TRYING TO GRIND BARD UP BECAUSE MMMM SWEET NEW BARD SMELL. I FIGURE "HEY, POTD IS FAST EXPERIENCE, ONLY PROBLEM IS I NEED TO GET MY AETHERPOOL UP SO I CAN NOT BE A HUGE BURDEN IN 51-60 RUNS". NO PROBLEM, LET'S RUN SOME LOWER LEVEL FLOORS.
IT GOES GREAT! PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY, THEY ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO PLAY, CLEAR TIMES ARE GOOD, I'M GETTING GOOD LUCK WITH SILVERS ON LOWER FLOORS...WHAT COULD GO WRONG, RIGHT?!
ENTER FLOORS 41-50. SOMEHOW, ON THESE FLOORS, EVERYBODY FORGETS EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR CLASS AND THE MECHANICS OF POTD. "HMM", THEY THINK, "WELL, WE HAVE A TANK AND THREE DPS, BETTER PULL EVERYTHING IN FOUR ROOMS. WE CAN AOE IT DOWN!" GREAT THINKING, UNNAMMED DPS SLAVE, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL UNDER 30/30, HAVE NO WITCHING/RAGE/LUST AND I AM CURRENTLY SUFFERING POX. WIPE #1.
OKAY, OKAY. BAD GROUP. IT HAPPENS. PEOPLE ARE NEW, THEY MAKE MISTAKES, WHATEVER. I GO BACK IN. GREAT COMP, RED MAGE + SAMURAI + PALADIN + ME (BARD). RUN IS EXCELLENT, REACH THE BOSS IN NO TIME AT ALL. ALL THREE PROCEED TO NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO DODGE AOES, DESPITE ASSURING ME THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY. WIPE #2.
I TAKE A BREATH. IN ONCE MORE. SURELY, THIS TIME, THINGS COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE WORSE, RIGHT?
LONG STORY SHORT, GROUP WAS GOOD, WE WIPED TO A REALLY SHITTY SITUATION INVOLVING A LANDMINE.
I HATE THIS GAME SOMETIMES.