Quote Originally Posted by Crimson_Slasher View Post
I never once said it was even remotely considered adequate, what i said is ive seen people more interested in combat skills and spells at times rather than gear in some voidwatch groups ive been in, so far that ive seen a perle sam with just +1 unkai head invited on the grounds that they had their skill high enough to trigger weaknesses.

And yeah this thread is off topic, they all go off topic. Ill give you a translation when you explain to me how we got into the high-tier economics in the first place. The redmage forum is MADE of derails, spins, detractions, infighting, and insults slung about. And to be totally honest to you, i dont care if you ignore how people look at you, i really dont, and honestly, i dont dislike you, i dislike the way you behave. When people see your posts, constantly filled with venom and an thickly implied layer of "you should suck less" in damn near every statement you make, how can you really hope that people will agree with you on anything?

Insulting, condesending, unsupportive. Those three qualities stand out in your posts and theyre terrible personality traits. I fear i will be adding you to ignore soon because even with best intentions, all i ever hear from you is disreguard for anyone outside your perfect little world.
When the post boils down to "It's not fair that Comet is so expensive, why do mages have to pay so much gil for spells when Melee don't?", there's really nothing more to say aside from "You should suck less".

It's not like Seri doesn't know how to make gil. It's not like most players in general don't know how to make gil, or couldn't make the 2M for comet in a couple days if they set a goal and worked towards it. They simply don't, and I have no sympathy for them for it.

Contrary to what Saevel seems to think, I'm not a hardcore player - nor do I try to pass myself off as one. I am, however, a player who loves to learn and enjoys being challenged for the sake of a challenge. Yeah, I do Voidwatch regularly. But I don't expect to ever get anything of value from it, honestly. Who would? The drop rates are ass. I have 0 bodies, and probably won't ever get one unless they continue increasing drop rates by a significant amount or change the loot system as they move into Part 3.5 and beyond. I do Voidwatch because I enjoy killing things with other players whose company I enjoy.

But hey, you know what, contrary to popular belief, there isn't an insurmountable wall between playing the game for fun and succeeding at it. Obviously, if you were to listen to people like Saevel and Hayward, anyone who succeeds in this game must only care about their social status, egos, or phat lootz. But honestly, and I'm being 100% straight up about this, what the fuck exists in this game that's legitimately difficult to obtain?

Seriously. Name one thing.

That's right. Nothing. So what sort of pride, or ego is one going to develop when it's clear that things aren't hard to acquire? Big whoop I got a few Emps that took less than a week to make? Hurray, I have some shiny +2 armor that took all of a couple hours. Hooray for me, I'm so awesome for ... doing... what, exactly?

But therein lies the conundrum of the masses. I have been hacked, had my character stripped to nothing, and rebuilt from scratch to surpass people with mountainous head starts on me. Why? Because I'm smart, because I have friends, and because I actually work for my bread.

If people want tips on how to make gil quickly, I'll recite them off all day. Want gear advice? No problem. If anyone, anywhere, wants to know how they can be better, I'm down with that.

But the average player on these boards doesn't want that. They just want me to give them gil, or to make an Ochain for them "because it's so easy, right?". People want something for nothing and that does not happen.

So I'm sorry if some random can't afford Comet, or Blizzaja, or Temper. They take all of a few hours to save up for. If you want nice things, get with the program and go get them. I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who resigns themselves to mediocrity. "I can't" is bullshit. All these people are saying is "I won't".