Ut uh, not another one of these threads.
I've talked to Vang a few times... My sis-in-law Mistasia grouped with him quite a bit I believe, and I met him on another char at my favorite NM camp. Vang runs his mouth off quite a bit

However, no matter how much time he has (Hell, I haven't seen him on very much at all lately), he doesn't use the "I have an RL" excuse,
because, if you have time to level, you have time to make some gil. Vang holds to this, and even though he's suffered disappointment after disappointment at the NM camp I was speaking of earlier, he always comes back with a good attitude, a new plan, and the knowledge that if he's persistant enough, he'll get it. He's vowed not to level until he gets his best gear.
Now if you had that attitude, and then saw shoddy players (gonna get flamed by the shoddy players for calling them shoddy I'm sure) all around you that have underleveled subs, crap gear, and obviously put no time into their chars outside of xp, wouldn't you be a little frustrated too? If everyone had the same philosophy as Vang, and myself, xp pt's potential xp/h would sky rocket.
- I don't send random tells to other players that don't care about being the best they can be, I just mock them a lot in my LS
Now, onto myself... I have 11mil worth of blm gear at level 55. People often /check me then TELL me that I "buy gil online".... I really wish FF had a /finger emote. Now, if you're telling me 15% additional damage on every nuke, magic attk bonus +10, +32 int, -3 enmity doesn't make any difference, and all that matters is the players skill... you can go play a single player FF where your cheap attitude doesn't affect anyone but yourself.
I remember one pt invited me as a replacement to their taru blm, and when I got there they started saying how taru's were better than humes, their taru blm that just left was hitting his freeze mb's for 1200... I almost disbanded immediately, but decided these guys needed a change of heart... So I started landing freeze mb's for 1300, and at the end of the pt one of the people in it sent me a tell saying I was the best blm he'd ever seen.
Now, my gear alone wasn't what made him say that... it was my gear, mixed with my skill. And I frankly don't understand how anyone can have garbage gear, and say that their skill makes up for it. If you were that good at your job, you would know that you don't want to 'make up' for anything, you want to go above and beyond expectations.
Anyway, couple quick links to wrap things up:
Can't make gil? Don't enjoy it? Want to spend your time having fun? Well,here's the self-help book for you! -
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=1098900412259680
A flame toasted duplicate of this thread, or atleast where this thread is headed -
http://ffxi.killvoid.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=303863#303863
On a side note, don't mind my flaming there, I'm really a nice person... I just like having fun with people on KI, since all that board is about is flaming eachother
