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Let me preface this by saying that I love RDM. As a personal preferance, I prefer RDM in XP parties over BRD. That is, if I had a choice between an RDM I didn't know, and a BRD I didn't know, I'd take the RDM. I 
my RDM long time.
And I know that RDM have a lot to do. Really, I understand this. I've posted about it before giving kudos to the insanity that RDM players must deal with. But I don't tell you how to do your job unless you are very obviously forgetting something, and when you do your job well, I don't disrespect you for it.
Hell, that goes for any job. If you do it well, I don't complain. But ZOMG! If you have MP you must be an XP leech!
Here's the story.
Party: War/Nin, War/Nin, War/Nin, Rng/Nin, Whm/Blm, Rdm/Whm
Location: The B Tree @ lvl 67 fighting Crawlers.
Okay. So the RDM says in party chat that he wants me to haste person A and B, and he'll haste person Y and Z. I'm thinking, "allright! I only have to haste two people!" 'cause I was expecting four. I even offered to haste 4 people and was told "its okay."
So 25 minutes later, I've been keeping everyone alive with nothing but Regen III and Regen II, and I finish each battle with over 950 MP (out of 1035), and every party member in the white. Not once have I dropped below 900 MP, and this is with hasting, re-hasting when slowed, and poisona'ing the party.
Meanwhile, the RDM has half MP, hasn't come close to needing a convert, and no one has dropped below yellow in the party. We're five chaning perfectly with no downtime, and pulling some -really- nice XP.
In short, one of the pest parties I've been in for a very long time.
So what does the redmage say to me? "Dude, are you going to cure anyone? Stop casting regen. If you don't use your MP you're just leeching XP."
*SCreeeeeeeeeeeeech!* Hold up! What? I thought my job in the party was to Haste two people, remove status, and to keep everyone alive. We're already 5-chaining back to back chains with no down time, and no amount of Banish is going to let use get us enough amount of time to chain 6 or chain 7. Not with the number of mobs available and where they spawn.
So the argument ensues. I tell the RDM to stop telling me how to do my job, I was invited to keep people alive, and my magic is worthless as DD at this level. So are my enfeebs. Eventually the PT leader backs me up, tells the RDM to stuff it and not complain till I let someone die.
Another half hour goes by, the RDM is meleeing, won't cast refresh on me because "I have enough MP" and won't backup heal "because I have enough mp". So here I am now -HAVING- to cast full cure spells because I have an additional melee to cure (poison breath attack thing hitting multiple people now) and the only way to keep up is to cure as well as regen.
What do you suppose happened? We don't have a proper tank, remember? They were bouncing hate. Sure enough First time I cast Cure V, I pull hate. So I try Cure 3 later on, and try to lay a Regen II on top of it. Pull Hate. I try Regen III and Cure 2. Pull hate. Why do you suppose? Cause now I'm tossing Cures left and right just to keep up because the RDM is refusing to cast cure at all, and is taking damage like a melee. I pull hate, I take damage, so now I have to cure myself as well becaue - guess what - RDM won't cure me.
Yes, I have a lot of MP. I have a lot of MP for a -reason- and that reason is because I choose to focus on MP and maximize my ability to manage that through food and equipment. I do this for several reasons. No matter how much I increase my MND or INT, there will always be a BRD or RDM in my XP party that can enfeeb better than me - mine won't stick without Elemental Seal /regardless/ of how much I stack the odds in my favor. So I don't - I go for MP instead.
And you know what? When my party pulls a double link and sleep won't stick, I can still keep everyone alive without using Benidiction. In fact, I can go up against three IT++ mobs back to back to back and finish with MP to spare. Just because you can't, or choose not to play that way, doesn't mean I'm an XP leech.
Well, obviously this RDM is just plain retarded. We can all see a million reasons why. But this brings me to the moral of the story.
