Worst RDM on Bahamut.....

[capitalistnihilist]

Oh yeah, last night I pt’ed with the worst RDM on the planet. First of all, I saw a good 63-64 pt on seek so naturally I attempt to invite the RDM seeking first as we all know that no refresher = no party. This asshat asks me where I intend to camp and I tell him probably bibiki bay. He say, “No thanks, I was hoping to go pt in sky.” I tell him that he should consider putting that in his search comment.

Since he was the only refresher seeking a pt I decide to put on my trusty solo gear and head to pash to farm with seek up. Before I get halfway through rollanberry fields I get an invite from a summoner. Naturally I accept and head my ass on back to jeuno. When I get there, he invites to join pt and we are the only two in the pt. He tells me he has a ninja and a RDM on the way so I don’t sweat it. Pt ended up being NIN/MNK/WAR/THF/SMN/RDM which is pretty much shit. No whm or blm >.<

We start heading out to camp at boyada tree and the entire way there the RDM is bitching about how we aren’t going to sky. I seriously wanted to punch him in the face. Then, he takes over 7 minutes longer to get there than anyone else in the pt and we all left at the same time. He went afk or something. Well, while waiting for him the thf, war and I decide to farm gobbues. He sees my provoke- gobbue gardener macro come up in pt chat and educates us on how it is not good form to farm in an exp pt. I then tell him there is nothing wrong with it while waiting for the slow pokes to get to camp.

Once we get to camp and get ready to roll the summoner pulls with carby since the crawlers are so close to one another and they link. Well, the thief looked like she was about to pull and I couldn’t tell right off if she had or not so I ask in pt chat, “link” and the summoner said no. Well, the dumbshit RDM SLEEPS the other crawler for no apparent reason causing a link. As we fight the first mob the RDM tells us he is going to focus on keeping the link asleep. I figure, ok he’ll do his job and keep the thing asleep at the same time. Boy was I mistaken. He didn’t refresh the SMN or himself, nor did he debuff the mob. He at least converted so he would have some mp.. So, maybe this was a fluke, maybe he was just stressed about the link……. Nope. While we fight the second mob he didn’t refresh either himself or the summoner but at least he dispelled the crawler. He finally refreshed himself when he was down to like 50mp.

We rest up full and carby pulls again. RDM refreshes the SMN but he DOES NOT refresh himself at all this fight. The ninja (FULL AF no SH) bites the dust because he sucks at keeping shadows up and the SMN can’t heal him fast enough, then I voke, hundred fists the crawler with the assumption being that I will die too. OF course I die but everyone else lived.

After the fight I asked the RDM why he didn’t refresh himself and he said, “Because he was almost out of mp.” (referring to the SMN). I told him that was BS because at the beginning of the fight they were both full on MP. He then says, “F#$# this” and warps. We don’t find another refresher and I end the pt down 1k exp cause I had to eat a R1.

This is the same redmage who while pting in gustav tunnel told the pt that if another person asks him for refresh he is warping. I told him he sucks at life and that he should consider uninstalling FFXI……

[JeanRC]

Re: Worst RDM on Bahamut.....

RDM is one of the most demanding job to do as you need to do a lot of stuffs from refreshing yourself and 2 other mages and maybe even PLD if there is one.
to haste melee and ninja if there is one. to enfeeble monster and cure and even mb if u can.
so usually you cant really find a good rdm that do all this well.

But i am sure that rdm you are saying sux ;p
anyone who dezone off because of something has problem himself.

[capitalistnihilist]

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Yeah, I understand that RDM is a demanding job. However, I have never until last night met a RDM that couldn't at least keep himself refreshed. That PT only had 2 ppl requiring refreshing including himself. If a person is unable to do at least that and throw out a dispell every now and then they should consider a less demanding job IMHO.

[Clever Ninja]

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He probably bought his account or something. I don't even KNOW how he got to that level being an asshat. It can be done in WoW(my brother does it >.>) , but in a party intensive game like this thats not right.

