Mishmash

Day 437

I've been playing a lot more League of Legends recently after taking a pretty long break. I don't mind it at all because I'd really missed the social aspect of that game. I've met a couple of folks on Final Fantasy XIV but that's not really the same thing. The people I play League with--I've known them for years. They're really some of my best online friends, even if we don't always get along. It's nice to spend some time with them (so to speak) again. It helps that LoL is a pretty consistently enjoyable game to play with others. Unfortunately, it's pretty miserable when playing alone.

I'm still right at level 35 in Final Fantasy XIV. The leveling has slowed down to a crawl. It's hard to be motivated to level at this point because the wait for the next ability is going to be very long. I don't get another one until level 38 and it takes several hours to gain a single level. I imagine I'll make some progress starting on Sunday, since I'll have three days off in a row. I'm going to be spending at least one of those days hanging out with a friend of mine and hopefully getting ridiculously wasted--but we'll see how that pans out. It's been a very long time since I've had that kind of opportunity, so I'm looking forward to it.

I've reached a part very late in Lufia II that is glitched out on my version of the game. I wish I'd done my research first because it evidently affects 100% of NA copies. If I'd known that I would have tried playing the PAL version the whole time. I'm currently researching ways to transfer my save data over to the PAL version so I can get through the glitched Submarine Shrine section of the game. I'm getting pretty close to the end, I think, so I'm definitely not prepared to start over at this point. I'm not sure I even remember how to solve a lot of the fiendishly difficult puzzles leading up to that point.

I also think I should work on finishing up the Persona 3 storyline in Arena Ultimax pretty soon. I've considered the game beaten for awhile, but I'd feel bad if I didn't play through what is ostensibly a pretty important part of the game's content. I like the Persona 3 characters too, so I have no excuse. There's also the very slight possibility that the plot details revealed during this part of the game will be somehow relevant to Persona Q. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the events of the two Arena games are canon, as silly as that sounds. I know Persona Q is going to be canon--I'm really excited for it. I'm hoping it'll let me mix and match my party members to my heart's content.