Leveling 63-65 has got to be the most frustrating piece of crap ever. Not only are all the available leveling spots in the middle of a god forsaken deathtrap dungeon, but the minute I get there 4 other parties follow us.
Onzozo is ok for up to 61-63 but then it's pretty much crap after that. Bibiki bay holds like 2 parties, and if you don't have a perfect setup you're dead. The tree seems alright, but if there's 2 parties in the pond you have to move to *sigh* "the tunnel" where you spin a giant roulette and win either [pulling link], [spawn link], [train link], or [link on purpose but you're ****** cause the damn things resists your sleeps].
Then choices are limited for pt making. If I get a pld tank then I have to have a rdm or a brd, which tell me to go **** myself because I am too stupid to play with Japanese, even though half my party is Japanese. Then they tell my Japanese members to go **** themselves for playing with an American (note: I'm not even NA)..... orz
Sooooo... If you have any other good spots I may be able to try and a pt setup to go with it. or if you know you're gonna party tonight send me an invite. All I've been doing this week seems to be making a party, then get 2,000 xp before 4 other PTs show up and we disband...
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Ok I am going to let you in on a little secret...
If you go to the other zone where u can enter Valley of Sarrows you can go into that cave and fight in Cape Terrigan. If you have a good puller you can stand there and fight Sand Cocktrices all day long. We were fighting them at 62 and getting 220 to start and 280's on chain #2's and 3's. We were a little low for that level which is starts at level 63-65.
The only problem with that area is the Manticores. one likes to roam the entrance but when he has his back to you you can pull Cocktrices all day long. They don't link either so your good there.
I am currently only level 62 but 5k away from 63 and I will have not leveled in Boyanda or Ozozo. My set doesn't want to level there and will not. Just find alternatives. You might take an xp lose like 20 per fight but better to have fights and endless mobs to fight then have 2k xp in an hour and have 4 parties on top of u.
If you go to the other zone where u can enter Valley of Sarrows you can go into that cave and fight in Cape Terrigan. If you have a good puller you can stand there and fight Sand Cocktrices all day long. We were fighting them at 62 and getting 220 to start and 280's on chain #2's and 3's. We were a little low for that level which is starts at level 63-65.
The only problem with that area is the Manticores. one likes to roam the entrance but when he has his back to you you can pull Cocktrices all day long. They don't link either so your good there.
I am currently only level 62 but 5k away from 63 and I will have not leveled in Boyanda or Ozozo. My set doesn't want to level there and will not. Just find alternatives. You might take an xp lose like 20 per fight but better to have fights and endless mobs to fight then have 2k xp in an hour and have 4 parties on top of u.
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63-65 bad? I've been trying to get from 60-65 for oh...6 months now. I've tried to make pts but either I'm playing in JP primetime so it's mainly "jp only" or they say no because I speak no japanese and they speak few words of english. If I'm playing during NA or EU primetimes then I end up with some pretty faulty parties. I mean the setup looks REALLY good if people were to see the set up but for some reason once we get to bibiki people become stupid...or boyahda the xp is just crap for the time it takes to fight and rest up usually.
Last night in one hour I managed to get roughly 3k xp and die >_< but luckily a friend and his buddy were able to come R3 me instead of the pt leaving me to home point. That was of course only after I had seeked from 6pm est - roughly 11pm est while trying to scout for a pt setup of my own.
What I find amazing is how people think xp sucks if you are getting 130-150 a kill but chain 4-5'ing them like a few nights ago against coeurls. Sure paralyna/silena on a tank sucks but we're killing fast, there's very low chance of dying compared to hobgob bombs for like 600-800 damage, and the mobs don't link or have relatively crappy quantities compared to some of the processionaires.
I mean chain 5'ing 150 xp fast and only having a slight downtime is always better to me than getting a chain 3 for a total of like 600 xp but then having a 5 minute downtime even with a rdm to refresh. It seems the people that thought that more xp per kill instead of xp per hour have just imbedded themselves into all the lvls that I've decided to be in. Even talking to my 75 friend he's mentioned that there are PLENTY of those that would rather spend 5 minutes killing for 200 xp than spend 5 minutes getting a chain 1 or 2 and getting a total of like 400 xp in the same amount of time. I've just become frustrated with how low quality some people have really become at their jobs lately though.
I may not be super holy crap samurai of ragnarok but I do my job...I do it the best I can...and usually there's that one person that gives me the /t of "you did a good job" or I get the "wow" comment. That lets me know that I have done what I was intended and sometimes more in a pt. Heck I've been popping sole sushi since it was upgraded in the food patch and have used in pts where I'm making 2k an hour in xp and it's just horrible but I prefer to be on my A game to make sure I leave a good impression. As of the last 90k or so of xp...I can name like 3 or 4 people total that have done their job to atleast expectation level.
Well I'm done with my little rant....just frustrated and somewhat not looking forward to trying to xp during spring break ;_;.
Last night in one hour I managed to get roughly 3k xp and die >_< but luckily a friend and his buddy were able to come R3 me instead of the pt leaving me to home point. That was of course only after I had seeked from 6pm est - roughly 11pm est while trying to scout for a pt setup of my own.
What I find amazing is how people think xp sucks if you are getting 130-150 a kill but chain 4-5'ing them like a few nights ago against coeurls. Sure paralyna/silena on a tank sucks but we're killing fast, there's very low chance of dying compared to hobgob bombs for like 600-800 damage, and the mobs don't link or have relatively crappy quantities compared to some of the processionaires.
