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Gil.

That's the only answer.

A lot of users do not have a high enough cooking skill to make their own food, they have bad luck with farming items and/or having the farmed items sell, and melees are very gear dependant, so that takes up a lot of money.

As a Monk, I know how difficult it is to get these things. I'm spending most of my gil on better gear. It'd be pretty bad if you have a Monk in a party that's only dealing 8-10 points a hit.

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And if you're in a party, you need to focus on teamwork. If a member of the party needs Sneak (which constantly fades away, mind you), then give them Sneak. They're a part of your team, help them out.

dude prices vary between servers, economys are different to me 40k a stack.....is alot of gil even if it was for both stacks. As gambino said most of the time people dont have time to up their cooking skill or spend most of their money on gear an crap to tank. Some people just cant plain afford it but doesnt mean they shouldnt play the class. An sneak invis is the whm's job no matter if the pt member has oils or powders or not its why they have it, same goes for rdm.

As a WHM55, I think I speak for a good 80% of the WHMs of the know worlds when I say "My job is to keep you from dieing...my job is NOT supporting your bank account"

If you want to ask me to help you out, I have no problem. If, however, you wish to tell me that it is my JOB to do so...I'll laugh, disband, and put my flag back up.



Invis/Sneak thru various part of Crawler's Nest, no problem. Same for PTs into Altep...a few sneaks as you cross the desert aren't an issue. However, you can't safely take a party of six thru Kuftal Tunnel into Cape Terrigan with only one person passing out sneak/invis effects. Can't happen. Too much can go horriably wrong.

I understand that there are economic problems. However, no one gives sympathy for Ninjas who don't have tools, mages who don't have spells, or Rangers who don't stock arrows. Powders and Oils are nesscery for everyone who can't cast it themselves. Every job has a few items like that.

As for food....for the love of god, there is no excuse for having no food. There are too many options that can be purchased from NPCs for less then 1k. It's gimp food to be sure...but if you are willing to spend an extra 20k for a +1 sword, then you can spend 5% of that for a stat booster.

Only time I've complained is when i wait 3hours for a NM and the drops basicaly being tossed.

Saying O Kote isn't worth the money is more advice then anything.

i agree with what gambino says and...... i play a RDM (elvaan obviously) & a WHM (my tarutaru), i concider it my job to support, heal, and give the nesseary buffs and other spells to help out a party member no matter what. An ya starting to sound like a elitist here, an god help you get exp if you cant offer Team Work to your pt members but instead disband and do things till you get your way in things. ive seen alot of lazy whm players in my time who even complain they have to heal! I prefur a pld to a nin.....why? cause then i feel like im really doing my job as a healer isntead of a debuffer or erase whore or something like that so i can actually work and do my job. There is alot of times i dont have food for any of my characters as long as i did my job and worked with the pt ive had no complaints.Sure ive had can i get sneak or something like that if i dont remember but to me if we are going into an area i know needs sneak and ivis or or just one i automatically give it to them unless they decline an say i have the items dont worry about me. Bad things are bound to happen in a pt but all you can do if you actually work together is pick eachother back up an keep going. an you are talking about things that actually make the class function not some sort of luxery item they could have like oils an powders so its not exactly a good comparison.

So what is better?

Spending 40k on silent oils, prism powders, and food while you're a level 40 MNK with level 15-20 gear, or spending that 20k to upgrade your armor so that you don't die if you suddenly get aggro or hate?

Honestly, I'd rather make sure I don't die after 5 hits than worry about if my team will kick me out if I don't have food.

Seriously, let it go. Just because people don't use food as often as you do doesn't mean you should go on a tirade about it. You're getting your experience points, you're getting your skill ups, you're getting your skillchains, so why must you yell at those who don't have food?

Let it go. You're not helping at all.

Hate is low at this level? Not from what I've experienced.

Boost generates quite a bit of hate. I've had times where someone used Provoke, after a bit I used Boost, and the mob turned on me.

I've gotten more defensive gear because of that. Before, I was using a Power Gi for a long time until I got sick and tired of a mob killing me in a matter of seconds. I've upgraded to a Federation Gi and I'm lasting longer than I did before.

And weapons don't come cheap either. Remember, I've never owned more than 30k in gil. And you know what? I spent half of that on a stack of food. It didn't last me long because I too had bad party experiences and I didn't get to earn that much experience points. So, where was I? Less gil, no experienece, and wasted food.

Not everyone is rich like you (or so you make it seem apparently). I don't have luck selling items, I don't have luck with farming. You're just kind of rubbing it in our noses going "if I can spend 40k on _____, why can't you?" It's really annoying.