Episode 9: Sorry for AFK

Sorry it's been so long friends!
I've been doing a lot of adventuring and no fan servicing! D:

To apologize, I now humbly offer some Beefcake for the ladies and Cheesecake for the guys!
{/grovel}

Beefcake:

Cheesecake:

Episode 8: Smells Like Armpit

I was hanging out in Mun-Tuy one afternoon when a Miqo’te happened by and asked if I would join her group for some leve’s.  I agreed and afterwards she invited me to her LS.
 

It would seem I only get involved with Linkshells full of odd-balls…
I love y’all in VV and this new ls “Hawk” because of the odd-ball personalities. That is what keeps FFXIV interesting (between updates). lol :p
That being said, it was not long before I found myself engaged in a conversation with a member of LS Hawk that was, well, “odd-ball”ish.

<Amrita Prakriti> oh this is random but

do y'all have "squat" toilets or "western" toilets there?

<Kitt Katt> what's western?

<Amrita Prakriti> u sit on it

<Kitt Katt> both

<Amrita Prakriti> squat u.. well squat on it lol

<Kitt Katt> didn't know that only westerners sit on it :P

<Amrita Prakriti> what's your prefrence?

<Kitt Katt> but yea there're both

<Amrita Prakriti> apparently so! lol

<Kitt Katt> squat

<Amrita Prakriti> we don't have squat ones here ; ;

and i need to practice squat style!

that's difficult for girls :/

<Kitt Katt> why?

<Amrita Prakriti> well i think...

 i want to go to an ashram in India

 rural India...

 no toilet paper!!!

<Kitt Katt> first time?

<Amrita Prakriti> yes ; ;

 my friend went last year

<Kitt Katt> haha tell me

 and i'll share what my friend told me :P

<Amrita Prakriti> he said... they have western toilets but ppl squat on thse too so they are really dirty

 and that i should learn to be able to use the squat toilets...

 AND

 there isn't toilet paper

 u use your HAND

 and a cup...

<Kitt Katt> OMG

<Amrita Prakriti> w/ water in it

 *Left hand

 right hand is for eating

<Kitt Katt> OMG they don't even wash after that???

<Amrita Prakriti> um... if there is soap

<Kitt Katt> that's gonna take a lot of adjusting to...

<Amrita Prakriti> but oftentimes... there isn't soap

 yeah!!!!!

<Kitt Katt> eating stuff while your left hand is full of sh!t

<Amrita Prakriti> but he was like.. <3 oh it was no big deal <3 divine mother took care of it <3

 ROFL

 well u rinse it off

 i don't think people walk around w/ shit on their hand

 plus... well it's not like anythng is stuck when u have perpetual diarreah

<Kitt Katt> hahaha

 ok my friend told me...

<Amrita Prakriti> just splash some water @ your chocolate star and ur good, i guess?

<Kitt Katt> she went to bangalore

 when she exited the airport, she saw a bunch of guys queuing up at the wall

 facing the wall

 she went closer to check

 and they're all pissing

<Amrita Prakriti> rofl

<Kitt Katt> PISSING

 and after that she noticed

<Amrita Prakriti> drunk guys do that ALL THE TIME in Philadelphia (usa)

<Kitt Katt> she said that behind every bush there will be a guy pissing there

<Amrita Prakriti> lol ewww

<Kitt Katt> yeah but these guys are not drunk & it's broad daylight

<Amrita Prakriti> lol yeah

<Kitt Katt> and it's dusty there

<Amrita Prakriti> omg XD

<Kitt Katt> the roads are terribad

 and everybody there

 smells like armpit

<Amrita Prakriti> lmfao

<Braxton Kole> i need multi shot^^

<Amrita Prakriti> i was waiting for that

<Kitt Katt> hahaha

<Amrita Prakriti> i'm laughing so hard!!!

 my eys are ... tearing up rofl

  /dabs eyes

<Kitt Katt> /bow :P

<Amrita Prakriti> wooo lol  /fans

<Braxton Kole> zaps where you at?

<Amrita Prakriti> i think that's best quote of the day Kitt^^

 "smells like armpit"

<Kitt Katt> which one

<Zaps Shinzui> uld seth

<Kitt Katt> hahaha

<Zaps Shinzui> aeth

<Amrita Prakriti> lolol!

Sultry Summer!

o_O!

It’s that time of year when the sun is hot and…  Apparently bodies are, too!
It certainly wouldn't be summer without SE rolling out some kind of swimsuit reward but what we got surely shocked me!

If you take a leisurely stroll around any of the cities you’ll find nearly naked adventurers around almost every corner!
This certainly wouldn’t be “Fan Service” if I didn’t include some shots of the new “attire”.

 

I wasn't sure how I felt about this event when I received my new "uniform"...






But then I was traveling between Ul'dah and Limsa on the ferry, which I am now calling the Party Boat!

I got a red bikini after collecting some ash.  The red suit coupled with the festive salsa music blasting in the city got me into model mode!

