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thistlechaser(FFXI) It's an odd thing that learning is hard. Or maybe it's not so odd. We all scoff at lowbies who can't get through a party without a PLer. "Play your job yourself! It's the only way to learn it!", we cry. Know all those annoying 'make you run around the city' quests that you have to do as a new player? They're just lessons on how to play the game, just dressed up with a little storyline. Those early quests taught you where everything is, how to trade items, how to interact with NPCs, how to buy stuff...
When I read the walkthrough on G3, I had said to myself "Man, if you don't know about these areas, you sure will by the time you're done. What aggros to what, how to use the cursing/muting machines in Beadeaux, and how to dodge true sight/sound NMs.". Even when I got so mad/upset once I was all done with G3, I still had that thought in the back of my head.
I spent some time tonight watching the old FFXI videos. The 2-5 CoP mission, various Promy runs, AF runs. I said to myself "G3 should have been a BCNM fight! It would have been fun then! I could have done that!" And I grumbled some more.
And then I worked through that, and got back to the beginning. I really did learn a lot from G3. (In fact, I'm almost (almost!) sorry that Yossy lead the way through Oz and Ceh lead through Beadeaux. I feel like an expert on Davoi, but I got a whole lot less experience in those two places.) I'm not happy about the whole situation, but I understand it and accept it.
I never want to do G3 again myself, but sometimes I wonder if I should re-do Beadeaux and Oz on my own. I want to learn what the game is trying to teach me.
How crazy is that?
When I read the walkthrough on G3, I had said to myself "Man, if you don't know about these areas, you sure will by the time you're done. What aggros to what, how to use the cursing/muting machines in Beadeaux, and how to dodge true sight/sound NMs.". Even when I got so mad/upset once I was all done with G3, I still had that thought in the back of my head.
I spent some time tonight watching the old FFXI videos. The 2-5 CoP mission, various Promy runs, AF runs. I said to myself "G3 should have been a BCNM fight! It would have been fun then! I could have done that!" And I grumbled some more.
And then I worked through that, and got back to the beginning. I really did learn a lot from G3. (In fact, I'm almost (almost!) sorry that Yossy lead the way through Oz and Ceh lead through Beadeaux. I feel like an expert on Davoi, but I got a whole lot less experience in those two places.) I'm not happy about the whole situation, but I understand it and accept it.
I never want to do G3 again myself, but sometimes I wonder if I should re-do Beadeaux and Oz on my own. I want to learn what the game is trying to teach me.
How crazy is that?
