New Linkshells and Experiences

Most of this last week was spent on my SCH. I managed to bring it up to 43, making it my second highest job, edging out BLM and SMN recently. While I really love Accession and Sublimation, I have been trapped in too many level sync parties to take full advantage of them, making me feel like I am not learning crucial skills to use later on. Most my magic has remained at cap, though I noticed Dark Magic was uncapped at 43. Sadly, I spend 90% of my SCH time in a party as main healer, so not as much chance to bring it up as I would like.

I managed to blow through almost all the remaining Lance Corporal assaults with Ishkur and friends, finishing up Demolition Duty (easy one in Ilrusi Atoll with an automaton tearing down walls while you protect it) and Shanarha Grass Conservation (painful one in Leujaom Sanctum pitting you against 20+ bunnies that all link). After spamming just a few lower tier ones, I managed to rank up to Corporal today, easily finding the Warhorse Hoofprint in Wajom Woodlands (take THAT Caedarva Mire >.<). That leaves only the Mamool Ja assault left for the Lance Corporal rank before I have a completion of those tiers.

My OTHER assault static, LegendarioSalvages, has started basic forays into Salvage recently, which I am happy about. Our first run was jumpy, though not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. We had no pt deaths, only deaths from people scouting without sneak/invis on. Enyo's leggings dropped, but our run was cut short by a flan on floor two. We wiped hard, and had to HomePoint because I died before I could get another reraise up. At least the melee types died in a circle, holding each other's hands:



Our second run through Bhaflau Remnants went smoother, though we actually did not get any drops. We lasted the full time limit though, and climbed to about floor five I believe. At least this run, we got almost fully geared, instead of barely unlocking anything and trying to finish the run naked. We faced down a strange NM, a gate that shoots bees at you. I wonder if Jhonen Vasquez had any influence on this mob's design:



In sad news, Imperial is in the process of repearling. It was first changed to EternalEclipse (I had nothing to do with this name, it was decided while I was working), and later changed more sensibly to Imperium, a vast improvement. The subtle name change helps to solidify that the core LS is staying the same, even if our leader has left Vanadiel.

A final picture, taken in Jugner Forest [S] with Light Ixion/Auroral Alicorn will bring this entry to a close. Its horn was broken, and it was losing life. I cured it a few times, but then the war drums of campaigning orcs scared it away.

Healfest 2007

The day started innocently enough. We lost in Besieged against a lvl 8 Undead Swarm, though it was midday and only 300~ people were even present. Not a huge blow, but it kind of set a damper on the rush that you usually receive from besieged. Of particular accomplishment was this little gem:


That made me feel like I am not just there to raise the people who cannot reraise themselves.

About the only time I did not die was lvling my 10 warrior sub in Tahrongi Canyon and the Maze of Shakhrami. I hope to one day take up PLD when my WHM and SMN both hit the 75 cap. So until then, I will only lvl it if someone in my ls or flist is doing a low job as well. I got a funny pic of us standing in the canyon passes, looking like a school teacher to them.


I used this as a refresher course on tanking (something I have not done in almost two years) so that I could get ready for...


THIS!!!

You may be scratching your heads wondering, "Don't you do promys all the %^&$ing time already?" AAhhh, but the difference is this time, I am tanking and not maging. Its a world of difference to me at least.

I guess Cerebrator recognized Kia and I from last month's run, and is still frightened by us. Look at him cowering there behind that corner.


"Hai j00 gaiz. I can has we be freendz nao?"

We won the ENM, but then wiped on the mission boss.


Later on, Makina needed some sturdy adventurers to help her out with her PUP AF hat. Getting to Talacca Cove is simple enough, so we entered the BC thinking it was going to be a simple fight.

We were wrong. This little automaton had defense that make PLDs drool, and began pummeling us mercilessly. It took everything we had just to survive the encounter. I spent most the fight resting for MP, standing up only to Cure IV the PLD before going back to resting again. Our second WHM was on paralyze and healing duty as well, and we still had to bounce Curing duties between the two of us due to how much dmg the automaton was dishing out.

We lost our war/nin early on in the fight, and had to proceed with just the pup, pld/war, and whm/blm x 2. It was not until almost the very end of the fight I had enough MP to raise Thekid without fear of missing a crucial healing spell. We ended up surviving the fight, but not winning the battle.

We eventually got booted for running out of time, something I was very shocked about. A full half hour of spam curing our PLD had felt like a mere ten minutes to me. I was too focused on the battle to take any pictures, but I did get one of Thekid face down outside the Rock Slab. Sadly, his head seemed to be embedded in the ground. This was promptly dubbed "Heal Fest 2007" by Makina.

I always seem to get this poor galka killed when we party together T.T

On a final note, here is some future Jeopardy Champ of a BLM's response to us kicking him out of a party for meleeing, and not casting you know, black magic spells: