Inside the Temple

Rebirth

2006-12-29T04:46:00.000-05:00

I know, OMG again?!?!

Sanctuary

2006-12-26T22:24:00.000-05:00

Regardless if anyone reads this or not I'm going to post some thoughts that I've been having lately and let things fall as they may. I find it interesting that I get these random feelings of nostalgia mixed with regret. They show up when I least expect them to and nag at me without hope of end. I consistently find myself checking up on how everyone is doing via blog and smiling at how well things are =).

So what am I saying really? I feel that all temples require maintenance in order to run properly and fulfill their purpose. This particular post is my personal attempt to maintain the remnants of my own temple. I am unable to fully understand what makes FFXI special to me. The downtime in grouping, the inability to solo, fighting for raid mobs, long hours necessary for one level, all things that irritate me. There is something about the game that pulls at me and I find myself missing the very very few friends that I have on the game.

This sounds like an {I'm back!} post, that's a bit premature however. There is no conclusion that I would return to the game, Templer is most likely deleted by this time regardless. I am simply saying that there is an spark that remains inside the temple and could one day consume it entirely. Warcraft continues to consume a great amount of my days as does work and school but there is something about FFXI. The beauty of the game is hard to surpass even though many have tried.

There is always hope for the things you least expect

Hard choices

2006-06-23T11:05:00.000-04:00

I know I haven't posted or played in a while but I'm gonna try to clear some of that up real quick here. I've been having to make some hard choices lately, mostly about money and they of course affect all aspects of my life. I am currently taking summer courses at the University so that I may actually graduate sometime before I'm 30. My loan company does not cover summer courses so all that went directly on my credit card ;_;. I picked up more hours at work to help pay off my credit card which has been eating at my free time. I also need to pay off my credit card before the fall semester starts because that's where my $1000 worth of textbooks has to go. Basically what I'm saying is that I need to suspend (NOTE: NOT QUIT OR CANCEL) my FFXI account until I can get my money situation back to where it should be. I apologize for not saying anything earlier but I really haven't had the time. I also apologize that I have to leave temporarily again, I know it's getting annoying but every little bit will help me at the moment. I'll talk to you guys soon, don't worry. =)

P.S. I'm sorry that I keep missing your calls, Syph. I'm usually at work ;_;

RL

2006-05-30T16:35:00.000-04:00

Since I realize I've never shown Kir a RL pic of me I decided to link the one that I already have uploaded to webspace. So here we go. This is a picture of me and my girlfriend from 2 years ago. My sister is a photographer and took the picture for us.

http://www.geocities.com/zohar_03/fairpic2.jpg

Lack of updates

2006-05-26T01:10:00.000-04:00

Don't worry guys, I'm still here =) This has been an odd kind of week to be honest. I've spent more time with friends and family than I have in quite some time. It was refreshing actually. I'll probably be back with the normal playtimes this coming week.

I did manage to get a nice party with Kir on Tuesday and get 2k away from 61. She also helped me finish G3 finally so that I'm able to ding 61 next time we party (Tuesday?). As much as I'm glad to be out of Valkrum Dunes with my BLM, I actually kind of miss it. VD is one of the only places where you don't wait long for a party. I've been trying to get my WAR leveled so that I don't have to stop leveling PLD but I haven't had any luck so far. No one wants a lvl 31 WAR tank/DD evidently. Ah well, it'll happen eventually.

Not too much else has been going on. Just kinda taking the path in life at the moment. I do need to look for another job though. My current one makes me want to harm someone on most days. Ah well, C'est la vie!

WoW account rest in peace

2006-05-18T13:10:00.000-04:00

Well, with my WoW account expiring on Friday I decided to take a FRAPS picture and wish my account fairwell. I can't admit that I'll miss it because after some recent events with my guild (who I left yesterday after a year of service) my desire to play the game and interact with people is destroyed. Backstabbing and falseness is more than I can stomach in a virtual world, I get it enough in the real one. So /salute WoW, it was...something that's for sure.

On FFXI news, nothing really exciting has been happening. I did two more staging points solo late the other night. Azouph Isle and Mamool Ja are both underneath my belt. Only Ilrusi Atoll and Dvucca Isle are left and they seem nasty as crap. Otherwise I've been trying to kill myself and my soul by leveling BLM through Valkrum Dunes. I've never seen the Dunes this horrible, in an entire week I've got my BLM ONE LEVEL, W......T.....F???! I should be lvl 18 and burying BLM at the bottom of a lake by now. /sigh Garsh damn xboxers.

