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Zyndara

Zyndara

Sane drop in crazy lake
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We all talk about the dunes sucking or Caedarva Mire being always overcrowded. But I'm curious, are there certain places that you just choose not to exp or venture to unless you absolutely have to?

Had an experience tonight on my bard where I got a tell before I'd flagged up asking to party in Den of Rancor. I said "No, thanks," as, from several experiences there, unless you have people who know what they're doing, it's bad news to exp there. So I fill out my /seacom and flag back up and the same person sends me another tell and gets chippy when I say no and explain that I'm not interested in exp in Den of Rancor. It seemed to me this person got kinda huffy because I wouldn't jump at the invite. Maybe it's just me, coming from leveling DRG and carting my rear end off to wherever I could get an invite (when I wasn't doing the inviting myself that is), but it made me wonder if there are any other people out there who just opt not to exp in certain places and which areas those are. Anyone have places they'd rather seek than spend time exping in?
 
Zyndara said:
We all talk about the dunes sucking or Caedarva Mire being always overcrowded. But I'm curious, are there certain places that you just choose not to exp or venture to unless you absolutely have to?

Had an experience tonight on my bard where I got a tell before I'd flagged up asking to party in Den of Rancor. I said "No, thanks," as, from several experiences there, unless you have people who know what they're doing, it's bad news to exp there. So I fill out my /seacom and flag back up and the same person sends me another tell and gets chippy when I say no and explain that I'm not interested in exp in Den of Rancor. It seemed to me this person got kinda huffy because I wouldn't jump at the invite. Maybe it's just me, coming from leveling DRG and carting my rear end off to wherever I could get an invite (when I wasn't doing the inviting myself that is), but it made me wonder if there are any other people out there who just opt not to exp in certain places and which areas those are. Anyone have places they'd rather seek than spend time exping in?
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Moon, Caedarva Mire (All camps, I don't care if it's empty, I hate the place), Mamook I'll go to but don't like, Ulli's area for strictly exp. That's about it, I'm not really picky.
 
I hate Den, Moon, and Attowha. God how I hate Attowha.
 
I hate Mamook... never had a good exp party there <.<; I also hate Sky for strictly exp.
 
Bibiki Bay.. Fuck dat shit yo
 
Den, bibiki and mamook is the places I've got the best exp, heh.
It all comes down to:
Zyndara said:
...from several experiences there, unless you have people who know what they're doing, it's bad news to exp there.
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And that's the tricky part - getting a random group that know what to do.
There's just to many people lvling job's without knowing/caring what's expected from them. :(
 
I dont see what problem people have with mamook. It's basically like tickets with mamools, wyverns and a few puks, only its usually totally empty. To me, its the best place to exp, unless you have a gimp Puk-only PT.
 
Bibiki Bay :/

Got really burnt out on sub-par 3k/hour parties there from 60-72. Usually because "the RDM doesn't have expansion lawl".
 
Sky, Moon, or any place that I see is overcrowded by looking at the search results screen. I'd rather be fighting something the whole time even if the mobs are a little bit tougher than listen to the pt leader and puller complain about other ppl claiming mobs before them. Sky and Moon I don't xp in because most cases when I took pt invites here resulted in half the pt time being taken up just finding a damn camp.
 
Bibiki and the Mire. /shudder After all those hours of exp grinding in 3-4k an hour parties I never, ever want to go back to Bibiki.

Mamook is actually my favorite place for TPburn parties.
 
I don't like Bibiki Bay at all ><

I used to like Caedarva Mire but now I don't lol it gets too crowded and I get better exp in Bhaflau Thickets. So yeah for now, I'm in love with Bhaflau Thickets <.<
 
Solitia said:
Bibiki Bay :/

Got really burnt out on sub-par 3k/hour parties there from 60-72. Usually because "the RDM doesn't have expansion lawl".
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QFT plus filler
 
Guess over time i have been more flexible where I would go. It also depends on the players.

Used to say No over CN after 47 but then most people learned to bring items or know that the party or whm could not save them if they run off.

Dragon's Aery- NO. Still confuses most people how to get there and the spiders eat faces along with the malboro that one shots blms. And if someone gets curious enough, they might go play with the huge dragon. :P

Anywhere obnoxiously too high for the party but people want the big exp numbers. So we burnt all of our MP and JAs to take this on and 300 exp to rest for five minutes. AFK snack/water/smoke/random excuse after every battle usually follows. <_<; Of course taking on things that give extremely low exp is not efficient as well.

Den and Bibiki were never too much of a problem if the party flowed consistently. Stona and silena macros worked well for the lizards. ('-')b
 
Zyndara said:
We all talk about the dunes sucking or Caedarva Mire being always overcrowded. But I'm curious, are there certain places that you just choose not to exp or venture to unless you absolutely have to?

Had an experience tonight on my bard where I got a tell before I'd flagged up asking to party in Den of Rancor. I said "No, thanks," as, from several experiences there, unless you have people who know what they're doing, it's bad news to exp there. So I fill out my /seacom and flag back up and the same person sends me another tell and gets chippy when I say no and explain that I'm not interested in exp in Den of Rancor. It seemed to me this person got kinda huffy because I wouldn't jump at the invite. Maybe it's just me, coming from leveling DRG and carting my rear end off to wherever I could get an invite (when I wasn't doing the inviting myself that is), but it made me wonder if there are any other people out there who just opt not to exp in certain places and which areas those are. Anyone have places they'd rather seek than spend time exping in?
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I absolutely loved Den of Rancor in the mid-late 60s. My static flew through the lvls there.
 
Remember Garliage Citadel pre MPK nerf? I like it now, but... /shudder.
 
I try to avoid San d'Oria as much as possible. I hate those bastards...
 
I don't like bibiki bay, and I don't like Halvung tp-burning. Halvung is decent exp, it's just that my nin has trouble doing any sort of respectable Jin there, and I'm just a stupid kid who likes to see big numbers. I've done insane exp in both mire and thickets, so I love them when they're empty.
 
i refuse to xp on spider anywhere. it's just got worth it unless your blm heavy, which i try to avoid.

also wont xp on treants (i.e. west mire)

and probably wont xp on greater birds.

mt.Z crawlies, imps, and solo'ing worms (all differant lvls of course) are my favorite mobs
 
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