And last stop on the 'I hate FFXI train'...

[thistlechaser]

First off, best license plate ever:



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So continuing in my efforts to do everything I hate the most in FFXI, today I spent half the day random partying. quistie made a post called How does Thistle do this?, and so I feel like I should title this post 'How does the rest of the world do this?'. Honestly, I don't understand how anyone puts up with random parties, ever. I'd rather sit and stare at my screen with the computer turned off. This is how my day went:

(Hour and a half waiting for an invite.)

Party #1: Actually worked! ...until some idiot brought a PL in. Then the WHM stopped curing and people died. Luckily the party lasted only 30 minutes total.

Party #2: WAR/WHM leader/tank, never got more than three members. Disbanded after 40 minutes.

Party #3: Asked to go to the Desert. Left the Jungle, got to the Desert. Party never got more than 2 members. Disbanded.

Party #4: (After another hour seeking) Asked to go back to the Jungle. I kindly told the person what they could do with the Jungle.

Party #5: Had three members... puller pulled... we all died. Got member #4, puller pulled, we all died. Got member #5... can you see the pattern here? By the time we had 6 people, I was five levels lower than everyone else. >< I got next to no XP, yet I kept dying. Negative XP for the party.

And so on. About 9 hours total spent, and I made about 7K total XP. Suddenly XPing through Campaign only doesn't look so bad!

All this doesn't even mention how awful the people are. Unskilled, sucky armor, "lol" all over the place, and insulting everyone at every turn. Say macros, idiot party "funny" macros, macros about avatars giving party members blow jobs, god. If I had been on COR, I would have just shot them all.

I can't remember the last time I partied with randoms, it's probably been years, and it's going to be years more before I do it again. (Which is a shame, because I actually liked SAM, but no job is going through this crap.)

Comments

[citizenbleys.livejournal.com]

macros about avatars giving party members blow jobs

People this lame are few and far between. I blacklist them. I don't even tell anybody I've blacklisted them, I just go about my business. If anybody asks, I'll say I blacklisted so-and-so because I'm no longer twelve and that kind of so-called humour is annoying, not funny.

I haven't been kicked from a party yet.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Blacklisting would be a good idea, yeah. Unfortunately the BJ joke person was (supposedly) the party's healer. SMN, 4 DDs, 1 NIN tank. SMN never once cured anyone, just nuked/avatar meleed.

[xvolph.livejournal.com]

That IS the best license plate ever. XD

[naikitty.livejournal.com]

You have the worst luck with parties I've ever seen. XD Honestly. Most parties are -not- that bad. If they were, I'd never exp outside of a static, and you know I don't like statics :X

Also DRK60! Guillotine is sexy~ *_*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It's odd, this is always the experience I get with random parties. Hours seeking, invite, party disbands with negative/no/little XP.

Yay DRK 60!

[quistie.livejournal.com]

You must have really bad luck with parties. Most of the parties I get into really aren't all that bad. (Then again, I also seek fairly late, and I usually end up with a mix of JP/NA players. Maybe that's the key?)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Maybe. I was seeking late morning/early afternoon, so I guess I got all the lol NA players. :P

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Ya, I was running around on my SAM yesterday trying to get a good PT in the 66-68 range and I got 2 PTs during the day that had all NA players and the PTs sucked because there was generally 1, or many, idiots screwing it up. It wasn't until later I got a mix PT and it was better. Still wasn't awesome but I blame that on the fact that caedarva mire just sucks anyways.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

You know I never partied in the Mire (on imps, at least). Birds and leeches and stuff were good there though!

Glad it eventually got better!

[onionkiri.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of confused, are you actually being sarcastic about trying to make yourself hate FFXI? :P

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what I'm being. I haven't had fun on the game in a long time, everything I do is something I "have to do". There's almost nothing left I want to do. I log on and I'm bored, so all that's there to do is stuff I dislike.

I really need a break or something.

[onionkiri.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know the feeling - every moment you're not on FFXI is a wasted opportunity because someone else is selling something on AH, or skilling up faster than you, or digging in a spot you could be getting ore from. And if you don't skill up or check your AH today, then oh no you start falling behind! Once you have a little time away from the game you realize how silly that mindset is, though. Like you said you obviously need a break, so take one! It'll help you get back in perspective. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Heh, you know the feeling! And I will sooner or later...