Okay, so last night I'm seeking with Lois to level my 54 whm and her 54 monk. We get an invite from Bornfield, a DRK. Told to gather in Jeuno. Okay, we get there, and party setup is PLD, DRK, DRG, BLU, MNK, WHM, with the BLU the lowest at 52, and the PLD the highest at 55. No refresher/dispeller, so when they ask where we should xp, I suggest KRT, since bats dont need dispel, and it appears that Aht Uhrgan isn't an option (we'd been seeking there and told to come to Jeuno).
I teleport us out there, and we ride to camp. We get to the actual camp, I buff, put up RR, eat food, use ring, and they pull. Right away I'm struck by the fact that the PLD is getting hit REALLY hard.. like.. down to half life in 2-3hits hard. I hurry to heal more than I'd expected (Usually with a PLD I can use Regen 2 and a few Cure 2s, maybe a Cure 3 if theres a nasty TP move). Compounding this, I notice it's taking a LONG time to kill the bat. Add those two things together, and after 2 mobs I and the PLD are both almost out of mp.
As I'm resting, I look back at the log, and notice that I only see that Lois and myself used food, no one else did. So I say, "Belgrade (that's the PLD), did you use food?" to which I get an answer of "No. Can't afford it."
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So, shocked, I blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. "Well then you can't afford to xp, you should farm so that you can afford food instead."
He says "Listen. No one's ever complained about my tanking before, why don't you just stick to whm-ing and leave me alone, I'm doing great" So I mention that PLD 75 is my main, and that I remember these things not hitting nearly as hard, and say that food would help alot with that. At this point the DRK, Bornfield, pipes in that "I hit just as hard without food as with it" and the BLU, Jamibaby, and the DRG, Billius, say that "look, not everyone can afford food, you sound like an elitist." I respond that it isnt fair to slow down everyone else's xp because you're too lazy to farm, that we could have chain 5 here rather easily if they all used food, instead of struggling for chain 2, but after that I drop it, since I want to get the use of my ring finished at least.
We have a few more long, struggling fights with the PLD taking way too much damage, and I decide to /check him. I find that he is wearing almost all +MP gear, and very little VIT. Add that to no food and no wonder he's getting pounded. So I say to him "Look, I know you don't respect my opinion, but I just wanted to let you know that VIT would help you alot more than +MP"
I get an answer of "Look. I need mp to cure myself. That's how I get hate." As if I didn't know that...... I tell him yes, you get hate that way, but you're taking way too much damage and we're using up all our mp. At which point he says I'm a bad whm for using Cure 2s instead of Cure 3 and 4s (I do this to avoid hate spikes). Then as the next mob is pulled, he says in /party "I'm leaving to go farm and be a good little PLD" and disbands.
I emergency tele us out of there since a mob had been pulled. Immediately the party starts chewing me out, saying that I'm a cold hearted, elitist bitch, for asking the PLD to use food or saying he should use more +VIT. That we lost a "Good tank" (LOL at using up all the mp for chain 2 as a "good tank") because of me. After this goes on for a bit, the constant "OMG you bitch" spamming gets to me, and Lois and I leave to go back to seeking.
So, just thought I should let you guys know that Belgrade, Bornfield, Jamibaby, and Billius seem to think that 1. Food is an elitist luxury , 2. Chain 2 is good xp, and 3. Farming takes too much time. So that you don't waste your time with them. Of course, this being QCDN, I'm sure someone will agree with them that I'm an elitist for asking them to use food, lol.
I teleport us out there, and we ride to camp. We get to the actual camp, I buff, put up RR, eat food, use ring, and they pull. Right away I'm struck by the fact that the PLD is getting hit REALLY hard.. like.. down to half life in 2-3hits hard. I hurry to heal more than I'd expected (Usually with a PLD I can use Regen 2 and a few Cure 2s, maybe a Cure 3 if theres a nasty TP move). Compounding this, I notice it's taking a LONG time to kill the bat. Add those two things together, and after 2 mobs I and the PLD are both almost out of mp.
As I'm resting, I look back at the log, and notice that I only see that Lois and myself used food, no one else did. So I say, "Belgrade (that's the PLD), did you use food?" to which I get an answer of "No. Can't afford it."
.....
So, shocked, I blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. "Well then you can't afford to xp, you should farm so that you can afford food instead."
He says "Listen. No one's ever complained about my tanking before, why don't you just stick to whm-ing and leave me alone, I'm doing great" So I mention that PLD 75 is my main, and that I remember these things not hitting nearly as hard, and say that food would help alot with that. At this point the DRK, Bornfield, pipes in that "I hit just as hard without food as with it" and the BLU, Jamibaby, and the DRG, Billius, say that "look, not everyone can afford food, you sound like an elitist." I respond that it isnt fair to slow down everyone else's xp because you're too lazy to farm, that we could have chain 5 here rather easily if they all used food, instead of struggling for chain 2, but after that I drop it, since I want to get the use of my ring finished at least.
We have a few more long, struggling fights with the PLD taking way too much damage, and I decide to /check him. I find that he is wearing almost all +MP gear, and very little VIT. Add that to no food and no wonder he's getting pounded. So I say to him "Look, I know you don't respect my opinion, but I just wanted to let you know that VIT would help you alot more than +MP"
I get an answer of "Look. I need mp to cure myself. That's how I get hate." As if I didn't know that...... I tell him yes, you get hate that way, but you're taking way too much damage and we're using up all our mp. At which point he says I'm a bad whm for using Cure 2s instead of Cure 3 and 4s (I do this to avoid hate spikes). Then as the next mob is pulled, he says in /party "I'm leaving to go farm and be a good little PLD" and disbands.
I emergency tele us out of there since a mob had been pulled. Immediately the party starts chewing me out, saying that I'm a cold hearted, elitist bitch, for asking the PLD to use food or saying he should use more +VIT. That we lost a "Good tank" (LOL at using up all the mp for chain 2 as a "good tank") because of me. After this goes on for a bit, the constant "OMG you bitch" spamming gets to me, and Lois and I leave to go back to seeking.
So, just thought I should let you guys know that Belgrade, Bornfield, Jamibaby, and Billius seem to think that 1. Food is an elitist luxury , 2. Chain 2 is good xp, and 3. Farming takes too much time. So that you don't waste your time with them. Of course, this being QCDN, I'm sure someone will agree with them that I'm an elitist for asking them to use food, lol.
