Patchinko
11-30-2004, 08:20 PM
Like our pal Ruic, it is time for Patch to retire. I won't miss other sections of this forum and I feel like we have a little Red Mage community here, so I wanted to say farewell to you people most of all.
When I first started playing this game, I came to this forum and found out what is expected of Red Mage. I soon found there was a lot to the job and realized that, if played properly, it is one of the most challenging and rewarding of jobs in the game. I could never really enjoy another job because they seemed too simplistic to me, and besides the next piece of armor or spell that seemed identical to a previous spell, there was little in the way of reward. I experimented with a variety of different things playing it and had fun with it, and in the end, I benefited from trying all sorts of things, stupid, crazy, or otherwise.
Playing Red Mage, I felt more rewarded when I did a good job because it was obvious that the party was doing significantly better in no small part because of me. And I admit that I appreciated it when people complimented me for doing a good job, because it means that my work was not going unnoticed.
I admit, I love playing Red Mage solo, and it's what has kept me going in this game the past few months, and the reason I've not progressed much. When a friend asks me what I am doing tonight and I tell her, she says, "Can you really do that?!" Well, as RDM, I can because we are that powerful. So I salute those of you who were able to push on with it and have challenged yourselves at every turn instead of giving in to the ease with which RDM can level up solely because of Refresh with no regard for skill.
Anyhow, I've gone off on some tangent, so I'll refocus.
At later levels, experience sessions require hours at a time to take place, and that kind of dedication is no longer possible for me. Since I don't like any other jobs in this game, and have tried nearly all of them, I've no choice but to stop. Fortunately, the reasons for this lack of time are that my real life is taking off, so it's not a sad time for me.
I will look back on my time as a Red Mage with a smile and I don't regret the time I spent on it because it was great fun. I hope all of you keep pushing the envelope of our most powerful of jobs!
Sayonara~.
When I first started playing this game, I came to this forum and found out what is expected of Red Mage. I soon found there was a lot to the job and realized that, if played properly, it is one of the most challenging and rewarding of jobs in the game. I could never really enjoy another job because they seemed too simplistic to me, and besides the next piece of armor or spell that seemed identical to a previous spell, there was little in the way of reward. I experimented with a variety of different things playing it and had fun with it, and in the end, I benefited from trying all sorts of things, stupid, crazy, or otherwise.
Playing Red Mage, I felt more rewarded when I did a good job because it was obvious that the party was doing significantly better in no small part because of me. And I admit that I appreciated it when people complimented me for doing a good job, because it means that my work was not going unnoticed.
I admit, I love playing Red Mage solo, and it's what has kept me going in this game the past few months, and the reason I've not progressed much. When a friend asks me what I am doing tonight and I tell her, she says, "Can you really do that?!" Well, as RDM, I can because we are that powerful. So I salute those of you who were able to push on with it and have challenged yourselves at every turn instead of giving in to the ease with which RDM can level up solely because of Refresh with no regard for skill.
Anyhow, I've gone off on some tangent, so I'll refocus.
At later levels, experience sessions require hours at a time to take place, and that kind of dedication is no longer possible for me. Since I don't like any other jobs in this game, and have tried nearly all of them, I've no choice but to stop. Fortunately, the reasons for this lack of time are that my real life is taking off, so it's not a sad time for me.
I will look back on my time as a Red Mage with a smile and I don't regret the time I spent on it because it was great fun. I hope all of you keep pushing the envelope of our most powerful of jobs!
Sayonara~.