Abyssea Exp = Bad Player?

Couldn't agree more.

My entire gripe with Abyssea is a purely selfish one.

More so that i just want it to have it. I can at least wear it while i leach insted of standing naked giving afkers something to fap to.

I never leech jobs I'm seriously going to 90 with. Solo to 75 then abyssea. Now on the flip side I wanted maats cap a long time just as a personal challenge. Stuff like BRD I don't give a rats *** about ill SMN burn to 30 and leech to 66 np simply cuz it dosent matter if I know my job or not. My BLU I soloed to 76 cuz I didn't wanna be another full aurore blu who only has pollen coccoon and foot kick.

Why?

Grimace stole Anantaboga off someone about a week ago and then lost it back to the original party. After it died he stood there for 30 minutes doing nothing and then warped. Always funny to watch someone *** out after going on the aggressive.

Disappointed in myself, someone was wiping Bria two days ago and I took it, sent alliance, and gave them drops. I'm a softy, it sucks.

Why?

Leech the job then you'll have far more time to get trials/+1, +2 gear etc.

Nope, that is being human. Cutthroat bottom feeders should be locked in cages.

Because I wanna ACTUALLY KNOW my job. Not just go oh snap I have sekkanoki now but I don't know what the hell it does or when to use it. Its sad when I as WHM/BLM stuns more than the BLM mains. So I have more time for AF3 +2. SO FKN WHAT. I could have full +2 and Almace on my BLU and it wouldn't mean ***if I had no technique. Imho way you play > gear.

Only job that you shouldn't abyssea burn is BLU.

Burning BLU isn't bad if your commit to back tracking and learning spells.

You can gain that knowledge by reading up on the job though.

Especially seeing jobs at 90 is played way differently than it is at any earlier.

I don't understand people soloing jobs when there's a faster option available for them.

Was finishing off a Dagger in Waj woodlands last night on THF and wandered to the Puk camp, was a DNC there in 3/5 Aurore and a DNC in AF3.

So I grabbed the Aurore player and asked the other one to recieve "im playing solo right now".

I said ok no problem that is your right but may I ask why? we are all on the same trial.

"I dont help gimps"

After a lot of laughing on my part I said do I fall into the catagory then?

"No but he's wearing that pink ***".

They then proceeded to Spectral and run off.

I checked pinky and they had Suppa, Rajas, Brutal, Swift and snipers. Not long ago this was top slot gear and clearly the player had done the rounds.

Not going to state the names in this as its pointless but I was absolutely disgusted with them, first time in 6-7 (lost count) years ive seen someone be THAT MUCH of a *** they will exclude and slag someone off to their own detriment. Slightly gimped or not its faster kills!!

As it happens we done 250 Puk kills in 1 sitting with the two of us, he smashed things up, knew to stand still and let me work SA/TA. Made me laugh even more when wind day wasnt even finished and we were back in Jeuno.

So Abys burned doesnt make the player a bad player at all imo.

I do however agree that you should keep the job under lock and key for events until skilled up and geared with required macro gears etc.

There's nothing "wrong" with opting to go the long route, though, is there? Especially if the individual thinks they will get something out of it.

Not hard to learn how to play a job by leeching it. Leech it, read up about it while doing so, ask questions on forums about said job if you're unsure. I tend to find people who have problems with leeches think it promotes gimps. But fact is they'd be gimps even if they didn't leech!

Only due to the skill up process. Either you bot that or you spend hours and hours going insane after each pollen cast.

There's nothing wrong with it, but it's hardly necessary. And the time you spend on that could be spent on something more beneficial like making gil for gear or getting seals.

I don't understand the mindset of people who think they need to solo a job to 75 to understand it. I'd solo a job to 30 to get to abyssea levels and that'd be enough for me.

This.

I actually enjoyed meeting people, continuously bumping into the same tanks etc and knowing what to expect.

I genuinely miss that.

Reading up isn't the same as experience. However this comes from I do not participate in organized ls events. Solo/lowman you gotta know your opponent and your own abilities and when to use them.

It's because BLU is the only job where being able to use certain spells is dependant solely on your skill level.

It is in the sense half of the people who even level normally anymore don't bother reading up on the job anyway. FFXI is not hard.

Because you stun so much in exp pts, they will prepare you to stun NMs like a pro!

._. yea was kinda nerve wrecking for a few spells. But still did it.

L55-75 was colibri..... and then more colibri and oh oh Mamools.... until Colibri camp is open.

Thats hardly getting experience at a job imo. No variance in the mob, is just a grind. Might as well skip them levels after 3 hours fighting them...... waitttttttttttt a minute!!!!!

I do however think they should have locked Abyssea to L60+ for the economic aspect and to keep old zones alive.

Too late to enforce now tbh, but retrospectively it would have been wise.

Experience soloing?

Partying and soloing are completely different, even if it were at the same level.

If you've played one DD you've played them all essentially, and anything slightly different can be read up.

That's just on the player and what you are fighting. This goes for any job with no skills up to par. Wiffmaster on a DC mob

I know people who have played since NA release and are still unbelievably bad at their jobs.

Still using level 1 spells at 90 isn't cool.

Without high skill, not only will the spells have no effect at all, but you don't even have many spells to use in the first place. And if the spells don't work, you don't get skillups.

It all just depends on the person behind the controller/keyboard I say.

This is a mindset I totally agree with. If I want to take a job to 90, its because its a job I enjoy playing. I find it more enjoyable to slowly get stronger, rather than do no real work for hours just to have it at max level.

The only job I'm dubious to leech is RNG because it's going to be a *** to skill up