DPS corner of Shame

[Syfer22]

This one was just flat out depressing. Usually I play as a DRG, but I've been gearing up my PLD in anticipation of going DRK (wanted to get used to tanking).

I was tanking on my PLD and I ended up in a group with 2 SMNs as the DPS for Keeper of the Lake. Okay, fair enough. Then I noticed that fights are taking longer than I'm used to, but I just sort of shrug.

We get to the final boss, and I notice during the Mirage Dragon phase their pets are attacking the giant head. I let them know what's going on, but issue wasn't fixed. Then the Astraeia add spawned, and... We wiped because they couldn't DPS it down.

So I bring this up in my FC, and they said I should help them out next time (which is sad, considering I'm a PLD in Shield Oath).

Next run, I notice their pets still attacking the giant head during the Mirage Dragon phase, then I just say "screw it" and go hit the Astraeia when it spawned. We did manage to clear the run that time, but I was slamming my forehead into my desk.

I bring this up in my FC, and someone mentioned that they could sympathize with the SMNs since there's a lot to keep track of.

I'm no expert on SMN, but it feels like the least they could do is be able to control what target their pets are attacking. Blegh.

[CBellz]

Went to stack for megaflare rings in t13 and accidentally used repelling shot.

3 other people died because of me

[Atoli]

Similarly, every time I tell some dumb person how to avoid a mechanic, or to stop sucking and dying to ______, I inevitably die to the same thing.
Law of maximum embarrassment or something.

Oh god yes .-.
I'm pretty good at explaining mechanics, so whenever I have new people in the party, I'm usually the one explaining everything.
Yesterday I went into Aurum Vale through df and got 3 new people, so when we got to the second boss, I made very obvious how important it is to not stay in his giant swing-around-attack and to not stand still when he targets you and shoots his eye beams in your direction.....only to proceed to get hit by EVERY SINGLE eye beam and not only getting closer than max range but close enough to instant-die on the big swing (as the healer).
Even worse, none of the new people failed, despite being in the fight for the first time while I did it hundreds of times for my relics -.-

I also failed badly on T12 just a bit before that AV run - when the Bennu phase was up, I had the great idea to triple flare the Bennus as BLM and then refusing to move from my comfy spot in the middle.
Tbh, it was new to me to have aggro on them so I rarely moved during the phase since movement is lost dps as a BLM - everyone was screaming at me to move in party chat which I didn't look at at all, so we ended up killing 3 Bennus in the same spot and had to deal with 3 buffed up big Bennus at once right after. No need to say that we wiped and I was nearly kicked from the party. I made it a rule since then to not bring MP refreshers into that fight to net get lured into using Flare too much x)

[Arkenne]

BigSwingOfTheTrolololWipes in AV

Not many people seems to have noticed it, but at some point this guy became Stunnable.
So just save the Stun moves for the Swing and its easy peasy, timer is about 40 seconds.

[Atoli]

Not many people seems to have noticed it, but at some point this guy became Stunnable.

Woha, really? That's cool, I'll keep it in mind if I ever tank AV
Because I usually only play BLM/BRD/WHM though, all I can do is rely on melees and tanks to stun, and tbh, I'd rather not xD
Too many bad experiences relying on randoms to stun important moves in other dungeons & raids .-.

[Viridiana]

Not many people seems to have noticed it, but at some point this guy became Stunnable.

He's been stunnable forever. Everyone stand in melee, non-tanks dodge Glower, tank dodges Swipe, Eye of the Beholder misses everyone because it doesn't hit melee, stun the Swings. Easiest way to do the fight.

[queenevilfluffy]

While I was training up archer and my wife her marauder we were in Tam Tara Deepcroft and during one of the areas where there is patrols I might have used repelling shot and attracted the patrol. Whooops. I do now sing "danger zone" every time I use it.

Again with the archer, this time in Halatali. I used repelling shot on a mob in the bridge area. Promptly back-flipped off the bridge bringing on the next mob.
My wife hated training my archer. I wonder why.

[Arkenne]

He's been stunnable forever.

Had the feeling it was like that, but since no one mentions it... thought it was ninjaed in at some odd point in the story... oh well, in the end yup, that swipe can be easily skipped by a stun...

[randysquirrel]

I bring this up in my FC, and someone mentioned that they could sympathize with the SMNs since there's a lot to keep track of

A lot to keep track of? it's one button to tell your pet what to attack. If one button is too much for them, err don't run SMN
I'd suggest you find a new FC lol

[Arkenne]

Went to ST just for the lols yesterday as a MNK.

Was at Scylla happily doing my rotation till suddenly a wild ice cube tethers on me D:
I move towards the outer side of the arena, nearby my party members, but saw 2 puddles on the way, of which I still wonder why I stopped at the moment I saw them, then an AoE getting in my way for which I had to wait again, and... the cube got me way too early D:

I got frozen in the very middle of the arena where ALL the AoEs could (and did) hit me...
The healers didnt give up on me tho, and kept me alive... suffering through my shameful decision...