Random followup to an old post

Sitting, waiting for a download to finish, and going back in time through entries tagging them, I came across this entry from February. It was me ranting about all the stuff I wanted to do in FFXI. To followup on each of them (original text small and in bold):

• Promyvion – Holla. I’ve been stuck on this one forever. I only got Mea and Dem recently, and I’ve died twice in Holla. People are getting through all three and moving on to the next missions, and I’m going to be left behind again on them. I was livid that people did them last night, with very little warning, and I wasn’t around. So now there’s six fewer people in the Linkshell who need it, which reduces my chances of ever getting through.
  I’ve since made it a bit futher into the Chains of Promathia missions, but that’s had it’s own share of snags. The group I joined had some attrition through various means (including Hurricane Katrina) and is currently stalled.

• Zilart missions. Having only recently gotten Rank 6, I’ve started this, but haven’t done anything. This is what I need to get my sky pass so I can actually start going to fight gods. Scionith, the leader of the HNMLS, has started organizing a Zilart mission run to get a few of us up to snuff, so this may be happening soon.
  I don’t remember exactly when or how, but I managed to get through to Sky access (Z14) not to long. It’s still sitting there, as it is with most people, and I do want to do Divine Might (tried in a pickup group… horribly idea) and/or just finish the missions off for the story.

• Further San d’Orian Rank. There are items I want to get with CP at almost every rank up to rank 10. There’s a group who may be getting together next Saturday, but that’s a day that a bunch of people are coming over to my house to watch movies. I’m sorely tempted to just disappear upstairs for a few hours during the day. I’m always the lowest rank person in any exp party I’m in. It’s not functionally hampering me, but it’s still frustrating.
  I managed to get Rank 10 eventually, and sat there for a while… basking in the glory and abusing Moghancement: San d’Oria Conquest. Then, as I said earlier, I switched to Windurst today and get to do it all over again.

• Mannequin parts. I’ve had mannequin legs and feet forever. I need to do the BCNMs to get the other three parts so I can finish that stupid quest, but people don’t do them. People may be more likely in the near future, as they’re introducing something in the next patch that requires a complete mannequin.
  I know I made a post of this… at least I think I did. Maybe I didn’t. I know I took a screenshot. I’m rambling, bah. I finished this, yeah. Did this and the followup quests. Hooray me.

• Other BCNMs. I’ve got over 300 beastmen’s seals. Or is it 400? All I know is I just finished another stack of 99. That’s all the seals I’ve ever gotten, minus the unused level 40 orb that’s also been sitting in my mogsafe. There’s a group trying to get a BLMx6 BCNM40 going, which may actually happen today (and I’d be leaving work early to do it because I’m so frustrated that I never get to do things like this).
  This one is still a little bit of a sore spot. I just keep on building up on the seals, although kindreds get thrown away in a vain attempt to getting a Venomous Claw to have a Scorpion Harness made, my beastmen’s just keep accumulating.

• Hornetneedle. Luke needs this too, and he’s just as frustrated about it. I’ve tried killing the Wespes that drop the Bee Larva necessary to spawn Death From Above, but I’ve never gotten one. The two of us may end up just doing it together, although we’ll probably need a third higher-level person to make the fights go easier.
  Both Luke and I got our Hornetneedles. Offhanding Hornetneedle as RDM/NIN with Joyeuse in the mainhand is a joy to see.

• Leviathan. I only recently got enough Tenshodo fame to get my Tuning Fork of Water. This one I’m not as worried about, because there’s always incentive for people to redo avatar fights (10k gil per). But then there’s the next one…
  Finished it. By soloing it. Made the post, if I remember correctly.

• Fenrir. I’m probably not quite ready to do this, but by the time it comes, getting a group together for it may be difficult… I’m not looking forward to it.
  Ah, yes. There would have to be one on here that’s sitting untouched. I still haven’t fought Fenrir. And now, as I look at it, I actually want to fight him at least three times… once for the pact, once for his torque and once for his bauble. Each time involves fighting each of the six prime avatars to get a moon bauble… yeah. I’ll just hope eventually other people decided that they need it and we have the right makeup for a group.

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