Compared to all the previous promyvions, this one we managed to do extremely quickly. I think we got to the BCNM in under 30 minutes, very little aggro and no deaths. Then when we went to do the NM, I sat out as only 6 members could go. The group managed to do very well and they were victorious! We managed to get 3 LS members their Lufaise access (Ruffyreborn, Soulstar, Shaoulin) and hopefully next week we can get 2 more members theirs.
After that, I had agreed to helping a friend camp an NM that had a 21-23 hr spawn time, however it would only pop when the wind elemental was present. He had said the window would open 4 hours later, so instead of lvling as had been originally planned by me and Xean, I just did some muling and also went out for a bit. In the end, the wind elemental wasn't forcast and so we cancelled fighting the NM.
Me and Xean then went to go lvl with our friends Anderoc, Deude and Raiderx. Before that though, we decided to go and get Raiderx' weaponskill "Tachi: Kashi" which required us fighting an NM in Korroloka Tunnel. We picked up a RDM and headed out. After a very quick battle, Raiderx finally had his skillchain and we decided to get some experience points in so we headed for Caedarva Mire.
At first the experience points were decent, however me and Xean were having some problems. Our RDM wasn't keeping up with the refresh, and when we tried to address this we got a response to the effect of "Asking for refresh is the worst thing you can do to a RDM" to which Xean responded "Refreshing is one of the main duties of a RDM and expected". It was really disappointing because me and Xean had already partied with this RDM before, and in our previous party he had also been reminded to cast refresh.
As a paladin, there is only one effect I absolutely get annoyed with not having, and that is refresh. I like to have a full MP pool at the start of every battle, so that I can cast away to my heart's content and allow the other DDs in the party to unleash their insane damage with their weapon skills. If I do not have enough MP to keep casting, then all I have are my job abilities which unfortunately each have a long recast time, which means I can't use them all every battle. I have partied with many RDMs and those that contineously cast are definitely noticed. I have had parties where I NEVER find myself without and so I know its possible. This RDM however, didn't seem to cast continueously and so there were times where i'd go 30-60 seconds without refresh. While I don't expect new RDM's (lvl 41-50) to have this perfected, I would expect a RDM at lvl 72 to have this nailed. Lucky me I guess.
Anyways, later on we ended up moving camp to Bibiki bay where me and Xean finally managed to hit lvl 72! WOHOO! Now we only have 30k experience points to go until 73. -_-;
Well, either way i'm glad I got my lvl because now there's only 3 more to go. I'm just really thankful the expansion came out because without it, lvling would be much more difficult.
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