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[annissamazing]

I got burned out on Final Fantasy Online for a while, but lately I can't seem to get enough. The expansion pack came out recently and since then nearly everyone on the game has been leveling up the new jobs...which means that the old jobs are in high demand for parties. I haven't had so many invites...ever. I put up my party flag, warped to my home city, changed jobs to get a chocobo, and instantly got an invite for a party that was a 20 minute choco ride or a 40 minute, nearly impossible for my level walk away. Luckily, I could warp there, which they didn't know and seemed very pleased about. I got party invites while I was already in a party. So I guess that's the difference. When I stopped playing a couple months ago, I was spending my whole playtime sitting in Qufim Island waiting for someone to invite me to a party. But now I'm gaining levels much more quickly and not standing around for ages waiting.

I've also been very motivated to do most of my weekly cooking in one day. It really makes the rest of my week easy. So yesterday I made carbonnade a la flamande, chili, and the best friggin' apple cider glazed ham on the planet. I got the ingredients for, but did not make, pasta e fagioli and black bean soup. If I can stretch the food I made yesterday through the week, then I can probably save the other two soups for next week. The pasta e fagioli doesn't hold well, so I have to make it at the last minute. Also, ham is incredibly expensive, but I think I got at least four meals out of it. And also, with the weather we're having right now, soup is all I want.

I've noticed that I've started having more time for a lot of my old hobbies, which is really nice. Dominic is starting to be more self-sufficient and doesn't need a constant eye on him. I've gone back to work on the blanket I started crocheting a few years ago, I started baking bread again and making more complicated recipes, and have been picking up the video game controller again. It's nice to see parts of my old self emerging again.

Comments

[thatdog.livejournal.com]

Hey neat. I have a handful of level 75 jobs on Midgardsormr. What server are you on?

[annissamazing]

I'm on Gilgamesh, username Annissa (imaginative, I know). If you ever want to world transfer to Gilgamesh, let me know and I'll see if I can get you a link pearl. I only started playing back in April. Right now I have a lvl 19 BLM and lvl 21 WHM. I had my heart set on taking WHM to 75, but then I fell in love with BLM. Everytime I switch between the two I fall in love all over again. WHM is definitely harder, though. It takes so much more concentration.

[thatdog.livejournal.com]

WHM is a beautiful and rewarding job when played correctly but you are correct that it requires a fair amount of concentration as well as a strong tolerance for repetition! It was my first job to 75 and is still my "main" I take the most pride in. Even so, there are some parties and events where I find myself wanting to nod off on WHM...

If you like the mage jobs you will certainly want to check out Summoner, Bard, and perhaps Blue Mage and Scholar if you have those expansions.

[annissamazing]

I got my first party in Qufim with my WHM last weekend. It was the most fun I've had in that job. In Valkurm it was all Cure IIs all the time. We had a scholar in Qufim and she handled the vast majority of the cures (she kept casting Regen over and over), so I buffed and enfeebled. It was a lot more exciting, especially running up to the DDs and casting barwatera seconds before the crab got off a bubble stream. I think I impressed them with my ability to keep the Dias and buffs coming. They were sad when I had to log, anyway. Ham emergency. I'm sure you understand.

I'm trying to find a good moneymaking scheme. I had it pretty good running to Mhaura to buy Regen and selling it in Jeuno for twice as much, but someone else is also doing it and he's undercutting me by 500 gil. I'll start my own tele service in Jeuno when I get high enough, but that's a ways off and if I keep leveling my WHM, my spells will be gimped real fast. I need money to update them! Any suggestions?