You’re doing it wrong!

In August 2008 I started a FFXI blog at Blogspot. However, after a few months and some things happening both in real life and in game, I didn’t feel much like playing, and then I also stopped updating the blog. At the time, I was a MNK 75, PUP 73 and BRD 71. I had recently gotten Sea and joined Europa LS, which did all kinds of end game events: Einherjar, Sea, Sky, ENMs and KSNMs, Limbus and some NMs. I also did ZNM with Epic LS and Dynamis with ShadowHearts LS. On top of that, I had a social LS called SecretFellowship, which had quite a lot of events too.

Of course, after a while all the events got really tiring and I found myself not having fun anymore while playing. In October, I left Europa LS and after that I quit doing ZNM and Einherjar. I started salvage, but our group didn’t work very well and split up after a few runs. In the end, my only event in game was Dynamis, and I didn’t really log in for anything else either.

I basically took a break from the whole game except Dynamis, and that felt good. But now I’ve found myself interested in playing again. I still do Dynamis once a week and I like it a lot. I’m one of the leaders in our Dynamis LS ShadowHearts and we have a nice group. Most of my in game friends are in the LS so I’m always having fun during our runs. I also do the points and lot list for the LS and help with updating LS rules and stuff. It takes quite a lot of time since the LS has two runs a week and I want to have the point list fully updated before every run, but I like being able to help the LS in that way.

My other and most important linkshell is SecretFellowship. We founded it last summer with my husband and a couple of friends. At the time we only had two members with level 75 jobs, most of our members were new players. Nowadays we have around 25 more or less active members from all over Europe. I have many close friends in the LS who are the main reason for me to keep playing. During my time in the linkshell, I’ve met some really amazing people and had a lot of good time. Here are some screenshots from our events with SecretFellowship:

I also have a Sky LS Phailure, which has runs twice a week, though mostly I can only attend the Sunday runs because of my busy real life schedule. I mostly do Sky because I like it and I want to help my friends to get the stuff they want from there. I also have two things on my personal wish list: Ahands and Osode. I’m not in any hurry with getting them though.

In real life, I’m soon 23 years old university student. Hopefully I’ll graduate as Bachelor of Arts this spring. After that, I’ll continue studying for my Master of Arts diploma. I’ll probably spend at least two or three more years at the university. I also got a costumer service job in a movie rental place, which I’ll start on Monday. Other than playing FFXI and (soon) working, I spend my time reading and writing, watching movies and going out with friends.

In game, I play a character called Evyen on Caitsith server. I have three jobs at level 75: Monk, Bard and Puppetmaster. I have some regular events: Dynamis, Limbus, Nyzul Isle and Sky. I enjoy doing quests and missions, and I also try to help my friends whenever I have time for it. I like crafting and my goal is to level Goldsmithing to 100 one day. It’s level 50 at the moment, so I have a long way to go. At the moment I’m also leveling Scholar, which is level 39 now. It will hopefully be my next 75 job.

So, this is the beginning of my new FFXI blog. This will be the place where I write about my adventures, dreams and accomplishments in the world of Vana’diel. I hope you enjoy reading about them. ^^