TSHoT goes public!Follow

I was talking to the LS the other day, after a particularly spammy few minutes in Lower Jeuno. Everyone and their uncle seemed to need help with something or another. I thought, as a HNM LS, we've easily got the manpower to help out, so I pitched the idea to the LS, and they responded favorably.

So at this time, I'm pleased to announce that TSHoT will offer assistance with many of the more difficult/irritating tasks around Vanadiel. Here's how it works:

You need help, and can't seem to get it no matter what you try. To request our aid, follow this basic procedure:

1.) /befriend Lalryn
2.) Once I've accepted (might take a bit, I'm not always at the keyboard) send me a POL msg detailing what you need help with, and all pertinent info: requested time, what assets you can provide, location of the quest, etc.

*Tells will be ignored, apply ONLY through POL msg*

***Example: I'm Lalryn, I need help with BRD AF3 in Monastic Cavern, NM Ghost. I can provide a 70 WHM to assist, and I'll make silent oils & prism powder for everyone for under cost. I'm looking to go Saturday, 11/20/04, sometime between 1pm and 4pm****

3.) TSHoT will not:

-Powerlevel you
-Hold your hand through an easily soloable ordeal (e.g. G3)
-Do BCNM runs for you

4.) TSHoT will:

-Assist with AF Hunts (as time permits)
-Assist with WS NM kills
-Assist with Level Cap quests
-Assist with Zilart/National Missions (CoP in the future prob.)
-Assist with skillups (as there is need in the LS)

Keep in mind that requests will be answered as we have time when we're not busy. We will help; but you must be patient. Furthermore, if your request is denied, it's nothing personal - we might just be running into a busy time, and I don't want to string you along promising help we won't be able to give right away, is all. I promise that I will reply to requests as quickly and as honestly as I can.

Compensation: This is totally up to you. If you want to offer the members who help you something, feel free, but there's no charge for our services.

This is designed to help the people who are struggling find the help they need, so they can enjoy the game. I remember all too well struggling to find help, and now if we can help, so be it.

Good luck in your travels.

Here here! *raises a glass*

Makes me proud ta be Spoony #2 :)

That's cool ^_^ At least some high levels remember what they had to go through when trying to do those things themselves and are willing to help others out. There honestly oftimes seems to be a lack of willingness to help anyone unless there is a reward and I salute you for being willing to help!

Berry nice idea, however you might want to add

-we will not let you leech avatars.

>.> I can't count the times that people apparently do /sea all 70-75 and /t randomly....either that or they pick on me when I'm 70smn >.>

I would imagine that higher level summoners get the avatar tells moreso then most players, since most know it's possible and apparently think it's downright easy for higher level summoners to solo the fights, with the exception of fenrir.

Sorry side note:
Reli! NOW I know why you keep waving to me! HAHA hi there!

Sorry, back to original topic. You guys are awesome for doing this. I hope and pray that you get quality missions to go on and that it turns out to be a positive experiance for your ls. I might be hitting you guys up since I have a couple AF coffer keys that are just BEGGING to pop some chests. :)

Thanks Tif! :) I'll keep it in mind.

The only problems I foresee with avatars will be finding folks who don't have the specific whispers...most of us have at least some of them saved up for the puppy. But hey, if we can, we'll help out as best we can - only thing I'd ask is that applicants for avatar help be at least lv65, so you're not just standing there while we do the work XD. We assist, we don't babysit. Other than that, hope to hear from more folks in the future. The members said they had a good time in Beadeaux, and one broke her latents for Savage Blade at the same time.

Sounds like fun. I'm on the same nature as you guys, if you need help with something let me know, if I dont have anything going on I'll be more than happy to help out. Mostly I just get asked to kill AF mobs or coffer key hunts but its all good.

Im workin on fenrir presently. GOt all whispers but titan and guarda. If you guys feel like doing those I'm down.

Im currently looking for a lil assistance killing Ose for his assault jerkin and doing ZM 4.

Ive got a few people around level 67 that would help but it seems hard to get a full pt together to do either. I may send you guys a /tell to see what your schedule is.

One thing I've been wondering that hopefully Lalryn or someone else doing HNM stuff could answer is...

Would a Taru Pally have a place in endgame? I've been told by some that we wouldn't and by others if I had the skill and determination to get that high that we would. So just wondering what people doing HNM stuff think about that?

I've been wanting to level Pally again and am torn btwn doing it with my Taru or leveling my Elvaan more and doing it with him.

i think this is the most positive thing i have ever seen done on this server. /clap rate up.

Another thing...set pts? im sure some HNMers are looking to start low lvl sets. Just a thought.

Frankly, I love Taru PLDs. They don't have the VIT or HP of the other races, but if you're a skilled spellcaster able to time things out well, you can tank along with the best of them, and last longer on your own and generate more hate than the other races, thanks to your insane MP.

Being a Taru PLD in endgame, however, is a big challenge. I really wouldn't foresee a Taru tanking a god, unless he's completely decked out in koenig/kaiser, earth staff, defending ring, etc, and even then only if the En-spell has been dispelled. We just don't have enough HP to do it safely (of course a double attack + stomp + breath attack in rapid succession from Genbu will kill just about anyone). Other than that, I could easily see a Taru tanking any of the trigger NMs with tremendous success. It really, in my opinion, would deal more with your support than your race. If you've got a few good stunners to insure that your cures aren't always interrupted, and a good rdm and brd to keep your MP flowing, I wouldn't foresee a problem. I think folks just shy away from Taru PLDs because they see a Taru and immediately think "2 hits and he's dead", when this simply isn't the truth. I'd honestly like to see how a Taru 75PLD would fare against something like Mother Globe...so if you do hit 75, and we're still in business, might snag you for an afternoon...in the name of science, of course ;)

Anyway, just my 2 cents.

I dunno if I could actually level a Taru Pld knowing I wouldn't be able to tank the gods... Not much point in leveling all that way to not be able to do the crowning achievement of Paladindom. Heck, I'd be happy to tank it for two minutes and die... At least I could say I did it

I doubt that I will do it just cause I know how people think and would immediately discount the fact that I could do much either in a pt or in a HNM sence. As I've gotten the "You'll be useless" thing from the vast majority I've talked to, and while it would be great to show them otherwise, I'd have to find the few who would let me. Something I'll have to decide...

No Prob whenever you get a spare time slot let me know. I'm at your mercy for the demise of Ose. I'll keep pestering my friends in the meantime and maybe I'll convince them that Ose has been holding on to my Jerkin much too long.