Introducing Tsakiki

Blogspot is now my new home to chronicle the Adventures of Tsakiki, rather than hope for modblog to become more reliable. I started using modblog when I decided a blog would be more fun than simply using the journal feature at Allakhazam. I'll start off with an introduction post, but I haven't yet decided whether or not to pull old entries over to here.

My husband and I started playing FFXI with the NA PS2 release in March 2004, and we agreed we wanted a Mithra character who would become a THF/NIN. We created Grymalkyn and had a lot of fun playing, but as the weeks went by, I really wanted to get a second copy of the game and create my own character so we could play together. So in late June 2004, Tsakiki was created. The name is a random one from the game, we decided the "Tsa-" is silent, and almost everyone calls her Kiki.

I made her with the intent she would be a PLD, as our old LS (ClanTen), originally most of my husband's SOCOM clan, had dwindled over the months, and there was really no tank in the group. We were hoping to have a static party, and a tank is a fairly key component. I selected Tarutaru so the two clan THFs would have an easier time seeing over me for SATA. My husband had Grymalkyn's THF at 33 at the time and commented about Elvaan's being too tall and Galka's tails getting in the way. Plus Taru tanks are so much fun.

Kiki and Grym leveled their PLD and THF to 51 with our old static, which went on a break in February, and then dissolved forever in May when Manon (RNG/WAR) and Locmari (SMN/WHM) quit FFXI. Elboron had been a BLM in our static from level 10-22, and was going to be our BRD when we got to 34, but he took a break from the game for several months, and that didn't happen. Emith had been our WHM until level 37, but at the time, he didn't want to take that any higher (he's a career BLM).

Since Elboron came back and got caught up, we've been static with his BRD, pretty haphazardly for awhile, but we've become part of the ClanBEB Low Level Static, which Kiki had been in with her RDM until level 56. Rovont had been the PLD for the LLS, but had to pull back on his game time for school. So Kiki became the PLD, Elboron replaced her RDM with his BRD, and Grymalkyn joined as THF. Itera as MNK and Yobun round out the LLS, and we're currently picking up healers each week, which has mixed results. We're currently level 62 with our PLD and THF.

Kiki has a variety of interests, which means there's always way too much to do in the game. She had been leveling RDM, and that's currently at level 58. I'd really like to get it safely over 60 at this point. It's a very useful job to have available. It's a bit odd, considering it wasn't anything she ever planned on taking past 25, which she had done for Sneak and Invisible. She really wants to level WAR and DRK further, thinks a DRG trio with Grym and Elboron would be great fun, would like to level SMN only after she has every avatar, and she and Grym both would like to have BST all the way to 75 one day. Her current job levels are:

PLD62 DRK34 WAR37 THF25 MNK20 NIN20
BST41
RDM58 BLM29 WHM1 SMN1
RNG7 DRG4 SAM2 BRD1

We're currently Rank 7 citizens of Windurst, and we're on PM 2-5, which we have been having a hard time getting a party organized to do this. We're trying to do it as BST/NIN, BST/NIN, BRD/WHM, MNK/WAR, WHM/BLM, but need to have a tank.

Grymalkyn's WHM somehow got up to 43, which admittedly has been quite useful.

Kiki's completed her quest for the Lu Shang's Fishing Rod on October 19th. She had started the quest in January, so it was a long haul. She has level 50 in fishing, 63 in Woodworking, 40 in Cooking (good for juice making), and 29 in Alchemy. Grym was been leveling every craft, with Cloth and Alchemy her highest, and one of our mules, Qiara is at about level 70 in Cooking.