Nothing exciting but wanted to post some few accomplishments.

Took over Sarkk for Goldsmithing:


Completed Relics in our linkshell:
Me:

Mingus:

Releena: Mandau (sorry for no pic)
Shaolingoat: Yoichinoyumi

And last but not least, oldie, but goldie simply because I TOLD YOU SO:
http://euphidime.com/
and if you think your not on the list:
http://euphidime.com/list.php

Nice job people, all your shit talking and look, you were just trying to let the bullshit out to make more space.....

Removed the option to post comments, simply because I could care less about anyone trying to justify why they feel the need to bot. Also just to be clear, Youloseiwin joined Galleon well after the fact his name is said to have bought FFXI-App. Nice try though trying to tarnish Galleons name.

You may or may not have noticed my lack of being on FFXI. No do not get your hopes up, I didnt get banned for lolthird party apps (as I have heard others have), or am I quitting (sorry to let you down). I recently moved to NYC and am still getting situated and setup. Next week hopefully I will get all my equipment setup and have ordered myself some sort of Inet connection. Still at a loss at who to go with, Verizon's high end service or time warner.

Happy as hell to be back in the states and in a city I have always wanted to live in. Currently living in the village and its a great area. Lots of things to do, places to go, and people to see. Catching up with old friends I havent seen since I had moved to PR. If anyone has some recommendations for things to do, post it.

So thats it for my update. Wish everyone a Happy New Year, do not get too fucked up.

Whether I like you, or if I do not; or you think I do not who cares. Merry Christmas everyone; may it be full of joy and happiness.

Why in gods name is the Final Fantasy series, and everything Square is, revolve around crystals? What is the fetish all about?

Im pretty fed up with how things are running in game recently. Im sick of making an effort to make up for the lack of effort/interest people around me have. Im sick of busting my ass for other people to get items they want, then disappear, or never use them. Im sick of people bitching about wanting items from dynamis, but never attending thus never getting enough points for said item. Im sick of being around people who have multiple jobs at level 75, and cant find the way to a simple fucking KS99 arena.

I feel so happy when people get the item they so desire, then disappear because they are a) burned out, b)want to quit, c) fill in the blank. This comment doesnt apply to people who have to go because shit in real life has become hectic. Real life always comes first. But if your burned out, or tired of the game, dont fucking accept an item people busted their ass for, just to leave within the next week and never show up.

Putting in 110% effort into things is not worth it in my eyes anymore.

Apkallu have alliance hate.

Linkshells founded on shouts to join, who accept any member without even thinking about the pros and cons, is retarded. You may be able to zerg mobs to kingdom come, but damn, it isnt hard.

People who bounce around endgame linkshells and steal shit are win! Good luck you lucky bastards who just accepted two (possibly 3)of the biggest thieves on seraph!

So I went to melee in dynamis with thyrus to have some fun. +34 acc and sushi, and I didnt miss as often as I thought. Never missed a ws on a mob be it beastman or beast. Damage was what I figured it to be. Average seemed to be 200'ish. Did not bother getting any CHR boosts or armor seeing as supposedly its the modifier, but I can play with it more once I (if ever) get the WS outside. So for now I leave you with some random screenies I took. Fun times to say the least, wish the delay had not been so much.

Stepping in and seeing the extra WS in menu is always a plus:


Random shots of the WS in action:




Two shots of dmg. Next dynamis I'll attempt a more proper WS gear:



Isnt life grand?

Most my posts are non-stop bitching and stirring up drama (solely because people enjoy reading it and taking part, even if they wont admit it). Every once in a blue mooon I mention something diffrent from the norm.

For me, coming upon two and a half years of playing this game pretty much everyday, I had one major goal set out for me. Claustrum. Yes, its not the end all staves to use, no, it has no magical bonus to it, but it is something I have dedicated the majority of my time playing this game to obtaining. Its a process that started very long ago, and yesterday I hit Stage 4, and the final stretch to complete. I just wanted to give a thanks to everyone whos helped and supported me in getting this far, and on thursday I will post random SS of me missing every WS in Dynamis lol.



2420/10000 + Fragment^^

Looking to trade 12 L. Jadeshells for 12 M. Silverpieces. Send me a /tell.

My name is ponskun, and I enjoy paying money to sit three hours everyday in the same zone for years to watch other people have fun. How are you?

Been a bit since update, so making a quick post. HNMs out of our time, so no drama. But have no fear, reset today so see you all tonight. Aside from that, killed DL again, killed a tiamat, got my petasos finally. Everyones playing ff12 and psu so game is dead in a sense at the moment. More news to come.

Peace

How do you decide what a person is? Even myself I have wondered where I fall. I have caused some serious drama before, and brought issues to the LS as a whole. But I wonder if I have made an effort enough to outweigh the negative. But what happens if you view a person as constantly being a burdon and not a benefit. As I stated in an earlier post, I often find myself looking at people and wondering this very thing. They honestly make no effort for the LS even on a general scale. Skip events to benefit themselves personally over the LS as a whole. Doing pretty poorly at the one job they constantly come as. Making an effort to do things which benefit them but as soon as attaining, stop making an effort. Only showing up if there is an opportunity for them to recieve something, or basically forced too because were short people.

