Oh yes...

[GhostinmyShell]

Muhahaha a board I can finally rant on about the quality of this server lately...

After dealing with the pain in the ass of 2-3 static attempts and the last few months of enduring LFG for 5-6 hrs on end sometimes on my THF I have to say you all suck ass...

Ok thats over with...hehehe

Now the real problem I have these days...

Since my thf is stuck in early 60s hell, I decided to start lvling ninja seriously and what a trip of poo that was, people past lvl 40 missing vital equipment or spells. I mean back when we did it the first time we had the excuse of not knowing what to do or how things worked, but these new players...goddamn I wanna stab myself in the eye with a pen.

I finally reach lvl 50 after dealing with CN which is worst then the opening gate of Kahzam, seriously check out the Secret Room sometime you think it was a meeting hall or something.

So 50+, where the game really starts and AF/Missions stuff become important...nope its exactly like Qufim pts these days. You have that group that gets out to an area and the one member has to go in 20 mins already. I used to do pickup groups if someone asked me to come out but not anymore, I'll get out there and the group disbands after 3 critters. People missing important spells like Dispel, although I have to reach 56 until I can see if a RDM beats the old record I saw of not having it. People still not understanding how to setup thiefs or morons who do nothing but Freeze burst and spam spells...

Now myself, since I can afford the good gear and such will understand that a THF may not have an emp hairpin at 40+ yet or that PLD doesnt have a X or that WHM doesnt have Erase. I also try to keep to myself, I dont like telling ppl how to play or sound elitest, because usually the slightest suggestion gets me an ugly response.

I assume if I was japanese I would be honored and revered or something like how I see many NA players take anything from our JPN friends. Gee if they thought the PC players were bad overall I wonder what they think of this current crop of people. I'm almost tempted to put JPN only in my search comment when im doing low lv jobs now... hehehe

Anyway how are you all, and if I end up in a PT with you nice to meet you and talk to me, I enjoy meeting new people, and stabbing ppl in the eye who piss me off

PS. Someone buy my behemoth knife so I can buy my silly scorpion harness ^^

PSS. The grammar and spelling probably suck ass in this post, for this I apologize greatly

-GimS
LS: Squabble/Shacknews/HNMHunter$

 

[Faedryth]

Bwhahaha i feel your pain. Unfortunatly i am IN this new crop of people. So i havent really experienced much else. People in my LS think they are crazy good and the RDM is 52 with no Dispel, no i just got into mid-40's and im thinking "hmmm thought that was an important spell, guess not" I dont expect big results, but hot damn...some stuff is hilarious.

Little piece of good news for you, here is one PS2'er holding it down. I currently almost maxed out EQ for 45 THF and am farming to be a ranger. If get into Fireblade, ill take synicals spot as the badass!! lol jk.
I decided i would farm 2 million gil before i even STARTED ranger so i wouldnt have to worry bout money for a while. This is what i have so far

All the +1 bows until 40, Emp Hairpin, Leaping boots, Martial slacks, Travelers Mantle, 200k for arrows, Hawkers knife, Archers Knife, Drone rings, bone rings +1, horn rings...etc

All i need now is my Nomad Mantle +1 (why i want to pay 170k for +1 agi is beyond me but i do) and figure out what armor ill need.

Im sorry, but Peacock charm is beyond me atm and as far as Eurytos goes, well we'll se when we get there

 

[Runekane]

Yes, the headache of the THF that the party doesnt' want to work with.

"I want exp"
"pull"
"Why bother i do mor dmg neway, ur just gud for TH"
"ur taking too long on pullz"

Why invite a THF into a party if you're not going to allow him to utilize his full abilities? We specialize in pulling, setting up the hate control, closing brutal skillchains, and (at my level) SCing every other fight. I've gotten invites into party with one provoker, and BLM firing off Waterga II at the fight sign of the mob enterring the camp. I've had one person even complain that I wasn't doing my job, even though its kinda hard to stick the hate when the drk/thf is standing in my TA spot just for a measly sneak attack to get the mob to turn MY way before the SATA lands, making my damage go down by 2-300 or so and making sure the tank probably won't hold the hate. THF can be stressful (especially under that awful green glow in the Public Lounge (secret room) area in CN. It can get maddening! I've left parties before that weren't using me to my full abilities.

People will say "EXP is EXP", but I put fun before EXP, and fun to me isn't chasing the mob from mage to tank back to mage and to tank, activating SATA only to have the mob shift from the BLM's second Blizzard II in 15 seconds away from me and completely missing my attack. Bah... I just am sick of that damn green glow... I REALLY need an Altepa gate crystal

 

[GhostinmyShell]

I think its time to rant again ^^

Well after a good day of getting my Scorp Harness, killing Maat and Shark Bite, it seems the ants come out of the woodwork to bite my ankles and bring my good joy to its knees.

I personally didnt think it was a big deal, and wasnt doing /tell randomdork hey dood l00k what I got!!!!!111111111, or even think it mattered. I think some ppl just saw me running around with it...

However, ppl are sending me tells asking how I saved the money (THF secret #34139734: Never reveal your sources of income) or can they come farm with me.

Or even better a loan of some type.

