Is this your first Final Fantasy? Or do you just not remember grinding in past games?

[Amberion]

Yeah... They did, or at least I did. Red Mage or Bard
.... Tab, Tab, Tab, Tab, "Holy Crap! Dia Macro"... Wait for the RMT bot to kill it... Tab Tab Tab...etc etc.

Well, your problem was that you where using a macro when there was someone competing with you. Macro seemed to lag a bit. Best way was to just target yourself, go to spell/ability menu, pick your skill then that blue arrow would show up. And then just tab around with that and hit "enter" when mob popped.

And well, RMT pretty much sucked at claiming most NMs.

EDIT:

Wonder what some people nowadays would think if they had to farm gil just to be able to party. Or for new gear.

[Pandastirfry]

Well, your problem was that you where using a macro when there was someone competing with you. Macro seemed to lag a bit. Best way was to just target yourself, go to spell/ability menu, pick your skill then that blue arrow would show up. And then just tab around with that and hit "enter" when mob popped.

And well, RMT pretty much sucked at claiming most NMs.

EDIT:

Wonder what some people nowadays would think if they had to farm gil just to be able to party. Or for new gear.

Yeah after the first two years, I learned that truck... The next 4 years was because the RNG Gods hated me and eventually that coupled with FFXI's other numerous and glaring faults caused me to quit.