WOOT!!

Been awhile since i've done this, so here it goes.

Been working on the Chains of Promathia expansion for FFXI, and managed to finish it last night. The group i was doing it with hadn't had any problems up to 8-4, the final battle vs. Promathia. It took us 6 attempts before we could kill him. Our group was WHM/BLM RDM/WHM SAM/NIN X2 SAM/WAR and PLD/NIN. We kept getting screwed by Promathia's invincible ability. I'm gonna be getting Rajas Ring as my reward, I wonder if people will let me into parties as SMN/SAM once i get my Staff skilled and hit 66. I'm just glad it's done and over with, now I just have to do Divine Might to progress along the Rise of the Zilart storyline which is kinda tied into Chains of Promathia.

I hate how inorder to join a party chat on Xbox Live you have to be a Gold member. I'm not gonna pay 8$ a month or whatever for something i'm hardly ever gonna use.

FFXI

Finally got done with Mission 5-3 for Chains of Promathia. the Snoll Tzar fight would've only lasted 15seconds if we hadn't waited to buff. 5 SAM 1 RDM was what we used, i think only 11 or 12 weapon skills were used. Now just to get 6-4 completed. This storyline is getting really good and is only going to get better.

Shittyness

Thankfully i'm almost done with my english class for this semester. I'm pretty sure i've failed it even if i turn in my final project that i've spent the last two weeks working on. I was up till 4:30am cst trying to finish up the final paper the class had to write. I've decided to skip my morning classes today to try and relax from all the stress caused by this damn class.

If anyone reading this knows about Magic: The Gathering then you'll understand what i'm about to talk about. I've been building decks a lot lately. I've gotten a Jund deck that's a little slow but gets really powerful, especially when i pull out Deathbringer Thocter and equip it with Quietus Spike. I've gotten friends to give up when that hits the field. I also have a Bant deck going, don't use it much except to help test my friends' decks against powerful creatures. I'm still messing around with a 5 color deck that i've had since my first tournament. I've also got a deck of Angels and another of Demons that i hardly ever use. I've also got the Legion Aloft deck with an extra 19 cards that runs fairly smoothly. I'm still debating on whether i should build a Naya deck or a Grixis deck. If i go with the Naya deck i've got a friend that can help me make it really overpowered. If i go with the Grixis deck, then i'm on my own; just like with the Jund and Bant decks that've turned out fairly well.

Now for my Final Fantasy XI part.
This week is the first week in a long time that i've had more than a 10k xp buffer on my SAM. I also finally got my Third Eye merits finished up, it took forever and i've gotten a lot of negative comments about it on the FFXI wiki forums. They all have good points, but i spend most of my time solo, which means survivability is important and the -5/10seconds off the recast can save my life. I'm trying to figure out if I should merit Great Katana skill next or if I should work on something else. I'm still chipping away at the 7000+ points needed to get tachi: rana while meriting. it's gotten to the point where it's bugging the crap outta me that i don't know exactly how many points i have so far. I'm just glad it's Friday, which mean i get to be the suicidal backup tanking SAM in Beaucidine. Hopefully we can get some other PLD's to show up, it's kinda pathetic that we only have 1 PLD we can rely on, and I think he's gonna be missing for awhile soon which means dynamis might not happen till he gets back.

On a sidenote, this is the longest post I have written. I really need a job.

One More to Go

Finally got the Rhetorical Analysis done. I pretty much had someone else write it for me. Now i've just gotta write one last "essay" about how i've changed as a writer. I've also still got the essay i have to write for my GSD class.

Now for the final fantasy part.
After the dynamis - windy run on saturday there was a little xp party setup. I came along as SMN and didn't have to heal much. I only had one problem, i couldn't stay awake. I don't know why, but it seems like after every dynamis run i'm tired for a few hours afterwards. I wonder if anyone else feels tired after dynamis.

Irony

So...i didn't get the essay done in time. I've got till monday to turn it in at -1 letter grade. surprisingly my parents don't want to kill me.

Now for the Epic part of the post.
only 12 people showed up for the Dynamis - Windhurst run tonight. Normally we would've cancelled the run, but we felt like doing something different. Surprisingly the run went very smoothly for what we had. 3whm 2blm 2sam 1nin 1drg 1thf 1mnk and something else. For relic drops we got WAR and PUP which went freelot and PLD which went to Tartin. What made it a great run was the L. jadeshell that dropped. What made it an epic run was the last minute L. Jadeshell drop from a stat.

Now to get some xp on my summoner.

Procrastination

Today is really going to suck, i've gotta cut the grass before it rains, do an entire essay that's due tomorrow, and do a bunch of other assignments for two other classes. I'm doing all this on just 30min of sleep. Worst thing about the essay is i can't do it on my laptop because i don't have a functioning version of Microsoft Word. Just found out i have a cheap program on my laptop that works just like Word.

I really don't wanna work today...

I forgot that i had written about 2/3 of the essay so far, but i now have a huge problem...I can't find it. I've got a little under 13 hours to rewrite an essay that's taken me 2 days to write. I'm pretty sure i've just about failed my english class unless my friend can help me.

BUBUMIRU!!!

Tonight's run for LowDropRates was Dynamis - Buburimu, and it was our best run yet. We killed Apocalyptic Beast and 4 other dragons in just under 45min. with minimum casualties. probably didn't make a profit from the run, and only relic drops were Bard and Paladin capes. I died only 4 times total, and have yet to delevel, bringing my total up to 125 deaths in dynamis. We almost ended up having to cancel dynamis tonight because we barely had 18 people show up.

Dynamis - San d'Oria

Tonights Dynamis - San d'Oria run went really well. Not many Relic armor droped, but i think the 2 Montion Silverpieces and the 144 Ordelles Bronzepieces make up for it. The 21 of us that paid for the run are gonna be making some major gils when everything sells. My shell has only one problem, we have only 1 pld that regularly shows up. So i ended up tanking what felt like half the run this time on my sam/war. I was told i did a pretty good job, better than some of the other paladins that have shown up. I still think the shell leader is really reluctant to let me tank. I'm almost always second on the hate list of whatever i'm fighting. I think it's because i don't know how to control the amount of enmity i gain, or could be just because i'm not pld, war, or nin. Then again, i think SE originally made sam a tanking class that got pushed into a DD role by the playerbase. i've run outta shit to talk about.

Damn English

Finally got the third essay finished. it's too late to jump on FFXI for some much needed EXP. School really sucks, I start the fourth and final essay tomorrow, and i think the portfolio project for the same class. Finally beat Gemcraft Chapter Zero on armorgames.com last night. probably shouldn't have played it right before i went to sleep. I think i'm gonna pass out now, hopefully there'll be some fun shit tomorrow.