I’ve never felt better about hitting an old person.

After some help from Godofangels and Houzukimaru, I’d finally gotten Raging Rush and was ready to fight Maat. I myself was worried; any burning circle fight that doesn’t require picking a chest usually means death for me. I read up on the best way to beat the old man into submission, gathered all the items I’d need and a blink band just in case. The fight itself was disappointingly short for all the stories I’d read from losers that had gone 0/5 or worse before either winning or quitting. Counting weapon skills, Maat lasted all of 9 hits before he gave up. I think the really hard part starts now, though.

No more Samurai, and How to Make Money the Hard Way.

The Campaign Battle is probably as close as Square-Enix will ever come to perfection. Easy XP. No need to pt with idiots that can’t remember what a skill chain or magic burst is, not they could use the second one since nobody invites Black Mages anymore. I myself like the Black Mage job. If I were ever to level a mage job I’d be Black Mage. After leveling Samurai to 59, I was struck by something: For all the fun and badassed-ness of being a Samurai, it’s kind of boring. The job is supposed to be the master of the skill chain, but if nobody will skill chain with you then you might as well be the master baiter. That and the price tag on a Hagun is asinine. Yes, it is probably the last Great Katana you’ll ever need. No, I won’t buy it. So instead, I went back to warrior. I sold my Daihannya and Ochiudo’s Kote, giving me enough gil to buy a new assault earring with plenty of gil leftover. Some of you know that I have a few mules for gardening. I used to have 10, but keeping track of 100 tree cuttings is a bitch. Why gardening? I’ll explain in broken, hillbilly English. You buys tree cuttin’s. Mules done hold fiddy items in them there ol’ Mog House. My dang ol’ Woodworkin’ skill be high enuff fer me to make ‘bout dang ol’ plenty o’ dem Workbenches an’ Tarutaru Desk. Both dem ol’ boys add moghancement: Gardening. Dat dere Moghancement keeps dem purty floers alive lil’bit longer, so’s you don’t gots to check on ‘em likes you wuz checkin’ dem dang rat traps fer dinner. With a little more leeway on the plants, growing elemental ores isn’t nearly as impossible as it normally is. The best I’ve ever done harvest-wise was 26/100. I only use earthen flowerpots. My average was about 15/100, back when I had 10 mules all gardening. There were a couple times when I harvested nothing but Kitrons. Fucking lemons!