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#1 Jan 14 2007 at 12:42 PM Rating: Excellent
It's true, I suck.
I never get the drop, never get the claim, and even my first expedition camping that legendary 'Now we's endgame!' NM, Despot, has only proven what a total and complete nerd I am, and how little I actually belong in the fast lane. ;)

Lemme share this story with you guys, I know it's not really new-thread-worthy, but I invite you to share similar stories, if you dare. Smiley: grin



So there I am, standing in that airport-lookin thing in Ru'Ann Gardens, along with five other members of my linkshell. We're waiting for a few more members to arrive so we can go look for Zipacna, but in the meantime we decide to kill time by popping Despot.

We kill a few placeholders; about an hour and a half goes by. I'm up there as BST: there's a charmed Flamingo next to me, and we're doing fine, although the only healing these guys had was the 200 MP in my pool. In that respect I was doing all right; little did I know that possibly the noobiest event of my entire FFXI career was mere minutes away.

Well, while all this was going on, I was trying to cook dinner. The chicken legs had thawed, and with visions of staphococcus dancing in my head, I excused myself for a couple minutes to go put it in the oven. This took about three minutes, tops.

When I return to the computer, this is what I see:

One dead LS member;
One uncharmed flamingo beating the tar out of me, while I stare at it with mild interest;
I'm in the red;
And my entire LS is running around like headless chickens, kiting Despot in big circles around the airport-lookin entrance. Our Taru NIN was running for his life, while one melee chased the NM around with his GK hanging out, and the rest just ran like hell in a circle.

I stared in amazement, burst out laughing at the computer, and typed a gigantic 'LMAO' as I recharmed the bird and set it on the NM.
I am such a frigging noob; it JUST FREAKING FIGURES. The three minutes I afk and all hell breaks loose.

If by a miracle you've ever done anything this noobish, feel free to share the story and make me feel a little better. Smiley: lol I'm lucky I didn't get my sky license revoked for that.
#2 Jan 14 2007 at 12:51 PM Rating: Decent
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I've done worse, but that was pretty good. Though, admitedly, I haven't done anything that bad in a long time. Here's a rate up for the laugh though!
#3 Jan 14 2007 at 12:51 PM Rating: Decent
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Never really caused that much chaos, but I've done enough silly dynamis mistakes to be labelled as my linkshells official taru sacrifice. I've only been there since october....

My record so far is 8 deaths in one run. Every single one was my fault too x.x;
#4 Jan 14 2007 at 12:52 PM Rating: Excellent
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I Dia'd a fly in Dragon's Aery on my very first day in a HNM shell.

It was also my last day in a HNM shell.
#5 Jan 14 2007 at 12:55 PM Rating: Decent
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Fynlar wrote:
I Dia'd a fly in Dragon's Aery on my very first day in a HNM shell.

It was also my last day in a HNM shell.


DOH >.<
#6 Jan 14 2007 at 1:13 PM Rating: Good
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Oh Sioux, you never cease to make me lol and rofl ;).

Here's another reason Sioux is a complete noob.

One time, Sioux had been spending quite a while looking for a party on her RDM, and none of us could understand why considering everyone jumps at the chance to invite RDMs. So, I decided to /search her and I noticed that she was 71RDM/25NIN. When I pointed it out to her, her reaction was priceless.

<Chibikaiser> ROFL
<Chibikaiser> RDM/NIN
<Chibikaiser> sioux lmao
<Sioux> ROFL
<Sioux> ****
<Sioux> LMAO OMG
<Sioux> THATS WHY!


P.S. I'm sigging this!

Sioux wrote:
It's true, I suck.
I never get the drop, never get the claim, and even my first expedition camping that legendary 'Now we's endgame!' NM, Despot, has only proven what a total and complete nerd I am, and how little I actually belong in the fast lane. ;)


Edited, Jan 14th 2007 4:13pm by Metakaiser
#7 Jan 14 2007 at 1:27 PM Rating: Decent
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I Dia'd a fly in Dragon's Aery on my very first day in a HNM shell.

It was also my last day in a HNM shell.


that's why you make it look like you're trying... but really don't. let someone else make the mistakes.
#8 Jan 14 2007 at 1:30 PM Rating: Decent
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that's why you make it look like you're trying... but really don't. let someone else make the mistakes.


I was like 71RDM back then, I was ignorant and didn't know anything about these NMs or what spawn "windows" even were.

