DO NOT LOOKY HERE !

................and.............................................................................................................................................your looking....didn't I say do not look here? Anyway since you are looking....I will display for your displeasure......a picture update of my fun times and not so fun times in FFXI in the past week for today's post....enjoy ;) ................below we were trying to get a IXA'DRG but no pop-e ...... ................below Genbu askes me to clean his teeth with my Martial GS as a tooth pic..... ................below is a picture of me in Nyzul Isle inwhich I did 4 runs with my friend Agana. Too bad I dc'd at floor 80 and couldn't log back on because ..... they lost..... do to not having enough damage and timed out..... that of coarse would be because of my ISP ;( .................below is a pictures of my freind Blaize who just finished his full Skadi set and also below that is another picture of both of us in full Salvage gear. Hmmmmmmmm why does he apear to have a square head? We can call him Sponge Blaize Square Head ..... naaaa >< ............that's it for now..... see ya online ~BAM

Ares's ..... completed -NUFF SAID BUB

.....................Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ...... also the RemnantBrave LinkShell GIF on the top of my Blog is just a prototype ....just waiting from Ravax and Mav for the GoGoGo on it.

LolGambu eats a 196 Drain2

............... we did a little Sky skinny dipping tonight and noticed there was only 2 other people in the entire Sky Zone. My guess is since endgame is branching out into more and more new things ......coupled with the fact that alot of people already have all the Sky drops.....then Sky will be a less crowded zone from here on. Well thats ok to me because that means easier Sky runs to get those people who need the goods from Sky. Anyway I only wanted to talk about one thing.... and that was I did a 196 Drain II on Genbu. It was Darksday and I had 335 Dark Magic Skill, +26 Dark MACC, +10 MABB, and add in the Dark Staff and Dark Obi damage bonuses. I definetly need a Dark Staff +1 soonish....... for anyone that thinks pffffffffft 196 damage is shity ..... well then let me see you do a 196 Drain II on Genbu .........Anyways I still have a bunch of gears left to get before I finish my complete Dark Magic Macro build. I am not sure if I will use all these in my build but I will need to test for the best effecientcy but anyhow here's the list: *Abyss Cape *Demons Harness *Corselet +1 *Finger Gauntlets +1 *Vampiric Boots *Vampiric Mittens *Merciful Cape

??? The big Mystery !

..................and no you can not have your 30 seconds back for clicking my Blog. You can however indulge your self in some Blog pics. Also congrats to Izman on his new Organics Sword and also congrats to Coborn on his new Terror Shield! BAM ........... see ya online !

THE SKY IS FALLING !

OMOIKITTE WINS OMOIKITTE WINS !! .............Well it has taken 2 long years ........but finally Omoikitte has completed her promise to me from back when I first joined Versus. Yes! It has been one of her goals in FFXI to de-level me to 74. The other day it happened while we were in Nyzul Isle doing some ZNM pops. At first I could see her get all giddy about it.... as she heard a deleveling sound effect as my body collapsed and hit the floor. Then she collected her new FFXI prized possesion .... (a screenshot of me level-74 dead) and changed the LinkShell message to let everybody know of her omnipotence and my gimpness. Luckily I had used a Reraise item and as I got back up I was magicly turned back to 75. I then proceded back to the town to go change to Drg inwhich Omoi then called me a "WUSSY". However I did have to remind her that as happy as she was feeling..... if I was to stay level 74, then besides just the merit gimpness..... I would be like practically completely naked bacause alot of my gear is rated for level-75 especially the TP-macro-gear. Omoikittie earned a new title that day ... "Crusher of Jess's Level-75 Ego"

