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Restoring faith in the playerbase, one HQ Dodore Choker at a time! (literally a real world fairy tale)

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Hey, folks! I just had an incredible story happen and I figured the community would love it as much as my FC did!

So I've been playing for about three months, and in multiplayer games there are two things I love more than anything else: Healing other people, and crafting for them! So I leveled White Mage to 50 first, reading all the guides and keeping all my folks healthy. But while I was leveling, I had to wait for my friends to catch up at Titan normal mode, so I took up crafting early!

Well, my friends took a while. A long while. "WVR and CUL to 50 by the time they got there" long.

And as long as it took, I still loved crafting! So I started a habit: If I saw people that needed HQ gear for their level, I'd make it for them if they'd let me!

Fast forward to today. GSM, MIN, and LTW have also gotten to 50, I'm even learning some HQ recipes while I wait for Umbral Rocks to drop enough for my new pick!

Enter Mr. Miner (name withheld since I don't know if he wants it known). He's got a full set of Foragers gear, melded to the teeth, with a whole lotta other stuff...

And an HQ Boarskin Choker

I'd been dabbling with the Dodore stuff, even managed to make my own survival belt HQ! (I'm crafting without Byregots since I don't have the allowances to make it to 50 CRP yet) But I was down to my last couple of circles of Dodore leather... however, I'd told myself that I would make HQ gear if they needed it. And I was sticking to that rule!

So I crafted, and prayed, and... NQ Dodore Choker. A disappointment! But it's still better, so I went back and sent him a couple /tells asking him if he was there. No response? AFK at the Gold Ore cluster? How strange! So, as luck would have it, the miqo'te behind him also didn't have a Dodore choker! I got to give it to her, deed. done.

Then, the first guy responded. Egg on MY face! I'd already given his gift away! So I asked him if he had a couple of minutes to wait. "Sure," he responds, "but who are you?"

"Just another miner. Now, stick around online! I'm gonna go make your gift!"

So, down to 5 FC1 and 1 Dodore Leather, I desynth about 70 Brass Rings of Crafting and buy a dodore wing off the market board. Success, I've got enough to craft the Choker! ...but can I make it HQ? The last one only turned out NQ............. but I've gotta try!

So strapping on my trusty LTW outfit, I get to cutting that leather. Luck is on my side! Every Hasty Touch hits, I even get a couple Good quality improvements. Final result: 58% chance. I craft and... success! Against all odds, my first HQ Dodore choker! I could keep it and make another one... but I'm so far from Dodore requirement for gathering it's crazy, and my current raptorskin choker HQ has some materia on it so it's serving me well!

So I find the guy (he's added me as a friend by this point) and with a big "ta-dah!" I give him his brand new HQ dodore choker! He thanks me and we get to talking.

Turns out he's mining for cash himself, needs about 5.4 million gil (holy shit!) to get what he needs. Says that he's been playing since beta, but that this was the nicest random thing he's ever had happen to him! I say no worries, that it's a habit of mine: I love to craft stuff for folks, but I always ask them to pay it forward! I do mention that it's the first time I'd had to try out something that difficult, though! I was glad it turned out well, because I was only at 80k gil and buying dodore wings was quite pricey for me... but I didn't tell him that! Just that I was scraping by with mining and crafting.

Ding! Mail! "merry xmas" says the random miner.

I go to the FC house, check the mail...

1,000,000 gil. No text but a translated [delivery] message.

That's more than I've ever owned at once! I thank him and ask if he wants 500k back, because that's a ton of gil! He says no and to keep it, and to keep paying it forward. Of course I will!

The fairy tale. The poor little miner decides to help someone much better off than him because it's just what he's in the habit of doing, but it turns out that the person he's helping is of a generous mindset as well! Just goes to show you, you never know what will come out of kindness to strangers.

Not to say that you should do it with expectation of reward! Helping folks is all I need, personally, but finding someone so willing to help out with what I'm doing for other folks is really inspiring!

Anyway, thanks for reading my story! It's back to mining unspoiled nodes, leveling botany, and desynthesizing BRoCs for FC1 until I have dodore gear to call my own! Hope you enjoyed, and remember: be kind to one another, you might just make someone's day!

(And my Lala agrees! http://i.imgur.com/kGLh1e4.jpg)

Posted Feb 1, 2015, 11:40 AM UTC · edited

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parallel_uxDash Shinra on Tonberry•

I ran Stone Vigil (NM) once as a healer for duty roulette. Tank kept dying even though I'm all High Allagan - I got a little annoyed because DPS were doing their jobs properly and we shouldn't be wiping at all. But I took a moment and inspected everyone's equipment. DPS were on point but the tank had some level 30 pink and green gear and 18 accessories. I can also see he wasn't spiritbonding - I asked him why he has such bad gear and he said he has been really unlucky in rolling for loot. Also turns out that he's from my server.

