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There are two types of players in this game. Ones that are seeking parties and the others that are party builders. Here's a little guide
that will help make your transition to joining a party or creating a party more easily. Note that this doesn't guarantee you get into a party but should make things more easier for both type of people.
Looking For A Group
1. Please make sure your sub job are up-to-date. Party leaders will not invite
you if your main job is level 60 and your sub job is level 15. To get better invites
your sub job should be half or near half of your main job level. If main job is
level 60 then your sub job should be around 28-30 to make it good. If your job
is level is 60/20 and the other players looking for parties have sub job are around
60/30 then those players will be invites before you. And you don't want that to
happen so level your sub jobs. As fun as this game is, it's also about competition
with other players for parties.
2. Make sure to have a sub job that makes sense with your main job. While in this game, you can play as any job combo you want and it's your game so do whatever you want to, party leaders and other party members don't want a player to join their party that has a gimp job combo. It will hurt the overall party performance so they won't invite you if you have a weird job combo. It's your right to have whatever job combo you want but it's their right to invite you or not if they think your job combo suck. Remember that so make sure to have a job combo that makes sense.
3. Have decent gear on. Nothing is worst than to be wearing under equip gear. This doesn't help you in your ability to be effective against the mob you are fighting or getting parties. Nothing is worst than joining a party and finding out that your party members aren't please with the gear you have on. Some may give you the boot for having under equip gear. You don't have to have the best gear, just decent gear at your level range. Remember that party leaders are more likely to invite the other guy that has better gear than you. And you want to be the other guy and not the guy with the crappy gear so try to keep your gear decent.
4. Use search comment to let party leaders know a bit about yourself that way they can judge on whether or not to invite you or the other guys on seek. Without a search comment, it's like sending out a blind invite. You don't know what you will get so party leaders tend to avoid players that don't have search comment when seeking. It will be okay to not have search comment in the lower levels but at the higher levels, you must have a search comment.
5. Things to put in search comments are as follows, what your current exp at, the food you use, what subjobs you can use, what area you can go to level, and what weapon skills you have, or even what equip you have on. That's a lot to put in a search comment so stick with the ones you think best help you in your cause to get a party. Also try and let people know where your current exp is at or how far you are till next level up. This way a party leader can tell whether or not you will mess up the level range, party for a long time without messing up the level range, or level up soon so that you can help the level range. If you can't go to certain areas for level then let that be noted in the search comment as well. What sub jobs you can use is also good so you can let the party leader know that you are flexible in what role you can play. Be smart and try to add in as much as possible in your search comment. The more info you provide, the better you are off.
6. Make a good impression when you are partying with people. A good impression will work in the long run for you because next time when you are looking for a party, that person might invite you ahead of the other guys simply because you made a good impression on him or her. So remember that. Being an ass in a party will get you nowhere.
7. If you are out in a far area and farming while you are on seek, make sure to let them know you have warp and gear ready in your search comment. This way you can let party leader know you can head back and change and head out to join the party as soon as possible. Speed in being able to get and join the party is most important. Nobody want to wait forever for a guy to get to the party when another player on seek will get to the party faster to keep the exp going instead of waiting for a party member to arrive to get things going. Nothing is worst than having some cheap ass telling you that he's walking to Boyalda Tree from Jueno because he's too cheap to get a chocobo. At that point it's no thanks, I'll get someone else.
8. Be flexible in your role in a party. Don't be a total ass and only want to do one role for the party if the party requires you to function as a different role. If a party needs you to be a puller than be a puller, if a party need you to back up heal or be main healer then be a main healer. Not accepting a different type of role than what you normally do in a party will only have you sitting on seek even longer than oppose to actually playing and gaining exp. Remember that.
These are just some tips to help make things easier for party members to invite you. However in the end, it's still depends on how many other jobs at your level range on seek as well to determine if you get an invite. Competition for party slot is fierce out there. If you're a Paladin and there are 4 other Paladins in your level range, then you might be better off to do something else than being on seek looking for a party.
Looking To Form A Party
1. Forming a party requires a lot of resonsiblities in which you need to make sure you want to and able to handle. When forming a party you first must know how to form the make up of a party. Party make up should be tank, healer, back up healer, magic burster, and two melee damage dealers. That's the ideal and central party make up. You don't want to be making a party where there are too many melees and not enough mages or vice versa. However as the higher level you go, you can probably change it around and use some unconventional party make up. Again this goes with experience in forming a party. At post level 50, you want to make sure there's a job class that can provide MP Refresh such as Red Mage or Bard. With mobs having more and more higher HP and fights lasting longer, having refresh is a must for any long term party to be effective. By level 60+ there's basically 2 jobs that can cover a particular role in a party. Summoner, Red Mage and White Mage can be main healer,
Summoner, Red Mage, and Black Mage can be magic burster, Red Mage and Bard can be supporters, Ninja, Paladin, and Warrior (with tanking gear) can be main tankers. Of course there are many DDs to choose from. Understanding that many different types of jobs can serve a particular role in a party will make it more easier to find members looking for parties. This way you don't have your party members standing around waiting and waiting until a White Mage logs on looking for a party when there's a Red Mage or Summoner that's on seek that can handle healing. Just an example mind you.
