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Alright. I'm not going to mention names here, but on the Hades server I just encountered the largest amount of personal drama I've ever experienced in an online game aside from a guild disolving over a bitter divorce.
In a party I was in, the two warriors who were obviously very young (they mentioned their ages when questioned by another party member), were emoting all sorts of kisses and gestures at a female red mage and it was obviously making her uncomfortable. I told them to stop, and so did the white mage, and eventually they did.
A few minutes later one of the warriors leveled, and was then a little too high for the party so he left. We started a discussion as to whether or not to invite a bard or a warrior, both were looking for a party. We had a whm, rdm, two mnks, a war and a high level rdm watching over us, and were levels 22-24, still low enough for mnk to take some hits. I suggested that we invite the bard. The whm, insisting that I was a noob and knew nothing about parties, wanted to invite the tank.
The whm seemed to associate me with other members of the party that she didn't like, because I showed no signs of being a noob. I was finishing skillchains and hadn't missed one. I was provoking when necessasry to save a war or mage, and was doing great damage, and had better equipment than the other monk.
The party disolved due to the leader, a warrior, kicking the whm out for calling us all noobs. After which, I sent her a tell asking why she was mad at me in particular, because I thought she did well as a whm and wanted to stay in contact with her. She just told me to stop bugging her, and to talk about party strategy after I had been playing for more than a month.
I commented that maybe she didn't have the type of personal character for being a white mage. - as white mages should be amiable, friendly people since they absolutely need to party.
She then put me on some sort of personal 'black list' and had a bunch of people from her LS send me insulting tells for the next half hour.
It made me feel as though half the server has it against me now, even though it was actually only 5 or 6 people who probably won't remember my name.
I hope this doesn't happen often. I like the social nature of FFXI, but if it turns sour very often like this I probably won't stick around.
In a party I was in, the two warriors who were obviously very young (they mentioned their ages when questioned by another party member), were emoting all sorts of kisses and gestures at a female red mage and it was obviously making her uncomfortable. I told them to stop, and so did the white mage, and eventually they did.
A few minutes later one of the warriors leveled, and was then a little too high for the party so he left. We started a discussion as to whether or not to invite a bard or a warrior, both were looking for a party. We had a whm, rdm, two mnks, a war and a high level rdm watching over us, and were levels 22-24, still low enough for mnk to take some hits. I suggested that we invite the bard. The whm, insisting that I was a noob and knew nothing about parties, wanted to invite the tank.
The whm seemed to associate me with other members of the party that she didn't like, because I showed no signs of being a noob. I was finishing skillchains and hadn't missed one. I was provoking when necessasry to save a war or mage, and was doing great damage, and had better equipment than the other monk.
The party disolved due to the leader, a warrior, kicking the whm out for calling us all noobs. After which, I sent her a tell asking why she was mad at me in particular, because I thought she did well as a whm and wanted to stay in contact with her. She just told me to stop bugging her, and to talk about party strategy after I had been playing for more than a month.
I commented that maybe she didn't have the type of personal character for being a white mage. - as white mages should be amiable, friendly people since they absolutely need to party.
She then put me on some sort of personal 'black list' and had a bunch of people from her LS send me insulting tells for the next half hour.
It made me feel as though half the server has it against me now, even though it was actually only 5 or 6 people who probably won't remember my name.
I hope this doesn't happen often. I like the social nature of FFXI, but if it turns sour very often like this I probably won't stick around.
to stir up trouble. Mwahaha.
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