No, I didn't think I'd ever do it either. Especially with BG-Lite on the official forums and all that stuff.
(And as for all this Clipper stuff with respect to Neo-Nyzul: Square-Enix, what the fuck were you thinking? You're literally asking for 20 floor clears in a 30-minute run to get to 100, on average?
Doesn't excuse the cheating shits, but your $12.95 only gets you the right to log on.
Anyhoo, after going Genkai 9, I have DNC, DRG, and BST to 95 and 1 TNL. Have unlocked the Genkai 10 fight -- just farming the three items needed to make it a touch easier.
Actually did a day of Voidwatch, clearing the Windurst city win. And a ring. Love the "drop" system, in that all pyrixes are separate!
Got back in with Lengendary, or what's left of it now that Neo-Dynamis has taken hold.
And got the Tavnazia win for the last win of the entire regular set -- plus a DNC relic legs +1 for my troubles.
Relic polearm will be L3 once I can get a high-level woodworker to earn some salary from me.
15K a Besieged? 9K for a tag for Campaign?? That'll work!!
Also, skillups in Abyssea are far easier than they used to be!
Also got my L95 Weaponskill Magian dagger done -- the "attacks multiple times" one is about 1/3 finished.
More later -- back to farming that second stone.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down
(A fan-fiction partially inspired by true events, plus inspired by events copyrighted by Johnny Cash and by WWE.)
It had seemed like one day had melted into another. It must've been years since I felt I had been lifted from the chaos that was Port Jeuno for what I could've sworn was the last time.
I was in meditation. Contented... meditation. I had built a shrine to every evil and destructive force I could think of. At that point, I felt it was going to be the last time that I ever did much heavy lifting before I went to cleanse my mind of years of adventuring.
But, one day, I heard a bell. A deep, resonating noise. It disconcerted me the first time, in the middle of my meditation on the damage I'd like to do.
But then, the old Galka began to hear it every day. Then a second, then a third. I began to pace nervously, as I tried to figure out the source.
Then, one dark night on my mountain sanctuary, I began to hear a voice. It wasn't Altana, and at first, I thought it was going to be Promathia or somesuch.
It was... Johnny Cash??
"Ain't no grave can hold my body down...
There ain't no grave can hold my body down..."
I tried to grasp at it, to find out what was causing it...
"When I hear that trumpet sound,
I'm going to rise right out of the ground...
Ain't no grave can hold my body down..."
At that point, I walked outside my makeshift sanctuary. The night was clear as a bell, and, yet, I felt rain.
I looked up, hearing a second voice:
"Starcade... Go back..."
At that point, I thought I had taken one too many shots to the head.
Forget that, about 10,000 too many...
I had but one response:
"But I have been condemned..."
At that point, I felt it, clear as day. Altana's Tear.
"No. Maybe for a time... You must not sin any more. You cannot let them take you."
The drum, the call to march, grew louder...
"But they will scorn...", was an interrupted response.
"Scorn they shall, and their presence is required to keep Vana'diel whole. But so is yours...", was the last I heard of the voice.
I meditated for weeks on that thought. Then, I heard another verse from The Man in Black, and it was settled:
"Well, look way down the river
And what do you think I see
I see a band of angels
and they're coming after me
Ain't no grave can hold my body down..."
At that, I gathered my robes and began to slowly descend. I did turn around once, but one final meditation convinced me that, even if eventually smote by Altana herself, that it was right... for Starcade.
So I came down off the mountain and slowly walked across the plains of Batallia Downs...
Back to Jeuno, where it all ended.
The chaos was evident. Pies were even flying through the air.
I walked through, swearing someone was going to notice me and begin it immediately. Thankfully, if they had, my filters against such noise were still intact.
I made it back to my old mog house. I hugged my Moogle tightly, and eventually ran over to Aht Urghan to procure enough currency to maintain the old mog locker.
At that, I set out to work on catching up. There had been changes made, but, at the end of the day, through the call for that Yagudo Caulk, Joachim's notification that I had enough traverser stones to start a factory, etc., came that voice...
"Ain't no grave can hold my body down..."
I looked up and said audibly, "You are sure?"
"Today is the day to fight for you. Good luck.", came Altana's response.
It had seemed like one day had melted into another. It must've been years since I felt I had been lifted from the chaos that was Port Jeuno for what I could've sworn was the last time.
I was in meditation. Contented... meditation. I had built a shrine to every evil and destructive force I could think of. At that point, I felt it was going to be the last time that I ever did much heavy lifting before I went to cleanse my mind of years of adventuring.
But, one day, I heard a bell. A deep, resonating noise. It disconcerted me the first time, in the middle of my meditation on the damage I'd like to do.
