Valkurm and Qufim are truly hellFollow

I wish you the best of luck my friend...I still can't hear the phrase "Yhoator Jungle" without having a fit of spasms.

If you spend more than 30 minutes in Yuhtunga before seeing "OMG GOB TRAIN ZOOOOOOOONE!!!!111!!" consider yourself most fortunate. ^^

I've always wondered who decided that these places are the best to lvl... I mean, where did everyone go to fight at lvl 25 before the Zilart expansion came out? There must be alternatives but everyone is too dead set on following the norm. I guess that's what set parties are for, lol, but no one wants to start one that low ^^;

One of the things I noticed the last time I was in the dunes is that almost every party was being powerlevelled, and in most cases most of the people didn't even have subjobs yet. We had a total party wipeout, a friend came to raise us, and immediately it was like hey let's ask him to stay and power level us. I said he was busy.

What is happening, in people's rush to get through these areas that are a pain, they are often denying newer players the chance to learn party dynamics and roles as well as a chance to hone their skills. I have partied with a war who got kicked for provoking the mob off of the power level in the party previous to the one with me and was actually asking when he should provoke.

If you want to get in and out of these areas and have friends power level you, fine, but make sure the people you invite are pretty familiar with the game and what jobs do what so you don't teach them bad habits like not provoking off of a whm early in the game.

So basically Vana'diel is turning into America Jr? No effort, pay someone else to do things for you, lol. ( And yes, I am from America, I'm making fun of myself, not being racist )

Hey there,
I can definitely agree that the Dunes and Quifim can be extremely frustrating. My solution has been to either give advice to someone that is new, or not doing their job effectively or "correctly". If that doesn't work and they refuse the advice, or if someone is being rude - I leave.
In leveling my pld, you wouldn't believe the knuckleheads i've run into that are pulling with voke. When I've tried to explain that it is not a very good tactic for the party situation I'm usually met with either some rude smartass remark, or that they don't have a ranged (it's usually the smartass remark). So, I can either deal with it, or leave. It's that easy.
I've also taken several days off from lvling in these places to do farming, missions/quests with ls, or wait until a ls member or friend wants to go together to make a pt. I'll go back to it after I've cooled off a bit.
It does seem like a crap shoot though. However, I'm more than willing to give advice or help another player out as long as they are willing to accept it. After all, we were all new at one point, and I certainly don't know all there is to know so I still rely on others for help to.

Sorry that you aren't on my server. I'd pt with you ^^!

Good luck!

Well I went to the jungle the other day to lvl my thf some more and I must say that I had 2 really great parties ^^ The first party was great... the tank, a pld, was actually able to keep hate on herself after I sata'd.. and we were going so fast we got to chain 5 a few times ^_^

And then the second party was fun cause we had two thfs and we were bouncing the hate back and forth with our satas ^^ Again, killed the enemies quickly and got to chain 5 several times ^^ So I went from lvl 30 to 32 in a matter of a few hours :) So refreshing after the Dunes and Qufim... but now I gotta head back to the Dunes and lvl my war up some more for subjob x_x

Aye, I've heard horror stories about the citadel ^^;; Instead of experiencing them first hand I think I'll try my luck at partying in the desert.

Actually citadel was too bad for me of course i only stayed for a few lvls from (33-35) then i was off to the crawlers nest. lvling up my thf through valkurm dunes wasnt even too bad minus a few here and there stuff. last night lvling my whm in valkurm was a *****! i only gained like 3000 exp in like 4-5 hours bah it was awful. hopefully things will go a bit smoother for the rest of my lvling whm in valkurm. tonight i start 16-20 run but well first i need to go back in lvl up blm sub cuz im so gimped right now as 16whm/6blm and being hume i can use all the mp i can get ! if you see me and you are partied up in valkurm shout me a holla if you need a healer


Zidana

oops double post

OY im going back through the gaunlet with drk/war. Be sure to throw me an invite if you see me ^_^

omg, pugils at lvl 12?? {/sigh}

If my party decided to do that at lvl 12 and wouldn't listen to reason, I'd give them a:

/p <call1> I'm leaving to find a party that is not insane. Good luck on your suicide quest! {/goodbye}

n00bs who think they're god will only listen to threats... and if a whm threatens to leave their party they'll panic and hopefully listen to you ^^;

And I love that picture, I almost started cracking up at work ^^

Well hopefully the pld would be wise enough to leave the party as well if they wanted to fight pugs at 12 :p

But yeah, I know what you're saying, and that doesn't surprise at all. You paladins gotta tank as well as heal to please those n00bs ^^

Oy the dunes lived up to its reputation tonight i died a total of 6 times in this pt i was in. i was pulling and amazing i got to tank some as well thx for a lvl 16 war....but anyways finnaly got 15.