the good the bad and the just plain dumb WHMsFollow

Bammer is a great Elvaan WHM. Level 49 or 50 I believe.

Hey Bastila, it's me: Embur. Yes, I agree that some WHMs are "unskilled" but I'd rather not give names.

I played with Kronoz last night and there were no deaths that were her fault. She is, however, a bit of a tyrannical micro-manager. As far as play was concerned though, all the basics seemed to be there.

As for a good WHM, I've had a lot of fun with Trainwreck. Even if we weren't getting any XP, listening to him and his brother bicker is quite entertaining.

Ugh Teleport-Yhaot isnt that important. I didnt used it once until now. ><

Even tough im still wondering where that crystal is :P

The problem with WHMs now adays is the "Teleportation Craze" that has swept our server. For the past month or so you can't enter a city without gettin teleport spam take up ur screen. This combined with the idea that teleportation will rake in the big bucks is driving new comers and folks in need of cash to go down the path of the WHM. Which honestly just kills the rep of WHMs who became WHMs because they like the job (yours truely). Now adays everyone is in such a rush to get the first set of teleportations that the result is, as mentioned before, WHMs with dex rings or WHMs with fishing equipment in quifim. I just hope when eventually it will die out or for all of u melee ppl ur gonna have to wait until ur lvl 42+ for the true glimpses at a serious WHM.

Teleport: Yhoat might not be used often, but I just happen to be one of those people who are kinda particular about having up-to-date spells. One of the reasons I don't like playing my WHM is also because I have yet to get Erase. (( 300k though, that's daylight robbery >.>; ))

I don't mind WHMs with teleporting business, they need money for their spells after all. Personally I'm just too lazy to deal with people and trade boxes and the like to even bother. I do enjoy having teleports though, I can teleport myself at will, and help any LS members out. o.Ob Bokeli and Hisisy-type of teleport business is a whole other matter though. -.-a

And finally... Oy. WHM25 and above with no Raise is just... wrong.

Whenever I party on my whm it is for at LEAST a good 3 hours, seeing as it takes 6 hours to level, you dont get much accomplished if you dont. As for Erase... well light staff and dark staff for 250k seemed worth it to me but Erase @300k for an unnecessary spell, im just not gonna waste my time yet. Anyway, I do have about 800k in equipment on my character so hopefully that is enough to make up for it.

Well, i remember pting in Quicksand caves and a whm didnt have Silena....omg...when we got hit with that AOE Silence, and we all called for Silena, the whm was like..."I dont have it" We went balistic. Me being a PLD, I expect the status alilment if it is a serious one. Specifically Silenced. And when the WHM said "I dont have it" I wa stuned. Its all good though. The WHM Warped back and got the scroll. End of story

/wave Shakaku

I partied with Shakaku back in Qufim. She was a good WHM. We had some deaths, but none that I would blame on her.

I've met two bad WHMs in recent memory. Once was a newbie in the Dunes, so I won't use his name. Who knows, maybe he's developed into a good WHM (or some other job) by now. The other one turned out to be a BLM in disguise (just lvling his WHM sub job). He went afk without telling the pt. We barely survived the battle (all 4 melees were trading vokes and had reached red before the WHM started healing). After the battle, he joked that he did that to add excitement, and never once offered an apology ("Hey, no one died.")

I've been with a lot of whm's that maybe aren't the worst but their style of play makes my job extremely difficult. Too many whm's let my HP drop into the orange or red and then hit a couple cure III's or cure IV's. I can understand if it was a sickle slash or other special attack but just fighting crabs or beetles etc just doesn't make sense. At my level I have 1136hp and with protect and fish mithkabobs I get hit for 50-80 on average. True I can cure myself and if I have a good rdm or brd I can save the whm a lot of mp, but I still need cures from a mage. Waiting to hit cure IV + red pld hp draws a lot more hate than a couple cure III's or several cure II's not to mention the spread of hate over time instead of major hate all at once. I don't have hate problems, but it slows down the party a lot cause i try to keep myself in the white or at least high yellow. Just my experience with a lot of whm's