This week I made it to level 17 with the blackmage job. It was hard. Last week my level did not budge, between a very slow party, and dying plenty solo, I thought I would never make it. Yesterday I did. So now I have warp. YES!
I also did the Qufim supply run, so now I can warp out there, and back to windy if needed. That makes life much easier until I can get the Kazahm keys.
Also last week, admidst the frustration of not leveling, I took a day off and leveled with Noelie and Cevout. He is working on his subjob so we all put on level one jobs and partied together. Talk about fun beating up all kinds of crazy stuff. I leveled monk to 6. So slowly I am getting different jobs leveled up. Watching Noelie play pld, makes me that it could be fun to play.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Warp scroll Quest
Today I managed to get the warp scroll Quest. IT seemed like it took me forever to get it! I did 14 total Bastok Quests to get my fame up to level 2. That included doing the quest Groceries 6 times. That was a lot of running around I tell you!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
What have I been doing?
Lots, and thinking about this blog. I realized that to log every quest and mission completed would be a huge, and I mean huge undertaking. so I think I am going to stop that catalogue. I do know the my philosophy on the game is to have balance. To work on quests as much as possible to encourage the growth of fame, to earn gil, and get many items. To level smart, not so fast that I can't figure out what I am doing. Level jobs that work together to help in learning how to do jobs effectively. I think as a redmage that is a good plan. Since Redmage uses both white and black magic, it helps to have the two jobs leveling close together, it keeps me fresh. I am still somewhat frustrated with the whole power level thing, so I am trying to do my best to learn my job under gimped circumstances. All the complaining about people can be lead directly to this type of play, but everyone it seems to do it, either want power levels, or are being power levels. It would be okay if they would let a white mage and the tank continue to learn their jobs, but they do all the curing, and they don't want the tank to take the hate from the mob. It is frustrating, and the system is what is breaking the system of play. :)
Anyway, I have finished the quest the rumor, and have leveled blm to 15, last night I leveled whm to 19. My goal is to get these two jobs to 20, I think I would like to get whm to 25 so I can get raise, then I can start to feel of some use to others around me. :)
Then I can also start leveling rdm again.
I can say after finishing The Rumor, and getting drain, I really love that spell. It is soooooo cool. I don't know how some blm live without it. It is worth the effort of the quest. Easy enough if you can get someone to help you with it. I think the hardest thing with it is getting to Sandy, and getting your fame up. That was a pain in the neck, but most people seem to buy their fame, and really don't work the different quests that are available. I prefer to keep my hard earned gil and use it for crafting and buying armor as I need it.
That is what I have been doing. I have been lonely, I really don't have anyone to play with, so that gets boring from time to time. I enjoy that game, but the loneliness of not having a friend in game the same level is rather sad.
Anyway, I have finished the quest the rumor, and have leveled blm to 15, last night I leveled whm to 19. My goal is to get these two jobs to 20, I think I would like to get whm to 25 so I can get raise, then I can start to feel of some use to others around me. :)
Then I can also start leveling rdm again.
I can say after finishing The Rumor, and getting drain, I really love that spell. It is soooooo cool. I don't know how some blm live without it. It is worth the effort of the quest. Easy enough if you can get someone to help you with it. I think the hardest thing with it is getting to Sandy, and getting your fame up. That was a pain in the neck, but most people seem to buy their fame, and really don't work the different quests that are available. I prefer to keep my hard earned gil and use it for crafting and buying armor as I need it.
That is what I have been doing. I have been lonely, I really don't have anyone to play with, so that gets boring from time to time. I enjoy that game, but the loneliness of not having a friend in game the same level is rather sad.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Update Cooking Skill :)
Yes I have been cooking again. I managed to work up to level 26 today, so I can go on to the profitable insect balls. (I hope)
So I figured I would write again, what I have done, this is from my sister, who skilled up this way.
Fire crystals are not as expensive as they used to be, from what I understand, still I tend to farm and keep all my crystals so it is not often I have to buy them. Usually just what I need to cap what I am working on. I also keep much of what I have for later skills, if possible. Also I farm when I can, I save all my crystals, shipping them to a mule. I only use them for other things when I have to. Maybe not so smart but I need to save my gil, and since the price of crystals have gone way down, I would rather keep them than try to sell them.
Here we go.
Level one
Before I knew what I was doing, I started with the cooking guides on FFXIcyclopedia.
Carrot Broth level 0-3
San d'Orian Carrot x4
Water Crystal
After just a bit of that my sister, sent me some lizard eggs, This helps if you know someone that can farm stuff for you to get going. So I stopped spending money on Carrots, and made some hard boiled eggs. The recipe is the same with bird eggs, which caps at level 6. You can get the distilled water at the restaurant there close to the cooking guild in Windhurst Waters. Keep the eggs and use them for level low skilled jobs, especially if you have mana access, since they increase both HP and MP. You can sell them, but they were slow sell for me. You might as well use them.
