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...about that.
Yesterday I dinged 15 on my NIN mid-afternoon, and spent the rest of the day running all over Vana'diel getting the things I'd need for my push to 20. You see, I'd held off on joining a party until 15 for several reasons.
1.) I could go ahead and learn all of my (not entirely necessary) Elemental Ninjitsu, which meant that I could level my NIN skill faster, and not have to carry around a bunch of scrolls.
2.) I'd finally have all of the gear, from food (Navarin for good parties and Meat Jerky for crappy ones or soloing), to enough Shihei to last me until 37 (I hope) to all of the various other Ninja tools that I don't really need but I can use to skillup my Ninja Magic with, to the Gassan that I had to get all of my WAR gear out of storage for (Chocoboleech wasn't too bad), to the Shurikens that my Jeuno mule has been hoarding for weeks after daily trips to the Tenshodo Guild shop, to the Hawkeyes that would keep my throwing skill up until I could use the Shurikens, to the two pieces of Bone Armor +1 I'd slide into at 16, all of which would allow me to finish these interminable levels before 20 (not that it gets much better then for a young NIN) in relative peace.
3.) Mostly I just hate leveling on Lizards and Low Range Dunes Gobs.
So this afternoon I decided to start soloing in LaTheine near the Valkurm entrance while looking for a group.
Party #1: Invited by a Rank 10 MNK/WAR. He sent a tell first, which I appreicated, and since he asked me to hurry I tossed on my Return Ring which immediately ported me to the Valkurm Outpost. I set my HP and joined up with the party which was...right in front of the damn outpost. Well, this is starting off well.
"Hey, we have a PL - so don't provoke"
I stayed for two fights, and then sent the leader a tell asking if he'd mind if I looked for a replacement since I didn't want to be powerleveled. He booted me without a word in party chat. Oh well.
Invite #2: Lush 15 BLM
Maybe I could have been friendlier.
Party #2: Invited by a SMN/WHM. Rank 3, only had Carby, but he had a WHM and a RDM, and a MNK/WAR who was Rank 5, and a DRG who almost immediately replaced himself with a BLM (that is not an even trade, folks).
I was asked to pull as well as tank, because none of the mages could (or would) and the MNK had no ranged attacks. Fine. I love tearing through my shadows for fun.
Then the BLM got aggro from a gob, and I nearly died because the WHM and SMN were chain casting Banish instead of curing me. For about 9 damage each time.
Then I noticed that the RDM was casting Dia and then the BLM was casting Bio. I stopped for a moment to explain why that was a bad idea, and the RDM pulled out her "I have a level 75 WHM" card, which, obviously not, because a level 75 WHM should know that Bio overwrites Dia, but she swore it didn't. The BLM began to get beligerent at this point.
After the next fight, the BLM bitched about needing poisona (I'd be dipping into my stock of antidotes because no one seemed interested in helping me out in that area). I asked why he didn't cast it on himself, and he pointed out that he had a RDM sub. Since I couldn't think of any reason why you'd sub RDM to BLM in the dunes, I hadn't even noticed. So I asked if he had his WHM available, which he of course did not, and then he proceeded to yell at me. The WHM complained that we were all acting ridiculous, and the WHM told us all to shut up.
I decided to take my leave. (Kaiz = SMN, Firanx = WHM) alas I forgot to screenie the earlier Dia/Bio conversation. That's ok. We've all had it before.
I guess I did kind of sound like a kid.
Party #3: Invited by a Rank 10 RNG/WAR. I join the party to find that he and I are the only ones with Subjobs. That's ok. They seemed friendly enough. But then the macros started. And never stopped.
That's his Ranged Attack macro, folks. I don't even know what the others were. Oh, and Call 4. I mean, seriously?
The WHM randomly bene'd after a fight and immediately DC'd, never to return again. We replaced him, but the next WHM died before he could get to us. Then we got him a raise, waited for weakness to wear, and then got started. Then the RNG pulled four gobs, and everyone died but me and the RDM. She called us all idiots (I apologized via /tell but she wasn't having any of it), and I finally called it a day.
I think I did my time. I'm just going to solo tomorrow.
And before anyone mentions it, I was going to make my own party, but I was looking at that weird time when EU time is winding down, but most NAs aren't online just yet, and for a bit there I was the only person looking for a party from levels 14-17. Had there been just a few other folks, I could have figured something out.
Anyway, I just had to share with someone. I'm going to turn this all into an LJ entry later, when I can reformat some of the screenshots.
