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My big confession: I was talking to a friend who was about to fight Maat and missed a Dispel the other day. Took me a little while to figure out why they weren't doing any damage... ;_;
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So I went to help a buddy do some thief AF in Garlage the other night. I was pretty sleepy, I should have just said "no", but I hate saying "no".
We get down there and head past the first gate. We are going to fight some bomb NM. No big deal as long as you keep him stunned. We start getting pretty close, but my sneak starts to wear off. I look in my inventory to discover that I had just used my last oil. The rest of the guys had already got past me and there was nowhere for me to hide. I tried to run past the skeletons, but it was too late. Four of five fallen officers had aggro'd me. Up to this point, I could live with myself, since I'm the only one getting beat up. For some dumbass reason I ran up next to the party. I guess I figured that we might be able to take them. As I got close I realized that it wasn't going to happen so I tried to tell them to stay back and I tried to run away from them. It was too late, they tried to come to my rescue and the entire party died. Our drg got pretty upset (understandably) and disbanded. I (and a couple others) HPd and came back. Luckily the guys that didn't HP got a raise III from some random person. The night continued to drag and other events occurred that are outside of the scope of this thread. We never did get the drop that we needed from the NM and in the end it was all my fault.
The good news is that my friend was able to finish the NM the next day without much fanfare.
In my defense, this was not a normal night for me. I don't normally come ill prepared like I was that night. Truly just an off night.
The point:
I generally consider Steve Erwin (the crocodile hunter) to be a self destructive maniac, but I once heard him talk about how becoming complacent only leads to downfall. This is no different. I didn't take this serious enough and caused a lot of stuff to go wrong. It is only a game. Sure it is, but it is a game where you take up other people time. In this case, I wasted several hours of five other people's time. So take the time to double check that you have what you need. If you are ill prepared or don't have the time to spend, consider removing yourself from the situation. That is what I should have done.
We get down there and head past the first gate. We are going to fight some bomb NM. No big deal as long as you keep him stunned. We start getting pretty close, but my sneak starts to wear off. I look in my inventory to discover that I had just used my last oil. The rest of the guys had already got past me and there was nowhere for me to hide. I tried to run past the skeletons, but it was too late. Four of five fallen officers had aggro'd me. Up to this point, I could live with myself, since I'm the only one getting beat up. For some dumbass reason I ran up next to the party. I guess I figured that we might be able to take them. As I got close I realized that it wasn't going to happen so I tried to tell them to stay back and I tried to run away from them. It was too late, they tried to come to my rescue and the entire party died. Our drg got pretty upset (understandably) and disbanded. I (and a couple others) HPd and came back. Luckily the guys that didn't HP got a raise III from some random person. The night continued to drag and other events occurred that are outside of the scope of this thread. We never did get the drop that we needed from the NM and in the end it was all my fault.
The good news is that my friend was able to finish the NM the next day without much fanfare.
In my defense, this was not a normal night for me. I don't normally come ill prepared like I was that night. Truly just an off night.
The point:
I generally consider Steve Erwin (the crocodile hunter) to be a self destructive maniac, but I once heard him talk about how becoming complacent only leads to downfall. This is no different. I didn't take this serious enough and caused a lot of stuff to go wrong. It is only a game. Sure it is, but it is a game where you take up other people time. In this case, I wasted several hours of five other people's time. So take the time to double check that you have what you need. If you are ill prepared or don't have the time to spend, consider removing yourself from the situation. That is what I should have done.
Lol, I was in that party. One of the many that died ^^ *Hugglez Hogosha*
Hey, it was no biggie to me at the time. I still thought that one party was a complete jerk, and that those two tanks were just plain mean. I woulda happily died again to test tanking that bomb out. I self-destructed in front of me at full health and it dented maybe 2-300 offa me.
I'm really happy the two got their items though. I wish I could have been there for that occasion. T.T
As per my confession:
I was helping my friend level his nin for one more level so he could get dual wield. I ended up seeing my Sensei run by and ran to talk to him, and my friend got pecked to death by an Akbaba. ^^ For shame ><
Hey, it was no biggie to me at the time. I still thought that one party was a complete jerk, and that those two tanks were just plain mean. I woulda happily died again to test tanking that bomb out. I self-destructed in front of me at full health and it dented maybe 2-300 offa me.
I'm really happy the two got their items though. I wish I could have been there for that occasion. T.T
As per my confession:
I was helping my friend level his nin for one more level so he could get dual wield. I ended up seeing my Sensei run by and ran to talk to him, and my friend got pecked to death by an Akbaba. ^^ For shame ><
Merodi wrote:
I was helping my friend level his nin for one more level so he could get dual wield. I ended up seeing my Sensei run by and ran to talk to him, and my friend got pecked to death by an Akbaba. ^^ For shame ><
Hmmm.... reminds me of a story. A friend of mine quit and is now back, so I'll leave out the name to protect her...
