F-!king pirates.

Mishaela

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Camped this morning with some friends. And camped. And camped.
3 1/2 hours. No pirate attacks.
Camped later today with a friend. and camped. And camped. and camped. And camped. . . . . .
Pity that it feels like a f-!king eternity on every boat ride.
After between 3 1/2h and 4h of camping, pirates finally attack, and, go f-!king figure, no NM.

This wouldn't have have been so irritating, if it weren't for the fact that I could've sworn that before one of the last few patches, pirate attacks were virtually 1-3 per Vana'Diel week. Also wouldn't have been NEARLY as irritating if there weren't the JP WHM there with a Sea Robber Cudgel (the one I'm after), camping not only for the crappier cudgel for dual wield, but also camping a second Robber Cudgel for her RDM buddy who's WHM is in his high 40s. Yes, high FORTIES.
It's like f-!king camping Argus all over except I gotta reboard ships every 15 minutes and see if pirates are attacking every 7 inbetween, so it's actually breaking the legendary level of boredom that was originally held by Argus.

Seriously SE, what the f-!k were you thinking, giving us an NM that's lotto pop off of an already horribly rare lotto pop (pirate attack), and the item's not even a 100% drop. I'm probably gonna blow at least 30h just trying to claim this NM and probably either won't win or won't get the drop.

Beyond all my irritation and frusteration, the worst part of it is...unless I get MNK75/NIN37, I won't be soloing this NM....which means I gotta bring a friend or two to sit around, being bored to hell, for hours upon hours, so far for nothing. And it makes you feel a LITTLE crappy..


Again, way to show your WHM farm/solo/whatevering approval SE. Give em lotto-off-of-lotto NMs with not-100% drop rate and some f-!king level 80 conch with Auto Regen +30. What's next, some actually-good BLM weapon that drops off an NM that's popped via 12 morion tathlums and does Manafont -> Thundaga IV?
 
I camped the pirates for 9 hours and got the nm twice on the Ship to Selbina. It was Blackbeard both times. Only dropped the club the first kill. The nm will only pop if one of the summoner pirates is wearing a vermillion cloak.
 
Euphacent said:
I camped the pirates for 9 hours and got the nm twice on the Ship to Selbina. It was Blackbeard both times. Only dropped the club the first kill. The nm will only pop if one of the summoner pirates is wearing a vermillion cloak.

I knew that much. Wondering if it's SE being a sh-!thead to me or something when it comes to pirate attacks, because only one attack in 7h is just...retarded.. --;
 
Hmmm, we had a going away firework celebration and fought one of the NM skeles, was not blackbeard, but it did drop a cudgel (with th2) for a higher 60's WHM i think with STR +4 and ACC + 15 i believe? We didn't have anyone in our group who could use it so we let some random WHM lot on it that was on the ship

IDK, the skele took about 5 minutes to kill and was no pushover but not a big deal either. Killed him with a 75 rdm, 45 THF, 67 BLM and tanked him as 75 NIN
 
Hey, Mish...

If your fishing skill is at mid 40's or higher, go grab yourself a carbon rod and a few stacks of crayfish paste, and go nebi fishing on the boat while you wait for pirate attacks. Quite a few people make decent money doing that, so it's not like you're completely wasting your time.
 
vang said:
Hmmm, we had a going away firework celebration and fought one of the NM skeles, was not blackbeard, but it did drop a cudgel (with th2) for a higher 60's WHM i think with STR +4 and ACC + 15 i believe? We didn't have anyone in our group who could use it so we let some random WHM lot on it that was on the ship

IDK, the skele took about 5 minutes to kill and was no pushover but not a big deal either. Killed him with a 75 rdm, 45 THF, 67 BLM and tanked him as 75 NIN

I just like how he added that in in all honestly :3
 
Mermaid from Hell

deathsvengeance said:
lol Mish, this isn't any worse than PLDs trying to get the mermaid ring (unless they buy it), now THAT is an annoying ring to try and get.

Open my chest yesterday for....drum roll please


6000 gil
1 Goldbeast coin
1 bag of fruit seeds
1 beastman seal
1 Transluscent rock

so really, in the end, the 12+ hours invested in farming the items was well worth it, who wants a 450k mermaids ring when I can use this as a reliable source of fruit seed farming. in a month or so I'll have a stack. Also if you need help getting the ??? to pop, give me a pm.

Thefonz
 
deathsvengeance said:
lol Mish, this isn't any worse than PLDs trying to get the mermaid ring (unless they buy it), now THAT is an annoying ring to try and get.

PLDs who use that ring are gimp.
 
Sethala said:
If your fishing skill is at mid 40's or higher, go grab yourself a carbon rod and a few stacks of crayfish paste, and go nebi fishing on the boat while you wait for pirate attacks.

That's the advice I always want to give when I see all the high-levels sitting out on the deck, hoping like hell the pirates will attack. They get so bored they'll kill any little thing that pops on the deck.

On the positive side, I don't worry about the Sea Horror popping behind me. That poor bastard would last about three seconds with that many bored players around.
 
Eulore said:
deathsvengeance said:
lol Mish, this isn't any worse than PLDs trying to get the mermaid ring (unless they buy it), now THAT is an annoying ring to try and get.

PLDs who use that ring are gimp.

Whoa, you can macro in the ring for vokes, and flash!?
 
Eulore said:
deathsvengeance said:
lol Mish, this isn't any worse than PLDs trying to get the mermaid ring (unless they buy it), now THAT is an annoying ring to try and get.

PLDs who use that ring are gimp.

UR using NQ 54 Rings!111

1 extra vitality (Do you need it) GIMPZ!!!111
 
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