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LandStander · **08-19-2013, 09:38 PM**

Ahahaha another great addition to your ongoing series Big Grin

. The end was depressing and funny at the same time.

Is Loki dcing in the group picture? lol

Tosheden · **08-20-2013, 04:42 PM**

(08-19-2013, 09:38 PM)LandStander Wrote: Ahahaha another great addition to your ongoing series . The end was depressing and funny at the same time.

Is Loki dcing in the group picture? lol

Thank ya thank ya. And yea I was victim of yet another NOOB MOVE lol. AND I DIDN't notice that was her DC'ing! I think had just learned what that symbol was when Ellion said she DC'd I was like..."oh thats what that is" haha hope she doesn't mindÂ Blush

Asyria · **08-20-2013, 05:50 PM**

Yay more trials!
I've done some exploring myself, except I was trying to go to Gridania from Ul'dah... and I ended up in the middle of some lvl 49 Magitek Badass Thingies of Doom. o_O

And Costa Del Sol looks pretty!

Jove · **08-20-2013, 07:41 PM**

This was a pleasure to read, seriously. It's nice to know that we're not all experienced players from XIV 1.0 and XI.

I personally had a lot of fun figuring out how to tank in Sastasha with with a bunch of other newbs, I actually got KO right at the end but we managed to finish off the fishdude and I was raised, fortunately completing the quest.

Although when I got to Gridania I had to mentally pump myself for the new challenge as I found tanking kind of stressful (I don't like being relied on), so of course I finally hook up to the duty finder and lo and behold, a group was found straight away!

"Wow" I thought to myself, "let's do this!".

And then Sastasha loaded up. I forgot to select the new dungeon :C

Although it's nice to know that I can participate in a raid half a continent away and as much as I love being a marauder, I think for parties I'm going to level up lancer.

Tosheden · **08-22-2013, 12:47 PM**

(08-20-2013, 05:50 PM)Asyria Wrote: Yay more trials!
I've done some exploring myself, except I was trying to go to Gridania from Ul'dah... and I ended up in the middle of some lvl 49 Magitek Badass Thingies of Doom. o_O

And Costa Del Sol looks pretty!

I'm pretty sure that happened to me before. Tried to run from one city to the next and ended up some where waaay out of my league lol. I think I was in Gridania trying to get to Ul'dah. I'm starting to learn the maps a bit more though thankfully. hahaÂ

(08-20-2013, 07:41 PM)Jove Wrote: This was a pleasure to read, seriously. It's nice to know that we're not all experienced players from XIV 1.0 and XI.

I personally had a lot of fun figuring out how to tank in Sastasha with with a bunch of other newbs, I actually got KO right at the end but we managed to finish off the fishdude and I was raised, fortunately completing the quest.

Although when I got to Gridania I had to mentally pump myself for the new challenge as I found tanking kind of stressful (I don't like being relied on), so of course I finally hook up to the duty finder and lo and behold, a group was found straight away!

"Wow" I thought to myself, "let's do this!".

And then Sastasha loaded up. I forgot to select the new dungeon :C

Although it's nice to know that I can participate in a raid half a continent away and as much as I love being a marauder, I think for parties I'm going to level up lancer.

Thank you! I had no idea that this even had a 1.0 version which I'm kind of glad because I'm pretty sure I'd be slightly annoyed to the game being closed down months later. But at least they did a relaunch and this time I get to be a noob in a more polished product lmao. It's always fun literally..tripping over that learning curve. I'm having a blast though finding new stuff out and doing the dungeons. More fun than I've had in any MMO in a long while actually. Big Grin

Alexis Price · **08-22-2013, 12:50 PM**

Haha wow.

I just read through this! It's such a great read and the pictures add a lot to it!

The beach resort place looks so good on your computer, it seems! I'm wondering if it'll be that nice on my own... Stupid piece of hardware. /kicks.

