So I’ve finally started thinking about new goals to set. Unfortunately, other than Burtgang, there really aren’t Paladin things to pursue. I would like to get stuff like Hydra Haubert and such, but it’s not in my immediate future. As far as Paladin goes, I’ve turned my attention toward Homam Corazza since it’s the best Excalibur DDing body piece.

But I’m thinking now about expanding my horizons on the mage side a bit more. My RDM75 has good gear for like 2007, but I’ve cut a lot of corners to save gil for Excalibur and overall, it’s not a job that I really enjoy. I dabbled in tanking with it for a couple of months and it seemed like too much work for the results. I guess that’s what happens though when you take a job like that and try to make it into something it’s not entirely designed for. So what I’ve been thinking about is Scholar. I’ve been following the threads on BG and there is one Scholar in my linkshell that knows what she’s talking about, so it interests me a little. I even leveled it to 16 so far!

This is all in the future though, like three to four months from now. In the meantime I’ve embarked on another side project. It’s nothing too great though–Octave Club. I decided to let SE decide for me which job I should level next; DRK 72 or SCH 75.  If the club drops, then I will level DRK next, and if it doesn’t drop in like 10 kills, I may just skip it. Asdrabael went 1/6 on the club and thus far I’m only 0/2 so I’m not freaking out just yet. I would need to secure an Aurum Armet, Wyvern Targe, and Wyvern Earring for DRK, plus level DRG subjob to a respectable level (currently @Lv. 10). Everything else carries over from Paladin. On the SCH side, I would need a crapload of gear. My BLM is 37 too so I’d be learning a whole ‘nother side of the spectrum. I also don’t have elemental merits (currently Enfeebling x8, Enhancing x8), so that might affect my performance in some instances.

So really, in pursuing new things, I can’t decide which path to take so I’m taking the passive approach. In the end I think I want to level both DRK 72 and SCH 75 because it would give me more options in game. My WAR is great for merits and I’ve put a lot of work and time into it (I guess…) but I have no problems dropping it like a bad habit because it’s seriously a boring job. An Octave Club zerg is just so powerful and I want to guanrantee our Dynamis Lord kills in the future by being able to provide a huge amount of damage output too (Hey I’m a Paladin, I feel left outside sometimes!). SCH would be nice for solo’ing and playing that WHM slot I could never fill. I’m just looking to have some fun I guess, but Paladin will always be my first and only true love.