That's about it though, nothing exciting at all.

Finals Complete = O

2006-05-11T23:47:00.000-04:00

I'm finally complete with this semester and let me say that it feels wonderful. That's 3 years of college down, 2 to go -_-. I'm making a career out of it evidently, off my back. Now onto the FFXI news.

Paladin has finally reached level 60 and dawned in full AF glory and asskickery (yes that's a word). It took until 3 am my time to finisht he level. I was still playing when Kir logged in again, it's sad...I know. I got just over 2k into the level and figured that was good enough and a small enough amount to not evoke the wrath of Kir =X.

On Wednesday Ald, Sar, Kir, Syph, Sethe and myself gave antoher shot at the Promyvian zones. I still need Mea and Holla to FINALLY see some of the CoP content. I'm quite far behind on that. Unfortunately it just wasn't our day and both Holla and Mea remain on my "F*** YOU" list. Ah well, we'll be back bitches...

After CoP I was upset so I switched over to WoS to be mostly alone and worked on finishing Genkai 3. I'm almost done having completed the Quadav Crest and the Orc Crest. The Orc Crest was a giant pain in the ass I would just like to mention. I actually managed to run FRAPS during FFXI last time I played and planned on showing off some screenshots but Blogger decided it wanted to be a pain in my backside and not upload anything. So hopefully in the future.

I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do in the future exactly. I'm waiting for Kir to get her WHM up to 60 so we can continue to level up. I've love to be 70 by the end of the summer if not 75. So far everything has been going pretty fast but the levels slow down soon and I understand that. I think I'll try to finish leveling BLM so I can get rid of the noobie mage gear I've been holding onto. We'll see...anyhow...I'll see ya in Vana'Diel.

Wages of Sin

2006-05-07T20:43:00.000-04:00

Another posting for when I should be doing something else, namely studying. Not a lot happened this weekend really. Tilion, Khelek, Anjiro and Kir helped me get my AF chest which completes my AF set. I am very thankful for their aid in the quest. I need to air something that has been bothering me today about Konoha though. Sparing the details that I don't wish to get into, I would just like to say that generalization has no place in any part of existence. I'll be leaving the Konoha pearl off for a couple days while I brood and move on past today (it's my system). Does Konoha really accept everyone regardless of home, or is it only a European ls? That's what I need to know.

Wages of Sin is the new project that I mentioned from Cre and myself. It's intention is to be a lower end helping LS eventually but for now it's just for chat. I'll be my only home for the next couple of days. If you would like a pearl, just let Cre or myself know. Will it end up being anything in the end? /shrug. Hopefully it can be half of what Grievers was though. At least it can possibly be a way for me to atone for my own sins...hence the name. It comes from the Bible if anyone is curious. Yes I know that it's not usually good to add religion to a game but I think it can generally be understood by all...regardless of religious preference. "For the wages of sin is death..." Romans 6:23

(New format credit belongs to Travels in Vana'Diel as I modified their current set up for mine. Even though they don't know, I thank them.)

Grievers we shall be...

2006-05-05T10:23:00.000-04:00

So I was digging around the web today in between classes (last day of class /dance /dance /dance) and found some interesting things. Cre and I were having a late night conversation last night about Grievers and the possibility of making another LS in the future. This got me to thinking about Grievers and wondering what the hell I did with the old Grievers things. Well I found them ^^. Website and the new forums I had created for us. The old ezboard ones have been deleted (you bastards) but the new ones are still up and functional. Such good memories but at the same time it makes me quite sad. Remember how nice it was to be in a LS where we didn't know what Dynamis was? All things change I suppose...

Grievers website http://ffxigrievers.tripod.com/
Grievers Forums http://cgi.tripod.com/ffxigrievers/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl

What is going to become of Cre and I's newest LS involvment? Who knows...maybe just a place to hang out again. God willing it can be Grievers 2.0. Will I leave my current LS's that I'm involed in? Of course not, I like Konoha and am very grateful for the opportunities given to me therein. I also like Stardo but my annoyance to Stardo has already been stated. Just be on the lookout for something new from Cre and I again.

Regular FFXI news:

Nothing really happened lately. I tried to work on cooking last night and got frustrated with it. Syph and Cre helped me finish off my GA skill on my WAR so I can go about leveling him soon. PLD is still at the same spot. BLM and WHM are still at the same spots, 10 and 19 respectively.

