My Experience With Alexander Normal Yesterday As A Tank

[Ashkendor]

Touched healers while grabbing balls and got a debuff that I spread to the melee. WUT DO.

This makes me giggle uncontrollably for some reason. It's the gift that keeps on giving!

[Nadirah]

This makes me giggle uncontrollably for some reason. It's the gift that keeps on giving!

Funny, since spreading it is supposedly how A4S is supposed to work.

[Almalexia]

Wipe. Did not explain enough, aggro'd adds like a good tank. Got shrunk. WUT DO.

DPS at fault. Grab faster.

Wipe. Did not explain enough. Cleaved group. Aggro'd all adds, and died. WUT DO.

Healer at fault. Cleave nonfatal.

Wipe. Did not explain enough. Healers died to tether. Add came (also a hand!) and I faced towards group. WUT DO.

Other tank at fault. Blame for tether, and reluctance to grab both hands and MT the whole encounter like a man.

Wipe. Did not explain enough. Touched healers while grabbing balls and got a debuff that I spread to the melee. WUT DO.

This is okay because I never need to do A4 again.

[Odett]

If a healer is blamed because they couldn't heal through a nonfatal cleave that should have been avoided in the first place, then I guess they should also be blamed for DPS dying to non-fatal dodgeable AoEs. Positioning is a tank's role. If someone in the group dies due to lack of correct positioning, it is NOT the healer's fault.

[Kaurie]

Sure, let's go with that. Because that will in no way backfire or make them lose more time than spending the oh so dreadful 10 or so seconds it'll take to type out what to do.



He actively stated he is new. It's not like he's covering his ears and going la la la. That is about as far as his responsibility goes as a new player in story content.

And yes. I'll blame anyone not speaking up when a new player asks for help. Because the opposite of speaking up is not doing anything and wiping - which is quite honestly stupid.

If I actively state that I only perform actions that people say in chat, is it OK if I do that? I mean it's inconvenient for other people, but I did tell them in advance, so they better do it.

[Aricori]

not an official thread til Selli is present \o/

Please don't encourage her!

[Lethallin]

What spoilers are there on watching the Alex bossfights in a video anyway? None of them have anything directly to do with the meager 'story' going on in there.

[Zantitrach]

DPS at fault. Grab faster.

Grabbed adds faster. Still shrunk. Then a bomb blew us up. WUT DO

Healer at fault. Cleave nonfatal.

Cleaved second tank too. He kept yelling something about stacks. WUT DO

Other tank at fault. Blame for tether, and reluctance to grab both hands and MT the whole encounter like a man.

Other tank also following this guy's instructions. WUT DO. (P.S. Instructions did not mention tether)

This is okay because I never need to do A4 again.

I still need A4. WUT DO

What spoilers are there on watching the Alex bossfights in a video anyway? None of them have anything directly to do with the meager 'story' going on in there.

Bur they tell me I'm fighting robots and goblins and water! Clearly spoilers!

[T2teddy]

Interesting how the opinions on the expectations of DF vs PF have completely flipped in the last 4-5 months.
Back then the vast majority of posters touted DF as the new player territory and experienced players should expect to have to explain fights or go form a PF group so they could have a flawless quick run.
My how times have changed...

[Train88]

Went to A2, told them I was new, no respond (was made mostly of frenchies so no surprise), got kicked after 2nd failed attempt, went in again with different DF group, got it down from 1st time.

And then Americans wonder why some people don't like them. You know, a country other than the US?