So I hooked up with a tremendous party last night.

They weren’t just good, they were video-game-god-like.  Level 65 sync, we were chaining well into the teens.

One Samurai subbed Thief, and constantly made sure to WS using Trick Attack off me (as available). Likewise, the Thief split his Trick Attack and Sneak Attack by TA’ing off me, then moving to behind the monster and SA’ing.

Fights rarely lasted more than one hate building cycle (Provoke, Cure, Flash, Cure), and we weren’t focusing on pink feather dusters (a.k.a. Colibri).  We taking monsters that actually have some teeth (and fire) — Magmatic Eruca and Sicklemoon Jagil.

What was particularly funny was the second Samarai subbed Ninja.  Given the other Samurai’s help, and the Thiefs assistance, with my own work to keep hate, he never was able to gain the upper hand on enmity, thus his shadows (and and subjob) were useless.

The party took me from 12K into level 69 to 13K into level 70 inside of 2 hours.  I ended up dying twice because of particularly strong Incinerate TP moves from the Magmatic Eruca (on Firesday), but who cares, it was intense and fun.

…And I’m at a point I need to gear up and face Maat for Limit Break 5.