This week is finals so I'm not sure how much I'll be on, probably a decent amount because I like to procrastinate. Ah well. See you in Vana'Diel.

eniN fO snoisiV

Update-aru

2006-05-03T10:34:00.000-04:00

Am I the only one that blogs his adventures anymore? Maybe I'm just that big of a nerd...

Anyhow, yesterday was the normal static day with Kir. We partied in Gustav Tunnel and Sarise even joined us on Itsy this time! The exp was nice and easy except for when the THF pulled 2 gobs with 2 pets and we all died. Meh, it happens. I'm now 9.5k/16.4k into 58. Next time we level should grant me level 59 =) I'm getting closer to 70 Maat, look out brother.

After the party brokeup I did some quests for BLM spells in Windurst and then Bloodwarped back to Sandy to finish leveling my WHM. I got an ok party but my WHM is now 700exp from 20. So I took him back to Sandy and switched to BLM since I get the honor of leveling that now in Valkrum Dunes ;_;. Unfortunately for me I didn't realize that my BLM was only 9 instead of 10...so I had to solo 2k exp to get him to 10. That took 90 minutes so I decided to go to bed after that.

I'm going to take BLM to 20 and then give up leveling lowbies for a little bit. If you looked at my goals on the last entry I have a lot of NMs to camp and things to do. While I actually really enjoyed playing WHM (will probably take to 37) I just think I should focus on some of the other things that need done before I invest more time and money (;_;) into that. At least my PLD is advancing now regardless of my other time investments.

On a personal note: My finals start this coming Monday through Thursday. I shouldn't be around too much those days as I should be studying and trying to get good grades. Yell at me if I'm online too long, my motivation for the end of the semester is gone so I need all the help I can get. Thanks ^^

PS. I keep forgetting to run FRAPs before I play, that's why there hasn't been any pictures posted lately. I'm sorry ><, I'll try to work on it.

Choices, Events and Goals

2006-05-01T10:36:00.000-04:00

Quick post here before I head off to class. The weekend was quite good and decently eventful. I'm currently sitting at 1k into 58 after a horrid JP party the other day. The manner in the way they played was horrid and I'm not grouping with any more DRK besides Syphy. STEALING AGGRO DOES NOT MAKE YOU COOL OR HELP THE GROUP, IT MAKES YOU AN ASSHAT. whew, sorry about that. I just don't understand why other people Provoke in the party. It doesn't enhance your attack, make your accuracy increase or make you smarter or more good looking IRL. So WHY THE HELL do you do it? It serves no purpose. {/sigh}

On a good note: On Saturday Kir helped me get my coffer for my AF Chest. Now I just need to kill 2 NM Orcs in Davoi and I'm all set.

I've also decided which job I"m going to take to 75 after PLD. Regardless of the amount of PLD that do this I'm going to take SAM to 75 afterward because I love the job. No other reason than that, I love the job and what it does and I play the game to have fun and enjoy my time.

I have been having a good time with WHM lately though, got it almost to 18 last night in a Valkrum Dunes party. Not really looking forward to leveling BLM in Valkrum Dunes after that but at least I'm almost done with Valkrum with the jobs I want to actually level. I love Qufim Islands for the fact that I don't have to leave Jeuno all the time to level there.

Some new goals to partake in to help level WAR/THF/NIN/SAM in the future:

~Camp Valkrum Emperor for Empress Hairpin.
~Camp Argus for the Peacock Amulet.
~Camp Poisonhand Gnadgad for the Jujitsu Gi.
~Finish getting my RSE gear (2 to go I think).
~Make some money >_> <_<

Sandy Pride

2006-04-28T23:00:00.000-04:00

Nuff said... ^^

No real subject

2006-04-28T10:06:00.001-04:00

Just wanted to do a quick update of some personal, WoW related and then a little bit of FFXI related events.

Personal related - I went to see "Silent Hill" (linky) yesterday with the girlfriend. Thursdays are our date nights so I usually won't be on FFXI at all those days. Anyhow, Silent Hill was freaking awesome. It's so much better if you've played the games or at least know parts of the games but man it was sweet. (Syphy, let me know if you want to borrow the first or second game, I think you'd like em) So I recommend checking it out if you get the chance. It is gross and scary, which usually isn't my thing, but this time it was great.

