Still making good progress!

Did my weekly Deltascape today! Still going well!
Actually ended up solo healing V 3.0 because the other healer kept dying to mechanics continuously to the point where it was a loss to keep reviving them, and easier to just keep going by myself. Got comms and was recognized in the chat as well, which was nice.

All in all, I'm doing well in gearing too! Got the belt, boots, and legs done today! Only missing the body and weapon! All accessories are done with Deltascape + one ring with last week's Creation tomes. Everything else is Deltascape except the body and weapon which are still Verity.
I'm planning to save up my Creation this week and next week to get the Creation body since that'll only be two weeks, while if I wanted to get the Deltascape top it would take me three weeks due to poor planning. Plus, Creation is better anyway. And then it's just time to play the waiting game to get all the Creation gear.

I'm very proud of my glamour right now though. I was having difficulties seeing myself in some fights, and I have successfully solved that issue. I can see myself perfectly now!

Because I am now shiny and glowy! And also the clothes are all white, which also helps me stand out against the background a bit. Much easier to see myself now!
Also, it just looks nice.

Weapon - Antiquated Aymur (White Mage AF3)
Hat - Kudzu Hat of Healing
Body - Augmented Cashmere Robe of Healing
Gloves - Thavnairian Gloves
Legs - Housemaid's Bloomers
Boots - High House Halfboots
(All dyed with Snow White dye)

I like how the body, hat, and weapon all have purple on them too. I think it makes it more coherent. I like it! :)

What have I been up to?

Playing FFXIV: Stormblood, of course!

I believe I posted before talking about how I had managed to get past the Raubahn blockade late on the first day of early access, but I'm not sure if I've posted about what happened after that.

After that, I got stuck at the Pipin blockade, but got through that early the next day. From there, it was smooth sailing. Leveled quickly. I was the first level 70 in my FC. By the time I was 68, the first few other people from my FC were getting through Raubahn. I had just hit 70 and was on my way to do my last job quest when the FC called me in to give them my speedy healer queue for Susano.

From there, I did EX roulettes over and over for Verity, and fairly quickly got a full set of Verity gear. Didn't touch the EX Primals because I was scared.

Omega Deltascape normal came out. I cleared it early on day 1. I've done it the past two weeks too. I have my hat, gloves, and my full right side gear is done. My guild finally talked me into doing Lakshmi EX, but I'm not really going to bother to farm it.
Capped my Creation tomes today; bought the ring, so now my right side gear is really and truly as high as I can get it for the moment.
I should probably consider farming Susano EX for the weapon, but I don't want to really. An FC buddy said he'd go along with me for my first time in there, but our schedules haven't lined up, so I'm kind of just waiting Which I don't mind. EX Primals stress me out, so I'm not in a big rush to do Susano.


I'm feeling good about my healing though. I feel like my old healing anxiety has mostly passed. It's probably mostly because right before the expansion I was doing a ton of roulettes trying to get WHM to 60 / finally work on getting better gear, and I kept getting Chrysalis and Titan HM (both of my old nemeses), so I kind of became desensitized to rough healing.

Probably also helps that White Mage just feels great right now. I've been trying to level AST too, but the healing feels so much harder. With White Mage I know I can heal through practically anything thrown at me, and still have more than enough MP to spare (if you run out of MP / die, just hit Thin Air + Lucid Dreaming, and boom, full MP, and in battle your MP upkeeps itself with Assize. Thin Air + Swiftcast + Raise for a free raise. It's insane). With AST I can get through the same pull, but I'm going to have MP troubles and it's going to be messier.


All this said, there will be no Omega Savage for me. My FC isn't a raiding group, and I'm not particularly interested in joining a static anyway. It also just sounds like too much pressure. I raided for a short time in WoW, and I just don't like having the set times. It stressed me out and just felt like too much pressure. Plus, my schedule is weird and erratic. I'll stick to running "casual" content with random people and occasional FC runs of things, thank you very much.

Friendly Reminder

If you love your healers there are two pulls you should not do.

1)
You know that group of 2 enemies early on (I think 2nd pull) in Kugane Castle? Yeah, don't pull those to the big robot right nearby. First of all, those 2 hit hard. Second of all, a ton more enemies spawn at that robot. Just...don't. I know the pack of 2 seems underwhelming, but it's much less underwhelming than dying because your healer can't keep up.

2)
The 2nd to last and last pulls of Temple of the Fist. The ones with the coeurls. Don't pull those together. Please. I just had to do that one. I think it's probably possible if your healer never stops healing, but if they happen to mess up and get hit by one of the coeurl's AoE in that mess then you're all dead because they're paralyzed, need to Esuna themselves, and there isn't time for that. And that's assuming you have a White Mage. I'm pretty sure an AST / SCH would be out of MP very quickly there.


Seriously, I can count on one hand the amount of times a group has wiped because I couldn't keep up with the healing on trash pulls. And all of those times have been on those two pulls.

Other iffy pulls that are doable, but not pleasant -

- Pulling the bird enemies to the pack with the dancing bear in Temple of the Fist. That one is doable with some careful healing, but it's not fun.
- Pulling enemies to the pack with the big Skipper enemy before the second boss of Sirensong. Doable. Not fun.
- Pulling any other packs with the bird packs in Bardam's Mettle. Doable. Not fun.
- Pulling enemies to the first pack of robots in Doma Castle. Again, doable. Not fun.
- Pulling multiple packs in Castrum Abania is just a bad idea in general. Everything hits so hard in there. Doesn't help that it never shows up in roulettes, so no one's really familiar with it, I think.