He started out the evening in The Boyahda Tree with the hopes of getting the same type of exp that he was able to get in a previous party. He was not that lucky.
The party started out killing Knight Crawlers and Robber Crabs. The crab fights were too long and drained the mp of the few mages. They switched to crawlers in hopes chains would get better, but again, no such luck. After about 30 minutes (if that) the RDM says "I gotta go" and the party spends an hour trying to replace him.
The finally decided to get another (as in 3 total) BLM and continue. The chains were faster but they fought lower level mobs so the xp was less. Finally after another 20 minutes one person said they had to log cause the Internet Cafe they were playing in was closing in 5 minutes.... and true to form someone else in the party said that they needed to leave too. Sean walked away with 5k in XP and was not a happy camper.
It wasn't long before he was offered another spot in a party. But this time they wanted to fight in Gustav Tunnel fighting gobs and crabs. On the 4th fight, the gob they were fighting kept interupting his casts for blinks and dropped him. Someone in the party casted raise, he accepted... and the gob threw a bomb. Dead again. Not a very promising start :P
SMN, WAR, BRD, NIN, BLU and I couldn't tell what the last job was. But things were better in this party than the last. Slow start, but it smoothed out.
Sad thing is that Sean will not hit level 57 tonight... just too much xp to gain before we go to bed. I'm sure he will get it tomorrow night.
Meanwhile...
I decided to take my BRD out and work on my merits. I was terrible about building points when I first hit 75... but at that time the only real option was to spend your life in sky. Nice that the new lands have changed that.
I accepted a party offer and we decided to go to Bha. Thicket. There were a couple of people in the party that did not have that stagin point yet and needed to make the run. I used the portal and took the time to finish the kids baths and snacks... Hey, gotta play Mommy before I can play this game :P
The party was ok, not great... but I was able to watch a COR in action. He/She (Mithra so who knows) was level 71 when we offered her a party. I must say that BRD and COR go well together in a merit or ISP party. The rolls and songs stack so the melees get mad Attack. The mages are also very lucky... I think the RDM in my party said they were getting 9mp/tick with the rolls plus songs.
I felt bad that when I need to leave (some of us actually work for a living and not play this game 27/7 :P ) because I was not able to find another BRD to replace me. And since I was pulling I wasn't able to search for a replacement of any kind. I gave 30 minute notice and asked if someone wouldn't mind searching for me.... but as usual I was ignored. I reminded them again at 15. Finally I just had to leave.
I did manage to get 2 merit points :) Granted I was only 1k from the first one when we started to kill.
I'm not sure what the game plan is for me tomorrow night... I'm sure I will merit more and work on ISP.
I know Sean will keep pushing for 57 :P He wants to wear the SH soooo bad and it kills him that he is this close! 7k tnl sooo very close.
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