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