The State of the Odin Server

The State of the Odin Server: ...............Just recently I have heard news from friends that the LinkShell Versus was absorbed into the BBQ LinkShell fold. While I do not want to offend anyone with any rampant opinionated speculation, I do feel that this was a good strategic decision on Versus's part. It will definetly ultimately benifit both the players of BBQ and the remaining Members of Versus. I am a former Versus member and I hold high regards and respect for all my friends in both LinkShells. ...............As we all know..... the Odin Server is still Closed to Inbound World Transfers and New Player Character Creation. Thus With out a new influx of additional Players coming in and more and more people Quiting or Transfering Out, many LinkShells await a similar fate. Many smaller LinkShells will have to make a decision to either Merge, Break, or Low-Man many Events. ...............On the bright side of this, it also bottle necks alot of RMT here. You can see this if you were to Create a Character on a different World Server. I tried this myself and in literaly 3 minutes I was spammed with a /Tell to buy Gil from RMT every freak'n 10 to 20 minutes. No, I am not kidding. I also confirmed this with some friends who have moved to other World Servers. ...............While I do understand peoples logic for Transfering to a different Server my opinion remains the same. The grass is not greener on the other side of the hill. It's simply the same hill. .............just another side with it's own set of problems and issues. I myself will be staying in Odin. Besides.... I was never good at the Game Musical Chairs. ...............What do you think?

Campaigne Experience Glitch

Campaigne Experience Glitch: ...............While being so close to Capping my total amount of Merits (currently 430/468), I have decided to switch from Limit Points back to Experience Points. The idea here is to Cap all my Buffers and leave it like that untill PLD and RNG are 75. Here's my progression: DRG....... 43,999 (Cap) SAM....... 43,999 (Cap) WAR....... 43,999 (Cap) DRK....... 42,800 'ish ................As I have said before..... I no longer /Join Merit Parties. Instead I FOV in Cape Terrigan and do Campaigne. ................Well yesterday I teamed up with my friend EternalPain for some Campaigne action. He was PLD/DNC and I was DRK/SAM and we were freak'n tearing Jugner Forrest[S] up! We were unstoppable..... and at the end of the 2 Wave Campaigne my Chat Log read: Jess earns 4250 Experience Points Jess earns 425 Limit Points ................Now before this had happened... I was like 1200'ish Points to my Buffer Cap and less then 900 Points towards the next Merit. However something was a miss. Aparently the game can not seperate any single amount of Experience Points given. It's just a loss. /em waves goodbye to 3K Experience Points /em learns a new lesson /em changes Exp Pts back to Lim Pts

Allied Notes & Campaigne: ................Sonia's Plectrum..... Mine! Wooooot! Salvage: ................We did another LBC Run. The main goal was to try and snag a 25 Ares Body to complete Psi's Ares Body. On the way there we Pop'd a Rampart by killing the 10 Special Gear Mobs that Weaken LBC. Each one Warps away if you don't kill them under a minute. They also Warp if you Agro them. The key here is to use a non Magic, non Job Ability way of Pulling from past their Agro Range. Most people use a Ranged Weapon or a Bard Song for this. Wind Weather extends their Agro Range too. ................Anyway With plenty of time we Farm'd the Rampart to Full. We were lucky with 2 NM Reinforcement Spawns. 1st NM ....... Alex onry Drop 2nd NM ....... Wooot double Drop The 35 Skadi Body went to Mav completing his Skadi Set 15/15 and the 35 Marduk Legs went FreeLot to Shadir. One of our newest Members. ................So what did LBC Drop? I forgot but it wasn't the Ares Body that we wanted. Still it was a 4 Drop Run which is pretty awesome. Einherjar: .................Odin number 23? Who knows? I lost track but I think this was our fastest Odin kill yet. Someone even said "Odin is melting today!" unfortunetly 3 non awesome Drops and no E-Body again. Oh Well, We have another Odin in 4 more Runs! Congrats to the winners of the 3 Items that Drop'd! ;) That Other LinkShell: ..................No I didn't mean that other Linkshell ..... you know the other one....the one I forgot the name. errrrrrr... I'm just kidding! "That Other LinkShell" is the actual name of a LinkShell. Anyway their LinkShell has folded. Most of their Members, including their leader PoppisGirl have moved to different Servers. All I want to say is good luck to you peoples and keep reading my Blog! Picture Time:

