User blog:Haldarn/Overwhelming!

18th April 2016
Pretty much missed out on Saturday, as I decided to re-upgrade to Windows 10. The wifi issues I had last time were still there, but after trawling the net fora solution, I installed a 2009 release of my network adapter's driver and everything held together throughout Sunday.

No further progress on WotG, as I barely got out of my Mog House. I did clear a host of RoE, including unlocking Geomancer (last job to get). Absolutely love the SoA zones and can't wait to go adventuring there! However, I do want to clear through the earlier expansion quests first, namely ToAU - though naturally my ability to do Assaults is restricted somewhat (give me Trust!!!).

Joined a Linkshell for the craic. Worth it just to see people talking about content they're doing. People blasting through relics like Qiqirn grenades through unstable walls; attempts at CoP bosses failing because they still can't be facerolled; the assurance that Ambuscade is not as scary as the iLevel recommendation. Hopefully I'll be available to actually do some group content with them soon.

Elsewise, I've been keeping up with daily Clothcraft Guild Points in order to hit 20k and buy whatever item it is that means I can break the 100 skillcap. It's been a crap few days of low-level handins, but that means it'll rotate to mid-level today and I should be done. Not sure if there are other new items available with those GP too, but I read that when we switch to different guilds to earn GP, those we have aren't lost. Can't see why they don't just let us earn simultaneously then (is there a cooldown on changing guild?).

Also keeping up with Gobbiedials has meant receiving Unity Wanted NM coffers. I note with some alarm that Unity NMs haven't really made it onto FFXIclopedia, so I've begun the long and tedious process of adding that bit of the game to the wiki (see: Unity Concord NPC) which began with cutting, pasting and uploading the graphics for the item rewards... Hopefully have that done by the end of the week... XD

For some reason at the end of yesterday's sesh I'd decided to gear up my lv45 THF (it's a combination of wanting to complete old content and level jobs), which turns out takes a couple of hours when trying to HQ crafted gear (yes, I know it'll be out of date in the 20mins it takes me to get five levels from 45-50, but SHHHHH). I think I'm ready to go though.

In the meantime, my inventory is getting fuller and fuller...