( please bare my poor syntax and/or text structure, I'm not used to writing long texts in English ^^ )
Well here it is; I'm a level 70 samurai, one of the captain of the MystBattalion linkshell - lvl ranging from 30-70 - ( yeah, they're the best, really ) and as of lately I'm grinding my teeth over high end content of the game.
As it looks, you *absolutely need* to be in some uber linkshell to even think about doing stuff like HNM, Gods, Missions ( though, looks like Taio and Thuggychan got my back for ZMs; muchos <3 to them ). And it appears particulary true for "regular" melees, as we aren't really needed for anything and can't get randomly invited to do these.
Now, you're gonna tell me "why don't you just join one of those uber linkshells" and I'm gonna respond "because I'm already with the people I like the most on the server, with MystBattalion".
My grief lies mostly when I encounter the following situation: I *really really* want a Kamewari GKT, which drops from a pretty tough hnm, Amikiri. I thought about asking some of high end LSes on their message board, but I'm afraid afraid of being perceived as a beggar, and more often then not, they usually keep the loot for their own members. Even though, in this situation, the sword is level 70 rare/ex, they'll end up giving it away to someone in their LS whose samurai is probably around 34 and will prolly not even get it to 70 ( or if it happens, it'll take months :P ).
So basically my question is, why do I have to wear the same pearl color as people I already know in game and consider as "friends" to be able to access high end content. Or maybe I'm asking to much from them and am only considered as an "acquaintance" to them.
bah, had to get this off my chest heh ^^;
Edited, Tue Aug 31 14:28:03 2004 by dorobo