Bahamut.Seekerstar said:
»The elitism in this thread makes me want to puke.
Have you ever met a returnee? Perhaps a new player, or one that hasn't quite got the hang of how things work on certain mobs. Maybe even *gasp* a more casual player... You get the idea.
You (in the general sense) were once new. You had to have help to get where you are. I doubt that you had to pay for it, so why is it that you insult those who, like you once did, need assistance?
I help people all the time, because guess what, FFXI isn't a competition. It's a PvE environment, so really, who gives a damn?
The new gear looks interesting, and I for one will be willing to help people that want it,I or help with abjurations if they can supply the pop items.
tl;dr don't be a *** to people who are like you were
First off, I am not being a *** to anyone, not being an elitist at all either. So you can drop that petty ***. Secondly this account is fairly new, 5 months now. I did get help, I found 2-5 people to help me, I worked in tiers of difficulty.
I moved from reforge gear and skirmish gear to escha-zitah gear, from that to escha-ru'aun gear, from there to reisenjima gear. The very thing I am telling people to do to make it easier, but people want to piss and moan because they don't get handouts.
I gave the direction on how to progress for their gear, the fact they get ambuscade gear is a quick jump passing the skirmish gear giving them something I didn't have. Furthermore I also gave them a how-to gil making idea with gain-exp.
I never once made this a "competition," I merely stated if you aren't getting the items with as ridiculously easy as this game is right now, you aren't trying.
6 solid players can beat everything in the game. 2-3 mediocre players with low end gear can get caught up on gear in a matter of a few days. And that is taking time and having bad luck.
The fact you think I haven't met a "returnee" is comical, considering I get people in both of my ls all the time that just came back from hiatus. We just had a guy show up last night after a 2.5 year break in which I told him where to start as well as let him know to tell me if he needed help. Today I was randomly asked to help someone kill nm's I had no need for, guess what? Went and did that too. Not only that but I have helped re-gear people taking them through the progression and getting them all their escha gear/abj.
If you can not decide to help yourself and follow the same progression everyone else has followed, don't expect to magically be taken to get wins.
What I have said was not designed to make people get all wound up in their butt hurt feelings, which obviously was done because people can't just accept the fact that they aren't doing what is needed. Instead I flat out gave them the very info they needed to progress.
Drop the crying.