Solution to "blinking"

[BorkBorkBork]

We brought this matter up with the development team and we were informed that unfortunately it’s not possible to change. As many of you have stated previously (in other threads as well) it is possible to prevent targeting problems through the use of certain macros ( stpc, etc.). We encourage and recommend that you utilize these as a way to avoid targeting issues with frequent blinkers.

Even SE is telling bad mages to stop crying and fix their macros. Honestly if people can't figure out how to target a party member that "blinks" you should either
A: Never play any kind of job again that requires targeting other player.
B: Quit and go play WoW or something that has a 3rd party tool that will auto target and cure people so you truly never have to do anything.

All this crying on these forums about not being able to target people can be chalked up to people being lazy or horrible at their job.

[Sekundes]

Even SE is telling bad mages to stop crying and fix their macros. Honestly if people can't figure out how to target a party member that "blinks" you should either
A: Never play any kind of job again that requires targeting other player.
B: Quit and go play WoW or something that has a 3rd party tool that will auto target and cure people so you truly never have to do anything.

All this crying on these forums about not being able to target people can be chalked up to people being lazy or horrible at their job.

Yep, we should just suck it up and use a work around for a basic game mechanic flaw. Also, Camate told us to use <stpc> which will not avoid being blinked out. A <stpt> is the one for that. While many of us will do just this and suck it up, it is hard to get friends in to the game when they have to learn tips and tricks that the game never teaches you just to get by. They get frustrated and quit before they ever get to the fun parts of the game. FFXI is an old game with an exceptionally clunky menu system and just clunky in general. Problems need to be fixed to keep this game competitive, not excuses made why it's too hard to do or lie to us saying it is "not possible". I for one would be more than happy to completely forgo an expansion and new content just to get some of the flaws that have been in the game since it's conception fixed or at the least lessened to some extent.

[BorkBorkBork]

Crying about it is just silly. It's part of the mechanics of the game and it's not hard to work with it. Long story short, it is what it is, it's not hard to work around and be an effective Mage. I've played both sides of the mage/melee fence for a long time and if someone dies A: They got one shotted and it couldn't be helped, B:I was watching TV and wasn't paying enough attention if someone changed gear. If people get frustrated take a few moments to have a little pride in what you do in game and get a little better by learning how to work within the current game mechanics. Learning to get better at a game used to be part of the fun but maybe I don't get kids these days

I'll say it again if blinking makes you a horrible healer play something different instead of shaking your fist at SE over something silly. Save your fist shaking for something good like Walk of Echoes.