ADAMAN HAUBERK?

...........It was July 26th. It was Sunday and it was my birthday. Most of the day, it suxed ass and Mav never sent me the Canadian Pizza he promised. Are all Canadian's cheap like that? Just Kidding! Good thing my real life best friend EternalPain saved the day! He went to the AH and and totaly hooked me up with a Thallascrat and a pair of Dusk Feet. The Dusk Feet I needed for my WAR's TP set up but it looks like ass compared to the rest of my gear. I guess not as bad as the other WAR's running around in Aurum Boots. The Thallacrat I needed for my DRG. Seeing that I already have the Supremecy Earring I decided to sell the Thallacrat and upgrade it to the SkyRider. Don't worry good ole' Eternalpain won't mind a bit because his Gil went to the same type of item anyway. Wooooooot thanks for the gifts! ..........On Tuesday, at the end of the Obsidian's Einherjar's Odin run... I think Mav shit himself! We got our 1st E-body drop ever! Congrats Mav and change those skid marked Byakko undies they stink! This means Rif moves up to the #1 E-Body points spot and me up to #2. My friend Izman is also shooting for a Adaman Hauberk. Hope it starts raining E-Bodies. ;p ..........Meanwhile....in the RemnantBrave LinkShell ..... I keep missing Salvage runs and it is starting to piss me off. It's always something like this: 1) Jess falls asleep 2) LinkShell Versus events are at the same time 3) My internet goes haywire and DC's me like crazy (always when it's raining, June+July was 2nd wettest in N.J. records ) 4) X-Box dies (on 3rd X-Box now ) 5) SE screws my Account to log on (read BG Forums this has been happening alot ) 6) I have to redownload FFXI again Yes you name it it... it happens. Thankfully Rav and Mav are very smooth about it. I did however manage to get more Gilz from selling my Death Scythe+1 at 1.9 Mil and another 1.1 Mil from "Team Splitting Heirs" runs that we did a few weeks back. This allowed me to finaly get a stack of BloodLumber and get my Usu Hands made. ............Moving right along..... "Team MR.J" (Mav, Ravax, & Jess) beat the new Moogly Mini-Expansion by the 6th day after it's Monday release. We pretty much did 90% of it in 1 day. This netted me my Champion's Galea (HP+5, Counter+3, STR+4, AGI+4, WSACC+15, WSDMG+2%). I may redo the last fight to change the AGI+4/WSDMG+2% into ACC+10/ATK+5. This is actually replaceing my WS head gear for DRK/SAM. I was originally gonna just keep this only for Multi-Hit Weapon Skills but I changed my mind. So recap: DRK/SAM WS Head equip= Champion's Galea DRK/THF WS Head equip= Drk AF+1 WAR/anything WS Head equip= Champion's Galea DRG/anything WS Head equip= Champion's Galea SAM/anything WS Head equip= Champion's Galea ..........Lets see ...hmmmm.... what else did I forget.... oh yeah Merits.... I used four of my 7 unused Merits to raise my SAM's Store-TP to level 4. I also did some Augmented Fea Weapon Battles with.... 3 losses and 1 win. I kept the Scythe but it was just really junk. I will try for a far better one another day. The Stats were: DMG:92 DMG+3 ATK+4 Enhance Souleater+1 What I am looking for is: DMG:92 DMG+7 STR+8 Enhance Souleater+4 ...........Anyway that's it for today.....see ya online ~BAM

Set Bonuseseseses and a es....

