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I'll admit, like everything, there's a situation or a party setup where the taru will be better than a galka and vice versa, for whatever job they play, assuming they can play it well and are at least decently equipped.

But you miss the point of the real rant, which is that when I've seen tarus stumble for a decent argument because their flaws, faults, or whatnots are pointed out, when it comes to a galka mage arguing them, the first things out of their mouths as a retort is:

Ok first off this is about me, I'm the particular Galka Mage in question. Here's the full story that led to the "Get a real Galka Job"
I shouted in Jeuno this: (Mannakin Body) 500k~ (/no) (tax) (/tell)
Shortly after i recieved a tell offering 250k for it.
I said No thanks
then a reply of ok 300k
Then i said no thanks again
I was then told its not even worh 250k
I replied with really i sold my first one for 500k without a problem.
then i was sent a tell saying roughly: well my BF got his for 200k
so i said: well why didn't he give it too you?
after the short conversation the final tell was Get a real Galka Job welcome to my Blist.
Later on in the night i returned to Jeuno and began to shout the same as earlier.
this time i get a shout offer of 300k and i said no thanks
then he eventually shouts shouts (Galka) (Summoner) (no, Thanks) while i had /anon up since its the time i normally XP and i wasn't in the mood. Thus leading to believe this is the BF of the earlier Offer.
he then said well its not worth 500k you greedy bastards.(might be some adlib here i don't remember the exact coment but its the same effect.)
I said fine you spend the 100 seals it took me to get it.
Shortly after he got Ragged on by other people and it seemed to shut him up since him and his GF both were in Altep now instead of Lower Jeuno.



As to this well I could Argue that Skills do make a better Player with you but what's the point in arguing a Fact. Yes i am a Galka Mage do i think i am the Uber Shet cuz i am? No, i would have origianlly been a Taru BLM why? simple its my favorite job and well Tarus are best Suited for this job. however i decided to try something diferent since the "Mage" in me was bored and wanted something so i chose Galka MNK(A galka Job if not thee job for Galkas by stats alone) but well it got borring and i found being a good MNK hard to do. So i leveled it to 30 and decided to try SMN(i wasn't gonna make a new character after i already worked on a perfectly good one) and well i liked it for all the options i was given.

That all being said I will give you that if i was a Taru i might be a better mage and well i might not be and here's my reasonings:
WHM - I know of no taru that can claim a record of 18 deaths from 96 Benidections. or let alone stand next to a gob after a Bomb Toss and not be scared for Divine Seal Curaga leading to death.
BLM - well i can be the typical Bad BLM in the sense that i can nuke all i want till i am out of MP and not worry about dieing at least not quickly. That being said i don't do this just i hate it when others do it so i don't see the point to spamming.
SMN - well i Bring the highest HP so much so i can free use HP-MP equip and still pull out a Earthen Ward + DS Curaga after a Bomb Toss or AoE without worring about dieing or to keep the WHM from having to do it.

Now none of that really means anything without the skill i bring to the table in a PT or anything else i do. Do i think i could play any mage job the way i do as a Taru? Hell No! why cuz while they rely on their giant MP to keep the excessive spells coming and getting ocassional aggro I rely on over time methods and the occasional heavy spells to keep my PT alive just fast enough to keep Chians going.

The point is a Taru Mage with my Skill could do a better job becuase they have other resources to pull from.

Before you flame me thinking i am trying to be all high and mighty well all of these points are derived from other's opnions from PTs be it good or a lagitamit critasium.

Merodi's whole Point is simple they were being Racist it has nothing to do with the fact i do my job well enough to earn that respect you say i get cuz i'm a "Galka Mage".

As to the Original Point of this thread; It sucks when you need to pull out 28 Carbuncles to solo a Vocanic Gas in Ifrit's Cauldron because it won't be nice and blow up.

Static parties that collapse after 18 levels together....

Anyone need a RDM?

Merodi, someday the Galka are going to build a giant statue, in your honor!



New additions:
- Being in a static, of only 5, with a empty 6th slot (which has worked together for 25+ levels), and every time we go to party, the add-on seems to think they know exactly how our party (who after 8 months probably knows how to work together) should operate.

