All technological/social advancements meet resistance. There were sects of people that were opposed to using a written language. Oral traditions bring people together and makes you rely on other humans; whereas anyone can just pick up a book, have zero social interactions, and learn from the knowledge of the past. They thought it would lead to social decay. Maybe they were on to something...

I can see both sides of the issue.. on one hand, there's a certain fun and excitement that comes with having an exp party be a bit on the tougher side, with some risk involved if people screw up and chances at putting up some big e-peen numbers on your WS/etc., and for many people the exp grind itself is a source of much of what's fun for them. I used to thoroughly enjoy the days of DRG THF PLD RDM WHM BLM parties, with the DRG doing first voke to setup SATA on the PLD and then going for massive MBs on Distortion... or doing the same thing with Light/Darkness skillchains later on.

On the other hand, burning through the basement in Crawler's Nest with zero other parties in zone with 3 PLs in a BRD+COR+DDx4 party and earning 30k/hr+ is pretty intoxicating, and the mad rush to plow through crawlers and flies like a hell-bent psychotic exterminator is fun in its own right. Even with competition down there and only a BRD or COR and a leech sync you can push 20k/hr without trying incredibly hard. You can get similar results at other camps in the 50's and higher, too.

For many of us, it really just comes down to time efficiency... With my fairly-limited playtime I'd personally rather not grind THF to 75 at 3-4k exp/hr fighting crabs if I can avoid it. But, if I'm LFP on THF and you send me an invite to a RDM WHM PLD PUP BLU party in Kuftal with no PLs and you need me to pull, heck, I'd probably still take it. Many people won't.

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I'd put cool pics of my achievements/items here, if they were anything interesting. How about "I pooped today! \o/"

While I don't think people should only party with parties that have a PL.... If I join a PT that has a composition that will only work with a PL, and I ask and they either don't respond or ignore the question.. I'm probably going to skip wasting my time.

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Having a PL for your first 25ish levels IS the problem, IMHO. Not learning job dynamics and roles at an early stage is a killer. Just my two cents.

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Obviously a noob to so rudely decline an invite from you.

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~Ladymage/Congo~

I also took this as a humblebrag that Maseki would dare invite a rank 2

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The only party I'll PL is a dunes party. After that, I tell people I'm only curing myself, if I bring the PL at all. Idc if someone else wants to PL, but I don't find it enjoyable and it's not the reason I am leveling that job.

Valiant attempt

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I don't believe learning party dynamics is a thing in 2020.

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The universe is so large that, if life is not rare, a world much like Vanadiel probably exists out there somewhere.

Nah, party dynamics were a thing when people thought you needed a BLM, RDM, WHM, THF, PLD, SAM party.

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