Why are NPC parties so bad?

[follydragon]

It speaks wonders to your point that you immediately have to jump to high end content to justify the excitement of these jobs

SCH is quite possibly the single most boring job in casual content

Not for me, that is actually BLM and RDM. You get to bounce between fire and ice or bounce between light and dark while staring at the gauge and slide casting attacks. Mind you at some point, the RDM does get a burst of excitement while the formers only real excitement is getting to cycle for mana and avoid attacks. Also note, as a BLM, I would say 50% of healers have likely prioritized you as the last to heal because they do not exactly understand how as a BLM, you have a long cooldown, yet awesome shield, but that is literally it, no self healing like all the other classes at mid game. So I feel Scholar is a step up from that. I will say though that Sch healing is still much more fluid than current Ast and we will have to see what happens there for the future. Personally, the Holy Trinity (Tank - Heal - DPS) has almost always created its own issues like this. I almost wish there was a mechanics that kept all three in check and that they made all classes more action paced. Of course I offer no good way they could accomplish this since most games are all 1000% about doing the most damage the quickest to end the encounter. Part of me thinks it would be hilarious if they added a random reflect, but that would likely just punish the healers.

[Neoyoshi]

I would personally consider queueing with other players. Great things might happen.

[DiaDeem]

I've been on a quest to level all my trusts, and... holy crap, the Twins just suck. I'm remembering why I was running with Thancred/Uri/Shtola before and why I finished leveling them first, asides Ryne.

[Thangil]

I would personally consider queueing with other players. Great things might happen.

I've already said a few times that I've got nothing against playing with others - going with NPC parties are to eliminate queue times. I play a lot during night time due to my irl work schedules, and it's often close to impossible to find a party 4 o'clock in the morning.