I'm Luciendar. I'm a Monk on Cerberus. These are screens from my adventures, and probably some ramblings about a few topics now and then.
Like god aweful merit parties. You know the ones, where you finally get a new peice of gear, (Read: BANDOMUSHA KOTE!) and you're dying to break them in.
Seriously, 9 days straight in Attohwa Chasm, I'm allowed to be excited about them, right? So I flag up, join a pick up party. I got an invite from a name i recognized.... but from where I couldn't remember. We end up with two bards, a whm, a war, and a thf. I'm thinking "Alright! Two bards! We can totally get good exp at Nyzul." When the bard that invited me says "Gather togeather, Nyzul Isle Mamools."I should have known right then. But hey, camps get full. I was still excited for exp. So we roll out, and I see our war. And she's using an Axe of Trials. And then our whm runs by. And she's 72. Still, I'm thinking "It'll be fine, Luci, no big deal. You were going to tank anyway. Two bards!" But by the time we get to camp, I remember who the party leader is. He was this real douche bag from my last LS who thought he was way better than he really is. We start exping, and I notice that we only have three songs up. Double March, and Madrigal. Seriously. I'm thinking, "Can our bards not decided who is on what song?"
Our leader then lets us know "I'm so embarrased. I forgot all of my instruments in my MH so I can only sing one song." And yet still, I'm already out here. I want exp.
We get 5 mobs deep, and our pulling brd is getting her ass beat because our Warrior Will. Not. Provoke. The only person with the JA in our whole party, and it is lost on her. She used it right after a WS when she already had hate (or didn't have hate, because she was using a freaking Axe of Trials). And she had a macro for Provoke. Not just "Provoke!". But, "Provoke! Don't run away! I just want to play!" and then "Provoke Ready in 15 Seconds!" and then "Provoke Ready!"
Honestly, we aren't in the dunes anymore. No one gives a shit when your provoke is ready other than you. You don't even care, because you won't use it. And then the Warcry, Berserk, and Agresser macros, all in /p, start too.
Meanwhile, the party from hell is 15 mobs deep, and I have gotten the killing stike on ~all of them. This shouldn't happen. But oh, wait, we have Mrs. MyWarAughtToBeLevel15, and a taru THF doing his best to stab the big mean Mamools at Nyzul Isle. Ugh.
So I have hate for 90% of each fight. And I can't keep up with shadows, so I throw up counterstance (my defense is low enough that I take no extra damage from this, except mob WSes) and start spamming Utsusemi: Ni like my life depends on it. Our poor 72 whm never had a chance. 900 damage Rushing Drubs didn't help much either.
An hour of my time wasted for a few thousand lousy exps, I just straight up ditch.
Chuck Norris wouldn't put up with this shit, and neither should your party mates.
My "merit party for diorite" in sky the other day was better than that.
Of course, that was mostly because it was a party full of awesome people, and they were on vent with their sexy Australian accents (Alsh) and deep, calming voices(Tza), but part of me is just all about old school Sky Meripo. And multitasking.
This took a lot longer to get started than I thought, so I'm off to bed. Early morning HNMs are just not worth it.
