It would be nice to start one of these blogs with something relevant and interesting… you know… just to work the mood and give a good impression.

So much for that.

Recently I have been sort of falling in love with my Empress Band. I know, I know, it’s terrible for skill growth but I can’t help it. Nothing beats getting 45 exp from killing a patheticly weak Stone Eater or a whooping ~120 by smacking around a goblin.

Of course, it does have its prize. I switched my job from White Mage to Red Mage for three reasons.

1. Powering up a Sub-Job I was pretty sure I’d keep for a while.
2. Gaining some levels in my embarrasingly low Enfeebling skill.
3. Do something else after hours of macro-casting Cure I

As you might have guessed, I’m a little aggravated by the stunted development of my Enfeebling skill, but as experience have told me, Valkurm Dunes will correct that.

Although Alleatha is a relatively new avatar for me, I have previously played the game as Jeikobu, the obnoxious and money-hungry Taru. I don’t know how many times I’ve stopped my account, telling myself things like “I guess MMOs really aren’t my kind of games” or “I could have used all this time for something better”, but again and again, like a drug addict without proper rehab, I’ve returned to Vana’Diel, tail between my legs and begging for forgiveness.
Last summer I fished moat carps to buy myself a complete Field Gear and the summer before that I grit my teeth while enduring parties that God forgot.

This time, though, it was the combined efforts of me and three friends that got me back to serving good ol’ Bastok again. I managed to convince a friend to start playing and together we got the other two over on our side. We made a pretty good team-up, especially during LAN-Parties, but after finally breaching lvl 18 and getting our sub-jobs, we all agreed to more or less go our own ways. So now it’s just me again, the other three have quit playing and I’m fooling around without any real purpose and a Linkshell as dead as my grandma.

Some other time I might write down what I remember of my past with FFXI, but right now I just feel like sleeping for a few hours and then get back to finding a party to level up with. I’m planning to return to white mage once red mage is lvl 18 or so.

Kalanie
Leviathan

P.S.

I’m currently on the lookout for serious RPers on the Leviathan server. If you’re part of a LS, or know of one, that fits the description, I’d be grateful to know. :)