C.o.P. Progress and Random randoms

My CoP group teamed up with another linkshell called Final Chapter to assist each other through the nightmare that is known as Promyvion-Vhazl(CoP 5.2). I was very glad we did, because this trip was no walk in the park.

First of all, the zone is a level 50 cap area, which got us in trouble right away when we passed the stone door to get to the elevator. During 5.1, we had to go through the same area to get a cut scene. There were no enemies then, so we thought there were no enemies now. We were wrong. As we got in, people started casting spells on the elevator. This attracted those nice pots sitting around that weren't there before! We managed to fight off the entire room with only 1 casualty. After that wakeup call, we knew we had to pay attention the entire time. We bravely entered the unknown, with our webpages full of information telling us where to go..lol

Secondly, this area is all true sight, meaning no way to sneak or invis around anywhere. So we attempt to "sneak" by stuff, only to get some straggler who manages to get a mob or 3's attention.

Third, this stage was just long. It involved 5 levels of climbing, 2 of which you fight memory globe things in order to advance. The final 3 added a nice NM fight to save some people (I mean, it would've only been 2, I didn't think the Elvaan needed saving). The neat part about beating these NMs is that once they're dead, you can warp to that floor! No need to climb through at least the first 2 floors.

Finally, it all culminates to an epic battle between your party and the three previous "boss" mobs from Holla, Dem, and Mea. Our CoP group always goes in well informed and prepared when it comes to big fights like this. We did beat this without too much of a problem. Twanger got Freeze off before I did to finish..no fair!

While rummaging through my screenshots during maintenance, I had forgotten that I took this pic on a rare event. Voluptuous Vivian is a once a day pop with a even worse drop rate for her ring. This picture shows it dropping on Looloo's first try! As you can tell from the picture that everyone was pretty surprised.

C.o.P. Chapter 5 and King Behemoth

Today was an active one for me. My linkshell decided to camp Fafnir and Behemoth. Fafnir popped during the first window, however, we were unable to claim it due to a fast Chi Blast. The story was different with King Behemoth. Needless to say that we won, via kiting, which is well practiced in our linkshell (even though sometimes not on purpose.....). I'm not too familiar of what drops on King, but we got drops nonetheless.




In other news, my CoP team finally reached Chapter 5 in the story. I never ever want to go through that forsaken place ever again. Let's just say it was a rough trip. We were very fortunate to run into another group doing the same mission. Without their help, we might failed for tonight.

Fafnir!

After a 7 hour maintenance today, the linkshell found most of it's members logging in from Dragon's Aery. We managed to pull Fafnir again, even with a rough start. However, the win was well earned, and the prizes were very nice. First was a Ridill. This is our second one to drop (As far as I've been there). The other was of a more personal goal, the Aquarian Abjuration: Hands. I finally got my hands on one! I quickly rushed over to San'doria to get my mitts uncursed! So now I'm a proud owner of Zenith Mitts.

Ouryu Overthrown!!!

What an exciting fight! After hearing many stories of this monster, my CoP team decided it was time to pay a visit to Mr. Ouryu. The navigation was a little rough, but we managed to all make it there in one piece, sort of. We had a death on the way there, as well as several disconnects! At least we didn't start the fight on Earthsday. Prior to this encounter, we decided to go fight with 3 BLM, RDM, WHM, NIN. Our plan was to freeze volley, and sleep. After 2 volleys and 2 mistmelts, all the blm turned on Manafont and won! With our precise synchronized Freezing (led by me, a thank you), we were able to get in 9 freeze attacks to kill it! Everyone on CoP team did a very good job, with very good knowledge going into the fight!

A journey revisited

I must apologize for the lack of updates, it was just a matter of motivation and time constraints that prevented me from updating my journal. I regret not having to update in over a month because plenty of activities were going on.

Just a quick update on what's been happening... My linkshell, Spoondaggers, recently decided to do more sky runs as the kings stayed on "Japanese" time. During those few days, I managed to win myself a very hard earned, long overdue Kirin's Osode! It set me back a few points, but due to some very persistent actions, I have been xping on Ulikummi, which is worth 10 points! So now, I'm back up in position to bid on my next item, Byakko's Haidate.

In terms of King runs, SD has been going on a good streak of participation. Last Fafnir camp I attended had 2 full alliance and half of a 3rd. I'm still waiting for my chance for A.Hand abjuration. I have the cursed gloves sitting in my mog house waiting to be freed!

In CoP news, my team finally beat Diablos on the 3rd attempt. For anyone who wants to know, STUN NIGHTMARE!!!! It used that nightmare attack 4 times on us. We managed to contain 2 but 2 of them were able to go off. However, the ones that hit us came very late in the game. So Darrik was able to use Benediction on the melees as Bardial turned on the Heavy Strikes 2hour for the win! I of course, died....alone...again.. Oh well, we won and that's what counts!


In National news, I finally reached the rank of 10 for the nation of Windurst! In celebration of our victory over the Joker, our Windurst team got the national uniform! Shortly after our victory, I changed over to Bastok to do it all over again!



In miscellaneous news, I finally got some avatar pacts! Garuda and Shiva officially work for me! I was so happy to be able to cast my first avatars in the middle of the Altepa Desert! For now, I have to work on getting the rest of the forks so I can complete my pokemon collection.
Speaking of collections, my collection of str items include one very elusive earring, the Waetoto's Earring. This sly piece of equipment drops off a ENM called Automation Assault. My taru squad (Semma, Iluvitar, Caitlin) have attempted this 4 times. Unfortunately, we've gotten NOTHING all 4 times. When I say nothing, I mean, the treasure chest was empty! Thankfully the timer is back up so we can attempt it for the 5th time...

To sum up, alot of activities have been going on during this past month! Hopefully more exciting times await me with the new CoP challenges and the adventure of my future job, Red Mage!