[l33t_c0w]

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I was thinking about posting a new topic, but it seems like it'd best fit here... I recently was playing with the log parser. couldn't get it to gather logs, but i did parse the last 4 fights or so of the party I was in... it was around level 40, and I was one of the higher party members. We were fighting Soldier Crawlers. Anyways, in overall damage the monk lead by a significant margin, followed by the dragoon. A little ways after the dragoon was me (blm), followed very closely by the War/Nin.

I'm a black mage. And I'm the least of the damage dealers. What's up with that? I stuck to elemental weaknesses... My gear isn't gimped... I've pretty much got all the non-HQ/non-rareish int gear... works out to +23 after food. Even for chain 5, when I nuked all out until it was dead (not sure how i had the mp for it... usually running empty around then) I only was doing 30% of the damage.

If the monk and dragoon were unusually good, then ok. Or if having all the gear that I can't afford (all the +1s and morion stuff) might actually help matters then... I guess I can try farming for a year... but if this is normalcy, I might as well be a red mage - at least then I wouldn't be useless...

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PS. somebody shoot the damned assjack who made the banner with the "camera noises" - I'm literally having to click back and forth thorugh the forum until it goes away - annoying as all hell.