Hard boiled Eggs caps at 4
Lizard egg x1
Fire Crystal
Distilled waterx1
Bird eggx1 instead of Lizard Egg caps at 6
Then I did a bit of Herbal broth, I would not suggest doing it unless you have lots of water crystals. The ingredients can be bought at the guild.
Herbal Broth cap at7
Water Crystal
Beaugreens x2
frost Turnips x2.
What I did make the salmon sub sandwich for the test. The hardest thing with this is the running to get everything you need. In Windy that was a pain in the neck. :)
Salmon Sub Sandwich cap 8
Earth Crystal
Apple Vinegar
Black bread
Crying Mustard
La Theine Cabbage
Mithran Tomato
Smoked Salmon
Once I capped that and turned it in, I sold the rest, some on AH, some to guild. :)
Then too Orange Juice. This was kind of a pain to do because of the juices not stacking. Do this if you are a mage while you are out leveling and skill ups. Then you can use it while doing something else at the same time. The oranges you can get at a vendor near the gate at Windy Waters.
Orange Juice cap 10
Water crystal
Saruta oranges x4
Then I did sliced sardines to skill up.
This took some extra work, since I hate to pay for stuff if I can help it. So I fished and I lost money fishing because I listened to a different guide and lost the rig I bought when I had never fished. If you have not fished, go cheep at first to learn how to fish. It will save you some gil!
They sold okay at the AH.
Sliced Sardine cap 11
Wind Crystal
Bastore Sardine
Then I did roast mushrooms. Again I have to thank my sister for this, she farmed most of the mushrooms for me! Great to use if you have a whm job, or leveling whm. You can sell these at AH, moved slow for me, or use them yourself.
Roast Mushroom lvl 16 cap
Fire crystal
Sleepyshroom x2, or Danceshroomx2, or woozyshroomx2
rocksalt
Selbina Butter, most guides I read say sell them, but save yourself some time and grief, and keep them. If you plan on going far with cooking you will use the butter in the long run. Again my sister helped me out by farming the milk I needed and getting me the crystals because I did not have many. If you save them, you will most likely need a mule to store these puppies since you get 4 sticks off of one synth recipe. In the middle of doing this you will need to stop and make Pea soup for the test.
Selbina Butter cap level 20
Ice crystal
Rock salt
Selbina Milk
Pea Soup cap level 18
Fire Crystal
Blue peas x3
Distilled H20
dried Marjoram
wild onion
Baked Popoto was the next thing I did. I already had the butter, the popoto's you can buy from the same vendor as the oranges, and there you go. Again I farm fire crystals, not hard to do in Saratabuta. They don't sell back well but you don't loose lots either.
Baked Popoto lvl cap 22
Fire Crystal
popoto
Selbina Butter
After that I did the Meat Jerky. I had manged to get a subjob and ended up in Sandy to work on fame there for a subjob quest. I farmed for the meat, and I was able to make back some money off of this one. Not lots, but enough that it is not a money eater if you have the crystals and buy from vendors. This recipe makes 2, I did not have lots of breaks. If you start this before lvl 22 you will most likely need synthesis support. I have never used it because I like to work near my vendors or AH.
Meat Jerkey cap level 26
Ice Crystal
Dried Marjoram
Giant Sheep Meat
Rock salt
After this is insect paste balls, and the vegetable gruel for the test. I have started to grow some of the millioncorn in my moghouse. I would do more but the cost of grain seeds is rather high.
Insect paste level 29 cap
Earth Crystal
Distilled water
little worm
million corn
Vegetable gruel test item
Fire crystal
Batagreens or Beaugreens
chamomile
distiled Water
frost turnip
Rarab tail
tarutaru rice or San d' Orian Flour
(the or options make a lvl 26 item)
So I figured I would write again, what I have done, this is from my sister, who skilled up this way.
Fire crystals are not as expensive as they used to be, from what I understand, still I tend to farm and keep all my crystals so it is not often I have to buy them. Usually just what I need to cap what I am working on. I also keep much of what I have for later skills, if possible. Also I farm when I can, I save all my crystals, shipping them to a mule. I only use them for other things when I have to. Maybe not so smart but I need to save my gil, and since the price of crystals have gone way down, I would rather keep them than try to sell them.
Here we go.
Level one
Before I knew what I was doing, I started with the cooking guides on FFXIcyclopedia.
