Originally Posted by Sabaron  |
You're supposed to provide an escort for mages through the Secret Beach tunnel. They cannot pass it themselves without Powder/Oil and a lot of low-levels are new and don't have money. You can't expect newbs with virtually no farming ability or crafting skill to pony up 30-40k for stealth items -and- keep their gear and spells up to date. Be nice.
A lot of high-levels get lazy about stealth because they have a tendency to run through areas where they're on the top of the food chain. This sets in a bit of subconscious laziness.
It should be a trivial matter for high-levs to pay for stealth in this region--that is as inexcusable as not bringing stealth to other dangerous areas like Ifrit's Cauldron. |
And my party is supposed to just stop everything that they're doing, and escort a party member, right?
If you can't avoid agro. Buy stealth items. Period.
I don't care who you are, what level you are, what job you are, how experienced you think you are, and at higher levels, they won't either.
Big deal if you're wearing insanely uber gear and have all of your spells.
If you can't make it to point A from point B without dying or endangering the party, what use are you to the group?
I would rather you stealth your way to a party spot instead of agroing everything in your path before you even reach camp, and then be forced to wait for a Raise from an edgy WHM who doesn't care much to bother to walk and find your dead carcass lying in the sands.
Because there's not going to be an escort available all the time, just like there wasn't in my instance Since I had to heal an already active party in the first place.
And I'm not going to be biased to mages either; A good Melee has the same, if not more, monetary issues to deal with concerning stealth items and gear and food. You're going to show heavy understanding for that THF that wanted to skill up his marksmanship and grab some +1 gear as well, and yet, agroes everything in his path? And honestly, what mage or melee is ever wearing 10k worth of gil in gear at that level anymore?