Day #496 Recap

Current Game(s): Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XI

Current Play Time(Final Fantasy X-2): 60:09 (+)
Current Play Time(Final Fantasy XI): 28:04
Total Play Time - 1,106:47 (+)

Current Game Overs(FF X-2) - 4
Current Deaths(FF XI) - 4
Total Game Overs: 67

Where I Currently Am(FF X-2): Chapter 3 Creature Creator Time!(57% Complete, Bestiary 65% Complete)

Where I Currently Am(FF XI): Mission 2-3

Stuff Did Today (FF X-2): None

Stuff Did Today (FF XI): Took to travelling the world... boarded the ferry and travelled to the other continent where I first made way to San d'oria. Here, I picked up some home points and another Trust companion as well as a Mog House Exit. Next, I made the long trip to Bastok, where I was again able to pick up another Trust companion... they didn't have the right flower on sale at the Auction House though to get the Mog House Exit.

I then returned to Windurst, and made way for the Grand Duchy of Jeuno. On the way through the mountains, I stopped to gather some grass from some Crane Flies... I made it to Jeuno, and when I got there, a large crystal appeared in the sky. No one really liked what that could mean. Time froze and someone told me I was chosen by the crystal and I need to gather some stuff... I'll get on that later.

I then made my way to the Chocobo stable, where I started to nurse an abused chocobo back to health...

Status & Notes: 

First things first... you've probably noticed. I'm not going to be doing the Current Setups as often anymore... it is just too much work for not enough payout I think.  It was really good when I was moving through games more quickly at the start, and now that I'm playing these games that take so long to complete, it really doesn't always show very much every day. I'm probably going to try for a couple times a week.

Now for a little story. I never really had wanted to play FF XI. I had kind of given my allegiance to WoW, and that was that. Then, one day, I started playing Theatrythm and I got to the FF XI section and I came upon a song called Ronfaure. I found it to be a basic song, but an amazingly catchy song and what could be defined as a quintessential medeival sounding tune. It kind of made me curious, since this was far better than any music I'd heard in WoW....

This brings me to now. Obviously, I still haven't gotten too far in XI, but I've explored a bit now and gone to a few different areas. The layout, so far is a bit disappointing I'd say. Basically, the towns and starter areas all have very good music... I'm not a huge fan of the Scottish music in San d'Oria... I do very much enjoy the Jeuno music and the Windurst music however. Then as you get away from the starter town... its all wasteland. I mean, yeah, maybe something is mountainous, and some are desert... but really, its wasteland...

So, yeah, I've started the Crystalline Prophecy... completely accidentally. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle the different sets of missions, I'll have to figure it out at some point. Next is going to be finishing up the Chocolicense... then starting to work on Mission 2-3. Today though, we will be focusing on X-2! Also, tomorrow I'll get another setup for that, its been a while.