Anyone else a gimp?

[layoneil]

Oh, so people who leveled a bandwagon job to either be cool/get in an LS, and never really cared about the job in the first place.

that's not what they are saying. it's mostly jobs you leveled and than got bored of afterwards. or got to Lv 75 and than felt it's not want you wanted at endgame.

not everyone has perfect foresight.

Seriously why level a job if you don't plan on either using it for solo/LS reasons, or because you enjoy playing the job.

people change. it's like marriage and divorce.

and overall, there's an opportunity cost issue. i'd rather level more jobs and be more flexible than spend the same amount of time to squeeze out an extra 200 damage on a WS.

[Deejay]

Or Lockecole, it could just so happen to be the first job you leveled to 75 (think DRG, DRK,THF,etc) is gimp now because you dont happen to give a shit about anymore when you spend 99% of your time playing "useful" jobs with your LS.

/hurray for 1 sentence paragrapgs.

[Don Katsu]

My WAR is gimped. I have Maneater/Seiryu's sword for NIN sub and Byakko's Axe for other. Ruby rings (I picked Tamas) Ohat/Genbu's Kabuto, Coral Earring, AF2 hands and feet, Spike Necklace, no throwing item, no Haubergeon/Hauberk (I loaned this to an LS member leveling DRK), I use Osode/Hadaite and a HQ amemet mantle.

I use it for Beseiged/Fun stuff only and usually sub THF for SA Steel Cyclone. Otherwise for LS events and parties I'm usually RDM or BLM. Leveling SMN now

[Lordwafik]

I have some nice gear, but the majority of things are NQ. The only HQ staff I have is Jupiter, but they still do the job. I dont expect anyone really to be uber HQ, but if you are 1 job for 3 years and are still in NQ gear, then I might have something to say

Not everyone has money to make all their jobs the best, well only ostrea does, but she's not a person.

Surprisingly though, my thief is my favourite job at the moment to gear up, not counting the mandau, I have HQ mantle, 4 bodypeices, 1 of them being SH+1, HQ war gloves , etc etc, and i'm still not done. Not everything of mine is HQ, I got lvl72 NQ rings, etc, but I dont care untill I have more hecatomb >_>

The most pimped out job of mine, is my RDM. My job that I really wouldnt mind buffing to bits, is my first job (BLM) which surprisingly is neglected. But not neglected in the sense it's gimped, it's actually ok, Pretty nice gear, just 1 HQ staff, and no HQ things like weskit or zmitts.

[Krandor]

If you're gonna gimp it, don't level it please. Noone cares about a horribly geared 75.

I don't think this topic is about jobs you plan to lvl and gimp out, I get the feeling it's the jobs you lvl'd but no longer care about because you fucking loathe it now and don't wanna waste money pimping it out and instead pimp out another job that you do like (in my case, mnk).

Oh, so people who leveled a bandwagon job to either be cool/get in an LS, and never really cared about the job in the first place. Seriously why level a job if you don't plan on either using it for solo/LS reasons, or because you enjoy playing the job. My point was, don't level it if you don't like it, and if you level it, don't gimp it for the sake of the LS or other people you play with.

I feel that. Both my jobs are pimped out in all things that would be LS related, but for things like xping NIN (Ruby Rings for WS, Ryl. Grd. Collar for TPing, etc) where my performance isn't going to make or break an event, I'm not overly concerned. When it comes to tanking gear though, gimpness is not allowed <_<

[Coren]

I think there's a difference between gimp, acceptable, and pimp. My nin doesn't have unji/unshi, or dusk shit, and I'll never keep up with a ridill war, but it's not quite gimp either. Same w/ my blm. I have af2, mostly hq staves, but I'm missing things like prism cape that consistently keep me a couple dmg below other blm that go all-out rmt-style.

[Rocl]

This thread reminds me of the time the guy posted a picture of the dragoon tatoo'd to his leg and people remarked "So sorry you have a gimp leg" or something to that effect.

