FBs show true colours

Isala - Sanctuary wrote: »

It does that because of levels. The higher the level the more screwed up the drop rate. Get a lot of higher people, and it pretty much drops the drop rate down the tubes. I've tested it a few times in FB's I can solo. Alone, I tend to get some drops on average. With a friend, not so many. More than 2 and you would be EXTREMELY lucky to get any drops other than coins.

Burn_ur_**** - Sanctuary wrote: »

I refused to move until he tabbed so he ran to the pillar and said its done now goooooooo. it didnt apear any message i knew then that he didnt had a tab and he wanted us to do the fb just to get mystical blood (so i presume since he kept whispering me to give him the blood). dont know why people do this. do they think we are idiots? we left squad when he decided to atack the first boss. Well something good came out of that... he died xD

Kasumi - Dreamweaver wrote: »

One time a mold dropped in fb19 when I was helping someone with a party of random high levels, and plenty of times 3* items drop for them too, it's not always so bad. b:chuckle

BloodFire - Harshlands wrote: »

I have seen things get Ugly in an Fb myself.
As I rapidly advance towards these higher fbs. I am going to let them know my conditions upfront.
No mobs. NO TAB.
Seriously it's a little bizarre when people stop looking at you like a person but they look at you like a bunch of tasty exp flavored meat.

maverickteng wrote: »

This goes out as a warning to all. When allowing others to run your Fbs, strike a good deal with them like making them help out along with your spirit cultivation. I ran my Fb51 on Sanctuary server yesterday with a guild that shall not be named. (Occupies Northeast Territories)

Now that being said they did indeed help me with my spiritual cultivation, to kill the 3 elite mobs and I went off to get my tabs then. I realised i needed one more level 60 elite (Luminoc Architect) for my spirit cultivation. When i tried several times to get help from the said guild running my FB, I did not get a response. Then the 2 bosses in 59 were gone. I asked them for a response again and they said they need a tank. Fair enough I thought. Since the party in my FB consists of 3 level 70+ venos, 1 level 70+ cleric and 1 level 70+ Wizard, I thought a tank was necessary so I believed them that a tank was needed for Luminoc Architect (59 culti and not part of the deal then)

I got in again after getting the third tab. My mobs were not finished yet. I needed to get just one more Mistrealm terrawrath magus in order to complete the mobs but the same party had to say that we need 2 RUNS to finish that. Next minute i know they were on the third Boss. Under the pressure i received from them to Tab it i placed in the tab, which i obviously did not want to because the deal was to finish the spirit culti (Done since luminoc is 59 culti), mobs along with the FB. FB was done and poof they're all gone. They gave excuses like going to sleep and busy and we need a tank and stuff and obviously expressed disinterest.

Edit:Luminoc Architect is for 59 culti. My bad.

Eventually Feyrana from the guild SkyRebelz helped me with luminoc architect together with the cleric, and then eventually she even went into the FB51 with me to help me get my last terrawrath magus.

Kudos to that. Learn from my experience friends. Some people rock while some are just scum.

Isala - Sanctuary wrote: »

I prefer the former. There is nothing quite as fun as running FB's with your friends. You never really need high levels for anything. I wanted to rage earlier. I saw in WC, a player begging for "An uber high level tank" to help with Jewelscalen and also had, I quote an "89 cleric to help" Seriously, WTF? Yeah, I know Jewel is a beast. I died quite a few times to him. But do you really need that much firepower? People in this game have become so accustomed to doing everything the easy way. People in general, honestly. If I can't do a boss, I wait. Or, I get my friends, who also have the quest, and we do it together. Right now, I'm holding off on doing the Silver Frost quest, because my friends are only 2 levels away from having it as well. I could QQ in World Chat, and beg for a Sage/Demon team to come and crush it, but I don't. Why? What's the point? Go push an easy button everytime you come up to a challenge? Guess what. Eventually, you'll somehow make it to that high peak (if you're lucky) and there will be nobody there left to blow through everything for you.

I understand, FB's do suck, and yeah, having High Levels to do it is nice. And, we all can agree, it blows when the people you trust take advantage of you. But it was your choice to blast through the FB, when you could gather your friends, and have fun with it. When I run FB's with my friends, I honestly think we spend more time joking than anything else. Like the time a couple casters kept alternating aggro, so the mob was running back and forth between the two of them. It's little thing like those that make this game fun for me, not because I got some huge group of 90's to oneshot anything in my way.

And, before anyone gets on a soapbox here, yes, I do run FB's for lower levels. But only for friends. I won't take place in an FB unless I'm invited, and unless it's on random, I don't even touch the drops. Like has been said, it's your choice. We all get fun from this game in different ways. Either way, just know what to expect no matter how you do it.