Brayflox's Longstop (Hard) SpeedRun Problem

[Shadowless]

People should never underestimate the dps potential of a skilled Dragoon.

[Yonko]

snipped due to stupid char limit.

Is this your first MMO? The same thing happened in FFXI. People are lazy and want to progress with the least amount of effort/time spent. If you can shave .1 second off a run by doing X then you can be damn sure people will do X. I'm not saying that it is right and I agree with you and try to avoid Brayflox SRs because they are boring as hell but get forced to SR when it comes up for the roulette.

[Yonko]

If I make a group saying you are not allowed to wear pants then so be it.

I want to go make a PF group with this requirement now.

[Pots_Talos]

I've done a 9min speed run with double DRG. People are idiots.

[A_Magical_Unicorn_Rider]

BLM + MNK is still the fastest combo when not double BLMing. Monk can focus down those pesky kitties and Footman much faster than a Bard can DoT them down.

Funny thing about SRs, went with some friends once, apparently they didn't bother to tell me I was going to have to tank so we ended up going in DRG + MNK (me) + SMN + SCH. Ended up clearing the whole dungeon in about 11 minutes.

[KidSerge]

people are generally misinformed about melee in speed runs, because a lot of them don't know how to aoe properly. i've done 5 to 6 min myth runs as a drg and monk, and 9-10 for full runs. i hear a lot of crap on monks especially. they don't have the best aoe, but certainly its not terrible.

one thing i do is get my stacks up as we pull the enemys in brayflox, to the bridge. if you smack each enemy once on the way up, you wont pull aggro and could possibly have GL3 when you get to the end, then begin to spam rockbreaker with perfect balance.

[PetiteMalFleur]

Just send a tell to the party leader asking for an invite and tell them your fastest time. However, it isn't just about getting through as fast as possible though. If aoe is low the tank will run out of CD and probably die. Single target dps can be as great as you like but if the party is wiping because the first pack isn't dying fast enough then people are going to start asking for the dps classes with more consistent aoe.

[Kerwin]

Level up and gear BLM then. It's pretty useless to cry about not being able to join SRs because you have tunnel vision on one class. Like everyone else says make your own party finder and hope your group doesn't mind you running out of TP when trying to clear aoe mobs.

[Maero]

Personally i always do Bray HM as blm and while i do prefer a Bard or other blm i have no issues if a dragoon or Monk come either.
I have done it as Bard with another one and while not overly bad we would have been done much sooner if i was blm.
Same issues arise were players believe they "need" mellee because of limit break, but more often that figured like the large bomb in the last boss, a blm limit break works just fine.
There be jerks in every class, just play what you like to go as or find groups to go in with.

[PetiteMalFleur]

I'm looking at your profile and see you have other classes at all. You have nothing leveled for even the cross class skills. To be perfectly honest there are static groups that wouldn't take you without those skills. You are always going to have situations in this game where people are going to not need your favorite class. Try to be a little more flexible and take the time to level and gear other classes. It will make the content me accessible.