I remade my character in May (LONG story) and this friend was about to quit, so she said she'd PL the two of us while we waited for a party in Valk. Well, things were going fine until we tackled this bunny. It hit me HARD, and for some reason she wasn't curing me. And I was like, okay, maybe in a second, she'll cure me... and then I asked... and something went horribly wrong and the bunny ate me.
Okay, cool, whatever, I died. She raised me and all was well and good... I'm sitting there weakend, and they decide to get me some XP back and pull another bunny. I tried to move away, but couldn't go very far. As soon as raise sickness wore off, BAM bunny does AoE and the RDM PLer never batted an eyelash. Dead again. ;_; SO sad. That's why I don't accept PL help much anymore. LOL
Hope that is some comfort Merodi hon. Red Mages must stick together until we all have... the hat.
So, I mentioned elsewhere how I got killed twice by gobs in the dunes yesterday. I did not mention how both deaths occurred.
The first one happened when Valcrist was PL'ing me, and Magaroja (my fiance, and 18RDM) was along for the ride. So, we're going along, and things are going okay, aside from my being really stupid and casting Deodorize while Val was trying to keep Sneak/Invis on for a bit, through the bat tunnel.
I was pulling stuff that conned Tough to me. The area's got a few camps around, and it's getting tough to pull, but I'm doing what I can, until my fatal mistake: I didn't realize I'd gotten separated from the other two while looking for stuff to pull...
So, I pulled a Goblin Butcher, who promptly proceeded to kill me.
Got a Raise, but was getting yelled at at home, so I logged out and decided to try it later.
During the second try, I'm pulling easier stuff, since Val's not around to back me up. I get close to levelling (250 away!) and we figure heading back towards Selbina - we'd gotten our Dem crystals earlier in the day, and we were close to Konschtat still.
We make for the bat tunnel, and I see a decent challenge lizard just inside - I pulled it out of the tunnel near me, started whacking it, and then a goblin pops, aggros, and promptly kills me again.
So, yes, veeeeeeeery rough day. :/
The first one happened when Valcrist was PL'ing me, and Magaroja (my fiance, and 18RDM) was along for the ride. So, we're going along, and things are going okay, aside from my being really stupid and casting Deodorize while Val was trying to keep Sneak/Invis on for a bit, through the bat tunnel.
I was pulling stuff that conned Tough to me. The area's got a few camps around, and it's getting tough to pull, but I'm doing what I can, until my fatal mistake: I didn't realize I'd gotten separated from the other two while looking for stuff to pull...
So, I pulled a Goblin Butcher, who promptly proceeded to kill me.
Got a Raise, but was getting yelled at at home, so I logged out and decided to try it later.
During the second try, I'm pulling easier stuff, since Val's not around to back me up. I get close to levelling (250 away!) and we figure heading back towards Selbina - we'd gotten our Dem crystals earlier in the day, and we were close to Konschtat still.
We make for the bat tunnel, and I see a decent challenge lizard just inside - I pulled it out of the tunnel near me, started whacking it, and then a goblin pops, aggros, and promptly kills me again.
So, yes, veeeeeeeery rough day. :/
I was there with Hogosha and Merodi that fateful night, and although I did not arrive until after the incident Hogo mentioned, I have to agree that lack of sleep and tiredness does play a crucial role when attempting missions.
After the party wipeout, I was on my way to Raise the party, as i cannot bear to see my favorite Mithra in distress (yes Merodi, that's YOU!). When I arrived, I was very happy to discover they had all received RaiseIII's instead of my weak RaiseII. Hurray!
The party was short a member, and asked me to stay and help, and i gladly obliged, as I am always up for a great NM Beating.
We finally get everybody in the right spot, we get two additional tanks (who linked to us via alliance, since the party was full) and i thought: "Oh yeah this one is in the bag".
Boy, was I ever mistaken! It could be that I was very sleepy, as it was almost 5am here in FL; It could be that I was tired, as I had been exp'ing and NM'ing and Avatar'ing since 1pm;
Whatever the reason, I completely FORGOT that the two main tanks were in alliance with us and concentrated in healing my party. I found it very odd that our tank's HP bar was not getting any lower, and I relaxed the healings even further.
30 seconds later, I look up in the top right corner of my screen and I realize: OMG, We have an Alliance, and our main tank is in the RED!!!!!!! Sure enough, before I could cast my first CureV on him, he was dead.
We managed to kill the Bomb NM, and the rare/ex item our party THF needed dropped. Hurray, I thought, at least this wasn't a complete disaster.
Well, that's when things -really- turn south. Our dead tank was SO VERY MAD (understandably so), that he instant warped (after I Raise II'd him) and disbanded the alliance before the thf could cast lots, and we lost the item.
