*restless* (FFXI)

[thistlechaser]

(Edit: Eep! I went to clean the kitchen after posting and found I left the mayo on the counter. Does anyone know if leaving it out for three and a half hours would mean I should throw it away? Is that long enough for it to go bad?)

I'm not sure if it's the RL time of year, a wacky mood of mine, or what, but I was thinking a lot about FFXI stuff tonight. I got a party pretty quickly after putting my flag up, but:

1) Even a couple hours of partying put such a tiny dent into my TNL. (Made about 7K in about 3 hours: better than average XP for me, sadly.) Have about 9K, need about 27K more to level?
2) I'm not sure why it feels like I'm just "remembering" this now since I've never really forgotten it: but partying is darned boring and not fun. Kill the same mob every minute or two for a couple hours. Each kill involves me doing the same stuff in the same order. Yawn.
3) This is the biggest one: I got a strong "what's the point of all this?" feeling tonight. I'm level 72. At 73 I switch out my scythe and GS, but that's the last thing to look forward to until 75... and 75 is the end. What in the world am I going to do once I hit 75? There are merits, but... what's the point of those for me? I'm not really interested in the HNM LS scene, so why would I need to improve anything once I hit 75? But that brings me back to: What am I going to do once I hit 75?

My plan had been (perhaps still is) to level RDM next, but... I love DRK, I love the job. My reason for wanting to level RDM? So I'll get invites fast, be able to be picky about parties, and have an easy ride to 75. That's a darned sucky reason for leveling a job. :/

I'm feeling so lost at the moment. DRK is what I love, but I'm getting close to being finished with it. Hitting 75 is great, but I don't want to be done!

Maybe once I get more of a buffer I should give Dynamis another try, maybe there would be more for me to do than there was when we did Sandy.

Maybe I need to fall in love with another job, but I don't know how to bring that about (if you even can) and I don't know if I even really want to. I love DRK, I am a DRK, that's what I want to be. :/

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In related news, every time I party with a NIN tank I boggle endlessly that people would rather have one than a PLD. My party tonight was mostly from the KoolAid LS (just me and the THF weren't), and they were good, skilled people, but even a good NIN tank isn't anywhere near as good as an average PLD. Hate was so messy and ever-moving. As usual with a NIN tank, I got hate just by hitting, not hitting and anything extra (I Souleater'ed once and then never again because it almost killed me, and only Last Resorted twice). I have to gimp myself when there's a NIN tank, and that's a sad thing. Even without using any of my other abilities, I got hate over and over just from plain old hitting. That's depressing and annoying. (Luckily their WHM, BRD, and BLM were all very much on the ball and cured me fast. They, mages and tank, were all nice people to work with.)

We partied in Ro'Ma-whatever. Weapons. Other than getting to camp, it's not such a bad place. I'd really like to XP in the Meadows or Sky or something though. (Okay, I'd really most like to go back and XP in the Bay more, but that won't happen on this job.)

I don't know if I'm going to put my flag up tomorrow or not. I could seek a party for the first time on RDM or do BLM (BLM is only 18, thus needs a lot of work to get to subjob level). Oh, and I can do the Pulling the Strings solo ENM tomorrow, too. Yay! I love doing that so much, I wish there were more solo BCs.

Comments

[loneguardian.livejournal.com]

I'm leaning toward my 'taking a break again' attitude toward FFXI. z.z I put WoW on hold again and went back to an old love, Horizons. It's not as pretty as FFXI or WoW, but eh. I think I might go back to it if I quit FFXI. Considering I've been at 'the end' for a while now and have been met with only frustration... z_z *takes a break before she just gets pissed at the game and goes*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, breaks are important. Don't go away! *clutches*

I'm told that in WoW, hitting the level cap is only the "start" of the real game. I'm not sure if I'd like that to be true in FFXI (since it takes so darned long to reach 75), but I wish there was more post-75 stuff to do. Something besides join a HNM LS, that is.

I just don't know what that stuff could be...

[sukashi.livejournal.com]

Ah, the mid/end-job crisis... I've gone through (/counts) nearly four of them, twice on RDM, once on BST, and once on WHM.

I thought about this very same issue when I hit 75 first on BST: as soon as you get over the initial feeling of accomplishment, you'll soon quickly realize that it's just another level... only now, you can start meriting. The only thing that really changes is what you can sub (/NIN ftw at 37 for solo work), and how much more efficient you can help others, particularly if you're also not planning to join an HNMLS, there's really not much else to the title of JOB75.

If you truly love playing DRK, keep on meriting it! Get the best gear you can for the job, and just optimize your GS/Scythe skills through merits, and max out STR :P You'll only be "done" with DRK when you feel like you're done with it; there are far too many definitions of being "done" with a job. 75? Capped EXP at 75? Full merits? Excellent gear?

Levelling a job such as RDM/BRD simply because of fast invites is no good; if you do level the job, you'll soon realize why there are so few of them... everyone hates XD

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

The only thing that really changes is what you can sub (/NIN ftw at 37 for solo work), and how much more efficient you can help others

I really should level NIN to subjob levels. That must be so handy!

And yeah, our LS is big on helping others, so there is that use for hitting 75, but... I want more than that. Some personal reason.

You'll only be "done" with DRK when you feel like you're done with it; there are far too many definitions of being "done" with a job. 75? Capped EXP at 75? Full merits? Excellent gear?

Good points! My gear is nearly the best it can be (paying 6 million for a HQ ring to get +1 more strength is something I'd be embarrassed to even try for), but the other things are reasonable.

Thanks! I'm going to think more about all this stuff.

[jehryn.livejournal.com]

I think that you are thinking that RDM is a bit too easy to get to 75. It's not as easy as you think it is, and it's not the "free ride to 75" that BRD is and that RNG used to be. RDM does it's fair share of seeking, and there are ALOT of RDMs that play, regardless of level. Unlike how you struggle to find 1 BRD that is your level when you are making a PT.

[abiona.livejournal.com]

Mayo is bad for you period! Take the opportunity to throw it away. XD

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Heh, it is! I might just do that. :P