Buttons' first proper rare/ex drop!

Hey guys, it's been a while. No I haven't gone missing, but exams are closing in so I have been busy with university assignments, random studying and watching tv inbetween and feeling bad for not studying haha. ^^"

Octy has been lvling PLD lately and now loves strutting around in his new AF armour. PLD armour is still one of the best looking sets in-game. *.*

Since I got to 75 I have hardly merited so one night I had the urge and put up my flag and got invited into a party with an apoc DRK. It was tons of fun, just felt a bit sorry for the poor mages who had to keep up with the damage the DRK was taking. xD

The Swift Belt static we had founded last year but had forgotten about was revived and now TONS of new people wanted a belt lol. So we went back to Sacrarium and got started and on the first NM we already got a belt. I had such a brilliant lot and was sure I won until little Tahvo outlotted me lol. Grats Tahvo! :D

The second Balor also dropped a belt but this time we all had major fail lots... O.o"

We popped one more Balor and the Mithra NM once but got no more belts and called it a day.

During one of my random logins one evening I met some awesome Tarus in Whitegate and we had tons of fun just standning around and goofing off. xD

Scaring litto WhItemage haha. xD

We went back to the sewers under Tavnazia to farm some more fomor codex since we needed a few more and since those that attended were awarded points for attendance so they could lot on future swift belt drops. :D

Such cute little Tarus!

Die taurus die!

We got a few codexes and were happy but Tahvo also died a few times again. I also died once and Pyth sat on my head, but that screenshot will not be posted, too gruesome. O.o"

I was so busy with University stuff that I forgot that it was Buttons very first birthday! Buttons has been adventuring in Vana'diel for over one year now. Happy Birthday Buttons! As a present Tahvo and I were awarded our airship models by a sweet little taru NPC.

So I put on my bomber-hat (see it even has goggles and ear warmers!) and sat on.....in....my airship and played airship captain inside my Mog House!

Two weeks ago I had the urge to level but sat with my flag up for a whole Friday and Saturday afternoon and was really let down. Like come on, I am a SAM, just cause I don't have /NIN so many JPs dont wanna merit with me. But then as I was about to give up I got an invite and it turned out to be the best merit party I ever had! I got so many merits that day that I am now at 5/5 store tp and also got my first GKatana Merit!

Another bonus to my party was that 4 members were Tarus!

As you guys know I had been lvling my polearm skill but it was still not capped so I was unsure of whether I should use polearm or not. I had bought a stack of crab sushi and since we had a bard and a cor I was buffed buffed buffed and just went all out with polearm. Not only am I almost capped now, I actually did ok and was totally satisfied, especially considering that I was not capped and have not put together a proper polearm weaponskill set yet cause of lack of funds and time.

Taru power!

Mog Bonanza also came and went. I had bought only 10 marbles on Buttons since I don't have and want any mules. I didn't win anything big but I got an Adamantoise statue which now sits on the shelf over my bed. It's awesome! *_*

So 2 weeks after the last swift belt run we gathered this morning and went in again. Pythean and I had the most points so we were really excited about getting our belts!

And what do you know, the first Balor was nice to us!

I had an absolute fail lot again but grats Pyth.

So I knew the next belt is mine since I had the most points but boy oh boy was I nervous. We popped the next Balor and right at the beginning his Eagle Eye Shot killed Tahvo. Thanks Goodness Brev was on NIN so we managed to kill the NM. I was literally in a cold sweat when he died and when I was waiting that one second to see if a belt dropped or not..and...

It dropped! It DROPPED!!!!! I have never felt this happy in-game before. I've been working towards this belt for months. We started last year and then went on a break for a few months and started up again and I tried to be at every single farming and spawning run, I am so happy now. It's my first official rare/ex drop apart from my Bounding Boots. Thank you guys, thank you soo much. Now it's time to get the rest of the people in the static their belts!

We popped one more Balor after this one but sadly no drop. We'll try again soon. :D

Buttons soars into the sky but falls....

Hey guys, it's been a while. Am still pretty busy in Rl with all my university work but also have a new batch of screenshots, so let's get on with this post hehe. :D

I've been having a blast with Pamama and PUP continues to pe a job that fascinates me.

Octy decided it was time to do the Zilart expansion with me so off we went. We grabbed Lucy and headed off to the Temple of Watchamacallit to beat up some tonberries.

The storyline is actually very interesting, am loving this expansion even if it is the oldest.

Five volunteered to help us with the Antican BCNM which was a lot of fun. Was hilarious when Five said: OMG these are heasy I dont need to cast Utsu! 5 minutes later he was one-shotted by eagly eye shot. xDD We had a laugh but won in the end. ^-^/

Afterwards we rushed to fight the big 'ol bad guy Kam'lanaut!

Five proved how strong a 75 PUP can be, this guy went down so fast it was insane. xD

Dang Kam'lanatu has a sneaky brother. O.o"

Buttons gets teleported to the ancient city in teh sky!

Octy took me exploring in Sky, I love the zone, it's so exciting and beautiful. Can't to join a friends sky LS once my vacation kicks in.

Evyen was doing the ACP expansion and wanted to do the Fei'Yin Battle and since I needed it as well I tagged along. It was a really fun battle, the teleporting goblin was hilariously funny.

For the last two months I have been trying to organise the airship battle for myself and a few other LS members. On saturday it was finally time. I thought we had overprepared, I had bought us so many hi-potion tanks, yellow liquids etc. you name it. Our first dry run went so well we decided to go all out on our second run.

OMG scary Ultima!

All went well until we got Ultima at 27%. Somehow I got oneshotted and Tahvo (PLD) died shortly after and we wiped. We got up and rested and we were sure we still had enough time left. The same exact second we were unweakened and engaged again we were kicked out.

I have to be honest. This was the single most horrible moment for me playing this game. We had planned this for weeks, read up our strategies, invested a lot of gil and effort and we lost.....we friggin lost....

We decided to quickly buy new pumps (25k each my piggybank was screeching...) and try again. I don't know what happened but Mammets took us longer than before and Omega was just being a bitch. We wiped to Omega and just gave up because there was no way we could win in time.

I felt really bad since I know how bad we all wanted this. I was responsable for us and somehow we couldn't win. We just could not deal damage fast enough because we had to heal non-stop. Octy and Five offered to take me along with their friends and just rip through that fight. I don't want to let my LS down at all, but I might accept that offer and hope we win the battle. I'll learn more about the battle and when I win I can go back and help Markus, Wasch and Bluevelvet win the battle as well.