Well the ending of 2005 was how can I say well eventfull. As I look back on this year DB came a long way...

In dec. we took out all three wyrms and in dec. followed up with oreo.



Through most of dec. we had no competition on fafnir and nidhogg

Here are some of my records for the year...


The result two pimped out cats.

Here are some more pics...





Through most of dec. we had a free month to catch on CoP. While my perma greatly wasted most of the month we eventually pushed the envelope and broke apart since shouting in jueno is still the most effective way to acomplish anything.

One thing we did stick to is Dynamis and I went from gimp to pimp in one day...

I hope to keep going to become the greatest enfeebler this server has ever seen... with those ambitions you always find people who are stingy and just straight up assholes.


This was a week later that he decided to remind me that I was undeserving of the hat when I showed up for the xarca again which potentially could be his hat I was there for.

For new years I went down to Canada and when I came back I found DB has completly changed. In fact I now forget why I'm part of it... Zana is gone, Zyaan is gone, Dakota is gone, Phodoce is gone, lots of others never came back from break, and plenty of new faces. I don't mind the new faces but I miss the old. I will continue to work hard and maybe in a few days be inspired and proud again.

I'm spending most of my time now trying to craft and quite frankly become filthy rich. I'd like to not only completly finish rdm off but also get my pld ready and begin working towards excaliber.

1 Month for Stage 2
4 Months for Stage 3
15 Months for Stage 4

So over a year of constant work and I might achieve my goal of walking around holding the great excaliber.

Afterwhich I will begin to work towards relic shield and a fully pimped out pld.

Diablos

God was the fight stressful but when 120% focused on stun the fight was nothing. But we're finally moving along. My first day back on ffxi and we win. It's good to be back.

After the fight me an triguns took our time to finish up the cutscene and do a little tavnazian walking around.

Crafting

I'm so sorry for my long absense and neglecting this blog I've currenly been writing in my more personal blog which is not ffxi related. For over two weeks now I have not logged onto FFXI. It comes a point where you really froget why you enjoy the game. This break from the game was a way to really remember why I play it. After the first week that I spent with my good friend Jeremy I had been considering leaving FFXI for a few months and doing a perm. account suspension. So I finally found inspiration to play again and will probably log on tomorow to finish up WHM etc.

During my break from FFXI I still kept an eye on what was going on around. It seems DB killed Tiamat without me, while an ugly fight a win is most definatly a win. Overall I don't know how the atmosphere in the linkshell is but it's time I forget completly about trying to attend every possible raid and killing my sleep cycle when their is no direct return out of it. I'll simply attend as much as I can, and start focusing on upgrading my gear on my own. Working to be better on my own, because no one will lend the helping hand. So I've decided to go and explore the idea of farming (ZOMG)!

I guess I'm going to need to level THF up after I finish whm which is currently 31ish I guess. I'm going to ask to borrow Akujin's leaping boots and hairpin as after selling mine their is no chance of rebuying those items ^^;

I'll level up thf and try to do it as quickly as I can. Probably use next week for that. Than after thief is 37ish or 40ish I'll push DRK to 40ish with a buffer with simular gear so it's ready for CoP.

Than I'll begin farming gil. I'm going to head down to Monastic caves and give my shot at orc mask desynthesis. If I'm lucky I'll be able to rack in 1mil or so per farming run. Every 1 million in gil I'll spend leveling Goldsmithing which is trully what brough me back to the game. I've decided to fully dwelve into the craft. I'm going to begin collecting platinum nuggets from all my mules and stack as much as I possibly can. I'll synth in intervals of 1 mil and it should not take me more than 4million or 48 synth to get to 53GS. Than simply purchase nuggets off the AH and store them.

Also I'm going to start collecting Guild Points (GPs) again and this time it's not for the body piece at 68 but for the Gold Ensorcellment key item. This item is my trick to get through the 50s without scratching my wallet to much. In order to support GSing and GPs I'm going to begin rock HQing. While tremandously tricky I'm going to need to get good at it early. I plan to collect 36 rocks and run them through wind crystals under full moon or new moon on windsday, earthsday darksday and iceday. I'll post my results for this if I'm lucky I might pull of the 1/100 chance of HQ3 ^^;

The 50s no matter how much you try simply aren't pretty and it takes effort to get past the 50s and the 70s in GS. After 57 again comes a fun farming experience this time killing moblins. Considering their low level I should be able to really farm these guys well with /thf. The idea here is to steal as many plt. beastcoins as possible. I'll take this opportunity to also level up dagger (need to get get hornet needle).

I'll leave the guide at this point but I have a strategy to 100+3, and once I achieve those rankings I'll be the happiest man in FFXI. Enough day dreaming for now, I still have a long road ahead of me but this will allow for me to stop concentrating so much on the items I can get from raids and more on what I can do when we're not raiding.

Vrtra Round 2

Vrtra, Determination MAX!

Today is Distant Beliefs second attempt at Vrtra. Last night I anxiously watched the match over my friend Henry’s house as the tension built up. Taking out 10% in a few minutes the pace picked up from 40%-21% where things froze for a few seconds and DB went for the final push. After the 4% Bloodpacts went off everyone’s nightmares turned into reality as the beast would not call it quits @ 1%. Instead of continuing the kite we allowed our own greed to take control of us and lost the fight.

Today is round 2! We simply will not walk away without a title. Our strategy is solid, our spirits are set high and I will take plenty of screen shots through out the fight as well as keep commentary.

Comming to a theater near you

The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad

The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad

Actually found others using blogger.

Reaching Goals

Only a few weeks left before the begging of school and I'm reaching the ends of a few goals.

Dark Knight - 37
Ninja - 37
Warrior - 25 (Level it to 37 when I need it)

Bastok Rank 10!







I couldn't get my aketon cause bastok wasn't in first place but I'll have it very soon ^^

So what lies next for me...
Red Mage to level 75 and merit points... I will begin to seriously exp between raids until I cap the following categories:

Enfeebling Magic Skill & Wind Magic Accuracy

Also I'm going to begin working on CoP missions. Still so much to do.

And last but not least Goldsmithing here I come.

Freedom.... or to Protect.... fuck it I want to be free

Sometimes I dream about being in the mafia...