Anyways, on to my rant. I don't know if its just me, or maybe im being overtly picky, but lately the quality of how people play the game seems to have gone down. Like in the sense that some of them have become incredibly lazy. I'm mainly referring to the RDMs I have had in party over the last 2 months since I've been leveling my PLD.
Let me explain first where I come from. When I first started leveling RDM, I was pretty much "raised" around a group of veternan players. And therefore their expectations were higher of how you would play. I was also taught by my ex that you ALWAYS came prepared to every single party you got into. So I always came with my spells for the next couple of levels, food, basically any and every item I may need. Just because there was nothing more aggravating to them than to have to stop so that I could run to town and pick up spells, or to go get food, and basically it was beat into me that you always came to a party prepared. And to be honest im glad that I was shown how to play that way, because I find myself now being annoyed with people that I get into parties with that don't come prepared. The people that make a party stop and wait because they didn't bother to bring out the spells they needed so they have to run to town to get them, or because they didn't bother to bring enough, food, etc. you get my point.
Also, the next thing I was taught besides being prepared was that once I dinged around 55 on RDM, I was to be the main healer from there on out. To the point that I was so use to main healing in parties, that when I'd get invited into the rare few parties that had say a whm or smn, I'd still carry on main healing. Sometimes to the point that I'd end up turning the other mage into an xp leech lol because they wouldn't have much to do unless I actually did hit a point where I was out of mp and convert wasn't ready. Which was another rare occurance because I was also taught how to manage my MP and at what point that I really did need to use convert.
So here's were my vent comes in. Since I've been leveling PLD, I have discovered that RDMs lately have become REALLY lazy. To the point that I almost want to get off PLD, come out on RDM, and show them how they should be playing. Now don't get me wrong, I am not one those obnoxious 75s who thinks that they're better than others because they have the job at 75, or that I know more. And I'm more than willing to teach and explain. I'm one the few 75 RDMs in my LS and usually I am one the first that most go to, to the point that even when im in the middle of an ISNM lol im answering tells about RDM Maat fights, where to get RDM AF, what equipment to use with what spell, etc. But when I find a player that refuses to listen to any advice, and still continues to play the job in such a manner makes me want to boot them from the party, it makes me question how/where did they learn to play like that.
First is the RDM I had that didn't have a Cure spell above Cure 2. She had RDM 65. Mind you it wasn't from lack of gil, because I asked her. She just didn't see the need to get them. She was also missing refresh, haste, and several other spells as well. Which made me wonder how did she even get that far, aside from campaigning. Or the ever amazing level sync party. Which I consider a blessing and a curse at the same time. Its awesome that I can now play with my other LS mates on various jobs. Or have them bring out their 75s to sync with whatever I have. But the curse is it encourages some who are so lazy that they don't want to bother with the job other than to sync it to ridicolously low levels and then wonder why higher level parties wont have anything to do with them.
Second is the RDM I had that refused to main heal. Because in their words, it was impossible for a RDM to main heal at 60. Which made me laugh, and I tried to explain that it was possible, and that they could do it. They then demanded that I get in the party a whm and a brd to help them with healing. So of course when I refused, they left. Seriously, its not that hard. I can understand a brd, but wanting me to get 2 jobs to help you do the job you yourself are suppose to be doing is ridicolous and just plain lazy on your part.
And finally, this is just a note/tip coming from someone who is now leveling a tank job and realizing how evil convert can be. And you can take this as you may, I find it helpful for me, and I have had alot of fellow party members thank me for it. Keep in mind this is just mearly my opinion, and you don't have to do it yourself. But I think that RDMs should create a convert macro. Not only does it help you cut down the time of going through the menu to do the ability, but if you add in a party line to let your other party members know, it doesn't catch the tank unprepared, and it doesn't scare them lol. I can't tell you how many times I've had tanks freak out on me when I was leveling RDM and would just convert and not give them any forewarning. And at first I laughed it off because I thought it was hilarous to see. Then came the revenge of when I started leveling a tank job myself. And having RDMs do the same to me. I never realized how much it can freak you out to suddenly see someones HP drop to the red, or to see your precious hate you've built up lost. So I try and encourage any RDMs I know to create a macro of their own. My own macro goes something like this:
Line 1:/p How to scare a whm and a Tank > Convert
Line 2:/ja "Divine Seal"
Line 3:/wait 2
Line 4:/ja "Convert"
Line 5:/wait 1
Line 6:/ma "cure IV"
I have a seperate macro of course for my vert gear, and the my light staff. But thats pretty much the macro I use. And I can't tell you how many times I have had other players thank me for having such a macro and letting them know what im about to do. I guess its more or less a couresty thing.