Congrats to Ravax on full Usu! SET BONUS's: ............Within the past two to three years SE has been releasing gear and weapons that grant bonuses by equiping multiple pieces in form of sets. I have noticed that there are generaly 2 types of sets. One of these types will NOT grant the set bonuses unless you have all of the set pieces equiped at the same time. A good example of this would be the 5 piece Salvage gear sets. The other type is a little different. It accumilates the set bonuses for every additional piece you equip beyond the first initial piece. A good example of this would be the Allied Note sets. What I want to know is where do the Past SCNM sets fit in? Does it really matter because these particular sets are made up of only 1 weapon and 1 earring. Excuse me..... all this thinking is killing my buzz..... ZZZzzzzzzzzZZzzz /em passes out with a screwdriver in his hand. ..............The very next day I left for work (Working on Sunday sucks BTW) and Once there I used a Sneak Oil so I can quitely boot up the work computer and jump online. At first I trolled the FFXI BG Forums and then clicked onto the FFXI Wiki website. As I began to meander off thru the information super highway I started to look at the other SCNM earrings and weapons. It was then that I saw a little tiny notation that RNG's and SAM's who have equiped both the Amanokakoyomi(Bow) and the Farseer(Dagger) without the Paramount Earring were still receiving the set bonuses. Could this be an unintended effect by SE.... or could it be that they designed it that way? Could this mean it is possible to equip both the weapons plus the earring and double the bonuses. This Excited me. So... I looked at all the other combonations and noticed that a PLD and DRK can do something similar. Theoriticaly if a PLD/NIN or DRK/NIN equips the Sinfender(Sword), FARSEER(Dagger), and the Paramount Earring....they should get HP+30, VIT+6, ACC+???, and RACC+??? ....times 2. I would like to test this theory out for myself but if anyone else who can confirm please leave a comment on my Blog Post. Thanky. ................Back to the Supremecy Earring. Yes aparently I have misinformed you guys. Sorry about that it was purely unintentional and thanks Tikki for the correction. The correct Supremecy Earring Stats according to FFXI Wiki are: +6 STR +8 1/2 ATK (4ATK from base rest from the STR) +4 RATK +2 MAB

W.hat T.he F.uck

..............yea so basically, if you have been keeping up with my Blog posts, you may have noticed there has been way to many issues lately. Can't a guy just freak'n relax and play FFXI while drinking his Screwdrivers? Well anyway, Last nights issue all began when I implanted the Removable HardDrive from my Broken X-Box into my new shiney one. This should be Easy right? So I'm gonna use my Staples Easy Button. /em presses the easy button. I log into X-Box live and watch POL load up.....and then....... I watch POL shut down. A message then appears on the screen that I need to reInstall POL because there is a error in the last download and that it cannot be repaired. /em presses the easy button.....again... 4 minutes later it is completed and I restart the X-Box. Now X-Box is telling me I need a update for X-Box Live. So...I update X-Box Live. /em slams the easy button with his fist and says "Work you Fucker" 5 more minutes goes bye.....I reboot my X-Box, sign into X-Box Live, and jump onto POL. Now POL needs a update. /em waits a second then slams the easy button harder and lets out a huge fart because he ate a whole can of beans the night before. 6 more minutes goes bye......I reboot my X-Box, sign into X-Box Live, jump into POL, immediately resolve a issue with linking the X-Box Live account and my POL Account and then.......... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! A message appears on the screen that I need to reInstall FFXI because there is a error in the last download and it cannot be repaired. /em hurls the easy button against the wall... creating a sonic boom in it's wake and in slow motion the easy button shatters into a million peices. 480 minutes more later (that's 8 more hours)..... of checking files, downloading files, installing files, and then doing it again for every patch there ever was in the past 7 years for every expansion...... I finally get a feeling of relief knowing it is ALL finally done. /em logs onto his character and realizes that there are no Macros at all and that his maps have no markings. /em turns of his X-Box. Now you finally know why that when I created this Blog ...I named it "You Can Not Play FFXI" .... -Nuff said BUB!

