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thistlechaserWhat a night. What a wasted night.
The only good thing that happened tonight was that I realized that I'll never need to level BLM, since RDM isn't going to make any progress. (lol angst n drama lol)
Put my flag up and got an invite the same minute. Asked if they had a tank/healer, they did so I accepted. Went to QSC. Fights were really rough. Party was 50-51 (I was the only 52). After each fight we were drained... but we weren't getting 200+/fight, so they wanted to move to crabs in Kuftal. I suggested that it wasn't a great idea, but they all wanted to go. First fight: Nearly full party wipe (except me, yay). I said goodbye and left.
Came back to Jeuno. Put my flag up. Got invited. Asked if he had tank/healer. No. Told him to let me know when he had both. Person replied "lol you speak jap". Buh? I had been speaking in English, not using the autotranslator. Idiot. Eventually he gets a tank, invites me. I asked if he had a healer. Nope. Time passes, and he got a healer, so invited me again. NIN tank was 51, DDs were 51-52. WHM and BLM were 54. They wanted to go to Kuftal. I wished them luck and said goodbye.
Three hours of partying gave me (with band) 2K XP. Sigh/grrr. A whole night wasted on this, all for 2K XP.
I think I've spotted a trend though: Both party leaders today, and the leaders of my last four really awful parties, have all been DRGs. I wonder if DRGs are so desperate for parties they'll put anything together, just so they get XP?
I know some people get good parties. I hear tell of getting 5K per hour. I know good random parties exist. I'd really like to experience one some day...
Edit, an hour later: No matter how sucky the XP has been lately, at least there's one good thing: So many invites! It's too late for me to party, but I've gotten three since taking my flag down. That's a total of five invites in one night! *boggle*
The only good thing that happened tonight was that I realized that I'll never need to level BLM, since RDM isn't going to make any progress. (lol angst n drama lol)
Put my flag up and got an invite the same minute. Asked if they had a tank/healer, they did so I accepted. Went to QSC. Fights were really rough. Party was 50-51 (I was the only 52). After each fight we were drained... but we weren't getting 200+/fight, so they wanted to move to crabs in Kuftal. I suggested that it wasn't a great idea, but they all wanted to go. First fight: Nearly full party wipe (except me, yay). I said goodbye and left.
Came back to Jeuno. Put my flag up. Got invited. Asked if he had tank/healer. No. Told him to let me know when he had both. Person replied "lol you speak jap". Buh? I had been speaking in English, not using the autotranslator. Idiot. Eventually he gets a tank, invites me. I asked if he had a healer. Nope. Time passes, and he got a healer, so invited me again. NIN tank was 51, DDs were 51-52. WHM and BLM were 54. They wanted to go to Kuftal. I wished them luck and said goodbye.
Three hours of partying gave me (with band) 2K XP. Sigh/grrr. A whole night wasted on this, all for 2K XP.
I think I've spotted a trend though: Both party leaders today, and the leaders of my last four really awful parties, have all been DRGs. I wonder if DRGs are so desperate for parties they'll put anything together, just so they get XP?
I know some people get good parties. I hear tell of getting 5K per hour. I know good random parties exist. I'd really like to experience one some day...
Edit, an hour later: No matter how sucky the XP has been lately, at least there's one good thing: So many invites! It's too late for me to party, but I've gotten three since taking my flag down. That's a total of five invites in one night! *boggle*
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Date: 2006-01-25 07:50 am (UTC)(Also... why does playing on your own not work?)
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Date: 2006-01-25 08:01 am (UTC)I'm going to assume you don't play FFXI. No job can solo monsters that give EXP that's worth your time aside from a Beastmaster or an exceptionally skilled Dragoon pre-60. The critters are just way too hard, even the 'easy' ones that give like 15xp a kill. FFXI is NOT solo-friendly by a long shot. v_v Which sucks royally.
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Date: 2006-01-25 04:39 pm (UTC)Yeah, that would be the best way to get around this, but putting your own party together is a pain in the ass. :P In general, the only people who are willing to go through the work/pain of that are the ones that no one will invite -- thus they make their own parties because that's the only way they'll get one.
(Also... why does playing on your own not work?)
Everything about the game is 'teamwork'. For lord knows what reason, S-E doesn't believe that anyone should be able to do much of anything alone. In very, very, very few cases does leveling on your own work (not after level 10, anyway).
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Date: 2006-01-25 07:57 am (UTC)Most DRGs aside from me and the DRGs on our shell: Yes. :P And those same DRGs turn around and wonder why everyone hates dragoons. DUH. 9__9;;
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Date: 2006-01-25 04:36 pm (UTC)Last night I was tempted to say 'I'm never accepting an invite from a DRG again', but the only thing that kept me from that was because we have good ones on the LS, so I know there are some good ones around. Somewhere...
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Date: 2006-01-25 05:32 pm (UTC)And, enh. I think levelling DRG got more popular after the update. While I like the changes, you've suddenly got these really snobby "old school" DRGs who are all, "oh, everyone's levelling it nowadays." And they say it to *me*. Gosh, guys, I've only been a DRG for over a year now, and it's only been my goal since day one of playing the game. -_-; Excuse *me* if I'm "only" level 53.
Eheh. Sorry for the ranting; I just needed to get it off my chest. (You can insert comments about my chest here, if so desired. ;p)
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Date: 2006-01-25 06:05 pm (UTC)('Course im sitting at 59 now due to some overzealous soloing...)
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Date: 2006-01-25 04:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-25 04:32 pm (UTC)Yeah. Problem is, I've only been dealing with bad ones for the last couple weeks. :/ Hopefully that will change sooner or later...
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Date: 2006-01-25 05:34 pm (UTC)1) it's usually mostly to build TP
2) our PLD has already established hate
3) I've been working with my group for almost 37 levels now, so we're pretty used to each other's playing styles
But seriously, I'm always looking to improve, so any advice you've got will be gladly accepted. ^_^
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Date: 2006-01-25 05:59 pm (UTC)I also think my view on this is mostly DRG/WAR... I think DRG/THF is a tad more specialized and has a higher tendancy to be more aware of hate...
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Date: 2006-01-25 06:13 pm (UTC)I'm also DRG/WAR, so any advice you have would work for me. ^^ I enjoy having stuff like Berserk and Double Attack in my bag of tricks, plus more HP and defense. That and I don't really want to level THF. ^_^;
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Date: 2006-01-25 05:37 pm (UTC)Then I remember I have no free time. :)
But, the thought is there!
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Date: 2006-01-25 06:12 pm (UTC)Thanks for the thought. :)
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Date: 2006-01-25 05:39 pm (UTC)Do you remember when you started levelling Greatsword? Did you even bother doing it before you started partying? Because I'm about to start working on DRK, and the first GS I can use is the Deathbringer at level 5. However, I don't think that -6 Defense is such a good idea while soloing. Can I just go with a Scythe until I start partying, or should I be working on my GS too?
(For the record, I *think* that when I was levelling WAR, I didn't bother with Greataxe until I got into parties, and then I was able to catch it up fairly easily.)
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Date: 2006-01-25 06:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-25 06:15 pm (UTC)