Bored with WoW, FFXI update, other things

On WoW:
Quick update on WoW... the reason why I haven't been on as much is... simply... I'm bored of it. I reached level 47 (which incidentally is the same level as my Night Elf Druid) and I got bored of repeating the same quests over and over again in another zone. Gathering herbs and grinding alchemy hasn't been that interesting so far, and combat has basically been the same 4 spells over and over again with virtually no excitement. Got to 50 by being guided through dungeons with 3x exp active, not much has changed.

WoW really does need some other hook to get past this "dead" zone... that is, if there is something else on the other side of things. At least FFXI had missions and quests that were more than 'go collect 15 rat tails' as a nice distraction.

On the "good" news is... because I referred Ghiren this time around, he can grant me levels whenever he is ahead of me. This means that I don't have to play to get out of this dead zone, which is good since I haven't been motivated to play at all. If there is something more interesting in WoW beyond level 60, hopefully I can get there to find out.

FFXI:
So, one nice part about the whole cutback on FFXI is that it makes things a lot more relaxing... No more rushing from event to event... still, I am doing stuff, sooo... what's happened recently:

- Limbus: Finally got an Omega win... it's been a while since we've defeated Omega :( We also have two half-sets now, so hopefully we can get some more Omega done and finish more sets.
- Dynamis: Finally getting bored of doing the whole DNC/SAM thing in Dynamis where I'd have to keep on switching mobs and healing a party full of DDs... so I've switched to SCH where I can fool around with Aspir-ga spells! Nothing like filling up my entire MP bar by Aspiring 7+ mobs for more than 100MP each! I think I have a screenshot or two of this somewhere. Plus I can actually do something when it's time to nuke the boss instead of stand around and look pretty.
- ZNMs: We're progressing nicely along with ZNMs, with people showing up more on time than before, and we're getting things done. We have a really high number of Tier IV pop sets, so we really need to get full attendence for the next few weeks so we can use these pops and start the paths again. I think our recent recruitment has gotten us at last to levels where we can do this again.
- Nyzul: On a whim, we started this up again last night. Main changes are Vanh filling in for Kurai and me coming as SCH instead of BLU. Vanh's normal Thursday group was on hiatas for a long time due to Fuuji's move, so he agreed to come with us... we can share him, right? He's good luck!
- Merit: Done with Fan Dance now... that is... I have the merits for it, but I keep on forgetting to upgrade it. 5/5 on Fan Dance, which gets the recast time down to... I think 3 minutes. I still have to get 4 merits to upgrade Saber Dance once before I'm complete done with Dancer merits. After this will be HP merits, then we'll have to see... I may do some elemental magic merits since I'm nuking a lot on SCH. For merits, I'm mainly just doing merits with Vanh on Sunday afternoons when I'm around.





Other:
Meanwhile, I've been playing... Star Ocean: The Last Hope! Wow... an offline JRPG! It's really pretty on the 360 with HD, though maybe a little too bright and colorful. Gameplay is kinda weird... fast action-type with lots of button pressing. I've never completed a Star Ocean game before, so we'll see if the story can draw me in. So far it seems like any other JRPG, kid somehow becomes the focus of a plotline and has to go run around different towns(planets) doing various little quests.