Quests: Like the Wind (Boneyard Gully ENM)

Have I mentioned that Erock came back to the game, after being gone for over a year? Sort of? Well, he did. And since he gave away most of his stuff when he quit, he's been trying to rebuild his gear for both WAR and RDM. Towards this end, he's needed help with some things like the "Like the Wind" ENM to try to get a Maneater. He'd manage to get one, but since ENMs are a quick and easy way to make some potential gil, he asked Itera and I to go one night.

It's actually pretty fun - there's one Eft to fight, Race Runner, and he tears around the area. The challenge is to get enough hate to have him stand still for a bit so you can beat him up. We got a Galateia cloth, which translated to 55k gil, and 2000 exp for our efforts.

Since then we've done it several more times, but haven't got anything worth more than 10k. It's still nice getting the 2000 exp/limit points though. It feels like we had better luck with the drops in the Antlion ENM, but I don't think we could manage that one with just the three of us.

Quests: Sheep in Antlion's Clothing (Boneyard Gully ENM)

On Saturday evening, another linkshell entered Dynamis-Jeuno about 90 minutes before we were supposed to. This meant we'd be starting two hours late, and since people needed the flag for Northlands access, we really had no choice but to wait. While we were waiting, Kojita recruited Itera, Goto and I for an ENM with Hatushara. They wanted to do the Sheep in Antlion's Clothing in Boneyard Gully. It's uncapped, with a 6-man limit. It requires the Miasma Filter key item, which Itera and I had both picked up when we had done the Tor climb for CoP Mission 3-3 nearly a year ago.

For this ENM, you need to defeat Tuchulcha, an antlion that hides under the sand. You find her by running around the BC area, and getting ambushed by her. After you fight her a bit, she burrows into the sand again, and you have to run around to find her. She also has three companions that will jump out and fight you as well, so you pretty much have to be as quick as you can.

We ended up having to search for her four times total, and did find all three of her companions. We killed each of those, and we got Tuchulcha killed before the fifteen minutes ran out. We were rewarded with 2500 experience points (mostly wasted on me, since I was about 50 points away from being capped), and the treasure box contained both a Hagun and a Forager's Mantle! Itera sold them for us, and we each got 520k gil from it, which was an nice, unexpected, addition to Kiki's dwindling pocketbook.

We're going to see if we can do this, and maybe a couple other ENMs, on a regular basis. I'm not sure when I'll have time though.

Index: Quests

I love doing quests. Some times I think the only reason I leveled a job all the way to 75 was in order to be able to complete more quests.

Avatars

01/2006: Trial By Wind (Garuda Prime)
03/2006: Trial By Ice (Shiva Prime)
06/2006: Trial by Lightning (Ramuh Prime)
06/2006: Trials by Earth and Ice (Titan and Shiva)
08/2006: Diabolos Prime 6 - Pickup Party 0
09/2006: Trial by Fire/Trial by Wind
09/2006: Prime Avatars and the Moon Bauble
09/2006: Titan and Ramuh
10/2006: Ifrit, Leviathan, and Ramuh
12/2006: Fenrir 3, Tsakiki 0
03/2007: The Day of the Primes
05/2007: The Moonlit Path
05/2007: Waking Dreams

WSNM, BCNM, KSNM, ENM and ISNM

11/2005: Automaton Assault (Mine Shaft #2716 ENM)
11/2006: Celery (Qu'Bia Arena BCNM60)
11/2005: Creeping Doom (Balga's Dais BCNM30)
10/2006: Creeping Doom with 3xBLU
08/2006: Double Dragonian (KSNM30)
05/2006: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee? (Old Wounds)
08/2007: Like the Wind (Boneyard Gully ENM)
01/2006: Operation Desert Swarm (Waughroon Shrine KSNM30)
03/2007: Operation Desert Swarm, Melee Style
12/2005: Pulling the Strings (Mine Shaft #2716 ENM)
09/2006: Promyvion ENMs
03/2007: Under Observation (BCNM40)
03/2007: Sheep in Antlion's Clothing (Boneyard Gully ENM)
10/2006: Undying Promise (Qu'Bai Arena BCNM40)

Maat

02/2005: Genkai 1 - Complete! (In Defiant Challenge)
11/2005: Riding on the Clouds (Genkai 4)
03/2006: Shattering Stars (PLD)

Experience Scrolls

02/2006: Escort for Hire (Bastok)
06/2006: Escort for Hire (San d'Oria)
06/2006: Secrets of Ovens Lost
02/2007: Experience Point Scrolls

General Quests

02/2005: +Accuracy? Yes, Please! (Chasing Dreams)
03/2006: A Bait and Switch
11/2006: A Chocobo's Tale
11/2006: A Question of Taste
03/2006: An Undying Pledge
09/2007: Apocalypse Nigh
02/2007: Artifact Armor +1
09/2007: Artifact Armor re-Quest
01/2006: Beastmen Treasure
01/2006: Behind the Smile
11/2006: Better the Demon You Know
12/2006: Blade of Death
09/2006: Bombs Away!
11/2006: Cargo
10/2006: Cid's Airship Quests
11/2006: Cid's Secret
02/2005: ClanTen Friday Night Quests
07/2007: Divine Might
07/2006: Elderly Pursuits
03/2006: Even More Gullible's Travels
12/2006: Faded Promises
08/2006: Friday Night Fun
02/2005: Friday Night Quests
12/2004: Grym and Kiki Get Their First Artifact Items
01/2006: Holiday Quest Wrap-Up
01/2006: It's Raining Mannequins!
10/2004: Kiki Gets Her Power Sandals
07/2006: Luck of the Draw (Corsair Flag quest)
06/2006: More Titles to Add to the Collection
06/2006: No Strings Attached (Puppetmaster flag)
11/2006: Personal Hygiene
07/2007: Promotion: Chief Sergeant
05/2007: Promotion: Corporal
10/2007: Promotion: First Lieutenant
09/2007: Promotion: Second Lieutenant
07/2007: Promotion: Sergeant Major
04/2006: Quest Catch-Up
04/2005: Saturday Morning Quest Cleanup
07/2007: Shadows of the Departed
05/2007: Spice Gals
01/2007: Storms of Fate
08/2006: The Die Is Cast
02/2006: The Lost Cardian/The Kind Cardian
11/2006: The Opo-opo and I
01/2006: The Search for Goldmane
11/2006: The Usual
07/2006: Tuning Out
11/2005: Valkurm Dunes Garrison
12/2005: Valkurm Dunes Garrison #2
08/2006: Walahra Turban
06/2006: What Friends Are For
11/2006: Wondering Minstrel