we came for and came away with a couple of damascus ingots.
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, it doesn't look like Beyond will have much going on this coming week outside of the usual einherjar and limbus. So what ever shall I do on those evenings!? Merit like a fiend most likely. I think I'll work toward pushing out DRG merits.
Speaking of DRG, I do believe I'm finally getting close to Drakesbane. After obtaining said WS, I'm debating whether or not to sell off my SAM gear and put it toward a Zahak's mail. Yes, I know, WAR and SAM are the "chosen ones" so to speak. But hey DRG is a lot more fun and you get a cool dragon that can heal you or your party members when their HP gets below a certain point! SAM has a big expensive meat cleaver and um... dancing?
Now, I'm supposedly first in line for the first Hofud that Odin coughs up. However, it's still up in the air as to who gets the first fork. A couple names came up, but they're almost never on DRG and/or have a relic in the works for another job. Given the option, I'd gladly trade off said sword to be able to get my hands on that kick-ass polearm. Not sure I'd call that equitable though. The v-fork is the third best polearm out there. However outside of a handful of situations, the hofud is just a trophy.
I know my DRG is less than "fork-worthy" in its current state, but it should be closer to that after our next couple of Odin fights. After finishing Nyzul, I intend to push out as many 80s as possible until that body drops.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Update time again!
So yesterday we were graced with the first part of the November version update which brought us a host of new items as well as a number of new notorious monsters.
A number of things caught my eye, mainly this.
Concordia
[Sword] All Races
DMG:46 Delay:268
LV 75 WAR PLD DRK SAM BLU
Interesting that SAM is on the list of jobs that can use it. Even more so is that it has the highest damage of any BLU weapon, and second highest delay. Swords of this type have been historically earmarked for WAR/PLD/DRK. Still, why is SAM on this thing? I know that before the 2-handed weapon update some SAMs used swords to do spirits within on HNM's... or something like that. I wasn't around for any of that, but I digress. At any rate, these "aern weapons" as people have been calling them are wielded by five fomor NM's in the past. It's been reported over on BG that the one pictured above is used by the Elvaan. One of the drops is a chipped scimitar, which is a 1DMG, 236 delay sword that happens to have the exact same job distribution.
Is the chipped scimitar a base of sorts? Are these "sealed" weapons similar to the mythic weapons when first obtained? The cogs of speculation turn once more, and with greater fervor!
A number of things caught my eye, mainly this.
Concordia
[Sword] All Races
DMG:46 Delay:268
LV 75 WAR PLD DRK SAM BLU
Interesting that SAM is on the list of jobs that can use it. Even more so is that it has the highest damage of any BLU weapon, and second highest delay. Swords of this type have been historically earmarked for WAR/PLD/DRK. Still, why is SAM on this thing? I know that before the 2-handed weapon update some SAMs used swords to do spirits within on HNM's... or something like that. I wasn't around for any of that, but I digress. At any rate, these "aern weapons" as people have been calling them are wielded by five fomor NM's in the past. It's been reported over on BG that the one pictured above is used by the Elvaan. One of the drops is a chipped scimitar, which is a 1DMG, 236 delay sword that happens to have the exact same job distribution.
Is the chipped scimitar a base of sorts? Are these "sealed" weapons similar to the mythic weapons when first obtained? The cogs of speculation turn once more, and with greater fervor!
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