CASSIE: .............After the maintence Omoikitte was farming in Zi'tah and she seen that Cassie was up. So........ we struggled to get out some of our LinkShell members in hopes to snag it. Unfortunetly we didn't have a tank nor a healer. By the time we got us some healers out there we lost it to a duo-ing group. It was obvious that they were experts at it since they not only had the title but the Ninja had Remedies on him. However.... even though we did fail.... we didn't fail due to lack of skill. Kallo and Izman where doing an awesome job Kiting it for 30 minutes and that is when we all died and lost it... it went into Rage Mode. Anyways after the duo group beat it I sent a /tell to the Ninja "Good Job" and he said "Thank you". However they did use the /cry emotion which means a shit drop. >< LIMBUS: .............In the Versus LinkShell we are currently working on building a few Ultima pop sets which will be nice to get some spank'n new Bling Bling for our mages. We are currently sitting on 2 Omega pop sets (I believe) and I am locked in for the Homam body which will complete my Homam gear set. I am looking forward to the use of this body for a Guilotine build because it has 15 Acc and a Triple attack effect. Alot of people may disagree with that because I do have a Ares body but I think they forget it lacks any Acc at all. I also do not have a E-body (Adaman Hauberk) so I do see this as a good alternative especially since Guilotine is a Acc slurp'n multi-hit WeaponSkill inwhich every missed hit equals a 1/4th decrease in damage output. I am coming across more and more LinkShell events that I need to go Drk/Sam and spam Guilotine in a Zerg type fashion and this will assist me in that build. The last LinkShell pop set we used I did pass my chance to lot to Jarden who is no longer in the LinkShell. We also teamed up with Rakuen LinkShell for their pop set inwhich I got to share a chance to lot on the body with Celestria but it never drop'd. Of coarse I was gonna pass to Celestria if it dropped because she is such a awesome person and player in the game. As far as I am concerned there are only a few like her on the server. Anyway it is possible I already had said this in another post but who cares there is nothing wrong with bragging about friends and I am also look'n forward to some Ultima fights and sticking my Stun spell up Ultima's Citadel Buster's ass! ;) Also forgot this Sunday I will completing my 14th AF+1 peice which will put me at 2/5 for Sam. I have choos'n the Sam hands. I am also waiting for the Drg thingy to drop in Temendos so I can complete a 3/5 AF+1 for my Dragoon.

SALVAGE: ..............My friend Izman has completed his Ares head and now is 2/5 Ares. Woooooooot. ..............In the Remnant Braves LinkShell we have been spamming BBC and for the first 6 runs and nothing drop'd that we were aiming for. A matter of fact.... 4 of the 6 drops were strangely Usu Bodies. On the seventh run finaly we struck gold and completed SerialX's Usu head and something else I forget. SerialX has been on a good tare lately with Salvage drops and that makes me happy when I see my friends get stuff. No one likes the Salvage gods being stingy ! In other Salvage news we lost to LBC on a 7 person run because of a few issues during the run. The real sad thing about the loss was that we lost at what looked like LBC with less then 1% HP! ...OUCH !

SEA: ..............We haven't done any Sea events in the past 2 weeks which makes me sad in the pants. I am really looking forward to the 2 Sea gorgets I need for my Drk.

SKY: ..............Same news here .... no SKY last 2 weeks. I mean.... I do have every thing I need from SKY but there are other LinkShell members who need stuff from Byakko and Kirin. Unlike alot of people who are sick of Sky I feel it is one of the better made areas in the game and enjoy it alot.

PAST BC'S: ..............This is a relative new LinkShell Event and we now have 2 BC pop sets....one for the Orcs and another for the Quads. These new Beastman events are probably the best thing that we got from the last update and alot of LinkShell members also look forward to doing them. .............That's it for today's post ..... see ya online ~BAM

OH ....before I go ...I am making Kallo a Sig for his forum needs....... and we all know that he dislikes people busting his ballz about those new "salmon" colored pants...... so before I make his Sig I fiqured I post a joke one.

JA Haste Cap !

..........................ok a few months ago when Drk's were Zerging with like 93.5% Haste ........... every Drk ran to the AH and got a Runic GA ....... SE then decided to cap total Haste. Aparently that is not the case. The real truth is FFXI has different types of Hastes and they have different caps. Basically all the other types of Haste have a cap so all SE did was cap the JA Haste. Here is the proof and the test to show you. (types of Haste: Song Haste, Spell Haste, Gear Haste, Job Ability Haste) (Translation credit goes to Elmer The Pointy's Blog from a group 2 merit interview in Enterbrain's mook called Comic Vanatsu ) Question: The increase to Overwhelm for Samurais is capped beyond the 3rd upgrade but there is no limitation placed on Desperate Blows. Can you tell us why? Answer: The effect from Desperate Blows is only active when you use Last Resort. Also, the effect from Last Resort and Hasso during the same short amount of time is capped at 25%. So a fully merited Desperate Blows at 25% is equal to a Desperate Blows taken to the 3rd level (15%) + Hasso (10%). If you merit Desperate Blows above the 3rd level, using something other than Samurai for a support job is more viable. This is why they are the same up until the 3rd level. (Testing credit goes to Kirschy) "I went out and tested with a Relic Scythe. (The 999 Delay one.)Hasso + Last Resort(Level 5 - Desperate Blows) gave 751 Delay. (24.9% Haste)Last Resort(Level 5 - Desperate Blows) gave 746 Delay. (25.33% Haste)The small difference in haste is probably margin of error/lag/whatever. What it shows is that JA Haste definetly caps at 25%. If you use Hasso, Desp Blows at lv 3 and lv 5 are no different. If you're using Seigan or have /nin, the extra Desp Blows will still help. It just gives a little more info so DRKs can correctly equip themselves during a 2H zerg, and have a better understanding of their catagory II merits.I'm sure there's going to be some people that feel they wasted 10 merits"

