Best of: Titan's pugs

[shikarin]

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Actually same for me it took a few runs before I realized you can step through void thunder.

For the "exp'd" people, the issue is new people who do not/can not learn. Of course, there are plenty of people who respond well to advice. But there are also people who refuse to take advice or put in their best effort. And while running with people who are receptive is fine, it's the repeated encounters with the people who do not accept advice that "tests their patience." In the end, eventually, it's easier and less stressful to just not bother with new players at all.

For the "new" people, I will say this: there should be more incentive for exp'd people to be nice, or at least not be mean. In FFXI, without duty finders, your reputation on the server meant a lot. Everyone is new at some point. And you really don't want to go around needlessly pissing everyone off if you wanted to do endgame, when eventually it'll probably come back to bite you.

[Kinseykinz]

I know it's a glitch...and it's not a PUG thing...buuuuuuttt:


.....enter battle
Still IN battle 'circle' thingy, Titan proceeds to smash in our faces...I mean, people still not even out of CS...no one engaged him in battle.
We wipe before we even get a chance to attack.

PS: this seems to only happen when you enter right after a clear. And I probably should report it as a bug. But it's so stinkin hilarious, we can't help laughing like school-girls each time it happens to our FC.

[Grailer]

You will if you go in with that attitude. Titan is the second piece of content that really shows you how bad people are (first being Qarn's first boss).

People are lazy and expecting to be carried through Titan like they've been carried through everything else. It doesn't work, because unless you're very skilled, it requires everyone to pull their weight.

couple of other bosses come to mind , actually if I told you what happened no one would believe me . Some of the stuff I have seen levelling a paladin and a warrior in DF only since getting lvl 15 would boggle your mind.

[Aethaeryn]

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That's fine and all, but I've had people call me names and have watched other people insulted for making a mistake only once. I understand losing patience with duty finder fails, but I don't know why anyone joins a Titan DF run expecting a win. The chance of getting a full group of ideal jobs AND having players that all know the entire fight is very small. A lot of people there are probably just trying to learn the fight--in my case, I have curtana and omnilex already, but I wanted to get a feel for the fight on BLM before my FC does Titans on Wednesday.

And as I showed at the beginning of my post, I've had groups with players refusing to take advice too.

I guess after 7 years on FFXI, I'm just not used to a community filled with this many players that bully other people around in groups. DF stuff sorta leaves you less accountable for your actions, as chances are you won't even see those players again unless they play on your server.

[Creltis]

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Thank you! I was told about there being a determination debuff but for the life of me couldn't figure out WHERE the debuff was. So its linked to goal. That is the imprison thing that titan does right? Now if I could just find what the icon looks like I'll be all set.

[Aethaeryn]

Thank you! I was told about there being a determination debuff but for the life of me couldn't figure out WHERE the debuff was. So its linked to goal. That is the imprison thing that titan does right? Now if I could just find what the icon looks like I'll be all set.

Grabbed some random person's screenshot off google~ Granite Gaol has a black debuff icon, and the determination debuff is the red one next to it (Frost Avenger is the player affected in the screenshot). You can't remove the determination down until after the player is freed from imprisonment. But yeeeeah, it really sucks and makes the player useless for 60 seconds if it isn't removed with esuna/leeches.

[Reiterpallasch]

I've yet to meet a single tank that knows you can almost always dodge his tableflip if you flash at the right time

[Creltis]

Grabbed some random person's screenshot off google~ Granite Gaol has a black debuff icon, and the determination debuff is the red one next to it (Frost Avenger is the player affected in the screenshot). You can't remove the determination down until after the player is freed from imprisonment. But yeeeeah, it really sucks and makes the player useless for 60 seconds if it isn't removed with esuna/leeches.

Thanks. Yea I think I remember seeing that when I was doing Titan with a friend but didn't actually check it out since at that point I didn't know titan had a debuff. That could very easily be why we were having so much trouble with the heart phase x_x

[Arrak]

Had a group of 7 running an FC mate through titan so we used duty finder to fill the last spot (tank spot). We one shot it and the number of "thank yous" from the random PUG tank was awesome. Was his lucky day!

[Garotte14]

Titan pug where there's a naked summoner, using his pet to attack titan as soon as everyone finished watching intro.

Everyone died


I know the feel !

This made me cry cause I was laughing so hard