I have…
- Tanked that #$%#$% bomb on NIN (my first battles long-ago) and on PLD…
- Meleed it on MNK, NIN, and DRK…
- Main-healed as the only WHM in an alliance…
- Tried to see ‘can I blow up for more DMG than that mob’ on BLM…
- Inspired the troops with battle songs like Taillefer as BRD…
- Lost count of how many drops and kills ..
Finally! The Soboro Sukehiro is mine!
Took us a bit longer to gather enough folks for the run tonight, and just as the first few of us were entering Riverne, a system message came saying emergency maintenance in less than two hours. >.< We decided to see how many we could fit in before logging and turned out to only have time enough for two attempts.
As we assembled, I was growing worried about a lack of any healers showing in the party lists so I silently grabbed Tram and moved him into position near the entrance. A WHM was located, but by the time we were about ready to start, he was AWOL. Time to spring the Taru Backpack into action!
I lost the /random on the first fight which turns out to be a good thin since it was a wipe. Had some confusion on stun order, which can usually be expected when doing a pickup group. It did seem like a viable team, so we went for one more pop.
I slyly fooled SE by having Tram do my /random for the 2nd fight. And he pulled out a 996 placing me on deck.
The fight went real nice for the first half, then started going FUBAR fast. Since Tram was nearly out of MP, I did my typical Zerg-WHM act of a Suicide Benediction to give one last push to recover from a Self-Destruct that made it through. After RR, I was able to toss out a few more cures which I think made a huge difference even though I could not quite get the Tank out of red HP.
When the mob hit about 7%, things were looking very Grim. We had little possibilities of sleeping after blowing our ES to recover when the second party died, I was going to hit Dia just in case it got close enough for a posthumous kill. When I saw a Meikyo Shisui go off with it at 4%, I knew we had it! And, to continue the 100% drop rate we have seen the last few days (when not eating dirt), the Gkt hit the Treasure Pool.
I guess the benefit of leveling so many jobs is that I can leave one alone until I get the gear I really want for it before progressing. Similar to when I left my SMN at 40 until I could nab a Dragon Staff or holding on THF until Striders… not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, but makes ‘The Grind’ more enjoyable.