Excuses

[jyakotsu]

I agree with shmed. First off because i know a few good friends who are great pters, I have no problem taking them to camps and such.... Its almost a duty as a more experienced player to help them rather than condem them... Shame shame that is your name

 

[Reauland]

This is a pet peeve of mine as well.

I think that one of the keys to solving this lil prob is proper communication and teamwork.

1) If you're relatively new to a camp, without a map(coffer or lengthy quest only excuse, really), and fairly sure you're gonna get lost, TELL PEOPLE; not once you're at the zone, not after you're already lost, IMMEDIATELY.

2) If Step 1 is followed, make allowances for their getting there, i.e., meet em at the zone, give em some detailed instructions in a /tell, etc.

3) If you're moving through an aggro area and you need to recast/reapply a sneak/oil/etc., again . . . TELL PEOPLE. Among my circle of friends a simple "s" or "i" is more than sufficient.

4) If Step 3 is followed, STOP MOVING and allow the caster an opportunity to keep up. Don't automatically assume that everyone knows where they're going and remain mindful that by moving as a group, aggro may be an opportunity for xp instead of 10+ minutes' worth of downtime

All that being said, though, I still have very little patience for someone who comes across as wanting their hand held on the way to camp.

 

[kicamo]

sometimes even if you say you are not sure of the way people just run off anyways. people are just assholes sometimes.

 

[etchdog2000]

sometimes even if you say you are not sure of the way people just run off anyways. people are just assholes sometimes.

Sorry :|

 

[kicamo]

i said assholes, not stinky galkas. :O

 

[Raesylil]

Not knowing their way to camps is sort of understandable...if you haven't played the game long enough or directionally challenged etc etc.
Heck I have a bad sense of direction if I'm in an unfamiliar place like Caederva Mire since I don't have a map of that place.
Even if I do get a map of those unfamiliar places, I know it's gonna take a while for me to actually know how to get to a certain place.
You can't get aggravated too often in this game; it takes the fun out of it.

As a RDM or WHM for that matter, people expect me to sneak or invis them just because I can the entire way. That is a bigger pet peeve for me. Ok, if you don't have powders or oils because you ran out is fine, but it does put a strain on MP if I have to do that to 4-5 people including myself and if the camp is pretty far from the zone.

Lovely part of that sneaking and/or invising part is once they get it, they run off. Not many people have waited from throughout my time playing this game.
If the camp is in an area where I'm familiar with I'll be fine. I'll catch up no problem. However, if I'm in an unfamiliar place that pisses me off because by the time I sneak/invis myself, they're long gone. Even if I say wait for me, nope they wont.
Really...lovely. I check the map grid and it looks like they are directly north of me and I head there, there's a wall waiting for me, so I have to find a way around it, then either sneak or invis is going to wear and I'm in an aggro area.... find a safe area, recast try to get to the others and they are even further up and in the northwest direction.
That's happened a few times.
Sometimes people won't stick around the mage who's sneaking or invising them because they don't want to get lost either.

Then if I die, they call me a noob >.>
That is a wtf? moment right there.

 

[kicamo]

hell yeah. im not a mage at all and it pisses me off when people dont bring sneak/invis stuff. if you think you will get agro then get the shit. if i was a mage and someone didnt bring stuff i wouldnt sneak or invis them. tough shit.

 

[Osse]

No map? Yeah, that is a lame excuse. They need to refer to my list of...


ALL PURPOSE FFXI EXCUSES

8. Macro didn't fire.
7. Keyboard/controller froze.
6. Parents/wife/kids distracted me.
5. Had to perform the Heimlich on my dog.
4. The porn I'm downloading is causing too much lag.
3. MPK'ed by RMT.
2. I keep getting obscene /tells from some guy named "Mrbeef"
And the Number One all purpose excuse is...
1. That's the way the Japanese do it.

Why only a top 8 list? Because The Man won't let me have 10.

 

[Demonknightx]

or use plugins. yaaaay plugins

theres also one that goes on the bottom right of the firefox browser that gives in game time, day, moon, RSE, ballista, chocobo race, guild open/close times, and ship info.

yay nerd stuff.

 

[Zaltana]

No map? Yeah, that is a lame excuse. They need to refer to my list of...


ALL PURPOSE FFXI EXCUSES

8. Macro didn't fire.
7. Keyboard/controller froze.
6. Parents/wife/kids distracted me.
5. Had to perform the Heimlich on my dog.
4. The porn I'm downloading is causing too much lag.
3. MPK'ed by RMT.
2. I keep getting obscene /tells from some guy named "Mrbeef"
And the Number One all purpose excuse is...
1. That's the way the Japanese do it.

Why only a top 8 list? Because The Man won't let me have 10.

:shok: holy shit i actually had a guy in my LS use the bolded excuse before. be was booted from the LS like a week l8r.

 

[Jeska]

I dunno it seems half of the places I vist now at lv 75 I dont have a map for, I amuse my ls by telling them proudly if I do have a map for a set location its quite possible to get the right direction through trial and error and maybe following the general direction, but I can see some multi-layered areas giving many mapless people probs.

Heck I do have a map for both Kazham jungles but I still still get lost in there occasionally. :wink:

 

[Mirewen]

Heck I do have a map for both Kazham jungles but I still still get lost in there occasionally. :wink:

lol. Me too. That and Beaucedine. I h8 Beaucedine. Stupid mountains.

 

[Uzor]

No map? Yeah, that is a lame excuse. They need to refer to my list of...


ALL PURPOSE FFXI EXCUSES

8. Macro didn't fire.
7. Keyboard/controller froze.
6. Parents/wife/kids distracted me.
5. Had to perform the Heimlich on my dog.
4. The porn I'm downloading is causing too much lag.
3. MPK'ed by RMT.
2. I keep getting obscene /tells from some guy named "Mrbeef"
And the Number One all purpose excuse is...
1. That's the way the Japanese do it.

Why only a top 8 list? Because The Man won't let me have 10.

Screw top 8. Do top 9.

9. I have X 75 jobs. I know what to do.

 

[Jeska]

lol. Me too. That and Beaucedine. I h8 Beaucedine. Stupid mountains.

Omg I forgot those long lost journeys to Fei Yin lol

I'd be getting /tells from my party "Where are you going?"

"Um exploring" I'd answer, luckly people cant see you embarrassed in this game. :wink:

 

[Zaltana]

when i wanted to unlock nin i shouted for a guide in kazham to get to norg. no one answered so i took a chance and ran. all i had was the fleeting memories of my one privious trip there weeks prior. i had a map but we all know that map = teh suxorz. at least at first glance. i trial and error learned the way to norg and at the same time learned how to navigate that damn confusing map. effort my friends. works wonders.