breaking the slump

first... this drawing of Beamr and Shize. :3

Did this a couple of weeks ago and just hadn't gotten around to posting it. I'm posting things a couple of weeks after they happen it seems. I dunno, we're not really ever like that ingame... or out... But I thought it was a sweet image. I like it. (shize does too thank goodness). I think I think too much about what the connection is or isn't between us. I really just think too much. Either way, this is among an ever growing amount of ffxi drawings I've done with Shize in them. I like drawing her. :)

A lot of my time playing while Shize is actually on as well is spent following her around like a lost puppy. I can't say that I mind it though and she doesn't really ask for me to (though I'm sure she doesn't mind either. I'm not really how she doesn't get tired of me. I ask her questions all the time and probably bug the heck out of her. :D I think I sort of have that effect on people in game. well, nah... not really. At least I try not to sound noobish and not completely annoying all the time. I find that if you say most everything with a bit of humor, people tend to be a little nicer when you don't know what you're doing. something to that effect. ...actually that sounds like I try to get pity by playing dumb. >.> ok... no. That's not it. I'm getting side tracked. anyways... (above picture should be captioned "look! I think he likes you!") Seems a lot of people really like Shize... I kinda wonder sometimes if I'm grouped in that catagory. (I'm thinking about this whole thing too much again... ugh. anyways)

I was fairly productive today. Did a skill up with Norris and Erkz this morning at Kuftal Tunnel for WS's around 114 to 140 ish. I worked on my staff skill and got it up to around 121. I think Erkz was lvl'ing GS for his DRK and Norris was... working on marksmanship maybe? I can't remember now. To the left here is the impressive crab train Norris pulled as we left Kuftal. lol I didn't get all the crabs in frame. I'm pretty sure there were at least a dozen or so probably more. Anyways... a good time was had by all! Or all of us anyways.

After that I tried seeking a pt as PLD for a little while while trolling the AH to see if any items popped up that I might need. No such luck on both accounts. feh. I ended up getting an invite from Ryasha (a friend of Shize and her brother Darkwolf) asking if I wanted to do Campaign Battle. I was more than happy to go do that, except that I've not done much of anything involving the new expansion. Honestly... I JUST started working on the ToAU missions a month ago. I'm such a slacker. Anyways... One of the things I wanted to get done this weekend was to get more Maws to access the new expansion areas so I tagged along and was able to finish the quest to actually participate in the Campaign Battles for Sandy. There's so much running around to do in WotG... it sucks. No chocobos...what's up with that? Or at least, none that I've come across. The new monsters are cool (so long as they don't kill you) and the music is rather nice. :) I only died once going through there. Course, I died many more times as the day went on. ugh. I think I'm just prone to it, but for the sake of NOT seeing me dead, here's me giving Rya a raise! (she's a 68PLD... I was 67PLD in the pic) Before actually getting to do a Campaign Battle, Rayasha ended up having to leave. I decided not to go it alone and just went back to Whitegate to find something else to do.

I ended up lvl'ing DRK for awhile. It's honestly not my favorite DD job, but it's like the anti-pld job so I play it to get a break from PLD now. (i like thf and mnk better) Ended up in a pt in qufim which was rather difficult. Set up was DRK, DRK, SAM, MNK, DNC, and WHM. see a problem? No tank. It got worse later on. I ended up being main tank somehow... not an easy job as a DRK, but somehow I managed to pull it off. I died 4 times doing it and only advanced 1 lvl while all other pt members went up 2 or 3, but oh well. I'm starting to get used to that. Not that it doesn't still suck... it really does. After wasting a couple of hours to do that, I went and changed back to PLD and actually got a PT.

I've been hesitant to lvl PLD lately. I've been stuck on 67 for a week because I die so much or just get crappy pt's... or i get someone telling me how I should be playing the job and what gear I should and should not have. No... I don't have a parade gorget yet. No... I dont' have a jelly ring. I tank a hell of a lot better than most pld's my level though so I think that should speak for itself. Still I get crap in NA pt's if I dont' have what a typical cookie-cutout PLD would have. I even bring extra gear incase the pt doesn't have a refresher (god forbid at this lvl). Today however went really well. Two hours and thirty minutes of PT'ing with an all JP pt and I ended up getting almost 40k XP with no emp band on... in my favorite place no less. Caedevire. (DIE! DIE AND GO TO HELL, IMPS!) Set up was RNG, BLU, BLU, BRD, WHM, and me. the rng and blu's made killing the mobs go very fast and all my emnity gear kept them glued to me as far as hate goes which was nice. The BRD keep refresh going well and I actually never even had to rest which was something I've not had for a long time. I ende up getting 68! I was so freakin' excited about it which is kind of funny. It's not any sort of significant lvl really... just a hurdle that i hadn't gotten past yet. I even had a nice xp buffer so I wouldn't lose my lvl if I died soon. Another nice thing in this pt... no one complained... no one randomly checked me over and over... as long as I was doing what I was supposed to and getting the job done, they didn't care what gear I had. THAT'S the way it should be. It annoys the living hell out of me to be randomly checked by people I don't know. If you're another PLD looking to see my setup, cool...that's fine. If I know you or your in one of my LS's... sure..understandable... but checking a PC as soon as they come into a pt to tell them what they should and should not equip...f'ing rediculous. This has always been a pet peeve of mine. Anyways... as soon as I got my lvl, I sent /tells to Screamer and Shize to say this: MOTHERF'ING DING! lol I was pretty excited. maat fight is only two lvl's away now. *cracks knuckles* I'M COMING FOR YOU OLD MAN!