Tanks and Healers

Aerandir

Aerandir

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Ok guys, wtf??? Do you guys coordinate the nights you are going to be on?

It seems as if every night there are either no tanks, or no healers on. Tuesday there were three whm seeking all night...no tanks!! Last night, two Plds were seeking all night long... no healers!!

I know nothing can be done about this, I just wanted to see if anyone else has this problem, or is it just me, and the lvls I happen to be searching, every freaking night, lol.

I trully wish parties weren't so dependant on certain class' in order to be successful. Sure, you can put a Rdm, and a Smn in a party to heal, but not only are you gimping those two jobs, but your gimping the entire party of another DD that could add serious exp per hour.

blah

/rant off.... for now
 
Ok, I'm a tank, so I don't notice tanks, but I see the same problem with RDM and Whm. If I ca get one, I can't get the other
 
That's why I'm taking PLD up. So I can be either tank or WHM, whichever is more necessary for the situation. That and I like the way Invincible looks. :)
 
I always have the exact same problem <.<; heh.
 
also, onanother note. It's not only PLD/WHM. Whenever I find both of them, I can never find melees... once we were looking for a melee for 3 hours...
 
Yea, last night I had that problem in the dunes. We couldn't find a tank, so we ended up grabbing a Rdm/smn to help heal. Party setup was:

Mnk (me)
Mnk
Whm
Drk
Rdm
Blm

Me and the mnk were tanking the entire time. Wasn't so bad, with dodge, the pugs would miss with screwdriver so we weren't dieing too bad, lol.
 
In demand jobs are unionized. We don't seek parties. We're only available to party on alternating days. You try to get a mage to level on the same day as a tank, and you're askin' for a strike. There'll be picketing Tarus lined up from RuLude to Kazham. You don't think there's a union? How else do you think the Whms got their teleport wages raised? Lot of hardball negotiations behind closed doors on that one. So yeah, if you want mages and tanks to work on the same day, you'll have to take it up with the union president, and noone knows who s/he is.
 
I still can't figure out why I can't find a party when I want EXP and why everyone and there Mama send me a /tell when I'm busy. ^^; Personally, I hate having a setup destened to suck... I don't mind to main heal when Red Mage, but only if its a Ninja... forget it if Palidan. And if I'm a White Mage, then a Palidan tank is most pref... because a mage can get bored with a good blink tank.

As for party problems, since I'm at the other end of the scale, I have problems finding tanks. ><
 
Pompidou said:
In demand jobs are unionized. We don't seek parties. We're only available to party on alternating days. You try to get a mage to level on the same day as a tank, and you're askin' for a strike. There'll be picketing Tarus lined up from RuLude to Kazham. You don't think there's a union? How else do you think the Whms got their teleport wages raised? Lot of hardball negotiations behind closed doors on that one. So yeah, if you want mages and tanks to work on the same day, you'll have to take it up with the union president, and noone knows who s/he is.
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So that explains why when I came back to FFXI (my comp was down) that a Teleport-Holla was 1500 gil! You sonsofbitches! You'll pay for this! :-x
 
Yea, I've noticed the same problem, but it hasn't just started as of late. I was leveling jobs in my off time from statics and crafting and now I have leveled redmage to 47 and ninja to 47. I leveled these jobs for the exact reason you posted; either not enough of one or the other.
 
Heheh.. I bring my healer with me. <3 Reya. ^^

In all seriousness, if you need a PLD and WHM at level 68, we always level together anyway.... And neither of us particularly likes to lead right now.
 
Ok, that it!!!

I hereby declare a strike!!!!

Until the tanks and healers coordinate their exp. party days, all DD's will not seek for parties, accept party invites, or even say the word party out loud *(unless referring to a kegger party).

So, until you guys get your act togather you'll just have to fight undead with your pld,pld,pld,whm,whm,whm set ups!!! You can throw a ninja/rdm/smn in the mix if you want, you might just get an extra 30 points of damage per pull.

You may contact your people, to contact our people in order to sort this out, and come to an agreement that is benficial to all class'.

I bid you good day.

I said GOOD DAY!
 
Unless there is an equal number of healers and tanks (low probability) this will always happen. Lets say you have 10 tanks and 13 healers, well they create 10 parties and that leaves 3 healers lfp with no tanks. The next night you have 11 tanks and 8 healers. After 8 parties form that leaves you with 3 tanks and no healers. Now if it was 20 tanks and 5 healers one night and 5 tanks and 20 healers the next night you might be onto something. ;)
 
Aerandir said:
Ok, that it!!!
I hereby declare a strike!!!!
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what you talking about here? i haven't lvl'd my thf in 2 1/2 months :p i should do that sometime though, lost a lot of xp about to delevel o.O :( having fun with blm nin and war atm though :p
and lets not even go into how long my whm has been on strike LOLZ or my rdm :p
 
Thnikkaman said:
Moral of this thread: THIS GAME NEEDS MORE TANK AND HEALER JOBS!!
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No.... we need more people playing those jobs.... Adding more tank and healing jobs would not fix this problem as we need more people the actually play these jobs. People don't like being the "Healing Bitch" or "Death Shield".
Wish people would stop suggesting that, though I wouldn't mind playing a new tank or healer.
 
I'm a lvl 59 pld >.>; If anyone wants to pt with me, i'd love too any time >:3
 
Aerandir said:
Ok guys, wtf??? Do you guys coordinate the nights you are going to be on?

It seems as if every night there are either no tanks, or no healers on. Tuesday there were three whm seeking all night...no tanks!! Last night, two Plds were seeking all night long... no healers!!

I know nothing can be done about this, I just wanted to see if anyone else has this problem, or is it just me, and the lvls I happen to be searching, every freaking night, lol.

I trully wish parties weren't so dependant on certain class' in order to be successful. Sure, you can put a Rdm, and a Smn in a party to heal, but not only are you gimping those two jobs, but your gimping the entire party of another DD that could add serious exp per hour.

blah

/rant off.... for now
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This is why I'm going to be pissed if SE puts in Blue Mage + another DD class.

We don't need any more fucking DD classes.

If SE doesn't add another tank and healing class, Blue Mage can go fuck itself.
 
X said:
No.... we need more people playing those jobs.... Adding more tank and healing jobs would not fix this problem as we need more people the actually play these jobs. People don't like being the "Healing Bitch" or "Death Shield".
Wish people would stop suggesting that, though I wouldn't mind playing a new tank or healer.
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If SE adds more Tank and Healing jobs, those that enjoy playing them will level the new jobs.
 
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