After the whole fiasco I was talking to the LS leader telling him that I was just trying to claim Fafhogg, and he was all like "lol you play on PS2, you shouldn't have even bothered, you should have just let our claimers handle it"

The only reason I even misfired it in the first place was because it was so goddamn laggy in that zone. Fafhogg hadn't even appeared yet.
#9 Jan 14 2007 at 2:04 PM Rating: Decent
It's not been an incredible amount of time since I found out 'Sky' does not involve battles on Airships, and 'Sea' does not involve battles on boats. Though I doubt you can blame my assumptions.

I still have no idea why WarpII is known as 'D2' and the level cap quests as 'G#'. My assumptions currently are that they are taken from the Japanese names, and English speakers picked up these shorthand nicknames after the game was released outside of Japan.

I found out yesterday a BST sub can still charm. And charm to the effectiveness as if it were your main jobs level, assuming you have it levelled at least as high as the job you have it subbed too. At least, someone told me that is the case, after I said /BST cannot Charm.

I never knew I could make mad gilz from stingy bee 'till I read Alla. No more Camels I fight.
#10 Jan 14 2007 at 2:14 PM Rating: Default
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And charm to the effectiveness as if it were your main jobs level, assuming you have it levelled at least as high as the job you have it subbed too. At least, someone told me that is the case, after I said /BST cannot Charm.


{lie} you can charm, the effectiveness is of the level of your subjob though... So it's pretty hard to even charm an EP sometimes ><
#11 Jan 14 2007 at 2:18 PM Rating: Default
Well it sounded weird, thanks Reinah.
#12 Jan 14 2007 at 2:19 PM Rating: Default
Yeah, NP, if that were the case I could go solo tons of exp... A lot of people do solo sub BST but it's not as easy as what you're talking about would be. XD
#13 Jan 14 2007 at 3:13 PM Rating: Good
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{lie} you can charm, the effectiveness is of the level of your subjob though


Actually, it's pretty widely believed in the BST community that you can charm from sub with the same effectiveness as that of your main job (so if you're 75 BST and 75NIN/BST, you have the same chance of charming something on both).

A lot of people solo exp as NIN/BST, BLU/BST etc and this is the reason it works.
#14 Jan 14 2007 at 3:25 PM Rating: Decent
My first time in Dynamis-Windurst I aggro'd the death house. Similar to Fynlar's experience, it was my last time in Dynamis (with that shell.)
#15 Jan 14 2007 at 6:07 PM Rating: Good
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reinah wrote:
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And charm to the effectiveness as if it were your main jobs level, assuming you have it levelled at least as high as the job you have it subbed too. At least, someone told me that is the case, after I said /BST cannot Charm.


{lie} you can charm, the effectiveness is of the level of your subjob though... So it's pretty hard to even charm an EP sometimes ><


Why do people feel the need to comment on things that they obviously know nothing about?

reinah wrote:
Yeah, NP, if that were the case I could go solo tons of exp... A lot of people do solo sub BST but it's not as easy as what you're talking about would be. XD


No you couldn't. Read what he said. "And charm to the effectiveness as if it were your main jobs level, assuming you have it levelled at least as high as the job you have it subbed too.".

Subbing /BST to a L75 job only works well if your BST is levelled to 75 too.
#16 Jan 14 2007 at 6:19 PM Rating: Decent
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Reasons I a complete noob.

I just level to 46 White Mage...
I'm watching the last five mins of the New England/San Diego Game. NE FTW!!!
My Phone Rings and I'm trying to eat and main heal a really sh*tty pt.

The ninjas name was gimpy and well yeah...
So they keep pulling and I keep using macros to keep the pt under control healing wise.

Goblin Bomb goes off and I try cure II the Sam... And I hit Curaga II Macro instead. Bad timing because everyone in the PT didnt have provoke ready

Goblin Bouncer Hits me 150
Goblin Bouncer Hits me 160
Drhouse's Reraise effect wears off
<me> oh sh*t...
Goblin Bouncer Scores a Critical Hit
Goblin Bouncer defeats Drhouse...

The goblin then ripped through the sam, the ninja finally got his act together and finsihed it.

I then was forced to suck up the exp loss and go back ot jeuno (btw i lost my level) and come back to raise the sam.

I also left the party at that point in shear embarrasment...


Edited, Jan 14th 2007 9:10pm by drhousemd
#17 Jan 15 2007 at 2:17 AM Rating: Excellent
reinah wrote:
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And charm to the effectiveness as if it were your main jobs level, assuming you have it levelled at least as high as the job you have it subbed too. At least, someone told me that is the case, after I said /BST cannot Charm.

