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I wrote this survey a long time ago on Alla and I dug it up last night. I found it interesting to say the least, so I thought I'd post it again here with some *new* questions based on how the job has changed in the past 1.5 years since I originally posted it. Oh, btw, here's the link to the original post on Alla, some of the responses are fun/funny/interesting. http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.h...19611100503888
As a red mage in an xp party, have you ever:
Main healed?
Tanked?
Pulled?
Been main nuker?
Pulled too much hate?
Skillchained (pre-Refresh)?
Skillchained (post-Refresh)?
Accidentally Chainspell + Warped out of a party?
Accidentally Chainspell + Escaped out of a party?
Shown up with the wrong sub?
As a solo red mage, have you ever:
Killed an NM?
Killed an IT?
Gotten killed by Converting at the wrong moment?
Been silenced to death?
Been stunned/petrified to death?
Been DOT'ed to death? (Bio, Dia, Poison, etc.)
Hung on to dear life with less than 20 HP left?
Attempted to Warp back to your HP only to zone in dead?
Describe your most horrible death:
Describe your best red mage moment:
Describe your worst red mage moment:
How long did it take you from 1-25?
How long did it take you from 1-50?
How long did it take you from 1-75?
What was your first subjob?
What is your current subjob?
What subjobs do you actively use on a regular basis?
How many times did you fight Maat?
What is the biggest "close call" you've ever had?
How long did you solo before xping in parties?
Did you solo any of your AF quests?
What was your biggest misconception about the job when you first started playing?
What do you like most about being a red mage?
What don't you like?
How many merits do you have? And what did you spend them on?
What is your primary role in Dynamis?
What is your primary role in Sky?
What is your primary role in Assault/Salvage?
What is your primary role in XP parties now?
What would you change about how you leveled RDM from the very start?
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NOW I KNOW THIS IS ALREADY A REALLY LONG POST BUT HERE ARE MY RESPONSES:
As a red mage in an xp party, have you ever:
Main healed? Yes, and boy do I hate it.
Tanked? Not in XP, but sometimes in skill up parties and coffer key farming with my ls.
Pulled? I think I only pulled one time in Wajaom, and that was until our actual puller arrived.
Been main nuker? Yeah, sometimes when you have two RDMs and a WHM you get to blast the mob's head off.
Pulled too much hate? Yes, I've pulled hate. How do you think my Evasion skill is so high?
Skillchained (pre-Refresh)? Yes, I used to be part of the skillchain frequently when I was a nub.
Skillchained (post-Refresh)? Only once or twice, I still whacked on the mob post-Refresh but before I switched to staves, so I know I did SC between casts.
Accidentally Chainspell + Warped out of a party? Actually, no.
Accidentally Chainspell + Escaped out of a party? Not an XP party, but farming Exoray Molds with my LS. That was embarassing. I had meant to switch into my melee gear which is right next to my OHSHIT macro. XD
Shown up with the wrong sub? Nope, I hardly ever change to anything but /blm for XP unless I'm specifically told to.
As a solo red mage, have you ever:
Killed an NM? Many, though never any really hard ones. I can't claim Mysticmaker though, Tauro helped me with him.
Killed an IT? No. I phear soloing.
Gotten killed by Converting at the wrong moment? Many times, Stoneskin has its way of wearing off just then, doesn't it?
Been silenced to death? Probably in my newb days, but now I always bring echoes.
Been stunned/petrified to death? Only once, and from then on I stopped fighting Tabar Beaks.
Been DOT'ed to death? (Bio, Dia, Poison, etc.) In the early levels, I'm sure.
Hung on to dear life with less than 20 HP left? Oh, a few times, OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT Convert isn't up yet just sleep Mr. Mob ... sleep ...
Attempted to Warp back to your HP only to zone in dead? Yes, isn't this frustrating?
Describe your most horrible death: ME = Dumbass. We were fighting tons of Orcs in Davoi as we looked for the Storage Hole for two of my friends to get their AF1 on RDM, and we had like, six of them on us. Nothing a few 75's can't handle, right? Until me (dumbass) who has about 3 orcs on her, hits her Convert macro by mistake, and is on the ground before anyone can do anything. The NIN was like, "OMG, I'm sorry Aks!" And I told him that it was my stupid fault. Sooooo embarrassing. And eating a R1 also was no picnic. It's funny now but not so much when it happened.
Describe your best red mage moment: Reaching level 75. I know it sounds cliche, but after so long playing it was the best feeling in the world. I don't think I can top that.
Describe your worst red mage moment: This one party I was in ... rougly 42-43ish in Crawler's Nest with this horrible horrible WHM. She was fairly good at being WHM, but then she tried to do my job on top of that. For starters, she requested that I not melee which was not my usual MO at that time but I took one for the team. Then she casted all the Enfeebling magic over me. If I was casting Refesh, she was casting Paralyze. So the only thing I was supposed to do in that party was Refresh her? I was so frustrated, and after numerous failed attempts to get the WHM to let me enfeeble, the party ended (very shortly) and I almost quit the game. Luckily for me, the folks at Alla (I can't believe I'm saying that) convinced me that one incident shouldn't force me to quit. But yeah, that was the worst feeling ever as a RDM, the feeling of worthlessness.
