User blog:Devhead39/Fun Story

One day, much like any other, I logged on in Bastok and left my Mog House for a day of adventuring. I had no specific plans and was deciding what to do when I get a party invite for Garliage Citadel. Remembering all the days I had been LFP for hours with no luck, I decided to jump at the opportunity. However, it was going to take me a while to get there, and I was worried the party would not want to wait, so I rushed off without asking any questions.

While impatiently waiting for the airship to land in Jeuno, I discovered that the party leader was a White Mage. This was good news, since that meant we had a healer and a Paladin (myself). So I rushed off the airship, rented a chocobo, and hauled it out to the Citadel. I had never partied in the basement before and was really hoping they wouldn't decide to just drop me from the group when I needed help to get to the camp. Finally there, I'm excited to get this party started!

Now, the party setup: PLD, WAR, WHM, SMN, and 2 other jobs (all I can remember is that they were either mages or ranged attackers). The SMN was 2 lvls lower than the rest of the party, but no one seemed to have a problem with it. The WHM starts outlining how we're going to be doing things. He tells the WAR to pull and then the SMN to main heal...

Now, I understand that Summoners can be effective healers when they need to, but here we have a SMN that's 2 lvls under the party AND we have a WHM, so I was confused as to why the SMN was supposed to main heal. In an effort to get an explanation, I simply asked "What?" The WHM responds with a simple "Do you need to go?"

At this point I was very confused, so again I asked what was going on, to which I got the same reply. From this point, the conversation looked something like this:

WHM: Dan do you need to go? Me: No I just don't understand, why is SMN main heal? WHM: Ok I'll explain this ONCE. WHM: Do you see the yellow dot by my name? That means I'm LEADER! WHM: I lead, not listen. WHM: So do you need to go?

Now, having invested a decent portion of time into getting to this party, and still remembering the times where I sat for hours with no EXP, I decided to stay. So we set up and get buffed, and the WAR runs out to grab us a bat. When he gets back to the party, I start doing my thing and tanking the mob. The SMN is healing away, everyone else is doing their part-

Except for the WHM. He's just kneeling down in the middle of the group. The bat is almost dead now and the WHM says "PLD Stop." Not knowing, or particularly caring at this point, what he means by that, I don't respond and just finish out the fight. After the mob dies, the WHM stands up, casts Curaga, and then kneels back down. We wait for the SMN and I to rest for MP, and then the WAR runs out to get another bat. I do the same thing on this bat as I did on the last one, tanking like I know I should, and then WHM again says "PLD stop. You've got all the hate."

Now, as far as I know, that's a good thing, but maybe I'm wrong. So we finish this bat and the WHM stands up again and casts Curaga and kneels back down. At this point another conversation between us ensues:

WHM: Dan stop hogging all the hate, it's taking too much MP to heal you. Me: Ooookkay? WHM: You need to spread the dmg around. Me: That doesn't make any sense. WHM: Do you need to go? WHM: I'm LEADER!

Ok, so now I finally start paying attention and notice that this guy is Dual Wielding clubs. I have since been informed that WHM/NIN is a viable job setup, but everyone who has told me that has also told me that it's strictly for EG and not for lvl ~50 EXP parties. Regardless, at the time, this was the last straw I needed to decide this WHM wasn't worth my time. So the WAR pulls a third bat, and this time I did exactly what he asked. I stopped. The bat came back and I started my auto-attack and did nothing else, and as many of you probably know, PLD auto-attacking is pretty worthless. I didn't even chase the bat around when it started to go crazy on the rest of the party. I felt bad for the SMN at this point because he was trying very hard, but just could not cut it. Finally the WHM was forced to stand up and heal people before the fight was over, and right at the end he says "PLD mp >.>" to which I respond "WHM/NIN. I'm done with this party, anyone coming with?"

Everyone but the WAR disbanded with me and we reformed for a short time right there.

Moral of the story: Fear the Dot!