WotG: Update v.2

Won the final fight in the WotG: Windurst questline tonight. I even managed to do it solo on SMN/WHM.
The method was simple, buff outside to save time... enter and buff the NPC. From there on in its just a matter of sending in a self healing Avatar like Garuda who is capable of dishing out big numbers on BPs.

The form changes that cause you to disengage aren't a problem... as the NPC is more than capable of holding hate while Garuda takes it back.

While the NM is in Fenrir form, keep your distance to avoid being 1 shotted... and make sure the Nova heath stays above 75% at all times.

If you must, running to the entrance to Elemental Siphon os also ok since the NPC can take a few hits. I never needed to... but I also won the fight with only 60mp left.

Pure excitement. This is by far my favorite storyline of the entire game. Robel-Akbel is fucking badass. That is all.

Arms of the Azure Sky and Zodiac Ring... mine!

WotG: Update

Last night I busted my ass to grind up from quest 8 to quest 12 in the Wings of the Goddess: Windurst questline. If I had been using my desktop to play, I would have screenies to post, but I was on my laptop for the entire duration. I was able to solo everything up until quest 10 where you have to fight waves upon waves of Yagudo/Demons/Tauri/Ariman who storm the gates of Windurst Waters {s} and prevent them from destroying the warding seals protecting the gates. Killing them isnt a problem... it's keeping them from destroying the seals that made it difficult. Thankfully, my buddy Hellhoundxi was online and happened to need to finish quests 12&13 himself, so he teamed with me to burn through what we could. He and I teamed up with his girlfriend's THF to dispatch the army at the gates without a problem (THF/NIN, WAR/NIN and me as SMN/WHM). After that, Hell and I continued on to Quest 11 and then barely pulled out the win on 12. Ziee Deggi the Manifest and 2 Wind Spirits. We found a working strategy that was really simple (if we hadn't screwed up and let the NM regen to 75% atone point when we lost hate. Once we were finished, we did the leg work needed to begin the final fight and plan to take care of both that... and the final fight for WotG main Missions on Saturday. All-in-all... awesome progress yesterday.

Rewards for Windy Quests:

Zodiac Ring
- Lv. 80 All Jobs
- MP +25
- Depending on the day: Enhances Elemental Magic (3% added to day/weather bonuses on Spells/Quickdraw/Ninjutsu/Blue magic)

"Atma of the Azure Sky"
- MP+: Major (+5%)
- Magic Critical Hit Rate: Minor (+3%)
- "Blood Pact" Ability Delay: Minor (-10 seconds)

Rewards for Wings of the Goddess Mission Completion:

Moonshade Earring
- Lv. 90 All Jobs

One choice from each of the following groupings:

- Accuracy +4, Attack +4, Ranged Accuracy +4, Ranged Attack +4, Magic Accuracy +4, Magic Attack Bonus +4, HP+25, MP+25

- Latent Effect: Regain +1*, Latent Effect: Refresh +1**, Occasionally grants damage based on TP 5%, TP Bonus +25, Occasionally maximizes Magic Accuracy +3%, Occasionally quickens Spellcasting +3%, Counter +3, Occasionally increases resistance to all status ailments +5

*Effective when your weapon is drawn

**Effective when your weapon is not drawn

"Atma of the Future Fabulous"
- Haste+: Minor
- Fast Cast+: Minor
- "Magic Defense Bonus"+: Superior (+50 MDB)

I made it!

This not the first... nor shall it be the last time I narrowly avoid being late to work in order to complete some task in FFXI.

Now that I'm here though, I can write more about todays events even though there honestly isn't that much to be told. After completing the prep work for the final battle of the Windy Missions, I gave it a dry run to see what I was up against. Ill be dammed if I didn't nearly win too.

After I recruited the 2 who came with me, the fight was a joke.
Sleepga>Own House>CS>Own House

Since I was grateful for the help that Azure had given me without needing the fight him/herself, I asked what I could do in return. Badda bing, badda bang and we were off to Any Altep to kill the Tiger NM for the Furor Cesti.

Since when is that sucker ever camped? Today there had to be 15 people there... at least 3 seperate parties committing genocide on the tigers while waiting for the pop.

We lost claim to a party of 2 WHM 1 THF and an Ukku's WAR. Somehow... and im still not quite sure how, they were OBLITERATED when the NM was at 1%. Once the tiger went yellow and I had determined that none of them had AoA or reraise of any kind, I snagged it and ended it with 1 Blade: Jin for 2k. We got the drop... but no Tiger King Hide I was hoping for.

I also got my Ninjutsu Skill up to 348/354. I had no idea I was that close. If I had more time to kill I would have stuck around to cap it off, but sadly, work comes first.

Goals for the weekend:
1) Cap Ninjutsu Skill
2) Finish either ASA or ACP. One would be fine, both is unlikely.
3) Level PUP

Windy Rank 10!

This morning I woke up with the determination to finish out the Windy missions. I can proudly say... this has been accomplished.

It was all thanks to the help of the 2 people who responded to my random shout in Jeuno. Thanks guys, you're awsome!

I won't spoil anything for those of you who intend to play through the missions for the storyline... but it's enough just to say that I was surprised and impressed by the ending.

There was more, but I'll update more about it later. I'm running late for work.