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Throughout my FFXI career I have been party leader longer than ten minutes maybe a dozen times. I've found a replacement here and there. And I've filled out the three empty spots in an LS Dunes party (then kept going for several hours after the LS members left). Yesterday was the first time I've ever built a party from scratch, and it was not an encouraging experience. (For those of you keeping score, all those times I said stuff like "on the rare occasion I make a party" were bald-faced lies. Lies!)
I started Sunday off seeking on my 32 BLM. After spamming the AH for goblin masks for about half an hour, I took another look at the search list and decided to give the whole leader thing a try. Sent people the kind of tells I like to get, and ended up with NIN/WAR, BLU/NIN, WAR/MNK, RDM/BLM, and WHM/BLM for Eastern Altepa.
The ninja joined fairly early on, and didn't have his crystal. So while I built the party and switched to WHM to teleport, he was airshipping to Bastok. We both showed up in Zeruhn Mines at about the same time, so there really wasn't all that much time lost getting him the crystal and getting to camp. Things looked like they should go pretty well at this point.
Unfortunately, the ninja didn't have any tools other than shihei. And he was using Utsusemi maybe twice per battle. So hate was bouncing all over the place and he needed far too much curing. The RDM told me kick him or he'd leave. So I brought that up in party chat, and the ninja disbanded.
I honestly don't remember the exact sequence of events after that. We got up to six members again (after taking a few beetles more slowly with five), and then the BLU left, replaced by a DRK. Then the RDM left anyway for Dynamis. Another replacement lined up, and the WHM dced. While searching for replacements, the WHM returned. We went with five for a little while, still looking for replacements, and the WHM decided it wasn't going well enough and disbanded.
All this time, of course, there are perfectly viable replacements hanging out in Kazham, Jeuno, and Garlaige, none of whom have the teleport crystal. I offer to escort a few of them, but some don't want to make the trip. And then the party decides they'd rather just wait on someone who has the crystal (taking it as an indication of a higher-quality player).
Eventually we end up with WAR, DRK, (much better) NIN, WHM, another BLM, and myself, 31-33. The WHM hit 34 after a handful of fights, and the other BLM (31) said "If XP sucks I'm leaving." This started an argument between the WAR and BLM, resulting in another ultimatum from the WAR (roughly "her or me"). The BLM left on her own. And then the NIN threatened to leave if I didn't kick the WAR for bitching too much. I told him it hadn't been a problem until everyone else started bitching, and she was the only one who hadn't just left with no notice this entire time. He lol'ed and didn't say another word about it.
So we're down to five again and I'm looking for a replacement when the NIN disconnects. Again, the only viable replacements are halfway across the world and nervous about the trip. This is when I give up and pass leader to the WAR, who has no better luck than me. The WHM goes to Rabao without a word to the party. The next thing we know, he's disbanded, and then runs past us in SAM AF and starts leveling his NPC.
Half an hour later, we have a RDM, WHM, and DRG, and start up again. Things go all right until we decide to try Dhalmels. I think even that would have been all right if we were a little more on the ball. But the WAR ended up dying twice, and then the DRK had to log off because of massive connection problems. We got a WAR/NIN, and after her and the WAR/MNK got communication down (one death later), it was going pretty well. But the WHM only had half an hour, so when he had to leave we just disbanded.
Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm aware that this is just how things go sometimes, and it wasn't really my fault or anything. But great googly moogly. I think I'll go back to just seeking like a good little mage.
For anybody who took part in my little party on Remora yesterday (especially Druantia for sticking with me that whole time), thank you for your patience, and I'm sorry it wasn't the best.
Edit: Also, from now on I'm not getting grumbly when someone asks my TNL even though it's in my search comment. I couldn't keep track of that worth a crap, either.
Throughout my FFXI career I have been party leader longer than ten minutes maybe a dozen times. I've found a replacement here and there. And I've filled out the three empty spots in an LS Dunes party (then kept going for several hours after the LS members left). Yesterday was the first time I've ever built a party from scratch, and it was not an encouraging experience. (For those of you keeping score, all those times I said stuff like "on the rare occasion I make a party" were bald-faced lies. Lies!)
I started Sunday off seeking on my 32 BLM. After spamming the AH for goblin masks for about half an hour, I took another look at the search list and decided to give the whole leader thing a try. Sent people the kind of tells I like to get, and ended up with NIN/WAR, BLU/NIN, WAR/MNK, RDM/BLM, and WHM/BLM for Eastern Altepa.
The ninja joined fairly early on, and didn't have his crystal. So while I built the party and switched to WHM to teleport, he was airshipping to Bastok. We both showed up in Zeruhn Mines at about the same time, so there really wasn't all that much time lost getting him the crystal and getting to camp. Things looked like they should go pretty well at this point.
Unfortunately, the ninja didn't have any tools other than shihei. And he was using Utsusemi maybe twice per battle. So hate was bouncing all over the place and he needed far too much curing. The RDM told me kick him or he'd leave. So I brought that up in party chat, and the ninja disbanded.
I honestly don't remember the exact sequence of events after that. We got up to six members again (after taking a few beetles more slowly with five), and then the BLU left, replaced by a DRK. Then the RDM left anyway for Dynamis. Another replacement lined up, and the WHM dced. While searching for replacements, the WHM returned. We went with five for a little while, still looking for replacements, and the WHM decided it wasn't going well enough and disbanded.
All this time, of course, there are perfectly viable replacements hanging out in Kazham, Jeuno, and Garlaige, none of whom have the teleport crystal. I offer to escort a few of them, but some don't want to make the trip. And then the party decides they'd rather just wait on someone who has the crystal (taking it as an indication of a higher-quality player).
Eventually we end up with WAR, DRK, (much better) NIN, WHM, another BLM, and myself, 31-33. The WHM hit 34 after a handful of fights, and the other BLM (31) said "If XP sucks I'm leaving." This started an argument between the WAR and BLM, resulting in another ultimatum from the WAR (roughly "her or me"). The BLM left on her own. And then the NIN threatened to leave if I didn't kick the WAR for bitching too much. I told him it hadn't been a problem until everyone else started bitching, and she was the only one who hadn't just left with no notice this entire time. He lol'ed and didn't say another word about it.
So we're down to five again and I'm looking for a replacement when the NIN disconnects. Again, the only viable replacements are halfway across the world and nervous about the trip. This is when I give up and pass leader to the WAR, who has no better luck than me. The WHM goes to Rabao without a word to the party. The next thing we know, he's disbanded, and then runs past us in SAM AF and starts leveling his NPC.
Half an hour later, we have a RDM, WHM, and DRG, and start up again. Things go all right until we decide to try Dhalmels. I think even that would have been all right if we were a little more on the ball. But the WAR ended up dying twice, and then the DRK had to log off because of massive connection problems. We got a WAR/NIN, and after her and the WAR/MNK got communication down (one death later), it was going pretty well. But the WHM only had half an hour, so when he had to leave we just disbanded.
Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm aware that this is just how things go sometimes, and it wasn't really my fault or anything. But great googly moogly. I think I'll go back to just seeking like a good little mage.
For anybody who took part in my little party on Remora yesterday (especially Druantia for sticking with me that whole time), thank you for your patience, and I'm sorry it wasn't the best.
Edit: Also, from now on I'm not getting grumbly when someone asks my TNL even though it's in my search comment. I couldn't keep track of that worth a crap, either.
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