Game Balance and User Frustration

[Grizzlebeard]

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A working brain and a decent attitude towards your fellow players are far more valuable than anything you'll pick up on the AH.

[ShadowIX]

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FFxi is a daunting game to start.

a daunting game to start.

a daunting game

daunting

daunt

DOES NOT COMPUTE

[Mhurron]

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Shut up.

[ShadowIX]

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[Firewind]

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I for one have a message for our new member

[Yellow Mage]

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Level 90 in a week??? Nowai! I remember when a month could pass and you were still level 20.

Inorite? And then when you got to level 40 you were stuck there for like a year!

>.>

[Murphie]

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Well, you're doing that on purpose though.

[Yellow Mage]

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Well, you're doing that on purpose though.

First of all, was; second, only partially.

[Murphie]

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Regardless, Tamarsamar is maybe not a great benchmark for speed of progress. Unless we're setting minimums. :p

[pxch]

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Lol....wait, who said the game was hard?

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Well, there honestly shouldnt be any need for strategy, if the mob is EP, you should have no problem killing it in the first place, you should be strong enough, if you die to EP its because you were either AFK, not paying attention, or that mob wasnt actually EP

also seems to me you don't understand the job rolls as well. Originally way back in the day (damn I sound old) RDM was a support job. Even when I came back from a 4 year break and started back up. I started to work my rdm again. It is still a support job. at low lvl RDM is not a solo friendly job. It is better now than it ever was to solo things but still not a great job to solo. Your good gear and spells don't start to kick in till about lvl 40 or so for that job. I would say learn your jobs then chose how to solo.

[Neverslip]

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back in the day (damn I sound old) RDM was a support job. Even when I came back from a 4 year break and started back up. I started to work my rdm again. It is still a support job.

*microwaves popcorn

[Icemage]

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RDM isn't a support job any more, not sure where you got that idea. It still "can" do support, but it's greatly expanded on the melee and nuking fronts at least in terms of endgame (75+). Sure, it's not a BLM, but RDM also have access to more MP than all other mage jobs. And no, it's not a front-line DD, but at least the melee damage output from RDM is at least close to/equal to the more hybrid direct damage classes like Paladin. Granted, you can't do all of the above at the same time, but you now have the option of avoiding full-time support if that's not what you want to do.


Icemage

[Yellow Mage]

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RDM isn't a support job any more, not sure where you got that idea. It still "can" do support, but it's greatly expanded on the melee and nuking fronts at least in terms of endgame (75+). Sure, it's not a BLM, but RDM also have access to more MP than all other mage jobs. And no, it's not a front-line DD, but at least the melee damage output from RDM is at least close to/equal to the more hybrid direct damage classes like Paladin. Granted, you can't do all of the above at the same time, but you now have the option of avoiding full-time support if that's not what you want to do.


Icemage

BRB getting my eyes examined.

[Elwynn]

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I dont expect everything to be handed to me the moment i logged in, but if you want a chocobo license its easy, its the run around for getting your own chocobo egg

BZZZZZT.

http://ffxi.gamerescape.com/wiki/Chocobo's_Wounds

FYI, you basically can NOT do quests/missions without the wiki to tell you what to do. It's a minor failing of FFXI, and it's only minor because of the wiki.


For what it's worth, part of the game is learning to change YOURSELF to meet the challenge. If you the player doesn't change at least a bit, then you haven't really tried.

It's easier for some than others. I started in mid-2008, and reached 75 in maybe 9 months or so, while someone else in the LS who had been playing 2 years still hadn't reached 75. Perhaps one of the most important things I learned was to be ready on time for group events, because it was hard enough to get everyone together back then (it can be harder now with all the distractions now added) that you had to learn not to waste everyone else's time. You also have to learn to have some dedication to get things done. It's not about the shiny pixels, it's about meeting the challenges and overcoming them. That things are easier these days doesn't mean the challenge is less, it mostly means that you can finish it faster.

[cidbahamut]

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at low lvl RDM is not a solo friendly job.

Did we play the same game? Low level RDM can solo just fine. At 33 specifically it becomes a soloing monster, what with Phalanx coming into the picture.