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Alchemy, glitches, ENM

May 17

Posted by arrode in BCNM, Crafting | No Comments


Long time since last update. Been busy primarily with real-life things which you can read about in my other livejournal, coro_net. Besides that, been bumming around, doing nothing much besides crafting in XI. Trying to get to 100 alchemy as soon as possible, but it’s been sooo slow. Not only have Philosopher’s Stones been boosted to 100,000G a piece, but they are also extremely rare. ; ; I’m lucky if I can get 2-3 stones per day and the chance of me skilling up is still excruciatingly slow. Currently at 96.6+2. Working as hard as I can.


Had a few weird alchemy experiences. Managed to HQ Panacea twice, which was so awesome I just had to screenshot it. :3 Now if this could only happen with Hawkers Knives!


Had another weird glitch a few days back where I logged in to find my subjob removed. @_@; I noticed it when I tried to warp myself and was unsuccessful, noticed my MP was weirdly low, then checked my status bar. Was kind of cool, actually.


This made me extremely proud. :3 My highest magic burst on my RDM. Ever. :D


And Shandi wins the random quote of the day award.


And Xen wins the nice award for talking about the Wise gear JSE for RDM. -.- jerkkk!

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Screenshots

May 1

Posted by arrode in Chains of Promathia, Crafting, Sea | No Comments

(Goddammit window crashed, so this is the second time I am typing this entry! Yay!)

Ok beforehand please forgive any spelling/grammatical mistakes. I am pretty sick right now, head hurts, etc. I can’t think straight so things might seem kinda dumbed down in this entry.

I think Locke puts it best.

Thanks :)

Did some of the new dumb Al’Taieu missions since Square did such a poor job of releasing new areas. No new HNMs, one event based NM, and a lot of repetition and retardation to get to the gardens of ru’humet, which, btw, look EXACTLY like the shrine itself. Yayay for bad programming! Random note, for some reason this entire region gives the feel of Chronopolis from Chrono Cross. The ways the Quasis talk, the emptyness of the castle, etc. Idk, maybe it’s just me.


His wings look really neat.


Teleporter thingies.


What a long way to fall.


Machines that do, you guessed it, absolutely nothing! Well, yet anyway.


Maybe they went up a ridiculously long-ass tower that takes like… what? 3 hours to climb? -_-*

Alchemy 95.6+2 right now. I’m never gonna be able to get my Emeralda before summertime.

Going 100% to The Uni of Central Florida in two months. Are you around there and want to give me free hotpockets?? Feel free to drop me a line. :)

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Leveling WHM

Mar 24

Posted by arrode in Crafting, EXP, General | No Comments

Leveling WHM recently, not much else to do honestly. Currently I’m at LV56 and close to 57, which is pretty awesome. I can’t wait to get to 58 so I can wear my Vermilion (I’m such a lazy butt XD). Aiming for reaching LV75 within two months, so hopefully I’ll get a range of good parties.

Attempted the notorious subligar (panties, whatever) farming again a few days back. A great deal of the people didn’t have Sacrarium open so we were forced to do the LV40 Phomiuna Aquaducts, which I hate with a passion. A lot of jobs aren’t very well geared at that level in addition to lots of death. And yes, we experienced full wipes numerous times, though the subligar drop rate was high. No RDM subligar though, the RDMs were the types of Formors that traveled in groups making taking them out nearly impossible after one of our NIN tanks went to sleep.

Getting close to Alchemy 93. I’m getting really tired of Icarus Wings at the moment.. There are approx. 3-4 other alchemists skilling up on those with me and some Alchemists (Not naming specific people) really are tards and undercut by like 3-4k per wing just to get their stuff to sell fast, which is ridiculous considering the Icarus Wings sell OVERNIGHT. Therefore, they control the market making a break even synth cost quite a considerable amount. It’s a tad annoying.

Real-life, today was my 18th birthday. :) Finally legal and I can honestly say it feels very odd. If anything, it’s just a reminder that I need to decide on which college offer to accept and get ready for my move back to the United States. Meh. Time really flies the older you get; that is no lie.

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Dream gear

Mar 6

Posted by arrode in Crafting, General | No Comments

So my dream has finally come true and I can craft crimson gear now. :) I crafted two cursed crimson leggings yesterday hoping for skillup or *gasp* HQ. Since I’m 91+1 atm, it’s nearly 100% safe (save for the random factor of breakage) to make crimson legs which cap at 92. If I HQ, I will squeal and totally die, but I’d keep them for 100% sure for myself. :3 Attempted a Hawker’s Knife+1 today. NQ only, which is ok making it about a 40k loss. No matter, I’ll try again later.

