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    I think I may retire from BLM...

    I don't really want toget involved in end-game HNMLS activities, what I like to call a server-wide dress-up compitition. Reguardless that many of my friends from way back when are in a certain shell and one owns it, the is just to much time spent staring at the screen spamming macros. For this reason the level grind has become almost unbearable and I have not joined a party in 1 month. The only things I am interested late-game are CoP, ToAU, and soloing in sea or sky, and it seems like it is to big a stretch just for the chance to participate in them...

    I am not sure yet if I will quit FFXI or simply level another job/charatcter, but I think this time I may be done with BLM for a long while... I may eventually bring it out of retirement if I don't quit but...
    Originally posted by Ellipses
    Really, it's just like pretty much every question about this game that begins with "Why." The answer is "Because."
    Originally posted by MCLV
    A subjob is like sex, you shouldn't have it untill your 18 but if you don't have it after 21 everyone laughs at you.
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    Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

    Sorry to hear. SE is doing everything in thier power to reduce the number of blms nowadays.
    Last edited by Mog; 09-21-2006, 06:07 AM.
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      Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

      Originally posted by Onionsoilder View Post
      The only things I am interested late-game are CoP, ToAU, and soloing in sea or sky, and it seems like it is to big a stretch just for the chance to participate in them...
      Have you finnished CoP? start a character on Kujata or something, I'm having the damnedest time finding people to do CoP missions. You have until November to get to lvl 50+. Ok, halfway through November, I'l need a bit to remember how to play and what my macros do again.
      I am not sure yet if I will quit FFXI or simply level another job/charatcter, but I think this time I may be done with BLM for a long while... I may eventually bring it out of retirement if I don't quit but...
      Maybe take a break. I was kind of down on things since finding CoP parties (my biggest intrest right now) has been a giant pain in the ass but after an almost forced 2.5 month break, I'm looking forward to playing again.
      But ya, BLM can get a little monotonous after a bit. I'm always happy to go back to RDM or try something different after playing BLM for a bit. Going back and forth can be fun, spend a lot of levels and missions healing and enfeebling, then switch to BLM and blow the snot out of things.
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        Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

        I'm confused. What is wrong with BLMs in the high levels? Why is SE trying to reduce the numbers???

        /panic

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          Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

          Nothing's wrong with BLMs at end-game. They're hurting in the 65-75 range for XP parties simply because of the emphasis on TP-burn parties, where they don't "fit", but once you hit 75 it's easy since it's not hard to put a manaburn party together at that point.

          To the OP: End-game is what you make of it. If your idea of end-game is just sitting in Behemoth's Dominion spamming macros and hoping to get claim, then take another look around. There's a lot of fun stuff to do at end-game at 75 BLM - HNMs are just a tiny fraction of it.


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            Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

            I know that end-game isn't just camping HNMs, I just used that as an example. I think I'll take Mhurron's advice and go level THF and then mabye WHM, and then I may be wanting to nuke things to death some more.
            Originally posted by Ellipses
            Really, it's just like pretty much every question about this game that begins with "Why." The answer is "Because."
            Originally posted by MCLV
            A subjob is like sex, you shouldn't have it untill your 18 but if you don't have it after 21 everyone laughs at you.
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              Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

              Your problem isn't really with end-game, then, just that you're bored with BLM. Take a break, go level something else for a while.


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                Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

                As a blm who has just hit 65, I know how hard it is to get an xp party - seriously noone wants blm anymore.

                Still, I am a perfectly happy soloer, so I can live with it, although a touch slow.


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                "As a RDM, it should irk you to the depths of your soul when a mob had the audacity to buff itself in front of you."
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                  Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

                  I am about 10k from level 66 (been ther for about 1.5 months now) but what I have done to combat this blm party drought is waited for a PLD friend of mine and a BRD friend of mine to get to 65 (they where 50's when my drought started 1.5 months ago) - now we'll just start our own damn party and the other people who join won't have a choice!! I spent way to much money on this job to give up now, especially since if I sell everything I bought I'd lose a ton o gil (blm equip prices have dropped like a rock)
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                    Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

                    Originally posted by Onionsoilder View Post
                    I think I'll take Mhurron's advice
                    Ya thats probably the best thing you can do.
                    mabye WHM.
                    Personally, if I was really bored with BLM, WHM isn't what I'd be turning to. Personally when I got to 69RDM, before I really focused on Maat I leveled subjobs I might want, specifically WHM and DRK. WHM bored me a lot more then BLM did, but taking MNK to 18, then WAR to 18 and finally DRK to 37 was an interesting change of pace.
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                      Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

                      Originally posted by Kirsteena View Post
                      As a blm who has just hit 65, I know how hard it is to get an xp party - seriously noone wants blm anymore.

                      Still, I am a perfectly happy soloer, so I can live with it, although a touch slow.
                      Where do you solo? I don't really care about fast EXP, I want something fun to do, andsoloing has always been fun for me.
                      Originally posted by Ellipses
                      Really, it's just like pretty much every question about this game that begins with "Why." The answer is "Because."
                      Originally posted by MCLV
                      A subjob is like sex, you shouldn't have it untill your 18 but if you don't have it after 21 everyone laughs at you.
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                        Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

                        Originally posted by Onionsoilder View Post
                        Where do you solo? I don't really care about fast EXP, I want something fun to do, andsoloing has always been fun for me.

                        Anythin we can sleep without problem, we can solo. Stuff with lower wiill give you better exp since you need less MP to kill them. Avoid arcanas like the plaque though, if you are soloing for exp.


                        Wamoura Prince in mnt. z. is probably the best soloing exp around at 75. You can solo to chain #4 if you get your timing right. Each kill is worth 200~300 without ring. This is better exp than some of the slower xp parties. Bring a BLM friend or two and you can get consistant chain #5's.


                        There are other things you can do at lower levels. Generally just look for T~VT that does not have high HP, high magic def, or resistance to sleep.
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                          Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

                          Impressive, youre the same as me, i havent joined a pt in months, ive been lvling blu, but that is still low, so doesnt really count

                          As blm all i WANT to do is questing, missions, soloing, etc, ive sort of lost the will to merit and stuff, i do dynamis sometimes... cos its fun

                          Im more focused on crafting these days, and other such activities
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                            Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

                            And you wouldnt catch me dead in a HNMLS..
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                              Re: I think I may retire from BLM...

                              Beastmaster mob pets. At 65 I belive you can do Goblin's Rarab in Bibiki Bay. Theres a guide at Alla thats really rough that gives places.

                              Usually Nin sub is perfered as you won't need to Gravity kite the mobs, Utsusemi is better than Blink, and Stoneskin will only last 1 hit.

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