-Giddeus train farmers!
There's a story behind this one. Party of 3: Berselius War7/Whm3 (ghetto paladin :D), Fear Thf7, Fionchadd Blm6/Whm3
We were just messing around, low level party, not really grinding, just friends together messing around for a little xp, skilling up and such. We decided to go to Giddeus. It's pretty easy to find challenging mobs at our low level. <Tarutaru> <meat> <shield>... yeah... need food. I shelled out for a Shallops (wowie,by the way). 6K for that bad boy.

So, into Giddeus we go... Yags at the outside were kinda weak, so we decieded to move into the deeper part. No problems getting in. We get halfway down the left tunnel, when along runs this Red Mage (and damn I wish I'd gotten his name ><) and EVERY f'king Yag in Giddeus behind him!!! He runs by training, it had to be 30 or more Yagudos. Just as the hoarde passes by our party, some of them decide they don't feel like following this *** anymore, so they stop... right on top of our party!!!!! We didn't stand a chance. So... totally p'd off, I logged as soon as I HP'd. And the jerk... vanished never saw him come back.

Yeah, Shadow... I'm with ya bro. So after all this happens, my wife asks, what was his name? .....duh....Yaguda F*cking Piper is all I remember.... Well, at least I didnt delev...again.




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Edited, Wed Feb 9 22:04:36 2005 by Oniyagi

Finally being home where I can play , but being too sick to play >.<

If I have learned nothing else in the work of red mage, I've learned that everything is situational. >.>
I have a Taru, and of course my main is an Elvaan. I have tried them both at RDM, and although MP-wise Elvaan is a 'crappier' choice, no contest, I can't do nearly as much with my Taru.
I was soloing RDM on Sioux up through level 25; I skipped Qufim, soloed those levels in Valkurm and La Theine. At level 25, I was bashing in the heads of the DC Brutal Sheep for exp, and as a Taru I can't hope to do the same thing; she simply gets hit for way too much.

I'm much more nervous on the Taru about getting aggro. In full exp gear, she can't take EPs at level 32 anymore; Sioux was still taking them in her forties.

So it really depends on what you like to do, and how you like to play; without question, in parties, Taru is generally a better mage race choice provided getting hit by something isn't likely to happen. In my own opinion though, Elvaan has proven a nicely rounded choice, with enough hoohah to take some serious hits. And after Convert and stackable Rolanberry pies, hey, who gives a flip if I have big ears and an MP bar ^^

Do I sometimes wish I'd been Hume, or Taru? Oh, definately. But since you can't change your race once you've chosen it, but you have free choice to have any job you like, it's only natural that most people will want to try out a job not 'suited' to their race. They may like the job, and decide to take it all the way, so more power to em.

The best WHM I ever had in a party was a Galka. He was in my party in Qufim, and although we were privately >.> to each other when we saw his race, he was fantastic at his job. He knew how to *conserve* his MP, not blow it like Junior's college fund in Vegas.

His name is Kreator by the way. He's now in full WHM AF, and if you're around the 70s, congratulations if you get him in your pt ^^

[********************* around with your brand new motherboard's bios only to have it fry blows.[/quote]

It blows indeed. Think of it as a $100 lesson well learned.

I used to OC my hardware just cause. Runs great for weeks. Then my computer starts to get display artifacts and eventually starts to freeze up occationally.

You are always better off upgrading your comp rather than trying to OC it and break it.

*remembers all the times he was sent to the wrong coordinates or the wrong area due to misprints in the guide and curses wildy*

I'll second that motion! ^.^

farming yagudo necklaces for Norg fame sucks.

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-Not being able to afford to lvl two jobs that are above 50 at the same time because neither of them are good farmers or nm campers.
-Not being able to find a port in JEUNO!
-Inflation really sucks in case no one else noticed :p
-Constantly forgetting to sub blm under my whm after playing with a melee job.

Wow, 3 pages and nobody said it yet.
*People /sh for parties.
I've even seen 50+ people /sh for a party in Jeuno! As if the japanses marching bands scrolling across the screen werent distracting enough.

*bmoboss and happydz...If you dont know why, your lucky.

*missing a full moon lightsday when your plants are ready

*hitting level 12 (or so), and knowing that its time to trudge to the dunes, and that qufim is waiting for you on the other side.

Edited, Mon Feb 14 04:18:44 2005 by Rubixtoo