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[Yeargdribble]

Yeah but aren't you one of those hardcore players?

I was, but after leveling THF and DRG and realizing how much time I spent tethered to my computer hoping for the off chance of a PT as well as going through the stress of multiple scheduled endgame events, I realized that it wasn't the way to be. I have other real life things that make me have less play time now so I slowly became less hardcore. I definitely am aiming at a very softcore approach to WoW. I still play quite a bit, but the thing I enjoy the most about WoW is that I can seriously walk away from the computer at just about any moment. I'm not expected to be at an event at a said time and I'm not making a commitment to a PT of any kind. Even if I'm in a group, leaving with little notice is par for the course in WoW and doesn't hurt anyone that much really.

BTW, I am apparently caught up on ToAU missions. My wife dragged me to the fight with Khimaira by dual-boxing me and her. Now I just have to check the CS. Perhaps we'll do the new ToAU missions soon for kicks. So I'm still making accomplishments rather than completely derailing this thread. ^^




As for DM. You have to have a crazy zerg thing set up to start with. If the TT is alive for more than 10 seconds, you've lost. He should get wtfpwn'd instantly even if that means blowing EES from your RNGs and maybe having a SAM 2hr him while BLMs (and RDMs mebbe) nuke spam. Have your kiters set up already and do reverse kite patterns (one counter clockwise and the other clockwise) around the circle. If need be, have someone kite up and down the hall. If possible have dedicated sleepers for each of the pets. If the MR calls mandy instead of tiger, sucks to be you. In this case especially your dedicated sleeper should try to lure the pet into the hall.

Once you have two down (TT and HM) everyone should quickly get on the stairs and plan to wipe. Just have everyone wipe ASAP. Try to take down a 3rd if you can (GK I think is the next best). If you wipe with only 2 left, you win. RR and get back to full. For safety, put 2 kiters on the EV and have everyone blow themselves all over the MR. Use 2hrs if possible. Another SAM 2hr is hot here. After this, the EV should be easy.

If your group has less than 2 pentaspheres, there's almost no point in trying. Especially if you are doing it with a PUG you should do a dry run first to get the flow and practice the wipe. I am 1/19 on DM. Finally got lucky enough to have a group with solid strategy that was willing to wipe and not whine about XP loss. My first several attempts on DM were before RR items existed >.> GL with it. It's quite a thrill to actually win and the music is awesomeness in there ^^

[eternalshiva]

THF DRG? ;o no wonder you quit, I think those are the two hardest jobs to level without a static. I exp'd my rdm with Jalbrean from lvl 38 to 75, he was a DRG. Still is one lol XD <3 <3 Anain!

[chionos]

As an alternative to Year's DM plan, my ls did it w/out the planned wipe, actually w/ only 2 deaths the whole time.
I flee pulled the hume to the first room where rdms chainspell nuked it to death, while everyone else zerged the taru, then the galka, all the while a ninja, pld, and war kited the elv and mithra. Then we finished off those two. I'm 2/2 on DM. This plan requires absolute precision from everyone though, and 100% expert kiters.

So year, you don't think you can enjoy ffxi w/out endgame? I came back to the game and have no plans to get back into endgame(except maybe a limbus shell) and I'm finding that I can enjoy myself w/out the stress of the hnmls. I'm actually having a lot more fun than I did before. Maybe it's because I joined endgame too fast, and never got to experience a lot of the middlegame. So far I've been content just helping ppl out w/out a strict schedule of when I have to get on and what I have to do while I'm on.
Nevertheless, I understand where you're coming from. I'm incredibly busy, and ffxi totally requires a time commitment. One thing I've done to help correct my problem with this is to not get on if I know I don't have enough time to commit. Before I would get on knowing I only had 30 minutes, and I would just wander around aimlessly which eventually made me ambivalent toward the game. But now I just play something else, and when I finally do have time for ffxi, it's a much fresher experience.

I haven't accomplished much since coming back although I did get padfoot to drop Astral Earring, but the person with me disbanded the pt and made the Earring drop into oblivion, which infuriated me, but oh well.

[Markus. D]

Yeah but aren't you one of those hardcore players?

I was, but after leveling THF and DRG and realizing how much time I spent tethered to my computer hoping for the off chance of a PT as well as going through the stress of multiple scheduled endgame events, I realized that it wasn't the way to be. I have other real life things that make me have less play time now so I slowly became less hardcore. I definitely am aiming at a very softcore approach to WoW. I still play quite a bit, but the thing I enjoy the most about WoW is that I can seriously walk away from the computer at just about any moment. I'm not expected to be at an event at a said time and I'm not making a commitment to a PT of any kind. Even if I'm in a group, leaving with little notice is par for the course in WoW and doesn't hurt anyone that much really.

