Experiences

While Pasifika's white mage doesn't need experience points anymore, there's always use for merit points... I guess. And - more importantly - Romidiant can use the exp, and he likes to get out of the city once in a while anyway. So, an alliance of four adventurers and four adventuring fellows set out to kill about - or a bit over - 100 monsters. It was easy!

 

 Also easy was roaming around Ronfaure as level 1-7 ranger, with the cutest little tarutaru red mage. There are probably smarter ways to gain experience, but running around and killing everything that moves is a very fun way to do it - removes stress nicely~

And also adds levels!
Just wait for me, my "forest friends", this melee-range ranger is coming, slowly but surely...

So many adventures, so little time to write...

I have dutifully documented all the fun and exciting and silly and deadly adventures, but there hasn't been much time to write about them. Pictures tell more than words anyway, so I guess I'll just post a bunch pictures with some words in between...

There has been a lot of exping going on: duos, parties, alliances... The Boyahda Tree has been the favourite spot, despite the ugly spiders and squeaky mushrooms.

Always with friends, and more often than not with Romidiant.

 And then there was the matter of a duel... with a tarutaru... Pasifika brought along some reinforcements, just in case.

However, she asked that they would all just go in first, and see what this was all about, and so they did... 

It seemed quite dubious that Pasifika would need to attack a tarutaru... but she did, and found out why this taru needed to be reined in, fast.

The team scared the poor taru out of his wits with rarab tails and won easily, and in the end Pasifika and Atori-Tutori parted as friends... more or less.

And then it was time for more exping.

And trials.

That's a big chest... the regular ones could have a trapped taru inside (must always open them...), but this could hold a galka - or several tarus! D:

Pasifika got a new wepon skill! (With lots and lots and lots of merit points...) If only the cute taru in opaline dress was a standard part of the weapon skill's effect... *_*

Flying Tarutaru

Three adventurers, three adventuring fellows, some bats and beetles... Pasifika had a nice little adventure.



To make it all more interesting, there was also a very ugly NM...


And a flying Tarutaru...

The wings are somehow... not attached. Can you spot where the taru really is?

Adventuring again

After a long pause, I spent some time in Vana'diel tonight. While it wasn't as exciting and wondrous as when I first started, it was nice, certainly better than I had expected...



- I did a couple of GoV pages with Lina. It was easy, I got to smash things with a hammer, and I got a little exp, too. Hexa strikes and light skillchains~ Nice.

- Chatted with friends. Not much, but sometimes it feels very lonely to adventure with no contact whatsoever so this was nice as well.

- Waved at a passing linkshell member. Also offered to help, but wasn't needed... aww, I would've liked to be useful; I can open doors and I'm a decent decoy, and that sort of things.

- Met a stranger. A short and polite conversation, all straight out of the auto-translate dictionary, and he needed my help (but not for anything long and difficult). Perfect.

- Astarael expressed a desire to get a drom from a lottery pop NM. Said NM immediately popped and dropped the item. Nice~


Maybe I should do this more often... if I have time.

Adventures with Dhm

Donthitme the brave tarutaru took Pasifika adventuring - it's been such a long while! - and of course his idea of adventure was to kill important boss monsters (Important for what? I still have no idea...) and get some nice shiny experience points.

It was quite exciting, because all of this happened in areas where Pasifika hadn't yet been at all, ever - except that Abyssea areas kind of look a *lot* like the old areas. ^^;

Much of the local monsters were new, though, and Pasifika got to see some interesting specimens.

This is the first big bad boss Pasifika was taken to watch. (She couldn't do much else at her current level, after a long break, and with no idea what this thing was like, but she did cure the tarus quite a bit!)


You can't see it clearly from the picture, but this... thing... was called Rani, although people called it cat for some perplexing reason. No, Pasifika did not hear it meow, no matter how hard Nt told her to listen! o_O

Whatever it was, it eventually died - or broke, if it was a machine, which it might have been, maybe - and Pasifika got a merit point.


Next monster in line was the big bad bird Pasifika had already been warned about (in the cutscene as he entered the area), but it wasn't quite as big or scary as advertised.