For the LOVE OF GOD don't bitch, moan, whine, and complain because someone can do a job better than you. Do what you do, I'll do what I do. Don't tell me to do something my job can't do, and don't try and prove its possible by screwing over a party by not doing your job.
my RDM long time.And I know that RDM have a lot to do. Really, I understand this. I've posted about it before giving kudos to the insanity that RDM players must deal with. But I don't tell you how to do your job unless you are very obviously forgetting something, and when you do your job well, I don't disrespect you for it.
Hell, that goes for any job. If you do it well, I don't complain. But ZOMG! If you have MP you must be an XP leech!
Here's the story.
Party: War/Nin, War/Nin, War/Nin, Rng/Nin, Whm/Blm, Rdm/Whm
Location: The B Tree @ lvl 67 fighting Crawlers.
Okay. So the RDM says in party chat that he wants me to haste person A and B, and he'll haste person Y and Z. I'm thinking, "allright! I only have to haste two people!" 'cause I was expecting four. I even offered to haste 4 people and was told "its okay."
So 25 minutes later, I've been keeping everyone alive with nothing but Regen III and Regen II, and I finish each battle with over 950 MP (out of 1035), and every party member in the white. Not once have I dropped below 900 MP, and this is with hasting, re-hasting when slowed, and poisona'ing the party.
Meanwhile, the RDM has half MP, hasn't come close to needing a convert, and no one has dropped below yellow in the party. We're five chaning perfectly with no downtime, and pulling some -really- nice XP.
In short, one of the pest parties I've been in for a very long time.
So what does the redmage say to me? "Dude, are you going to cure anyone? Stop casting regen. If you don't use your MP you're just leeching XP."
*SCreeeeeeeeeeeeech!* Hold up! What? I thought my job in the party was to Haste two people, remove status, and to keep everyone alive. We're already 5-chaining back to back chains with no down time, and no amount of Banish is going to let use get us enough amount of time to chain 6 or chain 7. Not with the number of mobs available and where they spawn.
So the argument ensues. I tell the RDM to stop telling me how to do my job, I was invited to keep people alive, and my magic is worthless as DD at this level. So are my enfeebs. Eventually the PT leader backs me up, tells the RDM to stuff it and not complain till I let someone die.
Another half hour goes by, the RDM is meleeing, won't cast refresh on me because "I have enough MP" and won't backup heal "because I have enough mp". So here I am now -HAVING- to cast full cure spells because I have an additional melee to cure (poison breath attack thing hitting multiple people now) and the only way to keep up is to cure as well as regen.
What do you suppose happened? We don't have a proper tank, remember? They were bouncing hate. Sure enough First time I cast Cure V, I pull hate. So I try Cure 3 later on, and try to lay a Regen II on top of it. Pull Hate. I try Regen III and Cure 2. Pull hate. Why do you suppose? Cause now I'm tossing Cures left and right just to keep up because the RDM is refusing to cast cure at all, and is taking damage like a melee. I pull hate, I take damage, so now I have to cure myself as well becaue - guess what - RDM won't cure me.
Yes, I have a lot of MP. I have a lot of MP for a -reason- and that reason is because I choose to focus on MP and maximize my ability to manage that through food and equipment. I do this for several reasons. No matter how much I increase my MND or INT, there will always be a BRD or RDM in my XP party that can enfeeb better than me - mine won't stick without Elemental Seal /regardless/ of how much I stack the odds in my favor. So I don't - I go for MP instead.
And you know what? When my party pulls a double link and sleep won't stick, I can still keep everyone alive without using Benidiction. In fact, I can go up against three IT++ mobs back to back to back and finish with MP to spare. Just because you can't, or choose not to play that way, doesn't mean I'm an XP leech.
Well, obviously this RDM is just plain retarded. We can all see a million reasons why. But this brings me to the moral of the story.
For the LOVE OF GOD don't bitch, moan, whine, and complain because someone can do a job better than you. Do what you do, I'll do what I do. Don't tell me to do something my job can't do, and don't try and prove its possible by screwing over a party by not doing your job.
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