Comments on Bannable Offenses: Now, That's Refreshing

Kind of a late comment on this one. Just started r...

2008-12-14T03:33:00.000-08:00

Kind of a late comment on this one. Just started reading, and I really enjoy the posts.
My Taru's main job is RDM. This particular post makes me wish I was a [GM].
People like that somehow end up not recieving cures from me.
It's rather strange.
I mean funny.
Very, very funny.

man this blog rocks.. RDM rules give us a break^^ ...

2007-03-11T08:02:00.000-07:00

man this blog rocks.. RDM rules give us a break^^ Turkeysurgeon are you from the Remora server?

Thanks man, thanks.RDM58 Bismark

2006-10-09T08:41:00.000-07:00

Thanks man, thanks.

RDM58 Bismark

I have one thing to say to ppl in general... if yo...

2006-10-08T17:16:00.000-07:00

I have one thing to say to ppl in general... if you yourself don't have the job to lvl 60+, the stfu and let the person do their job. RDM, WHM, BLM, SAM, BLU, if they got their job higher than yours, then they know more about the job than your hand knows your pants. Thank You for your aspiring words [GM]Dave ^.^

As far as the bots, too bad you can't ban their IP >.<

"Imagine you're a Red Mage. During every battle it...

2006-10-06T15:48:00.000-07:00

"Imagine you're a Red Mage. During every battle it is your job enfeeble the enemy, dispel any buffs the enemy may have, watch for your enfeebles to wear off, usually main heal or back up heal, and cast refresh on anyone or anything that has mana."

Kerensky lv 75 rdm btw you forgot haste.. :D.

and it's refresh haste refresh haste refesh haste enfeble debuff /magic burst if no black mage /heal /heal the whm /heal and repeat

new z0ne = "new fun" rdm is favorit main healer in a 3nin brd rdm smn party it ='s all un fun

ps: half the jobs can't rest because you lose TP.

red mage needs refreshga bard has it corsair has it rdm doesn't and has the single highest enhanceing magic in the game that I know of..

pps: as rdm it is sad that I have a macro to switch to full mp gain to heal with.. dark staff +10 body armor +5 belt +1 pants.. exc

me> you waist my mp!
nin> cast haste!
me> I did
nin2> silence
me> already did
brd> haste me!
me> are you on somthing?
nin3> I am dead and it's your fault
me> you pull a triple link and it's my fault you die?
nin2> yes you main healer it's all your fault
me>"should have subed blm.. resist blood warp resist blood warp"
smn> I'm going to pull another mamoolja philosipher
smn> pull ######macro#####
nin> ok I'm pulling the dragon
nin2> I got the scout
me> mp 109/???
nin3> I'll pull another while we are waiting..
nin3> pulls mamoolja philosipher
nin is defeated by
nin2 is defeeted by
smn is defeeted by
kernsky is defeeted by
me> this is just great
nin3 is defeated by
nin3> I am never going to party with again, you are a bad red mage!
me> **error you are not in party**
me> /l party kicked me for their own mistake?

:I hate staging point battles:
*brink more rum*

Welcome to the biggest dead horse of the RDM world...

2006-10-05T06:53:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the biggest dead horse of the RDM world. As you can see by the posts from the multitude of supporting RDM's (not to mention the amount of posts), being asked for refresh as soon as you hit 41 is a big problem for a lot of RDMs.

When it happens to an RDM in his early 40's the result is usualy a warped red mage (see that /blm they have? It means if you piss them off they have the means to get back to their home point for free). If you realy piss them off you might even get to see Chainspell->Warp. Usualy immediatly afterwords you'll discover he's also /blist'ed you.

The thing is when an RDM hits level 41 he's got the biggest relative casting load of his career. This is because the refresh load at 41 is the same as a refresh load at 75, but the poor RDM has much less MP at 41 than at 75. Plus he's just learning it. Plus he's got all these other duties he's supposed to take care of. Like sleeping the adds the idiot puller brings to camp. And you wonder why most Red Mages in the 40s get a little irritable when you jiggle their elbows at this stage...

