/RANT Fed up with LFP...Follow

OK, it's just a rant, but whatever.

/rant on

I am LITERALLY sick of the time i spend looking for parties on this damn server. First i spent lfp as a lvl 22 paladin for about an hour. Nothing happens, so i switch jobs, make sure my search comment is updated and start lfp as a lvl 24 warrior. Another hour passes, AND NOTHING...i was like, "wtf? Better try a mage job!" So, i try lfp as a lvl 19 blm in the dunes...and nothing...THE DUNES!!!! WHERE IS EVERYONE??? So I switch to my lvl 31 rdm, and of course NOTHING after an hour. So, i pulled out the big guns and switched to white mage....BUT NOTHING!!!!! EEERRRGGGHHH!!!! I wasted an entire day lfp in Jeuno, and it really pisses me off.

Now i know people will say, "You don't have to lfp as a bst!" but whatever, it just sickens me that no one wants, or needs, to party in the lvl 20-30ish range... /sigh... Besides the agruements of "What time did you play? NA High time, low time???" It really doesn't matter when i play since i put the ever useful {Please use the auto-translate function} in my search comment...but whatever, once again, this game has sicken me to the point where i might quit since i have nothing to do as far as lvling jobs >.<

/rant off

... /em sighes with disbelief at Ragranok

edit: some corrections >.<

Edited, Sat May 7 04:17:48 2005 by vassarAK

It might be your search comment, some people lvl50+ are still too lazy to write a good one... or one at all.

I also recomend trying to build your own PT, it may seem like a crappy task cuz someone in the PT may not like the set up but at least give it a shot. Dont give up.

T_T I know what you mean. Currently, I'm stuck as a level 41 WHM because there seems to be a lack of available players in my range... Last night I just gave up waiting and leveled my 30 BRD. XD;;

But, don't give up! I know it sucks to wait (I hate waiting as well) but you'll eventually get a party, ne?

Ok, last night I was in a 4 and a half hour-long JP party in kuftal. I went from 2.1k to lvl55 to what WOULD be lvl56, if I had G2 done. So, although JPs almost always prefer for no more than one or maybe two members to be NAs, that one or two people may be you. So here is what they look for:

@# -> Lv.? (Sometimes I type "@# gurai de Lv.? ni narimasu!" but I ususally don't. Last night I got my JP party with the first one.)

Access to areas. For example, SkyO or MoonGateO. To make it look cool, go to controlers in the auto-trasnlator and delete everything but the circle in the circle controler, you can aslo use the X.

Lack of important spells. This only goes out to REALLY good spells, like ancient magic, erase and dispel.

Don't put stats. You can never tell if someone in including food, flat-out lying, etc.

Don't put equipment. Even though I have LB and EH, I dont include that because JPs judge players on thier abilities, not gear. (Actually, I didint have the boots last night, my brother had 'em. lol) So yeah, that just goes to show that they dont care about maximum uber-gear.

Remember, this is only what most JPs look for, some NAs will invite someone that doesnt fit into the party at all, just because they see nice gear in thier comment. But whatever, hope you get some better luck with the parties. If there seem to be a good deal of JPs in your range, try giving these tips a shot.

there is a big problem with our server. there are some serious gaps of players in different ranges. I know most people make comments "well lvl a craft". But this is a game and the point of the game is to be able to go in and do what you want to do, not make the game force you to do something else.

One night I was lfp with my lvl 45 blm, and their was a 45 brd looking. 4 hours went by and neither of us got an invite. We were also the only ones looking for 3 hours. This was during NA prime time. Not that I am complaining but this shows theres problems. Not only could we not get a pt, we couldnt even find enough players to make one. I did a /sea all 44-47 and there were 28 players in the world. Not counting anon.

that is a problem. Its not the players fault its SE's design.. I always knew this was going to be the biggest problem in the game, and at some point this was going to happen and cause alot of people to quit.

SE screwed up big and it will cause them to lose multi of millions of dollars in sub fees, but hey, they are not the smartess group of devolopers anyways.

This problem is also shown by the amount of bsts beign lvled. the number has skyrocketed due to people sick of lfp for days.

I feel sorry for melee, man if a blm and brd cant get a pt for 4 hours I can imagine what its like for a melee.

hmmm, i noticed that the population of Ragnarok seems to have dropped a lot....so, lemme say {Thank you} SE FOR DRIVING THIS GAME TO THE GROUND!!! i notice less and less new people signing up and more and more people quitting...I comend SE for the "Adventure recruitment" thingy, but still, I just wish there will be more people soon, I want this game to last like how EQ I has lasted for the past 5-6 years...

Yeah, i hope that's it... I bought the game when it first came out for PS2, but i couldn't play it until the coming June (some internal error in my PS2 wouldn't "authenticate" my DNAS thingy, some high-tech mumbo-jumbo so i had to send my PS2 into Sony of America to get it fixed), so I was there when the population was low...but drastically increasing...so I hope the same goes with this time period...

lol, don't worry, it started as a rant, only because it was 3 am at the time and i had nothing to do, (damn insomnia) but yeah...parties have started to come more frequently since a lot of my friends are sick of WoW and are coming back to FFXI... the only nice think about WoW is when the last time they had to do maintainence that took a long time, the players got two weeks free, why can't SE do it? budget reasons?

edit: I typed few, when i meant to type FREE.. damn lack of caffeine

Edited, Sun May 15 21:44:15 2005 by vassarAK

Just a note on another alternative, check out some of the enms. Usually they are risk free and can be done with less people then a full party and the experience isn't always half bad from them. Not to mention it's easier to build a party when there is a level cap since your range that you can pick from suddenly increases. And there is always the chance at a nice prize. I been doing pulling strings about once a week.

I gave up lvling my blm for a while until something is done, going to try my lvl 34 drg again.

btw, please invite me, i am strong taru with big toothpick and a wyverin named muffin.

Also bst is almost lvl 53 so theres always that.

RAnt about LFP-.- what about Pt looking for PLayer-.- Last night me and couple friends start a pt, RNG NIN WHM BRD BLM, we asked bunch people, couple RNG looking for pt, and Thfs... they just declined it.. its getting frustrating-.-... (not to mention they got seek flag, and went to look for pt for another 30 mins)..

Edited, Mon May 16 18:54:16 2005 by narusegwa

Oh yeah that is annoying when you only need one more to fill the party. I've found in most situations you can start either with weaker monsters or whatever until you can get the 6th. If you are already at the location and looking for a replacement, going a man down while slower beats no exp at all. If you can do it safely.

Last night was another one of those nights when I just got on at a bad time to get an invite or start one of my own. After 90 min of searching I gave up because of the time. I knew I wouldn't be able to stick around long enough to make it worthwhile for anyone inviting me. So I just went and did a mission I had hanging over my head. I ended up getting quite a bit accomplished because I wasn't hung up on looking for party. I finished a few quests, got rid of some coffer keys and got some maps and finished mission 9-1.