So this happening to anyone else?

[Tahngarthor]

but the battle only lasts 5 minutes you're only going to get a few hundred.

That's because at 94 exp per minute, you're only going to earn 470 EXP in 5 minutes. Few campaign battles actually are this short, its usually a result of joining late in a battle. Dragging a battle out so YOU can get the amount YOU want is disruptive to people who are tired of the same battle that may have been going on for an hour or more.

[Radd]

Every person in campaign that I've met who's fighting a mob (usually by themselves) then disengages and runs away to get another (usually letting the other people who aren't capable of soloing the mob with their job setup or level die in the process) while why they are (8 times out of 10) a god damn PLD I INSTANTLY blacklist them.

Honestly now, screw the people that do this. When I see you dead on the ground, you ain't getting a raise from yours truly. If you die after doing this, I just sit there laughing. It seems like the "Why make a fun experience for everyone when you can be an ass because you don't get your way?" is a very common mentality in campaign nowadays...

Unions on the other hand, who cares? You get a drop once every blue moon, whoopie. I used to sign up to them all the time, but now I don't even bother unless the battle just started and as the battle trails on I forget I'm even in one.

[zyggie]

Every person in campaign that I've met who's fighting a mob (usually by themselves) then disengages and runs away to get another (usually letting the other people who aren't capable of soloing the mob with their job setup or level die in the process) while why they are (8 times out of 10) a god damn PLD I INSTANTLY blacklist them.

I've had this happen to me a few times, usually when I'm on drg. I just wait for them to get a new mob and Super Jump.

[Cemalidor]

Every person in campaign that I've met who's fighting a mob (usually by themselves) then disengages and runs away to get another (usually letting the other people who aren't capable of soloing the mob with their job setup or level die in the process) while why they are (8 times out of 10) a god damn PLD I INSTANTLY blacklist them.

I've had this happen to me a few times, usually when I'm on drg. I just wait for them to get a new mob and Super Jump.

A Thief can even do better if you are fighting Yagudos. ^^ Hide is your friend and give such a pal a wellderserved spanking. Not sure but had a battle as Dnc/Thf in the Glacier. The Galka Whm was another example of said tactics. Well i hold the Orc for some time and used Spectral jig after a while. Since the Whm had still some hate the Orc went off for him, giving him some friendly hugs while a Shadowwing did the same. ^^ Granted, the Orc came back to me after while, but not before helping the whm to get a geography lesson (face down).

[ToraZalinto]

Every person in campaign that I've met who's fighting a mob (usually by themselves) then disengages and runs away to get another (usually letting the other people who aren't capable of soloing the mob with their job setup or level die in the process) while why they are (8 times out of 10) a god damn PLD I INSTANTLY blacklist them.

Honestly now, screw the people that do this. When I see you dead on the ground, you ain't getting a raise from yours truly. If you die after doing this, I just sit there laughing. It seems like the "Why make a fun experience for everyone when you can be an ass because you don't get your way?" is a very common mentality in campaign nowadays...

Unions on the other hand, who cares? You get a drop once every blue moon, whoopie. I used to sign up to them all the time, but now I don't even bother unless the battle just started and as the battle trails on I forget I'm even in one.

I think our definitions of "the middle of nowwhere" are different. I pull my mobs off to the side where people WONT come to look until pretty much every other mob is dead. But i'm not across the map or something god awful. And I don't mind sharing my mob with a person or two. I just hate when the zerg rushes it down. And usually I'm with a friend in campaign anyway.
~Tora

[RosalynSable]

Every person in campaign that I've met who's fighting a mob (usually by themselves) then disengages and runs away to get another (usually letting the other people who aren't capable of soloing the mob with their job setup or level die in the process) while why they are (8 times out of 10) a god damn PLD I INSTANTLY blacklist them.

Honestly now, screw the people that do this. When I see you dead on the ground, you ain't getting a raise from yours truly. If you die after doing this, I just sit there laughing. It seems like the "Why make a fun experience for everyone when you can be an ass because you don't get your way?" is a very common mentality in campaign nowadays...

Unions on the other hand, who cares? You get a drop once every blue moon, whoopie. I used to sign up to them all the time, but now I don't even bother unless the battle just started and as the battle trails on I forget I'm even in one.

I know exactly what you mean Radd, seen this happen a couple times too. It's like just because someone else started smacking on it they gotta decide it's not worth it. It sucks more when they still have hate and the mob chases after them...

As for Union I don't like it either. I rarely get anything worthwhile, though the other day I did manage to get an O.Piece and a T.Whiteshell. The other drop I got was an Arrowood Lumber. Hurray, 5 gil there.... Someone bought my O.Piece, still trying to sell the Whiteshell.... :/

[urthdigger]

Yeah, it's not like EVERY job is capable of soloing all the mobs in campaign. Some of us need someone else to take hits, especially if we're levelling a job that gets piss poor invites, and thus are going into campaign at a lower level.

[Tahngarthor]

I put in all the effort to make that kill alone

Therein lies the problem, campaign is supposed to be a cooperative effort, not a soloing contest. And not every job is as able to solo as whatever job you're using. They have to do something to get rewards, and so they join whatever fights they can see.

[Tannlore]

Therein lies the problem, campaign is supposed to be a cooperative effort, not a soloing contest. And not every job is as able to solo as whatever job you're using. They have to do something to get rewards, and so they join whatever fights they can see.

Could not have said it better Tahn.

[Kin]

It's because you smell funny.

Edit: This was to the OP. =w=; And yes I was joking.

[Bastion]

I put in all the effort to make that kill alone

Therein lies the problem, campaign is supposed to be a cooperative effort, not a soloing contest. And not every job is as able to solo as whatever job you're using. They have to do something to get rewards, and so they join whatever fights they can see.

I've honestly never seen a cooperative effort in any Campaign Battle. It's always DNC or PLD trying to solo stuff or SAMs trying to Weaponskill and steal the kill away from those players.

Yeah SE designed this as a cooperative activity for solo players, it just got corrupted somewhere along the line.

[Cemalidor]

Well, mostly it's not so bad. We get our share on people who draw a mob half through the zone to solo it for half an hour, stealing the other people xp and time. But in 80%+ of the cases things are going well, sometimes i get even healed tanking the NM unintentional as Dnc. ^^

[appare]

Well, mostly it's not so bad. We get our share on people who draw a mob half through the zone to solo it for half an hour, stealing the other people xp and time. But in 80%+ of the cases things are going well, sometimes i get even healed tanking the NM unintentional as Dnc. ^^

Yup, people team up quite regularly to take the enemys down.

And we both were part of the (sort of) epic takeover of the Rolanberry Fields on Odin more than a year ago (and before the nerf), when we were finally were able to kick the Quadav out of Bastok Markets after several months of battles in our hometown. About 30 people waiting at the C.A. in Rolanberry for a new battle to start was nice to look at. Good ol`times