But then, the old Galka began to hear it every day. Then a second, then a third. I began to pace nervously, as I tried to figure out the source.
Then, one dark night on my mountain sanctuary, I began to hear a voice. It wasn't Altana, and at first, I thought it was going to be Promathia or somesuch.
It was... Johnny Cash??
"Ain't no grave can hold my body down...
There ain't no grave can hold my body down..."
I tried to grasp at it, to find out what was causing it...
"When I hear that trumpet sound,
I'm going to rise right out of the ground...
Ain't no grave can hold my body down..."
At that point, I walked outside my makeshift sanctuary. The night was clear as a bell, and, yet, I felt rain.
I looked up, hearing a second voice:
"Starcade... Go back..."
At that point, I thought I had taken one too many shots to the head.
Forget that, about 10,000 too many...
I had but one response:
"But I have been condemned..."
At that point, I felt it, clear as day. Altana's Tear.
"No. Maybe for a time... You must not sin any more. You cannot let them take you."
The drum, the call to march, grew louder...
"But they will scorn...", was an interrupted response.
"Scorn they shall, and their presence is required to keep Vana'diel whole. But so is yours...", was the last I heard of the voice.
I meditated for weeks on that thought. Then, I heard another verse from The Man in Black, and it was settled:
"Well, look way down the river
And what do you think I see
I see a band of angels
and they're coming after me
Ain't no grave can hold my body down..."
At that, I gathered my robes and began to slowly descend. I did turn around once, but one final meditation convinced me that, even if eventually smote by Altana herself, that it was right... for Starcade.
So I came down off the mountain and slowly walked across the plains of Batallia Downs...
Back to Jeuno, where it all ended.
The chaos was evident. Pies were even flying through the air.
I walked through, swearing someone was going to notice me and begin it immediately. Thankfully, if they had, my filters against such noise were still intact.
I made it back to my old mog house. I hugged my Moogle tightly, and eventually ran over to Aht Urghan to procure enough currency to maintain the old mog locker.
At that, I set out to work on catching up. There had been changes made, but, at the end of the day, through the call for that Yagudo Caulk, Joachim's notification that I had enough traverser stones to start a factory, etc., came that voice...
"Ain't no grave can hold my body down..."
I looked up and said audibly, "You are sure?"
"Today is the day to fight for you. Good luck.", came Altana's response.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
And so Game Informer has finally had enough -- that took about two weeks of Dark Souls bullshit...
I really have to be careful, because I'm not in the business of getting arrested again -- yet.
I still have commitments to friends and the like to take care of, but too many more gamers like the pieces of shit I have to deal with on Game Informer slamming me because I basically gave up on Dark Souls and said it was a Tournament of Champions RPG and I may well have to give up gaming if I don't want to end up like that guy in the last post I wrote to you.
But, basically, I try to log in tonight and find about a five-day ban for "Aggressive".
Aggressive? Hey, Game Informer Mods, you ain't seen fucking "Aggressive" til you come over here -- and I left your head editor the link to this blog in my Tweet to him.
And these little fucks can call me an ass, but when I call them on their shit, that's "Aggressive". If that's the case, ban me now, revoke my subscription to your magazine (which I pretty much asked Customer Service to do!), and be done with it.
My contempt for the US gamer knows only enough bounds that I can keep myself out of jail for a few hours at a time. And that's basically ONLY because I have commitments in the real world -- otherwise, I'd be in prison and I'd probably like it (or be dead soon enough that it wouldn't matter).
Too many more like the elitist Dark Souls players, and that might not be the case much longer.
I still have commitments to friends and the like to take care of, but too many more gamers like the pieces of shit I have to deal with on Game Informer slamming me because I basically gave up on Dark Souls and said it was a Tournament of Champions RPG and I may well have to give up gaming if I don't want to end up like that guy in the last post I wrote to you.
But, basically, I try to log in tonight and find about a five-day ban for "Aggressive".
Aggressive? Hey, Game Informer Mods, you ain't seen fucking "Aggressive" til you come over here -- and I left your head editor the link to this blog in my Tweet to him.
And these little fucks can call me an ass, but when I call them on their shit, that's "Aggressive". If that's the case, ban me now, revoke my subscription to your magazine (which I pretty much asked Customer Service to do!), and be done with it.
My contempt for the US gamer knows only enough bounds that I can keep myself out of jail for a few hours at a time. And that's basically ONLY because I have commitments in the real world -- otherwise, I'd be in prison and I'd probably like it (or be dead soon enough that it wouldn't matter).
Too many more like the elitist Dark Souls players, and that might not be the case much longer.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
There is the occasional story which makes me think there are some people who get it...