How long did it take you from 1-25? Like 2 months I think.
How long did it take you from 1-50? 6-8 months, iirc.
How long did it take you from 1-75? 3 long years.
What was your first subjob? Warrior. In my defense, I liked the added HP boost.
What is your current subjob? BLM.
What subjobs do you actively use on a regular basis? BLM, WHM and DRK. Incidentally, these are the only subs I have leveled.
How many times did you fight Maat? 5 times, but boy have I gotten my revenge.
What is the biggest "close call" you've ever had? Probably when my husband and I were fighting Mysticmaker for my Moldy, I was slept and he was inches from death. If not for the kind people who we out-claimed curing me awake, we'd have died. It's nice to see that some people are not complete jerks, because many others would have let us die and lose the claim.
How long did you solo before xping in parties? Until about 15-ish. I was nervous about joining.
Did you solo any of your AF quests? Not for RDM, I was {Too weak.} Though getting the Nest Chest Key was done in XP so I could feel like I soloed it. I did solo most of my WHM AF though, with the exception of that Elvaan guy in Fei'Yin.
What was your biggest misconception about the job when you first started playing? That I could be a melee mage from 1-75, with a bit of white mage, warrior, and black mage all rumbled into one neat little package.
What do you like most about being a red mage? Busy busy busy, in good xp parties with me actually enfeebling I don't get a chance to breathe between pulls. I love that.
What don't you like? Main. Fucking. Healing. Don't make me do it!
How many merits do you have? And what did you spend them on? I have five merits, and I spent my first three on Slow II. I'm in XP mode right now so I don't forsee any more. I need to get back some of my XP I've lost in Dynamis.
What is your primary role in Dynamis? Sleepga, except in Xarcabard where I'm a Chainstunner.
What is your primary role in Sky? I don't do sky.
What is your primary role in Assault/Salvage? Don't do Salvage, and in Assault it really depends which one but mostly your garden variety enfeebling.
What is your primary role in XP parties now? When I'm lucky enough to get one on my terms, Enfeebling, just like I'm supposed to. Otherwise, Healing. >.<
What would you change about how you leveled RDM from the very start? I would have made sure to cap enfeebling and enhancing magic, and left the other four skills behind more. Around 50 I had to really work to get my debuffs to stick because I still (XD) didn't know that I was primary enfeebler.
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Anyway, feel free to copy/paste and post your own responses.
As a red mage in an xp party, have you ever:
Main healed?
Tanked?
Pulled?
Been main nuker?
Pulled too much hate?
Skillchained (pre-Refresh)?
Skillchained (post-Refresh)?
Accidentally Chainspell + Warped out of a party?
Accidentally Chainspell + Escaped out of a party?
Shown up with the wrong sub?
As a solo red mage, have you ever:
Killed an NM?
Killed an IT?
Gotten killed by Converting at the wrong moment?
Been silenced to death?
Been stunned/petrified to death?
Been DOT'ed to death? (Bio, Dia, Poison, etc.)
Hung on to dear life with less than 20 HP left?
Attempted to Warp back to your HP only to zone in dead?
Describe your most horrible death:
Describe your best red mage moment:
Describe your worst red mage moment:
How long did it take you from 1-25?
How long did it take you from 1-50?
How long did it take you from 1-75?
What was your first subjob?
What is your current subjob?
What subjobs do you actively use on a regular basis?
How many times did you fight Maat?
What is the biggest "close call" you've ever had?
How long did you solo before xping in parties?
Did you solo any of your AF quests?
What was your biggest misconception about the job when you first started playing?
What do you like most about being a red mage?
What don't you like?
How many merits do you have? And what did you spend them on?
What is your primary role in Dynamis?
What is your primary role in Sky?
What is your primary role in Assault/Salvage?
What is your primary role in XP parties now?
What would you change about how you leveled RDM from the very start?
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NOW I KNOW THIS IS ALREADY A REALLY LONG POST BUT HERE ARE MY RESPONSES:
As a red mage in an xp party, have you ever:
Main healed? Yes, and boy do I hate it.
Tanked? Not in XP, but sometimes in skill up parties and coffer key farming with my ls.
Pulled? I think I only pulled one time in Wajaom, and that was until our actual puller arrived.
Been main nuker? Yeah, sometimes when you have two RDMs and a WHM you get to blast the mob's head off.
Pulled too much hate? Yes, I've pulled hate. How do you think my Evasion skill is so high?
Skillchained (pre-Refresh)? Yes, I used to be part of the skillchain frequently when I was a nub.
Skillchained (post-Refresh)? Only once or twice, I still whacked on the mob post-Refresh but before I switched to staves, so I know I did SC between casts.
