Galka summoners,where are you?

[Cbot]

Any Galka summoners out here?

[sudo]

shadowbuni on bismarck is the ldr of a LS of smn's called CarbuncleRuby or something like that.

I'm sure he knows more galka smn out there XD

[CarbonFibre]

Galka summoning animation is the best of any race hands down. I rarely even see high level JP Galka Summoners let alone English speaking ones.

[UnnamedGalka]

I've seen a couple high level Galka SMNs around, and one budding Galka SMN that PTed with my RDM a while back.

But yeah, Galka SMN are pretty rare. Maybe I should start leveling it...I mean, I already have all the avatars, including Fenrir :sweat:

[Apple Pie]

http://poz.jp/~totsu/top1.shtml

Watch the movie on top page. Galka SMN62 is there.

[Ozymandis]

There's a 75 (he was 74 last I saw him several months ago, I assume he's 75) SMN on Fairy who's Galka. Never partied with him, his gear is pretty nice, but I believe he's a 75 thief among other things?

I'm considering levelling summoner, should have all the avatars soon. It's a great job at higher levels, and Galka summoner is major shock factor :D

But I know it's highly MP-dependent, and I don't want to be ineffective.

[Vinen]

I grouped with a Galka Summoner often as I leveled through 60-70 early last year. He was as effective if not more effective then other Summoners I had grouped with, its all about knowing how to play your class.

[tracert]

Originally posted by sudo
shadowbuni on bismarck is the ldr of a LS of smn's called CarbuncleRuby or something like that.

I'm sure he knows more galka smn out there XD

there is also a jp player that is galka he has 75 rdm, smn, whm, mnk, war ^^; most everyone on the server knows him i cant think of his name at the monment, actually i havent seen him in a couple of weeks...

[Kensaki]

Mastersword Galka on Seraph lvled smn pretty high I think.<<

[sudo]

Originally posted by tracert
there is also a jp player that is galka he has 75 rdm, smn, whm, mnk, war ^^; most everyone on the server knows him i cant think of his name at the monment, actually i havent seen him in a couple of weeks...

is he related to shamanking? lol all them power lving ppl with like 4-5 lv 75 jobs.

[tracert]

his name is like rooteys or something i havent seen him in quite awhile now

[UnnamedGalka]

But I know it's highly MP-dependent, and I don't want to be ineffective.

Don't forget to factor player skill into that equation...just because you'd be a Galkan SMN won't automatically mean you'll be ineffective. Even though you're a Galka, the SMN job in and of itself will provide you with a very generous helping of MP. If you can get your paws on some good gear and learn how to manage your MP wisely, you'll be just as good, if not better, than a SMN of any other race.

[Aelith]

If you can get your paws on some good gear and learn how to manage your MP wisely, you'll be just as good, if not better, than a SMN of any other race.

Unless, of course, someone from another race has an equal amount of skill and equally appropriate equipment (and don't tell me how awesome galka rse is - I know it's good for mp and you have a point, but you're still missing out on stuff if you have to depend on that rse for a chunk of your mp, when you could get that mp base and extra benefits from other gear).

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for galka summoners or taru monks, or what have you. If you enjoy playing it, love the race, or just like the challenge of it, more power you to you. What I don't enjoy is the attitude that assumes all galka white mages or summoners (or taru monks, etc) are somehow automatically more skilled than the taru summoners and galka monks out there. Because while player skill is incredibly important, it's a lie to say that that's all there is to it - especially when several (or even most) people are at the same general skill level in the first place.

As for the original question, I don't personally know any galka summoners on my server. I have partied with a galka rdm/smn though (so i assume he leveled summoner at some point), and he happened to be one of the better red mages i've had.

[UnnamedGalka]

Unless, of course, someone from another race has an equal amount of skill and equally appropriate equipment

/sigh...here we go again. I've heard it many times before...

But if Player Y was THIS race in THIS job and had the SAME equipment and EQUAL skill, he'd be better than Player X.

Do you know what I have to say? If you're both good and know how to do your job, I know I'd be happy to have either (or both) of you in my party.

I mean, I'm not gonna sit there and say, "Well, Mr. Taru SMN and Mr. Galka SMN, I've seen you both in action...you're both obviously very skilled...you both performed well, buffing the PT at all the right times and dealing out more or less an equal amount of damage to the mobs...and on top of it all, neither of you even came close to running out of MP, thanks to your equipment, use of food and drink, and managing your rest periods very well...having a RDM or a BRD around didn't hurt, either...

...but it's time to make an executive decision...I think I'll PT with the Taru from now on just because he's a Taru and is racially built for the job...that's the deciding factor. Sorry, Galka...go level WAR or something you were built to do, and if we're ever in a similar situation where you're competing with a Taru WAR of equal skill, I'd surely chose you."

Not much reason to it, is there?

What I don't enjoy is the attitude that assumes all galka white mages or summoners (or taru monks, etc) are somehow automatically more skilled than the taru summoners and galka monks out there

I'm sorry, but you obviously misread my post.

What I said was that it is entirely possible for a Galka SMN to outshine, say, a Taru SMN, based on merit and skill alone. I never stated that a Galka would automatically be the best. I actually wouldn't grant the title The Absolute Best to any player out there, for we all have our weak points and there's always something to improve about ourselves, whether it be your player skill or your attitude in general. (without naming names, many, many extremely skilled players that I've met need to work on the latter)

But anyway, I'm sorry I pissed you off with what I said. My post was meant to encourage, not to respark a tired old debate.

Because while player skill is incredibly important, it's a lie to say that that's all there is to it - especially when several (or even most) people are at the same general skill level in the first place.

I actually disagree with you here. I've leveled many jobs, and I've always encountered a wide gamut of players...from the cream of the crap to the creme de la creme and everyone in between.

While you are right that there are other factors that come into play on whether someone is good, bad, or just plain meh, player skill is, by far, the most that counts.

And in closing, I've done some thinking...in case anyone has noticed, I've always been a huge supporter of "unconventional" race/job combos. Unconventional job/subjob combos, however, I'm on the other end of the spectrum about. The NIN/RDM topic for example...while I still maintain that I made some valid arguments against it, I look at my arguments here and think, Before telling someone to remove the splinter from their eye, you should first remove the branch from your own. I suppose that's something I should work on.

[Silkiv]

I saw this guy in Jeuno and I remembered this thread and took a picture.

A mix of Rse, Austere and Smn Artifact armor.

[onorok]

There has been a JP galka 75 SMN on Valefor for a while, but I forget his name. And an NA galka SMN named Dieselone just hit 75 in the past few weeks on our server.