The Haubergeon blues...Follow

I started farming for mine about level 55 when I decided that DD was more fun than tanking for the time(I was stuck at level cap anyway and capped for exp so I couldn't level).

By the time I finally hit 58 I had saved up around 2 mil and anxiously went to the AH to check to see any were up, the going price was 2.5 at the time so I figured I could have it for when I leveled. Then I saw the price spike, the most recently sold one had gone for 2.8 and I was pretty pissed so I made a /sh about the price and went to my MH to mull over it.

At this time I got a /tell, from someone claiming they could make me a Haubergeon for the cost of the ingot. I was excited and walked out of my MH to see them so as to do business. This is when things started becoming questionable...

He claimed he had a friend who would sell him ingots for a reduced price so he could level his smithing up so he asked for the money and stupidly I traded it. He then took a second and went to AH and said he couldn't make it today because no DS Chain was up and I just shrugged and said ok, figuring he was trustworthy. I asked if I could have the money back (as it was all I had) and he said it was already gone to the person who sold him the ingot. I said ok, and goodbye and logged for the day because I had work in a few hours.

The next day I log on and he sends me a /tell, "I broke it" ... at this point I began to question why he would try make it w/o me there to watch since there would be no proof to his words beyond trust. I shrugged it off, he told me he'd pay me back with a Haubergeon free of charge since he failed and I continued living. Days turned into weeks and weeks into months, and he never made any attempt at holding true to his promise and I eventually forgot about it. The final result of what happened to this crafter is buried on the Kujata forums, it spanned 3 or 4 threads and eventually proved him to be highly untrustable, the whole thing is comedic genius when you get to the end.

After hitting 61 WAR I decided to take a break and leveled other jobs, during this time I made a very good friend. She wanted me to level my WAR with her BLM, and I agreed figuring it can't hurt to try. By the time she caught up to my WAR I had helped her with every piece of her AF, level caps, given her equip advice and essentially done everything I could to help her. One day I was in Norg replenishing some of the more elusive NIN tools and I went AFK for a few, when I came back I saw her asking in LS chat "what's a good gift for a lv60ish WAR?" to which my LS jokingly replied "A Haubergeon lol" and she said "ok" then went quiet.

Seeing this I sent her a /tell asking what she was doing and she said {secret} and ran around Jeuno. She then asked me if I knew any smithers and I panicked, I didn't think anyone would just buy something like that for anyone. By the time I got back to Jeuno she had a PT in Boyahda for her WHM and told me to come pick up a gift. I arrived and she traded to me a signed Haubergeon, and needless to say I was happy, so happy in fact that I ran off to another part of Boyahda to show a friend and aggro'd about 8 Processionaires and 2 Goobdues dying before I could show them.

My friend quit about 2 weeks ago and I still don't know if I deserved it, but to this day even tho I use Hauberk for exp, I still have it. Currenlty leveling my SAM so I can wear it on another job, and this time for a great deal longer than before.

And I've begun rambling. This is what happens when you ask for a story.

Jattou, that's an awesome story.^^ Well, the bit with your friend, not the scamming scumbag. >,<

Edited, Sat Jul 30 21:02:16 2005 by Tibor

Well, I may only be 41 at the moment, but I've already started the pain. I'm mining for both profit and to level my smithing. I've leveled my cloth to a good enough lvl (51) and have my smithing to 54. Also one thing I've found to be very profitable is to always have the best equipment. By the time you stop using it, the price to sell it back will have greatly inflated from when you bought it. This only seems to be a good source of money if you buy the best of the best equipment.

I started around 55 + 56 too, quite somewhat late time to begin for farming 1,8 Million.
Since i didn't have any job for the most popular BCNMS i couldn't use up my Seals at all. I don't take part in crafting either so there was nothing else left for me then to farm as much as i can. I always farmed for my stuff that i needed.
So i took like the next 3-4 weeks off to farm Crawlers in Buburimu Peninsula, THF was @ 10 at this time so i didn't have TH either.

To gain money even quicker i startet to sell all my old EQ from my Mogsafe that i stored up there. First i didn't want to do it, but since it was such a pain to get that much....
I also went out to get my missing Teleport Scrolls ( Mea, Altep, Vahzl, Yhoat ) and sold em @ AH.
Vahzl was the most pain cuz i tried to solo Shadows without taking Shiheis with me. The end of the story to that was that i died two times and my precious LV 60 was gone, and so did the Af Body i was so proud of to wear.
Then the frustrating parts begin, Vahzl Scroll didn't sell three times, and even worse after i finally got like 1,7/8 Million together for the Hauby i realized the price went up to a good 2,3/5 Million Gil.
At this point my first thoughts were "Ok, i don't want to anymore, i have enough of this now"....so what i did was to trade all my CP i saved up for Aketon first and bought some of the R.K pieces that were selling for 100-150k and i gave all my money to a very good DRK, i have become friends with both ingame and irl. He needed Hauby to @ 59/60 so i gave him my 1,9 Million and then i left the game for about 3 months.

And when i finally was able to make it back to the game, i was presented with the Hauby he took care of and bought with the money that was left and mine i gave him.
Now we're both using it whenever someone of us is going to level, and for our friendshipthe Hauby did tie it up even more. :)
And i have to agree, Jattou's story is quite really touching.
I can imagine the pain it caused....and sorry for your friend too, but at least you'll always have something special that keeps you remember him/her.