2. Maintaining the correct level range. As you probably know, exp is spread out and base on the highest level and what the mobs check to the highest level. As such, you need to ensure that the party you are forming is within the level range that exp is good for everyone and yet at the same time the members of the party can contribute to dealing enough damage to the mobs where it makes killing them easier and with less down time. A difference of a two levels is normal while a three level range is acceptable at level 60+. But overall try to keep the level range difference within one. This will allow everyone to get better exp and yet at the same time able to contribute to contribute to the party overall function. On the level difference, try to keep the tanks and damage dealers at the higher level range and the mages at the lower level mage. You don't want it the other way around. A two level difference can be huge in this game base on the mob you are fighting. What may con as a low IT mob can be a high IT mob to the damage dealers and tanks if they are on the lower level of things. This in turn may give them a harder time dealing with the mob even though the mob may con as a low IT to a white mage who's at the top of the level range. So keep the level range within 2-3 only. Nothing greater than 3. And always ask if it's okay to have a 3 level range difference.
3. When doing a search for party members, best to use the /sea all lvl-lvl inv command to give you an idea of all the players within that level range looking for a party. For example: /seal all 62-64 inv would list for you all the players within that level range that's looking for a party. This is the best way to look for players around the server that's on seek. Sometimes you won't get the kind of players that you are looking for on seeks or not enough players within that level range on seek so do a /sea all 62-64 to give you a clear idea on all the players with that level range. A /sea all 62-64 whm is also good as it specify what a particular job you are looking for. Don't be afraid to ask players who don't have their flag up. Some players may decide to join an exp party even though they don't have their flag up or some players don't even bother to put their flags up because they get invites so easily that they don't even bother having their flag up. So try and not to limit yourself.
4. Take a look at search comments from players on seeks. This is always a good idea. A player comment should tell you a bit about themselves. Things you need to look for is what their current exp and amount of exp till they level up, the area they can level at, sub jobs they can, and what weaponskills they have. These are all very important for you to know. You don't what to invite someone that may level up too early and mess up the level range, nor do you want to invite someone that doesn't have the weaponskills necessary for Skillchaining, or even have the expansion pack to go to the leveling ground your party is headed. So it's always a good idea to look at people's search comment. And if they don't have the info that you are looking for then by all means send a /tell to the player and ask him or her the info you are looking for.
5. Inviting players base on jobs and weaponskills is always a good idea. Remenber that when you are out exping on mobs, the party must use the best optimize skillchains and weaponskills on the mob to do the best damage against the mob. Simply inviting any player and any jobs into a party doesn't work. Best to invite job classes into the party where weaponskills are compatible with one another to form a good damaging skillchain. This makes the party more effective in the long run.
6. Now that you know what jobs and what players to invite, it's time to start sending out the invite. The first rule is don't just send out a blind invite to a player. Normally blind invites are okay at the lower levels but by the time level 30 and beyond comes, it's best to be send a /tell first asking if a player is interested in a party. Most players pass level 30 won't accept a blind invite. Maybe the damage dealers are less picky about blind invites but the mages will not tolerate blind invites. Keep that in mind. People like to know who's inviting them and what sort of party they are joining first before accepting an invite to join a party.
7. Using the auto translate feature to send a /tell for an invite is a good way to go. What you would normally do is this: {Party}{Do You Need It?}. That should work to get a response back from players that are seeking or not seeking. A more in-depth way to follow those two phases are adding in the location where the party is or plan on going, the jobs that are currently in the party, and the level range. "{Party}{Do You Need It?}{Boyalda Tree}63-65 @ pld, blm, drk, war, whm. Need rdm." You should get a response back.
8. Inviting Japanese players or not to invite Japanese players? That is the the question. Technically most Japanese players don't like to play with non speaking Japanese players due to the language barrier. That's understandable. However there are some Japanese players that are willing to party with English speaking players so never rule that out. Looking at the search comment of a JP player usually gives you a good indication on whether on not to send a /tell to see if they are interested. If you see something like JP Party Only or JP only then it usually means they aren't interested in partying with English players. If you see something like {I don't speak any english} or nothing in their search comment about JP Party Only then they might be willing to join an English party so it's worth a shot in sending out a /tell to them. A good way to do this is this: {Party}{Do You Need It?}{Boyalda Tree}{English}{Party} 63-65 OK? And you should get a response back whether it be a no or yes.
9. Now that you have a party form together, the next step is deciding on where to go to level up. A good party leader should always study and research online on where the possible leveling areas are. If you as the leader of the party don't know where to go to level up then it's best to not be a party leader. Simply knowing the mainstream leveling area isn't good enough as most mainstream area will be over crowded anyways so you need to know the alternative spots for non maintream players as well. Not only do you need to know the leveling areas and their camp spots, you need to know what mobs to be exping on as well. Keep that in mind. Before deciding to head out to the leveling area, always do a search of the area beforehand to see how many people are in that area and how many of those players are within your level range. This way you know if the area is overcrowded with parties. You don't want to arrive and find out that it's crowded with no place to camp or not enough mobs around for you to level up on. This is why doing a search is important ahead is important as well as knowing a different leveling area beside the mainstream spot. If you don't know where to go then just be a party member as oppose to being a party leader.
10. Before we end this, a note about being a party leader is not only finding players to form a party but you'll need to be ready to find replacement players when other players in the party plan on leaving. Technically the right thing to do is most players that plan on leaving should give you an advance notice ahead of time to give you the time to find a replacement or even get a replacement themselves. However that's not always the case so be prepare to deal with party members leaving without notice or leaving but not having a replacement ready. If that's the case then it's your duty to find a replacement which again is another headache for you.
Well if you got what it takes to be a party leader and what those responsibitlies than go for it. If not then just be better off being a party member instead. Good luck all.
Author: -Rpgdreamers
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