This week is going to be an exciting week for myself! Sooraya and her family will be visiting next week so I need to get things spotless and clean! Doesn’t mean I won’t be busy myself, though. I’ll be going on a hiatus next week, just so you know.

For now, I’ve been thieving it up in Vana’diel and got THF from 26 to 32! 27-31 in something that was pretty much an all-day XP event with Arwin. Fun was to be had as we swapped in LS members throughout the day in the Jungles. I gotta say, Trick Attack is a lovely, lovely thing. Now to find some innocent White Mages to SATA.

TamTu grins roguishly at Sooraya.

Besides that, I got the AF weapons for Black Mage and Warrior with the help of Arwin and Ravencroft for completionists purposes. Still need Warp II, though.

Let’s see what the others have been upto!

• Raige is slowly climbing up on Dancer at 17!
• Katamatoo’s worked his Thief to 21 and Samurai to 34!
• Level 25 White Mage Sooraya at your service! We have an additional Raiser in the LS, people
• Ghostofonyx is now finally enjoying the wonders of Warp with his Black Mage levelled to 17! His Monk is sitting nicely at 31 as well.
• Cressidia is steadily working on Dancer, sitting at 43 and hitting Rank 5! Now she too can rap along to my parody! Samurai to 30 as well.
• Segan got his Black Mage to 40! (Hey buddy. Under Observation, {Can I have it?}, {Please}? Pretty pleaaaase?)
• Kigeca unlocked Summoner and Samurai, got her Red Mage to 36 with BLM and WHM both nearing 20.
• Danta got his Warrior up to 27, Puppetmaster to 48 and Rank 5 in Bastok! (Airship Rap, {You can have this}).
• Garin finished Dragoon to sub-level and got his last Mog Safe expansion done.
• Eruainur is still goin through Ninja. 29 levels done, 8 more to go! You can do it

Before I wrap this up, here’s a link I found at the Playonline Community sites page: http://ffxigear.com/ It’s probably the best gear tool-site I’ve ever encountered! Check it out It’s great for planning ahead or check out your current stats with particular setups.

Woo! We’re at #15 already! New people, new achievements, new, new, new!

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What a week! Aside from my K-1 Visa interview IRL, FFXI has been keeping me busy this past weekend and before! But definitely the rest of the LS as well!

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We’ve got a bunch of stuff done this week, but mostly: People have been returning! Garin popped up a bit more frequently, as well as RAAAAAAAIIIGEEE. Myri finally got off her City of Heroes kick and found her residence back into Vana’diel, as did Kigeca and Zaryph. And one of the more exciting returns is that of Biri!

We had an amazing alliance in the Dunes, ending up with 16 people in the sandy beaches fighting lizards and goblins and sheep, oh my! It all started when an un-named smartass Tarutaru telling Raige about skills and crap (or lack there of) under level sync, then going ahead and camp on top of us. Even went as far as calling us noobs, when he couldn’t even lead his party to do anything, besides having the NIN-tank die. He promptly ditched them to solo his Ranger and left to their own devices, their new leader Rickyorton asked if we wanted to alliance with them. I told everyone in vent to do it. Crazy shit. It’d be awesome.

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The podcast has kept me really busy! Episode 10 of HS/SS and the Square Enix Podcast Tour special kept me away from the game and go figure; the time I *do* find for the game, it’s usually gone to waste (except for that one day I levelled Samurai).

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I escaped the Easter Bunny’s grasp and am back to share the LS’s weekly achievements! Let’s see what we’ve been upto while we were feasting on the eggs and stuff.

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It’s that time of week again my friends and it’s been quite an eventful week! Let’s check it out!

I’ll start with some unfortunate news; Serennie’s account was apparently hacked into and he was able to retrieve his characters. And as such, he started his new characters Roflcopter (Tarutaru mule), Galloen (Galka character) and Rorukatto (Mithra). Here’s hoping you find new inspiration and motivation to continue playing, my friend! This week is also April Update week!