WoW related- I no longer have ambition in the game. My guild has become something to talk about lately with our achievements and I'm not sure if it's greed in myself or greed in others that is causing me to not want to play. Recent administrative decisions have negatively affected me and caused a decent amount of frustration to be vented by myself. So I took myself out of the raiding parties for the weekend in order to spend time with my girlfriend or on FFXI. I don't want to leave WoW completely because that's where a lot of my RL friends spend their time (even Syphy now) and I've put a damn lot of time into my character. /shrug Maybe I'll just take a backseat for awhile, get out of a leadership role (I'm a class leader) and just hang out.

FFXI related - I grouped with Kir on Wednesday and it was great (as she posted in her blog already). It actually took the JP players a couple moments to get into the groove of the system but eventually we were a well oiled machine...except for the pugils. F*** you pugils, you suck. I'm 4k away from 58 and getting rid of my Iron Musketeer Pants (Thank you God). I'm looking forward to being able to do events with Konoha hopefully eventually, especially since their playtimes will go hand in hand with mine very well for most of the week. Besieged was neat, especially the cutscene, but that's all I saw since the server kicked me and wouldn't let me log back in (-_-). Ah well, so since I'm still in Al Zahbi I'm gonna start some quests because I don't have to be at work until 5 (unless someone wants to do something in the meantime).

Quick side note - I noticed on one of the blogs that Kir has linked on her blog that they had their goals on the sidebar and crossed them off as they completed them. I figured since I already post my short term goals that I would have my long term goals over there. I'll cross them off (and probably /dance) as I complete the long term ones. As you can see they're not nice goals but they're able to be done...except for the last one ^^;

See ya in Vana'Diel

Steps

2006-04-25T22:08:00.000-04:00

Today was a pretty general day, filled with the general kind of events. I leveled my WHM up to 15 and actually had a pretty good time with it. Heaven only knows, I might take WHM a decent ways, it seems quite handy. I had a lot of decent parties in Valkrum Dunes and a couple crappy ones. I learned of the beauty of the BLU/WAR tank and it made me a little nervous on my PLD but only a little ^^. I eyed up some gear for when I have to level BLM (currently 9) so that WHM can be taken higher eventually.

On bigger news, after talking with Cyth and Kir about LSs, I mentioned my odd playtimes to Kir and kind of hinted at joining the LS she's a part of. With great happiness I can now say that I have a home with Konoha. I have a lot of ways to grow before I can truly be a part of the family but I look forward to the adventures that lay ahead. Hopefully I can fit in pretty quickly ^^;.

Let's see, lets do a goals update:

~Get Temp to 60 >>>[4k into 57]
~Complete AF1 (Gallant Surcoat to go) >>>[Gallant Surcoat still needed]
~Camp Empress's Hairpin and Bounding Boots >>> [No luck so far]
~Camp Jelly Ring >>> [When I hit 60ish]
~Level MNK to 18 >>> [Got to 17]
~Level Great Axe on WAR >>>[Great Axe skill at 43]
~Level WAR to 37 >>>[WAR still 31]
~Remember how to tradeskill and continue to invest in Cooking skill >>> [Cooking at 34 now]
~Locate an LS >>> [Complete! Konoha]
~Witness the glory of the Hall of the Gods >>> [Yep, thank you Kir]
~Finish Promys for CoP >>> [Nope, baby steps Temp...baby steps]

New Goals:

~Level WHM to 20
~Level BLM to 20
~Finish Sandy Rank 5
~Start ZM missions
~Start doing more ToAU missions

Should be doing something else...

2006-04-23T23:29:00.000-04:00

As the title suggests it's 11:30 on Sunday night and I should writing a paper that is due at noon on Tuesday but I can't seem to get myself motivated. End of the semester apathy. I'm sitting here listening to The Fray's CD if anyone is interested in the interests of the man behind the Paladin. I get to teach my first lesson to my education class tomorrow at 2pm so if you get the chance, think of me around then and I'd appreciate it.

Now to FFXI news. I must first admit that I give a standing ovation so far to Square Enix for Treasures of Aht Urhgan. Entering the city for the first time (besides the lag) was wonderful and the music is even above Final Fantasy normal quality. I know, I'm a complete nerd but I will buy that album when(if) it's released on iTunes. The city itself is beautiful and is created in a memorable way that makes me just want to hang out in the city.

I am quite happy that the missions are straight forward and able to be done without raising your own person army. I haven't done any of the new job quests yet not because I don't think they're neat. I think they're wonderful and show the ingenuity of the FFXI development team but to be quite honest, I have enough crap to do on a daily basis to have to worry about leveling another job. I see people spamming their BLU magic abilities for skillups everywhere I go now and it makes me shudder each time. I thought building up my shield skill was painful enough.

