goodbye friendly rdm's - a brief hiatus

[Squerril]

[Demius]

what classes are RDMs playing? I was looking into a priest but it wont be for a while if at all, rogue looked interesting too. What classes are u guys picking up?

[Sepukku]

SHHHH, dont give put the entire future of Red Mages into Apple's lap!

Damn.. how come we're losing all the prominent ppl, and not the n00bs? Ruic, then Patch, and now Bono? Damn.. this forum is gonna suck as bad as the DRK forum now. I doubt me, lowly Taru RDM that I am (and same server as Grendal no doubt) can continue the legacy at this point in time ; ;

The red mage future as far as advancing in potential was already in Apple Pie's hands, he's done things I still haven't been able to convince people on my server to be doable (that is before I bring up the "What if i told you that he recorded it on video for doubters like you to see?" line. As far as noobs are concerned, it'd be a real shame to lose you (the level 34 dude). Just kidding, I dont hate you... ^-^

[Justarius]

Everyone loves Apple Pie... it gives like, 20 mp! :spin: :spin:

[MrADC]

I've always enjoyed reading your post Bono, and always looked forward to reading them as I did Patch and Grendal's. I wish you well and hope you enjoy whatever you do! Even if you and others move on to WoW, you will still be a RDM at heart!

/salute

[Discordian]

Originally posted by Apple Pie
After we obtain Warlock's Chapeau, we actually have no update. I know a few of us quit RDM and level other jobs because they lose their motivation. Most of us still move forward to Genkai 5 quest but once they defeat him, more people start to quit because our role in XP PT never change and we must continue to do the same thing for "Next: 40,000+ XP." What is more, once they get Joyeuse, the ultimate weapon for RDM, they feel they are done.

As for myself, I'm not quitting so soon. I haven't even started any CoP mission yet I'm LV75 but I only got two merit points (1 for Sword and the other for Enfeebling) so far.

Many rdms burn out at 65 and 72 because there isn't anything else to buy or achieve and lose sight of goals. I know I had the scary feeling of hitting 75 and going "hmmm what now?" but it was solved in Merit Points, crafting, saving gil for good items for HNM and starting Excalibur. I renewed my focus when my LS restarted Dynamis and decided that I didn't care about Abjuration or anything of the sort but wanted the full Duelist+ Excalibur set along with full Merit.

The nice thing about Dynamis is that its a fight without the 3 hour wait to be outpulled by another LS and keeps a rdm busy to the max.