Well, I'll spare you the semantics (I don't even know if that's the right word) of my real life (just know it was bad), and move on into my day of horror so far in FFXI.
First thing's first: Cheack auction house. The one item I've been waiting for to sell still has not, so I'm stuck with 30-40k and not the 200k I'd very much like to have so I can level Bonecraft. Oh well, not that bad. I sit around for a while until I get a PT. I don't remember names too well, so I'll just give the layout.
PLD/WAR
SAM/RNG
WAR/NIN
SMN/WHM
WHM/??? (BLM?)
BLM/WHM <= Me
We're 54-57, and we decide to go to Cape Terrigan, after arguing between it and KRT (which I preffered). We figure the SMN can use Fenrir's AoE Dispel safely enough in the cave.
So out we go to Kuftal. Part way through, my Sneak starts wearing, and I move just far enough away from the elemental nearby while staying away from the crabs. Low-and-behold, the Ele moves at JUST the wrong time, and I end up dying a horrible deat by Sabotender, Ele, and Crab.
So after a while of waiting, I get a raise. We make it to the cape, and start EXPing. Unfortunately, the EXP is slow, only pulling in about 800 in the first half hour. Then we get Puggro'd and end up disbanding. I go back to Jeuno and wait.
Invite to Boyahda. Yay! An easy enough to get to camp!
Uh-oh. . .
PT List:
Amidamaru: THF 53 or 54/NIN 25
Tulkus: MNK 54/WAR 26
Enowyn: DRK 54/??? 27 (WAR?)
Maddog: WHM 55/BLM 25
Xaddoc: PLD 53/WAR 26
Once again, we lack Dispel. But I figure give it a try. It can't be THAT bad.
Oh dear God I have to stop listening to myself!
I only got 1 look at somebodies equips: Tulkus
He wasn't wearing a belt. Now how is this AT ALL POSSIBLE that a MNK cannot have the common sense to wear even a White Belt? Purple Belt? GIVE ME SOMETHING!
The buffs start stacking up, and soon my magic is hardly doing anything. The DRK is whiffing or hitting for 0 constantly, so we can't SC. The PLD ends up dying right before the fight ends, and I just warp out of there when I'm given the option ("You can leave if you want" or something along those lines).
The item is still on the AH.
I am still poor.
I have lost 500 EXP today.
My iPod broke.
God dammit.
First thing's first: Cheack auction house. The one item I've been waiting for to sell still has not, so I'm stuck with 30-40k and not the 200k I'd very much like to have so I can level Bonecraft. Oh well, not that bad. I sit around for a while until I get a PT. I don't remember names too well, so I'll just give the layout.
PLD/WAR
SAM/RNG
WAR/NIN
SMN/WHM
WHM/??? (BLM?)
BLM/WHM <= Me
We're 54-57, and we decide to go to Cape Terrigan, after arguing between it and KRT (which I preffered). We figure the SMN can use Fenrir's AoE Dispel safely enough in the cave.
So out we go to Kuftal. Part way through, my Sneak starts wearing, and I move just far enough away from the elemental nearby while staying away from the crabs. Low-and-behold, the Ele moves at JUST the wrong time, and I end up dying a horrible deat by Sabotender, Ele, and Crab.
So after a while of waiting, I get a raise. We make it to the cape, and start EXPing. Unfortunately, the EXP is slow, only pulling in about 800 in the first half hour. Then we get Puggro'd and end up disbanding. I go back to Jeuno and wait.
Invite to Boyahda. Yay! An easy enough to get to camp!
Uh-oh. . .
PT List:
Amidamaru: THF 53 or 54/NIN 25
Tulkus: MNK 54/WAR 26
Enowyn: DRK 54/??? 27 (WAR?)
Maddog: WHM 55/BLM 25
Xaddoc: PLD 53/WAR 26
Once again, we lack Dispel. But I figure give it a try. It can't be THAT bad.
Oh dear God I have to stop listening to myself!
I only got 1 look at somebodies equips: Tulkus
He wasn't wearing a belt. Now how is this AT ALL POSSIBLE that a MNK cannot have the common sense to wear even a White Belt? Purple Belt? GIVE ME SOMETHING!
The buffs start stacking up, and soon my magic is hardly doing anything. The DRK is whiffing or hitting for 0 constantly, so we can't SC. The PLD ends up dying right before the fight ends, and I just warp out of there when I'm given the option ("You can leave if you want" or something along those lines).
The item is still on the AH.
I am still poor.
I have lost 500 EXP today.
My iPod broke.
God dammit.