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Most common unwanted or wanted parties

Assuming a party of 6 each at level 165 has a Bishop (Player 1), a Hero (Player 2), an Angelic Buster (Player 3), a Buccaneer (Player 4), a Jett (player 5) and a Night Lord (Player 6).

Instance 1 (i1): Most Common
Instance 2 (i2): 2nd Most Common (usually in or around LHC)
Instance 3 (i3): 3rd Most Common to Rare (usually in or around LHC)
--Instance 3a (i3a): Very Rare
--Instance 3b (i3b): Common
Instance 4 (i4): Generic Party
Instance 5 (i5): Typical leech party
Instance 6 (i6): Extremely Rare

Players 2, 3, and 6 are the attackers in Instance 1. Has an equilibrium of Leecher to Killer ratio. Sometimes has attacker rotations

Instance 2 has all but Player 1 attacking, who is AFK. The party is deprived of HS, forcing the party to either endure the lack of added EXP or find a replacement.

Instance 3 is the same as Instance 2, but Player 1 is Fake-AFK. Player 1 is KNOWN to be AFK, and is replaced. Player 1 then demands to be re-added. 1 of 2 outcomes possible.

Player 1 is re-added in Instance 3a, and either HSes again for the duration of his/her stay in that party, for a short time then Fake-AFKs again, or doesn't HS and Fake-AFKs.

Player 1 does not get back into the party in Instance 3b.

Instance 4 has Player 1 is allowed to leech while HSing the party, sometimes rotating like Instance 1 with a few either BRB or AFK for some outside reason.

Instance 5 has Player 3 killing the whole map while the rest are leeching. 50/50 Chance that, in this case, of Player 3 being a hacker. Most of the time it is timed and paid for, other times it's out of the goodness of someone's heart. Very rarely it shifts into Instance 6.

This very rare instance has Player 1 (or the HSer) being the leecher. Most likely is that Player 1 is significantly weaker than the whole group. Instance 6 is highly disliked unless Player 1 is either funded AF or is a funded AF Phantom with better 4th Job attacking skills.

Thank you for your time, though this is just a simple list of the different party types I've been through as an HSer of maps like Chimney, Aliens, LHC, FE (AKA Stronghold/Future Ereve), and others. Feel Free to list the party types you have been through, or have been in that differs from the ones stated above.

February 26, 2013

7 Comments • Newest first

jolteon7

At LHC, party tactics mean nothing. As a Bishop I have leeched an entire glitched map while warding off KSers.

HoH is slightly different, as a Bishop cannot do it alone, but a luminous can.

Nexon doesn't care about making a game that encourages tactics. They care about selling NX.

Reply February 26, 2013
fungusbrain

Good list. I would omit Instance 6 because rarely is there a Phantom/Bishop that is the sole attacker.

Reply February 26, 2013
xLimpy

[quote=VolklRacerr]what?[/quote]

This

Reply February 26, 2013
zeck96

The optimal party is 1 bishop and 5 attackers, nuf' said

Reply February 26, 2013
puretppc

Why would a level 165 train at LKC/lhc when they could be at SH which gives way better exp?

Reply February 26, 2013