Kir and I have decided to level our WHM and PLD together for the survival of our sanity and so until school ends I have to find something to do in my spare time. I don't want to outlevel her too much even though I really want to put the foot on the gas, so to speak. So in the meantime I think I'm going to level my WHM as it has added benefits with it. I have no current way to travel around besides for cho/airship/two feet. So eventually having the Teleport spells would be quite beneficial. Also having to level BLM for WHM would allow me to *finally* have the self Warp spell. Bloodporting myself is cool and all but it's quite annoying to be honest and it makes me burn through the warps on my Warp Cudgel too fast. Yes, I know, I have FAR too much on my plate as it is but such is life.

Unfortunately I need to voice a minor complaint against Cake. They're all wonderful people and a good group of players but ultimately they're another Stardo. People hop on to shoot the breeze before going off to their HNMLSs. While I appreciate having people talk while I play, unlike Stardo 85% of my playtime, it's annoying that I can't depend on the LS for anything besides the chatter. **NOTE** Greed or loot or anything related to them are not relevent into this equation at all. Hopefully everyone knows me enough by now to know that loot is never my basis for decision making. Advancement usually is, yes, but please do not confuse advancement with greed. Advancement means being able to see the things the developers took the time to create and I pay monthly for the opportunity to view their handiwork.

I have been looking at two LSs that seem to be able to help me see the things I want to see and be a part of a group of people where I can feel like I belong. As of now I feel like I belong no where. The two that seem decent and actually still exist (damn you LS listing on Allakhazam's Bahamut forum) are Divine Emperor's (linky) and Guts (linky). Guts seems to be affiliated with Cake in one manner or another so I'm not certain if that's a good thing or not.

Now, I know this was horribly long (welcome to talking to me late at night) but I want to end really quickly with a quote and a bit of information. I am a history major and nerd so that's where this quote comes from but it is my favorite quote because it describes things so very well.

"All a man wants to know is his place in the world..." ~Karl Marx

Be well everyone, see you in Vana'Diel.

WOOOOOO

2006-04-23T01:29:00.000-04:00

My guild ran Molten Core tonight and almost killed the last boss! We've been trying for almost a full month to finish this and we were so close. It was a great try and I'm very proud of everyone. I'm sorry that this isn't FFXI related but it was a good night by all. Ragnaros is a VERY hard boss that is almost one of the hardest in the entire game. Yes, I'm dead in the picture and my guild curses a lot.

That'll do

2006-04-22T15:43:00.000-04:00

Quick post before I head out to work here. Today was a pretty decent day, went with Kir and the entire crew to the expansion areas. Did some quests, hated some lag, finished a mission (been forever since I did that) and generally had a good time. I searched for a party while getting ready for work and found a nice JP party that while strange and wasteful of time was actually pretty good. Got me lvl 57 and 4k into the level, not too bad. I can finally use my Gluttony Sword, thank the heavens! Looks like I'm charging up on my goal of lvl 60, hopefully 58 at least before too much longer here. Seems like we have a date in Castle Zhal Baileys Kir =)

I have one more paper and a presenation for school and then I'm done besides going to class. Then it's just finals week and I'm all done. Hurray free time!

Dammat

2006-04-21T10:03:00.000-04:00

I finally farmed the rest of the subjob quest items for the Tenshodo quest to access the expansion. While I am happy that it wasn't as difficult as the Promys, I am still annoyed with the general quest and the lag that was created in Lower Jeuno, z...o....m.....g. I am generally annoyed with the lack of people playing their mains right now though. Too many COR/BLU/PUP running about already. Hopefully things settle down soon because this 1.5k exp until 57 is killing me.

I apologize if comments made recently have been harsher than intended, some things IRL have been wearing me down quite a bit. I formally apologize.

Venting

2006-04-18T23:02:00.000-04:00

I know, 2 posts in one day is crazy but I need to vent about my party tonight or I'm going to explode. Getting and making the party was easy, took about 3 seconds of LFP time and 5 minutes total of building. We decide to go to Cape Terrigan to hunt the craps. On the way there they decide to stay in Kuftal Tunnel for a while since there is no one there. Chaining VT mobs > fighting IT mobs. I tend to agree and for the most part they were correct. The problem is not the camp or the jobs present (WHM, BLM, RDM, WAR, MNK, myself) but the people themselves. The RDM is forever in my crap list as a horrible RDM. I had to ASK by sending a tell EVERYTIME I needed a Refresh. Isn't their job to know when I need a Refresh? I'm sorry that your job gets pigeonholed into a Refresh machine but you don't see me subbing NIN and joining parties as a DD, it doesn't happen. So do your damn job and I'll do mine. The WHM also pissed me off. She would cast Regen II on me and then proceed to cast Banish II until the mob was dead. WTF...honestly...WTF? The BLM and myself were constantly at 0 mp because we alone were healing me. Why be a WHM if you don't want to heal? WHY?!?!?

