Trying to catch Olgoi

Have been unsuccessful in catching the fish for my Supra fishing rod.

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In 2 days (I don’t fish 24 hours, I slept too!) I got about 10 rounds of Heat Waves. Most rounds were about 20 – 25 minutes long, except one that was 40 minutes! I got a hell lot of Dune Matas, and a bunch of Caravan Eels. Got 9 “the fish gets away” messages in total.

G: 369, P: 315 = Fish gets away x 4.
G: 387, P: 307 = Fish gets away x 1.
G: 382, P: 307 = Fish gets away x 2.
G: 363, P: 299 = Fish gets away x 1.
G: 359, P: 305 = No hook yet. LOL.
G: 353, P: 289 = Fish gets away x 1.

I’ve been trying various foods to tweak my Gathering and Perception. I’ve tried fishing with both FC buffs on, and no buff. I’ve tried sitting while fishing. This is driving me nuts. At this point I’m ready to try any voodoo to help me land some Ogloi Olgoi already. XD

It’s going to be a long and tough road…. But I’ll keep trying.

 

UPDATED:

An hour later, I got one more chance with Heat Waves. So I used G: 359, P: 305 setting. Heat Waves lasted 25 minutes. Results as follows:
Mooch x 5
Caravan Eel x 2
Dune Manta x 2
Fish gets away x 1

Then I got mad and stood up and changed my belt out, trying G: 355, P: 300 setting for the first time.

And yes, I landed my first and only Ogloi Olgoi on 27 Jan, 9:09 PM.

ffxiv_01272015_210959sThen, the weather ended. I will try to catch more when Heat Waves show up again.

– UPDATE –

27 Jan, 11:05 PM, I caught my 2nd Olgoi.

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Then 28 Jan, 12:43 AM, I caught my 3rd Olgoi.

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Spriggan Cap

Today I and Corn and Chibidew hunted some treasure. We opened about 15 Peiste maps and got no Moonstone, which was irritating. However, we got like 3 Unhidden maps and one of them yielded a Spriggan Cap. :D  Corn won the loot and tried it on once, then checked the price and gave it to me to sell for FC fund. I should sell it for 500,000 – 600,000 gil because that’s the market price now. But after trying it on, I like it too much to part with it. So I’m going to keep it and throw 600k gil into the FC box instead. :P

Spriggan Cap. Mine mine mine!!!

Spriggan Cap. Mine mine mine!!!

Using mounts as height aid for screenshots

I’ve been using my mounts for height adjustment when I’m taking FFXIV screenshots in 1st person camera view for a long time but today was the first time I’ve noticed and compared the height difference between various mounts.

In some circumstances, when you’re trying to take a nice screenshot while in 1st person camera mode, tilting the camera up and down can achieve what you want for your pictures, but it doesn’t always work. Take this screenshot for an example, here I wanted the umbrella to be the foreground of the ocean view. I wanted to see more of the sea water above the wooden floor and to see some of the top of the umbrella without moving closer to the ocean. Tilting my camera up won’t help. The only option I had would be standing on a higher ground. There was nothing to climb on, so my mounts are the answer.

 

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Without any mount I see too much floor and cannot see the yellow part of the umbrella.
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Coeurl is a low mount and gives a only slight lift off the ground.
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Legacy Chocobo is a little taller, and I assume it has the same height as Company Chocobo.

 

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Fat Chocobo is a bit higher.

 

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Draught Chocobo is even taller.

 

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Ahriman gives noticeable height.

 

1st_person_screenshot_mount07Goobbue is maybe too tal. LOL!

Sea Breeze Summer Pareo

Today I finally got sufficient amount of Octomammoths and luck to use desynthesis to obtain my own Sea Breeze Summer Pareo, after having only the top part, Sea Breeze Summer Halter, for a long time. (And, OMG! Gigantsharks and Octomammoths ate people, so we found swimwear in their stomachs!)

I even got lucky enough to get an extra piece for a friend. :D So, we went to the beach and took some screenshots together.

Malana and I

Malana and I

 

Bombdance :)

Bombdance :)

Me on my Draught chocobo.

Me on my Draught chocobo.

Today is a great day. :D

Earlier in the morning, I also got a new pair of shiny pants from Corn. The Artisan’s Culottes weren’t very pretty, but they don’t look so bad after I dyed them.

Grape Purple Artisan's Culottes.

Grape Purple Artisan’s Culottes.