Why do people jump to this stance so quickly....
Originally Posted by kewitt
no, not saying you need to plan your life around FFXI...but if you are looking for specific weather to speed things up, there are ways to know in advance when it is likely (or even for certain) to occur and you can plan your play sessions accordingly. If you know your weather prospects aren't good this week, but may be next week....you can plan to try to take advantage of it when your chances are best vs. spinning your wheels when you have the worst window of opportunity.
For instance, I already know that tomorrow there is a pretty decent shot at getting fire weather on firesday in the Cape during early evening for me (just before 8PM), and another shot a few hours later on watersday, just before midnight. So... I know if I'm going to be farting around Friday night in game, I have two shots at catching some weather TOMORROW night.
I actually knew this 2 weeks ago, because I tracked the dates in the past, and I saw the pattern repeating itself back then---if it is indeed holding true, than I also know I have a shot at it again on Saturday (my day off) for Lightningsday in Kuzots just before 4PM. If I am going to be on, I already know I can hit QSC for some GOV tabs and go for flame geodes if I needed them. Same goes for 6PM Monday, and a two day window on Tuesday from 4:45 to 6:40--when I would be coming home from work, so I may still be able to hop on and catch a window if I wanted.
The point is there are ways to help you make the most of your time....it just takes a little forethought instead of just haphazardly trying to catch it randomly. At the very least, one can use the weather reporting at the bazaar site for a couple hours notice of when weather may be popping, or to track when the more opportune windows are coming up (like fire's pattern starts ramping frequency up in about a week, making it a good time to watch for fire around the weekend of the 14th).
Edit: as predicted last night... fire is indeed in the forecast for Darksday (19:38-20:36 Eastern) for Kuzots, still in-line with the pattern I took notes on back in March 2012.
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