Summoners and parties....help

[Tikipiki]

Hehe

I've used everything from Tail Whip to Aerial Blast to steal hate from tanks :p At the beginning of the battle I can generally steal hate from everyone but paladins with any of the 'Tier II' attacks (Tail Whip, Thunderspark, etc). Astrals can usually steal hate from any tank I've partied with so far. I usually pop my astral when I'm about to level for some fun, or when the party really needs an AE provoke. I have only met two people in 48 levels that have held hate from the avatar: both of them taru paladins. Heh the first time I was actually trying to get the mob off of the paladin because my 100 or so mana was going to run out before the battle would be done at the current rate we were damaging the mob lol. Oh well the damage from the astral made it possible to kill the mob shortly after.

As you start going up in levels Astral flow won't take hate off of paladins, even mediocre ones. They should take the hate off of mediocre ninjas but I doubt they will take the hate off of good ones (considering when I was leveling blm in a spt with a good ninja he could hold hate from two blm's double bursting Burst for 1200 dmg).

Tiki

[JungBunny]

I really do enjoy Triel's ideology about the game and I have to /bow to you ..

When I was lvling SMN 1-70, I generally sat in as a cure-tank because I wanted to get to 70 to use the abilities.. Now that I look back, I never enjoyed my role as SMN.

I hated not having Raise II or III.. Erase for a long time, Stona, ect.

I hated not being able to slap a cure 4 or 5 to ensure that the tank will stay healed..

I hated getting invites and having people other then the leader go ( /sigh ) because they did not get a WHM who can give them the proper protectra/shellra, ect.

I hated being limited to certain fighting spots due to my lack of cure spells and status cures..

All of this I faced when I went to 70. And instead of doing what Triel does, I just sucked it up and hated playing. I just kept thinking there was some sort of light at the end of the tunnel. When I got there... I was a little disappointed like oceanfish

I'm happy now though @ 75.. XP means crap to me now, and I generally just help out other SMNs defeating avatars, with their AF, and just going out adventuring with 4-5 other SMNs..

We are currently testing out places in Promithia and it is really fun.

Sometimes though I go back to my old LS who are taking down NM's and such, and they ask me if I want to come.. I know they are asking because they just want my company, not because they need my avatar DMG.. Its okay though because I enjoy the game now.

I agree with Triel and I wish I could go back and do it her way. Maybe then I would had fun from 1-70 instead of just sitting back in my chair rotating between cure3 and cure2