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I have been playing for only five weeks, and don't know all the areas very well. I took my rdm to 20 in the dunes rather fast, opened my subjob then leveled thf for a while. After reading various forums, I saw a concensus that thf was a 'gimped' sub, usable only in solo. So I pondered, Whm or Blm? I liked the idea of big nukes and Ancient magic, so I soloed blm to 13. I then took my rdm to Quifim, and levelled to 26, when I stopped getting invites. So I quested/missioned for a while, got my chocobo, rank 3 etc. Still no invites.
So I decided to level whm, initially as a sub for my blm (a sub sub?). As a rdm, I was often asked to main heal in the Dunes, but being my first job turned down these offers (simply told them it would be my first time as main healer, I guess they didn't want to be my first victims hehe). So I soloed to 10 and headed to the dunes, to lend a hand where I once turned away.
It was fantastic and scary all at the same time. The partys lives were in my hands. Whenever somebody died I felt like screaming! It was much worse than dying myself. I really felt like I had let the party down. Everyone told me 'it's ok..', 'that one was my fault for not voking..' etc. but it still felt like my fault. As the deaths rolled in it occured to me how much I had died myself as rdm in the dunes, and how common it must be, so I chilled out a bit (especially after the first complete party wipe) but I will keep screaming until I get raise..
I went from 14-20 in the dunes in one loong (10+ hour) session, and decided to level blm there too, took a little longer (12ish hours - marathon session!) but I now have both at 20 (missing important spells tho, like shellra & warp).
So I have my lvl 25 (was 26, died a few times getting rank 3) rdm and blm/whm subbed to 20, enough for 15 levels of rdm fun!! I liked the other mage jobs, and playing them has made me a better rdm, but my heart is set on rdm!! Obviously the coolest class in all FF history (barring Blue Mage, who rocks equally) I have loved the rdm since I first played FFI.
So my question is.. Where/How do I get invites for my 25 rdm? At first I thought having blm subbed might have been a problem, but now I sub whm mostly, and still no invites! Most people headed to Quifim after the Dunes, but at 25ish they seem to vanish to someplace I don't know or can't find..
I ask people forming parties and a common response is 'we already have a blm + whm'. Are we really just second hand stand in replacments for these 'pure' mage jobs? What can rdm offer in these levels over the other two mage classes (apart from Gravity)? Am I ever going to level rdm back up to 26 and beyond? I have been soloing some DC's and even EM's with some SLOW success, but it is far from the typical 150-200xp per kill in a party.
Are there more options in terms of zones for 25+? The only reason everyone flocks to the dunes 10-20 is the subjob quest, right? I am sure I could have leveled somewhere else but I liked the fast parties in the dunes. I didn't like the crowded spots (everywhere) or the repetitive enemies, and a change of scenery would be nice (though they dunes are spectacular sunset/sunrise). I must not be the only one who doesn't like it - I was next to a guy who shouted like 'i hit 20!! GOODBYE {Valkurum Dunes} FOREVER!!!'. Yet everybody lvl 10-20 seems to be there, and nowhere else. Quifim seemed deserted by comparison, yet eveyone at the dunes said they were going there next. No-one was going anywhere particular after Quifim, and I am a bit lost...
Whoops, started rambling a bit.. I just want to know where a RDM can level 25+, and what our place in the party is - most seem to see it as a 'gimped' whm or blm. Do I have to wait for no mages around for me to be picked? And is whm a better sub these levels than blm? Thanks for any feedback.
So I decided to level whm, initially as a sub for my blm (a sub sub?). As a rdm, I was often asked to main heal in the Dunes, but being my first job turned down these offers (simply told them it would be my first time as main healer, I guess they didn't want to be my first victims hehe). So I soloed to 10 and headed to the dunes, to lend a hand where I once turned away.
It was fantastic and scary all at the same time. The partys lives were in my hands. Whenever somebody died I felt like screaming! It was much worse than dying myself. I really felt like I had let the party down. Everyone told me 'it's ok..', 'that one was my fault for not voking..' etc. but it still felt like my fault. As the deaths rolled in it occured to me how much I had died myself as rdm in the dunes, and how common it must be, so I chilled out a bit (especially after the first complete party wipe) but I will keep screaming until I get raise..
I went from 14-20 in the dunes in one loong (10+ hour) session, and decided to level blm there too, took a little longer (12ish hours - marathon session!) but I now have both at 20 (missing important spells tho, like shellra & warp).
So I have my lvl 25 (was 26, died a few times getting rank 3) rdm and blm/whm subbed to 20, enough for 15 levels of rdm fun!! I liked the other mage jobs, and playing them has made me a better rdm, but my heart is set on rdm!! Obviously the coolest class in all FF history (barring Blue Mage, who rocks equally) I have loved the rdm since I first played FFI.
So my question is.. Where/How do I get invites for my 25 rdm? At first I thought having blm subbed might have been a problem, but now I sub whm mostly, and still no invites! Most people headed to Quifim after the Dunes, but at 25ish they seem to vanish to someplace I don't know or can't find..
I ask people forming parties and a common response is 'we already have a blm + whm'. Are we really just second hand stand in replacments for these 'pure' mage jobs? What can rdm offer in these levels over the other two mage classes (apart from Gravity)? Am I ever going to level rdm back up to 26 and beyond? I have been soloing some DC's and even EM's with some SLOW success, but it is far from the typical 150-200xp per kill in a party.
Are there more options in terms of zones for 25+? The only reason everyone flocks to the dunes 10-20 is the subjob quest, right? I am sure I could have leveled somewhere else but I liked the fast parties in the dunes. I didn't like the crowded spots (everywhere) or the repetitive enemies, and a change of scenery would be nice (though they dunes are spectacular sunset/sunrise). I must not be the only one who doesn't like it - I was next to a guy who shouted like 'i hit 20!! GOODBYE {Valkurum Dunes} FOREVER!!!'. Yet everybody lvl 10-20 seems to be there, and nowhere else. Quifim seemed deserted by comparison, yet eveyone at the dunes said they were going there next. No-one was going anywhere particular after Quifim, and I am a bit lost...
Whoops, started rambling a bit.. I just want to know where a RDM can level 25+, and what our place in the party is - most seem to see it as a 'gimped' whm or blm. Do I have to wait for no mages around for me to be picked? And is whm a better sub these levels than blm? Thanks for any feedback.
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