Othinus’ Bow – My choice for Marksmanship

Had another good weekend, got some solid Assault points in Lebros Cavern while teaching Nightson the ropes. Had a near perfect ENM run with two NMs on the way up, both dropped their pop items (for Dia Wand and Hamayumi).
On Sunday Rok and I planned to go out in the sun for a while, [...]

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Lets do something new with those IS points…

I’ve spotted a BCNM we can do as a linkshell for some fun and nice drops, and the best bit is you don’t need to spend Beastmen Seals or Kindred Seals to get in. ISNMs are BCNMs that require 2000 IS points to enter. You trade your 2k points and get a key [...]

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Tips for first time Assault players

I wouldn’t class myself as an Assault Guru, but I have clocked up near to 100 Assaults by now and have reaped the benefits they give in many ways. First you get points towards your Mercenary Rank with every Assault you win; get 25 and you can do a quest to Rank-up. [...]

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Sergeant Amarok

Had 4 Assault tags burning a hole in my virtual pocket last night, so I decided to see if I could power-level my Mercenary Rank to Sergeant by doing some new Assaults (5 rank points each). Amazingly I managed to spend all 4 tags on brand new Assaults, I did the following…

The Double Agent [...]

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Players confirmed for Garrisons

Amarok – MNK/WAR (trader)
Rokada – BRD/WAR (trader)
Nightson – WHM/BLM (trader)
Snokyd – MNK/WAR (trader)
Amandarius – WHM/BLM
Wimpy – WAR/MNK
Maginmartin – WHM/SMN (trader)
Patches – MNK/WAR
Realia – WAR/MNK
Pohe – DRG/WAR
Saeriel – RNG/BLU
Shenlong – RDM/WHM

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West Sarutabaruta Garrison this Saturday

Sorry for the short notice, but I’m hoping we can pull this off since everyone had their 7 Knot Quipus farmed up from last time.  So Saturday 21st April at 1pm UK time (8am EDT) I would like to kick off some lvl 20 Garrison runs.
It will be Windy traders again this time, and then [...]

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We three pigs…

Our household is going to be full of pigs soon! Well 2 pigs and a piglet to be exact. According to the Chinese calendar both Letitia and I were born in the year of the Pig. Every twelve years the pig year comes around again, each time changing element between Golden (metal), [...]

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Countdown to Dad

Slowly but surely the reality that I will be a Dad soon is dawning on me. Now that Letitia has got through the notorious first-three-months stage we can start to open up our feelings on just how wonderful the whole thing is.
I knew from secondary school that I wanted to be a Dad someday. [...]

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Three more through to the Meadows

Had a good weekend in Vana’diel, I got a chance to put my new bow through its paces and all I can say is Damn! that’s a nice bow. I did some late night Anima farming last night with Rok and went in as my Ranger, and I was 1 shotting Wanderers with Barrage, [...]

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I am at my sixteen weeks

Sixteen weeks went by pretty quickly – WITHOUT ALCOHOL. The funny taste and smell has disappeared and I have regained my appetite. I no longer have to force myself to eat – hurray!!! The bump is still small but I can’t fit into my tight jeans anymore. I have gained about 3 to 4 kg [...]

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