| Re: TP Burn I haven't been in a TP burn pt since ToAU first came out, and at that time (at least in all the pts I was in) our setup usually included 2 mages, myself (rdm) and either a whm or a blm (although) generally not both. It seems now to be down to rdm and/or (mostly or) brd only.
I will say I have limited sympathy for blm who are left out because I remember getting incredibly slow xp several times, because our pts suffered from not having a blm to burst, as even 2 rdm in the same pt cannot come close to matching the burst of a good blm. All the blms were off doing their manaburn pts and if I saw one building and asked to come, the response was usually BRD ONRY! However, there is still some sympathy because as was stated above, most the blm who are suffering now are not the ones who part of the big manaburn period. In addition, those who did suffer because of all the previous burn pts, you know what it's like, and so I would think you wouldn't wish that same situation on anyone else.
While the xp from TP burn pts is usually nice, I also agree witht he statement that it leads to creating ever more HL characters, controlled by players who have no idea what they're doing. This may no be a problem for some who are part of linkshells full of HLs, it is for those of us who are part of linkshells with few HLs who rely on PUGs to get non-Dynamis or HNM activities done that require help.
Here is an example of just how much tp burn pts have contributed to the lack of knowledge/skill of many players: I joined a skillup party to get rid of latents on my sapara of trials, and ended up leaving after only a few fights, as not a single person in the party (5 members including myself) other than me knew how to skillchain!!! That is IMO, just pathetic.
-probably some spelling/grammar issues here--sorry, I'm sick today |