I for one believe that to fix a problem one must know it exists. But when your in a group of people, the whole should be made aware also. Sure its a little extreme/right wing to go about this way. But sometimes the truth hurts. You tell the one person they need to fix something, they can basically smile and nod and walk away. You tell the whole group hey listen, this person needs to fix this, the person in doubt cannot hide their faults. If your a strong supporter of the group, you should accept this as a way to prove you can correct your faults. Maybe it should have been done to me also much earlier, and maybe I wouldnt have caused the drama I did between our LS and another. Sure I would be pissed as fuck for being called out infront of everyone; but in the end, if I do care about staying with my LS, I would make the effort to fix whatever is broken. If people fuck up, call them out in front of everyone. Whether it be not logging at every single event, not showing up to any event that does not benefit you, or being an asshole, do it. You can ignore one person, but you cant ignore an entire LS. NOW, on the other hand, the LS needs to be supportive of letting that person have a chance at changing their ways. It will not happen over night, but its very clear if the person will make an effort to change and stick with it. Yes public shaming in a sense is bad, but I can honestly tell you I would work my ass off to avoid it.


Sawatdi

I was thinking about this last night and I wonder, when do you decide you have enough and its time to give others something? Lately I have noticed this endless greed of players spamming themselves with the coolest items, followed by the traditional, "oh I feel bad about doing this, and blah blah blah....". Really? So obviously you feel bad after you get the item. The irony is disgusting. Assholes like these people annoy the shit out of me. Makes me so sick to see people taking items for jobs they never use, over other people in an LS who play the jobs more. But hey, what the fuck do you care, you got the items. Yes this is directed at the very obvious people who I am describing. If you read this and get upset, then my job is done. Stop being greedy fucking pigs you worthless pieces of shit.

Vale

Not much really to post. Which in turn means a good thing. Well a good thing in a sense of things remaining calm, bad in the sense of nothing to keep you readers interested. HNM's are out of our time so I do not get to see the typical bullshit which comes with camping. So for any good interesting drama, tune back in about a week to two, when Im sitting in the camps again.

Killed Omega. Got Heart and Hind Legs x2. Killed Ouryu, if you really want a katana, bring a THF to do jack shit except call target and profile. Did our best time of yet, roughly 35'ish minutes. Need to get that time down on Bahamut. Doesnt look like were doing JoL anytime soon because of the AV glitch/lock issue. Got raped again by Xarc so no lotting SMN hands or feet when they drop from this tour of city runs sadly. Two people did walk away with tekkos so lets see if they keep coming now. I know for sure one will. I usually say this because once you get the best piece, whats the point of sticking around right?

Näkemiin

How much is someones word worth online? Ive been dealing with online communities for well over five years. This doesnt just deal with MMO communities. Ive been in the FPS scene a while, did the whole warez/piracy thing. Ran a top site on a .edu connection for three of the four years I attended college etc. Help found and run an MP3 ripping group (BOSSmp3) which is still running today, and something I have always wondered is when do you trust someone and when do you not?

How do you tell a person is genuine? Its damn near impossible because you all you ever really see is the persons side online, you cannot ever tell what they are really thinking. Everytime I read one of those stories about oh my god, I got hacked, my account was fucked etc, I cannot help but laugh. Most of the time people bring it upon themselves. You end up trusting someone, thus you get fucked in the end. But this post isnt aiming at people who got hacked, or yet are waiting to be hacked because you feel as though you trust the people who have your account. This post is referring to people you deal with everyday; and I will use a person's linkshell as the prime example seeing as though this LJ really is about FFXI and the constant bullshit one deals with.

I view my ls mates on three tiers:

Tier 1: People I will go out of my way to help no matter what the inconvenience is to me. People I trust pretty much with anything I tell them. People who have earned my respect as a team member and a player. I do not have to personally like this person as a friend social wise, but because they have shown that they are not shady assholes, I share a common ground of respect for them.

Tier 2: These people are the ones I do not really have an indiffrence too. I will help them if I am not doing something else, nor do I go out of my way to make a massive effort for. Ill chat with them randomly but I sure as hell wont tell them things I find personal nor discuss things that I feel have a bearing on activities within the ls.

Tier 3: These people I basically despise. They have what appears to be hidden intentions while bullshitting everyone into thinking they are this great person. Acting one way in the face of others, but behind the back steadily turning that knife. These people are the ones who continually do shady shit while slapping the face of our ls. They make no effort for the ls as a whole because they feel they have personal things to do ingame which are far more important (exping, making gil, acting afk during events etc etc etc). These are the people I wish would just be outright honest with how they are, if they did such, they would probably raise a few notchs in my level of respect.