Either way, I'm looking forward to the next entries! I found myself smiling while reading through the ones so far! Smile

Yuria · **08-22-2013, 12:55 PM**

ah I also have low post count LOL sadly everytime I want to take screenshot on my ps3 it always said "screenshot failed" -_-

Tosheden · **08-23-2013, 09:14 PM**

(08-22-2013, 12:50 PM)Alexis Price Wrote: Haha wow.

I just read through this! It's such a great read and the pictures add a lot to it!

The beach resort place looks so good on your computer, it seems! I'm wondering if it'll be that nice on my own... Stupid piece of hardware. /kicks.

Either way, I'm looking forward to the next entries! I found myself smiling while reading through the ones so far!

Thank you

Â FFVIX actually was responsible for me building my own. Think it turned out pretty well. I got most of my parts from a store called Microcenter.Â

(08-22-2013, 12:55 PM)Yuria Wrote: ah I also have low post count LOL sadly everytime I want to take screenshot on my ps3 it always said "screenshot failed" -_-

That sucks. Sad

Â Hopefully it's a one of the fixes they patched in the update >_>.

Tosheden · **09-04-2013, 04:48 AM**

August 27th 2013 was officially launch day. Everyone will remember this day years from now after you may or may have not moved on from this MMO. See the thing about mmos is they aren't just games. They become part of you after experience what they have to offer. You've made friends or in some cases lovers, and even enemies. By definition games are meant to just merely provide entertainment. But MMOs like Star Wars Galaxies, World Of Warcraft, The Old Republic, Aion, Final Fantasy XI or even Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn, are by no means just "games". You've spent countless hours on these types of games and you've experienced all sorts of emotions or met all kinds of people. MMOs are something else. Something special. For some of us FFXIV will have that "first mmo" experience feel if you've never touched the series before like myself. This is my first FF MMO, and depending on how the future pans out it may not be my last. And now it's this day to officially add another knot to my MMO belt.Â

Entry #4
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Error 1017 versus Early Access Players. The battle was a horrible loss to the players. Millions lost their lives in the battle of "Login to FFXIV". I was one of these victims. I remember seeing the load screen in my sleep only to be booted out again and seeing Error 1017 in big red letters!!.....No not really but this launch was pretty rocky a lot of MMO launches are but I think a lot of us may have forgot that small detail unfortunately. I didn't always log in when I wanted but when I did I at least tried to make the most of my time before unexpectedly getting DC'd or crashing only to be taunted by the 1017 Error again for the next half day. This won't last long though and again like I said...not all MMO launches are smooth.

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I came outside the Inn in Ul'dah and just stood at the stairs after finally getting in. I thought, "this is where the fun begins". I myself am still unsure what route I'm going so I decided to level everything. (My classes will be WAR and BSM though) It'll keep me busy for awhile especially since I have yet to play most of the classes to really get a feel for which I like versus what fits my character's RP persona. (Which is a pretty common issue...for now I'm dealing with it, HURRY UP SAMURAI/NINJA!!!)

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About 20 levels later I had my first encounter with that firey bad ass we all know as Ifrit. I took this before myself Ellion, Loki, and Siben fight began. We beat him on a second attempt because Siben got Dc'd during the fight and we wiped so we had to wait on him to get back so he'd get credit also. I know the Primal battles later get harder but this was a pretty cool way of introducing new people to that aspect of the game. And besides...did I mention Ifrit=Badass?

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Crafting...no matter what I always end up getting lost in it. The first crafting class I picked up was Blacksmith and I fell in love with crafting in FFXIV. It's really a breath of fresh air for me and a hell of a lot more engaging than in most games. I've always liked creating weapons when crafting is a thing. Fellow guildie Dennthota Ahtahrmwyn, also suffers from the Crafting bug. I believe we are chasing the same end game result and that's being self sufficient far as crafting goes.Â

