2013-02-26, 02:02 PM
Declaimed Wrote:But there isn't much point to doing a party quest without EXP thats substantially better than grinding and/or substantial rewards to most people. The "because its fun" reasoning doesn't really apply here, as most people are only interested in cubing and grinding to 200 these days. I tended to make more friends/connections through the PQs back then because the gameplay was a tad more dynamic; It wasn't just "Lets all group together at Walls 1 and attack things until they die".
Well, that is why you find like-minded people in other ways. It's probably harder at GMS since there's LHC to lure people away but keep in mind that not everyone does well there or wants to train for hours. To be honest, I have encountered very little nice people in the so called 'good old days of Maple' despite being something of a PQ maniac and it's only now that I've got friends I'm happy to call friends and party members who even thank me for doing my routine buffs, you just have to keep trying and not let yourself get too jaded.
Incidentally, I dropped a 10% INT scroll on my mule just now and a Mihile looted it. Instead of yelling at him I simply asked him to please give it back and he laughed at first before asking why I dropped it, but he ended up trading me to give it back after I explained that I had no slots. He even refused my free gift of a Mihile SB to him as his main wasn't even a 4th jobber and was upset that he couldn't fame me back when I famed him, so it goes to show that hope does live on yet for this community.
This got kind of off-topic but I'll return to comment on the subject at hand after I get to level 194.