The /random of despair
I was pretty psyched up to get some meaningful and decent experience, after having been inspired by my friend, Anexia’s, post about gaining experience as a a Black Mage. I thought joining a KS30 party would be just what I needed, as it is an event that I would like to do more both for the gil and to help my fellow linkshell members. Sadly though, KS30 runs you hear people shouting about in Whitegate or Jeuno are seldom any good.
We all gathered in the Jeuno Port, ready to teleport to the Konschat Highlands where we would take the shortcut to Gustaberg. I put my sneakers on, hoping to get there a bit sooner as it is quite a long run. The group met up in Waughroon Shrine where I thought we’d do Operation Desert Storm together.
The leader asked us to roll our dices to see who goes first, and I ended up with one of the highest numbers. Then, suddenly, the leader told us our tarutaru Black Mage was going first, even though he had the lowest number. I shrugged, thinking it was only a mistake. Boy, was I wrong. The drops from our first run was meh, so was pretty much the rest of the run’s drops.
Afterwards, when the tarutaru mage had caught up with the rest of the party again, after having to run through half the mines, we were asked to roll our dices again. This is something that upsets me, because once you’ve rolled your dice, you should keep that order or it would be unfair.. well, again the leader insisted on the lowest number being the one using his orb, and I had just rolled the highest number. We slaughtered the scorpions, and gathered together again for the next run.
Once again we were asked to roll our dices, and this time the leader of the run won the right to use his orb. We killed some more scorpions, this time getting a pretty nice drop, but seeing as we don’t split the loot it’s not like I gained anything from it. At this point I had already pointed out that this would be my last pop, as I was fed up with how the run had been handled.
When the leader arrived again, everyone was worried if I was going to stay or not. I had been talking in private with one of the other members, stating that I’m not sure if I’m in the mood to continue. The leader tells us to roll our dices, and he gets the lowest roll again! Yes, that’s right, four of the six members being present had brought a second set, and this had not been pointed out before we departed from Jeuno. I told the party that I objected to the people who had already had their turn getting another turn before the rest gets their chance to use their orb.
The leader got quite upset and said «what ur ls» before he examined me. He noticed that I was a member of Offline, and made a disgusting remark, »ahhh, I see why.» This really upset me as you don’t judge people by their linkshell, and what he had just done was an insult. I told them that I had had enough and warped out…
In the end I didn’t get to use my orb, but I refuse to party with someone that insults me and doesn’t explain the terms of the party upfront.
I really wish that the people leading such runs would stick to the tried and true ways of doing things instead of just inventing silly systems like lowest random goes first. Also, it would be very helpful if people knew beforehand that they could bring two orbs, instead of people feeling they were cheated. And last but not least, why oh why do people insist on rerolling their dices after each run? Why not stick to the order that has already been laid out?
One thing is for sure though; I’m not doing a KS30 run with a random group ever again.
