Chapter 1: lolMythic & Chapter 2: Gilfarming
While I'm still not 100% sold yet, out of boredom I've been entertaining the idea of going after a mythic weapon a little more seriously than normal.
I've had a (very tiny) stash of Alexandrite stored away since before the level cap, thinking that I wanted to go after the Dancer mythic, but since the level cap raise and the introduction of Empyrean weapons I've been largely apathetic to continuing. Obviously, in terms of pure DD potential the mythic weapon, even at level 90, doesn't hold a handle to the Empyrean dagger. But Twat-tar, as I so fondly like to call it, is just so damn *ugly* :/ like, an oversized peice of moldy cheese on a stick ugly. And I know myself well enough to know that I haate any kind of NM camping. Between the choice of repeatedly killing mobs and camping an NM, I will always, always choose repeatedly killing mobs. And I'm also gung-ho enough (or stubborn enough) to want to go after a Dancer onry weapon regardless of actual usefulness just for the hell of it.
But, as I said, out of boredom and a wish for something different to do, I've been more actively pursuing this idea as of late. Sadly alexandrite prices had skyrocketed from 3k to 15k a piece, and after blowing all my (insignificant) savings on an overpriced alexandrite bazaar in port jeuno, and two runs of late-night salvage thanks to some awesome people who still wanted to play around with old content, I've brought my total alexandrite count to: 382. I think that puts me at like 1.2% or something, hahahaha.
Anyhow, I don't see it as a waste of money, since in case I change my mind later I can liquify the alexandrites again to get back at least a partial amount of the money I spent on it, but having my gil cleaned out by alexandrite hoarding has left me quite broke. As in, I had to scrummage around in my inventory for things to NPC in order to afford the 15k entry fee for limbus, which a friend had wanted to duo.
So, today, I decided to undergo a rare foray into abyssea to farm me up some gil. Since Kannagis are all the rage among ninjas I decided the easiest way was to farm up some gigas pop items to sell on the AH, so I made a quick trip to Abyssea La Theine. The Trophy Shield, Massive ARmband and Oversized Sock were quite cooperative, dropping withing the first 2 or 3 gigas I killed, so with my leftover time I ran by the Angler Tigers to see if I could spawn the tumbler trunks NM.
Ever get the feeling that sometimes things go most smoothly when you don't plan it? I was debating between using a resist paralysis atma or an evasion atma as my 3rd atma, and it turns out Atma of the Siren Shadow has both.
Pop item dropped on the 5th or 6th tiger, and upon popping the NM and using my first weaponskill I found out quite accidentally that it was piercing time, and the blue weakness was dagger, and I triggered it with dancing edge!
I also somehow missed reading the fact that the NM can en-doom, but luckily, since I always like to be prepared with meds, I managed to dig out my stack of holy waters from my satchel and remove enough dooms to kill the NM. My new WS pantsu dropped on first try :> and I also got a piece of dragon meat and various other NPCables from an amber box the NM left behind. That combined with the three gigas pop items should net me an easy 120k or so from the auction house in roughly 30 minutes of time. Not too shabby.
I've had a (very tiny) stash of Alexandrite stored away since before the level cap, thinking that I wanted to go after the Dancer mythic, but since the level cap raise and the introduction of Empyrean weapons I've been largely apathetic to continuing. Obviously, in terms of pure DD potential the mythic weapon, even at level 90, doesn't hold a handle to the Empyrean dagger. But Twat-tar, as I so fondly like to call it, is just so damn *ugly* :/ like, an oversized peice of moldy cheese on a stick ugly. And I know myself well enough to know that I haate any kind of NM camping. Between the choice of repeatedly killing mobs and camping an NM, I will always, always choose repeatedly killing mobs. And I'm also gung-ho enough (or stubborn enough) to want to go after a Dancer onry weapon regardless of actual usefulness just for the hell of it.
But, as I said, out of boredom and a wish for something different to do, I've been more actively pursuing this idea as of late. Sadly alexandrite prices had skyrocketed from 3k to 15k a piece, and after blowing all my (insignificant) savings on an overpriced alexandrite bazaar in port jeuno, and two runs of late-night salvage thanks to some awesome people who still wanted to play around with old content, I've brought my total alexandrite count to: 382. I think that puts me at like 1.2% or something, hahahaha.
Anyhow, I don't see it as a waste of money, since in case I change my mind later I can liquify the alexandrites again to get back at least a partial amount of the money I spent on it, but having my gil cleaned out by alexandrite hoarding has left me quite broke. As in, I had to scrummage around in my inventory for things to NPC in order to afford the 15k entry fee for limbus, which a friend had wanted to duo.
So, today, I decided to undergo a rare foray into abyssea to farm me up some gil. Since Kannagis are all the rage among ninjas I decided the easiest way was to farm up some gigas pop items to sell on the AH, so I made a quick trip to Abyssea La Theine. The Trophy Shield, Massive ARmband and Oversized Sock were quite cooperative, dropping withing the first 2 or 3 gigas I killed, so with my leftover time I ran by the Angler Tigers to see if I could spawn the tumbler trunks NM.
Ever get the feeling that sometimes things go most smoothly when you don't plan it? I was debating between using a resist paralysis atma or an evasion atma as my 3rd atma, and it turns out Atma of the Siren Shadow has both.
Pop item dropped on the 5th or 6th tiger, and upon popping the NM and using my first weaponskill I found out quite accidentally that it was piercing time, and the blue weakness was dagger, and I triggered it with dancing edge!
I also somehow missed reading the fact that the NM can en-doom, but luckily, since I always like to be prepared with meds, I managed to dig out my stack of holy waters from my satchel and remove enough dooms to kill the NM. My new WS pantsu dropped on first try :> and I also got a piece of dragon meat and various other NPCables from an amber box the NM left behind. That combined with the three gigas pop items should net me an easy 120k or so from the auction house in roughly 30 minutes of time. Not too shabby.
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