Yesterday I dinged 15 on my NIN mid-afternoon, and spent the rest of the day running all over Vana'diel getting the things I'd need for my push to 20. You see, I'd held off on joining a party until 15 for several reasons.
1.) I could go ahead and learn all of my (not entirely necessary) Elemental Ninjitsu, which meant that I could level my NIN skill faster, and not have to carry around a bunch of scrolls.
2.) I'd finally have all of the gear, from food (Navarin for good parties and Meat Jerky for crappy ones or soloing), to enough Shihei to last me until 37 (I hope) to all of the various other Ninja tools that I don't really need but I can use to skillup my Ninja Magic with, to the Gassan that I had to get all of my WAR gear out of storage for (Chocoboleech wasn't too bad), to the Shurikens that my Jeuno mule has been hoarding for weeks after daily trips to the Tenshodo Guild shop, to the Hawkeyes that would keep my throwing skill up until I could use the Shurikens, to the two pieces of Bone Armor +1 I'd slide into at 16, all of which would allow me to finish these interminable levels before 20 (not that it gets much better then for a young NIN) in relative peace.
3.) Mostly I just hate leveling on Lizards and Low Range Dunes Gobs.
So this afternoon I decided to start soloing in LaTheine near the Valkurm entrance while looking for a group.
Party #1: Invited by a Rank 10 MNK/WAR. He sent a tell first, which I appreicated, and since he asked me to hurry I tossed on my Return Ring which immediately ported me to the Valkurm Outpost. I set my HP and joined up with the party which was...right in front of the damn outpost. Well, this is starting off well.
"Hey, we have a PL - so don't provoke"
I stayed for two fights, and then sent the leader a tell asking if he'd mind if I looked for a replacement since I didn't want to be powerleveled. He booted me without a word in party chat. Oh well.
Invite #2: Lush 15 BLM
Maybe I could have been friendlier.
Party #2: Invited by a SMN/WHM. Rank 3, only had Carby, but he had a WHM and a RDM, and a MNK/WAR who was Rank 5, and a DRG who almost immediately replaced himself with a BLM (that is not an even trade, folks).
I was asked to pull as well as tank, because none of the mages could (or would) and the MNK had no ranged attacks. Fine. I love tearing through my shadows for fun.
Then the BLM got aggro from a gob, and I nearly died because the WHM and SMN were chain casting Banish instead of curing me. For about 9 damage each time.
Then I noticed that the RDM was casting Dia and then the BLM was casting Bio. I stopped for a moment to explain why that was a bad idea, and the RDM pulled out her "I have a level 75 WHM" card, which, obviously not, because a level 75 WHM should know that Bio overwrites Dia, but she swore it didn't. The BLM began to get beligerent at this point.
After the next fight, the BLM bitched about needing poisona (I'd be dipping into my stock of antidotes because no one seemed interested in helping me out in that area). I asked why he didn't cast it on himself, and he pointed out that he had a RDM sub. Since I couldn't think of any reason why you'd sub RDM to BLM in the dunes, I hadn't even noticed. So I asked if he had his WHM available, which he of course did not, and then he proceeded to yell at me. The WHM complained that we were all acting ridiculous, and the WHM told us all to shut up.
I decided to take my leave. (Kaiz = SMN, Firanx = WHM) alas I forgot to screenie the earlier Dia/Bio conversation. That's ok. We've all had it before.
I guess I did kind of sound like a kid.
Party #3: Invited by a Rank 10 RNG/WAR. I join the party to find that he and I are the only ones with Subjobs. That's ok. They seemed friendly enough. But then the macros started. And never stopped.
That's his Ranged Attack macro, folks. I don't even know what the others were. Oh, and Call 4. I mean, seriously?
The WHM randomly bene'd after a fight and immediately DC'd, never to return again. We replaced him, but the next WHM died before he could get to us. Then we got him a raise, waited for weakness to wear, and then got started. Then the RNG pulled four gobs, and everyone died but me and the RDM. She called us all idiots (I apologized via /tell but she wasn't having any of it), and I finally called it a day.
I think I did my time. I'm just going to solo tomorrow.
And before anyone mentions it, I was going to make my own party, but I was looking at that weird time when EU time is winding down, but most NAs aren't online just yet, and for a bit there I was the only person looking for a party from levels 14-17. Had there been just a few other folks, I could have figured something out.
Anyway, I just had to share with someone. I'm going to turn this all into an LJ entry later, when I can reformat some of the screenshots.
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