Castle Key Farming

Last night I was able to log in to FFXI, despite Tuesdays being an off day for FFXI. Tala and I ran up to Castle Oztroja to farm a coffer key for my last missing RDM AF (Warlock's Tabard). The place was packed, but after a while we finally got the drop. Tala thought I could get the item even as THF, so we stayed there and hunted for the coffer... and hunted... and hunted. It finally popped, but I found out that I did have to be RDM to get the item. Woohoo! 10k gil... and a death when I linked half the zone.

So, the night was kind of a wash. No key now, and no AF. And, we never had time to hunt for the item Tala needs for the next ToAH mission he is on.

But, tonight is another night, and we will see.

61 Warrior

Last night Tala and I quickly got an XP party - which, luckily, seems to be the theme when we are partying as NIN and WAR. Sadly, the leader wanted to head out and fight Colibri in the Thickets. Now, I am not a bird hater, but we clearly were not the party to be out there. For one, poor Tala had to contend with a WAR (me) and a RNG who despite pulling hate every few seconds refused to slow it down and let hate settle back on Tala. So, after a few chats in the ls chat, we decided to drop from the party to be replaced by a PLD and a DD; we then formed a party with a few other ls members.

We headed down to Aydeewa Subterrane and had a great time on crawlers. We had a THF, so I didn't have to work as much about pulling hate with Rampage, but I decided to sub /THF and use my great axe instead. The change was nice, and I had a great time - great axe is now only 20 levels under cap, but you would never know it by my damage. Despite the under-leveled weapon, I still pulled out decent damage.

Tala's Pic

This is what Tala really looks like.

(I'm actually testing Picasa's built in Blogger feature so I can upload screenshots more easily.)