Kirin and Colin.

Gods again. Did one of each, I think. We finally got rid of some guy who was buying unwanted abjurations off us when D. Head dropped for him. Yay. I forget where all the other drops go, because I just pass and then switch off and go back to staring blankly at my screen with an inane smile on my face. I had a hot chocolate at some point, which was great.


Hey guise! Want soem Osodes?

I went to camp Cargo Crab Colin after, as he drops a fancy sword I like the look of for leveling BLU:


So I crossed Altepa Desert, entered Korroloka tunnel and stumbled into this after taking a wrong turn:


I was feeling a little unusual after crossing the desert, figured it must have been dehydration. NM didn't drop anything besides 1.2k and a spider web (which I later sold for 2k! :O).

Eventually made my way to Colin's camp, and wasn't happy to see a single placeholder on a 12 minute respawn, plus some BLU camping it as well. Courtious cat that I am, I left the camp to him as he was there first and logged off. I came and went the next day, depending on what I had to do and whether the BLU was still about or not. Eventually settled to camping and doing work while waiting on repops. One pop, and he dropped nothing. I was disappointed to see he looked the same as a normal crab (maybe a bit bigger?), when I was hoping he'd look more like Courier Carrie. Shame.


Carried on with some work, came back later and tabbing in and out for placeholder spawns. Tabbed back on one occasion to find some RDM fighting the NM (must have just come along seconds after it popped). I asked if he was just fighting for the hell of it and wasn't after the drop which fortunately, he wasn't. I asked him to invite me in case it dropped. Good thing he didn't kill it too quickly.


So, it pays to stay calm and be polite when someone pounces the NM you've been camping for hours, as I doubt he would have been so kind if I erupted in a fountain of OMGWTFBBQMYNM.


However, the trip did not go without some (further) disappointment as I discovered the "enhanced spikes" effect from my Duelist's Tights only work when they are equipped while you're being hit (I initially thought that you only needed them to be equipped while you cast).


A shame, but the piece still isn't totally redundant thanks to the extra Elemental magic skill. Maybe it is now for blood tanking stuff since it's defence is significantly lower than other options (Crimson Cuisses) unless the boost in spikes makes a massive increase in Ice Spikes' paralyze proc rate, and even then sacrificing 10~20 DEF isn't the end of the world on Even Match mobs.

Also, I just got my first party invite on RDM with my flag down for a long while, only days after musing to my linkshell how I've gotten more out-of-the-blue invites on my MNK mule recently. I've not mentioned my MNK yet, I'll add him to my pile of filler entries.