Sooty, Sweep & Self-Destruct

I had yet another busy day IRL so didn’t log in until almost 7pm again, at which point I had to head straight back to Whitegate to change for Assaults.

It took forever to get a party going, but once we did, we had two successful runs escorting Excaliace through Periqia. I even won the lot on the second Assault and therefore got the AP bonus at the end. Roughly only 8k to go until I can wear my new Body Armour!



Jeanius was bored, so as Teila didn’t manage to get “Refuelling” the other night (from Bomb Clusters), we asked him to help us. He agreed and brought along a L75 PLD called Kronus and we took the Runic Portal to Mount Zhayolm.

At this point, BBK announced that he was logging and I could tell that by the way he said it it was because he was fed up with seeking, and I didn’t blame him. Something’s really been up lately with parties and being UK, we don’t have the luxury of putting together our own, as the Japanese are asleep and the Americans are at work. We just take what we can get, but there comes a point where someone up there is taking the piss!

Just outside the Staging Point were many Sweeping Clusters, EM Bomb Clusters ready to chomp on any Tarutaru who dared cast in their presence. Now I didn’t know this, but I thought Bomb Clusters operated as individual enemies, but they don’t! Oh no, each Cluster consists of three Bombs, and each one can Self-Destruct! Luckily, our level and Barfira kept us away from any real harm.

I was pulling, and fortunately the repop time for the Clusters was very, very quick, so I didn’t have to wait long or go too far. Stoneskin seemed to have a habit of wearing just after I’d made the pull, however, but no real harm was done. Teila learned "Refuelling after around six or seven Clusters. I also ended up being only a few hundred LP away from my first ever Merit!



Afterwards Jeanius asked us when we were doing ZM 4, but due to my hectic schedule in and out of the game at the moment, I was unsure. I said I would happily go along if someone else arranged it and I was free. He then went off to go and do San d’Oria Rank 8.1 with Kronus, but I had to log as I had to do something in real life. I felt bad logging so soon, but I’ve been so busy lately with things to do, so I didn’t have a choice.