Crystal Tower Idiocy

[SkyHighDN]

had a party last night. Other alliance wiped on Atomos twice.... the result, our alliance leader vote abandonned..... it passed, and i was exited, when i voted no.... we were 40 minutes into the dungeon and i was left with nothing.... went to requeue..... at 46 mins, i gave up and went to bed.... soooo NO LOOT, and more importantly no TOMES last night.... because an impatient group decided to vote abandon against my will to continue... due to 2 wipes by another group

[Vanroe]

I have never tried it. Is it much worse than CT trolling?

viewed pretty much as the worst online community, but that comes from being an extremely popular and equally extremely competitive game.

Woe be unto you who makes 1 mistake that could mess up someone's win/loss ratio!

[Poosammich]

On the one hand you do need to be able to take some criticism. This includes the random derp who has decided they are gods gift to DPS. On the other hand there is a limit as to what is acceptable in my eyes. Realistically if they truly are that aggrovating eat the timer for ditching the run, and if you feel you have enough to get them spoken to hit up a GM. The community at large is as bad as you let it be. Find yourself a group of folks you like playing with, and enjoy it. If you're dependent on random PUGs ALWAYS, unfortunately those are regularly far too critical of someone not doing something JUST right. YMMV, but your playing for fun, remember that, and adjust as needed so that it stays that way.

[Megilwen]

I had a terrible CT run last night, where one alliance was harassing a tank in my alliance. I reported them, as did a few of others in my alliance, and was contacted by the GMs before I'd even logged off for the night.

SE does care and is investigating, if you take the time to report. A tip the GM told me that it makes investigation easier if you look the character up on the Lodestone that way you can add that too the report and they can know which server that the person came from.

I know of other people who have been given a temporary ban for their first infraction, including people who change into event gear like the Reindeer outfit instead of wearing appropriate gear.

If the person or persons are being that harassing, I would recommend reporting them. Nothing can be done by SE if they aren't told about it.

[am0n]

had a party last night. Other alliance wiped on Atomos twice.... the result, our alliance leader vote abandonned..... it passed, and i was exited, when i voted no.... we were 40 minutes into the dungeon and i was left with nothing.... went to requeue..... at 46 mins, i gave up and went to bed.... soooo NO LOOT, and more importantly no TOMES last night.... because an impatient group decided to vote abandon against my will to continue... due to 2 wipes by another group

This is pretty epic. Working as Intended, I suppose. Please look forward to it!

[La_Dava]

[QUOTE=TomTom1968;1827808]Crystal tower has brought out the worst in people. Too many people taking their runs far too serious, too many getting mad for the slightest hickups. Zero tolerance for newcomers and zero will to explain the tactics for new players. In the beginning, where everybody was new to the dungeon, the culture was a tad different and better imo. Most leaders of each alliance asked if new people are aboard and if people know the fights. They asked if everybody is ready and in case somebody DC'ed, they waited till a replacement arrived. Just a few weeks later, everybody seems to expect that each player knows all the fights in and out. Nobody waits but starts the fight at free will. If somebody of your group disconnects, it's no reason to wait. Instead they bitch after the fight that DPS was not enough lol.


This is the real cause, I totally agree with you.

[DigitalFowl]

Only option is, get your CT done on Monday or Tuesday. That point everyone wants or needs something.

If you need something Friday - Sunday...be ready for trolls! Be ready for them to do everything they can to annoy you, wipe you, talk smack and etc. Had a group last week that was just trying to wipe EVERYONE, when I called em out... (I used profanity) I got warned from SE.

Guess CT trolls are working as intended. Please look forward to it!

Oh if only this was true... Sadly it isn't. You're not safe on mondays or tuesdays. Trolling/CaboTage (Crystal Tower Sabotage) will happen any day that someone who's bored has decided they want to relieve their boredom in FFXIV.

No one's safe, everyone can be a victim of CaboTage.

[Mirakumi]

I've seen someone blast a tank for no reason, Guy was doing fine and suddenly they dropped insults like retard. So I blew up on that guy and he left. Honestly - people have foul attitudes sometimes and its a shame.

[Hardhitter1989]

I used to have problem in CT until I started doing them on Monday/ Tuesday. A lot more experienced people who just wanna get their gear and be done for the week. Quick and easy runs.

[Githiun]

Any time you get 3 different sets of people together where you don't know everyone and your progress is dependent on them doing their job you'll get this mentality. It doesn't help that everything is Zerged and really isn't much team work anymore. I'm guilty of it as well at times. I pulled Boss 1 and didn't notice a healer was locked out. I thought everyone was in but honestly I didn't ask in alliance to make sure.

Half the time I go in with a small group of friends, we're on mumble and I ignore party/alliance most of the time.