So I took Eos out, healed my arse off and after the duty, I friended him and sent him an entire set of HQ tanking gear, left and right sides. He replied back saying he's almost in tears and that he will pay me back once he makes enough money. I told him not to worry and that as a payment, please be nicer to healers and DPS and to never be a grumpy tank :)

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MagnusVoss•

That's a neat story, but I'm most impressed with the fact that you've only been playing for a month and have WHM, WVR, CUL, GSM, MIN, and LTW to 50, making HQ items. I must be doing something terribly wrong. :(

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PAMasterOP•

...did I say a month? Shoot, lemme fix that, it's more like three.

Even so, i may have a problem.

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MagnusVoss•

Lol, I've only been playing a little less than a month so I was a bit confused. Does some quick math. Wow, yeah I guess you do play quite a bit, but hey, if you enjoy it and your life allows for it, more power to ya! Plus, there's always someone playing more!

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monol0g•

I've played since beta 1.0 and only have brd on 50 :D

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PAMasterOP•

Sorry, a slight correction on that:

I've spent 30% of the last three months with FFXIV running.

Originally, I thought I had to keep my computer on to gain Leve allowances. So a bunch of that time is due to a silly misunderstanding on my part!

Other times, I've just forgotten to turn it off overnight.

But yeah I really like the game! It's fun!

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Pyrix0Ayaka Tranquility on Balmung•

No, it's serverside, silly.

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DougL0ck[First] [Last] on [Server]•

I like to raise people I see around that are dead. I try to run away right away so they don't see who I am to thank me. I've also made a full hq set for a couple new FC mates. I just asked for them to pass it on too.

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DildoBoogaloo•

I try to run away right away so they don't see who I am to thank me

Is that because you're socially awkward or you want to feel like Batman? I... I admit it's a bit of both for me.

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DougL0ck[First] [Last] on [Server]•

Probably more of the social awkwardness for me. I enjoy helping others, but don't want credit for it. I don't like people telling me "thank you" or getting rewards for helping someone, I just feel it's my job or duty to help others in the game if I can.

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AmayaGinReiner Descartes on Famfrit•

I keep Raise on my bar for just such an occasion, but I still haven't found anyone to raise :(

Except that one guy in WoD when all the healers had already left. He was very appreciative.

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DougL0ck[First] [Last] on [Server]•

Ya, I don't see too many dead people around not in dungeons. It was a bit more prevalent in FFXI. If I see someone low on health I'll stop what I'm doing or get off my chocobo to heal them though.

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DranceRULESDrance Shimmerstar on Exodus•

When you receive a raise, doesn't the raise confirmation window say the name of the person who cast it on you?

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DougL0ck[First] [Last] on [Server]•

Oh... I wasn't sure about that. It's been a while since I was raised. I thought it just said "Accept Raise?" Oh well, I'll probably keep running away though. XD

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DranceRULESDrance Shimmerstar on Exodus•

I feel like it may have not always been that way. It may have been added at the same time that they added the 'wait' option (or whatever it is) that hides the raise window temporarily.

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MemitaruMemimi Kumimi on Catuar•

That's so awesome! My husband and I have a habit of making HQ gear for new players. He only has ARM and BSM at 50 and he's a PLD main so he loves tanks. Almost daily he finds a mid level tank with outdated gear and makes them a full set of HQ gear.

My favorite is going in DF and finding someone undergeared and having them be on my server.

The game needes more people like you!

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BlokehBlokeymon Kenobi on Cerberus•

As a fellow healer and crafter, who also uses his skills to help others, I'm happy to hear there are others out there doing the same.

If you're interested, I have a macro that, providing you have all crafts to 50, will more or less guarantee a HQ craft, and will definitely guarantee it if you have one or two HQ materials.

I'm on my phone at the moment, but hang fire and I'll post it from my laptop.

You're a good adventurer, and one I would be honoured to dungeon with.

What server you on?

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PAMasterOP•

I'm on excal, but I don't have all crafts to 50! Missing ALC, CRP, ARM, and BSM. Also botany.

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BlokehBlokeymon Kenobi on Cerberus•

Cerberus here, but hey, keep up the good work :)

This is the macro I use - screenshotted from my own macro page. It requires at least 306CP and all crafts to 50, and will be done in 7 steps (some higher level items need an extra Careful Synthesis at the end).

I would strongly recommend getting CRP to 50 asap, as Byregot's Blessing will turn you into a crafting legend. It gives 100% normal quality, but also an extra 20% for every stack of Inner Quiet you have, meaning you'll get 220% quality, and if you pop Great Strides just before it, it will DOUBLE that.

This is me, paying my bit forward - happy crafting!

http://i.imgur.com/1IRoieu.jpg

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nostalgicBadger•

It requires at least 306CP and all crafts to 50

Unless I'm missing something, the macro you posted would only require CRP and WVR at 50.

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BlokehBlokeymon Kenobi on Cerberus•

Possibly... I didn't have time to check properly, so you're very likely correct. Apologies for any confusion.

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MemitaruMemimi Kumimi on Catuar•

I would definitely make CRP your next priority! That 50 skill is so OP for HQing things. :)

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ffxivdiaDia Ania on Cactuar•

You are a nice person! If you and your friends ever move to cactuar, lemme know!

