This isn't a story about me, personally, but I was involved in a party while trying to level my THM.
I was in Halatali (normal) and the tank was using nothing but autoattacks and I think the occasional attack skill? He never flashed or lobbed or anything. I ended up having to tank a majority of the first third of the dungeon before the WHM and I decided to kick him. The issue wasn't that we were having a hard time or anything but it was putting a very big strain on me (interrupts and all), and the WHM. They were struggling to heal everyone. We almost wiped a few times but we eventually made it through after a new tank joined. I was so glad I wasn't healing at that moment.
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09-08-2014, 11:36 AMVanilleFang
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09-08-2014, 12:50 PMtocsin
Sunken temple of Qarn. First boss. DPS didn't know how to kill the bees, and kept not running over the panels. I stuck it out, and healed and raised and healed, till either oom or a bee got me 27, yes Twenty Seven times, before vote abandoning. most frustrating hour of my year.
27 wipes. not a single boss kill. 1337. -
09-08-2014, 05:34 PMariaandkia
Once again....
Me: Please Provoke!
*no answer*
Me: (Paladin), (Provoke) (please use it)!
PLD (level 50, i90+): Whats provoke?
Me (sch): [white mage name], please esuna!
White mage (level 50, i95+): Esuna?
These were party finder parties with iLv limits for EX runs. These skills were never used. WHM only used one skill: Cure. PLD only used I think it was savage blade. That or fast blade.
=_= Please, people, stop buying your levels from bots and actually use your characters. It is getting absurd how many people don't know what key skills their classes have. If I see another i100+ white mage that only uses stone (stone 1)... And is confused when I ask them to use cure...
I don't mind people who are actually learning. I don't mind people who aren't super high geared. What I do mind is people who want to be carried and refuse to learn. -
09-08-2014, 11:06 PMSasealWhats a Cure? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ariaandkia
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09-09-2014, 02:50 AMVanilleFang
Aurum Vale... This was my first time going here. I've been taking the game slow, so I'm already level 50. I haven't even done Garuda yet. I read up on all the different mechanics of the dungeon, and my brother even walked me through it, mostly, before I even queued up. So I was pretty prepared. Well... I get into the dungeon and I learn my tank has some broken equipment. Great. And then I find out she can't even hold hate properly. I would use Cure+Regen and pull hate. Seriously. And it's not like I cast Regen is she's 100%. No. She's like 90% or less and I cast regen. That's after a Cure spell. Well anyways... We get to like.. the 4th or so group of enemies and the monk decides to get close to the plant monsters and ends up pulling a toad and some other things. We wipe. Monk and Tank hate eachother now. Great.
We get to the first boss and we wipe. The tank admited it was their fault. They didn't aggro properly or eat the fruits frequently enough. Fair enough.
I'll just mention here that the BLM hasn't said anything besides use ingame emotes. Well... we get alittle further and I will admit I screwed up. I accidently casted Holy instead of Cure on the tank and he died. I SwiftCast+Raised him and we didn't wipe so... it wasn't THAT bad. Well we get to the second boss and I get hit by a couple of eye lasers (not paying attention) but I learn from my mistake and get hit by nothing afte the initial 2. Well the BLM on the other hand... I think he ate about 50% of them. And the Tank took almost every AoE that was thrown at her. Needless to say we wiped. We fought it again and everyone besides the BLM is doing great. Ever single laser the boss used toward the BLM landed. I had to Cure+Esuna every single time a laser went off. It was frustrating.
Anyway we keep going and the tank dies again. This time wasn't really my fault. I was spamming cure on her but she was standing in the Gold liquid and had the agro of a Goldvine. So yeah... I raised her and it was fine. Oh. Did I mention that the Tank has taken every single Bad Breath at this point? All Goldvine breath attacks have hit them.
We get to the Mistress boss... Oh yay. We start the fight and everything is fine until... Well. At one point the BLM died so I SwiftCast+Raised them. Then the MNK dropped. I had no time to stand for 7seconds to raise her. We had adds all over and the boss was hitting the tank like a truck. She got impatient and said "ol twinkletoes :(". Then the tank went down. I decided the tank was more important to our survival than the MNK so I SwiftCast+Raised her (SwiftCast was off cooldown finally). She was hit by another bad breath and we wipe. Yay.
