Is it possible to put too much pressure on yourself?

[Mirch]

yes you can put pressure on yourself, get a copy of you and place it on top of you, then feel your own pressure

[KaivaC]

This gives me the distinct impression that a break would help you out more than anything else.

Except...it didn't. I was actually legitimately gone for a little bit - I came back because Alphascape was announced. Started up a brand new character and mained on NIN. To be fair now, I might have misunderstood how the percentiles work, as someone mentioned earlier. That 9% percentile that I've been so upset about has jumped up this week to 18% with me not having no new logs...but it's still a grey. And again, I have to reiterate, it bothers me that I haven't cleared a full raid tier yet. Or really, even touched the final fight of the tier.

[van_arn]

Except...it didn't. I was actually legitimately gone for a little bit - I came back because Alphascape was announced. Started up a brand new character and mained on NIN. To be fair now, I might have misunderstood how the percentiles work, as someone mentioned earlier. That 9% percentile that I've been so upset about has jumped up this week to 18% with me not having no new logs...but it's still a grey. And again, I have to reiterate, it bothers me that I haven't cleared a full raid tier yet. Or really, even touched the final fight of the tier.

You don't have to. Only do what you want to do without overextending.

[KaivaC]

You don't have to. Only do what you want to do without overextending.

...well, shoot, you've backed me into a corner now. I don't have a retort to this lol.

[van_arn]

...well, shoot, you've backed me into a corner now. I don't have a retort to this lol.

*shrug* I went through a similar phase in my own past. I ended up limiting myself to the first two floors of savage (due to the necessary time/care-ness) and joined a sprout FC on a preferred server, since I personally enjoy hanging with sprouts and watching them fall off ledges on Shinryu.

I enjoyed my Twintania/Savage days, but I personally feel I get a better return on my time being a fool with sprouts (and making sure they don't end up as auto-attacking dragoons) than I did wiping continuously for 8 hour sessions.

To underscore just how absolutely I do exclusively and exactly what I want, sam main btw.

[KaivaC]

*shrug* I went through a similar phase in my own past. I ended up limiting myself to the first two floors of savage (due to the necessary time/care-ness) and joined a sprout FC on a preferred server, since I personally enjoy hanging with sprouts and watching them fall off ledges on Shinryu.

I enjoyed my Twintania/Savage days, but I personally feel I get a better return on my time being a fool with sprouts (and making sure they don't end up as auto-attacking dragoons) than I did wiping continuously for 8 hour sessions.

To underscore just how absolutely I do exclusively and exactly what I want, sam main btw.

But SAMs are good in the right hands..

I kid, I kid, I know what you are saying. I guess I'm just more perturbed that I'm not viewed as a good player in the raiding/casual community because of grey parsing. I dunno, I could give the other jobs (aside from SMN and MNK) a legitimate try at 70, but gearing would take at least four weeks plus some Suzaku runs. Plus, I know for a fact that if I do level the other combat jobs to 70, I will definitely find myself with pretty much nothing to do, hence why I really haven't touched any of the other jobs yet on my main. I dunno, I just feel like I need to be on the same level as a few folks that I have followed in the past.

[van_arn]

But SAMs are good in the right hands..

I kid, I kid, I know what you are saying. I guess I'm just more perturbed that I'm not viewed as a good player in the raiding/casual community because of grey parsing. I dunno, I could give the other jobs (aside from SMN and MNK) a legitimate try at 70, but gearing would take at least four weeks plus some Suzaku runs. Plus, I know for a fact that if I do level the other combat jobs to 70, I will definitely find myself with pretty much nothing to do, hence why I really haven't touched any of the other jobs yet on my main. I dunno, I just feel like I need to be on the same level as a few folks that I have followed in the past.

Sounds like this is a good cycle to sit out of Savage, stop caring about how others see you, and mull over your options. Maybe one of those other classes you level will speak to you on a deeper level than nin.

[Luciel-Nyx]

Feels like you're going in circles. Almost exact thing happened last time before you announced you're deleting your character and all the like, yadayada. Maybe you really need a real break if this keeps you here, making these threads and makes you stressed or whatever you are. It's not fun if you stress about a game that should make you unwind instead.

[KaivaC]

Feels like you're going in circles. Almost exact thing happened last time before you announced you're deleting your character and all the like, yadayada. Maybe you really need a real break if this keeps you here, making these threads and makes you stressed or whatever you are. It's not fun if you stress about a game that should make you unwind instead.

To be fair, another part of that break was a result of an argument away from the forums that I rightfully lost friends over because of my stances and stubbornness, so I went with what I felt was the best option for everyone involved in addition to a personal situation that had gotten way out of hand. Truth be told, I probably should just stop making these types of threads in general and just deal with my raiding insecurities in silence lol.

[Maero]

I know all too well the feeling as i strive to always do the best i can and if fail mechanics (or rotations by being flustered) i take it very hard.
I have since then focused on not raiding this tier and help friends instead on story content.