The most exciting Odin fight, so far. January 30, 2009
Posted by justafatcat in FF11, Games.Tags: Einherjar
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I have fought Odin numerous time before but yesterday one was the most exciting fight so far, even more exciting than my first Odin. Maybe exciting isn’t the most appropriated word for it, it was mixed of worry and exciting feeling. I was worried because this is first Odin of linkshell I’m in and I can’t positively say our group is well geared and skilled, loots never came to my mind at the time just win the fight is already a big accomplishment. Oh another thing that make me could careless about loot is they stated that they don’t let me lot anything, however I set comment to lot anyway plus somewhat cute face hoping for they might change their mind!
We have total of 33 members for the fight, consist of the following jobs.
- 1 BLU/THF
- 3 BRD/WHM
- 1 COR/RNG
- 1 MNK/NIN
- 4 PLD/NIN
- 3 RDM/NIN
- 2 RNG/NIN
- 1 RNG/SAM
- 1 RNG/WAR
- 4 SAM/THF
- 2 SCH/RDM
- 5 SMN/WHM
- 2 WHM/BLM
- 1 WHM/SMN
Party setup is different than what I used to do with, mainly is they use SMN for DD and healing power is rather lacking. They did good job on preparing thought, the leader make everyone who can use Spirit Within (even a BRD and RDM) sleeping for 300% TP before enter but an asshole like me who believe this is overkill doesn’t do it. They use 3 PLD/NIN tank Odin and have another PLD/NIN as backup tank and helping RDM/NIN with adds, alliance I’m in consist of tank party, RNG party and SMN party. SMN party is absolute nightmare for me, a RDM, I need to refresh everyone and keep them alive. Keep myself and other 5 people in my party refreshed is enough to make me occupied let alone curing SMNs that get hit by an unnecessary AoEs ._.
The fight went fast and smoothly at first, army of Spirit Within ditch about 10% of Odin’s HP just about instantly after we engaged and we got Odin down to 80% few minutes later. Thing went well until first set of adds pop, RDM/NIN tag them way too slow and after they kill one of PLD and another SAM one of them come after me for and beat me to death then proceed to kill another SMN in my party before RDM tag it also other loosing add killed one of WHMs too. The fight get more messy after that, SMN and RNG still damage Odin while melee and tank are struggle to survive because we lack healing, one of WHM is weakened and other 2 is just not enough to keep 3 tanks and 5 melees healed. So our melee starting to drop down and at one point Odin start come after WHM and killed one then went after RNG instead. I feel like they got the fight tempo wrong, IMO it is much better to slow down a bit and heal people up before continue damage or using BP because most of annoying/dangerous move of Odin is predictable since it is HP based move.
Anyway we manage to get it down to 10% when 10 minutes mark show up and surprisingly all tanks and melee but one avoid Zantetsuken and RDM get pops off them quickly, one of RDM/NIN die after kite pop for awhile thought so I took over by bind it few times before it start losing agro. We win with about 5 minutes left on lamp and got pretty ugly drops, here.
Oh I forgot to mention that they don’t have THF present for Odin. Personally I think TH affact Odin drops because item is actually drop from him not from chest like in other chamber in Einherjar but when I sent leader a tell to ask if we could have THF for Odin before we enter he didn’t respond me but say something shi-fu (which is THF in japanese, only word that I recognize entire paragraph ._.) in linkshell channal so I assume (again) they either not believe in TH affects drop or figure it isn’t worth it to change party setup around, but whatever at least they have some sort of JP-button things and make 4 drops instead of 3, too bad all of them pretty suck.
First merit party in 8 months January 28, 2009
Posted by justafatcat in FF11, Games.Tags: Merit Party
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I used to be a merit nerd. My routine of FFXI gaming on weekday was log on then flag up for merit party on BRD, join the party and play for couples hours then go to sleep with often fake D/C if party turn out suck and people in it are an idiots. I admit I’m an asshole for the fake D/C part. This routine last for a quite while, long enough to cap merit on all of my job but BST and DRG. I’m pretty sure I’m qualified for mindlessly merit grinding machine title.
My reason behind meriting like crazy is I don’t have any better things to do, pretty sad but I admit meriting is one thing that keep me playing this game, it is like at least I achieve something playing the game. But that changed after a quite while, I somehow find merit is boring and without people you know in the party or party is very good I prefer do nothing. I think it happened around March 2008 and eventually took a break from game.
