<Help me out!> COR

[Anza]

really? really? BLM spells can be obtained via other ways MOST of the time. with the exception of spells like Warp II Aspir Drain and Sleepga II, most all BLM spells can be farmed. The above mentioned can be quested as well. COR HAS TO BUY THEIR DICE FROM NPC'S. There are no other options. Its not our fault if you go around buying them all from NPC's or pay ridiculous Auction House Prices instead of getting them yourself.

Um... how about you go farm/quest BLM spells and use the proceeds to buy your dice then? Dice are not an issue. I'm not sure I agree that dice should be priced by level (Courser's Roll and Allies Roll should be cheaper because they are so highly situational), but I have no issue buying dice. Anything you can buy can be "farmed" by getting gil from some other means and investing it in the buyable item you want.

Ammo is certainly the problem today. Steel Bullets are rare enough on my server, and there haven't been any stacks/pouches of Oberons sold on my server in over 6 months. I understand S-E is reluctant to damage the potential crafting market, but crafters are NOT supplying ammo.

I'd be perfectly fine with NPCs selling ammo for a cost that is high enough that crafters could still make the stuff and sell it for a profit. But at least give me the opportunity to buy it. I was lucky enough to get a single Oberon's Bullet months ago, but I sure hope I don't accidentally shoot it because of a macro error, lag, or my own mistake. I'd be very happy to be able to buy a stack and be done with it.

[Leonidus]

Um... how about you go farm/quest BLM spells and use the proceeds to buy your dice then? Dice are not an issue. I'm not sure I agree that dice should be priced by level (Courser's Roll and Allies Roll should be cheaper because they are so highly situational), but I have no issue buying dice. Anything you can buy can be "farmed" by getting gil from some other means and investing it in the buyable item you want

Dice are an issue though. Why do the BLM, WHM, NIN, BRD, & RDM spells drop from gold chests but COR still has to go buy its dice...? Why did COR ever only have the option of buying dice? I could buy the whole set of dice several times over. But im thinking about the new player, who for some insane reason likes COR more than any other job at lv30. They are gonna have a hell of a time leveling COR and trying to buy dice, bullets, and cards.

And since when was COR an unpopular job? I seem to recall people looking for CORs specifically. Even today in Abyssea there are many people who still prefer to have a COR in their party than another full-fledged DD.

I have never in my abyssea LS or lowmanning things, had someone request me as Corsair as opposed to WHM MNK BLM or BRD.
COR as a mainjob:
1. Can't proc Yellow
2. Can't Tank
3. Can't Heal
4. Can't even fully proc Blue Marksmanship (even though its signature weapon is a gun). Let alone fully proc any Blue weakness Weapon on its own.
5. Can't proc any Red without Subjob (this isnt really an issue given our choices of subs)

In my abyssea LS COR is considered a Dead Weight Job because of this. Until i finish my stage 2 Armageddon i will continue to goto everything as WHM or MNK.