Well, managed to finish the SAM unlocking quest last night, except for the final turn in. The tree is a bitch for a party of 30. Hits hard, and has the tp build of a Samurai. Wiped 4/6 of my characters. Got him down though, reraised, and got my branch. The bomb was a bit tricky as well. Hits hard, but doesn't asplode in your face, so its really just surviving until it berserks, and then it drops like a sack of potatoes.

Got the NIN Quest started, but haven't had the time to kill the leeches yet. 3 day weekend though, so hopefully I can get a lot of work out of the way and get back to leveling.

Bleeding out my eyeballs with zinc ore and rusty subligars. 3 times a day I run the AH circuit searching for the stuff. Only need 164 more Zinc Ore, and 44 more Rusty Subligars. That only 170-200k more gil, at which point I think I'll be done dumping gil from my previous 75 in to my group.

Can't wait for 40, when I'll finally have most of the teleports, escape, and Warp II. Will make travel SO much faster.