Anyone else a gimp?

[aurik]

HQ staves (I have two full sets, since I have two toons and I refuse to

Who's your smn?

Farchord I believe

Ding, when he quit, he gave me his account, way I looked at it, it saved me from leveling it all the way, and fuck Maat's cap

Did you at least keep his horrible, horrible party-chat summon macros?

[draxyl]

Seriously Othello....I'd rather level dark to 37 than smn, let alone to 75.

[layoneil]

BRD is the only job you can lvl to 75 and not require the use of any equip.

getting to 41 would be tough, but 41-75 would be easier on RDM than a BRD that doesn't use instruments (can't put 2 songs on people).

[freja]

I have DRG, MNK, BRD at 75.

I hope my ls doesn't hold it against me when I say that I don't have the best DRG gear out there. x.x

[Tyche]

off topic: Silmarwen - is ur LS name a referance to Aqua Teen Hunger Force? if not u stink. like corn.

It is indeed!

On topic: On WHM, i got Aristo Coat, HQ Blessed pants, HQ heaven earring, Apollo....and a NQ Blue cape. The errant cape had to go to fund MNK

[BRP]

Not having HQ staves does not make you gimp. I think not having (some) merits leveled does though. Some people seem to forget, not everyone RMTs and/or plays this game nonstop to have the time to farm. I only really play 4 hours a day or less for LS events or something fun like an ENM or NPC leveling, otherwise FFXI is just running in the background while I'm afk or doing work.

[SephYuyX]

BRD is the only job you can lvl to 75 and not require the use of any equip.

getting to 41 would be tough, but 41-75 would be easier on RDM than a BRD that doesn't use instruments (can't put 2 songs on people).

Ah! That is true. Okok, a BRD can get to 75 with only an instrument.

[jerkbox]

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.

So true. My main job is RDM but I don't spend the extra cash to get HQ stuff (except enfeebling staves) when I could just buy differencemaking gear for my other jobs. Noone will ever notice a RDM enfeebling "stronger" than another RDM and as long as you use gear like enfeebling torque/AF1 body and use int/mnd gear macros, you'll be able to enfeeble everything that can be enfeebled. Putting merits into Ice/Wind accuracy helps a ton more than a whitebox does, too.

Some RDMs love all the whitebox and put full merits into MND etc but I just can't put so much effort into something I won't even notice. ; ;

BLM on the other hand, you're constantly reminded of how good your gear is everytime you nuke. A job like this, I would strive to HQ if it was my main.

[Khamsin]

NQ gears don't make you gimp
HQ gears dont make you pimp

I'd say you're wrong.

Gimp/pimp don't refer to a player's skill or ability to perform their duties, they refer to gear.

You can tell if someone is gimp or pimp by /checking them. That's all you need to see. You can't tell, however, if they are good or not until you see them in action.

Though, if you want to get technical, I will agree there is some discretion involved rather than simply whether there's any white box around an item. e.g. Scorp Harness > Linen Doublet+1, but that's just common sense. However, comparisons such as Koenig Cuirass > Gem Cuirass, or Adaman Hauberk > Haubergeon +1, fall short because the HQ gear is still pimp. Just the abjuration gear is even more pimp. I will also admit there is some middle ground. A hauberk or scorpion harness is neither gimp nor pimp. It's just average.

But in general, a /check is all you need to determine if they are gimp/average/pimp, and a general rule of thumb is more white boxes = more pimp.

[Schlitzohr]

Well this isn't my toon but saw it at Fafnir and thought it was cute.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7946/gimp17sn.jpg

The belt is the Mercenary Captain Belt, one Electrum Ring, Onyx Earring, and Morion Earring. Also that was nuking gear, and never changed staves(every nuke was with Dark Staff).

[zepp]

Well this isn't my toon but saw it at Fafnir and thought it was cute.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7946/gimp17sn.jpg

The belt is the Mercenary Captain Belt, one Electrum Ring, Onyx Earring, and Morion Earring. Also that was nuking gear, and never changed staves(every nuke was with Dark Staff).

I'd hit it.

