I had been looking at pet foods b/c I've been playing bst lately (If anyone on quetz wants to old fashioned duo, I won't say no). I noticed Square has snuck in another pet food somewhere. This may be old news but here's Pet Food Theta:

Earth Crystal
1 x Puk Egg
1 x Ruszor Meat
1 x San d'Orian Flour
1 x Distilled Water

If anyone on quetz needs any who cannot cook, bring me the mats and I'll gladly do it. Just do NOT ask me to make this for anything but your own use or I'll kick your can to the moon. I am not a way for you to make gil, plzkthks.

It took me a bit to run it down. No, I don't have leaky caps that I can see. (Whew!) I'll keep my eyes open for that though when I open up the case in a few months to dust.

The processor fan was making some funny noises (sounded like snoring/etc) and not spinning right (it was acting like a car motor that didn't wanna start), I finally noticed though the clear case. I got me a BIG NASTY overclocker's fan and had 'Neko install it (Was annoyed as it was, I'd replaced that stupid fan a couple years ago!)

Well? So far the processor is about 10-15 degrees cooler than it used to be (with the old fan, it was BARELY within limits even when I wasn't running FFXI, which isn't good) and I haven't seen any crashes. So I think my problems were part software and part dying processor fan. I feel pretty lucky; I think the fact I also have 3 case fans saved me from fried processor. WHEW!

Let's hope that solved the problem. ^^

I recently had windows xp get stuck in a crash loop; manged to reformat and get my system back up.

Just now I got a crash in scsiport.sys for no reason that I can see. (I had pol up and was trying to answer someone. Also, no crash loop this time.) What could be wrong? I can get the stats if anyone needs them once this thunderstorm ends...I did install the latest drivers for my ATI video card as well. Help?

But, I must say...

Expert {Woodworking}: O

Huzzah~

Here's mine, and yes that's a little embarrassing on how long I've been playing this;



So! let's see them guys!

( What's that? It's a cordon bleu cooking set on a green table. )

Just need the stall now; I kinda got gping again b/c I broke cap (and yes I'm still working on skilling cooking); so figured I'd finish it off for good. I don't rely on hqs in cooking to make my gil, so not having the furniture didn't bother me.

Well, I think soon as Skif gets high enough to make noble's beds I might be looking for a green noble's bed now if I can get someone to dye it if the stall's wind energy too...(Before anyone asks, the noble's bed in my mh me and my brother split the cost of when we were newbs so I won't touch that one with any pot of dye.)

So I just finished BST AF and... let me get this straight.

Galka tells me, "Here, I no longer need these."
And then he proceeds to gives me his PANTS.

....w.t.f.

LOL. I'm sorry, I'm laughing so hard right now. OH GOD PUN. NO. WHAT IS THIS, I DON'T EVEN..........

Ok, been working on doing a cooking guide update to 110. Thought I might want people to take a look at the beta version. (this hasn't been formally released yet; if it did it'd be on Wiki, GamerEscape and Alla)

First off Here's the new cooking recipes so you know why I'm growling.

Finaly, Here's the cooking guide in its current form.

Let me know if I made any errors, and please excuse the fact I don't have the final recipe yet; I need to skill up before I can get it! I'll be updating this later once I have the recipes.

Note; this is not a AF joke. I've been working on this since the update.

Some of you proly already know from the test server that there is going to be a ki to break the cap and that on the test server it is 100k gp.

Seems like some of the JP players pitched a fit about it..

Reference here if you can read JP at all.

The below translation of Mocchi's post I got Magenta of Aesir Subs to do for us. Be aware, he has played FFXI a little but not as long as we have. I had to help him with some FFXI terms, but I think this is a reasonable translation:

Hi there. Wanted to clear up a few of the more contentious points that have been raised.

Firstly, we're still testing this on our test servers, clearing up the specifics. The "Way of the Craftsman" items and their required point counts are still being fine-tuned, but we're expecting an eventual cost of around 20,000 points.

Secondly, while these items will be required to raise your cap above 100, we haven't yet decided if they'll be required again for further raises to 120, 130 etc.

I think this is good news for all crafters!!

Dartvalince: 0
Maat: 4

Stupid RDM Maat fight

Hey there everyone!

So, last week the nostalgia bus hit me and (as soon as I can) I'm going to start playing again. I played for five years starting in 2005 and ending in 2010, so I'm a bit... out of the loop. I know leveling has changed DRAMATICALLY, but that's basically ALL I know at this point.

Anyway, I'm just curious if there are any active Linkshells (on Bismarck or otherwise) that would take in a poor little Taru and help him get caught up with the game as it currently stands. I'm willing to switch servers if necessary! I just want a home again in-game.

