And opening week begins

Well in the midst of the whole chaos known as Final Fantasy XIV I got to spend some timing playing miner before I got booted. Which by the way seems to be a common occurence. And so help you to get back into a full server................ Darn why did I make my characters on Excalibur... WHY!!!!

And back to mining. Here are some screenshots of mining. It is a very simple concept and it is also quite addicting if I do say so myself. But then again I always had a thing for farming materials....

Since the mining guild is in Ul' dah your mining adventures will most likely begin in Thanalan. The mining nodes seem to spawn in a 4 node pattern. Meaning you follow a square path to hit up all 4 nodes that pop up on your mini map and then repeat. 

 This map shows a picture of of Thanalan where your initial mining adventures will take place. Your level 5 nodes can be found in the area near Stonesthrow and the Ul' dah Dispatch Yard. There you can mine a variety of items. [Copper ore, Muddy water, Wind shard, Lightning shard] As an added bonus the mining nodes in the Ul' dah Dispatch Yard is also the spot where you can find Bone chips for your level 5 mining quest. So just chill here until  you reach level 5 cause I am pretty sure you won't be able to mine from level 10 nodes until you hit level 5/ But I could be wrong there.

Oh another thing I noticed is that I am pretty sure your mining nodes are only visible to you. Cause when i watched the other players around me mining I couldn't see their node. Just them hitting the rocks.... An interesting concept where you don't have to compete for gathering spots like you do in other games. I wonder if this changes during higher level mining....

Level 5 Mining [Tin ore, Zinc ore, Solid femur, and Lightning shard]

You mine these items right across from the Soot creek .

Here are some more pictures. Level 10+ Mining 

Location: Copperbell Mines

Items: Iron ore and water shards

Well this part is simple.... At level 10 and up you pretty much mine Iron ore and more iron ore seeing as how that is the only thing you can mine.... Well that is aside from water shards anyway.
Hurray for mining. It does get a bit tedious at times. But all I really need is a light snack a long playlist and here I come farming.

End of the day leaves me at level 14 mining. Not too shabby if I do say so myself.