The die hard vocal speed runners will defend to their last breath their belief that they can force a speed run on everyone else regardless of circumstances. But doesn't change the fact that I've earned plenty of commendations while dropping the speed runner corpse on the ground like a sack of rocks when it is appropriate. I've seen their vote kicks blocked and in turn the speed runner gets vote kicked out even if I do no trigger the vote kick and vote against the vote kick.
But I did heal them. They got their regen, e4e, and medica 2 and a good bunch of cure 2 while you are at it. I just switch to DPS to make sure the mobs are dead along with the speed runner while the party does not wipe. The speed runner obviously did not give themselves enough safety margin that is their own fault. Try pulling smaller next time.
I do NOT repeatedly kill them. They can choose to be stubborn and get themselves killed again. Good thing you are not a GM for this game. The other members of the party already objected to the speed run and I am helping them not get abused by the speed running bully.
I don't grief other players and the tactics are NOT "cheap" whatever that means. It is effective means to slow down and unwanted speed run. Confronting the speed running bully and disrupting their antics is both right and proper. Not everything is a speed run and I am entirely free to share tactics and strategies as how to create a more sane and friend playing environment that is not run roughshod by speed runners.
You want to know what is cheat tactics, "speak up or I'll speed run" like the OP puts it, that is rude and irresponsible. The default on the DF is to NOT speed run. The speed runners are probably also pissed by the fact I specifically run Prae with either 2 healer or 2 tanks and make sure everyone that wants to watch cutscenes gets to watch cutscenes. This where I got my orignal motivation to level up a tank after seeing healers get dragged along and back then I didn't know that I could do slow down the obnoxious speed runners. Now when a new FC member need Prae, I get my friendly healer or tank and we go together always as pair of tanks or a pair of healers plus the 1st timer. The speed runners will pull and die and wipe while we are all watching the cutscenes. And if the want to be stubborn about it they can keep trying and keep wiping themselves. They can try to vote kick, and if they are successful to kick one of us we will all just leave and get instant queue again, but they will be down 2 healer or 2 tanks and dead in the water along with a 3rd member they have to replace. However those votes to date have always failed and we report all the verbal abuse that follows.



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