Mr.Vendetta Scythe Meets Mr.Supremecy Earring

...............Last night I did a few more of those La Vaule[S] SCNM's with the Versus Linkshell. Out of our 6 runs we finally got a Supremecy Earring to drop. From what I can understand, like Izman says, the Orc Hat seems to share the same lot drop spot as the Earring. I don't know what the drop percentages are but for us it's been 5 Orc hats to 1 Supremecy Earring. I just want to Thank my fellow LinkShell members for allowing me to lot on this Earring! ...............The cool thing is..... I can already use this Earring on more then 1 75 job. I mean I already have the DRK, SAM, and WAR Weapons that it pairs with and I am now working on purchasing a SkyRider. Yes, I would rather wait for it to drop from one of our runs but For some reason the SkyRider has never dropped for us and other members would also like it. Omoikitte stares at Jess.... That Dam NM is sure a stingy Bastard. Kind of shity really because we practically have a whole LinkShell of Dragoons! LMAO! .................In my opinion this Weapon/Earring combo really shines when you are already lacking a 2nd good endgame Earring and weapon. However this also creates a problem for my DRK because it will be taking my Brutal Earring slot (for WeaponSkill Build). Dammmm My ears are burning.... I can already hear all the other Melee calling "Fowl" on that play. But....this will actually allow me to sell my Death Scythe+1 and purchase a SkyRider for my DRG, Dusk Feet for my WAR, and a stack of Blood Wood to get my Usu Hands made for my SAM. A matter of fact my Death Scythe+1 is already on the AH. I have decided to sell it for alot cheaper then the last 2 AH sales in order to help other DRK's keep the pirice under control. Yea....that's right.....I went there BISHES! ................Anyway as far as the Supremecy Earring Stats go: +6 STR +8 1/2 ATK +6 RATK+6 MAB (BLM Sea Earring? LOL!) If you are wondering why the ATK Stat isn't 6 like the other Stats it's because of last years 2-Hand update which increased the amount of ATK from STR and ACC from DEX. It looks like the Earring actually only has +3 ATK and gets the rest of the ATK from the STR. Well.....That it for today. Now go buy my Scythe . ;p ~BAM

Where's My New Scythe?

.............So now that SE has dropped their higher level Elite Trainings bomb ....I may need to sell off my Death Scythe+1 before the value drops in the AH. Why do I say this? Well not only do I plan on getting a Augmented Death Scythe from ANNM's, the Mystic Scythe, the Y's Scythe from Mithra Trackers, and the past SCNM's Supremecy Earring for my Vendetta Scythe....... but I also can see into the future! For I am "The Obssesed clairvoyant DRK" ....I can foresee better Augmented Scythes on the horizon.... better then the Death Scythe+1 . Most likely from the higher level Elite Trainings Missions and not from that new Augmenting Quest where you can Augment a weapon with the help of the Faeries. Trust me a new endgame Scythe has been way over due. I have been carring this bitch on my back for far far far to long.......and YES! It will be painful but I am definetly going to sell my Death Scythe+1.......and then buy it back when it drops to "on the cheap" price'n Mwhahahhaha.. LMAO! Did I forgot to mention I collect Scythe's! Like you never noticed! There's only 1 thing that can prevent me from selling my Scythe and that's the idea of Augmenting it! It is like a itch that you can not scratch. Sell it for 3 million, or Augment it for a 1% chance of making a better weapon with a 99% chance of making it a worthless peice of shit that can't be sold. Decisions decisions decisions........ HAAAAAAAAALP! Anyway here's the 3rd batch of Augmented Elite Trainings crap as we make way for the future 50-75 batch of new Augmented crap. ;p ELITE TRAINING #19 Justice Badge DEF:1 MND+3 (Augment) FIR+2 ICE+2LVL 7 ELITE TRAINING #20 Puissance Ring+1 DEF:1 STR+3 FIR+7 (Augment) AGI-1 MND+2 CHR-1 LVL 36 ELITE TRAINING #21 Mythril Scythe+1 DMG:65 DELAY:513 (Augment) AGI+1 WND+4 LVL-40 ELITE TRAINING #22 Justice Badge DEF:1 MND+3 (Augment) MP+1 WAT+3 LVL-7 ELITE TRAINING #23 Mercenary Captain's Scythe DMG:51 DELAY:528 (Augment) Resist Charm+1 WAT+3 LVL-30 ELITE TRAINING #24 Nomad's Mantle DEF:2 AGI+1 EVA+3 (Augment) FIR+1 LVL-24 ELITE TRAINING #25 "Dead X-Box" ELITE TRAINING #26 "Dead X-Box" ...............As far as my X-Box life expectantcy.....I tried the "Blanket Trick" which involves smothering the X-Box so that it overheats, then letting it cool. This trick allows the X-Box to work temporary. There are 2 theories to why this works. One is it causes the solder points to melt slightly causeing any broken soldier points to resoder back to whole. The other theory is that it causes the X-Box to over ride the permanant 3 rings system error with a temporary overheating error thus allowing you to still play from a few hours to a few days. Either way it worked and I also purchased a new X-Box. The Electric Company is gonna have to wait! I will be using the old one untill it gets the 3 rings error back again then I will send it out for repair. As allways see you online! ~BAM

