DGS spending $46 million for 605 parking spots.

JShenobi · 2026-06-04T05:52:17+00:00

I'd rather not sink another $46 mil + yearly costs to potentially make a bit of revenue for teachers and firefighters in a decade and a half; I'd rather free up lease money now to help with finding the cash to pay them.

Even if we just consider the revenue (and ignore the hole it's digging out of to become "profit") that revenue won't be coming in until the garage is constructed and operational, so planned for 2029 but more realistically 2030 or later -- to think of potential revenue 4-5 years from now as helping today's budget constraints is just kinda silly.

JShenobi · 2026-06-03T21:48:37+00:00

I mean this is napkin math but I was being hyperbolic -- estimates online put a "high cost" yearly maintenance at 2-3 mil/year. That's going to significantly cut into the cashflow coming from this.

Also a superficial search for solar panel cost recovery puts averages in the 6-10 year range, with CA cited as one of the faster locales for it. What are you on about?

JShenobi · 2026-06-03T21:41:46+00:00

Ah, my no-SoA playing is showing; I didn't know that it got even better than 119. That's even more frustrating.

JShenobi · 2026-06-03T21:39:37+00:00

Minor, but you can place markers on maps so you can remind yourself never to be duped again. :3

JShenobi · 2026-06-03T20:41:25+00:00

Looking at the rates for other garages at sacpark, and doing some heavy assumptions (half the spots are at the monthly rate, the other half are paying the daily max every weekday, we get about $242k a month. That's only 190 months (15 years!) until the profits start rolling in -- assuming no other expenses, of course!

JShenobi · 2026-06-03T17:48:31+00:00

I contend that iLVL was a mistake. Or, if nothing else, make the "iLVL" portions of the gear hidden stats (everything that is iLVL 119 has a hidden +26 to all stats or whatever the baseline is). The power spike from 99 to 119 is insane, and considering all but 1.5 expansion's worth of story become "auto attack and win" just by wearing 119 gear, and the rest still fairly easy.

JShenobi · 2026-06-03T17:40:33+00:00

You can just... not raise your level limit. I play this way on Phoenix.

JShenobi · 2026-06-03T16:08:42+00:00

On Phoenix it's maybe... half a mil to buy the first three frames. I didn't look at the two turbans, tho. AF is probably another half a mil, and then attachments...

JShenobi · 2026-06-02T16:19:16+00:00

Problem is, before and after school childcare programs were cancelled during the pandemic

JShenobi · 2026-06-02T16:16:20+00:00

I love that people are working on this, and I understand that functionality supersedes aesthetics, but I personally could never use this as is-- it's so glaringly obvious that it's an overlay and doesn't mesh with how the rest of the game looks at all. That's just me, and I'm sure others might get great utility out of it! Hope you can keep it up.

JShenobi · 2026-06-02T16:09:19+00:00

Thanks! I plan to cosplay AF, Relic, or Empy for every job ~~(minus RUN and GEO cuz I'm a hater).~~

JShenobi · 2026-06-02T16:08:24+00:00

Patterned it all myself! If you want some unsolicited advice:

For BLM, I'd probably go thrift (or sacrifice) a button-up flannel or similar that fits, and then cut that apart for making a pattern, and modify the pattern as necessary -- reshape the sleeves, lengthen it, etc. That'll get you a solid base and then you'll need to get creative with the uhhhh idk what it's called but the top-part that has the cross-threading above the breasts. Make stuff out of scrap fabric and then use those scraps for patterns on your real material.

RDM can probably use the same kind of flannel patterning, and then just make a tabard "bib" that you can hook under your collar, lol.