The MNK shrugged at me and I had to explain what had happened. I couldn't magically Raise her if I couldn;t take the time to cast it. And the tank is more important to keep alive. Well anyways...
We get ready to fight again. The MNK mentions that not taking all the Bad Breaths would help. And then tank mentions that we need to keep our stacks of the debuff low. No, really?
We fight her again and everyhting is going a little better. The tank is still taking bad breaths but no one is really dying. I even have time to DPS occassionally. Well.. then the BLM dies out of no where. I think they were standing of the gold stuff? I don't know. It happened to fast. I attempt to raise them but they are too far away, and I notice my stacks just hit 4 so I run to grab a fruit before raising him. Well I have an add on me so I die. But... The boss goes down. Thank god.
The tank made a joke saying "It was ugly but we made it lol". And then the MNK says "Yeah your tanking was." and left. As me and the BLM run back to the exit I give them the Comm since they are the only one left. And I always give one out. Well... right as he leaves he tells me "learn2 heal". I was like... What? I did my best. I'm still learning. I can't really recall a moment when we wiped where it was specifically caused by my lack of healing. My MP management could use some work but I never caused a wipe. It kind of rattled me a little. The dungeon was tedious and frustrating, especially for me, and for him to leave like that? That was literally the only thing he said.
I hope it's not like this a lot... -
09-09-2014, 03:20 AMSasealDon't let it rattle you, though I completely understand the feel (been there, still felt that) - I find as the dungeons get harder/the level prereq gets higher, the more often you encounter finger pointing and stupid comments like that. :\ As long as you know you did what you could as well as you could, then don't think too hard on their short sightedness. It's easier said than done but it's really the only thing you can do. Your struggle to do the best you can won't go noticed by some of the groups - but when you find that awesome party that's just tossed together and jives so damn well (socially and playability?), it makes everything all worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by VanilleFang
I'd have replied with a 'Learn2 dodge' in ref to the laser beams ;p ....and the gold lung >_>
If they can't even help themselves for the tiniest things like stepping out of the goo, then that's not your problem. That's completely on them. -
09-09-2014, 04:49 AMariaandkiaI've had to solo the second boss before. And I've had parties that just couldn't manage the other bosses without me using all of my cooldowns and mp on healing (no MP for DPS). Had food on, had good gear, was healing everyone fine. Except people were eating early, or standing in the pools or doing other stuff that got them killed or made them need more MP to keep alive.Quote:
Originally Posted by VanilleFang
Honestly? It often isn't the healer's fault. I say this having played every class. People don't realize it, but how well the party plays does affect how well the healer does.
Real Example: Coil T1. Tank didn't use cooldowns, didn't dodge panels, ended up with the healers heavily burdened. Which was fine except the DPS also didn't know what to do. Boom, healers are screwed because of how much healing they have to do and how hard it is not grab aggro through that much heavy healing even with a tank that knows what they are doing, much less a tank that didn't use their cooldowns and couldn't hold aggro at all. So their aggros went up the roof and their mps dropped to the bottom.
In situations like that, often you see: "Oh, healer(s) ran out of MP, they need to learn how to manage their MP" or "I wasn't getting healed, healers need to learn how to heal." or "Oh, healers couldn't keep me alive, they need to get better gear." or w/e.
As a healer, you have to get used to taking the blame even when it isn't your fault. Tanks as well. Obviously, if it is your fault, you get blamed still. -
09-09-2014, 05:28 AMSaseal^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Thiiiissssss x infinity.Quote:
Originally Posted by ariaandkia
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09-09-2014, 05:49 AMNep_Nep
Gotta love healers taking the blame.
Like in this video anytime something dies its your fault.
I think a few might get a laugh from this. XD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DxS7eT_ky4
This... exists? ....This Exists in EX!? o.o I dunno if I should laugh or cry. I wish that was recorded or screenshotted. Thats just unreal.Quote:
Originally Posted by ariaandkia
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09-09-2014, 06:22 AMSasealThis... was awesome xD (and also a good thing my upper management is cool with stifled laughter at seemingly nothing...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nep_Nep