Everytime I log onto FFXI, I think about Arislan, Knivezz and all the other Valor Gods that left FFXI a long time ago and about how much I miss them :/ These were without a doubt the best days I ever had in this evil game and nothing else in FFXI to come wil ever top that.

Meanwhile a lot has changed in Vana'Diel itself as well, after 4 expansions (a fifth is already to be rumored) and major updates every 2 months, the game has evolved a lot.

To name a few changes over the years:

1. Many new areas, new mobs, new NMs, new HNMs;
2. New jobs, new storylines, changed game mechanics, new items, new spells;
3. BCNM, KSNM, Dynamis, Garrison, Ballista, Limbus, ENM;
4. Assault, Besieged, ISNM, Einherjar, Salvage, Campaign, ZNM;
5. All these things I forgot to mention.

If you don't play that much (like me), you're pretty much /shocked everytime you log into ffxi and see all these people running around equipped in gear that you have never seen before (or didn't think it would be so common to have by now) or them hurrying to zones where you might have never been before. I may be slightly exaggerating, but I can only wonder how it would be if you'd come back to the game after 2 years…

Anyway, with so much to do in FFXI and so little time, you basically just want to spend most of your time (read: all your time) in this game with your closest FFXI friends.

Well a good in game activity to achieve that appears to be Salvage

Let me first start off with an excerpt from Uzor, 
which imo describes perfectly what salvage is all about: 

"What you need to know, is that team work is key to Salvage. Unlike Dynamis, where you can leech on others the majority of the time, Salvage requires the team to speak to eachother. It requires people to know eachother well, know their play style, and adjust to eachother. Most events in FFXI, you can throw bodies at it to get it done. However, Salvage is the complete opposite. Here, having less people results in better results, most of the time. Hence why my motto is less is more, more or less."

• Salvage will take exactly 100 minutes every run;
• Team work and communication is of the essence;
• 8-10 is the optimal amount of people for Salvage;
• You should do 2-3 runs a week for the highest reward ratio;
• Blood, sweat, tears, perseverance and FUN *^_^*

So after a late msn group chatsession with a few ffxi oldtimers,
A new Salvage LS was born…

I translate its name as "Let us Salvage", but apparently it's also Latin for "SAVE US !"
Either way, could this name be any more appropriate?

Proud Members:

• Euniss (= Kitty Cat Leir, Samurai of Legend and Bot Hater)
• Lestath (Valor God, Pigkeeper and Italian Sexsymbol)
• Mitru (French Can Can, intellectual and passionate lover)
• Lakhan (Moviestar and Johnny Depp look-a-like)
• Bert (HK brother of Ernie)
• Miyake (Notorious Turkish RDM)
• Hallbrom (One of the best 4 bards I know)
• Belacor (???)
• Veve (EmoQueen)

And with salvage planned 2 to 3 times a week, I finally found myself a solid reason to start up FFXI again !

At the meantime I am meriting my RDM like crazy, as this will be the job which I'll mostly be playing in Salvage (Phalanx II really shines in there ! )   

I am also currently working on a "Salvage Section" for this weblog which will contain strategies, data and pictures of our runs

Last week after browsing Maiev's Staronion Blog for some MH decoration ideas, I decided to renovate my Moogle Interior. So after ordering a container at Twinbrix Moving Service & Storage to throw out some trash, it was time to shop around for some new furniture…

Mind you that everything you will see on the following pictures is still temporary in every sense of the word; this until I find a layout that suits me the best :D

The Old'Verobar (with an unlimited supply of Yagudo Drinks)
A Mannequin will take place as bartender behind the counter, but I still need to purchase a large Elvaan or Galka as my mithra mannequin is barely noticeable behind the counter

Sleeping Quarters
With my mannequin pretending to search for an appropriate book to take to the bed XD

The Noble bed will be replaced by two Royal beds as soon as it's back in stock, but since it's 700k/piece and it sells extremely slow through the AH, I don't expect this to happen anytime soon :'(

Clothcraft Starbucks Corner
The only time people really enter my mog house is when they want me to craft something for them. Well this is the corner where they can repose and drink some Imperial coffee while they wait in excitement on the outcome of the craftingsession. The benches and table will be upgraded to more antique (read: expensive) furniture in the near future.

The Left wing of my MH is still rather dull, I tried fidgeting around a little with some closetscreens, but that didn't work out as I wanted it to. Please take a closer look at the Harpsichord in the middle of the picture. I got this unique piece of furniture by purchasing the FFXI Music CD: Vana'Diel Piano Collections - Every Vana'day at 22.00 it lights up and plays a remix of the Sand'orian theme. You can see it live in action in the video below

It sounds a little like a Walt Disney tune to me - "It's a small world after all"

Every place in Vana'Diel should be a happy place !

Last week I felt the time had finally come to shoot for Clothcraft 100… 

Now that was a good start, especially when I managed to sell
the crappy blessed briault +1 a few hours later for 2.750.000 Gil

Wahaay ! *^_^*

YAAAY after 4 years of crafting, my skills chart has evolved to following blueish look:

Now what to do about fishing… LOL not a chance !

How are you doing? 

I am still alive, thank you for asking

Do You still play?

Yes I do, but very rarely…

When can we expect an update on your weblog ?

VERY SOON !