Haste and You... A guide to the misinformed.

[JiltedValkyrie]

For about four years I had no idea haste on gear made you attack faster, so I never used any of it. I thought it was just for when a mage cast haste ON you that it worked. I was completely naive, but at least I wasn't debating the fact afterwards. I'm now a NIN with a good amount of haste and -delay gear. I do have a piece I gimp myself on purpose with instead of a suppa out of sentimentality. I'm sure I'll trade it in some day. If FFXI had more lines in the macros, I'd probably swap even more gear, but I do swap gear constantly. I also have a macro for every weapon skill for different gear swapping based on its mods (Evisceration, Hi, Yu, or something else).

If I had more time to play, I'd probably have capped my haste gear, but real life wins.

[Kuishen]

See, you I have no problem with. Natures on the other hand continues to argue that she is right and everybody else is wrong. Her stupidity level has risen far beyond my expectations in the last few pages.

[Captain]

A good thing to do in these kinds of situations, is TO NOT FEED THE TROLL.

[Captain]

For about four years I had no idea haste on gear made you attack faster

If I had more time to play, I'd probably have capped my haste gear, but real life wins.

wait, wat?

[RaenRyong]

Being good at the game makes you a no-lifer with no social skills (especially with the opposite sex) and means you care too much about FFXI, live in a basement and have FFXI as your sole hobby.

Being bad at the game means you have this amazing social life where you have sex approximately 15 times a day and all faults can be forgiven because unlike those ELITISTS you have a real life.

Finally, it is impossible to be good at the game and still enjoy it.

[Captain]

Being good at the game makes you a no-lifer with no social skills (especially with the opposite sex) and means you care too much about FFXI, live in a basement and have FFXI as your sole hobby.

Being bad at the game means you have this amazing social life where you have sex approximately 15 times a day and all faults can be forgiven because unlike those ELITISTS you have a real life.

Finally, it is impossible to be good at the game and still enjoy it.

-10/10 failed.

[Kitkat]

Apparently, you totally missed what I said. I said it's his opinion that haste is the most important gear choice that people can make in this game. It's apparent that he feels that way because he directly said that I was, among other people, the reason he made his original post in the first place. It was obvious to him that haste was not that important to me. So, maybe take a break from thinking for a while, or think another minute about what you just read before you reply to it.

I saw this....and then I wondered how this person got 3 lvl 90 jobs without understanding the importance of swapping between gears for specific reasons. Finally, I remembered that Abyssea, and prior to it AF burns, is how people primarily level up these days and the pieces all fell into place.

Honestly, if you can't see the purpose behind it or the math proving the purpose, then you really shouldn't throw yourself under the train. I mean you are more than welcome to argue your point until your fingers are numb, but any thf willing to macro between gear swaps will destroy the one that refuses to do so.

But then I will die because the mob is crit hitting me or using a TP move at the same time that I'm changing gear for a weapon skill, causing my mage to not be able to cure me. Then I die and lose all my tp anyway.

I still win.

You still lose actually. SE made this cool syntax that allows your mage to still select you even through gear swaps. You're point has just been proved invalid.

I have several 90s, both mage and melee (and in the case of Blu, a hybrid of both), and I can tell you I wouldn't stay in one gear set full time ever. I don't expect melee I cure as rdm, whm, or blu to either. I don't know...maybe you need to take your own advice.....

So, maybe take a break from thinking for a while, or think another minute about what you just read before you reply to it.

[Quintow]

Can't have your cake and eat it too

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[Avidon]

So, in a nut shell... How do I factor in haste when compared to other stats?

[CebPtolemy]

I don't even... i got told to check out this thread back on page 4 and assumed it'd die soon after since haste is a mute point... Anyone who has ever used parser knows haste is best for tp... How has this gone for 32 pages? There have always been people who believe what Nature thinks, we just block them out and add them to the many people currently occupying the dunce corner of ffxi. Why the sudden need to feed her? Also Nature, if you're a troll: Bravo, serious achievement stuff in the making here.

But nice guide OP