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Blacksmithing eventually led me to gathering such as mining and botanist. I had to pick these up to make sure I had supplies to grind with/make my own equipment. Gathering reminds me a lot of how resource hunting worked in SWG. The only catch is you can't just drop a harvester and go about your way. You have to actually go out and get this stuff. This was an amazing concept and I truly think they did it correctly. Gathering is more of a hands on approach and you do get a some sort of fulfillment for traversing the many terrains of Eorzea.Â

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The fun thing about grinding all these classes as I go is I can actually see how they all play. I think that's an effective way of fully understanding a game is by trying out all the aspects of it. So on my way to better gathering nodes I tend to grind my other classes on fates as I come across them. Ironically, I find myself being drawn to archer. I like the play style and the damage. But I also shy away from ranged classes. What makes this one a bit different is the fact that it's a bit more mobile than I'd originally imagined. Being able to shoot arrows and being able to move around at the same time gave Archer a more different feel for me. So we'll see where this goes....Â

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And just when I thought SE couldn't surprise me any more they do. I don't know these two players personally but I'd like to personally thank them for being at the right place at the right time. Otherwise I would have probably not noticed this until way later in the game. I've never seen this in a MMO where players can actually sit on the same thing in a rather realistic manner. I mean we've all seen sitting in the same chairs before but the same tree stump? Maybe I'm exaggerating...maybe I'm not regardless I thought this was pretty cool to see. So thanks you two (Ariadne Bajhiri and Euphemia Starchild).Â Not only this but you can start to see individuality begin to spark throughout the player base. Not everyone all looks the same or wearing wacky armor because it's the only thing available. Nope...this was real. It made the world feel even more..."alive".Â

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While running around like a chicken with its head cut off, I came across two players from a guild called <Ashes> named Ahza'to Palme and U'mi KhouÂ RPing in Gridania. W00t RPers! It's weird that even though I play on Balmung I don't see random RP as much I thought I would. But it may have a lot to do with my play style or the fact that half the RPC can't log in......or people are just focused on leveling right now and casually RPing as they go. I love RP because it was really the first element I was exposed to while playing MMOs. But over the years I got converted into more of a PvPer. That love and appreciate for RP is still there however. I hope to get back to my roots and meet some interesting characters through RP. Because I honestly miss it. For now I don't mind being a bystander to these kinds of events. I didn't stick around to really catch the meat and potatoes of all this but it was really refreshing to see these two RPing.

Tosheden · **09-11-2013, 02:13 AM**

**Attempts to login**.......(Load screen appears)... O_O FINALLY!!!! Well as I said in my last entry, the login pressure would eventually wear off as things kept rolling, and it did. Now I know some people are still getting Error 1017 however it's now a lot easier to login. Still no AFK kicker yet but I, and probably many others, feel a bit more comfortable logging out at the end of the day knowing I'll be able to play again tomorrow. Now we can make this an inside jokeÂ amongÂ the community that were here for the Battle of the Errors and put this behind us. Maybe the devs will give us an easter egg to laugh at about this whole idea, who knows....

Entry #5Â
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The screen lit up and there I was standing in the same place I got DC'd and slapped with a nice Error 9000 followed by the complimentary Error 1017. So far so good post maintenance, notice the time is 5:50am (EST), I was already up early finishing homework for my next class in a few hours (yay college,right?). Believe it not I actually parked my character in my room at the Inn and logged out so I'd have some rested exp when I got back. It was an act of trust that all these errors are surly being squashed and the need to not log out seemed to all disappear...

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I was doing leves and a couple side quests for exp after my RL duties concluded. An hour or so into this I realized the weather became really gloomy and eery. I eventually found out that this was the result of Odin spawning in one of the areas close by. I had no idea that we'd be able to fight some of the Primals in open world FATES. I really like this idea a lot because it adds a bit of immerison to the game. From what I know thus far, we are pretty much on the same side and band together to fight the Primals. Additionally, you get reward items from participating so I need to put my camera down next time and try to get in on that.

