Fun with Dragoon.

So, after the horrendous "no invite" night, things couldn't get any worse surely... Well, they didn't :D I decided to try my hand at soloing while I seeked, just as I reached my planned camp I received an invite ^^. Clearly someone, somewhere felt sorry for me, and that's the kind of pity is could get used to :D.

Anywho, I figured i'd treat myself to some new gear before we started. On Dragoon I tend to pull a lot of hate, that was made worse by the introduction of Penta Thrust to my arsenal of thing to make mobs bleed. So, I picked me up some Crow gear... Jupon and Hose. These are awesome for 2 main reasons...

1: They cut my enmity down so much, I don't have to worry nearly as much anymore about pulling too much hate and tanking on a job that, well... really isn't up to the task.

2: I can finally get out of that ugly ass Brigandine + Subligar setup that I detest. It really helps that Crow looks so dapper :D

So anyway, we decided to hit up the Quicksand Caves and cause a bit of a ruckus with the locals. Exp was constant, but kinda slow really. Maybe it was the higher end of the party cutting exp, but I can't complain too much. What I will complain about however, was the fact our SAM puller found it impossible to pull ANYTHING without getting a damn link going. Almost every time he had to zone, so we were a DD down for a fair portion of most of the mobs, but at least I got to shine as the main DD :D

I hit 50 and equipped my Crow. Now that I was looking quite smartly dressed, it was down to the real business. Popped my anniversary ring and proceeded to rack up the body count. I feel a bit of guilt for every beetle I kill, as they really aren't causing anyone any harm then suddenly they have me jumping on them (literally). The Antican's however... they deserve what they get! Sadly thing came up after a while and I had to leave, one fight short of finishing the ring charge. No worries though, I was close to 51 so figured another party later or tomorrow would clear that up nicely.

However, that wasn't to be. Back to the good ol' fashioned seeking... and seeking... and seeking some more. So I figured sod it and returned to my solo camp from earlier in the day. Now, I'm not looking to get myself killed, (god know's how i'm so talented at it though), so my camp was comprised of Easy Prey - Decent Challenge Colibri and Ladybugs. This place turned out so much better than i had hoped. The exp stayed pretty much at 50 per kill, (50 for DC, 47 for EP... don't ask me how SE worked that one out), so it was hardly gonna blast me to 75 any time soon, but it was easy and, most importantly, FAST. I also noticed that, along with the exp gradually building up, I was amassing quite a bundle of items. Colibri beaks and feathers, Ladybug wings and what i'm really happy about, a good horde of Beastman seals :D

This all resulted in about 20k gil which is fairly modest considering I was never out there to make gil in the first place. I managed to solo over 6k into 51, so i'm planning to hit 52 some time tomorrow morning ^^. Also, i'm not entirely sure why, maybe it's the bleached out colours or what, but East Ronfaure [S] is such a relaxing place to spend your time. It's a really nice area to look at, which makes the time there even more enjoyable, which is the main thing, I actually ENJOYED my time soloing for once ^_^. I'm gonna be sad when I inevitably bid that camp farewell, but i'll hopefully move on to a better place!

(and no... I don't mean the afterlife >.>)