After I start playing again I never get into merit or experience point party again, if I need to recap any job buffer I would go hit some fortification for awhile in campaign and there my buffer is capped again. In fact my buffer barely reduced because the fact that I die often, I don’t die often not because I’m a pro but because I don’t do anything much beside farming and camping AH.
I have an urge to merit once in a while usually after read some discussion thread on BG about something like gear tweak, job combination, play style etc. and I want to try it myself. I flag up for merit party and do crafting or something while wait for inviting tells but every time it is either I don’t get any tell or person who send tell and his party are really bad party set up wise so I have to pass and decide to put my flag down because I don’t have enough time left to do a merit party before my bed time.
Recently I get into a decent merit party on my alternate character. I never think I have to LFG on him until I look at his buffer and realize I’ll delevel him in few weeks at this rate. I use the character mostly for low-man dynamis and I does die A LOT, average of 3-4 death per run and all of them are R1′d because I’m too cheap to buy Reraise Gorget. I got an invite faster than I expect, party setup was WHM/SCH, BRD/NIN, BRD/COR (what?), MNK/NIN at that time. Seeing we still need last member so I went to take a shower while wait and when I got back the leader get a SAM/NIN (what?) for last spot. Well the party set up isn’t THAT bad and since we have 2 BRDs I’m pretty confidence that it will be fun for me regardless of weirded member job, this even better when I notice that they bring a WHM for outside healing as well.
Despite the fact that I tank 80% of the time and burn throught 4 stack of food the party is okay, my buffer is capped again and get 3 merit point for the bonus hurray! But to be honest I don’t find it fun anymore after an hour into it. First 30 minutes is fun and all that jazz, next 30 minutes is boring of doing same thing over and over and last hour is like torture. I don’t know, maybe my passion for meriting is gone for good 
Another Entry About TV Shows January 20, 2009
Posted by justafatcat in RL, Thoughts.Tags: TV Show
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I’m in situation that I watch all good TV show I have already and they don’t release new season of it on DVD yet so I’m struck with random new show which most of them (IMO) suck. I watch first few episode and don’t like them much so I move on to next title and same thing happen, now I run out of show to watch -_-
Recently Finished
Bones Season 3
I finished the last episode of Bones season 3 couple days ago, it good season finale but I got spoiled few months ago when read discussion thread about this season on local forum and one of the reply just blatantly spoil the episode without any warning so I wasn’t excited at it as much as I should. I like Bones, it become my favorite criminal/police show instead of CSI after I finish the first season of it, well Criminal Mind and Number come close thought. I like just about everything in it, chemistry of character, plotting and dialog, all of them are just awesome. Can’t wait to see season 4 ._.
Chuck Season 1
This show is really fun. I start watching this one because I was waiting on Lost season 4 DVD releases and find its poster somewhat funny, also some people recomend it on forum so I decide to give it a shot. Needless to say it was a worth it, I like Chuck and his funny scary action that comes up here and there. John Casey is funny as well, I like Adam Baldwin since he was starring in Firefly, shame that the show got canceled. Oh and Sara is hot and attractive, although I don’t like her teeth much but at least it isn’t something ugly like Anna Paquin’s -_- Also can’t wait to see next season, every episode of this show give me a lot of laugh!
Heroes Season 2
Here comes a disappointment, this season is made of fail. I sort of like Heroes first season because it is something new, I like how they link character together and how they named their episode. What I don’t like is progression of story is slow and some character is boring such like Niki and Claire, Niki can be tolerated because Ali Larter is hot but in Claire case Hayden Panettiere and her muscular body is just too much for me and it get worst in second season. Peter, don’t make me start on Peter, he is totally tool in this season I can’t believe he has all those abilities and possibly the most powerful character yet he has so little intelligence he can’t think for himself, not a one bit. Only thing that keep me entertained while watching this show is Hiro and his storyline really.
Lost Season 4
Lost still maintain its “Lost quality” I guess, fun and impressive like usual although this season doesn’t have much twist and pretty damn confusing in the first with random flash forward and flashback which sometime I don’t know which one is forward or backward ._. The most interesting character in this season if I have to pick one would be Ben, he got everything planned and every time when he seem to get owned he manage to owns those people instead, like every time. I really looking forward to see season 5 of Lost because I really want to know what is in the creator mind, hopefully they don’t trap themselves in the end though.