BTW, I am apparently caught up on ToAU missions. My wife dragged me to the fight with Khimaira by dual-boxing me and her. Now I just have to check the CS. Perhaps we'll do the new ToAU missions soon for kicks. So I'm still making accomplishments rather than completely derailing this thread. ^^




As for DM. You have to have a crazy zerg thing set up to start with. If the TT is alive for more than 10 seconds, you've lost. He should get wtfpwn'd instantly even if that means blowing EES from your RNGs and maybe having a SAM 2hr him while BLMs (and RDMs mebbe) nuke spam. Have your kiters set up already and do reverse kite patterns (one counter clockwise and the other clockwise) around the circle. If need be, have someone kite up and down the hall. If possible have dedicated sleepers for each of the pets. If the MR calls mandy instead of tiger, sucks to be you. In this case especially your dedicated sleeper should try to lure the pet into the hall.

Once you have two down (TT and HM) everyone should quickly get on the stairs and plan to wipe. Just have everyone wipe ASAP. Try to take down a 3rd if you can (GK I think is the next best). If you wipe with only 2 left, you win. RR and get back to full. For safety, put 2 kiters on the EV and have everyone blow themselves all over the MR. Use 2hrs if possible. Another SAM 2hr is hot here. After this, the EV should be easy.

If your group has less than 2 pentaspheres, there's almost no point in trying. Especially if you are doing it with a PUG you should do a dry run first to get the flow and practice the wipe. I am 1/19 on DM. Finally got lucky enough to have a group with solid strategy that was willing to wipe and not whine about XP loss. My first several attempts on DM were before RR items existed >.> GL with it. It's quite a thrill to actually win and the music is awesomeness in there ^^

You can always go leader. it helps ALOT. very much ... the only class you would probably have a tricky time looking for is willing-to-join WHMs.

[Miriel]

Ding! Whm 58!

I can get my Healer's Briault now.

[Yeargdribble]

Well, for the past few months I would actually sit on my BRD/NIN in Jeuno and wait for people to shout for help with things AF, LBs, Avatar Prime fights etc... then just go solo/duo them. Helping people was probably some of the most fun I had in the game, but that too played out. I'll probably still log in here and there to help friends with things or do some ToAU missions, but I think my playing has pretty much come to a point of stagnation for the foreseeable future.

As for being leader, I think maybe I'm too passive. I hate being the one left holding the bag when people start dropping the PT. Also, it's a world of difference trying to put together a PT as a DRG... I've tried.

Yearg invites a tank.
Tank>> You don't have a healer? Invite me back when you have one.
Tank drops.
Yearg invites a healer.
Healer>> You don't have a tank? Invite me when you have one.
Healer drops.

*tell both that I have the other*
*both tell me to tell them when I have a full PT*

Yearg invites random melees

*tank and healer both found other PTs*
Yearg waits 30 minutes with impatient melees for a tank AND a healer to pop simultaneously.

Party disbands.

Yearg gives up and puts his flag up.

*6 hours pass*

Yearg logs out.

This is the broken record that so often played for my DRG. I'm amazed I ever managed to get to 50. I only did that because I would quasi-static with a handful of people who were impressed by me the first time they XP'd with me and kept inviting me back. However, if those people have more time to play than you, and they have a more popular jobs (i.e. anything other than DRG or PUP), they will soon move out of your level range and you're stuck again.


BTW... grats Miriel ^^ I wish I was on your server. I'd log in right now to go help you. WHM AF3 is probably one of the most ridiculously difficult AF3s up there with MNK AF3. But I know I can do it with my BRD/NIN+WHM/NIN (my wife) + WHM that needs it throwing backup cures.


My wife hasn't taken my leaving the game well and she's not big on leaving, but she found out that her best friend from HS (who she doesn't get to talk to much because she lives on a US army base in Japan) plays WoW... a lot. Her husband and her both play, so she's much more anxious to spend more time playing WoW with me, and that's fun as hell.

[Markus. D]

oh sweet then n_n.

has it been fun so far ?

[Del Murder]

We did G3 and got to level 59. Still need 5 AF between us though.

[Miriel]

BTW... grats Miriel ^^ I wish I was on your server. I'd log in right now to go help you. WHM AF3 is probably one of the most ridiculously difficult AF3s up there with MNK AF3.

[Yeargdribble]

Just be careful. The drop rate on those Tavnazian Bells is beyond horrible (as you may or may not know already). If you lose the NM fight you WILL! have to get another bell. Make sure your group can take it when you go. It's best to have 2 tanks if you don't have a lot of DD because the NM likes to use AoE (get rid of shadows) and then immediately do Dimensional Death before you can get shadows back up.

If you were taking people from your level range alone, I'd suggest 6 people at the very least. I know that I can barely squeak by with 2 healers though it's still a mess (I lost someone's bell once). Usually with just one more level 75 DD it's much easier. A 75 NIN built to DD can probably take it out fast enough that one WHM might not run out of MP healing him.

GL ^^

[Del Murder]

{Gallant Breeches} {Found it!}

4 more AF to go.

[Citizen Bleys]

I got a party invite!

Here's the crazy thing--I was on THF at the time!

[Rostum]

Thanks for the advice and information, Yearg and Chionos. Now the only problem is getting other people who are needing this, to get off their butts and get a damned orb. -_-;

[eternalshiva]

If I was still on Midga Omecle I'd help you with it just cause it's fun >_>

[Taggerung]

Ome, if my character gets reactivated, i get gear, and if i get to there in my ZM's id love to help out in any way i could XD