Tales from Duty Finder: Some make you laugh, some make you cry. Let's vent.

[bounddreamer]

I've been a warrior main since May and just don't see the use of a Berserk macro, especially after leveling the healing jobs as well. So what if it's five seconds? I'd rather the healer use that time and mp for a couple of dots. If you lose aggro in five seconds after Berserk you aren't tanking very well.

[SpookyGhost]

Had a SMN with a Dreadwyrm book in Neverreap once.

Not glamoured, just using it as is.

DF is wild.

[Seryl199]

Tell that to every, single Warrior with a Berserk macro.

Every time I see a WAR's Berserk macro, I make sure I'm busy DPS'ing in Cleric Stance, if at all reasonably possible, just to have an excuse not to cleanse them. Petty? Yes, but so isn't their need to announce the state of their buffs (which I'm fully aware of as a healer) via <se.1-12> just to recoup 1.5 GCD's after 'zerking.

[Moonleg]

Sorry, this is bugging me, but I don't recall Garuda having anything that needed to be Esuna'd, so...Either my memory is bad, or something else was going on.

Haven't done normal in a while, but do the feathers drop there that cause a damage over time like on hard and extreme?

[Ksenia]

Here is a tale from the doody finder.

It's a group of 8 in Chrysalis. most doing it from roulette but there is one healer new to the dungeon, had never been in there before. Wouldn't be in there now if Square hadn't jammed it down their throat in an MSQ railroad to hellsward. Get to the Meteors, die. Whole party wiped there after. Second run, get to the meteors, die. Whole party wipes. Full health, no health, boom you are dead. Stand outside the Meteor circle, stand inside the meteor circle, full health, no health, one shot, insta mechanic. Group votes to abandon. Seven players waste half an hour of their life, one gets humiliated twice.

There are days, I hate you six ways sideways, Square.

[Averax]

did i ever tell the one about the Vault run where I had two bards in the group?

They both refused to move for mechanics, and would sit at opposite ends of the room because "We can't move and attack anymore with WM, so we have to stand still". So, me being the healer who also has to stand still to cast, had to jump all over the room just to keep them alive.

They wouldn't even move to break the chains on the last boss.

[Nep_Nep]

Had a SMN with a Dreadwyrm book in Neverreap once.

Not glamoured, just using it as is.

DF is wild.

I can beat that. I had a summoner with a NOVUS Weapon in Vault. Fun.

[Gamer3427]

I'm a MCH main. I'm a SCH secondary. I was healing a run of The Aery once with a couple of friends, and we DFed the second DPS. They were a MCH. After seeing them play, I can understand why there are so few MCH mains, because people like this player give the class a bad name.....

Since other MCHs are rare in post-50 content, I was paying attention to what this player was doing. After not seeing them throw out their turret for the entire length of the dungeon prior to the first boss, I mentioned that I was a MCH main, and that they should remember it. Their response, (IIRC), was something along the lines of "sorry, I was trying to decide what movie I want to watch later". They then proceeded to not use their turret again throughout the entire run, except when we got to the final stage of the final boss.....

What's more, I never once saw this player use their DoT, their AoE, or make any real attempt to even remotely try. At one point near the end of the run, I asked if they minded if I gave them a little advice on the class, to which they responded "no", followed by "I don't want your advice". I don't mind players underpreforming if they simply don't know how to use a class, or they have some reason for why they're preforming the way they are, but it's another thing entirely when they simply don't make any effort to even try, and flat out refuse to use even the most basic of skills at their disposal....

EDIT: Though that wasn't my worst run of The Aery. My worst was a run with a tank that was using an iLevel 30 belt. His reasoning? He couldn't use his level 60 iLevel 180 one yet.....

[Eul]

While I DF as Monk, I've seen Paladin who already level 51 on Stone Vigil and don't know how to agro... (He is using ilv 110 gear) with level 49 White Mage who using... Dodore for crafter... And don't know how to heal too (Both is E... ). Suddenly my DF become nightmare with people who too much FATE and never dungeon...

[Avidria]

did i ever tell the one about the Vault run where I had two bards in the group?

They both refused to move for mechanics, and would sit at opposite ends of the room because "We can't move and attack anymore with WM, so we have to stand still". So, me being the healer who also has to stand still to cast, had to jump all over the room just to keep them alive.

They wouldn't even move to break the chains on the last boss.

.../facepalm

I can beat that. I had a summoner with a NOVUS Weapon in Vault. Fun.

I accidentally ran a Seal Rock with my relic equipped a few weeks ago. I'd been working on books while in the queue and forgot to swap.

Finished with 7 kills and 1 death to a BLM who got lucky and managed to snare + LB me while purify was on cooldown. Didn't even notice my weapon was wrong until I'd loaded out.