| REVIVAL! One Year Later |
[Jul. 30th, 2008|02:51 am] |
I'm back! I've been busy (and still am) but I'll post more, although this time subjects vary from FFXI to other RPG's to RL. Le'ts start with my favorite MMO, FFXI<3 :
Salvage has been overall a great success! We have gotten 51 level 35 armor pieces so far, and most of us have at least 3 of them for our specific armor set. We even have one completely upgraded set, A Morrigan Robe set which Zazen got few weeks ago. He's totally the one that deserves the set most, and I'm so happy for him. Going to upload a pic later.
We also have few sets 4/5, only needing one 35 and a random 25 to complete. Unfortunately most of these 35 come from Super Suck Remnants (SSR) so I doubt we are going to see them soon..;
Some of us have left the shell as well, 3 members that are 4/5 and one that is 2/5. It's a huge loss, but I feel that we have gotten good replacements and will try to get them full sets as well.
I myself am 3/5 but am not holding my breath for 5/5 due to lack of currency and low drop rate in SSR.
Right now we have decreased the amount of events we do (from 4 to 3) and I think that this overall has been a good change for us. We're not so hardcore group anymore, and I don't think there's even a need for such since we're almost done (16 35's to get everyone to 5/5) and everyone was probably getting tired of the Dynamis - Salvage every Sunday.
Aside from Salvage I've been fairly bored with FFXI really. However something that SE released has peaked my interest again, and I hope that I can stay in Vana'diel for a while longer before I Have to quit due to RL. That "something" are the Nyzul Isle Relics, which were 80% released in the last update and the final weapons are scheduled to be released at the start of September. The quests are just as I wished them to be, you don't need a lot of gil to be able to upgrade them, but instead you have to excell at every ToAU event from Assault to Einherjar. If we go specific, this is what you have to do:
First Quest: Get Captain rank
Get Runic Key (Floor 100 Nyzul Isle)
Get Base weapon (Floor 100 Nyzul Isle)
Second Quest: Kill the 4 Chariot bosses (Salvage)
Kill Odin (Einherjar)
Kill the 3 beastmen kings of ToAU
Third Quest: Get 50 000 Alexandrites (Salvage(SE said that they will lower the amount of alexandrites you need to complete this part))
Get 100 000 Therion Ichor (Einherjar)
Repeat the 50 Assaults
Get 150 000 tokens (Nyzul Isle)
Fourth Quest: BCNM Fight
(Unreleased)
Overall, even though the quests might seem to be too hard, it is still easier than getting the dynamis relics in my opinion. Only the 3rd quest feels like grinding, the 1st and 2nd plus the last quest require skill more than anything, which is what the relics should have been about in the first place. Also, if you have been doing toau content from the start, you should already have made some progress.
Like me: I have Captain rank, the weapon I am going to upgrade (Kenkonken, the hand-to-hand cesti for PUP) and runic disc at floor 91, so 2 runs from getting a Runic key. I have also killed all 4 Salvage bosses (you can do this beforehand, the NPC checks titles). I have not killed Odin, and in the nearby future I don't see myself being there to kill him, so I need to make a plan if I ever want to succeed in fully upgrading the H2h:
Right now I am working on making another Nyzul static just for the sole purpose of upgrading the relics. This means no farming bosses at 20, 40, 60, nor 80. Getting everyone Runic key, base weapon and 150 000 tokens is our primary priority. I have few good core members already, which means completing our goals should be a smooth run. It's a long process, but doable.
I am also looking for an Einherjar Linkshell, or in the worst case I will make one myself. My primary goal is to get 100 000 therion ichor, which should be doable by just doing the event twice a week (you get quite a bit of ichor even if you fail the run) and in the long run get to Odin and beat him. I'll also gather my friends and linkshell members to kill the 3 beastmen kings. That should be the fun I'm looking for from FFXI!
After getting everyone 150 000 tokens the long, maybe not so tedious task of clearing all the 50 assaults Again (wtf SE, cruel!) starts. It has to wait if I haven't killed Odin by then, though.
Depending on Alexandrites total# and prize it might cost from 500k to 10mils. I'll be able to gather this much gil in the time it takes me to get all the other tasks completed, so it's not an issue. I'd have liked more if I didn't need gil at all to upgrade the weapon though!! If the drop rate gets ^'d in Salvage it might not cost that much, I'll be optimistic.
After all that is done all there is left is the (hopefully) epic battle against SomeOne (My bet is Balrahn), can't wait for it. I kind of hope it would be a solo battlefield alá Maat and NPC G4 but 6 man BC should be coo' as well, my Nyzul group is there to back each other up.
One other thing in update notes makes me feel excited about XI again, PUP AF2 in dynamis! Can't wait.
I'll post the pics of some of the fully upgraded Nyzul weapons soon, and talk about the stats a bit and my thoughts.
And btw, Final Fantasy Tactics is best game ever~ Just started playing it, it's hard but addictive! Going to post more about it in the nearby future, as well as Lost Odyssey which I am getting this Friday. |
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