Dat Oni

This was your mistake. You don't need to move that boss anywhere to start, he'll do it on his own. The way threat works especially early game, if the tank doesn't establish agro early you -will- lose threat. As DPS, If I manage to get the 1st couple of strikes on a mob before you do as the tank, your job just became that much more difficult. You'll spend the rest of your time fighting for hate or just scraping by. Don't ever -expect- DPS to stop doing their thing just because you've lost hate, because they won't. Especially in a pugged group. It's a mistake by merit of not judging a pugged dps group properly. Because, by all means, these guys were giving me shit the whole instance. They couldn't even do the 2nd boss properly. The thing is, before that, I was doing MRD because I had flash/overpower to keep hate with. I could have probably gained a massive amount of hate in that situation as MRD. It's only now that I try and level PLD to get provoke afterwards and going through this shit that I understand that GLD is gated as fuck and pugs will make me their bitch. Lesson learned. I'm standing by this quote, though, as all Tanks can relate.

I'm gonna paraphrase my rant from the chatroom, here, because you all need to hear it. So, I just got through an instance where the sync'd dps could not fucking understand what "No Provoke" means. I'm at the final boss, Gyges the Great in Copperbell, so I try to aggro the bastard over to the first boulder so we can burn his ass, right? Why waste time on adds when we can skip the bastard? Welp, my party was having none of it. The MNK and BLM and WHM refuse to stop attacking him and I get aggro ripped off instantly and can't get it back because all I have is savage blade and flash. Yes I have Shield Toss, but that's irrelevant to the problem, which was regaining lost aggro. You simply do not Shield Toss a mob that's lost aggro. So I stand there flailing my aggro combo and flashing like a maniac the whole fight in desperation while the WHM decides to just healbot the idiot MNK who can't recognize that, when the boss is punching you, maybe you should hand over the damage to the guy who can actually take a punch? And what do I get for my troubles? What's my reward as I leave the instance in a huff? >[17:01](Anonymous) u had the LEAST ammount of aggro in that fight. Fuck these people. Their best critique of the tank who has no provoke and he must aggro, the fucking level 18 GLD with no Oaths, is "I'm gonna state the obvious and pretend you are at fault because you're the tank." I can't even say I'm not even mad, because I am, but rightfully so, as my apparent deal with the devil to get short queues requires I shepherd Hell's flock of raving psychos and idiots through a field of landmines and get whipped for it the whole time by the thankless morons. You who I choose to keep anonymous, you assholes who made a simple run of Copperbell the worst thing in the world. To you I reserve the most heartfelt, sinister-sounding, pause-giving "Fuck you" I can muster. You all represent the worst things a Tank should not, from a moral/ethical standpoint, have to deal with, but does. I sincerely hope the next roulette each of you ends up in ends with all your asses being kicked within a few seconds. If it doesn't, there are people out there with a lot more patience than I, clearly. Screw that, I found the guy to say it for me.

Welcome to the forums!

This is why I ask for and give context in OOC, and ask before I do something if it is okay to do so. It's (not so) common courtesy.

Kokoporo Apaporo operates on the principle of Darwinism: Eat or be eaten. His brain has been hardwired after so many years in the Sagoli to never pass up a chance at a meal. He fixates himself on food, and given his tiny body's metabolism, he can burn through feasts while others pick at their plates. He has also sampled most every animal in Thanalan.

I love this composition, it suits Edgar perfectly. Giving his opponents a small taste of his abilities at the start, before finally letting loose in a bout of insane mage warfare that is hard to comprehend, let alone keep up with. All the while the battle is tinged with a melancholy expressed in the organized chaos of the piano strings. 0:00-1:50 Intro/Stage I 1:50-3:35 Stage II

So, we all know that despite all the dialogue being written in modern day English, Eorzea uses its own unique vernacular and terminology. Due to differences in culture and history, many terms we use today in real life cannot be used in Eorzea. Because of this, I have set about creating Eorzean analogues to various real life terms, phrases, etc, and I've decided to set up this thread to share these with you, as well as hear what analogues you have coined for use in Eorzean speech. Mighan Victory: Analogue for Phyrric Victory. Coined by Edda and I during one of our rps, a Mighan Victory refers to a victory in which very little was gained, and even more lost. The reference comes from how Ala Migho lost its dictatorship, only to lose any and all freedom to Garlemald in the process.

