yo
just below im goin to re-post something i have already posted in another thread, afterwhich i will add a few more comments
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Heya fella's. I usually dont browse forums or any shit like that, i take my gaming VERY casually, try not to let it consume my life. (seeing how it is only a game and will eventually mean absolutely nothing to me)
Regardless, i caught word that there had been some KILLER flame on some forum, so here i am. I hope you wont mind if i offer some type of explanation.
I had done from 8-1 to 9-1 the previous day or two with a party including none other than Teppo and Karlik and a few others, however, we weren't confident with our parties ability to take on 9-2, and decided to put it off for another day.
A few days later, i get an invite for 9-2, i figure, what the hell, i'll do it now, and be better prepared for when Teppo and a few other friends decide to give it a try. During the trip to Fei'Yin, i was glancing through the list of alliance members, and was slightly concerned with the level's of the members. so, when we arrived at the BC, i arranged what i deemed to be a formidable party to take on 9-2 (which i have obviously not done before, nor had i read up on it much) I figured, we'd take the best of what we've got in order to 'put our feet in the water' so-to-speak.
I had my party leader disband from the alliance in order to limit the amount of un-needed chatting taking place, so that we would not be distracted. Early in the BC battle, i get a /tell from my static RDM wanting to party. I told him to 'hang on, i'm busy, i'll /tell you in 10'. During the rest of the battle, i was contimplating what to do (i desperately wanted to exp in order to hit lvl 73, which i was VERY close to)
I ended up deciding to leave the alliance and go exp obviously, but this was my reasoning for doing so: there were going to be another 2 runs at 9-2, and my alliance consisted of 2 PLD's other than myself, so in my eyes, the tank position of both those runs was already full, and to accomodate me, those parties would have to lose either a mage, or DD, seriously gimping the party, reducing the probablity of success.
Anyways, near the end of MY 9-2 battle, my static RDM send me another /tell, asking where the hell i was at, and why it was taking so damned long. so, in my haste to get to jeuno, i neglected to send any /tells to the other alliance members, thinking that the 75 rdm that had done the BC with me, would be able to assist them, seeing as how they already had 2 other tanks. I was in such a rush to exp, i didnt even return to san'doria to complete the mission for many hours.
It wasnt my intention to "use" the alliance. i even met up with a few of the alliance members the following day, went with them to Fei'Yin, waited patiently through 2 9-2 runs, before i tanked the 3rd run for them.
in the end, all that really happened is that an opportunity to exp came up, and i took it. it was unfortunate that such an opportunity came so early in the whole 9-2 thing, but thats the way it goes. My appologies to those who i upset or offended.
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we told you we were goin to do multiple runs for it
yes, you did, but you also had 2 other PLDs, i figured they would tank the following runs.
A PALADIN who is afraid to die for his party? Dyin' is by no means pleasant, but shit man. He's not *willing* to die for Rank 10?
to be blunt, i honestly did not think we could do 9-2 with the people we had available in the alliance at the time, and therefore was pretty sure that we would all die trying to do 9-2, now, its not so much that i dont want to die, its that i dont want to die needlessly. Do i fear death in exp parties, no, because i must do so in order to gain lvl's. Do i fear death in dynamis, no, i tank willingly in dynamis runs with the end-goal of completing the dynamis and possibly attaining AF2. Do i fear tanking 9-2 with what seems to be an ill-prepared party, yes..the reason being is that i forsee my death to be meaningless, that i will go into a battle knowing i will die, and more-over, die for nothin. my comments before the BC wear not meant to convey fear of dying, rather dying in VAIN
(if someone asked you to jump into a pit of high lvl mobs and get yourself killed and lose a few K of exp just for the hell of it, would you do it?)
Twille and zura, what it comes down to is that you guys are a high level leeches
obviously i'm going to have to disagree with you here. i spend more time running around tanking for Dynaims runs, coffer mobs, AF NM's, mission BC's and any other random shit than you can even fathom. i'm sorry i had to split so ubruptly after 9-2, but i already went over that once.
Well, i appreciate your time, it prolly took a damned long time to read all that shit i just typed, but anyways, i would again like to appologize to those i upset, or to anyone that may have been offended.
(its been rather interesting, this being my first visit to the forums, maybe i'll stop by more often. lol)
