Monday, April 28, 2008

Some Claims and a New Start for Salvage

Same old stuff for last week. But Salvage seems to be a little better with our first or rather second Boss win. More details below.

Last Monday was Einherjar tier one. The LS went back to get a few other members wins so we could have more for tier two. Unfortunately we were handed our first lost in Einherjar. The Boss was a Marid type and the fleas just killed too many people. Next time we should do better. After that it was Fafnir, but we didn't get claim again on that day. Right when I was about to log it seemed that Evan, Wei, and Will got claim on Cerb and were stalling for the rest to come. I was able to play WAR on this one and it was a nice change of pace.

Tuesday was a LS merit party and I joined in on my WHM. Was pretty good with them breaking my longest chain with #167. We should have gotten 200+, but it took a bit for us to warm up I guess. In the afternoon it was Dynamis Valkurm and it was a low turnout, and a short run as we wiped to the Boss with a charmga x2. I was kind of depressed after the loss so I just farmed a bit before doing some Assault with Noy and his friend. After that I logged for the day.

Wednesday was helping Rawr with Kirin and it was a different perspective for me as I didn't tank much. I guess its almost time for it. After Kirin I farmed a bit and logged.

Thursday started off with Fafnir camping and we got this one. I was on WHM and we had trouble at start as our tank was AFK. It was close as Bj almost died since he was our only backup tank, but our tank was back and we killed it nicely. Not sure if it would have been good if it was Nidogg, but we killed it as thats all that matters in the end. However drops sucked with a.feet and a beard. After Fafnir it was Einherjar tier one again, but we got an easy Boss this time and won. With that win I'm now cleared for tier two chambers.

Friday was a Free day in Perseverance so I just farmed a bit and logged to watch TV.

Saturday was Dynamis Valkurm again and this time we won. Evan decided to kill the NM for charmga and poison this time and we won the Boss fight easily. After that it was farming and we got a few stuff which I don't remember but will probably be on Perseverance's site soon enough. After Dynamis it was Salvage and this one was with the newly formed group. Dragod and Alv are leaders for the group now and this run was our first Boss win... kind of. Even though we killed the Boss, there was only 10 seconds left so we didn't get the pieces that dropped which were for Drag and Blue. But still it feels nice to win a fight for once.

Sunday was Limbus and I got to complete my NIN AF +1 finally! My first NIN AF +1 and it felt good and worth the wait of like 1 year or so. After Limbus it was a bit of Sea and I joined in on Jailer of Fortitude and an attempt in popping DRK. Finally after Sea it was Salvage again, however, we only did NM farming and nothing dropped from the NMs. Still it was a smooth run with little deaths. With the new hold on the group I do hope we will have better experience with Salvage now.

Monday, April 21, 2008

StUFF!

Yeah, creative title but its what I did last week... stuff.

Starting from last Monday, I did Einherjar a tier one. It was my third time with Einherjar and I think probably the fifth for the LS and it was fun. This time around we got a big fig for the boss with water AoE. We also got 2 waves of mobs this time around too, but we had good numbers so it wasn't much of a problem.

Tuesday was Dynamis - Buburimu and it was my first time there. Third time in a dreamland zone. It was different compared to the original Dynamis zones, but still fun. We did however wipe on a first attempt with the Boss with a crazy Hundred Fists 2hr from him, his AoE move, and a bad pull with mobs killing our mages. It was bad luck and we lost our 2hrs, however, we got lucky with a second attempt and killed him smoothly. After we killed the Boss we farmed and I was lucky enough to get the mnk AF2 -1 gloves. We also got other drops but I don't remember those.

Wednesday was helping with Sky and doing Salvage. I tried to help a bit with Sky on Wednesday, but not long since Salvage was on. However we wiped again to the Boss in Salvage. Its been pretty depressing with all ours wipes to Bosses. Hopefully we will get it down soon.

Thursday was supposed to be Einherjar but the LS did a tier 2 this time so I couldn't join so I was stuck with doing nothing. I heard they got the win though with a m.legs dropping. After that I decided to help out with Sky again, however, I wasn't needed and didn't get to play so I called it a night.

Friday was Bahamut for 1 orb however we wiped to it at 1%. We hit a bit of bad luck with our rdm/drk dieing along with 2 out of the 3 parties in the alliance. It was bad luck, but still our fault for being careless with no one having RR. After that we tried to camp for Nidogg but we didn't get claim.

Saturday was Dynamis - Qufim and it was pretty fun. Except for all the AoE deaths we had to one section of that run it was fun. We only got 2 drops though, a RDM and WHM belt both to Val. After that it was Salvage Boss SSR again and wiped again too... Yeah I was depressed after that and just logged.

Sunday was just Salvage as I didn't want to attend Limbus because I was still depressed with the lost in Salvage on Saturday. This run we did a Boss run too but in a different zone. However we wiped to that one too. Still it was fun for me because it was a different Boss, but still a bit depressing with another loss.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Gallery of Pictures!

The pictures used in this post are a bit more photogenic than previous ones because a ls mate Mei wanted some pictures for new banners. I had fun with them, but needed to delete the ones not used because they were taking up space. Now, to my week.