I plan to use Crimson synths as my way to skillup since each Crimson synth are within 1 level of each other going legs > hands > feet > face > body I believe. Therefore, I can theoretically skillup by crafting these which (based on current AH costs) will break even. It’ll be slow, mind you, and there WILL be failures thrown in here and there, but it should not be too bad honestly. Since there is a chance of +1 (rare, but it does happen proven by me making 2 +1 mamushitos last night while skilling up) I can even stand to make some gil. If items for cursed aren’t readily available, I will skill up on the ever popular Icarus Wings.

Been thinking about end-game gear for RDM now too. I have a lot of the gear I want, but here is my “wishlist”. ^^ Hopefully by the time I quit the game, I will have all of this, but if not, hey, I’m allowed to dream.

  • Full Blood gear (I will craft each and every piece on my own! Mwahaha!)
  • Full Zenith gear
  • Full RDM AF2 (Honestly this one’s probably gonna be the hardest)
  • All elemental staffs +1 and hopefully signed. :)
  • To own the first +1 Snow rings on the server.

Fun goals. :D Working on the Crimson +1s right now. Hopefully the game will be kind.

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New updates

Feb 24

Posted by arrode in Chains of Promathia, Crafting, General, Sea | No Comments

New updates looking good. :O A few of ED finally made it to Al’Taieu this afternoon. I can’t wait! We finished Ultima & Omega tonight, setting the rest aside for tomorrow.

The new alchemy key item looks interesting. I’ll have to go check the GP item for it to see what I can do with it. :D

Spent my first ever merit point on the new “Convert timer down 20 seconds”. :O These new updates for merits were nice!

Still wondering where Raise3 is acquired at. New BCs perhaps?

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Steam cleaner broken, randomness

Feb 8

Posted by arrode in Chains of Promathia, Crafting, Dynamis, EXP, HNM, Rise of Zilart, Sky | No Comments

Gosh I feel sick right now. PMS is such a damn killer. OMFG OW.

Ok, in related news, I am too lazy to summarize events in text. Therefore, screenshots will have to suffice. *slams head on table*


Zenith Crown, obtained. :3


:O!!! And since news gets around, we did not win vs. Vrtra. Our first attempt was such a great learning experience. {Tarutaru} {death} {Can I have it?}


Zilart Missions: Complete. Fwee~


Dynamis death spammage. /laugh


Pretty scenery that merits a screenshot.

Alchemy LV79, Steam Cleaner is still broken, Riverne Site – B01 in a few days, and NIN level spammage in the near future. That is all.

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Alchemy Grind

Jan 27

Posted by arrode in Crafting | No Comments

Alchemy 76.5ish right now. Still grinding towards 90+. I am so crazily anxious to craft my own crimson right now. x_x I don’t want to attempt the pants or hands till 92, but eh, the temptation is there.

I think I’m going to level up woodworking to 25ish. I’m not in the mood to repair those fishing rods, so I think I might do the sairu-ran (spelling?) fireworks instead since those tend to sell a bit faster and are way less expensive since I’m pretty sure I can HQ the heck out of the synthesis items. Fireworks, anyone?

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Alchemy and NMs

Jan 21

Posted by arrode in Crafting, HNM | No Comments

Alchemy 72.5 right now. Those 10-12 stacks (Yes, STACKS) of venom potions got me less than 2 complete skill levels. :\ Wow, I was totally wrong in estimating how many of those it would take to get me to Alchem 76. After 76, I was planning on making those LV80 capping katana (I forget what they’re called, but they induce poison). However, since no one in the friggin’ world seems to sell venom potions (since they’re primarily only used by alchemists) that means I’m going to have to synthesize my own. I can’t find any alternatives at this point of what to skillup on. Ayn mentioned something about Animas instead, but I don’t have the Anima synthesis key item from the guild yet, so it’s not like I could do it even if I knew exactly what to skillup on. { Help me out! } What did you alchemists level up on? I love my friends. I was considering power crafting and I asked, “Should I power–” “YES!” Gotta love how they don’t even wait for me to finish my questions. ^^

So yeah, went to help camp Roc tonight. Spawned late, so we got delirious from boredom/sleep deprivation/lack of coffee and started to train ourselves and attempt MPK with each other with those retarded Hill Lizards. Late spawn, no drop, and I disconnected at Roc 5% HP. Not that that mattered, we were basically sleeping through the fight. So I have a very lamecore title “Roc Star” and 3000G. Didn’t want to go to Serket and Simurgh later, which kinda sucked since LS got Strider Boots and Serket Ring off those (>_<) but that’s ok. Went to the Temple of Pie instead for NM tonberry triggers. Didn’t get my katana. ; ; I’m so sad.

I’m thinking about leveling up a separate craft on a mule. I’m considering clothcraft or woodworking. Hmm. I’ll have to strongly consider it.

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