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One thing that's new to me are the guild wide buffs you that you can purchase once you reach a certain rank. These buffs can range from anything to extra crafting/battle exp, equipment decays slower, and even reduced teleportation costs, which we went with this time. Honestly, I favor the reduced teleportation buff a lot more. FFXIV is the first game in a long time that I've had to do so much traveling and it can get rather expensive if you hate riding the airship. Hell that can get expensive too, if you're like me and kill a lot of your money buying crafting supplies. In any case I think I caught onto what Yoshi was aiming for. Rewarding people for coming together--these aren't available to solo players. So I get the feeling that by adding this they made the game more social in a way.Â

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2000 Grand Company Seals later and I was given a Chocobo I named, Jin. It took me awhile to focus on grinding FATES for seals because I was so busy leveling my gathering most of the time. Little did I know I could have been getting them the entire I was grinding crafting and running out of inventory space. Either way it worked it self out and I think we can add that to list of yet another noob move by yours truly.Â

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Rain, rain, go away, come again another day..... (You sang that didn't you?). Seriously, I think I notice it raining more than the other weather elements in game. Especially the crazy tropical storms in Limsa. However, you can't help but admire the level of detail that they constantly put into account when constructing this game. Even the sounds have this organic feel to them. Almost as if it was really raining with the additional lightning. I can attest that these guys did an amazing job because thunderstorms make me sleepy and it's been quite a few times where I had to turn the sound off and listen to music until the weather passed because it was actually making me sleepy. How's that for realism?

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Remember what I said in E4:6? Well I think it happened. Leveling Archer is so fun for some reason. The DPS is good in the early levels and with the right equipment you can pretty much mow down mobs with little to no effort. And shooting at target markers as a quest is pretty awesome if you ask me. I've noticed a trend in a lot of MMO quests as you level it's always delivery or go kill x x times. However, it's a nice breath of fresh air to see it being done in a different fashion. Questing doesn't really have as much room to expand on in this realm unless your TSW (Talk about puzzles sheesh). These are the little things that matter or dips in the road to keep things interesting I believe.

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Fellgourd Float, North Shroud. I took this approximately two days before the 7th Annual Full Cold Moon Gala event. I planned on attending if RL permitted me to do so. I also wanted to check the place out before hand since it'll give me an excuse to take some screenshots. I really like the way the weather affects were present in this particular photo. Next to the few landscape shots I got when Odin appeared this is one of my favorites. It almost mirrors what fall looks like in some parts of the globe the way the lighting was. A very soft, and tranquil feel to it.

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It's funny that I never actually done any of the guild leves until like I was in the early 20s, despite getting introduced to them around level 10. This was pretty easy as to be expected. Go in...tank the boss.../win. I'd imagine these get way harder later on in the game. Right now it's a beacon of my own curiosity since I didn't do any of them at first.

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MATERIA MELDING!!! I like how modding is in this game. It's relatively easy but I know it gets more tricky when you start bumping to those percentages on the higher level equipment. I had a noob move early on when I was grinding BSM (along with everything else besides cooking and goldsmith) and I had actually forgot to pick this quest up after learning how to convert Materia. Google eventually led me to here since I realized I was missing the meld option. I can say that I do appreciate the fact that it doesn't cost me money to mod gear that I earned or made my self. (Yes I took a shot at TOR Cool

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It's......so.....hot....and everything is....wavy...I didn't see this right away, I don't think Limsa has any desert areas, nor did I see it during the beta since I never got that high in levels so I would have more of the game to discover post launch. But seriously...mirage effects? That's something I've never seen in an MMO I can honestly. SE keeps getting a lot of "firsts" apparently. Â

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Tosheden The Warrior. I can get used to that. But first I must level Gladiator. So far I don't mind it but that's only because it's the only class that uses swords right now. (Give us moar plz). Shortly after I took this picture I began to wonder when I'd make that first step for Monk or Bard or all of them. I really am thankful for the fact that we can have multiple classes/jobs on the same character just long as you level them. I plan to eventually get everything to 50 starting with disciples of the hand. Simply because I want to be able to meld and make my own gear. Life of a "self sufficient-ist" is a long road man....this is just one mini step.Â

(Stay tuned. The next one will feature the RP event and my overall experience being IC for the first time since launch.)

