What the hell is wrong with Melee?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: What the hell is wrong with Melee?

There are people who take thier jobs too close to heart, they take them very seriously and there will be players - even your friends - who will get sucked into the princess-you-can't-tell-me-what-to-do mentality. Worse is when they feel they've hit the big time and are big stuff. I have watched RL friendships fall apart over in-game stuff.

I know a COR who now subs WAR to merit PTs, creating a clear deficit in his accuracy and he uses Hunter's Roll to make up for it, but he won't let you argue that he could just sub RNG and Roll something more useful to melees. No, damn you, he wants his epeen and that Hunter's Roll is "good for everyone" even though most melee I know do have a good Accuracy Build and don't need the help.

In summary, this game makes some people retarded.

[Murphie]

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That is kind of shitty the way they are all "He must be deaf or something". I mean, it's not that hard to do a SC, for crying out loud. And your reasons for suggesting it were good ones. And the way they weren't taking your word for it that the troll camps were taken, etc.

[Taskmage]

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Oh, those guys. Ok, nevermind skillchains kick ass on those. They take like double damage right, so when the closing WS does 2x normal damage a light skillchain will do like 4x normal damage, ne?

[WishMaster3K]

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We were on those Undead in Dvucca who take like a kajillion damage from magic.

Their DEF sucks, but they have an assload of TP. Wheras a Blade:Jin on an Imp would do like 1k damage and take out 20%, a Blade:Jin for 1400 would only take about maybe 5-8% on these mobs.

But the magic effect from skillchains is usually greater than the damage combined.

Normally, I let my meleetards play their jobs the way they want to. But as the PT leader, I had to set things up based on the situation.

[Taskmage]

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I thought the reason nobody wants to skillchain, or ever wanted to skillchain, is because the damage from the SC doesn't make up for the damage lost from one DD saving TP while the other reaches 100. I don't know if that's their reasoning, but really skillchains suck. Was there a blm in the party or something?

[BurningPanther]

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Don't get me started on Princess RDMs either.

Heh. Guilty as charged.

The problem with melee today is the problem BLM and WHM in previous years, and I suppose RDM and BRD now. When you're in high demand, you find yourself often in a position to dictate terms, and it goes to your head. You feel free to cut out this, then cut out that, then suddenly... you're an asshole. BLM and WHM used to be high-demand for exp, and were thus in a position to dictate terms in parties. Their perceived importance gave them the perception that they could take liberties. Now, it's melee. Mobs so easy to kill, you don't need to set up a Skill Chain, now no one wants to put expend the joules required to time one.

I'm surprised you only just noticed this.

[WishMaster3K]

Zexx and Charz are probably the two greatest players I know at their jobs. (Zexx is NIN, THF, and RNG 75. He has WAR and MNK 75 also, but it's not hard to be a great WAR or MNK. Just gear up and Autoattack)

Charz is actually a good BRD, even though he won't admit it. He's an OK NIN, and he loves MNK. But as I said, it's not hard to be a MNK.

I've known these guys since HS, so I mean no ill intent towards them, they're among my best friends in and out of the game.

So why the post?

It's not about them, rather, it's their attitudes that are prevailent throughout this game.

Look at the party chat closely. You'll see how definitely REFUSED to do a skillchain, even when using two WSs that are common in the TP Burn era.

This picture is a catalyst of my rant, and why the hell melee get into a funk once they hit the end-tier of levels. Elitism. Talking about "Which DDs are the best". Constantly reminding me that PLD sucks, it's all about NIN.

It sucks knowing that two close friends of mine may very well be elitists, but I've come across MANY people who don't know how to do a god damned skillchain.

This latest update definitely drew a divide in the ground, and there are, as is the case with divides made via a single line, two sides. I've seen so many people come out of their heads and state their opinions on the state of the melee metagame, and I wonder:

What the Fuck? What the Hell is wrong with Melee nowadays?

Don't get me started on Princess RDMs either.