Jess is dead!

.....................well my X-Box is........not me actually .....or I'd be making this post from beyond the grave! I will be trying to get a new X-Box this Tuesday/Wendsday. .....................Farewell thee X-Box #2...I knew thee hardly well ....under a year to be exact. 1st one died from FFXI burning out the DVD drive. It actually melted it! This one got the 3 rings of death disease.

Cutting Pizza with A X-Knife

..............Hey boys, girls, Qtipus BBQ party people, the pizza man who delivered that pizza Mav ordered for Ravax, and anyone else I forgot to mention......Howdy to you! Today I was gonna post part-3 of my Elite Training Day information but unfortunetly I am at work and forgot that shit at home. So.....instead I am gonna just post some random crap for you to choke on ><. LOL! ...............Lets see here...... on the July 2nd ........I simutaneously......... had my FFXI Account shut off because of payment information issues, my ISP Verizon was DC'ing me every 5 minutes, My X-Box started to freeze a few times, the SE registration Server/Department was having Extended Maintenece (which began on the 1st and was going to be open only for 1 day on the 3rd and then closed to the 6th because of the July 4th holiday). This meant if I could not get this shit fixed on the 3rd.....then I would have no FFXI for a freak'n week. NooooooooooOOOOooooo!!!! Thankfully I SQUARE'd it away.... ;p ...............The next shity day was Saturday the 11th. My X-Box started to freeze again a bunch of times and almost ruined 2 of our ENM Static runs. I actualy thought I ruined 1 of them but Ravax and Mav mislead me as part of a prank. They were laughing their asses off for 6 hours and just before entering Salvage they finally let me in on the joke (as Ravax was eating the pizza ordered for him by Mav....what a nice guy but where the hells mine ;p ). Anyway.... Ravax was facing Mav and kept saying "Dam where'd you get that new knife" . I examined Mav and was like "Where'd you get that X-Knife?" . Dammmmm you Bastards LMAO! Well atleast Mav got his X-Knife which was the main goal of doing that run anyway ............... My day further went down the tubes during the 1st Salvage run when my X-Box frooze again and gave me a 1 red ring. This forced me to turn it off for the night. When I get home after work today I will turn it back on and see what happens. ...............so lets tally the totals up.... Ravax........ gets a Pizza Mav.......... gets a X-Knife Jess......... gets a Broken X-Box I hope today story entertained you ;)...and as always...See ya online....maybe >< ~BAM

Elite Training Day (Part 2)