Tosheden · **09-14-2013, 12:47 PM**

Roleplay........to some, it's a unique way to immerse yourself into the game to further your entertainment. To others, it's weird, creepy, stupid etc. I often wonder why it's hate against those who do and those who don't. I look at this subject as a whole in the sense that the minute you pick up a controller or load up your toolbar, your roleplaying. From this moment, the reality around you fades and you slip into this fantasy realm, sometimes with a customly made avatar or others with original protaganists. You're thinking about getting stronger, beating this team, do this mission, kill some people, you have a direction, right? You are taking control or pretending to be someone who you aren't. This is roleplaying to me in a nut shell. However to some this goes a bit further, this group BECOMES their character and do actions that are in the guidelines of that particular game. It's basically playing the game the same way but in different levels of awareness. It's the difference between just playing the character or becoming the character.....so aren't we all two sides of the same coin?

Entry #6

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9/7/13 was the date of the 7th Annual Full Cold Moon Gala event. I logged in and burned some time away by doing a couple Leves. I hadn't realized that I didn't buy or make any clothes to wear to the event Â (I was making Tosheden go formal to give him something to be a bit annoyed about since he is 70% of the time.) So in a split decision I got a suit off the market that ran me a good 4000 gil and this what I came up with. Here I was standing with Siben, Marcus, and Loki. I'm pretty sure Dennntha was off somewhere trying to sneak in or score a date along with more <NB> members I hadn't officially saw in game until today. After we moved around in line a bit we chatted for awhile and listened in on all the conversations that was going on around us. To my surprise I've never actually attended a RP event this big that wasn't a warzone. The games I've Â played usually had light population for people who would go to these things but here on Balmung I got a nice idea how huge the RP community is here. Probably the biggest I've ever witnessed in any game and a really great turn out, Odin even spawned and some of the RPers reacted to the change in scenery which I thought was pretty cool. Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures because I was IC at the event can't snap shots and RP at the same time just yet anyway. But Tosheden did write something in HIS diary ......

E6:2 (Tosheden's IC Entry #1)

Â Â Â Â Gah....This Ellion guy. Tells us to go to this social gatherin'. I hate goin' to these things. Bunch'a goody two shoes tryin' to impress each other. Depressed Adventurer tryin' to find a gal to cry on. The list goes on. Anyway, I went with Denntha, Loki, and Sibs. The line was HUGE! I didn't like how many people it was I had this feelin' that someone I did business with would be there. But I was nervous bout whether or not I'd see HER. Or she'd see me. Which reminds me, Ellion is an asshole for two reasons, One for bein so damned hard to read and two for keepin' that info from me he says "Muramasa, we made a deal correct? Until we complete our goal, you must loan me your time and your skill. When the realm is safe I'll give you the information you need"....Kiss my ass. Save the realm? This guys' is outta of his mind. And to top that yaÂ never really know what he's thinkin' unless ya eye em long enough. I can't exactly kill him cause then I would be out of a lead. That's not very smart. Regardless, I have to stick around for now, I can't complain too much though..he keeps pretty fine gals around. Atleast it's plenty Eye Candy. And the money. In any case underneath all that fur he's a man of his word, despite being a prick and insane. Sibs on the other hand... The guy creeps me out sometimes he's mysterious, like that guy out of some cheesy romance play. But he's also a pretty good wingman so I guess it works out. We did sneak in after all. Loki was inside already by the time we got in...talkin' about "they let us in due to an increase of monsters in the area. Next time you two should behave" okay Boss lady.