 Maybe bare-bellied battling isn't so bad after all!
(In this shot I'm with some new friends after we had beaten the new "Maw" instance..battle.. dungeon... whatever it's called. :p)

For more information on the event:
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=77e32c16cb1d80f0b48700b2f8c8d343296f1ccd

Strange Sights!

I was returning to Gridania one evening when I noticed that the lights seemed…  Strange.

On another occasion, I was looking for potential fishing spots around Ul’dah when I found that I could spearfish in the grass!

On the topic of fishing… 

As you may well know, there is a ferry that travels from the Ul’dah area to Limsa Lominsa.  I was traveling on it one day when I thought the pilot looked a bit…  Strange… :3

Moon Phases & You; Crafting Correlation?

Every now and then, I wonder if the moon phases change the outcome of synthesis.  Aarik once mentioned that he thought different phases of the moon affected different crafts differently.  I’ve always wanted to test this, but haven’t really been able to get a group of people together for an (un)official test of Aarik’s theory.  I have, however, found some linkshell members to briefly interview.   Red Skyfire was my first victim—erm I mean subject.  He is an alchemist.

<Amrita> Red, do you find with any frequency; that during certain moon phases synths will fail more often? Ones that perhaps during some other phase of the moon would be "easy".

<Red> The moon makes crafting hard and harder. There is no easy moon phase

<Amrita> lol I like that answer!^^

<Red > Full is the best time to try for +1, 2, 3.

<Amrita > And for alchemy, which moon phase seems to be the worst?

<Red > I don’t know.  They are all about the same…  I just lost 160 Durability before I could get to 60%.

<Amrita > o.O  So the only difference you see is during full moon?

<Red> I get more +1s.

<Amrita> Ah okay. ^^

<Amrita> There is a theory running around that says one is more apt to fail during new moon.

<Red> I don’t know…

<Amrita> Okay.  Any secret-ish advice for crafting that you might want to toss out there?

<Red> Take lots o’ breaks.

<Amrita> <3 that answer Red!  Thank you for your time! >^^<

Next I talked to Baby Cakes.

<Amrita> Baby~~ ^^ You're an avid crafter :3 mind if I ask you some questions?

<Baby> I don't think that's an accurate statement, but sure.

<Amrita> Well you craft… >.>  With.. say, semi-frequency?

<Baby> Yes...  I'm goal oriented ^^

<Amrita> lol ^^  Which craft would you call your most adept thus far?

<Baby> Speaking of which...  I logged on to get rank 40 GSM!

<Amrita> Woohoo!

<Baby> So that is my most "adept" I guess.

<Amrita> Do you find with any frequency; that during certain moon phases synths will fail more often?  Ones that would otherwise typically be successful.

<Baby> I don't know about failing, but I definitely believe in that full moon....HQ thing.

<Amrita> Yeah, Red mentioned that too.^^

<Baby> I don't really pay much attention to my fail rate...  I'm not that into it.

<Amrita> I remember a theory that new moon = more unstable elements or failures, so I'm trying to see if anybody has noticed that.

<Baby> Yes....but I've learned to control my unstables.

<Amrita> You have? How so?

<Baby> I'm much better at it, lots of waits.  If you do 2 waits on an unstable sometimes it'll resolve.

<Amrita> Ah okay, that's good advice. ^^

<Baby> If it doesn't...  Maybe I'll do standard then wait again.

<Amrita> Its funny, I feel like I pay more attention to breaks and fails then I do HQs.

<Baby> Better than getting 20 dura knocked off.

<Amrita> Yeah!

As for me, at 32, my weaver is highest, which isn’t really “high”, but I have noticed more frequent unstable elements and seemingly random failures during new moon.  I have HQ’d some items, but it usually happens when I’m making a bunch of some item and when I go to sell them, I find an HQ in the bunch. XD  So it’s quite possible that happened on a full moon, because I seem to do the “power” crafting around the full moon.

Thank you to Red and Baby for their time!

I would love for readers to weigh in on this as well!

Linkshell “lulz”; Meet Valhalla Valkyries

I speak highly of my Linkshell, Valhalla Valkyries.  I’ve even shown you a sample of the fun we have together as a group (Naked LS Behest).  But I haven’t really introduced anybody!  So without further delay, I present a snippet of member close-ups, fooling around and general “lulz”.
I’ll begin with our leaders:
D (aka “The Dude”) and his wife Baby (aka “Baby Cakes”, “B-cakes”, “BC”)

Both of them are fun and helpful.  Like the day D invited me to do some leves…  

Oh wait, I should also mention that sometimes he is a little creepy.

I don't have a lot of solo pictures, but here are the few I do have ^.^
 

Gaia!  (Unofficial) Official LS Mom.

Canni, up close and personal.  Wow he’s BIG! O_o

Kat, who I found roaming at one of the camps near Limsa.

We also have some amusing conversations sometimes…  

And if you think the more spiritual oriented among us don’t know how to screw around:

 I had to get him back for groping me, right? ;P

All in fun and love <3