Busy Busy Busy!

Between work and other things, it seems like my time on FFXI has been severely restricted... It's not that I work often, it's just the times that I work. It more or less restricts my time in the afternoon. When I come home at night, I usually get something to eat and shower. This usually has me logging on right as one of my events is about to start. Anyway, on to business!

I've been slowly working on Dragoon. As of right now, it is level 53. I have yet to get a 50+ party, so I haven't had any experience with Penta Thrust or Super Jump outside of solo experiences. In fact, it wasn't even aware that I had Super Jump until I saw it in my job ability list. I am a little upset over having to level sync constantly because I've shelled out all of this gil for equipment such as Spiked Finger Gauntlets and I can't even use them. Also, it would be nice to experience Penta Thrust in a party environment so I can gauge my accuracy and adjust my gear accordingly.

Since my Dragoon is over level 50, I have been working on my artifact armor. Disco and I spent one evening farming coffers while attempting to skill up. Treasure Hound was a Kupower during that week, so we would often show up, kill two or three mobs, and have to relocate because the key dropped. However, this doesn't mean that my coffer experiences were pleasant. Kuftal Tunnel was especially annoying for me because of my own sheer stupidity. I forgot to flag the key item in the coffers in Kuftal not once, but twice. So, I had to pop three coffers. I'm the proud owner of the Challenge to the Royal Knights key item, the map to Kuftal Tunnel, and 11,000 Gil. As of right now, I have all of my artifact armor with the exception of the helm. I am a bit sad that I can't solo the NMs because I have to actually be on Dragoon to pop it. So, don't expect me to QQ for help until I actually need it.

On to Tinnindepedence Day. I am worried that I will not be able to complete my Tinnin pop. However, I still plan to be there. As far as I know, I don't have to work on the fourth, so I will do everything in my power to be there and help out. It would be awesome if someone was willing to let me have an Alkylorups, but I totally understand if they wouldn't. 10M-15M is too hard to pass up, after all.

I have also been working on my Wings of the Goddess Missions. I have yet to tackle the mission quests for Windurst since the update. However, with the recent announcement of Northlands and the continuation of the main storyline (Lilisette!), I am motivated to get this done. Last night, Shuri, Disco, Dynas, Chewzer, and Arwocky helped me out with the miniature battlefield in Fort Karugo-Narugo for The Long March North. Let me say this: The cutscene before and after the fight were phenominal. The concluding cutscene actually made me tear up slightly. As of right now, I'm working on the second mission of the set: The Forbidden Path. It's a very annoying little quest in which I must go all over the world (both past and present). There's three branches: One requires a bottled fairy, one requires a testimony, and one requires me to click on an object in Horutoto. I have a PLD testimony in my inventory, so I'm set for two of the three branches. So, that leaves the fairies. I've been attempting to farm the fairies before work, but it doesn't look like I'll be successful. The Yagudo Scribes in West Sarutabaruta [S] are very stingy. In essence, I am searching frantically for fairies... I feel like a certain someone...



In conclusion: TEE EFF TEW SCREENSHOTS