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CAMPAIGNE: ..............SO! My Allied Note Gear Collection is almost complete. Spending a total of 525 Allied Notes thus far: Iron Ram Head Iron Ram Body Iron Ram Hands Iron Ram Legs Iron Ram Feet Storm's Report Sonia's Plectrum Bull Necklace Patrons Ring Rose Grip Crimson Belt I picked up that Crimson Belt last night. That leaves only the Cougar Pendant (which is 45,000 points) to work on. Any new Allied Notes after that will be strictly for ANNM's onry. .........I actually still need two Non-Allied Note Campaigne Gears to complete my Campaigne Build. I seen them in the AH: 1) Grenadier Belt ATK+3, STR+3, DEX+3, AGI+3 (in Campaigne STR+8, DEX+8, AGI+*) 2) Viator Cape HP+15, MP+15 (in Campaigne HP+15, HP+5%, MP+15, MP+5%, HP while Resting+2, MP while Resting+2) .........I hope SE adds other Events to where you can utilize these Campaigne Gears beyond just Campaigne. Otherwise why create a Campaigne Build when you don't need to do Campaigne anymore. Good thing some of the Gears are atleast usefull outside Campaigne. SALVAGE: ..............Finally I got the USU 35-Head Drop (I already had the 25pc and 15pc) and I need like 3 Million Gil to complete it. I also got the Skadi 35 and 15-Head Drops via Free Lot (no one wanted it and I already had the 25pc). This means I will need another 3 Million Gil. /em slaps his own face. Hmmmmmmmm.... actually....that one gets to wait untill RNG is 75. DYNAMIS: ..............Last week I completed my 1st Relic Gear+1. It was... LOL SAM Feet. I also managed to snag a LOL WAR Head-1 in which I will try and complete this week. My goal is to have all of my 4 75's fully Relic+1'd. Hey don't laugh! I am a completionist. You never know when they may come in handy.....ummmmm... yeah ENMs: ..............Finally another Hagun Drop. Unfortunetly Hagun sales have recently slowed with prices droping rapidly on the server. I am such a poor broke ass DRK. EINHERJAR: ..............Another Odin Run and.... Wait for it... WOOOOOT Adaman Hauberk in da house! Dam! I had to spend 220 points to get it.... which effectively took me from 1st to almost dead last in points. .../cry mah points! Anyway I already have a Ares's Cuirass so why would I want a Adaman Hauberk? ...............Well first off....the Adaman Hauberk will be in my DRK/SAM TP Macro Build where I was a little short on ACC. The Ares's Cuirass will now strictly become my WS Macro Build piece because the ACC there is already bolstered by an additional +32 WS ACC. Here take a look: TP-Build w/Adaman Hauberk: Merits/Gear Skill.... +21 ACC +15DEX............... +11 ACC +46ACC............... +46 ACC (Total additional ACC = 78) WS-Build w/Ares's Cuirass: Merits/Gear Skill.... +21 ACC +25DEX............... +18 ACC +10ACC............... +10 ACC +32WSACC............. +32 ACC (Total additional ACC = 81) ...............Of coarse there will be times when mobs have either crazy Evasion or too high of a Level Correction.Then of coarse I will need to WS in the Adaman Hauberk. This also means I can shelf my Homam Body that I was using for my DRK's Super Max ACC Build and sell my WAR's regular Hauberk. ................In addition to the E. Body Abj. I also picked up a P.Hands Abj.! This puts me at 3/5 on that Set. Again I will need even more Gil. Like another additional 8 Million to to get those made. Thus I say to Jamast.... "HA!" ......because he Lot'd the last Free Lot P.ABj. Hands when he couldn't even use them..... Picture Time: .......and that's it for today folks. As always ...see ya Online! ~BAM

Why does Ravax's MNK Pants Keep Falling Down?

Purple Belt: ..............Last Friday night I went out to the B.Glacier to do a few Moogle Mini-Expansion Missions. A bunch of friends still need that last BC fight so I'll snag a Key when I help them for the Red Tenshendo Shop Treasure Chest. Anyway since I was already in the area I decided to check and see if Nue the Tiger NM was up. /em defeats Nue. /obtains a Nue Fang. Awesome! Not only does that make me 1 of 2 on the Nues Fang Drop but it also puts me at 2/3 of the Items for the Brown Belt Quest. .....but wait a minute. I still need to finish the Purple Belt Quest which means....... I can't even Flag the Brown Belt Quest. I'm still missing one of those dam NM Ram Horns. So... off to Craig of Holla I go....... ...and guess what I see. A big fat NM Ram called BloodTear looking at me. (hey that rymed .... very cheesy) Here's my Chat Log when I saw him: Jess>> Hey Mav is the NM Ram BloodTear Solable by a DRK/SAM /em gets Drawn in by Bloodtear. Jess>> Nevermind just got Drawn In. Mav>> Yea, should have no problem it's a Level-55 NM. /em defeats BloodTear Ram. /em obtains a Lumbering Horn. /em obtains a Ram /em obtains a Ram /em obtains a Ram /em obtains a Viking Shield. Bonus! A 90K Gil Shield Drop'd! So...... off to Bastok I go to complete the Purple Belt Quest. /em obtains a Purplebelt. Brown Belt: ................Now that the Purple Belt Quest was completed I can now try and get the 3rd Item for the Brown Belt Quest. It drops from the Dreaded Marbolger NM, with it's 21 -> 24 Hour Pop. Wha..? Twenty One to Twenty Four Hours? OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEZ! I hate Camping NM's! So.... Sunday morning I forced myself out of bed: 1) 5:30 AM I head out to Ordelles Cave and there's a RDM who is /Anon Camping it's Spawn. 2) 12:15 I head out to do Dynamis-Xcarbard. 3) 6:45 I head back to Ordelles Cave and a Level-70 WHM joins the Camping fun. 4) 8:15 the RDM that's been there all day decides to Warp out but not before I scan him/her. No "Marbolgers Bain" Title... maybe it still hasn't Pop'd? 5) 8:18 I send a /Tell to the RDM "Notorious Monster" "Marboro" "Death"? 6) 8:19 I get a /Tell back "NM @ 10min~3:00". 7) 8:29 ~BAM it Pops! I do a quick stare down with the WHM like in the The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly... and then.... 2 Spells are fired off. The WHM casts Dia. The DRK (me) casts Stun. ( ..../cough 9% FastCast Gear and the Fastest Stun Button Finger on the Server) ~BAM!!!!! /em defeats Marbolger. /em obtains a Marbolger Tenticle. TOD 8:30 So.......... Off to Lower Juno I go. /em obtains a BrownBelt. BlackBelt: ...............Next stop.... the Black Belt Zone. MAV>> LOL RAV, Full Usu, no BB MNK ...............No seriuosly I'm not Level'n MNK to 75 but atleast I can Flag the Quest in case I ever change my mind. Besides the MoogleBall Event is here and if I had won the Big Gil Pot I would have totaly hooked up my friend Rav with a Adamantiose Egg! Rav>> STFU ...............On a side note I passed the TOD to my friends EternalPain and his wife Lilkathy who ended up getting the Marbolger Drop too. ................Well, that's it for today's Post and as always.... Look here for tommorrows Blog Post about my new Shiny! see you Online! ~BAM

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