Last Monday like usual started off with farming in the morning. As some may know already I'm close to a Hauby +1 so I've been farming lots lately. After farming, in the afternoon I started to gear up for Einherjar. But when the LS was gathering and setting up parties we got word that Tiamat popped and no one was there. So we rushed over there and got claim. It was smooth from 100% to 10% until 2 tanks died and started to go wild. It took 20 mins or so for us to recover and kill it but worth it as gaiters dropped. After Tiamat we did Einherjar and won again.

Tuesday, I was doing work offline in the morning when I checked the site and saw a post saying Cerb was up. I rushed to log on and found out we got claim so I changed to NIN and helped tank it until others arrived. It took some time for people to get on to help, but we killed it and got some money drops. It was fun tanking but I was a little disappointed I couldn't last longer as I died around 35%. Later that afternoon was Dynamis Beaucedine and it was like usual. We killed fast, farmed, and got some AF out of it.

Wednesday was Limbus at first and we did split run again. I was with the Apollyon team and we did SE zone but no NIN item dropped this time. I did get to finish my MNK AF +1 that I wanted for my solo gear set. After Limbus I did a farming run with my Salvage group and I was lucky enough to get a u.head lvl 35 piece. I'm now 2/3 on u.head just need the lvl 25 piece that drops from the Boss.

Thursday I did some Assault in the afternoon. I wasn't feel good so I just did some work until I saw we got Khim and ahead out to see if I could help. However my help wasn't needed so I just took some photos for a ls mate.

Friday was Ouryu and we did a few orbs worth. I only did the first orb as a Melee and it was pretty fun. It was my first time with a successful run since my last two runs with CK ended up with us losing with no time left. I wanted to play more but with Friday events there are always a lot of people so there was little chance for me to get another turn. I waited to see if I could get into another fight before I had to go to dinner with the family but as the 3rd orb finished and they entered for the 4th I couldn't stay and wish them luck on the rest of the orbs.

Saturday was Tiamat again, I didn't get a chance to tank this one so I helped out with kiting stuff. We were lucky because she popped before Dynamis and we were worried that Tiamat would pop during our Dynamis run. Anyways, we got claim and killed her and got another pair of gaiters. After Tiamat we did Dynamis Xarcabard but I had to go around when we hit the wall of eyes.

Sunday was just farming again as I overslept for Limbus in the morning. I waited for my Salvage group to start as it was the only event I have on Sunday, but it seems there is trouble for my Salvage group. We had to wait 1 hour for another person to show up to get the 6 people needed just to enter into the zone, and when we did enter there was a lack of effort and too much AFKing during the run that the run was just called. But its something I can't say surprises me as the people who created this group no longer come to runs, and the only original officer seems to run with another group now and hasn't shown up for a week. Over the pass couple of months members have not been showing up, leaders not showing up, people AFKing during runs. Salvage is basically a battle against time and we can't win if people don't show up or AFK during a run. Right now the status of the group is under discussion, and if its to stay alive people need to show more dedication and commitment. My worry now is if I can find another group to run with if my current Salvage group does fold.

Monday, April 07, 2008

Another Week with a Jedi?

Nothing much happened last week, and also the trouble that was coming as mentioned last post seems to have subsided for now. Anyways on to last week's happens.

Monday more farming! I'm approaching 3 million now and so close to my goal of 3.5 to buy a hauby +1. After 2months or so of farming and a few orbs I'm almost there and can't wait to see the fruit of my labor. I also helped out a few ls mates on Xol for the kotes but no drop. Also Tiamat popped right after we killed Xol and it was a back and forward claim war with WGC, Int, and us claiming it at least 2 times each before WGC got it. We still gathered though and watch as with WGC anything can happen. At around 20% trouble seemed to hit them as they were losing tanks fast and around 16% half of their alliance wiped and they lost claim. We grabbed and finished it off.

Tuesday I merited a bit with ls mates for 2 merits before Dynamis Windy. I felt bad for Willya cause he died like 2 or 3 times during the party and like 8 times during Dynamis... Dynamis Windy went pretty well, lots of AF which I don't remember but it was like 10+. After Dynamis I farmed a bit more before going to bed.

Wednesday was a split run for Limbus and we did Apollyon and Temenos. I got to be on the Apollyon team and we did the Kings zone. It was fun since it was my first time in that zone but no NIN material dropped this time. Temenos team unfortunately wiped, but we all got 4 coins out of the run. After that was Kirin and which was the last set for now and only got a D.body dropped out of him.

Thursday was Einherjar and we had a nice turn out with 33 people for our first run. It was easier than I thought but we did have 33 people and we just started out. We got dark elements and the manticore as our boss, junk drops.

Friday was KS99 again, but it was a low turn out at the beginning and so we started late. I think we had 12 people with orbs but only got 8 or 9 got to pop their orbs. I was lucky enough to be the last one to pop an orb and I got ok drops. Still no belt or juggy.

Saturday was Xarcabard and we farmed the place. After I did Salvage but we were low on people so it was only farming. We got a couple of drops but they went free lot.

Sunday was Limbus Omega and it went pretty good. I still need work since I got mdk killed and both whms killed toward the end. We tried to farm him until the last minute but we had to kill since the two whms were weakened. We got Homam legs and feet so congratulations to Khajit and Veralynn. After that I did SilverSeaRem Boss again and it seemed to go well at first, but at 50% I died and stuff went downhill from there. It was my first time being main tank so I was making so many mistakes that now as I look back at the log see how poor my performance was. Hopefully I'll get it down now I know what I did wrong, and I see what needs to be done now to increase my survivability. Until next week.