rukenshin ([info]rukenshin) wrote,
@ 2005-10-21 00:58:00
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Current mood: exhausted

Because all the cool kids are doing it....

My livejournal friend list goes back almost three pages from updates just today, always so many during maintenance. Meanwhile I'm being lazy and not updating mine, but meh... This week has kind of sucked, had 4 or so projects and 2 papers; ;... Been soo busy... I have some time while waiting for servers to come up (again), but also kind of tired/exhausted, so I'll put a quick update together. :p

First three Limbus runs, love it so far. :)

Limbus is a lot of fun... Makes Dynamis look sooo dull. It's been going great, we haven't lost any of our runs yet and usually end up with a lot of free time at the end, the drops have been pretty nice in comparison to others I heard about too. Got 67 coins on the last run with just 12 members :o...We have all the chips from the main four areas, and we're going to try one of the higher level ones by trading certain chips for our next run.

I think it's more the type of thing I just post a bunch of screen shots and add captions/descriptions, they mostly speak for themselves. Besides, I bet half of you just look at the screen shots anyway... Plus I'm tired;;....So I'll just do that instead. :p

Getting access is pretty easy, once you have sea you talk to an Elvaan NPC in Port Jeuno nere the Windurst ship, and ask to buy Bleach (for 50k;;). After purchase, just go to dem/holla/mea crags and enter from the new telepoint. It brings you to NE/N/NW Al'Teaui (depending on the crag), where you kill one of the really easy NMs in the area for a card key item that allows you in. Takes maybe 10 minutes max assuming you have a tele.

Right before entering in for the first time.

 

Once you're in you can get HP/MP rested and enter the teleport for the timer to start and the run to begin..

 

Some random Limbus screens:

Mandy on the left was so huge!

Depending on the area you go to there's usually a sort of theme to the mobs you find.. And each floor will have a different set of mobs (of like five floors total), with 1-3 "bosses" of the floor that once defeated give access to the next. Often the boss is just a larger and harder version of the other mobs... They can be pretty hard sometimes, I'd say close to the same as dynamis mobs. Still break out some nice numbers though. >:D

Still no lucky double attacks!;;

4% in merits and no luck so far... /sigh

One of the funnest and most challenging areas though had a version of all 3 HNM kings, overall just as strong with more defense and hit harder, but much less HP.

Aspi, much bigger up close...

 

Nidhogg, this thing hit for 300-500 on tanks and 500-800 on other people, it was crazy...

Put him back where he belongs. :p

 

Viewing KB and mini-KBs safely from the sidelines...

And then getting eaten by two at once. D:

Only the big one casted Meteor, the smaller ones were pretty easy..

So far I have around 11 or so coins, and pieces for RNG, WAR, and SAM AF+1... The three items on the left bottom.

This is going to take up so much space.; ;

Think I'm going for the Brutal Earring first, then possibly the Fast Cast earring or the +10 skill Mantle; ;... Everything is so good, hard to chose... After at least the earring I'm thinking about RNG hands, WAR feet (if it makes double attack better, anyone know?), and NIN feet. I ended up with SAM because no one else wanted it and I do have intent to level it to 75 once I get the time/money and finish with merits.^^;

Going to take a while to get all those coins.../sigh

SE succeeds in making people have desire to play the game even longer, as if the relic weapon process wasn't bad enough.

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KV Bites the dust!

Amikiri, Serket, Tyranowhatever, and KV... You all suck!

Spent at least 30+ hours total not afk camping KV over the last month or so trying to get it to pop, along with fellow LS members... Killed that stupid Kung Fu boot cactus NM at least 6 times total while there, and not one drop! Only got KV to pop myself once after all that time.

But lo and behold something has to go wrong, I hold it fine for a good 5-10 minutes while the LS slowly gathers. It wasn't too hard to solo tank, and easy enough to kite when nighttime hit. But he has a slow and steady TP regen, and will draw you in > do an AoE TP attack > do a single target TP attack just about everytime it gets TP. He did draw in > whatever the AoE poison move is > Critical Bite twice. Critical Bite never landed, but the poison did... And slowly but surely I died of poison, despite putting on a Gi and eating au lait, didn't have antidotes though ; ;.. So, I died after a little while from being poisened twice, LS members arrive 1 minute after, and a few seconds before the weather changes and KV depops.../sigh

A week or so later I get IMs while offline working on a project that it FINALLY popped on schedule, and we had it and were holding it... I logged on imediately and ran over to help.

After I arrived we settled things down and tried to form a strategy to bury him in a minute before he got too crazy (his TP attacks SUCK)... Ended up holding him like this for about an hour, but it was worth it. :)

Full evasion gear > King Vinegarroon. :P

Missed 12 times in a row... /point /laugh

With HQ staves he hardly ever resisted too. :)

Once we got our strategy together and everyone ready, we annihilated him in under a minute with almost no trouble..

