GUPS 026

Once again, it is time for another GUPS catch-up post, and to be honest, I have spent what little time I have had rushing my jobs to level 95. While the new level cap brings many new goodies and events for me to work on, I do not foresee myself tackling new content before Christmas. As such, here is a compilation of my last four months worth of exploits.

Other Stuff


















Merits that I earned eons ago. For once, I have finally run out of categories to work on (at least, until the next level cap arrives).















Items that I have not had a chance to blog about. I would like to mention that I dumped my OA2-4 Richardet's Axe +2 for the DA10 Richardet's Axe +3 (above) and my Mirke Wardecors with Pet: Attack/Accuracy+15 for the body above.





















Some miscellaneous AF3+1 that I tackled on a whim...

Omitted pieces: Iga Ningi +1, Iga Kyahan +1, and Raider's Poulaines +1.




















... and some important AF3+2 pieces for my NIN and THF.







A new Crafting item for Smithing mule. Originally, I was planning to obtain Crafting furnishings for my other characters as well, but any would-be progress has been stalled due to a lack of playtime.

















Two new Woodworking key items for Khelandros.

Guttler Updates







In the event that you missed my posts in August, I have finally finished my Guttler, so the lines below are merely for bookkeeping purposes. In addition, I have also completed the associated trials up to level 95 (special thanks to Kemikal and others for help with the Attestation trials), so hopefully, the level 99 upgrade will not as bad as some players speculate.

Currently, I am working on Stage 4 -> 5 of my Guttler.

I have acquired:
[1/1] Ogre Killer
[1/1] Shard of Necropscyhe
[1/1] Runaeic Fragment
[100/100] Lungo-Nango Jadeshells

Gil towards next 100-unit currency (subject to change):
[0/1.0M] Lungo-Nango Jadeshell
Status: Relic Complete!


Crafting Status

Khelandros
[100/100] Fishing Skill
[100/100] Woodworking Skill (+20)
[58/60] Smithing Skill (+4)
[14/60] Goldsmithing Skill
[2/60] Clothcraft Skill
[35/60] Leathercraft Skill (+27)
[53/60] Bonecraft Skill (+45)
[28/60] Alchemy Skill
[60/60] Cooking Skill (+1)
[80/100] Synergy Skill (+10)

Cooking mule
[100/100] Cooking Skill
[36/100] Synergy Skill

Smithing mule
[100/100] Smithing Skill
[60/60] Goldsmithing Skill
[60/60] Clothcraft Skill
[39/60] Leathercraft Skill
[16/60] Bonecraft Skill
[45/60] Woodworking Skill
[54/60] Alchemy Skill

Alchemy mule
[100/100] Alchemy Skill
[19/60] Goldsmithing Skill
[34/60] Smithing Skill
[16/60] Bonecraft Skill

Bonecraft mule
[40/100] Bonecraft Skill

Dungeon Casket Raider

Unfortunately, I have not had much time to myself lately, so today's post recounts my dreaded dungeon casket raids from early July. Essentially, one can find coveted, rare items from the brown caskets of particular dungeons, and you can acquire these items from both high and low-level monsters alike.








Usually, I would acquire many prowess augments before finding a rare item, and to hunt in a given dungeon without zoning, I deployed my BST mule instead of my main. For the most part, I am satisfied with my new items, and should I find spare time again, I will probably track down a Smithy's and Alchemist's Torque as well.

Legend:
Casket Item
1) Total brown caskets
2) Failed to open 'x' brown caskets
3) Total blue caskets
4) Low or high-level mob for item
5) Treasure Casket Discovery level
6) Maximum guesses on final chest






Fisher's Torque(76/26/116/H/4/5)






Fisher's Rope(7/2/13/L/5/5)






Field Torque(20/5/25/H/5/5)






Field Rope(98/30/200/L/5/5?)

Update: 12/03/2011





Smithy's Torque(19/5/38/L/4/5)

Augment Corner

Since I have decided to edit my blogs once more, today's post will be short and on the best of my Synergy augments thus far. In the event that I synergize something better or find more Cursed pieces to work on, I will append the results to my GUPS posts first and then here.

Byakko's Haidate

Current Augments (~18 attempts):









Armada Mufflers

Current Augments (~80 attempts):







Armada Hauberk

Current Augments (~40 attempts):

The Guttler Dialogues

Warning: Relic weapon spoilers below!

For those of you who always wanted to view the Guttler cutscenes without building a Guttler yourself, I have compiled and superimposed several pictures below for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Stage 1 Exit:












One day later:














Stage 2 Exit:














One week later:
















Stage 3 Exit:
















Three and a half days later:
















Fragment Cutscene:











Stage 4 Exit:

Guttler

After nearly four years of toil, I have finally finished my Guttler! Having bought all my Dynamis coins pre-Abyssea, I would have needed another year or two to finish; however, the new Dynamis changes allow me to raid Dynamis multiple times per day, occasionally with those willing to part coins for AFv2.

As such, I would like to thank Vryan, Generalpain, and Neptuna for expediting my farming process, and most importantly, I would like to thank Kemikal and Vestal for purchasing the final thirty L. Jadeshells for my relic loan. Truly, I am indebted for their large purchases.

With the union of an Armada Hauberk and now Guttler, I feel entitled to a short break, but look forward to a new post concerning the relic weapon ceremony shortly.