............O.K. I have continued on with the Elite Training runs this week and posted the results below. In order to keep up with the required TABS.... everyday I bang out a few FOV's as Drk/Sam in Cape Terrigan. I even earned a few more Merits from FOV reaching a total of 350 officialy Merit capping my War. Not bad for someone who hasn't joined a Merit party in over 16 months. ...........While I do these FOV/Elite Training runs I try to get the ACP keys, kill other mobs, and check any NM's around those areas. I then send all the drops to my Mule netting me about 60,000 to 100,000 a week to be used as weekly Endgame Event fundage. This way, it's sort of like Farming while trying to net me some Augmented Gear. I really hate Farming but doing it in this way.... I honestly do not mind. It's just paying for some of those consumable items I blow through each week in endgame. Lets see here..... Warp Gludgers, Reraise Earrings, Courl Subs, Carbonara, Nin Tools, Poison Pots, Remedys, Echo Drops, Eye Drops, Holy Waters, Silent Oils, Prism Powders, and Antidotes. Plus thanks to the Security Token, I now have enough room to keep these items fully stocked. Where as before I could only take what was absolutely neccessary. This also means "/cough" that I blow through them at a much faster rate then ever before. ELITE TRAINING DAY 5: Life Belt: ACC+10 (AUGMENTS) MP+5 MND+2 LEVEL:48 ELITE TRAINING DAY 6: Life Belt: ACC+10 (AUGMENTS) WND+9 LTG+12 LEVEL:48 ELITE TRAINING DAY 7: Barbarians Scythe: DMG:76 DELAY:528 ATK:+25 acc-5 (AUGMENTS) LTG+2LEVEL:49 ...............The next 4 Augmentations were my trusty old low level RSE set. ELITE TRAINING DAY 8: Magma M. Gauntlets: DEF:6 MP+24 DEX+2 INT+1 (AUGMENTS) DRK+2 LEVEL:27 ELITE TRAINING DAY 9: Magma M. Ledelsens DEF:5 MP+20 AGI+3 INT+2 (AUGMENTS) LTG+1 LEVEL:29 ELITE TRAINING DAY 10: Magma M. Chausses DEF:12 HP+12 MP+12 DEX+2 AGI+2 (AUGMENTS) LTG+3 LEVEL:31 ELITE TRAINING DAY 11: Magma M. ????????(forgot lol) DEF:18 HP+24 MP+4 DEX+1 INT+1 (AUGMENTS) RESIST STUN+1 LEVEL:33 ...............and back to the other items......... ELITE TRAINING DAY 12: Spike Necklace STR+3 DEX+3 MND-6 (AUGMENTS) LTG+3 LEVEL:21 ELITE TRAINING DAY 13: Sable Cuisses: DEF:24 ATK+1 "ENHANCES SOUL EATER EFFECT" (AUGMENTS) STR+1 DEX-1 AGI-1 EVASION+1 LEVEL:50 ELITE TRAINING DAY 14: Spike Necklace STR+3 DEX+3 MND-6 (AUGMENTS) ICE+3 LEVEL:21 ELITE TRAINING DAY 15: Pigeon Earring HP+20 WAT+5 (AUGMENTS) FIR+7 DRK+8 LEVEL:33 ELITE TRAINING DAY 16: Pigeon Earring HP+20 WAT+5 (AUGMENTS) LIGHT+7 ACC+1 LEVEL:33 ELITE TRAINING DAY 17: Walkure Mask DEF:11 HP+11 ATK+6 (AUGMENTS) STR+1 DEF+1 LEVEL:43 ELITE TRAINING DAY 18: Spike Necklace STR+3 DEX+3 MND-6 (AUGMENTS) DRK+6 LEVEL:21 ..............Nothing really great from the RSE set Augments but the fact still remains that this set is now slightly better then it was before. I have Quested this set years ago and use it on a regular basis. Heres a small list of items that I am thinking about spamming. Sable Cuisses Life Belt Drone Earring Physical Earring (add STR and VIT and make it a mini Cassie Earring) Red Cape +1 (add INT and MND and make it a mini Ixion Cape) Royal Knights Belt Vanguard Belt Sword Belt +1 Enkelado's Bracelets Spike Necklace Morion Earring +1 ..............Ooops almost forgot to list the stuff that wasn't tradeable for Elite Training: Trumph Crown Brass Grip+1 Stoic Earring Wyvern Earring Ecphoria Earring ..............and now I present to you TEAM "Splitting Heirs": Jess, Mav, Ravax, Qtipus, Kaylea, Izman Wins 6/7 Best time 7min & 13 secs .................almost forgot I now have all 3 items for Usu hands! ...............thats it for this weeks post folks.....My home PC is still dead but the work one ...was just fixed so expect atleast 1-2 posts each week. As always see you online! ~BAM