I was running around the different gaming forums when I came across this little gem on Game Informer:
Grown Man Tracks Down and Chokes 13 Year-Old Black Ops Player
Glory, hallelujah! We finally get a gamer who has had enough and uses the one recourse that is going to actually provide a deterrent for these little pieces of shit who do this all the time!
Kids are not "going to grow out of it", and you are an ignorant fool if you think otherwise.
Yeah, he's going to jail for it -- since we seem to honor violence by those who are allowed to perpetrate it like the little piece-of-shit who got him to snap...
But still, good on him. Seriously.
Grown Man Tracks Down and Chokes 13 Year-Old Black Ops Player
Glory, hallelujah! We finally get a gamer who has had enough and uses the one recourse that is going to actually provide a deterrent for these little pieces of shit who do this all the time!Kids are not "going to grow out of it", and you are an ignorant fool if you think otherwise.
Yeah, he's going to jail for it -- since we seem to honor violence by those who are allowed to perpetrate it like the little piece-of-shit who got him to snap...
But still, good on him. Seriously.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Time to cut and run, Square-Enix...
It's good to see the online-gaming version of an alcoholic company (Square-Enix) has finally admitted that their new game is shit.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/09/27/wada-final-fantasy-xiv-greatly-damaged-franchise-s-brand.aspx
I'll leave this comment from the CEO of the company, Yoichi Wada, from today:
“The Final Fantasy brand has been greatly damaged," said Wada regarding Final Fantasy XIV.
You're half right, Wada-san.
You need to cut bait and run back to the types of games you are competent to create, and cut off this continued abortion to be a company which you have clearly demonstrated that you are NOT and WILL NEVER BE.
Get out of the MMORPG business, Wada-san.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/09/27/wada-final-fantasy-xiv-greatly-damaged-franchise-s-brand.aspx
I'll leave this comment from the CEO of the company, Yoichi Wada, from today:
“The Final Fantasy brand has been greatly damaged," said Wada regarding Final Fantasy XIV.
You're half right, Wada-san.
You need to cut bait and run back to the types of games you are competent to create, and cut off this continued abortion to be a company which you have clearly demonstrated that you are NOT and WILL NEVER BE.
Get out of the MMORPG business, Wada-san.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Oh, THIS is fresh...
Got another message from the Galka-stalker ( :) ) -- and the reason I use your Galka name here is because your YouTube/Google handle is effectively impossible to pronounce or spell...
She got her signature deleted by a mod over on the official forums.
Well, she's pissed and fired off this salvo...
"Wow SE seriously? I post saying I'm AGAINST using Windower & bots & yet you remove it? Maybe Starcade was right...you're gonna regret supporting the cheaters someday SE. I play YOUR game without third party tools. Deal with it."
I'm no longer sure. Legitimate play no longer exists on FFXI. You lose all social acceptability if you aren't cheating over there. You can't sue them, because you basically get no rights at all, vis-a-vis gameplay, for your $12.95/mo (it might get you the right to log in, but they can grief you, deny you content, and basically run you off the game -- and you have no rights to redress for breach of contract, theft, and several other civil torts in the courts).
About the only recourse you have is to find some of these cheaters and go old-school on their asses.
Square-Enix and BG are in some sort of financial cahoots here. Cuddleslave, time to eject.
PS: You want a good example of this, and a good laugh/throw-shit-at-your-computer moment?
1) The entire "How to not get banned by association?" thread, full of people who openly should have their computers smashed...
2) Someone was actually told by a GM to simply restart Windower if that was what was causing their problems, completely ignoring that Windower is fucking illegal!
Fire that asshole!
She got her signature deleted by a mod over on the official forums.
Well, she's pissed and fired off this salvo...
"Wow SE seriously? I post saying I'm AGAINST using Windower & bots & yet you remove it? Maybe Starcade was right...you're gonna regret supporting the cheaters someday SE. I play YOUR game without third party tools. Deal with it."
I'm no longer sure. Legitimate play no longer exists on FFXI. You lose all social acceptability if you aren't cheating over there. You can't sue them, because you basically get no rights at all, vis-a-vis gameplay, for your $12.95/mo (it might get you the right to log in, but they can grief you, deny you content, and basically run you off the game -- and you have no rights to redress for breach of contract, theft, and several other civil torts in the courts).
About the only recourse you have is to find some of these cheaters and go old-school on their asses.
Square-Enix and BG are in some sort of financial cahoots here. Cuddleslave, time to eject.
PS: You want a good example of this, and a good laugh/throw-shit-at-your-computer moment?
1) The entire "How to not get banned by association?" thread, full of people who openly should have their computers smashed...
2) Someone was actually told by a GM to simply restart Windower if that was what was causing their problems, completely ignoring that Windower is fucking illegal!
Fire that asshole!
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