Wrong!
I've been dodging this whole Abyssea thing for a while but now that I'm past Maat I figured it was time to venture into that mystical place everyone's been raving about for the last few months. So after some time with my flag up I landed myself an Abyssea party.
My first impressions were not good. Actually seeing a whole alliance exping together shattered more than a few dreams. There was little to no organization that I could discern. People were constantly pulling in multiple mobs, but no one bothered sleeping anything. There didn't seem to be a designated /assist, it was more just a free for all of Damage Dealers with some Healers tacked on for good measure. I honestly had no idea what was going on and felt largely superfluous to the whole operation. Things were dying too fast to bother with enfeebles other than the occasional Dia, no one was coordinating Haste cycles, Cures were already thoroughly provided for. It left me wondering why I'd been invited in the first place.
Another issue I had was that with a group that large there wasn't much in the way of chatting. That's something I liked about the six man parties, you could usually get one where folks were laid back enough to shoot the breeze so everyone had a good time regardless of how the exp was. In Abyssea....not so much. It was pretty much just maul, maul, maul, oh have to replace someone, maul, maul, maul. That's no way to meet people.
The exp flow's pretty silly. I went from 72 to 75 + capped buffer in under two hours. I can see the appeal for folks looking to race another job to the level cap, but that kind of leveling speed really just took all the satisfaction out of finally hitting 75. You know, one of my big goals for the game...now it's totally not an accomplishment. I feel dirty for taking that party now.
My Little Pony: better than Abyssea.
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This is why Linkshell EXP groups are so much more interesting. Not only are you all well-coordinated by default, but you can goof around as much as you do in linkshell chat at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about you, I talk (and talk, and talk, and talk) in any alliance I'm in. However, like Kyoshin said, this sort of communication usually happens in an alliance built by my linkshell. Perhaps you didn't see it, but if you stick around in one of those alliances you'll start to see the planned, organized chaos that usually accompanies an xp alliance. Madness with a purpose, if you will.
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming you're leveling RDM since you spoke of enfeebles, RDM belies its name in an abyssea alliance (and really, all of abyssea) more than anywhere else; they are the jack of all trades. Pretty good pullers, pretty good nukers, good for support curing in bigger boss fights, enfeeble those T3 mobs to make them mroe manageable...we seldom leave home with out our career rdm.
Keep your head up sir or ma'am! There's lots of fun to be had under that red sky.