Carrot Broth level 0-3
San d'Orian Carrot x4
Water Crystal
After just a bit of that my sister, sent me some lizard eggs, This helps if you know someone that can farm stuff for you to get going. So I stopped spending money on Carrots, and made some hard boiled eggs. The recipe is the same with bird eggs, which caps at level 6. You can get the distilled water at the restaurant there close to the cooking guild in Windhurst Waters. Keep the eggs and use them for level low skilled jobs, especially if you have mana access, since they increase both HP and MP. You can sell them, but they were slow sell for me. You might as well use them.
Hard boiled Eggs caps at 4
Lizard egg x1
Fire Crystal
Distilled waterx1
Bird eggx1 instead of Lizard Egg caps at 6
Then I did a bit of Herbal broth, I would not suggest doing it unless you have lots of water crystals. The ingredients can be bought at the guild.
Herbal Broth cap at7
Water Crystal
Beaugreens x2
frost Turnips x2.
What I did make the salmon sub sandwich for the test. The hardest thing with this is the running to get everything you need. In Windy that was a pain in the neck. :)
Salmon Sub Sandwich cap 8
Earth Crystal
Apple Vinegar
Black bread
Crying Mustard
La Theine Cabbage
Mithran Tomato
Smoked Salmon
Once I capped that and turned it in, I sold the rest, some on AH, some to guild. :)
Then too Orange Juice. This was kind of a pain to do because of the juices not stacking. Do this if you are a mage while you are out leveling and skill ups. Then you can use it while doing something else at the same time. The oranges you can get at a vendor near the gate at Windy Waters.
Orange Juice cap 10
Water crystal
Saruta oranges x4
Then I did sliced sardines to skill up.
This took some extra work, since I hate to pay for stuff if I can help it. So I fished and I lost money fishing because I listened to a different guide and lost the rig I bought when I had never fished. If you have not fished, go cheep at first to learn how to fish. It will save you some gil!
They sold okay at the AH.
Sliced Sardine cap 11
Wind Crystal
Bastore Sardine
Then I did roast mushrooms. Again I have to thank my sister for this, she farmed most of the mushrooms for me! Great to use if you have a whm job, or leveling whm. You can sell these at AH, moved slow for me, or use them yourself.
Roast Mushroom lvl 16 cap
Fire crystal
Sleepyshroom x2, or Danceshroomx2, or woozyshroomx2
rocksalt
Selbina Butter, most guides I read say sell them, but save yourself some time and grief, and keep them. If you plan on going far with cooking you will use the butter in the long run. Again my sister helped me out by farming the milk I needed and getting me the crystals because I did not have many. If you save them, you will most likely need a mule to store these puppies since you get 4 sticks off of one synth recipe. In the middle of doing this you will need to stop and make Pea soup for the test.
Selbina Butter cap level 20
Ice crystal
Rock salt
Selbina Milk
Pea Soup cap level 18
Fire Crystal
Blue peas x3
Distilled H20
dried Marjoram
wild onion
Baked Popoto was the next thing I did. I already had the butter, the popoto's you can buy from the same vendor as the oranges, and there you go. Again I farm fire crystals, not hard to do in Saratabuta. They don't sell back well but you don't loose lots either.
Baked Popoto lvl cap 22
Fire Crystal
popoto
Selbina Butter
After that I did the Meat Jerky. I had manged to get a subjob and ended up in Sandy to work on fame there for a subjob quest. I farmed for the meat, and I was able to make back some money off of this one. Not lots, but enough that it is not a money eater if you have the crystals and buy from vendors. This recipe makes 2, I did not have lots of breaks. If you start this before lvl 22 you will most likely need synthesis support. I have never used it because I like to work near my vendors or AH.
Meat Jerkey cap level 26
Ice Crystal
Dried Marjoram
Giant Sheep Meat
Rock salt
After this is insect paste balls, and the vegetable gruel for the test. I have started to grow some of the millioncorn in my moghouse. I would do more but the cost of grain seeds is rather high.
Insect paste level 29 cap
Earth Crystal
Distilled water
little worm
million corn
Vegetable gruel test item
Fire crystal
Batagreens or Beaugreens
chamomile
distiled Water
frost turnip
Rarab tail
tarutaru rice or San d' Orian Flour
(the or options make a lvl 26 item)
Monday, October 1, 2007
Party today, learning curve
I was in a pretty good party today. Except me, duh! For some reason, twice, I managed to target a leech instead of the party's target and doomed us all. Man I hate it when that happens. I try so hard to be sure I am targeting the parties target and boom something jumps in front of me and I hit it instead. grrrrrrrrrr. Not matter how hard I try. Learning curve I suppose.
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