**This is for any ls member who reads: Before you go thinking which tier I have put you in, ask me before you assume. You may be surprised of where you actually stand in my eyes.**

This whole trust thing online is something that has pestered me for quite some time. I hear all the horror stories about people getting jacked for thier shit, people going thru linkshells only to acquire items and then bounce, and those people who when quitting an ls or game, decide to fuck everyone who worked hard for them. Galleon has always been plagued with what feels like a curse for getting fucked. Weve had gaiters x2 taken from ls and sold, weve had members get the best armor for their job only to quit within two weeks, and weve had people just sell items which were ls property. We have asked people to leave the ls, and they take everything with them, and even come up with some huge lie about how they got hacked, yet the next day you see them wearing the items they said got stolen. My question is when can you actually trust people around you? History proves that just because someone has been around for a while, does not mean he is the most trust worthy person. Yet if you are the new person, your shit out of the luck because well, you have not been around long enough for people to gauge your level.

I pride myself in being as honest as possible. I guess maybe thats why I am always so outspoken on things. This is an online game, there is no reason to lie to anyone. But for the same reason I believe you do not need to lie to people, is probably the same reason most people do lie. This reason is because you do not need to really interact with these people in a real life situation. So I guess it all boils down to what kind of person you are in real life. Most of the time I dont trust a person unless I have gotten blazed, gotten rocked, or tripped with said person. Sadly, you cannot share these types of experience with people online, nor does my current job allow me to enjoy these extracurricular activities.

So my question to you is; how and when do you know you can trust someone?

Tichaonana

Yesterday's entry I recieved tells in game and from people posting about how they agree with some of my expectations, and how some are a little high. So I pose this question:

What is your definition of a good player?

I personally don't base it on what the player wears. Items can always be geared toward favorites, or people who bitch non-stop in hopes they get an item to shut them up. I also do not base it on their personality. I do not personally care if the person is an asshole or the most cheerful person in the world, as long as they do their job to the best they can, it will suffice. So, what is your definition of a good player?

At this level of the game I expect a few things:

*People should know how to play their job. Take fucking pride in it. Do not just level it to level it. If you do, please dont play beside me.

*People who join an HNMls, join it for the endgame content. I dont expect people to be completely serious about endgame, but when were in the middle of something, pay fucking attention.

*Do not tell other people how to play their jobs if A) you do not have it leveled, B) you have never played that job at an event, or C) reference the first post.

*I expect people to make an effort for the better of the entire linkshell, not personal gain. You do not like this belief, do not come to events I am attending.

*Stop being greedy self centered assholes whos only purpose endgame is to see how much rare/ex gear you can attain for jobs you either A) never play, or B) refrence first post again.

*If the ls is in the middle of an event, or we are at dynamis, and you dont want to come, or are just being typical of being lazy, dont fucking talk to the ls while were in the middle of something. Dont hang out on the pearl of a dynamis linkshell and talk when your not even in the fucking zone to begin with. It pisses me off to no extent.

*I expect by the time you reach level 75, you should know your way around the majority of the world you have been playing on. Exceptions to the rule include places like Tu'lia, and very rarely Dragons Aery (For those who were lucky enough to never give a shit about this zone or its mobs). I do get annoyed by people who have 1-5 level 75 jobs and dont know how to get to either of the 3 BC arenas needed for KS99.

*I expect to not have my hand held. If I am in a linkshell at this level for endgame aspects, its because the LS has viewed that I am more then capable of playing my job. If I react to a situation that is not in the traditional this is how we do it scheme, accept it. I am naturally reacting to how I think it will benefit the most. It might seem drastic, careless etc; but I do it with the best intention possible.

*Do not log onto the game, look at the ls list, see everyone is either in sea, ks99, sky, kirin, aery, wiping our ass etc; and ask, do you need me at an event. Sometimes yes, your not needed; but if were fighting a fucking wyrm for the love of god and you sign on and ask if we need you to come help........... Do not be an idiot. There is a lot that can be done with more people at any given time then less. Do not get upset if you joined an exp party, and we decide oh look Tiamat, Jorm, Vrtra, Leaping fucking Lizzy for all I care is up, if the LS is gathering, gather. Don't make the oh man I just joined this exp party excuse BS. You can exp any given fucking time of the day(not like it matters, refrence first post again), if your needed, or even remotely think your needed, do not ask, show up. If not, your more then welcome to leave.

There is plenty more I would love to write but for now Im dealing with a fucking AD migration so not much time. Yes, another negative post from me, but its sincere. BTW a big fuck you to SE for raping the Ashu Talif assault. Good thing us players will keep playing this game regardless of how many times you bend us over and stick it right up our ass. "Can I have another bowl of gruel please sir?"

Adieu

Updated Drawdistance app. Just run it after your in the game:
http://home.comcast.net/~wiccaan//pages/trainers/FFXiDrawDistance.rar\
(Usually have mine set to 0407000, something like that, less then half.)

Another one I just came across but have not tried yet:
http://ragnhild.sonomaa.com/yarnball/
(Seems a bit shady, but who knows.)

Top one I live by.