 

Took away 5 of the last 6% with a Mijin, most nukes/weapon skills were for like 500-800 damage, so I was surprised Mijin did so much :O... But, only thing to drop was an earth crystal. =(

So lame... lol

Cool title at least. :o

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Dynamis lately.

Same old same old for the most part, but a little more interesting lately...

Best drops I've ever seen from a mob so far. :o

Also, Congrats to Lhexh on obtaining not only his GA Fragment but Bravura!! :)

/cheer

Just thought this was funny. XD

Still no double attack!

Ended up getting this on a run with no other WARs around. :o

Also a nice cyclone, no songs or double attack. ;D

It looks pretty good, or at least I think so.... Ice does too. :o

He was telling me he wants to pose for Play Galka... :O

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Other stuffffffffffffffffff.

Been at it with Tiamat more, got the damage I take per hit in the air even lower. :)

If I can upgrade to 2x Merman Earrings I think I could get almost sub 200, for the max possible :o

Gave us the worst drops we ever had from him though...

So not cool... KV and now Tiamat.;;

A knew high. :O

<3 Soul Voice.

Our linkshell's 19th Ridill, and the 4th one in the last 6 kills... o.o

:D

/dance

Wooggie freaks me out..

/stare Woooooooggggggggiiiiieeeeee

Someone please tell me how Sylphet, the WHM, has managed to evade every flail from Tiamat/Jorgy/Vrtra/Ouryu, among quite a few other things, and now Oblivion Smash.

Such a hacker...

1-5 on this bastard. :)

I couldn't believe it... Soo glad to finally be done with that. :D

Btw, I'm a Steel Cyclone Addict now... Especially in Dynamis, most of these with no songs and no double attack (still><). :o

Such a fun WS. XD

Also had some fun with WAR/THF using a strategy similar to the KB BC99 one, it was our first KB fight in a really long time.. We haven't camped it in almost half a year. It was hard to land SA, sometimes it would spin while casting Meteor; ;... I just need to be more patient.

This was how the first one went, waaaaay more damage than I or anyone else there expected, and KB continued to kick my ass for it before I could activate flee ><... Stunned;;

Was really funny. XD

This was the highest though, by far... Still no double attack.;;

I could soooooo break 2k with a double attack ; ;... Double attack with MS maybe 3k. :O

This one was right to its face, so no SA:

Still really high for no SA...

And more pics of hidden but beautiful scenery I found to finish. :)

Going to go get some sleep;... All done for now~

 




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[info]goushoryuuken
2005-10-21 07:27 am UTC (link)
Lhexh the black mage. Someone close my coffin lid, now I've seen it all. (Just REALLY never pictured the dude going BLM...and he didn't wave at me when I waved at him, the only BtL member not to do so. /cry)

Nice pics, nice update in general, man. Certainly looks like this game keep you busy.

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 07:38 am UTC (link)
lol.. To say the least, indeed it is. ;;

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(no subject) - [info]lhexh, 2005-10-21 04:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rukenshin, 2005-10-21 05:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]goushoryuuken, 2005-10-21 06:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rukenshin, 2005-10-21 06:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]goushoryuuken, 2005-10-22 04:55 am UTC

[info]iverin
2005-10-21 07:42 am UTC (link)
I'd love to make an exciting post like this but it would be like...
"Today I did 300 damage on something because I am a red mage!!"
Or, better yet...
"Here are some pictures from leveling today. GO DUNES!"

Nice to have you on as a friend, as soon as my RL is straightened out I'll go back to cool, non-meme posts :3

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 06:08 pm UTC (link)
lol, /blush.. Thanks :)

I'm sure any of those topics would be great too!

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[info]fishmoon
2005-10-21 09:03 am UTC (link)
Heh. We've gotten literally 0 drops from Tiamat at one point. ._. That was painful. As for the spike flail thing, I've managed to evade 5/8 flails we've gotten on the various wyrms as WHM -- I dunno, maybe they just /like/ WHMs enough to avoid them?

How hard's Bloodsucker to get to pop/to camp? I've been eyeing that ring lately. ^^;

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 06:01 pm UTC (link)
It can be very hard to find the time for it, I've spent sooo many hours wasting time just trying to find out the ToD, that's by far one of the hardest parts about camping it... Other than that, it's easy to kill. Often there will be a lot of competition though. Good luck!

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(no subject) - [info]iverin, 2005-10-21 09:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rukenshin, 2005-10-21 09:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iverin, 2005-10-22 04:54 am UTC

[info]_secondstage_
2005-10-21 09:18 am UTC (link)
Great entry.