I haven’t really done a lot this week, but I was able to participate in two very successful Promyvion runs for Serennie, Rahi and Seker, as well as help some people with some Wings of the Goddess missions! I gotta thank Serennie, Rahi, Sooraya, Arwin and Ravencroft for helping out with farming the 108-Knot quipu for the Windurst storyline in the past.

Also. Pankration. During Sooraya’s inactive-account period (It’s all up and running again ), I picked up this over-looked event. While I can understand why it’s been overlooked the way it has, it’s something that I can actually do to stay in-game and *do something else* if I don’t feel like levelling or farming or helping. My Ghost, Undead Jack, hit level 5 last night. Ectosmash (as much as I hate the move when it hits me) is his strongest move right now. I’ll have to research Pankration some more, but I’m at least accumulating Jettons at a relatively decent pace Perhaps we’re looking at possible ZNM runs in the future!

The end of the week probably handed us the biggest event (for the San d’Orians in the LS, anway)! Gustaberg is under San d’Orian control! For many people the last OP warp they needed to do, including myself.

Onto the others!

• Eruainur got WotG Mission 10 done (Which is the big Treant fight), a bunch of merits, and finished ToAU mission 22.
• Segan’s still Campaigning and got Sterling Star §§! Dragoon is slowly rising up to 33, and his Red Mage is at level 10.
• Ravencroft has finally joined us in game with his new powerhouse and merited off Trolls in Halvung and overall helping out a lot with Arwin. Yay! He also obtained Ninja Kyahan+1
• Ghostofonyx had his BIRTHDAY yesterday and being San d’Orian, it looks like Altana graced us (San d’Orians) with control over Gustaberg. Sorry Bastokers, but as far as I’m concerned, you can have Ronfaure XD. He also completed Storms of Fate!
• Katama entered the ranks of the Knights of the Iron Ram and opened up 4 Cavernous Maws in the past. Claimed Nunyenunc last night and got his Pilgrim’s Wand!
• Sigmund’s been drooling over the SAM/RNG combination and levelled it from 20 to 26! (Archery for the wiiiiiiiiiiiiiin~!)
• Kaixy completed his BLU AF and got his Black Mage out of retirement!
• Seker’s been Woodworking and got it up to 22, along with Ranger to the same level. Promyvion-Mea was finally completed so he can continue CoP! Donged to 74, but re-dinged 75 on his Red Mage!
• Last but not least in this update, Cressida hit MNK30 and WAR15, unlocked Dancer and Samurai with Segan’s help

Sorry if I missed anything, but that’s what this forum is for, guys!

New members this week: Uhm. refresh my memory guys.

Big update this week, mostly because I wasn’t around last week to do this! The slopes of Austria treated my fresh new Skiing skills well and I can say that I picked it up pretty well! I just wished I could’ve done it longer, I really wanted to grow accustomed to those shoes Anyway! I spent most of the week beating Resident Evil 5 (Getting that out of the way, you know!) and working on a long overdue episode of He Says, She Says. Episode 10 has been released yesterday, so you can expect me back in game again this week

We also take a sad salute to Biri, who decided to leave the game indefinitely for real life priorities (aka, he met a sweeeeeeeeeeeetheart ^_~). All the best in your real life endeavors, Biri! We’ll miss ya

So other than that, no updates on my or Sooraya’s end, but I see that everyone else has been keeping busy!

