Test For Echo

I have spent a lotta time as of late working on the CoP missions. But I have in the mean time been able to reach most of my immediate goals, namely, my lv75 TriFecta--PLD,WHM,RDM.

This doesn't mean I've given up on other things. My next goal has been all about getting some of these new toys, like Chivelry and Devotion. I joined a few parties and earned enough merits to get the first and I'm only 25 more Lesser Pink Birdies (I can never remember how to spell those) away from Devotion. Chivelry has proven to be a fun little deal and I just know I will like Devotion. The other little spells like Phalanx or Protect V will come on its own time... however... I'm in no real hurry.

One thing in this level grind that I find interesting is the concept of a "Cannon Party." Now I completly understand the idea; and I completly believe that they can work and people get buku amounts of xp from them. What people constantly misunderstand from me is...I just can not take them for longer than an hour or so before I start to go completly waky. It's all a question of stress... these are all things that require attention constantly without fail... and are very unforgiving about mistakes. The most successful one I ever participated in was one in which we reached chain 52 or so when the 3 fighters were paralyzed and one person died. It only took a few seconds to happen. Thankfully, I wasn't the main healer on that one...lol..

Of course, there are these Cannon Wanna Be parties that I often find myself in, where they expect me as a RDM/WHM to be able to sleep as many monsters as effectivly as completly as a bard. Even as a RDM/BLM, there is no way I could sleepaga as effectivly as corresponding bard spells. And of course, when things start waking up and start to get very upset at the person who cast sleep in the first place, I wonder why I am there at that time.

Yet thats not the only deficincy that I keep seeing. Killing things really fast is a wonderful thing, but when it takes so long to generate all that TP, and maybe only one person has Provoke... hate control becomes non existent. Mobs wonder all over, every second becomes an urgent problem and everyone becomes stressed and jittery. The most fustrating thing I've ever had happen was being forced to sleep two mobs, cure a few people who nearly died, still remember to haste one person and get yelled at for not casting refresh.

I know, I know, its not as if every cannon party is bad; but thats the same with any party. I just find that I can have fun in a normal party with my good friends for three to five hours; conversely, I can only tolerate an hour or two of a cannon party. There can be no confusion on this wise...its a matter of enjoyment. I still want to have enjoyment in this game; otherwise, its a huge time sink.

On a side note, I would like to conduct a test for echo. For anyone who have read this or anything on my blog, I encourage you to post a comment. You don't need an account, but you do have to type in the words just to ensure you're not really a robot.

Thank you.