Accidentally Chainspell + Warped out of a party? Actually, no.
Accidentally Chainspell + Escaped out of a party? Not an XP party, but farming Exoray Molds with my LS. That was embarassing. I had meant to switch into my melee gear which is right next to my OHSHIT macro. XD
Shown up with the wrong sub? Nope, I hardly ever change to anything but /blm for XP unless I'm specifically told to.
As a solo red mage, have you ever:
Killed an NM? Many, though never any really hard ones. I can't claim Mysticmaker though, Tauro helped me with him.
Killed an IT? No. I phear soloing.
Gotten killed by Converting at the wrong moment? Many times, Stoneskin has its way of wearing off just then, doesn't it?
Been silenced to death? Probably in my newb days, but now I always bring echoes.
Been stunned/petrified to death? Only once, and from then on I stopped fighting Tabar Beaks.
Been DOT'ed to death? (Bio, Dia, Poison, etc.) In the early levels, I'm sure.
Hung on to dear life with less than 20 HP left? Oh, a few times, OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT Convert isn't up yet just sleep Mr. Mob ... sleep ...
Attempted to Warp back to your HP only to zone in dead? Yes, isn't this frustrating?
Describe your most horrible death: ME = Dumbass. We were fighting tons of Orcs in Davoi as we looked for the Storage Hole for two of my friends to get their AF1 on RDM, and we had like, six of them on us. Nothing a few 75's can't handle, right? Until me (dumbass) who has about 3 orcs on her, hits her Convert macro by mistake, and is on the ground before anyone can do anything. The NIN was like, "OMG, I'm sorry Aks!" And I told him that it was my stupid fault. Sooooo embarrassing. And eating a R1 also was no picnic. It's funny now but not so much when it happened.
Describe your best red mage moment: Reaching level 75. I know it sounds cliche, but after so long playing it was the best feeling in the world. I don't think I can top that.
Describe your worst red mage moment: This one party I was in ... rougly 42-43ish in Crawler's Nest with this horrible horrible WHM. She was fairly good at being WHM, but then she tried to do my job on top of that. For starters, she requested that I not melee which was not my usual MO at that time but I took one for the team. Then she casted all the Enfeebling magic over me. If I was casting Refesh, she was casting Paralyze. So the only thing I was supposed to do in that party was Refresh her? I was so frustrated, and after numerous failed attempts to get the WHM to let me enfeeble, the party ended (very shortly) and I almost quit the game. Luckily for me, the folks at Alla (I can't believe I'm saying that) convinced me that one incident shouldn't force me to quit. But yeah, that was the worst feeling ever as a RDM, the feeling of worthlessness.
How long did it take you from 1-25? Like 2 months I think.
How long did it take you from 1-50? 6-8 months, iirc.
How long did it take you from 1-75? 3 long years.
What was your first subjob? Warrior. In my defense, I liked the added HP boost.
What is your current subjob? BLM.
What subjobs do you actively use on a regular basis? BLM, WHM and DRK. Incidentally, these are the only subs I have leveled.
How many times did you fight Maat? 5 times, but boy have I gotten my revenge.
What is the biggest "close call" you've ever had? Probably when my husband and I were fighting Mysticmaker for my Moldy, I was slept and he was inches from death. If not for the kind people who we out-claimed curing me awake, we'd have died. It's nice to see that some people are not complete jerks, because many others would have let us die and lose the claim.
How long did you solo before xping in parties? Until about 15-ish. I was nervous about joining.
Did you solo any of your AF quests? Not for RDM, I was {Too weak.} Though getting the Nest Chest Key was done in XP so I could feel like I soloed it. I did solo most of my WHM AF though, with the exception of that Elvaan guy in Fei'Yin.
What was your biggest misconception about the job when you first started playing? That I could be a melee mage from 1-75, with a bit of white mage, warrior, and black mage all rumbled into one neat little package.
What do you like most about being a red mage? Busy busy busy, in good xp parties with me actually enfeebling I don't get a chance to breathe between pulls. I love that.
What don't you like? Main. Fucking. Healing. Don't make me do it!
How many merits do you have? And what did you spend them on? I have five merits, and I spent my first three on Slow II. I'm in XP mode right now so I don't forsee any more. I need to get back some of my XP I've lost in Dynamis.
What is your primary role in Dynamis? Sleepga, except in Xarcabard where I'm a Chainstunner.
What is your primary role in Sky? I don't do sky.
What is your primary role in Assault/Salvage? Don't do Salvage, and in Assault it really depends which one but mostly your garden variety enfeebling.
What is your primary role in XP parties now? When I'm lucky enough to get one on my terms, Enfeebling, just like I'm supposed to. Otherwise, Healing. >.<
What would you change about how you leveled RDM from the very start? I would have made sure to cap enfeebling and enhancing magic, and left the other four skills behind more. Around 50 I had to really work to get my debuffs to stick because I still (XD) didn't know that I was primary enfeebler.
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Anyway, feel free to copy/paste and post your own responses.
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