• Hileict got his Samurai from level 61 to 65, unlocked every job class (woo, welcome to the club!), learned Tachi: Yukikaze and Penta Thrust, Sterling Star §§ medal in Campaign.
• Eruainur’s been busy as well: Brown Belt was obtained with ups and downs. Nue was a horrible camp, but Morbolger was done while he was asleep! Go go Carbuncle! The Wings of Honor §§§§ is in his posession and started woodworking as well, which is at 13 so far.
• Sigmund’s moved RDM and SCH up to 40. Help him figure out whether to take WHM to 60 or SAM to 40 next!
• Segan got all his Recall spells, got the Bronze Star, his Dragoon to 32 and….beat Maat! WHM’s at 71 for him. My little WHM pal is growing up ;.; Seperate post with screenshots to follow~
• Our prize baby Ghost’s been busy too: MNK to level 23, as well as the MNK Relic legs..! Completed the ToAU missions and is now the proud owner of the Ulthalam’s Ring and his Glory Crown.
• Myri pushed NIN from 12 to 20 on Nelani and DNC to 12. Ashlee’s got enough Norg Fame to finally take on the mini-Avatar battle against Leviathan! She’s also ready to go for the 2-3 dragon fight. I’ll be more than happy to help out with that one
• Katama got Samurai from 30 to 32, access to Besieged after obtaining the Halvung Staging Point, resulting in his first Mercenary Rank: Private Second Class! He also got a veeery cute adventuring fellow. Shoutout to Serennie for the help with this.
• Seker finished ToAU with Ghost and hit his first 75 job with Red Mage!! I’m waiting for the screenshot, buddy.
• Danta’s got PUP to 30, his Stormwaker frame, unlocked DNC and earned his Signal Pearl. Rank 4 and Fishing Skill to 9.
• Kaixy’s been lucky with the treasure caskets in Xarcabard and got the Gothic Gauntlets. Nice DD/Tanking piece, I’d imagine!
• Cressida started the CoP missions and got access to the past, as well as Aht Urhgan. Monk’s gone from 23 to 25!

I want updates too Time to stop slacking!

New members in Hyozan in the past two weeks: Ravencroft, Arewin, Rashaa, Tekamachi and Cressida makes her triomphant return! ( I know there’s been more new recruits this week, lemme know who they are! tamtu @ hyozan.org!)

It’s been quite a week! The korean BBQ was fantastic, btw. I’m now looking forward to a company skiing trip this friday until monday so next week’s update will come a bit late. There IS wireless internet at the hotel, but don’t expect me on laptop too often

This week, I got True Strike and Sharlene’s up to 47! The dry run I did with her for the Blessed Radiance quest didn’t go too well. I don’t think I’m going to let her tank and have her just focus on attacks and weaponskills since she’s really really close to Penta Thrust That should get enough hate on her for me to just focus on healing. Trixxi is also back! She was welcomed back with open arms after she was discharged from the hospital, so take good care of her, everyone! Oh. My Black Mage is at 34 now, too! 3 more until sub-level, and 6 until the money making BCNMs! I still want to try out the SMN Astral Flow trick. Sigmund’s got me all curious about it, and Eru’s confirmed that it’s possible XD

• Katama got his Teleport-Altep crystal and Dark Knight to 36!
• Eruainur was finally able to equip his Ochimusha Kote and rolled onto level 36 on his Monk. He’s got his purple belt, and working on his Brown Belt as well. The Mythril Wings of Service is also shining Bastokanly on his chest. Good job!
• Ghostofonyx did the same and got himself a Purple Belt as well!
• Kigeca finished Windurst Missions 2-1 (I forsee a Dragon fight in the very near future!), and 29 on Monk.
• Zaryph’s been rolling along in Hyozan and got his White Mage to 25!
• Retsujo gave Moblin Maze Mongers a shot and had a good time! His NPC Armittie hit 61 and he’s also working hard on unlocking King’s Justice from his Nyzul Great Axe.
• Segan obtained the Allied Ribbon of Bravery for San d’Oria, and hit 68 on White Mage!
• Kaixy got Samurai to 60 and is now sporting his full AF, which was already posted last week!
• Sigmund also got his AF armor completed and apart from Sleepga II, he’s very very happy with the job now!
• Myri’s been busy with her summoner Ashlee, hitting level 25 (Auto-Refresh, I envy!!)
• Biri finished the 6th and 7th gobbiebag quests and a full set of Dancer AF! Screenshot, man! Screenshot!