STUN -nuff said

.........................Howdy Blog readers. Tonight I want to talk about the spell STUN, which is probably one of the best spells in the game..........all though... some of you may disagree with that. ........................Now I have been playing this game for about 6 years and the 1st thing I can remember about STUN was in a party as DRK about level 55 yo 60'ish in the Buburimu peninsula. It was there that one of the party members asked me to STUN a Goblin's AOE move "Bomb Toss". At first it was pretty tricky for me and I was pretty erratic at it but that person explained to me that I needed to read the chat log to see the Goblin's move and then use STUN. The problem was by the time I saw that the move in the chat log it had already gone off. This was solved by noticing a little animation that all mobs make when they do their special AOE move that can be used to help you know when to STUN. The only problem with that is you may STUN the wrong monster's move as an example "Goblin Rush" and then it may use "Bomb Toss" while your STUN recast is down. However regardless of of this shortcoming I soon got Drk to level 70 and moved up to my 1st endgame area SKY ! It was around this time I was hearing cocky RDM's who would only TP-burn with NIN's, WAR's, and a BRD in Uleguerand Range and tell me that DRK's where only good for STUN and sucked at HNM's. Basically they told me DRK virtually had no spot in endgame and that most LinkShells like Ressurection had leaders like Hex who hated DRK's and didn't want them in the LinkShells at all. My guess at that time was since Hex was a main THF he hated DRK's cause back then around level 60 most THF's lost experience parties to DRK's and SAM's who subbed /Thf. That was back in the day we did SkillChain's and BLM's Magic Bursted in parties. Funny how the game evelved and how most people want TP-spam partied to XP in now. .........................Anyway in SKY I joined my 1st endgame LinkShell called "Critical". While I was in that group......... 2 things expanded into my knowledge about the usage of the spell STUN. First was I had to STUN a Doll Mob's AOE move called "MeltDown". It was such a devastating move able to kill alot of people in a alliance at the time. I learned from the Critical's LinkShell leader Kohen that once again the Mob did the same animation that the Goblin did but it also added a additional special animation that makes it easier to know when to STUN. The Doll simply rolled up into a ball and BAM you STUN'd it. Another thing to note at this time only Shield Bash, Weapon Bash, and the spell STUN was pretty unresisted on STUN'ing the move "Meltdown". However some of the other things like Blade Bash, Head Butt, and other STUN moves/weapon skills/abilities had ACC/resist issues. What I mean to say is if a BLU used Head Butt and it was resisted....... Then "MeltDown" would go off even if you tried to STUN it. In the same way that if you Sleep a mob and then try to Sleep it again while it is still asleep you will get a message saying that it didn't take effect. To my knowledge this is the only in game Mob move that has a bad effect when getting resisted on a STUN spell and SE fixed this issue by upping the ACC/resist on these moves. The second thing expanded onto my usage of the spell STUN was being included into a STUN order. Once again I ran into a problem untill the leader Kohen helped me fiqure out my chat filters making it easier to see the move or -AGA spells I needed to STUN in my chat log. .......I also learned to make a macro to let everyone know I were using STUN and that sends a message to the next person to watch out and go next. ...............................From there I got better and better to the point I don't use any chat filters and started to impress many of my friends with the way I wield'd the spell. Matter of fact around then I changed my macro to the following and still have it that way to this day: Jess: <~~~~~~ M-E-G-A S-T-U-N ~.O .................................After a few years in Critical..... the LinkSHell no longer existed and I joined the LinkShell Versus. It was there that I began to master the usage of the spell. Whether it's STUN'ing every "Whirl of rage" in Limbus (and not STUN'ing "Smite of Rage" by mistake), or STUN'ing a Salvage's "Restoral" or Triple Gears AOE "Rail cannon" ........ you start to see that there is a few smaller things that can assist you. ...... that's where I am gonna stop this little tale of STUN. Yes I am gonna leave you all hang'n ............ but I won't be too cruel .... I will point you in the right direction so that you know just where to look. ....... try to understand the following ryhme: "Hickory Dickory Dock" "I tried to Stun but WTF" "I casted my STUN" "The Doll used Meltdown" "And everyone Felldown" "Hickory Dickory Dock" ...........................LOL .....ok that sucked and I was just kidding ......... The real key is alot of monsters (but not all) have a sort of rythem in their animation and timing of their moves. There are quite a few mob moves and spells that you can not beat speed wise by STUN'ing when they start to use them. You can't get it exactly but you can make a educated guess just before a mob uses a move. Another trick is some mobs will only have a possibility to use their move once they get to the end of a movement in there animation cycle. If you don't believe me watch the Gears in Salvage. I am not gonna say but if you look close enough you will see what I am talking about. ..... and that is where I am gonna leave off on this. ................................Also today I STUN'd 4 "Discord's" on 1 Salvage run on the mega-boss BCC. M-E-G-A S-T-U-N do you have it?

