I really am never satisfied with ANY theme for my blog, am I?  Hey, I actually have a few other things to talk about as well, so come on in, and let’s talk.

So yeah, we are in the home stretch of the holiday season, so we are going to not talk about that. Instead, I’ll speak up about the goings on in Vana’diel, and whatever else I am in the mood to type at almost 5:00am.

The December Version Update

So the new version update has arrived, and I must say, my feelings about it are mixed.

New Missions

Firstly, I am very much looking forward to the additional missions and such for Wings of the Goddess. I really do not like how they space out the mission additions over two updates, while throwing in the nation quests in between. I really like the main storyline of the expansion, but going so long without doing anything to progress through it is really souring the experience for me. Add to that, I need to still finish the previous set of nation quests to progress is just a pain in the ass.

Scholar and Dancer Relic Added

See the image on the right? That is what I hope to have my Scholar look like one day, lol. We did a Dynamis – Xarcabard run after the update, and although no new piece dropped, it’s good to know that they were added so quickly.

I will need to get used to seeing the name “Argute”, and hope to see a piece drop soon!

Fields of Valor & Treasure Caskets

I have already given these a try, and if you go and look on my Profile page, you can see that my Ninja has actually been leveled up. This is thanks to Fields of Valor. Going out and completing the somewhat simple tasks for a nice bonus of experience and gil is certainly encouraging me to go out and take on the tasks at hand.

As for the Treasure Caskets, I have happened upon a few of those on my new found leveling swing, and it is nice to get some items to help with moving things along quicker, rather than having to stop after every other mob to recover HP/MP. Fields of Valor also helps in that you use “Tabs” you earn and can get a long lasting regen/refresh, or foods to help you along.

All in all, this is a very nice addition Square Enix has added that not only helps low level play, but also could help in bringing people back to the “old” areas.

Of course, they also delayed the Moblin Maze Monger feature from being added, which was a bit of a bummer, but going by what I have heard MogKnight say about the bugginess of the demo at the Fan Festival, it’s probably best that they are delaying the release. Hope to be playing that before the holidays. Speaking of the holidays…

You Changed The Blog AGAIN?!?

File this one in the “You’re never satisfied” folder. I have returned the blog to the first look it had way back when I started doing this a few years ago. A couple things to note are that the layout looks similar to the previous “dark” look, the navigation is much less “MS Paint” in design, and the sidebar actually changes depending on the type of page you are viewing. Well, only the navigation changes, but I am working on getting the picture to change as well.

Please be sure to let me know your thoughts on this “back to the future” look.

Dynamis – Xarcabard, Proto – Ultima, & Bahamut!

Strictly a farming run this time around in the northlands, as there were only 17 of us max. I failed to get a screenshot of the ending when Commander’s controller died, and set an angry mass of demons directly towards us and killed everyone in sight.

Then there was another successful Proto – Ultima run, where I seemed to be the target of many Holy II castings… In the midst of that, there are no screenshots of that wonderful event.

And then there was Bahamut, and another success!

Enjoy the pictures!

There you go! Wow, that filled up a lot of space, lol. Hope to see you online!