RDM Lootwhoring
Things have been going really well since my last update. We did 2 Odins, both of which dropped Wbodies. But, at least they went to people who actually had them wishlisted. We claimed a random Nidhogg which dropped an Ebody for Knightro. I solo popped Ix'DRK and lost animosity because I waited too long to click the ???. I then got animosity back on the next kill and we proceeded to watch Ix'DRK reraise like 5 million times over the next 2 hours. Fun times.

We've gotten quite a few 35s in Salvage. Raistlinratt finally completed Morrigan Robe and Ares Legs, Corrderio got Skadi Legs, Sashimiaru (who lives in Mt. Z) mined up enough Khroma to complete her Marduk's Jubbah, Yvan got an Usu Head for his level 30-something MNK, and I'm sure there are a lot of other pieces that I cannot even remember.

We were on an Ultima rotation, the road to which was somewhat chaotic. There were some bumps along the road with lotting chips and then an upper Temenos run where someone aggro'd Carbuncle with only 2 of the elementals dead elevating Carbuncle to ass-kicking status. We still managed to bang out the win, though.

Ultima itself was rather uneventful. The fight was rather smooth other than seeing Barnesy trying to be slick by sneaking in a Gekko before a CB and ended up catching it with his face.

Drops were pretty good at Head, Body, and Legs. The head could have been something better, but it's hard to complain with a Body and Legs in the pool. Arc got Legs, Fievel got Head, and I got Legs.



In Salvage we've been hitting SSR and Zhay pretty hard. Morrigan Legs continue to elude us, both in 25 and 35 form. We continue to get stuff we don't need, such as Yvan's Usu Head, but also stuff that is nice to see such as Corr's Skadi Legs. The 6f frog finally put out for me:





With these next 2 pieces of gear, I believe I'm finally at the point where Wubby has all the RDM gear that Xerlic had at the time of ban. Off the top of my head, the only thing I'm missing are Novio Earring and Altruistic Cape. And honestly, I think Merciful Cape is more useful for RDM than Altruistic Cape. :x

The past week or two have been all about RDM. I posted my gearsets on BG, and while it stroked my ego to receive complements, I was also glad to hear criticisms and possible improvements. On original Xerlic, I never really micromanaged that well. I mainly concerned myself with stats and such, and never took that much note of things like my Max HP/MP and wearing damage reduction gear in slots that don't have a relevant piece of gear for a certain spell. My first goal is to get a set of Darksteel +1 for my PDR set. They rarely pop on AH, so I'm having Rubicant craft them for me (thanks!). Gonna start on the harness (currently 0/8) and work my way down. I'm not sure if I'll bother with Merman's for MDR since coral is a lot more expensive than darksteel and I'm not really into RDM tanking, but we'll see. I really want to get better at RDM soling, and there are several solos that I'd like to try out just for the hell of it: Charybdis, VV, Faust, etc.

Zub was throwing together some Nyzul runs, so I decided to tag along since my runic disc was at level 95 for at least half a year and getting the key was just something I've been putting off. Unfortunately, someone else had already asked to host the run on DRK to force scythe to drop on 100, and I needed a windslicer for SAM. As luck would have it, the GKT dropped off of the floor 100 boss.



I had moved my other 75 RDM acct onto Seraph a few weeks ago to help me farm Aern organs, but stupid me forgot to check if he had Sea (of course he didn't). But, at least now I got some use out of him by making skillchains to break Nyzul weapons. I got his sword skill from 25 to 165, too lol.





Lastly, Mog Bonanza. I didn't make out too well this year....





:)