Hanging up my Chapeau

Shaidalyn

Shaidalyn

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As of this moment, I am totally and officially quitting rdm ^.^

it was fun, for a few weeks.. then it became the same mundane boring bullcrap time and time again... so.. I'm done. Getting totally owned by Dark Spark, a pussy NM was the clincher.. So thanks for those who helped me along the way with AF, quests, etc.. but RdM is forever retired from exp/endgame and will be a junk-job used for soloing quests/coffers etc.
White Mage 50-75... lets see how long.
 
Congratulations! You have chosen to embark on the exciting world of White Mage. Your duties will consist of: Regen... Regen... Regen... cure... cure... cure... Regen... Haste... Haste... Paralyna.... Paralyna... Silena... Silena... "Damned crab!" Divine Seal + Erase... "GAH!" Erase... Erase... Erase... Regen... Regen... Cure... "Aw, hell..." Raise III... Raise III.... Teleport-Mea.... "OMG wil U pwerlvel me?"

Just kidding. Welcome to the fold.
 
RDM isn't for everyone. A lot of people boil it down to spamming Refresh and casting the same enfeebling spells over and over again, so I'm not surprised when they fall by the wayside after oversimplifying and limiting it that much. Others drop out because the soloing isn't what they expected it to be. Too many people go into it thinking they can be Avesta, but there's only one Avesta. And too many people go into it not knowing how to solo properly - or not understanding the job's strengths and weaknesses - in the first place.

Good luck with WHM. You probably won't be taking DS with that job in a long time either. Not until Hexa Strike anyway. Really, all you need is Silence, Erase and Stoneskin. I wasn't much higher than you the first time I took him.
 
Neyla is very much right.. I looked at rdm as "solo power" and it boils down to "Refresh prz" and I can't exp it.. which means I can't do endgame.. which is the only thing of the game I really looked forward to..

And no, DS is not easy to solo but the fact he raped me without even going down to 50% when I have some of the best gear even REMOTELY available at my level and I see others do it at the same level? I know how to solo.. I solo a lot as Rdm, I went from 63-64 solo..

Just tired of the mundane aspect I guess... while people ay whm is nothing but cures and buffs.. at least then I know I am a part of the PT that is influencial.. missing a Refresh slows the pt a little.. missing a Cure IV kills your tank and possbly the whole pt.. I love whm.. so it will be a nice change of pace.. plus, there's always Sam to fall back on.

Oh, that and even with Defender up (subbing nin is pointless.. 3 shadows for 30sec against a mob with like 90% double attack >.<) phalanx, P.4 he STILL smacked me for 70-90 per hit.. plus he spammed Bio III like every 10 sec (the duration of my 224 Enfeeb Silence)
 
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Shaidalyn said:
And no, DS is not easy to solo but the fact he raped me without even going down to 50% when I have some of the best gear even REMOTELY available at my level and I see others do it at the same level? I know how to solo.. I solo a lot as Rdm, I went from 63-64 solo..
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skill > gear but if great skill, gear > *
 
I think alot of people end up hating RDM in the long run. I know there have been countless times I have complained about hating it in exp and loving it when I am doing things alone.

Oh well, all comes down to what you enjoy :3

As for RDM and their influence on the pt. I find those debuffs help alot. beyound that I find myself acting as the BLM and at other times the WHM. Some pts I have done nothing but basically refresh, haste, and MB and when i started focusing only on that our exp/hour rose 2k-3k. In the end everything is infulential somewhat, just depends how noticable it is.

Oh and for soloing DS. I didnt solo him till my 70's, it took awhile too and I did it with utsusemi: Ichi mainly as my life saver. He hits horribly hard and Bio III is pretty nasty >.< Also I had another RDM there hasting and refreshing me, along with giving me cures in the one critical moment I had. So DS definately isnt easy, dont take your loss on him so hard.
 
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You simply had some bad luck, I think. Dark Spark is a total pussycat of an NM.
 
If RDM delt some decent damage DS woulda been easy for me. Unfortuneately taking 15+ minutes to fight him makes it kinda tough in the long run XP
(I mean I did it a second time with two SAMs(who I was doing it for) and we barely got touched and it died in like 2 minutes or less)
 
I've done this thing so many times.. for my rdm hands, 3 friends, my ex, and a random passerby.. never once took more than 2-3min, never once did anyone hit yellow :/ I dunno.. but this isnt like the whole reason I've stopped.. It's been a long time coming.. I've been 60 since x-mas and I still am only 64? Yeah.. it got old, I'm not happy with rdm.. I LOVE Debuffing, I still do it as whm, but my next refresh whore job will be a non-solo one like Brd or Cor.
 
Strangely enough I really enjoyed lvling RDM. I never get bored, because honestly, it is one of the most varied jobs in the Game.

We can heal almost as well as a whm, nuke almost as hard as a blm, crowd control better than anyone, keep the MP lifeblood of the party going with refresh, have a infinite mana supply thru convert, can knock a mob down a few teirs with debuffs and boost the melees a few teirs with buffs...

A RDM fills in the gaps in any party, and can single-handedly make an average party exceptional.

As for dying: it happens. I had to eat an HP last week after playing with some DC dolls in Ugg temple, getting smacked by a 990 Meltdown right thru Shell IV, resist magic III, phalanx and stoneskin. :p
 
Numa said:
Strangely enough I really enjoyed lvling RDM. I never get bored, because honestly, it is one of the most varied jobs in the Game.

