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Some ppl gets severly flamed at job forums because they come up with the dumbest job combo that'll never work in exp parties. Once you go past certain level and exp session becomes disgusting long, everyone wants the most efficient job combo to reduce exp grind time.
Would you like to get 50% less exp because the galka PLD decide to sub WHM because he wants more mana? How about WHM sub NIN because he wants to melee? Feel free to mess around solo. But when you are in an exp group, put on the right sub and use the correct strategies. Why is the rest party gets to suffer because you think its "fun"?
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