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[info]kuraiholy
2005-10-21 12:48 pm UTC (link)
Man I wouldn't believe that you could get only crystal drop/no drop from Tiamat and KV if I hadn't seen it....that's just insane --;

Your damage is still hax ._.

That run on the HNM tower was really really fun. But like someone said while we were doing it.....it makes the other place kinda boring in comparison ;_;

What AF+1 are you going for first?

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 05:49 pm UTC (link)
It makes all the other runs look really easy too...

I haven't put much thought into which one I want to do first, since I'm still a long way from being able to get it. It'll take me a long time to just get the earring, and if I go for the other earring and the mantle, it'll be like a year before I can go for the AF+1... It's somewhere between NIN AF+1 feet for the longer +25% movement, WAR AF+1 for a possible larger double attack enhancement, or RNG AF+1 for a bigger Barrage.... /shrug

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[info]miriamel
2005-10-21 01:33 pm UTC (link)
I can't wait to try Limbus. @_@ Tomorrrrrow~

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[info]miriamel
2005-10-21 02:49 pm UTC (link)
Oh, by the way, how exactly do you get these sachets? I'd like one for my monk..

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(no subject) - [info]rukenshin, 2005-10-21 05:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kenshiin, 2005-10-21 06:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rukenshin, 2005-10-21 06:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hyjynx, 2005-10-21 07:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rukenshin, 2005-10-21 07:21 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hyjynx, 2005-10-21 07:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rukenshin, 2005-10-21 07:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]miriamel, 2005-10-21 10:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rukenshin, 2005-10-21 05:33 pm UTC

[info]elfmelbell
2005-10-21 01:37 pm UTC (link)
The body does look good, but I miss the emasculating bare stomach! XD Too bad the looks are about all it's good for >_>

As of yet no one has come forth with having upgraded the boots to be able to tell if they do further enhance double attack, so that remains to be seen. I REALLY hope it does, but remain skeptical. Other than that (and still only conditionally), and MAYBE the body, there's really not much to go for with War AF+1. /Sigh.

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 04:47 pm UTC (link)
I don't miss the stomach!!

I'm hoping someone upgrades something that enhances Fast Cast or something like that, maybe like RDM AF body to RDM AF+1 body... If the Fast Cast on AF+1 is better, and it's pretty easy to test, then it's safe to assume that WAR AF feet would also be better as well as probably NIN AF body and all the other "Enhances blahblahblah" traits. It'll still be a while before people start picking up the AF+1s though.; ;

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[info]valeforoverdark
2005-10-21 03:16 pm UTC (link)
Omg, Congrats on the ring.

How many people did it require to kill this blood sucker?

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 04:45 pm UTC (link)
Thanks, I soloed it... Ended up linking him and another leech or two, but they were easy to kill as NIN. I heard PLD/NIN can solo it also as long as they don't get links, it's maybe a level 60 mob or so? All the other leeches are EP to EP+ ish, but relatively easy. A group of 2-3 people could definately kill it even with links no problem.

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[info]blackice_btl
2005-10-21 03:19 pm UTC (link)
Damn we're sexy.

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 04:42 pm UTC (link)
But aren't we always?

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(no subject) - [info]blackice_btl, 2005-10-21 05:21 pm UTC

[info]armidel
2005-10-21 03:24 pm UTC (link)
another entertaining read, grats on all the accomplishments ^^

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 04:42 pm UTC (link)
Thanks. :)

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[info]aiyahseraph
2005-10-21 04:25 pm UTC (link)
Ninjas all over the world are jealous of Sylphet.

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 04:42 pm UTC (link)
Sooo not fair the WHM evades more than the NINs...

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[info]filthywill
2005-10-21 05:08 pm UTC (link)
Dood I go for Bloodsucker every maintenance, every fucking 72 hours after - I never see shit. ; ;

Do you know anything about it, I've never even seen it... I'd be happy to see a screenshot of it even at this point lol. Damn you, grats.

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 06:13 pm UTC (link)
Yeah... I can give you some tips later if you want, but no matter what you will basically end up spending a really long time there. As long as your fine with that you should be ok.

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(no subject) - [info]filthywill, 2005-10-21 06:24 pm UTC

[info]faranim
2005-10-21 05:46 pm UTC (link)
lol that was a really entertaining read :)

I'm really looking forward to clearing Apollyon and then doing Temenos.