[Kittyneko]

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I party with people like this many many times.. And it's frusttrating, especially because White MAge's or Red Mage's can get a invite really easily. Sigh ~.~ Usually I rather disband then having someone I don't like in party though.

[capitalistnihilist]

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I know how he got to that level......... by being a refresher. From what I've seen RDM and to an even bigger extent BRD can get PTs at will once they get refresh and mage's ballad respectively.

In order for me to get constant invites I have to work my arse off to keep my gear pimped out and even then I could go hours without any hopes of getting a pt.

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I party with people like this many many times.. And it's frusttrating, especially because White MAge's or Red Mage's can get a invite really easily. Sigh ~.~ Usually I rather disband then having someone I don't like in party though.

I was planning on disbanding if the RDM didn't leave or get das boot. I certainly wasn't going to stick around to die again.

[Clever Ninja]

Re: Worst RDM on Bahamut.....

I know how he got to that level......... by being a refresher. From what I've seen RDM and to an even bigger extent BRD can get PTs at will once they get refresh and mage's ballad respectively.

In order for me to get constant invites I have to work my arse off to keep my gear pimped out and even then I could go hours without any hopes of getting a pt.

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I was planning on disbanding if the RDM didn't leave or get das boot. I certainly wasn't going to stick around to die again.

Yea, once they hit 41 they get a crapload of invites I hear. Mind you I don't have the game yet(getting it Christmas time), but I'm just saying from what I read. Altho Red Mages can get exp easy from being refreshers, this one RDM refuses to Refresh efficiently by what your saying, so it makes me wonder how he got to that level anyway.

I play WoW atm, and getting people for instance/dungeon runs is a big pain in the ass. Not because we can't find people, but we find people that cant play their class AT ALL. We have warriors who don't tank, Priests who don't heal, Druids who only spam Moonfire, Rogues who pull aggro and kept dieing, Mages who pull enemies with Fire bolts. It's a pain to deal with, but once I hit 50+ those same people who wanted to dick around at level30 dungeons weren't getting invited. You may have lost 1k exp from dieing, but now you know in the future to not deal with this RDM. Eventually many more in your level range will see this and /blist him too. He'll have to join some nooby LS to get any sort of respect. So....wtf was I talking about again? >.>

[Aeni]

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Eww that sucks. You know what's funny though, the night before last, I partied in dunes on my WHM. Basically, I was the only mage in the party (5 melees) I still managed to keep the party alive and no one died on my shift (except for myself on one fight where we got a gob aggro and I bene'd to save the PT) I have enfeebling capped and healing as well ... also elemental. I don't waste mp and I'm also not tight about it either. I keep the proper bars up and all that ...

You know, at this level, we don't have refresh and more often times than not, the monsters critical will do much more damage on the tank than several cure Is can heal ... I don't understand why parties still believe they need a RDM or a BRD in order to get "decent" exp ...

[Gyotsha]

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That guy should just quit rdm, or quit playing all together... and a sky party at that level? Unlikely! I bet if he actually got one he'd get to the hall of the gods and find out he can't get past the gate

Anyways, what's his name? I'll try to avoid him when he gets close to my level >_>

[Dux]

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Sorry to hear you met someone like that.

Its a sad truth that sometimes people arent very good at FFXI but think they are great. Its just more noticable with jobs such as RDM/WHM/BRD. The only thing you can do is warn your friends about them and try hard to never party with them again.

My primary interest was where he thought he was actually going to EXP at 64 in Sky? If memory servers me correctly Flamingos don't cut it at 64 anymore and the idea of killing pots / dolls for EXP isn't very appealing either.

[tdh]

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My primary interest was where he thought he was actually going to EXP at 64 in Sky? If memory servers me correctly Flamingos don't cut it at 64 anymore and the idea of killing pots / dolls for EXP isn't very appealing either.