Â Â Â Â Â Denn disappeared too now that I think of it, I did see her on my way out but still I can only imagine what she got into that girl knows how to have a good time and drink you under the table, Heh. I ended up bein seated with Loki, Sibs and two other guys. I wasn't really following their gossipin' I was too busy enjoyin' the food. And then next thing I know, Sibs tosses his date on me and I have to take Loki home. Oh and Mr Fashionably Late, Ellion, comes afterwards. He even tossed me into a dance competition with Loki. I can still hear his laugh and him sayin' "Goodluck Muramasa"...BAH! He's a bigger asshole than me most of the time. Luckily, Loki can move her hips pretty well so I'm not complainin'. But I still I didn't feel like dancin' I could have been trainin' or somethin'. We also came in second place. Oh well...

Â Â Â Â Thankfully "work"summoned me away and I had to leave shortly after. I was ready to go after the food honestly, but then Ellion decides to be.....Ellion and tell me I can't leave unless I clean bathrooms in the HQ. Really....this guy....ugh! Turns out he was jokin' and I hate it cause I can never tell right away.. Loki was kinda pissed off too I think. She did get tossed around twice that night. Poor girl. But duty calls. Speakin' of duty...the Airship's here. Later..

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After logging in the following day, I teleported back to Gridania. To my surprise the gil farmers were in full force. I was blown away by this because I've never seen them spam so much. Usually they would get silenced Â right away or they just didn't spam back to like that. I am used to getting tells from them but man having to add 'Asafs gthaws' to blacklist every time you enter a city is quite annoying. (Thank god for the recent patch)

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Now I have to really give it to SE for having time to do an event along with having so many server issues and trying to fix them. Takes a pretty headstrong company to provide this kind of service despite the circumstances. It just goes to show you can't always count someone out even though they slip and fall on their ass. I find my self slowly becoming more and more trusting of the company as a whole. I feel thats something important between buyer and seller, mutual trust. I trust SE to handle issues soon as they are able to fully fix them. I mean, the servers are doing exceptionally well more and more people are able to finally create their character on their servers they've been locked out from doing. Kudos guys.Â

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Costa Del Sol turns into a warzone during this event killing bombards for some kind of tokens that you use to purchase the clothes from the NPCs in all 3 City-States. I collected a lot of these but I didn't really want much from vendor I got a pair trunks for the future "Lets go to the beach" type of gathering.Â

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Curious George...I see what you did thar SE. *Achievement Unlocked* (Become A Warrior) Well I officially broke into my first Job. I'm still getting used to it I had no idea that the soul crystal was for your job items though. It occured to me at level 30 I still didn't get a piece of equipment from the story missions to occupy this slot. Until of course I finished the quest and realized, 'Hey! I'm Warrior now!' One down and a hell of a lot more to go...

Kisume · **09-29-2013, 03:31 PM**

Wow...just...wow!! This was an amazing read! The pictures really help to capture the moment of each entry you wrote. I've been kinda lurking the forums for awhile now and only recently made an account because I felt compelled to tell you this actually made me buy the game. So thank you for sharing this <3 looking forward to the next ones.

LandStander · **09-29-2013, 03:45 PM**

Yes, more trails! We demand it!

Tosheden · **10-10-2013, 01:11 AM**

(09-29-2013, 03:31 PM)Kisume Wrote: Wow...just...wow!! This was an amazing read! The pictures really help to capture the moment of each entry you wrote. I've been kinda lurking the forums for awhile now and only recently made an account because I felt compelled to tell you this actually made me buy the game. So thank you for sharing this <3 looking forward to the next ones.

Thank you! lol I couldn't help but smile reading your reply. It's really a nice feeling to be able to show someone this game from a new players perspective. Welcome to the forums btw, and FFXIV! Big Grin

(09-29-2013, 03:45 PM)LandStander Wrote: Yes, more trails! We demand it!