My favorite is a friend or someone I talked to once ask me to try it on and when I say no, its like "Man I thought you were my friend wtfbbq"

So in summary, its annoying >:

Also I have 3,539 gil now, stop asking for loans dammit. Also Nept said she never had this problem...

This gets into another part of my rant, while LFG and farming, I get endless tells of X player needing:

1. Carb Ruby
2. Dood solo my coffer key for me for 1,000
3. Dood I need genkei1 item for 1,000
4. Help me AF Quest
5. I need gil (Help me out!)
6. Powerlvl me! <-------------------- WTF

I'm all for helping ppl if im in the zone or nearby but if your not a good friend or in my LS (That's Too Bad.)

Mini Castle Oz Rant -

Yeah when im bored I go try an astral, its not my income, nor do I live there, maybe I spend 2 hrs max a week doing it, just something I do on a whim and spend about an hr, or usually leave when the high lvl jpn thfs show up

So I love it when AF hunters show up and beg and plea that I let them have a coffer. Thus promptly cussing me out for not replying or agreeing to their terms.

I treat coffers like NMs, I need it just as badly as you do, are you gonna let me have Val Emperor for the hairpin cause i really need it for my job? No of course not

However, I am not the complete asshole thf I seem to be:

1. I don't touch the room behind the door with the one coffer spawn, wanna stand there and wait be my guest, a few other NA thfs do this as well.
2. If your standing in front of the coffer, fumbling with menus to whip out that key, I wont Flee and pick it right in front of you. (Note standing 30 ft away and i dont see you doesnt count)
3. When I leave I tell the time of the last coffer pick to whoever is looking if I know
4. If you want I'll slaughter a Abbot for WHM AF item, if you offer to pay thats even better. Last guy paid me 5k and I asked for a tele-altep.

HNM/money crap mini rant:

I hate, let me stress hate how ppl turn into complete morons over money.

-kthx end rants for today

 

[Krius]

hey, can I borrow some money? (kidding ) boy, dont I know it about people begging me for help. Sometimes it bothers me but only if its some stranger I dont know, or someone saying "Hey can I try on your boots?" Its time to just ignore them. I'll usually help a ls mate if I'm not in the middle of something though. For oztroja though, I'll leave if I see someone that has a coffer key and is trying for af cause I'm a kind guy ... unless of course they yell at me.

 

[GhostinmyShell]

More rants

Well I was a little upset to learn about the Dynamis event through ppl I didnt know rather some friends. Like what was happening and other things. I wish I could have been kept up to date about stuff, Im still technically low lvl for em but oh well, figured some wouldnt mind if there was room and toss me an invite since im always into excitement and death.

Its tough being a small LS leader, about 7-10 members couple of high lvls and the rest in the middle 30s. You wanna do everything you can but things like "so whos gonna tank the AFNM" comes up and I dunno what to say. I was striving for a goal of being self sufficient but some recent events caused a few members to leave so were even more weak to say.

Lots of drama lately, some members saying we dont help enough( who we gonna get to tank your AFNM, i would if i could, but we dont have a member whos a tank), or say we dont do anything, or come up with silly money making functions that blow up in their face and piss off others. Some members complaining about X person being an ass or y person needs to put up or shut up.

I'm not gonna name names or anything, or make it personal, they just arent welcome in the LS anymore and the majority of users seem happy now. Its been very quiet in the LS, its nice...

The focus of the LS was a replacement to the original where the ldr quit, I thought we could have the same fun we once had, but simply put ppl have their own agendas and wanna do stuff on their own. So be it, the shell has evovled from the ppl who do participate and put forth real effort in making it better. I have been thinking lately of maybe merging with another shell so we get improved client base, but I feel responsible for my members and want them to be happy in the end.

The original shell had 50 member or so members and we were a giant mob doing missions and everything in between while having fun. Those glory days are behind and now my loyalties are to ppl I met ingame rather who joined from the original site we all came from.

I am rather proud that we do some wacky stuff when we can, my roommate joined the server and we got her from r1 to r5 in a day while she was a lvl 20 something rdm. Always tried to keep ppl up to date on the rank thing, but now with many ppl from diff nations in the shell (ya know how cool it was to see 20 ppl online all from windy?) sorta hard to do those things.

Zillart Missions are coming up, one of my good friends doesnt think she will keep up, oh well I will think of some halfassed way to keep her caught up with everyone else.

Also keeping to myself and running a tiny LS probably leads to the above paragraph why I dont get asked to many things, on the server. One person said I refuse to work with others who are complete f'tards(who end up being 70+ ppl in the end wtfbbq), well thats not completely true. Sure theres someone like SWMNBN need to get hit by a car irl and those who do silly shit I can put up with if need be in situations. I can party with Kurei's HNMLS members and coexist with them in the same area.

Theres only 1 person on my blist, usually I just lie and tell ppl I put them on there cause its funny getting tells about how upset they are that I wont see their comments. I do take some things personal especially when friends get burned by the events and simply refuse to do anything with that person again, even if I look like a jackass, I have morals, deal with it.

Oh well, ill hit 70 very soon and see how it goes then. I've pretty much given up on the whole static idea and lvling with good friends, it always turns to crap in the end. Probably the only person I could care about keeping up with me is doing a good job in doing so far...

Also I talked to some ppl who have been reading this crap, im quite happy cause the # of /tells about asking me to do stuff has dropped ^^