[Lockecole]

I think there's a difference between gimp, acceptable, and pimp. My nin doesn't have unji/unshi, or dusk shit, and I'll never keep up with a ridill war, but it's not quite gimp either. Same w/ my blm. I have af2, mostly hq staves, but I'm missing things like prism cape that consistently keep me a couple dmg below other blm that go all-out rmt-style.

That's kinda what I mean. Ehh...alot of you are missing my point, I see WHY people gimp their jobs, I just don't think they should. You act like Im missing something here. I'm not. I just disagree. I've taken the time to level each of my jobs, and made sure when I leveled them, I had the means to pimp them out.

I leveled THF to farm, and be a good support/TH bitch for my LS. My WAR is about as hardcore as you can get, my BRD is needed for HNMs, and my NIN tanks most of our sea shit. So yeah...I don't have the room to gimp any of those jobs, neither would I want to if I could. I plan to level DRK next for some of the fights we can't win without alot of zerg damage. Now why would I level it if I just planned on gimping it in the end and it end up being useless. And why would I gimp jobs that I know are useful in order to pimp out one that may or may not be.

So basically what everyone is saying is people are fickle, have ADD, and can't hold onto something for long enough before they get bored of it. Hardly see that as a valid reason to gimp out a job you already put so much time into.

[Kilik]

The only "gimping" I have done to any of my jobs was for inventory room. For example, I rarely use DRG anymore so I sent my Wyvern Helm (heca hat plz ) to a mule and just use AF2 helm whenever I get on DRG. And for THF I dont have the best daggers I could get due to having some rare/ex daggers that arent that bad and get the job done. All I really use THF for anyway is pulling dynamis, which is why its stuck at 73, so its not like getting a better dagger will make me better at that (except maybe thf knife, but I plan on camping that once I get Ni).

Between THF, DRG, and NIN, I use a lot of the same gear between the 3 jobs so by pimping one out, the others can benefit from that gear also. SMN, was the job that I ended up having to spend a lot of money on since its a mage. But after getting stuff like all the HQ staves, I could lvl up any other mage job now and not have to spend much money except for a few pieces here and there.

[vudoodoodoo]

No. I'm 100% badass (with 4 jobs).

8)

[Kainsin]

I don't know, define gimp. My 75 jobs share a lot of gear (HQ staves, full Zenith, Magnetic Earring, etc). However I'd consider RDM my weakest of the 3 since I don't actively work on getting more gear for it (Crimson aside).

I got it to 75 before the Wise set came out and never really bothered getting any of it. That being said, I don't consider it gimped...just not as good as RDMs that want to pimp themselves out.

[Gilanth]

Thing winds me up the most is Snowrings or/and prism capes and NQ staves some people have.

[Taku]

I level a lot

As far as gimping gear... there's a point where you're spending ludicrous amounts of money for minimal gain, and you have to weigh it's benefits vs. it's costs.

For example, I lvled DRK to 75, and the job itself was really fun to play and I DO care about it to an extent. I didn't "gimp it," as I used pretty much the best gear you can buy within reason(Hauberk, HQ amemit, Bombcore, Peacock, blah blah blah), but I also didn't pimp it by flooring 30M to buy the full DRK JSE set because I know at events I'm going to be coming as a more useful job, and there's other more important things I could upgrade with that money.

Generally though, it's easier for me to get the purchasable gear, but I'm heavily gimped on the rare/ex side... How do you convince your LS that you're entitled to lot on every piece of gear that drops simply because you can equip it in the quest of "non-gimping" your jobs?

[Dezzimal]

Thing winds me up the most is Snowrings or/and prism capes and NQ staves some people have.

Just ignorant the lot of em. First real "pimp" piece of gear I bought for BLM was a Jupiter's Staff.

