10-27-06 More keys, another map and NIN AF

About a week ago I purchased Trituration using Guild Points. Having a minor case of OCD, I had to continue earning points. My target is the Alchemist's Apron. Gotta have it!

I think I've done well so far. This week alone I went from a little over 6,000 GP to 38,300 GP. I usually check to see what the item needed is for the RL day and research the ingredients at work during lunch. ffrecipe.com is such a great resource for crafting and has helped a ton. Anyway, crafting the GP item is usually the first thing that I do when I log in at night.

That is usually followed by checking on my egg. Yes, it is still only an egg... but the little chicky wants to come out and see me I can feel it! That and the fact that it says that on the screen :P Soon I hope.

This evening Sean and I took Merc and Bliss to Ifrit's Cauldron to get a few keys and maps. We did really well all things considered. We took our NPC's out and started beating on everything in the area. Our NPCs are now level 31 and Pimy (Merc's NPC) has changed body armor. I was a little depressed that Yawawa didn't seem to change gear until I looked really close at her legs and feet. She was just too small for me to notice a difference right away.

Merc had a few close calls with Final Sting and Self-destruct but no deaths. Results for our efforts: 3 keys total, one coffer popped for a map and one popped for Old Gauntlets for NIN AF hands. Sean seemed really excited to get half of the quest done for NIN AF hands. I think it is because they have ranged acc on them and he has been working on his ranged skills.

We still need to pop one more coffer for Mercury's map and take a walk out to Castle Zvahl to kick Dark Sparks tail again. We may work on that tomorrow. Sean thinks we can kill him as a set... I have reservations but willing to give it a go.

Bob's birthday is today so he went out to celebrate with some buddies. Not sure when we will see him again. Maybe Sunday. Maybe 3 months from now. You never can tell with Bob :P

No pictures to post tonight :( I really hate the quality of the screenshots the game takes... maybe Xbox will come out with something you can add to capture better shots later on down the line. I can only hope.