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I've been leveling Paladin mainly to play a major role in CoP missions, but for a second there I was starting to have fun with it. That second was from level 30 to 48, but I leveled so quickly it really did seem like a second. Anyways, I've hit some sort of slump where I no longer look forward to leveling it and I only need one more level to continue with the 50 cap missions.
I have a lot of trouble playing a job that is entirely TOO dependant on every other job in the party. I have to pay a lot more attention to what's going on now and what I see really starts to bother me. The melee are often too weak and I find we spend way too much time on each monster, which in turn drains my MP more than it should. The white mage cures erratically and sometimes nuke cures like it's do or die and draws hate. Drawing hate off me feels like somebody has my balls in a vice grip, like my manhood was stolen from me! Red Mages often have their enfeebles resisted, their nukes resisted, and don't refresh efficiently leaving me with no MP to heal and hold hate with. Black mages are arrogant and will too often nuke as fast as they can from start to finish causing me work harder with Flash and other job abilities and spells to hold hate. I shouldn't have to use shield bash to pull hate off the black mage when I could use it to stun something important.
As I level Dragoon I don't feel dependant on anybody. I feel more like it's my obligation to do as much damage as I can while skimming on the line where I'd pull hate. It's hard for me to pull hate in the first place when our spike damage is lacking. When I'm not doing enough damage it seems like the entire party suffers.
Did anybody else get into a slump like this? I feel like people depend on me to keep a party going smoothly but the party ISN'T going smoothly because nobody is putting in enough effort. My ability to fill my role extrordinairily was always my drive to play, and now I can't perform to my maximum. >_< I can't even form my own party and have some guaruntee I'm not inviting complete boneheads. =/
I have a lot of trouble playing a job that is entirely TOO dependant on every other job in the party. I have to pay a lot more attention to what's going on now and what I see really starts to bother me. The melee are often too weak and I find we spend way too much time on each monster, which in turn drains my MP more than it should. The white mage cures erratically and sometimes nuke cures like it's do or die and draws hate. Drawing hate off me feels like somebody has my balls in a vice grip, like my manhood was stolen from me! Red Mages often have their enfeebles resisted, their nukes resisted, and don't refresh efficiently leaving me with no MP to heal and hold hate with. Black mages are arrogant and will too often nuke as fast as they can from start to finish causing me work harder with Flash and other job abilities and spells to hold hate. I shouldn't have to use shield bash to pull hate off the black mage when I could use it to stun something important.
As I level Dragoon I don't feel dependant on anybody. I feel more like it's my obligation to do as much damage as I can while skimming on the line where I'd pull hate. It's hard for me to pull hate in the first place when our spike damage is lacking. When I'm not doing enough damage it seems like the entire party suffers.
Did anybody else get into a slump like this? I feel like people depend on me to keep a party going smoothly but the party ISN'T going smoothly because nobody is putting in enough effort. My ability to fill my role extrordinairily was always my drive to play, and now I can't perform to my maximum. >_< I can't even form my own party and have some guaruntee I'm not inviting complete boneheads. =/
pld job, it's my first non mage that I've taken past 70. It's very true that PLD depends on other jobs in the pty a lot, but then again the PT is also very dependent on the PLD. It's a two way street, and thats where teamwork comes in.
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