It'll be more. As of now I'm sort of on a unintended break juggling school, family, etc. But the good news is that I just scratched a class off my list today with the final I just took. So my time will slowly free up more as the weeks go by, ILL BE BACK!!Â Tonberry

Tosheden · **10-31-2013, 03:48 PM**

Burn out.. it creeps up on you ever so quietly and before you know it, your logging in and find yourself with either not much to do and all the time in the world, or not enough to do because you've done everything. Mine was different--Beta testing perhaps played a huge role in me suffering from a slight burn out. But it was more RL getting hectic which ultimately kept me outside the game for a good month and some change. I'm glad to be back and actually have time to enjoy playing the game again and cheerful that the Company was waiting on me to get back. I made some changes to my progression, no more crafting GET TO 50! Then relax and craft. We'll see how long I can keep this up.

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10/13/13 I touched down back into the world of Hydelan. Not many Nightblades were online since it was about 10am EST and most are west coast residents. But here I was ready to pick up exactly where I left off. This time things were different. I had a bit of a newer mindset towards my characters growth. I wanted to get things started with him and keep it rolling. My first mistake was spreading myself too thin early on by focusing on crafting. Don't get me wrong, I occasionally like to lock myself in a lab and create things for hours just like the next maniac. But I also felt like I was missing out on other parts of the game I have yet to experience, leveling, and more frequent RP encounters. Shortly after snapping this shot as the sun bounced off my heavy armor I returned back to Limsa and dropped all my crafting items on my retainer where I told myself it will set... for now.Â
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My so-called return was botched when I got sick and literally slept for like a week. The day I recovered and managed to log back in I was greeted with "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN!!!?!?!" and a bunch of other welcome backs. Good ol' Denntha was ready and willing to aid me in catching back up. We did a couple leves together until it was time for a scheduled RP event with another Free Company named Grim Echo. I want to say this day was more of an official return because I felt like I got a ton of things done in one day.Â

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After finishing up the last few leves me and Denntha joined the rest of the company and Grim in some sort of ruins/temple area outside of Gridania. A meeting took place that was bit of a summary of recent events. This was really beneficial to me to attend this because I've been out of the loop for sometime. Aside from NB these guys were strangers, which I'm not against befriending (or having a rivalry with..IC of course Big Grin

). Every so often a few players would drop in and just watch things unfold but didn't bother interrupting. I know if I was a gathering this huge in the middle of no where I'd be curious too.Â

E7:4 The Meeting Tosheden's IC EntryÂ #2

Â Â Â After returning home to Limsa, I decided to go to Costa Del Sol for a bit to relax. Soon as I set my feet in the sand I hear a familiar voice go, "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN!?" from the other side of the coast.Â I feel like I bump into Denntha more often than anyone else I'm currently affiliated with.Â Funny, I was expecting that kind of reaction from Ellion but it was sobering to hear someone I knew I could trust. Shortly after being bombarded with questions, I was told that we were to report to a secret meeting with our "allies". And I had to drag her ass through the forest to get there...lucky me right?

Â Â Â I can't say I enjoyed standing in the rain listening to some guy I don't even know talk about things I wasn't present to see at the time. But I guess it was nice to see the crew together. I hate admit to it but I sort of missed being around them. It gives me a secondary purpose, I guess. I caught myself drifting in thought during the meeting once it started. I did catch the important parts though. It seems Ellion has gotten even more ambitious in his mission since I've been away.. Things may just get interesting after all. But this made me realize how trivial my personal mission was in comparison to his...still I can't sleep until I find this woman, Primals or beast tribes won't keep me from completing that objective either.

Â Â Â Surprisingly enough, Ellion didn't chew me out for turning my linkshell off for a month and a half. Either he was too busy to notice or he simply didn't give a rats ass as long as I came back. Regardless, I'm glad I didn't get assigned bathroom cleaning duties at the HQ for it. Apparently, the ball is now rolling because jobs are being handed out. I'm part of the strike force now, eagerly awaiting my first assignment and pay... because that asshole on that trip I'm sort of broke now and barely had enough for a ticket back home and missed out on a lot training. Speaking of... I should probably go and make up for loss time besides.. my damn hand hurts from writing.Â

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