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[Februs]

I got another one. This one's a doozy.

So, for my Leveling Roulette this morning I got Aurum Vale (enough said, right?). The Tank and one Dps were watching the intro, so I asked who is new. One Dps said they were new. Okay, no problem. Second Dps says (no joke): "This is my first dungeon."

...Whut?

So I assume they just worded that oddly and say: "First dungeon? lol" To which they respond. "Never done a dungeon before."

...Whut?

AV is a lvl 49 dungeon. The Dps player in question was roughly at item lvl 115. Now, skipping dungeon runs on Dps is not uncommon (cuz of crappy que times), but to have never run a dungeon before? How is this even possible?? Anyway, at least the Tank is not new, so I figure how bad could it be, right? WRONG!

First thing the tank does is run down the middle of the 1st room. That's right, straight down the middle. To be fair, she somehow manages to not pull everything; however what she does pull she does not hold aggro on. I cast one cure (just one) and suddenly I've got 3 mobs on me. Worse yet, both Dps and the Tank are standing in the yellow crap that's all over the floors and are slowly killing themselves.

Wipe. Re-spawn.

I inform them to not stand in yellow puddles of death. Tank says "kk." Pulls again (more carefully this time), still loses aggro, and one of the Dps is still killing themselves in the yellow gunk. Joyous time to be healing/paper tanking. Somehow, we get through the room to the first boss fight.

Tank says: "I don't remember this." At this point I'm getting suspicious that the Tank is also new (to both tanking and the dungeon). I inform them to eat fruits after stacks of debuff. "kk," she says... and nothing. She just stands there. A Dps gets antsy and pulls the boss. I heal her as best I can and mange to keep her up through 2 cleaves. By the time it's the 3rd cleave, both Dps and the Tank have 4+ stacks of debuff. Paper tank dies to cleave. I swiftcast rez. Tank is now tanking. Other Dps dies to debuff stacks. I rez that one too. First Dps dies again (this time standing in yellow gunk +3 stacks). Dead Dps rage-quits before I can rez. Good thing, because I'm damn near empty on Mp. Other Dps dies again, and I can't save them. I (somehow) manage to keep tank alive till end with almost 0 Mp (casting cures as they proc at this point). We clear boss.

New Dps joins and says "what happened here?" To which I respond, "way too much noob..."

It got a little better after this, but not by much. Tank still failed to hold aggro the entire time, and stood in almost every single Bad Breath they could (cuz' I had the Mp to spare, obviously), and the remaining of the 2 original Dps refused to listen to boss instructions on the following 2 Boss fights, promptly finding a way to kill herself in every single fight we go into. I got them through it (still one more wipe in final boss arena, during which the Tank accidentally turned a bad breath into the entire party), but I could not get out of there fast enough. Definitely one of the worst runs I have ever seen. Makes my top 5 for sure.

[cgbspender]

It's not possible. Most dungeons unlock through Main story quest.

[Februs]

It's not possible. Most dungeons unlock through Main story quest.

That's why I was so confused.

The only thing I could think of is either this person had literally been carried through every single MSQ dungeon in the game, or they were a troll. I was half expecting them to do okay (maybe they just had bad taste in jokes or something?) only they were the worse of the 2. The "I've never done dungeons before" Dps was the one who rage quit after feeding herself to the boss twice. I couldn't believe it. Given that this player also seemed to ignore simple dungeon mechanics as well (such as letting the Tank actually do their job, for example) I almost could have believed they were new to dungeons, but again.... HOW??

[VanilleFang]

So I had a weird one.

I was doing my Low Level Roulette for tomestones and I got Sunken Temple of Qarn. Okay, whatever. When I started the tank was acting weird. I'm not sure how to explain it. He was moving around very slowly and seemed to be looking for something. He paused in front of the mass of rubble blocking the set of stairs to the left after the first pull (the set you use during Qarn HM), so I was thinking he was may have been confused on which Qarn he was currently in. Whatevers, he has all level 50 equipment so there shouldn't be any issues... Well he didn't know how to hold enmity at all. I stood around for a good 5 seconds or so t the start of some pulls waiting for him to use Overpower or something, but a lot of the time he kinda just floated around, attacking stuff at random. I would literally cast 1 Cure spell and I would pull hate from something. I wasn't the only one either. The BLM did it a lot, and the NIN too. One thing that sucked for the NIN was the tank would dodge AoEs but not go back to where he was and instead stand in his new spot, turning the mobs and bosses constantly.

We wiped on the first boss. The tank died twice from doom, the BLM did too but he apologized for it, the NIN tanked the boss for a good while. It was too much damage, and the bees didn't help. So we wiped. Next attempt the tank removes his doom without anyone explaining it to him. He must have just forgotten... Everything goes okay until the second boss, which goes fine but... The tank asked "everyone knows what to do with bombs right?" I "lol"ed, and the BLM relied with "lmao what?" It was strange...

The tank also didn't understand how the statue head things and the platforms work. He kept pulling the first one too far even when the NIN explained. He also stood around and walked back and forth between the two rooms with the flame of magic and fruit of knowledge without entering either. The BLM asked him if he was scared. He eventually decided the enter one of the rooms after about 3 minutes.

The final boss went fine. The NIN and I worked together great in this fight. We focused adds together and everything. It was cool. I gave him my comm and I got one in return.

It was just a really weird run... I don't know if the tank was new, drunk, high, forgetful... Eeh. I got my tomestones so whatever. >_>

[cgbspender]

That's why I was so confused.

The only thing I could think of is either this person had literally been carried through every single MSQ dungeon in the game, or they were a troll. I was half expecting them to do okay (maybe they just had bad taste in jokes or something?) only they were the worse of the 2. The "I've never done dungeons before" Dps was the one who rage quit after feeding herself to the boss twice. I couldn't believe it. Given that this player also seemed to ignore simple dungeon mechanics as well (such as letting the Tank actually do their job, for example) I almost could have believed they were new to dungeons, but again.... HOW??

Or the player bought the account / was lent it by a friend or relative.

[VanilleFang]

Or the player bought the account / was lent it by a friend or relative.

This what I was thinking. Sucks for them that they got AV as their first dungeon.

[Februs]

So I had a weird one.

Weird is an understatement lol. It sounds like your tank was confusing multiple parts from multiple different dungeons within the same run. Going the wrong way would be Quarn HM, and the bomb mechs for a Golum boss fight would have been CopperBell HM...

Either this guy was high as a kite, or was experiencing the onset of Alzheimer's or something... Very strange indeed.

[Februs]

Or the player bought the account / was lent it by a friend or relative.

I hadn't thought of that...

Talk about an awful first dungeon run, then. I joked at the beginning that AV would be a terrible dungeon to get as a first, but I never actually expected the person was serious... If they were, then I almost feel bad for them... though not as bad as I do for myself for having to heal that mess >.>

[VanilleFang]

Weird is an understatement lol. It sounds like your tank was confusing multiple parts from multiple different dungeons within the same run. Going the wrong way would be Quarn HM, and the bomb mechs for a Golum boss fight would have been CopperBell HM...

Either this guy was high as a kite, or was experiencing the onset of Alzheimer's or something... Very strange indeed.

Right? I almost asked him if he knew which dungeon we were currently running lol. It was the strangest run I ever did for sure. Not the worst, just the strangest.

[VitalSuit]

If I see 1 more tank pull 3 groups of mobs and only use 1 cooldown while I'm trying to dps I'm gonna scream.
I had a WAR tank in Pharos Sirius HM that only used foresight during trash pulls and CONSTANTLY moved the mobs out of my shadowflare.