I played it pretty much since I woke up, so I’m taking a break now. The number of quests solved rose up to 143, and I have unlocked the Viking and Trickster jobs. Luso is now level 45, and I have unlocked a bunch of oriental blades at the shop, so he’s back to being a Parivir. I’ll play some more later. Oh, by the way, I have been playing for a total of 53 hours.

EDIT: The quest count is now at 150, and I have advanced the story by two quests. The bard didn’t have any info about my dreams, but he has decided to join my clan. I probably won’t be using him, but it is nice to have a unique character. The auction season started again so I got a bunch of cool new items. I got the Zeus’s Staff, the Master Sword, Genji Armor and a bunch of other high end equipment pieces.

I solved a total of four quests tonight, but one of them was a three part one. Luso is level 44 now, and he has almost mastered the Paladin job. As for the Parivir one, most of the equipment isn’t available jet. I have unlocked sprint shoes in the shop which increase my movement. I’ve also unlocked an Assassin sword that teaches the Ultima Masher ability. My Assassin did 360 points of damage with this one. The problem is it costs 32 MP, so I can’t use it that often.

Today there was a thunderstorm here, so I had to unplug my computer and stop playing Devil May Cry. This allowed me to return to this gem. I can’t believe I haven’t played it for over a week. I did about 7 or 8 quests and advanced the story. I’ve also unlocked the Seer job and learned a bunch of new skills. I’m dumping the Gladiator/ Defender for a Master Monk/ White Monk since that one is one of the main characters (Cid). I’m also thinking about dumping the Moogle thief and replacing him with Adelle. She learned a bunch of nice Parivir and Ninja skills, so she could be more useful. Right now my party is tracking a Moogle Bard that may have some information I need.

Early this morning (a couple of minutes after midnight) I completed about 3 or 4 more quests. This unlocked a bunch of items at the Bazaar, including some class specific robes which allowed me to learn some nice passive abilities. Mostly, I’ve been fighting the undead, with some Duelhorn quests mixed in. My main character learned all of the available Parivir skills, and is now training as a Paladin.

I played it in the morning for a while. I did a few quests, none of them related to the main story. I unlocked a few nice items at the Bazaar including the Masamune. My main character is now level 40 and will soon be switching to the Parivir class. I’m going to train him as a Paladin/Parivir with a Ninja level every now and then for the speed. My Nu’Mou is now an Alchemist/Sage, and that is what he will probably remain as for the rest of the game. I have a Gladiator/Defender Banga, but I’m not sure if I should replace him with a Monk/Master Monk. One of my Vieras will be a Red Mage/Summoner and the other a Sniper/Assassin. I also have a Moogle Thief/Juggler which is there just for stealing and disabling opponents with daggers.

EDIT: I completed a dozen more quests, one of which unlocked the Scholar job. I probably won’t be using it since it’s more a gimmick then a real job. My main character however, finished learning the dual wield ability and is now a Parivir. After learning most of the Parivir skills, I will make him a Paladin to learn that skill set to. My Viera Sniper now has all the prerequisites for the Assassin Job, and has already mastered the two Assassin abilities I had available. She is now a Sniper again. I will probably replace the Assassin skill set with the Archer one when fighting undead, to use the Burial ability.

After completing a few quests, including two that unlocked the Spellsword and Master Monk classes, the Auction season started again. I managed to become Champion for Life in both regions on the new continent. I also got a bunch of extremely nice items, one of them being a Ninja sword that grants the Dual Wield passive ability. I immediately put it on my main character.

I did a few quests today, most of them without battle. I’ve also recruited a Seeq and a Gria. Now I finally have a Ranger to solve the “Wanted: Sidekick” quest. Off course, I dispatched him right away. Nothing else of importance happened.

EDIT: I did a few more quests, most of them non battle types. I did advance the story tough. A bunch of my characters learned a bunch of new skills, and most of them now have their end game jobs (at least one of their end game jobs).

I tried three new games for the DS this morning. I’m not going to play them just yet because I have other games to finish first, but I do have to decide if I should keep them. So, here goes:

Doodle Hex

It’s a puzzle game. You draw runes on the screen to attack your enemy. It’s pretty fast paced, and you make your own rune set, but that’s about it. I don’t think I’ll be playing this one.

Ducati Moto

A motorcycle racer and a nice one at that. There’s a career mode in which you can buy different motorcycles and upgrade them. The driving model and the graphics are nice to.

Top Spin 3

This one is a tennis game. There’s a career mode in which you partake in tournaments and event or train to improve your stats. It’s hard, but for a tennis game, pretty sweet.

I’ve completed Cruisin’ difficulty. Yesterday, I completed Breezin’, and I was one level short on completing Cruisin’. I’ve also completed the first five stages of Sweatin’ difficulty. I’m about 350k points short of getting the next rank, so I’m hopping ill get the next bonus stage. By the way, the first bonus stage was “Believe” by Cher. Judging from the credits, that leaves the songs “ABC” and “Survivor” to unlock. I wonder which one will be next.

After completing a level, I finally have enough points for the next rank – Three-star Commander. Unfortunately, this isn’t the rank that I get a new song on. Only 3.7 million points needed for the next rank. Hopefully, that will be the one.

By the way, I got a blister from playing this game. I guess that means I need to take a break from stylus games for a while.

EDIT: I’ve finished a total of 13 stages on Sweatin’, and have finally unlocked the next rank – King of the Beat. This has unlocked a new song, “ABC”. It’s one of my favorite oldies. I need 3.5 million points for the next rank, but I probably need to advance to the final rank to unlock the last bonus song. King of the Beat is rank 6 and judging from the rank list I still have at least six ranks left. The good thing is, that songs on Sweatin’ provide over a million points each easily (more than two millions if played near perfectly).

I finished this one today for the second time actually. The first time it was before I started this diary. It definitely wasn’t as hard as the first time. I finished the last level in one go, but it was still a close one. Watching the credits, I noticed a few songs in the list that weren’t in any of the levels. I’m guessing their either unlockable or in the US version of the game. If the songs are unlockable, it probably has something to do with the rank system which, right now, has no other use. It’s one more game to the list.

EDIT: After gaining the rank “Captain of Soul” I unlocked a new song. It seems it has everything to do with ranks. The problem is I need almost three million points for the next rank which is just a bit less than the total I have now. This will be a long day.