Operation: Skill-Up

Great Axe & Other Weapon Skill Ups: ...............Yes the rumors are true! I had a fully Merited and Geared 75 Warrior with a non-Cap'd GreatAxe Skill. I know.... The shame, The horror..... The "El Oh El" NOOB! ...............Anyway the other day I went to The Boyanda Tree to change that. With Chubsy's (MiniCrazy) and PoppisGirl's help, I finally capped it at 276! That's 4 god dam hours spent for 8 measly points (sorry about that to any religous freaks out there that I just offended). so.... File Name: LOL WAR (With UnCapped GreatAxe Skill) File Status: Case Closed Bish! ...............After that I went completely nuts as WAR/DNC and started Skilling Up all the Weapons that I don't use. No! You didn't just read that wrong. I said "Skilling Up all the Weapons that I don't use!" as Warrior/fruitcake Dancer. With 90% of the Skill Ups in 1 day with no "Martial Master" Mog Tablet Effect. WAR/DNC >> "Hey Mr. SteelCrab....I'm gonna rip off your Scrauny little head and shit down your freak'n neck.....but first.... WE DANCE!!!" ...............and heres the results!: H2H 95-->201 Dagger 194-->225 Staff 30-->196 Club 101-->201 Sword 240-->250 G.Axe 268-->276 All in all..... 317 Skill Ups. ~BAM

Stuff That I Want To Test Because Nobody Else Will

Stuff That I Want To Test Because Nobody Else Will! 1)Max Damage Taken Cap Test: (The Idea here is to test the Maximum amount of Damage that a Mob can land on you in 1 Hit) ............Lets see here. I can try it like this... DRK/WAR Full DRK JSE (+50% Damage Taken) Kubira Beads ( +5% Damage Taken) Last Resort (Lowers Def) Berserk (Lowers Def) Get Max ToonBerry hate Get hit with Dia Get hit with EveryOnes Grudge (or Rancors Grudge) So what would happen next? Jess dies from 99,999 Damage? 2)Hax Anti-Lot Test: (Eo-huo's Idea) ..............If you Lot a 0 ......but every one else passes. Does the Lot Item drop to the ground and become lost? Sorry Eo-huo, I'm not sure if Lotting 0 is possible. I know I never seen it. 3)Max Slower Movement Cap Test: .............Lets see here. I can try it like this Full Dusk (Slows Movement Speed) Retaliation (Slows Movement Speed) Get hit with Gravity from a NM..... So what would happen next? Would the effect on my character be something like being Bound, Terror'd, or Petrified? Would Vana'Diel Time begin to flow backwords. Would the Servers crash? Would FFXI ceast to exist? Would it Retrace you back to the Juno[S] ? Would it Lock-Up AV? .................and there you have it. That's it for todays Post. Mainly because I ran out of ideas. Ha Haaa! See ya all Online! ~BAM

Random Stuff

Allied Notes & Campaigne: ..............Last week I cashed in 45,000 Allied Notes for a Bulls Necklace +4STR (+25STR in Campaigne). It's a nice Campaigne only Item that I will be using in my Campaigne Gear Builds. Here's a list of my Allied Note Items that I have aquired thus far: Iron Ram (Head) Iron Ram (Hands) Iron Ram (Body) Iron Ram (Legs) Iron Ram (Feet) Bulls Necklace (Neck) Rose Grip (Grip) Patrons Ring (Ring) Sturm's Report (Ammo) ..............There's only 3 more Allied Note items left that I am working on. The next Item Sonias Plectrum +1% Waltz (10% in Campaigne) is gonna be sweet for my Soboro SAM/DNC. Here's a list of those 3 Items: Sonias Plectrum (Ammo) Crimson Belt (Waist) Cougar Pendant (Neck) Maps: ...............Rancor Map..... Mine! WOOOOOOT! Wings of the Goddess Missions: ................I went and Solo'd the Sandy[S] Missions 4-7 and left off at the NM Dragon Battle. I think this weekend I will Duo it with a friend or Trio it so I can dwelve further into story. I know I am way behind on the WotG Expansion but this is the only Expansion left for me unfinished. Even the 3 Mini-Expansions are completed. I can definetly see myself completing the other 2 Nations story lines at some point and I guess I could always go back to do the Original FFXI Missions for Sandy and Windy. Moon Gate Pass: ................During the past week I decided I should get a Moon Pass Key Item. Not that I needed it, but hey I am a completionist and you never know one day it may come in handy. Especially now that there's a new Statue NM back there and a new Pot NM too. ................Well anyway, yesterday in the Obsidian LinkShell, Ryasha was explaining to Eohuo on how to obtain a Moon Gate Pass. This in turn reminded me to go and get it. Unfortunetly Ryasha (who Zoned in after me) was gunning for it too but there was only enough time for one of us to get it before Dynamis started. so..... ~BAM Moon Gate Pass...... Mine! ....... and the very next day I made sure I helped both Eohuo and Ryasha get theirs too. ..... and now.....girls bouncing on trampolins.... just kidding..... I will post new Pics on the next post. Anyway that's it for today...and as always, see ya Online! ~BAM