We can heal almost as well as a whm, nuke almost as hard as a blm, crowd control better than anyone, keep the MP lifeblood of the party going with refresh, have a infinite mana supply thru convert, can knock a mob down a few teirs with debuffs and boost the melees a few teirs with buffs...

A RDM fills in the gaps in any party, and can single-handedly make an average party exceptional.

As for dying: it happens. I had to eat an HP last week after playing with some DC dolls in Ugg temple, getting smacked by a 990 Meltdown right thru Shell IV, resist magic III, phalanx and stoneskin. :p
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Quoted for truth. I don't know Numa that well, but I've always liked this guy. One of the few RDMs I actually admire.
 
I respect most 75 rdms, cause you go through a good deal to get there, and it is a great job.. I just found myself horribly bored and almost dozing off mid-pt which never occurs for any other job..

On the plus note, I went back, died again, RR'd and sat there.. a pld friend offered to help and we owned him in mere minutes so at least I got my damned Shadow Flames ;p
Plus, 581 dmg Vorpal felt GOOD! :D I may end up leveling Pld just because I so love weilding a sword.. and Blu, while possible.. I dunno what WS's thet get/don't get.
 
You can't throw away your chapeau though, you still have to wear it around town to look like a 'pimpette'!

Have fun with WHM, I've only taken mine a few levels above 37, but I gotta admit the job was fun later on, and I could see myself leveling it in the future :D Have fun with that one!
 
Have fun with whm, it is a long road.. longer then you have traveled no any job thus far. at 65+ you will start to see if you a re a good whm or a mediocre.. before then almost anyone can play good whm :D... well I cant wait to be there in the pt with you when you find out.
 
Shaidalyn said:
As of this moment, I am totally and officially quitting rdm ^.^

it was fun, for a few weeks.. then it became the same mundane boring bullcrap time and time again... so.. I'm done. Getting totally owned by Dark Spark, a pussy NM was the clincher.. So thanks for those who helped me along the way with AF, quests, etc.. but RdM is forever retired from exp/endgame and will be a junk-job used for soloing quests/coffers etc.
White Mage 50-75... lets see how long.
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lol should got rdm to 75 it get much funner once you hit 75. Also if you afried of dying maybe whm not good choice either next to blm>rdm whm dies alot posibly even more then rdm.
 
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This is why I retired blm for almost a year, I got sick of being a pussy needing help to do just about anything I wanted to get done. BLM is much more fun now that I know I can switch to bst any time I want to do some solo ass kickin.
 
Good luck with WHM. You probably won't be taking DS with that job in a long time either. Not until Hexa Strike anyway. Really, all you need is Silence, Erase and Stoneskin. I wasn't much higher than you the first time I took him.[/QUOTE]

that was supposed to be quoted from Neyla i dunno why the quote party didn't show up


sorry i just had to comment on this even tho is off topic. the first time i *tried* to solo DS for a friend, i was 72whm/nin dualed my DS muals - hexa did great damage (900-1K) BUT ran outta MP and my friend (went as 67 pld) had to cover and cure 4 me (mind u, i was wearing a nobles so i was refreshing)

second time i went as 74whm/36nin (so i still didn't have Ni) i used my primate staff - WSs weren't as strong but i had the stamina with spirit taker.

i know a lot of ppl disagree with me but spirit taker >>> hexa (as long as ur not trying to hit things with ur light staff) and for soloing with non stop stamina and great damage: a kinkobo/primate staff is better than DS muals and im also willing bet better than the cudgels off the mhaura/selbina pirates. i duo with my rdm friend and he never has to refresh me.
 
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Hehe.... it's funny cause WHM and RDM do the same job most of the game... Cure Cure Cure -Na (if we have WHM sub on which.. is our best sub for exp >.>) erase haste etc that a WHM does.. but we get a few more spells to spam! well.. Refresh really.. the rest are enfeebles that really won't be recast much in an exp party if at all XD

Have fun with WHM though :P I never really enjoyed it much. (mostly cause it's not as much fun to solo)
 
Only reason I liked leveling RDM was because it was with friends. I got from 40-75 incredibly fast, I guess sitting on your ass waiting for parties is never fun... I do that too much lately on my 75 BLM because 10 other 75 BLMs are seeking as well ;p
 
Elemmire said:
Hehe.... it's funny cause WHM and RDM do the same job most of the game... Cure Cure Cure -Na (if we have WHM sub on which.. is our best sub for exp >.>) erase haste etc that a WHM does.. but we get a few more spells to spam! well.. Refresh really.. the rest are enfeebles that really won't be recast much in an exp party if at all XD

Have fun with WHM though :P I never really enjoyed it much. (mostly cause it's not as much fun to solo)
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I have never subbed whm under Rdm and I turned down any pt asking me to. I Cured only if people hit orange. Why bored the WHM? Half the excitement of whm is crappy/no support... Plus.. /blm kills /whm up to 64 at least... Convert Elem Seal Drain voila.. theres 300hp and like.. no hate.. or Chainspell Drain <3 Plus you can burst.. I prolly will take it from 64-65 simply because I busted ass for Garuda's Dagger and I want full Feral Armor for screwing around.. and NEVER will I toss my Chapeau.. just retiring it from exp/endgame :p (except this week since I don't wanna screw over my Sky LS by not coming at all)
 
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