Paladin Glass Ceiling

Shallowness is natural; conceit comes with education.
Cicero, Pro Flacco

Its a strange thing, but this game is full of "Fads" and "Cult followings" like I've know not what of. Every time something becomes popular, it sweeps like a tsunami of insanity. Prices shoot through the roof, lines form 20 deep... the day TAoU came out, you couldn't find a Ghoul anywhere.

The new form of XP Parties seem to be one of these fads. The cannon party that runs around killing everything it can find, disreguarding anyone who they might run over in the process. Others just pull several mobs at the same time with the assumption that nothing will go wrong and they could pull great XP really fast. I can totally understand that; people hate the XP grind and want to get it over with. My arguement has always been that it tends to lead to fustration for many, and it is far too easy and too fast for things to go wrong and everyone to die. Yet it is the most popular type of party, and that is the way it goes.

Of course..what about the people who do not fit in these parties. That is the biggest reason I dislike them; in the original classic way there is no combination of job that couldn't work as long as Healer, Tank and Refresher were satisfied. And they worked! But the Dark Knights, Dragoons, and Paladins.. do not "work".. so what of them?

I suppose I asked for it by spending as much time as I have on Paladin. Heck, I can't even say "but you've asked me to do..." because nobody has actually asked me to do anything except be a white mage. So do I have any room to complain? lol..of course I do. I've it before, and I'll say it again: its the right of every woman to change a man's mind. I wish to change the mind of people. Like many black mage has told me, a good paladin is golden for the mage who wishes to inflict great damage on monsters. But really, I hope to argue to a harkening to the old fashion parties that actually worked even if they didn't reach tripple digit chains. If nothing else, its a chance to invite someone new to have just plain ordinary fun.

Well...all I can say is, I will not be giving up. And like many people, there are lots of things I would like to do. But in the mean time I will take as much time as it takes to get to 75 once again.

Yuk.. todays post.. I dont like it. But I dedicate this blog to whatever I'm thinking about at the time, and unfortunatly.. this is all I can think about. SOMEONE! MAKE ME A PARTY!!!