{lie} you can charm, the effectiveness is of the level of your subjob though... So it's pretty hard to even charm an EP sometimes ><

Hmmm... I simply have to reply to this.

With /BST sub you can in fact charm at the level of your main job, provided your /BST sub is leveled to the same or higher level. You don't have to believe me, if you chose not to, but then I would invite you to one of my solo events just to show you. I have leveled WHM/BST to 37, BLM/BST to 35, NIN/BST to 37, THF/BST to 20 and some levels of WAR/BST up to 32 (where it is now). In each and any case charming mobs was about as hard at the level of the main as it was when I did the same as BST main.

The only aspect negatively influencing the charm succes rate at the lower levels (20-40) would be the base amount of CHR your main job brings in. If it is significantly lower than BST main, (e.g. for WAR/BST or NIN/BST), you will have more trouble charming mobs than with jobs that come with a natural high base of CHR (like WHM/BST or BLU/BST).

My BST main is 75 and I can assure you that when I sub BST, I can safely and consistantly charm DC/EM mobs at the level of the main (so twice the level of the /BST sub).

I've posted some numbers of my WHM/BST attempts in this post. Please note the fact I could charm an IT Scorpion at WHM31/BST15 (IT to my level 31 WHM main that is) and kept it charmed for about 8-10 seconds. That is what you typically can expect from an IT mob charmed by a level 31 BST/xxx too.

You also might want to read up on the story of another BST, leveling NIN/BST solo all the way: Nin/Bst {I'm playing solo right now} - lvl 30 and beyond.

Your information is dead wrong and I (along with all other BST I imagine) would like to put a stop to the spreading of this kind of misinformation. One Brady Guide like debacle was enough Smiley: smile.
#18 Jan 15 2007 at 2:50 AM Rating: Decent
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Since the OP's story is specifically a funny story about BST I will give my funnny noobie BST story:

I was soloing BST in Bibiki Bay off the bunnies and dhalmels just inside the zone from bubu pen and I Dinged 35. Oh happy day! I get Leave now!! So I decide to try it out on my next fight. Here is a breakdown of how the fight goes:

1.) Charm a bunny.
2.) Sic it on another bunny.
3.) Wait for a few rounds to establish hate on my pet and start hitting the bunny with my axe.
4.) Wait until the prey bunny is almost dead and {ZOWY WOWWY WOO} use Leave!!!
5.) Watch in horror as I miss the prey bunny on the next swing and notice that my former pet that I just used Leave on has now LINKED with the prey bunny.
6.) Become even more horrified as my attempt to re-charm my pet fails.
7.) Lie face down in the sand thinking that leave was not all it was hyped to be.
8.) Reraise and get 35 back after the next fight and learn a valuable lesson about charmed pets that can link with your chosen prey >.>
#19 Jan 15 2007 at 6:21 AM Rating: Decent
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About a month ago, my linkshell did Dynamis-Windurst. We were almost at the end, and nothing had dropped yet when a Warrior's Mask dropped. Altemus won the lot, and we had maybe 20 minutes left. Then out of nowhere, Cleric's Duckbills drop. I nearly **** myself!!! Kieris, Shatow, and Khiinroye all lotted.....and then I did.. and my lot was a whopping 961!!!!! I was literally jumping in my chair!!!


But all that glory was totally nullified by my noobishness. We had like 10 minutes left, and it was time to walk by the House-of-Death. I had just finished complaining to Vaul (my fiance) about how laggy it was for me (my sound was skipping, and I saw a constant loop of characters walking-then-blinking, over and over) yet I still tried to walk down the path....my screen stops moving, music stops, 3 seconds later, I find myself auto-ran into the side of the house and being pwned to death by an angry mob of yags.....to then see everyone else around me die. No time to revive and get flag. -.- Let me tell you how horrible I felt. Talk about rain on my parade of just getting that wonderful AF drop. I know people were depending on getting that flag, so that added to my feeling of lousiness. I apologized to everyone in linkshell, and I think they are ok with it. I just felt soo soo bad!

