What's your pet peeve in FFXI?

[Truece]

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I hope you didn't read into my post that I harrass mages, because that's what this post looks like... My point is, STFU and cast the spell, don't get mad at people because they don't have a stack of whatever to remove the status ailment. Now I know there are extenuating circumstances, these sentiments are mainly in a standard xp party.

Nope, my point was to just give the mage the benefit of the doubt, at least until the PT gets rolling and everything falls into a routine.

I think it should be said, however, that if a job needs to cast spells as part of their job, then they should always carry a stack of echo drops (read: NIN or /NIN, especially in the mire). This doesn't mean that you should spam your echo drops the moment you get silenced, but if, for some reason, the mage can't get to you right away, you've got a way to help yourself.

As a healer, I establish an order for removing silence/para/etc from the PT. Sometimes a player chooses to use their drops instead of waiting for me to silena them, since they may be number 3 or 4 on my list (or, I, myself am silenced, and so my silena-routine is delayed by a few seconds while I use echo drops on myself). I'll let them know that they don't need to use their drops; that I'll get to them ASAP. Most of the time that is enough to put them at ease; let them know that as a healer, I recognize that they have a need to cast. It also makes me feel more confident that I have a competent player who isn't afraid to spend a little bit of gil to take care of themselves.

[Solymir]

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The stupid F'n Diamond Shell ability that the Quadav in WotG areas use so that any attack from the back results in a hit for 0. This isn't as much of an issue now that my Thief is in the mid 60's and it's acc/att is decent enough to get hits in from the front. Previously Sneak Attack was my best single attack/ability for exp gain during Campaign battles, and it was crippling when the mob would use Diamond Shell.

[TheGrandMom]

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On the topic of mages and status effects....

I try my best but sometimes my best just isn't good enough. I don't mind someone telling me about para if I missed it but what I do mind is giving me attitude with it. So a {Paralyna} or {Paralyzed} is fine but {Paralyzed} AGAIN! is not. I have grandkids running in and out, a husband that talks to me, a daughter that pesters me, /t's from members with questions/complaints/etc, and I might need to be lotting currency or discussing who should get that af2/drop with other leaders. Top it off with keeping people alive (my first priority) and thats a whole lot on my plate so I might not be up to YOUR standards. But if at any time you'd like to get on whm or rdm or whatever mage job I'm playing and replace me because you can do better......PLEASE feel free to do so!

[Akashimo]

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Sandworm's Guivre -_-
Nothing but skulls.
Always skulls.
Even with TH3 or Th4.
Always skulls.

[TheGrandMom]

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You know whats been vexing us? Bahamut v2! Dragon Staff CHECK! Bahamut's Hose CHECK! Anything else.....HELL NO! Dozens and DOZENS of pops!

[hexx]

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Nope, my point was to just give the mage the benefit of the doubt, at least until the PT gets rolling and everything falls into a routine.

I think it should be said, however, that if a job needs to cast spells as part of their job, then they should always carry a stack of echo drops (read: NIN or /NIN, especially in the mire). This doesn't mean that you should spam your echo drops the moment you get silenced, but if, for some reason, the mage can't get to you right away, you've got a way to help yourself.

As a healer, I establish an order for removing silence/para/etc from the PT. Sometimes a player chooses to use their drops instead of waiting for me to silena them, since they may be number 3 or 4 on my list (or, I, myself am silenced, and so my silena-routine is delayed by a few seconds while I use echo drops on myself). I'll let them know that they don't need to use their drops; that I'll get to them ASAP. Most of the time that is enough to put them at ease; let them know that as a healer, I recognize that they have a need to cast. It also makes me feel more confident that I have a competent player who isn't afraid to spend a little bit of gil to take care of themselves.

