Have you ever considered everything in Final Fantasy XI just being totally random? I know I have, but that doesn't take away the fact I can be superstitious if it comes to getting that particular lucky (item) drop. As from yesterday I obtained my fourth and last item which is supposed to bring some in game luck. Needless to say that it has actually never been proven that one (or a combination) of these items would in fact add some kind of treasure hunter trait which would help you in increasing the droprate of that particular rare/ex item that you always wanted…

Some swear by these items and say they actually bring "good fortune",
others say there are just a plain waste of inventory space.

Since I have always been a fan of collecting useless items and filling my mogsafe and storage with complete junk, I saw no reason whatsoever not to add these items to my worthless collection as well: 
 

I got this Wild rabbit tail on my first bunny kill in Burimbiru, let's just hope the text does apply on more than just my luck on getting this item…

The price of this nice piece of furniture dropped to 250.000 Gil on our server. Besides the voodoo belief, there is actually a Moghancement: Conquest attached to this item. It makes you accumulate more Conquest points while having signet active.

I have had the lucky egg in my mog storage for years. I am not sure whether I should conclude that it has actually brought my any luck or not in getting rare/ex drops

Just as with the lucky egg, you are actualy supposed to eat this piece of leaf to activate the reasure hunter effect. Others say it just has to be in your inventory. I don't know, I'll probably eat this when I get so frustrated with a certain NM for not dropping the rare/ex item I need.

Now…
Let's see if these items will do me any good during NM camps and Dynamis.
Yes I am indeed that desperate

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After a 6 month interval I finally managed to cap my Bonecrafting sub. I can tell you this was a very cheap craft to level. This brings me to the following Crafting state:

Cooking is cheap but terrible to skil up, because the products (muffin) need so many ingredients.

Goldsmithing is still very expensive, but I found a recipe that will take me to 59 and doesn't burn my Gil pockets too hard (Hydra Claws). I need regular claws for this craft which has a 11.000 NPC price. Fortunately with my current smithing level I can craft these standard claws for 3.000 a piece.

As for Clothcraft, I decided to gradually take it up to 100, so I already started stockpiling squares of Galateia.

Oh and for those who noticed… As from now my fishing level has 2 digits and I intend to slowly skill it up as well. My main reasonfor giving fishing a serious chance is because I saw some videos on youtube of people solo completing the mercurial Kris quest. I want to try this as well, but to start the quest I apparently need level 28 in Fishing.

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According to FFXIAH the Shivan economy is booming…
No kidding eh, recently I saw certain items on the auction house being sold at double prices for no reason at all.
Is it so hard to wait for an item people? I mean, if you need a certain item, is it really necessary to have it RIGHT AWAY? No wonder you don't have any money left to buy my undervalued Aristocrat's coats. You all needlessly waste it by grossly overbidding on items at the auction house.

Anyway, I don't care anymore…

Meanwhile:

That's right, Sergeant Major - Wohoooooooo, at last !! It took me a while, but I eventually got there. Only 2 more ranks until Second Lieutenant…

YAAAAAY

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The last few weeks I spent some more time again with Bea.
When I started to wonder why Luto didn't want to give me anymore NPC quests,
I suddenly realized that there still had to be quest active waiting for me to complete it.

Mirror Images, I believe this is the very last quest available out there. It involves killing a Demon in a solo 50 BCNM in Qu'Bia Feiyn. The fight was really too easy, but I had incredibly much fun

After this last quest I spent some time in bonding with Bea and in getting her the clothes I always wanted her to have.
!!! Aristocrat's Coat !!!

It is really such a shame that you can only lock three single pieces of armor, instead of all four of them (Sorry honey, but the gloves will probably have to go). In fact it's just a pity that SE didn't do anything anymore Adventuring fellow wise in the last 6 months. The level cap is still 65 and they didn't add any more quests or options.

Hopefully they will do so in the near future, meanwhile I still have time to slowly level Bea to 65 ^_^

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