Awesome New Versus LinkShell Events and Ares's 15/15 = a Happy DRK !!!

..................................OK 1st I want to show every one my Tidal Talisman. It arrived yesterday via UPS after waiting 3 long months. Below is 2 pics of the in game item that Iwill be useing for Einherjar. This item is perfect for Einherjar because even though it is a 30 minute event it takes like 5 times longer to get everyone there and set up for the event. I fiqured this will be nice to grab the straglers from Aht Whitegate instead of them waiting for the "6 hour tour" boat run. I haven't tested it out yet but I will be able to take 5 other people with me. As far as the collectors item go's.... let's face it........ it is not solid gold nor is it lined with diamonds ........... if it was ......it would have been alot more in price. However FFXI has been the longest running game I have ever played so I wanted atleast 1 item towards my Video Game collection. This seemed to foot the bill nicely. ..........................On the way to La Vaule [S] riding in Chocobo style ....... (Davio in the past) ........ ..................................Here is something I was pretty excited about. Omoikitte the leader of Versus has decided to do the 3 main BeastMan StrongHold BC's as new LS events. They require running around the 3 Beastman strongholds gathering 8 chest pop items by killing 8 specific NM's per each area. Yesterday was our 1st run and we got a Gnad head pc and a Tights leg pc. I forgot who got the Gnad head pc which is pretty much a mini Heca-Cap but congrats to Annjannete on the tights. Gnadbhod's Helm DEF:24 STR+6 DEX+4 Attack+8Slow +5%LV71 All I can't find the Tights stats but I know they had MAB+4 .... .................................I was looking to lot on the earring if it dropped but Omoikitte and NinjaFox were drooling and talking about it so much that I was gonna have to passity Pass pass on it if it dropped..... I don't want saliva on a Earring that I am gonna wear !!! LMAO .....................................One of the nights I did 2 Nyzul Isle runs with Agana and a few other people. Yup that's a picture of Agana getting pawned by some Nyzul Isle mobs..... LOL .......................................Hey It's Qtip........... and he has a good question.........for some reason both Qtip and I have the Elvaan character both at maxed height ...... but I is taller. Weird. I told him it was his Relic weapon weighing him down. .......................................Finally I have completed all 15/15 pcs towards the Ares's Salvage gear. Last night we did a special run just for me to get the lvl-15 pc for Ares's hands. I will be wearing them tonight once I get home after work and collect them from the NPC. All that is left now is to farm 2.5 Mil Gil to get the head pc made. Soon my War will have 29% Double Attack. I am not sure what the cap is for DA but I am aware that stacking DA gets diminished returns unlike Haste. This means the 29% DA is actually worth less then the full 29%. It is possible because it has diminished returns there is no Cap on DA. Either way here is a Screen Shot of the Remnant Brave members that assisted in the completion of the 1st complete Salvage set collected in the Remnant Brave LinkShell !