And that’s it for this week! Tune in for Moblin Maze Monday’s tonight and report to the Moblin Maze Managers Segan and Hileict if you want to join in!

New members this week: Patkirk and another one of Kelmore’s friends! I’m sorry I forgot your name!!!!

What a week! A few of our members started up a weekly event called…(here we go…) Monday’s Massively Multimedia Multiplayer Multilayered Majorly Magestic Malignantly Magical Mystic Miraculously Mysterious Moblin Maze Mongers Mania Madness…… Maybe?!

Quite a mouthful, indeed. If you’re interested, join up with the crew to try out new combinations of runes gathered during the week!

Before I get to the updates, I have to mentioned that one of our members got into an unfortunate car-accident and is still recovering from her injuries. So from all of your friends at Hyozan, we wish you a speedy recovery and hope you’ll join us soon, Trixxi! We all miss you.

I didn’t get to do much, mostly because of real life obligations (work sucks !), Street Fighter 4 and keeping my social life alive here (something I recommend you guys prioritize over the game ^^). I also blame my crazy schedule, being in Holland and having a fulltime job and all, but here’s what I got done: Retsujo set up parties on tuesday and thursday for me and Sooraya to advance. She couldn’t make it on tuesday, unfortunately, but I did catch up to her in the Colibri party (my preferred choice of birds!) and hit 61. Cure V is pretty, though some may disagree. On thursday, I joined Laluzia in a little NM fight to get the Caedarva Mire map, which we succesfully completed. Upon her request, Retsujo took us to a Conquest area camp in Bibiki Bay so she could get her Patriarch Protector’s Arrow again. I looked up what made this particular arrow so special.

I crapped my pants when I saw the Ranged Accuracy +40. My inner Ranger was tugging at my Briault to exchange it for the good old Longbow.

Anyways: The adventure in Bibiki Bay was shortlived, unfortunately. I got a nice buffer though, something I proved to need later during the week! Campaigns (which I survived!) and Sigmund’s coffer key hunting (Which I did NOT survive!). I’m halfway through 61, though. Good game.

To recap: Broke G4, WHM61, Club Skill 165 (I want True Strike and Judgement already ;.; ), and my lovely NPC Sharlene hit 45! Five more levels!

• Naturally, Sooraya was with me for most of these events and she too got her G4 done as well! Her NPC Massimo finally gained a level and she finished the Blighted Gloom quest!
• Retsujo’s still working on his Bard at 70 now! Three levels from Chocobo Mazurka…and 5 levels from hardcore meriting, baby.
• Biri got Dancer up to 57, got his AF feet and finished his final AF quest! And got a Dragoon Testimony…? Awesome!
• Segan’s been marvelling over the moblin mazes and did 14 runs this week. White Mage to 67 and Dragoon to 31! (Bring Cressida back in the game already!!!) Brass Ribbon of Service, too.
• Eruainur got Scholar to 66! He’s well on his way to equipping that awesome, awesome Relic Body piece. Brass Wings of Service.
• Myri pushed Ashlee from 16 to 20 on her Summoner and is now working hard to get fame all over the world to do the Mini-Avatar battles. Good luck!
• Sigmund hit 60 on his Black Mage and is aiming to get the rest of his AF and complete his spell list before he considers it done! Good job
• I saw Katsukora on THF75. When did that happen, man? D: Congratulations!
• GhostofOnyx completed his Paladin Relic set with the Valor Coronet! Congratulations!
• Katamatoo was joined by Hileict, Sooraya and myself for San d’Oria Mission 3-3 and we ran up Delkfutt’s tower and gave Poryphion hell.

New members this week: Sampsonfury, Kelmore and Alemoir! (let me know if I missed anyone!) Keep up the good work, everybody! You make me proud

PS: Since I’m more of a Fields of Valor guy, I’m stoked for the upcoming update! But I’d like someone to write up reports of the MMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmm…m….m. runs on the site! Send me a PM, /tell or POL message if you’re interested in a blog position here