It gets more frustrating however. I finally get within 1k of level 57 and my final goal of equipping the Gluttony sword that I seriously have had in my inventory since level 30. When of course, of out absolutely no where, this f***** decides to ruin my entire night. He kills me and then leaves everyone else alone. So they rez me and decide it's time to go to bed, thanks bitches, thanks a ton. So now I"m back to 1.5k exp tnl. /sigh

Sorry to vent but son of a bitch that was retarded. I'm not losing hope though, the party that I had with Kir earlier was wonderful.

New Goal:

~Slap the FREAKING HELL out of Guivre

Field Trip and Goals updates

2006-04-18T13:03:00.000-04:00

Kir took me on a wonderful field trip today since the maintenance (I hate you SE) would have interrupted any exp party we had created. She decided to take me to see the Hall of the Gods and it was freaking incredible. The music in FFXI never ceases to amaze me. This post isn't pretty but the attaction should be on the photos anyhow =). Thanks Kir for checking off one of my long standing FFXI goals!

Goals update:

~Witness the glory of the Hall of the Gods. CHECK
~Level up Great Axe - up to 23 now...damn you maintenance.

In other news I recently found a nice little LS to call home hopefully. The LS is Cake (linky) and they've been very kind to me so far. Hurray for having people that I can interact with!

Foundations

2006-04-17T14:06:00.000-04:00

Let me start by saying that I'm enjoying my time back so far immensily. Everyone has been wonderful, special thank you's to Syph and Kir. My goal in returning was to take away the seriousness and anger at lack of progress that struck my love for the game last time I played. I wanted to have fun with a game, imagine that. So here's my current stance, yes I want to progess and advance but I'll do it step by step and as much as I can. I have undeservingly wonderful friends that assist me more than anyone should and I am very grateful for that fact. My only impatience with the game is that I have to wait to join them on their adventures, especially with the new expansion coming out but time brings all things.

Thanks to the help of Kir, I got my Gallant Breeches (linky) before the server maintenance hit us today. Even though I can't wear them yet it's something special to have them. That's what the title of this entry means. The Foundations for excelling are being built and the road is being paved.

I am also looking for a new LS to adventure with. Stardo was very very good to me when I last played but unfortunately it is only a backup LS to many people who have taken different paths in life. Level requirements and commitments forbid me from joining the LSs of my friends so I'll have to strike out on my own. Which is fine =) The glory if FFXI is that joining other LSs doesn't mean you lose your friends. I've been digging around different websites (FFXIonline.com, KillingIfrit, Alla) to find new a new LS. I've found one that I'm looking at but I want some input before I make the final decisions. I will definatley keep the Stardo Pearl but when I log on and it's just me for 65% of the time, it kinda sucks.

Now for a little bit of something new. A checklist of things I want to do or accomplish in the near future. For my personal sanity and anyone else's curiosity really. So here we go:

~Get Temp to 60
~Complete AF1 (Gallant Surcoat to go)
~Camp Empress's Hairpin and Bounding Boots
~Camp Jelly Ring
~Level MNK to 18
~Level Great Axe on WAR
~Level WAR to 37
~Remember how to tradeskill and continue to invest in Cooking skill
~Locate an LS
~Witness the glory of the Hall of the Gods
~Finish Promys for CoP

Should be enough for now. I'll keep things updated. I'll see you in Vana'Diel.

Removes Dust

2006-04-13T10:12:00.000-04:00

I know that no one probably reads this anymore since I never seem to post but I decided that today instead of studying for my exam in 2 hours that I will post something quick. Recents news is that I'm almost done with my semester at the University. That means more time for me and hopefully more sanity as well. With my job, girlfriend and school it hardly seems like I do anything besides those three things anymore. Ah well, the life of a college student.

