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lost ark(s)

I found the lost Ark! I beat the game! jk jk it turns out there are like seven more lost Arks scattered across the globe, so my adventure has only just begun. shocker I’m still having a lot of fun just casually strolling through the main questline. There’s been no grinding so far, but eventually the...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 27, 2022

the usurper paradigm

Just finished the Thirain/Scherrit arc in Lost Ark. Basically, Regent Scherrit murdered the rightful king and usurped the throne, and the rightful heir, Prince Thirain, is trying to get it back. And of course Regent Scheritt is a terrible ruler (an oppressive tyrant, literally sold his soul to demon...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 21, 2022

of snow and goofuses

Fifty-one degrees yesterday, snowstorm today. That’s just how it goes. I left for an early morning walk (9:45, basically the earliest I’ll voluntarily leave the house) to beat the storm. I went to the cafe and got a turtle mocha for myself and a couple of sausage and egg biscuits for my roommate. Ou...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 17, 2022

raiders of the lost ark

HGR’s been hyping up Lost Ark, a Diablo-esque Korean MMO that launched last Friday. It’s notoriously grindy: in postgame, it’s standard practice to do all your weeklies on your main (which takes many hours), and then do the same weeklies on multiple alts and funnel all the benefits to your main. I h...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 16, 2022

sun’s pinion

For work, Dante has to go down to Georgia to oversee some project. I’m not clear on the details, but it’s a raw deal. He’s living in a lowkey crappy hotel (apparently the good hotel was booked) and working 12-hour night shifts (during which he doesn’t have much to do, so he sits around most of the t...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 14, 2022

memories of fire, memories of earth

Saturday’s raid session was ONE PULL, ONE KILL against both Eric and the hippo. Even with everyone getting their tomestone weapons, I got 29% on hippo! That’s a 5% improvement! Then we had the rest of the weekend to work on the phoinix. Apparently, this is where the tier really gets tough. An aside:...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 8, 2022

the pressure is off

Last Friday, I walked down to the local Walgreens to pick up my roommate's prescription. It was a half-hour walk away—a good workout and a good excuse to check out a new part of town. I didn’t encounter any other pedestrians. The sidewalks were mostly nonexistent or not shoveled, so I either trekked...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Feb. 1, 2022

pandemonium recap episode

Dante’s away this weekend on a business trip, so GANON is subbing again. We spent Saturday’s session redoing P1S (this took surprisingly long) and P2S (we hit enrage twice but didn’t clear). For P1S, GANON kept being out of position on Fourfold Shackles because he couldn’t find his debuff. Eventuall...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Jan. 31, 2022

now fall

welp welp welp roommate had his eye checkup and his left eye pressure is up to 39. That’s shockingly high and worse than it’s ever been. A visual field test shows his vision has deteriorated since last summer. No idea what went wrong, he’s been taking his eyedrops just like usual, I guess they just ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Jan. 29, 2022

train rides and nacho fest 2022

I had a dentist checkup, so here’s another small milestone: a successful train trip downtown. At the platform was a sign: on weekends, downtown trains board from platform 1. On weekdays after 2 pm, they board from platform 2. But what about weekdays before 2 pm? There was no indication, and no audio...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Jan. 25, 2022

its head comes off?! take care!

Dante couldn’t make Saturday’s session, so GANON (aka FANDANIEL1025 the reaper) subbed for him. For this week’s Eric clear, I parsed 22% and had the highest raw dps on the team! GANON parsed 1%, which was not his fault since he was new to the duty and picking up the mechanics on the fly. Also, he di...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Jan. 25, 2022

hungry hungry hippo

Many important things to do before Saturday’s raid session: buying crafted 580 gear to replace my 560s, adding materia, buying proper food, getting a good glamour. Glamour is crucial because the crafted 580 set is basically Urianger’s outfit with no pants. I decided a new expansion called for a new ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - Jan. 18, 2022

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