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.
 * Philosopher's Stones: 15k each. As I will need a lit-shoad to get from Alchemy 93 to 98, including Platinum Ingot synths, I'm constantly buying these things.  Fortunately, 3 levels will be double-teaming Panacea synths with Platinum Nuggets, so on average 3.5 levels...
 * Platinum Leaf: 2k each. I am ready to start Platinum Nuggets.
 * Lancewood Logs: 6k each. I'm using that as the starting price and gonna stick with it, kinda.  I'm closing in on the finish line but a disappointing Full Moon session that took over 40 synths and yielded only .8 in skill was very frustrating.


 * Guild Points: I'm currently taking a break from making Guild Point items because getting my Drawing Desk kinda burnt me out on the process for a bit, but I want the Emeralda for my Alchemy mule, and those Signboards seem too sexy not to get. Plus, I'll eventually want some Fishing Guild items...
 * Alchemy: 30k
 * Woodworking: 5k

Moon-based Activities

 * Full Moon: Well, really, anytime the moon is >90% 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, I'll be attempting to get to Woodworking 99+3 and to get past Panacea in Alchemy, supplies permitting for both (generally, they are not).


 * New Moon: Fishing time!  Because my BESTEST-EVAR friend Frekii loaned me his Lu Shang's, I'm going to head to Sea Serpent Grotto or Talacca Cove for profit and skill from Bream of some sort and other stuff.

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: I now do on average 7 Campaign Operations per week and only spend as much time as is needed to defend or advance my medal, as I level new jobs.


 * Sky: My LS has a weekly Sky run.  This week, up to 3 gods if we get the attendance.  KITTY PANTS! FTW!


 * Sea NM Rewards: Our LS and some friends of the LS are considering a night to farm pop items and defeat various Sea NMs for their lovely lovely drops.


 *  CoP Static Sea Static: Having completed Chains of Level-Cap Promathia, my static is joining others from a cousin LS and previous victors within our own to do Sea NMs and Limbus-runs.  I only want 3 AF+1 and a Brutal Earring for BST, for now....
 * Here's my after-action report on 6-4: Promathia Mission 6-4/Ctownwoody's CoP 6-4 Experience.
 * Here's my after-action report on 8-4: 8-4 Report.
 * ABCs: 9

Itinerant Activities

 * Special Stuff: Anything not listed elsewhere falls into this category.  Any time someone needs help making a run at a NM, AF Quest, etc.  I don't do farming (I will farm Rams but that's cuz it's low-strss, high-drop fun I do for selling the drops), 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: Yeah I need to do more of these and eliminate the ones that are easy and/or can be taken care of inside cities.  However, the call of XP is strong, especially since I promised my LS to level BLM.
 * Order of preference for Quests is:
 * Bastok/Sandy/Windy Quests: I've finished almost all that aren't really really bad about wasting your time or are AF-related.
 * Jeuno Quests: Almost all done; either end-game or non-BST AF/WSNM quests are left.
 * 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: I've been lazy on these...so sue me.
 * Order of preference for Missions is:
 * Bastok Missions: 9-1 and 9-2 are left.  I can find a crew inside my LS but it'll be on my own time, I guess.
 * 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.

Merits
I've changed this up from before, mostly because I have been abjected begged asked to level Black Mage because our LS lacks them:
 * HP/MP Merits: MP x8 (Cost: 30 Merits)
 * Attribute Merits: ??? (Cost: ??? Merits)
 * Magic Skill Merits: Enfeebling Magic ??? (Cost: ??? Merits), Dark Magic ??? (Cost: ??? Merits), Elemental Magic ??? (Cost: ??? Merits)
 * 'Others' Merits: Enmity Down x4 (Cost: 10 Merits)
 * Combat Skill Merits: Axe Skill x8 (Cost: 21 Merits)
 * Beastmaster Group 1 Merits: Killer Effects x2 (Cost: 3 Merits), Call Beast x4 (Cost: 10 Merits), Sic x4 (Cost: 10 Merits)
 * Beastmaster Group 2 Merits: Feral Howl x2 (Cost: 7 Merits), Killer Instinct x2 (Cost: 7 Merits), Beast Healer x1 (Cost: 3 Merits), Beast Affinity x5 (Cost: 22 Merits)
 * Black Mage Group 1 Merits: ???
 * Black Mage Group 2 Merits: ???

Total Earned: 28

This Week's Tentative Schedule
No crafting this week; the moon just doesn't work out until next Sunday.
 * Saturday: Leveling RDM/BST.
 * Sunday: Sky.  RDM/BST before that.  I will be doing Campaign after that, both Ops and Battle.
 * Monday: Leveling RDM/BST.
 * Tuesday: RDM/BST.
 * Wednesday: Limbus Night, hopefully I'll get there in time.  The group I go with just doesn't understand RL Work + PST.
 * Thursday: RDM/BST, or maybe some ZNM or Sea stuff.
 * Friday: RDM/BST.

Through pontificating this week. --Ctownwoody 15:59, 18 October 2008 (UTC)