P.S. Tell Suzan it'll get easier as she levels and has more MP to play with.

Wow I can't believe he called Susan a bitch!!! Goo...

2006-10-05T05:29:00.000-07:00

Wow I can't believe he called Susan a bitch!!! Good thing feeding him to Jormy!!!!!!

[GM]Dave (ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY!)I've been playing F...

2006-10-05T00:17:00.000-07:00

[GM]Dave (ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY!)

I've been playing FFXI since the 2004, I registered here just so I could comment on your WONDERFUL blog, I've been reading it for a while now.

I am a 59 SMN and I always ask the RDM's in my parties to please NOT refresh me as I have no real need of it. (but if they want to I won't complain)

I have autorefresh and I ALWAYS carry ginger/wizard cookies and I rest when I need it. (about 50% MP and also I have a dark staff and seer's tunic in a macro with above mentioned cookies)

And besides the only time I get any parties as SMN is when they have the "SMN is a Curetank" philosiphy. (read: I'm sick of solo and need a painful reminder of why I'm out there avoiding the unwashed masses)

My RDM was level 27 when I stopped leveling it and maybe someday I'll resume. (May Jormy eat me first)

That being said, RDM's are worth their weight in gil and I feel that they've enough headaches dealing with the whining of others.

Thanks for putting up with my "pointless wall of text"

please keep up the GREAT work as far as I'm concerned it'll NEVER get old

=^.^= Vandemonde =^.^=

AHAHAHAH OMFG that's the saga of every healer\buff...

2006-10-04T23:10:00.000-07:00

AHAHAHAH OMFG that's the saga of every healer\buffer class in every mmo action\rpg game out there

which is why im glad im using RDM as sub. no refre...

2006-10-04T22:07:00.000-07:00

which is why im glad im using RDM as sub. no refresh ^^

on the other hand it means i cant self-refresh and as blue mage i tend to spam through my MP rather quickly.

hence me liking parties with bards and corsairs. cos i dont have to bug the RDM.

After reading some more posts, I have this to say:...

2006-10-04T20:56:00.000-07:00

After reading some more posts, I have this to say:

The reason DRKs notice this more than anyone else is because they have been "shunned" by the player base...

I've seem some kick ass DRK (my friends) and some retarded ones ( a guy only casting poison, just to pull)

Aspir is nice, true, but if you act that way, the the BLM doesn't get refresh because of the same reason.

And what if your fighting something without MP? what are they going to aspir off of?

Also, now that DRK gets TP-Absorb, which would allow them to REMOVE the mobs TP while adding to their own.

monster readies "Insane rape the NIN in one hit attack"
Dark Knight>> I don't think
Dark Knight casts Absorb-TP
Dark Knight readies Guillotine.
monster dies.

While you piss and moan about not wanting to refresh, this can happen:

Monster readies "Anal rape".
Dark Knight>> Out of MP = no stun/absorb-TP
Ninja was just forked up the ass and is now ling face down in what can only be feces and blood.

(Insert sounds of party members dying)

The reason Dark Knights moan about refresh, is that they have grown so use to doing so. the good ones at least.

Seriously, there are few jobs that can out damage a Dark Knight for stackable melee damage. WAR/NIN maybe, but that's about it.

Also, My Dark Knight is only 13. I am a 69RDM, you can look me up if you have to.

I must reply to thisI am a 69 RDM on Odin, and I'v...

2006-10-04T20:39:00.000-07:00

I must reply to this

I am a 69 RDM on Odin, and I've been tolled I'm one of the better RDMs out there. I'm not anal apparently.

