Duo Diametrical

"[We are a duocracy...I have to address lucidity with 'Mister' while you are on a first name basis]" -- Paraphased from "The Tick" TV Series.

I've been finding myself running about with duo's quite a bit lately. I've sorted through my images and found a few. I often think about what makes these things fun or interesting... or at least necessary.

At one point, I was free to work when a friend Zuri asked for my help to obtain two spells from these half women half snake hussies of the swamps. Can't think of any other name for the creatures that kept tearing off all my armor.. most annoying move since "Doom". The two of us were able to hold our own on these things except for the fact that we had a hard time making the creatures use the spells we wanted. It seems as if you need to make them "break" their weapon first before they'll use this special one; yet another fun little tweak. But in the end, I gained a small amount of xp and .. a Corsair's Test.

Yet more time than ever, I've spent time with Raka, my fellowship NPC. Which is funny, considering how long it has been since she leveled in spite of all the time I have been xp'ing by duoing with her. She's like a mediocre white mage; she doesn't have erase and has no sense of MP conservation, but she does cast cure in time and debuffs when she gets around to it. But even still, I was able to advance on Samurai very fast with her assistance taking on Even Matches to Tough's along the way. It has worked quite well, but it is very obvious that she hasn't recieved the same amount of xp that I have for the same monsters. But whenever I have time, or I am seeking for a party, I will often rely upon Raka to kill time. She doesn't say much, and I have no idea where she bought that hat and tunic, but she is reliable.


Another time I was running about was to help out my friend Littlekitty with obtaining "Strange Biomatter" for the gorget quest. (Personally I thought of "Arbies" first time I heard of that quest, but they want these Organs off these fish).



All I can say is.. I hate sea. We wondered about and fought these sharks when we could find them. At one point I spotted one of those UFO's in the air that scared me to no end (I mean really.. big thing there, then not there, then there again.. like someone jumping out and yelling "BOO"). During this time, I found out that these one winged monsters not only link, but they have a tendancy to reraise themselves after you've killed them. But after a couple days of farming we were able to get the neccessary organs (save one from the UFO) for my friend.




I can't really say it simply why I dislike sea. My mind is a chaotic mess on a good day, and I by reflex try to make sense or pattern out of what I am seeing. However, by its nature, sea is a very chaotic place and does not lend itself to patterns...and just leaves me unsettled and with a headache. Thats about the time a shark comes out of no where to eat me. I dunno, its going to take a lot of conviencing to make me change my mind.




The last of my duo's has been with my strange little friend, Lady. I know Dragoons aren't by natured actually duoing, but its always nice to think of it that way, at least for me. I can imagine in real life having a cat that would come along when I called... has.. a new life every 12 min...and does her best to help me. (Can you tell I wish I had a cat? I wish I did.. ) But I spent some time in the Grotto just killing very strong mobs. Much like when I duo'd with Raka, for some reason I can kill quite easily with a dragon pet as well. I even found a NM and grabbed that wand. I made it to level 21 after some time and put her away again for some time, but I really think I will revisit Dragoon again.




I think its obvious that playing parties isn't the only way to do things in this game. And for the most part, it can be the most fun to have a friend to rely on and more importantly have fun with. lol.. anyone wanna duo?