Since some of you guys are playing Blade and Soul while waiting for patch 3.2, some people in the FC are still doing their relic quest. I'll be throwing up some group activities once in awhile so we get to see each other a bit more in XIV, and that also includes getting your weekly loots! Please note - weekend activities may not always happen based on people's schedules; however, VA will happen on almost every Tuesdays!
If you're interested, be sure to hop on or ask me to double check on the weekly events! Hope to see some of you guys on one of these events!
As part of the monthly tradition thing for the FC, I'm throwing another appreciation post for another member. He used to a be lalafell, but when Heavensward came around, he turned into a lady au ra. He likes to grind his classes to 60, but he hates levelling his crafters. As the title says, this appreciation post is for Geir (aka Miyazu) since he deserves one :D!
Come to think of it, I've talked to Geir for a year now. Geir and his friend, Hiro, were looking for a new FC. They happened to find my previous FC and we started making small talks. Geir eventually brought in the rest of his friends over and the FC was getting pretty active. When December came around, I left the FC, but Geir was still sticking with it. We sent each other a friend request so that we could keep in touch.
We often waved at each other when we see each other in town. Then one day, Geir asked if he and Hiro could join Ocarina. In a heartbeat, I said yes. Since Ocarina started off very small, I certainly felt that many people could get a decent chance to talk to Geir. They weren't simple "hellos" and "goodbyes" anymore, but they were in-depth conversations (mostly about games/XIV).
I mean look at Geir picking fights with other lalafells when they were having a contest. They were trying to fight each other in being the cutest lalafell in the FC/Cactuar. Zetta got all jealous and was starting to fight other lalafells!
And Geir is trying to bribe his way to victory, not sure if paying Avasir is a good decision (cause that money might have gone to me)! Though I want to appreciate Geir for being a splendid mate in Ocarina. I don't want and I don't need drama llamas coming over into my FC, so thanks for being such a chill guy who just wants to play games and chat with others.
Speaking of drama llamas, I sincerely appreciate Geir for being a super understanding guy. I had a disagreement with one of his friends, so I talked to Geir about it. I imagined a lot of outcomes, like Geir supporting with his friend and leaving Ocarina, which I would completely understand. However, Geir basically told me if I'm not feeling comfortable, then I should go by my decisions. I was very very relieved and I will never forget this.
Another thing I want to appreciate is that you are very helpful around the FC! You have donated generous amounts of airship materials and I am truly grateful for that. We needed endless materials from GC and without your donations, we would've been spending a bunch of gil on the market boards.
I also really enjoy running dungeons with you. Especially the times where we ran blind dungeon runs during Heavensward! Thank you for running the the dungeons with us, exploring the maps, and not spoil anything about the bosses (even though you're new to it too). It makes the adventure a lot more fun and exciting.
and we've ran quite a number of dungeons together hehehe :D!
Thank you for coming along to those Alex runs as well. Those were awfully painful and annoying, so I really appreciate that you spent some time with us while some of us were trying to grab/upgrade gears! Thank goodness we're over that...
On one random night, Sas and I decided we should bring Hiro and Geir for their T9 clear. We remembered hearing Geir talking about his raid group hitting T5 when Binding Coil just came out. It's not that I don't believe the tale, I was too curious to see what Geir was like in raids. Sas and I dragged both Hiro and Geir into T9 and we simply gave them instructions through mumble.
Our T9 clear went smooth like butter and this was the moment where Sas and I thought Geir and Hiro could be our subs. When the raid group needs a sub, Geir was very reliable and we're very happy to have him around! Geir, you also amazed me with how you handled Final Coil, since you had no idea how the fights were.
We also farmed endlessly for our Hive weapons (and shortly afterwards, eso gears were coming out too). Those were pretty fun!
We did the same with our Thordan weapons, except they're not replaceable until we beat A4S (or when you finish your relic weapon)! However, I want to thank you for being part of the raid team this year. It saved us a lot of trouble in finding another person to join the group and we don't have to worry about DPS, learning attitude, and the list goes on. Thank you so much for accepting the offer and joining our end-game adventures. I really mean it.
I also want to say I really do appreciate you for doing some homework before raids. It really helps the group to progress and helps us to identify the problems easily when we're facing a challenge. You're very open-minded and you do admit your mistakes, so that really does make raid enjoyable (say no to drama)!
I honestly have to say, I am very impressed with how fast we caught up to A3S and being able to see the entire fight (Ria you too, but the spotlight is going to Geir :P). Without you being in the group, we might have been taking a short break from raiding or we might have been waiting for 3.2 to come out.
Ocarina is very happy to have you around, Geir! I am grateful to have met you in XIV and to meet other of your friends that you brought along (they were all wonderful)! You're the best NIN I know, so don't ever change!!
Hello Ocarina, I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend! My weekend was alright, I went to a fancy restaurant with Sas, Neru, and some couple of other friends. The food was not too bad, but the services was awful. Don't you hate it when you go to some sort of expensive restaurant but their services is somewhat garbage? The dessert wasn't even that good too!!
Anyway, I'll start off with the blog post with some dungeon time with other mates :D Neru, Lunaria, and I ended up in Lake for our 50 DR. For the caster girls, we didn't have a problem with the bosses. Except Neru, since he was a MNK, he lost his stacks and positions ~~ *pets*
Our tank was also dressed up as Optimus Prime o: Neru was very giggly like a fan girl.
Kapow! We'll fight the dragon together!
Then Ariru decided to help me with my WHM levelling and I really appreciate that extra help. Ariru was on her BRD, so I did feel bad that she wasn't gaining anything from helping me. Scherza came along and we stared at Nox until he tanked aery for us!
Yay, full FC Aery run ^__^
Nox has a pretty black dress. It looks kawaii on his hourglass figure.
Then we ran a few Vault runs so that Nox could hit 58 on his MCH!
We ran into some good tanks (thankfully) for our runs too o:
Nox wants to party and jump jump jump! Pewww!
I'll end the dungeon section with a sneaky VA picture with Lunaria ~ fufufu
Next, I'll be posting some bonding moments of the FC. Cheesy. I know LOL but you guys are literally the best on Cactuar.
Aikia and Neru were having some goon battle. Neru kept wimping out and Aikia was trying to assert his dominance like always. They tried so hard and got so far. But in the end, it doesn't even matter.
It's been awhile since I got a bench picture with the group :3 this time our house is freshly updated with cute mogs and pretty dravanian trees!
Here is the crew beating up the dummy o: There was a SMN battle between Scherza, Neru, and Ubi! Neru was first, Scherza was second, and Ubi was still DPSing forever <3 hehe
And then the dummy never got a break from the beaters.
Though that SMN skill looks gross ...
Here is a pretty snapshot of Ariru in the lupin plot ~
/bombdance away
Ubi met another male elezen and his heart was beating with joy...
What is happening omg
Ubi, I'm shipping you with your other elezen friend. OTP! Though that elezen male is from my previous FC and he was paying us a visit ^_^ I'm very happy to see him well.
Group picture :D
A small update on the raid group - we made progression on Wednesday night ^___^ Cascade and first grabby hand!! Gotta practice some more and let's aim for more progression on Monday /joy!
I'll end the post with Ubi's horrible taste in clothes:
Actually, before I end the post, I would like to bring your attention to the new donation page. It used to be a donation page for the Free Company, but now, I want to focus that attention to animals in need. Feel free to browse around and if you want to adopt an endangered species, please, go do it.
