Fellowship NPC/July 29th, 2005 through July 31st, 2005 1 Mugido's journal - Page 4 {image:Fellowship NPC/050729pose36.5.jpg}\\ July 29th, 2005 - No Black Mages today. I think we scared them off. Just us four again. I decided to try to kill {link:Goblin Reapers|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1867} and {link:Goblin Diggers|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1866} fast to make up for the lack of a Black Mage. Unfortunately, these are level 41-45. Mugido was level 36. I don't think our NPCs got as much xp as usual. I would have preferred to kill {link:Goblin Robbers|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1868} or {link:Goblin Poachers|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1869}, but they were around {link:Goblin Traders|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1870} who have pets (thereby lowering xp gained even further). I'm reaching the conclusion that Mugido's level is affecting the xp Nanako receives. Even though it takes longer to attain levels as PCs and NPCs gain xp, I think Nanako would be higher than she is now had she not been in parties with Mugido. ;; {image:Fellowship NPC/050729attacker36.9.jpg}\\ Ugh!! What the heck are you wearing now, Man!?? I'm never talking to you again if you yodel, "{link:Ricola|http://www.ricolausa.com/}...!" Okay, okay... I'll calm down. It's not Subligar thankfully. {image:Fellowship NPC/050729edge-reaction36.9.jpg}\\ See? You even blinded Edge, Man... And that's no easy task!! You totally threw me off my groove too, Mugido. I took this screen shot in my NPC power-level gear. See what you've done?! You got me caught looking almost as ridiculous as you do... Okay, okay... I'll calm down again... /em breathes deeply and Meditates... Ohmmm... After getting over Mugido's gear (somewhat), we went to work on {link:Goblin Bouncers|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1872} and {link:Goblin Hunters|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1871}. Those goblins must have been affected too. One after the other, they were suicide bombing. At one point, it got so bad that Nanako and Mugido were down to 11% and 16% respectively. I could have sworn that I heard one of the goblins say, "I can't stand looking at that Galka anymore. So long cruel world... *BOOM!!*" Funny thing is, I think Mugido and Nanako got their 15 kills off Bouncers and Hunters faster than they did off Diggers and Reapers. I guess I should thank Mugido for driving those goblins to suicide then... Okay, okay. I'll say it... /sigh... "You were right. I was wrong..." Happy now? /em mutters something about uppity Galkas... What Mugido? I didn't say anything... /em whistles innocently... {image:Fellowship NPC/050729attacker37.jpg}\\ ... {link:Lizard Jerkin|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1287}... ... I ain't gonna say anything... Not a darn thing... I learned my lesson last time... I will say this though... ^^ Congratulations on attaining level 37. Oh. And when you're done with {link:them|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1427}, {link:Superman|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/} wants his {link:boots|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1430} back... ^^ {image:Fellowship NPC/050730attacker37.5.jpg}\\ July 30th, 2005 - Just Edge and I again. Nothing exciting happened on our first run. Although, I thought it was best if we'd xp our NPCs one at a time so Nanako would get full xp gain. Seemed to work fine. Also we killed {link:Goblin Robbers|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1868}, {link:Master Coeurls|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1855}, and {link:Big Jaws|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1854}. While they died quickly, avoiding {link:Goblin Traders|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1870} slowed us down. So, we went back to Bouncers and Hunters. But, it seemed Superman got his boots back. ^^ Looks like he has {link:Centurion Gauntlets|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1474} and {link:Centurion Greaves|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1502} (level 30). Additionally, he has either {link:Chainmail|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1386} (level 24) or {link:Silver Mail|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1388} (level 36). I can't tell what kind of pants he's wearing. No one will walk up to him and say, "{link:Nice pants|http://www.dockers.com/}" that's for sure. {image:Fellowship NPC/050730parry.jpg}\\ During our second run, I got this when a {link:Goblin Bouncer|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1872} used Goblin Rush on me. ^^ Who said you can't skill up while xping with NPCs? We had to go to the second Ifrit's Cauldron zone line because someone was soloing the goblins at our regular spot. This caused us to lose chains, but oh well... {image:Fellowship NPC/050730appearance-1-38.jpg}\\ Woot! I got this new option after second run! I can get him to change his headgear. {image:Fellowship NPC/050730appearance-2-38.jpg}\\ {image:Fellowship NPC/050730appearance-3-38.jpg}\\ {image:Fellowship NPC/050730attacker-head38.jpg}\\ All I had to do was summon him again at the Rendezvous Point and he had new headgear. Here's a close-up of him with his {link:Faceguard|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1440} (level 10). When I asked him to change it, I couldn't tell whether he had some kind of hairpin or nothing at all. When I asked him to change it a third time, he had the Faceguard on again. So, I kept it at that. {image:Fellowship NPC/050730attacker38.jpg}\\ And here's a regular shot. Congratulations on level 38, Mugido! Back to {link:Greaves|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1427} (level 24) or {link:Silver Greaves|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1430} (level 36) again? {image:Fellowship NPC/050731attacker38.5.jpg}\\ July 31st, 2005 - A rather boring first run. Although, while xping Nanako, I got below 200 hp. ;; Looked like Mugido had a Scale Greaves retrograde, but a {link:Cuisses|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/1555} (level 40, if that's what they really are) upgrade. Too bad the head gear is so ugly. Once again, I tried making him change it. But, I couldn't tell whether he had a hairpin or nothing again. So, back to Faceguard it is. Roronoya is a friend on the Linkshell I'm on called Salvation. He also has a Mugido (it's a popular name), but they look different. He just gave his NPC an {link:Uchigatana|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/709} (level 12) (Great Katana). Looks like he's impressed. ^^ Oh, Edge was talking about newbie stuff he should do, but hasn't. ;; I'll train him in the ways of Outpost Teleporting later... {image:Fellowship NPC/050731calling38.5.jpg}\\ "Gotta catch 'em all!!" We decided to try {link:Xarcabard|http://ffxi.somepage.com/zonedb/97}. Harl decided to stick around thankfully. ^^ The demons were so much easier and quicker to kill. And, because I play Samurai, I intimidated them a lot. We only killed regular demons and left the {link:Evil Eyes|http://ffxi.somepage.com/mobdb/1436} alone. It looks like we found a new xp spot. {image:Fellowship NPC/050731skill-chain38.5.jpg}\\ It seemed like Nanako is getting smarter. Or, this was just dumb luck. We can never be sure. Don't let her hair color fool you because she's really a blond. ^^ Either way, it was pretty funny. {image:Fellowship NPC/050731attacker39.jpg}\\ @#$%^&!! What...the...heck...!!? I don't know what kind of pants (if any) or gloves (could be level 1 RSE) he's wearing. The shoes are {link:Garish Pumps|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/5996} (level 30), {link:Mist Pumps|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/5995} (level 30), or {link:Mannequin Pumps|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/6726} (level 35). They could also be {link:Seer's Pumps|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/5998}, but it's hard to tell. They are definitely pumps in an case. ;; Is this pay back for the Superman jokes? I won't do them again. I promise! /em dies from the future embarrassment of xping with Mugido. Congratulations on level 39... ;; {image:Fellowship NPC/050731nanako-head.jpg}\\ Nanako got her headgear today. Some kind of circlet. It looks cool. Why couldn't Mugido get one...? I checked and there are about eight different circlets (including the high quality versions) it could be... They are {link:Circlet|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/905} (level 1), {link:Poet's Circlet|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/910} (level 12), {link:Bonze's Circlet|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/913} (level 18) and {link:Legionnaire's Circlet|http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/916} (level 34). 2005-08-01 12:54:28.962 2005-08-01 12:54:28.962