I try to keep a certain philosophy with any updates in FFXI: expect nothing, and you won’t get disappointed.  That’s why I steer clear of making any speculations before the actual update. But, dang it, I can’t stop being subconsciously excited about this upcoming update!  There’s nothing that’s been leaked that excites me!  Not even [...]

A testimonial to an achievement I made this past Sunday.  Yeah, I’m late on the announcement.  (:p) Went ahead and bought the last 6,000 moat carps I needed to finish this wretched quest.  I could have bought the Lu Shang’s Fishing Rod from someone’s bazaar the very day I decided to burn my gil on [...]

A combination of things that happen IRL (like, working everyday except Sunday) and in-game make me want to quit FFXI.  And, “I play it together with Xiahou and my friends” is becoming less of an excuse for me to play because half of the time I don’t even get to do anything with Xiahou and [...]

… and it’s about this year’s E3 Expo. Dudes are totally biased against Square-Enix or something.  Not a lick about Final Fantasy XIV, which had a booth there.  Square-Enix even had “Final Fantasy XIV” plastered on a set of stairs.  Plus, from GameInformer‘s previous issues, they never say a thing about Final Fantasy XI‘s expansions [...]

I love the recent update. It seemed to have renewed Final Fantasy XI.  There are now more things to do, even as 75+ players.  My two auction house markets are flourishing more.  Old-fashion endgame events will be easier to lowman, which will make it easier for me to finish and store my 15+ sets of [...]

I started playing Final Fantasy XI in July 2004.  Started as a Red Mage, thinking that I would fight alongside my comrades with sword and magic.  Roughly around RDM24, a party member suggested that I level White Mage as a sub-job for RDM.  I ended up going all the way to WHM75, often the sole [...]

Remember the 261 stacks of crystals I mentioned in an earlier post?  It only went down to 239 stacks.  I even stopped gardening so I could craft down what I already had!  Plus, there’s the Adventurer Appreciation Campaign, which means Mog Bonanza, which means I get inflicted with a -10 Inventory Ailment per character until [...]

You know that every anniversary Final Fantasy XI has a fan art contest, and you never get yourself ready with a submission! *lol* And you’re incredibly rusty, too, Aerro!  Your work ten years ago slaps your current stuff into submission!  It’s mildly terrifying! *lol* Oh, well, even with the threat of the Level 80 cap approaching [...]

’cause everyone knows you’re the one with the Raise III.  Too often I get pestered to stop whatever it is I’m doing to travel to the other side of Vana’diel to raise them.  This is why I never ask anyone to come give me a raise.  I get K.O.ed, and I eat the EXP loss [...]

Forgot to boast about this pretty little thing I got from one of the ACP missions long, long ago: Thanks for reminding me during Limbus on Friday, Valion and Terren. (XD) P.S. Xiahou and I still haven’t finished any of the add-ons.  Heck, I only started all the other ones!  Ok, really, Xia and I are [...]