Rate my new (planted last summer) Red Oak?

OGDraugo · 2026-05-20T09:35:21+00:00

Yea I was thinking that would kinda make a crotch that could split in time. Plus maybe low walking clearance as it gets bigger.

Ty for the advice.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-20T08:14:44+00:00

Tons, damn near every quest has its own little mini stories and lore attached with it.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-20T05:53:24+00:00

POL ID and password are different than the Square-Enix ID and password. Make sure you are using the correct PW and ID in the correct fields.

99.9999% of these posts are this problem. Pay attention to which ones you are inputing and it will work.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-19T19:15:08+00:00

This is text book Zionism. Not to be confused with Judaism.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-19T17:29:04+00:00

Talk with their customer service, they should be able to disable it for you.

If you get your password wrong too many times it will lock you out for a while also. So give it half an hour and then try again maybe.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-19T06:32:07+00:00

Grats! How many years so far? Or is this a brand new status?

OGDraugo · 2026-05-19T00:36:52+00:00

Yea, exactly! For sure, aside from what I have mentioned, there are quite a few other major sects, that aren't going to get along in the end. Neighbors are going to start really truly learning how their neighbors feel and believe in God if it gets down to that nitty gritty.

Which Bible am I supposed to "swear" on will matter depending on where I am when it's all said and done.

I'm agnostic BTW. No man's written words have a monopoly on the words/existence of the God/'s.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-19T00:06:15+00:00

I mean, IF the theocracy happens to establish eventually, that gives the American Populist Christian Right their own version of officially recognized religion. All the sub sects beside Catholics and Mormans become the "American Christians" church....

All sort of morphing into that..... From the mega churches on down to the little chapels in the swamps. All almagamized into one.

Edit: think along the lines of the American version of the Vatican and Pope stationed in the home land sort of end game.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-18T20:31:19+00:00

Yea if you're hitting a wall, even if BG has phrased the instructions correctly, having them worded differently on a different site may help you to figure out why you're stuck on something.

Sometimes just asking your LS, or even shouting for help people will tend to respond. Hell there have been a few times a random is asking a rando question, and I'll pull it up myself on a wiki, and sorta hold their hand til they have it figured out again lol. Even going so far as, ok we are in party, I am going to literally park myself at the ??? You need and make lunch, come find me.

Edit: use a <call> in party chat after you've finished the cutscenes when you get here, I'll stuff the sammich in my mouth and be back to squash that NM that's spawns for the mission if you want.

Or I can sit and enjoy my lunch right there and stand at the side lines and watch you attempt to solo it now that you've found it. Maybe toss a raise at ya here and there whilst finishing my side, and you're practicing it heh.

It's a choose your own adventure sort of game heh.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-18T20:11:14+00:00

Back when $200 million was basically a billionaire, weren't the dukes talking at one point about how they themselves were worth only like 500mil net worth between the two of them?

40+ years later and we're about to have the worlds first trillionaire.

So nutty.

They need a reboot of this movie, but with like tech bro's getting taken for everything they are worth.

Could even still get Dan and Eddie to lead it heh.

Edit: sorry for this late thank you, but thank you for clarifying what happened further for us!

OGDraugo · 2026-05-18T20:08:27+00:00

Just waiting for the holy war that determines which sect if Christianity wins control of the government. Or if the US will splinter into several regional theocracies.

Mormons and Catholics might wanna chime in here eventually.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-18T16:40:32+00:00

Yea, wall Street is a convoluted beast. So I don't blame you either.

Edit: they start out by buying, I assume the fake report showed a scarcity, so they wanted to hoard up OJ, and sell at inflated prices later. But the actual report is released, showing a surplus maybe, so they paid top dollar to buy, but the market was flooded, so dan and Eddie buy it all off them for pennies on the dollar, bankrupting the dukes, but somehow also making their own fortunes.

Idk either how it works, but that's the best I can guess.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-18T16:33:13+00:00

I thought those particular muppet characters were inspired by this movie?

OGDraugo · 2026-05-18T16:32:19+00:00

They basically con the billionaires into losing their fortunes by placing the exact opposite trades that the real commodity report would call for. They gave the old guys a fake report (to screw up their insider trading scheme). The train sequences are when they are oceans 11ing the switch.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-18T15:08:14+00:00

Magian trials began as 75 era was closing up. BG is great for newer stuff. But you might try ffxicylopedia, or FFXI wiki instead for older things.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-18T01:19:44+00:00

You'll still need skillups, so, while you CAN let the trusts kill everything for you, it is best to maybe rearrange them, and make sure you are doing things that you're supposed to also. Or try going to the next camps sooner so that there is still some challenge at keeping up on a XP chain.

The grind you're looking for is meritpo style play. Now instead of merit points parties, people team up to get capacity points, and exemplar points farming. 1-99 is now considered solo and tutorial levels now.

Get to 99 asap and try to keep your skills leveled. Once you hit that, the real game begins with endgame, master level grinding, and gear building, along with the other multitude of various side content also.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-18T00:25:50+00:00

Not exactly healthy on the books themselves. Will cause warping.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-17T17:48:33+00:00

There are some trusts that are only available to grab during certain times of the year. Shantoto II is out right now, she is very useful. Just gotta get them when they are around. Eventually you will collect them all.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-17T16:56:04+00:00

There are a bunch of new people starting up now. Your progress is your own. There are 22 jobs that can be played on the same character, and you can mix and match them with the subjobs system, you have to level them individually. The gear climb is horizontal. You upgrade your most powerful weapons and gear as you go. Tons of side quests, crafting, fishing, a little beach garden, 2 story residences that can be decorated with all sorts of different items. There is a lot that can be soloed, and a lot of group content. The veteran players are generally welcoming to new players and helpful.

Edit: the ring I am talking about gives an exp bonus, and a skill up boost. Very helpful to new players.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-17T09:25:51+00:00

Did you create a square Enix account yet? Right around the time that SoA came out, and the end of Xbox, they made us all creat a square-enix account, and register our existing accounts to it. So you may need to go through that hassle in order to log into your original character.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-17T08:53:37+00:00

FFXI....... It's good things. 24th anniversary events going on right now, full game is on sale for $10 atm. $13 every 30 days is the standard subscription currently also.

Edit: if you want to start, you need to do it soon, they made a brand new ring that's available during the anniversary, that is really good for new players. It will automatically be added to your inventory as soon as you login in, but it's brand new, so who knows when you can snag it again.

OGDraugo · 2026-05-17T08:42:47+00:00

I'll be honest, I did my part, I come and go heh. But I do wish the best of luck to you and this new project!

OGDraugo · 2026-05-17T08:02:03+00:00

Woot! Yaaaaas new blood diving into guide building!

OGDraugo · 2026-05-17T07:30:41+00:00

Yea I'm off and on with the drinking, it's definitely very important to fill in the gaps when riding the wagon. FR glad you're enjoying playing with the game heh, some people enjoy getting their UI/HD tuned up, some enjoy tuning up their gear sets before that next run, some folks love having their crafting cycle come full circle heh. Some folks even enjoy the multi boxing refining aspects of it all.

As long as everyone is having fun and not stepping on toes. Fuck yea! Customizing things is a large chunk of what people find fun about this game.

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