Ok, Dieing sucks, I know. Yes, Raise II will cost you 400-500 exp and you'll have to kill 2-3 extra mobs to recover. Yes, I get upset when I die too. But would it have killed the Tank to wait 1 extra minute until the THF had received his item?
I apologized many, MANY times to the player who died due to my incompetency, but he has yet to acknowledge me.
I'm happy to say that this will not, in any way, shape or form, however, change my willingness to help my online friends in times of need.
Ahhh, that felt good, thanks for letting me vent a bit ^^
-Apollo.
Edited, Tue Oct 19 12:27:25 2004 by Apollonious
After the party wipeout, I was on my way to Raise the party, as i cannot bear to see my favorite Mithra in distress (yes Merodi, that's YOU!). When I arrived, I was very happy to discover they had all received RaiseIII's instead of my weak RaiseII. Hurray!
The party was short a member, and asked me to stay and help, and i gladly obliged, as I am always up for a great NM Beating.
We finally get everybody in the right spot, we get two additional tanks (who linked to us via alliance, since the party was full) and i thought: "Oh yeah this one is in the bag".
Boy, was I ever mistaken! It could be that I was very sleepy, as it was almost 5am here in FL; It could be that I was tired, as I had been exp'ing and NM'ing and Avatar'ing since 1pm;
Whatever the reason, I completely FORGOT that the two main tanks were in alliance with us and concentrated in healing my party. I found it very odd that our tank's HP bar was not getting any lower, and I relaxed the healings even further.
30 seconds later, I look up in the top right corner of my screen and I realize: OMG, We have an Alliance, and our main tank is in the RED!!!!!!! Sure enough, before I could cast my first CureV on him, he was dead.
We managed to kill the Bomb NM, and the rare/ex item our party THF needed dropped. Hurray, I thought, at least this wasn't a complete disaster.
Well, that's when things -really- turn south. Our dead tank was SO VERY MAD (understandably so), that he instant warped (after I Raise II'd him) and disbanded the alliance before the thf could cast lots, and we lost the item.
Ok, Dieing sucks, I know. Yes, Raise II will cost you 400-500 exp and you'll have to kill 2-3 extra mobs to recover. Yes, I get upset when I die too. But would it have killed the Tank to wait 1 extra minute until the THF had received his item?
I apologized many, MANY times to the player who died due to my incompetency, but he has yet to acknowledge me.
I'm happy to say that this will not, in any way, shape or form, however, change my willingness to help my online friends in times of need.
Ahhh, that felt good, thanks for letting me vent a bit ^^
-Apollo.
Edited, Tue Oct 19 12:27:25 2004 by Apollonious
For the first time a few days ago, I FELL ASLEEP on my PT. It was pretty stupid. I was feeling cold, so I wrapped myself in a blanket. Then I was feeling tired, so I decided to put a pillow on the desk so I could just "rest" along with my Tarutaru, as he rests for MP.
It took the sound of a PT member deleveling to wake me up. Two other people in the PT died as well. Thankfully, they were pretty cool about it, so we fought on and got a level or two after the slip up.
It took the sound of a PT member deleveling to wake me up. Two other people in the PT died as well. Thankfully, they were pretty cool about it, so we fought on and got a level or two after the slip up.
I was in a party today and didnt use Shihie alot because i wanted to be cheap. Ohh please forgive me T_T
I was helping some people get through Garliage Citadel to get their coffer (paladin coffer if i remember correctly). At the first Banishing gate I see a White Mage standing on one of the tiles. After asking her if she was there for the coffer I told her we'd help her get past the 3rd gate. Well, we helped her through and what does she do, without asking she grabs a coffer and runs away.
I felt so bad. The person I was there to help got screwed because I thought helping another person would be ok. I felt so so very bad. What's worse is that while we were going to get to the banishing gate one of the helpers (a poor little tarutaru bard) was killed and deleveled. ><
Well, we stayed long enough to get another coffer but it was time wasted that could have been spent doing something else.
And then later something horrible, but somewhat entertaining happened.....but I don't feel so bad about that. It was a silly series of unfortunate events!
Thank you for hearing my confession!!!
I felt so bad. The person I was there to help got screwed because I thought helping another person would be ok. I felt so so very bad. What's worse is that while we were going to get to the banishing gate one of the helpers (a poor little tarutaru bard) was killed and deleveled. ><
Well, we stayed long enough to get another coffer but it was time wasted that could have been spent doing something else.
And then later something horrible, but somewhat entertaining happened.....but I don't feel so bad about that. It was a silly series of unfortunate events!
Thank you for hearing my confession!!!
Okay somebody confess to ******** up in Eldieme when we were doing Coffer key hunt... or I'll take the blame. XD
I hate bad DRKs and that's all I'm going to say.
Anyway I have to confess in advance that I'm not going to use pies until this halloween thing is over.
I hate bad DRKs and that's all I'm going to say.
Anyway I have to confess in advance that I'm not going to use pies until this halloween thing is over.
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