Some insight into the growing 'HL noob problem'.Follow

I have to completely agree with pretty much everything here. I absolutely refuse to use high-level help, because it feels too lazy and too much like cheating. If I wanted to sit and watch while someone else gets me all the important stuff, I'd have bought a character already at level 75. At which point there's nothing left to do. Ok, so from time to time I'm under the OMFG UBER level or rank or gear or whatever, but last time I checked, FFXI was a free world (after subscription, heh) and it's my second life to live however I want to.

Of course, that means when my mates use PLs and mules, I have to look the other way; just because I have that belief doesn't mean I have to force it on other people.

I'm lucky, I got the 'level to 18 > Subjob > Level Sub > Level to 20 > Chocobo > Level to 30 > Advanced jobs' thing done... and then realised that it's not all about the exp. It's a community, and the fact that you can level up is, to me, a bonus. At least I didn't get any further on the mad exping.

Wow... I thought it was just me that felt like this.

I've met some AWFUL parties in my time.

Don't ask me how, but at level 60 I pulled hate off the tank (who had just used provoke) by eating a Sole Sushi. I hadn't even engaged the mob yet.

Most of the time, there's one person in the party who just doesn't have a clue of what to do. Thieves who only SATA once per fight, Paladins who don't cure themselves, Ninjas who only use Shihei because "other tools are too expensive" and White Mages who spam their highest level cure spell and ***** when they get hate.

I've met people who've told me "don't use Regen, it's too much MP". Needless to say, I ignored them.

The leader of my LS is a 38 RDM/17 PLD who's pretty much soloed his way to this level. The other day, he actually partied with a good friend of mine. I ended up getting tells asking me to speak to him because he wasn't doing his job properly.

I tried to explain it to him, but he just wouldn't listen.

And that is the problem right there. Jobs such as RDM/BLM/WHM/PLD/NIN tend to be greatly desired. Is it coincidence that, generally, it is these jobs that aren't played particularly well?

The fact is, most DD work at their job so when they DO get a party, they leave a good impression so that (hopefully) the leader will remember them and reinvite them in the future.

(This isn't always true of course, but I'm generalising.)

Hopefully in the expansion there'll be another tank and support class. Just so these jobs aren't so "needed" as they used to be.

Stop PL'n people and stop buying gil.