You answered my question. I was wondering the same thing actually.

RDM is one of the most demanding job to do as you need to do a lot of stuffs from refreshing yourself and 2 other mages and maybe even PLD if there is one. to haste melee and ninja if there is one. to enfeeble monster and cure and even mb if u can. so usually you cant really find a good rdm that do all this well.

RDM is a very demanding job, and it's a lot of work. But that's why I love it. And there are a lot of good RDMs out there. I count myself as one of them, as does my LS. (I know you're thinking both of those sources are biased, but doesn't mean it's not true! ^^)

I'm currently stuck a Lv.64 because I can't afford my Enfeebling Torque yet. (2.9mil. 1mil more to go!) I've always made sure I had the right gear. I stopped and spent about 10 days farming 1.5mil for my 8 Elemental Staves. There are RDMs out there that work hard to be the best there is. I get a lot of parties that I call "Call Backs." People I've already partied with that saw my name and send me a /tell, whether my flags up or not.

I've seen a lot of crappy RDMs, but there are still those of us who work out butts off to be great. It's too bad these crappy ones make people automatically think "usually you cant really find a good rdm."

[JeanRC]

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i dont know if u are one or not lol since only way i can know is be in the same party with you. you dont have to have all the gear to party although is better to have it.
but HQ staff has 5% more enfeeble chance if you use it on the same element spell you use, so are you going to get a full set of HQ? >.< or even enfeeble earring hehe.
dont worry abt that, pt when u can but of cos u need to farm some to get more important stuff like dark,light,wind,ice staff and try to max out enfeeble spell which is not hard and u can do it easily in a level up pt unless you are the rdm on top who dont enfeeble lol.
maybe even the rdm on top can max it as its real easy to get it max fast

[Aeni]

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I find soloing on RDM every so often beneficial in a lot of ways. What I plan to do is solo EMs as a RDM from time to time just to cap out spells (Healing, Enfeebling, Elemental, Enhancing) so that I don't worry about this stuff when I do pt in an exp situation. So, say, spend half an hour killing maybe 3 of 4 EMs just to cap out your skills so that when you do exp, that's one thing you don't need to worry about.

[tdh]

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i dont know if u are one or not lol since only way i can know is be in the same party with you. you dont have to have all the gear to party although is better to have it.
but HQ staff has 5% more enfeeble chance if you use it on the same element spell you use, so are you going to get a full set of HQ? >.< or even enfeeble earring hehe.
dont worry abt that, pt when u can but of cos u need to farm some to get more important stuff like dark,light,wind,ice staff and try to max out enfeeble spell which is not hard and u can do it easily in a level up pt unless you are the rdm on top who dont enfeeble lol.
maybe even the rdm on top can max it as its real easy to get it max fast

I do plan to get all HQ staffs. I plan to have HQ Light, Dark, and Wind BEFORE I fight Maat. I also plan to have an Elemental Torque by then.

I know a RDM doesn't need ALL the staves, but I wanted to have them all. Matter-a-fact, I'm the only RDM in my LS that has all 8.

I don't have an Enfeebling Earring yet, but it's on my list. I would like to have that for my Maat fight as well. I may just try my butt of at the ENM and get the drop for myself. Enfeebling Magic+25 and an HQ Dark Staff will help prevent Maat Sleep resists. ^^ I keep hearing people say they don't know a RDM that did Maat the first time. I plan to be that one. RDM in my LS took 9 times to drop him.

[Sharpedo]

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wel a few days ago i had a RDM in my static party since we only got 4 statics included myself
WHM, BLM and PLD need to be refreshed and then the RDM also
during 3 fights we dit not get a single refresh
RDM was out of MP and not even used convert once

we asked for refresh nicely, still dit not get it
after the 3 fights we just booted him out and he warped out of there lol

if more people start buying there accounts then FFXI is gonne get totaly noobed up loooool