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 06:11 pm UTC (link)
Thanks... Me too, Limbus really kind of resparked my interest in FF. Not so much that I wasn't interested in playing it before, but I would just sort of log on and not have much to really look forward to or do... With Limbus now though I do. :D

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[info]talwinthewise
2005-10-21 06:40 pm UTC (link)
geee... you take nice screenies... :D
grats on the lorica and the ring.

and what a lucky thf.. assassin armlet's (0.0);;

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 06:43 pm UTC (link)
Thanks :D... And yeah, he's our new TH4 bitch now. :O

<3 Sirou

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[info]hyjynx
2005-10-21 07:10 pm UTC (link)
Man that looks like so much fun :o

Galleon tried our first Apollyon run yesterday... we only had 11 (1 person got locked out because we engaged lol ; ;) and we were already banking the currency till that lil voice in our heads said they were shutting down the server in 30 mins >< like 10 mins after we entered

/screwed by S-E ; ;

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 07:17 pm UTC (link)
Yeah I heard about that ; ;.. Really sucks. >

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[info]tarufishie
2005-10-21 07:19 pm UTC (link)
sex me!

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 07:22 pm UTC (link)
OMG FISHIE !

Me first!

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[info]biggy_
2005-10-21 08:34 pm UTC (link)
wondering if that earring adds double attack ;x or if its just like supponomimi(sp) and just enhances..... would be really nice if it adds ;x but i doubt it.. SE has to be more clear q.q'

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 08:40 pm UTC (link)
I think it should add... Just like the other earring will probably add Fast Cast.

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(no subject) - [info]biggy_, 2005-10-21 08:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]krsjin, 2005-10-22 01:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rukenshin, 2005-10-22 01:35 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]krsjin, 2005-10-22 02:53 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-10-21 10:56 pm UTC (link)
Quick question, even though its none of my business XD. How come Lhexh is upgrading G. Axe, I've never even seen him on war lol. What level is his war and how come he chose G. Axe??

Thanks

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-21 11:03 pm UTC (link)
He's in the high 60s on WAR... I never really asked him why he did it, but I suppose of the jobs he has leveled he found WAR to be the most fun and probably one of the most powerful. Definately have one of the hardest single hitting weapon skills in the game at 300% TP, and we've seen it give some really impressive results on just about everything endgame.

So probably some mixture of those facts, not to mention he doesn't use RNG much anymore and same for NIN... And really, between those two the relic weapons aren't too great. Don't get me wrong, they're without a doubt the best weapon for their job, but there's nothing really all too amazing about them that make them stand out above all else like Bravura does. Or at least that's my view on the matter.

I've been thinking about it a lot myself, because I'm pretty close to the point of having nothing left to upgrade with my equipment other than getting a relic weapon... I have almost all the best equipment I could ever want. I'm still thinking about what weapon appeals to me the most though, thinking maybe GK, but not sure yet. D:

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[info]rangertheophany
2005-10-22 01:10 am UTC (link)
How hard are those kings in Limbus to hit as a RNG, would you guess? I normally use Sushi for Fafhogg (dunno if I need it, but I still use it...) and parse at like 80-90% accuracy, but I had heard that Limbus was pretty low-evasion for the most part. Would I be ok with attack food? D:

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-22 01:15 am UTC (link)
They're not nearly as evasive as the real thing, should be fine with attack food.

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[info]tweek_odin
2005-10-22 05:26 am UTC (link)
Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ bro!!!

STR +120?!?!? Soul Voice or not, that's still ridiculous. No wonder KB kicked your ass. Hell, I would kick your ass too if you were hitting me that hard :). No joke, that's amazing!

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[info]mcclane_
2005-10-22 09:18 am UTC (link)
Be my sam role model :)

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-22 09:22 am UTC (link)
Only 45 so far. XD

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[info]raikku_drk
2005-10-22 05:18 pm UTC (link)
your god

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-22 06:04 pm UTC (link)
::speechless:: lol

Thanks? XD

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[info]meph_
2005-10-22 06:34 pm UTC (link)
I'd like to take this time to inform you that you're a damned liar.

so I'll put a quick update together. :p

is the most misleading statement I've ever heard.

That is all.


ps: That's amazing Steel Cyclone DMG on KB >.>;

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-22 06:36 pm UTC (link)
Ok maybe I lied; ;

I blame SE for the server maintenance extension!

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[info]bertonicus
2005-10-23 10:28 pm UTC (link)
alot of cool stuff in there some ridiclous i enjoyed it :-p

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[info]epical
2005-10-24 03:34 am UTC (link)
Ruke, I want a screenshot of your Steel Cyclone gear. ;;

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[info]rukenshin
2005-10-24 05:32 am UTC (link)
Okey, I'll post it in the next update.... Should be sometime this week.

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(no subject) - [info]epical, 2005-10-25 10:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rukenshin, 2005-10-25 10:40 pm UTC

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