Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

[Kuro]

One blustery day in the icy peaks of the North...


(Kupold):
Kupo-whoaaa! This wind's a-blowin' somethin' fierce!

(Kupulele):
Hold on to your bootstraps!

(Kupeliont):
Buckle down, boys! We've got a blizzard on our hands!



Ahhh... after a week in the roasting sun of Purgonorgo Isle, these icy winds are just the ticket for my sunburned wings. Walkin' along in a winter wonderla—

Whoa! Steady there, Kupold! That's an avalanche zone!

Phew! That was a bit too close for comfo—

—and that's the edge of a cliff!

Kupo-whoa-whoaaa! Oh, confound these blasted mountains! Get me out of here, Kupeliont! I want my mommyyy!


Hold your horses, Kupold; you're jittery as a jubjub.
Now look, it's just two whoops and a holler to the foot o' the mountain, then we're home free.
How's our herd lookin' back there, Kupulele?

Let's see now. One, two, three li'l buffaloes... a couple o' heifers, a couple o' calves... ten, eleven, and... good as gravy, the herd's all here!


Oh-ho! Chalk another one up to the prodigious powers of Kupold the master mesmerist!
Speakin' of which, what's the story with these bovine beasties anyway?

If you weren't too doggone lazy to show up for last week's meeting, you'd already know.
It's none other than our latest and most ingenious plan! The one that'll put the MHMU back in the black for sure! None other than the... the, uh— what was it called again, Kupeliont?

The Buffalo Bonanza Ranch, kupo!

Illustration by Mitsuhiro Arita

That's it! It's just like the big boss said:
“Listen up, pardners! A new era of thrills and entertainment is upon us!
That's right, I'm talkin' the rip-roarin'est dude ranch in Vana'diel! A place where adventurers from hither and yon can feast their eyes on cattle-drivin' shows while munchin' down gourmet buffalo burgers.
The Buffalo Bonanza Ranch—guaranteed to turn our treasury into a veritable gold mine!”

You catch our drift, Kupold? The very future of the MHMU hangs in the balance. By hook or by crook, we're bringin' these blasted buffaloes back to the three nations!
What in the—? Now where did that doggone steer go?

He's right over here- no, wait, over there? Tarnation, he was here just a minute ago!
Now you've done it, Kupold. Looks like your ballyhooed hypnosis spit the bit again!

Balderdash!
Anyway, look here, we've made it to the foot of the mountain!
Getting back to town from here'll be as easy as pamama pie!

—Linkpearl: <Ring, ring>


Shut yer big bazoo, Kupold. It's a call from HQ!
What in the— a swarm of bugs outside the city walls, you say?

Ewww! Insects give me the heebie-jeebies!

Oh, don't be such a lily-livered girl, Kupulele. Look, we've got a thunderin' herd of buffalo behind us. We cut ourselves a path through the valley, and those bugs will skedaddle before you can say lickety-split!
Get along, li'l dogies! Yee-hawww!

A vanishing bull and a mysterious swarm of insects—
Little did our moogle friends know that these two seemingly innocent events
would raise a ruckus the likes of which the MHMU had never before seen...

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• Schedule

Blazing Buffaloes will blitz into town at 01:00 on Friday, September 26 (PDT) and ride off into the sunset at 01:00 on Monday, October 6.

• Event Info

Brave adventurers looking to help the MHMU out of its latest mess need only visit one of the areas below and speak to the moogle representative there.
If your wranglin' skills are up to the task, you might even win yourself exclusive Buffalo Bonanza Ranch goods and prizes!

West Ronfaure (I-6) / East Ronfaure (G-6)
North Gustaberg (L-8) / South Gustaberg (L-8)
West Sarutabaruta (J-8) / East Sarutabaruta (G-11)

[Gobo]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

Yee-haw, nothing like saving time and gil by being smacked 1/2 way across the world by Buffalo.

[Nandito]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

I didn't really understand the past event, or cared about it for that matter. Was too busy leveling... Now I can finally catch this one! So, what, is it about herding buffalo or something? Are we gonna get free rented Chocobo with some Hexaguns and Cowboy hats?!

[Mhurron]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

I didn't really understand the past event

Beat the snot out of a Buffalo, get blown away, wash, rinse, repeat.

Always repeat.

[Raydeus]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

Cowboy event? I wonder how it will be.

I liked the last one so I hope this one will be just as fun.

[Callisto]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

This was one of the events I actually had fun at, on top of the enmity+2 sash is really a nice item for low levels. There were things that looked like new rewards for this in the update .dats, I forget off the top of my head though. Either way I'm glad they're bringing it back.

[Vyuru]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

I want that +enmity belt for my Thf!

SATA Viper Belt with +enmity gear at lower levels = win.

Of course I need to get past lvl 30 first, but that might help motivate me.

[Tickmeoff]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

SATA Viper Belt

New WS?!

[MrMageo]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

man why did I retire this event is the best event ever.

[cadoxangelus]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

man why did I retire this event is the best event ever.

Ya know, you could always come back. The dark side is always open to it's followers

[Effedup]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

How exactly does this event work? A friend of mine tried to do it years ago and failed (got warped across the globe and gave up), I read about the past version on the clopedia (the 2005 event) and it said something like doing 100 damage or more triggers the warp ability, so if I was to say be a DNC or something similar that does lower damage I would be ok, as long as I'm not hitting it for more than 100 in a shot? Or is it a lot more complicated than that? I'm assuming it is, but does anyone have any specifics about the mob or their experiences doing this?

I wanna get the gears, I'm a sucker for event crap, and the enmity stuff is a lot more useful than the other useless event crap taking up space in my mog safe

[Pyowaa]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

what are all the event items that you can get for this? I got the costume sash, the dodge buffalo charge back, the horn, and a few milk things lol. I didn't see anything else in the rewards list.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

That was it as far as I know. Fun event, decent swag, all in all a good experience. The Drover's Mantle could actually be a decent piece for leveling a low level job from 1, as it has the same DEF as a Rabbit Mantle (1, heh), but 3 levels earlier (level 1 versus level 4). I kept it (all 15 charges and all, didn't need them :p ) in the case I wanted to level Blue Mage.

And I got neither the belt nor any milk, because, heh, everybody hates Chigoes, and I'm sure there'll be an event with a better costume belt in the future.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

I liked the concept and spirit of the event, I was also surprised the changed it up quite a bit. I guess I'm just disappointed they didn't put out the enmity sash as a reward given it was reward with the original event. I wanted it for my THF ._.

[Susurrus]

Re: Blazing Buffaloes, or How West Sarutabaruta Was Won (09/19/2008)

SMNs could own this. Who cares if their pet gets warped all the way across the world? Get a new one! :D