New Jobs - Will you aby burn or no?

[Vortex]

but you are criticizing...
your tone is very holier than thou because you refuse to use a non-traditional leveling method.

having /inv up now, is like having /inv up as a BLM in 2007.

/facepalm

ok.

[Camiie]

What some people seem to forget is that you can XP using FOV, GOV, and Abyssea and not be a leech. Use your brains and the options available to you and you can gain XP quickly and still gain that other type of experience.

[Alistaire]

This topic is going to go to a dark yet banal place. This topic is going to build a new home there and plant a nice little garden. Things will grow there.

LOL'd hard at this.

And at the comment above about playing solo being the only way to learn a job. FFXI is hard, man. But no seriously, how does playing solo teach you about group positioning, as indicated with Geomancer? You'd learn about as much of that job as soloing bard to 99.

And if you already play PLD, and lets say some combination of DRK, SAM, NIN, DNC just to cover a few of the more likely similarities to Rune Fencer (Camate quoted that it won't be a magic based job but "consume runes to gain special effects", which makes it either JAs like SAM and DNC or tools like NIN) then do you really need to solo it to learn?

Make macros with gear swaps as appropriate with rune names instead of "utsusemi", "seigan" or "fan dance". It's not a whole new learning curve.

[nyheen]

Who brags about 99? We don't get to 99 to brag, we get to 99 to play the game. It's not an achievement, it's a prerequisite. 90% of what you do before 99 is waste time trying to get to 99. Why is that such an essential experience to you?

I completely understand if people want to do it this way, but it won't make them a better player. It's just personal preference. Some people like trying new jobs out at lower levels. Some don't. What's the big deal with either way?

lol i said nothing like that. but i guess if people wanna just leech/afk from 1-99 more power to them?

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Thought it would be interesting to ask whether everyone is planning to simply get30andabyburn the 2 new jobs when they come out or wil people try some old style xp parties (which actually yield decent xp due to previous updates)?

I personally might try non-aby xp and experience the new jobs while not much is known about them. Could also give rise to some other old jobs having xp party chances

Opinions?

Solo to 30, aby burn to 99. I deserve to, I already paid my dues in the years before TAU was out.

Solo, it the only way 2 know how 2 play this job. and maybe if i have super mega ra change a normal exp pt.

Burning a job has nothing to do with not knowing how to play it.

[Anapingofness]

I'll probably duo or trio the jobs if I decide to level them. XD

[Arcon]

lol i said nothing like that.

Yes, you said exactly that:

why would anyone leech the new job or any job. what the fun in that?o.O. once it come out it gonna be sad seeing over 1k people leeching it and then bragging they 99!

but i guess if people wanna just leech/afk from 1-99 more power to them?

Thank you.

[Kojo]

No, I don't see the point in leeching jobs, especially a brand new job that no one knows how to play yet. Some may leech to be the first 99 Geomancer or Rune Fencer, but being the first doesn't mean you're the best, it doesn't even mean you know what you're doing. I'll try to learn the job.

[Llana_Virren]

No, I don't see the point in leeching jobs, especially a brand new job that no one knows how to play yet. Some may leech to be the first 99 Geomancer or Rune Fencer, but being the first doesn't mean you're the best, it doesn't even mean you know what you're doing. I'll try to learn the job.

Yet, within 10 days, you'll have:

Player 1: Leeched to 99 on first day, spent the remainder of 10 days understanding the job, its abilities and mechanics
Player 2: Spent all 10 days levelling, learning the job, its abilities and mechanics.

Difference?

[Zerich]

Yet, within 10 days, you'll have:

Player 1: Leeched to 99 on first day, spent the remainder of 10 days understanding the job, its abilities and mechanics
Player 2: Spent all 10 days levelling, learning the job, its abilities and mechanics.

Difference?

"it's terribly hard to learn the gameplay mechanics of an MMORPG", said no one