I have been keeping a very close eye on FFXI developments lately and keeping up with Kir and Syph's blogs. It's nice to see what everyone is doing and how far you guys have succeeded! The game tugs at my heart strings quite a bit lately, it's hard to ignore fond memories of things. The not so fond memories keep me at bay from it though and the distance between myself and everyone else doesn't make things easier either. I did install the game the other day however, mostly for PlayOnline but I just kept installing everything else as well. Things could happen, ya never know.

The game I was beta testing has come a close for me. The game is FAR too high end for my system (and I have a good system too). I can't even download the new game client, I always get a corrupt file somehow /shrug. I have been playing WoW lately as well as Syph can attest to. WoW is alright, I have almost 4 characters at max level though so all I really do is the dungeons with my guild.

Well, if you get a sudden message from a long dead paladin, don't be overly surprised.

No way...

2005-12-21T11:47:00.000-05:00

To start this off, I would like to say that I am a very unlucky person that hardly wins anything at all contest related. So when I say that I won something, it should be a surprise. However, I got a little gem in my email today that made my entire month. I was accepted into the close beta of a new MMORPG! I've been eagerly awaiting this game for over a year, following it's message board and everything. I'm very excited to have the opportunity to help them make the game as great as it can be. I am not looking forward to the download of the game however, that could be crappy. I just wanted to share my good news.

The bad news is that this game will probably eat my entire holiday free time. Not 100% sure but it's a good chance that it will. Maybe I'll be able to pop on FFXI and try to get a level or two. I'm just really excited to play this game. We'll see how it goes.

I have been nerfed by the NDA agreement

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2005-12-20T12:23:00.000-05:00

Having had my first bad experience in FFXI since I came back, I had trouble making myself play the game lately. I absolutely hate bad parties, I loathe them. Waiting for a party and then being in the party wasted 5 hours of my life and I gained a total of 300 exp. The party was horrid to start with, our BLM was an idiot and gave all BLM a bad name and the uber DPS that was supposed to come from our summoner never came. We got 1 total {Skillchain} off the entire time. The BLM didn't MB either. /sigh I was so frustrated.

However, having taken some time away to reassess the situation, I decided to force more of my time to FFXI instead of WoW. One thing that is greatly bothering me however. I don't feel like I will ever feel apart of the community of Stardo that I was in Grievers/DragonTears. While I can understand that, it still makes me sad. If Kirsteena or WK aren't online, I don't think I really talk to anyone. I just go about what I had set to do and then log off when it's done. Maybe I should make more effort.

Now to see if I can start to get a couple more levels here. I desperately want to use my Gluttony Sword and want to sport the full AF sexiness. One step at a time however I suppose...

Inside the Temple

2005-12-12T11:34:00.000-05:00

Ok, I'm about as good at updating as I am finding time to play. Things have been a little crazy lately with the end of the semester at hand. This is my last week of the semester, thank the heavens. That also means final exams all week long which is no fun either. I'm sure I'll be cranky and tired by Wednesday. I've also been applying and searching for a new job since I am unable to continue at my current job because of next semester's schedule. I hate finding new work, it's miserable.

I must admit that I've been very crappy at playing FFXI. I have popped on a couple times in the last couple times but didn't have enough time to get anything accomplished really. I did get to do the boss fight in Ghelsba Outpost for my NPC quest. I picked a female Hume to be my NPC <(^_^)> . The fight took me 8 minutes to finish thanks to paladin's uber dps and the bosses petrify attack. The only good thing about being a paladin during that fight is that when I was pretrified I had no fear of dying. He was only doing /poke damage to me.

I've been looking around at the PLD forums on Killingifrit.com and ffxi.allakhazam.com and desperately want to be a 75 PLD just for the sheer "damn I'm cool" factor. I wouldn't mind getting involved in the stuff the LS is doing either. I still want to see the areas after you beat all 3 Prommies dammit. /sigh Oh well.

In WoW news, we finally defeated High Priestess Jeklik in Zul'Gurub. Four weeks of fighting that pain in the ass. WoW has been frustrating lately. As soon as you get to 60 there are only so many things you can do. You can do PvP in the Battleground arenas, you can do raids depending on how large your guild is, and you can do tradeskills. I am decent at PvP and compete every now and again, the 60 min wait inbetween fighting really SUCKS, but I do get tired of being ambushed (hurray being a mage). My guild is not big enough or skilled enough to do the big and fun raids (40+ people) which is frustrating because we just keep doing the same 4 raids over and over and over and over. I can't leave the guild because I do enjoy the people there. Tradeskills suck WoW, plain and simple. They're pointless and not near as intricate as they are in FFXI.