Of course thats understandable, and I do carry up to 3 stacks of echoes at a time, but when I'm forced to blow thru them in the course of 30 min? COME ON! Paralyze and Silence are the two most crippling status effects for a NIN since they affect our casting abilities, and a NIN without shadows isnt worth his weight in spit. As a NIN and main tank, I see myself as either first or second in line (depending on whether or not another mage is in the pt) for both silena and paralyna, and ill give a mage the benefit of the doubt. Most mages I've partied with either right away remove it, or at times are mid-cast for another spell but remove the effect once that spell is cast. Simply put, do your job, dont expect EVERYONE to carry these meds and then complain cuz they dont and I'll be a happy camper

[Aksannyi]

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or at times are mid-cast for another spell but remove the effect once that spell is cast

I wish more melees would recognize this. I can not just start casting another spell while I'm in the middle of casting one, and there is about a 1.5 second delay after a spell finishes to where I'm able to start casting another one. Instead, I get berated for not casting the SECOND it lands, when often, I'm casting something else and I can't do shit about it. Just be patient.

[hexx]

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I wish more melees would recognize this. I can not just start casting another spell while I'm in the middle of casting one, and there is about a 1.5 second delay after a spell finishes to where I'm able to start casting another one. Instead, I get berated for not casting the SECOND it lands, when often, I'm casting something else and I can't do shit about it. Just be patient.

Aye, thats something I wish people would understand as well. I may get silenced while ur in the middle of tossing me a haste, or regen, and thats fine. People who berate mages for that deserve to get taken out back and beaten with a hose

[LilithAngel]

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You know what really gets my goat? Besides chupacabras?

Having to reinstall. On a hard drive that already should have a good copy installed. On my replacement 360. That replaced the one that exploded.

4 hours of downloads. 4 hours I took care of in Japan. I took care of this crap before I left so I wouldn't have to do this.

I showed the replacement 360 what happened to the last one, and told it a similar Fate awaits it if it refused to fufill its role. No mercy for the spawn of Gates.

Gawd I miss my computer. It knows how to treat me right.

[hexx]

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You know what really gets my goat? Besides chupacabras?

Having to reinstall. On a hard drive that already should have a good copy installed. On my replacement 360. That replaced the one that exploded.

4 hours of downloads. 4 hours I took care of in Japan. I took care of this crap before I left so I wouldn't have to do this.

I showed the replacement 360 what happened to the last one, and told it a similar Fate awaits it if it refused to fufill its role. No mercy for the spawn of Gates.

Gawd I miss my computer. It knows how to treat me right.

That was funny, I'm borrowing that! Sux you having to download all that shit all over again tho

[Elwynn]

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When you drop a cure bomb on a random lowbie in the dunes, can you please not run away with the mob? Stick around long enough for hate to get back. Better yet, just stick around and tank it until it dies. But at least pay enough attention to even notice that you've yanked it away.

Yes, this happened to me just now. And the guy ran off with the same mob twice, after which I was wondering why my health was no better than before he cure-bombed me. Uh, yeah, seems he dragged it far enough away that I lost /attack and wasn't hurting it any more.

(And as THF/WHM, no, I can not voke it back, so don't expect me to.)

[Aksannyi]

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Playing Bard and not pulling.

God, Bard is boring if I'm not pulling. True, it's only Qufim, (can't really turn down 10k/hr there) but man, Bard is boring.

[Akashimo]

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Almost lost melee hose cause of someone afk when they said brb at the start of farming -_-
Sadly the coins where lost since i was the last person in the zone and passed them before knowing the fact of the afk person ;;

[hexx]

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Almost lost melee hose cause of someone afk when they said brb at the start of farming -_-
Sadly the coins where lost since i was the last person in the zone and passed them before knowing the fact of the afk person ;;

Isnt that why you make people put their glass in their bazaar for 1 gil? its what we do, even then, those stragglers tend to get punished for holding the shell back lol

[Akashimo]

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Isnt that why you make people put their glass in their bazaar for 1 gil? its what we do, even then, those stragglers tend to get punished for holding the shell back lol

We don't do that plainly because someone who lost a lot against another could just buy the glass to kick the winner out.