The Fox and the Blau

Well, well, well! Some progress these past couple of days. The other morning I was up early because I had been anxiously awaiting to see what my GP item was… and it was good enough for me!

My buddy Glendor crafted me 2 Katars up for the base and 2 Poison Katars put me up to 101k GP.

So now I’m sitting at 77.7 + 2 Alchemy. I’ll get back to pushing myself up towards 85 after I raise extra gil. Right now, I still want to concentrate on finishing my mannequin (just need the body now) and leveling THF to 60+.

Tonight, EG spotted a /shout in Aht Urghan and I wrapped up something else as well! Mammets done!

HELL. YES.

Almost forgot that the other day, my friend Retarutarded (who recently got his Joytoy!) helped me out with my first piece of THF AF: Rogue’s Armlets. My Hume RSE hands beat it out for damage, but having another piece of Steal + gear around might come in handy.

The coffer was also my first picked coffer. /sigh

Been working on my Thief this week via short bursts of Campaign. Made it to 48 through Campaign, soloing the bees in Rolanyberry Fields (S) while waiting for Campaign, and 2 escort scrolls. I got into a party this morning and made my way to 49. One more level and I’ll feel a little gimpy without a Rapparee Harness.

Partying on THF was a blast today. So much so that I think I’ll start making parties again. Our PLD this morning was sort of new to FFXI and didn’t understand SATA. I tried to explain a few times, and then just tried telling him what to do, but I couldn’t seem to get through to him.

Otherwise, with Squid Sushi and my recent Marksmanship merit, I was landing most of my status bolts, building over 100 TP before SATA was back up. I was able to get some variation of SA or SATA off up to 3 or 4 times in some battles because I was precharging it before pulls.

I can’t wait to get to 50, get a harness, get my AF quests done, and get to ToAU camps now. THF70+ is only a couple dozen parties away. Unfortunately, then I get to worry about obtaining a Blau Dolch, which is going for 1.5 to 2 million gil on Gilgamesh.

Another couple of months have passed and, unfortunately, it really doesn’t seem like I’ve gotten too much done ingame during that time.

I’ve been focusing on leveling my Alchemy (77.2+1, halfway to Apron) and Thief (46, @2k) during my day-to-day playtime. I’ve been experimenting with being a dirty bastard and selling my HQ’able consumables for as cheap as possible. I often aim lower than the RMT, but the dumbass general playerbase buys my items for the going rate anyway. Godbless `em!

Coming back to Thief to farm, solo, party, etc. has been great. I really missed the job and can only see my love for it growing much more the further I get with it. My only gripe is that a THF in the mid-40s can’t rack up much EXP in Campaign Battle. Campaign has become a great way for me and my gang (or posse, if you prefer) to EXP together. Sure, come on PUP56 and I’ll bring my PLD72. Tom will brings his BST70. It will be fun and full of lulz.

BEST. FFXI. ADDITION. EVER. Next to Pankemon!

Some recent highlights include:

-Being able to skill up on Bloody Bolt Heads! I can not only use the extras for my THF, but it’s a profitable (albeit slow-selling) recipe on Gilgamesh. Next up is using my stored animas to craft photoanima all the way to Alchemy 85. Hoo-rah!

-I FINALLY GOT MY BOUNDING BOOTS! 1 drop out of 41 claims. I have been after these suckers on and off ever since my Warrior reached level 12 over 2 years ago. This would, so far, be my favorite result of my recently acquired Treasure Hunter II if it weren’t for…

-Netting some friends 3 Hakutaku eye drops in a row! I was both pleasantly surprised and also very jealous. If only I had been so lucky months ago.

-My friend Kelton’s come back, reached PLD75, and is now around SOMETIMES.

-Did a CoP 2-3 run for EG and 10 others. We were not only overwhelming victorious, but I walked out with WAR/PLD subligar and got a Parade Cuirass out of it!

This seems like a very small list, and I’m sure I’ve left out tons of whacky shenanigans, but it’s 4AM and I feel like going back to Campaign now.