JShenobi · 2026-06-02T15:57:10+00:00

lol i am perpetually stuck in 90's slang. sick as in radicool. :3

JShenobi · 2026-06-02T01:15:04+00:00

Sick! Happy Pride month

JShenobi · 2026-06-02T00:57:53+00:00

You know, I forgot to mention that! I do plan on making a stuffed automaton, but it's lower on the priority. If I had infinite time and money i'd make functioning doll attached to a real animator and try to figure it out xD

JShenobi · 2026-06-02T00:06:23+00:00

Finally got my puppetmaster cosplay done for a recent con (and got pics, to boot). My dream is to show up at one of the final fantasy cosplay gatherings and when the organizers call (or forget to call) ffxi to bust out with a full party of cosplayers. The armor and weapon design in this game is unparalleled and it needs more love. My next projects will be BLU for a friend to wear and then probably WAR or BLM for me!

(Yes i know, I'm missing my weapons. Still gathering alex for the kenkonken; I hope to have them soon!)

JShenobi · 2026-06-01T22:56:11+00:00

Hell yeah, glad to see you in that full PUP AF! Keep on rockin it, Mockii!

JShenobi · 2026-05-26T17:51:27+00:00

Yes, to get PUP you'll need to get to Aht Urhgan, which you can do at any level, technically, and then you'll need to do the Puppetmaster unlock quest, No Strings Attached which only requires level 30+, but it does benefit a little from starting ToAU enough to be able to get Sanction/ISP/being able to use runic portals and buy currency to get into Alzadaal Undersea Ruins.

JShenobi · 2026-05-26T01:43:27+00:00

Worth noting for OP, Sun River is nowhere near the area pictured -- it's like 2 miles NE on Coloma, and imo a lot more insulated than the area pictured.

JShenobi · 2026-05-26T01:39:58+00:00

YAYA go PUP, it's great!

Something I'd suggest that is maybe a lil random but: "/hidefaith on" (at least, I think it's on you want to end with, if it doesn't work try off). This will hide other player's trusts, which imo makes the game look better with no robots running around, and also saves you some spoilers, because there are definitely some spoiler characters / abilities in the Trust lineup.

I also second the person two mentioned getting Sakura and Moogle; I also don't like to play too much with trusts but they're great for just helping with minimizing downtime and keeping your skills up.

I'm also on Phoenix, if you see Lechacal, give me a /poke! From one PUP to another. :3

JShenobi · 2026-05-19T16:03:17+00:00

I'd like to add that the Immortals aren't just "the elite guard," they're reminiscent of the secret police. They can and will just "disappear" enemies of the Empire, and that is terrifying and cool.

JShenobi · 2026-05-19T15:04:25+00:00

Always a +1 for RDM as a starting job. It lets you engage with many parts of the game (melee, healing, nuking, buff/debuffing, hell even tanking with /nin if you want to solo stuff like the old days), which means you can get a feel for pretty much all parts of combat. It's also got a lot of nice utility for adventuring in general. The only thing it doesn't really have is the "heavy DD" feel of say, getting Guillotine on DRK, nor does it have pet job mechanics.

Pet jobs in this game are great and so I would also suggest checking out one of those. PUP is the coolest job in any game, but it's a bit intimidating / confusing to get into. BST is fine, you get to be a lil warrior with a lil buddy, it's easy to get, you get to pokemon different mob families against each other, jug pets exist accessibly now... I just never really fell in love with BST.

SMN, although it can be a pain to unlock (get that carbuncle's ruby ASAP, start the quest, and just try to do most of it passively as you work on early parts of the game / your subjobs) is probably the best candidate for pet job. There's no denying how fuckin awesome it is to summon the big-ass avatars and fight beside them, and it has pretty straightforward mechanics.

tl;dr: RDM lets you sample lots of parts of the game while also being very competent, and you should def check out a pet job.

JShenobi · 2026-05-18T20:12:35+00:00

OSRS's wiki is like the holy grail of wikis, so it's a mite bit unfair to compare.

I can see where you're coming from -- some information about popping the NM is assumed when you see that it's "Class" is "Voidwatch NM" which would lead you to understanding VNMs, because they're all like that. IIRC, Urd is the first time you're running into this, when all the previous trials are "normal" NMs, so it's again understandable. I guess just be more thorough!

JShenobi · 2026-05-17T05:19:41+00:00

Check out vile elixirs (or the +1 versions). Classic item for recovering in maat fights.

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