*smiles awkwardly* *twiddles thumbs*

So a long, long time ago, back when Kirin was hard and shining cloth was rare and expensive, a good friend of mine gave me his Noble's tunic. Now, he had recently acquired an Aristocrat's tunic, but the Noble's was signed by a friend of his tarutaru friend (who had quit and left it to him), so he couldn't part with it and entrusted it to me. Now, I had no idea who the crafter was, but their name was on my Noble's tunic, and I found it awesome, because I was working on leveling woodworking and knew what a feat it was to get a craft high enough to even sign really useful, awesome items (at the time).

So I wore the tunic with this stranger's name on it because I was proud that someone had taken the dedication to make this tunic and sign it. The person they had originally given it to must have meant a lot to them, because honestly I don't ever use my GP to sign items unless it's something really special. For many years I got great use out of the noble's tunic, and I had considered upgrading to an aristocrat's at one point but then decided against it. After all, what would I do with this signed noble's tunic? I considered the idea of selling it, but quickly dismissed that idea.

Eventually the noble's tunic was replaced by the Facio Bliaut, later replaced with the AF3+2 body and so forth. The noble's went to my storage and it sat there for quite some time...

And then the servers merged. Unicorn was merged onto Fenrir, many people lost their character names, many people quit, and so forth. But the name on the Noble's tunic was quite unique and I knew that if they were still playing, they would still have their name. I did a search for them periodically when I thought about it, and one day I saw they were on. I sent a couple tells here and there but never got a response. But it was always late at night and I figured they were probably AFK bazaaring or just afraid I was RMT. Finally today though, I sent them a tell and they responded, so I let them know that I had something of theirs that I wanted to return to them...


( LJ-Cut Picture~ )


We talked briefly afterwards before we both headed our separate ways, but it warmed me quite a bit to know that I could make her happy. It might be a virtual game, and the armor might just be pixels to some, but I know that those pixels can mean something to people, and I love that. I love the memories we can make and the memories we can share... I don't think I'll ever fully quit this game, even if my playtime has become quite limited lately, because of times like these. :)

( News behind cut. )

Me and Neko are going to get rid of our Click and Buy account first thing tomorrow and use this instead. (Wanted to wait until after we got billed to avoid effing anything up.) Oh and if you use noscript, before you change over or come back or transfer your account; allow gcsip.com and www.globalcollect.com first. According to a thread on Alla, noscript is causing a annoying/fatal error if that site isn't allowed. So allow it before you even think about using the direct billing option!

It's simple enough. IT IS THE NEW YEAR'S EVENT.

Go outside with /rng on or full ranger, go run around until you find the dragons. Trade junk (whatever you want to get rid of) to the sun npc right in front of the dragons.

( Here's the proof. )

And it's already going on, no maint this time. go get'em.

The Weapon skill gorgets (the ones where you have to farm in Al'Taiu).. Are they worth getting? Is there a noticeable difference in the damage?

I just had someone ask me this, because I got the +1 pants. Since there's no guides, thought I'd go ahead and write up directions.

First off you have to find the right moogle. (Check here for pos's.) I did in Windy Waters. In Waters, the right moogle is on the left. The other is for a older event so ignore it.

I STRONGLY suggest you either go full whm or /whm with erase; I do NOT think dancer would work..well, maybe DNC/SAM so you can get some TP if DNC's high enough to use Meditate from /SAM. (DNC/SAM might be better because you can chocobo jig. I don't have it high enough so I can't say.)

Talk to the right moogle, then it's gob run down time. Keep chasing those gobs running around town and talk to them. One of them will give you a green present. Go back to the moogle but watch out! If they catch you/you run into one they'll steal it back. I THINK the gobs are truesight so..better hardcore MGS. I've tried deo/s/i but I don't think it helps.

The moogle will tell you who sent it; look the NPC up on wiki/gamerescape, then MGS to that person. Talk to that npc; he'll tell you who it's for. Again, MGS to the intended recipient, then talk to him/her. Then run back to the sender and talk to him/her, then the moogle. You'll get the nq pants.

On the next round, some of the gobs that don't have the package will grav or bind you. That's why you need WHM, /whm or high level DNC/SAM: to get that off! But other than that same deal with the MGS'ing and stuff. After that round, you'll get the +1 pants. If you do it three times, you'll get a tele scarf for that nation; I don't know what will happen if you do it four times.

Oh and to get the new furnishings, you need some beastcoins and have to have the +1 pants. I suggest you get the cheapest beastcoins you can get or farm them. (I used myrthil beastcoins, but I think any kind will work; haven't confirmed that tho) Chase down the gobs one at a time and try to trade them a beastcoin. They'll either not take it or take it and give you the furnishing for that town! So yeah, have to move around.

Rest of the holiday stuff is same as last year so I don't think I need to explain that.

I'm really bad at understanding computer specs, so I'm just going to ask.. Will this computer:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/eMachines-ET1352G-03w/15062988

Be able to handle final fantasy xi reasonably?