It died and Pasifika got a merit point. You can actually see two more people getting them as well in this picture, at least if you know they're there.


There was some actual exping as well, in a couple of exotic - yet somehow very familiar - locations.

The chests were really... weird. Some were fun, others frustrating, all were weird. And yes, we did help defeat that big thing, Dhm had no problem tanking it~





All of a sudden Pasifika was ready for the next "Maat fight", which she aced, naturally...

or not, but passed, anyway. ^^;

Experience and merit points

Brave little Donthitme, the optimistic optimiser, left Vana'diel for a good while... and then he returned!

Was it the enchanting gameplay and plot that brought him back?
New blue mage spells?
The level cap raise in general?
Or perhaps he just got bored of the other games for a while...

Maybe it was the shock of this unexpected event, or due to Nt's newfound love for the new Grounds of Valor, but after Dhm's return, Pasifika quickly gained a couple of levels in the gloomy depths of Garlaige Citadel and Horutoto Ruins.

Exping in a duo!



Exping with a couple of friends!



Exping with friends, fellows and pets!



Exping in an alliance of adventurers and adventuring fellows! :D



Maat needs a little more convincing to let Pasifika past 80, but not much... A couple of merit points should do it.

Even Pasifika's ninja leveled up to 49.

Too bad her spells, skills and such aren't up to date now. ._.

Party~

Moogles kindly handed adventurers stoves (in return for some help in a competition between Moogles and Goblins... does that smell of cheating, or what?) which heat Mog Houses very nicely. Pasifika got all three different ones - with Lina, of course - and soon after Lina started to arrange a party...

A Starlight Celebration party, right? Everyone can gather at Pasifika's nice and toasty Mog House, no problem... Although finding the celebration gear took a while, with all the satchels and sacks to hold stuff in these days. When the others arrived, Pasifika's holiday gear seemed somehow out of place...

...because the party was going to be a bit different, after all. Instead of celebrating inside the cosy Mog House, the trio headed out to Buburimu Peninsula. It did seem a bit suspicious that Mandies were also "invited". ^^;

Exp Party

Very rare, but it does happen (about once in a blue moon) - Pasifika in a party. This nice party had only friends in it: Nakago, Catzen, Lina - of course, with her cute wyvern - and Little Dhm and the dancing (and occasionally singing) taru Flygon.

It was fun, but Pasifika had misplaced her boots, and she had all but grown out of her low-level pants - you can barely see them under that robe. ^^;

The result of the party - a bit unexpectdly - was level 77 for Pasifika.

Moogle Mumbo Jumbo

The Moogles are always up to something... So far, Pasifika hasn't fallen to the Magian Moogle's suspicious promises about superior weaponry, but now the Moogles said they could enhance adventurers in addition to weapons.

They even teamed up for this, the Nomad Moogle and the ah-so-mystical Magian Moogle.

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Shiny and all.
Let's take a look at the replay.



It certainly did... something.

And it looked suspiciously like the Mighty Maidens' Super Crusher Jig. o_O

Lina and Pasifika wanted to see the effects in action, so they headed up to Sky, to pick a fight or two with the pink flamingoes and the sprinklers.
(That may not sound like the most heroic of battles, but these birdies can be mean.)



Of course, it was a nice chance to try out Lina's new sword as well.



And do some shiny skillchains.



Including Pasifika's own solo skillchain. :D



Finally, the mysterious effects of the Moogle mumbo jumbo were revealed.



Not bad, but something like this might have been nice... *_*

I won, where's my prize?

Pasifika finally reached the big 75, but the world still looks the same. :o
What now? What was it all for? What's the meaning of life?

While it's not really the answer to all the questions, the very first merit point helps. Not that any merit partys would want Pasifika around, but there's almost always room for a whm and her trusty hammer in Besieged. :D

Although the hammer is taking a bit of a break, because Dhm (the living vana-dictionary) analysed Pasifika's gear and his plan for new stuff has no room for a single hammer. There are other blunt instruments of destruction, but it's a hammer only if it says "hammer"... >_>

Deae Gratia has a nice name and some sweet stats, though. >:D

What to do, what to do... Pasifika has been skilling up some crafts, and hanging in her Mog House lately (like she always does), but an adventure was just around the corner~

The reborn legendary tarutaru took Pasifika & friends to the moblin mazes, and it was suprinsingly nice! Kind of weird, but very nice in good conpany. ^^

There's no end to people who wonder why Pasifika doesn't do any end game stuff (like a good and proper 75 should), but I guess there's something to do now that wasn't an option before 75...

