i'll put 20 to 1 odds that what i am about to post is common knowledge to the people who read these forums...
people of lakshmi...
last night i was invited to a party out in crawlers nest (/sigh)
anyways... i ask the standard questions to make sure its worth me going out there from jeuno...
me: "am i a replacement?"
leader: "yes"
me: "is everyone going to be hanging around?"
leader: "yes"
me: "are there 5 of you waiting on me?
leader: "yes"
so, being a "somewhat" courterious(i don't think thats how to spell it) player i go check out the prices of chocobo's... SWEET 200g... hope the choco and head out, into Rolanberry... i get the invite, and 5 other names pop up on my screen... good stuff...
then i see...
pld: "have you found a replacement for me yet?"
leader: "no i'm still looking"
pld: "well hurry i have to go"
me: "sigh"
i arrive in crawlers nest...
pld: "i gotta go..."
me: "i thought you said everyone was staying!"
pld: "ohh, well i got my level plus buffer... i need to leave"
leader: "i have war on route"
pld: "well then i'm out"
pld disbands and leaves
me: "sigh"
so i'm waiting with the rest of the pt, 10 mins later war shows up...
5 fights (1000exp) - drg levels
drg: "k, i'm leaving..."
me: "when?"
drg: "now!"
me: "sigh"
leader: "inviteing"
drg disbands and leaves
so i'm waiting with the rest of the pt, 20 mins later rng shows up...
2 fights (400exp) - guy levels
rdm (main healer): "i have to go"
me: "when?"
rdm: "now"
me: "sigh"
rdm: "replacement on way..."
so i'm waiting with the rest of the pt, 30 mins later smn shows up...
2 fights in, our rng dies... someone went off and raised him, 2 people went afk... came back and said they were leaving...
so the leader and another guy leave... (not one of the guys who's afk doing his household CHORES)... but ofcourse our leader gives leader to the guy who is afk - doing chores
so... 3hrs.. 1.5k exp
now, i can see this on other servers, because ofcourse they aren't as good as lakshmi... but people please, finding a replacement for yourself means waiting for the other person to show up... your leaving means 5 people are sitting around with their thumbs up their asses... again i know the people who read these forums realize this is all common sense/courtesy..
and ofcourse there are always situations that arise above your control, but, spend the time looking and after you find the person, wait til they arrive... don't be an *** and make 5 of us sit around...
thanks, sorry for the rant... that was just the worst pt i've EVER been in... both for exp and for the people who were in it...