[Fun] Chicken Bones?!

One of the most dreadful ingredients to get for my Cooking mule's Guild Points (GP). You either run a lot in Tahrongi Canyon digging those suckers up or risk the scary Attowa Chasm for those things.

I chose to go to Attowa Chasm.

All the excavation points are in the part of Attowa Chasm where even Lv. 75 folks can get aggro without sneak. What in the world convinced me to choose Attowa Chasm vs. Tahrongi Canyon for those chicken bones? According to various resources, chicken bones are more easily excavated in Attowa Chasm vs. Tahrongi Canyon. Plus, my small sense of adventure pushed me to explore the place. So, off I went to Attowa Chasm.

Along the way, I dug at a few excavation points outside the Maze of Shakrami.

Not too bad. But I was still going to go to Attowa Chasm.

Once there, I looked at a print-out of the map (haven't done the quest - really ought to, haha!) to help me navigate my way to the excavation points. First patch of excavation points I encountered was guarded by the famous poisonous Gasponia grass and lots of undead, including Liches, Mummies, and - A CORSE - EEEEEEEK!! That's what first went through my head when I say the big, dark, looming hulk of a Corse in front of me.

Yep - made the mistake of trying to explore at nighttime. Bad idea.

Of course, taking a friend's note (thanks, Olorin!), I had Sneak up. Getting over the initial shock, I walked among those fiends to an excavation point, paying no attention to the fact that I walked right through that Gasponia grass. <(>___<;)> Sure enough, I got poisoned, and my Stoneskin was the only thing that kept my HP from dipping into the colors, a.k.a. undead magnet range. The HP tick on that stuff is almost as bad as an Uragnite's poison! Back to excavation, though, my digs were... not the greatest.

D'oh!! <(><)>

So, onto the next spot to the west... a.k.a. Tiamat's turf! You heard right, this is the spot where that good old HNM dragon rests her tushy at! Thankfully, she was out for a walk, so nothing but more undead and an Arch Corse guarding that patch. The Arch Corse was enough to convince me to wait the extra minutes for dawn to arrive, so I found a patch against the wall, safe from anything that could aggro, and rested my MP to full as the sun rose in the eastern sky. Then, the only thing guarding those points was the Gasponia grass and two Air Elementals.

Right: no magic.

So, I skedaddled on up there to find the best batches of my dig on that trip.
Of course, my wonderful streak of digging had to be short-lived as I had brought only one stack of picks with me... and my sneak was wearing off! So, I ran a little away from the Air Elementals to a patch I thought would be safe and far enough away from me to cast it. Just when I thought it was safe as I ran along the cracked floor nearby as my sneak wore off...
As if things couldn't have been worse, I had silent oils with me. Good going, Aerro! <(-.-;)>

Overall, though, I did enjoy this little adventure through Attowa Chasm! I, honestly, would consider going back, again, to resume digging for chicken bones, again!

At least next time, though, I'll know better. <(^ ^;)>

[Fun] Fishing Trip, Again!

Ok, I admit, I'm typing all this from memory, which is rather foggy. I made a draft noting some details that I wouldn't otherwise remember... like... how many time we went against mobs. <(>.>)>

Anyhow, it started with Hadesixii (Hades) just (rather) randomly proposing a little ferry trip. I, who happens to be famously known in FishTank for not being a fan of EXPing but otherwise a crafting nut, decided to join him. I pretty much spent my whole gaming time on the ferry fishing with him. During that time, we had encounters with two of the three famously known Notorious Monsters (NMs) of the ferry: Sea Horror and Blackbeard.

Now, Hades was a WAR75/NIN37. I was a WHM68/BLM34. Of course, we had no problem with Sea Horror. In fact, Hades, during the last part of the trip, ran straight out of the cargo doors, straight to Sea Horror, and started attacking it! I stood in disbelief before uttering over Teamspeak:

Aerroenu: "Um... Hades, y'know that's Sea Horror, right?" <(o.O;)>
*pause*
Hadesixii: "Oh, really?" *lol* "I thought it was just a Sea Monk!"
*a good while after*
Aerroenu: "... you know you're fighting in Fishing Gear, right?" <(o O;)>

Blackbeard, on the other hand, was a bit iffy. Our fights with him lasted the whole time the pirates were onboard only because Hades, at each apperance, 2-houred (used "Mighty Strikes") Blackbeard. A few times Hades's HP dipped in the colors (due to me sometimes not paying attention). It would have been an easy fight aside from the fact that:

- I could not silence Blackbeard,
- Blackbeard used some nasty Area of Effect (AoE) spells, and
- Blackbeard had a nasty load of HP or axe was not doing as much damage (DMG) as it could against him.

In the end, we were 0/3 on Sea Horror, 0/2 on Blackheard. It was a bit disappointing not to get Blackbeard's Sea Robber Cudgel, but I would have preferred Silverhook's Seawolf Cudgel. I think I also got my Fishing 36 during this trip - can't remember. *lol*

I can't wait for more ferry trips in the future. It's really fun to do with a big group. You can fish up some profitable fishes like Nebimonites and Noble Ladies and risk meeting all those NMs. And, of course, there's the occasional pirate raids that make it fun, too. I'm just still debating whether it's worth me to sit down and finish fishing up my Lu Shang's Fishing Rod or just level other jobs that I can eventually use in Burning Circle Notorious Monster (BCNM) battles... or level other crafts. *lol*

[Holiday + Blog] Happy New Year!

Now I'm going to sleep, thank you.
<(@_@;)>

And for S&G, I posted some... "post category classification" of sorts. I dunno if Blogger lets you categorize your posts or not like some Japanese Blogs do, but, meh, whatever.

Also, I changed the font to Verdana and shrinked the size of it. If any problems, please post so I can go back and reformat everything.