Had that happen, before - I and two other FC mates were in a DF with a pugged tank. The tank was a bit rude (eeehhhh you don't get away with much when someone is rude and insults one's RL spouse... especially on a bad night, apparently) and was voted out. They came back in again, laughing.... so we ended up jumping ship, knowing they'd just come back in. (I thought it was a little extreme in the first place, but, oh well)Quote:
Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh
SE really needs to do something about rejoining instances....
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10-10-2014, 04:47 AMSaseal
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10-10-2014, 05:48 AMSagittarianA suggestion that seems to help my lag issues is to start doing an action as soon as you are out of the AOE marker. That forces an update to the server for your current position. So, as SMN, as soon as I get out of the aoe marker I cast bio or ruin 2 - something that is instant. It solved my issues with landslide lag at least.Quote:
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10-10-2014, 02:25 PMSasealInteresting o.o I'll have to try this with aero (or regen) in an easy-reach hotkey and see for myself o_o Thanks for the suggestion!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sagittarian
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10-10-2014, 06:42 PMHemeraThis will happen quite often in random groups. There is a way to prevent falling off though. If you get gaoled move directly under titans ass leaving around the same space to your left and right. When a landslide is going to end up in your direction and you're still in the gaol by the time the animation starts DO NOT try to move. Yes, you will eat the landslide but the platform in HM is big enough to not fall off if you stand close enough to titan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saseal
This is actually quite normal as you receive the position of other characters later than they actually move. For example: If you move from A to B with another person and the person is shown to be at the same position as you are while walking in reality this person is ahead of you. So depending on your connection and how fast the server is sending you this information: "A few steps ahead" can mean you were actually a step behind and thus getting hit.Quote:
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10-11-2014, 04:03 AMZefiris
Stone Vigil (normal mode): Tank was unable of keep aggro, but same I dying several times, we manage to arrive at the last boss. And then... Both dps die and do not wait me resuscitates them. I stay healing and dpsing until Isgebind fall dead. Long fight.
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10-14-2014, 10:05 AMThistledown
Ok, fresh level 48 and here's the story of my first Aurum Vale.
Our tank was... very motivated. He had Flash as a warrior but didn't seem to have Provoke (yet). But WAR still had means to generate enmity from distance, right? Those hatchet things!
Well he didn't seem to be particularlt aware of them. He would wade straight into trash mobs and incur the ire of 5, 6 mobs at the same time.
I almost called it quits when he managed to aggro 2 Goldvines at the same time.
After 3 complete wipes we cleared the dungeon after 45 minutes...
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10-14-2014, 11:09 AMFyrebrand
Can't really call this a "horror story," as it was only story mode of Tam-Tara where nothing can really go wrong, but it was an awkward time healing the other night.
The tank seemed to be squishier than I'm used to, requiring some fairly regular heals. Not a problem, that's my job after all -- but I would often pull aggro just by performing the necessary healing. Mobs would routinely turn their backs on the tank and go after either myself or one of the DPS -- and the tank seemed to be unaware, or at least made no attempts to pull them back. I think he was simply poorly geared and perhaps still learning the role, whereas I was very overgeared -- and like I said, Tam-Tara, so it's nothing to blow a gasket over. It was just kind of unsettling, to feel like "Okay, I need to heal you now, but if I do that it's going to be bad news for me..." -
10-14-2014, 11:46 AMFile2ish
A FC mate and I were helping another FC mate with relic stuff and we queued for Chimera. Wiped once. Neither PLD nor bards were silencing the Ram's voice. People weren't dodging, etc. The other WHM in the group seemed to be rather passively healing the group (her MP never went down past 3/4), whereas I was actively healing, esuna-ing debuffs, swiftcast raising on occasion, etc. This was all using divine seal and presence of mind whenever I could it was so bad.
Despite my best efforts to conserve MP (and hoping the other WHM would heal more), I ended up running out of MP as soon as both bards in the group went down. I had already used SoS and a mega ether and one of them had mage ballad up for me, even if Swiftcast wasn't on CD I hadn't the MP to raise. Everyone but me and the main tank went down, so 3 bar finally gets up and I pop the heal LB just before the thunderball thing comes out. LB works, but I get hit by thunderball, then covered in blizzard circles trying to esuna myself (paralyze stopped it every time). Ram voice goes off, everyone dies. 2nd round went much smoother, but I had the same MP problem.
Then did AV with the same two (me healing, they were DPS) FC mates. Our tank was level 49, but all of his gear was level 37 or under apart from the 45 AF gear. I think he had a level 24 ring on him as well lol. Really had no issues throughout the dungeon, but I was healing much more often than I was used to and ended up pulling hate quite a bit with regular heals (not overhealing mind you). -
10-14-2014, 07:56 PMHillopalikkaDerp Heals in Aurum Vale
My healing horror story has to be the first time I did Aurum Vale. It was pretty ridiculous actually. We kept having problems with the first boss as the White Mage could not keep up with the constant poison stacks and he was clearly in trouble the whole way through.
Our tank was very polite and kept asking the healer to rely on Regen at the 1st boss, but the White Mage kept using mostly Cure I & II and of course struggled to keep everyone alive. After a few wipes we finally got through the first boss and THEN the healer realizes that he hasn't finished ANY of the class quests for WHM and that he really does not have Regen unlocked.
We ended up finishing the dungeon and didn't wipe once after people adjusted to the fact that the WHM was basically just a conjurer with a shiny rock in his pocket.
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I was the WHM in this story... I'm still walking around with my head held down cause of all the SHAME.
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10-14-2014, 10:15 PMPWilsonO.OQuote:
Originally Posted by Sagittarian
I wish I knew this ages ago. Suddenly... everything is explained.