Might I request a picture? :3 Character name: Edgar Gandervalt Personality: Eccentric, Intelligent Pictures/screenshots: http://i.imgur.com/gXgoqOQ.png http://i.imgur.com/GGf3Ftp.png http://i.imgur.com/1XVkHFd.png

"Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to mug that bartender over there."

It's about fucking time they fixed Unleash. As for my MNK brothers and sisters: [PUNCHING INTENSIFIES]

Found you, Kage...

Item Flavour Text Wind-Up Gandervalt Comes with one Egi out of a possible three. Like its namesake's dual blooded nature, this automaton is powered by two different motors that refuse to work in tandem, leading to occasional operational failures. Minion Guide Wind-Up Gandervalt Regarded by many to be too eccentric for his own good, Ser Gandervalt is known the world over for his status as a Primal Hunter and hurler of books. He is more proud of the latter. Flavor Text "If you hadn't moved out of the way that book would've hit its mark and I'd have 35 points instead of 30. How rude of you." Interactions Will ride on Accompaniment Node. Will open and begin to read the contents of Page 63. Will behave uniquely in the presence of Wind-Up GC leaders: Flame: Will scoff at. Adder: Will discuss politics with. Maelstrom: Will hug. Will make purring noises if hugged by Wind-Up Steel Wolf.

[Delete, plz]

Edgar peers up from the advertisement in his morning paper, within the confines of the Missing Member. "...By gods. The madness never stops, does it?"

"...Sweep me off my feet."

We are all family in times of crisis. My condolences to those who lost loved ones in the tragedy.

I've decided that Aradial's theme song will be this. l5kjeqNn-YM

Your character is on death row, for whatever reason, and as is customary in a "semi-decent" society, you have been promised a last meal, probably more than you deserve, and definitely more than you ever provided the victims of the crime that got you in this cell. You are allowed a full course, complete with appetizers and multiple drinks. Alcohol is not forbidden, but drinking yourself to death is (to which you offer a small sigh and maybe a silent curseword; after all, what a better way to go?) So, with a potential smorgasbord of food coming your way before your untimely date with the headtaker, assuming you get the luxury of a swift and painless death, what do you choose, and why?

Koporo gripped the article between his hands, tilting his head at the image of Crofte "advertising" one of Spahro's products. "...Well, ne'er let it be said ya didnae look good in a picture, Ser Crofte. But..." He shook his head, laying the newspaper down on the table. "This is somethin' disrespectful." Taking a swig from his flask full of pear juice, Koporo would hop down from the table and waddle off, muttering to himself about how poor Crofte couldn't catch a break, as he set off to find her.

I'd like to be added to the waiting list, if that is alright.

Or, Miss Sounsy, they added them just to drive home the big cat analogue. Male Seekers are based on Cheetahs and Lions, whereas the females are most definitely Lionesses. Keepers have spots around the eyes to showcase a link to Jungle cats like the Jaguar, while the females are more along the lines of Lynxes or Tigers.

I'm reminded of 60s/70s swimwear.

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Edgar tries not to get into racial slurs, which is difficult, as he comes from a place where you'd obviously expect everyone to swear like sailors. However, he has been known to break this code if pressured enough. He can be a bit creative. Seekers: Hotbloods, Slit-eyes Keepers: Wide-eyes, Snowskins Roegadyn: Flatfaces

During the last Moonfire Faire, all the Yukatas, including the 1.0 ones, were purchasable from NPCs. I see no reason why we should assume that won't be the case, this time.