So because I wrote another book I'm gonna stop here. To recap in case you didn't want to read all that (I don't blame you), I dont' play FFXI enough, I play WoW too much, WoW makes me a sad Tempy sometimes, I hate the end of college semesters and I need a job.

DIIIIIIIIIIIING

2005-12-03T15:41:00.000-05:00

It feels very good to see the words "Level Up" appear above Temp again. After having him stuck at 55 for 6 months now it's damn good to see 56 instead. I got a very nice Japanese party this morning and we rocked out Kuftal Tunnel for 3 hours or so until it got late for them. I was kind of bored because I couldn't chat with them but I did my job and thought I did it pretty well. It all came back to me when the THF pulled the first mob. Too bad little things didn't come back so well. I forgot my signet, forgot my teleport scroll, forgot my sneak powder, forgot how to get to Kuftal Tunnel. Sheesh. Oh well, I very much enjoyed my afternoon. I can now go after my Gallant headpiece, that should be fun.

Fourth Resurrection...yes...fourth

2005-12-02T11:01:00.000-05:00

Yes, I'm jumping on the bandwagon. I know, I'm sorry. I just wanted to write down some of the things I've been doing in both FFXI and WoW.

So I've resubscribed to FFXI for the fourth time. I've had the urge to play for a couple months now after leaving at the end of June. I left for a variety of reasons, most of which I've forgotten by now. So Syphus came back home a couple days ago and we got talking about FFXI and what's going on and how things have changed and so on. So in the process of him talking about it, I reinstalled Playonline to see if my password would work. Before I quit I was having odd difficulty with my password. Playonline would constantly tell me my password was invalid even though I knew 110% that is was the correct one. I can't explain it, it works fine for me now. By the end of our conversation (2 am or so) I had already reinstalled FFXI and reactivated Tempy. I was so thankful that I was able to continue with my character.

It was very wonderful to be able to talk to Kir, Cyth and WK again. It's funny how you miss people. I appreciate them coming to arms within moments of my return to complete my G2 so that I can progress Temp past 55. I never expected that to happen but I am emencely grateful. Kir also gave me a Dark Staff as a "Welcome Back" gift, it was very kind of her. Now for the bad things, my schedule is a lot different than last time I played. My girlfriend is back home and takes up the majority of my free time, along with work and college. So my play times are usually very short (1 hour) and at odd times (5 am when I get up for work, 12 midnight when the girlfriend goes home for sleep). It looks like my only days to play are the weekends and when my girlfriend is at work. I also have another problem. I still play World of Warcraft and do genuinely enjoy my time in it. I have 2 max level characters a 60 paladin and a 60 warlock. I'm in a guild with a lot of friends that I met while working at GameStop. I've gotten a little bored with WoW simply because raids are the only thing that I can really do now besides engage in Player vs. Player events. So besides leveling another character or grinding mobs for reputation, there isn't a lot to do before 8pm or so. I have great respect for both FFXI and WoW and enjoy both parties of people that I play with equally. I just have to find time to fit both into my already wacky schedule. Hopefully Christmas break gives me a little time to play.

So, in the life of Templer. I've been farming a lot with him because of my limited play. Cockatrice meat, Coeurl meat, Coeurl whiskers, whatever. I'm just glad the stuff I remember sells decently. I've been reading the Allakhazam Paladin forums a lot and getting some advice from them. Lately I've bought some Tacos for when I actually get to join an exp party and have been looking at buying a Gaia Doublet for tanking thanks to the advice of the PLD forum. It looks like Temp is going to be on farm duty until maybe late tonight or saturday afternoon.

I've also created a little alternate character as well. Torinth, Hume White Mage. I wanted to mess around with seeing the game "fresh" again and also wanted to see how different life was as a different race. So I've been playing him, plan on taking him to BRD eventually. He's mostly a side project of mine.

Ok, I've been typing a book here so I'm done for now. Thank you if you actually managed to read through that.

~Tempy

Inside the Temple

Rebirth

Sanctuary

Hard choices

RL

Lack of updates

WoW account rest in peace

Finals Complete = O

Wages of Sin

Grievers we shall be...

Update-aru

Choices, Events and Goals

Sandy Pride

No real subject

Steps

Should be doing something else...

WOOOOOO

That'll do

Dammat

Venting

Field Trip and Goals updates

Foundations

*Removes Dust*

No way...

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Inside the Temple

DIIIIIIIIIIIING

Fourth Resurrection...yes...fourth

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