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I joined a party in Yhoator Jungle this evening. Party setup was:
28WAR/MNK (party leader)
28WAR/MNK
28RDM/BLM
28PUP/MNK
27WHM/BLM (me)
27WHM/BLM
Our tank (another 28WAR/MNK, and the then party leader) had had to leave after I'd been there for three or four fights and was replaced by the second WAR. Also, a 28BRD/WHM had to leave at about the same time and was replaced by the other WHM. I thought the need for another WHM was a little strange, as I was managing just fine, but it didn't seem too bad.
Anyway, there we were fighing mandies, and I realised that I got hate the first time I cast Cure II. Then I realised there wasn't a first voke. Then I realised there wasn't any voke.
I started dropping subtle hints, like "Hmm... I don't seem to be able to see your vokes happening". The second WAR got the message and voked every now and again. After a couple of fights, he got the hang of it and all was well.
Until they had connection problems and had to log out.
We carried on as best we could with just the five of us (a MNK was supposed to be coming along to join us). However, if I was really lucky, I might see a voke every two or three fights.
The hints changed to an explanation of how important it is for someone to keep hate. We needed someone (a.k.a. a tank) to keep hate on them so that the healers could cast more than Cure I.
Even Cure I was getting hate.
The RDM and PUP were doing just fine, and I have no complaints at all with what they were doing. Debuffs were cast promptly and PUP abilities were used. The automation even tanked for a little while, to save the other WHM who was casting Cure II to keep the WAR alive (I was casting on the others).
Repeated pleas were made for the WAR to voke, even just once at the start of the fight (oh, and they were also the puller), with both me and the other WHM getting increasingly annoyed at only being able to cast Cure I or Regen without losing half our life (and even that was pretty dodgy).
At one point, the WAR used Mighty Strikes. Still next to no voking though.
Eventually, the other WHM and I stood on opposite sides of the party and passed hate between us. Yes, for one fight the WHMs tanked. After the fight, the other WHM beat me to the disband button - I tried to explain yet again why the party wasn't working and that when the healers have to tank, it's long past time to go.
Before I left, I cast a couple of Cure IIIs on the WAR, wished them good luck and put in one last request (to put it mildly) for the WAR to do his job.
I was 69 tnl when I left, after having gained 3k (with empress band) in about 3 hours (although about half an hour was taken up with having to nip off to raise the second WAR, whose chocobo had ditched him on top of an Overgrown Rose), about 1k of which was with the first party setup. I went back to Jeuno, switched to /BST and soloed EMs and Ts in Rolanberry. Got my first xp chain of the night, too.
28WAR/MNK (party leader)
28WAR/MNK
28RDM/BLM
28PUP/MNK
27WHM/BLM (me)
27WHM/BLM
Our tank (another 28WAR/MNK, and the then party leader) had had to leave after I'd been there for three or four fights and was replaced by the second WAR. Also, a 28BRD/WHM had to leave at about the same time and was replaced by the other WHM. I thought the need for another WHM was a little strange, as I was managing just fine, but it didn't seem too bad.
Anyway, there we were fighing mandies, and I realised that I got hate the first time I cast Cure II. Then I realised there wasn't a first voke. Then I realised there wasn't any voke.
I started dropping subtle hints, like "Hmm... I don't seem to be able to see your vokes happening". The second WAR got the message and voked every now and again. After a couple of fights, he got the hang of it and all was well.
Until they had connection problems and had to log out.
We carried on as best we could with just the five of us (a MNK was supposed to be coming along to join us). However, if I was really lucky, I might see a voke every two or three fights.
The hints changed to an explanation of how important it is for someone to keep hate. We needed someone (a.k.a. a tank) to keep hate on them so that the healers could cast more than Cure I.
Even Cure I was getting hate.
The RDM and PUP were doing just fine, and I have no complaints at all with what they were doing. Debuffs were cast promptly and PUP abilities were used. The automation even tanked for a little while, to save the other WHM who was casting Cure II to keep the WAR alive (I was casting on the others).
Repeated pleas were made for the WAR to voke, even just once at the start of the fight (oh, and they were also the puller), with both me and the other WHM getting increasingly annoyed at only being able to cast Cure I or Regen without losing half our life (and even that was pretty dodgy).
At one point, the WAR used Mighty Strikes. Still next to no voking though.
Eventually, the other WHM and I stood on opposite sides of the party and passed hate between us. Yes, for one fight the WHMs tanked. After the fight, the other WHM beat me to the disband button - I tried to explain yet again why the party wasn't working and that when the healers have to tank, it's long past time to go.
Before I left, I cast a couple of Cure IIIs on the WAR, wished them good luck and put in one last request (to put it mildly) for the WAR to do his job.
I was 69 tnl when I left, after having gained 3k (with empress band) in about 3 hours (although about half an hour was taken up with having to nip off to raise the second WAR, whose chocobo had ditched him on top of an Overgrown Rose), about 1k of which was with the first party setup. I went back to Jeuno, switched to /BST and soloed EMs and Ts in Rolanberry. Got my first xp chain of the night, too.
Too many powerlevels + too many keyboardless and clueless Xbox360 users = lots of newbies who can't communicate effectively lately...
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