Saturday, November 26, 2005

Fellowship Quest: My very own Elvaan Slave Boy (npc)

Gauldeval and me leveling in Qufim Island
I love my npc. I had him made to my specs through a pretty simple quest. He is cute, tall, and my very own elvaan slave. I enjoy going someplace with him and spending some quality time talking and giggling with him. Sometimes we drink hot cocoa in front of the fire in my mog and he always has mitrabobs cooking for me when I come through my mog door. The way he looks at me just tells me he really cares....hehe not really. My npc is more like a real man than I would like. He doesn't spend much time with me and doesn't really want to talk when we are together.

Hell, he prolly sleeps with my moogle when I am
away. My favorite line he give me is, "Lets not talk. We don't want to alert any enemies of our positon." or the popular, "Sometimes I just feel like being quiet." Hmmm. Would it hurt for him to say I look pretty when I hold my sword that way. Well, I guess I will take what I can get. I still really like him and even if he is my forced slave. I have the power in the relationship. I can make him sit in the moghouse for as long as I want or decide to have a mob kill him when he doesn't give me the attention I want.

Some info I have learned courting of my npc...
The NPC can be called forth once every 20 hours with a pearl that is equiped on the ear. The npc stays out longer the higher their level is. My npc stays out about 15 kills right now and his current level is 36. The npc starts at level 30 and can be leveled pretty quickly with a little patience. When I first started leveling the npc, I thought that the xp that he would receive was based on the the level the mobs were to me at my current level. So I would use a lower level job and solo with him but he would leave my side way too quickly for me. I had leveled with him numerous times and he never indicated that he had leveled. After a little time, I started asking around and found that you can use a higher job(mobs can be too weak to you) to level with him and just so long as the mobs are IT to his current level he will receive xp points accordingly. Also, you can target your npc and they will 'talk to you'. The npc will give you very standard sayings or sometimes share important info like if they are gonna level soon or if they are a caster they may say if they need to rest soon. Plus you can change the job type of your npc, by meeting with them in Ru'Lude Gardens, so as to avoid his untimely death when he vokes the mob(npc starts with voking ability). Once you enter from Lower Jeuno, just head to the first corner to the left and you will see a rendevous point. There you can 'talk' about the style and indictors you would like from him/her. After some leveling with your npc, talk with Luto in Lower Jueno and she will say that your npc has been shopping for a new weapon and that she will give it to him once you have picked one out. Just trade the weapon to her. Of course, there are certain weapons that will only be accepted, check the link below for more info on it. Also the type of weapon you choose will be the weapon skills available for your npc to use. I have found katana to be the best to get you started with skillchaining with your npc. I first started leveling my npc in Crawlers nest and then moved to Altepa Desert at about 34. I have been currently leveling my npc with others in Kuftal Tunnel. I get together with some friends and skill up on crabs and lizards. Sometimes people will even seek me out to level our npcs together. It seems it is easy to get facinated with your npc and want to show him or her off to others. I have posted some links I found helpful below. Happy NPCing!









NPC QUEST INFO(to get you started):

Koolaid: Quest Starter
Somepage: Quest Starter

WEAPONS(for giving to you npc):

Koolaid: Weapon Upgrade Guide

ADVANCED INFO:

Allakhazam discussion: Includes level cap info
Somepage: New npc info thread








Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Fighting Shadows

This picture is kinda of

old. I think we were

after my tele-vahzl scroll.

Check out Gesserit's ranger

damage (before the nerf)!

Alastor Antlion- Rostrum Pumps


Harsh! We got it down after the first two fights and I got my rostrum pumps. Too bad we lost two traps (which are needed to pop the NM) but sometimes it takes a couple of tries to get the plan down.
The trap is made with hq antlion jaws that are farmed in the Attohwa Chasm. The mobs that drop them spring out of cracks near this area when you walk over them without sneak. Thestalkmore crafted my trap for me (thanks). LS: NotoriousWeapon with the help of Patroklis (although I don't see him dead in the photo :wuss:)
Item Dropped:

The Tuesday Warriors!

Khellendros- pld., Patroklis- monk, Gesserit- rng and thf, Urick- sam, Teddy- rdm, and Hellkitty- whm (me)









NotoriousWeapon after Genbu




Ulli




























Looks at these guys go! Just another static Tuesday. They make it fun. We have killed Ulli many times and gotten the crappy axe twice in addition to the stone.
The fight takes awhile but with a rdm casting gravity it makes it cake.



Za'Dha Adamantking

Kill: NotoriousWeapon Mob: Za'Dha Adamantking
Area: Qulan Dome
This was an awesome fight.
Dimension offered her death to pull this mob. We got a drop that had never been sold on Valefor although I didn't get it. One of the party members picked up and kept in their inventory a Raise 3 scroll during the fight. I was told that is the only way to get the drop. I could be wrong but hey we got it! :(
MIstilteinn (club):
dmg: 22 delay 216
Int: +10 Mnd +10
Latent effect: Refresh Lvl. 70
whm/blm/rdm/smn (pretty nice)!

Fenrir


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My first and second successful fenrir run. I decided on the Fenrir Torque for my reward after getting the avatar.

This puppy is sweet! I love to see him shaking after you kick his butt. Map to get there: http://www.geocities.com/jyneefur/FullMoonFountain.jpg

Habetrot










Patroklis and I fighting Habetrot in Temple of Uggalepih. NM is a lottery pop that is spawned with a stack of cabbages. The crawler drops twincoons which I used to make my liliac crosage that I have wanted ever since I first saw the useless but pretty head gear.
Update: I have also now made opaline hose from the threads too. Although I sold them to fund my clothcraft.

Spook


Spook
King Ranperres Tomb
Drops: Traveler's Mantle

Crypt Ghost






Mob: Crypt Ghost Area: King Ranperre's Tomb Level: 20-21 Drop: Martial Slacks