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A guy can only take so much. Pre-50, this game was a blast. Really, every time I signed on I was having the time of my life. I never complained about a bad party, worked hard to make my gil, and made sure I held up my end of the bargain in parties. Lower standards were ok, because I didn't know any better.
Fast forward to today. Over ten million gil worth of items. Over two hundred levels of crafting. Lagging behind everyone I knew when I started the game because I wanted good equipment. Shit, I bought a 300k Monster Signa for my EVENTUAL BRD or BST and have yet to equip it to this day!
Does it ever matter? No. Even before I got hurt, LFG time was in the hours, sometimes days. Sure, I could farm, or craft, or whatever, but when has my better gear (yes, BETTER, you find a non-gil buyer on his/her first job with equip like mine) ever helped me get a goddamn party. Never, that's when. I've posted countless times about seeing people with worse gear, crappier subjobs, and horrible playstyles and attitudes get taken before me for who knows what reason.
All I ever hear in response is 'stick it out, keep going, you can do it.' Blah blah blah fucking blah I've heard it all before.
And now this. I can finally start typing, so I started leveling my cooking. It's gone from ~60 to 95 in the last 4 days, but where's the accomplishment? What the fuck have I gained from it? Nothing but fuckstick 'friends' that want me to synth everything for them at cost. Of course I spent all that gil and all those GPs so you can have cheap Sushi. I didn't fucking do it so I might have money to buy equipment that still won't make fucking Monk or fucking Summoner any more valuable to a group.
Static partying? Tried that shit. It's so nice to get 'invited' to a static and then find out a week or two later that your job just isn't fucking necessary anymore. Thanks, I could have spent that time wtih my flag UP not getting parties instead of with my flag DOWN not getting parties. Dipshit.
Knowledge is NOT power in this game, trust me. Knowledge gets you the 'elitist' label which in way too fucking many circles is as bad as the goddamn Scarlet Letter. Some of you people I'd love to fucking come up, slap you in the face, and tell you I've forgotten more about this game than you've ever known. BECAUSE IT'S TRUE GODDAMNIT.
Now I can't not level, I can make money to help me not level, and, um... I can not get Fenrir so when I get better I can not level some more, because Whisper fights are too much of a fucking pain in the ass to get anyone to help you with. Even with the promise of the gil I've worked so hard to help my character not level with, all I ever heard was 'LOL NOOB SMN HAS A LEVEL 75 REQUIREMENT GO LEVEL ALL THE JOBS YOU HATE FUCKSTICK" and as that's happening I those same people helping out other lowbie SMNs get their puppy because they're better at kissing ass than I am (as in, they do it. And I don't. I have my pride, fuck you.)
So what the fuck's the point? I'll log on at some point, drop all my gear (yes, drop, nobody deserves the gear I earned but me, asshats) and delete. I'll keep my mules and my girlfriend's character, because she lucked out into liking RDM and gets parties in about 45 seconds upon logging on. Am I bitter? Fuck yes I'm bitter. But that's the hand you're dealt, I suppose.
If anyone wants my gil or my gear... fuck you. You didn't earn it. Go FARM or steal Daddy's credit card or move to China and steal the gilseller computers or just log off and take a long hot bath with a toaster.
What a waste of a year.
Oh, and you're probably wanting one of my nifty little images to wrap all my frustration and shit up in a neat little package. Here ya go, and don't say I never did anything for ya. PS, fuck it all.
So long.
Fast forward to today. Over ten million gil worth of items. Over two hundred levels of crafting. Lagging behind everyone I knew when I started the game because I wanted good equipment. Shit, I bought a 300k Monster Signa for my EVENTUAL BRD or BST and have yet to equip it to this day!
Does it ever matter? No. Even before I got hurt, LFG time was in the hours, sometimes days. Sure, I could farm, or craft, or whatever, but when has my better gear (yes, BETTER, you find a non-gil buyer on his/her first job with equip like mine) ever helped me get a goddamn party. Never, that's when. I've posted countless times about seeing people with worse gear, crappier subjobs, and horrible playstyles and attitudes get taken before me for who knows what reason.
All I ever hear in response is 'stick it out, keep going, you can do it.' Blah blah blah fucking blah I've heard it all before.
And now this. I can finally start typing, so I started leveling my cooking. It's gone from ~60 to 95 in the last 4 days, but where's the accomplishment? What the fuck have I gained from it? Nothing but fuckstick 'friends' that want me to synth everything for them at cost. Of course I spent all that gil and all those GPs so you can have cheap Sushi. I didn't fucking do it so I might have money to buy equipment that still won't make fucking Monk or fucking Summoner any more valuable to a group.
Static partying? Tried that shit. It's so nice to get 'invited' to a static and then find out a week or two later that your job just isn't fucking necessary anymore. Thanks, I could have spent that time wtih my flag UP not getting parties instead of with my flag DOWN not getting parties. Dipshit.
Knowledge is NOT power in this game, trust me. Knowledge gets you the 'elitist' label which in way too fucking many circles is as bad as the goddamn Scarlet Letter. Some of you people I'd love to fucking come up, slap you in the face, and tell you I've forgotten more about this game than you've ever known. BECAUSE IT'S TRUE GODDAMNIT.
Now I can't not level, I can make money to help me not level, and, um... I can not get Fenrir so when I get better I can not level some more, because Whisper fights are too much of a fucking pain in the ass to get anyone to help you with. Even with the promise of the gil I've worked so hard to help my character not level with, all I ever heard was 'LOL NOOB SMN HAS A LEVEL 75 REQUIREMENT GO LEVEL ALL THE JOBS YOU HATE FUCKSTICK" and as that's happening I those same people helping out other lowbie SMNs get their puppy because they're better at kissing ass than I am (as in, they do it. And I don't. I have my pride, fuck you.)
So what the fuck's the point? I'll log on at some point, drop all my gear (yes, drop, nobody deserves the gear I earned but me, asshats) and delete. I'll keep my mules and my girlfriend's character, because she lucked out into liking RDM and gets parties in about 45 seconds upon logging on. Am I bitter? Fuck yes I'm bitter. But that's the hand you're dealt, I suppose.
If anyone wants my gil or my gear... fuck you. You didn't earn it. Go FARM or steal Daddy's credit card or move to China and steal the gilseller computers or just log off and take a long hot bath with a toaster.
What a waste of a year.
Oh, and you're probably wanting one of my nifty little images to wrap all my frustration and shit up in a neat little package. Here ya go, and don't say I never did anything for ya. PS, fuck it all.
So long.