[epigram]

My really gimp job is RDM. I leveled it first, I had awesome equipment for a long time (well at that time it was awesome Crimson Mask, 4/5 Zenith, a few AF2 items, all staves, and a few HQ). But then I got out of HNM for a few months and realized how worthless most of this stuff was. Sold most of it back and started going gimp.

Quit the game and gave away or tossed all my gear and went back after I got my R/L in order, real job etc... When I came back I played rdm when I had to, and found the job horribly borring. I did notice that the vast amount of rdm gear falls into the whole placebo effect category.

Almost ALL endgame gear is trivial. The only gear that provides considerable increases in utility are D. ring and Ridill. And even those two pieces although nice will not make you some uber undefeatable lord of the game. So I put my gil and time where I enjoy it and could care less about my other gear as long as I can still provide a useful function in the content I enjoy.

[Severance]

My BLM is pretty good... HQ Ice/Thunder, UggyPendant... 75 rings, weskit, z.mitts, af2 legs... Only bits I'd ever upgrade would be more HQ staves, the igqira lappa, and maybe HQ the prism and get snow rings...

A NIN me and my friend shared and he ran off with (lol ) was pretty pimped. Arhat+1, dusk gloves, walahraturban, b.haidates, and a ton of other shit too....

My MNK29 is pimped. I hope to keep it that way to 75, although SH+1 and Sniper+1s are unlikely for situations. lol

[Russta]

My White Mage, I guess. It's not really gimp but it's not exactly pimp and it takes me forever to gear it up as opposed to a quick gear swapping session in Whitegate. I'd have to mule, go to storage and log onto my friend to get it ready for an event.

[Elcura]

I think there's a difference between gimp, acceptable, and pimp. My nin doesn't have unji/unshi, or dusk shit, and I'll never keep up with a ridill war, but it's not quite gimp either. Same w/ my blm. I have af2, mostly hq staves, but I'm missing things like prism cape that consistently keep me a couple dmg below other blm that go all-out rmt-style.

That's kinda what I mean. Ehh...alot of you are missing my point, I see WHY people gimp their jobs, I just don't think they should. You act like Im missing something here. I'm not. I just disagree. I've taken the time to level each of my jobs, and made sure when I leveled them, I had the means to pimp them out.

I leveled THF to farm, and be a good support/TH bitch for my LS. My WAR is about as hardcore as you can get, my BRD is needed for HNMs, and my NIN tanks most of our sea shit. So yeah...I don't have the room to gimp any of those jobs, neither would I want to if I could. I plan to level DRK next for some of the fights we can't win without alot of zerg damage. Now why would I level it if I just planned on gimping it in the end and it end up being useless. And why would I gimp jobs that I know are useful in order to pimp out one that may or may not be.

So basically what everyone is saying is people are fickle, have ADD, and can't hold onto something for long enough before they get bored of it. Hardly see that as a valid reason to gimp out a job you already put so much time into.

Don't be stupid, it's nothing like that. Most of the time it isn't what you expect or you hate doing the things the job does (HI2U DYNAMIS RDM). Jobs like this are adequetly equipped, the job can do everything the pimped out version can do but just not as well or as long.

Not everyone here is a goldmine. Besides, both my jobs' power comes from rare/ex things.

[Raineer]

I don't mind people's jobs being gimp (especially if I do know them to be good players that can overcome it), but as locke eluded to earlier it does irk me when people zerg their jobs to 75 just to join an HNMLS...alot of them never learn the job nor know how to actually pimp it out.

Of all my jobs, I guess MNK is the gimpest. At the time being he's going to share the Horo kote with my NIN and not getting his own Ochiudo's, but he's already got all the BB items so I'll make up for it at 71 :D

[inafume]

I haven't gotten to the point where I need to scavenge either of my level 75 jobs (THF, BRD) for money to pay for something else. Both are pretty well equipped. I try not to sell off gear just to buy other gear or fund crafting. My mules have some pretty good, untouched gear on them. >_>