tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33217081.post230163196056725261..comments2023-11-02T06:22:30.541-04:00Comments on You Are Not Your O's Kote: Fuck, no pictures and playing end-game WHM for melee.Ringthreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647692008983055147noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33217081.post-67437386033905462792008-03-27T07:11:00.000-04:002008-03-27T07:11:00.000-04:00Nah, I like going to ls events. My ls holds events...Nah, I like going to ls events. My ls holds events Sun-Thu evenings, so there is personal time if I wanna stay up late, or login on weekends. <BR/><BR/>The other thing I want to mention is, I like having a 2nd account to well, actually play the game. For example, last Baha2 took 2 hours to get everyone together and run to the BC. The wait was particularly bad since several regular members are attending to RL lately so we waited for more people to login. I got there early and would have just stood around. I logged onto 2nd account to do some crafting, join assaults, check AH, etc. I did a lot of PM's this way too, from PM4-2 to 8-2.<BR/><BR/>Waiting around is an FF fact of life, but it's hard not to feel resentful if I wasted an evening standing around for 2 hours for a 4 minute BC. This way I can still get my time's worth and look back to my main once in a while to keep up on the latest LS chatter and jokes. :)<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I just clean my apt... very rarely though. <BR/><BR/>-AKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33217081.post-35779547705976847902008-03-26T22:24:00.000-04:002008-03-26T22:24:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33217081.post-79667795492690609942008-03-26T17:28:00.000-04:002008-03-26T17:28:00.000-04:00Well, I understand what you mean about dual boxing...Well, I understand what you mean about dual boxing kind of defeating the purpose of a MMOG. But as it's been stated, there are certain times, certain events, and things you just can't do solo in the game where with one extra person you can do it, but no one is available to help at the time.<BR/><BR/>Of course you don't just dual box 100% of the time. Maybe if you want to level a job up from 1-75 you "can" do that if that's what you want to do. That's not much different from bst choosing not to party for exp. <BR/><BR/>In some cases, you can even dual box to ls events. Vespasian was an example with Hudak, and me with Elwendriel for a short time. Of course it's not something everyone can do, and not something most can do well.Glacianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137921057962871192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33217081.post-85806227697821953862008-03-26T16:19:00.000-04:002008-03-26T16:19:00.000-04:00Do you give up doing events just so you can always...Do you give up doing events just so you can always dual box on your own? That is the situation that concerns me the most.Ringthreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17647692008983055147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33217081.post-71360945000819250182008-03-26T13:10:00.000-04:002008-03-26T13:10:00.000-04:00I like doing ls events, but I also like having the...I like doing ls events, but I also like having the freedom of dualboxing small activities on my own such as breaking weapon latents, some enms/bcnms, farming, without trying to find available people, waiting for them to gear up, providing them direction, etc. Having just 1 extra character greatly expands the efficiency and choice of things you can do on your own, if you want to play when most of your LS has headed to bed, haha. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if I would have taken the time to level a 2nd character from 1-75, but since I inherited one I am leveling whm 63-70+ for R3. ^^;<BR/><BR/>I don't think working on my own is antithetical to FF gaming, SE's been pretty good about offering options for different types of players.<BR/><BR/>-AKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33217081.post-2781799037888423932008-03-26T11:34:00.000-04:002008-03-26T11:34:00.000-04:00I kind of get what you are saying but its kind of ...I kind of get what you are saying but its kind of antithetical to the notion of an MMO and specifically to FFXI as it is based on working with others not just yourself.Ringthreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17647692008983055147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33217081.post-66274297512171475742008-03-26T11:14:00.000-04:002008-03-26T11:14:00.000-04:00Dual boxing has been around for a long time in MMO...Dual boxing has been around for a long time in MMOG. It's not necessarily a JP trait to solo mostly while dual boxing 2 characters. A lot of times it's justified by leveing a job that compliments the jobs of another character's jobs that you already have leveled (i.e. whm with nin). <BR/><BR/>By leveling a different character, it also opens new jobs that you can level with new equipment sets, and not have to worry about inventory space issues with all your melee/mage equipment from your other character. I personally don't think SE thought this through when they thought about people leveling all their jobs to 75. Because there's no chance at all that someone can hold equipment for all of them and have the "best" gear for all of them. Even with them storing armor in storage, there's not enough inventory space to hold it all.<BR/><BR/>ANYways, I see leveling a second character up more as an opening to be able to open up inventory space for better equipment for that job. As well as a partner with my current character to do things solo from time to time like you said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com