The other week, I was levelling in Yhoatar Jungle - mid battle spam and I get a tell asking for a raise, not that unusual, sometimes WHM die there - and its easier to grab a raise than run back. So i reply' Mid battle a sec,where do you need the raise?'
'(I-6)' comes the reply. Well i looked at the map, didnt seem all that far..until he said 'La Theine'
This made me smile for a moment i will admit..
Party is now on a rest break after a chain, so gave me chance to reply.
'Sorry m'dear I'm in Yhoatar Jungle at the moment in a party'
'Its ok' says he 'I can wait'
Hmm .. I thought.. ok, I'll try to explain a bit better..
'I'm on a different continent, no where near you I would have to leave the party,run across 2 zones,get an airship,get a chocobo,and get across 4 more zones..I'm really sorry'
'Take your time' he replied.
Well..marks for persistance, I will give him that..
'Hon, I'm sorry, It would take far to long to get to you..I am levelling and I really can't' Says me.
Brief pause before the next reply..
'So are you coming then?'
I replied no I really couldnt, and i probably wouldnt make it in time to raise him anyway if I did..
'So you are not coming then?'
lol :)
Anyways..now levelling bard in dunes..and having a laugh. A friend from our LS came to help us by healing outside group, due to the *special* nature of the group we had /cry! He came after hearing about this :
Warrior turned up with no weapon, we asked him 'Where is your weapon?' he replied that he was using hand to hand and it counted, as he was saving for a great sword. Well ok we thought, no other tanks seeking, as long as he provokes we should be ok. He decides he wants to be main puller. Fine, gives him something to do - the other war in party had been designated main tank. The weaponless guy never once read party chat i swear it, he pulled continually, when people were in the red, when the whm and smn had no mp, when we asked in caps DONT PULL PLEASE! He pulled. We were all level 11, so we said stick to lizzies, goblins are a bit tough at this level.(and we wanted to make sure we would get into a rythmn before trying those!) Next pull : Provoking Goblin Gambler. Oh dear. SMN and I said RUN TO ZONE NOW to the group..RUN NOW..and they all beat on it and many died, 3 of us got out. We explained that Gamblers and Leechers and Muggers are a lot higher level..so to leave those alone.
We decided to move to a new spot, where there were more mobs as highlands side was packed with groups. Just past the tunnel 'Provoking Goblin Leecher' Ohdeargod. its wasnt even agro, we were sneaking behind it. At this point, luckily, our WHM friend turned up. i call for help as we arent even denting the thing, he kills leecher, raises our monk. War then decides we have help so he goes and pulls immediately. 3 lizzies came. War dies just as he reaches group. By this time we are in stitches :)' Why did I die?' he says. One of the group members responds 'Because 3 lizards hit you' hehe. Anyways, whm takes us to the spot he wants us to fight in, we tell the war to stay with group (so he didnt hurt himself) and let the other war pull with boomerang. WHM explains to the party that if he gets agro (he is over 50) to let the agro stay on him and save his mp, while we kill it. Weaponless war proceeds to provoke agro off him all the time, we explain again and again not to..our LS whm is now in hysterics :) Weaponless war also pulled the same time as our new designated puller on a fair few occasions!
Quite honestly my stomach hurt from laughing :) I always group with my hubby..and we never have yet left a group no matter how bad - its just not polite! (So speaks the Brit!) At the end of the day, we had a laugh, we met some cool people who also didnt abandon us when things were at their worst, and levelled :) If nothing else it made us play to the full of our capabilities! (even with WHM help!)