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Has anyone else noticed how narrow minded some of the people on the job forums are? They all strive to be "UBER" but they could be missing out on various aspects like damage, defense and fun. It really makes me upset of how they flame not so popular job combinations that may work at some levels.

yea same for me except my friend is a RDM/NIN

I never said they were rare, i said they would get flamed on the RDM forums.

Yukio, I just wanted to say thank you for putting that page you did together, it was so entertaining and well thought and so much emphasis and time put into it. I congratulate you. It truly moved me when I was scrolling down and reading about your memories, the places you have been, your accomplishments, friends. As we play we often forget the many little things we did to bring us to where we are and how excited we were when we got our first Choc ride or our first airship ride. Seeing your page brought those awesome memories back to me and inspired me. Of late for me has been level, level, level, craft ammo so I can level, level, level, level, help ls mates on quests. It has kinda been boring and dull, but you inspired me. I just want to thank you once again. And for those of you who havn't done it yet, I recommend you take some time and look at Yukio's page and remember the excitement you had when you got the achievements that he put his page together around.

I was looking at one picture. It was the Hume Rng (Disciple) watching the Taru's kill Rampaging Ram and cheering for them. Hehe he is in my ls and a friend of mine. That pic dates him back to about level 30ish. Haha he is level 60 now and would appreciate to see that pic, I hope you don't mind if I share with him.

Once again Kudo's on a job well done and thank you. ^^

Heh, I know, and I didn't feel that I was the same way to him. I try not to be an a-hole and be objective and helpful, and I totally got slammed. And then I saw my rates right after I replied defending myself go right out the toilet. Some people are just imature. Oh well, can win them all over. ^^

Gee Nightbird...thanks *blushes* I just did it for fun, but am glad you like it and please share it with anyone you want to.

...gee *blushes more*

thanks again ^^

It always reminds me of those movie forums out there where everyone does nothing but bi[b][/b]tch about every single movie that comes out.

Yet they keep going and seeing them.

It's cool, you see, to be opinionated to a severe degree. Being of a mind that your way is right and no other is the "fad" of our times.

I'm melee at heart, so I went WHM/NIN from level 20-22. Now of course I wouldn't suggest doing that in a normal exp party, but I pretty much stick to leveling with friends, because no matter what, exp will flow. Pop a Rolanberry Pie and you've got the MP of a mage sub+ some. I'm not saying it's a great combo by no means, but it's wicked fun enfeebling the crap out of a mob, then smacking it with Dual Hammers for like, 10-20 per swing against things. =p

I don't think that the point wat to be about useless combos, but different combos that work, and well i can see a hume or mithra RDM doing RDM/SAM and still being able to work with it since they are well balanced in INT/MND/MP and they have good Melee stats. But yes i don't see a point to PLD/WHM in any race even if you can hold hate.
Other Job combos i have thought about lol

SMN/NIN - your elemental nin spells will land and bost your corresponding avatar's melee damage by 10-20 points but since Avatar melee other than carbi and even its more of an MP drain than a great help to PTs at higher lvls. I tried this at 30 once i got access to the spells and well it might have worked better with a Taru's MP pool and more HP-MP gear but I didn't have any of that at the time.

RDM/SMN - well this is easy enough to figure out you get some MND/INT and a lot more MP so it can work and a few have made it work. however i pefer /BLM, /DRK to this since at higher lvls they will give you more enfeebs to chose from.

WHM/WAR - As a galka this worked out in Yhotoar(sp?) for me since there were no tanks and well I took less damage than a NIN/WAR hume we had earlier the PT decided to try lol. I want to see if it works at 40+ now since i have Breastplate and CC Slacks for armor. But i doubt i will be getting any PTs willing to test it lol.

WHM/NIN - is for me a great solo sub, whm get hammers and the damge from them is good on DC-EM and sometimes on some Ts and with Aquavail Utsusmei is hard to get interupted.

SMN/BRD - a lot of SMN say this is stupid but well got a PT without a RDM or BRD and none lfg so i offered and they took well it worked great. Only thing was watching the PLD hit Dark Orange and not being able to toss a Cure 3 out was annoying for me.

MNK with a Staff - i was curious about this since i had seen a few and i finally found an english mnk and the reasoning was to get lvl 3 light/dark chains before many pts could set them up and well i thought wtf is so great about those til i was a part of one and damn the damage is crazy on those^^

So there are combos for jobs that aren't the Norm and they can still be good even at higher lvls. but it takes a lot more time to learn how to work them and many people don't so they say they are stupid ideas. Like Galka Mage WTF usually by the end of the night in the PT i get wow you are pretty good. Or a couple times i got geez you are doing better than that taru was. I took the time to learn how to play a mage job as a galka and its not that hard, you don't need astrals at all, i used pies and juices for them and sometimes roast mushrooms for whm. But hey there will always be someone scared to do different/hard things to see if they are doable.

And well What is the point for getting to 75 so fast? From what i have been able to tell from the Gameplay SE has set up you are meant to make friends and have fun with them not want to beat a game with no end. Seriously this game is freaking boring if it wasn't for the people i have met i would have quit a long as time ago. and the only reason i want 75 is to help others who need help lol. since i got a lot of help when i started i figure it only fair to return the favor to others.



Edited, Mon Dec 27 14:22:59 2004 by shadowbuni

I think only premium members can use avatars ^^;

I am premium

Hey Ladyrikku.

Avatar uberness acheivement process is as follows.

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Upload the jpg you wish to use as your avatar, of a size no greater than 100 pixels x 100 pixels.

Click on that sexy 'User Account...' link once more.

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