Fields of Valor

I had some chances to do some more Fields of Valor over the weekend. Since I had finished /DNC, I thought I'd try my hand at pummeling skeletons in Xarcabard as MNK. So, I gear up, dust off my MNK macros and warp out there.

I decided to /DNC so I could have some healing available for the 4:59 out of every 5:00 that Chakra isn't available. I forgot that sambas don't work on undead, however. I really struggled to take down a single EP ghost on my own. So, I finished my training regimen and then decided to try again another time.

Ia and I teamed up and headed back out to Beaucedine for some FoV goodness. This time, I sync'd to her level and we went to work beating stuff up as PLD + MNK. It was super fun! It was nice to actually put up some decent numbers and our killspeed was much better than it was when I was DNC.

We got through one of the training regimens in good time. I'm looking forward to going out and doing some more of that! Hopefully I'll soon ding MNK50 and start my AF quests, then ding 51 and start doing some mean Kick Attacks!!! I can't wait

Dynamis was cancelled Sunday night because neither of the two LS sponsors could be online. I had considered sponsoring the run myself, but decided not to even offer. I'd rather someone else risk their gil

I headed up to sky with TheSons for a change of pace. I went WHM, which was fun if I had been the only WHM in the PT. For some reason there wasn't a good distribution of jobs in the alliance so it was kind of annoying. It didn't last too long, however, as the other WHM dropped to go with a sub-group to camp a different NM. Once the trigger farming was complete, I went and changed to RDM for a Seiryu fight.

I'm not sure why they wanted me as RDM. I warned Arioch that my RDM gear is lame, but he said to change anyways. I play so little RDM that I always have a hard time getting back into the groove. So, I didn't do a very good job. It didn't really help that the PT was PLD PLD PLD WHM RDM WAR. I totally neglected to give the 2nd and 3rd PLDs Refresh until it was too late and they were starting to go down. Maybe if I do a shitty-enough job, they won't want me to come as RDM any more!

I was the only person wanting A.Legs but I wasn't named as a lotter before the fight (Ari didn't mention lotting privs for A.Legs at all), so I figure that I didn't have enough points to lot and if they had dropped, they'd have been freelot to all. Kote dropped which Protecus and Sstrunks had commented. Wack lots 108... sstrunks lots 49. Yay wack! Then something weird shows up on the screen: "Sstrunks obtains a pair of Seiryu's Kote"

W T F?

The only thing that I can think of is that Wack accidentally passed on them when he was passing other loot in the treasure pool. There is really no other explanation. I feel bad that that happened.

It was fun doing some stuff in Sky. I look forward to being able to do more stuff up there, but before that can happen, I need to get a few more pieces of relic from Dynamis, specifically WHM Body, RDM Hat & Body, and WAR Body & Legs. Once I have those things, I'll feel better about dropping one event in favor of the other.

Posted Dec 15 2008, 02:52 PM