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

[MeiUshu]

I got an experience yesterday....me BLM for a change. We start and I noticed that there were no dots on the mobs/boss, I said to myself ok, lets continue maybe it will improve. At the second boss, finalyl I said to the SCh who was doing othing other then throw now and then some heals, that maybe it would be useful to at least apply dots would help us kill stuff faster, note the apply dots and NOT the *you should DPS*, the answer was she knew her job and to *suck it up*...those are days where you wish you could remove all exp gained during the dungeon from said person and have her feel she lost her time.

[ExKage]

Leveling my dragoon, took it into MSQ roulette which meant I got Praetorium. First thing I noticed was the level 50 Gladiator. Then saw that SCH, BLM and SMN were new. Hour long Praetorium run after I gave up trying to talk to said Gladiator. Tried to ask him if he knew about Jobs, how beneficial soul stones were, ask what world etc. During that intro cutscene I looked them up on the lodestone, found out what world (can't go to them and talk 1 on 1 to give pointers or suggestions etc), and saw that they were level 50 GLA, 7 MRD, 9 LNC, 1 CRP, 6 BSM and 26 ARM. I kept trying to talk with Gladiator until I gave up but... nope. I did get speakage from the new SCH and the new BLM but most of what they commented on was about how long the cutscenes were and WHY did it impede the middle of the dungeon.

The four experienced ones of us spent the time talking about the 'good ole days' and the only time inn cutscenes were mentioned was when the SCH commented on the cutscenes being an inconvenience with them in the middle and they need to put it as something you can view afterwards. Told them you could watch them there but it wasn't as epic or how they changed cutscenes to be shorter if they were in the dungeon at all or after the dungeon was finished. BLM mentioned how long it was and wanting to use the toilet lol.

But yeah, level 50 Gladiator. @_@;

I gave them cute ascii macros and they rewarded me with 5 comms. 233 soon for a fat pope chocobo.

[Kydi]

I had an interesting A1N yesterday whilst trying to get accessories for my newly minted Summoner (I went in as WAR for quick queues and the fact that I have decent gear).

First jump happens and there's an add attacking a healer. Quick Landing happens and we're down two dps. Two jumps in myself and the Ninja on original Oppressor realise that 1.0 is hugely behind on dps (1.0 on about 23%, 0.5 on approximately 45%). Ninja goes over to help on 1.0 after the third jump and I solo 1.0 plus adds. I get lucky with missiles coming down in a good position and manage to have fun with a Beserk decimate spam on two adds and Oppressor whilst positioning them without cleaving any of the dps running around without any idea what to do.

We eventually (after two further jumps) LB both bosses and get the kill, but my word that was a painful run. Two accessories drop and I lose out on both with 90+ rolls, but that's life.

[Immut]

Jerks like you are the problem of this community. "That guy complains i dont do my job, ill just dont do my job at all, and if he wears vit gear as a tank even less, cause you know, alex savage is the new kool kids and im kool you noob"

It's to prove the point that they don't need even half the HP they think they do. Backseat healers are annoying, and they'll never make any sort of progression if they don't pay more attention to their rate of HP loss than their current total.

[Malicewolf]

It's to prove the point that they don't need even half the HP they think they do. Backseat healers are annoying, and they'll never make any sort of progression if they don't pay more attention to their rate of HP loss than their current total.

I will say that as a tank, so long as I notice I'm not dying and above 1/4 hp, i'm usually ok. Though, if they don't top me off after a mob is finished, then i simply won't pull the next mob until I'm at full hp (so really, they're only slowing themselves down if they choose to not heal me).

And for me, someone who just entered the 60's and still getting through HW content, I have around ilvl145 avg gear. With everything stacked in STR, I usually BARELY pass 10k hp with my PLD. BARELY. Sure, if a healer is on top of things, I don't need that extra 2-3k hp my VIT gear will give me. But not everyone is as good as you mate. And in lower dungeons when we get sync'd, having that STR gear ain't gonna help us much in comparison to some VIT gear when we have a bad healer and we need the extra cushion.

And you want to know what makes people backseat heal? Exactly what you are doing. When a healer NEGLECTS the hp of a tank, it causes the entire party to get antsy. So now, you have backseat healer's instead of them focusing on dps as they should be because you want to "prove a point". Good job. You're creating a worse environment for yourself in the process of "proving your point". We all congratulate you.

[Moonleg]

It's to prove the point

It really isn't your job to 'prove a point' in a computer game.

[ExKage]

It's to prove the point that they don't need even half the HP they think they do. Backseat healers are annoying, and they'll never make any sort of progression if they don't pay more attention to their rate of HP loss than their current total.

You sound like an absolute joy to play with.

[Nix]

Joined a dungeon in progress today (as a WHM), and notice that there are only myself and 2 DPS inside the dungeon. I ask what happened to make their original tank and healer quit.
Apparently the Tank kept trying to overpull, and the healer barely had the iLvl required to unlock the dungeon (Saint Mocianne's Arboretum). There was muchly death, and the tank refused to pull smaller groups so that the healer could keep up.
So I guess, here's a PSA to folks: Some of us may be i210, some may be much lower. Please be mindful of this and adjust your playstyle to meet the ability of your party. D: Overpulling just because you can, doesn't mean the dungeon will move faster -_o

[Malicewolf]

Overpulling just because you can, doesn't mean the dungeon will move faster -_o

Obviously he couldn't :P Unless you're going in unsync'd with a vastly overleveled character, almost no one can one man army through a dungeon. It's always a team effort.

[Nix]

Obviously he couldn't :P Unless you're going in unsync'd with a vastly overleveled character, almost no one can one man army through a dungeon. It's always a team effort.

Haha for sure!