Speed Demon Bard

Wow wtf time flew by quickly. I've already been in the US for almost a month. In 10 days I've managed to get bard from level 25 to 43 -- a testament to bard's speed leveling ability. How long you think it would take me to 75 on my casual playing schedule?

As some of you may know, I have decided against all end-game activities for now, except save for maybe a random assault or besieged here and there. Main reason is that I like the care-free playing style I have now and would like to keep it that way. Also get to focus on things I really put aside for a long time.

I've been enjoying crafting and leveling on the side. I've synthed some interesting rare stuff: akinji nails, sai +1, mar's hexagun +1, more luisant solerets. It's earned me a little pocket money, but honestly it almost gets entirely blown on damascus ingots. 0/23 running tally on HQ haubergeon :( I even broke one damascus ingot. It immediately made me think of Daodao, the owner of the only other d. ingot I've broken. It's just something you gotta take in stride, moving forward I'm sure there will be plenty more opportunities to earn money. 87.4 smithing, and 70k/150k on my smithing anvil. Check back with me in a month or so ;)

In other news, FFXIAH has made a very cool new feature that links to the linkshell community information -- providing equipment, jobs, crafting levels, current job/sub and title. See it in action. No more having to update every single piece of data manually! Thanks guys!

The Balladless Bard

I decided to play some bard to see how I like it, especially since I hate to seek for such a long time. Well, I gotta tell you that invites are quick. Heck I even get invites while bazaaring in Batallia Downs. The downside to all this quick leveling is, there is no motivation to buy any gear at all, since you'd be likely to just sell it within a day or two. So, instead I've been wearing my smithing and fishing gear, and replacing it with CHR gear as it becomes available. Why waste valuable AH spaces to sell boring gear that will take a week to sell anyways?

I can't even find a Mage's ballad scroll on the AH. The one on there now is at least 70k, more than twice the worth of the scroll. Maybe I'll be forced to do the actual quest o.o; Until then I'm a ballad-less level 25 bard! How embarassing!

In crafting news: I got smithing to 86, 0/1 on Hauby (10% ice new moon), and HQed pair of luisant solerets :D I'm no sugar daddy yet though.