Quests: Automaton Assault (Mine Shaft #2716 ENM)

Demin wanted another shot at a Waetoto's Earring Friday night, so we headed off to Mine Shaft #2716 for another attempt at Automaton Assualt. This time Kiki joined in as her PLD instead of her inept RDM. We had Demin NIN/WAR, Midget RNG/NIN, Anastasia BLM/RDM, Kiki PLD/WAR, and Ijin (Demin dual-boxing, so not a full participant) WHM/BLM.

This time we took on the Hume first, to get rid of the pesky BLM. Ana stunned all but one of the spells I believe, and it went down quickly.

Next up was the Elvaan. This was a bit tougher to kill, and Kiki ended up tanking a bit on this automaton, since she was dumping some big Cures around.

The Mithra, weak to ranged attacks, dropped fast under Midget's onslaught, and finally, one big spell from Ana very nearly did in the Galka. Kiki used cover a tiny bit early, but no harm done, and we won! We even set the record for the week, so that was fun.

We each got 1200 exp, and 3000 gil, but unfortunately for Demin, we got a Morukaka Earring, which is +35HP. Everyone agreed that this was more useful for Kiki's PLD than anyone else, so Kiki is now the proud owner of a rare/ex, level 55 earring that gives her 35 HP. Considering that a bloodbead earring that gives just 25 HP goes for a few million (I should really check the price again some time), this is a pretty nice item to get for a career PLD.

We'll try again soon and hopefully we'll get that Waetoto's Earring for Demin!