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Ra1nMak3rRain Annen on Excalibur•

Which one are you on Excalibur ? I started tanking recently and it only took a shout for a bunch of crafters to hook me up with HQ gear. Maybe you were one of them :o

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PAMasterOP•

nah, this was more a random act for another miner. But hit me up if you ever want WVR, LTW, GSM, or CUL stuff!

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Ra1nMak3rRain Annen on Excalibur•

I didn't like how tanking played in FFXIV so I'm resuming my level 15 WHM sometime this week, what's your ign? I'll probably need gear to start farming dungeons for EXP.

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MemitaruMemimi Kumimi on Catuar•

Also, credit to you for HQing one stars without Byregot's. That's tough!

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Canthadya[Joan] [De'arc] on [Zalera]•

I do the same exact thing! I can't help it! I only have 50 CUL but I do my best to make HQ gear if I see someone at a low enough level. I also stop to heal people who are about to die and I put stoneskin and regen on people who respawn at the aetherite. I never expect anything in return and I have a really bad habit of overpaying someone if they craft me something out of the goodness of their heart. I don't mean for it to be rude or unapreciative, in fact the opposite. I can't craft a lot of stuff yet so the only way I feel I can show my gratitude is to give a big tip.

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KeyKanonKanon Haruka on Excalibur•

If you're alone and you're doing a hard/annoying map, I'm going to heal you. A chance to spite Chimera is a chance that should be taken.

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RanmuraRanmura Lacroix on Midgardsormr~•

4* Omni-Crafter here.

You, sir/ma'am, have inspired me. This actually gave me the feels. A lot of people have helped me in the past... So now it's time for it to come full circle.

Thank you. :-)

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toblerone121Toblerone Tobelle on Sargatanas•

This story gave me the warm fuzzies. Thanks for sharing. ♥

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tyreckTyreck Swiftwind on Lamia•

Its nice to see so many people doing things to just be in general nice to other people.

I like to do this too, especially for fresh 50's or new players.

Just recently i made a full set of astral / rose gold items to boost a new blackmage's iLevel that was exited to start working on his relic (and then tanked his first two trials and AK for them as well)

It helps a lot with the bordem too, which is nice, otherwise it feels like i just log in to do Ixials, low level, and expert roulette and log back out

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ghost-chipsOdin's Worst BLM, Now Odin's Worst BRD•

helped a guy through the cannon event a few months back, turns out we were there for a while until he realised his pet hotbar wasn't working. he thanks me and has given me a better gift - being my friend. we ended up talking and running dungeons together for a while and now hes my EB partner. :)

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keatkeat•

My sister was just minding her business crafting on her leatherworker, when she got interrupted by a trade from a random person. Turns out he randomly gave her a HQ Dodore Belt and ran away. This was on Midgardsomr btw. She was so happy on account she's just getting into 3/4 staring her crafting jobs.

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kururuchan•

Recently, I was levelling up so I could become a dragoon - just needed to get my MRD levels up. I mentioned I was a new tank, and somebody from my server missed giving me a commendation.

So they crafted me a good spear, for when I got to level 31. Everybody is so nice in this game! I love it!

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Pyrix0Ayaka Tranquility on Balmung•

The feels...

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Burentsu•

Hmm, I might have a use for the stockpile of dodore wings sitting on my retainer now.

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PAMasterOP•

do good in the world!

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eldelphia•

Reminds me of crafting in Limsa and trying to HQ something on Weaver. I didn't have good gear (had only just hit 50) and someone sent me a tell. Asked me if I was spirit bonding and then promptly HQ'd me a body and offhand for my Weaver. Made my day! I make a lot of stuff for my friends - it's nice to be able to help.

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SandWolf96Mirane Mitsuko on Lich•

Did something similiar months back. I was running around Ul'dah doing nothing at all, when I get a random Friend Request, noticed that he wasn't a Gil seller so I decided to add him, and turn out he just wants someone to play with and learn him the ropes of the game since this was his first MMO. He was a gladiator, and the first thing I noticed was that he was wearing a mix of both Str and Int gear. So I explained how stats worked and offered to gear him correctly. And since he was new I was wondering if he knew what a GLD duty was which he admitted he did not so I thaught him what I knew. I told him to contact me if there was any need for anything from gear, advice, help with dungeons etc. And so he did, I kept giving him gear, advice and all that stuff. Once he hit 50 he wanted to pay me back. I told him there was no need, since while both helping someone out I had a lot of fun. So yeah, go help random people, you'll feel good with yourself afterwards

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Godot_12•

Nice to see people doing good, and even nicer when I see those good doers get rewarded for it even though they didn't act thinking they'd get any such reward.

I also try to help out people when I can. GSM was my first DoH to 50 and every time I'd see people running dungeons and parties with me with way out of date accessories I'd give them some HQ rings and stuff. I also usually just do melds and crafts for people for no charge. I get tips occasionally. Usually I just get small amounts, but I’ve had a few instances where they gave me quite a bit.

I have all my DoH at level 50 now in part thanks to a friend who helped powerleve me through some ALC and ARM levels.

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Laithina•

Reminds me of a country song... God is great, beer is good; and people are crazy (Billy Currington if anyone's interested).

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