Friday, April 28, 2006

Things that make you go "Why..."

How is it possible. I don't understand. I don't get it. How can somebody pick up a job at level 1, level it for months, go through Genkai1-4, kill an old man, make the final push to 75...and still have no notion of the most effective way to play their job?

Does not compute.

I'm not going to name names. I'm not that mean.

Okay, I am. But out of self-preserverance, I'm not going to name names.

Case #1)

I duo with a Black Mage friend of mine all the time. We fish on the ferry, we kill the Sea Horror, Silverhook, Black Beard, yadda yadda. Occasionally we fish Devil Mantas in Cape Terrigan (when we can get the hook before Mayi and her consort of RMTers. Bitch.) He's a good guy. I don't have anything against him.

Generally, we sleepnuke stuff. It just works out well for us. He's a BLM though. He's going to get hate. With my Errants and +int shit on, I can do maybe...600 with FireIII. On a good day. Maybe a little less/more with AeroIII depending on the mob.

So why...why God why...does he refuse to buff before he casts?

I sleep, he nukes, I sleepII, he nukes...and then shit. I still have 15 left on my sleep recast, and he's getting knocked around like a family therapy sock puppet.

Out of everyone in the game, he's gotten me slaughtered the most.

Case #2)

I don't have anything against White Mages. They cure, they raise, they do their little Holy magic burst thing...it's cool.

A good WHM will haste the tank, slap a regen on him, cure away, toss an erase or two, sit down, and repeat. A bad WHM will let me haste everybody, refuse to regen, watch me Erase, drop huge cures in the middle of battle and run around like a chicken when he gets hate.

And ask for refresh when he already has it...

...Blasphemy.

If you want me to rip your face off and replace your eyeballs with your tonsils, you should ask me for refresh. I'm sure you'll feel just swanky with your corneas adjusting your vocal chords.

Case #3)

Red Mages.

Oh-ho, don't think I forgot you, Mr. Ride-The-Refresh-Train-To-75 Moocher. Yeah, your /NIN sub really comes in handy in Dynamis-Bastok. Those extra shadows do a fine job of keeping you alive when that scorpion you forgot to silence Breakgas your whole alliance.

And yes, elemental staves do help you enfeeble. If I have to explain that to one more 70+ peer, I'm going to hurt somebody.

Fin.

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