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Oh well, better luck next time. Edited my last post into something vaguely useful.

I remember this idiot. Back during the event with the Toro Johnny was going around pissing people off in W.rona saying how great WoW was and how much FFXI sucked. He was level 5 no sub at the time I think.

Are you a man?

Just wondering.

You are playing the wrong game here dude. Play an offline game if you want to do your best to avoid the idiots.

Name like that usually seems to imply RMT. Not always, but often. I think what happens is every time they start a new group of RMT characters, they just let their head fall on the keyboard because they can't believe they have to start from the beginning with a whole nother batch.

Yes, I've been in a party with him before in CN. He was pulling once and was afk for the longest time without warning....so we booted him and got a replacement. And as soon as we did, he came back to our camp with his flag up o_o

He always has on really great gear whenever I see him, but I never once thought he was a gilseller. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. Who knows.. but we asked him to pull, in English, and he said "ok." I think that's all he ever said throughout the whole EXP session.

Anyone know Granas 50blm/whm? Not sure if he was a kind well intended misunderstood helper or trying a claim steal on my Tremor Ram.

I was 39whm/rng at the time. While visiting k.highlands seeking the nm for the rare/x throwing weapon I noticed a ram on ws and decided to see if it was claimed yet. After getting claim and wacking it a few times (took only 13dmg total myself)I cast stoneskin and watched amused while the ram was hitting me for 0s. Then suddenly a blm shows up and even though I'm full hp he starts spamming cure3, cure2, cure3 on me. With the recent patch and the 0 point heals he was doing there was no danger of losing the ram but I turned on /blockaid interupting his 2nd cure3 anyway just to be safe. Was he a kind soul with good intentions or trying a claim steal?

Draek - insisted on not provoking off his PL whereas I was insisting on not doing that considering the tank had no subjob, meaning, he was new, and he needed to learn how to tank AND improve his melee skills such as evasion etc etc, however, he decided to throw the "I have 2 75's, I know." noob comment at me, and he eventually ended up ditching the party because of some criticism from a girl.

Forty - another person, same party, however, he ended up kicking me from the party and having the Draek person come back because he was exp hungry and can't get through dunes without a PL, and on top of it has the balls to say I'm mean simply because I dislike people who brag about their level, as if having a 75 is anything special 5 years after the game is released in USA, and don't understand the greediness in PLing rank 1 people with no subjobs, as if the guy couldn't solo with a 75 PL.

Vamprey, I know you take personal issue with the whole Bio/Dia thing, but there are xp party situations/mobs/setups where Bio is actually useful. Just wanted to make sure you remember that :)

Vamprey..you may have missed my response earlier in this thread to that dia/bio comment ..its a few messages higher. I absolutely agree with you that in most cases, Dia > Bio, however on mandies that is simply not the case. Bio on mandies is much more effective, as dia on that particular mob class is not effective.

Go out and grab some mandies and test them out...go to West Sara and Dia a mandy and just watch its hp bar. Let it run out..the mandies hp should be about 3/4 full by the time Dia I wears off. Get a brand new Mandy and this time, Cast Bio I. By the time Bio I wears off, it will have a sliver of life left. Also compare the initial DMG from Dia vs Bio, the dia will hit for 0-4, the Bio for considerably more. Do it over and over, you will get consistent results.

Next consider a Mandie's defense..they do not have very high defense, nor do they cast any protective buffs on themselves (unless you count regen). They are highly evasive and they attack fast and with multiple hits..that is their strength...but if you manage to hit them, they go down very easily. Giving them a def down when their def is already quite low, when it is highly resisted, is less effective than the Bio would be. With high competition for mandies in those jungles, getting the mob to die the fastest is the goal, and Bio will get the job better on Mandies.

99% of the time, Dia is the better spell. But not on mandies. That BLM was doing the right thing in that situation to cast Bio. Casting Bio on mandies is a good choice. Cancelling that Bio by casting Dia over it, not a good move, and if he was insisting that they stack, well...lol...also not a smart move on his part.