See. I have a refresh cycle:

me>pld>whm/smn>blm>blu>drk

now, While the drk is at the end of the cycle, he still gets refresh, however, there are some bad dark nights... I have two high level DRK as friends and they use the absorb spells frequently. as such they need refresh... but if all you do is stun or poison to pull, you don't need it every cycle, it wastes MP

Refresh restores 120MP, cost 40... the thing is, after I cast refresh on the third member of my group, I start to tap into my buff/enfeeble/dispel pool. so I have to manage that MP wisely, you can waste your MP, but if you start wasting mine, we have a problem.

Also, a BRD using Balled is more reliable than a COR using the refresh roll

sereously, team me up with a BRD in aht uragan and I get like 7MP a tick back, everyone gets refresh then :D

The only spell I ask to be reminded of is Haste. I keep haste cycles as well. with a BRD, I can haste myself too for little cost, and my refresh and the rest of the haste cycle go faster due to the recast timers gone down.

Okay, is it ironic that I have posting bots in my ...

2006-10-04T18:16:00.000-07:00

Okay, is it ironic that I have posting bots in my blog?

That seems ironic.

I'm currently lvling my rdm and I already fear the...

2006-10-04T18:13:00.000-07:00

I'm currently lvling my rdm and I already fear the time when and if it'll hit 41 (/.\) And btw, K Mart has a dancing, foot-tall skeleton that sings "The Land Down Under"... Humanity is doomed.

People should keep their mouths shut if they want ...

2006-10-04T17:08:00.000-07:00

People should keep their mouths shut if they want to give advice on how to use a certain job.

Unless they already brought that job up to level 75... you know, scrap that.

I had a WAR (or THF) this one time in Crawler's Nest who kept whining and telling me how to perform a magic Burst after a Skillchain. As if I never performed one for the past 30+ levels. He was the one closing the SC.

Somehow, even without his 'tips', I couldn't perform the Skillchain right at times, since the Secret Room, when standing in the green orbing light, makes my computer lag.

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Pulsex3d - KalOnline? I haven't been on that game for over a year now. Did they release new areas in the meantime?

Thank you. That was officially the post that has ...

2006-10-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

Thank you. That was officially the post that has amused me the most xD RDM 70 main ftw! Thankfully, only 5 more levels of partying for me there, though this skillup thing is leveling me along nicely... hmmmm.

As always a very enjoyable post. Nicely done, I wo...

2006-10-04T15:42:00.000-07:00

As always a very enjoyable post. Nicely done, I would comment on the whole RDM Refresh discussion however being a retired 62 RDM and now a Main 70 DRK I prefer not to.

Keep up the good work [GM]Dave.

What's more annoying than a Paladin with full MP s...

2006-10-04T12:30:00.000-07:00

What's more annoying than a Paladin with full MP sending you a private tell asking for Refresh during downtime between fights?

Him doing so again after you have told the party that if the gimp-ass retard says the word Refresh again, you'll warp.

Perhaps he doesn't understand English. Does he understand /blist?

It's sad when you have to blacklist your party members, but totally worth it.

2006-10-04T11:36:00.000-07:00

<----52rdm - So true and that's when blist comes in handy!

Yes, please respect your Red Mage.Please, also res...

2006-10-04T10:00:00.000-07:00

Yes, please respect your Red Mage.

Please, also respect your White Mage. Your WHM's primary job is to keep the party healthy -- casting buffs to increase defense, removing adverse status effects so you stay as healthy as possible, and restoring HP when you have taken damage. We pretty much know that keeping the Ninja hasted will help him/her keep shadows up (i.e. help to be an effective tank). If the party is having an easy time & we're not using tons of mana to keep everyone healthy, we will haste others if they ask politely.

That said, don't assume that you "need" haste just because you're a melee fighter. If I'm getting low on MP & it comes down to choosing to heal the tank or casting haste on the DRK/THF/WAR/MNK/etc..., I'm gonna heal the tank. Get over it.

Oh -- and if you yell at me & curse me & insult me, you ain't gonna get haste. Ever. I may even cast haste on the BLM just to tick you off. I'm vindictive like that. =)