Earn a Mythic Weapon in 15 Easy Steps!

I recently learned about the possibility of a mythic dragoon weapon in FFXI. "AWESOME," I thought naively! "The mythic dragoon lance, Ryunohige! Sounds super badass. Let's do it!"

So I researched how to get it.

Look. Ok.  *deep breath*

FFXI – Part 101: New Frontiers

Summary: Exploring the post-apocalyptic dimension of Abyssea and the new frontier of Adoulin.

The Final Stretch of FFXI

Whew! Starting out this week, I passed the 100 session marker for FFXI, as well as passing 400 hours in played time. This is by far the most time I've spent in a Final Fantasy game.  It is starting to be a bit exhausting, and I'm psyched as hell for the next games, but I still love it. :)

I want to warn y'all that the remaining FFXI posts will likely less focused and more infrequent.

Endgame content requires more non-story grinding than before. I might play for ten hours and only have a bullet or two worth noting. Also, some content requires the help of linkshell-mates.

To alleviate the slow-down, I plan to focus on a broader range FFXI content per session.  For example, my last session was just about "A Shantotto Ascension."

Instead, my next session may have some Abyssea content, some "Seekers of Adoulin" content, some gearing-up, and some "Rhapsodies of Vana'diel." The variety may help some FFXI-burnout I feel coming on as I push for the finish line.

Thank you for reading, kupo!

FFXI – Part 100: Doppelgangland

Summary: A transporter accident results in Good Shantotto and Evil Shantotto. Spoiler: there is no such thing as a “good Shantotto.”

FFXI – Part 99: Kupo d’Etat

Summary: A story about capitalism, the evils of gentrification, and cute lil moogle tummies.

FFXI – Part 98: Ode of Life Bestowing

Summary: The entirety of “A Crystalline Prophecy,” the story of an evil crystal. An odd addition to FFXI.

FFXI – Part 97: Boss Rush

Summary: Birth of a new mothercrystal. Balamor and Volto Oscuro go down. Three Detolillas. Expansion bosses return to haunt me.

FFXI – Part 96: Gods of Vana’diel

Summary: Rhapsodies of Vana’diel. Pursuing Volto Oscuro. A meeting of avatars. Balamor, the demon jester. Iroha the heroine.

FFXI – Part 95: Future Fabulous

Summary: Lilisette returns. Lilith goes down… sort of. History set on a bright path. The conclusion to “Wings of the Goddess.”

FFXI – Part 94: Shattered Memories

Summary: Lilisette has been shattered into memories scattered by Atomos. Time to put those pieces back together.

FFXI – Part 93: Bonds of Mythril

Summary: The full history of Zeid and Klara. Exorcism. The conclusion to this expansion's Bastok storyline.

FFXI – Part 92: Lilith Rising

Summary: Lilith’s total victory. The Allied Forces fall. Ragelise and Portia fall. Lilisette falls. FFXI at its best.

TW: brief imagery of suicide.

FFXI – Part 91: Operation Snowstorm

Summary: The Allied Forces prepare to move on Castle Zvahl. Lilith sets her traps, plotting for her own war-torn future.

FFXI – Part 90: The Man in the Iron Mask

Summary: Zeid’s past, Zeid’s choices, Zeid’s loyalty to Klara. “Captain Klara’s” disguise begins to unravel.

FFXI – Part 89: Distorter of Time

Summary: Atomos emerges. Cat Voltron. The wings of the Goddess. A mother gained, a father lost.

FFXI – Part 88: Queen Takes Pawn

Summary: Cait Sith origins and treachery. The brutality and temptation of Lilith.

FFXI – Part 87: CSI: Bastok

Summary: A murder mystery in Bastok. Impostors and illusions left and right, old secrets being dredged up.

FFXI – Part 86: Nation on the Brink

Summary: A traitorous “Nag’molada.” The Battle of Jeuno. Cat betrayal. Lilith revealed.

TW: sexual assault.

FFXI – Part 85: Chrono Trigger

Summary: Blue mage job quest. Jumping across time to help Sir Ragelise. Aquila the cat-snuggling villain.

FFXI – Part 84: The Battle of Bastok

Summary: Another attempted assassination. Galka-Hume tensions boil over into open rebellion. The Quadav invade.

FFXI – Part 83: Moonshade Butterfly

Summary: Lilisette the glorious battle dancer. Cait Siths – plural. Servants of Lady Lilith (new Big Bad?).

FFXI – Part 82: Burden of Suspicion

Summary: Switching my allegiance to Bastok. Diving into the city’s politics and the mystery of a senator’s assassination. Scholar Adelheid.