That's right, I'll go to Aht Urghan!
I'll go to where Mihli is in besieged...
And I talk to that jerk Gajaad there. :O

"Hey, you! Yes you, Pasifika, White Mage level 75!" :D

While I'm at it, I may have to see about getting the mushroom hat Dhm recommended, but it's no crown. >_>

75

Pasifika has attained level 75! Can you believe it? Neither can I...

But it's true! :D

If by some miracle a person not familiar with this melee white mage had wandered in and is now wondering what's so special about whm 75, let me explain. You may have n+1 jobs at 75 and more well on their way, but not me. I only have whm. So you think I'm a new player, don't you..? Not so new: I've been a FFXI player for over 3 years, making Pasifika over 70 vana-years old. (Yikes! She's an old lady... D:)

So, how come there have been no lvl 75 jobs (before now) in all these years?

Well, Pasifika isn't really a very career-driven person - in other words, she doesn't party for exp much. The road to cap level has thus been long and winding, and a lot has happened on the way. She's not your average main healer, either, because ever since she got her first hammer she's been dying (more or less literally) to stand at the front line of battle.

First, Pasifika learned the ropes. Everything was new and ah-so-exiting. :D

Adventuring wasn't bad, but what she really wanted was to grow flowers. Phu, ever the stern teacher, didn't believe in spoiling a new adventurer by making things too easy, but he did relent a bit and bought Pasifika an earthen flowerpot from Ensasa's. Pasifika planted a seed, took care of the plant, and it bloomed... So~ shiny. *_*

Curiosity got the better of her and she harvested the plant, but as soon as she got more pots she grew a replica of the original first plant and dried it - and it's in her Mog House even today.

Of course, Pasifika partied with friends, for fun. Maybe a little for exp, too, but mainly for the fun and excitement of it.

She ran errands and completed quests, everything from doing the shopping to slaying the horrid beasts.

Pasifika joined a notorious linkshell. That didn't exactly keep her from leveling, it's just something I'd like to mention. ^^

She ran across Vana'diel this way and that, and then some. Some of these trips were actually very lovely guided tours. They don't make tours like that anymore... ;_;

She stopped to smell the flowers. And to stare at them. .. and take pictures.

Pasifika took part in various events, with all her heart. Events are so much fun~

And she got married! :D

Interestingly enough, one of the rare moments when Pasifika actually actively looked for party was when the wedding was approaching, because she wanted to get lvl 50.

Ah, those were the times....

My very own vana-family. ^_^
Phu did objected to adopting any tarus, but they can still be considered sort of family, right?

Pasifika saved the fair Federation of Windurst - and the rest of the world! All three nations are now safe for tarus to travel. :D

And in addition to all that... Pasifika has chatted with friends and even helped them - teles and raises are really popular, but Pasifika is also an exellent doorstop and a handy 1000 Needles pin cushion, to name a few uses. :D

She has kept Moogle company in her over-decorated Mog House.

There was that Pasifika's and Lina's summer event recently you might remember...

And there are may, many other things, but I think I'll stop here for now on that subject.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my friends here in Vana'diel for the wonderful adventures we've had together. No, I'm not quitting, silly, I really just want to say thank you to all the wonderful people. I was introduced to this world by one of the best guides anyone could have. I have some very good friends and, err, unique linkshell. But really, it warms my heart when LS people tell the less understanding ones that Pasifika can be a melee white mage if she wants to, even if it is silly. ^^;

I'd also like to thank my understanding real-life family, which has not only allowed me to play for all these years without calling in the nice people in white coats to take me away, but they have also listened - with little to no complaints - to some very high spirited rants about my wo~nderful adventures. (I guess it helps that they have at leats tried the game at some point. ^^; )

75~~~~~~!