Grey’s Anatomy Season 4
Still a fun show, not as much as first and second season thought but it still good. Surprisingly my most favorite character of this season is Dr. Sloan, Mark Sloan in this season doesn’t become emotional retarded like the most of character and his joke/humor is awesome. I almost fast forward through scene of George-Izzie things because they are annoying. I used to like George, George in first and second season is funny but after he change his hair style it is like all fun gone with his hair and he become just annoying emotional bambi since.
Currently Watching
Samantha Who? Season 1
I stop at episode 2 because of it was very boring, totally not my type. Maybe someone can shed a light on this one? it will get better after awhile? or the show has something more than Samantha randomly discover this, discover that, I mean I like the plot of Samantha lose her memory but this is not a type I expect to see. I thought it was like Samantha somehow get into something big and some people try to erase her memory but failed and she figure something out later, somewhat spy style show!
Private Practice Season 1
I like Dr. Addison from Grey’s Anatomy but I don’t like her in Private Practice somehow. I admit I only watch the first episode of this show so I can’t say for the whole of it but it gives me this boring already. Oh now I remember I didn’t even finish the first episode, I just stop after around 30 minutes into it because it was just too boring >.>
Any recommended show to watch? I’m thinking about getting Damages next, hopefully it is good 
Not So Typical Weekend January 19, 2009
Posted by justafatcat in FF11, Games.Tags: Limbus
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First thing that make this weekend not so typical is on Bismarck Bastok manages to take over Sarutabaruta area in national conquest! Finally I complete my set of OP warp, thanks to whoever make this happen In my entire career of FF11 I only see Bastok take over Ronfaure area once couple years ago and this recently Sarutabaruta area while losing Gustaberg area to both Windurst and Sandoria couple times ._.
Both Sarutabaruta and Ronfaure OP is close to Windurst and Sandorian respectively which make those two OP are awesome not like Gustaberg OP that pretty far from Bastok and need to run across South Gustaberg as well to reach Bastok, it is like double time needed to get to town compares to Sarutabaruta and Ronfaure OP. I could say this is reason why Bastok lose its front area OP often, because it is useless I guess?
Next up! I get chance to do Proto-Omega fight again. After few weeks of duo/trio Apollyon limbus with my friend we are able to pop Proto-Omega on one of friend and aonther one coming next weekend. I had to dual box WAR for the fight so I asked another PLD to be a main tank and told him I’ll gear my PLD more DD focused instead. I plan to focus on WAR more while tossing flash/cure around on PLD because I have to claim and hold Gunpod too, play WAR most of the time so I don’t waste time switching character when Gunpod pop sounds like a decent idea. Well it works until first Gunpod pop and I claim it on WAR then Omega uses Floodlight that wipes my shadow then Gunpod proceed to kills my WAR shortly after -_- I manage to grab that Gunpod attention after few hit on our BLMs and they kill it after, could be worst I guess.
Fight went smooth after that little chaos until very end, we decide to hold it to farm chip from Gunpod but thing doesn’t go so well. Omega killed the main tank and used Colossal Blow on me then came after BLMs next, killed 2 BLMs before I can get hate back and we decide to just kill him instead ._. The drop was somewhat lame I guess, legs and eye, oh well better than 2 eyes.
At least this weekend wasn’t so boring as it could be, FFXI start become boring for me again. I still log on everyday but nothing more than crafting and log off, other stuff I do during weekday is Einherjar which is gives me frustration as well. LS I join still have hard time on tier 3 chamber like I talked about in few entries ago and the worst is I just realize they also use point system for their loot distributing system which I don’t know before. The leader mark my name as a inactive member that not allowed lot anything, I was like what? I attend 100% of their Einherjar and how I’m inactive member. I got my answer pretty much few minute later browsing through their site, apparently they use same point pool for all of their event (Sky and ZNM) and one of those event can yield up to 30 point per raid while Einherjar is 2 points.