[Stilgar]

That's quite an ensemble. I have some mannequin pumps myself, maybe it's time I hung up my af2 boots for a while.

edit: I love when I check people and there's some slot mysteriously missing a peice of gear. Like maybe they were already 60/60 when they went to fetch that other ring out of the safe, and just said 'fuck it, I can't toss this stack of earth crystals, so I'll just have to do without the 4 INT today.'

[Awoir]

That's quite an ensemble. I have some mannequin pumps myself, maybe it's time I hung up my af2 boots for a while.

edit: I love when I check people and there's some slot mysteriously missing a peice of gear. Like maybe they were already 60/60 when they went to fetch that other ring out of the safe, and just said 'fuck it, I can't toss this stack of earth crystals, so I'll just have to do without the 4 INT today.'

I've used Sniper's Rings on BRD because I was too lazy to get MP or CHR rings off a mule or out of mog.

[Not Kuno]

That's quite an ensemble. I have some mannequin pumps myself, maybe it's time I hung up my af2 boots for a while.

edit: I love when I check people and there's some slot mysteriously missing a peice of gear. Like maybe they were already 60/60 when they went to fetch that other ring out of the safe, and just said 'fuck it, I can't toss this stack of earth crystals, so I'll just have to do without the 4 INT today.'

I've used Sniper's Rings on BRD because I was too lazy to get MP or CHR rings off a mule or out of mog.

But as a brd that isn't that big of a deal. The blm shown above... now thats a useless waste of space. Kind of reminds me of a guy on bahamut named Skilled yet wears full wise rdm jse shit. The ironing is delicious.

[Headhunters]

i still have my NQ amemet mantle, then last week my LSfriend borrow his HQ amemet

[Anyway]

i still have my NQ amemet mantle, then last week my LSfriend borrow his HQ amemet

you even talk like a galka

[Josayeee]

My ninjer has Dusk Gloves and PCC but I also use Ruby Ring and an Amemet+1

ggeeeemp ;;

[Severance]

lol at the ET member... Is he the one who was running around while nuking Faf?

[SephYuyX]

Well this isn't my toon but saw it at Fafnir and thought it was cute.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7946/gimp17sn.jpg

The belt is the Mercenary Captain Belt, one Electrum Ring, Onyx Earring, and Morion Earring. Also that was nuking gear, and never changed staves(every nuke was with Dark Staff).

Let me guess, he was an elv?

And lol @ him having a philo stole? If he could afford that..

PS. I dont actually recall.. but If you dont have af2/zenith/yigit/rostrum/river gaiters, mannequin is the only foot with int (I think lower lvl equip may have 1 as well, but this has mnd and mp) I used to wear them D:

[Daahan]

That's quite an ensemble. I have some mannequin pumps myself, maybe it's time I hung up my af2 boots for a while.

edit: I love when I check people and there's some slot mysteriously missing a peice of gear. Like maybe they were already 60/60 when they went to fetch that other ring out of the safe, and just said 'fuck it, I can't toss this stack of earth crystals, so I'll just have to do without the 4 INT today.'

I've used Sniper's Rings on BRD because I was too lazy to get MP or CHR rings off a mule or out of mog.

But as a brd that isn't that big of a deal. The blm shown above... now thats a useless waste of space. Kind of reminds me of a guy on bahamut named Skilled yet wears full wise rdm jse shit. The ironing is delicious.

what did septimus call it again? an oxymoron lol.

In Elcura's case he's most definetly not gimped. He has the gear that's necessary for his job and he does it well. Partying with his RDM in KRT mnk pty made me want to touch him all over despite the fact that he's a silly chav (btw i believe KRT MNK pties, among other things, is how you find out whether or not WHMs, RDMs, and BRDs are good players or bad players).

The thing I can't stand the most is when people downgrade their job because they don't like it, but still try to do things on it. IE person who lvled brd to 75, hated it, but still did pties on brd wearing a Genbu Shield and a Garuda's Dagger. If you don't like it and want to sell the gear for it, good for you, but don't go wasting other people's time with your gimptasticness.