User:Ctownwoody/Current Activities

This is an on-going, completely fluid assessment of what I am doing. Typically, I change the order, priority, etc, week-to-week, and will try to focus on some activities on a daily basis.

Daily Activities

 * Check AH: I am always on the look out for a rather long list of wants and needs for crafting purposes.  Also, I need to make a ton of gil, as I am getting lower than I'd like because of extended crafting projects and because I need to buy a ton of items for CoP, ZM, and leveling in general.
 * Steel Scales: At 2k each, I can make some break-even synths for Smithing to get it to 56.
 * Bloodwood Logs: 60k each, for Bloodwood Lumber, obviously. Thence to either Cartonniers for sale, or just Bloodwood Lumber for sale...duh...
 * Titanic Sawfish: 30k, for The Big One (the Furniture, not the Quest).
 * Lacquer Tree Logs: 9k each, but the prices are getting higher and higher. I'll be crafting a ton of Lacquer Tree Sap so I'll need them sooner rather than later.  Although with the advent of Bookshelf and Cartonnier as the ultimate in furniture, I'm doubting the extreme need.
 * Platinum Beastcoins: 4k each. I'll want between 4-5 levels of Goldsmithing from these, so figure around 30 synths per level (generous) @ 4 coins per synth, so (5 x 30 x 4) = 600 Coins or 50 full stacks.  *sob*


 * Guild Points: I'm currently saving up for Alchemy Key Items and will soon be getting into Signboard territory for Woodworking. That's a ton of points, and getting Guild Points 3-4 days per week is key.  Granted, I won't always get them because sometimes the items are too expensive relative to the number of points offered.
 * Alchemy: 20k
 * Woodworking: 145k

Moon-based Activities

 * Full Moon: Well, really, anytime the moon is >80% and will be that way for the time I am on FFXI, I plan to craft for skill.  Best time for skill-ups.  Right now, until I hit 60, it's most likely going to be Smithing and miscellaneous stuff for Alchemy and Woodworking skill.


 * New Moon: Fishing time!  At this point, if I have a Lu Shang's, I am divided between Trumpet Shells in Vunkerl Inlet (S) until 63 for just pure profit and the traditional Noble Lady on the ferry.  I could try something like Sea Serpent Grotto for Bream and Grims, also a great source of profit.

My good BESTEST-EVAR friend Frekii just got his Ebisu Fishing Rod with 1/369 and 1/36 on Liks and Gugrusauruses, respectively. Having repaired one of his 3 Lu Shang's Fishing Rod constantly over the 6 month period that he has had them, I have asked for a loner. So...Fishing is BACK!

Weekly Activites

 * Campaign Stuff:   .  WHY, SE, WHY????!!!  Campaign has gotten a lot harder and Ops frankly are either too expensive or too time-consuming for the rewards most of the time.  I intend to hold onto my medal, so I predict around 10k XP per month to keep my Medal.  Other than that, I don't know if I will be doing as much.  Also, my PC's video card doesn't like XP, so I have lost 1k+ Campaign Battles to DC's of Doom before.


 * CoP Static: My static has expanded, mostly because we are in 5-3.  We only took one dry run to pwn the Mithran Trackers and we showed Pso'Xja's Gargoyles what a little 9-person alliance can do.  Next up, we are doing the 60-cap events.  I'm kinda worried about the Snoll Tzar fight cuz BST is good DoT, but not spike damage.  I figure, however, that I will pull out an Icarus Wing and open with a nice Rampage, so it's all good...

Itinerant Activities

 * Special Events: Assault, BCNM, ENM, etc, all fall into this category.  Any time someone needs help making a run at a NM, AF Quest, etc.  I don't do this to farm (I will farm Rams but that's cuz it's low-strss, high-drop fun), but I do also 'hire myself out' (Price is typically "Pretty Please"x2) to help BLU get spells, cuz BST rocks at that.


 * Quests/Missions: This doesn't quite get its own day every week, but I will usually decide to do this if I am not up for Ramming and nothing special is planned otherwise.
 * Order of preference for Quests is:
 * Bastok/Sandy/Windy Quests: Easiest to start and usually to do. I've finished almost all that aren't really really bad about wasting your time.
 * Jeuno Quests: Almost all done except the WS, AF and end-game types.
 * Other Quests: Bit more running around to start and do, because of how scattered they are.
 * Outland Quests: Down-right nasty to start in terms of running/warping/tele-ing.
 * WotG/ToAU Quests: A lot more runnning around, usually takes a lot of time because of the need to Sneak/Invis as well.  My time online is limited and my PC hates the lag from Campaign.  Mostly, I'm also waiting for SE to make Bastok's campaign ability decent.
 * Order of preference for Missions is:
 * Bastok Missions: Wanna beat Zeid cuz Rank 10 rules for Signet length and for Gilz Rewardz.
 * ToAU Missions: I supppose I'll have to do them eventually, but too many require either multiple 75 jobs or a full party of 75s.
 * Zilart Missions: Sky is achieved; I need to kill the cool-looking Goths, though, but that may wait on my CoP Static hitting Divine Might and doing it as a LS event.
 * Promathia Missions: My static is rocking.  DRG, PLD, COR, BST, WHM and RDM have a great balance of damage, but mostly we can buff/de-buff with the best of them.  Also, super-tanking + kiting is a wonderful combo...

BST Leveling
Basically, any time I am on, a good suggestion for a duo won't be taken amiss (weekends are particularly nice for this). I'm in the process of burning through my second Anniversary Ring but mostly, the triple-threat of RL, missions, and crafting/fishing have taken my time for now.

This Week's Tentative Schedule

 * Saturday: RL. Spare time will be spent leveling inSky.
 * Sunday: Sky, followed by crafting as I can.
 * Monday: Leveling in Sky.  I wanna hit 75 before the end of the month.
 * Tuesday: CoP CSs, doing Disaster Idol as well.  Uncapped Pso'Xja holds no fear for a properly-prepared BST.  What other time is left will be spent Fishing.
 * Wednesday: CoP Static.  Snoll Tzar and Bugboy.  super-fast gank, followed by kiting by the best.
 * Thursday: Leveling, prolly.
 * Friday: Prolly fishing.
 * I'm almost to my Drawing Desk for Woodworking, my Alchemy is moving into the final stages where I will need around 1000 Philosopher's Stones, and my BST is 73 and in a place to hit 75.

Through pontificating this week...--Ctownwoody 17:31, 3 August 2008 (UTC)