I mean chain 5'ing 150 xp fast and only having a slight downtime is always better to me than getting a chain 3 for a total of like 600 xp but then having a 5 minute downtime even with a rdm to refresh. It seems the people that thought that more xp per kill instead of xp per hour have just imbedded themselves into all the lvls that I've decided to be in. Even talking to my 75 friend he's mentioned that there are PLENTY of those that would rather spend 5 minutes killing for 200 xp than spend 5 minutes getting a chain 1 or 2 and getting a total of like 400 xp in the same amount of time. I've just become frustrated with how low quality some people have really become at their jobs lately though.
I may not be super holy crap samurai of ragnarok but I do my job...I do it the best I can...and usually there's that one person that gives me the /t of "you did a good job" or I get the "wow" comment. That lets me know that I have done what I was intended and sometimes more in a pt. Heck I've been popping sole sushi since it was upgraded in the food patch and have used in pts where I'm making 2k an hour in xp and it's just horrible but I prefer to be on my A game to make sure I leave a good impression. As of the last 90k or so of xp...I can name like 3 or 4 people total that have done their job to atleast expectation level.
Well I'm done with my little rant....just frustrated and somewhat not looking forward to trying to xp during spring break ;_;.
"What I find amazing is how people think xp sucks if you are getting 130-150 a kill but chain 4-5'ing them like a few nights ago against coeurls. Sure paralyna/silena on a tank sucks but we're killing fast, there's very low chance of dying compared to hobgob bombs for like 600-800 damage, and the mobs don't link or have relatively crappy quantities compared to some of the processionaires.
I mean chain 5'ing 150 xp fast and only having a slight downtime is always better to me than getting a chain 3 for a total of like 600 xp but then having a 5 minute downtime even with a rdm to refresh. It seems the people that thought that more xp per kill instead of xp per hour have just imbedded themselves into all the lvls that I've decided to be in. Even talking to my 75 friend he's mentioned that there are PLENTY of those that would rather spend 5 minutes killing for 200 xp than spend 5 minutes getting a chain 1 or 2 and getting a total of like 400 xp in the same amount of time. I've just become frustrated with how low quality some people have really become at their jobs lately though."
I agree with you totally...My set has a back up leveling spot to Bibiki bay because of the 62-65's camping in there. But if we are lucky to get into that spot we have major xp sessions but we have an awesome set and we have me (drk) and blm stun when they are about to drop a bomb or cast. works out really well...But I can't give you my back up leveling spot unless you send me an in game tell.
as you stated yes most people want that crazy 220 on the first kill then the 240-260 on the second kill and rest for 5 minutes. and then they ***** about only getting 2k per hour. I agree with you in the fact that getting 140-200 xp with no downtime or little downtime is way more benificial then the 400xp fighting stuff your one or two levels down from fighting and then resting for 5 minutes. What they dont' realize is at level 73+ that is all they will be getting is 130-150 because everything is VT.
For example my static set up is.
Rng
blm
whm
rdm
drk
pld
we do Vorpal blade > sidewinder > Guillotine > Blizzaga II
We can drop most IT mobs with 7/8 life left. We were doing this in our back up xp area the other night and yes we were getting 140-215 xp and chains to #4. But for 90 minutes we xped with only two downtimes because we argoed two.. total of 6k xp. We did have a 15 minute downtime for bathroom breaks etc.
I mean chain 5'ing 150 xp fast and only having a slight downtime is always better to me than getting a chain 3 for a total of like 600 xp but then having a 5 minute downtime even with a rdm to refresh. It seems the people that thought that more xp per kill instead of xp per hour have just imbedded themselves into all the lvls that I've decided to be in. Even talking to my 75 friend he's mentioned that there are PLENTY of those that would rather spend 5 minutes killing for 200 xp than spend 5 minutes getting a chain 1 or 2 and getting a total of like 400 xp in the same amount of time. I've just become frustrated with how low quality some people have really become at their jobs lately though."
I agree with you totally...My set has a back up leveling spot to Bibiki bay because of the 62-65's camping in there. But if we are lucky to get into that spot we have major xp sessions but we have an awesome set and we have me (drk) and blm stun when they are about to drop a bomb or cast. works out really well...But I can't give you my back up leveling spot unless you send me an in game tell.
as you stated yes most people want that crazy 220 on the first kill then the 240-260 on the second kill and rest for 5 minutes. and then they ***** about only getting 2k per hour. I agree with you in the fact that getting 140-200 xp with no downtime or little downtime is way more benificial then the 400xp fighting stuff your one or two levels down from fighting and then resting for 5 minutes. What they dont' realize is at level 73+ that is all they will be getting is 130-150 because everything is VT.
For example my static set up is.
Rng
blm
whm
rdm
drk
pld
we do Vorpal blade > sidewinder > Guillotine > Blizzaga II
We can drop most IT mobs with 7/8 life left. We were doing this in our back up xp area the other night and yes we were getting 140-215 xp and chains to #4. But for 90 minutes we xped with only two downtimes because we argoed two.. total of 6k xp. We did have a 15 minute downtime for bathroom breaks etc.
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Acid, the few times I partied with you, I found you to be extremely good at your job and I would gladly party with you again. My only regret is, if memory serves correct, you partied with us during our most unlucky stretch ever.
When I pted with you guys the xp was pretty good and the downtime pretty minimal...actually I think you guys were the main reason I even got enough xp to hit 62 and head to 63. I've just grown frustrated with the majority of pts become something that anger me so much that I literally want to just quit the game and save myself the headaches...I have enough crap to put up with in college, last thing I want is the game I had been waiting forever for to become something that just adds onto my stress.
Acid Speaks true. He has got to be one of the best guys getting all kinds of Bad parties. I personally would shake his hand when he hits 70. (if at all able. lol) Speaking of bad parties ask him about corn....ha ha
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