Edited, Sun Jul 31 00:02:58 2005 by Seldio

My haub story started in january. I hit 50, and needed to know where to go next. So I started af. Got boots in 3 days. Levelled rdm to 25 so i could do coffer runs because I couldn't afford sneak oils. Got my mask key at 7am one morning, and the lorica by tagging along with a rdm af3 doll party and asking them to swing by behemoths afterwards. half of them did, hilarity ensued, and we won.
Then I spent 2 full months in eldieme. I was 57 when I got my gloves. Hunan the holy ****** **** good monk stayed for 3 hours, soloed 3 tomb warriors at once, and got it for me.

So then, I got to 60 and started saving. Got my zvahl key on the third try, delevelled, relevelled, and pimped out my lorica.

At which point i said *********** i can't level in this!"

so i started farming sauro insessantly. I crafted enough yag drinks to put budweiser out of buisness. And after 4 weeks, I had saved 300k.

The next day, st. Patricks day, haub went from 3.5 to 3.8M.



Many tarus died that night. Horrifically.


so then, I got on the bcnm circuit. did a round of 60's and hit the jackpot: travler's kukri and elusive earring on my lot.

So i did what any reasonably guy without snipers did. I bought a byrnie and tried to say hell with it.

I proceeded that day to go to monastic cavern and put on a whiff show unlike any Devil Rays game you have ever seen.

So i took a break. levelled thf to 37 in a week. ninja the next week. then i grabbed beastmaster, and didn't drop it for 2 months.

I intended to give up partying forever. But one day, the immortal Rykoshet pulled me out of the depths of garlaige with a simple "Hey, my static needs a dd. What's your warrior?"

So i bought some sushi and went out into the wild blue. Took down some ***** in terrigan. Which, btw, is no small feat at 61.

So there i was, level 62, and my love for warrior rekindled with a few massive rampages. I looked at myself and went "Self, you don't farm as a warrior. It's pointless. Take the 600 seals you've made as a bst, and unleash hell.

You heard me right. Amazing how many seals yiou get in a party of 1. So i proceeded to do the all bst bcnm40, and helltail harry quivers in fear at the sight of my baraboi axe. I bought myself a haub at 62, after a week of bcnms, and never looked back.

I got to 63, did zm4, quit for a week, came back, got sky in 3 nights, then used the rest fo that week and the 2 after it to go 63-70. Without playing on weekends.

Yes, I am insane. And I love it. 73, beyotch! ^_^^

I have a question as well.

I have been DD in precisly 1 xp party on my way to 56. i did lvl 46.5 - 47 in a DD slot. every other time I have been main tank. I don't duel tank either. I have been in about 4-5 parties with duel tank.

I don't really see myself moving out of the tanking role. People invite me cause I can tank and I like to do it.

So should i drop the 2 million for a Haub? I like to be versital but really do you think it's just a status symbol for someone in my postition?

I think I would do just as well with the lorca... or if i stummble across 3.5 million i would get a byrnie. I don't really see myself tanking in it. it would be sweet for macroing in to my WS, but i eat a lot of sushi now with a STR/ATTACK set up.

Just wondering...

I farm tabar beaks for months making 40k an hour and selling any equipment i didnt need.

Wow, some very neat stories in here, and which definitely provide some encouragement. Some of you have some serious dedication, too... months of farming? Good lord, and I thought my week or two of boring, antisocial crafting/fishing was tedious... I bow in great humility to you guys.

After yesterday's great Ferry fishing haul, I'm at 2.2mil/2.4mil. Almost there..!

Edited, Sun Jul 31 11:01:48 2005 by Tibor

Bought Enklados for 200k sold for almost a mil. That gave me enough to afford it lol.

Made three stacks of shihei toolbags yesterday (120k x3 = 360k), minus about 100k in costs (mostly Elm Logs), plus fished another three stacks of Noble Ladies. I'm now at ~2.3mil, with 360k on the AH.

I can nearly taste it. :D~

Myself, I invest in items. I bought up stuff that I knew would go up in price, like the Enkelados that were mentioned, but I have since sold everything that I don't use to level subcrafts. I just got smithing to a high enough level to be profitable without relying on Darksteel Ingots, cause your profit dries up and dies if ou break one or two.

Anyways, two more levels of that (which will require at least 30 levels of woodworking >_< and did require 53 levels of clothcraft along the way >_<) and I am at the magical 70! I already have a spreadsheet of date for cross-craft recipes that I can either make with little competition or HQ once in a while. If I can put that damned NPC away for a few minutes some day, I may even get somewhere =P.

Oh, and Schlumper! (sorry, new LS member =D)

Now... here's a question. Assuming, hypothetically, that I have th money when I get home from work today, should I buy the Hauby straight-up, or buy a D-ingot and find me a 100 Smith and go for a +1?

I'm personally having a friend of mine sign me one, the ingot is 1.8 mil and hauby is 2.3 on diabolos so i save about 150k. plus, i get my good friend to make something a bit more special to me.

The thought of a loss is scaring me though...