No More End-Game
Well, I officially left my End-Game Linkshell.
Why would I do such a thing you ask?
STORY TIME!!!
Well, a few weeks ago I had some fun with some friends. One of them needed an item for his Brown Belt and we decided to go and just fight the KSNM instead of trying to camp the 21-24hr spawn NM. Oh man, was this fun.
Okay, this is what I’m all about. Going into something headstrong with little information. I love playing FFXI when it’s more along the lines of “Let’s figure this out” or “let’s try this and see if it works, if it doesn’t, we’ll look at what we did, and try something else.”
So we get together, Cabby (COR), Untouched (SCH), X (BLM), and myself (SCH) and go fight this NM. The KSNM was Contaminated Colosseum and the enemy was Evil Oscar.
With the four of us, we didn’t do to bad – we actually won our first try! It was awesome. I took a leader role for this KSNM, none of us had fought prior to this, and I did so just like what would be expected of me: “Let’s try this and see what happens.”
We did learn a few thigns. Mr. Evil Oscar has a move called “Extremely Bad Breath” which is unlike any other kind of bad breath. While what it does is simple, it is definately not nice.
Basically, when he uses this move, he goes, “Tag! You’re dead!”
And that’s it. You’re dead. End of discussion.
Nothing can save you. No utsusemi. No godly health. Not Invinsible nor Perfect Dodge. If he tags you, you’re dead. He’s like the grim reaper of Malboros.
While this is his most devastating move, he does give a warning and *usually* you can get out of range before he tags you. He also has his normal attacks which are a pain!
Now his normal attacks are more like…
“Tag! You can’t run! You can only walk VERY, VERY SLOWLY! Hahaha! Now I’m going to pound on you and use Extremely Bad Breath!”
Yes, that’s right. His normal attacks have “engravity”. Luckily, all our jobs were ranged and so part of our strategy in the first place was to not be tagged.
So during the first fight it went pretty smoothly, in the broadest definition I can conjure for that. Then Cabby left.
So, a Corsair leaves, so what?
Holy…shit… did that make a difference.
I don’t know exactly what Mr. Caboose was doing but whatever he was doing, he was good at it. Once he left it was just the three of us (SCH+SCH+BLM) and, while we won our fair share of matches, we also felt the wrath of the breath.
Okay, before I continue I would like to point out a couple more things. First, us three/four are all good friends. I personally never use my Kindred Seals and I don’t think they did really either. We were out there to help Untouched, simple as that. We used our own Kindred Seals and got Orbs to fight more fights. We didn’t care. We just decided to split the drops that were going to be sold and if there was an item anyone wanted – despite who’s orb it was – they could have it.
We ended up going 3 full rounds. That’s 3 trips back to Jeuno to get an new orb for each of us, so 10 battles (Caboose was only in the first). We lost about 4 or 5 times and won 5 or 6 times. The very last time when we were going to call it – drop or not – we got the item we seaked. Not only did we get that item, but the Morgenstern dropped as well which I was able to obtain.
I spent the next couple of days selling and buying gear and working on breaking that latent for that beautiful club. I was putting out some damn good numbers with it once I broke the latent too. That +Crit is extremely noticable!
So now I have my WHM, in full melee gear, ready to whack some mobs with my pretty mace. I decide I’m going to have some fun (like I usually try to do) in Dynamis and go WHM/WAR…
Okay, who goes WHM/WAR to dynamis? Seriously? Let alone, when they are low on healers?
I’ll give you a hint…
Obviously not Setherio!
Okay, this is what happened… I got geared up. I told the linkshell two hours in advanced as well as multiple times leading up to Dynamis that night that I was going to go WHM/WAR and whack the hell out of the mobs. People asked if I was seriously, I said of course! No one said I couldn’t or shouldn’t though.
So we get into Dynamis and… well… here’s how the conversation went…
(PS: Shadowkiller = LS Leader)
Setherio enters Dynamis – San d’Oria.
[Okay, at this point he was serious. However, I was serious the entire time. I was not going to change my subjob. I was going to either melee or leave. So...]
Setherio drops the linkshell pearl.
[Then I /shouted the following]
And that was that.
I left my old EGLS to join this one because most of the members were people I’ve known in game for years – and they all happened to be in this EGLS. I got tells afterwords from a couple of them about me leaving. One from a Red Mage whom ended up having to be the main healer of the entire alliance due to my departure. I told him that I left the choice up to Shadowkiller, he made his choice and said, “Goodbye” and I respectfully left.
Awwww… I’m sorry you had to leave, wanted to know how much damage you were able to do to those mobs *sniff*
So, if i read carefully, you left your LS because they wouldn’t accept your whiny little whims ?
Basically, you acted like a 2 or 3-yo who consider himself center of the world and do whatever he wants and the world around him just has to adapt itself ?
Epic fail.
By telling them you were adamant on going as WHM/WAR, you actually stated you refused endgame strategies . The leader there had no choice : it’s YOUR move, not their.
In addition to act like a child, you blame others for your choice. Good thing you don’t play with me.
Yes, I suppose that is one way to put it. If you didn’t understand the whole thing behind the post then here, I’ll break it down for you.
1. I left my EGLS because I was being told I was unable to play how I want to play.
2. If you talk to anyone who has seen me play White Mage out on Cerberus, go ask them, I am a damn good white mage and can do a lot better *while fighting even* than the majority of white mages can do normally. I take pride in that.
3. Yes, I *REFUSED ENDGAME STRATEGIES*. Especially ones that are so easy, you don’t even need a god damn strategy anymore. There is no hard feelings between any member of the LS and me. I didn’t bitch to them about forcing me to go which leads me to #4…
#4… I was not an asshole in leaving. I left by choice and gave the choice to the leader. I’ve seen people leave linkshells because of stupid shit (like the above if you wish to see it that way) but never have I seen it done without animosity. I left, I told them good luck, I congratulated them when I got tells when some friends got their relic pieces, and we are still all on good terms.
I don’t think I was, as you put it, “a whiny.” I admit, the post may seem that way, but it really wasn’t. Why am I going to play a game that I’ve played for 5 years, and be told how to play and not change a slight thing that will have no negative impact? The point of a game is just that, for fun, it’s a damn game. So yeah, I left my linkshell because they would not let me do something that was not “strategically proven or sound.” And I’m fine with that. I’d rather do things and see what can be done that look up strategies on how to get something done. There’s no fun in just looking up strategies.