Problem isn’t that they use same point system for all of their event or Einherjar give less point than sky really but it is that I don’t know all of this until couple week in. When I join them I thought they have separate rule for each of their event because leader told me to put comment in for Einherjar that I want to lot Abjuration or Synthesis Material, so I assume they threat Einherjar like Dynamis where people put comment and lot according to their comment. Another time my assumption bites me in the ass, I feel like I did better job in Einherjar than 70% of them and got owned by my not care about reading rule or ask before joining. It is really frustration even I realize it is my fault. Not much I could do I guess beside start raid with them on Monday (for ZNM) and Tuesday (for Sky) as well to fix my attendance percent, or I could just live with getting Therion Ichor only.
On top of this boring and frustration things my friend that I used to play with a lot start not logging in much, I assume the game is boring for him as well. Although we don’t do many things together probably just MMM run, limbus and random stuff but its way better to have someone you can screw around with than logging on making money and stare at Moogle hoping for someone send you a tell ask you to do something. Perhaps it is a time to take another break.
Ugh I manage to turn rutine I do this I do that stuff post into typical livejournal ranting style post at the end somehow, well more pretty picture and some juicy stuff next time I (don’t) promise!
Salaryman Versus Artwork January 13, 2009
Posted by justafatcat in RL.Tags: Artwork, Works
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My coworker asked me last week if I can make logo and banner for our company 11th anniversary campaign, actually we have graphic designer in our office but somehow he doesn’t want to ask her. Well I maybe won’t ask her to do anything too, last time I asked her to make banner for our E-commerce website she ask me to make note to her supervisor and go through “process” and now I still don’t get anything back yet. Maybe she is doing it right but it is way too annoying just for 12 banners that last whole year ._. now I’m thinking I’ll do it myself when I have free time (which I tend to have a lot of free time lately).
Anyway my coworker doesn’t give me anything to work on much beside he requires our company name and 11th anniversary in the logo, I made some and none of them hit his satisfactory spot yet. Here are some of them.
Any comment?
Liquidation Team Failure January 6, 2009
Posted by justafatcat in FF11, Games.Tags: MMM
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I make a decent progress in MMM, I’m pretty much done with runes needed on all of my mules for farming marble setup but one which I move him to Bastok to level Alchemy, might take another week to finish before I can get him back to Jeuno. One of them has Lost and Found so I turn him into job and crafting rune farming instead of pure marble and normal rune since I almost done with normal rune on my main. I’m missing few normal runes which I’m looking forward to get those from my mule run while collect marble on them for Lost and Found. With Lost and Found and filled up tabula 01 the most marble I can get is 37 while without Lost and Found setup can yield 45 marbles, I can live with 8 marbles less each run I guess until I’m done with job and crafting rune.
Currently I’m doing marble farming run on both of my main and mules on weekday and do NM fight (voucher 07) on my main on weekend. I have done 3 run of my maze so far and have yet to get drop ._. my maze is pretty much copy of version that people reported they got drop on BG thread except I switch monster family rune to Plantoid because I want Zaide. Here is my setup.
Maze Tabula
- Maze Tabula 03
Maze Runes
- 007 – Plantoid
- 013 – Great Warrior
- 017 – Supreme Might
- 018 – Might
- 045 – Elemental Magic
- 075 – Force of Will
- 094 – Lost and Found
Layout
I match Great Warrior rune with Earth symbol and Elemental Magic on Dark symbol, the rest of elemental symbol on tabula I put Lost and Found and Force of will which are neutral rune on them.
I got a goobbue called Dzoavits who love to cast tier4, -ga3 and ancient magic. His evasion and defense are pretty insane, I’m using DD gears with sushi and still miss often and the worst part is most of my melee hit for 0 damage, DD in my party report the same as well. Despite his high evasion and defense he is pretty easy because he attack very slow and cast magic a lot, I mean A LOT, most of his magic are single target so I blink it fine and have friend stun -ga.
My party setup is various for 4 fight but pretty much is 1 tank 2 DD 3 support set up. We have PLD/NIN for tank, MNK/NIN or THF/NIN or DRK/NIN or WAR/NIN for melee and BLM/WHM or WHM/BLM or SCH/WHM or BRD/WHM or BRD/BLM for support, Later we settle down to 3 back line of job of RDM, WHM and BRD thought since apparently maze with Might and Supreme Might in it will give very defensive and evasive NM so BRD really helps here.
