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Old 03-06-2008, 05:51 AM   #14 (permalink)
Selphiie The Enchantress
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Re: Selphiie's Guide To Party Leaders
Ok it seems alot of people disagreed with the "Asking people who aren't seeking" so im going to change it a little ^^

Asking people who aren't seeking:

Try your best not to ask people who are not seeking for a party, because most likely they are AFK, or they are busy, and especially if they have a search comment that says that don't want to party. Although if you are missing a key job like a tank/puller/healer, or even a DD, it never hurts to ask, you may find yourself lucky. Just be sure not to get angry at the person if they say no, if they don't want to party, then they don't want to party. ALSO for a little more experienced players, (low level players are still learning), if you see someone seeking in places like Sky,Sea,Temenos, Hazhalm, or any other endgame zone, then they are doing a LS event, it is very rare that someone would be LFP in an endgame zone, but make sure to read the search comment if they have one. If you see a RDM looking for party in Dynamis-Sandoria, don't ask them lol.

I might add this, but I'll see what you guys think:

Invite a puller:
Make sure 1 of your party slots has someone who can pull. Yes EVERY job can technically pull, but when you get to camp you should be able to safely say "Ok so-and-so, your going to pull". I've had numerous partys where we would stand there like idiots for about 10 minutes after buffs until someone would just ask "so...whos pulling?" I try not to have MP jobs pull only because i would like them to HMP in between pulls, Blue Mages and Dark Knights are excellent pullers with throwing/poison/marksmanship, but most of the time without a refresher they would always sit there with no MP along the course of a few battles. I don't make DRGs pull, at all. Don't ask a DRG to jump pull, half the time they will come back dead, there is a small delay after a jump that gives the mob the opportunity to beat the crap out of the DRG as they start running back. Warriors are excellent pullers until around the time they start to equip pieces like the Bomb core, thats when you should have someone else pull. NEVER provoke pull, UNLESS you are tank pulling, because that is just deadly for the puller especially if the tank is not one to keep hate well. If there really is no one who can pull, then tank pulling is fine, Paladins can flash pull or provoke pull, and Ninjas (Ninjas worth their salt) will have a throwing item (Ungur Boomerang,etc).



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