Lazy atma farmers

[MicahZerrshia]

I have noticed a trend when farming atma, that ppl will put themselves on follow and trail me around when we get into a fate they will unfollow do just enough to medal than go right back on follow with me or in the case of nm fates just auto attack and then go back on follow after the fate is over. I don't know these ppl and Im not going to do their work for them.

In xi you simply had to change a piece of gear so you blink and ppl loose follow. Any way to do that in xiv without switching jobs? I will get them caught up in fences or something of that sort but they seem to notice quickly enough to click jump to stay with me. I have even left nm fates early so they are forced to complete it on their own. I know they are at their computer since they participate, even briefly in the fates, put themselves on follow and are able to jump obstacles but it really is annoying.

Or better yet, is this a reportable offense? Nothing would make me happier than to put these lazy @$%@! on report

[Noahlimits]

Not reportable. But I can see how it'd be annoying.

[DragonFlyy]

When I farm I set my free port (have an authenticator) to the aetherite in that zone. Helps to get around quickly when one spawns on the other side of the map. For you, do a fate if someone follows you, just free port (or return on 15 min timer) to the aetherite and run to the fate. They will be left in the middle of nowhere. The other option is to intentionally run to an empty area of the map and wait for them to run away because you took them away from the fate.

[Codek]

Swap to a crafter set and just start making a recipe. That should scare them off quickly enough!

[sylent09]

Lol I used to play a game and people always followed me to be lazy. I always ran the opposite way till they stopped

[kidvideo]

Use the terrain if you can. They don't "follow" jumps.

[NyneAlexander]

i'll admit, i sometimes put people on auto follow just to get from fate to fate while i ran to get a drink or something. But people would do it to me as well. I just figured atma farming is so whack anyways, better to just help each other out. But i'd never go super lazy to the extent the OP describes. Just to get from one fate to another.

[Welsper59]

Lol I used to play a game and people always followed me to be lazy. I always ran the opposite way till they stopped

^ I also run them through aggro-infested areas. Got several killed and felt very good about it.

[DoubleT]

change zones an leave them there to do their own work, come back later

[AlrikRouge]

Hasn't happened to me yet, but going onto a mount can also help. And as some above mentioned, jumping over something also stops it.

If someone does it to me, I'll probably bring them through aggro monsters and drop them with a jump.