Edited, Aug 20th 2006 at 2:59pm EDT by Birkietoo

DoT dmg is not a good reason to use either dia or bio on an xp mob. Which does more DoT damage is irrelevent in an xp situation. Which one enables faster killing of the mob is important. Mandies hit often but weak. Helping 3-4 people hit for more damage will end the fight faster than helping a tank take slightly less damage. Not even with a pld tank is gimping the melee damage total a good idea. If you are in the 2nd jungle and taking to much damage for the mp of the party go back to the first jungle since the party is trying mobs that are simply to hard for them.

The blms mentioned before were both casting "BOTH" bio and dia seconds apart (this was very wrong) claiming they stacked the -def and -atk. In both parties we had nin or /nin on both the tank and co/backup tank. When very little damage is taken it is ridiculus to claim bio is the better choice. Dia was clearly superior. Which spell is actually best was not the main problem I had with the blms though. I would not likely have said anything or only said a brief statement of my preference if the blms had cast bio only instead of dia. The problem I had in both parties was the blm claiming bio & dia stacked and wasting mp casting both.

When levelling my PLD up, I was asked to tank in a zone that I was technically too low for several times, but an invite was an invite and I'd give it a shot anyway. It ended up working out, but I usually made an agreement with the party to try and put Bio onto most mobs, and it was a lifesaver in a lot of situations.

Granted a PLD must take damage to have something to cure back to keep hate effectively, but when I was asked to tank Bibiki Bay Dhalmels at 62 and 63, Bio really helped to lower the "Beat the hell out of Salsa" factor, and the melee were still able to keep up. When Bio was not on, I'd take more damage, which in effect causes more hate to degenerate from myself, and focuses more enmity onto the mages having to refill my HP bar as it dwindles ever so steadily to 0.

Danath

MPK in Dynamis-Jeuno because you didn't get the drop you thought you deserved? Getting your friends to harass me and others after you MPK?

Winner.

ROFL

I thought someone might post this here, but yea I'm in that LS and Danath is a little bitch who didn't get the drop he wanted so he mpked with the Embassy mobs.

Tiraylon is another one who got all worked up over the drop system, like it isn't stated right up front and pretty easy (2points for being on-time, 1 pt for late, highest point person gets to lot...wow real difficult to understand).

He's like "I'm leaving!"...oh no! not a 72drk, how can we beat dynamis without you!? :( rofl

Good riddance to bad noobs.

Damn that SCI-FI channel I hate them I hate them I hate them!

/comfort Shadar.

My TV fix of choice is Boomerang (old cartoons 24/7). 48 hour Tom & Jerry weekend marathons ftw. ^^

; ; I never really watched TV much back when I lived in NA, and I hate to actually admit that I probably watch more TV now than then...

But SG was one that my roommates in University watched all the time, and they got me hooked on it. The news that I'll no longer be able to see it when/if I go back to Canada saddens me...

idk, I only ever saw the whole first season of SG-1 (my roommate had the dvd box set) and the odd tv episode.

Liked it though...

Shardar, you have single-handedly completely derailed the Lousy Player Alerts thread, without even mentioning a lousy player anywhere in the course of the derailment. I can't remember the last time that happened... hats off to you!

Now lets talk about the Venture Brothers.....

Mecha-Shiva!

Ouch, that's a nasty one Vamp.

Partied with a particularly bad player last night - Tetsue, lvl 44 SAM. No powders or oils to get to camp, whined incessantly (mobs too easy or too tough, needs this or that song when they're already on him or the mob and have been all the time, etc). As lvl44 SAM, he doesn't know how to call TP, no idea of how to skillchain.

Terrible player, just awful. Avoid.

I think the party leader did contact a GM.

Part of what made me so mad about this mpk beyond the act itself was that I had taken time at the start of the party to communicate with the rdm about refreshing/main-healing the party. Some of the veteran members were expecting to much from the person and he was clearly feeling overwhelmed. In /t for the personal touch, I gave tip & pointers and answered questions for several minutes to help him learn the rdm role and still enjoy the play time.

To the last poster, who are you talking to? Did I miss something here? BTW, next time you post, please make some sense. Trying to read that post of yours was painful in so many ways. I never learned "raging lunatic" in school...perhaps I should brush up on it.

Perhaps I missed something and if so, I apologize. Regardless, please try to say what you want without destroying our interesting language...thanks in advance.


Shadar, Broken-Hearted Galkan Whm of Midgardsormr

/amazed