Benediction cures people, that's not good anymore? You've got to be the shitties whm ever if you don't think keeping people alive is a good use of your 2 hour.
If you have MP, you might aswell cure. So benediction doesn't do any good in that case. Sure, you can throw it out randomly, I don't care, but there's the off chance you get hate and die, in which case it would slow you down.
Apparently you missed the part about "doing something that you can't normally do without using a 2 hour." Nuking a group of monsters down is something you can't do without chainspell, try actually reading everything written, instead of just parts of sentances. One of the NM's in Xarc fires off Mijin and doesn't die, so the mob isn't always dead afterwards. Plus, it's not hard at all to believe that something might wake up and start killing people.
Yeah, because waking mobs up to nuke them in a bad situation is really a good way of using your 2-hour.
Your gas example is wrong because you're only looking to one aspect of the situation, how to get the extension/gas. You're completely ignoring the second half of the situation, how long it takes before you can do it again, and that's how your example is wrong. With the gas, you can drive anywhere instantly, with the 2 hour you have to wait. I guess this explains why you think a 2 hour ability is just as efficient as a 5-minute ability, you're not bothering to think more than 5 seconds into the future.
Your benediction theory is flawed because you're only looking at 1 aspect of the situation, that you'll actually need that persons 2-hour later. You're completely ignoring the second half of the situation, how low the chance is you'll actually need it, and the fact that you rarely ever use your 2-hour, and that is how your example is flawed. With chainspell, you can nuke it fast, efficient and safe, with the gas, you can just drive to buy more gas instead of saving untill an emergency, or walkign to buy the gas.
I guess that explains why you think using 1 chainspell is so ineficient, you're assumign your shell is so bad that they'll actually need the 2-hour.
You've shown that chainspell is effective, not efficient. Efficient is not just in the amount of time it takes, but also in how you manage your resources. I'd say killing the entire thing is the most efficient, while it takes the longest, it uses up the least amount of resources and means you don't have to kill them later on. Hell, you're only saving a couple seconds from having 2 blm kill the stone, or having a thf pull and people killing the stone; so it's not noticeably faster either; and if you had a ranger, it'd actually be slower than just barrage.
If it is effective, safe and fast, it is efficient. Yes, it is how you manage your resources. We don't want to kill it all, because its safer. I'd rather not risking a wipe when you can just suicide pull it and farm easier pulls later. Chainspelling it is a good way of using our resources since we never, ever use 2-hours otherwise. And yes, it would be faster with a RNG, nut we don't have one. Hence, we're doing the easiest way.
Apparently I only have to define it for you, everyone else seems to be understanding just fine. You are wasting the 2 hour by using it in place of multiple other means to accomplish the exact same thing in slightly more time. That's like using a Mercedez to haul around manure, when you have a beat-up truck at your disposal; it's overkill and not the best option.
No, we're not using it in multiple other ways. We're using it in one way in the start. That's 1/24+ 2-hours used. We don't accomplish the same thing in slightly more time. We accomplish it in slightly
less time. Yes, it is overkill, and it is a good option sicne its safe and easy. It also saves time (unless you use a RNg, in which case that would be faster).
You still didn't asnwer why you're even bothering to try and explain why, in your opinion, the way another shell runs their Dynamis runs is less efficient. It works good for us, and it neither a waste of resources nor is it stupid for us. Our shell is good, we don't assume that we'll have to use all 4 RDMes chainspells during a run. If you assume you'll have to use all 4 chainspells to wake mobs up to nuke, or to raise people because you wipe a lot, that's your problem. And in that case I do feel sorry for you. Mayeb its time to look for a better shell?
screwing up sac pulls?