=p
#20 Jan 15 2007 at 6:22 AM Rating: Decent
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I started Choco raising, couple weeks after it came out. My Choco grew to adulthood, and all that nice stuff. Fast forward to October 21/06 I needed a break from the game, which ended up being about 3 months.
When I came back, I checked my choco... Zopago in Bastok proceded to tell me all about Care Plans Day 38-128... well after that halfhour I learned all my choco's stats we're substandard, it hated me, and was sick...
So being irked at the waste of a halfhour I Old Yeller'd that Choco.
#21 Jan 15 2007 at 6:29 AM Rating: Decent
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BASSsic wrote:
I still have no idea why WarpII is known as 'D2' and the level cap quests as 'G#'. My assumptions currently are that they are taken from the Japanese names, and English speakers picked up these shorthand nicknames after the game was released outside of Japan.


Can't tell you why Warp 2 is known as D2, but the G# comes from the fact that the level cap quests are called Genkai.
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#22 Jan 15 2007 at 6:36 AM Rating: Decent
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D2= Dezone2
#23 Jan 15 2007 at 7:04 AM Rating: Good
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D2 is taken from the Japanese name (romanized for you all here) "Deshon" 2. Deshon = Warp. Hence, shorten "Deshon Ni" or "Deshon 2" you get D2!

G# is also taken from the Japanese name (romanized again) "Genkai 1" all the way through "Genkai 5". Genkai = Limit. Hence shorten "Genkai 3" and you get G3!

Well now that that is explained, the n00biest thing I ever did was at a sky run. I sneak up and start running the long path to Ulli, but before I even get to the first teleporter, sneak starts wearing off (just my luck eh?) so I use a silent oil and start running again until I realize I'm being hit.... but by what? and why? I used an oil not the spell! oh wait.... like a total idiot I had forgotten to cancel the old sneak so it could overwrite with a new sneak effect, so the effect had worn off right in a room with 3 weapons. I'm just thankful the porter was really close or I'd have been dead.
#24 Jan 15 2007 at 7:09 AM Rating: Excellent
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I still have to pop open my map when I'm in San d'Oria. Which is my home country, mind you, and I have NEVER changed nations in the 4 years I've played.

I got lost on my way to Dark Spark.

I got lost on my way to the first hill drop in CN.

I got lost in my MOG HOUSE. (I couldn't find the door for a good 2 minutes to get the hell out.)

Some of the places I know how to get to, I have no idea how to get out of, and visa versa.

I have a habbit of getting aggro and dieing off of the dumbest things, which includes, and is not limited to, an Orc in Ronfuare on my main job.



The list goes on and on... Smiley: laugh
#25 Jan 15 2007 at 7:23 AM Rating: Decent
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Reasons why I'm a noob:
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DRG70
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Oh and I fell asleep whilst farming OHat eyes. Woke up to the sound of a dodomeki wailing on my pert manthra booty... Second reason I'm a noob?:
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DRG69
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#26 Jan 15 2007 at 8:36 AM Rating: Decent
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And charm to the effectiveness as if it were your main jobs level, assuming you have it levelled at least as high as the job you have it subbed too. At least, someone told me that is the case, after I said /BST cannot Charm.


{lie} you can charm, the effectiveness is of the level of your subjob though... So it's pretty hard to even charm an EP sometimes ><



YOU FAIL!

It has been proven by several BSTs that, as long as your BST main is equal to your current main job, you can still charm effectively as any JOB/BST.

Let me give you an explanation:

A. 75RDM/37BST who has taken BST to level 75 already. The effectiveness of Charm will be "almost" equal to being a 75 BST, which means that if the RDM/BST has good +CHR gear, he can easily charm EM pets.

B. 75RDM/37BST who has taken BST only to level 37. The effectiveness of Charm will be much lower than in the above example. Charming an EP may give the RDM/BST some problems, and charming anything EM+ will be nigh impossible.

C. 37RDM/18BST who has already taken BST to level 75. The effectiveness of Charm will be "almost" as good as if the RDM/BST was really a BST37. Even though their real BST main is level 75, they still won't be able to charm a level 75 monster, for obvious reasons. They need their current main job at level 75, too.

Hope this has cleared the status of Charm for most non-BSTs.

One last thing:

The reason that /BST is not that effective is the fact that anything you charm will last a much shorter time charmed under the control of the BSTs, and especially EM+ monsters tend to uncharm pretty fast. Also, using /BST as a sub makes you unable to use Leave until you are level 70, not very good, seeing as it's such an important tool for BSTs 35+.

For more info regarding BST and /BST, please refer to the Beastmaster forums, we will be very glad to help you guys out!

Thanks for reading, peace.
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