Edit-I had just finished reading on Tarutaru Times online and discovered that someone made an awesome and detailed explanation of convert and what all should be done. I highly recommend you check this blog out, http://ringthree.blogspot.com/2009/07/thin-black-line-convert-101.html.
Well thats pretty much the end of my vent. I was just curious as to how others have been trained to play, and how they learned to play their first 75. I guess though when it comes to your first 75, your always a little protective and a little biased on how it should be played. Time to end this entry, because I must head back to the game and farm. I discovered the painful part of leveling different jobs means funding them with gil, and trying to figure out exactly where your going to get that gil from.
<3,
Nindo
3 comments:
Red Mages now drive me crazy. It was my first 75, and just meh. I static with my bf and another friend of ours, where the friend also has RDM leveled. The two of us fuss in tells in nearly every party we have about the red mages. I'm leveling SMN and he's leveling PLD...and maybe in 1/10 parties I'll get refresh, and we seldom have a red mage who'll make sure to keep it on him tanking.
But yeah, I def. understand where you're coming from -- too many red mages now are lackluster. The other day I actually told my friend that we had a great red mage...because he managed to keep us all refreshed ._. It's pretty sad when doing your job makes you stand out for being good, lol.
As far as the main healing bit goes, SCH RDM and WHM are really the only main healers as far as I'm concerned...yes, SMN has a ton of mp, but just like BLM, it only has Cure 1-3. Better than your RDM with Cure 1-2 only, but Cure III really doesn't cut it in a lot of party situations, lol.
Exactly my feelings, it seems like now days I have to become one those tanks who constantly has to remind the rdm to keep refresh on me. I had a party the other day where it got so bad that even the other DDs were telling the RDM to keep refresh on me. Now I know that having a refresh/haste order isn't exactly necessary but when she would refresh the blu, refresh herself, then me, leaving me without refresh for a good bit of time, it really was starting to get annoying. She got upset after the 4th time of me asking for it, and then annoyed when my friend who was in the party (lvling thf at the time, but he too has 75 RDM) told her that keeping the tank refreshed and hasted should always be her first priority before the other DDs.
Its bad because I remember priding myself on always making sure everyone in the party had refresh, haste, or both. And I can think only a few times were I forgot to do one or the other, but usually because of rl aggro lol. Like you said, its sad when you now have to compliment rdms for doing what they should be doing anyways.
I actually haven't had very many SCH main healers on my end, the few I have had were pretty decent. But I am always a refresh whore in the end lol so I usually grab a RDM before I do anything else. Last couple of times I've tried to get say both a sch and a rdm, they usually seem to end up clashing because one feels the other is there to steal their "job". Kind of silly to be honest.
I was never big on SMN main healers to be honest. I feel for them in that they go through all the work of getting summons only to be told "we want you to main heal". So I normally only get them in parties for summoning/summons buffs and if anything back up healing. Usually my order of main healers are rdm, whm, and then sch (since like I said haven't had very much experience with sch main healers).
I've got SCH RDM and WHM all at 75 now (and SMN is just 11 levels off of that), and each has it's own pros and cons for healing. As far as SCH, it's really nice to be able to AoE Stoneskin, Phalanx, en-spells, etc..., as well as AoE remove debuffs on the melee. Other than not having haste, it's about on par with a WHM, except a bit more effective because of the AoE spells SCH can cast.
They work best with COR or BRD since refresh doesn't stack with Sublimation, but a SCH+RDM or SCH+WHM party works just fine too ^^
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